Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1928, Page 56

TAMUS e VER the river from Manhattan, in that unlovely community of va factorics and shabby dwellings that is known as Astoria, a there stands a massive struc- 2 ture which was once erected by Adolph Zukor and Jesse Lasky as <aa producing plant for their feature pic- tures. Like all opulent movie magnates, | the Messrs. Zukor and Lasky have their executive offices in New York City. They found it necessary to commute frequently between these offices and the studios located 3,000 miles away nrin Hollywood, and this cost them a great deal of valuable time and some- v what less valuable money. <~ Figuring that it would be @ lot ~ cheaper to go across the river than to go across the continent, they ac- quired the property in Astoria and built thercon the Paramount East Coast Studio. They kept it in operation for several producing there many pictures,” with such stars are Gloria Swanson, Rudolph Valentino, Thomas| Meighan, Mae Murray, Richard Di: Elsie Ferguson, Richard Barthelmess, Bebe Daniels and John Barrymore. » “'They spent several fortunes in the| attempt to bring their production center | rand their home offices together, within the rapge of a 5-cent telephone call But the scheme didn't work, princi- "“pally because the sun that shines over Astoria is not nearly so friendly as the sun that shines over Hollywood. Indeed, from the Paramount East Coast “.Studio it was almost impossible to see the sun, even on a clear day. So the huge Paramount plant was ultimately shut down and the official . recorder of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce chalked up another signal ,» triumph for the California climate. T2 . Now, however, as a result of the ~profound change that has come to pass = in the movie business, the Astoria stu- *dio has been reopened. With the ad- ++-vent of the talkies, it has ceased to be ' a cumbersome white elephant on Mr. Zukor's hands; it has been the scene cf # many important tests and experiments with’ the movietone, and is now being used extensively as a factory for the manufacture of talking pictures. The studio is presided over by Monta % Bell, one of the most conspicuously > skilfull of the younger movie directors. ~# The only previously prominent star in " evidence on the lot is Richard Dix, » whose first talkie is to be “Nothing " but the Truth,” directed by Willie Col- = ljer, who played this famous farce on the ‘stage some 12 years ago. Mr. Bell and Mr. Dix must feel a bit %+ Jonely now and then, as they are almost the only remnants of the old silent era. “ fThey are completely surrounded by ac- " tors, writers and -directors, who are comparative strangers to the screen— men and women who are well enough | | Moving Picture Album BY ROBERT E. SHERWOOD. EMENTS.” never stepped forth on the gleaming pavements of Hollywood Boulevard. A great many new faces are certain to be introduced to thc movie fans within the next few rionths. Even the Marx brothers (four—count 'em—four) have bsen lured to the Paramount plant, where they are scheduled to romp through a talkie version of “The Cocoa~ nuts,” with all of Groucho's wise-cracks, Chico's keyboard tricks, Zeppo's “yesses" and Harpo's speechlessness. e George Abbott, who helped to write and direct such brilliant successes as | “Broadway” and “Coquette,” is now| writing and directing talkies in Astoria. | He has already made one short picture, | “The Bishop's Candlesticks” (an epi- | sode from “Les Miserables,” which has seen long service as a vaudeville play- let). He is to produce another two- reeler - and then embark on a full- length feature pictura. It is probable that Mr. Abbott will do greai things in the talkies. “The Bishop's Candlesticks,” while not an especially inspiring specimen of drama, indicates that he has brought to the | vocal screen the sort of alert imagina- | tion that it has so sorely needed. Mr. Abbott has introduced in this | picture the first “sound dissolve,” s | the scene fades out—it is a church bell ringing--the sound fades with it. He has also introduced a trick which is sure to be widely imitated—a