Evening Star Newspaper, February 19, 1928, Page 58

AMUSEMEN Making ’'Em Laugh. 7 sure-fire gag is as obsolete as oppressors. In ‘The Kid Brother’ =e Friday Saturday grandma’s hoop skirt,” says Harold | ad a medicine thow sequence. We T 5. Warner and Buater Keaton 1 | Ll | thought. we had some truly funny busi- N.....,. n Colleg loyd. ness, but when we previewed it we fi 'flrl "hr’ “The audience is stcadily diminish-|far short of the laughs we had hoped Soanet e~ | ing which will laugh at the old-time 0T because we had bullt up so micr “Ginsberg the Great |never-fall Incidents,” he said. “In- sympathy for our boy that they wouirl Our Gang comedy. h i not laugh when he was made to appear Spoct recl. Serial. _ | variably it is the simplest and most | human gag in motion picture comedy | ridiculous. In the fl1'=hrd product »e Tom_ Mix in which gets the heartlest laugh. An ap- i to cut it great i, had to greatl parently spontaneous situation often gets a much bigger reaction than a ISEMENTS.® THE SUNDAY STAR., WASHINGTON, D. O, FEBRUARY 19, 1928—PART 4. TS, Photoplays at Washington Theaters This Week Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Wallnce ey amd — (William William Boyd R: nd Hat M to 0 Ma stor in Bits From the Studios and Theaters. Monday Wallace Beery ani Baggend Hatton,in Sunday Wallace Tteery and 1 Hatton, in £ave Ambassad’r Cotinginng. Tioyd du.me Astor pmedy INGLISH producers have awakened ' L. Monta Bell's picture, “‘Man, Woman and at last made a great pk‘l\!l’n‘ and Sin.” Respectable Washington re- ing to Film Daily. It is “The | pudiated the picture when it was shown nel and Falkiand Is- | here—and yet it had its audiences. appear on the AMEN- | pyorceing with Thomas A. Edison, Capt. O. G, Hutchinson, managing di- rector of the Baird Television Co. of Tondon, Is reported to have predicted o Mar “Finders "Keopers. * “No I?Afe Collegian No. & ey, Liovd Hughes and L-urn e Pranis Mary Astor in in No Place to Go." “Finders Keepers." Comedy. Van_Bibber_comedy. " George Sidney Tiebe Daniels in ‘ohena and. Kel “Swim, Girl, Swim." Mack Souett ody. _News. Marton Davies Mty Strced” Acsop able, Tid_F Apollo Ave. Grand 1 Mack Sennett com- o News. s, Tier_Ralston in. lon Davies in uality Stiee ra_Reynolds in Mat, Imost Human. Acsop Fables, 29 ;m\rmn of pro- o Tim McCoy in Isa in t with terns” Dark on Washingtons Unique Playhouse ‘Buzz” Barton and to the wide open from fetid drama! l~l~ 'x‘l‘ reasons not &(It\d casting department.” nate Marriage” is to be the screen by, Raymond ge Lindsay's novel, Griffith_ soon is to start e Battle of the Sexes” with Lupe V to h- 1 Fox $9.000.000 tein & Ruben No her of s 10 of the elec- ed over s about to ith a $10, seat 5.500. x. it is_said. cland, Ohio. ter that wil national Brotherhood of gineers is said to be con he new Fox pi ve a new slant on a found: of m > emotional sweep. a new and lovely 20 W love md within_and wit the {to have financed the De Mille pro- next First National picture. “commercial television” within a year. A straw showing the way the wind | is blowing—the Motion Picture Capital Corporation is withdrawing from the industry in film financing. It is said ductions, but when the profits on a £3.000,000 inve 000 the past of stock and decided to function here- after as an investment banking trust. The theater chain system. with fits huge power in buying pictures in wholesale quantities, 15 said to be mrrmgl the independent producers to the wall The New York Federation of Musi- has announced that it has d its scale of union prices down- Sound-producing _inventions cem to be getting in their deadly work. | Margaret Burt, former Follies girl, | who, a few vears ago, hailed as one of | America’s beautiful girls, has been cast in Adolphe Menjou's new picture. “The Code of Honor,” which is being directed by Lothar