Evening Star Newspaper, September 23, 1928, Page 52

MUSEMENTS Moving Picture Album .+ BY ROBERT E. SHERWOOD. Jl.'ST at present, newspapers and bill- boards all over North America are advertising new pictures with the words, “See and Hear— Lingering Lips'—Com- plete With Sound!” The emphasis on “Hear” and on “Sound” is so placed as to suggest to the public that “Lingering Lips” is one of those talking pictures. For the time be- ing, the public is inclined to believe this announcement, and “Lingering Lips” and other “sound” pictures are doing good busines As a matter of fact, “Lingering Lips” was produced in the usual manner be- fore the interest in the talkies had pro- gressed to the hysterical stage. It was Jjust another silent movie, with panto- mime by the actors and actresses, and with subtitles to explain at great length " what the pantomime was intended to signify. | When the shooting of the picture had | been completed, and the film unreeled | for the first time in the projection room, its producers decided it was not parti- cularly hot as a popular attraction, and that something would have to be done about it. “Make it into a ‘talker. the immediate and unanimous decision of 711 the assembled executives. ! So “Lingering Lips” was turned over | to the mechancial experts in the new noise department, and it was there sub- | jected to the merciless process of | synchronization. This consists o strip of celluloid, on which appears a jigely white line, resembling the mean- derings of a typhoid patients tempera- ture, the record of a seismograph or the chart showing sales in the Northwest- ern territory during the last fiscal year. Every zig-zag of the white line indi- cates a different sound. the sound waves having been converted into terms of light (and please don't ask me why or | how). | Thus, when “Lingering Lips" is re- | leased, it will carry its o3n musical ac companiment. Furthermere, it is eauip: ped with other noises, such as revolver siots, the roaring of airplane motors, the cheering of crowds and even the smack of the kisses suggested in the title. There may also be a few spoken words here and there, thrust in at| strategic points in the action. In “White Shadows in the South | Seas,” for instance, there is one scene which shows Monte Blue, as a white outcast, thrusting his head from a bush and peeking at a group of underclad native maidens who are disporting themselves in the surf. From Mr. Blue's expression, as he beholds this succulent sight, one would conclude that he is ejaculating, “Hot Patootie!,” or words to that effect. But the movietone causes him to say, “Allo,” and in a somewhat sissy voice. In “The Patriot” Emil Jannings, as the mad czar awakes from a horrible nightmare and calls frantically to his | f tacking on a narrow T | whether it is good noise or bad noise, as long as it justifies the use of that magic word “sound” in the adver- tisements, it will keep the girl in the box office busy. ' Almost all of the big superfeatures | have been synchronized, including “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” “The King of Kings,” “Lilac Time,” “Tempest,” “The Trail of '98” and others that were made before the present situation was even dreamed of. The film version of “Abje’s Irish Rose” was such a disap- pointing failure at its first showing in New York that it was sent back to the Paramount Studio to be remade com- pletely as a talking picture. As Abraham Lincoln’s famous for-| mula is still in effect, it is improbable that the public will be fooled for very long by all this “sound” ballyhoo. The movie fans will decide either that they want talking pictures, or that they don't want them, and if the former turns out to be the case (as it most certainly will), the fans will refuse to accept any more of the illegitimate combinations of oid-fashioned sub- titles and new-fangled noise. ( t. 1928 "Casa];f ;he‘bo;ble'Bass" Will Lead Simfonietta Here ‘HE story of how Fablan Sevitzky, nephew of the Boston Symphony’s distinguished conductor, Sergei Kous- sevitzky, “fell in love with the big} fiddle” and became known as the “Casals of the Double Bass” is a triumph of artistic determination and perseverance, and moreover has had its