Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1929, Page 67

AMUSEMENTS. By C.E ATRONS of Washington photoplay palaces cannot Zomplain abcut the menu handed out to them during the past week. The list of pic- tures contained some of the most entertaining products of the Hollywood studios, and there was not a dull moment along the Ca, - ital’'s White Way. For instance. this musical comedy thing at the Metropolitan just about reaches the limit in entertainment value, Wwith the probable exception that the music dces not come up tc other pictures. “The Broadwa? Melody” and “Fox Movieton# Follies” set records with snappy tunes, and the following phota- plays of that character have high marks to shoot at. However, this “Broadway Gold Diggers,” an adaptation from an old Belasco success, is worth seeing a couple of times. Advance notices concerning “The Dance of Life” prepared Washington theatergoers for : good picture, and they were not disappointed. The story, taken from the stage success “Bur- lesque,” made a real hit in New York before it reached the Cap- ital. It will be found among the best pictures of the year—unless we guess wrong—when time for the annual selections comes around. “Salute” is a corking good picture of its type. And it is a wonder that the Negro comedian Stepin Fetchit is not starred in a picture of his own. He has entirely too little to do in “Salute.” “The Constant Nymph,” while one may have expected something entirely different, suc- ceeds in being entertaining with- out noise. The Jeanne Eagles ef- fort came up to the best work of this excellent actress, and “The Lady Lies,” at the Earle, crowded the laughs too clcse together. And, for real thrills, there was “The Drake Case,” at the Rialto. Both “The Dance of Life” and “Gold Diggers of Broadway” are hold-overs for a sccond week. Dolores Ccstello comes into the Earle with “Hearts in Exile”; “No Defense” is the bie attraction at the Fox, and “Three Live Ghosts” replaces the “Jealous film and records at the Pala The Little Theater is showing scenes from the life of that well known character of French fic- tion, “Nana.” The Rialto brings cut something entirely new in “Tonight at Twelve.” * F there is one type of picture which will be meoterially im- proved by the wide screens and Magnafilm, it is the screen-stage production—and it is quite likely that we are to have many of these musical affairs during the year to come. Certain scenes from such pictures as “The Broadway Melody™ and “The Gold Digegers of Brcadway” are almost lost with the small screen. With 100 play- ers massed into a small picture, it is natural that much of the beauty and the action is lost. Only the color and general move- ment remains. The wide film and wide screen will give a real stage presentation, if things work out properly. A FEW nights ago Grandeur, the new wide-film-large-pic- ture process sponsored by Fox- Case, was given its first com- me demonstration at the Gaiety Theater, New Yerk, with a special edition of “The Fox Movietone Fcllies.” Width an illusion of depth are added to talkies by the new process, which uses a special camera and utilizes an especially constructed pro jector and screen. It is announced that revoiutionary studio changes are necessary for making the Grandeur pictures. Studios must be larger and depth must be given tc scts. More care will be required for backerounds, due to the dec’ared prcperties of the camera in photog hing in_de tail objects at a distance. It also stated that new lighting m the Screen . Nelson. Miljan, Helene Millard and Marion Harris. Harold Lloyd’s new comedy, “Welcome Danger,” has been completed and is about ready for exhibition. Ralph Graves has been cast opposite Belle Baker in a new one called “Song of Love.” Carlo Schipa, brother of the opera star, has a singing part in “The Hurdy Gurdy Man,” Gecrge | Jessel's new starring vehicle. Lila | |Lee and John Loder also have parts in the same picture. Warner Brothers are producing two: | dramas, the first from the Earl “Dorr Biggers story, “The Agonyi | Column,” "and the other to be known as “Dumbells in Ermine.” Seven specialty dancers have been |signed at the Fcx Hollywood “studlo to take part in the new ‘Janet Gaynor picture, “Sunny Side Up.” Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |is bringing out a new story written by Erich von Stroheim, | actor-author-director. And the jold D. W. Griffith pictures are to | have a revival, set to noise. The | first to undergo such treatment | will be “Way Down East.” T %k X ¥ X ONE of the photoplay trade magazines goes on record| | against some of the singing which |is accompanying the sound pic- | tures, and it has this to say: | “There are gcod reasons for in- isting that several of the players |of great reputation in silent pic- tures are showing more courage |than good judgment in the efforts | they are making to become sing- | jers in audible pictures. It is not; |a damning confession for a player | | to confess that he or she is not| |also a singer. In fact, it is far | better to make such a confession | | —by not attempting to sing—than |to have the theaters filled with the unsympathetic groans of the lpubhc. Many prominent screen | players have been made to look pretty silly to their audiences on | account of the sadly deficient | vocal efforts they have made in audible pictures. Producers should 'put a stop to further martyrdom along this line.” | That is what the Exhibitor's | World-Herald has to say about | {the matter, and the criticism |comes at a time when nearly all !of the silent film stars of other | | days are warbling in the sound pictures. S | ARE American motion pictures| and stars popular in England? | When Gloria Swanson appeared |in person with her new picture, | “The Trespasser,” at the New Gallery Kinema, London, a few nights ago, 5.000 movie fans stormed the theater. The police | were ferced to use a “flying wedge” in order to allow the actress to enter the theater. * ok * K /\ SURVEY of the production | “* plants in Hollywood shows that 63 pictures are being made{ at this time, which is a record for studios. Mae Murray has| started work in ‘“Peaccck Alley” |at the Tiffany-Stahl studio. Lenore Ulrich, who recently completed work in “Frozen Jus- tice,” under the direction of Allan Dwan, has started her second pic- | ture, “South Sea Rose.” Lois Wilson and H. B. Warner | are starred in “The Furies,” which Alan Crosland is directing. This stery is taken from the work of | Zoe ‘Akins. Natalie Moorhead has an_important part. g Dorothy Mackaill, Warner Rich- ! mond, i Blackmer and| Katherine Ward have parts in thé National picture “The | Queen of Jazz.” | Irving Berlin is putting the finishing musical touches on the| {Harry Richman picture “Play Boy.” Among those in the cast, aside from the star. are Lilyan Tashman, James Gleascn and Joan Bennett. Lillian Gish will make “The, Swan” her first sound movie. | United Artists will produce, and Paul L. Stein will direct. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SEPTEMBER 29, 1929—PART 4 Photoplays at Washington Theaters This Week EEK QF - S B Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Dolores Costello and Grant Withers in “Hearts in Exile.” Comedsy. Ambassad’r Dolores Costello and Grant, Witners in Dolores Costello and Grant Withers rts in Exile.” “Hearts in Exile.” edy. Comedy. Ruth Chatterton in “‘Madame X." Vitaphone short subject. Ruth Chatterton in “Madame X." Vitaphone short subject. Conrad Nagel and e essie ‘Love 1n T TR “The Tdle Rich." Comedy. _ Vitaphone. pee. Vita, short Se Colleen ioore n “Smiling Irish Eyes.” Apollo Colleen Moore in “Smiling Irish Eyes."” Greta Garbo in “The Single Standard.” Song cartoon. subject. arbo in “The Norma She Standard.” gl “The Trial of Mar: Dus i Conrad Nagel and Besste Love The ol ey “The 1dle Rich.” Hapnone. - Bocis Vitaphone. _ Serial Norma Shearer n “The Last of Mrs. Cheyney. Avalon Norma n “The Last of Mrs. Cheyney.” hearer Man an Paramount comedy. Jack Holt and Dorothy Revier in “Father and Son. Vit ort_subject. ve and Rod in ““Th nd the Moment. mount comedy. Ken Maynard in, “California_Mail” Vita, short subject. Comedy. Variety reel. Karl Dane and , Marth Greta Garbo In “The Single, Stand- ard: Eddie_Cantor reel. Dolores Cos George _O'Brien i “Noah's Ark." Ave. Grand Bethesda Dark. Colleen “Smill Vit Moore in Irish Eves.’ Coll “gmiling Irish Eyes.” Vitaphone short ‘Subject. Tieen Moore in Conrad Bessie Love in he_Idle Rich' hort subject. Nagel and Louise Fi er Fazends and Betty Compson and Conklin_in Grant Withers_in “The Time. the Place and_the Girl.” ello and ’s Al Aus and Nick Stuart in *“Chasing Through = tor “The Wom: Hell, “Prozen River. T Alice White in “Brouaway Bables.” Carolina Alice White in “Broadway Babies.” Ar) Nancy Carroll and Gary’ Cooper n “Shopworn_Angel.” Lu Gary Cooper o e. Velez and “The Strange Case of in d Wit Sons.” ‘Capt. Ramper. Marceline Day and “Trent’s La Song cartoon. Vit Central Edw. Everett Horton n “The Hottentot.” Lupino Lane comedy. Bophie Tucker in ““Honky Tonk."” meo c Vita. short Billie Dove and Rod LaRocque in *The Man and the Moment Jerry omedy. subject. Vilma Bank: Louis Wolheim and ‘Walter Byron in ““The_Awakening. Circle Dolo stello and Grant Withers in “Madonna of Ave- Colony Dolores Costello a Grant Withers in “Madonna of Ave- nue A’ Variet: Sue Carol and Barry Norton in “The Exalted Elcanor Boardman, John Holland ‘and “She_Goes to War.” Eleano- Boargman, John_Holland and Al Bt. John in She_Goes to John_in Patsy Ruth Miller and Jagk Mulhall tn win_Beds Richard Dix and Helen Kane in Nothing But the “Truth.”__Comedy Dumbarton Richard Hele! “Nothing Truth.” May McAvoy a Claude Gillingw n “Stolen Dix and n_ Kane in But the Comedy. Patsy Ruth Miller and Jack Mulhall n Jack Mulhill an ater Patsy, George O'Brien “Masked Emotions.’ Sennett comedy. Vita. short subject. d Jack_Mulhall and Ruth_Miller in Patsy Ruth_Miller in 'win_Beds.” “Twin Beds.” Come#s. Comedy. in n Beds.” shortsubject. liace Beery and Wall Eheulu" ConkNln n “Stairs_of Sand. Colleen Moore William Boyd and Alan “Hale n “The Leatherneck.” Greta Garbo and Nils Asther in | “The Single Standard. Comedy. _Vitaphone. Josephine Dunn. John Holland and le Foxe in Slack_Magic.” Tom Mix in “Son of the Golden we: Comedy. Vita. S Victor McLaglen and Leatrice Joy “The Strange Case of 4 Capt. Ramper.” in “Smiling Irish Eyes.” Alice White in Brondway Babi ‘all Your Shots.” d_Feathers . ’ Hippodr'me Ty Costello and 5t Withers in donna of Ave- nue A, _Para. Alics White in rou Call Fisn_and_Feathers Dolores Costello and Grant Withers in “Madonna of Ave- nue A" “®rrange Case of Rampe: 2y Bables Capt; * o Shols |+ Caspar's MEht Out.” Your_Shots Trene Rich i “Craig's . Lyon in Wy Vi sigs W ienna. Fox News._ Alice Lake in “Cir-, cumstantial Evidence." Monta Blue in “From_Headauarters."" Richerd Bartheln.ess n “Weary River.” “Bum_Steer.” Norma Shearer in “The_Last of Mrs. Cheyney.” Para. subject Norma Shearer in “The Last of Mrs. Cheyne: Vita. short Taura La Piante in “The Love Trap." y Vitaphone short t. subjects. “Wiiliam Bovd “Dress Par Leader Edmund Lowe n Richard | x‘ai. thelmess n “Draj “Double_Whoopee." Ted Wells in, Terror.” Plumber?” Joy and atr Betty Bronson in “The Bellamy Trial Comedy. N Liberty New “Smiling hy 1s & Princess “The C 2 “Object Alimon: “Hold Youi_Hor EA in “Below the Deadline.”” ‘He Tried_to_Please Leatrice Joy and Betty Bronson in ‘omedy. _News. It Dolgres Del Rio in “Revenke. “Companionate Serv- ice.” “Corpl. e George Walsh rman Man, Woman und Wif>." “Seeing_Sights.” Kat mcm"‘ d Dix n “Wheel of Life."” in ombat.”