Evening Star Newspaper, October 23, 1927, Page 62

AMUSEMENTS." Athletes in Photoplays. A whose pictures are hung in clubs throughout the world are to be seen these days in motion pic- tures in make-believe roles that they actually lived. It has been found that, generally, stimulation of ath letic prowess leaves much to be de- sired, so why not have the real article? First of all, it must be determined that the faces of these notables of the boxing ring, track and tank, or what- ever their forte, meet the demands of the camera. That is, they must have “photographic faces.” Oddly, the ma- Jority have something that does not usually apply in general recruiting for the films. There was the case, however, of & famous pugilist who, before his de- thronement as world champion, took a so-called “fiyer” in the movies. His facade had not been dented or in any " wise rearranged, despite his predilec- tion to rush in and chance stopping everything his opponent shot; but his face, as is and as was, 50 to speak, wimply did not register properly. By the time the make-up artists got through with him his pop and ma could hardly be expected to recognize their boy on the screen. The make- up box dabbers had done a remarkable job in two ways: They made it pos- sible for the cemera to “take” him, and, in so dcing, had unwittingly. achieved a cske-eater aspect in a physiogonomy that exactly met the ring fans' conception. of the fighting man. Naturally, he was handicapped at the outset, for the silver sheet gazers could not ‘“see” him in light and shadow as he actually was in the ring. He soon flickered out. So it might be adduced that fortu- nate are the athletes who aspire for the fame and coin of the movie realm and do not need any extensive altera- tions faclally. Charles Paddock, the world’s fastest human, and Duke XKahanomoku, the Hawalin acquatic star, are lucky in this respect. Di- yect opposites—Paddock,:light blonde; Kahanomoky, dark skinned—they with only photographed splendidly, the the customary attention from make-up man. After glancing at the first rushes of “High School Hero,” in which Pad- dock is featured, Director David But- ler was satisfied the camera saw the real “Flying Charley.” It was the same after Kahanomoku's first ap- pearance before the camera in “Womanwise,” in which he is cast as Guard Duke, and his ability in the water is given full play. “King Sdlomon,” who made his pugilistic debut in New York under the bllling of Jewish heavyweight title contender, but who is an Ar- menjan from Panama, was found O.K. for a fighting role in “East Side, West Side,” by Allan Dwan, the director. In this picture he collides with George O'Brien, perhaps the most notable ex- ample of an athlete whose face regis- ters perfectly and who is endowed with an innate histrionic power. O’Brien, said to be the only out- standing film star holding membership in the Amateur Athletic Union, was light-heavyweight boxing champion of the Pacific fleet during the war, and is a fine all-around athlete. Vic McLaglen, the Capt. Flagg of “What Price Glory” and the matador in “Loves of Carmen,” is a former fighter and wrestler, who has the dis- tinction of a manful showing against Jack Johnson in the negro heav: weight's heyday. Leo Houck, e lightweight, had a role in “East Sid ‘West Side,” and two California fight- ers, Jimmy Dine and Jack Herrick, were cast for parts in “Is Zat So?” ‘Whrestling’s _ contribution is the Greek husky, George Kotsonaros. He's the strong man in “Balaco,” and he films ideally. ‘W. R. Sheehan, vice president and general manager of Fox Films, be- lieves in picking athletes of promi- nence for roles kindred to theirs in real life. A number of sport pictures are now being made with this plan adhered to whenever possible for greater realism. Trend i Modern Films. |TESSE L. LASKY of the. Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation was talking in New York recently about the so-called “new and modern idea” in pictures, quite different from the ol type. “Moving pictures today,” says Mr. ZLasky, “represent comparatively a mature stage of development. Pic- tures today are being made by the mecond generation of producers, who, instead of being forced to experiment with the mechanics, are free to build @ fresh structure of modern ideas on the old foundation principles. New people, modern minds, original points of view—these are the reasons for the @ifferent twist in the best pictures. “The pioneers who bulilt up the great moving picture business had the cour- age and initiative to tackle a new problem for which there was little precedent to guide them. And in the course of the years they worked out these problems successfully and mas- tered tLe technique of picture making. ‘Their accomplishment in establishing the pictures—and I refer to.the pio- meer producers, directors, actors and all cornected with the early years— ‘will seem more important as the years on. Nothing can lessen the credit is due them for building this new The young- sters who had nMMn' to do with blazing the trail now are in high favor. Youth is the spirit of modern pictures. They are on the beginnings of the pioneers, keep- them from getting into a rut, right in step with the front gressive, modern life. If satisfy millions of peo- l.m( year, this is inevitable; leom«l by veterans and Mr. hnky pointed to two pictures exhibited within a few blocks of each other in New York showing German_actor, Jan- “Passion,’ mdo about eight , and in “The Way of All this year’s vintage. In the picturs Jannings has a minor llwelrl.neo of the old sets and the fidelity of-the But the difference,” he emp! “Is-not in the develop- ment of the actors and improvement of backgrounds. It is in the whole Jiving Mrl"nt ‘The picture stands up boldly, without fearing.com- n with the happenings of actual t isn't easy to describe what I mean by the ‘modern’ idea. It is a generalization whi from Plfluf to In d H.al!flll ""fl' "u’uc... u..“"“‘%l?‘“‘# DANCE_LOVERS’ OLUB. mt-don-l Inlm 1028 X 5 r‘nnkln: 7501. _23¢ DAVISON'S 7 jos, % danz cor T Tirictly private any Bour. 'y'm Ju o Sateen wilh Sroncatrs: Stomp. T %5 ?‘pi“' ‘““ “‘“&.... DON mu‘ fonta Only AHC“"} “America’ ted Da: W_i’w vFa.gl"A“{fi'l“ rg_- STUDIO Qur Pancing Clase will start Oct., 26th. struction 1in the nnn l‘lu- p1OpoIns- Fran] BEATRICE COLES ol t7pes ot dunciog taughi—professionsl n al, o et 17 14th St N.W. mum-flm. Col. 7822, ‘Adains 6780. FORME] l.lv DIAGHILEFFS BA‘LL‘T Rl 13 -ll’. VASSI T l‘ll- lnd jvate lessons for iy Tuursday, Kllareo: Savaralr Pt 5 The Playhouse, IOIO N St. NW. CATHERINE LLE . e Gians_Tucaday. tntroduc- newest dances of season: Dflvth lessons e s sasccaily’ with Srehcsira: ‘3541 Cinecuiots_ aver Stain BA54: P HELEN JANE MARR SCHOOL OF THE DANCE AND RELATED ARTS Denishawn Method and evening classes. and privats fn- ion T%e ahd Spanish, for brefesstons onals. Stretching and Acrobat 3 LORETTO MURPHY Associate .II:‘m-n:tw Ned Wi met f T &-uy. x:‘:'o'-fie, Kinkajou and inners . ), Musieal Baliroom the product of’ an infinitude of little things. “Pictures being made today would have been impossible a few vears ago, and this is a sign of growing intelli- gence The same can be said of books and plays and newspaper style, People are facing facts and discovering the interest in them without regard to whe.her they-are flattering. “In all the pictures which can be called modern in spirif the companies are behaving not- like actors doing important work; they perform with a light touch, which harmonizes with the liberal spirit of our life. These new directors and actors make use of the technique developed by the pioneers, but they don't lose sight of their own positions as individual citizens in a ‘To succeed they must bring this zip, alertness, tolerance and originality into their fil MNational Lyceum Jewish Community (‘enut. 16th at Q St. RUSSIAN SYMPHONIC CHOIR sem.’ of Seven Numbers—Five Dollars ngle Orchesira Seats. $1 and $1.50 Call Decatur 1521 LIDO Hamilton Hotel _ '14th and K N.W. 875" 1 SR ‘comme ‘Sack) POLI s_ MONDAY THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, Celebrities Galore. THE roster of names included in the cast of the Tiffany production “Night Life” now being filmed under the direction of George Archainbaud reads like a “who's who" of celebri- ties. In the cast are found Archduke Leopold of Austria, Harry Reinhardt, son of Heinrich Reinhardt, composer of “The Spring Maid,” and other noted musical plays; F. Schumann- Heink, son of Mme. Schumann-Heink; Count von Dobeneck and Baron W. von Brinken, technical adviser, who occupied a similar position with M. G. M. for some time. BY OLIVE BORDEN. T boarding school, back in Balti- more, when we used to gather in somebody’s room and talk about our ideal man, some of the girls used to say things like: “He must be very tall” or “He must have blue eyes.” I always said just: “He must be the sort who understands moods, and is kind, and he must have a sense of D. C, OCTOBER My Ideal Man. humor about himself as well as other people.” I never thought it would ‘make much difference if his hair were dark or light if only he were tolerant, and the color of his eyes wouldn't matter so long as there were laugh lines around them. Since coming to Hollywood I haven't changed my mind, though I've been too busy here to do much dream- ing. Sometimes, between shots on. the set, I've caught an imaginary glimpse of 'this ideal of mine. sitting quietly in the midst, of all the rush and con- fusion, smoking a well worn pipe. On location. I have thought of him 923, 1927—PART 3. as being as much at home in a khaki shirt and field boots as he was in the tailored clothes of the city. He would be the sort who could adapt himselt easily to any environment, and be a good companion dancing at the Am- bassador Cocoanut Grove or riding horneback out in San Gernandq Valley, But T !hlnk above all. he must be an adventurer, who always yearns for the far places of the earth. To para- phase Edna St. Vincent Millay, the poet, “there isn't a train he wouldn't take, no matter where it's going,” and, of course, he'd take me along. ———— In the Middle Ages noblemen were forbidden to ride in coaches lest they lose their skill at horseback riding and fighting. Equippgé by Stock Work. | T A LITTLE checking up on the glib statement that such and such an | actress has “leaped into fame” gen- erally discloses more painful stepping than saltation. Pauline Lord, who is now regarded as one of America’ leading emotional actresses, is rather an example of patient and persever- ing diligence. The perfectlon of her technigue, her control and direction of the torrent of passionate force within her was not a_ special visitation of grace manifested in a single perform- ance, such, for instance, as Anna Christie. Indeed, Pauline Lord was trained in her profession as few of her sisters of the young generation of American ac- tresses have been. She was playving child parts in the Alcazar Stock Com- pany, that cradle of California theatri- cal genius, when Nat Goodwin, tour- ing the country in repertoire, enlisted her. For three seasons she ' toured with Goodwin and she credits him with grounding her in the art of act- ng. Next, she went with the Milwaukee Stock Company, playing small parts one season, then returning for two years as ingenue leading woman. In that company were many players of rank during her stay there. Among them were Lowell Sherman, Ralph Kellerd, Otto Kruger, Robert Damp- ster, Edwin Arden, Ruth Chatterton, Edna Hibbard, Cora Witherspoon and buzzing 'round the stage door walting’ her chance was little Lenore Ulric. Miss Lord appeared in some minor Tomorrow and Week SHUBERT-BELASCO MATS. WED. & SAT. “No_native dramatist briliiant u piece of wor) “. perfect evening's entertaine merit.”"—Record. pleasantly verse and un- aueitionabiy” clever- —Leder. SR xzerlccny played by Holbrook Blinn ve, sophisticated, fin- ished. His ur/urmanu stamps him again as one of the few worth-while actors on American stage today.”—Bulletin. “Bubbles with wit, Holbrook Blinn contributes a marvelous interpreiation arming ireat for those who iove Good oting.'