Evening Star Newspaper, August 28, 1927, Page 53

i I BY ROBERT E. SHERWOO! N XT month, several thodsand eager members of the American Legion will reappear in Fratce to fight again the gruelling Battle of Paris. Ten Years have passed since the boys mMmarched off to the rhythmic beat o “Keep the Home Burning, “Over There” and “Hinky-Dinky Parlez-Vous"—and the Legionnaires are anxious to have one more look at Paris before the time 1 When they are too old to s adequately its manifold Ten years—and to those veterans who ir from a worm's-eye view seems like 10 centuries. Ypres had been rebuilt, German tour- ists in France are no longer r suspiciously civilian aviator s at the time of the Battle of Mons has become the greatest hero in the world. It would scem hard to believe th there had ever been a At W were it not for the amazingly per sistent efforts of the moviemakers in Hollywood to keep the late unpleas antness in the public eye. In Southern California the Dough boys, the Tommies and the Poilus are still going over the top—still # ing machine gun nests with grenades—still making the world for democracy. * X X Within the t two weeks New York has meen the opening of two more war #1ovies, both produced on an enormetsly ambitious scale and intly destined to follow *and “What Price al popular suc- One of them a_Para- mount product, by William Wellma with a cast that is headed by Claire Bow, Charles Rogers and Richard Arlen. The other is “Patent Leather Kid." sta dichard Barthelmess and di- rected by Alfred Santell. Wings,” as nearly every one al- ready knows, is an epic of the air force in France. It was made prin cipally on and above ‘the flying fields of Te where most _American avi- | ators are given their first experience | with the stixk. For purp of this picture, a large section of 7exas was deliberately de- vastated se that, when viewed from the air, it would bear a convincing resemblance to the war zome in northern Irance. It appears to have been a colossal undertaking, but the s prove that it was not sdirected energy. “Win; is a thriller of thrillers. Though equipped with a thoroughly incoherent it manages to keep its audiences in a state of breathless excitement. This is accomplished not by sound dramatic strength, but by a series of almost incredibly spectacu- lar effects. There is one colossal air battle after another, with the rival planes twisting and writhing through the clouds and finaly crashing to the ground in flames. How this was done 1 do not pretend to know. The fact remains that it was done, and superb- Charles Rogers and Richard Arlen are the two heroes of “Wings,” and both acquit themselves creditably. The big scene comes when one of them, who has been forced down be- hind 'the enemy lines, steals a Ger- |man plane and dashes homeward, |only to be shot down by his own buddy. Mr. Rogers, by the way, is the one graduate of the late Paramount school who has managed to make good. Mr. Arlen is another newcomer as been seen to advantage lately he Blood Ship” and “Rolled Stockings.” * ok Kk X “The Patent Leather Kid" is th | story of a prize-fighter who didn’t ant to enlist but who was finally caught up in the draft. When he reaches the front line in France he learns that the courage and skill t| which had sustained him in the ring e of little avail against machine-gun ire, gas ttacks and heavy barrages. He turns yellow, but manages to re- gain his nerve in time to avenge his dead pal and to win the heroic heroine. Richard Barthelmess gives a fine performance as ‘‘the patent leather kid” himself. This, in fact, is the best work that he has done in years. He is supported by a cast that is con- siderably more than adequate, his leading lady being a hitherto unheard- of girl, named Molly O'Day, who hap- pens to be the sister of Sally O'Neil. (It's wonderful how they think up these Irish names.) The excellence of “The Patent Leather Kid” is attributable, how- ever, not so much to Mr. Barthelmess or the other players as to the excep- tional expertness of Alfred Santell's direction. * ok ok % ‘The openings of these two super- features called out the usual number of celebrities, and consequently the usual gaping crowd. At the premiere of “Wings” the principal attraction was Comdr. Richard Byrd, who is quite a flyer himself. Richard Bar- thelmess (in person) occupied the lime- ht when “The Patent Leather Kid" was first revealed. He sat in a stage hox and looked extremely uncomfort- able. * ok ok ok Bulletins. HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—The leading roles in “Rose Marie” (Metro-Gold- wyn) have been intrusted to Ralph Forbes and Renee Adoree. Two Metro-Goldwyn companies have been on location in Eastern parts, one with John Gilbert and Jeanne Eagels in Washington and another with Wil- liam Haines and Joan Crawford at ‘West Point. Harold Lloyd has gone to New York to make his next comedy in and about Manhattan. This is the first time that Mr. Lloyd has found it nec- essary to go far afield for his gags. ‘Will Rogers is getting along with his ‘new picture, “The Texas Steer,” and the town of Beverly Hills is look- ing around for a new mayor. (Copyright, 1027.) 1y well. S ychol_og'y. ND now the movie fan has been psychoanalyzed! Not any particu- lar movie fan, but a composite of the 10,000,000 of us who pass the film box offices daliy. ‘Why does he do it? What accounts for the universal grip of the screen’s stories on human imagination? “He does it,” say Dr. Louis E. Bisch, distinguished psychoanalyst of the New York Polyclinic Medical School. “because to become a movie fan is not only natural, but inevitable. If you don’t like the movies there is some- thing wrong with you.” Particularizing, Dr. Bisch explains in the September issue of Photgplay that the motion picture has betome our most popular form of entertain- ment because most of us think, dream and get all mental impressions in pic- tures which take form in our rather than in sounds or words. Psy- chologically we are termed visualizers. “All of the visualizer’s thought proc- esses, awake or asleep, are in terms of mental pictures,” Dr. Bisch explains. “It stands to reason, therefore, that seeing ig less fatiguing than hearing or reading. Less effort is required and there is less strain on the nervous system in going to the movies than in attending a play or hearing an opera or reading a book. “The second winning point of the movies is that they satisfy our natur curiosity about other people’s affairs | and distant places more easily i quickly than any other agenc Dr. Bisch. Photoplays This Week. | (Continued from First Page.) youthful vows. Not until years later do they meet again, the boy now a dreaming young man, the girl now a duchess, The latter part of the pic: ture is devoted to untangling the knots in_their lives. | and hold ourselves in check. “In the movies all kinds of inti- macies and secrets that we speculate about, but can never be sure about through actual experience, are re- vealed. “Take kings, for instance. 'We hear about them, read about them, and oc- casionally see one. But we want to know what they really are like. How do they talk and act when not on ex- hibition? Are kings always on their dignity, or_are they regular fellows after all? How does a king treat the queen? “Well, you can read about such things. You c¢an even -ses them in scme plays. .But can anything beat the movies in supplying the details you are asking yourself about? ‘“Motion pictures undoubtedly cover the greatest amount of geographical and personal territory in the shortest space of time. We can satisfy more curiosity in a couple of hours in a pic- ture show than if we spent six months trying to dig up the information for ourselves elsewhere.” And, thirdly, declares tke psycho- analyst, the movies give our egos a holiday and permit us to be what we want to be for the time by adopting the character of the heroine or hero on the screen. “Throughout our lives we repress We can- not have what we want. The law and soclal custom doesn’t allow us to | behave the way we want. Circum- stances do not even allow us to ex- h;tss our