Evening Star Newspaper, June 23, 1929, Page 51

AMUS EMENTS. ‘The é\loving Picture cAlbum By Robert E. Sherwood. wing | monopoly of cinemas, and her own vocal films, for her own ption, the demand for censor- not be nearly so acute. ation as regards the official of dialogue on the screen is exactly the reverse in London of the situation as it exists in many parts of the United States and Canada. In New York, for instance, there is censorship ‘regulation of motion pictures, but none of stage | . Thus the question has arisen (and it is still, in so far as I know, un- answered)),“Can the law which was drafted to provide the censorship of silent films be interpreted as covering also the sounds with which films have lately Been equi) T In Great Bri stage plays are sub- to cel by the lord chamber- but motion pictures are not. The lord chamberlain declded[ that h‘l"n.i: Gesture” was not passable B.Flnlmmhll ent for the British public and he therefore placed on it his offi- cial ban, as a result of which “The Gesture” cannot be perform- other than privately, in any part of the United Kingdom, lndb yet llfn‘"!'?‘: Shanghai Gesture” were brought o logue Tooocaea & i eve d‘nfi:’edm&: and even m: the Movietone, the lord .chmmberlain would be powerless to prevent it from being seen and heard. ‘There is in existence an organiza- known as the British Board of Pilm Censors, and the certificate of this must be placed on every film,| silent or noisy, before its release. the British Board of Film Censors has no connection whatever with the Brit- . Wi science to assert itself too vigorously there would unquestionably be a new t of the British Board of Film having a strangle-hold on one of the largest, most important and most fluential industries in the * * Unless further passed, it is only a question of time be- fore American film magnates, by their the power of the money they have ob- tained from this country, will dominate the British Empire with films whicy many people consider to be allen to British ideals and ideas and detri- mental to the best interests of British people from an educational, moral and mental point of view.” In other words, the primary object of censorship would not be wrkytep {m- moral films, but American films, from the British public. In the minds of the British “die-hards,” however, the words “immoral” and “American” are practically synonymous. It should be said, that this attitude is not the attitude of the fans who flock to the cinema theatres in London, Manchester and Glasgow to see “Show Boat,” “Close Harmony” and “The Broadway Melody.” It makes no dif- ferepce to the average fan whether such films are “allen to British ideals and ideas,” all that he cares about is whether or not they will be worth the price of admission. One of the more absurd bellefs pre- valent among the patriotic “die-hards” is that every American film is ed, deliberately, as an advertisement of America and represents one more step toward the proposed American domina- tion of the world. If such were the case, it is unlikely that the United States ‘would go out of its way to represent it- self on the screen as a nation of yeggs, jazzmaniacs and cutthroats. If the subtle purpose of American films is*to proclaim the virtues of America, then the movie producers in Hollywood are making a serious botch of their job. The British patriot, on seeing such orgies of criminal violence as “Uunder- world” or “Alibi” or “The Voice of the City,” should be content to murmur, “How unlike the home life of our own dear Queen,” and thank a beni % idence that he is permitted to live and love and labor within hailing distance of Scotland Yard. 'HERE are certain forms of Ameri- can accents that are utterly in- comprehensible to audiences. :VhenmrlnMe Brice appeared in lon , Lon- “My Man,” her miltgrosseries ds.| fell flat because no one could under- important factors in the campaign of ptmt.nln;:v!'shzonwlomrn. R A , general secretary of thmunh Empire Union (one of the “die-hard” - organizations), to the London Morning Post : “The time is certainly overdue ‘when there should be some official cen- sorship of films — when some steps stand them. - Similarly, the genuine Nm dialect and idiom cannot be fathomed in Great Britain. The play “Porgy” and the picture “Hearts in Dixie” have both falled as completely as they they had been performed in the Esthonian language. These facts provide important points for those who are considering the ac- cent problem as it affects the showing 0] were taken to prevent foreign firms — of Am films in foreign countries. (Copyright. 