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In Capital Theaters (Continued From First Page.) Myrna Loy, Madeline Seymore and little Freddie Burke Frederick. Supplementary fectures include the Vitaphone Varieties, i'he Evening Star- Universal and Pathe newsreels and music by the Earle Orchestra, under Daniel Breeskin. COLUMBIA—"“The Virginian.” As a relief from revues, back-stage ries, crime pictures, mysteries, etc., ‘The Virginian,” film version of Owen ‘Wister's famous story, is offered at Loew’s Columbia. It is a Paramount talking picture, with a notable cast, in- cluding Gary Cooper, Walter Huston, Richard Arlen, Mary Brian and Chester The classic starts in Medicine Bow, ‘Wis., back in 1880, where the Virginian and Steve are pals and in love with the same girl, Molly, the new school teach- er, a native of Vermont. The Virginian wins the girl and she promises to marry him. Before this, however, the Vir- ginian finds that Steve, his pal, is in- volved in underhand work with his enemy Trampas. The Virginian warns Steve, but to no avail, and shortly afterward Steve is taken with other cattle rustlers by a posse and the Vir- ginian is forced to supervise the hang- ing. The girl misjudges his motives and spurns him. He then resolves to get Trampas, the real cause of his trouble and the direct cause of his friend's death. Against the girl's wishes he finally meets Trampas and kills him in & gun duel, but Mary's joy that her lover is the victor wins him forgive- ness. The Hearst Metrotone News, the Columbia Concert Orchestra, comedies and short subjects complete the pro- gram. RIALTO—Ann Harding in “Her Pri- vate Affair.” Sophisticated drama, against a back- | ground of luxury and culture, with a | story of passion, blackmail, scandal and tragedy, with the stellar role portrayed by Ann Harding in the Pathe dialogue production, “Her Private Affair,” is cur- Tently on view at the Rialto Theater. The story concerns a young wife who. as a result of a reckless friendship formed during her temporary separation from her husband, finds herself a vic- tim of blackmail. In a mad attempt to stem the tide of disgrace, she makes a mad rendezvous and accidentally kills her tormentor. Scene after scene of tense drama and gripping appeal follow. A short screen subject on the pro- gram will present the Pat Rooney Fam- ly of vaudeville stars in their latest singing, dancing and talking feature. “Love Birds.” - Other short subjects and | proposed development of inland water- turned his attention to world problems. Then followed a scathing work on Soviet Russia, a book on China, as well as books on relativity, the atom, industry, education, and four works on phi- losophy. In brief these are the achieve- ments to date of Bertrand Russell. It is said of him that “more than any man of our time, he has made science and philosophy an open book to the general public.” His utterances are characterized by a definite nobility of tone and an equal nobllity of feeling. Added to his gift for keen and subtle thought is a remarkable command of effective expression, both in writing and in speaking. The lecture is open to the public, and tickets are to be had at the Jewish Community Center. JANET RICHARDS, Tomorrow. Miss Janet Richards, at her Monday review of the progress of the world’s work for the past week, will touch at first upon the high lights in forei affairs in their general relation to the “dictatorship complex” of Europe, with present aspects of the Russian situation as directed by the triumphant and ruthless “left wing.” The fear that British recognition of Russia is a gov- ernment surrender, and China’s appeal to the Geneva League against Russian invasion and the response, if any, also will be considered. Under “Home Af- fairs,” the progress of the President’s “prosperity plan” and prominent points in prospective congressional legislation will be given attention in closing. These lectures are given every Mon- day morning at 10:45 o'clock in the Masonic Temple, Thirteenth street and New York avenue, CLARA W. McQUOWN—Friday. On Friday morning at 11 o'clock Miss Clara W. McQuown will give her regular weekly talk on important ques- tions of the hour in national and inter- national affairs. Under home affairs she will discuss some of the main issues to come be- fore the Seventy-first Congress, also the ways. In the foreign fleld she will consider Briand's suggestion of an economic union in Europe, or a United States of B oee talks ese are given every FPri morning at 11 o‘clog‘k in nmrymemd.’ room of the Washington Club, entrance 1010 Seventeenth street northwest. WILSON NORMAL'S PLAY, Saturday. The Dramatic Association of the Wil- son Teachers' College will present A, A. Milne’s play, “The Romantic Age,” in ‘The Evening Star-Universal Newsreel will complete the program. METROPOLITAN—Harold Lioyd's “Welcome Danger.” The Metropolitan Theater announces for “its second phenomenal week " “Welcome Danger,” Harold Lloyd's first talking picture, in which, it is declared, “the new-found voice of the popular comedian is alone worth a visit to the Metropolitan,” aside from the assurance that “Welcome Danger” packs more laughs in & foot than most comedies in a full reel. Lloyd is heralded as unique and con- sistently funny in the role of a Bos- tonian = botanist, girl-shy and sadly lacking in the spirit of grdventure, who forsakes his quiet, guarded ways for a romance, excitement and a mad fight to clean up a powerful dope ring in San Prancisco'’s Chinatown. With the aid of Noah Young as a dumb-and worshiping policeman, he meets with many _experiences, hair-raising and comical, in his mission, capturing the head olhthc"x;lmflc' te,omblne mdxwmt- ning the girl, pretty Barbara Kent. Charles Middieton, Willlam Walling and a large company of extras assist in keeping up the fast pace of the picture. Because of the unusual length of “Welcome Danger,” "all short subjects have been omitted, R-K-O KEITH'S—"Rio Rita” “Rio Rita,” Radio Pictures’ musical spectacle, holds over at R-K-O Keith's for a fourth and- final week. This film version of the Ziegfeld stage hit is said to be having an eminently success- ful engagement, establishing a new rec- ord for large patronage. Many scenes of great beauty and a cast of hundreds feature this screen romance of the Rio Grande country. Bebe Daniels and John Boles head the large cast who fer the songs and comedy of the s production to the screen. Bert Whesler and Robert ‘Woolsey play their original comedy roles. Dorothy Lee, the “syncopation” girl; Helen Kaiser, “glorified” girl of the “Follies”; Georges R-nevant, Prench stage star; Don Advarado: Eva Rosita, | Mexican dancer, and Nick de Ruiz, former tenor of tH&"Metropolitan Grand Opera Co., are-among the featured players. 2 ‘The whole secopd part of the pro- duction is filmed in technicolor. In addition to “Rio Rita,” “Following the Sun Around,” “The Kinkajou” and others of the lovely melodies from the original show, two new songs are heard. ‘These, also com) LITTLE THEATER—“The Soul of France.” “The Soul of France,” a French war epic, released in the United States by | Paramount, is the current motion pic- | ture feature at the Little Theater, Ninth | street near F. | It is heralded as France's own story | of the World War and is known | throughout motion picture circles as “The Big Parade of France.” ““The Soul of France” was made with the co-operation of the Prench govern- ment and, it is claimed, has the in- dorsement of the late Marshal Foch, Marshal Petain, Marshal Joffre and | other French leaders. Twenty thousand | Prench soldiers took part in its produc- tion, under the direction of the staff of 8t. Cyr, the French military academy.ySmith, Jim Humphrey, B Many of the scenes were taken at the actual scenes of fighting. Jacques Haik, who directed the picture, was decorated for his work with the Cross of the Legion of Honor. “The Soul of France” was shown in Frenoh-speaking countries under the | title “La Grande Epreuve,” translated literally as “the great test or the great trial” It is not only a great spectacle but has a stirring love theme running through it. The cast includes some of the outstanding actors of the French stage and screen, among them M. Des- Jardins, Jean Murat, Mme. Jalabert and Michael Verly. BERTRAND RUSSELL, Tonight. Bertrand Russell will pause on his brief tour of the United States to speak this Sunday night at the Jewish Com- munity Center before the Natiomal Forum on the subject of “Civilization and the Machine.” A'though he began his philosophical career as early as 1896, his firct really popular essay was “The Free Man's Worship,” published about 1902. Fol- lowing the outbreak of the war, his essay on “Why Men Fight,” and later on “Proposed Roads to Freedom,” and “Mysticism and Logic” created wide at- tention. Being convinced that man’s public duty is toward mankind as a whole, Be Russell, at the close of the war, left the purely academic life a DANCING. TSON'S Fox Trot. Hop, Waliz, DAV! Tlent correttiy tn 1ew Prof. Mrs. lessons, private any bour. National 3331 Class Saturd 1329 M_St. N.W. inst. at 8. & m. 1636 | New Yorkers, who find it occupied by the school auditorium, at Eleventh and Harvard _streets northwest, Saturday evening, December 7, at 8 o'clock. Tick- ets are being sold at the school now and will be on sale also at the door on the it of the performance. e alumni association is backing the performance and will hold a rally immediately after the performance. ‘The play is a romantic comedy con- cerning a modern girl who despises the commonplace. ~She seeks romance in an enchanted forest, I for a true knight. She finds him. e question is, Does he fulfill her ideal? ‘The cast is as follows: Mrs. Knowle, Virginia Wilson (Martha Pisher, under- study) ; Melisande, Florence Rice (Jayne Adams, understudy) ; Jane, Norma Mor- rison (Mableann Goddard, understudy) ; Alice, Jean Donner; Mr. Knowle, Doro- thy Reiss (John Ricks, understudy); Bobby, Elizabeth Jenkins (Elizabeth