Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1929, Page 75

‘AMUSEMENTS. Flashes From the Screen News and Comment of the Picture World — BY C. E. NELSON=== ELFORD BEATON has been mentioned in these columns on several oc- casions. Not that this particular West Coast writer de- served serious attention, but be- cause he was making a raving fight against the sound pictures— a loud, lonely and forlorn battle against an innovation which had caught the public fancy. Beaton, the editor of a little movie maga- zine in the Los Angeles neighbor- hood, devoted columns to showing just why the new sound pictures would not become a success. He claimed they were unnatural, that they were a vogue of the moment and that they would fade from the amusement fleld within a few short months. The writer fought a losing bat- tle. As the sound pictures have been perfected they have grown in popularity. They will continue tc grow. Beaton is tasting the bitter dust of defeat, standing alone and still shooting the remaining am- munition from the little West Coast machine gun. But little at- tention is paid to him. Where, at one time, he was a welcome visitor in the Hollywocd studios, gather- ing movie items and advertise- ments for his weekly journal, he has now been barred from several of the larger studios. His writ- ings, it was claimed, verged off into personalities—which is al- ways bad and rather narrow. And 1t was feared that the noisy movies might be a strain upon his nerves, so day in and day out Beaton faces the “No Admittance” sign. The photoplay producers who first recognized the possibilities of the sound pictures are the ones who are sitting at the top of the movie pile today. They were ad- venturers, in a way, and they were willing to take a chance with the new idea. The pot of gold was found at the end of the rainbow The sound pictures are here to stay. Now and then we shall hear of a silent picture, but these wil! be few and far between. So many of the stage producers have gone into the photoplay business that one is inclined to the view that these astute men have discovered the popularity of the new screen entertainment. Whether it means the final downfall of the stage is something else again, and we ven- ture to make no prediction along this particular line. Public opin- fon is varied. In some quarters one hears that “Rio Rita” is a bet- ter screen production than it was as a stage musical comedy; in others we hear a wail over lost fersonnnties lost atmosphere and ost everything. The stage plays have not turned out as well as the musical offerings, and it may be that the future screen successes will be devoted mostly to music— or, at least, until the sound devices are pushed forward to great per- fection. But from almost any angle it appears that the sound pictures are here to stay. They are to be the big entertainment medium of the days to come. * x % x wn.x. H. HAYS, “czar” of the movies, announces that the sound pictures, which are nec longer a novelty, have added ten million weekly patrons to the Photopluy audience and that they “have become the swiftest and most complete business success in the world.” He goes on to say: “Already sound pictures have ceased to be an experiment in any sense of the word. The industry employs 325,000 men and women and has two and a half billion dollars invested. “The screen today furnishes an escape from routine which, scien- tists tell us, is indispensable un- der our modern system of manu- facture and marketing. In .its continuation forward and upward the motion picture claims part- nership with all business—all business that has vision and ideal- ism—on much higher ground than all this material service. We are performing those duties