Evening Star Newspaper, January 1, 1928, Page 35

FRO) FLASHES S S Jhe LAST Nnr12” 1 THE SCREEN BY C. E. NELSO columns of 1 great volume words regard of the lay, 3 a_ray of The Motion Picture Theater Mana- gers Institut h been or- ganized in New York. with the a and purpose of “teaching and tr ing men in all phases of motion ture theater management and opera. tion which conform with the mod- ern standards- of the present-d theater management.” So, it is evi- dent that men are to be especially erained for the photoplay theaters. Whether they have ever seen a pro- jection machine or not makes no difference; they are to be crammed | with great knowledge of the theater | and turned out with diplomas. i It has long been a contention of | those closely associated with the| theater, photoplay or otherwise, that the theater manager is born a the-| ater manager; that a special course! will not fit the average man for such| a position. The training of the the ! ater manager is usually a matter of vears—a number of years—and, as rule, he knows his theater perfectly, | from the stage entrance to the front | curbstone. He has made a spec study of audiences in his particular | vicinity ; he knows his town, his city and its people. he new institute plans on turning out fully cquippeg theater managers, giving individual instruction, classroom instruction, lectures, etc., and to quote a bit from the newly issued booklet: “The moving picture business has emerged from its infancy and has become one of the foremost indus- tries of the present day. To pro- duce, distribute and exhibit motion | victures, 300,000 people are employed. | he latest reports show over 15000 theaters in operation in the United States. Training to become a the-| ater manager in the past was a long, | rocky road, and we are preparing tc give a systematic training. The in stitute maintains a staff of expert; instructors, who have been sclected because of their years of practical experience and ability in their par ticular vocation. Any person who! has reached the age of understan ng and responsibility can make ap- piication to the institute, and 1o previous knowledge theater mah- agement is required Also there are no entrance exami- | ions, so t one, in, hope. pic atteption § ture is hailed 10 war realitic miles of hell-shocked whe served as Argonne for the picture spectator i treated to airpla es ¥ he clouds, k are enot most harden 1Muse who ha square was torn 10 pieces it of the The bat Among prominent parts in ra Bow, Charl 4 Ari 1 nount st 5 nown as of still another i fias Ihe 12-reeler ification afl | e | sppiying its | { 1he erect news are | voices, musio | we screen actors use only a small | | average ! Califor The Vitaphone certainly plays | most important part in the of this picturc. The report comes from the War- | ner Brothers studio that plans ar i made to Vitaphone the com- | courtroom sequence in_ “The | and the Mouse,” which 1s just going in_to production. Oue of the newest talking mov o reach the market is called the \'oice-a-phone, and it will be ready ior _the exhibitors early this ycar. It is said that it differs from the Vitaphone and Movietone in that | it requires no special theater instal- lation—that the few hook-ups can | be made within a hali hour. Ak HE Universal company announces that the final scenes of “The Man Who Laughs,” starring Conrad Veidt, the German actor, will be| made January 9. This particular picture has received more advance Rialto ablicity than any photoplay to date, and if it does not comc up to | expectations there will be consider- ble disappointment. Mary Philbin plays opposite the star. *iniscs OBART BOSWORTH, the pioneers of the screen, is a close follower of film affairs, and he predicts that the “painted mas oi oday will soon vanish from the stu- | He believes that within a few more ygars the art of the camera will see all traces of make-up re- moved from the faces of the screen actors. “In the old days,” he says, | “arease-paint was applied so thickly at every face was a painted mask Then came the panchromatic film, which _removed some of the make- up. Then camera men started ex- perimenting to remove more paint, d careful photography took the | place of lines and shadings. Today, “LONDON