Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1929, Page 128

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.—GRAVURE SECTION—-DECEMBER 15, 1929, 1 H By W. E. Hill. The Tabloid Talkie . ByW-EHil s a5 ! p o The camera takes us cing through a rubber overshoe fac- tory in the heart of Lithuania, while the mike explains what we see: ch bit of rubber as it is caught and conveved to the factory is numbered and tagged. For in- stance, a picce of rubber numbered 11 will correspond with the number 11 in the files After the rubber has been numbcered and filed, it is taken to the department which the young Lithuanian factory girls laugh- ingly call the ‘bouncery. e { bit of so-called bounce, or iS- iEe moved by stretching and pounding. 1f this were not done, cach rubber overshoe would bounce and become lost in dark corners.” The natural color talkie. \While not aiming at anything highbrow, producers of sound shorts with color photography try to make them worth while. So that oftentimes these color sotnd shorts are historical as well as ornamental and are a great treat to history lovers. “The Passion of a Queen” is the title of this color talkic and is a aphic portrayal of life at the French court under Marie Antoinetie. You see her here dancin, at Versailles with the captain of the Guard. “Queen, remarks the captain. “yon certainly ¢ a mean minuet!” And to think that just a block or two away a frenzied mob of revolutionists is yeiling. "Give us liberty or give us bread!” The cartoon comedy. The boys who draw the cats ind dogs in the cartoon comics are having it lots easier these days of sound shorts. Not having to print in big letters "WHAM.” “GURR." * saving of time and ink The quartet. The four collegians. in their sound short (which is Ritzy for small- size talkie) are putting over one of those hi-lee hi-loo comic numbers. Pretty soon the boy in the center. who is the Rudy Vallee of the collegians, will sing a torch The trailer. “Painted Puppets™ is ballad that just tears at yvour heartstri . entitled “Why Should | Fill You With next week’s bill and the trailer shows Loathing. Dear. \When You Mean So Much to Me?™ the scene in which Lo . about to go on for her I number (this, The comedy sketch. For those t s who like a little mnocent strange to say. is a backstage film), fun once in a while *I Want My Pants, Kid.” will be very much in demand sces throuzh a gauze screen her i Lspecially where the mother-in-law loses her balance and falls in a vat oi ”lh'l Agramlmn}llwn. uhnI I;m n"\vf mincemeat. And, being a seurd picture, vou can hear the mincemeat Sl LU e e G L theater fhese mauy moons, hugging and kissing Joe, the property man Loria, having been engaged to Joe for going on eight years come Michachas, collapses in the wings. UHowever. hearing the music of the theme song. “When It's Love Time in Sunny Italy.” she drags herseli on the e to great applause. Of course, yon won't learn all this from the trailer. Otherwise you'd not come to find out what it's all about. next change of bill. AR Grand opera in capsule. Well, if here isn't our old friend Faust be- | CHORUS i‘:ig c]h_angedh by = Mephist les Meph ap ool ‘ett_" WELL SMI FORGET THE BAD WEATHER young man right ‘u mm YOUR “m m TO0 before our very AND MAKING A RAINBOW FOR YOU Illustrated songs. The mike cordially invites any who feel so inclined to join in the chorus of “I'm Making a Rainbow for You." The verses are all about a hard. stern, callous business man k no more about forcing his competitors to the 1 vou would think about stepping on a hug! Well, anyway, he hears le gi his reirain to her dolly and some- inside him. Two great big cheeks and on an impulse he goes “And now.” announces the beautiful lady who. as part of the Superart trade mark, is loud in her praise of Supcrart films. “you will sce and e blues singer. Miss Billie Biltmore, the musical comedy artist, is about to render. hear the Superart sound feature, entitled *Be Your- v via the talkics, .umnu-r‘ of those nerve-racking songs that ¢ so popular. Billie is going ~eli. Aunie a romanee of the old South before the . ¢ to warble about her Rig Roy Bennie, who pokes her in the eye, twists her wrists, gives war, featuring Miss Hazel Begone and a natural 7 iv sce his old mother in_the country. And at close of her hest ‘dresses o Bis girl Griends and never works. Oh, kow shoe loves lim! Bor 60 color sequence with a ballet of 12000 Alberting day he sings her the reirain. “I'm Making a Rainbow reason at all—maybe just because he's like that Scratch pirls, for You!