Evening Star Newspaper, January 1, 1928, Page 34

[ AMUSEMENTS. STAR. D (‘ TJANUARY 1, 1928 PART WASTIY Moving Pic ture Album BY ROBERT E. SHERWOOD. it you a good HE year just past (19 must know), ha one for the mov Dbeen a bad one spects definite been made. for which we ma duly thankful: but there are jmportant eléments in the perforated celluloid industry that have marked time or Walked backwary 2 st of the pi ctually been released, one finds large number of high Spots. have been more super- productions than ever before and a creditable proportion of these are ex- ceptionally’ worthy tures that an run m pic- intained 'a shockingly age. The ordinary the movie theaters has been i<t so much rice pudding. enlivened With very few ins. I the studios and ameng all the s and stars the situation has been much the same. A few of them (otably Adolphe Menjou) have main. tained a reasonably good standard, but ; L along at a | ority have moved et and smgeish pace. Indeed. there is hardly one of the great. established not v stars who has x ¢ Mary Pickford has so have John Gilbert disastrous eman, Bow. Norma Shes don ence Vidor, Con: in. |tures of the 11 of these e =0 popu- | ago. are now were a yea Rarrymore slid back appre- |- Norma Talmadge failed to | great extent with “Ca- rond Griffith faded en rom the picture. n *x % ox In the main the best work in 1927 has been done by new directors and t sensational dis nor. lifted her to the B | Bancroft. who has been : actef man” for sev. » his own in Sl | lan derworld.” George O'Brien £elf in “‘Sunri every-day | achieved with | different roles, by the way) and there- ped from the obvious “he-man’ in which he had been listed. m Haines came ahead fast, ell It to the Marines” and “Slide, Kelly, Slide.” Dolories del Rio and Victor M Laglen, the stars of “What 1 [ Glory 2" proved themselves further in e Mis {a stirring performance in tion.” | Chartes Favren with three fine pa des.” “The Rough “Seventh Heaven,” of them, Charles Rogers and Richard Arlen came definitely to the fore in K | William Boyd was aided “Two Ar 1 Knight del Rio added to that “Resurrec started hix career L in “Old Iron tders” and | Louis Wolheim also es! first-rate comedian. previously unknown ok Stuar Phipps were young John Darrow and hailed _enthusias; e High School Hero.™ * % ox Among the directors the year' crop of laurel wreaths were garnered by F. W. Murnau (for 7 i Nigh (for “The Fire B. De Mille (for Raoul Walsh (for Carewe (for *“Resurrection”), The Way of All Flesh™), Che Patent Leath tornbers (for Fleming (for Alfred » ntell (for er Kid"™), derworld™), Student Prince “The Garden of Allah™), m (for Butler (for “The High hool Hero™), Hs DA st (for ‘Service for 4 other Menjou pictures), T tone (for "Two Arabian Knigh! Monta Bell «for “Man, Woman and g ! ence Brown (for Borzi (for rd \od"“ ick Frank There were two extraordinary pic nook of the North™ {tvpe. One was “Stark Love.” the bru- tragedy of life among the moun ain whites in South Carolina, direct- 3 F the er was an Cooper and Ernest more than dupli- rated the enormous success that they “The Jazz a prime thr its pplemiented. thanks to the V ttachment, by ‘mammy” " sins The marvelous es made recently by the Vitaphone nd the Movietone indicate that talk iperb performances ,,.'- . ling photoplavs are about to become and “Seventh Heaven" have N accomplished fact dizziest heights in | * o % x Within the next few weeks we shall have the opportunity to see Charlie | Chaplin in “The Circus.” Harold Lloyd in peedy” and Buster Keaton in teamboat Bill."” " Which means that 1928 is due to snter laughingly (Copyright 1098 ) Stars of Yesteryear. are the stars of yester- "\ THE vear Farnum. for many star in mot recently .m-mrnd at Circle Theater, Los Angeles, as of ceremonies for the opehing of F. nau’s Fox production, - | and surprised thousands by hir vears Tale of Two Cities.” monz the masterpieces of | t home a oad. | f roles for William | ¥ at home in the draw- | nd was as one gun men When one begins the compilation of | celebrated players who have ed the reen, later to fade out, ambers of memory gradually open upon a goodly company. Some | bave passed to return no more, others while still others age passing rocession which often uite as often remain hout “Dusty,” A be complete Farnum one of the most accomplished actors in the business, has deserted both =tage and screen. He is seldom seen in Holiywood, but the tuna clubs of lina Island know him quite inti-| and the sequestered nooks of woods frequently resound drumming of his ri i 8. no longer in ple- office in Holly rn stories and Eronehe ackwell and long since dropped o carionally Lut he es a secluded | near the Hol time he w ost promising Yo ox Ford om ween Fenrson out 4 da usehold K few wiva i e Open l pm DAVISON S Ry l“ i B 12 151719 N Y. Ave 1o w08 STAFFOKD ' # TCHERNIKOFF (.ARDINFR SCHOOL OF DANCING & Thon C ot the [ uste wie Yapy Bow ' Kory's Shenter ' "huie wie, and featured players who have an\n | f { the glories Mantell, ¢ f mo lvn Holmes, John Ince. Wally \an. .