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AMUSEMENTS. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. D €. NOVEMBER 17, 1929—PART FOUR. NATIONAL—"“Hunting the Tiger in India.” Qn%hhupdrtd trained elephants and an 650 natives were only a part of gfifiqflh’emeflfl for one day's tiger hu@x in India, according to Comdr. G. Dyott, who is to be seen and heard’at the National Theater, com- meficing this evening, in his adventure talille, “Hunting Tigers in India.” Spme idea of the tremendous amount of fbor and organization necessary to bigigame hunting is to be had from thef commander’s talk, which carries thrpughout the showing of the picture. Days of preparation precede the actual hunt, he explains, followed by other days of travel and still further days of waiting while beaters and scouts search outithe terrain surrounding the camp. When the tiger is located all becomes activity and hast¢. Pad and howdah eleghants are brought up.. Sportsmen and native attendants mount and are carried off toward the tiger's hiding plage, where the elephant lines debouch to right and left to form a circle about the animal. At a signal this circle be- gins to draw slowly in toward the tiger until it is hemmed closely about by a hundred of more elephants standing| shoulder to shoulder. Only then, as a rule, does the tiger begin to pay much attention to his hunters, First he carefully seeks an opening in the menacing ring about him, then with a roar he charges the nearest elephant. Often his leap car- ries him to the head of the animal b~- fore a shot from the rifie of the spor( - man in the howdah plerces his brain and brings the hunt to its successful conclusion, Several tiger hunts are depicted In “Hunting Tigers in India,” as well as many other jungle thrills, including the hunting down of & “rogue” elephant and the slaying of the rarely photographed one-horned rhino. GAYETY—"Sliding” Billy Watson, “Sliding” Billy Watson is the big at- traction at the Gayety Theater this week, a Mutual off¢ that ought to “ring the bell,” as al rlesque lovers know Billy and his gang. The com- pany is headed by Billy himself, one of the most amusing Dutch comedians in the business. The present vehicle is said to be, by all odds, one of the best Watson has ever had. In the company are Eddie Murphy, Jew comic and dancer; Frank Mallahan, in ch: straight parts; Al Allen, straight man; Bobble Eckard, ingenue; Lilly Lewis, prima donna; George Montford, a ju- venile singer with a voice worth hear- ing, and Esther Lang, an ingenue with good looks and ability. Montford and | Miss Lang are noted for some specialty numbers that have been highly spoken of in burlesque circies, and there also is a chorus of beauties of fine dancing and singing ability. Manager Jimmy Lake still heralds novel matinees for the ladies on Mon- days, Wednesdays and Fridays, with special attractions. COLUMBIA—Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, “Taming of the Shrew.” Lest the average patron of the movies be tempted to shun a talking picture that owes its story to the immortal Shakespieare, the Columbia press repre- sentative explains that the Bard of Avon wrote delightful comedy and hi- larious farce as well as tragedy, and that the Columbla this week, is pre- senting an outstanding production of the movie world, with no less than Douglas Fairbanks ‘and Mary Pickford, in Shakespeare's delightful entertainment, “Taming of the Shrew,” Mary as the fihrew and Doug as the man who tamed er. And lest the average movie fan be rusty in his or her Shakespeare, he blithely outlines the story of the play, which he likens to “Mack Sennett at his best,” as follows: Katherine of the story is a pretty girl with a mind and manner of her own. Nevertheless Petruchio admires, even loves her desires to make her his wife, and being adequately eligible, he the preliminari nd then arranges es ai deliberately proceeds to make his pur- pose clear. While the young lady re- sponds to his caresses with a furious fit of biting, scratching and kicking, Petruchio deliberately plies his troth and then informs the luky. he will be around the follo Sunday to marry her. When the following Sunday ar- rives, however, he does not arrive on time and when he does appear it is in rags and tatters. After the ceremonies, the lady demands that he remain for festivities, but he forcefully carries ‘her off and when they arrive at his home there follows a famous battle of ‘wits, out of which the newly made wife emerges