character's secret thoughts are communicated to the audience by means of vague whis- pers, which come from nowhere and which supplement, but do not interrupt | the action on the screen. This makes possible an expression of thought in a manner that is infinitely more effective than are the lengthy “asides” In “Strange Interlude.” | X e Many persons have expressed the be- lief than the talkies will deliver the final death blow to the already decrepit theater. This, of course, is a debatable point, but there can be no question of doubt that Broadway will be robbed of most of its finest talent if the present recruiting drive continues. The theater can't afford to lose dramatists like George Abbott, Bayard Veiller, Owen Davis, Sidney Howard, George S. Kauf- man and James Forbes. It can't afford to lose the legions of valuable actors and actresses whose names are now be- ginning to appear on motion picture pay rolls.. At the same time, the theater evi- dently can't afford to support these artists as handsomely as the movies can, and in view of the fact that theatrical managers themselves are no more high- minded and non-commercial than are the celluloid magnates, the theater has no particular right to complain becaus: most of its former supporters are now going ‘the way of all flesh, to Astoria known along Broadway, but who have Not a D 0 wisecrack ever .levelled against the movie by the modern reformer eager and anxious for its uplift was ever so deadly as the insinuation that ~the modern movie star, as a rule—that as & rule is very important, because like all rules, it has its exceptions— .is the .bright and beautiful heroine of =~ shadowy romance, taken all in all, in the final analysis, is intellectually o merely a “dumdora.” 2= Few if any of the dictionaries define o:the word “dumdora,” unless they take » a fling at modern slang, an auxiliary -.. to the English language in America that -+is a language in itself. But it didn't take long for the densest intellect to figure out that the “dum” a7 part of the word was really “dumb” i and the “dora” part merely a feminine ~o synonym to represent all womankind .. Whether she was named Dora or not. Bebe Daniels is a very popular movie x -r w v and Hollywood. (Copyrisht, 1028 umdora. 1t is doubtful withal if any one thus far has had the temerity to class Bebe with the dumdoras of the screen. As if to leave no doubt on the sub- Jject, however, her press agent leaps for- ward to say that Bebe, notwithstanding the movie drawback, is one of the shrewest real estate operators in Cali- fornia, adding in support that she has erected and sold some of the finest homes in Santa Monica, the noted beach resort on the West Coast, and that her business property in Los Angeles has soared four ti it original value since she bought it. And to further prove his intention, he says: “Bebe has just announced plans for a ‘new-idea’ dormitory apartment building to be erected near the campus of the University of California at Los Angeles that will provide for its 200 gir]_students a ‘real home,' according to Bebe's own_ peculiar notion of what a real home should be.” star. She has appeared in many pic- .« tures, some of them wofully dumb. But Bebe, it may be inferred, therefore, is not really a dumdora. SOME of the countless visitors to the great metropolis Christmas week will doutbless be interested in a bit of revised Shakespeare at the Coburn The- . ater, where “Falstaff” will have its pre- * gmiere Christmas night. br " “Pive years_ago,” says the distin- ~° guished actor Charles D, Coburn, “the idea came to Mrs. Coburn that a play < preserving the true classi¢ spirit and at - the same time meeting the demands of 31 today’s audiences could be made by ar- *" ranging in a new dramatic sequence Shakespeare’s ‘King Henry IV, parts I and II, and ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor,” which deals with the great- est comic character in all dramatic lit~ .. erature, Sir Johni Falstaff. I had played the knight as Shakespeare drew him. I bad also played his modern reincar- nation, Bairnsfather's ‘Ole BIL' We felt that Falstaff himself could be made