Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1928, Page 72

AMUSEMENTS. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER 4, 1928—PART 4. AMUSEME NTS." Moving Picture Album BY ROBERT E. SHERWOOD. COLLEGIATE. N RECENT years Hollywood has been growing more and more collegiate, and the supply of pictures havin to do with undergraduate life has been steadily increasing. Particu- larly at this time of year, when college foot ball qualifies as the great national game, the screen is congested with heroic substitutes who dash in and win for dear old Whatsitsname in the last minute of play. In former times the movie moguls of Hollywood were apparently unaware of the existence of the Institutions of learning. “College boys” were classi- fied as highbrowed sissies who had no place among the rough but worthy he- men of the silent drama. Then a few university graduates began to drift into the movies as assistant-assistant-di- rectors, property men or extras. Fur- thermore, the University of Southern California began to grow in extent and In importance, and even acquired unto itself a_mammoth stadtum. The film people became aware of the fact that an amazingly large number of young men and women were actually going to college, and that an even Jarger number were taking a consid- erable interest in foot ball and other collegiate activities. Harold Lloyd, who is always a few gumps ahead of his brethren in know- ng what the publlc wants, was the first big star to realize the possibilities of college life. In collaboration with some of the students from the Uni- versity of Southern California, he pro- duced “The Freshman,” which turned out to be the greatest financial success of his career. That convinced the other big-brained boys and girls in Hollywood that there was a lot of money in tae collegiate stuff, and the rush started. William Haines has appeared as a student at Harvard and as a cadet at West Point, Rod La Rocque has been to Yele. That swarthy young Mexican Ramon Novarro has been through the United States Naval Academy at An- napolis, William Boyd has also ma- triculated at West Point, Charles (“Buddy”) Rogers has also made good at_Princeton. Buster Keaton, Harold Grange, George Lewis, Richard Barthelmess, David Rol- lins and even Marion Davies and Dolores Costelio have all been cailed upon to frolic about the campuses of various mythical universities and to join in celebrations of victorles over equally mythical rivals. * ok ok % The tremendous and unprecedented wvogue for the collegiate on the screen is probably more than just a passing fancy (like the vogue for vampire pic- tures, the vogue for war pictures or the vogue for gangster pictures). It has been going on now for three years and is increasing rather than abating. It is undoubtedly a rteflection of the strange sentiment that has come into being since the war—the almost pas- sionate interest in youth, In the past few years people of all ages have seemed to focus their attention on the generation that was too young to fight in 1914-16, perhaps because these young people showed none of the scars of the great battle for democracy. “Flaming Youth” was enormously popular, both as a novel and as a movie, five years ago, and the most sen- sational box office success of the present season is “Our Dancing Daughters.” Although the flappers and philosophers of F. Scott Fitzgerald's time are now staid old ladies and gentlemen in their thirties, the spirit of jazzmania that they started on earth seems to become even more violent as the years roll by. * x % x One of the current college pictures is called “Varsity.” It was produce: by Paramount, directed by Frank Tuttle and .played by Gharles Rogers, Mary Brian and Chester Conklin. (Mr. Conklin, be it does not ap- pear as ofie’of thé Varsity lads, he's a Janitor in a college domitory.) A girl of When the Paramount officials first planned this production, it was in- tended that the scene of the story should be Yale. As Mr. Tuttle, the di- rector, was a Yale alumnus himself, it was considered that he could be coutnmd on to do right by his alma mator. When the subject was taken up with the officials at New Haven, they decided that Yale did not need the doubtlessly valuable publicity which this