thoroughly tamed. The pic- ture closes with Katherine gracefully outlining her conception of a wife's duty to her husband. The production is up to the high gtandard of the Fairbanks-Pickford productions of the past, and it has been warmly praised and greeted with gen- erous patronage elsewhere, The Hearst Metrotone News, the Co- | ! lumbia Orchestra and short subjects will round out the program. EARLE—Richard Dix, “The Love Doctor.” ‘Bringing Big Picture month to & bril- Nant climax, “The Love Doctor,” s talk- ing gictul’e farce, featuring Richard ix, has begun a week's engagement at the Earle Theater. “The Love Doctor” is hit No. 4 of Big Picture month, and occupies a place unique in screen comedy. It has been praised widely as the most successful audible screen farce yet produced. Adapted from the Broadway laughing sensation, “The Boomerang,” and. it is claimed, without sacrificing any of that play’'s amusing lines, “The Love Doctor” depicts the joys and woes of a girl-shy igung physician, who is constantly ing pursued by pretty patients and nurses. It so happens that the Eveless medic makes a confession of his philosophy of love, and later is called upon to tell whether his recipe for landing a partner is correct. A speclally selected cast of farceurs is headed by pretty June Collyer, and Dix 18 said to bring to “The Love Doc- tor” a notable characterization. An unusually attractive line-up of | shorter features is promised, with Vita- | phone Varieties, The Evening Star-Uni- versal and Pathe Newsreels and other brief films. The Earle Orchestra, con- ducted by Daniel Breeskin, will play a new and snappy selection of popular | melodies. | FOX—Janet Gaynor and Charles Far- rell in “Sunny Side Up.” | Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell not only talk in “Sunny Side Up,” an | original Fox Movietone musical com- | edy, by De Sylva, Brown and Hender- | son, but they also sing and dance in 8 manner which is said to mark them | xldouuundmg performers in this | eld. | Miss_Gaynor_has studied voice cul- | —— A e S _ DANCING. | Real Acroba cs | At_Miller's_Studlo, 1208 _18th. North 7076 | THE FOX STUDIO | STAGE__AND _BALLROOM _DANCING. | PILS TRAINED AND PLACED ON THE 2 'Lspjn. L STAGE. 1302 L N. Fox Trot. Hop. taught correctly in a few Eiaed BaRians Bvenins: | inst. at 8. Dancing. 9 .\ 9-12 17 THAYER STUDIOS | ot—Walts a8—Tango. hoo] Chil Frida ay, 8:30 jvate lessonis by appoint: Deea 1 F Fox trot, B 6, with orchest c.“ ’“‘Ill}k. > op. Class PrL, tnstro., 8. BoRs gat ™ o ' alehe. North 0731 MISS ELLEN WALLER Geoduate of Oscar Duryea. Director Dancing Masters of America, Inc. 2 tuching the Dutyea lethod of aliroom Dancing ason’'s N Dances. “Three Time," “Kit Kat,” ete. 91u:2 ond sings several songs in “Sunny Side U, ' vhich s the current Fox Theater screen attraction. Charles Farrell sings, too. His “If I Had a Talking Picture of You” is one of the outstanding hits of the year. Every branch of the Fox producing organization contributed to the produc- tion of “Suuny Side Up.” including El Brendel, former vaudeville star; Sharon Lynn, remembered from the Fox Movie- tone Follies; Frank Richardson and clever little Marjorie White, a musical comedy star from Broadway who jour- neyed westward to Hollywood. Seymour Felix, Ziegfeld dance pro- ducer responsible for the numbers of “Sunny Side Up,” staged "Turn on the Heat,” sung by Miss Lynn, a number which is said to be the talk of Board- way. The Fanchon and Marco Id time will be “California Capers' John Irving Fisher will be master of ceremonies. Its featured players in- clude Harry and Frank Seaman, Blake and Jones, Prancia White, All Ben Hassan’s “Blue Streaks,” Alfred Brower, Prank Elmer and a new bevy of Sunkist Fox Movietone News will round out the program. METROPOLITAN—George Arliss in “Disraell.” ‘The mature and of George Arliss well in the talking pictures that his version of “Disraeli” in this medium has been acclaimed everywhere as a re- markable sequel to his stage presenta- tion of the old play. In Washington the Vitaphone picturization of “Dis- raeli” hcs played to such patronage at the Metropolitan Theater that the man- ement has decided to hold it over for second week. “Disraeli” is the story of the rise of a Jewish boy of talented bourgeois par- entage, who fought his way upward through the obstacies of racial preju- dice, political hate and lack of caste to become one of the greatest prime min- isters in the history of Great