Mendes. When Miss Burt came to Hollywood to try her luck pictures she sought honors as a lead- ing woman, but the opportunities in that field proved rather limited and she irned to character roles. Miss Burt as appeared in five Lon Chaney s, aul Lukas, who plays the role of Count Dietrich in Pola Negri's picture. “Three Sinners,” was born on a rail- ¢ train as the conveyance was enter- the Hungarian capital. He is s “The Hungarian Barrymore.” jos Biro, noted European dramatist, en what is described as one of the strongest of exotic dramas in “The Yellow Lily.” which will be Billie Dove's It will be Alexander Korda. The Fox Theater is answering many with the statement that Lawrence Downey. a well aown Washington baritone, who read coln’s Gettysburg address during the terlude last week. when William Fox ined with all Washington in_honoring the great emancipator's birthday directed by Allalyze Lubitsch. ! open Lubitsch. express my his gemius,” says “He has one of the quickest minds in says Florence Vidor. ch inspires an actor to work_of which he is Lewis Stone. any reasons for their To Emil G of the ladder which picture fame. From limbed upward to- ;;rn( screen genius.” “With sympathetic llP XT‘L'HCA(“ g great ictures, ‘Pa&‘;on. e remarkabie influence ny work.” s a product of the screen v Florence Vidor. “He has ne of the finest minds in pictures. one capabie of a milion shadings in sent- When I first began to work with “The Patriot’ I felt that I could Jearn to distinguish between the subtle shadings which he de- emotions. His immense good his simple sincerity won e awey from an actor an - rotning but g00d in their place. es Lewis Stone. “He is a great i simpiicity T, R AT Film Features AMERICAN 1R A B Ave UBERTY \-,ru. lup and 1 St CAROLINA iy ; &N c. \w ~l’ near ’.4|D| HIPPODROME % “V\h;fl Price (llur\ 4 BE vs ek b Liltian "i*h-\‘l;r'm,m Kerry TAKOMA L i ih A ing 11 P wrHi MUSIC MASTER” JESSE THEATER " W e Vre 5 o I)UMPARTUN TRUXT()N N. '-y & Bl A PRINCESS lH'r/'D‘l‘u Ty BiH ¥R fAMF() IHI-ATER Lk o ho Wbl Ae Ralnber g 'i'v.lu Ave ! Vidor and Lewis Stone, who head the | to concentrate upon what he wants. No actor who is worried by his director's evident distress of mind can | do his best work. Lubitsch and in- spiration go together.” In “The Patriot” which Lubitsch| directed for Paramount, he directed | Emil Jannings for the first time since | they completed their last picture in Eu- | rope seven or eight vears ago. Florence | featured cast, also worked under his direction for the first time. World Has Been His Stage.; pROBABLY few people of Nils Asther’s youth have visited as many differ- | ent “countries as has this attractive | young Swedish acter, who plays op- posite Leatrice Joy in “The Blue Dan- ube” for Pathe. Born in Malmo. Sweden, Asther be- 2an his career in drama at Copenhagen. | Denmark, and within the next few vears played in Russia, Germany, Austria, Spain, Hungary, Finland, Nor- | way, Holland, Belgium, France, Italy, and England A little over a year ago he received | an opportunity to play in pictures, and for that purpose entsred the sixteenth | country—America. Since becoming a member of the mo- tion picture colony in Hollywood, Asther returned to Europe for scenes “Sorrell and Son,” and has visited Tia Juana, Mexico, during the racing | season. His role in “The Blue Danube” takes | Asther back to Austria—or rather a bit of Austria constructed on the spacious | acreage of the De‘\lxlle Studio. Sue UE CAROL acrophobia. i In more commonplace English, this | term applies to a dread of high places, | sbsence of which little Miss Carol dis- | aved to no uncertain extent when her yscraper,” a new Pathe pro- ction, demanded considerable action | her high up in the wl zx—dms ofa rtially completed s ot only did Sue Climb. and_ walk | about her aerial post