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2 AMUSEMENTS.’ Indlan Ep1c in Colors. ARAMOUNT is producing a natural color picture that has been before the cameras for eight weeks. Before production started, four weeks were given to story preparation, selection of locations and to the securing of author- ization to use th unds required in this case ths Navajo Reservation of Arizona and the Pueblo of the chanted Mesa in New Mexico. Three months already have been given to the production and it will be next January before it reaches the screen—almost & half year of time. The story is “Redskins,” and behind it all is the vision, the courage and the will of one woman—=Sarah Elizabeth Pickett, author of the original story and the screen play. A graduate of Wellesley, during the war she me interested in the American Red Cross. She conceived the idea of a series of twosreel Cross “proj da” films and these were made This taste of screen work determined her career, and after the war she came to Hollywood. Soon she was writing, directing and cditing a series of short features known 28 “Varieties,” which were travel and native life” subjects made in the most inieresting places over the country. One such film took her to the Navajo Reservation in Northeastern Arizona and to the Pueblo Indian country of New Mexico, and there she conceived the idea for “Redskin” It was pur- chased by Jesse L. The success of Richard Dix in “The Vanishing American” prompted Lasky to star Dix in “Redskin.” A contract was made between Para- mount and the Technicolor Corpo: ton for the production of “Redskin” in_natural color. Meantime word has been received from Miss Pickett in Washington that the Department of Indian alrs not only consented to the production of “Redskin” ‘upon the reservations, but offered enthusiastic ‘co-operation. A color camera crew left at once for the vast Canyon de Chelly of Northeastern chanted Mesa in New Mexico, where exhaustive tests for color values were made. To make a motion picture in color increases three-fold the work necessary to produce one upon the simple black- and-white nezative. Even the writer of the story is called upon for added labor; it being necessary to plan in- terior sets and exterior backgrounds for color values, whereas this is a detail left for the art and set dressing depart- ments under ordinary circumstances. Weeks of careful preparation are spent in making ready for a color sub- ject. Most of this preliminary time is given to meticulous and exhaustive tests of every factor later to be seen upon the screen. These include oake up tests, wardrobe tests, lighting tests and even expeditions to the various lo- cations called for by the action where a camera crew ascertains atmospheric conditions and photographic color val- ues of the various locales. The color motion picture camera is one of the most delicate and sensitive instruments used in the production of screen features. Basically, its “secret” lies in a prismatic color filter directly back of the lens; a prism ground to ab- | solute accuracy that selects the red pri- mates from the blue. In operation, it makes two exposures at once instead of the single “frame” taken by the black- and-white camera. One of the ex- posures of the color film picks up the red tones, the other the blue. In developing this film, tie red ex- posure is run through a t.h of bl dye and the blue exposure is u'enud with . Two prints are then mad upon film half as thick as the ordinary strip of celluloid and these two dell- cate strips are then cemeted together, the red “frame” exactly over the blue ;'rrci.me" to the ten-thousandth of an inch. This intricate process demands ex- haustive “check tests” of film and of cameras three times a day. An entire day of production might be made worthless by the slip of one little cog Arizona and in the Valley of the En- Newsre TN the face of competition that had L paid thousands of dollars to “sew up” the flight of the Graf Zeppelin to Amer- ica, says Paramount News, that institu- tion threw out a dragnet of 14 camera- men and 7 airplanes, picked up the big dirigible as soon as she struck the coast of America and came through with not only complete pictures of the news event, but slsu with the first film to reach Broadwi Emanuel cahen‘ editor of Paramount News, in telli the story explained: “We went after the