Britain— Eenjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield. ‘Che most thrilling part of the story deals with Disraeli's plan to buy the Queen Victoria the title of Empress of liant strategy Disraeli won his way. A love story runs through this re- markable picture, th2 principals of which are Joan Bennett and Anthony Bushell, an English importation. _Also in the carefully selected cast are David Torrence, Florence Arliss, wife of the star; Doris Lloyd and Ivan Simpson. Subsidlary features include the weekly Metropolitan News Review, Vitaphone acts and other home features. PALACE—Nancy Carroll in “Sweetie.” A famous youthful triumvirate, Nancy Carroll, Jack Oakie and Helen Kane, hold forth at Loew's Palace Theater this week in Paramount’s musical com- edy hit of campus life, “Sweetie.” Nancy Carroll sings and dances in the role of a chorus girl who suddenly falis heir to a boys’ college. Helen Kane, famous for her boop-boopa-doopa sing- ing, wooes a bashful foot ball player, while Jack Oakie is wise cracking. Wi liam Austin as an English professor trying to learn to tap dance and Stan- ley Smith as the sweetheart of Miss Carroll appear in the supporting cast. ‘When the chorus girl acquires the college, although her boy friend is a student there, she wants him to give up foot ball and join her theatrical company. But the boy is strong for his alma mater. In retaliation the cho- rus damsel makes the foot ball team take an examination, and when the boy friend fails she keeps him from Jjoining his teammates. The big game of the year is in the offing, and some one undertakes to tell the chorus lady just what the school spirit is, so she relents in time to see dear old Pelham mum%rl: over its traditional rival. Many song hits, much laughter and a good time are promised in “Sweetie.” On the stage Al Fvans and the Pal- ace Syncopators will be presented in a race track revue, “They're Off.” In the presentation of long “shots and short ends George Dewey Washington heads the cast; Forsythe and Kelly pro- vide the mirth and merriment; Eddie McKenna, the Fred Evans ensemble, the Ben Hur g%nu- and others make up the cast. e Hearst Metrotone News, the Palace Orchestra, Charles Gaige at the organ and short subjects complete the program. RIALTO—“The Sophomore.” College life, college love and college romance play important roles in the dialogue picture entitled “The Sopho- more,” now playing at the Rialto Thea- ter. Starring Eddie Quillan, Sally O'Nelll, Jeannette Loff and a host of other youngsters, this humgrous story of modern college life has proved itsell one of the popular pictures of its type. Quillan is of the wise-cracking col- lege boy type—an exaggerated college boy, to be sure, but nevertheless the kl(nd we are accustomed to see in reel e. There's & human romance in “The homore,” and the foot ball game is to be different from those usually r!r.tund on the screen. The hero goes into the game at the crucial moment, but, instead of making a sensational play, he is knocked out in the first scrimmage and carried off the fleld. A few moments later, however, he saves the game in a sensational scene in which he tackles his team’s captain as the latter is making a thrilling run in the wrong direction. ‘The Rooney family of vaudeville stars appear in a miniature musical revue. The Universal News and other short subjects will complete the entertain- ment. R-K-O KEITH'S—“Rio Rita.” their famous love duet from the screen of the R-K-O Keith Theater for an- other week in “Rio Rita,” which dur- ing the first week of its presentation yractically taxed the capacity of the theater, many being unable to gain ad- mission for the evening performance on POLI'S -- Eve 800 to 1 beauties. The Fox Orchestra and the | roven dramatic gifts | ave served him so| Suez Canal for England and thus give | India. Opposed at every move, oy brii- | Bebe Daniels and John Boles sing | account of the waiting line of patrons. Therefore the holding - over of “Rio Rita” for a second week and possibly longer was to be expected. “Rio Rita" is eye filling: It has every- thing that makes for interest in sound films. It is lavish in its scope, prodigal |in its beauty, and has every right to be classed ac one of the finest musical extravaganzas yet to come via the screen. John Boles and Bebe Danlels head a large cast of players, singers, dancers, beauties and specialty performers. Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey play the comedy roles they created for Ziegfeld, and Dorothy Lee, the baby-talk girl of “syncopatio Helen Kaiser, one of Ziegfeld’s “glorified” girls; Georges Renevant, French stage star, and Don Alvarado are others of the featured cast. Much of the film was ph iphed in technicolor, and the sets and costumes are claimed to outrun anything seen on the talking screen. Harry Tierney, composer of the origi- nal tuneful score of “Rio Rita,” has added two new song hits to the pic- |ture. Cimini's grand opera chorus of 80 voices, the Pearl Eaton chorus of 100 Hollywood _ beauties, chorus in gnotion pictures, and a sym- phonic orchestra ~directed by Vietor Baravelle are other features of the film. LITTLE THEATER—"Moulin Rouge.” "MOULIN ROUGE,” a drama of the Paris theater, starring Chekova, the Russian actress, will be tfxe featured attraction on the screen of the Little | Theater in the coming week. It is a silent film. | under the direction of A. E. Dupont, well known as a director abroad, “Moulin Rouge” has a number of scenes from the well known Moulin Rouge Revue in Paris. Chekova, the star, is a graduate of the Moscow Art Theater. JANET RICHARDS, Tomorrow. Miss Janet Richards, at her weel talk on “Public Questions—Home lkl:i Foreign ¥ tomorrow morning, in addi- tion to her usual Monday review of the high lights in the world’s work for the past week, will speak EI‘petlllly of Presi- dent Hoover's Armistice day address and the reactions in both the home and foreign press to his suggestion that in future wars food ships be immune from srlzurt',n t:onalde'l’lllon will also given e coming naval parity con- ference to be held in londo‘x: lny.hnu- ary and other features of our foreign relations. The lectures are given weekly in the | Masonic Temple, Thirteenth street and New York avenue, beginning at 10:45 o'clock. CLARA W. McQUOWN—Friday. Friday morning Miss Clara W. Me- Quown will give her second talk for this season on questidns of the hour in national and international affairs. thShe wlllzcnnmme her discussion of e present political situation in Unsl:;d !‘lufl'.e.!. e e will give a brief analysis of the Bank of International Benlery;lenb. and will consider the question of American participation. Her principal foreign subject will be Palestine, the growing Arab opposition to the formation of a Jewish national state and Great Britain'’s position as the mandatory power. ‘These talks are given every Friday morning at 11 o'clock in the assembly room of the Washing Club, 1010 g:‘l;i\nm'h street, and are open to the c. EASTERN HIGH'S FALL PLAY. Eastern High School will present its | eleventh annual Fall show Thursday and Friday evenings in the school auditorium. The performance will in- clude a one-act comedy, “Gas, Air and Earl,” by Bertram Bloch: a vaudeville number, “Amazing Moments,” pre- sented by a group of Eastern boys; the Punch and Judy Troubadours, and an op;reslu. “Musical Moments with G. and 8. The operetta will open the program, with a cast including Prances Tucker, Lilewellyn, Howard Samsel, Marguerite Hayes, Mary Paull, Margaret Bovey, Wilson Reed, Theodore Vincent, David Poetker, Margaret Lenoards Newell Lusby, Hugh , Pranklin Hayes, Edith' Martin, Ernest Weaver and Horace Gendreau. “Ami Moments” will follow, pre- (four senting “A Lesson in English” moments of wisdom), “Don’t Believe Everything You Hear” (three moments in darkness) and “A Skit” (four moments of confusion). The members of the troubadours are Robert Grant, Robert McCormick, Hugh Barte- man, Murray Bernhardt, John Taylor, Byron Anderson, Charles Wiss, Charles Chamberlain, Harold Beck, Proctor, Clark Harper, James Holloway, Gilbert Kennerly, John Mathews and Daniel Sullivan. “Gas, Alr and Earl” will be played by | Gwenllian Davis, Charles Jarrett, Mar- garet Teachum, Sylvia Donovitz, Ruth Heintz and Newell Lusby. Miss Ella Monk is in general charge of the production, assisted by Misses | Olivia Taylor, Bthel Prince, Rosemary | Arncld, Marie Didden, Gertrude Walter | and Louise Wood, Mrs. Carrie Byram and Misses Catherine Lantel, Katherine | Bell and Freda Fgbert. FREE BUSINESS LECTURES. Both stage and screen are employed in his presentation by G. E. Marchand, widely known business leader and edu= cator, of & series of pi ims at the Masonic Temple, Thirteenth street and New York avenue northwest, programs designed to aid ambitjpus men and women to greater success by the adop- tion of new methods and ideas of busi- ness building, which are made realistic | by the use of living models on the ros- | trum and through motion picture views. ‘The