1920.) Music Helped Players. - But how thetalking picture has in- troduced an era of nunge into the film studios, since nothing must be heard except the dialogue of the characters, and the synchronized musical score the | which accompanies a picture is added on The selection iyed accorded with the sentiment feeling of the scene, and greatly assisted in inducing the mood on the part of the actors. was a different type of music for pleasant scenes, dramatic ac- m; and hurry called mnfl": after it is entirely completed. One screen star, however, who rather welcomes the change is Lois Wilson, who_plays one of the lead roles in the Warner Bros.’ latest all-talking pro- duction, “The Gamblers.” “The playing of a dramatic ‘musical ulectg;z for a dramatic scene,” says Miss Wilson, “always had a tendency to transmit to my own actions the tempo of the music, ineline Under its influence I can relax easily | ered English. largely by ' Not Really English. IThflumfimmlm Brent, who has been scoring success- in of late, is an ‘motion Wmmn girl. As a matter of fact, Miss Brent was born in America and lived in England for a period of only five Because her first screen work of note was done for & British company is per- kaps the reason for her being consid- | Evelyn started in pictures in New | York playing extra, bits and leads, then ft the screen to make a trip to Europe. In London she was chosen to play the lead in “The Ruined Lady” on the, speaking stage and was offered a con- t by a London motion picture com- | any. & After making a series of pictures she was given the lead in “Spanish Jade,” the first Lasky picture to be made in Europe. She then returned to America | jand was hailed as an English actress, merely because she had registered her first success in British films. Nag_cl Stnqe-Trnmed. CONRAD NAGEL, romantic lead of | ““The Idle Rich,” received his the- atrical training on the stage and was thus in a fortunate position when mo- tion pictures began to talk. Born in Keokuk, Jowa, Nagel's first ambition was to be an architect, but he abandoned that on account of the long apprenticeship required. ~Meanwhile, the urge to entertain asserted itself and he became prominent in his college glee club and dramatic society. On gradu- ation, his warmly sympathetic voice se- | cured him a contract with the Redpath Lyceum Bureau. After a 1 sea- son as reader, he joined the Princess Stock Co. in Des Molnes and then went | Broadway stage Nal % ‘When the United States entered the war Nagel enlisted as a seaman. After he was mustered out of service he had his first screen role in “Little Women.” Unpopular “JHE most unpopular woman in Holly- | wood, at least among the fair in- tants of the screen colony who are '.rylnfl the keep their weight down to certain proportions, is “Cupid” Ains- worth, the 250-pound vaudevillian, who has arrived at cinematic headquarters to play an important role in “Big News.” also a figure to maintain, but the treatment it demands is dif- ferent from that of her more sylph-like sisters. When she lunches at the Mont- marte Miss Ainsworth demands plenty of butter, the richest salad drungu in the place, oodles of whipped cream and the biggest piece of chocolate cake she can wheedle out of the waiter. Small wonder, cry the girls who sit at neigh- boring tables nibbling on a lettuce leaf and- flpflllfl unsweetened tea, that they hate Cupid bitterly, Thir lot is hard enough, they declare, without the tor- ture of watching Cupid’s very evident enjoyment of her feast. A A Praise for Ina. wfll‘N it was announced that Ina Claire was to be starred in a talking screen version of “The Awful Truth,” Variety, that e.er-alert book of wisdom'of the show world, recalled what it believed to be Miss Claire’s most flat press notice. It occurred when Miss Claire ap- med in the Follies Bergere, an Amer- reproduction of the celebrated Pa- risian theatrical novelty, where the tertained while it eats and drinks. The show apparently was not & sensation, and the audience paid little attention her first agpeln.neu on the stage, came on. She sang a couple of songs, and Variety, predicting great things for this actress, said: “She made the audience lay down their forks!” Belle Baker Succumbe. and natu and ke tho A e - Age Abets Youth. “The | a Tol the mental buoyancy of his own early 20s. His voice, it is said, took on the querulousness and actual cunning of a shrewd money lender, ‘Two Pathe executives saw the play while on a visit to New York and