in un- precedented ways. We have thrown many safeguards around the manufacture of motion pic- “tures. The industry today con- tacts with more than 60 impor- tant religious, civic and educa- tional organizations.” * kX % JEW PICTURES: The First Na- tional organization is leading the Hollywood units in production at the present time. Alan Cros- land is directing the technicolor effort, “Song of the Flame,” with music written by George Gersh- win. Among those in the cast are Alice Gentle, Noah Beery, Bernice Claire and Ivan Linow. Mervyn Le Roy is directing the new Alica White picture, “Show Girl in Hollywood.” It is from the J. P. McEvoy magazine story, and Ford | Sterling and Virginia Sales are in the big cast. “The Bride of the Regiment” is a sound version of the story “Lady in Ermine,” with Vivienne Segal and Wallace Beery playing the leading roles. Others in the cast are Louise Fazenda, Mpyrna Loy, Lupino Lane, Walter Pidgeon and Alan Prior. Walter Seiter is directing Dorothy Mackaill in “Green Stockings,” and Basil Pathbone and Leila Hyams (borrowed from Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer) are included in the cast. Billie Dove is being starred in a picture called “Faithful,” and Montague Love is only one of two leading men. Murray Anderson is directing the Paul Whiteman pic- ture, “The King of Jazz Revue.” Lewis Milestone is completing “All Quiet on_the Western Front.” Barbara Kent has the leading feminine role in “Out to Kill” and Joseph Schildkraut has the other lead. The Richard Dix picture, been completed and is ready for the Eastern producers. Sally O'Neill is to be starred in “The Fire Walker” and Donald Brian and Virginia Valli are to be starred in “The Dollar Princess.” ‘Warner Brothers are working on several pictures, among them “Christmas Knight,” with Bryant Washburn, Helen Jerome Eddy, Niles Welsh and others. “Letters” stars Pauline Garon and Bryan Foy is preparing “The Potters” for production. * %k k *x 'HEATER records are being broken in Washington.. “Rio Rita” is now in its fourth week. “Sunny Side Up” has completed a second week and the other thea- ters have waiting lines at the box offices. Reports from other cities also state that “Rio Rita” is topping the list, and one New York theater reports that “The Last Performance,” featured at the Little Theater last week, is being held over on account of popular demand. The Earle Theater served a series of “college nights” last week in connection with the showing of “The Forward Pass.” * ¥ X X Short Flashes. ONE New York reviewer, in speaking on the big revue, “The Show of Shows,’ states thab the picture, which ifa success, is guilty of a “social error.” After starting out brilliantly all in color and continuing heroically for nearly an hour, it slips back for a few hundred feet in the familiar black and white. The transition, according to the reviewer, is bad in going so abruptly from the modern to the past. “The Love Parade,” starring Maurice Chevalier, is being billed along Broadway as “the greatest motion picture ever produced.” Two dollars is the top price of the entertainment along the Gay ‘White Way. Having completed work in “Hot for Paris,” Victor McLaglen has been assigned the leading role in “On the Level.” Paramount has selected “Black- birds” as the next play for Evelyn Brent. Others in the cast are: Clive Brook, Paul Lukas, Helen ‘Ware, Eugene Paulette and Mor- gan Farley. Word from Paris is to the effect that Rex Ingram is making an all- Arab picture. That is, the cast is all Arab with the exception of Alice Terry. Clara Bow recently underwent an appendicitis operation at her home in Hollywood. Colin Clive, who created the role of Capt. Stanhope in “Journey’s End” on the