National University Society, un- der whose auspices these programs have been presented in leading American cit- fes, points out that Mr. Marchand’s illustrative methods are unique and that they mark what is believed to be the most complete usage of stage and screen in conjunction for educational purposes. A large staff assists Mr. Marchand in his_presentations, There will be no admission charge for the programs to be given tomor- row, Tuesday and Wednesday nights at the Masonic Temple, it is announced. -TONIGHT WASHINGTON ENGAGEMENT—24t! “THE WONDER SHOW OF THE UNIVERSE, WRST THE FAMOUS MAGICIAN DAfi&%Tg%JANE E * THE MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY.” LATEST EUROPEAN SENSATION MAIL ORDERS NOW DIRECT FROM HER FRITZI Also Slandard fox trot, waltz an Owive lesaont by aRpolntmany: "Nexin ‘Advaniced Class, Friday v.m. dio, 2619 14th 8t. N.W. | Bhel yi,...?. Adams. 2539. PRICE 'IDPE,SIA"" SHE VANISHES AT THE. THE THEATRE COMING THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 1st MAT. NEW YORK OV, SCHEFF TURDAY ONLY 0N VICTOR HERBERT’S “MLLE. MODI EVENINGS 83, MATINEE SAT ST the ~ first stock | Photographed in London and Paris, | 1 ALICE First National star, with her pets, ALICE EXHIBITS HER PETS ‘WHITE, a terrier puppy and a leopard cub. 'HE Theater Guild of New York has done notable things in its time to raise the level of dramatic interest. It has produced now a drama in which there is no woman character and from which not only sex appeal, but what is crdmlru{ called heart interest, is com- pletely eliminated. The drama is “Wings Over Europe.” ‘The central character is a scientist who has discovered how to break up tine atom, that indescribable but very im- portant source of energy, and in this discovery he sees countless possibilities for the good of mankind—possibilities familiar to any one who has read Prof. Soddy's “Science and Life.” Instead of planning to use the great discovery to spread the benefits of peace and good will, however, the gov- ernment approached by the scientist turns its attention.to finding how it may be used as a war weapon. The sélentist, disillusioned by this cynical Drama Without Woman. perversion of his life work, falls into despair and decides to blow up the whole world, which seems to him im- possible of redemption. The theme of the play might have been founded on the aphorism, “It is remarkable that human beings get along as well as they do, considering that they come into the world knowing noth- ing and are so unwilling to be taught.” On this premise a highly interesting plot is constructed, with many melo- dramatic thrills, interspersed with the efforts of & young genius to control the world. “Wings Over Europe” is the joint work of Robert Nichols and Maurice Browne—the former a poet and play- wright, who also has done penance in Hollywood. ~ Browne established the “Little Theater” movement in Chicago and later became an enterprising pro- ducer—enterprising beeause he is re- sponsible for “Journey's End.” T took just 86 years for minstrel shows to rise from obscurity to a climax in talking pictures in 1929. The first minstrel show was presented in New York City during the month of February, 1843. It came about by accl- dent. Tom Rice and Dan Emmet were practicing an act, one with a fiddle and the other with a banjo, at their board- ing house when Frank Brower dropped in for a visit. He listened to the music and joined in with the “bones.” or clap- pers;-as they were called in those days. A bit later Dick Pelham arrived and declared himself a member of the act. He went out and returned with a tambou! The quartet practiced sev- At Little Theater JEAN BRADIN, ater this week. %t these Theaters District of Columbia. THE EARLE—13th and E streets n.w. RIALTO~Ninth near G n.w. AMBASSADOR—18th and Col rd. a.w. APOLLO—624 H street n.e. AVENUE GRAND—645 Pa. ave. s.e. CENTRAL—Ninth street. AVALON—Conn. ave. and McKinley. COLONY—Georgia ave. and Farragut. HOME—1230 C street n.e. TIVOLI—14th and Park rd. n.w. YORK—Georgia ave. and Quebec n.w. STANTON—515 C street n.e. HAPPYLAND—1020 7th street n.w. Maryland and Virginia. MARYLAND—Hagerstown, Md. OPERA HOUSE—Leesburg, Va. UNIVERSAL—Ehady Side, Md. MARYLAND—Frederick, Md. TOME SCHOOL—Port Deposit, Md. MARADA-—St. Michaels, Md. BETHESDA—Bethesda, Md. | MELVILLE—Sykesville, Md. STATE—Westminster, Md. IMPERIAL—Brunswick, Md. PALACE—Frostburg, Md. JEFFERSON—Charlottesville, Va. COLONIAL—Winchester, Va. STRAND—Staunton, Va. - MASONIC—Clifton