present reward in his conductorship of the remarkable musical organization known as the Philadelphia Chamber g String Simfonietta, or more femiiucly s just “the Simfonietta,” which will have its Washington premiere in the Cooperative Artist Concert Course. Born in Tver, Russia, he commenced his musical caresr at the age of 8, and at 12 years determined to enter the conservatory at Petrograd, by winning a scholarship there. Not an easy mat- ter, since no scholarships were avail- able in either piano or violin, the two instruments on which his talent was obvious. Indeed there was but one vacancy—for a double bass player, and at once he set out to play the huge in- strument. When a few months later | he duly presented himself at the audi- tions, the youngest of entrants, he was so small that he had to stand on a stcol to play. Nevertheless, he won the Cui scholarship and was admitted to the | conservatory and on his graduation he | received the gold medal, being, incident- ally, the only person who ever did win it there for work on the double bass. EPTEMBER Sunday harles Murtay i Ambassad’r ™ fevy ™ Apollo o D C aries Murray in “The Poor Nut.” . Monday Tuesday ~Charles Murray in Nt “The Poor Nut. medy. Harrison For “Just Married.” Jerry Drew comedy. Sport_reel. ews. _ Comedy. olores Del Rio “Ramona.” ‘ameo_comeds. Bebe Daniels in “Hot News.” w Ave. Grand 2 Richard Barthelmess in Carolina “Wheel of Chance.” “Wh Reginald_Denny in Central hard Barthelmess in i " Dolores Del Rio in “Ramona Kat_ca Ford Sterlinz in ecl of Chance” “Chicken a Ia King." Tila Tee in - “United States Smith Tke and Mike comedy. Sport_reel Claire Windsor and Ricardo Cortez In “The Grain of Dust."” “onnett romedy Te Nos “The Ca “Good Morning, Comedy. Review Dol Del R Chevy Cha. News Fable. _ Norman Kerry in Coloxy The Foreten Levion. Judge.” Topics ores ‘Ramona Lewis Stone and artoon. _Topics. wis Stone and rman Kerry in Forelgn_Leglon." rtoon. Topics. Rence Adcree and Mary_Astor_in “Rose of the Golden vest.. Claire Windsor and Ricardo Cortez in “The Grain of Dust N Comedy. Elite Empire Mary “Ros Fox N Astor_in e of the, Golde West.” “The Rore of the Golden West." _ Comedy. Wallace Beery , Rasmond Hia p’odrome Firiners inCrime! Comedies. N 1 “Thief in the Dark Scenic. Comedy. Wallace Beery and aymond Hatton in R “Mo “The Big Killing." ome Bel THelone Chadwick in s, Curiost®y_reel. Trene Rich in “Beware of Mariied Men.” Cartoon Educational_novelty. odern 1dothers. nnett comady. Jert i Ramona ** rtoon. __Krazy Kat_cartoon. t “uni Ike a George O Claire Windsor and Victor MeLaglen, “The C Ne C Elea “Diamoyd Fandcufs.” Comedy. ! Vs, “Educatinel _novelty. “The Gral Wednesda Thursday 23 1928— PART 4. Friday Saturday AMUSEMENTS." FILMOGRAMS SOUND pictures have so won the con- | fidence of Warner Bros. that they Gary Coover Gary_Cooper “The Pist Kim." “The First Kiss." ews. awn Comedy. Scenic Comeay. Heenie Lioyd iudhes in Hoit (o Heart Everett Horton comedy. ust Ma y, Drew col Sport._reel “Dolores Del Rio n eds frenn Rich in “Bewars of Martied Men ewn Sennett somedy Leatglen Jov i May McAvoy in “The Blue Danube.’ 1 Were Bingle " i in e fonal noveity Ameo. comedy Ruth Taylor and Harrison Ford in Just i Novelty "~ Heery and ifatton The Killin Eds Lila ited States 8 nd Mike co Sport_reel fon and Virsinia in East S'de, West Side.” _ News. Ricardo Cortez in Edmund Lowe and Grain_ of Dust.” Dolores D2l 1o i ___"What Price Glory Owen Helene “Husbands News. ws._Comedy. onrad Nagel and nor Boardman_in ‘ost for Rent." Comedy’ Richard Hartheimess in “The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come." Felix_rartoon Cullen Landis in A Midnight Adven- AL LR T William Bo; “The " Beile Bennett and Victor McLaglen “What Pri Fabl Rexinald Denny in “Good Mo Ken Maynard in “The Wagon Show." Krazy Kat cartoon. "Topies of the Day. Johnny~ Hines Willlam Bovd in n “The op." Chinatown Charlie. News. Berfal Novelty Inkwell im; John Gilbert in Gary Cooper in, “The Cossacks.” “Beau’Babreur. Charles Chase comedy. Ser'al. o p_cartoon. have established a Vitaphone studio in Brooklyn, N. Y., at the old Vitagraph studio. The Warners are reported to be angling after First National Pictures and the Keith-Orpheum circuit also. The latter is also coveted by Fox. The German censorship appeal board has decided that the jurisdiction of its | censors shall not extend to dialogue In; pictures, Al the American boards, | however, are not yet convinced of this n i fu n Loe and Eddie Or‘bbon in ‘United Btates Bmith." Comady. 