_ “Foot Hall"_Ne Ben Lyon and Shirley ‘Mason in “The Flying Marine.” Comedy. _Vitaphone. Emil Jannings in d Dorothy Revier in “Father and Son.” Sennett_comedy. Dorothy Mackalll n “Children of Ritz,” “Betray Sock_kxchange.”” “Good_Skates.” Kerry in Betty Compscn in he Time, the Place and the Girl,’ “Single_Blise." Lots -‘Wllsnn n he Gambler: tage_ Frights “Trent's_Last Case.” Aerial. Sie Carol in rls Gone Wild.” Chaperones.” olores Costello in The Glad Rag Doll. Comedy., “Kicking_Through.”" P, McGowan Bellamy Trial.” Vera Reynolds n “Divine Sinner,” “What a Day. Mary ~Astor n “Woman_From Hell.” " "“Rodeo.” “Scanda Sportlight. News. Gegrge O'Brien in “Trus reaven.” 0 Newlyweds Un- ghting.” ing_Sisters. m McCoy in iand Telesraph.” Comedy. New: Richmond Dark. " Myrna Loy N “Hardboiled Rose.” “All Aboard Myrra Loy in “Hardboiled Rose.” All_Aboard 3 n “Broadway_ Melod: Lucky Breaks.”” Anita_Page in “Broadway_Melod “'Lucky Breaks. Anita_Page rea “Anita Page Ben Lyon i in “Broadway_Melody." ‘Lucky_Breaks." ‘Sophie Tucker n “Honky Tonk." Jerry Drew_comedy. ‘Bophie Tucker in “Honky Jerry Drew_comedy. Claire Windsor in “Midstream.” Aesop Fable. Tonk " Vita. short subject. Richard Barthelmess apias Song_cartoon Renee Adoree in “Tide of the Empire.” Laurel-Hardy comedy. Ken Maynard in “Lawless Legion. Sennett_comedy. Vita. short subject. ily Phipps in “'Protection.” Buster Brown comedy. Vita. short subject. Clara Bow in “Dangerous Curves.' Takoma Cla . “Dangerous Curves. v i Laura La Plante in A ) “Show Boat.”’ Laura La Plante tn ‘Show Boat.” Laura La Plante in “Show Boat.” George Sidney in “Cobens and Kellys in Atlantic City. “Winzed_Horsemen Richard Dix in “The Wheel of Life."” Thomas Mcighen i “Tos Argyle Case. Cartoon. Vitaphone reel Colieen Moore Tivoli York in “Smilin: Irish Eves.” Thomas Meighan in “Ths Argyle Case. Carioon. Vitaphone. eel Colleen Moore “sm in_ Doroth Jac 1 t Eddie_Cantor_ Billie Dove and Roi La Rocaue in The Man and the Moment. in ng Irish fiing ] v Mackaill and nm:;-’h’y Mackaill_and k 0 ac “Hurd to Get Fddie Cant Bilis Dove Joan Crawford in +~Ou- Modern Maid- eqs” Vita. reel Paramonnt subject, k Oaxie an Crawford in Ben Lyon in id- “The Flying Marine." Comedy. ' Serial. Vitaphone_reel s Conrad Nagel and Besste Love in Moment.” “The Idle Rich.” Wiliam Boyd in “The Flying Foal.” Comecy. 1 Vitaphone n Weeks Off." Vitaphone reel. erial. Teel. Commg Attractions. NATIONAL—“Marco Million: At the National Theater Monday night, October 7, the Theater Guild of New York will begin its first subscrip- tion season in Washington by present- ing Eugene O'Neill's new play, “Marco Millions.” The production comes from the Guild Theater, New York, with many principals of the New York cast, the Theater Guild Acting Co. and the entire scenic equipment. The play is a gorgeous satire bathed in the opulence of the Orient. In this play one finds O'Neill painting the great explorer, Marco Polo, as an earlier Babbitt and a great romancer. Blind to beauty, but alive to the sound of money, Marco is followed on his travels until the interest centers on his stay in Cathay, where, according to O'Neill, the granddaughter of the Kublai Kaan, the Princess Kukachin, falls in love with him, but finds him faithful to his Donata back in Venice. O'Neill's Marco grows into a raging egoist, a prodigious juggler of the first person singular. This satire is