exclusive picttre rights of the flight, but found that they were being held at a price out of pm. portion to the picture value of the story. I decided, therefore, not to buy, but to get the story just the same by careful planning. Months before the flight our men in Germany were hard at work on the pre- valnnry ictures, and once the Zeppe- rope our tie-up with Asso- ciawu Press kept us momentarily in- formed of all developments, tting us to shift our men “We had four cameramen under our sssignment editor, Sydney H. MacKean, s'ationed at the Lakehurst hangar with two airplanes. We had six cameramen, cne seaplane and one amphibian plme located at strategic points around New York City. We had the use of a telephone lme that the Associated Press get running from New York City di- r»ctly to the hndlnl field at Lakehurst, which permitted the quick mx\m ment of our plans and the maneuve: t within & color camera. el Zeal. distress off Bermuda we had Beeland of our Atlanta office on the airfield with a fast plane ready to strike for either Charleston or Florida as disaster might threaten. Denton of our Washington office was rushed on board the cruiser Detroit, which walted with steam up at Norfolk to go to the dirigible’s assiste ance if necessary. ‘Drelling of Philadel- phln was waiting at Cape Henry with lane sent over from Richmond to ple up the dirigible as soon as it passed over land. “As the dlriiihle progressed up the coast we caught it at Washington, secus air shots as it appeared and disappeare in the clouds above the Capitol. This film was at once shipped to New York by Wright in a fast plane. Cuthbertson of ehurst squad flew as far south as Baltimore to accompany it up the coast, while Geiskop, once it was over New Jersey, trailed it with the second Lakehurst plane. “As soon as it reached New York, Fernstrom of Greenly Island fame and Hutt made some striki fro their two pllnes while four other cam- eramen worked carefully locations. Even before the = dirigible reached New York, however, our first film from the South had arrived by At Miller Field the shipments were transferred from the land planes to the amphibian, which in turn dropped. down into the river by the laboratory, mcdh permitted the quickest possible “While we came through first and in per!ect shape, it was only as a result of our men and planes, an all-imj factor when the opposition had the in- side track on the plans for a news event. “When the Zeppelin was reported in f the hardest and most nerve-wracking work on the part of the entite Para- mount stal Aviation Films for Boys. CHAELES R. ROGERS and Harry J. Brown, impressed with the in- creasing importance of having timely and popular story material, have taken the well known “Russ Farrell" stories by Thomson Burtis and put them into short picture form. These of ex- pm".;o::l T p trol flAx:lce vm&hltgr%g( the ler [y Amcrlun g: e, each short ol some new deeds or thm dauntless fiyers. They became 50 widely read that today '.he fictional character, “Russ Farrell, Y hero of the stories, is widely known to readers of The American Boy and of the “Russ T ting Beed B thletic aking Reed Howes, a young, at type of man and an aviator, who has played in numerous pictures of Ameri- can youth, as the star most sulted to nortray “Russ Farrell,” Rogers -nd .known aviator veral Brown are now well along with the production of the first pmum in this series. The two novl ready for showing are “The Sky Rangers” and “The Sky- wayman. Thomson Burtls, author. of the mm«. is a trained fiyer and the te nical side of each rmducflnn s ln charge of Lieut. Earl Robinson, well and technical director for se of the most famous feature pictures on fly!nc made in the last three years., Howes been surrounded with such %.Auble players as Tom Sant- schi, Daw and Roy Stewart. The two “Russ Farrell” stories have reached the screen, it is said, packed with action, thrilling air sequences and fine acting and containi entertain- ment value such as to hold the atten- tion of juvenile hero worshipers of “Russ Farrell.” Synthetic Snow Film. HEAVY snowfall has turned a 25- acre tract in southern California into a dazzling fairyland that stands out in startling contrast to the sur- rounding countryside. The snowfall, however, was synthetic, the work of an army of film technical experts who carried out Ernst Lubitsch's wish