feelings the way we would like. “But in the picture show! The man or woman whose outpouring of love has been checked can feel the thrill of love triumphant. The clerk who has never had a chance to be a hero can live through the experience of rescuing his -beloved. The failure in business or marriage can see how it feels to have a million dollars and be surrounded by a happy family. “We always like pictures the theme of which fulfill what we consciously WEEK_OF AUGUST 28 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Fri(h.y Saturday Esther Ralston in “Ten Modern Com. mandments, Comedy _and_News. Ambassad'r Esther Ralston in Tsther R “Ten Modern Com. Comedy _and ton 1 n Modern Com. mandments mandments, Color _reel and News. Trene Rich, in “Dearie.” Sennett comedy. Trene Rich “in et r Sennett comeds. Color reel and News. “Tarzan an Edia Murphy in Patey Ruth Miller in d the “Painting the Town.' Golden Lion.” Bobby Vernon comedy. Mermaid_comedy. __ Topics and Navy reel ddie Cantor in pecial Delivery.” American Comedy_and_News. Eddie Cantor in “Special Delivery." Jetta Goudal in Richard Dix in y “Fighting Love.” “Quicksands.” Fred Thomson in Karl Dane in Don' Mike," “Rookies.” Tewis Stone in *The Notorious L abel Normand “One Hour Married. Apollo =t " “The Not Mabel Normand in’ “One Hour Married." Stone_ in rious Lady. Prince, of npters.” csop Fable. Patsy Ruth Miller in, “Painting_the Town,” Johnny “Arthur comedy. Ben Lyon in “The Prince_ of Tempters.” Aesop_Fable. Hi Charles Rav_and Leatrice Joy in “Vanity.” al Roach_comedy. Monte Bive in “The Black Diamond Express.’ t. John_comedy. Ben Tyon n o Ave. Grand .puincy ofTrempters “Pringe of Tempters.” esop Aesop_Fable. Stong il “The Notor. Mabel Nor “One Hoi Ben Tyon able. “The Notorious Raymond Grifith in “Wedding Bills. Mermaid_comed: Tewis Stone i Lady™ abel Normand in e Hour Married." Patay Ruih Miller in “Painting the Town." Billy_Dooley_comed Warner Oland _in C; Dark on Lameo Sunday. Mt. Rainier, et i Callaha Murphys.” Comedy. W Mack_ Sennett Topics. n ‘Wedding Bills.” cmedy. John Arthur comedy. Pathe Review. “Crimson_Flash" No. 8 ickford in May P 1, “Pollyanna. Carolina “One Carol Dempster in Louise Fazenda in, Exciting Night.” “Cradle Snatche Joan Crawford in “The Joan Crawford in “The Understanding Heart.” Understanding Heart.” Louise Fazenda in Rin-Tin-Tin in “Simple Sis.” “Tracked by the rner Ba +Drums of th Luping_Lane fer in Desert,” Central 0 Wiriier Baxter T “Drums of the Desert, medy. Lupino I o _comedy, portiight. Fiorence Vidor in “Afraid to Love." 3. Arthur_comudy. Chale “Alaskan tures. Tewls Stone n Notorious Lady.” Hairbreadth Harry comedy_and N Raymond Wedding Bill: Sennett comedy. News. Chevy Cha. H Neal Burns comedy. Billle Dove, Ben Lyon J. in in “The Tend>r Hour." Acsop_Fable. arrell MacDonald —TLewis Sione in - “Rich But Honest.” “The Notorious Lady r Mabel Normand in,, One_Hour _Married. “The Black Diamond Tohnny Arthur comedy Monte Blue in Ken Maynard in “The Overland Stage" Express. Mermaid_comedy. Marion Davies in Circle “Tillie the Toiler." Marion Dayies in “Tillie the Toiler” Lois Moran in “The Whirlwind of Youth.” Charlie Murray in Lost at the Front." “Lindy Flics Alone.” Charlie Murray in “Lost at the Front. “Lindy Flies Alone." Aesop_Fable. Aesop_Fable. “The Perfect Sap.” William Coller, jr.. in Ben Lyon in “The Sunset Derby.” ‘olleen Moore_in | “Naughty But Nice," Charlie Chase comedy. Colony - T McCoy 0, “The "Frontiersman.” “Alagkan Adven- 's-uy| O'Neil n “Frisco Sally Levy." tures. Animal_comedy. Florence Vidor in “Afraid to Love." ‘Winnie Winkle John ‘GTI!EH n “Monte Cristo," Acsop Fabl Bus Colleen Moore in “Naughty, ‘But Nice. Dumbarton Phyllis Haver in Louise Fazenda, in No Control.” “Simple in “The Tnderstanding Joar Tord Marie Prevost in “Gettimg_Gertic’s Gar- ter." " Pathe News. Comedy. _Hodge-Podke _C Elite Marie Prevost in ting_Gertie's G T omedy. Anna Q. Nilssen in Pathe News. “Too Much Money.” omedy. Hodge-Podxe. [oran 11 Tya do Vhiriwind “God_Gave, Me 20 Y y Cel " _Comedy. Co Pathe Weekly. “The Qutiaw Dog.' “The Whirlwind of Putll 0 v LOR_Chaney In Rohald “The Tower of Lie Larry Semon_comedy. Ranger 10 William Collier. Jr. in “The Sunset Derby,” Animal comedy. News. Jack Perrin ster. Brown comedy, Navy reel. " Moran, n “West of Rainbow Yout) E an_and Dorothy Gish in “Romela.” Sport_reel. Felix_cartoon. Bddie Cantor in - “Special Delivery. Comet Hip’odrome Eddie : “Soecial Delivery.” tor in Ben Lyon 1 “A Perfect Sa Comedy. o Whi Ay G S Tofs Moran In"The.