were much impressed with the trionic ability of the youth whom they had seen previous season as a dapper young movie idol in “Excess Baggage,” le differing in every particular that of “The Money Lender.” Nego- tiations were opened and within a few weeks contracts had been signed and young Clark was on his way to the ‘West Coast. £ Big Outdoor_l39y annm GLEASON, the big outdoor x. That's me. Hollywood and the picture industry did it.” The famous writer-actor-producer his first game of golf in a Pathe recently. Now he has gone in or _athletics—in Hollywood. “Born-in New York City. Raised in the theater. Two busy writing plays and acting in them to have time for the things I always wanted to do.” This explains the situation. “The Gleasons did most of their swimming in bath tubs until we came to Hollywood,” n{- Gleason. “Now that my boy Russeil has presented me with a swimming pool for my birthday, we will swim in our own . M wife thought she would give me another excuse for staying out in the sun, so she presented me with a saddle horse for another birthday gift.” At the rate in which James is ac- quiring tan he says he will have to wear a sandwich board down Fifth avenue when he goes back to New York to visit his stage cronies, reading, “James Gleason, Caucasian, as Usual.” Movies Get a Fine Voice. WAz..m ‘WOOLF, the distinguished star, has been assigned ros. to make a_Vitaphone ction for their 1929-30 *‘Golden Dawn,” the successful Exalts Ronald Colman. HGmL movie fans are making more from | and David Kessler. She has been a Zieg- y | center of the metropolis, the New York will specially for varied tal- ents and icularly her special talents for the rendition of sentimental ballads and sol with a throb. Miss , it is sald, has heretofore consistently refused to face the cam- % 375t abbearanos 1o motion pltues. T a) nce . Miss Baker is ranked as one of the world’s greatest entertainers. For many years she was one of vaudeville’s fore- most stars. Born on the East Side of New York, she made her entrance into the amuse- ment world as a ctress on the Je! stage, with such players as Jacob Adler, Bertha Kalich, Thomashefsky feld star in her time. Equipped for.Sound Films. 'HE last word in entertainment that will place the most beautiful club- irpest mnd hest.couipped ‘motion pic- arges! eq plc- ture theaters is announced for the new home of the New York Athletic Club, which_has arranged with RCA Photo- tone, Inc., for an elaborate sound-mo- tion picture installation. Fronting Central Park south, in the Athletic Club will palatial in pro- portions and furnishings. The equipment will permit the syn- chronous projection of sound and talk- ing pictures on film and disc and will provide additional apparatus for con- tinuous electric phonograph operation & switeh WAl fiood the prest dvmanadiims as will greal um- theater, seating 1,200 persons, the dance floors and the dining halls of the new :lubh}(:usc with a flow of music or .. fuss over Colman’s voice than ti-y did about Valentino's profile,” R. Cruickshank, New York correspon- dent, cabled to thc London Daily News S | atter seeing “Bulldog Drummond.” Con- ing p! C ford Mr. Woolf an play to the motion picture public the quality and range of splendid voice. “Golden Dawn” was one of the suc- opportunity to dis- in the Vitaphone production by the ‘Vitaphone Symphoriy Orchestra. e ooy Voice of the President. RY RAMSAYE, editor-in-chief of Pathe Sound News, credits Presi- dent Hoover with having the best movie voice of all the modern celebri- ties. Pathe Sound News has presented many of the world’s great men and ‘women via talking news reel in the last year and Mr. Hoover has been s subject several times. “Never has the President’s voice failed to record and perfectly,” Ramsaye, every word he has ever uttered for the movie microphone could be un- derstood perfectly.” He would make a 9th Bet. F & G AHAVEN OF REFUGE vears in Fut “‘theme rn_some ome me _song upon their remari re and, of kable pictus course, yow'll hear “Safori,” in the re- turn_engagement of tinuing, he said: “Ronald Colman, the British film star, has won the greatest pe: >nal t i- umnh {hat the talkin have Lrought to any actor. It looks as if this picture will make Colman the most ponular of all _iovie stars. “I had to battle my way to a seat a crowd of more than 1,000 women besieging the theater in the hope of catching a glimpse cf Colman, who watched the film from a box. Th theater was crowded with stage and film stars, and Colman was given an almost delirious reception, an