London stage, has been selected for the same role in the sound screen version of the play, which is being produced by Tiffany. The Duncan Sisters have signed a long-term contract with Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer. Their work in “It’s a Great Life” is said to have brought out the big contract. The Spice of Life. ARIETY has been the keynote of Harold Lloyd’s success. He never covers the same territory in any two pictures. When he started lining up his first talking picture, “Welcome, Danger,” he sought a locale for his action that had never been touched by himself. After considering a dozen suggestions, he de- cided that underground Chinatown of- fered a great latitude for comedy, and in that decision he made no mistake, judging by the ultimate results. ‘There is a touch of Belasco in “Wel- come, Danger,” with Lloyd creating a tension in several spots underground with only a darkened screen and the voice to hold an audience taut. These moments have been handled in clever fashion, abetted by dialogue that com- mands unerring audience attention. ‘THE SUNDAY STAR,. WASHINGTON WEEE OF DECEMBER 1 Ambassad’r Sunday Pauline Frederick Conway Tearle i “Evidence.” vmphom variety. 'auline rick an Conway Tearle in Vitaphone variety. Tuesday ine Prede: Conway Tearle in “"Evidencer” Vitaphone variety. Monday Y Wray, Clive Brook, T iam Fowell a Richard Arlen i “The Four Feaths Fay Apollo ‘William .pRichard Arlen b Wray, Clive Brook, Gloria Swanson Powsl o e athers” _Vitaphone variety. “The Trespasser. Vitaphone variety. Wednesday Lis e tn Thursday Lila Lee in “Plight.” ,-D. T, . DECEMBER 1, 1929—PART FOUR. Friday Joan Crawford in ~Datamed.” Saturday ‘The Four Marx Bros. n “The Cocoanuts.” Vitaphone variety. lucational cor Vitaphone varlets: " Tia Swanson Fal Skelly and in Eve Patamount. Reginald Denny in ““One_Hysterical Night. Vitaphone. _Cartoon. Tna Claire n “The Awful Truth.” Vitaphone variety. ulom Swanson “The Trespasser.” Song_reel. Avalon cnon- Sitann n “The Trespasser.” a7 Wray, Clive Brook, ard’ Arlen and R iiftam Powel in, Song_reel. “The Four Feat he Gloria Swanson n “The Trespasser.” Song reel. Ave. Grand Gloria Swanson “The Trespasser.” Song reel. Richard Arlen, Wray, Clive Broo x aod Powe! ~The Pour Beathers.” Dark. Bethesda Carolina Tols Moran and David Percy in, “Words_and_Musie.” "W Layza La Plante in ‘Show Lois Moran and David Percy La Plante in atghaw Boatt Boaes is Moran an David_Percy ords amd_Musie” _“Words afd Musie.” iam “The Four Peathers.” Richard Atlen, —Fay Wray. “The Four Feathers.” “Girl Overboard.’ ety "6 Wray. Clive Brook, chard’ Arlen, and Pow Robert Montgomery and Sally Starr in “Bo This Is College.” o-wua e. Reginald Denny in “One_Hysterical Ken Maynard S in Event recl. Variety. “Wagonmaster.” Vitaphone _variety. Clive Brook and By Blostons, Kight.” Wwilliam Powell in u & °l:v;l Teel Vikaphone veriets. Reginald Denny in “One_Hysterical Night. Vitaphone variety. "TII 13th rtoon. Vllthonz Mary Philbin Naney Carroll in “Dance of Life.” bel’t ) “The 148y Lies” Charles Rogers in Not scheduled. “Tilusion.”” Monte Blue and voy g “No_Defense." Richard Talmadge in “The Cavaller.” Norma Lee and Roland Youns “wise Girl Central Norma Lee Roland Young and “The Cocoanuts.” 