— Revival, “The Stregt Willam Collier. I’ Rt of Forgotten Men." Iwind of Youth." riwind of Youl e comedy. ews. Gum| John Gilbert and he Sunset. Derby. Mae Murray in *" _Comedy. “The Merry Widow." Sport_reel. Comedy. _New Billic and Ben Lyon _in “The Tender Hour' Hom = Aesop Fable. Milton Sill: Bobby Vernon o “Frames N. Edwards_comeds. ¥, MacDonald in Mae Murray ich But Honest.” in . “Altars_of Desire." News. Imperial comeds. Tdna Murphy fn Patey Ruth Mille “Tarzan and the “Painting the Town,"” Golden Lion,” Billy Dooley comedy, Sennett _come: Screen_Star_Sports. Faulne Starke In_ “Captain Salvation. Sport_reel. Comedy. Leader Henry B. W “Kentucly P Fox Weckly. Comedies. Ronald Co “The Richard Barthclmess Dark Folly." Sport._reel. ws. Comedy. “Johnny. * G H Jackie Coogan_in Charles Ray in “The Fire Brizade." Andy Gump comedy. Karl Dane in “Rookies.” Liberty May McAvoy in Matineo Ladles.” Dorothy Gish in London. A Blondo Saint.” Lya de Puttl in Doris Kenyon i "Blondo Salnt." “The Heart Thiel.” S — Virginia_valli in, — Lillian Gish ~— Lon Chaney Stage Madness.” Collegians. Kinogram_News. “The Park in Mr. Wu.” in Scarlet Letter.” Comedy. Comedy. Sadge Bellamy in “Ankles Preferred.” “‘Captain _Salvation.” Cgmedy. Comedy. Kews. “The Fire Brigade.” Charles Ray in Clara_Bow _in “Rough House Rosie.” ek Jones Tn “The Flying _Horseman.” “Serial, Felix_cartoon. ‘The Perfect Sap.” Comedy. Harry Langdon, in Ha “Long Pants. Princess “Long Pants.” rry Langdon in Jetta Goudal in “Fignting Love. 4y “The Night Bride.” Ri Dorothy Mackaill in Marie_Prevost in “Just Another Blonde" chard Barthelmess in “The White Black Sheep.” “The Gorilla Hunt.” Joan Crawford in . i " Understanding The Heart Savoy tar Cast in 7, Farrell McDonald | Enchanted Isla Cameo_comedy. News. Lupino I. Gilda G ray 1o “Cabaret.” Takoma Pathe News. Sportlight. Gilda Gray - Pathe “Cabaref News. Sportlight “Paradise for Two." Sennett_comedy. i “Paradise for Two." Tobm “The ~ Show."" in b Alice Lay in “'Her Father Said No." Sennett_comedy. Juvenile_comedy. Richard Dix Rin-Tin-Tin_in n “Tracked by the Police.” Comedy. Sennett _comedsy. News. 15 in ar) rian len Maynard in aibert o Mary_ B —k"T";,Oger" W “Trl Tod and Stage.” Witwer's, sh Howls." B . Rin-Tin-Tin in Buck Jones in “Tracked by the “Desert Valley. Police.” Aesop Fable, Comedy. News. Comedy “on Charles Ray in “Vanity. Charles 1'1;\' in ity Bobby Vernon comedy. Bobby Ve Review. Stars in ““Rolled Stockings. n_Bibber comedy. Paramount_Junior Paran “Rolled Van_Bibber comedy. nt_Junior “Painting the Town,” Topics, News Navy reel. diy tockings.” Patsy Ruth Miller I Patsy | tay Ruth Miller Tn Thomas Meighan, i ainting the Town," “Blind Alleys." Topics. News, Juvenile comedy, Navy reel. Sportlight. Sally ‘U'S'e“l Billio Tevy." Nes Tivoli . n isco_Sally op Fable Ugliness Not Always An Asset. BEING the “ugliest-looking actor in captivity” may be a commendable from the commercial angle, yEa be a serious social but it appears to ndicap. haLouiap\Volhe(m, who enjoys the dis- tinction of having the homeliest physiognomy ever registered on the screen, and of being built like a bear, declares he is very , sensitive about his “frightful personality when he is not before the cameras “A man can look mean and ugly on the screen, and the women nm'lv children may love him, despite it,’ asserts the gargoylian actor. ‘A movie idol isn't necessarily himself before the cameras, and when he registers terror and ill-looks on the screen, he is applauded as a good actor. “But when this same actor appears in the flesh before his admirers he i expected to look handsome and l'dnd