Forge, Va. OLIVER—Crewe, Va. COLONIAL—Fredericksburg, Va. | VIRGINIA—Harrisonburg, Va. REGAL—Urbanna, Va. TOWN HALL—Trappahannock, Va. WEISS, Emporia, Va. RITZ—Chatham, Va. RELEE—Relee, Va. NEW—Woodstock, Va. STRAND—Strasburg, Va. NEW MARKET—New Market, Va. 1\7instre15 After 86 Years. eral numbers until the act was letter perfect, then they searched for a suita- ble name for the act. They called them- selves the “Virginia Minstrels” and | performed in public for the first time | in_Bartlett's billiard room. | Four men in blackface appearing at the same time created quite a stir. Sin- | gle black-face acts were familiar to the | public. The first printed reference to a | lack-face act in the United States is| found in the Boston Gazette of Decem- | ber 30, 1799, where attention is called | to a Mr. Graupner, who, in black face, sang a song called “The Negro Boy.” A short time after their debut as min- strels the “Virginia Minstrels” became 50 popular that they were engaged as an attraction for the Bowery Audito« rium. They played for weeks at various }‘Iew York I.huhn‘. then went to Boston or an engagemen! | Their acceptance by the general pub- lic was instantaneous. Wherever they played, the novelty of their act was received with great applaute. Their American appearances were followed by an engagement in London, where the quartet eventually disbanded. The success of the first minstrels was so great that imitators became numer- ous. They were followed by “Christy's Minstrels,” “Buckley's Serenaders,” “Hooley’s Minstrels” and “The Virginia Serenaders,” the ensembles of which did not number more than a dozen per- | formers. Eventually Christy and Hooley com- bined forces and toured the country in the early 60s. r them came the “San Franciscos, Minstrel ‘Lester & Allen's,” “Duprez & Green's”” “Barlow, Wilson & Ran- | kins,” ane lly, “Thatcher, Primrose | & West,' leveland'’s,” “‘Gorton’s,” “Hl Henry's,’ y Boy Evans, “Dockstader’s” and “Cohan & Harris y, what is clalmed to be the | biggest nfinstrel show ever staged, is | used as the climax to the plot of “New Orleans Frolic,” Fox Movietone produc- |tion. The cast of the picture includes | svery Fox Movietone player with the ex- ception of John McCormack, who is working on his first talking picture. | One of the featured players in the pic- | ture “Moulin Rouge,” at the Little The- | TOMOR. At 8:30, MGMT. LEE AND IN SOUTH AMERICA AND Just Plain Artists. ONE can woo success by feasting on seven-course dinners as well as by starving on bread crusts in moldy at- | tics. One can write along with the best of them without wearing a velvet | acket and his roommate’s flowing tie in Greenwich Village. It has been proved on the Paramount Iot and the proof lies in “Sweetie,” a | romance of campus life. Two men, George Marion, jr. who wrote the story, dialogue and lyrics, and Richard A, Whiting, who wrote the music, ex- plode both thories. Beth appear well fed and could pass for business men. Marion is a rather serfous, calm person, while Whiting even atrolls so far from his art that he becomes deeply concerned over his golf score. Yet who hasn’t laughed over the rib-rocking Marion titles and who | hasn't sung the songs of Whiting “The Japanese Sandman,” “Till We Meet Again” and others? After he was graduated from Harvard | Marion took a job as a dramatic critic | on 8 Los Angeles paper. Next he turned | to title writing. Now he is & lyric and | dialogue expert. Whiting started writing | J ack-of—Alleradés. 'HERE is a fast-increasing number of persons in Hollywood who can capably handle more than one job dur- | ing the production of a picture. There | are directors who not only direct, but creat. stories, write dialogue and even | play featured Toles in their own plc- | tures. There are actors who play star | parts and at the same time collaborate | on dialogue writing, supervising and costume designing. A few writers also play featured parts in the screen adap- tations of their works. Still others in the movies have the ability to prac- tically produce a picture with only the cast necessary to complete the produc- tion unit. Raoul Walsh is currently directing the third Victor McLaglen talking piciure, for which he also wrote the story and scenario. Usually Walsh plays a part in every picture he makes, but on this production his faculties were too occu- arncross & Dixie's | - SHUBERT ELASC songs for a big music publisher at the age of 21 for $50 per week. “Tullp Time in Holland” was his first