mfl on the cotemporary stage as viv- Audience MOVE audiences in and around Los Angeles are heing analyzed by an emotional response meter. This devel- opment of talking pictures was used for the first time at a preview of Para- mount’s all-talking comedy drama, “The Dummy,” and was employed to check up the number and degree of the laughs Teceived during the running of the film. One of the most difficult phases of talking films lies in timing the actions of the players in relation to the audi- ence’s reactions. Whenever a player, for example, says or does something humorous, time must be allowed for the resultant laugh to die down before he resumes his action and speech, oth- . erwise the audience will drown out the words coming from the screen. For the first previewing, or “prehear- ing,” of “The Dummy,” sound en- gineers from the Paramount studios ‘ in Hollywood installed microphones throughout the small neighborhood theater where the show was being held. These microphones were connected to * a sensitive meter in the projection “ room. The louder the laugh the more it moved. In this manner an observer was able to gauge the degree of response to each given situation and also note the length The Little Theater Between F & G on Ninth St. Continuous 1 to 11 p.m. Beginning Today Shakespeare Revised. “Various playwrights agreed withqus, attempted the task and gave it up. Finally James Plaisted Webber, play- wright, poet, actor and scholar, brought us the first draft of the manuscript, and it 1s this we are disclosing on our stage as the second production of our first season. “To Webber's text Brian Hooker, keenly interested in the project from the start, has contributed the happiest lyrics he has ever written, and to Hook- er's lyrics- Porter Steele has composed music similarly inspired by the gay, rol- licking, devil-may-care mood of the days of Elizabeth—and our own.” This dramatic experiment will be watched by many with interest and— who can say?—it may lead to further revisions that may succeed in bringing the once great Bard of Avon into mod- ern popularity. Literary folks are very particular these days. Reaction. of the laughs. This information was turned over to the cutters of the pic- ture, who timed the player's voice in accordance with the duration of the au- dience’s laughter. TUnlyersal is offering a contribution now in the form of ‘“Companionate Trouble,” with Reginald Denny as its star. i 6th & C Sts. NE. Matinee, 3 p.m. Day Only—No_Advance in Price, JOHN GILBE in' “FOUR _WALLS." E’A%,T JOAN CRAWFORD and SELECT TRU'X'TON Norih Cap. and Fla. Ave. LOGAN and BUSHMAN in “CHARGE OF THE GAUCHOS." TOMORROW—" i y—“THE_ PATRIOT. TAKOMA 4th and Butternut Sts. pm ERICH VON STROH DING MARCH." COMEDY. Contin. from 3 EIM'S _“THE WED- PATHE NEWS and & SPE FEATURES, CHARLIE MU! S IA*THE HEAD MAN" and BUCK JONES tn “BLACK JACK.” NEW! _and COMEDY PRINCESS alidh Ro¥knis: “BEN HUR.” COMEDY and NEWS. CAMEO THEATER ™" ¥ MORROW and _TUESDAY-—JANET TRATNOR & REET ANGE CIRCLE *'Boftndl®cddinlio”™ “Rio Rita" on FBO Program. ‘OSEPH 1. SCHNITZER, newly- elected president of FBO produc- tions, Inc.,, immediately upon taking control of the destinies of the fllm company, it is announced, purchased the screen rights of “Rio Rita,” the fa- mous Florenz Ziegfeld musical show, to be made as the first special on FBO's 1929-30 program in affiliation with | Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corporation, the newly organized and gigantic motion picture, vaudeville and radio combine. Contracts for transferring the Ziegfeld show into a talking and singing motion picture were signed yesterday between Mr. Schnitzer and Florenz Ziegfeld. “Rio Rita,” one of the most colorful musical plays in the history of the American theater, will be the first Ziegfeld show to be transferred to the screen with its songs and dialogue in- tact. The original “Rio Rita” cast, headed by Ethelind Terry and J. Harold Murray, will play and sing the leading roles. Catlett. o Strong in Screen Lovers. OR a comparative newcomer to the screen, Marceline Day, it is said, can lay claim to not only the greatest number but also