Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1927, Page 62

AMUSEMENTS. Photoplays at Washington Theaters This Sunday Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | WEEK OF JANUARY 23 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, Week Thursday | Friday Madge Bellgmy in ‘SummerRachelors.” abel Normand g Ambassad’r Madee Bellamy Madze Bellamy in “Summer Bachelors. Mabel Normand comedy mmer bel Normand comedy RBachelors. George Sidney “The Millionaires.” ady, Bobhy Vernon ¢ Pat O'Malley “Spankles T McGoy Jn v Sennett. ortlight, el seria Georee, Sidney n varlety Reginald Denny in, Take It From Me." American Jean Hersholt in The Old Soak Ben- Lyon in The ‘Savage.” “The Janet Gaynor A HE P — Lsaria) Somedy. _ ’ e Frederick “The Waltz Dream.” Qlive Rorden in “Thres Bad Men “Janet Gaynor Colleen Moore in The City,” sennett comedy. - in “Twinkistoes.” Ave. Gnnd Twinkistocs.” Fable. Aesop Fable. Jaet. Gaynor n “The City." Sennett_comedy leer i n “Twinkletoes. Acsop_Fable [ Marian Nixon/in “Spangles. Imperialcomedy and_serial onson “Everybody's Acti Imperial comedy and_serial verett Horton in Taxi, Taxi' in0" comedy Collegians " No. Dark on Clmeo R Rainier, Md. o Mary Pickford in Littla Annie, Mabel Mary Pickford in “Little Annfe Re o Mabel No dv._Paths News, ~Jetta v,m}:m in Jimmie Adam; ‘Her Man of War.” comedy ables. an o son's Buster Keaton in Ranger the D “Battling Butler" : Whirlwind Novelty comedy._Fox N Emi .unnmm in AL umem Comeds. Fox Belle Bennett in Stella Daltas.” Carolina Belle ‘Bennett in *Stelta Dallas.” Belle Bennett in tella Dallas. Norma Shearer in “Upstage.” Douglas MacLean in “Hold That Lion."” Dorothy Gish in “Nell Gwyn." Pauline Frederick in “Josselyn's Wife." Charlie Chage comedy Sportlizht Central cn Pauline Fredesick in Dorothy Revier “Josselyn's Wite." o arlie d Lipe. Bille Dot coredy Dorothy Revier n “Sealed Lips." Billy_Dooley ‘comedy. Edward Horton ' in Taxi. Taxi." Glenn_Tryon comedr. Mijton §iils in “‘Paradise Aeeon Fable. Variety reel Milton Sills, in ““Paradise " Edw. Everstt Horton Chevy Cha. Taxi "Taxi . Antan Pabl: Marmaid Marle Prevost Doris Kenyon in n For Wives Only." “Ladies at Play.” romedy Fox_comedy. E ewls 8. Stone in’ idnight Lovers.” Camao_comedy uck Jones in Charlle Chase | dye T Sarial M “The City." “College Days." Alice_Day_comedy. Felix. cartonn Janet Gaynor celine Day ir Adolphe Menjou Circle e “'nx Cade” att Moore Adolphe Menjou e Nysiery . Doris Kenyon n “Ladies at Play." Comedy. “The Country Beyond Betty Bronsort f with Olive Borden Doris Kenyon “Brerybody's Acting.” n “Ladies at Play..’ ries. Comedy. ““The_Collegians Colony Janet _Gaynor n Botty, Bronson oty s Acting,” aid_comedy. Janet Gaynor in Tom Mix_in “The Biue Engle.” “Tony Ruus Wild." Charlie Chase Our Gang comedy comedy. and_serial. Mario _Prevost n “For Wives Only." “Collegians,” No. 5 Dumbnrton Belle Bennett in The Lily Jahn Gilbert in Eh[e | “Bardeiya the, Magnif | Pathe News! Comedy “Ba .| Pa Hlppodr me Lew Cody in “The Gav in Her Honor the Deceiver. _Governor.” hn Gilhert ardelys the Ma B and Joseph nifi ildkraut in, the Norma Shearer in Upstage.” Jotta Goudal in | Tom Mix in “Her Man Tony Runs Wild." Mary Pickford in “Lovelight.” “Bill Grimm s Pros- ress’_series Tom Mix in “Tony Runs Wild,” Comedy and scenig. oung April.” Dana in “Kosher Kitty Kelly." Comedy. “Viola Dana Frede in Her Honor the “Kosher, Kitty Kelly." . Comedy, Governor.” mnm “Gian A La Boheme,” News. Lioyd Hughes in : ““Pals First, umeo_comedy Therta Vaughn in “The Colegiate.” Buster Brown comedy. o Sea Hawk cotty of the Scouts, Serial,_comedy Fo Wolf Blood. “Law or Loyalty," e, Boor i Comedy. i he “Lion Hearted . x News. comedy “Law or Loyalty, Imper “Wolf_Blood. Comedy Janet P “The Fity.