Hoeke, understudy); Gervase Mallory, Margaret Beckett (Mary Sisson, under- study) ; Ern, Helen Jost (Josephine Far- rar, understudy); Gentleman Susan, l'!e:yn)or Crowley (Jean Leckie, under- study). McKINLEY msGI‘l PLAY—Friday and a Y. Friday and Saturday of this week the Dramatic Club of ~McKinley High School will present as its annual play Shakespeare’s “Taming of the Shrew,” in the McKinley auditorium, Second and T streets northeast, at 8:15 o'clock. The cast of characters for “The Tam- ing of the Shrew” will be as follows: Petruchio, a gentleman of Verona, suitor to Katherine, Eugene Castle; Katherine, the Shrew, daughter to Bap- tista, Virginia Trullinger; _ Bianca, daughter to Baptista, Evelyn Richards; Baptista, a rich gentleman of Pisa, Gordon Robertson; Lucentio, son Vincentio, John Almquist; Vincentto, an old gentleman of Pisa, Albert Powers; Gremio, suitor to Bianca, Willlam Brinkman; Hortensio, suitor to Bianca, Robert Lines; Tranio, servant to Lu- centio, George Corder: Biondello, serv. ant to Lucentio, Bernard Vinson; Grumio, servant to Petruchio, Willard Lawall; Pedant, set up to tmpersomtel Vincentio, Roger Bearce; Widow, Jeanne West; Curtis, servant to Petruchio, Eleanor Waite; Tailor, George Magde- berger; Haberdasher, Emilio Montell Nathaniel, servant to Petruchio, Wil- fred Page; Philip, servant to Petruchio, Bruce Kerr; Joseph, servant to Petru- chio, Carl Weishaupt; Nicholas, servant to Petruchio, Claude Williams; Ladies- in-waiting, Jean Bone, Ernestine Loff- ler; Pages, George Miller, Boyd Wise; Officer, Kennedy Irelan. WESTERN HIGH PLAY—Friday and Saturday. Western High School's Fall operetta will be presented Friday and Saturday in the school auditorium at Thirty-fifth and R streets northwest. The two-act operetta “Purple Towers” has been selected as this year's production. The plot is laid in the small town of Center- ville where is located a haunted house, which has been leased to a party of a prize fighter and his manager. Many humorous and entertaining episodes take place before the parties adjust themselves. Interwoven in the plot are | many catchy singing and dancing numbers. The leading roles are played by Harriet Lloyd, Joe Thomas, Mary Griffith, Mary Whetihlxl)le. Wfl}{:m_rfiepp, | Virginia_ Robey, Jac] Tgavitz, rmer it th fil Rodier and Joan Ford. The public is invited to attend. Thanks for the Vacation. A COUPLE of months ago Eddie i Quillan told a newspaper writer thot he considered working in pictures was i much harder than doing six shows a day on the stage. ‘THE SUNDAY STAR, o], 'HERE'S no telling how much good sleep “hath been murdered” by Bram Stokar’s blood-curdler, “Dracula,” which returns to the National Theater. this week for a re-engagement of one week. It is safe to say that no ‘&enny dreadful” of the old school exceeded it its inspiration to gooseflesh ths vam- gu'e classic of Stoker's. In book form it as had a consistent sale since publi~ cation, and its popularity has much widened since drama took it up. In this present version, “Dracula” brought blasts of chill horror to even the warmest sections of the country. ‘The personal appearances of Paul Muni with his _new picture, “Seven Faces,” at the Fox adds interest to the week. It is erroneous to compare Muni's first success in the talkies (it was “The Valiant,” you remember) with “Seven Faces.” In the former picture he played entirely “straight,” with a fine restraint withal as the young confessed murder- er who maintained his identity as a secret to the very electric chair itself, while in the current magnum opus he reverts to the remarkable talent for character work which first gained him fame in New York's legitimate stage fleld. A man whose gift for make-up is approached only by Lon Chaney, Muni takes the most infinite pains with each bit of wax, paint or hair which adds detail to his characterization. It is this meticulous attention to the minutiae of fllusion, plus very solid talent for dramatic portrayal, that makes tive. M‘;‘“e'cl"u?l?llh as concerns the pho- tography and general production of the film itself, “Seven Faces” should also be interesting. All of the characters portrayed by Muni appear on the screen at the same time, interspersed with close-ups. It is Muni's self-appointed task (he is his own strict disciplina- rian) to maintain lines of contrast which will stand up under the close scrutiny to which the scenes will naturally be subjected. Curiosity, even skepticism, al- ways greets a doubie or multiple charac- terization. Muni knew this and took it into consideration. How well he suc- ceeded in attaining an impression of actual distinction between these seven persons remains for Washington to see. The return to the screen (up-to-date and talking now) of Pauline Frederick is a signal for jubilance on the part of a good many devotees of the old days when she was so dependable an actress. Y | Like all minions of Hollywood she had an occasional weak picture, but the fun- damental dramatic feeling for good work was there beyond