Evening Star Newspaper, March 4, 1928, Page 61

Moving Picture Album BY ROBERT E. SHERWOOD. HE conductor of this column is not always in sympathy with Will H. Hays in his_ attempts to regulate the morals of the movies, There have been oc- casions when his strong-armed squad of vice suppressors appeared to be a trifie too brutally ruthless in their methods, and I have been among the first to protest. | The advertisers have made the most Now, however, Mr. Hayes is conduct- in & crusade which has my hearty and vociferous support, for all that is| worth. He is making a valiant at-| tempt to keep yellow journalism out of | the news reels. Those who don't live in New York | or Chicago or Los Angeles don't know what yellow journalism really is. | The thought that the movie news, reels might ever go in for this sort| of thing is horrible beyond words. The influence of yellow journalism, bad enough as it is, would be in- creased a thousand fold. 1 hope Mr. Hays will deal nm"‘.':mey'plcmre. Serhaps. you would like to | hear how Gaspers are made, with any attempt to turn the news rees yellow. . IR | The introduction of talking movies ' ining to emcrge from the screen, 11s creating a new problem for the| | news reels, and here again we are con- fronted with a menace. | For it scems that the great adver- tisers already are taking an alarming interest in the contrivances, in the | belief that here at last is their op- | portunity to reach the vast horde of | film _fans {out of the radio (one of them recently | spent $75.000 for an hour's broadeast) But they have never yet found a way to use the movies. . Now that the spoken volce is hcg‘\;:; advertisers see their chance and they are rushing to capitalize it. | One of these days we may well sce a thrilling movie melodrama which s interrupted periodically with the an- | nouncement: “This picture is being | shown to you through the courtesy {of the Cofless Tobacco Co., manu- | tacturers of Gasper cigarettes—mild as ‘And now, before we go on Wwith etc., ete.” Mr. Hays ought to do something about this, too. ‘ opyrizht. 19281 ~ Al About VWHEN it was announced that Doug Fairbanks' new photoplay was to be known as “Douglas rairbanks as the Gaucho,” the {lluminati pricked up their several ears and said. “Beautiful, but | what the devil doss it mean?®” That “Gaucho” is an unfamiliar word did not signify anything in particular to Doug. who refuses to believe that all motion picturegoers are mattoid me rons. But. nevertheless, there is going 1o be a lot of questioning as to what a “Gaucho™ may_be. Readers of R. C. Cunningham Gra- | ham, W. H. Hudson and others who | have written of doings in South Amer- fca have come across the word. and doubtless scurried to their dictionaries to find what it was all about. However, it is safe to say that before very long the grobians will be informed that a Gaucho is a wild South American cowboy. But there is also a good deal shore to the Gaucho than that.as will % presently discovered. ~rhe first thing naturally Guestioned will ba the proper pronunciation of the word. It appears that there is a vari- ety of opinion on that point. Mariano Velazquez_de la Cadena’s “New Pro- nouncing Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages” gives it as pro- nounced “gah-oo-cho.” with the ac- cant on the fist syllable. But various dged dictionaries give it “gau- . the first syllable accented. with a long “0” as in “note” at the end. If| you want to be South American, call it ‘gah-oc-cho,” and .there will be no one to sav you n: . There has not been until late time & definite spolling- of the name, since some writers of distinction have spelled #t “Goucho.” Webster simply says of | *Goucho™ this: “Misspelling of Gaucho.” ‘The “New Century Dictionary,” just hot off the press, says the same thing. There is however, a Spanish word *goucho,” which Cadena, already re- ferred to, says means “orphan, found- ling, solitary, alone; birdling of a spar- | row.” Now that Doug s coming along with his Geuch, it would sem that we shall have to brush up on our Spanish ! and get intimately aoquainted with the pampas and the Andes. ! The “Oxford Dictionary” indicates that the name coes not stera back to | antiquity. The first reference to the | Gaucho that the editors were able to/ find was in Hall's “Journal of Uhfl!