film would give it. They guessed that a bevy of grease-painted actors, loud-mouthed directors and obstrusive cameramen would be somewhat of a nuisance on the campus, and might even try to invade the sacred tomb of skull and bones. So Yale passed up this attractive opportunity and the Paramount com- pany went. to Princeton, They found Old” Nassau to be more amenable to reason than Old Eli, and they were allowed to make use of the dormitories, lecture halls, clubs and stadium for lo- cations, with bevies of authentic Prince- ton students. for bockground and at- mosphere. They were. those at Princeton who re- gretted this concession, the most vocif- erous objector being the Princeton Tiger, the college comic paper. The Tiger's editors felt that Princeton would become an object of derision among other colleges, because it had yielded to the advances of the very same movie magnates who had been haughtily turned down by Yale. However, I don’t think that Prince- ton will be utterly ruined by the em- barrassing publicity it receives in “Varsity.” Harvard managed sur- vive the presentation of “Brown of Har- vard” (though when that picture was shown in Boston, a large group of Har- vard undergraduates gathered in the theater to decorate it with the razz). Annapolis survived “The Midshipman and the University of Southern Cali- fornia has survived its innumerable ap- pearances on the screen. Perhaps if the movie actors and actresses continue to to one uni- versity after another, they will eventu- ally learn that the captain of the foot ball team does’t always room with a puny, bespectacled “grind,” that fresh- men_ (in most colleges) aren’t allowed to play on the varsity, that crabby old }:m(essors who pretend to abominate oot ball don’t always go wild with joy when the home team wins in the last minute of play and, finally, that the home team doesn’t always win in the last minute of play. When the movie people have acquired that much knowledge, they will be able to produce a college picture which will be reasonably true to life. (€opyright. 1928.) A U. S. Marine Story. WILLIAM BOYD in “Leathernecks,” a Pathe picture soon to be put into production, it is announced, will be associated with one of the most dis- tinguished casis in the history of the Pathe studios. Alan Hale and Robert Armstrong will share with him the title roles, Fred Kohler will play"a soldier of fortune, and Paul Weigel will have one of his well known “father” roles. As the title indicates, it will be a story of the United States Marines. Wfll’nel’! to Broadcast. ARNER BROS. and Vitaphone will broadcast election night from 8 p.m. until 2 am. over the Columbia chain and several additional stations, which will extend the hook-up from coast to coast. These six consecutive d | hours of radio time will be divided with big city newspapers. Entertainment will be provided every 15 minutes with the intervening periods devoted to election returns under the auspices 6f thesd dailies throughout the country. pioneer courage, set down in the land of harsh men and barren ex- istence, finds love against a background of the most spectacular events a Gish picture has ever had. and music. ADD H ang ~—2 _Harr, lm::‘ o Meets SCREEN;C; THEM gy, o “A “STEP ED Ay AN) TRA : NIVERs Ay B, The “"’"HORCHEs—m\ UD, ALACE Coygnt™ Crartom Luciy s RCHEg; PROLO Gt . In Frank Cambria’s Production \\ A Cruise "Round the World with PAUL MALL BURNOFF & JOSEPHINE BUD & JACK PIERSON HELEN WRIGHT [HE FELICIA SOREL GIRLS. THE PAL. SYNCOPATORS Synchronized with sound effects Ns o E. E. wity anT URE O8ducter Greag EDDY ON IT" ACE An Unusual Picture. ¢’T'HE FOUR FEATHERS,” the sen- sational production which took Ernest Schoedsack and Merian Cooper on a year's filming expedition to the heart of the British Soudan, will be a sound picture, reproducing the natural sounds of jungle life, the cries of savs wild beasts in the African wilderness. This unusual screen drama is be- ing made by the producers of “Grass” and “Chang.” “The Four Feathers” will be one of the most revolutionary ever filmed, it has been declared. “It will not only mark the first attempt to combine nature's most impressive dra- matic forces with the best story-telling facilities of studio production, but in addition