mistake. In “Evi- dence,"at the Earle this week, she is pre- sented in a story with definite dramatic possibilities; she has a number of ex- cellent supporting players. What will determine the quality of the work will be the director and the scenarists. If they have aimed for the box office too surely—well, let the reviewer say what the result will have been in that case. ‘That thumping old classic of gallantry in the open West, to wit, Owen Wister'’s “The Virginian,” is on view at the Co- lumbia, with Gary Cooper and Walter Huston heading the list of players. Coo- per is well known for his Western roles; Huston is less renowned in this field, but his versatility and imagination would carry him through if he had to play a Geisha girl, By far the greater part of “The Vir- ian” was actually filmed in the out- doors; it is said to represent something of an achievement in faithfully repro- ducing the sound of nature. ‘The Sophocles T. Papas Banjo Band, composed of 25 men and women players, will be the featured attraction of the Earle Theater Sunday concert, today, from 2 to 3 pm. The Metropolitan Theater has been up to a smart publicity trick. A micro- phone in the auditorium picks up the waves of mirth that greet Harold Lloyd's first talking comedy, “Welcome Danger,” and an amplifier transmits them to the crowds on F street. And there is, be it noted, plenty of noise. Allan Rogers, new master of cere- monies at the Palace, is a graduate in law from the University of Michigan. He was the singing lead in “Rose Marie” for some time, sings in seven languages, and has appeared extensively in concert and opera abroad. | Scanduios T Tte MERICAN-MADE movies of the slapstick and custard ple variety, and those specializing in stark love themes, have ruined the reputation of foreigners in China, says a cable dispatch from Rev. Paul Rader, the well known Chicago evangelist who is now on a mission tour in the Far East. The message, which was sent from Shanghai, says Chinese leaders have informed him that the movies received in their country have painted so dis- gusting a picture of Western civiliza- tion that as a result all foreigners have lost caste in the eyes of the Chinese. “The Chinese find it difficult to recon- cile either virtue or dignity in a race constantly being portrayed in unreal situations either as buffoons or else as criminals of one sort or another in plots so monotonously thin and with- out sufficient truth or color that they could not, as one writer so aptly puts it, stain one small litmus paper. Movies of this sort have maligned the Western Hemisphere and as silent ambassadors we should be grateful that they have not as yet started to talk.” Wrong Make-Up, Lady! 'RASHING the studio gates of Holly- wood is a favorite occupation of many who are convinced that great opportunities are awaiting them inside the sacred portals. The gateman of every big studio can relate tales, some ludicrous and others pathetic, of the many ruses used to get by him, and E. C. Mathews, the guard- ian of the Tiffany studios, is no ex- ception. . Recently a woman tried to escape the notice of “Dad,” as Mathews is called {at the studio, as she hurried through the door. He stopped her: “Are you working here, lady?" “Certainly! I am doubling for Miss Stone,” came the quick reply. “Where is your costume and make-up box?” “I work the way I am.” “Sorry! But Miss Stone is a colored woman.” “Oh, I must be in the wrong studio!” answered the gate-crasher confusedly as she beat a hasty retreat. No doubt Eddie was sincere when he made that statement, but little did he | think that Pathe executives would take him at his word. A few days after the story appeared young Mr. Quillan was called before “the powers that be” and told that he was to be given a vacation. As a fur- ther gesture of generosity he was to be allowed a six-week trip to New York and a few of the larger Eastern cities, where he could make personal appearances with his latest picture. The next night Eddie and his dad were New York bound. Six weeks later the young comedian reappeared at the studio, his face a trifie drawn and 11 pounds less in weight, In the course of those six weeks he not only made stage appearances four, five and six times daily, but he also had appeared at luncheons, autographed photos the hundred, spoken at 19 Tadio stations and lost 99 hours of per- fectly good sleep. He went “back to rest” maki ictures! LIBRARY OF CONGRESS December 6, at 8:30 P.M. AGUILAR LUTE QUARTET of Madrid MAE DAVISON . Ballet, Toe, D?llr“n!