Of course, that’s something I can’t do so well,” continued Wolheim, grin- ning. 1 couldn't look pretty if T wanted to. And when I attend these Hollywood tea parties, I just can't hold my wafers at the correct angle. or juggle my cup and saucer in society form. “Cuz'npared with me, Jack Demp- sey is a second John Gilbert.” —_— A Difficult Task. “IN one respect, the role of Helen of Troy is impossible to enact.” So says Maria Corda, noted Hun- garian actress, chosen for the role in First National's picturization of the John Erskine satire, “:l‘he Pri- vate Life of Helen of Troy." “From time immemorial Helen has been regarded as the epitome of fem- inine beauty and charm,” says M Corda. “From our earliest school days, we have read and studied ot Helen and how her beauty launched a great war. “With that in mind, it is impossible for any woman to appear entirely sat- isfactory in the role of Helen. The greatest real beauty of all times would fall short of public demand, for there never was a woman alive who could arise to the legend as it exists in our minds. “Therefore, in this picture of ‘Helen of Troy,’ we can but accept the phys- ical Helen whom we see on the screen as a symbol, just as a painted backdrop on the stage represents a forest or a mountain or the skyline | or unconsciously have wished to be.’ i ““The Tender Hour." Neely Edwards comedy FILMOGRAMS Bits From the Studios and Theaters. e o Dove, Ben Lyon John l(ix\k\crt n n “Monte Cristo.” Felix _cartoon. \WHILE with Paramount-Famous Lasky, James Cruze won screen fame for his direction of “The Cov- ered Wagon,” “The Pony Express” and “Old Ironsides.” Now he is be- ing mentioned by De Mille Pictures as particularly well qualified to di- rect “On to Reno,” described as a sophisticated comedy-drama. ‘‘What goes up must come down” even in the movies. Research in preparation for filming “The Fighting Eagle” is sald to have disclosed that Napoleon always car- ried a snuft box although he never used spuff. And so history Is en lightened. The Italian picture actor, Whom Paramount has dubbed Arnoid Kent, is really Lido Manetti, a native of Florence, Ttaly, and a_former lead- ing man with UFA in Germany. He i said to Interpret the most complex emotions with the simplicity of pan- tomine and of true art. Film Dally, enlightening the indus- try how to economize, advises it to let the salaries of the actors and di- rectors algne and to eliminate the “grubs” in the studios, principally the “yes men."” It also suggests the elimination of long waits between pic- tures and advises the producers to “put 'em to work for their money.” Incidentally, it is sald, the Depart- ment of Commerce of the United States has set apart October 24 to 28 as “Cut Waste week” and will en- deavor to point out organizations various wa ting waste in production. vs for cut- Don Alvarado, the young Spaniard who has risen rapidly since he has been with United Artists, has been chosen for the leading role in “A Ro- mance of Old Spain,” D. W. Griffith’s “Lure o Club.” comedy. to commercial | Viola Dana _in f the Night Charles Puffy Navy reel. Tio MeCoy n ‘The Frontiersman. ‘Alaskan Adventures” Ex in first picture since his return to United Artists, Clara Bow, flaming-haired flapper in Paramount pictures, has started a new hair style. She calls it the Medusa bob, which means that her locks wave wildly in the breeze, even more so than the so-called “wind- blown” bob. It will be seen in “Red Hair. Ben Lyon is back from Europe, after two months, but he managed to play opposite Lya Mara in “Dancing Vienna,” for Deutsches Film Produc- ing Union in Berlin. And now prominent officials of the big producing companies in Holly- wood, including Metro - Goldwyn- Mayer, Paramount and United Ar- tists, say they know nothing at all of the alleged plan to supplant film stars with “new faces.” ‘“Prominent officials” are responsible for many of the mistakes in the movies, it is claimed. Much interest has been aroused by the exhibition of paintings by the Landscape Club of Washington in the promenade lounge