* __Mermaid comedy. _ Ben Lyons in orge Sidney in, T Charlie Chm “Ben 1 Savage, x Newa. Comedy. Comedy. “Three Bad Men." *“Three Bad Men." “Honesty Ts the Best Poliey.” Ben Lyon in “The Savage.’ No_pieture Vera Reynolds {n scheduled “Sunnyside Up Buck Jones in “Gentle ‘Cyclone.” Colleen Moore in “Twinkletoes Asson_Fahle ~Colleen Moore | in Tolleery Moore in “Twinklstoes." “Twinkletore Arson_Fable. Aeson Fahle | Seoree Sianey i “The Millionaires.” Bobbia Vernon comedy. Bronson In Aoty | _’_;'nrfn’fildn:{v i TR Milionalres. ohie \rl‘mon Betly Brengon In | Bett er: ery! The Return of Peter Grimm Pathe “weekly. Camedy. The Return of Zasu Bitts Peter Grimm.* Pathe weekly “Risky Business ¢ comedy Fox. ‘Alberta Vaughn in The Adorable ’ LT T T Tl ol "ta "Boheme.” M *Bokeme. Fox weekly. | Larry_Semen oo Viola Dana “Kosher, Kitts Kelly. Larre Saman - John Bowery in Laddie. Helen madw“nn H [Marearet Livingston in b “Hell's Four Hun- ared. = in “Laddie. elen and Warren in “The Road to Glory.' Eugene O'Brien fivllimv Alherta Van o n ot P “Simon the Jeator." Ado ver. «allen Landie o ° Henry_comedy w Golden Stratn Gang_ % Yan_Bibher comedy. vmmrm Ju Milton_sills i “Men of Steel.’ Comed mperi \hllmv e W 1 Men of Steel.” n Lady Who Lied. The L et Ford Sterling n “The Show Off." _Comady. Buck Jones in “‘Gentle Cyelone. “Bill Grimm's sz _Comed s Your. om not zd In" Comedy.” rens, “Davia Torrence in Fiorence Vidor in “You Never Know omer The Man in the Alice Day comedy. _Imperial o al o' Mine." Ches. Bowers @ nmed.v et “Fine Manners," e of the Bask. Walter Hiers loyd Hamilton comedy. edy. Patsy Rufh Miller in Rose of the World." medy. George O Hara. ! in §ydney_Chapiin _in Tnm I‘vlpr “The Man on the Box." "Out of uw West." Comedy. - . Al “The Millionaires." Wil r..n}i.{' George_Sidney Moore in lice Dav_comedy. (,nlieel: Moore “Twiniletans. Johnny Hines .Ynhmn “Hines “Steoning Algne.» (enping Aops: “Callegians’ ) Doris_Kenyon “Lodies at Play,” Fox comedy. “Ladies ‘at Play." in “For Wives Only." Fox comedy. Comedy. “Devil's Tsland,’ Acsop Fable. Tewls Stone in Bu “Midnight Lovers, e Hiying Ralph Graves Horsema comedy. Fox comedy. B ‘\’)“he ;m- Ell:;y ice Day come Serial “Sensational Success” CABLE received by S. R. Kent, general manager of ~Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, reports the unprecedented success scored by Pola_Negri in “Hotel Imperial” on the Paramount picture’s premiere in Berlin last week. “Never in film history has any film received such wonderful criticisms,” the cable declares. “This picture will not only be a big business success, but will be a great asset for the whole film industry in Central Eu- rope.” Similar reports have been received from Sweden, the home of the diree- tor, Mauritz Stiller, one of the popular European directors now in this coun- try, and'the exhibitors of Scandinavia, Germany and Central Europe are showing a _keen desire to present at an early date what promises to' be the outstanding box office achieve: ment of