Evening Star Newspaper, November 17, 1929, Page 71

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, NOVEMBER 17, 1929—PART FOUR. Photoplays at Washington Theaters This Week |ances before the camera. As a The Value of Experience. {uence there were few slips, u&% assurance that comes with long | Cues and not .nany retakes in in~ of the picture. It is a peculiarly experience and recognized Stage | jeasant and untroubled company, and ability is threatening to set something | the production schedule has supposedly Flashes From the Screen of the Picture World § ing how much less expensive il would be to make the talking pic- tures than it was the silents. An yet the first thing the various pic- ture houses did on adopting the talkies was to raise their prices. In most cases this raise in prices was effected by charging the same prices for balcony seats as the seats downstairs. This struck me as illogical, too, because in the case of the silent picture the bal- cony seats are just as good as the seats downstairs, while in the case of the talkies there are no theaters In Washington where you can hear pstairs as well as down. So it looks to me like the managers waited until the value of their product went down and then charged more for it. “Incidentally, it is not the raise in price that I am worrying about. I think that it is marvelous that we can see the pictures we do at the small price. But the raising ot the prices of the balcony seats has caused the former balconites to swarm downstairs and has made it exceedingly difficult for persons a | Apollo WEEK _OF NOVEMBER 17 Sunday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Fridny Saturday Ric Amhnld'r “The Love Doctor.” Comed. Richard Dix in “The Love Doctor.” Comedy. m:nnr:’xilx’ “The Love Doctor.” Comedy. hard Dix Gloria Swanson fn Glorla_Swanson in Gjoris Swanson, The Trespasser.” Tryon and Bob_Armstrong in serna Kennedy in 4 ews t Big N Paramount_ reel. itaphone Ronal “Bulldos Song_ca Glenn Tryon and Id, Colran okl oo Merha jRennedy “Bulldos Drummend # 1d _Colman Drummond.” toon “Broag Jokn ciibert “Hjs Glorious Night." Vitaphone _ urellv Glenn 713 Merna K on_and ennedy “Broadway.’ Clive Biooke fn H “The Return of, o Defense. Sherlock Hoimes Vitaphone \ariety. Arthur_Lake _cor r Cane_comedy Avalon Charles Rogers and Nancy Carroll in Short_reel. “The 'nmm of oon. Krany Kot cart et Mary “The Charles | mmn and Nang; oll ch Short_reel. Forbe: Trl(nremh Glenn Tryon in “Barnum Was Right Varlety recl Vitaphone _varisty. Beesie Love in “The Gill in the Show, Cartoon. Ave. Grand Krazy “The Gold Diggers of Broadway.” “The Gold Di “The Gold Diggers of adway. Broadw Bro: Wt ‘cartoon. Krazy Kat cartoon. Ina ‘r ire “The Awful Truth." Paramount _reel. Eagels In “'Jealousy.” Vitaphcna veriety. Song_cartoon. Ann Harding y n “Paris Bou “Barnum Was Right." Vitaphore es. _ E onal _comedy. | Glenn, Tryon s Bethesda Ernest Torrence in william Huines in “Unholy Night. 8 ? Dark. Joan Crawford in “Qur Modern Dolores Costello in “Hearts in Exil Maidens.” George Lewls in Dorothy Mackaill in “College Love." “Hard to Get." Clrolina ) ck_Mulhall and Ik A Tee n “Dark_Streets." Chgries Rogers wnd Mary Brian in “The River, of Romance." jack_Mulhall and Jack Ma e Dorothy Sebastian Ricardo Cor liteas Soiter, re and Larry Kent William' Collier. Jr.. “New_Orleans.” Tim McCoy in ix “Sionx Blood.” e “Wheer Sof L1 “The Wheel of Life.” | R “The Central jack_Oakie and zuun Brent in_ 'ast Company.” Variety. Gomedy e nd Raymond | filflfllvi‘ in e Girl in Gl in the Gy Nancy Carroll and Buddy, Rogers in Tna Heni Circle Sl ———e—————"""Dolores_Costello Colony ' ety Dumbarton “Fast Clai o Bariel earts in Exile’ phone _varie EVeLR Gakie i’ ina Claire and Henry Daniel Jeanne Eagels in A o “The Awful Truth." wiul_Truth.” Hal Skol Hal Skelly and Nancy, Nancy, Carroll “The Dapce of ¢ Tife Dolores_Costello n yHearts in Exiles one_ variety. yn Brent and Clagdette Colbert and alter Huston in e Lady Lies.” ____ Great_Event_reel Monte Blue and M Compans- dy Tna Claire in “The Awful Truth.” Egucational comedy. hone Naney Carroll and Hal Skelly in e in ““The Dance_of Life." Ciive Brooke in The Return of Sherinic Holmes Vitaphone variety. Evelyn Brent and Jack Oakie ir “Fast Company." Colleglates " Walter Huston and ClaudetteColbert n “The ooV ima Banky in o This Is Heaven.' “Vitavhone: veriees: Ki Warner Oland and Jean Arthyr in “Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu.”