( snd Peru.” published in 1824, the refs erence ' being: “Pwo mounted hofse-! men. Gaussys, 2§ they are, called "in’ Chile, or Cuachos in Peru" When | Benjamin “Eall wrote this the name had not been standardized. { Then, -in 1838, Hailburton, in hir “Clockman.” wrots: *A party of them Guechoo * ¢ * up to him | ® ~ * pnd made him prisoner.” | Mayne Reid. in his “Scalp Hunisrs” Gauchos. in 1851, was the first to get the spelling | correct when he wrote: “The savag® colled the lasso with the dexterity of a Gaucho.” And yet the first spelling hung fast, for Gosse. in his “Roman | National History,” 1860, said: “Gua- chos are able to entangle them (birds) | with the bolas. And right here it may as well be said that Doug will have considerable to do with the bolas when he comes to town. ‘Taylor. as late as 1871, in his “Primi- | tive Culture,” stuck to the old spelling when he referred to “the Guachos of the South American pampas.” The natural inference is that the early users of the name had somechow con- fused it with the Spanish word “gua- cho,” meaning solitary, forlorn. ‘The only dictionary to attempt a deviation of the word is the Century. where we read: “Said to be from the Araucanian gachu, friend,” and then goes on to say: “A native of the pam- pas of South America, of Spanish descent. The Gauchos are noted for their spirit of wild independence, for daring horsemenship annd for skillful use of the lasso and bolas. Their mode of life is rude and uncivilized, and they depend for sustenance chicfly on cattlc rearing. They have been very promi- nent in the numerous South American revolutions, but are gradually disap- pearing as a distinct class.” The Cen- tury quotes from the United States Consular Report. 1885 “Farther out on the frontiers. where the art of the cobbler has not yet found a local habitation, it is customary to see the camp men and Gauchos lux- urieting in what are called ‘botes de proto'—that is to say, boots made of | untanned horsehide.” H It is now rather completely ecstab- lished that the Gaucho is what might be called a ferocious and untamed cow- boy of the pampas. Cadena calls him a “rustic, herdsman or Indian of the pampas of the Argentine Republic: a man of the humble people, of rude| manners.” Webster elaborates this: “One of the native inhabitants of the pampas, of mixed Spanish and Indian descent. They are restless cattle| breeders and marauders, gradually dis+ | appearing from the settlements.” | We are now sufficiently informed of | the sort of fellow that Doug has taken | upon himself to impersonate. It has long been the hope that he would some | day give us a palpitating Western r’ . It a s that he has gone farther afield. Instead pf pitching his | cameres in Arizona, Doug has ventured | forth into the wilds of the Argentine, end mounted on his pony and armed with the deadly bolas we may naturally expect something in the way of blood- curdling action. Anyway, it is said he has “a rip- snorting story of the South American pampas.” Found English Tuz average English vocabulary, ap- K:uxnuwly 3,000 words, mastered | by the better class of Americans by the | time they have reached their majority. | is said to have been acquired by Greta Garbo. the Swedish film star in about two years. b mmz:d v .contract to appear In Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer pictures two | years ago. Miss Garbo began the study of English on the ship en route from | Bweden. By th~ time shs had reached California she could understand enough to take the film direction in English. Pantomime, of course, had to play a part in making her understand what was wanted Miss Garbo is sald to have solved the probiem of how to learn English # the shortest time possible by deliberately setting herself the task of learning a minimum of five English words a day. At the end of each week she subjected herself to a written examination of what she had learned during the Easy. | previous week. She wrote down every word and its meaning, as she under- | stood it. then she compared her answers | with Webrter's definition. In that | manner the picked up dozens of | The Arst year she was at the Metro- | Goldwyn-Mayer studio she employed an interpreter to read the scripts aloud to her and to explain the phrases she could not understand. but by the end of the year the