Evening Star Newspaper, June 9, 1929, Page 54

Flashes Fro By C.E INCE the first motion pictures and the establishment of produeing units in the Holly- wood neighborhood, that section of the West Coast has witnessed many interesting events, It has seen the growth, during the past 30 years or more, of a great industry. It has seen poor men rise to great wealth thrgugh motion picture produetion, and it has seen ribbon-counter clerks and waitresses become stars and highly paid “artists,” their names emblazoned upon the ardings from one end of the warld to the other. But during % past few months Hollywood, nas seen more changes than in, { gone before. ‘che growth of the power and {mportance of the mo- tion pictivre industry was gradual in its v.ay, becoming each year a Erea’{zr factor in the entertain- meat field. New ccmpanies were {ofmed, mergers placed the pro- ucers upon solid foundations, and millions were spent in de- veloping super-pictures. Large salaries were paid to stars and featured players, until it was| thought that the limit had been reached. Along came these talking pic- tures. After scveral years of ex-| perimentation. it was found that| the synchronized picture was practical. But even then nearly all ef the pro- ducers scoffed at the idea. They considered that the silent pic- ture was estab- lished, that mil- lions of dollars were invested in the silent studios, and that big changes would not be made for years to come. Those who were looking tcward the future went so far as to predict that the syn- chronized picture might be im- portant in the years ahead, but that the change would be grad- ual; that there would be no jump to change methods of production; that any one who went in fer the “talking picture game” was wast- ing money. The Warner Brothers were really the pioneers of their field. Perhaps they were no more far-visioned than their competi- tors. but they tapped a minc, which poured out the box office gcld. The other producers were not slow to see the popularity of the new form of entertainment, but for the first few months they issued statements to the effect that the talking picture was a fad of the moment: that they did not intend to be stampeded, and that they would stick to the silent pic- tures. However, when such pro- ductions as “The Jazz Singer” came along there w: nothing left for the other producers to do fut announce that they were turn- ing over their studios to the talkies. Since that time, only a short while ago, practically all the Emduclnz studios in_the country | ave been changed. Millions have | been spent in new equipment, and the talkies have the field. But the greatest changes have taken place around Hollywood. | Players at first ridiculed the “voice tests.” Many of the stars ccnsidered that they were estab- lished with their public and that the talkies would make little dif- ference in their work. They soon | found themselves in error. Hurry | calls were sent out for stage stars, | and these men and women. flock- | ing to the West Coast by fast ! trains, began to take the places of | the stars of the silent pictures.| ‘This cpened the eyes of the screen stars, and since that time many of them have been turncd into splendid talkie players. Others have been sliding down the very smooth 2nd very steep chute to the land of never come back The fact that the new talkies lend themselves especially well to musical scores has resulted in musicians flocking to the West Coast. Bands. orchestras and in- dividual artists are finding work with the recording machines. | Paul Whiteman and his troupe of | trained jazz artists are now en route to Hollywood, where they ! will be the featured plavers in a musical picture. Waring and his well known Pennsylvanians have alrezdy appeared in ‘Syncopa- tion.” And nearly all of the stars of the stage have heen “ap- proached” by the picture mag- nates, contracts following in the next mail, so that Hollywood now | resembles Forty-second and Broadway in the good old days., Everything is upside down. | ‘There is much speculation as to | where it will all lead to, and even | those who are most enthusiastic | about the new talkies are unable | to cast their glances beyond a| month ahead. The great rush in | production shows its effect on| some of the synchronized pictures, but when things settle down bigger and finer productions will result. The courtroom scenes, the ! backstage dramas and the crook | stories will give way to really new ideas. We are just sitting back and waiting patiently fcr that day to arrive. * % x % COLLEEN MOORE, whose con-| tract with First National ex-, pires upon the completion of her next picture, plans a long vaca-| tion before signing with another, company. Of course, she will be| accompanied cn her FEuropean | trip by her husband, John Mc- Cormick. : “ON WITH THE SHOW, ith dialogue and music, is also lanned to startle the cash cus- omers in another way. Not onl is the picture another on- slaught on the “legit, but it offers something really new in the motion pic- | ture line. It is all in color—a | natural color | which_its spon- H sors claim is neither blurred