5 Beery and Ha Thomas Meighan “The Big Killin Edycational novel 0. co T ebe l!)i n “Hot New: Juvenile _come Jackje Goo “Buttons. Tl Comedy. ¢ Anita Btewart in "Wild Jeese.” 8erial. comedy. n ““The Racket.” .3 Kat_cartoon. Jack Hoxie in “A Rambling Ranger Ben Hall 2 limitation to their jurisdiction. Hal Roach's famous aggregation, “Our Gang," is to make a personal ap- pearance tour of the East, starting with the Capitol Theater, New York. The Motion Picture Theater Owners' Association, which holds its convention in Toronto, Canada, October 16, 17 and 18, through its president has announced | that its big issue is to be “sound pic- tures.” The producers make the sound plctures, but it is the theater owners who have to sell them to the public. Their standpoint of consideration is not always the same. Billle Dove In Ford Steriing “Ine Heart of & Follies Girl." n picken & ln King." News. _Comedy. Comeds, Th der, the dog, in “Wolf Fangs.” Metro oddity. Comedies. T and Ricardo Cortez in in of Dust.’ Roach_comedy. Bebe Daplels In~ “Hol News.” Buster “United States News. Lila d Eddle Gribbon in Smith.” Comedy. Johnny Walker in “Where Trails Begin. Juvenile comedy. Sport_reel. _Serial. Dolores Costello Comedy. _Review. Myrna Loy and Conrad Nagel in “Girl from Chicago.’ Comedies. Bar Bal Leader o Patsy Ruth News. _Comedies Ben Lyon in “The Prince, of Miller and Oldileld in he First Auto.” b ney M Lio S\ Fox William Haines in “Telling the World. Screen snapshots. Comedy. __ ginald Denny in Good Morning, Judge.” News. Juvenile_comedy. B Liberty New i Park Ju: Reginald Denny in " Goo Judge.” ary Astor and oyd Hughes in aflors’ Wives." News. _Comedy. d Morning, News. venile comedy in “The Hawk's Nest." Felix_ cartoon, Clara_Bow n Comedy. “Ladies of the Mob." News. Comedy. Fields and Conkiin, “Fools 1 g Marion Davies in “Quality Street.” Comediec. Sally O'Neil in “The Lovelorn." Metro News. omedies. Reynolds 1 “The Main Even! n Paramount News. “Old San Prancisco. _Comedies. Comedies. The Ohio Music Merchants' Associa- | tion at its recent session in Toledo | resolved that “talkers and sound pic- | tures are detrimental to good music and | prejudicial to the interests of music | Jovers and to the cultivation of taste | for good music.” The elimination of orchestras in theaters was especially deplored and condemned. | Trene Rich 0 Lucl n a Great Events. “The Silver Slave. Comedy. Comedy. __ Tom Tvler in Johnny Hines in “The Desert Pirate.” “Home Made.” Seria) News. Come: One hundred and sixty members of | the Motion Picture Theater Owners of eastern Missouri and southern li- Belle Berneit o Chaney in Wild_ Geese. News nigh Cameo_comeds. Roach_vcomedy. “London After Mid- Larry Semon comedy. ack_Hoxle in Ji doy “A Ramblinz Ranger.” ice.” Novelty. mil Jannings in Emil_Jannings in “Street of Sin.” “Street of Sin. Comeds . Somed: Fox_News. Ge "Richard Barthelmess n Net. “Wheel_of Chance.” Gy Comedy. er. Arth D08 Justice.” rthur Lake comedy. Serfal. Toft in nois at the annual convention in St. Louls decided that “strict neutrality upon all_matters of a political trend is the only safc course for motion pic- ture exhibitors to pursue, especially dur- ing the excitement of a presidential lo in Dol ostel s ‘San _Francisco.” _ “old Princess Cleginns ores Costello in Ban _Francisco Collegians. News. is. Sl o et LN Trene i Ric] Savoy n «Beware of Married Men.” Comedy Belle Benneil Anil i Milton 8iils n “The Hawk's Nest." Cameo_comedy. a Siowart in John_Mulball in “The Crystal Cup.” Cartoon. News. Monte Blue 7z Barton In in “Across the Atlentic. e Bu he Little Buckaroo. rliss in * T no Slaved Qo year.” Warner Bros, are advertising Al Je Clara “Bow n of the Mob." “Ladles Jerry_Drevi_comedy. James O. Curwood' “Thundergod.” Sport._reel. High Trevor and uane Thompson in, er Summer Hero."” _Serial._Cartoon. D P Screen_srapshots. silver Dark. Seco ~ Calawell in “Little Yellow House.” Comedsy. .Jack Holt