had gotten to the point where she could rely fairly on her own voczbulary. Today she speaks with- out the usual Swedish accent. | Kotwithstanding the fact that she |now has a fair knowledge of English, | Miss Garbo was directed in “The | Divine Woman” in Swedish. That i, | all of the scenes in which she appeared alone or with her leading man, Lars Hanson, were directed in her native tongue by Vietor Seastrom, who was an ace Bwedish director beforé coming ‘to America a few years back. Seems to Be AN Austrian pezsant girl in love with a prince, a Balvation Army last amid the vice and squalor of a large eity, 8 clever and beautiful spy who wrested military secrets from foreign €iplomats These are the highlights of the screen career of Fay Wray. a Paramount fea- tured player. who only a little more than & year ago was an unknown grop- ing through the mazes of the studios of Hollywond ¥ay Wray has hsd one of the most unusual careers in motion pictures, Be- lected by Erich von Strohelm for his iezcing woman n “The Wedding Mareh " she was subsequently given the leading feminine part in “The Legion of the Condemned,” William Wellman's companson picture W “Wings,” and next played opporive Emil Jannings in “The Brreet of Bin " 5 tnis was done without her ever Laving neen seen on the silver sheet by the public except In & few minor roles resseq, it s said, were her fel- Jow eruiste and the studio executives by Miss Wray's performances in Lhese pic- tures thet she was selected as the femi- nine hulf of Paramount’s new co-star- ring em. playing opposite Gary Cooper. Jesse 1. lasky, production nesd of the Prramount-Famous-Lasky Corporetion. predicts for this wam s brifient future. Plans sre already under wey for & series of romantic Srimes that will bring out the abundan! talents of the young stars Fay Wiy 1evesled her ability in the projection 1oom. My, Lasky seid of her, “Her performance in “The Wed- ang March’ will without questi estublish ber us one of the great st of the sereen” Mr Von Buochelm wer outspoken n his praive of her. Eml Jsnnings wlso succumbed, and insisted upon her 108 ik Jeading women in his recma Americen production for Pare- mount sesrching blue eyes convinced the greatest of wll screen metors thet here was gepuine talent Mise Wray wes born i Canads, bt came by Californis when she wes smull It wes while she was wtlending the Hol- Jywood High Bchool that she registered B seversl picture sludioe as en extra khe was glven & “bit’ u.me on her aecond dey in piotures snd it wee not ok bwloe Ehe wak gven & s -month scuieey by (he comedy producer, Hal ST The quiel littie gir) with the | a Real §tar. | Roach. Later Universal placed her in | its stock company and assigned her to leads in westerns, It was while she was | appearing in these small westerns at| | Universal that she was introduced tc | Mr. Von Btroheim, 1 | . {What Keeps Big Studios | | | i Buly? ! ‘THE 25,000 motion picture theaters in | | & America, with their 11,000,000 pa. | trons daily, make a demand upon ol wood for approximately 800 films a | year, sccording o figures just compiled {for Jesse L. Lasky, first vice president of the Paramount-Famous-Lasky Cor- ration The statistics survey alwo disclosed that there are 22,000 motion picture therters in Europe, 3,000 in Asia, 1,200 in Australia and 800 in Africa, with & | combined seating total of 21,160,000, or {an sverage of 105 theater seats for every 1,000 of world population i “These 52,000 theaters in all parts of | the world are constant in thelr demand | for pietures and yet more pletures ¥ilms o them are the staple, just as | sugar and salt are staple to the grocer, . Billie Dove's New One. HE YELIOW LILY,” Pirst Na- tonal Pletures’ version of Lajos Biro's play, starring Billy Dove, has gone o production. Clive Brook plays opposite Miss Dove, and other importent roles are | filled by Gustav von Seyflertitz, Nicho- las Boussanin, June Winton, Mare | MacDermott, Bodil Rosing and Cherles ‘Pu"y Alexander Korda s directing, In addition 1o outstanding character - | lzations, sre many important but smuller roles, striking character Lypes wnd histrionic ubllity being the govern- |m|¢ factors in the choice of those who will take them “Fhe Yellow Lily” 15 laid entively in | Mungsry. "The period 18 modern, and ‘m-»fl'ur Hungarian costumes have heen P imported for all who sppear in the pie- | son, ture. u total of six hundred garments [ used. "Two technical experts from llunrnry sre assisting with the tech- nical detaile of the picture. Genrge Folaey I8 chief comerman, THE, SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, HOTOPLAY THE- D E. £ CONRAD NAGEL and May McAvoy - CGRrETA GA Fox PuyLus D. C. MARCH 4. 