nor;| smeared. This is an interesting experiment in the motion picture; art,” for it has long been con-! sidered that colcr would not be practical in motion pictures, ex-, cept in the tableaux. The reason given was that the mingling of colors would give: an inartistic ef- fect; that the shades would clash as the moving figures were brought together. As long as the tableau | idea was followed cut. the figures remaining in one place, it was considered that color could be d » Now,-$he pro+’ Color Comes Into Its Own. 11 the 30 years | THE SUND m the Screen WEEK OF JUNE 9 Sunday AY STAR, WASHINGTON, D./C., JUNE g Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Photoplays at Washington Thedters This Week -Friday Saturday + Nelson. Billle Dove | “Caresrs " Betty Bronson Betty ‘)\mnldn in in ‘One Stolen Nigh “One Stolen Night " ino Lane comedy. Lupino Lane_comedy Billie Dove in “Careers. Billie Dove in “Careazs.” _Chorus Girl comedy. _ th Chatterton in The Dumme Variets rer] ng_comeds Walter Huston in ““Gentlemen of the Press.” ducers of “On With the Show"” Colleen Moore Why Be G have jumped into the paint box and placed all the tints of the | ——————pori Imn e ! ainbow in their ilm. Amcng the, Ave. Grand oo e players having parts in the pic- | __Arthur_Lak: corgedy. ture are Betty Compson, Sally| e g O'Neill, Arthur Lake, Louise Fa- | “The Fisine Fleet zenda, William Bakewell, Sam | Texas Guinan in |Hardy, Wheeler Oakman, Harry Nt s Gribbon, Joe Brown (the stage el |dancer), Ethel Waters (of theChev: | vaudeville stage) and the Fair-| _ | banks Twins, who have appeared‘ & Circle arolina Central ! Buster Keaton in in a number of recent musical “Spite Marringe.” comedies of the stage. T THE Universal Co. is getting out lda news l:eel which is sched-: “—— s uled to make its debut arcund/ about July 10. According to the | Dumbarton | present plan, the reel will be in| | colors, but it will have no sound | Elite T Bessie Lave. Anita Page and Charles ing in “Broadway Meloay." _ ] ~ " Dorothy Mackaill and Jnck Munail in “Waterfront " " Comety. Wilton Sills Dororhy Mackaill § ‘His Capivz Woman medy _News._ T Al Jcison i Colony | accompaniment. | * ok K X . i "THERE is nothing like success in |Hippodr'me | the movie game, and the pro- | | ducers follow very closely any idea which shows special box office re- turns. For in- stance. follo: ing the first showing of the picture “On With the Show.” which is made in color, other | in ; “The Singing Fool. Comeds. Anita Page and Charles King in “Broadway Melody Song cartoon Nanes Cairoll and Buddy Rogers in T Rose ‘Comeds. Lee bie's 101 Flashes dnj =, “Sonny By “Comedy. Al Jolson in “The jazz Singe; Our Gang comed News From Everywhere. Tnkwell Imp cartoon. Douglas The Tron __Arthur Lak: comeds The White Texas Guinan in _Juvenile_comedy. . Buster Keaton in “Spite Marr & Anita Page and Charles K Broadway alph Graves and fride Olmstead in he Cheer Leader Milton § Dorothy Mackaill in ‘His_Captive Woman.” Comedy e “Helene ¢ “The Jarz Singer.” our Gang comed Milton_Sills and the Devil” 5 Girl comedy. inne Griffith in “Saturdas’s Children ' Senchrontzed song - in vhe Be Good." ieen Moore Milton Sills Reginald Denny in &3 “Love and the Devil” “Clear the Decks Chorus Girl comedy. __ ‘Fechnicolor reel Corinne Griffith in 5 O'Brien an Saturday’'s Children. i 3 nehtonized son irbanks Mack Cirtuon cartoon Georze O'Erien and Lois Moran In “True Heaven." Cameo_comedsy. oy Lee and Tin-Tin in “Frozen River.” ~Tin Tin in Variety. R in “Clear the Decks ™ “Billy_Dooley_comeds D 2inald Denny R “Conrad Nagel and Jacqueline Lowan and Lois Vvilson Prancis X, Bushman g Sloves: in e Charge of i the_Gaucho." Holmes_Herbei N “The Cherlatan.” Mermaid comeds. Junfor Coghlan in; Lillian Gish in “Sauare Anoulders.” Sister.” Holmes_Herbert in “The Charlatan.” __Mermaid comedy "One Stolen Night.” Comedy. Variety reel “Queen of Night Sl Come Betty Bronson in - L Cameo' comedy. George Sidney in Phrllis Haver in . “Give and Take." 0isy Neighbors.” is Mcran and ®e O'Brien in “Trus Heaven. ' Cameo_comeds Quillan, Family n ““Noisy Neighbors." G upino_Lave_comedy. Holmes teerbert in “Ihe Charlatan Ronch omedy. Wallace Beery, Richard Arlen nnd Loulse Brooks in “Berars of Life.” Willard_ Mack n in The Cherlatan.” “Voice of ihe City.” *_Arthur_Lak>_comedy. Cameo_comedy Jeanne Eagels Belle Bennett in n “The Latter. “Molly and Me Cameo -omed George O'Brien and Lots Moran in “True Heaven islmes, Herbert Junior ‘cTumin in “Square Stoulders Mermald_comey. Louise Brooks in The Canary Mur- der Cuse."” Willard Mack in “Vaice o1 the City." ‘Cameo_comedy “Bessie Love. ng in clody William Powell and Margaret Livingston. Rogkeliffe Fellows in Davey lee in “Frozen River." Aviation reel Serial._Comedy. Charles sorton. ~ asld Denny Holmes Tbrbert. “"“The_Charlatan. Reginald Denny in “Clear_the Decks.” n and Lois Moran in ““True Heaven." Roach_comedy. Comedy. _Serial. Lois Moran and Mary Astor in Grorge O'8rien 1n “Blindtold.” meds. Naney oll and Lawrence Gray i “The Sin Sister. ‘Com dy. Charles Marton i “New Years Eve Comed: Monte Blue and Edna Muzphy in G d Lim- Range: in “Dog Law." Thomas Meighan