the new year. ‘The Miami Beach Woman's Club, says Film Daily, “in an effort to coun- teract what is termed the ‘silly atti- tude’ which women's clubs have taken toward Charles Chaplin, has. peti- tioned local exhibitors to show all glh‘lures that feature the comedian. rs. Clayton Sedgwick Cooper, its president, is quoted as saying ‘“the patrons of picture theaters will be the loser if Chaplln'l films are barred:” BY CONSTANCE TALMADGE. frivolous Wwe should be most wretched, . . . I look upon solemnity as a disease." Now, ‘of course, Voltaire said that, and he said it as no one else has been able to say it, so T have taken it for my motto. 1 think the most exhila- rating thing in the world is to make some one who is sad laugh. It isn't easy, but it's wonderful. Try it. France appreciated this when she decorated the Fratellini Trio with the Legion of Honor. These clowns have tumbled all 6ver Europe for years and have made people split their sides and cause tears of mirth to stream down their cheeks. They are loved in every country. in which they have appeared. France, suddenly appreciating them as soldiérs of happiness, gave all three of the Fratellini brothers the Tross of the Legion of Honor. In the government order, raising these three clowns to this singular dignity, -the. minister of the interior wrote: ‘1 congratulate you heartily in the name of all the little' children of Paris, whose joy you are, and also in the name of -their fathers, those other big children, whom we call men."” I have ne\er been able to get over | What Laughter Means ¥ nature had not made. us a little| Stead. | paritomime, but to put on a play in- There was no Joey on the stage that Christmas. The following year the pantomime was given again and Joey, who had never spoken a | word on’ the stage, came on at that first performance and said, are again!” The entire performance was stopped, the audience cheered, yelled itself hoarse, created a furore just to let Joey know how happy they were to have him back. I decided to become a comedienne long before I realized what a serious ambition it was. I know now that one of the greatest things today is laughter, not cynical, derisive laugh- ter, but the joyous, free laughter that has health in it. I did not know that then, of course. T only felt it. . ‘The public service and educational department of the Stanley-Crandall Theaters, under Mrs. Harriet Hawley Locher, has brought to this city from the New York libraries of the fore- most producers in America many of the outstanding photoplay productione of the pmst, which are making a posi- tive appeal to the amusement instinet of a rising generation that was not of sufficlent age to appreciate these releases when accorded their first showings. “Here we E scope of the movie as a dra. | distinguished recruit from the mqk ing stage in Sam Forrest, late general | has been signed to a flve-year con- tract with Famous Players-Lasky. Forrest has been in the theatrical profession for 35 years, as call boy, property man, actor, director, play ‘“doctor” and dramatist, and during the past 17 years he has revised, adapted and staged most of the big Harris and the present Sam H. Har- ris Co. work for the man with imagination than does the legitimate stage,” says Forrest ““There is no limit to the type or scope of stories used for screen material, and they can be sub- There