‘ll'fl!mcnll:héfllu]l‘,ul Reserved seats at T. Arthur Giining Mondsy; - Deceranér 3. Monday, 'mber 3 ?aenn(e charge for each ticket, ecent:. POLI'S has | WASHINGTON, | [ | HE statement is often made that acting can never be really great in the talking pictures—that no actor can rise to the heights when he is facing a battery of microphones and cameras instead of a large and appreclative audience of art lovers. It is said that acting is like marriage —a give and take proposition. The actor inspires the audience, which muitiplies the inspiration a hundred- fold and sends it back across the foot- lights. Thus electricity is generated, and from that power comes the artistry of a Garrick, & Duse, a Bernhardt, & Barrymore or an Ed Wynn. . Inspiration of this kind would appear to be impossible of achievement in the unromantic confines of a moving pic- ture studio. There the glamor of the theater is missing. There are no rows of seats, teeming with dress shirts and lorgnettes. There is nothing but com- plicated machinery, from_the factories of Eastman and Western Electric. The actor's efforts are not rewarded with heart-warming applause, They are greeted with the hard word, “Cut!” So it would seem that art under such unfriendly conditions must be synthetic and therefore not art at all. Nevertheless, suck is emphatically not the case. There is no particular reason why acting on the screen should be inferlor to acting on the stage. In fact, should be, and is, considerably better, * kK % N the old silent days In the cinema there was much more good acting on the Hollywood screcn than there was on the Broadway stage. The average pic- ture was played with more intelligence, more general competence, than was the average play. And this in spite of the fact that the screen performers had no audiences to stimulate them. Indeed, a proportion of them had never faced audiences at all. To tell the bitter truth, an audience is usually a liability rather than an as- set to the actor. If the movie artist hears no applause, no roars of laughter, no sympathetic sobs, neither bothered by consiant coughing, whis- pering, the rattling of waxed paper as impressive entrances. He is allowed to work out his per- formance in beautiful silence, and if he is wrong the first time, he is given the opportunity to try and try again until he is right—or as near right as his tal- ents will permit him to be. Further- more, once he is right, he stays right. He isn't in form one night and off it the next. Certainly Chaplin, Jannings, Lillian Gish, Greta Garbo and countless others of the silent screen have managed to do their work without benefit of audiences. And in the ta'king films, George Arliss, Douglas Fairbanks, Nina Mae McKin- ney, Al Jolson, Mary Pickford and Bessie Love have been similarly success- ful It seemed to me that in the movie version of “Disraeli” Mr. Arliss sur- passed his own performance of the same role on the stage. X ;THOSE who see “The Love Parade” will observe an artist doing his stuff with all the vigor, all the infec- tious gayety, all the personal mag- netism that is supposed to be impos- sible in the mechanical movies. That artist is Maurice Chevalier. He talks to the audlence, he sings 1o the audience, he winks at the audience, he laughs with the audience. It obviously made no difference to him that the au- dience didn’t happen to be present when he was performing. He possesses an imagination, an intense confidence and a natural, indefatigable gracs——and an actor who is thus gifted mneeds no crowds to stimulate or inspire him. His exuberance is his own. sing just as joyously, can laugh just BEG. TONIGHT AT 8:20 SEATS NOW yafiiii"E. 24uies D. Alice White plays the guitar in her newest starring vehicle, “Playing Around.” But, of course, she also sings and dances a bit. The Moving Picture cAlbum By Robert E. Sherwood. there are plenty of reasons why it| is he | caramels are unwrapped, or the bang- | ing of seats as late arrivals make their | I have no doubt that Chevalier can C., DECEMBER 1, ALICE TAKES UP MUSIC. | sbontaneously, in the privacy of his own | bathtub as he can and does in the pres- | ;’:Cfs of his worshipers in the Casino de ris, “The Love Parade” is a very uneven picture, with some expert and original direction by that superb humorist, Er- nest Lubitsch, and some painful mo- ments of stale musical comedy. But in Maurice Chevaller it has just about the greatest entertainer that the vocal screen can boast. He is enough to make any picture—even “Innocents of Paris” —memorable and exciting and worth seeing again and qll{h Granting that the king films are mechanical and that machinery can never art, I would far rather see and hear Chevalier's shadow than be forced to behold the dreary antics of i?fl ham comedians in the flesh and (Copyright, 1920.) Worcfi";n. a Modern. “I'M afraid that I have never been an ultra-modern woman,” declares Ann Harding, star player in “Her Pri- vate Affair.” At first glance the statement sounds contradictory, in view of the fact that Miss Harding is one of the few youn ongn who_ have successfully combined a glamorous and su 1 career with the daties of a contented wife and happy mother. However, the stage and | screen star explains herself more fully. | “I am thoroughly interested in civic admits. . “TI vote at each . I have proved, at least to my own satisfaction, that a career and marriage can be successfully combined. I believe in the intellectual and eco- nomic advancement of