success. He has dozens of others to his credit. Animals Filmed for Science. COMDR, G. M. DYOTT'S “Hunting Tigers in India,” a voice and pic- ture record of an important expedition under the auspices of the American Museurs of Natural History of New York, which will be shown here this is a sequel to the great travel film, “Simba,” by Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson, which wa: own in Washing- ton Jast year under the same auspices. “Hunting Tigers in India” is the first of a series of important expeditionary films by noted explorers. Subsequent releases will include pictures by such explorers as the Martin Johnsons, ROy Chapman Andrews, William Beebe, Dr. Raymond L. Ditmars, Robert Cushman Murphy, Harold McCracken, Dr. Ernest Cadle, Capt. Robert Bartlett and George Palmer Putnam. These pictures are being recorded and released by Talking Picture Epics, a new corporation sponsored by promi- nent men, Including George Eastman, Daniel E. Pomeroy, F. Trubee Davison, H. P. Davison, jr.; George D. Pratt, Arthur H. Lockett, George Palmer Put- nam, Sidney Colgate, Gifford Pinchot, John B. Miller of Los Angeles, Dr. Henry Pritchard of California, and others, PSS Domestic Advices. ADVICB to wives: If you want to know how to handle your husbands, see “Taming of the Shrew.” Advice to husbands: If you want to know how to handle your wives, see “Taming of the Shrew.” For crammed to the brim with good —or not so good—matrimonial panaceas is the glorious comedy of William Shakespeare’s, which is the vehicle which brings Mary Pickford and Doug- las Fairbanks to the screen for the firat time as co-stars. “Taming of the Shrew” is the story of Katherine (Miss Pickford), the most spiteful girl in Padua, and with a tem- per that would make Vesuvius seem docile as a lamb. Petruchio (Douglas Fairbanks) undertakes to tame her, the first step in his contemplated plan be- ing marriage, followed by & routine identical in method to the one utilized by the storming Kate. All of which gives rise to a series of situations which make “Taming of the Shrew" one nd laugh from beginning to end. Included a% many bits of advice which may—or | may not—be adopted by husbands and wives on their erring spouses. Love's Noi Deaf. \*T OVE is never blind in the movies, and it is no lohger deaf. The more ardently the heio makes audible love to the sweet herothe, the better the fans like it says Robert Armstrong. Young Armstrong liges it this w “I never aspired to leading man” he explains. “My roles call for little love makirg and for rather crude attempts if any.< I can do much more in talking this kind of love, than acting it silently. en it comes to singing, that's ‘real nee.” Armstrong paid his college ex- penses in law school bf his music, so it is simple for him to *dapt himself to the sound . “I may not sing well,” says Bob. “But I sing. - Mep are not all supposed to have good voices in real life, so why in reel lifé? We are not all going to warble grand opera—we would be out of chara if we did. Janet Richards Every Monday Morning at 10.45 THE MASONIC TEMPLE St. and N. Y. Ave. PUBLIC QUESTIONS: HOME AND FOREIGN Admission. 3% _snd $1.00 WILSON- GREENE CONCERTS, 1929-30 POLI'S THEATKER-—4130 PHILHARMONIC COURSE Nov. 26. ROLAND BAYES. FRIT KRS, OTERO. New Coivrat ROSA PONSELLE. " RACHMANINOFF Se ok Mrs. X Burean. Broes's, Tood & alrpulraiin 0 MOADAY Dec. @, Feb. 11 Feb, 1. Mar. 19, MABINEES Wed., and Sat. +2:30 800 1 5 §2.00 FOLLOWING TRIUMPHS ON THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE, PENDING PRODUCTJONS IN LONDON AND PARIS THE PROFES- | T ing & romantic | pled with writing and directing to per- mit him to play a part. Maude Fulton is another of those fortunate persons who does not have to worry about loeing a job. Her career reads like a catalogue of all the pro- fessions contained in the theater, screen and literary work. At various times she has been a con- Next Week's Photop]aya. METROPOLITAN — Harold Lloyd’s first talkie, “Wel- come Danger.” FOX—George Jessel in “Love, Live, Laugh,” a talk- ing picture. RIALTO — Ann Harding in “Her Private Affairs,” talk- ing picture. EARLE — “The Forward Pass,” with Douglas Fair- banks, jr.; talking picture. PALACE—Marion Davies in “Marianne,” talking pic- ture. COLUMBIA—“Taming of the 'Shrew,” with Fairbanks and Pickford. Second week. R-K-O KEITH'S — “Jazz Heaven,” with Sally O'Neill, will follow “Rio Rita.” stions of. the Hour in_National and International Afiairs Miss Clara W. McQuown THE WASHINGTON CLUB Assembly Room Entrance. 