_Col e E Oleat sod Jean Arthur in “Mysterigus Dr. Manchu."_Comedy. Lia Tora and Saily O'Nell and Jean Hersholt. in “The Girl ) Vitaphone act Home Ann_Haiding in “Paris_Bound.” Arthur Lake comedsy. Vitaphone variety. Virginia_valll and Jason Robards in “The Isle of Lost Ships.”__Cartoon. Patsy Ruth Miller and H 1 Skelly and Ford Sterling in “The Fall of Eve' Great_Event_reel Giadys Brockwell n “The Drake Case. Vitaohone v h_Schildk: Jose) “Fhe " Misstssippi T Princess o m MiX in Last of the “William Boyd n “The Fiying Fool.” James Hall in “Rllly of the Rain- bow _Divisi N»w Hews. z‘nme = Willard Mack In “The Voice of the City." Comedy. ~ News “Campus Nights. Renn"a'ld “Denny “His Lucky Day medy. _News. Puha Review. of a record in the case of “Evidence.” the Warner Bros.' talking picture star- | ring Pauline Frederick. There is not a single novice in | cast, which includes such experienced | players as William Courtenay, Conway | Tearle, Alec B. Francis, Ivan Simpson Myrna Loy, Lionel Belmore and Made- line Seymore. Even little Freddie Burke Frederick, who plays the important role | of Kenny in the story, has lots of ex- | perience behind him, in spite of his| brief 7 years. Every one of these people have both | stage and screen training. All of them | are used to learning lines and to appear- | Rendezvous for Smart Washingtonians snh & LITTLE 1 to n Thc Distinctive Show Hmuz NOW PLAYING The Sensational Russian Actress OLGA CHEKOVA N A daring and startling revelaticn of the brilliant lights and deeper shadows of Parisian life. “Moulin Rouge” The Toast of Washington l~-n Jeft somewhere in the background. - 1110 H 8t oM mx oF ALEXANDRIA. VA. Lomorrow, & Tuesdsy PEEDWAY. Music_and_Sound_Effects. {SYLVAN THEATER "ave: &% E L V/ORDS AND M, ORAN. Al Tglking, o 3:00._5:00. 7:00, 9. DUMBARTON BVl TR EREAT ACK OAKIE snd’ RICHARD, GAL- 'AST COMPANY,” 100% A]l nmm iccare. th & N. O Comedy, “LUCKY CARO' |NA “BARK: SirkEre " With - JACK . MULHALL-LILA LEE. A''Too% " Talking Vitaphone Picture. STANTON b 5.C o ke — STANTON “BfimeeSeli™ to get seated downstairs. cnmenv“ 100% Silent Programme with Musical Accompaniment Jack Mulhall and in IRENE RICH Reginald Denny | TEED McCOBE'S News and Comment BY C. E. came into being there seemed to be, in this writer's opinion, a great scenario writer—a chance for the chap who could produce a novel idea, an unusual plot and a snappy crime pictures, accompanied by musical scores, and shrieks with machine gun obbligato appeared turning into nightmares for the cash customers. Well, we had the | novel idea and all that sort of work it out according to the Holly- wood formula. But after we con- structed a part of the synopsis (as writers) the whole thing lagged— and another brilliant writer has jumped in ahead of us, again re- is never safe. Here is the synopsis as far as we typed it: “The lights of the aurora borealis Power is turning them on and off. It is the quiet of the evening (which is about six months long). we hear the mating call of a polar bear or the grunt of a mother seal calling her young ones to the ves- peace reigns supreme. Nannook, the beautiful Eskimo maiden, is seated under an arbor in her back navian lute and crooning ‘Tiptoe ‘Through the Tulips'. She is dress- ed in a black lace curtain, trim- insets of Iceland peonies. Comes the clatter of hoofs in the dis- tance, and up rides Wild Jack the Northern Lights,’ on his snow- white reindeer. The bad man, who is the black sheep of a real good steed, throwing the animal back on haunches, and then he sweeps off his giant sealskin sombrero crooning Nannook, who is known as ‘The Beauty of Greenland’s Icy Mountains,’ He makes a nasty later) and the lovely Nannook tells him to go on about his business and peddle his Arctic evening on another, and the first thing w= know there is a hot argument for such a cool evening. During the nook is stabbed with a harpoon, mysteriously and silently hurled. At this anti-climax. who should ceedingly handsome Paul Augus- tus Whittenhouse, a captain of the Mounted Police, who has been in since the days when she ate the tallow candles off her own Christ- mas tree. There is only one thing seated affection for Nannook, he is forced to arrest her for the murder of Wild Jack Chin- s at this point that our scsnl 0 lagged. But during the past week, we went down F street Justice"—and there was our Eski- mo heroine, as big as life! * ¥ % % A of the: former silent pic- sound pictures. This is a situation which has surprised the critics of the movies. While a few of the old the perfume counters and floor- walking, and several have retreat- ed to their native lands, a goodly glarlty with their talking ven- ures. All this is brought to mind by a P ‘Sunny Side Up,” under the aus- Theater. Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, two of the newer stars of the “silents,” are thor- tures. Both have voices of pleas- ing quality, although severe critics might pick a few flaws in their entertainment, one can hardly af- ford to miss “Sunny Side Up.” The story is a romantic affair, a ern setting, and we grown-ups surely retain enough of our child- ish dreams to appreciate the idea o AMONG the letters coming to the writer’s desk during the “Dear Sir: Perhaps you can set me right on this question. Most of the moving Ftccure magazines anc HEN the sound pictures opportunity for the free-lance dialogue. The back-stage and to be haunting the producers and thing, so all we had to do was t usually happens with creative vealing the fact that even an idea flit fitfully, as though some Great Here and there and now and then pers meal. But, on the whole, yard, strumming her Scandi- med with flounces or skunk and Chinnook, known as ‘The Beast of Greenland family, reins in his and stops in front of the beautiful, crack (dialogue to be filled in papers. Naturally, one word brings melee, or fracas, Wild Jack Chin- ride up but the gallant and ex- love with the adorable Nannook for him to do. In spite of his deep- noo e to see Lenore Ulrich, in “Frozen REMARKABLY large number ture stars are doing well in the ublic favorites have gone back percentage are even gaining pop- re-view last Tuesday night of pices of Hardie Meakin of the Fox oughly capable in the sound pic- singing records. And, for genuine Prince Charming story in a mod- Some of us never grow up. past week is the following: not a few of the newspaper mov- ing picture editors printed long stories a couple of years ago tell- “Then there is another thing that sticks in my crop and has for years, since the days of the nickel theater and ‘Broncho Billy’ That is the habit of some theaters, and I mean downtown theaters, to cut their programs at times. I con- sider this petty larceny and feel that there should be some way to warn the managers. If I pay 50 cents for a certain advertised show, then I am entitled to see that show, and it is not honest tc say to me, ‘You can see the act we have left out if you care to waste an hour and a half seeing again the parts of the program you have already seen.’ It seems to me that the managers of theaters should so arrange their programs as to make all this unnecessary, and I believe they will eventually be compelled to do so. I remember one case in particular where 1 missed seeing one of Robert Benchley’s talkies because of be- ing ‘taken in’ in this way. “Perhaps I am wrong in all of the above. I often am.” From this viewpoint, it appears that the writer of this letter is not altogether wrong. As regards the sound pictures, they are not less expensive than the old silents. As a matter of fact, they cost consid- erably more to the exhibitor. The only expense the latter has elimi- nated—and this only in some in- stances—is the doing away with an orchestra. Many of the larger theaters retain_their’big musical organizations. Regarding the bal- admission fees, as the writer ad- mits, are quite reasonable. The writer of this column has solved the seating problem by attending the movies around about the old- fashioned supper hour, and he certainly sees the whole show. with perhaps an extra reel or two. Managers retain the right to switch their programs to meet emergencies. It is doubtful wheth- er they will ever give up this privi- lege, right or wrong, as the case * k ok k Short Flashes. ARRY TIERNEY, who wrote the song hits for “Rio Rita,” is writing “Dixianna,” an opereua for Bebe Daniels. cony prices, Washington's theater \ may be. h \ Tna Claire in “The Awful Truth Educational comedy. Vitaphone Savoy wrneawtel Frith” Egucational comedy. Vitaphone “The Mississippl Gambler.” Comedy’ one. Takoma “Janet Gavoor and atles Farrell n “Lucky _Star.” Joseph Schildkraut T Joseph Schildkraut in Comedy._ Janet Gavnor and ‘Mississippi Dorothy_Mackaill {n Gambler “Two Weeks OfT." Two ___Variety reel Janer Gaynor and harles Farrell in Star taphone Charles Farrell “Lucky_St ‘On! nm-m-l Comeds: “Vitaphone. | Gladys Brockwell ase. oot Gibson i 'Klnt M the Rofleu 4 Sportlight. Vitaphone variety. Monte Blue in No Defense.” ne Brice tn t_Clu »" Glenn Tryon in “Broadway." Tivoli Glenn Tryon in Virginia Valll and Jason Robards in “The Tsle of Lost Ships.” “Broadway. Virsinia Vall and How T emne S mm.y Nignt oot anpone. Brool 1re Revirn ol Shu- ow urday Fient id lock Holme Vitanhone. Vitaohone. Nancy Careoll and Buddy Rogers in York usion.” Para. ‘short sublect. Nancy Carroll_and Buddy Rokers in 510 n. Para. short subject. Glenn ‘lrynn —a Eyelyn Brent in “Broadw: Sonk carioon. Olcnn Tmm and ohn Gilbert in Feelin Brene'in “His Glorious Night.” “'Broadway.” omedy. Song_cartoon. Vitaphone variety. Comedy. yirs Mary Forbes and et 'rnp me ot Lost %] Bhips.” Vita. C medy. Viaphone. Coming Attractions. NATIONAL—“Wings Over Europe.” The New York Theater Guild will present its fifth production next week in a fascinating lay called “Wings Over Europe,” at the National Theater, starting Monday, November 325, with its original cast and production from New York. “Wings Over Europe” is a rare play. an unusual one on several counts. It has no women in the cast. All the ac- tion occurs in the cabinet room of the British Empire at No. 10 Downing street, London. It discusses, tempered | with wit and humor, a rather technical | matter—the atom. It does all these pre- sumably uninteresting things in a man- ner which, as one New York dramatic critic puts it. “makes it as engmsslngi N7 st. at 13tn—Cont. from 11:00 a.m. Now Playing » Paramount Picture SWEETIE a musical hit of campus life with NANCY CARROLL JACK OAKIE HELEN KANE —on the Stage— AL EVANS in a novel unit “THEY’RE OFF” with George Dewey Washinston A sister of Lois Wilson, using the screen name of Connie Lewis, has signed a contract to appear in First National pictures. Barbara Kent plays in the new picture, “Out to Kill,” starring Ru- dolph Schildkraut. The Warner Brothers’ musical production, “Show of Shows,” is scheduled to open in New York this week. The picture has 100 players many of them stars, and is made in Technicolor. Doug and Mary Fairbanks, on vacation in London, report that they will not co-star in future pic- tures. No reason was given for this decision, but it is reported to be_the wish of Miss Pickford. Because they have no sound equipment in their office, the Vir- ginia board of motion picture cen- sorship is considerably handicap- ped in handling such films. The members are relying largely upon the producers and exhibitors in the censorship details. Janet Gaynor and Charles Far- rell, appearing in Washington this week in “Sunny Side Up,” are to be co-starred in “Budapest,” a musical picture. William A. Seiter will direct Cor- rine Griffith in “Back Pay,” a story written by Fannie Hurst. Weber and Fields, together with Louis Mann and Josephine Sable, have been signed by Metro-Gold- wyn Mayer to appear in a musical pl;gducncn to be known as “Just Kids.” RK-0 HELD OVER! You've NEVER Seen Anything Like It You've NEVER ‘:lenrd Anything MUSICAL SCREEN SPECTACLE Radio Pictures’ Bebe Daniels Supreme Achievement With and John Boles and One Thousand Otber Entertainers! SINGING TALKING DANCING IT'S as a detective mystery, as searching and provocative as a telescope and as teresting as no play has been in this town in many months.” The authors, Robert Nichols and Maurice Browne, almost at the outset of the plece plunge into that fantastic land of the future, that place peopled by Flammarions and Jules Vernes who have let their imaginations run fast lest they be overtaken by reality. They lift it, however, steadily above the common- place shocker play. and with the speed and precision of their own young inven- tor’s formula, shift their story from a melodrama of mechanics to a very sub- tle one of ethics. They pose their ar- guments patly and pump them power- fully into the dialogue. “Wln s OVEI" Euro 4 Ls descflbcd as in- the World Has Waited! —and at last you can see and hear America’s Sweethearts wxalm— MARY PICKFORD DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS thhmla;:\:uu ’7- sonalities of the screen in their -llamlhm adaptation of Shakes- comedy beare's immortal romanee— *TAMING of the SHREW” Wrought with delicious humor into the mightiest of all motion pictures. ! | 1 : | a thoughtful play, never stilted or monotonous, that probes remote prom- ises and has the dramatic distinction of making its thought theatrically effec~ tive and profoundly interesting. The cast is the original, with Alex- ander Kirkland in the part of an ideal- istic young scientist who brings his all- powerful secret to the British cabinet. Others are Ernest Lawford, Sir John Dunn, Morris Carnovsky, Hugh Buckler and Joseph Kilgour. GAYETY—"Wine, Woman and Song.” With a fixed reputation as a great st/ o YOULL tauGy 45 You NEVER MUG”[D RIALTO NOW PLAYING- First Time Anywhere At Popular Prices « .+« the present tuneful romance sensation of Broadway . . . positively the supreme musical entertainment of stage or screem. WILLIAM FOX presents comedy dash of . « never before a-yrluu s0 magnificent . . . the treat of a life- time e love . . . life . . . haunting melodies . . . side-splitting incomparable dancing . ma . .. and you hear JANET GAYNOR CHARLES FARRELL Sharon Lynn El Brendel . mm-z, tful youth . . it all . .. featuring Frank Richardson Marjorie White Story, Music and Dialogue by DE SYLVA, BROWN and HENDERSON Directed by DAVID BUTLER “CALI FORNIA CAPERS”’ With Sunkist Stars and Beauti The Hit of Hits The Show of Shows The Wonder of Wonders 'Bllu burlesque show, “Wine, Woman and Song” returns to the Gayety Theater next week with a complete change of program to suit the more advanced era in burlesque. For pronounced surprises in “funny- isms” the show is indebted to its star, Harry Evanson, boob comedian, and Jyes La Rue, who also is featured. Others of equal fame and a youthful chorus are said to make “Wine, Woman and Song” a vehicle to be long remem- 'llle Great All CJP{ T DAUGH' Special_UNIVERSAL NEWS Special A Real Entertainment Line-Up This Week at the Earle and Metropolitan Specializing in Great Heart-y Laughs The Earle Presents BIG PICTURE MONTH & HIT T A JOY-MAKER IF THERE EVER WAS ONE Dlx Specialist in Affairs of the Heart in Paramount’s Heart-Trouble’s Catching and the Doctor Succumbs to His Bu-u[nl HELD OVER! Arrangements had been made to begin the showing of “Evi- dence” at the Metropolitan Theater on Saturday, but the demand for “Disraeli” by repeated phone calls, telegrams and juests from our patrons, and the immense popularity of Arliss, has forced the management to accede to the ic’'s wishes, to hold the picture for One More Week only. Geol Publ Past Praises That Have Been Lavished ol , n Talk- ing Pictures That Were Merely "ornt" ‘will Seem Puny When You Grope for Words to Tell How Far “Disraell” Exceeds in Excellence Any- thing That Has Been Done Before in This New Medium of Talking Pictures. GEORCE ARLLY *DISRAELL Master of Men—Favorite of Women. He Dom- inated Both by His Wit and Brilliancy. His Charm and Ready Wit With Women—His Leadership Among Men—Swayed an Empire If You Have been Waiting for Improved Talking Pictures, “Disraell” is the Picture You Have Been Walting For. It Is @ Warner Bros. Vitaphone Talking Pictare. 'METROPOLITAN CENTRAL 9th between D Sunday and Monday BESSIE LOVE in ‘THE GIRL IN THE SHOW' Taesday and Wednesday JACK OAKIE In an Al-Laughi Tatking HiE “FAST COMPANY" Thursday and Friday BUDDY ROGERS NANCY CARROLL The Love Team, in “ILLUSION” Saturday “THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES' ADDED HITS Sunday and Monday “BROADWAY” 4w AU-Talking-Singing-Dancing Tuesday and Wednesday ‘THE ISLE of LOST SHIPS' Adventure and Action. Thursday and Fridsy CLARA BOW OR Boy, What & Wow in “THE SATURDAY NIGHT KID” Saturday “THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES" Added Hits COLONY 0 Ave & Farrarst-se. TOPAY and TOMORROW Do) COSTE AMBASSADOR 1", 73! TQDAY and TOMORROW— mcmum DIX “THE LOVE ’PARAIIO'JNE"B 100% ALL- 624 H St N.E. TQDAY and TOMORROW_RONALD AN Bl UM - MOND PICTURE). Boon ALE S TALRING AVALON Simie 4 TOMORROW o “THE n'flmm oF mo%v“ HEAR LLO in EXILE" (100% ALL-TALKING PIC- HOME 1230 O St. N.E. TODAY and TOMORROW-—VIRG] VALLI in "“THE ISLE OF % sHips” (00% = ALL-TI __PICTURE). th & Col. RA. N.W. 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