in “The Mating Call." Comeds. is and “Two Brothers" “Me_Gangster.” News. Comedy. Cemedy. News. Antonio Moreno and Helene Co:tello in “The Midnieht Taxi." Comedier Doris Kenyon in “On Trial" Vitaphone _subfect. Dorls_fenyon in “on ‘frial* Vitaphone subject. ne Costello_in elene Costello_in e Lights of New 2n's of New reel Joan Crawford and William Haines in “The Duke Steps Out.” _Comedy in “Takine a Chance.” Vitaphona subject. and ine in Melods. Belle Bennett in sallv "Molly and Me." rl on the O'Neil_in Lin . Lars Hansen in “Homecoming.” George Jessel in Lucky Boy Reary Kat cn Serin Reginald Denny in “Clear the Decks.” con “Two Brothers Karl Dane and Georre K. Arthur in “Detectives.” Chester Conkiin in “The Haunted House." Comedies. News. Comeds. Milton Sills in he Parker.” omedies Phyllis B “Chic: New Comeds. 1T B. Wainer and Louise' Fazenda n ‘Stark_Mad." M. B Warner and Louise Fazenda Adolphe Menjou in in “Marquis Preferred.” Comeds “Stark_Mad." eds. Conrad, Nagel in “Caught_!n the Fog. News. Comdy. Tom Mix in “Deadv:nod Coach.” Serial. Comedv. Special cast in “Man Made Woman. Vitaphone act. Dolores Costelio_in ““The Redeeming Sin Ben Turpin cemeds. ews " Dolores Costello_in Jolson i “The Redeeming Sin." News. film companies announce that they are prepar- ing to make cclor pictures. Mae Murray is en route to the | West Coast, where she starts work | Seco in “Peacock Alley,” a Tiffany-| Stahl feature. The title of Adolphe Menjou's | first talkie will be “Fashions in|_ Love,” having been changed from | “The Concert.” In the cast are Fay Compton, Miriam Seegar,| John Milien, Joan Standing and ! Robert Wayne. d Berihelmess in, 2 Weary River Krars Kat_caricon. Silver Dark. Sorin ™ *—Covinne Gifith 0 R Bivine. Lads Pathe Sound News. he omear. & Dougias Fairbanks in Dou e Tron Mtk Pon N icione _ Ne: s Solleen Moore in, Sy e Good. SnTneanized SCng arioan Jobyna Ralston in “~Some Mother's Boy." _ Vitaphone reel. Toves of Casanova.” i “The DI Pathe iglas _Pairbanks in The Iron Ninse Colleen Moore in “Why Be Good." Synchronized song T fally Q'Neil in “Girl on the Barge." Synchronized song ~John Gilbert [ “Desert_Night Comedy Comedr Cemeo comed: o Vitaphone _reel Mazie Prevo: “The Side Sho Comedv Cartoon. in, vi w. “The Flyiag Fleet.” Comed: News. Comeds. News. Dougias MacLean in Douglas M “The Carnation Kid." ean in “The Carnation Kid." Comedy. Serial Holmes Herbert in “The Charlatan.” Vitapnone_subject William_Faines and Join Cravford in “The Duke Steps Out.” Comedy. News. Serial “Sin_Town"" Jessel in “Lucks Bov."" well_Imp cartoon. Comedy. News. McAvoy and Conrad Nagel in “Caught in the Fog.” Comed: May McAvoy and Conrad Nagel in “Caugh in the Fog." Comady Conrad_Veidt in “The Man Who Laugks.” News._Comeds. Griffith i, ne Lady."’ ind News. Comeds Buster Keaton in “Spite Marriage.” Buddy Rogers in “Some One to Love." Conrad Veidt in “The Man Who Leughs.” News._C.ineds Jeanne Eagels in “The Letter.” Paramount_ comeds. Coleen Moore in Yox Movietone “Why Be Good.” Richard Dix in “Notainz But the Truth ” Serial Chorus_Gérl_comeds. Colaen_Moore in “Why Be Good." Lois Maran and George O Brien in “True Heaven." Comeds. Milton Sills in Love and The Devil" “Square ipino Lare® comedy. cartoon. Roac Davey Lee and Rin-Tin-Tin_in “Frozen River " tt comeds. ~ Vietor McLazlen in “Stronz Boy.” Sent Comeds. Irving Berlin has two new songs | in the all-Negro picture “Halle-| lujah.” They are to carry the| titles of “Swanee Shuffie” and| “The End of the Road.” | “Red” Grange. once well known | photoplays This Week (Continued From First Page.) QUESTION OF WEIGHT AND ART {Coming Attractions.| | NATIONAL PLAYERS “Loose Ankles, Sam Janney's satirical comedy, “Loose "AXfUSEMENTS." Talkies . and the Blind are claimed to| ALKING pictures | have won for the screen a legicn {of new fans—the blind. | ""Pirty thousand sightless peopl> throughout the United States hail the { sound picture as the greatest invention for their entertainment since the inno- | vation of the Braiile system of reading |and radio, the claim goes. | A report to this effect was given offi- cials of the Paramount studio receniiv in a projection room of the Hollrwood {plant when a man who has been blind jall of his life heard his first talking picture. Earl Houk, known to music lovers of Los Angeles as the “Blind Baritone.” was that man and the picture was “The Man T Love." ‘When the last strains of the picture’s theme song died away with the fade- out, Houk turned to his friends who | awaited his verdict ou have almost given me my sight,” he is reported Lo have said. “Not through the dialogue alone was 1 able to follow the story,” said Houw “The closing of doors, the movement of people about the room. the flow of traffic in street scenes—these all carried ftheir accompaniment of sound and made intelligible the action on the screen.” 