1 “Wise Girls.” Vitaphone variety. The Four Marx Bros. The Fou Four Marx Bros. n Cocoan ‘Vitaphone variety. Joan Crawford and Dous, Fairbanks. Jr., in “The uts.” Modern Mafiene vm Charles Roger: Nancy Garrol Ilusion. Sunny_Jim_comed Circle Charle: Nai d Forest Stanley v T ) Musion.” “Seven Keys to Baldpate,” has| = “The Gold Digi of Srondwas. " Colony Return engagement “The Desert Soni Betty Compson and __ Bel Jack Oakie in “Btreet Girl.” edy. Dumbarton T Com ek Oukie ! "smu X Maurice _Chevalier “Inngcents, of Paria’ ayers. “Stolen Kisses.” Comedies. ll-: MM'uy t Fathers.” “8ins_of ‘m".ln “The Sunny Jim comedy. Fathe. New Other_reels. o Evelyn Brent and Joseph Schildkraut in ot on T ““The Mississippi “The Gold Dissers Broads ‘Warner Oland in Mysterious Dr. anchu. Warner Oland “The llflnuloul br. Other_reels, William x-mmul and “'Spe Comedy. “One Hysterical Dorothy, Mackail n “Hard to Get.” Trio_short subject. Anita b Resinald Denny in = ight” s, Collegiates. Vireinia Valli and Conrad Nagel andLeila Jason_Robards in_“‘Qne Ships.” _Vita. edy. L e Rich 15 “Women They Talk 20 Comedy. rtlight. e News. Family B\u Cl!ol . ’ fS i b o ppodr'me wny zeave siome: “Why unv- Homer" Tenore Ulric in “Prozen Justice. Comedies. Bue Carol Tenore Ulric “Fox_Movietone Follles.” Comedy, Sportlight. “The com Dlmn The Four unu Bros. Sharata: Variety reel. o Cosoanuts. Variety rul Vitaphone saniety. The Four Marx Bros. Ina_Clal re in “The Awful Truth.” reat Event reel. Vitaphone _variety. hine Dunn and ‘arle Foxe “The Black Magic.” News. Ken Maynard “The California Mail.” Movietone. b_Custer in “Nolsy Nelghbors. “The Last Round-up.” ‘Comedics. Comedtes. “Fox_Movietone Eollies.” “Girl tn, the Show." Spormight. Clive Brook in “The Return of Sher- Robert Montgomery and Sally Starr in “So This Is College.” olmes Vitaphone variety. Aesop_Fable. Billle Dove fn “The_Ma ‘Moment." ome Yomedies. "rh:l!m(lnl Pool e Mask.” fouce “Week End Wives” ‘Gomedies. ews. Hal Skelly in “Dapce of Life “Dance 'n'( Lire” v “Pawns of Pession.” Comeds. Coripne Griffich in Dolores_Costello otmedi “olag nf: Dol Com¢ Greta Garbo n “Bingle Standard.” George Bancroft n “Thunderbolt.” Comedyes. Reed Hu- in, “The, Scorcher.” St “Friso “Man From Nevads.” 'rom 'r-m “Tn Will Rogers in. “They_Had to See Comeds. aris.”” Sertal. Comedy. Bow sichard Arlen m Ri “Danserous ¢ edv. News.. and ‘icnnd ATien. in, “Dangerous Curves. Comedy. News. William Bovd and afie Prevos Hleh vonu' » News. Vol s R X ef m 'm.’ B “Modern Love."” Richard Bartheimers Bob_Steele 3 B i A he’ e Amazing v Comedy. _Review. Comedy. New: N i Dark. Alexandria. Va. gt Gazpor n "m&} Bhar. medy. anet, Gagnor i *Lick: s Sthers. y Star.” dy. Others. Olfl:ed Vict rLa; orldl" ek Boe \'Vorla v y. Com Others. Sifiers.. Victor McLaglen in ‘Cock-Eyed Sue Carol_in “Why Leave Home?" Comedy. Others. World.” Others. Mary Philbin “Girl’ Overboa: i, Lee Tracy in “Big Time.” Savoy Takoma White.” Comedy. Vitaphone variety. o tveman 1 14 Diggers “The of Broadway.” Laura La Plante and e Last Warn] Vitaphone v g “The Gold Disgers of Broadway.” Foot Gibson in “Long, Long Trail” Buster comedy.: Tim McCoy “THe Deserc Rider.” vmphom varlety. Wil Rogers in fo e A “Tney Kt o Seo “Big Time.” Joan Crawlord Untemed.” ty. Tivoli Joan Crawford ta Vitaphone variety. uary llo D in. “They Had fo See n Lady.” "na:"" ‘L Laay.” Vlugnnne ariets, Will Rogers Will Rogers “They_Ha Paris."” Ropert Monggomery d_Sally Starr in 8o’ This 1s Collese.” Torrence and Yo ung in "Unholy Night. Robert Montgomery and, Sally Starr in is 1s College.” Glenn Tryon in “Barnum Was Right." Glenn Tryon and Myrna Kennedy in “Skinner Steps o Comeds: Vitaphone variety. Richard Atlen and Fay Ta: e Boud Blathers” “The Vltlvhon. variety. York A new studio photograph of Thelma Todd, one of the beauties of the Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer studios. o " . Dodges “Type" Acting. ‘T will be remembered that in his first talking _picture appearance Paul Muni, the Broadway actor, won critical approval for his performance in the lead, a straight part, in “The Valiant.” After that was released, the Fox Film Corporation, to which he is under con- tract, offered him a chance to follow up