for a change of seasons on one of the big sets built for “King of the Mountains,” a_United Artists picture, starring John Barrymore. When Summertime scenes were com- pleted, Lubitsch’s techniclans worked | § for five days to transform the location into a snowbound community. Tons of “snow” cover the picturesque houses, church, town hall and other buildings. ‘The huge set, one of the largest and most expensive ever constructed for a motion picture, is a bit of Switzerland, cesigned by European artists and realis- Jmlly reproduced for the Barrymore Tm story, adapted from Jacob Chris- toph Heer's romance, “Der Koenig der Bernina,” is laid in the Swiss Alps dur- ing the early nineteenth century, and Barrymore plays a daredevil mountain- | cer and hunter. In bringing the Swiss atmosphere to Hollywood more than 1,000 fir trees have been transplanted on the hills; a village of 30 buildings, complete in every detail, erected; a mountain stream cre- ated to operate a water wheel at a mill; hills capped with synthetic glaciers; herds of cattle and goats put out to graze, and the whole community trans- E JACKSO! VATE DANCING: mwn S SR l,lns dances Friday 9 to'12.’ 1636 19th n.w. Pot. MISS GIRARDEAU LEGARE-—5 pr;uu e on, $5; single, §1.25. Class inat. Priday, 8; chestra, 9 to 11 * Group classes formed; P st n.w.. up one flight. North 731. TROF. AND MRS, . ACHER s'rumo‘ 1127 10th st. n.w. Classes Mon., Fri., 8 D With Srohesira: " Brivats jessons by p:zmlm(»m e B Buhiishad 19»0 3 TAFFORD PEMBERTO! ALL STYLES STAGE, BALLROOM DANCING tudio, 1124 Conn. Ave._ Phone N. 3322 7§ Teach you to dance cor DAVISON'S | Tectly n a few lessons Prof. Mrs. strictly privi y hot 129 5 St, §.W. Class Bat. Ev'ris; 1ns Main tion at 8. Dancing. MISS ELLEN WALLER formed into an authentic background for the love story of the Alps. Hundreds of extras, wem};u the pic- turesque costumes of Swiss mountain- eers and French soldiers of the Napo- leonic period, are working in the Lu- bitsch production, which the famous director says is the deepest love story he has ever brought to the screen. Pathe Busy. TILL to be completed on Pathe's 1928 program are “Geraldine,” “Noisy Neighbors,” “Square Shoulders,” “The Getaway,” “Lmen. Baby!” all of which will be produced by Paul Bern, and “The Shady Lady,” “Luthernecks w “Office_Scandal,” “The Elevator Girl” and “High Voltege” with Ralph Block as producer. Several of these are al- ready far advanced in production. WASHINGTON AUDITORIUM | Sunday Aftsrnoon, Nov. 11, 3:30 Opening Vesper Concert Course LOUISE LERCH Amazing American Soprano “Organist With the Human Appeal” SIGMUND SPAETH America’s Musical Humorist in an ALL-AMERICAN-MUSIC PROGRAM Season Sale Closes Nov. 6. PHILADELPHIA '| ORCHESTRA SERIES u‘s-"o—s coucn‘ls UCTO! ! LEOFOLD. sroxowull R TSCH OSSIP_GABRILOWI Sik THOMAS BEECHAM Tuesdays, 4130, Nov, 13, Dee. 11, Jan, 22, Feb. 12-26. WASHINGTON AUDITORIUM Tickets, $13.00, $10.00, $7.50, $5.00, chosen | the HENRY F. SEIBERT| THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, Current Attractions __(Continued From First Page) palaces of Andalusia and everythin which ‘goes to make up the “Gran Tour” of Spain. BRANSON DE COU, FRIDAY. “Dréam pictures” of the European wonderlands, & fascinating new of entertalnment travelogue, originated | and presented by Branson de Cou, will |~ be given - xt Friday evenmg -t 8| o'clock in the small ballroom of the Willard Hotel, under auspices 0( the ! managers of the mhm board of Church Home, headed by Mrs, Channing Johnson. Accompanied by a well nigh perfect musical score, these unusual and im- pressive pictures will include new | nhnpou of olu London, the Shake- speare country of England, plctumque Holland, classic Rhine journey, ci vnw'l’l of Milan. There is also a series of | scenes showing the marvelous route | rou&h the Alps from Nice to Chamo- of Europe; Lake Maggiore nnd zhe les of cluntment. and Como, gem of the Itallan lakes, Colorings of the plctures have been done by a prominent artist, Augusta A. Heyder of Newark, N. J., the illustra- tions having been made from negatives tuhkendby Mr. de Cou on his many trips TOR ‘The event is a benefit for the Epis- copal Church Home, Wisconsin avenue and Macomb street, and tickets are to b; t&:d at the Willard or from members o e board. LOWELL THOMAS, Friday. . Lowell Thomas, dist ished Ameri- can traveler, author