—Sun. vNo_cinitized being shouid_mise this lay Benjamin de Casseres, Arts NEXT WEEK ALEXA!\DER M‘KAIG THE RACKET A Hard-Boiled History of Crime By BARTLETT CORMACK WITH A SUPERB CAST Prior to New York OCT. 31 | opening - Seats Mon.—Eves., $1 to $3; Thur, Mat., 50c fo §2; Sat. Mat., 50c to $2.50 ALEX, A. AARONS AND VINTON FREEDLEY predent Fred-Adele Astaire FUNNY FACE ‘The Thompson-Benchley-Gershwin Musical Comedy Hit WILLIAM KENT BETTY STANLEY RIDGES b3 ETTY COMPION VICTOR nnl!l AND PHIL OHMAN at Fihe o:mmm .eW'ALl‘I HENRY WHITTEMORE World’s Best Dancing Chorus THE MESSRS. SHUBERT WERE OBLIGED THURS- DAY TO RUN THIS ADVERTISEMENT IN ALL BALTIMORE NEWSPAPERS BECAUSE THEIR BALTIMORE TELEPHONES WERE OUT OF COMMISSION—SWAMPED WITH CALLS ASKING WHEN THE SALE WOULD BEGIN, !'antdement would be foolish if it were not true and would wreck the fortunes of any play or producer. THE MESSRS. SHUBERT THANK THE PEOPLE Ol" BALTIMORE AND SURROUNDING MARYLAND FOR THEIR WONDERFUL INTEREST IN THE PRESENTATION OF THE NATIONAL OPERETTA WTOMARYLAHD 'UNPRECEDENTED DEMAND FOR SEATS HAS RE. nll.’rln rlwu JHS BARE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE BALTI- tll IN THE ORDER IN WHICH MAIL EDERS All Buzlvls OUR CHECK FOR WAR TAX. SINGING CAST OF 150--MALE MILITARY CHORUS OF 60 Scor: —Libretto by Dorothy Donnelly, e . Z‘:‘.‘s;:.;‘.“’g%&f; i a.flr’flug’n and “Blossom Time"! “Your soul was feasted upm'mulo as light, as frolicsome and as clever a3 any New York has heard in aaa. ALAN DALE, *4 musical play of such charm, $uch drcmam (Merut, lm droll comedy, such richness of melody that its pomariu seems endless. Personally, I predict that it will nn lwem —HERMAN DIECK, Phila, ‘THE SCENES OF THIS ROMANTIC MUSIC RAMA AB! LAID ENTIRELY WITHIN THE STATE OF MARYLAND, AT FREDERICK AND HAGERSTOWN DURING THE CIVIL WAR| Prices: Evenings, $3.50 to $1 Mail Orders NoW--restteis; Wednsaicy & setrder COMING OCT. 31 AUDITORIUM } It can be verified by any ome of the hundreds who sent in mafl orders or tried to get seats at the box nf!i«, even as early as Mond c Tuesday, after last Sunday’s announcement of the Ball engagement of the Philadelphia Company. “My erylnd" in Philadelphia was an engagement which lasted 40 weeks, or 10 months—almost a year. THE PHILADELPHIA COMPANY IS COMING TO WASHINGTON, T0O WASHINGTON #AY GET ITS SEATS IN COMFORT ESSRS. U F AR IN ADVANCE OF THE WASHINGTON EN- GAGBMBNT. COMING NOV. 13—POLI'S “MY MARYLAND," (THE NATIONAL OPERETTA) T0 THE NATIONAL CAPITAL Prices, Eves,, $3.50 to $1. Mats., Thurs., and Sat., $2:50 to 75¢. MAIL ORDERS NOW! varts in New York plm\u(‘llons, also in a leading part in “On Trial,” suc- ceeding Mary Ryan, but she was not especially observed until her thrilling performances in "Snmson and Delilah™ and in “Deluge.” Immediately after that she was assigned to the leading role in KEugene O'Neil's “Anna Christie.” And a$ Anna Christie, the California actress was recorded as “an arrival,” both in New York and London. el bt i e " Origin of “High Hat. ‘THE expression ‘high hat' must have originated down South more than a hundred years ago,” ob- served Armand Kaliz, who is a Creole dandy in_“Louisiand,” George Fitz- maurice’s First National picture. “The hats of that time worn by[ the aristocracy,” he points out, “were very tall, of the bell-crown type. And most of those wearing them seem to have been a bit inclined to high-step- ping, to say the least.” Hence the deduction. The higher one steps, the higher his_hat, ay ST. CECELIA MASS GOUNOD alnd Lo, COLUMBIAN MALE Public Invi Mrs. Wilson-Greene’s Concerts POLI'S THEATER—1:30 R STS' COURSE yu. s ION TALLEY an. 88, uom n:.um Feb. 7. JASCHA Moh, 8. mnlnln!xol'r Kflu x"'i Condug useiizis, Con GIOVANNY MARTIWELLY muunuomo COURSB I{L -gu.m ”rnm r“r'nlni RERG: RACHMANTNOFT March 7. » JERITZA Season tickets Now on Sale, Mrs. Groen’s Bureau, Droop's, 13th and G. Main 6493. | From Paris, Comen KiXG 'fll'r' PXsmov POIRET Show the Women' of Washington What to Wear oo te wear it DURI HIH rAsmlw N ALK ATIONAL THEATER, NOv. 8. 