Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1928, Page 60

AMUSEMENTS FILMOGRAMS Bits From the Studios and Theaters. HARLIE CHAPLIN, it has heen announced by his personal repre- sentative, proposes to make three pic- tures in 1828 for United Artists—the first, “Nowhere,” {n February, in which Charlie will play his usual characterization; the second, his own conception of “Napoleon,” ‘\which he will write, direct and produce, but in shich another will assume the title role, and the third, a comedy, with Charlie himself as its star, Film Daily says that Willard Mack's *“The Noose” is another feather in the cap of First National, and that Richard Barthelmess' work in it is the finest work of his career. England has a Hollywood, which is to be the film center of the British picture industry. It is located at Boreham Wood, 12 miles north of | London, and it is to be a counterpart | in name and everything else, if all} goes well, of the Americah Hollywood in California. Few white men have ever witnessed | the ceremony of fire-walking—yet u has been captured by the Pathe Re: view cameras for January screenings. A screen adaptation of Jacob Was. serman’s novél, “Tuac World's Iliu- sion,” is to be Clarence Brown's first| directorial effort for Metro-Goldwyn-| Maye: | Hobart Tlenley is to direct Adolphe Me in “The Super of the Gaijety," starting production this month under | his nev: Paramount contract. & for this to whether his relations Norman Kerr month with a de or .mot he is severing with Universal Pictures. Because of her work in “Drums of Love,” which is expected to be ulti- mately called “The Dance of Life,” a news report states that David Wark Grifith favors Mary Philbin for the Jeading role in “The Battle of the Sexes,” a picture scheduled for him in the current vear. It has been re- ported that Lillian Gish was to be s.arred in this picture. Virginia Pearson, who retired from the movies a few years ago, is re-| yorted to have been engaged to ap-| “the a ss” in Norma forthcoming picture, “The Million-dollar theaters are beil blamed for the “presentation policy”’, in movie theaters. They have to fiil them at every performance to make ends meet, and the pictures alone do not do it, it is claimed. Reginald Denny is said to'have ad- “justed his differences with Universal and will still continue with that or- ganization, Gloria Swanson was born in Chi- cako and received her early school- ing thete and at Key West, Fla., and San Juan, Porto Rico. She began he- motion picture career at the old Essanay studios in Chicago, later go- ing to Los Angeles to play in Mack Sennett comedies. Next she appeared | in Triangle productions; then in. a| series for Cecil B. DeMille, and this was followed by her long starring contract for Famous Players. In May, 1926, she became an independent producer as an owner-member of United Artists. ‘Wiiilam Rll-el.l, vho plays in “The Girl From Chicago,” was born in New York City, April 13 1889, He is a mnephew of the late Sol Smith Russell, famous comedian. His first stage ap- pearance was at the age of 10 as (he street Arab in “Chimmie Fadden.” He had been prominentiy cast with Chauncey Olcott, Maude Adams, Julia Sz2nderson, John Mason and others. His picture career began in 1909 in the title role of “The Roman Slave,” under the direction of D, W. Griffith. A total of 576,000 feet of celluloid ng mount’s production of “Beau Sabreur, the soquel to Percival C. Wren's "B-u (mlh "pk{z took three months 0 make the picture, and an average of 800 feet of film was taken every day by each of the eight cameras of | C the photographic battery. Figuring on a camera schedule of 90 days, 576,- 000 feet of film is the result. “Byncopated Classics” is the unique title of J. Virgil Huffman's organ con. cert, which precedes the regular per- formance at Loew’s Palace Theater this afternson. In §t Mr. Huffman Wil illustrate a number of so-calied “steals,” by which well known classi- cal melodies have been converted into jazz hits. George M(\lfurd ord, _director of Man's Past,” first camo . into promi dolph Valentino, one of the pictures being- “The Sheik,” which many be- | lieve the greatest role in which the | lamented Rudy ever appeared, Beginning yestorday the Fox Th ater fell in line with most of the other theaters in Washington by opening its new show Saturday instead of Sun- day, as