Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1930, Page 57

AMUSEMENTS.’ Flashes From the Screen By C. E. Nelson. HIS “Case of Sergt. Grischa” is a remarkable picture in many ways, whether you like it or not. Arriving in Washington as the latest effort of Director Herbert Brenon, 1t was certain to attract attention, and this attention is well de- served. There may be a question as to whether the best selli novel is really picture material, but there is no getting away from the fact that Director Brenon has been aware of all its possibilities and has taken advantage of them. The entire picture is made under gray skies, the entire atmosphere is gray, and the customer who wit- nesses the final fade-out leaves the theater with a gray auro hanging about him. If the direc- tor had followed the old-time custom, which many directors feel they must consider even to this date, Sergt. Grischa would have gone back to his happy family, a bride hanging upon his arm and medals covering his manly chest. However, Brenon has followed as closely as possible the original story. Sergt. Grischa faces a Ger-| man firing squad and the fade-| out shows him a crumpled heap in the snow. The whole picture gives rise to much thought to those who think about the motion picture as an art form. It is another step in the right direc- tion—a steg which will lead to bigger and better things from the studios. Never before given such an im- portant role, the young Chester Morris handles the part of the Russian soldier with remarkable skill, He is directed in a masterly way and his work will stand out with the best of the year. The| {lnn of Betty Compson, who, by| he way, is appearing in entirely| too many pictures, is not a big part, but she is a real talking actress. Especially good character bits fall to Jean Hersholt, Alec B. Francis and Gustav von Seyffer- titz. The excellent cast goes a long way toward making the pic- ture the success that it is. With an ordinary cast and an ordinary director the picture would cer- tainly have been an ordinary pic- ture—and probably less than that. * Xk X % $‘HJAPPY DAYS,” another hold- over on Eff street, is a gath- ering together of all the stars and near-stars on the Fox lot. You may like it, and again you may not. I join the ranks of those who prefer something a little more substantial in movie fare. The movie revue seéems unable to get away from the *back-stage story, however light it may 'be, and “Happy Days” goes back to the old show boat for a plot. Vaude- ville stunts are incorporated in a minstrel scene, but so many play- ers are photographed that they appear, to the naked eye, like a hill of busy ants. But the greater portion of Washington pre: the picture: it is being held over for a second week—and I am, no-doubt, o o Ruth Chatterton and Basil Rath- bone, both well known to the legitimate theater, are to have the leading roles in the screen version of the Frederick Lonsdale play, “The High Road.” Sidney Frank- lin will direct for Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer. Others in the cast are Cyril Chadwick, Herbert Bunston, Moon Carroll and Effie Ellsler. And Ralph Forbes appears, play- ing with his wife, Miss Chatterton, for the first time since they played together on the stage. One of the features of the new David Wark Griffith picture, “Abraham Lincoln,” will be screen showing of the famous Sheridan ride. But the “shots” will not be taken in the Valley of Virginia, as Director Grifith has selected Southern California for his work. However, some of the scenes will be made around Springfield and New Salem, Ill. “God’s Country and the Woman,” a novel by James Oliver Curwood, will be given especially elaborate filming by First National. No| director has been selected and no| players are mentioned, but the| story will be made in the North Woods in technicolor. | Mary Pickford announces thni her next picture, which goes into production immediately, is “For- ever Yours.” The story is said to be laid in England and Wyoming and deals with a woman’s love from youth’s merry days to the changing fortunes of middle age and beyond. Benjamin Glazer will supervise the film. Two hundred