unusval thing in New York, where audie:ces are colder than in London. Frequently parts of the film dialogue were inaudi- ble hecause of the laughter and ap- plause of the audience.” SEE and HEAR JOHN BOLES and LAURA LA PLANTE “SCANDAL” Polo games, scintillating social affairs and other pleasure events . combined with love scenes unmatched. _“SIMBA” BENS MATINEE POPULAR Prices srEC ont, Perf. Ninth at G RIALT The Ritz Rebuilt for Billie. Sm in Billie Dove’s new picture, “Her Private Life,” are laid in the Ritz Hotel lobby, ballroom and tea ro°m. It was not possible for the star and her company to go to New York, 8o First Nc+'onal architects rebuilt the New York hotel and furnished it ex- actly like the original for her. “Her Private Life” deals with the experie1..2s of an English noblewoman who is divorced by her husband and who goes to New York, where she be- comes poverty-stricken and pawns her last pearl so that she may buy food. It said to be a dramatic and forceful ‘Walter Pidgeon will play opposite the star, and the cast includes also Mon- tagu Love, Holmes Herbert, Thelma Todd, Roland Young and Zasu Pitts. Alexander Korda is directing, and it is & _First National Vitaphone picture. g!uon NOVARRO, - ANITA - PAGE, BALPH GRAVES in “THE PLYING PRINCESS corlitn™ Sioaue ( BE GOOD." COMEDY SYLVAN T & mietraans 3 to 11 PM_DOUGLAS PAIR 8 ngmuud with Soun % ects). Sept n and OIRCLE S5 Stan o8 TAKOMA Efi: T |AS audience is seated at tables and is en- | ol to it until Miss Claire, making one of | ! Pro= | uled for general rel Viertel. Rod La Rocque and Marceline Day in a scene from their newest picture, “The One Woman Idea,” produced for the Fox organization by Director Berthold August approaches, marking the beginning of a new theatrical sea- son, interesting announcements are made by the film companies relative to their forthcoming production schedules. These are especially significant this year because of the predominance of dialogue and music in the creations of this erstwhile silent industry. ‘The extent to which the movies have raided the Broadway stage and Tin- Pan alley for talkie stars and compos- ers also is revealed. Plans for the preparation by Para- mount of 200 talking and musical pro- ductions were announced recently by Jesse L. Lasky at the company’s annual sales convention. Sixty-five feature-length produc- tions, eighty -one-and-two-reel short features and fifty-two issues of the new Paramount sound news are included in the schedule. Thirty-six of the feature pictures are placed in the category of “important specials,” while the remain. der will be starring vehicles for the actors and actresses under contract to Paramount. Silent versions of practi- cally all the audible features are planned. Among players brought to the sound screen from the legitimate fields of musical comedy and drama, to be in- cluded in the new season’s roster, are the Four Marx Brothers, Dennis King, Moran and , Mary Eaton, Oscar Shaw, - Helen® Morgan, Dan Healy, Maurice Chevalier, Jeannette MacDon- d, Gertrude Lawrence, Helen Kane, Jeanne Eagels, Walter ~ Huston, Claudette Colbert, Hal Skelly, O. P. ie, Chester Morris, Edward Cran- dall, Charles Ruggles, Kay Francls, Harry Green, Florence Eldridge, Fred- eric March and Laura Hope Crews. Those motion picture stars and fea- tured gl:yem whom Paramount points to as having made good in the talkie medium include Clara Bow, /George Bancroft, Richard Arlen, “Buddy” Roa- ers, Richard Dix, Evelyn Brent, Wil- liam Powell, Gary Cooper, Clive Brook, Mary Brian, Nancy Carroll, Baclanova, Esther Ralston and Harold Lloyd, now making the first &mducflrln. Among the feature product sched- lease in_the season starting August 1 are “The Four Feath- ers,” the Cooper-Schoedsack African epic; “The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu,” with Warner Oland; “The Cocoanuts,” starring _the Marx brothers; ‘“The Dance of Life,” from the stage hit “Burlesque”; “Why Bring That Up?