his success with a similar characteriza- tion in a more elaborate production. ‘To the surprise of almost every one in Hollywood, Muni demurred. He said he was afraid he would become a type utgr if he tried the same kind of role twice. In almost every instance where an actor has stepped into popularity in one appearance he has followed it up as long as theatergoers have shown in- terest. To find one’s type has been considered a stroke of fortune. To stick to it usually has enhanced the player’s box-office value and has been consid- ered sound business. But it is char- acteristic of Muni that he should con- sider the flexibility of his talent of more importance than good business. Startles Hollywood. WHA’I‘ old-time Hollywood residents declared to be the most spectacular short scene ever made for a motion pic- ture appears in George Bancroft's latest feature, “The Mighty.” The scene, made at the intersection of Sixth and Spring streets, in down- town Los Angeles, shows the simultane- ous robbery of three by machine- gun bandits and their subsequent rout- ing by a squadron of 35 motor cycle policemen, all regulars of the Los An- geles force. William Foz Is Last Starred MARGUERITE CHURCH| Fanchon & K taphone varietr: Richard Arlen and y Wray 10 » iThe Trespasser aHiety Vitaphone variety. “The Viaphone varieLy. Gioria ewnmn espasser.” Robert Armstrons in “Big News." Grest Event feel. itaphone variety. Good Music for Talkies. S TN 10 years most of the good music of the world will be written di- muy for sound motion pictures.” vision will bring opera into living rooms of the homes of the world.” These opinions are exp! ressed by the man who wrote the now celebrated Bound,” the first cal world. It was uleeted by , noted I:nclbh conductor, to the Los Angeles P hlrmonic Ouhe:m from the Hollywood in is Arthur Alexander. !l Il the bllk! of Mr. Alexander that INTHROP AMES, whose retirement casion for so much expressed regret by the public and the press, used to have one class of manuscripts which he la- beled “duty plays” that is, dramas which were of such quality and pur- pose that, regardless of all sane assur- ance that the possibilities for a financial success or even & balanced ledger were slight indeed, the import of the works ‘was such that the actor or manager felt it is his duty to the theater to stage them. 3 sunh a production was Jerome K. “Passing of the Third Floor Buk" whlch Bernard Shaw told Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson ought to be acted te fts slender chance for financial reward. Put on as a m-np. Jerome's “modern morality,” as styled it, ran for four seasons and hk.r was an invariable repertory piece for me famous actor. Such a pl.ly. too, hu:h ‘Winthrop A:nu = ted ; W] presen an which turned out to be a successful failure, for, though it kept the hoards a bare three weeks in New York, pmh- ably it has been more discussed tha some of the most prosperous of cesses. Ames-once remarked that if all the people whe lamented its demise had seen it while it was alive, “White Wings” still would be current in the theater. Whien Ethel Barrymore read G. Martinez Sierra’s “The Kingdom of God,” she declared that she must act it even if it ran only one night. As she had chosen it to dedicate her own certain of that! But its public recep- tion seconded, not the actress’ doubt about its general aj , but her own belief in its int , vital qualities. She now has played it over 200 times. It definitely has added to her reputa- tion as an actress. It has m a sense vindicated a much underestimated theater-going people. As an instance of its American favor, Chicago crowded the theater for 49 performances of “The Kingdom of God,” whereas the best At Last! There Is