quite nrmchnllnl-[ Not Acrophobic. afficted with | | | is not but the actually seemed to enjoy the thrilling but dangerous experience. de- clares Howard Higgin, who directed this | picture. RIALTO 2 NOW PLAYING“ U parammnt future ON THE RIAGE— ERMA POWELL REVUE A Musical Cocktail With Comedy Trimmings Featurtn DANNY BECK ROX ROMMELL Conducting RIALTO CONCERT ORCHESTRA Overture thern Rhapsody “oanrvel wnd Oiher Seco | Truxton i York Cameo unday.: Pathe_News. Pathe_Neiws, z fomedy. Tovicn.. Soortlight. Mt. Rainler, Md. Carolina John Barrymors in ‘Don Juan.” Johp Barrymore in “Don Ji Douglas MacLean in “Soft Cushion: Rod La Ro. “The Fighting E Reba Daniols in Adolphe Monjou in “She's a Sheik.” “Service for Ladies." l‘l(-v Rulh Miller in “Red_Riders of Lt)ad Central r-ufi Ruth Milier 0 Father Ralaton i “Love and Learn. Comedy. Curionity Ton Chaney in T.on Chaney in’ Conrad Veidt in, *London A'I'l‘ Mid- “London After Mid- A Mai et ot Billy hoom - € Comedy, News Comedy. News. reel. Chevy Cha. News. Comeds. Rich in —_ ired Woman.” Krazy Kat cartoor. Esther Ralston .lunlm' t,ocmaw n in Er Galle- omedy. __ B. Francis in 2 Alec Circle “The Misic Master.” Franc e Miste Ma & ullwn > “Her Co o Poli Negri Nils Asther in in “Adventuie Mad.” n Wild Oat." Tlegiates. “Pataion.* A 1 U Fanles Hodgs Colony F‘" reel. odge. William Boyd and Bessio Love n, “Dress_Parade.” Comedy. Clura " “Get Your Man." Hal Roach Col Tim McCov in ‘3poilers of the Weat." Serial_ Oddity recl Our_Gang_comey. erghan it e Wild." nizht Mermaid_comedy. Exther Ralaton in “Figures Don't Lie Dumbarton “Stark Love.” John Gilbert in “Cameo Kirby. Wallace B g Jack Luden in “The Cohens and the Kellys.” “Shootin’ 1rons. in the " n “Now We're In the “Air Tillian Gish L u Elite Tillian Gish “Annie Laurie. “Ralston < Don't Lie, toan., lmn Mix Heoneho Twiste Comes Empire Patsy Kuth Miller in “Red Ryders of Cana- da.” "Serial. Victor M mund Lowe in Hip’cdrome - Comey Soort_yeel. Home “Quality Stree Inkwell Tmp comedy. o on e Four Ruener | Serial. ! Comedr. Rich “Father Ralaton 1. “Love and Learn." Rilly Dooley conieds. Trene Dousias_Faichanks 1 “Robin Hood. Sport rec} Leader Jac 'va.m Logan 10 Wattes Bz n “Mismates." Comedies Llosd Hughe WallaceHeery and “Ladies ot D) Ragmond Hatton in Weire in the Comedies ™ Larry Senion_comedy. Buster,_Keaton 10 College. News. Acson_ Fable, Cliriosity_reel New News. Curiosity_ree Buster Ke “College, Acson Fable. rum«l,- Serial o McNamara in, ne Gay Retrai lmpmu] Fueheds Park Ralston 1 “Figurcs Don't Lie." Seenie 0o . Bushman 1n L West “uror. e Fox_Ngwe. Tonehs eomeds ox_News . *“The Hizh hool Princess Hero dean *“Alias the Deacon.” Georze O'Hara in in, adies Beware." Hersholt m Richard “The Drop Kick.” Buck Jones in MeAvor in “Hills of Peril." nee Ladics. Buzz Barton in Rarthlemess, ' “The Slingshot King." Tre Lewis and Cmion Nixon 1n “The Fourfiusner.” u.mmf Xe Savoy Alice Day_and Barbara Hedford and Cullen Landie tn “The Broken M Tom Tyler in Junior Coghian in “The Cherokee Kid." "ErGo. Gal- port_reel legher. " Gumn_comedy. O, u..m comady. " Dark_on Silver sunday. Soring. i) Tonaparte, dox star. “The Thirtee ik Robert Agnew Davyd Beliecos “Tun Musie Master Pathe News. Comeiy Takoma A Vet Man's Past oy Barcsmere i Yo A" Assin Fania Tivoli Jonn, When a Man B: Loves Aeson F. “The Better ‘Ole.