in News. Thomas Mvigha “The Racket. Comedy. News, Harry Lenglon in “Three’s a Crowd. Comedy. Dane and Arthur in “Detectives. Comedy. Newrs. Animal comedy. _ son as “the vivid voice of the Vi phone” on_the strength of the great success of his picture, “The Jazz Sing- er,” and their satisfaction with his sec- ond picture, “The Singing Fool.” The ‘Warners, it will be remembered, con- trol, if they do not own, the Vitaphone Spring. Md. o Takoma Tivoli (] “The G News. Topics. Fable, Comedy. Renee Adoree in hn_Gilbert and Mary “Astor and Lloyd Hughes in «Sailors’. Wives.” Comedy. _Veriety. Conrad Nagel and “The Wreck of the Eleanor Boardman Hesperus.’ n 2 “Diamond Handes Shirley Masor “Sally in Our Madge Bellamy, in n “Silk Legs.” in Alley.” as a device. Edward Kelly, assistant chief of the Pola Nearl in “Loves of an g elty. Wallace Bt “The Big - Educational nov Edug York Old Styles Returning. DURING the next few years de- butantes will be wearing as their “coming out” dresses the fashions worn | Wall he Big cational novelty. Fable. lace Beery in Thomas Meighan Killing." in “The Racket." Cameo comedsy. ‘Actress. ctress. Jerty Drew comedy. __ Jerry Drew_comedy. " Marrje Charles Murray and Louise Fazenda in “Vamping_Venus. Pola Nearl in “Loves of an Johnny Hines 1n “Chinatown_Charlie. News. Comedy. Serfal. Charies Murrs Louise Fazenda in “Vamping Venus. Pathe Review. Comedy. and 1 __PatheReview. Comedy. Sook_and Irene in" “Beware of d Men." Comedy. _Scenic. ie Gribbon | 'y Langdon, in n ed States Smith. “The_Chaser.” News. Snookums comedy. Melting Pot of the World. Eddi “Unit Serial. 'HE melting pot of the world has been found at the crossroads of the Pa- cific by George Fitzmaurice, director of motion picture laboratory of the De- partment of Agriculture, has resigned to become manager of production for the Rothacker Film Corporation of Chi- cago. During his connection with the Government laboratory, since 1921, he has prepared scenarios and directed nearly 100 educational films. “Interference,” _Paramount's _ first “talker,” will feature Evelyn Brent, Clive Brook and Doris Kenyon. Pauline Frederick has signed a two- taking with him Jeanic MacPherson, scenarist; Elizabeth McGafley, researcii expert; Peverell Marley, photographer: Mitchell Leisén, art director; Mrs. E. K Adams, story editor; Roy Burn: sistant director, and Barret C. Kiesling, publicity representative. News reports state that Pola Negri is recovering in a Paris hospital from injuries recently received in a fall from her horse. For a time it was feared internal injuries might cause her death. the night club scenes with music. song and dancing. and the mystery slaying of the “king of bootlegge! together with a pretty romance are blended with sor- did sketches of New York life, in “ of New York.” Two weeks ago this ture broke house records at the Ear Emil Jannings. in “The Patriot a fur coat weighing 125 pound Belleve it or not, there is a Gres nis champion in “The Water Hole,” no playing at Loew’s Palace. He is Paul Ralli, recently arrived in Hollywood. Jean Arlette, author of numerous farces of the French stage, has been signed by Al Christie to write a group of stories for a series of two-reel com- edies under the general title “Confes- sions of a Chorus Girl." The series will not emphasize slapstick, but will depend upon more subtle forms of wit. When an Indian can't canoe, who can? The answer is: A white man. Of about 400 Navajos and Hopis gathered by Fred Thomson at Lake Mary, Ariz, for scenes in his Paramount picture, “Kit Carson,” not one could paddle a canoe. In fact, all admitted they had never seen a canoc. All wanted to try, however, and at least half of the tribesmen fell overboard during the cou of a week. paddle a | | Lola Salvi, winner of the Fox contest |as the most beautiful girl in Ita | makes her first appearance in “Pla:- tered in Paris,” the Sami ok Pennick team comedy. She was for- merly known as Marcella Battelini, and hails from Triest. H. B. Warner and Tom Terriss, the former co-starring with Eve Southern in the Tiffany-Stahl production, “The Naughty Duchess,” an adaptation of thony Hope’s “The Indiscretions of a Duchess,” and the latter directing the picture, are the sons of