will bring to the screen a new and enthralling world of sound.” Cooper and ck returned to Hollywood ~ recently after spending a year in one of the most remote sec- tions of the globe—the jungles of the British Soudan in Africa, a place sel- dom visited by white men. They ob- tained invaluable pictorial material for incorporation into the screen play. which is being interpreted by such ex- perienced players as Richard Arlen, Clive Brook, Pay Wray, Noah Beery, Wwilllam _Powell and Theodore - Von Eltz. The production will not be a i “nature” picture or travelogue in any sense. It was adapted by Hope Loring from A. E. W. Mason's dramatic story. Films Prevent Crime. MOTION pictures of the underworld, it is contended, have prevented many youths from following & career of crime. According to Edward Laemmle, director of “Man, Woman and Wife,” an underworld romance now shown at the Rialto, aims to do that. “By showing that crime does not pay and that in the end the criminal is always punished, a motion picture can have a strong influence on youth,” says Mr. Laemmle. “Instead of instigating them to commit crime, as claimed by many, the underworld pictures have instilled into the minds of the youthful spectators a wholesame regard for the right and an abject fear of punishment for vice. The effect of fear upon a n is employed as the main theme wn“the story of ‘Man, Woman and Bo r;w Do.n Alvarado. COLUMBIA PICTURES has bor- rowed Don Alvarado from United 1 Artists to play the leading male role in “The Apache.” { Alvarado, who was started on his screen career because of the craze for Mexican players, has strangely enough never portrayed a man of his own na- tlonality. He was a Russian aristocrat in “The Scarlet udfi," a South Sea Island derelict in * swood,” and will play a French cabaret dancer in “The Apache.” As the title indicates, this is a story of the underworld prowlers of Paris. Will Have a .C\lban Guide. Rm CARDONA has recently joined Director E. H. Grifith of. “The Shady Lady” company to guide in all matters Cuban. Cardona, who is actor, fencing mas- ter, interpreter and technical adviser all in one, is a native of Havana, where the scenes of the picture are laid, and in 1924 was a member of the Cuban Olympic fencing team. Extra Performance! By Courtesy of the Soviet Government “MECHANICS OF THE BRAIN” Tuesday Evening, Nov. 6, at 11:30 Seats on Sale Now at $1.50 SETween » Auo' On imTie UNUSUAL AND ARTIS TIG FiL Daily, 11 fo 11—Today. 8 to 11 phone: Franklin 8356 HELD OVER SECOND WEEK! Positively your Iast chance to see the mighty drama of the development of human and animal life. NATURE and LOVE UFA Production SEE THE SECEETS OF LIFE DARINGLY REVEALED. SEE THE MOST REMARKABLE SCENES OF NATURE EVER PRO- DUCED. SEE THE EVOLUTION OF SEX- gAA"N AND MENTAL HABITS OF “A thrilling dr “Superb—compelling” —Star SOVIET NEWS REEL, ETC. NEXT WEEK—' VIIMA romence. SYNCHRONIZED WITH SOUND AND MUSIC ADDED ATTRACTIONJS METRO MOVIETON| WALT ROESNER, and TH] MET! LOCUST SISTERS, Famous Quintet 0 Senty THE FOX MOVIETONE NI THEMATIC PRELUDE “LENORA," COLUMBIA CONC] LAUDE_BURROW ELECTION RETURNS Announced all throush the evening, starting at 7 o'clock. ages on the warpath and the roars ofy. N Brian and Charles Rogers, stars of the mew picture, “Someone to Denies Retirement. OWARD HUGHES, president of the Caddo Co., producer and director of “Hell's Angels,” has definitely denied announces that. he sound and talking harvest from his and “The first “Two Arabian Knigh Mating pictures. is _contemplating retirement | 5" from the motion picture business. Hughes reasserted that he is in the movie business to stay and has ambi- | tious plans for future lgroducflons which | will be announced in His plans, he revealed, include the production of a number of elaborate Wayne Plerson, well known New York show- man, has been engaged to represent the Caddo Co. in the East. Pierson at pres- ent is seeking story material for the next Caddo productions, which will be made after “Hell's Angels” the $2,- 000,000 air movie which Hughes is per- | sonally directing, has been completed. ‘Hughes is said to be reaping a neat ! e releases— ‘The Racket” g_Call"—all of which have proved box office hits. e near future. 