the greatest variety of screen lovers. Her latest in this wild aggregation, which includes both comedy and dra- matic stars, is Ralph Forbes, with whom | she is featured in Columbia’s “Restless Youth.” Among the others Chase, Harry Langdon, William Des- mond, Ben Turpin, Hoot Gibson, Edwin | Cobb, Robert Frazer, Norman Kerry, Lionel Barrymore, Billy Bevan, Karl Dane, George K. Arthur, Johnny Har- ron, Lew Cody, Willlam Haines, John | Barrymore, Buster Keaton, Lon Chaney, | Tim McCoy, Lewis Stone, Lars Hansen | and Don Alvarado. As Funny as of Yore. IDOES any one recall Flora Finch, one-time costar with the late John Bunny in comedies that rocked the world with laughter in the early days of the pictures? Well—Flora is as funny as ever, as you will find when you see her in “The Haunted House,” a First National mys- tery comedy now a current screen at- traction in Washington. Chester Conklin, another old timer, plays opposite Flora. Thelma Todd is Jeading woman and Larry Kent is juve- nile lead. Benjamin Christensen was the direc- tor of this laugh-provoking, chill-dis- pensing picture. . Waring's Pennsylvanians. FBO‘B dialogue and song special, “Stepping High” (temporary title), has gone into production at Sound Studios, New York, with Barbara Ben- nett and Bobby Watson playing and speaking the leading roles under di- rection of Bert Glennon. But the news most interesting about it to many Washingtonians is that Waring's Pennsylvanians, now featured in “Hello, Yourself,” George Choos’ musical hit at the Casino Theater, New York, will be featured in “Stepping High.” They will begin at the studio working double shift during the three weeks “Stepping High” is expected to be in production. Television Used in Film. “THE LONE WOLF'S DAUGHTER,” third of the popular Louis Joseph Vance mystery series starring Bert Lyt- ell, which have become an annual of- fering from Columbia, is the company’s latest release. Unusual innovations both in story and technique vie with a prominent cast for the high lights of the produc- tion. ‘Television is used for the first time on the screen in “The Lone Wolf's Daughter,” not only as a novelty but Iso as an entirely new factor in the solving of mystery plots. One of the unique camera shots necessitated 14 exposures, a record number of expo- sures for the same negative. Paya Much for Film Rights. ¢T'HE FRONT PAGE,” play of news- paper life, it is announced, will be made into an all-talking motion picture by Howard Hughes, president of the Caddo Company, who, it is stat- ed, will pay $125,000 for the privilege. Louis Wolheim, who is under con- tract to Hughes, will play the role of the hard-bolled managing edifor. Filming will not begin until after com- pletion of “Hell's Angels,” the $2,000,- 000 aviation spectacle which Hughes is now_producing. “The Front Page” by Ben Hecht and_Charles McArthur, is now running on Broadwa! / Season’s Greetings Others in the original cast will | include Bert Wheeler, Ada May, Walter | e Charles | HELEN AULT Of Washington, who has an important part in the Christmas week production at the Belasco, “The Gingerbread Man.” Children at Christmas. “NOTHING is so precious as the gift of being able to see life as a little child. The great geniuses of all time have possessed this priceless alchemy to a high degree. “So-called ‘practical’ human beings— men and women of important affairs— decelve themselves into thinking that this quality is a handicap in their worldly advancement, and it is only once in a while that they permit them- selves the luxury of enjoying the care- free, charming joys associated with childhood. “Christmas is such a time” is the opinion of Charles Emerson Cook, pro- ducer of the musical comedies at the Belasco and responsible for bringing to Washington “The Gingerbread Man," truly an ideal Christmas singirg and dancing fantasy. Mr. Cook, by the way, has the repu- tation of being one of the few Broad- way notables who has his finger on the public pulse to learn what it wants in the way of amusement. He has angled with the public often and made many catches. About eight months ago he saw the handwriting on the wall