Hollywood cow- boys form a choral background when John Boles sings “Song of the Dawn” in “The King of Jazz.” John Murray Anderson has charge of the production, which is being made in color. Harold Lloyd, the comedian, plans two new pictures for the coming year and he will invest around $2,000,000 in them. His next story will have a consider- able portion of its action laid at sea, production -calling for the chartering of an ocean-going liner of first class. Of course, both pic- tures will have dialogue. Alice Joyce and Lowell Sher- man have the leading roles in “Second Man,” which is being filmed by R-K-O. * % * % HoLLYwooD GOSSIP.—It is re- ported that Laura La Plante, who has been with Universal for the past eight years, has been released from her contract by her own request. It is reported that she will make an extended trip through Europe. Corinne Griffith is said to be aving First National and it is erstood that she will give up pic\yre work. The New York offices of First National report that they*have no news regarding Miss Griffith’s plans. * % % % SHORT FLASHES.—Alexander Gray is running the gamut from youth to old age and back again in his” role in “Viennese Nights.” He has a dual role and when he first appears on the screen he is 25 years old. Then he | goes to three-score years and back | again to the age of 18. George Olsen and his band have been engaged by Samuel Goldwyn and Florenz Ziegfeld for their forthceming musical production, “Whoopee,” in which Eddie Cantor ¢ | an English vocabuls will be starred. The diyector of the picture has selected California for the desert scenes of the pic- picture April 1. Harry Gribbon has been added to the cast of “Bride 66,” being made at United Artists’ studio, in Hollywood. Gribbon and Joe Brown will furnish the comedy for the piece. Richard Barthelmess’ new pic- ture will carry the title of “The Dawn Patrol.” Work will start soon at First National studio. R-K-0O, is said to sparkle with the comedy of Roscoe Arbuckle. But the comedian has no part in the picture itself. He is what is known around the studio as a “comedy constructionist.” “The Right of Way.” Frank Lloyd will direct and Conrad Nagel will have the leading role. Loretta Young plays opposite the star. The new John McCormack Movietone picture, “Song of My Heart,” will have -a premiere in New York Tuesday. “Queen Kelly” is to be made over by Gloria Swanson. Harry Langdon, the comedian, and Thelma Todd are the featured players in a new comedy, “The King,” supervised by Hal Roach. ‘This is the age of mus ¢ in the sound pictures. For instance, all the leading music publishers have opened offices in Hollywood, where they may look after their theme songs. Twenty-seven song writers are now on the pay roll of the First National studio. And Hollywood's piano and voice teachers are said to be waxing fat, because all the players consider singing and play- ing as necessary accomplishments. The Ufa Co. of Berlin is making 20 sound pictures. These will have English versions and will be re- leased in the United States. It is reported that six of the films have already arrived in this country alrxxl:l will be released within a short time. “Young Man of Manhattan” has been completed by Paramount. * k ¥ X THE news announcement of last Wednesday from Hollywood to the effect that Charlie Chaplin was to head a new production firm making silent pictures has created considerable interest in motion picture circles. Chaplin has never liked the noisy pictures. He is a pantomimist, and there is a place, no doubt, for pantomime in the pictures, as there is, in most countries, for pantomime on the chiplln is prepared, according to the news story, to put between new venture. If he does this it will be a big project—a project with a great deal of sincerity and hard cash behind it. He announces that there will be four or five stars in the new company and John Gil- bert’s name has been mentioned as one of the number. Gilbert’s ! 