1t is a well known fact that the blind his keen hearing to translate for him the actions that are going on aboul him. Sounds ofiwhich the average per- son is never acutely aware—for ine stance, the scraping of a restless foot GJ\/HEN a woman knows that she is § beautiful in some one else’s eyes | that knowledge makes her beautiful” | says Ina Claire, who has deserted the New York stage for California, where she is making dialogue pictures. O, in other words, admiration is the elixir of the life of the feminine sex. “There is no stimulus quite like ad- miration to develop a woman's charm and individuality,” said Miss Claire in between scenes one day during the screening of her first talking picture. “Every one ently piain little creature blossom into a radiant beauty almost overnight with the advent of her first sweetbeart. The knowledge that she is lovely in his eyes makes her lovely in her own and that inner. conviction of loveliness is one of the first Tequisites of beauty. “Friends can do a great deal to bring out the natural beauty of a girl. Too frequently they go About it in the wrong person, deprived of his sight, employs | P has seen some appar- | 2s a foot ball star, has signed a contract with the Universal Co. to appear in a talkie, “College Biblical times. Mary is Miriam, hand maiden of Noah, keloved of the latter son Japheth. Nickoloff is philim, who holds Miriam for a sacri- | NORMAL King Ne- | WEIGHT . Ankles,” will be presented by the Na- | P bl donal Thester Players next week, be- | ublic ginning Monday, June 17. In this fice to the great god Jaghut, an. who blinds Japheth and sends him to the treadmill, Then the flood, prophesied by N rsts is all its fury, burying the the city and all the land Mir ed by Japheth, the flood carrying them to the ark. A brief sequence at the end takes up the mod- ern angle of the siory, showing the rescue of the principal characters from the ruins of the shelled city. LITTLE THEATER—“The Weavers." Presented by Joseph R. Fliesler, man- aging director of the Film Arts Guild, “The Weavers.” the film adaptation of German production is reported | Gerhard Hauptmann's famous play at a standstill on account of the | enters into iis second week’s run at the dialogue problem. In the past, | Little Theater. the German companies have de- pended upon the export of their films for a great deal of their| profit. The producers and di- rectors are “temporarily baffled. Emil Jannings, upon his arrival in Berlin a few days ago, stated that he has jcined the Berlin pro- ducing company Ufa.-But he says he may come back to America for single pictures. To lose such an actor as Jannings will prové a blow to the industry in this country, but it can all be blamed upon the talking pictures. Heroes.” { It is announced that Paramount will send out 70 pictures during the next season. Of this number, 33 will be “star pictures,” with such players as George Bancroft. | Clive Brcok, Evelyn Brent, Buddy Rogers, Maurice Chevalier and others. “The Valiant,” with Paul Muni, John Mack Brown and Marguerite Churchill, is making a hit in New Yerk and breaking box office rec- ords at the Roxy Theater. s a { known to Hauptmann readers, stark, unbiased presentation of struggles of the Silesian peasants in their revolt against recognition. Directed by Frederick Zelnick, one | of Europe’s foremost directors and pro- ducer of “Dancing Vienna” and “Beau- fiful Blue Danube” it brings to the screen many of the unique camera ef- | fecis achieved through the placing of | &'third on the ceiling, which are now eurrent in many American and foreign produc- tions of merit. Only 13'days were re- _iquired to complete the piciure, Warner Brothers and First Na | s fen, e [l tional are planning 56 all-sound, | Spirich . ight in order color pictures “as the occasion warrants.” Dolcres Del Rio sings three songs in her new picture. “Evange- line.” The film will not be 100 per cent dialogue, but will have sound effects and synchronized score. The theme song is the work of Al Jolson. William S. Hart is coming back. This time he will star in a talkie under the direction of Hal Roach. And it is also said that Aimee | tSc:)rlr(u)k\ MgPhe;sgn '\;xll starsinh::‘ alker produce iffany-Stah! & - Erorubcdiatianeportedicostiof IIVEAT de el o el aos Tl 008 $3,000,000, the picture “Hell's SUTANKesy e iiah heenibrought td fingels; W)':“ have its premiere in| f,’fif“‘fi"‘émn'lfi‘ e imired Westover. ew York in October. Sound, | wife of Bill Hart, who recently color and dialogue are intrcduced | g,::';;:d from eight years' professional in the feature, which was started | retirement. has added 75 pounds to her more than a year ago. | weight within & Tew u‘erks‘ Yime in o Warner Brothers have com- |der to play the title role in “Lummeo i 5 ot . ds excess was acquired by pleted “Little Pal” _temporary ‘"m“;‘ P ticing foods, and: the title), starring Al Jolson and | §auiiional 35 pounds needed to give her D_a:cy L";‘]-l b'r“"M(‘”ml‘d‘fl"'S next | the posture of the servant girl heroine picture wi e “Mammy,” written Fannie Hurst's novel are the result by Irving Berlin, 2nd it goes intc | :; rB‘r’::nn'% ingenious scheme of con- production in September. Jolson | cealing lead weights in the skirt hem, as signcd a contract covering the | collar, sleeves and shoes. The fic(l:mn! 1931 season. ”1\lmml;‘x” ha’:h b]l;é ;:'v;lr;d:o fsi)::dnlll.