m lecturer, who spent several years of his life in search of edventure and who has had many El and, in instances, dangerous ex- riences, will tell some of them at_the ture he is to deliver in this city Fri- day afternoon at 8$:30 o'clock. lt the National Theater for the benefit of local charities. Stirring scenes taken in Ara- bla and in Palestine will be shown in | motion pictures to accompany Mr. | Thomas' address, for his lubmt is to be the events connected with that period in the World War when Lowell Thomas was the only American observer with Col. Lawrence in Arabla and with Gen. All>nby in Palestine. Historic events and humorous inci- dents will combine with the unusual pic- tures to make an entertainment of un- usual interest. Probably no victory in the World War impressed the Christian and the wonder c-m -l‘ A C. J. North (right), chief of the motion plcture section of the Department of Commerce, with Henry King, who is producing “She Goes to War” for In- spiration Plctures. DOy NOVEMBER 4, 1928_PART 4 Next Week's Photoplays FOX—“A Romance of the Underworld,” taken from Paul Armstrong's stage success. PALACE — George Bancroft in “The Docks of New York."” : METROPOLITAN — Wallace Beery in “Beggars of Life.” COLUMBIA — “White Shad- ows of the South Seas.” EARLE — Alice White in “Show Girl.” Funny Falls Hurt. BECAUSE he took funny falls to amuse the kids—and many of the grown-ups too, for 13 years—Bobby Vernon, Paramount Christie comedian, AMUSEMENTS. SKATXNG backward on a greased pole across the Grand Canyon while blindfolded is easier than sce- narizing & murder mystery novel, so it is sald. Accomplishment of that feat brings all the thrills of presenting the world with & new disease-defeating ser- um, of cleaning up a million in the stock market or of finding a practical means of disposing of old safety rasor blades. Albert Shelby Levine and Florence Ryerson, after five months of intensive work, have taken S. S. Van Dine's story, “The ‘Canary Murder Case,” and transferred it into screen language for m:nlnl at the Paramount studios. comparison, the writing of & murder mystery scenario reduces chess to the simplicity of tiddle-de-winks and brings differential calculus down to the world more than the conquest of Jeru- salem and its wresting from the dom- lnntlnn of the Turks, which was ac- lished by Gen. Allenby 11 years his Winter. Mr. Thomas saw it all | nnd was one of those who accom- panied the general in his triumphal but modest entry into the Holy City on De- cember 11, 1917. His description of this stirring event is one of the high fghts of his lecture. ‘This will be the only appearance of Mr, Thomas in Washington this season, and the committee sponsoring it in- cludes Lady Isabella Howard, Countess Seherr-Thoss and Mrs. Walter R. Tuck- erman. Tickets may be had at the Willard Hotel Social Bureau, the Willard Hotel News Stand and later in the week at the National Theater. »- of Film “the movie Bradstreet,” big flnnnclen of Wall Street who could not get m-ther on a presidential choice are to coml with the Radio Co ration o( Amerlc-. which has re- absorbed the Kenh-Albee-Or- gheum circults and the FBO Picture orporation, in entering the movie in- dustry on a mammoth scale. Young Miss Barbai POL NNE ICHOLS RECORD 'BREAKING COMEDY edy Acwrdg‘gum g a e eventful time our Summer beaches have become recreation places for others than swimmers. has become larger. Bathing Suit Training. AS experience as a bathing girl in short comedies anything to do with subsequent success in dramatic fea- tures? This question was asked of Phyllis Haver, the Pathe star, whose fine work as Roxy in “Chicago” and in “Sal of Singapore” ability above her personal pulchritude. have stamped her acting Miss Haver's screen career began in intimate association _with one-piece bathing suits on the Sennett lot. introduction of male apparel in The is form of scanty fe- motion picture com- was an innovation. Since that Life, it has been observed, But to return to Phyllis. “My _experience in comedy was the finest thing that could have happened to me,” exacting than drama. “Comedy is more she says. It is harder to MONTE BLUE AND HIS DAUGHTER The father is the featured player in the Vitaphone picture, “Conquest.” Ann Blue is featured in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Monte And I’S TONIGHT ... MATINEES