AFTER one of dios. amount of make-up. In fact, the male studio worker uses | grease-paint only when a disguise is desired. Actresses still use consider- ble make-up. As the art of phe ography advances and new lighting devices are developed, make-up will fade from the pictures. For nstance, | ‘The Wind,' Lillian Gish was filmed without make-up by the use | of special lights, and never was a better photographic effect achieved. Alice Day uses practically no make- up i the Willam Haines picture The Smart Set’” L ) AMONA” the starring vehicle of Dolores del Rio, has been completed for United Artists by Di- rector Edwin Carewe. It will be re- leased at about the same time Norma Talmadge's “The Dov and Gloria Swanson’s “Sadie Thomp- son” “Ramona” is based upon Mr Helen Hunt Jackson's story of the American Indianand carly Cali s Seere 7$071/ WERNER KRAUS - " P MIDNIGHT “ Palace | & WiLLIAM COLLIER Jr- and IRENE. RICH- ProOxX - fornia. Warner Baxter and Roland | Drew are featured players | »xx HIRLEY MASON will “The Wife's Relations, by George B. Seitz Ramon 'Novarro has star in | directed | — returned to| from vacation in the Fast. His next picture for Metro Goldwyn-Mayer will be an adventure tory of the Warner Brothers have loancd Hyams 10 the Fox company special work m “The Red Dar Moscow " Her last picture Warner Brothers was “The on Oy, a melodrar mpathetic por- trayer of hwshand roles, 15 to re turn 1o the Paramount fold 1o sup port Faml Jannmgs in “The Patriot "If:"'\m i i1 O will the of Count | oy ™ iuaband. Eddie Dowlin ally intended for Jan- | gave “Sally. Irene and Mary" to 1 Tatter will play the part |stage and who Ix now Catherine the hix own sucoess, “Hone uthcient 1o I ool "'l»” unusual interest wn the pic- | win bor otland hich will he divected by (POUEERE isch. Evelyn Brent, the [ own in o who aided George Bancront Lin vandevitle g “Underworld,” a noteworthy | production, will have the leading fo- | n " The Patriot,” and prominent part will be takon Veronina, the Kussian ac ho bk hed laugh for n Follies wm, han of o Ntar Inoa written expre DOOLEY n of years In b reached mnsicul for hier Misx Dooley is forty having her author vight new musieal comedy the and other cer of musdcil finall the d commedy with nit Crir Lewis role moun | g ind e stared cus with ol the in ek Vera tress Piie Techniolor Motion Picture ompany plans a full-length photo Aay after completing six two-reclers calor for the Metro-Goldwyn- | ' . company This will be the L' Pinr \ i entire photoplay deal 6 0ot modern thene been | pliyers and gt b bt pre betle Py Wi them suthient Al told Vost. iten phy b thelr o e than e Gt Leporten Vgl which | ( " I e | A y fnot & Mayer first e tried Laomise Vazenda starrod in with a b mis ve it iltiant v Avline continued, 1 would i Jroubles e by Warner they luck Hternry guahit i the Brothers, In the supporting cast is §upt of sty of featured players of sey l Audiences ns 8 WnIL do not ¢h ! apo, Betty Blythe that I oot from T her, who made a decided | They companed of people Earrell & hus heen cast |1ke chiidren, care slways o {immately the ahry Ll juvenils in “Laugh, | it nion il "’"' h star Lam cnren hove changed gl The svory s adapted from Lpovles o0 s The sl Belasco stage Mo Aswns, Chas nproved bncnsel, iy o Dk ve and Clyde Cook are a comedy, "Domestic ane e o e pros oh Jea whih Ao audi thist ik Ray Reaches Stardom. | The Theater Improved. 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Cotumb sired program velty and tw speci: and eccentr CE—"London After Midnizht.” er this week. with the st 1 melody revue callod Chaney in vs the m m Seotl solving a b the mysters, he de” was both crimes wer> same person ng old man. Th hes With dark st awe-nsp mnd by that the s : METROPOLITAN PP t h alse rs in Spa wety ners. copaters, und Eaddy: the | senoritas. | favorites fa quartet nd capab) ter Palace S Lioyd ar ¢ Madrid Other spacial | man. tea fe. | Aboue You im, stra under Har be- | Dress Para 1 e Lo With an atmosp? Day at We Arcund the Town and dance revue on L o he on ond week's 1 Abany or Svreacw o~ the will must LR Selections Carte ¢ Laugh er Liay, tenor et Daniel By 141 e hestea ful flows, then duction, A . bt Ratchelors. 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