England's great dramatic actors of 40 years ago. Charlie Warner made a sensational success in Zola’s “Drink,” while “Breezy il Terriss was a _matinee idol of the B ish Empiré. Now the sons of these two famous stage favorites have come to- gether to make “The Naughty Duchess.” Dorothy Nourse, a graduate of the Paramount School of Motion Picture Players, will be seen in the leading role _of the Tiffany eolor classic, “No Women Allowed.” Miss Nourse re. year contract with the Warners. friend, Count Pahlen. His agonized| In March, 1923, he came to this coun- Cecll B. De Mille now has removed voice resounds throughout the theater— | try and obtained a position in the Phil- by their great-great-grandmothers. First National Pictures, who is now in the Hawailan Islands making scenes | cently completed a part in the Tiffany- | stahl production “Marriage of Tomor- “Pahlen! Pahlen! Pah-len!” It is well dcne and effective, even though t:.> words as they come from the loud speaker don’t quite coincide with the movements of Mr. Jannings' lips on | markable success in Mexico City that|president of the United States women | the screen. Which reminds me of the opening of | the “Casals of the Double Bass” and his | to those in evidence when Thomas Jef- “The Prisoner of Zznda” in New York, six years ago. Although this was long before the era of the “sound” picture, | audience for the double bass as a con- | Hubers, the sponsors of the production saw fit | cert instrument, so he at once began |signer who W to heighten it by means of off-stage | his greater work, the realization of his|intend the outfitting of At one big moment Ramon |greatest dream, that had haunted him erection of sets for “The Patriot,” noises. Novarro burst through a Frcach win- dow, shattering the glass; he then seized Barbara La Marr in his arms, | great music-loving public by tripling during the past century kissed her passionately and received a|the quintet, by doubling the quartet— éfl‘ ‘:"fi-lurfe& is saicf and gu made an good, strong slap in the face. By some mischance, the stage hand who was manipulating the properties | be heard here next Winter at Washing- | «Tne styles of 1880 which were pre- lost his cues. so that when Mr. Novarro went through the window there was no This error was instantly disc: and when Mr. Novarro kissed Miss La Marr there was-a tre- mendous crash of broken glass, and when Miss Ja Marr slapped Mr. No- | varto's face there was the softl} pleas- | duced the Siamese jungle melodrama |Styles will be slender in form as they ant sound of a Ki: The present rush of phoney “sound” pictures indicates, of course, a frantic attemot by ‘vatrious’movie producers to catch up with the procession that is now being led triumphantly by the Mossrs. Warner and Mr. Fox. With most of the first-class theaters of the country being wired for the vitaphone, movietone and photophone, and with the patrons of these theaters expressing a desire to see talking pic- tures and nothing else, it stands to reeson that the more backward pro- ducers will face severe losses unless they deliver the desired noise. Just 2t present it doesn't seem to make much difference what this noise is, or e ——— MR, STAFFORD PEMBERTON. ALL STYLES STAGE, BALLROOM DANCING Btudio. 1124 Conn. ave. Phone N. 3322.~ 30° PROF. AND MRS. L. A. ACHER 7127 10th st. n.w. Classes Mon.. Prl with orchestra. Private lessons rent. Fr. 8567. Established 1900. MISS GIRARDEAU L'EGARE—S private les- Bons, 55; sinsle. $1.25. Fox trot, Waitz, hops. | Class “dance_ Friday, 8 practice 9 to 1L North 731. 2035 P st. n.w., up 1 flight. 24° DAVISON'S Teich vou to ¢ ce rectly in a few lessons, Prof., Mrs. strictly private, any hour. 1329 M'St. N.W. Main 1732 2 Sluse Bat Ev'ns: instruc: tion at 8. Dancing 12. 