THURSDAY AND SATURDAY ively Farewell Washington Appearance The Play Thnt Broke All Records ABIES IRIS Now Celebrating Its th Yea POPULAR SCALE OF PRICES 50¢c, 75¢, $1 Election Returns Read From Stage Tuesday Evening No Wizher “The sensation of this generation”— write, harder to direct and harder enact. player in comedy. You have to tell a complete story in wink or a gesture. Comedy acting, too, demands a ce! tain amount of exaggeration. In drama & situation can carry the players along. In comedy the players carry the situ- ation. To make the public laugh eve) little thing must count. dramatic feature much easier. “I think that's one reason why so many persons make good in drama after breaking into pictures in short come- As for the bathing girl part of it, work before the camera in a bath- dies. ing sult teaches one to move with moi assurance in dramatic action. It's cure for diffidence.” Hollywood is all cluttered up with feminine stars who used to plaster one and pour themselves into delectable and famous For instance, in addi- another with custard ples bathing suits. tion to Phyllis Haver there are Glor! Swanson and Marie Prevost. Paramount’s sound production of the Sir James M. Barrie play, “Half An Hour,” is to be released under the title “The_Doctor's Secret.” ton, H. B. Warner and Robert Edeson are to appear in this picture under the direction of Willlam C. De Mille. INIS A M. to 1113 P. M. Continueus, 4 me STREET The Street That Makes Tou or Breaks You With Two of the S VIRGINIA VALLI With a Stage Show of $5.50 Value OLSEN = JOHNSON in Merry Mad Minutes of Monkey Bu: A Laugh in Every Line—A Thousand Line: GALA MIDNIGHT SHOW TUESDAY | RESERVED SEATS NOW Tomght BEL MGMT. LEE AND J. J. SHUBERT . Mt Washington's Theater Beautif and Native Artists and A So much depends upon the A funny situation can be anything but funny if it is not interpreted properly by the facial ex- pressions and the action of the players. A thoroug] schooling in comedy makes work in a If ex- amples are needed as to the value of bathing suit trllnlnl. why :o turther? KEITHS Starting Today HERE'S DRAMA of the MOST GRIPPING KIND BROADWAY SHUBERT is paying for the hard knocks in the hospital, after a difficult spinal oper- ation. Vernon is said to be recovering rapid- 1y at the Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, from an operation, which was necessitated, not by any one particular funny fall, but by succession of spinal injuries sustained during his work in comedy pictures. Drs. Sldney R. Burnap and Egerton Crispin lhwd that the comedian within a few weeks should be ready to take more falls, if continued rough stuff is required in his screen CAareer. One sock too many was Vernon's trouble because it was on the recent comedy picture, “The Sock Exchange," that he received the fall which nnnlly sent him to the hospital. Aid to National Friendship. PARAMOVNT'! importation of Maurice Chevalier, idol of the | Parisian music halls, will do much to further the traditional friendship of France and the United States, said Maxime Mongendre, French consul general ln New York, at the reception tendered M. Chevalier in the form of |a dinner dance at the Rits Carlton Hotel by Paramount, recently. M. Mongendre said, in part, as fol- | lows: j “I want to thank very particularly the Paramount Famous Lasky Corp. | for this delicate attention in organis- ing this charming reunion in honor of my disting fellow countryman, Maurice Chevalier, who, as you all know, is one of our most eminent ar- tists. Just before his departure he was the 'uen of the Amerlnm Lunch- eon Club in Parls. The Paramount staff also entertalned my charming compatriot with & farewell banquet. Chevluer received also affectionate !mfingfl from Adolph Zukor, the dis- inguished prenlden of Paramount; Mary Pickford, Norma Talmadge, Bebe Danlols, Florence Vldnr, Charlie Chap- lil(n.l Emil Jannings and other stars of o]} 3 “I want to tell you how happy I am to see such cordial relations established between the great American and French moving picture firms. These dispositions can only have an encour- aging effect upon cinematographic re- lations between the United States and France.” to r- First Eastern-Made Talkie. 