bril- liantly developed in the 3 acts and 11 scenes. | The leading roles will be taken by the principals of the Theater Guild Acting Co., including Earle Lari- more, Sylvia Field, Henry Travers. Ernest Cossart, Sydney Greenstreet, Helen Tilden, Albert Van _Dekker, Teresa Guerini, Vincent Sherman. Louis Veda, Frederick Rolland and San- ford Meisner. GAYETY—"Ginger Girls.” Next weoek's attraction at the Gayety Theater is called the “Ginger Girls.” Its more pretentious scene. for laughing purposes only, is “The Grave Yard. while the “Peacock Fashion” number. with its sensational radium dance, is said to be beautifully effective. “Verne,’ known as the French doll, and Tommy | Levene, Hebrew comic, are featured. | A largs cast is composed of established burlesque favorites and the scenery. lighting and costumes are up to the usual Mutual standards, while the girls of the chorus are said to be distinguish- 2d for their youth and beauty. Data on Risibility. I this day of statistics, plots, charts, graphs and the virtual reduction of | FEATURED 1 Marie Dri wood Revue,” sched “THE HOLLYWOOD REVUE” ler, Bessie Love and Polly Moran in a scene from “The Holly- led for a Washington showing at the Columbia, October 5. plays succeed. And recently, Depth Illusion Developed. ! /THE first public exhibition of a film | = claimed by its producerss to ac- tually create the illusion of depth, the long-sought _ stereoscopic _effect, ~was , given recently in New York. It is the product of three years of experiment under the joint direction of the Fox Case Corporation and General Theaters Equipment, Inc. Much of the credit for its development is given Earl I. Spon- able, one of the inventors of movietone. Its name is Grandeur Film. The process is described as not mere- ly a magnification of small film. The pictures are made in specially con- structed cameras on film 70 millimeters wide, twice the width of the ordinary strip, and require new lenses and a new | type of projection machine. The film is flashed on a screen as wide as the whole proscenium of the theater, 40 feet wide and 20 feet high. Definite_enthusiasm from the critics | and special guests invited the New York showing. Some felt that the process was destined to revolutionize the technique of motion pictures as completely as did the addition of the ! sound dimension a little more than two ! years ago. It was generally conceded that “the production was the most suc- cessful effort in this new field of film exploration that has yet been man- G NOW PL. A United Art AMUSEMENTS THE psychological sense of authority and discipline embodied in an of- ficer’s uniform, even if it may be worn by a fledgling and fidgety “second | loofe,” is amusingly illustrated in zn incident connected with the making of “His First Command” by Pathe at Fort Riley, Kans. Willlam Boyd, star of the production, hot and weary and in private’s uniform for film purposes, was lying flat on his back in the shade of the stables, his | Unusual Sgreen Notes, I "Y"HE second of a series of 12 “musical | featurettes” being produced by Hugo Reisenfeld and William Cameron Menzies at the Unjted Artists’ Studios is called “Glorious Vamps” and con- cerns the amatory conquests of such sirens as Eve, Salome, Cleopatra, De- lilah, Lucrezia Borgia, Madame Pom- padour, Carmen and the modern girl. Lupe Velez is going Irish. She is to play the chief feminine role in Donn Byrne's Celtic romance, “Blind Raf- tery.” True enough, she maintains her actual nationality, for her role is that of the Spanish wife of a blind wander- ing bard, but the whole background is | Irish. | Lenore Ulric, hopping from the bliz-| zard-swept North in “Frozen Justice” to the warm tropics, is to be starred in | “South Sea Rose.” Allan Dwan