has been its policy. The new policy will continue indefinitely, ac- cording to announcement by ‘the man- agement. The classics, so prolific in song and story, arve.having their innings in the | films, and the latest screen favorite to reach back into the ages for them as film material is Charlie Murray, In {his next film Murray will be seen as a |New York political - hoss who gets knocked out in a’cabaret brawl. Dur- ing his perlod of unconsclousness he transported to anclent Greece, and |the action that follows Is said to be | highly entertaining. “Ladies of the Mob,” Clara Bow's next picture for Paramount is said to be an actual story of the underworld, written by a prisoner of Folsom | Prison, in California, Ernest William Booth. The screen adgptation was written by Oliver H. P. Garrett. Wil. liam Wellman, director of “Wings' | and “The’ Legion of the Condemned,” | will handle the megaphone. Estelle Ta Yul. whose huxhnnd is Jack Demps will play * opposite George O'Brien in “Honor Bound,” which Alfred E. Green will direct for Fox Films. her centract and will start after the first of the.yvear. Tom Santschi and Sam De Grasse also will be in the cast. “Honor Bound” is a dramatic story of the penal system, based upon ham, Ala., newspaper man. Harold Lloyd will celebrate the fifth anniversary of his advent into the field of independent motion picture nducers with “Speedy,"” a’story of ew York, with most of It laid in the heridan Square section of the big city, Ann Christy is Lloyd's new lead- ing lady. Snowball Henry, one of the few negro actors in moving pictures, has a part in support of Babby Vernon in the Paramount-Christie two-reeler en- titled “Save the Pieces.” It'is a com- edy. role in’ which Henry is a boarding house janitor. In Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton' new . Paramount _picture, “Partners in Crime,” Jack Luden is to replace Richard Arlen in the ro- mantic lead ognoslle Mary.Brian. The change is du@ to the fact that Arlen is engaged in filming “Feel My Pulse.” Moran and Mack, known in vaude- ville as the famous “Two Black | Crows,” it is rumored, are to make a series of picture comedies for Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer. Ludwig Berger, German _director, will not make a picture for Fox Film Corporation. It is explained at the Fox studio that the executives did not like Berger’s ideas of story and that, rather than proceed with the produc- tion of a picture upon which the studio and director could not agree, it was decided best to make a cash set- tlement with Berger and cancel his contract, That this is an age of specialization was proved again by John Ford when he ordered the casting office to provide twins instead of one child to fill a role in “Grandmother Bernle Learns Her Letters.” “One is for crying and one for laughing,” explained the director. The *“Flying Codonas,” daring aerialists of Ringling Brothers® Clrcus, are on their way to the Fox lot in Hollywood to make their screen de- but in F. W. Murnau's “The 4 Dev- ils.” Heading the quartet is Alfredo Codona, the only aerialist in the world Who performs a triple somersault. Murnau first made their acquaintance last October when he toured with lst'l)u:llng Brothers’ Circus through the uth, Gaston Glass, featured romantic lead in James Cruze's Pathe picture “The Red Mark,” first won honors by his characterization in “Humoresque.” Elevated to Stardom. 'UPON his recent arrival in.Holly- wood, Jesse L. Lasky announced two new stars on the screen, Fay Wray and Gary Cooper, who, he maid, were hereafter to be cofeatured in Paramount productions. Mr. Lasky referred to them as typifying the ideal in Amerjean romance, “It ix my hope,” stated Paramount’s uction chief, “that Fay Wray and stars on the screen, I feel that the public will accept them and welcome themn as being all that is fine and good ambassadors of the new day in the screen entertainment field. “Their success in fiilmdom is proof that American taste has idealized new and different type of screen player as the sweetheart of the Nation's dream. Their popuiarity has proved ry Cooper will come to represent the | the triumph of the country’s funda- best of romantic America. ‘They | mental puritanism over froth and friv- ere genuine, human and utterly un-|olity. With all the bewildéring com. #pofled by contact with the world, | plications of new thought, doc They will be given vehicles suited to | trines, companionate marriage and un. their qualities; storfes written around | precedented liberties, ¥ay Wray and their youthful charms; stories that|Gary Cooper have brought back the will appeal to the best that is in | charm and delicacy of courtship as our us all, parents and grandparents knew it." ““The decline of Jazz is at hand and » S —— and unsolled youth is the present trend of the sereen, The pleasure-mad, tra- World’s Greatest Basso ln Full R.enul Pro am dition-defying, harum-scarum ‘flapper’ is a wpirit of the past, Keen-eyed, ath Greens's 'uum Buiodn: ‘m.