'HE first full length feature picture with 100 per cent dialogue ever to be made in the Bast is now in produc- tion in Astoria at the Paramount studio, It is “The Letter.” a screen version of the W. Somerset Maugham play in which Katherine Cornell was starred. Jeanne Eagles has the leading role. Monta Bell, production executive, will supervise the work in person. Lady Tsen Mei, famous Chinese leading woman, has been cast for the Chinsse woman, Li-Ti, and Tamaki Yoshiwa a Japanese character actor, gets the Eut of the law clerk, Ong Ohi Seng. reviously announced players are Regi- nald Owen, O. P. Heggle, Herbert Mar- shall and Irene Brown. Jean de Limur, experfenced screen actor, writer and director from Holly- wood and a wartime captain in the French flying oofpl. wfll G ! the plc- ture. Irving Rap ated with Guthrie ucounue m zhe stage production, wul assist, re a Ruth Chatter- of ILLUSION The Street of Joy. the Street ot Tears creen’s Greatest Artists 1AN KEITH Ton Mats, ight ul Presenting the Foremost Foreign ttractions of the Speaking Stage AscO : Election Day M-ti ACT! FOLLOWING B ALINE ; HERSELF ~FHE SCARLET WOMAN" A JOY RADIATING ThIS in Mira Fredericke first Washington stage appearance since her sensational dramatic triumph in was pronounced by the English present-day Du: ECHOES FRO! Pauline Frederick, trigmph.—Examine "The Scarlet Woman,” a trollen uline Frederick added “Th dramatic_triumphs. Perhaps her “The Scarlet Woman" successes the stage ever held MONDAY, NOV. 12—MAIL Tuesday—Returns Read at Night darling of th in scheduled to o st e 1 2 0 ORDERS NOW—SEATS THUR. Messmore Kendall and Gilbert Miller Present “The Sacred Flame” RESS SUPREME [ER LONDON TRIUMPH FREDERICK COMEDY =Lt London as “Ma in Critica’ “the greatest living actré M wept her way to another ome comedy. It is a joy.—Chron! 2* 6 Ther long et ot nd Post. er one ‘of the & & ot level of lotto," says Miss Ryerson. “But at the same time it is the most Interesting kind of writing I have ever attempted and nts problems that every young writer must learn to solve. “Our first important task," said Miss Ryerson, the author of three successful detective novels, “was to change the story from a mathematical to an emo- tional problem. A detective story pro- vides the same type of thrill that can be obtained from piecing together a puz- l.le picture. Motion pictures appeal arily to the emotions. 'he discovery of the body of the ‘Canary,’ is told in_the upemn; pln- graph of Mr. Van Dine’s sto; Dleture she is not killed untu the thh’d "Tha characters of a detective story correspond to the factors of a problem in bra. As the author himself says, ler gets the same enjoyment in Film Murder Mzsteries. lacing himself within the detective n a story and working out the solution of the crime as & person gets in work- ing out a problem in arithmetic and finding that the answer is the same as that given“in the back of the book. “Our motion picture audience is sup- sed to be interested in the crime and ts solution only to the extent that it affects the principal characters. So on the screen we introduce a boy and seek to make the audience like him. Then we introduce a girl and seek to make the audience like her. Then we make them like each other. Lastly, we intro~ duce an obstacle to their union. “The audience is now vitally interest= ed in the solution because it is only through this that the girl and the boy can be assured of happiness. “There is a second reason for ine troducing the principal characters be fore presenting the murder. This is to ?ermlt the audience to become thorough~ acquainted with them so that when the detective gets busy all attention can be concentrated on solving the crime. “It is possible in the k to offer first the murder and then the characters because the reader may refer back to earlier gnm to identify various charac- térs. On the screen there can be no referring back to characters or to dia- grams. “We picture for the audience all the incicents prior to the murder. Then we present the dis ry of the body and let the leadin, ts tell thth’ iving a glimpse P plcture and then scrambling all the pleces and giv~ ing those who desire & chance to piece it together. To give a misleading cue is as unfair as aflerin{ & puszle with & plece that does not fit." Plays for Children. A REPERTORY season of plays for children and young people is an« nounced by the management of Ward: man Park Theater. This management consists of three women—Jane M. 1e. Katharine 8. Brown and-Glenna