wlll; direct. De Sylva, Brown and Henderson, mu- sic_writers, are among a group of spe- clalists in various lines of stage work | who are dividing their loyalties and their efforts between the movies and the | legitimate. The trio, having registered | a success in Hollywood, have returned to New York to do a couple of musicals | on Broadway, but hie westward in| January. Ronald Colman, having completed work on “Condemned.” has left for a month's vacation in Alaska, where he will hunt bear, moose, elk and other big game. Dolores Del Rio collects lace hand- | kerchiefs. Her former penchant was for | cigarette holders. What's next nobody knows. . Richard Dix, cast as a physician in | his- latest starring picture, “The Love | Doctor,” studied medicine at the Uni- versity of Minnesota | Clara Bow's closest friend is her sec- retary, who was once her hairdresser. | MYRNA LOY in “HARD ‘a Vitaphone Talking JESSE THEATER '3 HE_AIR LEGIOD ¥ ONIO MORENO. Shows 3:30. 9 4th and i Sts. No Parking Troubles LIBERTY Ep;‘)l"u‘x; XTI - DUMBARTON 'ift, X5 HELEN KANE in * THE TRUTH ture),_ COMED with ALICE WHITE (a 1007 Talking < P TE s STANTON “%.2%%S ' &% RICHARD DIX. ESTHER RALST _“THE_WHEEL OF LIFE ?RINCES BETTY, BRONSON in “THE BELLAMY TRIAL.” COMEDY and NEWS HIPPODROME xvrck it o ________"BROADWAY BABIES." NEW : 58t 3 Boyd Takes His Medlcme.: shoes unlaced, and very much at rest. A lieutenant in actual service at the fort spied the star, and determined to have some fund. He -went over to the recumbent figure. “Get up and salute!” he barked. “But I'm not a——,” Boyd started to explain. “Keep quiet,” barked the lieutenant. “All right, all right,” said the harasred Boyd. “Say ‘sir’ when you address me!” yelled the officer. “Yes, sir,” said Boyd, apparently ready to please. “Stand at attention!” was the next command. “But I'm not a soldier!” expostulated Boyd. “You don't have to tell me that. You don't look like one. Lace those shoes!” _“But my feet hurt,” said Boyd, who had dragged the “pups” around for many an hour during the taking of scenes, without a chance to rest. “Say ‘sir, I told you!" roared the lieutenant. “Yes, sir,’ said Boyd, meekly enough. “For a movie star you take Army orders pretty well,” said the lieutenant, with a grin cracking his stern face for the first time. Ruefully unlacing his tormenting shoes again, Boyd grinned, too. The director and other players gave him the merry ha-ha from the sidelines “NANA” From the novel by Emile Zola LITTLE THEATRE 9th het. F & G Continuous Met. 9183 3to 11 to SEE and HEAR OWEN DAVIS’ Great Stage Show on the Talking Screen With MADGE BELLAMY and Star Cast Better than the stage play at its best Women Is My Husband’s Mistress!” NINTH at G 030am iemte oo, 25¢ 35 We Suggest That You Attend the Matinees for Choice Seats Today Doors Open TP M Srows Start 3P M. NOW PLAYING Counsel Without Cost. AVING announced that he would make a romantic talkie around all our life processes to mathematical formula, the movies have availed them- selves liberally of the practice of cen- Al Davis' Over the Telephone. with_“Spring Is Here’ and “Me for| HE last words of a telephone con- | You.” he has turned his talents to musi- | versation were sufficient to provide | Cal, Comedy, Which also proved suc- AllTalking Laugh Hit TAG AL EVANS In a Million-Dollar Show technique will be required, so that ! great changes will be made in the ' producing plants. | s A Stirring Drama of Devotion Sacrifice and Love Triumphant WARNER BROTHERS announce L that they have gathered in a goodly supply of the stage talent which has signed ccntracts with the movie producers. For instance, they say that in 11 of their 35 pcture schedule for the season they have signed players well known to the musical stage. “The