con- cerning the public’s rebellion against the high prices charged for big musical hits—prices prohibitive to all but the wealthy—and he conceived the idea of a musical comedy stock company. Organizing a troupe of Broadway and London talent, with a beauty chorus re- cruited from the front ranks of the New York hits, he inaugurated a Sum- mer season at His Majesty's Theater in Montreal. For 15 weeks he presented the biggest hits at popular prices, and the theater was not big enough to hold the audiences. Prior Fall bookings at His Majesty’s prompted Mr. Cook to take his now famous company to To- ronto. After a 10-weeks' stay there he learned that the Belasco Theater was available, and a wave of homesickness for American soll influenced his deci- sion to bring his company to the Capi- tal. He is winning over Washington audiences, who are known for their dis- crimination. Mr, Cook was graduated from Har- vard some 30 years ago. While there he made quite a name for himself in amateur theatricals. Then he was as- sociated with the Boston Herald as dra- matic eritic. A constructive plece of PATFOURTEENTH.ST ‘William Fox Preseats A Romantic Comedy of Petting Flappera and Peppy Cadets Glorifying Youth PREP and _ PEP With | THRILLS!! A Cast of Youthful Stars A FOX MOVIETONE SOUND PICTURE LAUGHTER!! A Great, Mighty, Sensational Gathering of Stars of the Big Top from the World Over. SEVEN WHIRLING ARAB DAREDEVILS FIVE DANG SHING JAPS PAUL BROTHERS BOBBY LONDON JOHN MAXWELL---? LLOYD & BRICE criticism he wrote at this time brought him in contact with David Belasco. He was prevailed upon to go into theatri- cals and did so. For 15 years he worked with Belasco, and these, he says, were the most profitable years in his experience. Belasco is his ideal. He also has many plays to his own credit. One which made a big impres- sion in its time was called “Red Feather” and was produced by Zicg- feld. Another was “The Rose of the Alhambra.” Mr. Cook believes that actors and actresses, like others possessing the cre- ative gift, are children at heart—that the less they are “managed,” the more “manageable” they are. “I wouldn't give anything for an actress without temperament. If they aren’t temperamental, they rarely can portray their emotions. The playsrs in my company are my children. I watch them closely for talent, and always trust them with & big role if I think they show ability. The entire cast with me now is like one big family.” Mr. Cook believes that Washington is a challenge to any producer; that the public here is discerning and yet appre- ciative of talent. By that bellef he is I)rflplrcd to stand or fall. He looks ike standing. poundsy oors T " ‘m. Austin in a Liv Pre Music and Natural Sound to finish. edy, more breath- All of i) “THE W A charming story 18th St. AMBASSADOR 4%t 2%, TODAY AND TOMORROW--BEBE DANIELS in “WHAT A NIGHT." Another on Marriage. C/TRIAL MARRIAGES,” based on the Saturday Evening Post serial by Elizabeth Alexander, is the next Co- lumbia special to go into production. Earle C. Kenton, engaged for his so- phisticated handling of marital prob- lems and remembered for his “Street of Tllusion” and “Nothing to Wear,” will handle the megaphone. Sonya Levien will write the screen version and Nor- man Kerry will share the featured roles with Sally Eilers. Norman Kerry, for years one of Unl- versal's greatest drawing cards and the star of several of the most important | productions, makes his debut in_an | independent picture in “Trial Mar- | rlage.” He scored personal triu hs“ln “The Merry-Go-Round,” “Annie Laurle,” | “The Irresistible Lover,” “Body and | Soul” and “The Foreign Legion.” Miss Eilers, a Sennett discovery, was given wide publicity as the girl used in | the comedy producer's first feature, | “The Qood-by Kiss.” and was seen last in “Dry Martini. | | Composer to Direct. 