'sound pictures have flopped. It is natural to. suppose that other stars of the new company may be those who were big box office at- were lost when the sound pictures came into being. For instance, it is probable that we may have some more work by Emil Jannings, Pola Negri and others, if Chaplin’s plan goes through. however, in the case of Jannings, that he is planning to return to this country soon equipped with ary. Rudy Cannot Tell a Lie. OUT on the West Coast, where the absence of rain makes the heart fonder, glamorous Rudy Vallee is been bored. ve 5 ite of the fact that he worked pretty hard with that “bug-a-boo” called acting, there were times when ‘wished he were back home turning ut Victor records or crooning all over stage of the Paramount. ‘Therefore, to console himself and remembering that he had majored in English at Yale, he bethought himself that ‘the pen might become as mighty as voice. And so he started his autoblography. “Since I majored in English at Yale,” explained Rudy, “I might as well use that knowledge to straighten out many absurd ideas about me which have got- ten into print. One of them is that my fan mail reaches the total of 20,000 a day and that 8,000 girls have pro- posed marriage to me. Well, I should say that 200 letters a day is more like the truth, and as for the pro) they are things we 't di What, then, is the book going to be about? i NOW P L MARIE_DRESSLER. ture. Cantor begins work in the'™" “Radio Revels,” being made by | There is to be a new screen ver- | sion of the Gilbert Parker novel, | $5,000,000 and_$10,000,000 into the|* It_is said, |t THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH. 9, 1930—PART FOUR. PHOTOPLAYS AT WASHINGTON THEATERS THIS WEEK 13,9 axon e Ambassador 15th & Columbls Rd. Sunday Lorerts. n 08 e Ankiest Monday s Fabanks Tr “Loose Ankles.” ‘Comeds Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 in Conrad Nagel in OO pamite. " Brnamite.” Conway Tearle and \Yirginia Vallt in “The Lost Zeppelin.” Richard Arien in “Burning Up." Vitaphone variety. medy. John Barrymore “General Crack.” Comedy. Maurice _Ghevaller John Barrymore in n “The Love Parade.” Cartoon. “General Crack.” Comedy. ‘Maurice Ohevaller Return :n’finmni n o “The Love Parade.” Cartoon. “The Gold Diggers of Broadway.” William Powell and Fay Wray in ed Heels." Rin Tin Tin “Pointy ' Vitaphone variety. uOn the Border." Vitaphone_variety. Jack_Oakie in “Hit the Ave. Vitaphone variety. William Péwell and Fay Wray in “Pointed Heels." Vitaphone variety. Jack [ n “Hit the Deck.” Vitaphone variety. d Lows 5 “Hing, Called Love: Comedy. Edm Edw. Everett Horton - n . “Wide Open. Vitaphone variety. Harry Green and Mary Brian in “The Kibitzer." Comedy. Jack Egan n “Broadway Hoofer." Comedy. ‘Maurice_Chavelier n “The Love Parade.” Comedy: " Ave._(uru;d Maurice_Chavelier “The Love Parade.” Comedy. Mary Eaton “Glorifying_the American_G William Powell and Fay Wray in sPointed Heels." Mary Eaton in “Gloritying_the American_Gir] Edw. !:ve:eu?’flnnoh Jack Egan n n “Broadway Hoofer.” _Vitaphone_varie Dark. Lionel Barrymore in “Mysteglous Taiand.” medy. Act. el B g i elerious Totand " ‘Comedy. Act. William Haines “Nayy Blues. med: __ Cartoon. William Bovd in “His First Command." Fox Piayers. Warner Baxter and Mary' Duncan '{n “Romance of the 105_11th_8t. SE. Rio_Grande.” Warner Baxter and Mary Duncan in “Romance . o_Grande.’ Warner Baxter and Mary Duncan n “Romance of the Rio_Grande.” luddy Rogers in Hi 1 B An e Adair, “Haliway b Heaven.’ “Her Private Affair.’ . Duncan_Sisters in It's a Great Life.” Monte Biue “Bkin'Deep.” Comedy. Central 425 9th St. N.W. Teila Hyams and Roland Young in “The Bishop Murder Case.” _Vitaphone. Conrad Nagel in “Dynamite.” Norma_8hearer in “Their Own Conrad Nagel in “Dynamite.” Vitaphone v oTnbzhi"fi?c'fiur n “The Great Divide.” Vitaphone variety. Cirtle Dorothy Sebastian 2105 Pa. Ave. N.W. ang William Bos By, Firet Command. ° Dorothy Sebastian nd a William Bovd in “His Pirst Command.’ Jack Oakie and Polly Walker in “Hit_the Deck.” Jack Oakie and Florenz Ziest “Gloritying_ ¢ - - American Girl’ in “Hit_the Deck.” “Florenz Ziegfel Gloritying e American Girl.” Colony 1935 Georsia_Ave. Comedsy. Dorothy Mackaill in “The Great Divide.” Comedy. Mary Eaton in Alice_ White n “Playing Around.” Vitaphone _variety. Mary Eaton “Glorlfying th in . American Girl.” " Gartoon. Gary Cooper in “Seven Days' Leave." o Foinica Heels Vitaphone variety. Comedy. Dumbarton .3 ariher B T in 1343 Wisconsin Ave. “Halfway to i slfway to Heaven' “H Charles Rogers and jean _Arthur 8y to Heaven.' Comedy: wail ‘Btreet.” i Gary Cooper and Richard Arlen C Cooper and CRitnara Arien rd “The Virginian.” in “The Virginian.” Jack Mulhall and o Lila Lee in Dark_Streets.” News. Joe Brown and Helen, Foster “Painted FPaces." Betty Com) oS Satle =" “Btreet_Girl." Fairlawn Anscostia, D. C. Betty Compson and Tack Oukle " incan_Sisters i I R & “Btreet Girl." s Great Life." Bebe Daniels and John Boles “Rio_Rita." Bebe Danlels and P Son Bole n “Rio_Rita.” Gerirude Lawrence “The Battl Paris i o Reginald Denny n “One_Hysterical Night.” . Will Rogers in “Had to See Paris.” Famlly Hollywood #irls 16 person. 8th_and G Sts. S.E. *“Why Bri: Moran and_Mack in “Why Bring That Up?" Comedy. News. Moran and Mack in ing That Up?* News. Charles Rusgles in “Battle of Paris” Comedies. News. “Big Time." Comedies. News. “Hollywood Revue." medy. Serial. Harold el Daaser Come 0 dies. " Cartoon. Hippodrome 808 K St. N.W. in Harold Lioyd “Welcome Danger.” “Hallelujah." Comedy. News. Jessel in e Live and u coBalieluigh T Comedy._ Act. George Jessel © “Love, Li enn'dl Laug Comedy. Act. Lois Moran in “Bong of Kentucky.”" Act, Comedy. Rudy Vallee in ““The Vagabond Lover. Vitaphone variety. { Home 13th and C Sts. NE. Jack Oakie in “Hit the Deck.” Harry Guween and Jack Mary Brian in Kibitzer.” Oskle in “Hit the Deck.” Charlotte Greenwood Fred Kohler in = in “Hell's Heroes.” Long, Letty.” Vitaphone variety. Serial. hone_variety. Ingomar Darx. Alexandria. Va. “Viking." Comedy. Gartoon. Warner Oland in “Dr. Fu Manchu.” Comedy. Barbara Stanwyck it Tt in “Mexicall Rose. u!oyfi‘;uc.i:rl:::l’fl & Con Nagel | Rt toenth Chair. Lexier “Plecadilly. Comedy. News. n Richard Barthelmess “Young Nowheres.” Comedies. ¥ Tim McCoy “Sioux_Blood. Comedy, News. “Dr. Fu o Warner Oland in Comedies. ?ilncm Sisters in, “It's a Great Life.” Act, Comeds. Liberty 1419 N._Capitel_St. Incan 1 RTTCERT Act. Comedy. “Hallelujah. Comedy. News. Tobert Ames in - Hallelusgh." “Nix on ‘Dames.” Comedy. " News. Comeay Rex. the horse, in “Pliinging Hoots."” Dark. Richmond Naney Carroll in “Dange of Lite.” artoen. Nancy Carroll in “Dance of Life.” edy. Tiyn_Miller in Mariag i Comedy. in “Christina." Comedy. _Act. Alexandris. Vs. Mary_Wolan Savoy a2t 3080_14th St. N.W. Vitaphone ity Mary_Eaton in “Gloritying the in lorifying the 7 American_Girl." “G American_Girl Warner Oland and Jean Arthur in “The Mysterious Special variety b u_Manchu.” Brown in “Texas Cowboy." “Painted Faces.” Comedy. d: medy. State Dark. Bethesda, Md. Bebe Daniels in Bebe Daniels in “Rio Rita." “Rio Rita.” Irene Bordoni in an_Sisters “Parts.” Great Li Ton Chaney “Phantom of the Reddy S i th it *Halfway to Heaven." Takoma Rudy Vallee in “Vagabond Lover.” Takems Park. D. C. s ok Rud Vallee in “Vagal Pauling Frederick in nd Lover.” “Evidence.” Pauling Frederick in George Bancroft, in “Evidence.” "the Migniy.” George Bancrott, in TECI “The_ Invaders.” 1 ;i .I.. li Maiurice Chevaller Vo “The Love Parade.” Comedy. 14th_and Park Rd. Maurice Chevalier Forma Taimadee n “The Love Parade.” Comedy. n “New York Nights.” Vitaphone variety. Norma Talmadse “New York Nights." Vitaphone variety. Conrad Nagel and Lils Lee in “Second Wife." Vitaphone variety. ‘Conrad Nagel and Lila Lee in “Becond Wife." Vitaphone Rin Tin Tin in Mary Eaton in *Glortying the American Girl.” Comedy. York Ga. Ave. & Quebeo Short Skirts as a Vogue. Tflmhm«demmmm not mean that fashion has turned ton undertakes to prove his contention. ‘The first sequences of this are l.ml in 1914. tractions in the old days, but who | i 817 king productions, such as the Vita- phone Varieties, to embody satire in ?:nu vith its pointed, slightly cyni. , Wi 3 ly eyni- c?lcmme‘n;:’yonmemdm',lgéhu always enjoyed popularity s0- phisticates. The movies, with an_eye the box office, relied more upon the obvious forms of fun, such as farce, slap-stick and broad One of the healthiest evidences of liberalism in talkiedom is the occasional willingness of the producers to poke fun at their own products. There