-, i) letic young manhood is the new note sounding the passing of the sleek. baired dancing partner. “¥ fully expeet Fay Wray and Gary Cooper 16 become %o of the greatest bemr s s __DANCING. JANET RICHARDS Public Question: Home and orelgn, Fvery Monday morn. ing at 10:45, Masonle Temple, 15th Mt. and New York Ave, Ticket for 12 talke, ll lu‘ 8. Admimslon=—63c and 75¢ GERALDING ARRAR rou. AN, 11th, 400 luu, s, Opens's w%um'-. hope dance ¥ri “onw OF AND MKS 3127 10tk . 0w Do With Grehestrs Pitciment. “¥runk. wodi 7, TR Ve Viynier 308 Lo " S o % vttt J}}fl?‘k [l TON. lu"u’V Tules Lo Lriyale Ilh il [EEIRy ver 1. 4o, DAVISON 5 oot M P w24 Muin 173 LA ACHER BT hm Tasata o Vi 01011 e Jennons 0:{ ap- ) 000, ’ lmuwn mw-u o m e "wfiwfiw ) 3 pm. 1347} u N.Y, ave NEXT CONCERT PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA e Class Nightly 3TN N Y. Ave, Visklle 1 i ' Mrs. ‘V"°" i w‘flmm' TON AUDITORIUM “'L‘.,'u,' “l.nl‘:mlsu:‘:.: Sogsion Copw, fuegins, B ,.“.."" i NEW YORK TCHERNIKOFF-GARDINE SCHOOL OF DANCING Busassmisnts ) Fuduste PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA ARTURO TOBCAN uetor “.u.n » R 1 panp Bow TUES JAN 31, 4:30 Member of D 1 1 10 ora: | wal2H, et e | Tusgi, Wailely ipe bt Visune Matn nu , "'fil-rl“uflx ’l:uumr ‘l‘l: ID'T Atl of the o ured Luddenis uste pule of Mirs Wiy ‘. o o Vo l""l{!hm .‘l‘ Wort #74, i Amu-l e Wln ‘l!"fl |uu NH i nence as the director of the late Ru. | a novel by Jack Bethea, a Birming-| Miss Taylor has signed , [ SF3H Joan_Crawford, elevated to pklun- “Rose Marfe.” J: W,\SHI.\'GTH.\'. this afternoon, is being honored with what is call- ed “the worla premiere” of Gloria Swanson's second -United Artists’ ple- ture, “Saddie “hompson,” which goes for its story to W, Somerset Maug- ham's melodramatic romance, *‘Miss Thompson.” - The story is:quite familiar to thea- tergoers of thy day, although, as re- modeled for the screen, it may prove different in many particulars. As out. liped in the ajivance notices, it pre- sents on the ycreen a succession of thrilling climasos, with a denouement of real dramatfy intensity; involves “a terrific battle for the survival of the fittest betweenja social outcast of 8an Francisco and “{onolulu and a despotic reformer of ti»mendous influence in the South Séa Islands, and is light- ened with a surprising romance be. tween this woraan outcast and a hard- boiled sergea’t of Marines, who travels uboam the same ship with her.” Lionel Barrymore is cast as the re- former, Harrison; Raoul Waish, who directed the plclur. and has not ap- red stardom In ames Murray will play the male mu the new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer World Premiere Today. years, is cast as the sergeant of Ma. Fines, Timothy O'Hara, with the fa. mous Gloria, herself, impersonating Sadie Thompson, The outdoor Scenes of the picture were flimed on the isthmus at C lina Island, off the coast of Califos which was transformed into.a co! plete tropical background, with wa ing coconut palms and native huts that made visiting tourists who saw them rub their eyes. The tramp steamship, Chiapas, was utilized for the voyage sequence, Miss Swanson, in the midst of an avalanche of congratulations show. ered upon her, is quoted as saying, “The Maugham story is ideal for screen purposes, for it does not rest upon but a single element to hold the interest, but it is a perfectly logical succession of climaxes each rising higher than its predecessor, with fts ultimate denouement soaring $0 a pitch of startling, dramatic intensity.” Miss Swanson's hosts of admirers in the National (‘n'rml together with all who admire fine screen drama, will doubtless give the world pre. miere this afternoon the nmnx de- ctor for eight