1078--PART 4. Dorothy MACKAILL - Earle " CHaRLE CHAPLIN- HAVER - Rial+to RBO - Palace CHARLES FARRELL- e+r'opo||1'an | Celebrities Present in Film. FAMOUs personages of history, litera- ture_and mythology were present in the flesh at First Nationals Bur- ank studios during the filming of “The Crystal Cup.” There were Caesar, Cleopatra, Steve Brodle, Attila, Lucretia Borgia, Molly Pitcher, Anne Boleyn, Btonewall Jack- Mme. Pompadour, Babe Ruth, Noah—the mariner, not the lexicogra- phér—and a great many others, ‘The occasion was an elaborate cos- tume ball staged as one of the major | scenes in the picture, with more than 200 extra men and women participat- ng Dorothy Mackaill and Jack Mulhall are featured in “The Crystal Cup,” and nry Hobart directed ita production. Comcdy Lot Makes Stardust. OBERT KEDESON, veteran character wetor, who appears in “Chicago,” the plcture at the Rialto this week, has viewed from the sets the blosom- ing and fading of many would-be screen stars and should be able ' to sol “In u, word,” hs says, “its Inziness,” but to soften’ the shock he prefers to cull It “Insincerity." “Look wt the beauty contest winners sent on the rond Lo movie carcers with An - unususl wdvantage,” says Kdeson “Invariably they ecome to Hollywood hudly advised, and then they nre AWepL off thelr feet by fleeting fume. ‘They rarely worry about actually going o wark “Girls from the stage, professional dancers and idle rich girls are much lke them. In proaching work." Edeson would have sl such girls start on the comedy lot, where the balt that tickles fandom's ribs Is created, “Bhow me,” he snys, “a bin who recelved her elemental tra thankless comedy parts and I'll show you a girl who has won® recognition. lllnlm'l the names of the ranking stars of the duy and you will find that four out of five of them have sprung from the drudgery of such s beginning They have heen trained to obey orders, 10 get accustomed 1o endless working hours and, best of all, 1o appreciate the next joh" Phyllis Haver, who has { leading teminine part {n “Chicago,” he says, & & product of this sehnol, the mystery of Just why they fail. | the majority of cases | all have un aversion o anything ap- | Little Theater: he MERRY WiDOW-’ Charles Kl’ein‘“’sq Son. ORE often than not the anclent saying, “Like father, like son,” is A misnomer as regards the transmission {of talents, The celcbrated scientific 'gentleman Mendel quarreled with any | such assumption in his law of heredity, | which has found general acceptance. Mendel supported the theory that a father's mental gifts go to his daughters |and & mother's to her sons. | But there are exceptions in every- thing, seemingly, and Phillp Klein, son | of the late Charles Klein, Is sald to be proving a notable example. The son | now 15 sald to be In a fair way of achieving the prominence In motion ictures that his father cgitimate staj s nuth | Music Master,” “The A and “The Grand ' Army Mdh which David Warfleld established himself at | the forefront of American actors It 1 perhaps advisable to say, how- ever, that young Klein will not know the immediate success his father scored with his plays In plctures, the actors and director, whether rightly or not, ate h luurels by the publig hefore the cennr- {15t or muthor ts given his due. However, the words, "Sereen mu{,mn.m by Phillp Klem™ or “Story by Philip Klein," have heen appearing on the billing of many | worthwhile pictures to hin gain among the discerning moviegoers, and, of a surety, among the men behind the [ scenes of the industry. Phillp - Kleln elected to follow the foolstepn of his father as a playwright whiln attending Betts Academy, Btam- ford, Conn, where he originally went from his New York home to prepare for w law course at Yale, Hin decislon came al the age of 17, and he went into business with his father. Charles Klein, for his part, decided the boy could well begin as an advanoce man for Avery Hapgood's “The