are no four-wall restriction In the movies you can go anywhere.” Others who have been enticed lately by screen opportunities include Owen Bayard Velller and Alfred all of whom are in the sc nario department of the Paramount Long Island studio. matic medium has won l.nothor‘ stage director of 8am H. Harris, who | hits of the former firm of Cohan & | “I am convinced that the motion | | picture now holds .more stimulating | jected to a wide variety of treatment. | The Molring Picture Album BY ROBERT E. SHERWOOD. W’H!‘u' the foreign invasion of the American screen began, in 1920, with the presentation of “Passion,” it instantly evident to every ob- server that certain foreign countries (Germany, in particular) had some- thing to teach us in the production of motion pictures, The films that followed revealed {the talent of Pola Negri, Ernat Lubitsch, Bmil Jannings and many and while the celluloid in- vasion itself petered out, its results became markedly apparent. American producers, with their vast were able to lure foreign and stars to this country— | using as bait financial offers that may well be described as ‘“tempting.” | Dozens of European artists have journeyed across the seas to Holly- wood, and it is possible, now, to check up on their subsequent progress. A glance at the records of these continental celebrities since they ar- rived in America shows that most of | them have done none too well in com- petition with our home-grown boys and girls, Ernst Lubitsc} mplished d e dy of course, has ac With “The Mar- Circle,” “Kiss Me Again,” Windeérmere's Fan” and other high comedies, he has managed to augment the fame that he achieved in Germany. He is now, unquestion- | ably, one of the five greatest directors | —inAmerica, or anywhere else. ¥ ok ok ¥ | Pom x the foremost of the foreign stars, has not been so fortu- | nate. She has made many pictures he set foot on these hospitable but not one of them (except “Forbidden Paradise”) can_be com- | pared to “Pas: " “Gypsy Blood” or | others of her German.made films. Miss Negri herself has managed to | keep up to her own high standard of effectiveness, but her surroundings .| have been unworthy. A series of feeble pictures has undermined her lpOPU]RX'iL\' to a great extent. ok ok % Lya de Putti is bound to be elimi- nated as a box-office attraction unless mething radical s done to enliven her professional career. | 6th & C Sts. } NEW STANTON *E & Csis NE HOOT GIBSON_-ANNE rmmw.un in THE _F) G _FRONTIER. OLIVE Presents PR]N&:FES 1119 H St. N.E. MILTON SILLS in “MEN_ OF STEEL. SENATE 322 Pa. Ave. SE. T, MeCOY in “WAR PAINT. || CRANDALL'S METROPOLITAN ¥ Streot at 10th THIS WEEK—MADGE BELL and_ ALLAN FORREST VEEwa i RAGG:DY%OS! i TODAY AND TOMORROW CRANDALL'S, i ¥oiRax.w. GEO. SIDNEY VERA GORDON | N HILLIP OPPENHEIM'S | “MILLIONAIRES“ Sennett Comedy 'SUN.-MON.-TUES. CRANDALL'S AMBASSADOR 18th&Col.RA.N.W. [}| - MADGE BELLAMY IN WARNER FABIAN'S “Summer Bachelors” Mabel Normand Comedy TODAY AND TOMORROW CRANDALL'S CENTRAL Pauline FREDERICK AND STAR CAST IN “JOSSELYN'S WIFE” Charles Chase Comedy CRANDALL’S S-wy Theater TODAY-—GEORG! REEER 0 ViR mE JANUARY 23, AMUSEMERYW { 1927—PART 3. has at least managed to equip fhe film l frequentty tham-to stars or dfrectors. with some extraordinarily intefesting | Douglas Fairbanks and John Barry- backgrounds. ever * x ox ford, C James Cruze 