1010_17th St. Every Friday, 11 A. Seaton Tickets, $6.00. Single Admission, 75¢. cert ‘pianist, & compaser, a dancer, an actress, & magazine writer, a stage di- rector, a theater manager, a screen title writer and a scenarist, as well as hav- ing achieved considerable fame as & dramatist. She is the author of “The Brat,” “The Hummingbird,” “Tomor- row” and “The Big Top,” besides other stage hits. George Jessel has a great dislike for speaking lines written for his parts by some one else. For this Yeason mainly he energetically sets himself to rewrit- ing or originating new lines for his roles. He has offered to write the dia- logue in full for his next picture. David Butler is working on a story for his new picture. Butler is another director who usually plays a part in his own pictures. More than one talent has been put to use by Alfred Santell in the pi duciion of “Romance of Rio Grande A reproduction of a hacienda was need- ed as a background for most of the scenes, which take place on a Mexi- can rancho. Several sketches were sub- mitted to the director, who was for- merly an architect. He looked them over and was disappointed, because they lacked authenticity. To satisty hisown demands, Santell drew blueprints of a real hacienda which he had visited a few years ago. He then designed the complete set and invited Don Jose Mo- Jica, a native of Mexico, to give his opinion as to its authenticity. He de- clared that it looked like home to him. In refutation of the early cry that talking pictures would doom the “ex- tra” and “bit” players, Rex Bailey, cast- ing director at the R. K. O. studios, re- veals that in 11 of the company’s pro- ductions more than.16,000 calls were made for extra players, who were paid in excess of $160,000 for their work. In addition, Radio Pictures keeps more than 100 singers and dancers under stock contract. So do many of the other companies, Far from destitution, the small-part player's day is bright. T. Arthur Smith Announces PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF NEW YORK 18 & series of three concerts. CONSTITUTION MALL Tues. Aft., 4130, Jan, 7—Jan, 28, MARCH 4 Willem Mengelbers, Arturo Toscanini, Bernardino Molinari, Conduetors. Season Tickets, $9, $7.50, §3, $3.75, 53 At T. Arthur Smith Bureau, 1330 G St. GERMAN GRAND OPERA COMPANY By arrangement of S. Hurok, M ing Director. A Season of Wagner & Mozart Opers. POLI'S THEATRE JAN. 6, 8, 10, 14 e L ISADORA DUNCA DANCERS AR 1300 G st.: Dist o - S scoaitcoss il 1 -k e N i Spain’s Greatest Dancer P THEATER TUESDAY, November 1! l!!lllD Now—Mrs. Wi G/ | | | | } |Tatni | IIGraniR.Wilson, presiden | PRAES ENTS From Moscow 3 Performan: res— Thur., Jan. 9; Sat. Mat. Eve.. Jan. 1L i Se. Tiekets, T Arthar g In Homer L. Kif LY WATSON In Person With .- . BILLY FIELDS ESTHER LAN The Three Greatest Entertainers in Burlesk |EIEE GAYETY ‘ : THEATER Mutual Burlesk—9th St., Bet. E and F NATIONAL—TONIGHT ONE WEEK ONLY TWICE DAILY THEREAFTER at 43 AND 8:43 P. M. ne World t} P-emier RECREATION HALL—Indian Head. | REPUBLIC THEATER—Annapolis, Md ! SIONAL ESEN' K b Mr. Merivale will b “Hanni The Producti &7 This play which won well deserved success that Is decidedly unique. It concerns the appea form, of none other than Death, who forces himself upon a happy family for the purpose of experiencing those emotions peculiar to mankind, especially that of love and also to ascertain why men so dread him. It Is a story that aroused great discussion in Italy, where It .Is ;nfltrtd successfully every year. The play is not gruesome but pure antasy. WEEK NOV. 25—Mail Orders Now—Seats Thursday THE SMARTEST OPENING OF THE SEASON! HARRIS will present oohisticated Comedy of Love Among the Artistic Set OUS ANTIC” :?:an-.ly Modern Artists (OWERAY. PHOEBE FOSTER @nfi TORDAY Bhe to #‘nh‘-.na-_& 80e to §3.00 With FRANK MO M Night Prices. Except WEEK OF DEC. 2ND—MAIL ORDERS NOW THE INFINITE “SHOEBLACK” By NORMAN MACOWAN. with HELEN MENKEN and LESLIEBANKS Nights, 80¢ o $2.50. Wednesday and Saturdsy Matinees, 50¢ to 90.00. ALL SEATS RESERVED- Eves.. 30, I3c, $1.00 ai BARGAIN MATINEES® 50c. NEXT_WEEK—SEATS THURSDAY MAT WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY The Theatre Guild. Inc. Presents The Fifth Play of the First Washington Subscription Seasom A THRILLING DRAMA IN THE SETTING OF THE BRITISH CABINET ROOM AT NO. 10 DOWNING ST., LONDON OBERT NICHOLS and MAURICE Wi A DRAMA OF TOMORROW THREE ACTS OF TENSE ACTION ORIGINA 12 Cast Inelud i