Powers That Be ‘This interested him in the producing side of the theater, and he enjoyed coniderable 3 pducer of “The June Cowi's Nyst starring play. Hut as earlyras 1613, when plotures were still reguidied as In thelr compara- tive Infancy, the youthful Klein turned 10 the an Wsll Augustus Thomas, he formed the All Star Feature poration, the main rluwwn Was to adapt stage plays for “The f which 310 Alma, von on the ! They began with “Arizonn,” “Pald In Full and other favorites, releasing them on the State rights plan. | Boon after his father was lost on th Lusitania the tragedy changed the son's course of life. It actuated him to en- list in the French Army, in which he served as A non-commissioned officer until the United States entered the vorld conflict, when he obtained transfer to the legions of his homeland He fought the rest of the war on the front-line trenches The war over, he returned to New York and resumed his peace-time occu- | pation of dramatics. Almost his first work took him to London, where he and Al Woods produced “Daddy Lon, Legs" and “Polash and Perlmutter.” Then he came back home to produce “Buddies” and “Nighty Night” for the Belwyns, Apparently he was not or'the lnronds the movies were making in the provinces s elsewhere, but soon had reason for other conclusions after going on the rond with legitimate shows. That lesson brought him to the movies again Since then he has been writing narlos _and originals for the With Fox Films w little over & yoar | ago, his firet Asslgnment was the sce- narlo for his father's play, “The Musle Maater,” which Allan Dwan divected, Bubsequently he scored a (rlumph in making the adaptation of Austin | Btrong’s dvama, “Heventh Heaven," {whieh Frank Borsage fashloned into ane of the outstanding piletures of the time. Next Kleln was given the adaptation of "Four Hons," based on Miss I A N Wylle's story, whioh Director John Ford recently completed. 1t has been la- beled n “wonder pleture” by previewers in Hollywood, On fntshing this ambitious unders taking Klein sat down to his types writey on “Btreet Angel" the screen tule for Monek Hoffe's “Lady Ovistilin. da,” which Borsage also divected, and the high-powered adjectives have been let loose on this production as anothey triumph for all conoerned. Al of which would tend to prove Philip Kleln 1a not unlike his father. . Pola Negrl fa sald to have hoy oye on Nana" for production, It sho severs her conneetion with Faramount, tfully aware his | Columbia = Next Week's Photoplays 'OX--Dolores Del Rio in ¢ “Gateway to the Moon.” FARLE—Richard Dix © “Sporting Goods.” RIALTO — Malcolm Mac- - Gregor in “Buck Privatys.” T’ OLUMBIA — Douglas Fa!' : banks in “The Gaucho.” PALACE—Joan Crawford in “Rose Marie.” METROPOLITAN — Gary Cooper in “The Legion of the Condemned.” LITTLE THEATER — Lillian % Gish _in “Broken Blos- soms.” ‘Mcmal Test fer Screen Folk. F..W. MURNAU, noted director of | £'+¢ “Sunrise,” the picture which has bee§ described ns “the most fmportant {in ghe history of the mavies,” has for- {muhted a set of questions which he claiins is an accutate measure of the | poténtialities of screen aspirants. |" My Murnau does not insist that his | questionnalre is the sole means of de- teriaining how far a youth or girl will pictures—physical attractiveness hasinot yet lost its value in the movies bt he does assert that, given two candidates with equal physical assets, his test will show which is the better material for development into a star. 1t 1= explained that his list of ques- tlong is not designed to show how high- {1y dducated & person may be, but he clected them for what they will | revdal with regard to background. in- | tellizence, observation and tmagination | The. ten questions follow Give two synonyms for “emotion.” It your face were hidden from the camera, how would you register fear, amusement and anxiety wit of the body? I¢ & monocle worn in the left eye or right eye? What {5 the last book you have read? | Descrite a street costume for a vam- pire. |7 What trick in make-up gives a clown | & perpetual smile? What do you consider your most im- in gO in o|Dortant asset for a chreer on the | deals with life i modern New Y sereen? | What s the difference between per- ! sonality and character? | What is the pubpose of a close-up? What character study on the