have already been a number of these witty jibes at the industry, and there will be sport | more. As long as a man or an industry can see the amusing flaws in his own make-up it is a good sign of humility mixed with power. —— Vaudeville Climbing. TH.! embellishments that go with movies nowadays are becom { more and more elaborate. Fanchon an Marco having set a high stan exclusively stage entertainment, there | seems to be a demand for even bigger |and better productions. | _Loew's One Hundred and Seventy- fifth Street Theater, in New York, has | begun the campaign by inaugurating | two stages for the customary one. The | orchestra pit that used to slide grace- | fully into the floor will be transformed | Into an fingenious stage, divided into | three sections, each of which may be | raised or lowered s a separate unit. LAYING A METRO-COLOWYN- WAVER. PicTuRe Sunnier than ever bbs *GIRL SAID NO ALL TALKING- LE| A‘mAMS POLLY MORAN | FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN JR ton_in Gary Gooper the 11 irl.”* y. n “Seven Days' Leave.” Vitaphone variety. Mary Ea “Glorityh American Comed: “Seven Gary Gooper Edw. Everett Horton n Days' Leave.” “Wide Ope Vitaphone variety. Vitaphone variety. A Glimpse of Tergenev. N trying his hand at playwrighting Iavn Tergenev, author of “A Month in the Country,” which the New York Theater Guild is presenting at the National Theater, for the first time in as a playwright. His most ambitious plece, “A Month in the Country,” first entitled “The Student,” was produced by the Moscow Art Theater for the g.enermon that applauded Chekhov. like that of Balzac's girl and ‘a mature woman Chological picce for the Tntimate. thet- tic | ter, quite in Chekhov's vein. With the scored successes both at home , later, abroad. It was his own dissatisfaction, rather than that of his audiences, which led him to renounce the idea of himself originall: mmf’e,‘:l’:h puumxl’n actors in mind, and, exception of “The Parasite,” the other plays are less serious in content, nor can the farcical element in their sit- uations quite break through the film of dullness that covers them. ‘These comedies were written by a man who was a regular theatergoer in Paris, night after night seeing the cur- tain rise on Scribe and Musset. At the same time they were the work of one who drew his materials exclusively from his native Russian und, and who painted himself into pic- ture like another Tintoretto. Hard Up for Stories. MO‘TION picture producers are hav- ing a hard time obtaining suitable story material for their programs fo: the coming year, according to Variety. The edict still stands, however, that no unsolicited manuscripts will be read by the scenario departments. Variety puts the situation as follows: ks demand far more te selection stories than the silent products for which most anything was adaptable. The producers ,already lining up prod- ucts for the ‘’30-'31’ picture season, re- port an acute scarcity of material. For the first time the industry is experienc- real difficulty in locating matter considered suitable for filming.” The article also points out that the stage had developed little material suit- able for motion picture production dur- ing the past year, and that while there are many novels available, most of them seem to lack the necessary action. Magazine stories have become too wordy for adaption, it is said. Movie Shows in Holland. TH! question of what to do with movies in the chopped-up canal ¥ | country of Holland seems to have been settled. Time and space have been minimized—even that essential, the movie palace, has found a substitute for itself. In is place the ancient but ever jpular show_ boat, copied directl: our own Miss| ian shores, has been offered for en inment pur- Pposes. All of which means that the tired Dutch business man, after a sluggish dinner, may himself down com- fortably on his favorite canal and from there watch his favorite movie from a floating barge, with a steel structure to house the projector and a tilted frame in front of it for the screen. Thus may be obviated the trouble that the r man would have to un- dergo if he had to park his rowboat somewhere, on