\‘ “Fast Company,” a Ring Lard- | bullt shoes with 'S P Sk 24 ner story, has been purch‘ésed h,\"z‘.:“’,‘”ks i U S Paramount. It is a base ball tale | "njcs Westover's normal weight is 120 ;;}gcg‘;lrl‘ g; n‘}l‘fi?i‘l‘l“m}z"nd" the | poun When she stepped on the ville rown. production. “The Weavers” was indorsed by Ger- | hardt Haupcmann, it is claimed, after | he viewed the transcription of his play | following its completion. Headed by Paul Wegener, star of UFA’s “Golem,” who portrays the part ot Dreissiger, & tyrannical manufac- turer, the cast includes some of the most noted German players of the day among them Wilhelm Dieterle, Georg John, Albert Steinruck, Dagny Servaes, Rina De Liguore and Hermann Picha ; Ail for Art. | Scales recently she registered 195 pounds. She plans & rigid diet and in- tensive exercise to get rid of the excess as soon as she completes the picture. Old-Time Minstrels. ULAR old-time minstrel show, ed by a traveling company on the road some vears ago, has a | prominent part in “The Rainbow Man. Doc Hardy's Minstrels and later | Ryan and Hardy's Minstrels in story of “The Rainbow Man” presents the characters Rainbow Ryan, plaved Iby Eddie Dowling, and Doc Hard: | played by Sam Hardy. Dowling is th | star and Hardy is the old-time manager |and interloctutor of the troupe. A picturesque setting is used for the | presentation of the minstrel show as {1t plays a small Southern town in the story. Opening with a parade, with the minstrel men in their gray top hats and linen qusters, the minstrel show is pit on just as it would have been piayed in the town opera house. In the minstrel show sequences of the pictire Eddie Dowling, accompanied by the <iage full of minstrels, the orchestra and the banging of tambourines, sings cveral of the catchy songs which are part of the entertainment. In Stage Polite Politics. ICHARD ARLEN, mayor of Toluca Lake, has been r lected by an | overwhelming majority over Charles | Farrell. Arlen received 12 of the total of 14 votes cast. It was the heaviest ballot- | ing that Toluca Lake has ever knowu Parrell, it is rumored, will deman | an investigation of the election. He trickery. “Arlen called the election on a day {when I and most of my friends were busy at the studio.” Farrell charges. “Atlen «lection official and counted the ballct L have further proof that he notifed only his frisnds of the voting. Ir spit= . of that, T received one-seventh of the votes cast. T ghall bide my time wntil Mayor Arlen fimself is busy in a ple- ture and then will take steps io hae him recalled. I told him of my plans when we were on t links togcther this. morning. Farrell§ never adinit VERA VAN, Who is featured In “Circus Cabare| - e the | charges Mayor Arlen with delibcrate | appointed himself as the only | The story of “The Weavers” well | the | a plutocrat and | | their fight for bigher wages and social | efimiéya ‘on the floor or perched | with | and | i mood which is noted throughout the TOTAL COSTUME WEIGH 120 res. *NECK uam}"' Dss, Hem | | | T e J & L0 SURPLUS WEIGHT OF STAR ——+ e . = 4O 185, mmmTm——TN EXTRA WEIGHT NECESSARY FOR ROLE—- — 75 iBS. What price screen realism? she signed for the title role in Herbert she weighs 195 pounds. Forty pounds Winifred Westover weighed 120 pounds when Brenon’s production, “Lummox.” Now cxcess represents eating fat-producing foods, and the rest is added weight required to give the servant girl heroine the correct figure. Ken Maynard on Riding } JKEN MAYNARD, whose feats of| horsemanship are well known to| lovers of ruggéd movie drama, has penned (or typed) the following semi- | reminiscent remarks, now released 1o the public through his press agent: “The only credit I deserve for being |a good rider is that I mever stopped | | trying_to learmn. I can't remember | | when I couldn't ride. We had a pony | | for my use before I was old enough to £0 to school, and I rode back and forth | grade school in Texas towns when il in the first reader. My father was building conlractor, and we moved about a great deal. But the pony al- ways went along to take me back and forth to school., “One Summer when T was about 12 years old my father sent me to'a ranch |for the vacation. He made the owner promise to keep me off dangerous horses, 1 made progress riding that | summer, and soon could sit the saddle {like an old-timer. One day my father drove up unexpectedly to see me pitched over a fence, land on my head and | come up badly bruised. He took me 'home and forbade me to ride. Iresult I ran away with a cheap little {wagon show, and for once in my life ! was satiated with horsé life. I couldn't I get home fast enough when my dad | came for me after three weeks. ! {"“Much depends on the horse in learn- | |ing trick riding. Thev AR handled | through the mouth entirely, being very | sensitive to pulls there. A horse is like | {a child, Patience and skill are re- (quited in_handling it. Naturally, no' rider would attempt dangerous stunts | on & Lorse not thoroughly used to such | performances. “Trick riding. roping, and even the| ! picturesque cowboy of the screen are| not typical of the plains. They are | | the outgrowth of the circus. Ten years |ago there was little roping among cow | I hands, and those who practice it today | received their inspiration largely from circus performers. | “Women are responsible for the cow- |bov of today. They love the artistic | |and_picturesque. and_when bovs from | DANCING. PROF AND MRS. L. A. ACHER STUDIO. 