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Children Adults 1118 Connecticut Ave. North 4522 Opposite Mayflower Hotel B n 178 mas Circle. * “ THELEN JANE MARR School of the ABSOLUTE DANCE FIFTH SEASON REOPENS OCTOBER 1st All courses embody techniaue as taught by these ereat artists RUTH ST. DENIS. TED SHAWN MICHIO ITOW. MARTHA GRAHAM MIKHAIL MORDKIN Oriental. ballet, Interp: German Beginning, intermediate, advanced classes Special children’s classes Bables' class in rhythmic expression Rhythmic body culture for women 1422 Mass. Ave. N.W. Decatur 962 EVELYN DAVIS SCHOOL OF DANCI Modern German Absolute Denishawn Technique Dramatic Dancing Rhythm Authentic Oriental Ballroom Limbering and Conditioning ups private lessons day and evening Leaftet sewt on request 1372 Columbia Road Columbia 9031 | retative and modern adelphia_ Orchestra, and between sea- sons he bridged the gap by going down to Mexico on a concert tour—as player of the big fiddle. He made such a re- he was hailed all over the country as reputation was made. But he soon found that here in America there is no since boyhood days. Chamber music glorified—to catch the fancy of the and so the Simfonietta was born and its success is musical history. It will ton Auditorium. Enveloped in Mystery. ALTHOUGH Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, who pro- “Chang” and prior to that the story of the primitive Persian mountain | tribesmen, “Grass,” have been back in America for three months, after a year in the depths of Africa making exterior scenes for their latest effort, “The Four Feathers,” the mystery surrounding their adventures in the Dark Continent | is still unrevealed. The two men are now at the Para- | mount studio in Hollywood making | interior scenes for their productions ol Alfred Woodley Mason's dramatic novel of a British youth who fought fear. | Their cast includes Richard Arlen, Noah Beery, Fay Wray, Clive Brook, Arnold Kent and Noble Johnson. But, besides Cooper and Schoedsack, only three men in the world and one woman, it is said, know the nature of the African portion of their story. The woman is Hope Loring, who col- laborated with the producers in pre- | paring the scenario. The men are | employes of the Paramount film labora- tory especially chosen to handle the | 80,000 feet of precious negative, which. it is claimed, contain the greatest and most stirring climax yet imprinted upon celluloid. Even Jesse L. Lasky himself, who | staked Cooper and Schoedsack in the | making of “Chang” and backed them to the limit with his company's re- | sources on “The Four Feathers,” is not ( cognizant of the nature of the African sequences, it is alleged. i —— Making Mud Pies 'HEN Frankie Heath was a little girl and lived in Boston, like all little girls, she liked to play at making mud ples. Now that she is a big girl and one of the bright and particular stars of the American vaudeville firma- ment, the mud-pie habit still persists. But it now concerns itself with Miss Heath’s make-up box. Frankie always mixes her own face powders and grease paint to suit her- self. She knows perfectly well that the shade she employs can be purchased all made up at any theatrical cosmetic store, but, from force of habit, she pre- fers to buy the ingredients and mix it up herself. When she has mixed up powder that | looks right in the daylight, she tries it in different colored electric lights, especially in white and amber, the two most used in her act. She is constantly experimenting with this and that mixture, apparently try- ing for make-up that will make her ap- vear most natural to her audiences, but in reality merely continuing the grati- fication she originally derived from mix- ing mud pies as a little girl, for Frankie | knows she’s all right whether she uses powder of any kind or not. Mats, Ve, 50¢ to 8150 Taylor Holmes In a Riotous Comedy of Modern Morals THE Great Necker With Marjorie Jas. B. Hope GATESON CARSON DROWN Dorls Underwood, Valerle Velaire, John A. Butler, Jack Jordan, Sid- ney Paxton, Jack Ladd, Ralph Stmone and Gordon Westeott, Box Office Sale Thursday MAIL ORDERS NOW NO TICKET TAX | | SEASON OPENING MON. OCT. 1ST SHUBERT ELASC! Nightly, 50¢ to $2.50 Styles are already reverting to those | of the Napoleonic era and probably at the time of the inauguration of the next will be wearing costumes very similar ferson took the oath of office. | These are the forecasts of Herr All| Europe’s historical costume de- as in Hollywood to super- characters and Emil Janing’s picture for Paramount. Hubert is known as an authority on exhaustive study of the trend of styles. “Fashions travel in cycles,” ‘he said. pared for ‘The Patriot’ have gone