Sm Tinnin. The children’s series is o(- fered as the first activity of the Ward- man Park Theater season—not pla~s by children, but plays by profession: adults for children. Mrs. nin will be remembered as the director of the House of Play in wuhlnston some years 8go, and also as irector of the House of Play at Henry Street Settle- ment and Christodora House, New York City, an institution provided to give fine entertainment for children. The present offering is much in ad- vance of that first modest effort in this city. The repertory now presented is one of real plays in a real theater by real actors—the very best in theater material that can be assembled in the :x“ of aycymu enunlllnmem for chil- en and youn, This mmveu\e.n{mtqnp behalf of children {s non-commercial and non-profit-mak- ing, but because of the high quality of production and acting lr there must be & certain expense entailed, which a mod- erate subscription cost will cover. ‘The series begins Friday and anmr- day afternoons, November 23 and 2 and continues on consecutive Fridi 5 and Saturdays for six weeks. The plays to be offered are one King Arthur legend, one Barrie play, one Shake- speare comedy, one modern play, one nonsense philosophy musical play and one biblical. play. It is the purpose of the management that these plays shall be superbly produced, with all the | {llusion of the theater. ment claims that there is no drama too fine to be entertaining to children when the acting is expert enough to make | the play a living thing. They con- sider ‘that the keenness of children in| catching character qualities and fine points in the text quite usually exceeds that of the satiated adult. Whether the drama presented is serious or non- sensical, it is to the fine taste of the child and his capacity for inspiratfon that the play series wiil appeal. ‘The patrons and patronesses for the repertory season are Mrs. James J. Davis, Minister and Mme. Edgar L. jun, .Maym/went Seenery Gergeous Co. EXTRA N The manage- | 7 & Prochnik, Mrs. Proctor Dougherty, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Childress, Dr and Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, Maj. Ge: and Mrs. Summerall, Dr. and Mrs. John Foote, Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Sidwell, Mrs. Royal T. McKenna, Mrs. Marion Butler, Mrs. Walter Tuekerman, Mrs. Merritt O. Chance, Mrs, Truman Abbe and Miss Edna Patton. The committee on subscriptions and membership is mposed of Miss Florence Keys and Mm lllflbflh Ridsdale. Pathe News will inaugurate its sound edition November 11, coincident with its eighteenth anniversary celebration. Important Event National Theater, Only lecture in W Lowell Thomas with Alieaby Tn Fateaiiae oMo Tickets, $1 at Willa ‘Willard_} WASHINGTON AUDITORIUM Tuesday Evening, November 13, 8:15 The Famous Adolph Bolm Ballet Signorita Eiodia Martin-Rivero Brilliant Cuban Soprano POLI'S MME, LOUISE o H u M ER Wednesday, And Daughter, LOUISE HOMER STIRES ETHEL LEGINSKA AND HO!'I‘QN WOIIN IONY Nov. G. Tenth and G Sts. NW. e ORer g, Reaer Monday, Concert, Prosram, Concert Tickets, $1.00, at elodious e A'FLAMING YOUTW” cuonus HMidnisht Perfor; ith Ele o Siage bt Shouy e o e ATIONAL Nights, 83, $2.50, 32, $1.50, s TOMORROW NIGHT AND WEEK Snt. Mat. 50e to $2.50 MATINEE WEDNESDAY, 50c to $2.00 VINCENT YOUMANS jn % 7 resents ternationolMusical Comedy susc oy VINCENT = s y 110 Aoww CLHORD PV AND A COMPANY OF 75 ONE WEEK ONLY BEG. NEXT MON.—SEATS THURS. MARGARET ANGLIN WITH LYN HARDING WILLIAM FARNUM BASIL GILL SHAKESPEARE’S ‘MACBETH" Designment—GORDON CRAL Staged by Douglas Ross Direction GEORGE C. TYLER MAIL ORDERS Now Filled in o lling at T. Arthur Smith's in Homer L. Kitt's, 1330 G PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 3 CONCERTS CONDUCTORS, WILLEM MENGELBERG, RTURO TOSCANIN] NATIONAI. THEHTER Tuesdays, Jan, 8, Jan. 29, 5, 4130, Tickets—s9. $7, 85, $3.50, at T. Arthur Smith Buresu, 130 G st. ~—In Homer L. Kitt's »Lavsr W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Author of ** “Rain,” “The Constant Wife,” “The Letter,” “Our Betters" MODERN BALLROOM DANCES. Fundamental steps—advanced routines. Peaturing, Amerigo Foxtrot, Ramona Waltz, New York Tango and others. Studio, Stoneleigh Court, 1025 Conn. Ave. N.W. For appointments, Main 2270 after 7 p.| MRS. 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