Show of Shows” has 100 stars “The Song of the West” wi'l star Vivienne Segal #nd John Boles, “Golden Dawn” will feature Walter Woolf, “Mammy,” o course, stars Al Jolson; Ted Lewis makes things merry in “Is Every- body Happy?”; Frank Fay stars in “Under a Texas Moon.” “Hold Everything” and “So Long, Letty” will have all-star casts, but the players have not been anhounced. * x K ok ERE are a few of the new pic- tures on the way: John Loder will play opposite Corinne Griffith in “Lilies of the Field.” Edmund Lowe and Con- stance Bennett have the leading parts in the Pathe picture “This Thing Called Love.” Ramon Novarro is to be the star of “Devil May Care,” while others in_the| cast are Dorothy Jordan, John | the character of Abraham Lincoln, D. | W. Griffith has been literally besieged by voluntary advice from unofficial col- laborators in all parts of the country. During the first three weeks following disclosure of the project Griffith re- | ceived more than 1,500 letters and | telegrams proffering ~_ congratulations, advice and in many cases valuable in- | formation on little-known phases of Lincoln’s life. ensus of opinion seems to be reen life of Lincoln should | be deveid of preachmént and homilies | and should show the Emancipator as he | existed in reality—an ambitious country |lawyer and pioneer jokester who rose | through the sheer power of his own convictions and . attainments to the presidency. Griffith, incidentally, has 150 books on Lincoln for his own use and refer- | ence. Amateurs Open Season. ¢¢'T°HE Path Across the Hill,” a three- act comedy drama, by Lillian Mortimer, will be the season's opening vehicle of the Robin Hood Players. It will be presented on Monday and Tues- day nights, October 27 and 28, at St. Paul's Hall, Fifteenth and V streets. The current presentation will be the first of four attractions planned for the season. Paul Messink, former profes- ' sional actor, is organizer and director. HELD OVER 2nd Wk. The sensational stage-hit, “Bur- AL king, ALL- G, ALL-DANC ALL- IN ‘Throbbing, show- bich <hrilled geous Broadway revue scenes i n TECHNICOLOR. A scintillating swirl of action-filled romance! THE DANCE OF LIFE HAL SKELLY—NANCY CARROLL tralizing data in this fashion, especially since the talkies brought forth a whole new chain of psychological reactions in audiences. 3 One of the latest is & ugh chart, drawn by Pathe from far-flung sources, | to be used in connection with making | “Topics of the Day,” one of the com- pany’s features. Each week they re- ceive from the managers of several hun- | dred theaters reports on each individ- | ual joke in each release. These man- | agers mark against each gag the reac tion of the audience as being ‘‘poor, | “fair,” “good.” or “excellent.” The re- ports are assembled, summarized, ana- lyzed and charted. Thus certain types| of joke become taboo In producing fu- ture releases, while others are stressed. Variations of the same system are used generally in malking particular talkies, for the producers realize that the audience is the first and last con- sideration at the box office, and the ef- fort to please audiences is never sacri- ficed.. In spite of which we get an oc- film with real artistic content. The Reckless # Extravagance of a De- signing Woman . .. The Criminal Guilt of a Weakling The Cold Indi Hear MONTE BLUE a quick-witted playwright with an idea | royalties. His play has been made into | matic mood. a sound picture by Carl Laemmle, and | probably will further increase his bank- Toll. The playwright in question is Owen | Davis. The play, “Tonight at Twelve."” | titled from the phone dialogue, is an intriguing_comedy melodrama, directed | by Harry Pollard, who did “Show Boat" in pictures. Madge Bellamy, Robert