1127 10th st. n.w sses Mon.. Fri. 8 to 11 pm. with orchestra - Private lessons by ap- { pointment. Fr. 8567. Established 1900, 9% | “Mliss Girardeau 1'Egare, out of the city-a few days, 10* " Fox Trol, Hop. Z. DAVISON'S' Tz Toer, Fop, Waiz.| Prof. Mrs. few lessons, private. 1329 M St. N.W. hour. Class Sat. E: Natlonal 884i = instrn at 8 Dancing. evenis teps. 3% the ranges began Tiding before the | ladies the feminine mind dressed him in | tailored breeches, monogrammed shirts, | mufflers and silk garters. No real cow | hand wears a rig like mine. He loves | s overalls, open neck and floppy hat. | he hat is the best friend the cow-| puncher has, and he spends as much time and money buying that_as a woman does her Easter bonnet. It acts| & protector from wind and sun. He| uses it for a dipper when riding far from the home range, and often waters the tired horse with the hat acting as| the trough. The real cow hand wears | £00d boots, but not trimmed with fancy | stitching and scrolls like these. He has | a good bit and spur, but outside of that | he is sadly lacking in the picturesque appearance he presents when riding the | screen instead of the hills. “Speed, ease, grace and variety are the points on which the trick rider and | toper is judged. These can only be | acquired by practice from the time one | the plains, and by many appearances before critical audiences, whose ap- with his neck.” “Extras™ as Tourists. l E-HOLLYWOODIZING" Holly- | wood film extras, to make them | into a Hollywood theater crowd, which | in real life is composed mainly of tollr-! ““ !ists, was the task of James Cruze when|news reel prints of the he di Mar everal hundred extras were used as pectators” in scenes showing the open- | ing of a picture at & famous “premiere” | theater in Hollywood, where stars pa- | rade on the first night and tourists| gather to watch. “The picture people,” says Cruze, “have a certain distinctive something that stamps them, and so we had to run all our extras through the mill, remove any evidence of their craft in’ deport- cted Willlam Haines in “A Man’s | | ment and costume and make them up! like tourists. This seemingly small point | was one of the biggest tasks of thel picture.” i MARSHALL HALL Steamer CHARLES MACALESTER Leaves Seventh St. Wharf 10 AM., 3:30 and 6:45 P.M. FREE DANCING—ALL AMUSEMENTS 5 ROUND' TRIP, 500 | Jeft | Mrs. comedy, which verges on farce, the| players will endeavor to regale their | audiences with mirth, for “Loose Ankles” was constructed clearly laughing purposes. “Loose Ankles” is a gentle satire on the type of young man, not unfamiliar | in certain social and club circles, who | virtually hires himself out, generally to ladies much older than himself. as an | The | is | escort and partner for dancing action centers around a girl who a fortune conditioned upon her marrying to meet the approval of cer- tain relaiives. The young miss, how- ever, is disposed to be independent and accordingly decides to go upon a ram- page, even to the extent of engaging a young man to place her in whac almost amounts to A compromising sit- uation, The story as unraveled on the dents. Edith King, in the role of Ann Ha per, the girl in question, will have fine opportunity to create a character | skecch as the foil for four men of the tions will fall to the lot of Roger Pryor. Hibbard, Helen Wallace, Wev T ou Ba/AGIEaie? “HA director of the screen version of “Glori- fying the American Girl Nature never cultivates in harmony; take a les- | son_from her “Use powder, lipstick and rouge in orange tints when you wear yellow dresses. 1f you are appearing in old rose, pinks or reds, buy the good, old- | fashioned red lipstick and rouge and natural tinted pow in these same tones. come in various hues.” Director Webb says the worst thing a girl can do is to put on an_ orange- colored dress and make up her face with red or purple toned powders. He has had opportunity to study the effects of good dressing in New York and Holl | wood and claims that the really smart woman avoids excessive make-up at all times, Evzngelme Premiere. OLORES DEL RIO has completed ger singing for “Evangeline,” and the ¥exican star is now preparing to leave Hollywood for New Orleans, where the world premiere of the picture will take place at the Saenger Theater next Friday. Louisiana, where the Acadians found refuge after their exile from Nova Scotia, is one of the principal back- grounds of Longfellow's story, and Miss del Rio, Director Edwin Carewe, and the “Evangeline” company spent sev- eral weeks of the early Spring photo- graphing scenes of the picture in origi- nal Louisiana locales of the story. Special trains are being chaxtered by several hundred Louisiana Acadians, whose interest in the plcture was stir- red by the location trip of the film company to their neighborhood. These trains_ will