Something New Under the Sun!! Honored to Present PAUL MUNI in “The Vallant™ IN PERSON’ And -Interpreting Seven Different Roles in Fox Movietone’s ALL TALKING TRIUMPH SEVEN FACES the east includes ILL LESTER LONERGAN OMr. Muni Will Appear Today ot 3:45-7-9 ~ON THE STAGE— Marco Present EDDIE PEABODY iN THE GORGEOUS BIZARRE JOHN IRVING FISHER FOX GRAND ORCHESTRA Leon Brusilofl, conducting Fox the | picture people are not interested in | Prophecy Belied. from the theater has been the oc- | &7 theater in New York she at least was | forni the future of music rests with the mo- tion picture industry, and it is his hope unt the outstanding modern composers will realize this and turn their talents toward the new medium while it is in its present s of development. “It is a fall to say that motion good music,” says Mr. Alexander. “This impression has been general and it is manifestly unfair to a great group of artists, There are dozens of actresses, actors and directors who are not only season in Los Angeles, motion picture personalities flock to the theater. Nufly every important fl(ure in the Hollywood world may identified among the audiences.” London could do for it was 40-perform- ces. 8o the mad world of the stage again | belies all prophecy. No one knows what | will succeed, what will fail. Or why! | e Philadelphia Orchestra THE second concert of the season to be given locally by the Philadel- phia Orchestra, will be ?rnented ‘Tues- day, December 10, at 4:30 p.m., at Con- stitution Hall, with Leopold Stokowski cnndueunt. ton Dvorak’s Symphony No. E mlnor, “From the New World,” wl'.h its re; ces of unrestrained In- dian and Negro melodies, is contrasted in the second half of the program with the old world music of Gluck, Bach and Haendel in the first. Tickets for this concert are on sale at T. Arthur Smith’s concert bureau in Homer L. Kitt Music Co,, 1330 G street northwest. What's Your Hurry? to stay in the film capital for three days at the very least. But Walter Huston, Broadway stage star, recently arrived in the picture center from New York one day recently, and a few min- utes after he stepped from his train he ‘was boarding another one. bound for the picturesque clme range couniry of Sonora County, Calif. Such is the expedlency of motion pic- ture production, for Huston had been engaged to appear in the role of Tram- pas in Owen Wister's classic, “The Vir- flnlln," and he was just in time to join the company of 120 en route to the location headquarters, in Northern Cali- 8. It was Huston's first visit to Los An- geles in six years and his initial one to Hollywood in any other capacity than that of a sightseer. & Pl 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. 88 | CENTRAL—Ninth street. { AVALON—Conn. ave. and McKinley. Mos'l‘ visitors to Hollywood manage | the R NEWSDEEL | Ken Ma: n Clive Brooke in “Wagon u-uer ¥ “The Return of Sher- Paramount_reel lock Holmes. Vitaphone variety, Vitaphone variety. I The New Master I Rogers, the new master of ceremonies at the Palace Theater. He | is billed as “the aristocrat of melody.” One Towel at $37.50. B!‘RT ‘WHEELER, featured comedian in “Rio Rita,” once paid $37.50 for a face towel—and never got the towel. ‘Wheeler was touring with “When Dreams Come True,” more than 10 years m; ‘when a one-night stand landed the pe in a Wisconsin hamlet. ‘Wheeler was all packed up and ready to go to the railway station when he noticed a small towel lonesomely on a chair in his room. So the comedian put the orphan towel in his handbag. ‘The towel proved to be a decoy. Two stalwart and be-starred guardians of law stopped him as he was leaving the hotel. Search warrant formalities were waived. “Sherlock No. 1” opened the bag and discovered