* *The Covered Wagon ™ Ton Chanes 1n “Landon Aftee Mid- N Lupinn Lane comeds Ton Chanes 10 “London After Mid- Lupine Lane romedy Thomas “The City Gor Rohhy Vernon night Will Rosoie “The Missing Ijink. HAT was the missing link? What was that beast shrouded in mys- tery and speculation which had kept {the scientists of the world agog for a generation? Half man, half monkey, they expect- ed it or its traces to one day appear from the unexplored regions of the earth to solve the problem of man's ormn One day from a far outpost of civili- zation in the unknown African jungles came a cry of discovery and a cry for aid. The missing link had been scen— n enormous monster of ape-like ap- | pearance and ferocious mien. Now the, best efforts of a great hunter were | needed to ensnare and subdue it for the | | purposes of science. | The call was answered. The dean | of all big game hunters, preparing in | |England for an extended expedition | !into the wilds of South America. sud- denly changed his plans and set sail for Africa. The man that arrived in Africa cer- tainly did not live up to what one would | expect of a great subduer of savage beasts. He was small, nervous and wor ried. Perhaps the reason for his suc | cess was constant vigilance. Somewhere between England and | Africa a timid stowaway had become con- fused with the great man, but no ons knew that. And so Syd Chaplin an- swers the call in “The Missing Link™ on behalf of the movies and the demands of scignce are appeased But how? New Tvpe of Screcn Actress. UPE VELEZ, young Mexican actress who has been in this country less than a year. has been signed to a five- vear contract to appear in United Artists pictures. Miss Velez is from Mexico City, where she had been a dancer. She first came into prominence as the feminine lead opposite Dougias Fairbanks in “The Gaucho.” 8ince then shé has been one of the popular young actresses in the film colony. According to Joseph M. Schenck, president of United Artists, Miss Velez's first appearance under her United | Artists contract will pruhabh be in a |D. W onmm picture. “The Battle of the Sexes.” which is an ultra-modern | story of super-flapperdom The Mexican actress ts sald to be of a distinctly new picture type—a natural madcap, with a fire and witchery which loses nothing in its transference to the screen CONTINUOUS DAILY 1AM tol130PM- SUNMVIMQO n !OPM //He. Believed in Lofi: Leave Em ‘Em and ceokca ‘OBRIEN an LOIS MORAN In aSory of Love and Adventure in All Ports of Call Unusual News Regl ~ You See It - You Hear It, A= | and you must not put anything over gag you have spent hundreds of feet of film in building up.” Lloyd indicated, too, that moving picture comedy is the hardest sort. It must be keyed to the appreciation of all classes of spectators, whereas the expensive musical comedy performance, for example, is aimed at a certain class of somewhat restricted limits. “The motion picture comedian can- not be dictatorial and make his audi- ences enjoy what he likes.” said Lloyd. “He has to take them into his confi- dence and let them determine for themselves what they prefer. This is why we hold five or six previews of each picture before we give the final 0. K. The modern audience cannot have its credulity taxed. It critical THE LITTLE THEATER Retween F and G on Ninth Street Now Playing Premiers Washington Presentation of the UFA Production £ B_lmdmg I’assmn Added Technicalor Featare Hedda Hopper in “The Mona Lisa” Fa on it. “On the other hand, you must de- liver what you promise or they will be disappointed. “One thing we have learned very conclusively. You cannot build up strong sympathy for your principal character, and not have him outwi inating s Puzzl 1077 62 the Smile nols World Best Photoplays Greater Presentations NOW DLAYING A METRO-GO! DWYN-MAYER PICTUR ~ WILLIAM LAYNES Fred Thomson n ense Jamen. News. Serfal. Tles Snort_reel Arsnp Fahle Tid_Bit b Dar Tonics nf_the Shootin® Jrons.” “Men of Steel" her Rais nve and Learn Collegians” No. R, Luxe Sh Sunday §-5 -74nd 9 PM. xe Shows Daily 130-330-7and 9 PM. the Screen E BE “% WATION ® TEAM OF COMEDY REACH NEW HEIGHTS OF MLARITY IN Wike Savers” On the Sta KAUFMAN e De lv Gn W-llle.é VICTOR ORCHESTRA = assisted by 20 Broadway Stars in an. €dward L. Hyman presentation. 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