'RANK HARLING, composer of “Deep River” and the short grand opera, “A Light from St. Agnes,” has been appointed musical director for short talking productions at the Para- mount Astoria studio. He will be as- soclated with James R. Cowan, pro- ducer of the short subjects. All Paramount films made in the East will’ have sound accompaniment, with the musical element especially stressed in the one and two reelers. jBiIlie Starts a "“Jazzy Opus.” }BILLIE DOVE has just started work | on “The Man and the Moment,” | Elinor Glyn’s torrid story of love, which has been described also as a “jazzy opus | of the cocktail trails.” The story opens with some aviation | scenes, and then goes to "water stuff,” | with yachts, bathing girls and all the trimmings of a fast-moving story of hectic love affairs, and the first of Mme. Glyn’s heart-throbbers to be dia- logued for the screen. — e Crandall Treats Newsboys. THE newsboys of the city will be the guests of Harry M. Crandall Wed- nesday morning at the Metropolitan Theater. Promptly at 10:45 a.m. and for 15 minutes prior to the running of the picture the boys will entertain themselves with songs, led by the popular song leader, William Schmucker, accompanfed by the organ, and Mrs. Ida V. Clarke, piano-accordion soloist. The public attending is invited to Join with the boys in the singing and festivities of the occasion. You St. Bet. 14th and 15th FOR WHITE PATRONAGE KING KINGS Thrills, suspense, inspiration—A greal ture of the Christ—dramatic, magnific reverent, beautiful, uplifting, amas 23rd, 24th y nd 25th Tuesday, nd 9 Iren, 150 1 2 11 P. M. A XMAS BILL THAT IS REALLY MERRY A Program Arranged Specially for the Yuletide el BEBE DANIELS Supported by Nell Hamilton and ely Comedy “WHAT A NIGHT” =XCEPTIONAL XMAS XTRAS —— mted for the First Time on any were: The First All-Talking Co: cdy' i “THE LION’S ROA A Mack Sennett Production with Dialogue, effect from start A Seasonal Oftering “THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS” With Dialogue and Musio " A Warner Bros. Vitaphone Prosestation 57 RED OOROORAN, “THE BANJO HALF-WITS Sunday Doors Oven 3 P. M Daily 11 A. M. fo 11 P, M. THIS WEEK Offers & Holiday apeciall; ranged with thought to both the young and old folks. ‘THE HAUNTED HOUSE’ More thrilling -n::ln. more hilarfous come Week program are ,/DIIC ever seen in o the spooky noises that made it & great stage play—and then some! ADDED FEATURES SYNCHRONIZED “OUR GANG"” COMEDY “SPANKING AGE" A Seasonal Novelty Offe: ol QODEN SOLDIER” of an old toy maker and his toys A Vitaphone Presentation “SONGS AND IMPRESSIONS” News Events and other seasonal offerings 11 H St. NE. AND TOM| W—WAL- BEERY in “BEGGARS OF EMPIRE TODAY APOLLO ¢ B s N= 1230 C St. N.E. HOME TODAY-—-] ‘'XMUSEMENTS.” AYS of the short motion picture leading man are gone. ‘The film queens and the public, it is suggested, want to look up to their heroes, and Hollywood is fast becoming & city of giants. Rudolph Valentino, the great screen lover of a few years ago. came well under the six-foot mark. Douglas Fair- banks, one of the dominant figures in the film world, can't stertch himself to that height. Maurice Costello, one of greats of the industry that made ;fillulold famous, was far from Now, however, the mere six-footer more often than not has to look up rather than down on his fellows. h _young _skyscrapers as Gary C r, Nils Asther, John Loder, Johnny Mack Brown and Lane Chandler, not to mention a few of the older heads in the film game like Reginald Denny, | Richard Dix and Edmund Lowe, are raising the level of the screen industry. It has long been considered the thing for the Western heroes of the wide open spaces to tower over the ordinary mere man. Jack Holt is a stalwart, six feet and a fraction. Col. Tim McCoy makes the six-foot mark look ashamed and Fred Thomson easily passed that figure. In these modern times the ro- mantic and character stars, the leading men, the villains, and even the comedi: ans, are looking down upon the com: mon crowds. At the Paramount studios 16 of the 21 male players under contract are six- footers, some with a few inches to spare. All but one of the five stars fall into this category. Adolphe Menjou is the sole exception, and he does not fall far short, just shading the tape meas- ure a trifie above the 5-foot 10-ingh mark. George Bancroft towers up to a powerful six feet one. Richard Dix is Just six feet in height, and looks