the towel. “Court” was waiting. “Twenty-five dollars and costs.” '.he mlg!strnte pro- nounce: ‘total, $37.50.” “And I didn't even get the towel to remember the name of the town by,” ‘Wheeler laments to this day. Presented Daily at 12:50, 3:00, 7:10, 9:30 Sunday at 2:30, 4:35, 6:45, 9:00. —ALL SEATS— Mornings 2S¢, Afternoons 10:30, 5:08, 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. I HAPPYLAND—1020 7th street | 1 Maryland and Virginia. MARYLAND—Hagerstown, Md. OPERA HOUSE—Leesburg, Va. .BI::EA’I'ION HALL—Indian Head. REPUBLIC THEATER—Annapolis, Md. UNIVERSAL—Shady lll-:l. MARADA—St. Michaels, Md. | BETHESDA—Bethesda, Md. { MELVILLE—Sykesville, Md. STATE—Westminster, Md. lmll‘b—h-wk:t.‘- PALACE—Frostburg, umuon—curmmvlu.v va. msomo—cmm Forge, Vs, OLIVER—Crewe, Va. COLONIAL—Fredericksburg, Va. 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Mr. Leiber has recruited a permanent repertory company including many well known players, likewise ex- perienced in classic drama, for the pre- sentation of ten plays to be given in two subscription groups prior to begin- ning a Nation-wide tour in February under the auspices of the Chicago clvlc Shakespeare Soclety. Evidence of the firm determlnltlon of Chicago to consolidate its growing utation as a metropolitan artistic unur and to become the first city in this country to foster a dramatic orgmu-- tion devoted solely to the plays of Shakespeare is at hand in the board of sponsors, in whose name the project has been undertaken. This boa: representative of civic, social, lrtiltlc s:’ldt financial leaders in the Middle es The plan for the first festival of 12 weeks calls for two groups of six weeks Next Week's Photoplays. PALACE—“The Kiss,” chronized phntoplay, wlth Greta Garbo and Conrad Nagel. FOX-‘Song of Love,” talk- ing picture, with- Belle Baker. EARLE — Dorothy Mackaill in “The Love Racket,” a talking picture. METROPOLITAN — Irene Bordoni in “Paris” will fol- low “Welcome Danger 2 R-K-O KEITH'S — Heaven,” with Sally will foliow “Rio Rita with Gary Cooper Walter Huston Richard Arlen Mary Brian See and Hear This Outdoor Talking Hit NOW PLAYING | F St. at 12th—Cont. from 10:45 F St. at 13th—Cont. from 11 AM. NOW PLAYING A Paramount Picture GEORGE BANCROFT in his greatest role “THE MIGHTY” with ESTHER RALSTON WARNER OLAND —ON THE STAGE— ALLAN ROGERS The Aristocrat of Melody in “SKY HARBOR” R-K-OF9308: &5 HELD OVER FOR A FOURTH AND FINAL WEEK Voice, Soz.g, Color and Beauty of ZIEGFELD’S Greatest Girl-Music Spectac’ With BEBE DIIIELS hatled as greatest oReplar mae JOHN BOLES .+ + mewest romas a thousand ethers . The o;l g!lnmmclum twumh tromthe!nurem otwn Popu- Dl’evlll. He Read—They Wept. ONI of Bob Armstrong's favorite storles hearkens back to the days ;l;e;nr'.he player was beginning his stage The director of one of the first plays mhlch Bob l.m’mppmedogu ttklx? p & young viousl; lne);perlence? o qulte “You must put more expression into your voice,” he wnmedxpher “The most trite remark gains color and bewty When spoken by a finished actor. Why, there was a chap in one of my plays who could so read a menu card 85 fo make the audience weep.” A hearty laugh from a stage hand in interrupted the homily. ‘What the—" began the director. “I was just bet! to myself that it ting ;u the prices he read,” apologized the BIGN. BA!Y TALKB nm'—-m@ BETTY JOHN HARRON, NED arim and oo A Fkin __Comedy, h & N. o. Ave. BE Direct from Fox The “WORDS ~AND lSic 'm: Los mnfl.u Blnllnl Pictare). CAROLINA First Time Shovs £ F. Tatkine and inetne Piacure. * HAMIAON ang nnuumm“ 'o'x’f-'z,n;o in "xl‘:-"l’lrh}cunnrfl Drama § i HE MY STERIOUS nn" TAKOMA, Oth lll lll“vrlll Sts. ALEXANDRIA. VA. 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