of Crandall's Ambassador Theater, at Fighteenth street and Columbia. road. There are on exhibition 31 canvases done by members of the Landscape Club. It is expected the exhibition will be continued for another fortnight. “A Gentleman of Paris,” Adolphe Menjou's latest for Paramount, will be released within the month. Shir- ley O'Hara plays opposite the star. H. D'Abbadie D’Arrast directed. Universal has purchased two Rex Beach stories for next season—‘The Mating Call,” a current serial, just issued as a novel, and “The Michigan Kid.” e LOE w’ "The Black Diamond of “The Garden of Eden, United Artists production, with a sup- porting cast which includes Louise Dresser, Lowell Sherman, Hank Mann and Maude George in support. art- director. vastly more lavish than was origi- nally planned when Miss Griffith commenced her latest picture some time ago. panded and built up while the settings have been gauged to correspond with the increased im- portance of the production. Monte Blue in . Ken Maynard In “The Overland Stage.” Alice Day in Sennett Comedy. Corinne Grifith Starts. 'ORINNE GRIFFITH has begun work on the new screen version her first pres: n G " Neal Burns Tistie comedy. Director Lewls Milestone has started the camera battery grinding on the elaborate new sets designed by Wil- iam Cameron Menzies, United Artists The production will be ‘The story has been ex- extensively, Film Features PRINCESS 1118 H St N. in HARRY LANGDON SR BN NGO CAMEQ THEATER ™ e DRESSLER in_“THE CALLAHANS AND MURPHY: 535 8th St. S.E. NEW THEATER 335 8th St. Sk in_“FRISCO SALLY LEV EMPIRE 9! H St. N-E. MARION DAVIES in TILLIE_THE_TOILER. NEw STANTON 6th & C Sts. N.E. t i i EDDIE, CANTOR in *SPRGIAL DELIV: ERY \pAL ST JOHN "in "VSKY CIRCLE 2105 Pa. Ave. Ph. W. 953 Ample Parking Space Tyvhoon Cooled MARION = DAVIES. MATT MOORE, HARRY CROC . -GEO, FAWCETT, ILLIE_THE TOILER. AMERICAN 7t St. & o7 Ave EDDIE CAN' “SPECIAL DELIVER\’T'O I LIBERTY North Cap. and P Sts. KARL DANE 00KIE: o CRANDALL’S METROPOLITAN F St. at 10th THIS WEEK—ESTHER RALSTON and NEIL, HAMILTON in_‘TEN MODERN COMMANDMENTS." JIMMY ADAMS COMEDY, ( 7§ TIVOLI CRANDALL'S V05l ps w.v. TODAY AND TOMORR O W— LEATRICE JOY ' and CHARLES AMUSEMENTS.® 8 Follow the News Trend. "Tlm moving pictures are getting just as journalistic as the daily papers, and that doesn’t refer to the current ‘newsreels, either. “Historical pageantry and sweet | romance still have their place, but the innovations and the advance steps are all in the direction of realizing the unapproachable interest of life's ac- | tual, present happenings. The literal realism of newspaper reporters is tak- | ing possession of the films.” Such is the claim in a screed from | Paramount_headquarters. “Flying has been the great page 1 ubject this Summer,” it continu just as Channel swimming was la ummer, and the pictures harmonize with that tone by presenting the great air epic of ‘Wings.” China has claimed columns and columns of newspaper | space, and Richard Dix is ready to| release ‘Shanghai Bound." Crime is| the subject of perennial interest to newspaper readers, and Paraghount comes forward with its pow : inal_court and police stor: world.” Foot ball and_prize-fishting attract millions of readers and they | receive lavish attention in the pic- | tures. | “The legitimate stage reflects the| same tendency. Advance notices on Broadway indicate several plays in re- hearsal which will deal with profes- sional evangelists and remind the au- diences of the controversies concern- ing some of them. “The outstanding success of last n was the very reportorial ‘Broad- way,’ a photographic description of the ‘cabaret and bootleg sceme. An- other success was ‘Chicago,’ a_tabloid newspaper’s view of a lady who shot her husband. The play ‘Chicago’ and the picture ‘Underworld,” both by for- mer reporters on Chicago newspapet have much of the newspaper touch in | “The newspaperreading race of Americans find the same emotional and intellectual fare when they go to the picture show. Editors who say they are giving their readers what