screen has tmpressed you most, and why? . “The Perfect Blonde.” \VTHE PERFECT BLONDE" is what Cecll De Mille calls Jeanette Loft, | whom he discovered playing the organ [ an obscure Mttle movie house. The melodies were so well rendered that De | Mille took & look at the organist Little Miss Loff spent her time study- g music natead of gazing into her Now ahe Is & Pathe featured ¢ and appears on the screen op- Rod La Rocque i “Hold 'Em. ale ‘The next thing you know, with a face and A fame like hers, she'll be a star. First "Talky." AN_ claborate movietone treatment Wil be given the ploturization of | "Mother Knows Heat' Edun Ferber' noted story, according to an announe ment by Winflald Sheehan, vice pres dont and general manager of Fox | Films, Direotion will be by J. G. Bly- stone, who has distinguished himselt over a period of years in production for this company. This will bs the first motion to have Movietone for its full length. Originally, 1t was planned to have “Don't Marry" or “Rlossom Time." the latter to bo based on the Frans Schus bert operetta, as the vehicle, “Rlossom Time" will be made as & Movietone production, following the completion of “The River,"" which Frank Rovzaage I8 now preparing to diveoct. Miss Ferber's story s considered an excellont tale for use n talking plotures, having a great many passages that lend themaelvea to audible expreasion in cons neotlon with the visual presentation and 1t will be quite audible, conatdering that stage mother who does much | of the Walking. 'Ih'( ure the rest| Photoplays This Week SILENT DRAMA ATTRACTIONS PALACE—"The Divine Woman.” This afternoon and evening. EARLE—"The Crystal Cup.” This afternoon and evening. FOX—“8lightly Used.” This afternoon and evening. RIALTO—"Chicago.” This afternoon and evening. METROPOLITAN—“Old Ironsides” (second week). noon and evening. COLUMBIA—“The Circus” (third week). evening. LITTLE THEATER—"The Merry Widow.” evening. This after- This afterncon and This afternoon and PALAC Greta Garbo is the star at Loew Palace_this week in her new picture “The Divine Woman." The story concerns a young girl who is brought from a farm to Paris by Le- grande, one of her mother's admirers and owner of the Legrands Theater. When Legrande tries to make love to the girl she strikes him and thinking she has killed him runs away and be- | comes a laundress. She falls in love with a young soldier who deserts the army so that he can stay with her. | But che meets Legrande again and | asks for a chance on the stage, which he promises ner. Her sweetheart, who has stolen a dress for her. reproachcs deress becomes a thrill for i her for returning to Legrande. she realizes the glory of | H4 i3 caught by the gendarmes and | spread notorlety in. being the ! goes to prison while she, at the price of | page one copy in the new | being Legrande's mistress, becomes fa-' The story is filled { mous and rich. On the night of her from start to finich, i triumph her sweetheart returns, th: quarrel. and when she breaks down fn a big scene Legrande breaks her con- tract | Gradually she is reduced to povert: {and in time is again a laundress and | here her soldier finds her and _they | start 1ife anew on his ranch in South izes on affairs with “angel daddies The picture opens with the Ha pursuing a drab existance, and Roxie current affair in an_automob.’ salesman who is skimping family obligations in order to sat the girl's demands, warning. Casley to the Hart apartment In spite of its lack of | murder 15 _spectacularly e “played up” by poiice. aistr and newspaper report adds to its senzationalis ner husband's confession in whis snoulders the blame. The role of th» supporting cast Virginia Bradford. ) Faye, Warner Richmond, Clarence ton and T. Roy Barnes Rox Rommell. condv a, offers for from ting the Rialto e overture a late Broadw America, | On the stage is John Murray Ander- son's presentation entitled “Roman | Nights” with Lassitter Brothers, Rita jand Teske, Slavic adagio team: Elsa | Greenwell. acrobatic dancer and her veil girls: M. Senla Gluck’s Roman Bal- Iet. which is said to be a dancing laugh riot: George Dufranne, tenor, and | Master of Ceremonies Wesley Eddy | azain in active participation and se ! eral unique surprises. | "Short subjects and the Palace Con- 2 under Harry Borjes com- pletes the