* 2;; first Moran-and-Mack talking com- ith “The Vagabond King,” starring Dennis King; “Escape,” from the Galsworthy ) e Return of Sherlock “Kibitzer,” from the Broad- way play; “The Green Murder Case”; “The Virginian”; “The 8Soul of France,” an epic of the war produced by the French government, and “Hun- garian Rhapsody,” a story of Viennese life produced at the UFA studios in Germany. Forty-eight sound films are an- nounced for production by Fox Film Corporation during the 1929-1930 sea- son. Of these features, 39 will be all- talking, some with music and singing; 4 will be musical revenues, and 5 are re- ferred to. as special offerings with ‘will rs will appear in two films, Lenore _in two, George Jessel in three, Willilam Collier in two, Paul Min! in four, Walter Catlett in six, Helen Chandler six, Marguerite Churchill in three, Norma Terris and J. Harold Murphy in two, Owen Davis, jr., in four, Richard Keene in four, Charlotte Henry in three and Lola New Production Plans. Lane in two. Among others prominent in the company's activities who have been assigned to productions are Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, Warner Baxter, Victor McLaglen, Edmund Loewe, Stepin Fetchit, Mary Duncan, Sue Carol, Sharon Lynn and Lois oran. Among the dramatists and novelists who have contributed stories, dis e and ideas for this m of gmuru are Owen Davis, Laurence tallings, Maxwell Anderson, Elinor Glyn, Dana Burnet, Elliott Lester, Booth Tarkington, Harry Leon Wilson, Tristram Tupper, James K. McGuin- ness, Edwin Burke, Llewellyn Hughes, Jerome K. Jerome, Harry Delf, Homer Croy, Wallace Smith, Cyril Hume, Stephen French Whitman, Zane Grey, Tom Cushing, LeRoy Clemons, John B. Hymer and Frederick H. Brennan. Heading the contributors to_the mu- sical side of the program are De Sylva, Brown and Henderson; Conrad, Mitchell and Gottler; Oscar Straus, Leo Fall, Walter Donaldson, Willlam Kernell, Edgar Leslie, Dave Stamper, Roy Turk, L. Wolfe Gilbert and Abel H. Baer. Prominent among the productions scheduled are “The Fox Movietone Fol- lies of 1930,” “The International Re- vue,” “The Melodies of 1930,” “The American Beauty Revue,” “The Cock- Eyed World,” “Sunny Side Up,” “Play- mates,” a Gaynor-Farrell-Borzage fea- ture with music and singing: “The Cisco Kid,” “Congquistador,” “The Mad Musician,” “The Passing of the Third Floor Back,” “Budapest,” “The Power- house,” showing the effect of electricity on modern society; “The Lone Star Ranger,” “Frozen Justice,” with Lenore Ulric, and others. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, through Nich- olas M. Schenck, has announced the producing policy of the company for the coming theatrical year. A certain number -of silent pictures have been provided for. Forty photoplays will be of the dia- logue variety, but sixteen pictures will be presented to the public in silent form. A few of these sixteen will be embellished with effects and" talking g the pictures which will be produced are 19 which individually present M-G-M's stars, including Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo, John Gil- bert, Ramon Novarro, William Haines, Buster Keaton and Lon Chaney. The first, vehicle provided Greta Garbo will Eugene O'Neill's “Anna ‘ie,” in which traces of the star’s native accent will not be amiss. Miss Garbo will also be starred in a silent A'he FisklgiPabbe; ANY ONE who can forecast the fickle public’s taste in screen entertain- ment is worth a million dollars in Hollywood. Ask a producer who has falled to fol- low the trend. Fortunes are lost in this way overnight. Changes come quickly. ‘Today the mystery story is in favor. Lenore Coffee has been assigned the adaptation, continuity and dialogue of “The Bishop Murder Case,” to be made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The box office gives favorable reports of other mystery plays. “Vicarious thrills are always inter- esting,” says Miss Coffee. “Mystery plays are not ordinary. We do not live them ourselves, and the .public always likes the unusual. T feel that the trend toward this type story will be stronger than ever soon.” ‘ Is the slender beauty of the modern girl as attractive as the more gen- erous curves of the Venus de Milo? More so, says Millard Webb, {oung director who is engaged in the filming of “Glorifying the American Girl” for Paramount. Scores of both screen and stage actresses were weighed and meas- ured for the leading role in the pro- duction. Mary Eaton was chosen as the one most nearly typifying in every re: spect “The American Girl.” . “Despite the general acceptance of Venus as the standard of bodily beauty for women, I believe the lvm'esml; son would rather look at modern - ness than at the Venus proportions,” declared Webb. Introducing @ DOROTHE, MARG] ernu PAUL PAGE and LOLA LANE in N 1348 Wisconsin Ave. DO s Gloves” comEbY, “voU'LL = & . 