'LORENZ ZIEGFELD that “Rosalle,” the musical comedy, starring Marilyn Miller and Jack Donahue, which broke all house records at the New Amsterdam Theater. New York, for nearly a solid year, will open at the National Theater November 19. Miss Miller, Mr. Donahue, Bobbe Arnst, Prank Morgan, Margaret Dale and the entire New York cast of dancers and show girls will be seen in the Washing engagement. “Rosalle” is announced as one of the | costliest and most resplendent produc- tions which Florenz Ziegfeld ever has presented. The production cost well over a quarter of a million dollars and the salary list is said to be the highest ever paid in a musical show. A special | train will bring the 200 members of | the cast and stage crew and six bag- | gage cars of scenery to Washington. | Because of the tremendous cost of | moving such a large production, Mr. Mary Love.” The two players are also featured in the new picture, “Varsity.” “HELL'S ANGELS,” the Howard A In Its Second Year. Hughes screen classic of the air, went into its second year of production this week. Filming began on October 31, a year ago. Another two months of actual shooting is scheduled before the film will be ready for synchronization. Two squadrons of English and Ger- man war-type Flsnes are engaged In filming the final episodes of the lavish alr thriller, which is costing more than $2,000,000 to produce. One group of ships, including the German Gotha purchased last Winter by Producer- Director Hughes, is on aerial location at Oakland. Another fleet of planes is staging daily air battles over the San Fernando Valley, with Caddo Field as the base of operations. Meanwhile a staff of 10 cutters, un- der direction of Frank Lawrence, are working day and night on the task of trimming and editing more than a mil- Tlon and a half feet of celluloid. This is a record amount of film footage for a single production. “‘Hell's Angels,” according to Howard Hughes, who is personally directing the aerial extravaganza, will be ready for Film Features TRUXTON ™ouhCavand fis Ave. VERA REYNOLDS “THE EVI] TOMORROW—"DRAG _NET." and Buttes No Parking Trouble: CHARLES | MORTON . Election Teturns on_the 'n_Tuesday by arrangement with The Evening_Star. CAMEO THEATER ™ Ryinier TQMORROW - RICHARD Yoot OF ik RUAS §CIRCLE 2105 Pa. Ave. Ph. W. 05 AY McAVOY, LIONEL LIAM _C AND_THI 1343 Wisconsin Ave. COLLEEN d EDMUND LOWE in AHEAD.” COMEDY, “HE_TRIED TO_ PLEA! SIDNEY LU! HIPPODROME - 6y’ #5msttow BEERY-HATTON in “BIG KILLING." ELITE 14th AND R. 1. . AVE. hoBRy-TortorRoiv Ramon Navarro in “Forbidden Hours.” 1419 N. Capitel S MARION DA EDY, lfiirfig' ENT.” TOI " 53 1 ENT TOPICS OF'THE DAY. Specia CA]!OI.IWA 1ith & N. C. Ave. SE. First time shown S.E. % ' with JOHN BARRY- —MORE. CAMILLA HORN. _____ OLYMPIC e 8%, Bet lth & 5th White Patronage NEW STANTON 2255 HELENE CHADWICK, M#l‘z'fic%sp' X BOSEMAN, MARQARET LV INGgION EDY_and_NEWS. : PRINCESS in “AC] TO. VAUDEVILLE and NEWS. 1119 H St NE. RAMON NOVARRO NGAPORE." UMBIA ““THE HOUSE OF SOUND HITS” Another Week_ .o THE UNITED ARTISTS SOUND PICTURE RONALD (OIMAN BANKY D% tory of two triumph of CERT ORCHESTRA . Conduetor TUESDAY NIGHT = \ THE i CRYSTAL CAVE REVUE VITAPHONE ACT = (TIPS S i = a world premiere on Broadway in March. Subsequently it will be road- shown throughout the country. ASTOUNDING! A TREMENDOUS STRUGGLE OF HUMAN SOULS TORN BETWEEN SACRED AND PROFANE LOVE WOMAN- NORMAN KERRY PAULINE STARKE EXTRA MIDNIGHT SHOW ELECTION NIGHT Complete returns by specially installed direct wire, starting at 7 p. m., continuwous to 1 a. m. F AT FOURTEENTH A CARNIVAL OF JAZZ ON THE SCREEN WILLIAM FOX PRESENTS Why Americans Go to Paris DRY MARTINI WITH A GREAT CAST Supporting The Exauisite MARY ASTOR A FOX MOVIETONE SOUND PICTURE SUPPLEMENTARY FEATURES Include the. ... FOX GRAND ORCH LEON BRUSILOFF, Conducting, Presenting Another Special Arrangement by Mr. Brusiloft in honor of.... OUR GREATER PRESIDENTS The Melodies Identified with Washington . . Jefferson. . Lincoln Roosevelt. . and the campaign songs of the now Presidential candidates are included.. .. The. . FOX MOVIETONE NEWS It Speaks for Itself ON THE STAGE PEP-JOY-SONG-DANCE THE SIXTEEN FOX TILLERETTES lary Read's Great Exponents of Perfect U: Dandiac—Tock i ' plary o 1n Easmile MARTHA VAUGHN