around the cycle three times and are already returning. As an example, take the returning trend to high crowned hats, three-quarter length coats and greater hip line emphasis. “The straight line figure is doomed. | were in 1800. Skirts are to be longer.” “Conquering the Colorado.” How Clyde L. Eddy and a party of 12 amateur explorers plunged down 600 rapids and conquered 758 perilous miles of the Colorado River in 43 days forms the story of ‘“Conquering the Colorado,” a Lyman H. Howe Hodge- Podge released by Educational, that requires only 10 minutes to be shown on_the screen. Only a few have successfully con- quered the Colorado, considered the most dangerous river in the world. One of the biggest “kicks” of the pic- | ture is found in a series of shots taken from one of the three boats used on the trip as it plunged down the rapids of this turbulent stream. GlenIEthotPazk: GLEN ECHO PARK recently closed | one of the most successful seasons in | its history, and Director Schloss al- ready is planning big things for the re- sort next year that his patrons may be | treated to many new thrills from the time the first 1929 robin appears on the scene until the curtain comes down | again next Fall. 1t is said to be more than likely, too, | that many old buildings will come down, and that new and better struc- tures will take their place. Mr. Schloss has always been interested in the beau- tification” of the grounds surrounding the park, and such a program always requires careful planning throughout the Fall and Winter months. ———— | Some Gown! 'HE most expensive and the least used costume ever worn in a motion pic- ture, it is claimed, was used by Mary Philbin in “The Man Who Laughs.” It is a beautiful gown, such as was worn by the aristocracy in England more than 200 years ago. It cost $2,000 to make, exclusive of all jewels, which were reclaimed after its use. Miss Phi bin wore the gown in one brief “vision” sequence. “Most Spectacular Film." THE British Coney Island of 1705 ‘was remarkably similar to our mod- ern amusement park as is attested by the Southwark Fair sequence in Uni- versal's super-production of Victor Hugo's “The Man Who Laughs,” the current attraction at the Earle Theater, with Mary Philbin and Conrad Veidt co-starred. This has been described as “the most spectacular picture ever made.” Washington Co-operative Artist Concert Course 8 EVENING CONCERTS 8 oy Charies Thoma By World-Famous be given at TI Auditorium .,;October aul Whiteman an Artists to he Washington 5. Noveml d His Orchestra. Dece; Elisabeth Rethbe: Sovhie Bras REpard Grooks rooks mamael Zeti Course Tickets $10 and $5 Now On Sale At— Willard Hotel News Stand Baldwin Piano Company Studio, 1010 Conn. Ave. Young Women's Christian Ass'n eventeenth and K N.W. Jewish Community Center Sixteenth and Que Streets American Automobile Association Seventeenth and Pennsylvania Ave. Percentage of all ticket sales for Civic Recreation and Welfare Enterprise Tickets Transferable and ‘Without War Tax NE of the interesting features of “Dawn,” the film version of the story of Nurse Edith Cavell, which the Motion Picture Guild is holding over for another week at the Little Theater, is the appearance in it of Mme Ada Bodart, a member of Nurse Cavell's wartime organization. Mme. Ada Bodart was Miss Cavell's right-hand aid in her work of helping the escape of British prisoners of war from behind the German lines in Bel- gium to safety in Holland. During the war she is sald to have assisted 210 of Nurse Cavell's proteges, and for this was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by the same military tribunal that sent the gallant nurse to her death before a firing squad. ANN SUTER, A Washington vaudevillian, who has stirred Australia and South Africa with her eccentric genius. Realism in “Dawn” In the film version of this sad bit of ‘World War history, which was filmed in Belgium by Herbert Wilcox, Mme. Bo- dart re-enacts the part she played 13 years ago—living her actual life over again in front of the camera. Mme. Bodart says of Miss Thorn- dyke, the famous English actress who impersonates Nurse Cavell: “It is positively indescribable! She is so like Miss Cavell—her walk, her hands, and even the way she talks. It seems as though I have been carried back to those dreadful days, and that Miss Cavell is here, alive. Indeed, I find myself living those days all over again.” BIG 9nd WEEK \MATINEE YODAY /g AT 2:30 EVERY NIGHT AT 8:30 ‘e Parawant Prodction fg ATIONA THEATER ) $1.00 L for “Changeling,” an all-sound picture, featuring Milton 8Sills and Dorothy Mackaill. 