40 Standards of Beauty. “The activity of women these days naturally tends to make them thinner. Knowing they are doubly attractive this way, they themselves are helping things along through diet and special exercises. It is not unusual these days for women to wear clothes of the same measure- ments of a 14-year-old youngster.” Director Webb contrasts the 34Y- inch bust measurement of Venus with the 32 and 31 inch measurements of the 1929 girl. The 28l5-inch waistline of Venus has been reduced by the mod- ern maid to 23 or 24 inches. The 36- inch hip measurement of the famous statue is an interesting contrast to the 3315-inch hips of the present-day girl. “‘Girls have never been so attractive as now,” Webb says. MANUFACTURED WEATHE R, ALWAYS 70° Talking Picture 'FATHER AND SON’ ON THE STAGE ! Joy! Laughter! B0 ol e D JOHN IRVING FISHER Bevy of Broaducy Stars Including A JAME! AX & GANG Song! Dance! remonies supplemented by o 14-GORGEOUS FOXETTES - 14 FOX JAZZMANIANS- 40 LEON BRUSILOFF, CONDUCTING ESIREE,’ iy, Wi e presenied in i presen New York this Fall by the Enclish Players of Paris, it has been announced. Eh! has been transiated into )y Mme. Andre Mery and Edward Ster- ling. The latter, with Frank Reynolds, 4 who have seen their productions at the Theater Albert Premier. ‘Two more foreign plays have been |y ha; purchased by the Theater Guild for eventual. presentation in One, “Red Dust,” by Kire @upensky, is described as “a study of contemporary life in Russia under the Lounser Soviet regime.” The other play “The Motive,” by Leonhard Franck, author of “Karl and Anna,” which is to be the guild’s first production of the com! season. “The Motive” is said to be in the nature of l.tg:ychotnalytl- cal study dealing with motive be- crime. hind . 1 It has been announced by Arch Sel- wyn that Ernest Truex will have the featured role in Monckton Hoffe’s drama, “Many Waters,” scheduled for New York production in October. Truex will be the only American in the cast. English actors and actresses Who ap- peared in the London production have already been engaged. “Journey's End,” the British war play originally written for Little Theater presentation and subsequently a tre- mendous success on the professional boards, passed its 100th perform- ance in New York last Monday, its fiftieth performance in Paris last Sat- urday night (a record for any play in the English language in France) and this Tuesday evening celebrates its 200th performance by the original Lon- don company. At the request of the war department of Great Britain the London cnm‘pany will broadcast the en- tire production on Armistice-day. “La Castiglione,” an elaborate cos- tume play in which Mme. Ganna Walska made her debut as an actress in Paris recently, is to be given by her in New York in an Engl adaptation next season. Fifteen special perform- ances in French were given at the Comedie des Champs Elysees, owned by Mme. Walska. It is intimated that she will have a vocal solo or two in the New York production, though she did not sing in the French version of the play. George Gershwin’s symphonic compo- sition, “An American in Paris,” which was first played in New York last Win- ter by the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, has been incorporated Efl the Ziegfeld musical comedy, ‘‘Show Girl,” to open in Boston tomorrow evening. The work is to be interpreted in pan- tomime by Eddie Foy, jr., and the Al- bertina Rasch dancers. The production of Bernard Shaw's latest play, “The Apple Cart,” at the Polish Theater in Warsaw is described in dispatches as not only an artistic sensation, but a political sensation as; well, due to the vivid analogy between | “The Apple Cart” and the present sit- uation in Poland. The play, which the ‘Theater Guild is to present in the was well recelved by the Shaw is working on another play which concerns the-life of Jesus, report has it. Luigi Pirandello, Italian playwright, and one of the world’s best known dra- matic figures today, has gone to Berlin for the staging of his “Six Characters {n Sunl:ll‘l of an Author.” Later he will ecture in Belgium, representing Italy in a series of international leemr'u wl{uek France, G. K. Chesterton for England and Stefan Zwelg and H. Mann for GeArmtny. sy by \ new play n Marquis, “ i thing I.l{’hlu." based on “The Old Soak’s History of the World,” is pected to be staged in New York next Season by the Producers' Central Bu: reau. The well known and genial cha acter is, this time, placed in Paris, ad- vance notices hint. London is reported fo have taken Caprice” and Lynn Fontanne to its bosom. The comedy actress is besieged | every night by autograph hunters. After an engagement of 12 weeks Otis Skinner established a personal recor for Chicago appearances with the clos- ing