women. But I have never subscribed to the stocking- less fad or worn my skirts above my kneecaps. . “However, it seems as though I will soon be able to cease considering my- self old-fashioned on these counts. It | seems fairly certain that in a few | months women in general will have eschewed both fads and will have re- turned to saner and more feminine fashions.” “Stars"—How They Rise! w C. FIELDS—there are only two * things in his life of which he is said to be ashamed. One is that he was born in Philadelphia and the other that his middle name is Claude. Fields started his theatrical career as a juggler at the enormous salary of $5 per week. Out of this he had to pay an agent $1.50 commission fee. Today he's getting $6,000 weekly as the star of the Earl Corroll “Vanities.” He is said to be an excellent carica- turist and could probably earn a living by drawing if he so desired. But one of his first jobs was in a beer garden—the Fortesque Pavilion, Atlantic City. His Job was to go in swimming and cry for help. Two accomplices would rush to his aid, carry him back to the beer| garden and revive him on the stage. While this revival act was going on the walters would sell beers to the.crowd that had followed the drowning man to the pavilion. Mr. Fields is credited with this much of his blography—but Mr. Fields is a comedian. So the reader may tak: i for what it is worth. ————— Milton Davis, organist, associated with the Stanley-Crandall Theaters here for the past 12 years, has returned to the console of the Earle Theater after an absence of two years, during which he officiated at the keyboards of the Tivoll Theater, Washington; the Warner Brothers Theater, Atlantic City, and the Tivoll, in Frederick, Md. There is rejoicing aplenty to have him back 19 at the Earle. TOMORROW At 8:30. Orch., 501 82, 50; B (i) MGMT. LEE AND Present Their Second A London SHUBERT 90 ’ART FOUR. Comind Attractions. NATIONAL—Earl Carroll's “Vanities.” Earl Cartoll will bring an aggregation of costly material to the National The- ater next week, beginning Sunday, De- cember 8, as the seventh edition of his “Vanities,” a company of 100 people, with W. C. Fields as its star. For the first time in the history of “Vanities,” it is announced, a star is being billed over that famous trade mark; but as the star of “Vanities,” Field's salary is $6,000 weekly, so that he can be re- ferred to as a man who is getting along {in the world. The leading woman of the revue is Dorothy Britton. Miss Britton's first appearance on any stage was under the guidance of Earl Carroll. Today she is one of his shining stars. She won the international beauty contest at Gal- veston, Tex., in competition with the foremost beauties of this country and Europe, and was acclaimed the most beautiful under the title of “Miss Universe.” Incidentally, this edition of the “Van- ities” is declared the most gorgeous ever produced by Mr. Carroll. Most of the entertainment was written by W. C. Fields. Additional dialogue was sup- plied by Eddie Welch, the book was staged by Edgar MacGregor and the dances and enssmbles arranged by Le Roy Prinz, who performed the same service for “Floretta” and ‘‘Sketch Book.” The costumes were designed and executed by Mme. Arlington. ‘The cast includes Ben Blue, the Ben- nett boys, Theodore, Enrica and No- vello; Joe Ray, Grace Wells, Paul Rus- sell, Patrick Henry, Dorothy Lull, Elsie Connor and Vivian Wilson, GAYETY—Harry Steppe’s Show. Local burlesque fans will have a chance next week at the Gayety Thea- ter to see “Harry Steppe and His Own Show,” in two big scenes, “Monte Carlo” d “Fortune Hunter.” Bud and Betty Abbott are potent factors in a round of laughable incidents. There chorus, and the costumes and lighting | effects are worth while. G. W. U. TROUBADOURS— December 12, 13, 14. “Gyped in Egypt,” the 1929 model of musical comedy shows, will be offered by the Troubadours of Geo: ‘Wash- ington University at McKinley High School auditorium on the evenings of Thursday, Friday and Saturday, De- cember 12, 13 and 14, under the direc~ tion of Denis E. Connell. ‘Two outstanding students at G. W. U., Frank Westbrook and Mildred Burnham, have written the book, and two equally prominent students, Bill Jemison and Dan Beattie, are responsible for the music of the piece. Special settings and alluring costumes are now in process of execution under the able hands of John Redmond and Kitty Boykin, and the dancing directors, Julia Denning and Ralph Kennedy, are hard at work whipping the big chorus into shape for the opening night. Bill Jemison “himself” is musical director for the show this year and a number of excellent voices are promised for the solo numbers, The cast will include Jane Wilson, Midge Burnham, Wilhelmina Gude, Carolina Brasch, Jerry Sickler, Frank Westbrook, ~Bert Bagranoff, Henry Nestor, Ralph Kennedy, Quincey Lee and others. Whitey Stevens, business manager, and Ted Chapin, campus pub- licity director, are taking care of the promotion end of the show, and tickets