I'sired for it. Dilgector Raoul Walsh. AOUL WALSH, who directed “Sadie Thompson," Gloria Swan- son's rfew incapendent picture for United Artists, was a cow-puncher, a sallor and an actor on both the screen and stage before he began his career as a director, Born in New ork, Walsh was edu- cated in the public schools. His thirst for adventure, however, made him a wanderlust victim. After sundry and divers adventures he drifted back to New York wjth the 4lea of becoming an actor. He found little difficulty in obtain. ing engagements on Broadway, and he played everything from “heavies" to leading man and juveniles, although at times he also shifted scenes and helped gut in the orchestra. In 1905 he became interested in mo- tion pictures. He played varying roles in many pictures, his best known part, per- haps, being the role of John Wilkes Booth in D. W, Griffith's “Birth of a Nation.” Immediately upon the com- pletion of this picture he turned to directing, and has devoted his entire attention . to it for the past eight years, making pictures for Universal, Edison, Pathe and Fox. “What Price Glory" and “Loves of Carmen” brought Walsh out into the spotlight and he was signed by Miss Bwanson's company to direct “Sadle Thompson.' Under this comtract Walsh adapted the Mangham story to the screen and prepared his own script, and then, yielding to the unani- thous opinion of his assoclates, he played the role of Sergeant O'Hara, the “devil-dog” of the story: Walsh {8 a _member of the New York Athletic Club, the Lambs and the Hollywond Athletic Club, CLARA W. McQUOWN Every Friday, 11 AM. The Washington Club, 17th & K Admission, 65¢ The Management T-Ah Great Prid in nouncing Engagement of om "1 Up the Aot CAITES BROS 19 QU Pleaw o] MFI.EMINGI n Her New Senaational Sueeenn illlm A Gentlomen of the Orlen) b (5 b S A, Suggested "Abie's Irish Rose.' ; No’l'tli least interesting incident associated with Anne Nichols' “Able’s Irish Rose" {s that the com ody’'s writing was suggested to the authoress, Fiske O'Hara is said'to be the man who did it. He's a policeman in the “"Sidewalks of New York,” which Ray Dooley i« starring. Years ngo Finke O'Hara was a star in his own right and a rival of Chauncey Oleott, In those days Anne Nichols wan writing plays and ncting in wome of them. Hhe had played in “The Bhepherd King” and thought she waw pretty kood, but she had rather write than net. For wovernl seawons Mins Nichols kept O'Hara wupplied with Irish druma, and it waw during one of thelr pluy conferenc calln it, that he suggested the play that has been heard around the werld, by 11,000,000 paying flad 2,000 cr collected more than $22,600,000 in re celpts. Idea nfter another had been arded by the acto until finally O'Hara o “I've got it, Anne. Write a play not solely about the Irish but about the Irish and the Jews both—and you can't fail!” To this thought Miss Nichols, it in sald, gave consideration which re- sulted In “Able’s Irish Rol - — A Whirlwind of Youth. WHIRLWIND of youth—“Mad Hour,” & new Robert Kane plc. ture for First National, is now being made at the West Const studios.y In the cast appear Larry Kent, re- cently leading man for Colleen Moore; Donald Reed, who played opposite Col- leen in “Naughty But Nice”; Sally O'Neill, Ingenue star, and Alice White, [the smart little flapper find of First National Pletures, 1t is o modern tory of fazz, pletur- Ing both the pleasures and pangs of rapid living, taken from Elinor Glyn's novel, “Theé Man and the Moment.” o George M. Cohan has a new play in rehearsal with Mary Rya illlam Harrigan, Elsie Lawson and Chester Morris in the cast. Sam Forrest is directing. W, um O'Hura re- FISKE O'HARA DICK KEEN! BARNEY FAGAN oxt NEWMA 5 SUN. MATS. %, SOVIET RUSSIA - REPUBLICAN FRARCE X 4™ RIVER VOLGA -mnonmov,.. T AT-MOSCOW *% " the most dangerous part of its trip, ATIONAL MATINEE SATURDAY, 50c to $2.50 DIRECT FROM LONG NEW YORK RUN CHARLES DULLINGHAM Preseats RAY DOOLEY tn EDME DOWLINQ'S Musieal Comedy Triumph (MUSIC BY JAMES F. HANLEY) SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK SMITH AND DALE AND HER STAR COMPANY, INCLUDING ELIZABETH MURRAY KERLER 8_ANEAN [ BROADWAY BEAUTY BRIGADE OF DANCING DAMSELS | A NEW COMEDY “SIX FEET UNDER” BY HARRY DELF, AUTHOR OF “THE 'AIILY UPSTAIRS” WITH GEORGE MA Romancein G E Pathe-Bray company which s making Bimer Smith's “The Bride