\I | bert Ray. Ann Luther, Elsie Fergu on, Marguerite Clark. Lucille Lee Stewart, Sessue M Tsuri | Aoki, Alice Brady. Geol zuerite Fisher, Florenc, Kirkweod, Ruth Stonehouse, Iy when they made their debut in | and made the most | | - “The | turned out to he | mary- Theby, Mae Busch, MacDonald. Mary McLaren. Kathryn | Williams. Elliott Dexter, Olza Petrova Holmes rts, Spottiswe nan, Lois Weber I Wyndham § Nazimova, Helen Theodore Rob Crane Wilbur Washburn, Irving Cummings, F Rorzage, James Cruze, ul Walsh William~ T W, George Beban Winifred on. Mildred Harris, Frank Mayo, nise um, Louise | Lovely, King Baggott, Robert Z. Leon ard. Juanita Hanson. House Peters, | Earle Williame. Lila Lee, Gladys Wal ton. Madge Kennedy, Hessie Rarri scale, Hope Hampton, Donald Crisp. Herbert Rawlinson, id_ Markey Bessie Eyton and Dorothy Daltor. It must not be assumed that all these are out of the picture, though | =ome of the men have become famous a® directors, Ruth Roland is one of the wealth lest actresses in Hollywood. Alice Calhoun has more than beld her own in the face of a long the screen. Jeanie McPherson is writ ing scenarios for Cecil De Mille. Dor- othy Davenport ix producing her own Billie Burke, | absence from | pictures. Dorothy Phillips virtually retired upon the desth of her husband, | Al but ix seen in an occa- | Blanche Sweet, one of ar of the older group - vouthful charm and xeason portrayed a eolorful role for Fox in * Beverly Bayne n for Francis X pped out « ormer leading womn Puxhman th arle Willlams, hax claimed som e oblivion sccounts for many who held rexerved sections among the seatx of the mighty. Van 29 yeurs old the youngest or in the mo tion picture industry, has been ap. pointed 1o be director of the ment of 1k in 1919, New City e e — WALTERS ART GALLERIES WALTIMORY e At “'Ht':’;“”“””&i" AT citant i STRERTS, will be uien W the bl Al WEDNESDAVE and SATURDAYK of JANUAKY. FEBKIAKY. MAKCH John McCormack Concert Washington Auditorium Monday Fvening, January 23, 1928 Beneht of CkpIs oK Mre. Wilson 1400 6w The SALK s Mol w wal wh Phone Narth 4181 B3 8000 8T 8160 und 81 "o heats 1 ) First Concert of the Neason A NEW YORK | PHILHARMONIC | ORCHESTRA | Wiltem Mengethers, Co { TUESDAY-—4:30 . NATIONAL THEATRE Tickets, §1, 8150, §2, o Arthur smith Bureau, 1330 G »t A% in the case of Fred Mace | | | as @ Junior drafts | Janet Gay from their new production, pean circus. Iy € vistilinds Seventh Heaven, which is the story of seene Novels, Plays, Etc.,in Fllm THE forth are principali nlays or novels, announced First on t med prod with Collaen the popular will be a iee | Adela_Rogers sarth coming produc ional West « v adaptations of fimo N short stories, so it he list, for almest im tion, Lalac ime,” Moore as star his wiis Jane Cowl play and it | are rge Fitzmaurice produc: fineka s <hepherd :( m the novel by \y"m-mvn trom 1 d Santell il direc ursell to {58 H i 4 B ' Neilan as directo Milton Sills, with Chaiies Brabin 18 I [‘\'I.nvl cting, is to make “Burinz Day \ ~\“ fea 4..1‘_ Hght,” one of Jack London's com i Dvas e pelling stories of the Far North, with | Joxeth v | Doris Kenyvon as the leading woman o 1 o v RBillie Dove is to n e Heart | FeRarding of a%ollies Girl,” from t their sourc Johns. will he Miss Dove's ¥ John Francis Dition will eri Harry Langdon is doing an oviginal, [on THE FAIR COLLEEN AT HOME Adust to show that the movie star has a | studio ean be SPECIAL: tten, Colleen Moore pos & b CELELRATING AMADAY AND - an excepiion to filn n wever, will arlie,” from th ‘Do ng an offer the le m ed for THE > MONDAY THREE (3) SHCWS-—-2:15 IWAKGAIN PRICES A BEGINNING SUNDAY, JAN. ) t Takes I Presenting irr GRAC \lr.m, pem IV b, .10 E ADJJE The Imr national Ktar Koy " FONARD 6 € Tuo Veterann of the Wednes. 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