want are not a step ahead of the cture producers. And the Rublic desire, by all indications, is for & closer understanding of life; for themes which connect Intimately with the drama going on all around; for & truer recording of facts as they are. he New York Public Library in its last annual report announced that out of 4,000,000 persons who visited its main building last year almost 3,000,000 came to the newspaper room. They were interested in the current happenings of their world. “It is a long way to ‘Underworld’ rom Sarah Bernhardt's ‘Queen Eliza- beth, the first great feature picture shown in America. A long, long trail was traveled from the ornate costume ma. of remote centuries to the per- onal story of a gunman’s fight to hold his girl in the year 1927. The dis- tance is about the same as from the colonial towncrier to this morning's metropolitan newspaper. The leap means that the films have passed out of the world of illusion and have be- come the vital records of human strug- &le now going on.” Louise Does Blackface. THE “pis-ails” which earlies in her areer were a distinctive portion of her screen makeup have been dis- carded by Louise Fazenda in her lat- est vehic for Warner Bros.” “Ham ‘Lm(l E a comedy of a colored regi- | ment in France. Louise dons black- face make-up, accessory to which is a wig of wooly black hair. As the high brown gal in “Ham and common. But whereas ‘Chicago’ made its facts Into a cartoon, ‘Underworld’ is a star reporter’s straight and zir narrative, hurried through his smok ing typewriter to catch the next edi- tion. “Realism has not gone so far actors, however. The acquittec ine of a courtroom drama does not go into the movies. But the lead in ‘Underworld’ at least is not taken by an amateur. The part be- longs to Evelyn Brent, who started life intending to become a school teacher and attended Teachers’ Col lege of Columbia University, but then went into pictures. Most of her parts have been crime roles. the | vamp. hero- | feminine | " Louise mixes her usual talent wing laughs with some studied roclivities of an stible and dusky For the first time the amusing | and lovable characteristics of colored { folk which have been so thoroughly treated in literature and on the stage | ave said to be brought to the screen. “Beggars of Love” has been substi- tuted for “Sun Kissed” as the title of Pola Negri's latest Paramount pic- ture now in the cutting rooms at Hollywood. Kenneth Thompson and Jean Hersholt support the star in the drama of love on a_California fruit ranch. Miss Negri's next picture will be an original by Ernest Vadja. RIALTO —NOW PLAYING— Two Gala Features Combining Pep and Pulchritude! —ON THE SCREEN— Carl Laemmle Presents “CHEATING CHEATERS” Co-Starring BETTY COMPSON KENNETH HARLAN A Slice of Life From the Underworld —ON THE STAGE— A Bevy of BATHING BEAUTIES IN PERSON Who Will Contest in the Atlantle City Pageant—Appearing at 4: B 9 A “MISS DENVER” “MISS SPOKANE” “MISS SEATTLE” “MISS WASHINGTON" —HONOR GUEST— MARJORIE JOESTING Miss Washington 1926 EILEEN LALLY “Blues” Entertainer —Other Divertissements— —NOTICE— The Only Downtown Houses of the Fis ¢ Rank Offering Premiere Presentations of New Feature Programs Today MER™: Sunday, Doors Open at 2:30. OF RECOGNIZED ST.~ 10th ROPO Daily, 10:30 A. M. to 11 P.M. %~ WEEK OF AUGUST 28TH -wx PARAMOUNT PRESENTS Arthur Ho; Truaz, El l? rendel and an t, Jocelyn Lee, Maude Ensemble RAY in “VANITY.” BOBBY VER- NON_COMEDY. of Distinction in Jack Lait’s Spon- LUM Eisie Ferguson, who has not been seen on the screen for some time, ap- pears opposite Wallace Reid, and Mon- | tagu Love, Elliott Dexter and George | Fawcett appear in the cast. The first showing of the original Arctic_pictures, “Adventures in the Far North”; a burlesque on “Romeo and Juliet,” other short subjects and the music of the Little Theater Trio complete the bill, WARDMAN PARK—“Passion.” The final Washington showings of one of the greatest motion picture dramas, on,” will be given by the Motion Picture Guild at the Ward- man Park Theater this week. Emil