program. | SR FARLE—"The Crystal Cup. | “The Crystal Cup.” a First Nationa! | picture. is the flm feature at the Earle Theater this week. while the stage a | traction is Whitey Kaufman and FHis Victor Orchestra,” who are here 1 | their final week. in Edward L. Hymas | presentatisn, “The Earle Frolic.” |, Based on a novel by Gertrude Ather- ton. “The Crystal Cup” is an unusual story. the plot concerning a sensitive, fpressionable girl. who goes through a | terrible experience early in her life. agd | who is 5o deeply impressed and fright- cned by it that its influence never com- pletely leaves her Regarded as the most important characterization of her screen career, Dorothy Mackaill por- | travs this role of a girl who detests men {and to rid herself of their attntions ! makes herself as masculine as possible in dress and mannerisms. Her final awakening provides the dramatic | climax. | Co-featured with Miss Mackaill is i Jack Mulhall, with whom she has been | “teamed" in saveral recent productions Completing the bill will be selected { short reels and orchesiral overture and | accompaniments by the Earle Concert Orchestra under Daniel Breeskin. ternational Ne films are added features. METROPOLITAN—"0ld Tronsides.” One of the most powerful and stir ring dramas of the screen, “Ol sides,” will remain as the screen attrac- tion at Crandall's Metropolitan Theater for a second week. Once again the glori tit n. famous the world over as Ironsides,” will be seen in_a cgainst the Ba On *his nccasion “Old Ironsides” is 10" of a thrilling screen story woven around this colorful chapter in the h: 'he Big Parade” and “Wh: and it was filmed by Jame: Cruze. director of “The Co vagon” and “The Pony Ex G-orge Bancroft, featured in the cas gives an inimitable characterization the master gunner of “Old Ironsi ‘The love interest is contained in a r tween Esther 1. and Wallace Beery has a prominent role as tha bosn of th merchant ship Esther. who shangh: Farrell and is responsible for bringing the lovers together. A Sennett comedy. Lif=": an atmospheric prelude and mu- sical accompaniment by the Metropol tan Concert Orchestra, under Alex Pod. nos, will be added features. COLUMBIA—"The Circus.” Circus,” is now playing for the third consecutive week at Loew's Columbia laughs. pink lemonade. vells, smells and horses. is seen as the helper in a circus. then as the funny mah and finally as the star. See him in the lion's cage or when the mule is after him. See him wal the tight rope in place who is missing at show time. See his plicht when his safety device breaks. leaving him ignorant of t! on a rope, far above. near the tent. Imagine how ation bill is rounded out by short 3 and the Columbia Orch: music. FOX—"Slightly Used.” May McAvoy and Conrad Nagel por- tray the principal roles in the an‘\ fea ture film this_week. entitled “Slightly Used.” at the Fox Theater. b | May McAvoy has the role of an older |sister” who protends to be married to help a younger sister secure a husband. Ithis burst of sisterly affection starting | difficulties that end tn no end of com- plications for all concerned. It is de- scribed as A modern comedy drama, | sparkling and quick moving. | The principal staze a | Parisian “Red Heads girl orchestra that is sald to furnish something new {In this field of entertainment. The as- | smbly is all auburn-haired. and in { addition are said to be real musicians. Fox Studio will present another col- jorful stage picture which takes for its | background the old Southland with the ;:I’::Yrkilndics’ x}\lndhgnuan! gentlemen, the les with their spiritual: nei and genera! gayet B S Leon Brusiloff's sy: ¢ orchestra will offer as overture "Il Trovatore.” | With the vocal ensemble in support and {the tenor Josef Turin. a recent addi- {tion to the ctudio forces, singing the | “Miserere.” GoaEp | Other featur | Movietone and the ftation.” from “Th | Korman. traction is the LITTLE THEATER—“The Merry Widow." “The Merry Widow" is at the Little Theater thi ring Mae Murray in the title role of th: tio, played by John Gilbert. Roy D'Arcy. who made his debut & this picture under the direction o Erich von Stroheim, plays the villain- ous Crown Prince, and his portrayal, it is said, placed him in the front rank of screen “heavies.” Other members of the cast who give interesting portraya a symboi of Europe’ 1g aristocracy, and Georgs Fa cett and Josephine Crowe!! * ki and queen of Monte! It has been said by Mae Murray has never eq formance she gives as “TI Widow." Special interest cen: the scene showing “The Me Walte., I which became fam original stage play. when perform by Donald Brl.