carry the Acadians from New Ibetia, St. Martinsville, La Fayette and other Bayou Teche towns to the New Orleans premliere, where they wiil see the picture and also Miss del Rio on the stag Film Library. F['HE National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, has es- tablished_a_motion picture film reposi- tory in Constitution Hall, wherein will be kept as a permanent record prints of historical pictures and pictures of spe- | is born, by spending long hours riding | cial merit. Announcement to this effect was made recently by Mrs. Newton D. Chapman, As a | Plause spurs a man on to taking chances | chairman of the committee on better films. The first film placed in the reposi- tory was “The King of Kings." Among other prints presented to the D. A. R are “Over There" an eight-recl pic- ture, with authentic war scenes; “The Charge of the Dragoons,” one of the first, motion pictures ever shown: 15 flag-trailers produced by D. A. R., and unveiling of “The Madonna of the Trail.” These will be added to from time to time. 40 ACRES OF FUN AND MORE THAN 50 ATTRACTIONS AT THE BIG FREE ADMISSION AMUSEMENT PARK DE LUXE GLEN ECHO TODAY ND DAILY DURING HE SUMMER MONTHS NOON 'TIL MIDNITE for | | stage is .a series of very amusing inci- | | company, and other apt characteriza- | Preddy | | Sherman, Robert Brister and Charles ! | Hampden. RMONIZE your dress and cos-| metics,” says Millard Webb. the | . When you wear ' orchid or purples select your make-up | All good cosmetics | 1 IN© need to extract from Eddie Quil- lan a promise not to use the public highwayeas a rehearsal hall in future | He's had h's lesson. While driving home from the studio Eddle improved the shining moments by repeating aloud to himself lines from an ail-dialogue picture in which he is now playing' the featured role. Suddenly his memory exercises were interrupted by a police whistle and a motor cycle officer was beside him. “What the—" he bagan. “Save vour breath,” said the officer We may need it as evidence. Get out of that car.” A thorough search of the machine revealed nothing that the police officer judged contraband or censorable goods “Drank it all, did ye?" he told Eddie with a glare. on the floor, the creak of & rocker form for the blind & mental panorama of what is occurring. It is this development of the auditory sense that makes the talking picture a real vehicle for the sightless, the talkic people_believe. Houk was able to follow the acticn of the screen play through sound from beginning to end. He could teli in which direction the players were mov ing by the almest inaudible sound o their footsteps. He knew whether the were moving upstairs or down wher this action occurred. He knew \hether they were in a room that was laige cr <mall, heavily carpeted and draped « devold of floor covering and decora. tions. Sound by its timbre. pitch and reverberation brought these facts to the blind man Houk believes that the blind all over the world will become regular fans of the talkie. He says that in scercs where the sounds will not tip off th action a whisper from a companior which can be so low thatsthe rest o | the audience wiil not be aware of It will make intelligible the action to t blind person. “Phe blind person, he says, will be a voice fan—that is, he will identily tn~ stars by their voices and patronize th | pitcures in which the voices most - ealing to him appear. “Although I have never been able to see, and therefore am likely to be preiu- diced, people have agreed with me that | You can hide in_the eye many things that the voice will beiray,” he says of I;ifeja rway. Instead of telling Janet that she ! looks terrible in a certain color, how much more effective it would be to try a positive tack. Why not mention the heavenly new shade of blue in a gar- ment you have just bought and ask Janet if she won't try it on, because vou thought what a match it was for her eyes the moment you saw it? Let Janet preen herself a bit, bolster her up with your admiration, and the chances are 10 to 1 she will have something blue before the season is over. “Instead of scolding Elsie for paying too little attention to her hair, a friend can do a great deal more by describing a bob or coiffure seen at the theater the other evening which seemed made for Elsie’s type. Suggest that she have your favorite barber do her hair. Then rave about how gorgeous the finished product looks. “Remember, women thrive on admi- ration.” : Iiehear-sz;l' “Don’t tell me you've not been drink- | ing,” the officer assured him. “Didn't I watch vou laughing and talking to vourself while you were waiting for the ‘Go’ sign back there? I followed you for two blocks and you kept it up all the time. A fellow that does that is either drunk or crazy and you don' look crazy to me. Now, cut the comedy and tell me your name.” The youthful comedian roared with mirth. “My name is Eddie Quillan,” he told | the outraged guardian of the law and order, “and 1 was repeating the lines I have to say tomorrow at the studio.” Finally convinced of his error, the perturbed officer let h.s prisoner go and Eddie agreed to invite the well meaning