Jannings and Pola Negri are its cen- tral figures, under the direction of Ernst Lubitsch. The film is well known for its stir- § 1 of the story of Madame v and events leading up to the French Revolution. Jannings has the role of Louis XV of France; Madame du Barry is played by Pola Negri. bill THEATER LITTLE ;.5 Between F and G on Ninth Street taneous Comedy of Broadway's Backstage Strife, Life, Laughter and Love—the Perfect Audience Picture CoiLumBiA DOORS OPEN TODAY AT 2:30 P.M. You are respectfully urged to attend the morning and afternoon shows and avoid the enormous night crowds. THE SENSATION OF THE SEASON! ALL WASHINGTON WANTS TO SEE EMIL JANNINGS CRANDALL'S ,ASBASSADOR 18th & Col. Rd. N.W. TODAY, TOMORROW and TUESDAY —ESTHER RALSTON and NEII, HAMILTON _in 'TEN MODERN COMMANDMENTS.” JIMMY COMED' CRANDALL'S Savor Tieater™ and Garden ath & Col. RA. TODAY—JOAN CRAWFORD in “THE UNDERSTANDING HEART.”, TOMORROW—STAR CAST in “THE ENCHANTED ISLAND.” 'UE GRAND CRANDALL'S AVENUEGRAN: 645 Pa. TODAY. AND, TOMORROW_-B THE PRINCE Now Playing Visualizing the Sprightly Story of a Young Song Writer and the Girl Friend Who Put His Stuff Over in the Year's Biggest Revue—Yow'll Eat It Up JIMMY ADAMS—A SURE FIRE HIT AS World Survey—Color Scenic—Overture, “Countess Maritza” (Kalman) Washington's Finest Orchestra—Daniel Dreeskin, Conductor Loy (omnany of —NOTE— Refrigerated Air Keeps the Earle at a Constant Tem- perature More Delightful Than Seashore or Mountains. Gn. Ave. & Farragut TODAY—COLLEEN MOORE _in ' CE.” CHARLIE cCOY in “THE ipollo _Theater FRONTIERSM CRANDALL'S Aro and Garden 624 f St. N.E. TODAY AND TOMORROW—LEWIS STONE and BARBARA BFDFORD in “THE OTORTOUS LADY ' MABEL ~ NORMAND in ‘ONE HOUR_MARRIED." S HOUR AR RN CRANDALL'S ¥08 oo e TODAY—S A L LY ONEILL in “FRISCO SALLY LEY, HOUR." (2 g Hq;"{%‘ z"“%Afl J’j\\ TODAY—BILLIE DOVE_and B! LYON in “THE TENDER HOUR." TOMORROW. ILTON SILLS in s SR DG pUDEVIL aeyame el HpeMIER YR Emecl.r "SE PICTURES CRANDALL'S 12_Conn. Ave. TODAY—RAYMOND GRIFFITH_in st bl 9~ WEEK OF AUGUST 28TH -=x THE SEASON’S NOVELTY SURPRISE “WEDDING BILLS." SENNETT COMFDY. TOMORROW—JOAN CRAWFORD in RADIO MINSTRELS _“THE U STANDING HEART." CRANDALL'S CENTRAL Direct From Station WGBS, New York, With the Savannah Shufflers, Diamond Studded Quartet, Band and TODAY AND _TONORROW_WAI: 20--RADIO AND STAGE STARS--20 FRANK SINCLAIR & CO. ‘Mfl. REED & MISS LUCEY 12 AXTE! “DRUMS “OF Egg DYSERTY 'LUPING' LANE With Wainwright Sisters and] In a Combination of Melody Louise Miller ‘ and Mirth [} IMEDY. “FIND 'EM AND FOOL 'EM” “PIANO CAPERS” OTHER STAR ACTS AND SPECIAL HOUSE FEATURES PHYLLIS HAVER--MAY ROBSON SIDNEY LUSTS With Harrison Ford in Miss Robsow's Greatest Success HIPPODROME ¥; near 9th “THE REJUVENATION OF AUNT MARY” ({\ ELLE BENNETT MAVER, DONALD KEITH, < VICTOR FLENING e Sacrifice, Love and Regener- ation. The World's @reatest Actor in a sereen Masterpiece! —a strange, grip- ping,soul-stirring drama — simple, human —a reve- lation of a cross- section of life as ON THE STAGE Entrancing, Colorful, Romantic REVUE REVIVAL OF GEORGE FITZ MAURICE'S “FOREVER” (PETER IBBETSON) By GEORGE DUMAURIER With WALLACE REID ELSIE FERGUSON “Adventures in the Far North Captain Kleinshmidt's Famous Film of Arctic Exploration, With PHIL SPITALNY’S VICTOR RECORDING ORCHESTRA 7 ** CHESTERALE GIRLS 22 DANCING 22 BEAUTIES i COLES Direct from the Capitol Theater New York City Added Attractions LUPINO LANE COMEDY M-G-M NEWSREEL LEON BRUSILOFF'S SYNCO-COLUMBIANS Thaav-Tomorrow EDDIE CANTOR “SPECIAL DELIVERY." ELITE 14th AND R. AVE. TODAV-TOMORROW MARTE PREVOST “GETTING GERTIE'S GARTER.” TAKO) 4th & Butternut Sts “GILDA GREY in “CABARET.” 1343 Wisconsin Ave. DUMBARTON 513 2% St B NEEID EuEo? pRANA D M-G-M Newsreel FABLES —_— OVERTURE ““Capricele Italienne' Little Theater Trio, Etc. COMING! THE GREATEST OF ALL GREAT PICTURES . “THE BIG PARADE” THE SUN.AT7&9 WARDMAN PAR POSITIVELY LAST SHOWING EMIL JANNINGS and POLA NEGRI w veas “PASSION” An Ernst Lubitsch Production PALACE SYMPHONY ORCHESTHA Phil Spitalny Guest Conductor