\n‘\a!\d Ethel J.i?k‘scn l;g as danced by Miss Murray and Giber: becomes one of the sely dramatic moments in the picture Louis H. Tolhurst's microscopic fi “The Butterfly.” and the Pathe News letes the program “Chicago.” featuring Phylli and Victor Varconi, which the at- traction at the Rialto this week. i {based on a Maurine Watkins play the same name. 5 The plot, which is intended to un- mask the methods emploved in mod- £rn courts to free beautiful women of the murder charge. concerns Roxie Hart, a m | | Novel Type | ? | FIRsT PICTURES |7 “Vamping Venus acted by Charite | Murray, Louise Fazenda, Thelma Todd |Russ Fowell and others, and which § TR and In anclent Greece, is expected to be one of the most spectacular films ever shown. While the comedy element | predominates, the story has been | treated with genuine sertoustiess in the | production plans. Some of the largest sets ever con- structed at First National studios form the background. Thousands of extras were used i the big scenes. And the |same care and attention was given to| |detalls that s usually bestowed upon dramatic specials. I ix the optaton of the production {oMctals that & combination of spec- | Looks Like Washington, Haver of Come d comedy ents makes ! foundation for a great picture it judgment is being exemplified n cen story which will convulse au dy. NATIONAL 1 addition to the regul dancers we: N sequences, and S girls are though Kraceful da h to the artistic qu add m picture Fddie Clin comedy dires the mey Vamping Venus” parture from the usual o [diex and is expected to be the ruener of other highly spect comedy spectals one of the be | Bancroft's Anxiery. [ \WHEN an actor, at has butlt up an following and has at last coveted rank of & star, he and undreamed-of responsidy I A ploture were fore. his own excellen might stand out conspue to his advantage. But as stands or falls by the pict semae, he 8 the pieture S0 Qearge Bancrott t smashing timph i Under war his spectacular leap to stardw UNUSRALY Anvious about his fest NG POt 1t Dad (0 e & g Sty | 1 had o be acted with all the power ¥ ssessed. 1€ 16 showld siip after all those manths of climbing it would be hearthieaking “The Showdown” the pieture e duced In that spirit by he newly ele- vated star, & commg to Within & few weeks and 1t s certain o receive unusually olse seratiny by fans and erttics alike. Paramount executives who have seen 1D you know that Jack Mulhall, movie actor, bore an easily dis cernible resemblance to George Wash- ington? Juek didn't know it either until he donned a powdered wig and the cose | tume proper m 1778 for a faney cose | ‘l\llll" ball i First Nattonal's “The Crystal Cup | | The profle resemblance to the pot- traits of the famous American were so L marked as to excite studio comment . “Battle of the Sexes. JOR “The Hattle of the Sexes,” I W Qrimith's next ploture for United Artists, Jean Hershalt, veteran chavacs ter actor, was borrowed from Universal Studios and will probably start to pors tray the character of a father of a fam- fly who s lured from a stald domestio 1o through the wiles of & seheming BOld-digger, before March 15, the lat- esb dute set tor production “The Battle of the Sexes” is vivtually to the brightest hopes of the Bancro 1the same atory Gifith did fn 1913, ex- | followers. 14 1 & sty of tropieal ol cept that minor changes are to be made felds, where the heat, grime and nerv I the A0ript (0 conforn (0 medern cua« | oUa tenstan wear away the taugha toma. The story is by Dy, Dantol Goods human fdber. Houston Braneh wiote Wan and the ndu?‘t:u\u- by Clervit JJ. | the stage Ay frum which it was taken, Llayd, who wrote the orlginal for Quit- ' But George Banoroft is sald to be st Ay “The Pruni of Love.” NELYL VY AlNius, D frigate Con- Ralston and - Charlie Chaplin's new picture, “The In this picture Charlie. funnier than : Irish-American chorus girl who is woo- ! ed and won by the dashing Prince Dan- include Tully’ Marshall_as the Baron the svreen | 1t declare “The Showdown™ will live up | §