Singing Star MAXINE & LEE Wonder Dancers MAMI ROLLINS EXTRA! ELECTI Ta v “Blues" Today from 2 to 3 P. M., THE FINAL IN THE SERIES OF FOUR SYMPHONIC-JAZZ CONCERTS the By AUGMENTED FOX GRAND ORCHESTRA ON RETURNS EXTRA! v, November 6 ed Exclusively by La-_}/}otte Resigns. WASHINGTON will lose one of its veteran showmen in the near future. Ira J. La Motte, manager of the Strand, has resigned and will leave for a larger field November 10 to as- sume the managerial reins at the Duf- win - Theater, Oakland, Calif. This bouse {s one of a chain of nine the- aters featuring the Henry Duffy Play- ers, a stock organization operated by Henry Dufty, well known to Washing- tonians. Mr. La Motte goes to his new duties well equipped, as his experience in the theatrical business has covered many years. o Picture Theater Honors American Song Writer A FINE demonstration of community co-operation in music was given at the Colony Theater at both the after- noon and evening performances Sat- urday, October 27. Harold T. Pease, organist, gave a brief resume of the life of Stephen Collins Foster, America’s great folk-song composer. At the con- clusion of the talk slides of “Swanee River” were thrown upon the screen and the audience joined in singing. AMAZING! JOHNNY SLAUGHTER AND HIS RIALTO § REVELERS } The Rof ALBERT GRAN ISTRA with TR son ., , Coolidge. . EARL & BELL Harimonist NE WONG Chinese Jazz Singer SMITH & HADLEY Acrobatic Dancers T O T T T O ol = ) The Washington YPost Through Its ASSOCIATED PRESS Dispatches Returns A SIS A nced Continueusly Until One A. M. e e IR ] S T Ziegfeld has announced that “Rosalie” Ziegfeld’s “Rosalie,” Nov. 19 will be seen only in the largest cities for long-run engagements. “Rosalie” is a fast-moving comedy of West Point life, woven around & roRn;:nee of a udet‘ ulm s princess of “Romanza,” a mythical kingdom across the sea, who comes to America with her royal papa and mama to engineer a loan for their crumbling dynasty. Queen Marie's visit to this country with her daughter, the Princess Ileana of Rumania, it is said, served as an in- spiration for the authors, Willlam Anthony McGuire and Guy Bolton, who have also dramatized the hero all times, Col. Lindbergh, in the plot. Joseph- Urban designed the settings and the production is “dressed” in true Ziegfeldian luxuriousness. The Cos- tumes were designed by John Harkrider, and in no Ziegfeld production, it is claimed, nas there ever been led a more beautiful bevy of * fled” beauties. The dances were by Seymour Felix. a Stenley Co. Theatre THIS WEEK ONLY Another That §s Stul In Ne Playing York at $2 Admission R REGULAR PRICES | ' Warner Bros.—Vitaphone 2nd All-Talkle From the Play that Held London Breathless packed with thril and shrieks in Rills, laughs which even the title and cast are announced n dialogue. The cast is led by artists who have had experience on both stage and acreen. May McAvoy Louise Fazenda E. Horton Mathew Betz Holmes erbert John Miljan JOHN ELECTION MILJAN RETURNS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6th WILL BE GIVEN IN THE THEATERS. METROTOLITAN AND EARLE LAST COMPLETE SHOWS START AT 19 P M. THIS WEEK PRESENTS WONDERFUL THE NEW HOUSE OF TALKIES VOL 1ith St. at Pack Rd. N.W. SUNDAY—MONDAY A VITATHONE PiCTURR “STATE STREET WITH MOVIETONE THURS., FRL DDING MARCH" SYNCHRONIZED SAT. FRED THOMSON in “KIT_CARSON" VITAPHONE: SHORTS DOR X Col A TODAY AND TOMORRO Y BRONSON and ALEC in “COMPANIONATE MARRIAGE. " 62 H 8. N.E. TODAY ~AND TOMORROW — VON STROHEIM'S, “THE WEDDING 9th St. Bet. D TODAY 'AND TOMORROW-—_JACK HOLT L0 ‘THE VANISHING —_PIONERR."____ CHEVY CHASE Sepes s, 30t TODAY AND TO! CIAL TEAST fh “FOUR BONS - T ECIAL Ga. ave. & Farragut 8t TODAY AND TOMORROW.._ CAST o "FOUR SONS. o mOAL AMBASSADOR 13th Stand Col Rd. SUN—MON—TUES. First Washington Showings JUDGE BEN LINDSEY'S - “*COMPARIONATE MARRIAGE" “THEZ MAN WHO LAUGKS" FRI FRED THOMSON in “KIT CARSON" SAT. CHAS. MURRAY in “FLYING ROMEOS" ' EMPIRE 1 ® st NE TODAY AND TOMORROW— CORINNE GRIFFITH in “THE ARDEN O t. NE. TODAY AND TOMOR - CHARLES CHAPLING T O-THE b St. S.E TODAY AND ToMORROW _oILD) GRAY In “THE DEVIL DANGEI SAVOY ! TODAY AND T LANGDON in TODAY AND TOMORROW CHARLES ~CHAPLIN in' “THE CIRCUS." & Col. R4 N.W. MORROW-—HARR' HEART TROUBLE.