7 ‘When he departed he did a daring thing—he took his two featured players and not another actor or actress. It was his idea to use the natives of the island in all the supporting roles in the scenes made at the Pacific Isles. He wanted to get the genuine spirit and feeling of the South Seas, and he felt that Hollywood actors, even in costume and make-up, could not supply this as | could the natives. Fitzmaurice reports he has found the strangest assortment of screen talent in Hawali that could be found anywhere. Here, truly, are the crossroads of the world. Here the white man and the brown, the yellow man and the black, Ih“e all colonized. Here the strangest ! interracial experiments on the globe | have occurred, experiments that have | attracted the notice of famous ethnolo- gists of recent years. Many of them have never seen a motion picture nor a motion picture camera. Some cannot understand English. | Yet Fitzmaurice is satisfied with his experiment. He feels that he has in- jected into the picture a naturalness that could not have been obtained from even experienced actors. “They have temperament, personality and much natural acting ability,” he declared. “It was a wonderful experi- | ence, and I found dozens of potential xtn;s who will never face the camera again.” Judge a Conciliator. HOLLYWOOD will establish a scien- tific “court of conciliation” to head | off its multiplying divorce and domestic | triangle scandals if it follows the pro- | posal of Judge Ben B. Lindsey, noted | domestic relations jurist and sociologist. Judge Lindsey believes that practically all of the wrecked marriages that mar the lives of the fllm stars can be happily avoided if the problems are submitted to sympathetic advisers for adjustment out of court. The plan to set up such an unofficial | | court has received much encouragment from leaders in the industry, he says. | outlining his proposals in an article written for the October issue of Photo- play Magazine. Judge Lindsey is now acting as ad- viser for a picture built arourid presen! day social and domestic problems. AR Another Cocran Recruit. KENN!}TH HOSMER, who has won many friends during his brief stoy as assistant treasurer of the Strand Theater, has left for Baltimore, to taks up similar duties with the stock com- pany presided cver by the genial Steve Cocran in the Oriole city. Mr. Hosmer's dutles the Strand have been taken over by Mr. Irving Cohen. Mrs. Wilson-Greene’s Concerts Season 1928-20 POLV'S THEATER, 4:30 Philkarmonic Course Nov.19 VLADIMIR HOROWITZ ;.’.“i's"?i%"é‘ii'{i‘liis'#"a'?i . zsu%k'nfifi'i'.'l'.l ‘enor, Met. era. (By Popular Request) SA PONSELLE " Feb. 19 ROSA PONS| o Met. Opera Mar. 6 BOSTON' SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Serge Koussevitzky, Conductor Artists’ Course Nor. 21 ROLAND HAYES Celebrated Colored Tenor Dec. 8 FRITZ KREISLER Jan. 30 BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA rse Koussevitzky, Conductor Set Feb.5 SIGRID ONEGINE World's Greatest Contralto Mar. 20 RACHMANINOFF Wilson-Greene Series Oct. 30 Mme. GALLI-CURCI Nov. 7 Mme. LOUISE HOMER and LOUISE HOMER STIRES e T SORE M Wit and RONDALLA USANDIZAGAS Sextet of Spanish Guitarists Select Orchestra Jan. 23—THE OPERA “DAS RHEINGOLD" First Time GERMAN GRAND 'OPERA €O Li lin—Orchestra of 60 -Ill.IllI EDTARD MORIKE, Gom ;_l. l‘..‘l l.:I' en Philharmontc. Oreh Pa HE REVELERS us Radle and Vietor Artists jekets for all courses at 1300 G st. nee I o e nciuding eperas Greene's Bureau. 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On the Screen eatpicedoy- MAN ADDED ATTRACTION Mayris Edward CHANEY & FOX Awmisted by Earl Paull and Milton Murray “Delightful D “ANY FAMILY” A Comedy Sketch HARRISON & DAKIN “An Operetta for Two.” 4 CASTING STARS Pathe—Fables DAVE VINE “¥rom Just Up the Street There. - Rescrved gqq, o PhonD0ily—3 W or Attendancy’