4 AL LA B vnct " inodsie Before thelr eyes, THE mm- eOMPANY. "F and 7th are now on_sale there. LAST SEASON'S METROPOLITAN OPERA SENSATION First Presentation in Washington of KING'S HENCHMAN Libretid by Enfi.\" 515‘: vsn;rc'}-:‘;tlrbfi TLLAY Bung by a Company of the World's Finest Artists from the Met. Opera Co., Covent Garden and Others. SUNDELIUS, HAL% DlA}fi MARWICK, Chorus of Fifty Voices and Symphony i f Fifty. Jacques Elmocug:ld. fiu-lc.l and' Artistic Mat. POLI'S ’I'HEATEB Friday Aiternoon, Nov. 4th, at 2:45. Sonts on enle at Mrs. WilsonGreen Droovs, 13thand G Sts. " el. M. 0403 MAT, 25/ (50" + m.zs~so-15/ NO HIGHER, — ALL SEATS RESERVED | AMUTUAL SHOW- FILLED TO THE BRiM with PEP, Box Office—SEAT SALE OPEN TOMORROW PRESIDENT THEATER T. ARTHUR SMITH, Presenting THE BLACK HUSSAR A Comis Opers fa 3 Acts by Milloscker, An Exceptional Cast of Singers, Including HAZEL HUNTINGTON — MARY CRAIG — ANNE YOGA WM. MITCHELL — LEE DALY — HAYDEN THOMAS ROBERT MALONE AND OTHERS Staged by CHAS. T. H. JONES. Scenery, STEPHEN GOLDING. Musioal Direction, ALFRED N, MANNING. Costumes from Original Drawing. Prices, 75c¢, $1, $1.50—Mats., Thur. & Sat., 50c, 75¢, $1 COMMENCING MONDAY EVENING, NOV, 7 WASHINGTON F. AREWELL CONCERT MME. . SCHUMANN-HEINK MON. EVE, OCT. 31, 8:15 WASHINGTON AUDITORIUM $2.75, $2.20, $1.65, $1.10. T. Acthur Smith Bureau, 1330 G ST. SEASON SALE CLOSES NOVEMBER 3 PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA Five Tuesdays—Nov. 15, Dee. 13, Jan. 24, Feb. 14, Mar. 27 'WASHINGTON AUDITORIUM—4:30 Tickets, $12.00, $10.00, $7.50, $5.00. T. Arthur Smith Bureau, 1330 G St. .. W% PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Conductors—Willem Mengelberg—Arturo Toscaninl THREE TUESDAYS—NATIONAL THEATRE—4:30 Tickets, $7, $5, $4, $2.50. T. Arthur Smith Bureau, 1330 G S¢., in Homer L. Kitt Co. Ticket A Story of Youthful Folly e uuuo-mno—-r WAL NAMILTON - MARIE DRESSLER-NELEN CHANDUR MARY ALDEN-JERRY MILRY JIMMY CRAINCER . s 4 FLYING SOUADRON OF PIiN BEACH BEAYTIES A Saturday Evening Post Story sy Moy Capinten S ALLAN DWAN STAGE PRESENTATIONS RUTH ROYE The Personality Girl <foJmemgofo LAMPSHADE BALLET Direct From Roxy Theater, New York ogE==Folo EDDIE NELSON The Dark Cloud of Joy JOE THOMAS SAX-O-TETTE tte of Accomplished Saxo- one and Trumpet Artists e o o g “THE SPIDER AND THE FLY” Another Entrancing Silhouette Presented Personally by S. L. ROTHAFEL “ROXY” Qui AN INNOVATION On Sunday, October 23d, from 2 to 3 o’clock (doors open at 1:30) the Fox Theatre Grand Orchestra, under the direction of Adolphe S. Kornspan, will offer the seoond of a series of Sunday Symphony Concerts, Patrons may remain for the regular per- formance without extra charge, . AMUSEMENTS. ATIONAL Nights, 50, 1.00, 1.50, 2.00 & 2.50 Sat. Mat., 50, 1.00, 1.50 & 200 TOMORROW NIGAT AND WEEK cA PLAY & FMN&VOSFER. Cl@w-h O.P. HEG6il mmwu& cnanes FAAucl.tE f; Cecile DIXON n COOK Charles OoquEIDG: Edward BROADLEY WN d‘bm—/avop HEGGIE MATS. MON. WED. & SAT. - CHARLES L. WAGNER (In association with Edgar Selwyn) presents WALTER HUSTON “THE BARKER” By KENYON NICHOLSON A Sensational Stoty of Carnival Life. ONE SOLID SEASON AT THE BILTMORE THEATEI. N Y. 22227770 7 'NINTH NEAR F--Main 4300 ey’ Math Dal "'-'1 »—hlu"’hllv—vfi Prad L THIS WEEK GAYET LADIES' CLUB THEATE! A New Musical Comedy Direct from New York—With WAYNE McVEIGH and ESTELLE ARAB NACK And a Chorus. of - - - DASHING, DANCING GIRLS - - - NEXT WEEK—LENA DALEY in “BARE FACTS."” BEGINNING SUNDAY MATINEE AT 3:18 'he lllmmn' Takes Great Pride in ; r‘:«,mm o ,f.m.n.. MME. EM World’s Greatest Ot MLLE. JlAN,N' DIVMV', In “Some: Southern lon,- and_Stories” (And Howl) larry In “Who Is Your Bosa$” e Just i . CROMWELL KNOX Buglish Humorist _Who Keeps _Things Up AL GORDON'S COMEDY ANINES ‘A Treat for ¥ Py and AR ST FRANCES & FRANK “A_Supreme_Offering” Temoys—Fubies—Topleaot~ Complete Do Luze TS and” 8118 Two TR RS an, Wh" mmml l"hmlm mmlflmlllhm ) formr samm wucoy ws o0 wosTess te A COrTuME DIRTHOAY - WALLOWN N oasTy oar ouu A1 3 an, gute