Ellis, Margaret_Livingstone, Vera Rey- nolds, Norman Trevor and George Lewis are the important players. | Mr. Davis started the play the very night he overheard, as he picked up his own_telephone, the tail-end of conversation, the mystic words, “To night at twelve.” He overheard the phone talk at an early evening hour, first put it aside in his mind, then|, started to write an act around the idea, and before “that night at 12" he had completed act one. Of course, the play was successful. fer- MAY MecAVOY In the Most Fascinating Romance of the Year FANCHON & MARCO'S Tense! “GOBS OF JOY* featuring Thrilling! ARTHUR “PAT” WEST A Bevy of the Nicest, Naughtiest, Nifties, wih JOHN IRVIN ‘Commander-in-Chief of Fun FOX E- TONE NEWS FISHER FOX GRAND ORCHESTRA Sensational! Vitaphone TALKE Production = AT THESE THEATRES- District of Columb THE EARLE—Thirteenth and E streets northwest. RIALTO—Ninth near G northwest. AMBASSADOR—Eighteenth and Co- lumbia road northwest. APOLLO—624 H street mortheast. AVENUE GRAND—645 Pennsylvania * avenue southeast. CENTRAL—Ninth street between D and E. AVALON—Connecticut avenue and McKinley street, D. C. COLONY—Georgia avenue and Far- ragut street. HOME—1230 C street northeast. TIVOLI—Fourteenth and Park road northwest. YORK—Georgia avenue and Quebec street northwest. REPUBLIC—1343 You street north- west. STANTON—515 C street northeast. HAPPYLAND—1020 Seventh street northwest. Maryland. MARYLAND—Hagerstown, Md. CAPITOL—Cumberland, Md. RECREATION HALL—Indian Head, Md. UNIVERSAL—Shady Side, Ma. LLOYD—South Cumberland, Md. MARYLAND—Frederick, Md. NEW—Elkton, Md. TOME SCHOOL—Port Deposit, Md. MARADA—St. Michaels, Md. GLOBE—Berlin, Md. BETHESDA—Bethesda, Md. WEBB—Alberton, Md. MELVILLE—Sykesville, Md. EMPIRE—Pocomoke City, Md. MARYLAND—Kitzmiller, Md. STATE—Westminster, Md. IMPERIAL—Brunswick, "Md. PALACE—Frostburg, Md. onight at Twelve” presents Owen that netted him thousands in theatrical | Davis in a daring and yet highly dra- “FIVE and TEN FOLLIES® Sl Virginia. AMERICAN—Roanake, Va. JEFFERSON—Charlottesville, Va. NEWPORT—Norfolk, Va. RIALTO—Danville, Va. COLONIAL—Winchester, Va. STRAND-—Staunton, Va. BROADWAY—Danville, Va. NEW—Lexington, Va. MASONIC—Clifton Forge, Va. OLIVER—Crewe, Va. COLONIAL—Fredericksburg, Va. VIRGINIA—Harrisonburg, Va. REGAL—Urbanna, Va. TOWN HALL—Tappahannock, Va. WEISS—Emporis, Va. STRAND—Roanoke, Va. AUDITORIUM—Onancock, Va. RITZ—Chatham, Va. BEDFORD—Bedford, Va. BOTETOURT—Fincastle, Va. EMPIRE—Saxis, Va. NELSON HALL-Lovingston, Va. OPERA HOUSE—Bassett, Va. FIELDALE—Fieldale, Va. -FRANKLIN—Rocky Mount, Va. ‘GATES—Portsmouth, Va. NATIONAL SOLDIERS’ HOME—Na- tional Soldiers Home, Va. 5 MANHATTAN—Norfolk, Va. IDLE HOUR~—Petersburg, Va. RELEE—Relee, Va. NEW—Woodstock, Va. STRAND—Strasburg, Va. NEW MARKET—New Market, Va. JEFFERSON—Brookneal, Va. CAMEO—Lawrenceville, Va. L ACHILLES HIGH SCHOOL—Bena, Va. LEE-JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL— Mathews, Va. West Virginia. OPERA HOUSE—Piedmont, W. Va. PRINCESS—Lewisburg, W. Va. BERKLEY—Berkley Springs, W. Va. BRIDGE—Paw Paw, W. Va. : REVEALING DOLORES COSTELLO As a Great Emotional Actress SHEARTS IN EXILE” A New Warner Bros. Dramatic All-Talking Smash 2nd SENSATIONAL WEEK Immense Crowds Are Thrilling To This Gigantic Musical Show 'GOLD DIGGERS or BROADWAY] The Warner Hre Vits Color Hit Wit| Winnie Lightner \ Nancy Welford L Ann Pennington and Scores of Others ADOR 8th_and Col. Rd. N.W. AND _TOMORROW '— DO~ COSTELLO in “HEARTS IN EXILE" '(100% ALL TALK« ING PICTURE.) TOMORR LORES COSTELLO in “MAI QOF AVE AND W — DO- DONNA (A “TALKING VENUE A." RE.) 624 H St. NE. TODAY °AND TOMORROW-COL- LEEN MOORE in “SMILING IRISH ALL TALKING AND L_sm{ St. Bet. 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