are to be had now at the university or from Whitey Stevens. o Praises for Valor. Fon conspicuous bravery in the face of a possible enemy, Pauline Fred- erick has been awarded the congratula- tions of the entire staff at the Warner studlos. Naturally courageous, Pauline might face a lion and hold her nerve, but a mouse—well, she's just a woman, after all. Two _elaborate cakes, costing the % | property department $18 each, were or- dered for one sequence in “Evidence,” Miss rick's new Vitaphone . One was £ be used and the other held in reservi for a second take of the same scene. delay in the fiiming and an murvzn.n’ holiday put the two cakes on the for 48 hours. disco that time a mouse made the 11 holeorflll'oul‘ l!!:‘fln';. hE: emfrflnt'.dln. smal g of the cakes and then ltunnvn’l(hnled systematically through parently he called in some friends, for he left the cakes look. mgnv'rell but weighing much less. e property department was anxious to duplicate $36 worth of cake for one brief scene. They still looked perfect. Would Miss Frederick cut the mouse-eaten cake? Her answer was the typical answer any woman might make: “‘Are you sure the mouse has gone?” No one could be sure. Miss Frederick took the chance. She cut the cake be- fore the camera and under the micro- phone with perfect poise. But had there been a mouse inside, the resultant damage to the microphone might have been greater than the price of the cake, KREISLER POLI'S Friday, Dee Seats Mrs. Greene’s Coneert Bureau, Droop’s, 13th and G. District 6493. GAYETY THEATRE MUTUAL BURLESK ery Day SIIk Hostery Day inderel ity Store Day not FRITS The WORLD'S GREATEST DANCERS KREUTZBERG and Thelr SENSATIONAL EUROPEAN SUCCESS POLI'S, MON. DEC. 8—4:30 2 . Wilson-Greene’ BiTeaw. Dioop's, 1300G B Districe 6485, MONDAY 3. J. SHUBERT THE PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS Washington Success Triumph The Infinite Shoeblack A Fascinating pnm of Supreme Love By Norman MacOwan with Helen Menken is a} | snappy, good-looking, dancing, singing ITH 13 nings, the week in New Y‘o.rk has m the heaviest of the season thus far. Other weeks have run as high as 9 or 10 pre- mieres, but 13 (the unlucky number, if you feel that way) sets the peak. ‘Willlam Glllette was gamly wel- comed at the new Amsterdam Theater Monday evening on the New York open- ing of his revival of “Sherlock Holmes. Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, made a brief address before the play, welcoming Mr. Gillette back '!o t‘he l:'e“&k W’lxlvglm Lyons Phelps of Yale also spoke. There w;ru mnyp;oublu on hand, and the affair, all in all, was gala.and pleasant- 1y sentimental. Romain Rolland’s “The Game of Love and Death,” offered by the Thea- ter Guild as the second play of its cur- rent New York season, opened Monday also. The critics generally felt the piece to be an inadequate production; the re- views were more unfavorable than favorable. Alice Brady, Otto Kruger and Frank Conroy were the lering players. The Theater Guild, incidemally, has established “The Theater Guild Stu- dio,” an experimstival group of younger players and directors. The studio’s first I?‘mductlon is to be “Red Rust,” by irchon and Ouspensky. Al Jolson, who has recently been de- voting himeelf to the talking pictures, will shortly embark upon a concert tour of the world. He will receive, it is sald, the “highest guarantee ever paid an artist in the history of show business.” a string trio will accompany him en Toute. A “people’s theater,” at which “clean, decent and interesting drama” would be presented by & repertory company at the top price of $1.50, has been pro- posed in Philadelphia. A committee of prominent men and women, with $200,000 pledged as a beginning, has asked the city council to provide a municipally owned site at a nominal rental on long lea Rumor is confirmed that the musical comedy which Mr. Ziegfeld will offer after his production of “Simple Simon" is to have a book by Noel Coward, music by Vincent Youmans, with Marilyn Miller as the leading lady, and with Fred and Adele Astaire co-starred. Imposing array, what? Irving Kaye Davis and Samuel Marx have completed a play based on the life of O. Henry (Sidney Porter), the short story writer. It will be produced soon, according to promise, but first Mr. Davis is concerned with getting “Isas " based on the life of Isadora Duncan, onto the boards. rge Jessel is sald to be on his way back to the theater, his movie contract having been bought off for something like & cool million. ‘Wil others of the "‘,{,""""‘ follow him back to the legitimate, even for respite, or does talkie money clink too merrily? An actress, resident in Chicago, who has been for some time now in unwel- come_idleness (chorus: “The Talkies Are Ruining Our Art"), was asked recently by & visiting thespian what she was doin“‘r these days. “I'm gen undentut{y' for ‘Journey's End,'” the little lady replied. P. 8—There are, quite naturally, nothing but male players in “Journey’s End,” so surely you I