a congested evening when he didn’t want the bother of row- ing to a movie anyway. HELD OVER ANOTHER WEEK THAT TURN-AWAY CROWDS MAY SEE AND HEAR IT ly | their attitude toward the good rry ary Brian in in “The Kibitzer.” “Chasing Rainbows.” Comedy. Hollywood As Is. "HOLLYWOOD'! glamour, the visitor soon learns, is a mirage that van- ishes upon close inspection,” says War- ren Nolan in a recent article, in which he punctures a myth and describes the movie capital as sane. “There is no consciousness of its reported glamour on the part of the small town itself. There is no story for Mr. Mencken in the place. It is self-sufficient, it is pro- vinelal—it is show business. It is evi- dently a place where movies are made. But the people work hard = * *. And if there were general posing some years ago, genuineness is the vogue now.” “Stars go to bed at 10; have to be on the sets at 9 am.. and work frequentl: _lrzmnnd 14 hours under intense heat. swimming pools, dining rooms, radios, hot and cold water, brass plumbing and everything that the fan magazines have ever reported. Here, to be true, is Hollywood. But comfort is not to be condemned. “There is Hollywood, too, in the groups of people who take soap boxes with them and sit in the courtyard of Grauman's Chinese Theater waiting perhaps 5 hours for their favorite screen star to appear.” “If, however, Mr. Nolan concludes, some of the le do not take them- selves se: in Hq rood, most of them possess a remarkable sanity about fortune of the moment. Ames Still Designing. Arrm numerous and sundry state- ments to the effect he was through with the hard-working world in general, Winthrop Ames has changed his mind. The erstwhile grand mogul of the thea- ago touched up the Gilbert operas with more than a fatherly hand, has decided that the more refined life of writing plays, as planned, is not exactly to his taste. WARNER BR Who Killed New Yerk’s Most Famous Gambler? d | tract. which calls for only one picture ASTOUNDING all Wash- ington by Its Daring Ex- pose of Broadway’s Most Baffling Case! AMUSEMENTS. The Moving Picture cAlbum By Robert E. Sherwood. NE must admire the courage displayed by Lawrence Tibbett in risking his reputation in the noise factories of Holly- wood. He had a great deal in the way of dignified prestige to lose when he consented to play the lead in a romantic operetta on the screen. His fine voice might have been muti- lated by the sound-recording machines. Worse, he himself might have appeared on celluloid as a figure of fun—in fewer worls, a ham. Luckily, Mr. Tibbett's daring excur- sion into the lower realms of art has proved to be eminently successful. Al- though his first picture, “The Rogue Song,” is no great credit to the cinema, he himself emerges from it with addi- tions rather than damages to his prev- fous prestige. It is probable that Metro-Goldwyn will want to enlarge his present con- a year. He will be invited to spend a considerable amount of time in Holly~ wood and to earn vast sums of money. Furthermore, the audiences at his op- eratic and concert appearances will be materially increased by the hundreds of thousands of fans who yearn to see and hear their favorites in person. Of course, this form of triumph may mean little to such as Lawrence Tib- bett, who can draw sufficient crowds without benefit of movie advertising. Even so, it must be intensely gratifying to him to realize that he is a hit in pictures, especially when he considers that he might easily have been some- thing else. In all probability, there will now be a grand rush of opera stars to Holly- wood, just as there was a grand rush of mammy singers in the wake of Al Jolson. This is to be viewed with alarm. For Mr. Tibbett's case is an excep- tional one. He has certain emphatic advantages over most of his colleagues of the Metropolitan, the Scala and Covent Garden. For one thing, he can act in an easy, naturalistic and thoroughly en- gaging manner. Aside from his laugh, which is a bit Pagliaccian, he has none of the exaggerated mannerisms of the grand operatic school. For another thing, he is a native son of California, which means that the cinema is no mystery to him. He is not