of the Colorado,” in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, is now nearing This river party, which was lost for three weeks in the canyon between Green River, Utah, and Lees Ferry, Ariz., was joined at the latter point by Director Elmer Clifton, #ohn Boles, the leading man, and other members of the company, and continued down the rive J The Needles, The party han reached that stretch of the river where the gorge turns from the south to the west and where racing rapidsg with waves 30 feet high, are sald to “eause hazards like the Niagara whirlpool. Another unit of the party is at Her- mits Camp. From this point Donal Blowsom, leading woman, will fly down into the canyon, a sequence In the icture calling for the rescue of the ero, who Is heing carried down the rapids In a boat, by means of a rope drmna from the airplane by Miss | om. Although in the shadow of Holly- wood, the Grand Canyon has hereto- fore been entirely overlooked as a natural background for a film drama. Hardly had the river party of 13 meri left Green River, Utah, a little town ot 700 population that was in- creased to more than 3,000 as the unit set out, when one of the sturdy boats, 18 feet long and weighing more than 700 pounds, was smashed. In it was the portable radio equipment, and with this loss the party was cut off from all communication with the out- side world. A hundred miles from the starting place another hoat was AMUSEMENTS.” French Ambassador’s Play. "THI Tidings Brought to Mary,” a tragedy by Paul Claudel, French Ambassador to the United States, in announced as the next production to be presented by the students of the department of drama of the Carnegie Institute of Technology. The first of a run of eight performances is scheduled for tomorrow night in the thea the College of Fine Arts. “The Tilings Brought to Mary” was first produced in this country by the | Theater Guild in ago, It shares eing the bhest itten by the rand Canyon. The party - went into canyons probably never before seen by man in a search for deer or mountain sheep. At camps along the river's edge conversation was often drowned out by the roar of the raplds. Cameras were frogen. When the vapor hung low they could see only a few yards ahead and the sky line above th yon walls was entirely shut off. Wr the wun broke, the rocks on the cifts danced with varied colors. Out of tobacco, worn, wearled and wet, they heard the hum of an al plane as they neared Lees Ferr: a great cheer went up, At Lees Ferry Indian runners came to meet them, Since 1864, when the river was first navigated from Green River to Lees Ferry, only four other parties are known to have successfully made the voyage. GAYETY "= SAM MORRIS INVITES YOU To “BE HAPPY” WITH HIS BIG CARNIVfiIA.flgl‘-'G BURLESQUE HARRY JACKSON AGNES NICHOLS (The Perfect-Formed Queen of (That Fanay Duteh Comedian) bt AND A LAIG!CAIT oF ith “The Hostage known of the plays right ambassador. Winthrop Ames’ production of lsworthy's “Fiscape,” with Howard in the leading role, sed ftn seventy-fifth performance the Footh Theater, New York City, Wetlnesday afternoon, Decem- be lmnou: UP TO THE MINUTE smashed, and only through herole ef forts was one of the boatmen sa The party went over rapids wher»y the river was only a few vards wide. with the canyon walls rising straight in’the air for 1,200 feet. It went through narrows almost as dark as a cave. The men saw places never touched by direct sunlight. In spots great rocks stuck up from the swirl- ing water, and it did not seem that the boats could get through. Winter, with its ice and snow, added to the hazards. Supplies ran low the days dragged along, with little progress being made, TONIGHT 8:20 $1.00 to $3.50 LINDA JOSEPHINE SABEL FRANK KINGDOM lon., - Impressions TRAVEL ULKS o 30at. UNCENSORED - MOTION PICTURE! COLOR VIEWS BEG. JAN. 22" THE CAUCAMUS THE ORI TT. EVENINGS, 8:0 T Y T T T PRICES EXTo=0re: $id0, Sadter Boeme vl X:) Divectly Prior % " pLus TAX 10 New York, HASSARD SHOHT 4 THE SEASONS GI\!ATIST N.l. STAN CAST . AR Ve SONAD BILLY BVAN.......... CARL RANDALL in a new musical comedy’ ; 'ONE SUNNY " Do af fyver y CLIPFORD OREY P WILLIAM CARY DUNCAX. ” Music by JEAN SCHWARTL Qdnann -.duu. LLIANOA. Dunimuin ROSALIE CLAIRE... \ B BINLEY., wxunen umwo.....nomm INE MALEION ., BOB LIVE WKINS .. 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