the Smart, these stage folk! Howard Hughes, young oil millionaire and producer of the picture “Hell's 1s,” an aviation spectacle, will be lucky if his characters’ costumes will still be in good twentieth-century style by the time the picture eventually finds its way to the screen. It was recently announced that the production had “gone into its second year and its third million dollars,” and now comes word that the technicolor sequence has been completed. Having been made silently, the gu:lure was completely “sounded and dialogued.” Russia’s first talking movie was pre- sented recently on a pi with American talking films. Critics scientists present felt that the product measured up to Hollywood's goods very favorably, and the So is preparing to open 20 talking picture theaters. B0e to $2.50; Sat. Ma Horace Liveright presents The Sensational Vampire Mystery Play dromalzed b ?éi‘}‘:’flu ae'{'.lst'oldfi from Bram Sokers famous nvel One Year in New York “Nothing more blithely blood: Hammond, Herald-Tribune. “Was enjoyed ton."—Alezander . 48 you could possibl; Mantle, News. 4 “An evening rich in horror.” ralsed and thelr slumbers tram “‘Draculs’ 8 the unusual in Eagle. in the last 15 for three acts. ALL NEW 9O PRIZE BEN BLUE GRACE WELLS THEODORE, ENRICA & NOVELLO VIVIAN WILSON Leslie Banks And a Large and Notable Supporting Cast On Stage and Screen- : Fannie Brice, with a career crammed full of comedy, balances a ible sur- feit of the funny side of life by :o.l:s to tragic Jllys. After laughing clowning all day she sometimes walks through streets swarming with hu- manity sim&ly to peer into the sober phases of life. But in her work she is "g:'\‘xmh- down on melodrama,” she in= s N Outdoor talking picture scenes for “The Swan,” in whrch Lilllan Gish 1s making her talkie debut, are being made in the famous Busch Gardens, Pasa- dena. A minature picture-making plant has been installed. What is believed to be Jarvbnbly the first presentation of sound pictures in a private house will be made this week in New York. A portable sound pro- jector is to be used, which may revo- i\l;:.ionlle home entertainment in e The Two Black Crows, having made & success of “Why Bring That Up,” are next to do “Two Black Crows in the #2 5, F.” They will work in black face. Preston Sturges, the author of this season's highly successful “Strictly Dis- honorable” on Broadway, will write the dialogue for Maurice Chevaller's next starring vehicle, “The Big Pond.® A plan to form a studio group which will make London the world center for multilingual talking pictures was an- nounced recently by Sir Gordon Craig, Wwhose work for British flmdom won him a knighthood last June. The com- pany anticipates building stages and equipment near London for the produc- tion of talking, colored, stereoscopic films. The latest fad in Hollywood is the study of foreign languages. What with some of the producers making appro- priations of $2,000,000 for talkie-pro- ducing in foreign tongue, it behooves the little leddies and gentlemen to get their French and German and Spanish into working shape. Bebe Danlels' ‘second talkie, “Love Comes Along,” has been previewed on the West Coast and while not possessing the magnificence of “Rio Rita,” is de- - scribed as “diverting entertainment.” JANET RICHARDS Every Monday Morning at 10:: Mllol:lre“''l‘]:'mple.A :zth St Public Questions: Admissio) Home an. 5 d Foreign and $1 Questions of the Hour in National and Intermational Affairs Miss Clara W. McQuown THE WASHINGTON CLUB Assembly Room Entrance, 1010 17th 8t. Every Friday, 11 AM Seaxon Tickets, $6.00. Single Admission, ibe. Boston Women’s Symphony ORCHESTRA ETHEL LEGINSKA, Conductor PLAYING HER OWN CONCERTO Constitution Hall. Sat. Seats Mrs. Wilson Greene's reau, Droop’s, 1300 G st.; District 6493. BERTRAND RUSSELL Speaks at Jewish Community Center v To-night, 8:15 Admission, $1 Open to the Public Dec. 14, 8:30 Concert Bu- TIONAL VANITIES HIGHEST SALARIED WINNING BEAUTIES COMPANY OF 100, INCLUDING BENNETT BOYS DOROTHY LULL BEG. I MONDAY 0c to $1.50 WED. MAT. 50c. 75¢c & $1.00 =S Four Years in London The Critics Agres That All Other Mystery Plays Are Bedtime Stories Compared to “Dracula urdling since ‘The Bat.'"—Percy “See it and creep."—John Anderson, Post. to the hilt—audience quaked delightedly at the Ful- Woollcott, World. wiah and very well played Frank Vreeland, Telegram. “A series of spine-creeping thrilis —Waiter Winchell, Graphie. “lm’hfi chills to many distingulshed first nighters."—Robert Cole- Mirror. e ‘Should be seen by all who love their marrows jolted, thelr halr "—Gilbert Gabriel, Sunm. plays."—Arthur Pollock, Brooklyn “In & class by itself! After seeing about every thriller on Broadway ars, this is the first and only one that actually thrills Wall Street Journal. STARTING NEXT SUN. NITE SEATS Thurs. FIRST TIME HERE ALL NEW il 56 JOEY RAY PAUL RUSSELL PATRICK HENRY ELSIE CONNOR an DOROTHY BRITTON (“Miss Universe) Original Production, 45 Scemes, Direct from Ea: T S 1 Carroll Theatre 3.