camera con- scious. He was born in Bakersfield, the :n otlgd-nmemmned sheriff, and was luca Angeles—a Tfect back d !orlmroo(mefll.ml: opera stars will realize the im- portance of this background when they attempt to follow Mr. Tibbett’s example. Having seen some of them in Vitaphone and Movietone short subjects, one may shudder to think of the crimes of ham acting they will commit when they are turned loose in full-length photoplays. * k% K IN preliminary advertising of “The Rogue Song” Metro-Goldwyn an- nounced that Lawrence Tibbett's voice would be “heard ‘round the world.” At the first performance of the picture they evidently tried to make good this threat. The valves, or whatever they are, on the loud speakers were opened wide, and the baritone roars that burst forth from them all but shattered the eardrums of the audience. These ear- drums, be it said, had ben trained to S g e e S 2 croon] of Ru ee, and Mr. Tibbett’s powerful tones conse- quently came I: something of a shock. * % % In the loudest moments, the audi- ence’s sympathy went out to Catherine Dale Owen, the heroine of “The Rogue Song.” Through a long scene Miss Owen had to remain in Mr. Tibbett's arms, while he sang (at the top of his lusty lungs) some of Franz Lehar’s lovely melodies at a range of 3 inches from her fair face. Through all this she had to retain her composure. She even had to sug- :‘?t z"{"‘m’?fie v?a responding, nately, solo. She eyelids :‘nd o over again; she languished and si , inaudibly, and more than once‘.‘h:l‘nie winced perceptibly. It was as harrow- her ing a demonstration of grim fortitude ! as has ever been witnessed. Of course, female opera stars have to | go through this ordeal frequently. They have to remain passive, in the tenor's or basso's embrace, and listen to lengthy arias roared into their ears. But female opera stars have the great consolation of knowing that, when the aria is over, they will be able to get back a little of their own. The tenor ?;r buu;dwulmm'g codmmln passive Seve minutes and listen to them. Miss Owen hasn't that consolation. She doesn’t sing a note. LITTLE THEATRE Between F and G, Sth St. Today, Monday and Tuesday MOON OF ISRAEL '!‘luln':E‘l'lN!nlI.llbll‘ll Friday her lips over and | A Thunderbolt | of Defiant Drama = Stark as Human Passion! Sturdy as Human Faith! Tremendous as Life Itself! The creat “Son picture in film THE LATEST MANY. WM. POWELL IN PARAMOUNT'S Street of Chance | with Joan Arthur—Kay Francis OF THE WEST” WARNER BROS. AND VIT/ TAPHONES OF SCREEN INNOVAT The Youthful Team of LORETTA YOUNG el FA s ANKS, Jr. LOOSE ANKLES he Wanted She Wanted HERBERT BRENON'S f ARNOLD ZWEIG'S With ALEC B. FRANCIS JEAN HERSHOLT GUSTAV VON SEYF. ERTITZ Bay SO~ SEE AND HEAR IN PERSON TR RGNS TISERAROWE oF NICK LUCAS IT seems that my honorable confession of love for Greta Garbo has been iomchlly accepted by the great army of | Garbo worshipers and I am now formally forgiven for having had the mmwnurwl’mu"mflm cle.” One young lady writes to tell me that she is saving her money and as soon | 8s she has assembled $300 she is going ‘m Sweden to “seep up some of the atmosphere” which produced Greta | Garbo. That sum will be only sufficient to get her to Sweden, where she knows | no one, not even the language, but she is confident that the atmosphere will | work a magic spell. | “Do you think I am trying to do something impossible and silly?” she asks in her letter. “If I save enough to go properly it will take five years and I'll be too old to gather any im- pressions. I'm 22 years old now, 80 there's not much time to lose.” In reply to this I can only say that I | was fully 29 years of age when Greta Garbo first swam into my ken and (believe it or not) I was not too old even then to gather imj . B of Sweden is ap af this time of year. So gcrhqu the young lady had better wait. (Copyright. 1930.) “Young Man of Manhattan.” OMEWHAT of a record has been established by a popular novel en- titled “Young Man of Manhattan.” No sooner had it come from the pen of Katherine Brush than it was published, and no sooner was it published than it was bought by the . 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