of “A Hundred Years Old” last night. The play, translated from the Spanish of the Quintero broth- ers, is scheduled for Broadway tion October 14, with week’s showings in Atlantic City, Baltimore and Wash- ington prior to the New York engage- ment. of Julia Peter- kin's “Scarlet Sister Mary.” Miss Bar- rymore is to appear in bl ace. On July 8 the star commences rtory | four with “The Love Duel” and ~The | K of God.” Floyd Dell and Thomas Mitchell, authors of “Little Accident,” have been | awarded the Megrue prize of $500 of- | fered by the Dramatists’ Guild of the | Authors’ League of America. This is the first of 10 years awards from a fund donated by the late Roi Cooper Megrue and his motner, Stella Cooper Megrue. Under the terms of the award the winning play must be one which | is “produced New York and makes | the audience a little brighter and a lit- | tle more cheered up when it leaves the theater than when it came in.” | Lays Bare the Fight Game. | 'VWWHAT takes place behind the scenes | in the “fight racket,” where money is paid to commit assault and battery, is exposed in Paramount’s new | talking picture, “The Man I Love.” Richard Arlen, featured with Mary Brian in this romance of the boxing ring, is shown as a young and un- trained fighter who first battles for recognition and then, having won it, | discards it for the girl he loves. | All characters in the story are said to be taken from life, and suggested by persons known to Herman Mankiewicz, former New York newspaperman, the author. They include managers, pro- moters, press representatives and hang- ers-on. Interwoven is a delightful of boy and girl romance. ALWAYS SEVENTY DEGREES Y \ PAEZRCE F ST. AT 13TH. Cont. from 11 NOW PLAYING A Metro-Goldwyn-Kayer Picture THE IDLE RICH with CONRAD NAGEL — ON THE STAGE — HERBERT RAWLINSON ‘WALL STREET BLUES Featuring JACK OSTERMAN LOEW'S CoLumsiA F _St._at 12th—Cont. from 10:45 ~ NOW PLAYING A Paramount Picture THE FOUR MARX BROTHERS n the Famous Musical Comedy “THE COCOANUTS” with MARY EATON, OSCAR SHAW ALL TALKING—SINGING DANCING—LAUGHING “TEI Runaway Train” is starting on on a new run. Many mq man H. Howe's Famous about eight years abou Rothafel of the cn&t:ol York, said: “It is best short subject ve seen.” After two runs at the &pmk an un- precedented g, “The WAy Train” showed at three other big Broadway theaters. And _elsewhere throughout the cofintry—and, in fact, throughout the world—it is conceded the record for repeat showings for such & short feature. Now Educational is reissuing this fa- mous single-reel thriller, ::'pplzmgntzd fects. ‘The natural as to make them a great addi- tion. Although the visual effects of “The Runaway in,” sho the fast- moving vehicle getting out of control of the engineer and racing madly over mountain passes, trestles and steep in- clines, are alone bad for the blood pres- sure, the dramatic effects have been heightened immeasurably, we are told, by addition of the clanging of the en- gine bell, shrieking of the whistle, es- caping steam, the rumble and roar of the runaway train and finally the cli- matic crash. Musical Comedy Expert. OSEPH SANTLEY, who collaborated: stage musical’ been connected with g hits both as star and/ the four months pre-: ing work on “The Cocoa- and d talking ount Long Island 2 ‘skreel gy ¢ ea%r. and try sk. . “Birgction Warner Sm ” ‘COOLED BY REFRIGERATION” “Cool But Not Cold” The Talk of Broadway Is Now the Tate "o Washingion. She Wants Love. ove. From Father. ‘From Son. From Servant. From iaster. SEE_HER HEAR HER ALICE JOYCE MYRNA LOY UALL Hear Myrna Loy Pestion Songe i Passion the 100% ~ First National Vitaphone Talking Picture Sunday, 2:30 to 11 P. M. Dally, 10:30 A. M. to 11 P. M. ANOTHER VITAPHONE ALL-TALKING TRIUMPH Maintaining the lead which they estab- lished as the ploneers of the Talking Picture, Warner Bfos. the most power- fully dramatic production ever filmed. Charles Klein's Great Ezposure of the Gambdler's Paradise, Wall Street, with a perfect cast led dy LOIS WILSON JOHNNY ARTHUR H. B. WARNER JASON ROBARDS GEORGE FAWCETT TO COMPLETE PROGRAM VITAPHONE SHORT SUBJECTS PATHE SOUND NEWS in “THE (1065 AL TALKING ) 624 B St NE. ING SUCCESS.) ALL TALKING.) \ CENTRAL ©t St 8et. D and & ke (ORROW-—DA' Y and Ry TIN IV i FROP: RIVER " (SYNCHRONT: _ MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT.) Ave. AYALON . St O TQDAY_ and | TOMORROW-—DOU T Mo SAVOY " & co. ga Ww. TIVOL] "% & fam we nw. | TODAY ' and Ga. Ave. & Guebeo Bt AW TODAY _ and TOMORROW — WELL, JAMES —HALL NARY ALL TALKING.