1| Gish, King | John Gllbe! great ones star | first time authors even more | fornia sun It is a strange fact that few of the men and women who have approach Hollywood with reputations have ac complished anything in the Citadel of the Cinema This applies to Lillian Swanson, \Imost all other 1 to bloom, for the 8he rode to America on the crest en exposed to.the Cali- of “Variety’s” wave of success; gince then, she has slumped rapidly, as a result of her poor showing in ‘“The Sorrows of Satan” and “The Prince of Tempters." Other highly touted foreign stars and directors who have fallen by the wayside are Sigrid Holmquist, Lothar Mendes, Dimitri Buchowetzki, Charles de Roche, E. A. Dupont, Svend Gade and Benjamin Christiansen. | All these had previously won viec- | tories on their, home grounds. Indeed, aside from Lubitsch, Victor Seastrom is the only one of the ar- tistic immigrants who has really made substantial progress. Two of his American pictures, “He Who Gets Slapped” and ‘“‘The Scarlet Letter,” have been notably successful. * ok ok ok Two of the greatest of the conti- nentals—Emil Jannings, the star, and F. W. Murnau, the director . of “The | Last Laugh”—have lately arrived in | Calitornia, and .their activities there should be matters of consuming int est to the ho like to ki i e ny Sty Has Reached the ficreen— Jannings, with “Passion,” “Decep-| An Indelible Memory of tion,” “The Loves of Pharaoh," “Thae | Night of Throbbing Hearts Last Laugh,” ‘‘Variety” and many | and surging passions, other triumphs behind him, is now at | the Paramount studio working in picture called “The Man God Forgot.” | The story for this was written by Bruce Barton, but aside from that your correspondent is ignorant of the detalls. Murnau is at the Fox studio, apply ing the finishing touches to “‘Sunrise, a triangle drama of a humble peasant, | his wife and a luring lady from the | sreat metropolis, The three char | acters in’ question are played by | George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor and Margaret Livingstone. Some of the still pictures of “Sun- rise” have straggled to my- attention and it !oemu from them, that Murnau ARDMAN PARK Mation Picture Now Playing Premiere Showing “The Treasure” WITH WERNER KRAUS (Star of “Cabinet of Caligar”) Also. A UFA Novelty, “Wonders of the Unfverse” Charfie Chaplin in His First Picture W, the tremendous .~ cvrrflaw Crowds O é‘/(/\ St Ep, VO The Screen Sensation of the City The Greatest Romance That RONALD (OLMAN VILMARANKY ON THE STAGE SPECIAL .PROLOGUE Featuring THEMY GEORGI, Tenor & EDITH VAN, Violinist RIALTO GREATER ORCHESTRA In a Novelty Overture Arranged and Directed By ROX ROMMELL International News—Comedy—Other Hits 00000 0000 TS EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY, JAN. 23RD —- = = In Conformity With the Expressed Preference of An Impressive Number of Our Patrons, On and After This Sunday, Jan. 23d., the L Metropolitan Will Adhere to Its Original Policy and STAGE PRESENTATIONS WILL BE ABANDONED Thus Permitting the Following REDUCED ADMISSION CHARGES Matinees—Balcony, 25¢; Orchestra, 35¢ Nighll, Sundays and . Holidays, Balcony, 35¢; Orchestra, 50c OUR PROGRAMS Will Be Comprised of the Finest Feature Photoplays Produced in This Country and Abroad, the Cream of the Two-Reel Comedies, Specially Assembled World Survey, De Luxe Scenics, Exclusive Novelty Reels, Etc.,’ Etc., All Embellished by the Metropolitan Symphony, Washington’s Sa- preme Musical Organization, Daniel Breeskin, Conductor. a childish delight in watching clowns. ‘They seem so brave in giving all their enthusiastic energy in trying to make a vast audience laugh. I heard this Summer a story about a clown that touched me. Years ago, every Christ- mastime, Joey, the famous English clown, appeared in a pantomime at the old Covert Garden Theater. One Christmas they decided not to give the nAvrfip» T(;P%VI‘E Armand Cortez, who has been in “The American Venus,” “The Palm Beach Girl” and “The Ace of Cads,” has been cast as “the Rat” one of a band of jewel thieves, in Ed Wynn's first film comedy, “Rubber Heels. As a correspondence school detectiy Wynn will try to fofl the evil machi- mations of these crooks. OrWs COLUMBIA BEQGINNING TODAY~SUNDAY, JAN. 23 ml‘-l-«n "tl! SAOW PLACE OF WASHINGTON” 845 Pa, A 8 AT MORROW-00 L AESOP_FABLE. fi.‘ 'x‘ouonnnwflmfimf ofl START NG (ODAY--SUNDAY. JAN. 2 ; ;C:k“" tel Marecus bom Presents the International Favorite and the Girl CRANDALL sn- Ave. £Queher Kt Who Made @ “Red Head” Famous TRENy N Tt ’t? IV AUGHES § CRANDALL'S Fome, Thoser 280 © 8t. N.E. “’BA‘(FJ"? "E'&TW G T YAV CRANDALL’S Chevy Chase, D. C. TORAY— m 36 3 “TAXI 'AXI." I A b %fi‘gflvts OI}E gEVD!T \s \LL'S COLONY “CRANDALL'S COToNT —— TOPANERE ARV nd ESOP FABLE. N RICH TOMORROW —LI “DANCING DAYS. LINCOLN Thesier. =™ U §t. Near 1%th ‘A‘ODAY 'OMORROW _and R LT De Luxe Special Production of Warner Fabian's SUMMER The Spirited and Spontancous Tale o Vew ¥ork's Night Clubs, Roof Gardens Sumwmer Camps and Rollicking Romances by the Author of “Flaming Youth,” Hila ously Interpreted by MADGE BELLAMY ALLAN FORREST MATT MOORE LEILA HYAMS HALE HAMILTON CHARLES WINNINGER WALTER CATLETT OLIVE TELL Directed L in OFFERING A CYCLE OF NEW AND OLD MELODIES CIRECT FROM $IX MONTHS ON BROADWAY AT §2 A SEAT SRt T including LARS HANSON in_“PAKE IT F_BON ME." LIBERTY North Cap. and P Sts. “THREE BAD MEN.* TAKOMA Takoms Park, D. O o Parking Troubles “THE FLAMING FRONTIER" "A‘R HOOT GOBSON. DUSTIN H RR &5 Rl 2105 Pa. Ave. Ph. W, CIRCLE 05 Pa. ::‘PHWIIB YCE, i s R You loved her as Mimi in “La Boheme”—You'll adore her as the world-famous heroine of ;{nwtho;ne' gr;nt zomlm of ove and sacrifice in Puritan II!I:‘Y.LVI;::I‘IN New England! A glorious screen masterpiece that lays | bare a woman’s soul. oy ATA! | PARK THEATER W GENE &' AW‘ FOB‘FE!S 11th & N. C. Ave. S.E. CAROUNA L RST SHOW! ;:BN:.% N R 911 H (iireet NE. oy RS & I;FNTOPINHOP‘I%E 7% el SIDNEY LEADER” 36 e w2 OLTIIC ¥ 0 165 & “Return of Peter Grimm"” HIPPODROME ¥%; near oth Taday-Tomorrow.—— “Return of Peter Grimm" LITE 14th AND R. I. AVE, E b DAY Bm);now JOHN GILBERT ELEANOR BOARDMAN “Bardel; “Bardelys, the Mngrificentz DUMBARTON ™3 Yieeutt b BARRY NORTON an CAMEO THEATER % %wer ~HOROT, A TR TAN Adapted COMPANION ATTRACTION RAGGEDY ROSE Hal RoacN’s TMree-Resl Comedy Hit, Depicting the Extraor: eart Adventures of a Little Rag Picker 4 Dl!TINGUIBElD MABEL NORMAND ormer &tar of Featurs Releases, ' Tong avaont From 18 Boreon, dn a * ADDED STAGE HIY Triumphant Return in Her Best Rols llllll'll Nl.fll lmm—mu mm—unm INTESS o llll!l ll!l!lll Glllll'flll mmmom F‘I.E;?l.'olml'ul‘lmm In_native folk songs and costumes — direct from c:&lcol Theater, New Y PALAOE OONCERT ORCHESTRA-MAGAZINE-TOPI0S-ORGANLOGUE