taller. Emil Jannings comes a fraction above the even mark, but does not look quite 80 tall because of his bulk. Charles “Buddy” Rogers, newest of the stars, just reaches the six-foot mark with neatness and dispatch. Wallace Beery, jovial bad man and character actor, is NOW PLAYING~ lips . . . pounding pulses hearts. Leading Men 6 Feet Tall. another of the array of glants Para- mount has on its pay roll. The top hair of his head wavers between the six-foot one and six-two mark. Not so many people suspect that William Powell is a six-footer, but the measuring rod in Casting _Director Fred Datig’s office proves that he is, with just a fraction of an inch to spare. A two-fisted bad man is expected to carry considerable bulk, and Fred Kohler does, strung along six full feet of sturdy frame. Among the rising young leading men a six-footer is nothing to shout about. Four of them on the Paramount con- tract list measure a good two inches above that mark. They are Gary Cooper and Lane Chandler, who hail from the bracing airs of Montana, and John Loder and Robert Castle, recent arrivals from England and Vienna, Clive Brook, Jack Luden, Phillip R. Holmes, the erstwhile Princeton University student: Paul Lukas and Willlam Austin, the comedian, are all six-footers, a few of them coming a fraction above that height. Of the four other players, who with Menjou comprise the short minority on the Paramount contract list, Nefl Ham- iiton and Richard Arlen just miss magic six-foot mark. Both of them are 5 feet 11 inches tall. Chester Conklin is the shorty of the lot with his 5 feet 6 inches of con- centrated laughs, and Jack Oakie. a re- cent comedy “find,” is another stunted youth 5 feel 10 inches tall. In this assemblage of young giants a Frenchman might be expected to b t in the lower levels. Not so with Maurice Chevalier, latest arrival at the Para- mki)‘\lnl, studios. He is exac six feet tall. “Katerina,” the Leonard Andreyev play which has been translated by Her- man_Berstein, will go into rehearsal at the New York Civic Repertory Theater early next month. As has been printed before, Alla Nazimova will play the leading Tole—a part she has been keen about playing for some time. During the last two years the production of this play has-been considered by sev- eral managers. A METRO-GOLOWYN MAYER_SYNCHRONIZED PICTURE JOHN GILBERT GRETA GARBO in their greatest triumph AWomanoAffairz’ itk LEWL® STONE-~ JOHN MACK BROWN R RGeS Ak S5 A picture of wild desire . o o burning AN « « & Tacing LOEWS PALACE R STaf 13™ S B A e s e “THE SHOW WITHOUT EQUAL" PLAYING Th:WOMAN FROM MOSCOW + NORMAN KERRY JIATE = THE WESLEY EDD STAGE )P4 ( UIiVY TOWN" MG aot, wiRER COMEDY. b The Motion Picture Guild Presents An All-Russian Bill! The Armored Cruiser Prince Potemkin The Russian Masterpiece and “Three Comrades” The First Russian Comw BAX" EOPING LARE 535 Sth St. S.E. AY AND TOMORROW _CONRAD NAGEL and MAY MoAVOY in L T IN FOG. SNOOKUMS COMEDY. sAon 14th & Cel. R4, N.W. TODAY and )W —IRENE T'vo 14th & Park Rd. N.W. TOD: IORROW—D. W. g M R g e g RK G Ave: & Quebeo 1. N.W. W Witk Ligiian' 81Su. "THE JUNIOR. P'S “FABLE. TOMORROW_ T%. AND {'fi‘ W—MAY o Yln.u.\nm ;.. M ;@Yfid Ly S YEAR _ COMEDY, A':sg = TOPICB OF THE DAY, PATHE NEWS. - “TWO LOVERS." “OLD_SAN_FRANCISCO." DUMBARTON 'B30rite e KAILL and JACK MULHALL in “LADY E """ GOMEDY, “NOTHING JOCKO, THE TALKING CROW Mary Read's Wonder Group of Dainty Daneing Girls | 16--FOX TILLERETTES--16 FOX MOVIETONE NEWS It speaks for tiself FOX GRAND ORCHESTRA Leon Brusiloff, Conducting CHRISTMAS CAROLS 4 Special Arrangement Ferry Corwey — Musical Clown — The Phelps Twins—Dainty Dancers and Hare monists — Ford and Whitey — Canine Comedy—The Gamby Hale Girls. AVENUE GRAND e TODAY TOMORROW—M(¢ BLUE fr{"?‘WHITE SHADOWS OF ‘THE SOUTH SEAS.” 9th St. Bet. D and E TODAY AND TOMORROW.D, ¥, gRI ., "THE BATTLE OF ay-TOMOITow, MARION DAVIES, “HER CARDBOARD 14th_and R. I Ave. RICHARD BARTI “QUT OF THE RUINS.” LIBERTY “fhtinC*Bith “THE NIGHT WATCH.” JESSE THEATER 3.5 0 odeisrT T with stage tableau and effects P CONCERT ORCHESTRA HARRY BORJES, Conductor lhe Console Ave. c} . D¢ RW—RONALD ILMA BANKY in