cop to be his guest at the premiere of his picture as some compensation for the bad half hour he had given him. JRNEST VAJDA, the playwright of “ Hungarian birth who has been as- | signed to Pathe to write the screen play for Ina Claire’s second talking picture. based on the play, “Where Were You? of which he is the author, has had a { career of interest. Vajda was born in Konarom, a pic- turesque Hungarian town on the Dan- ube. and was educated at the University at Papa. Always a brilliant student, he was groomed for the degree of doctor of | civil law, but his hobby was writing. While 'still in the university he con- tributed a series of short novels to the daily papers, soon found their | way into book publication. On leaving college he became editor of “A Het" Week) azine devoted to lit- € news ism. It was while editor of this publication (hat he wiote his first play, “Ludas Matyi.” play dealng with the exploits of a mythical Hungarian hero. Shortly after the presentation of this drama he won the prize offered by the National Opera for the best book for a new opera written on a purely Hunga- rian subject. It was called “Carnival Marriage.” Peculiarly enough it was not given proper musical setting until five years has passed. When the opera was finally complete, its success was im- mediate. Each year since that time it has opened the operatic season in Budapes Early in the coming season it will be seen at the Metropolitan Opera House ew York. ‘Fata Morgana” was Vajda's next A well known Budapest producer k an option on it before it was com- plete. However, his courage failed him 0 presented on more than 200 stages and in 16 languages that the country of the author's birth was allowed to see it Finding it difficult to get a hearing on his own merits, young Vajda wrote “Confession.” signed the manuscript as author “Sidney Garrick,” and_added the words “translated from the English by Erno Vajda” A producer seized on the supposed American play and it opened to immediate su 1t con- {ained the first big trial scene done on ny stage in Central Europe and in a Short time was being presented in doz- ens of theaters. Vajda_might still be the mythical Sidney Garrick but for the fact that a German producer pirated the play and Next Week's Photoplays. EARLE—Paramount's dia- logue picture, “The Man I Love,” featuring Mary Brian, Richard Arlen and Baclanova. FOX-—A Fox production fea- turing June Ccllyer and Louise Dresser, and en- titled “Not Quite Decent.” Only Theater in Washington Pres [ Createst David B "Romantic Story TheGl Ernest d he put off production season by sca- | 1t was not until the play had been | ATIONAL | BEG. $1.00, 75¢ and 50c| MON. Ok \ of theMaster of early Califc- iu_or GOLDEN in the la it that resulted Vajda had o reveal himseif. In quick succession Vajda wrote “The Crown Prince,” “Grounds for Divorce,” | “The Harem" and “The Little Angel.” The Theater Guild bought the Ameri- | can rights of “Fata Morgana”; Guy | Bolton adapted “Grounds for Divorce™ and Gilbert Miller produced it with Ina | Claire_as the star. Brock Pemberton gave New York “The Little Angel” and David Belasco produced “The Harem.” Vajda. at his charming home in Bev- erly Hills, Calif., and his beautiful wife are the center of an international lit- erary circle. Aside from his film writ- ing, Vajda is under contract for stage vlays for Gilbert Miller and Belasco. I\cpt His Tonsils. ‘ JALTER CATLETT, famed stage i comedian, signed a contract with | the Fox Film Corporation. in full pos- session of & pair of tonsils. When he arrived in California he still had them. | And it looks as though he probably will keep them in spite of a desire to donate them to some hospital. One of the comedian's well known assets is a rasping voice. The day he arrived at the Fox Studios he confided to Sol M. Wurtzel, superintendent, that he intended to have a tonsil operation. Mr. Wurtzel objected on the ground that the tonsils might have something to do with the peculiar quality of Cat- lett's voice. There was a spirited argu- | ment The operation was indefinitely post- poned and it was announced_that Mr. | Catlett would go to work immediately, Hot Work Here. JHUNDREDS of actors and actresses | working in “The Locked Door” | are wearing formal clothes and furs in the huge padded sound-stages, where the temperature ranges from 100 to 120 | degrees Fahrenheit all the time! | "Southern California weather, plus the terrific heat generated by 100 big spot- | lights and the dense ctowd of players, technicians and others “behind ~ the are responsible for this almost ble temperature. but work must ®0 on. The opening scenes in “The Locked Door” are laid on a ship. The replica of a “whoopee” boat’s interior has been built in one of the sound- proof stages, and the players have to | imagine they're enjoying sea breezes, whereas they're nearlv suffocating dur- ing_the filming of scenes. GLADYSE WILBUR’S DANCE REVUE Presents “SPRINGTIME” PRESIDENT THEATRE June 10, 8:15 P.M. MAT. WED. ALL SEATS 50c Sat. Mat. 75¢, 50¢ enting the Legitimate Spoken Drama NATVIONAL THEATRE PLAYERS er Achievemen Stage craft elasco’s i@ o’ay: