Evening Star Newspaper, May 18, 1930, Page 52

AMUSEMENTS, The Moving Picture cAlbum By Robert E. Sherwood. IGH on the list of cinema's nobler achievements are the names of “Nanook of the 3 » “Grass,” “Star o & ln%n‘." ‘They were con- tributed to the screen by enterprising explorers who took their cameras into . remote, neglected ons and the drama that is life. By such coura- geous deeds has the movie justified its existence. * Now there is another picture to be added to the distinguished list. It is callld “The Silent Enemy,” and the quality of its reception by the great film-loving public will be supremely in- teresting to watch. For it is a story of primitive life among the American In- dians as they were in the centuries before Columbus. It is acted by the Indians themselves, with no white skins in its cast, and photographed in the Canadian North to be shown in empty theaters. ‘There 1s no more demand for education among | of movie fans than there is among college all use of Evening,” and I viewers who see this picture to do wise. It deserves to be seen, for 1t 1s beautiful, it is superbly acted and in many of its scenes tremendously ex: citing. In addition to which it has a love story and a happy ending. The principal producer of “The Silent Enemy” is a young explorer, Willlam Douglas Burden, who lives in New York, but is constantly searching for away from it. Several organized a successful their cast of characters. Any day they might discover that one of thelr prin- cipal actors had deserted, without a word, to hunt by himself in parts un- known. Evidently the Indians, despite all the efforts of the white men to confer upon them the blessings of civilisation, have retained a curious n_for something that they call rty. They don't like to be bossed. They would rather have freedom and starvation than employment and pm?umz It isn't that they're lasy, for nothing could be more bitterly laborious the struggle for survival in the kind of life that they choose to lead. It's just that they're independent, the fim’ sav- ages. So no amount of bribery was sufficient to keep them at the easy work of acting for the movies. Their co-operation could be obtained only by the arts of friendship. The excellence “The Silent En- dozens camp to announce that they had re- turned to rfid another Winter work- ing for Mr. Burden. They t that movie acting had become like hunting and fishing, & permanent institution in the Canadian wilds. Strangely enough, the most impor- tant feature of * Silent En ok its silence. No one can tell until the returns are in whether it is possible af this time for a non-talking picture to ain the favor and support of the pub- ic. It may prove to be just what the - | public wants. in| tures like in ( White and B o For | comes from knowledge of a good I hope so, for the production “Nanook of the “Grass” and “The Silent Enemy” is the cinema’s most important functions. Such pictures will continue of ple- N to be of intense value long after Alice uddy have been forgotten. They are permanent, elo- ent records of races and customs| I from the satisfaction that deed - | well done. In fewer words: Don't fail to see “The Silent Enemy. (Copyright, 1930.) Just Ahead. i o E k # i Ruth Chatterton, sup- Big and Jeannette a.*onfld and Roth as next Friday, £ unless “The H Pond,” with Maurice Chevalier, caiches the erowd strongly enough to deserve a second week. ‘The Fox management announces that schedule has been revised “Bron Reckless,” the Henderson ,” to the Fox attraction following Edmund Lowe is Earle announces that in ," & hilarious Warner-Vitaphone production, from Starling's comedy of the stage, “Weak Sisters,” and with Robert Armstrong and the cast, which Gleason, as the Claude beginning Friday of d week. Keith's and the Rialto refuse to the future, for the man- ither house has Brooke’s Lieutenant. ‘Tuesday morning rehearsals each week. It 4s Mr. Peck who sits alongside Mr. Brooke at ev rehearsal and follows | Dalto: It is Mr. Peck who “holds the book” at every performance, fild.; the performer over the perilous, it occasional slip. It is Stage Man- with Charles ith Dorothy Personality,” with Henry E. t0 | Dixey and Louis Bennison. New Hal Roach Group. H“‘.:;«.“’" hdu:a of “Our Gang” and producer of funn: two-reelers, has nl?med aix rpp? around the age of 18 and to star them in juvenile come- the group name of “The 5 g il these youngsters at one time th “Our Gang,” but that was They are Mary Korman Daniels. Every one should ember the little blonde leading lady Gang” and the tough 'un with eckled “pan.” Mary is now a girl of 16 and Mickey, although up, still retains his freckles. rtie Messinger, Dorothy Granger, QGrady Sutton and David Sharpe com- plete the set. Gertle, & petite brunette, started at Universal before she could walk, and when she was 4 years old 35628 3 9#3—,,8 ?gg; United Artists Releases. ARTISTS CORPORATION has announced the following sched- d ) ich is the permanenttitle for the film called up until now “Bride 66", Eddie Cantor in "“Whoopee,” and '‘Abraham Lincoln,” with Walter Hus- fon in the title role. Pickford in “Forever Yours” is the 1o be released November 29. are “Whispers,” a sequel to the suocessful “Alibi” in the group of Ro- land West-Chester Morris pictures; Berlin's production of “Lucky ", “Smilin’ Thru,” with Joan Bennett in her first starring role, and Oharlie Chaplin in “City Lights,” with- out dialogue of any kind. Al Jolson joins the United OCorporation with “Sons o “Hell's Angels,” which has been three years in the making, is also in the list. Oakie's First Thrill. "l‘vl read about the thrills that are su) to come from stardom.” says Jack Oakie, “but the first thrill 13 out of it was a punch in the jaw. 'y put me in a ring out at the p mitt in Next he comes through with a right to the jaw and I find my- self sitting on the canvas. That's my first scene as a star.” ‘The acene Oakie describes occurs at the start of his first starring picture, 1 Lion,” in which he por- ter who decides o will confer with him saon. the screen and stage screen an 3 and night club fame thro the South, and won g Revue at Sylvan David Sharpe hamplonship of the United States, which he did in 1925 and 1926. He can boast of tumbling through two seasons of both heum and Keith circuits. Grady Sul to Cali- fornis for the first time in 1925 for & visit, played bits at Universal for a T roika.sent i 10, Prope 0 torge sen! forge Hollywood, but Grady has & good memory. “The Younger Set,” wever, does not supplant “Our Ganj New Indeplndent Producer. FROM the offices of Oliver M. Sayler, Inc., comes the announcement that Sidney Rass, formcrli associated with Kenneth MacGowan, has decided to be- come an independent producing man- ager next season. Among the plays he hopes to bring to Broadway are “The Potter's Field,” by glul <3r¢ené author ]ol 'l',!n L::n&m'l osom,” and & new play by n Riggs, author of “Big ma‘a ‘Ynn& with several om _al companies has gone to confer with Elmer Rice, author of “Street Scene,” with whom he has effected a contract- ual arrangement for co-operation in the fruentnt\qn of Mr. Rice’s past and fu- ure works. It will be remembered that Elmer Rice is a Pulitzer prize play win- ner. He is now abroad and Mr. Ross Mr. Ross also hopes to secure the gmunufimn in this country of Maurice rown’s production of “Othello,” with Paul Robeson in the title role, the ad- vices state. It will be remembered that Mr. Ross was associated with Kenneth Mac- Gowan and the Ac ‘Theater the revival of Eugene O'Neil's “Beyond the Horizon.” He also collaborated in the roduction of “The Grand Street Fol- fes,” Dunsany’s " Ring Robert Sherwood’s “The Love Nest,” and Simon Gantillon's “Maya.” But these are only some of the many pro- ductions which he has been assoclated. lans to make his first Broadway production in October next. DANCING., sons, $5 and R P stenw, o THE “Them Was the Daye." BACK IN THE GAY 10208, when the “boop-boops” of the Parisian taxis were even more of & menace than they are today, there used to be such crowds at the Moulin Rouge as only the police could handle. “Them was the days” when a certain favorite of Paris called Mistinguette used to chant her love ditties to a gentleman who went by the name of Chevalier. Probably the high mark of enthusiasm was reached by the audience when these two sang “Mon Homme,” which later was appropriated by Fanny Brice and “drooled” all over this country. Mistinguette, still the idol of France, has not ventured to these shores in quest of cinema fame. She is too wisely aware that she is no longer as young as she used to be—being somewhat more mature than the Floradora Sex- tette. But her partner, who is, of course, prime, has taken this land by storm. Maurice Chevalier now reaps more plums out of his fan-mail basket than any native star of our own. The screen’s LaFayette, however, h: I ena then B Wous beok 1o his Tor now and then he - And :‘l:l.e there he knocks te's door, tells her what is like, then beats it back “the big pond,” which, inci- dentally, is the name of his new picture at the Metropolitan Theater. Cuckoos. No’mmo can more quickly change the obvious meaning of a word than its adoption by the user of slang. Cuckoos, for instance, since the time when the memory of man runneth not to the contrary, has meant anything but the bird familiarly called by that name. It was long, long ago adapted to the description of a married man who had Il"llfle'l’ed the most serious of marital mishaps. To the movie is due the credit for ob- literating that unpleasant meaning, even though it has adopted the word to drape W has long been known as “nut comedy.” A “nut” in the familiar theatrical sense describes a player who utilizses all sorts of idiocles to serve as his idea of comedy. Slapstick com- edy, the most idiotic form of farce known up to that time, was never as diotic as “nut comedy.” The term “nut” therefore came into vulgar par- ce as & synonym for idiot. Now, however, the term “cuckoo” has chased oft the tree and chortles in its est branches. All hall, therefore, to the movie, ac- led with spologles to the bird, e change. Incidentally, Paul Sloane, the director of R-K-O' Ehmdu:tlon. “The Cuckoos,” now at Keith's, is credited with the dma mflfl;ll that “in o;d;:r to :;n’: anc! r) pear undressed, n.e-lhl‘{'!":: dr: them.” His meaning is sald to be fully explained the “Caballero” number in “The Cuckoos.” Just where the movie cuckoo comes in with this declaration must be left to Mr. Sloane, or to those who think like him. Kflflw. RGPOYQGPI . 'HE role of a newspaper reporter is one of the most difficult an actor is called upon to interpret, says Norman Foster, who has the role of Toby, sports writer extraordinary, in Paramount's iction of “Young Man of Manhat- nowheres near the pitch of his | SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO FILMING “TRADER leading role of “Trader.” Amlllhllboen-!dlndmuch has been concealed, there is still much that might be sald of the press agent. He is the friend, or the foe, as you will, of his public; the pest, or the per- simmon, of the dramatic editor; s law unto himself, and one of the world's greatest glories, take him as he comes. But most of all, he is the salesman-in- chief of what his employer has to sell, be it play or picture, and nobody can tell him what his duty is or should be. He is mild or threatening. It all de- pends upon how you deal with his prod- uct. And he is most grateful when you, by & generous outlay of inspiration and effort, relleve him of the hardship of his trade. And quick—oh, tremendously quick—to punish if you should displease him, He has an egregious appetite for newspaper or magasine space. No mat- ter how many idle eolumns you place at his disposition, you will find he has the material to fill them up to overflowing. If he hasn't material of his own, he borrows coplously from any and every source, and dumps it into your lap with the unuttered invitation to hel yourself, and, if you shouldn't like as it is, to change it to suit yourself. “Newspaper men work under such that their psychological reac m bound to be unusual at tim Foster make & lains. “The man who has to ot :Mllne' at 11, o&lkno"'l that umn must appear in print daily no matter what h‘:p”m. is under & continuous strain that few can app nervous wreck at another, his hard-bolled exterior he to be one of the will be found But you must be very careful in chang- fiu‘unuwmmnurmlnnvlu 0 you. Dramatic editors, as a rule, hate the Eus agent, Critics despise him. But e Lord loves him, or he wouldn't live. Besides, he has his virtues, even though at times he is cruel. Sometimes he will thlvn::n yg_l‘x‘. I{-l"e‘hn been knoznu‘;‘o hreaten s newspaper publish- ors, aeclnlnl'!u will lessen his adver- tising if not given more free space. tics hate him use he paints such lurid pictures of what he tries to sell that sometimes they find it utterly impossible to eriticise up to the ad- vance notices. Dramatic editors despise him because they are jealous of him. If the time ever comes wi they want to use a . | superlative, they are prevented because LEILA HYAMS, One of the new stars of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer All her vacations where around Catalina Island. spent aboard her own boat, the Faith. fration, crulsing some- photoplay work are R-K-O KEITH'S Held Over 2nd Week TH By a Thundering Encore From Washington Public FUNNIEST COMEDY EVER MADE! ' A Radio Picture Headed By Bert Wheeler - Robert Woolsey and 1,000 Other Cuckoos Dasling Sce nicolor vl ng Girls in Seng in Gorgeous Tech. « Nine Lilting Song Hits Choruses of Gorgeous and Dance. D, .C., HORN” IN AFRICA Harry Carey, Edwina Booth and Duncan Renaldo working on the picturiza- tion of the “Trader Horn” story near Murchison Falls, Africa. Carey plays the The Press Agent. themselves. And that hurts them with their employer. But there are exceptions to all this, and they sleep in the quiet churchyard some place. Director Harry Beaumont and Marfon Davies try out the a scene in the new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture, “Floradors.' Television ROBIRT!mLhu&M{ofl about the potency of television. Says he: “The wise playwrights of to- day, when turning over s new script to & manager, insist upon adding to the contract a clause dealing with the tele- vision rights. For who knows—tel vision may be 10 or 20 years off, but it might also burst upon all of us to- MOrTow. “The idea makes me shudder slightly, but the shudders of a few touchy and old-fashioned people have not had the slightest influence on the triumphant forward march of the radio and the talkies. Television will come, and when it has come, it will stay. And it will pay absolutely no attention to those faint screams from the rear which indi- cate the presence of legitimate drama trying to pull herself out of the ditch. “Tune in on 1935 for a moment. The clock over the mantelpiece in that half of the two-family house occupied by William B. Citizen registers 8:20. The female members of the family having washed the dishes and the male mem- bers having lit 7-cent cigars, the entire family is about to go the theater. Momma and the girls get a step ladder and hang up a sheet at one end of the parlor. “The sheet is creased, so Momma takes it back to the kitchen and irons out the folds. Then the slightly warm cotton sheet is hung up again to receive light waves of actors and actresses mov- ll’tl:dllbout in & Los Angeles television studio. . . . ‘For some minutes the Citizens, both {‘rnt and small, quarrel over the selec- on of their evening's entertainment. The final decision, of course, rests with for by 1935 that tendency toward a matriarchate, which is even now transforming the republic, will be many of thousands of mothers further along toward Oedipus. Momma votes for “Eyelashes of Spring,” de- scribed as a colorful comedy of the Ozarks; Willy, jr, dutifully turns a 2;1‘ knobs, and’ the performance be- t this point,” wisely concludes Mr. NATIONAL MAT. WED, & SAT. 35c, 50c, 75¢ MAY 18, 1930—PART FOUR. Heading for the Hot Coals. Lm‘ YOUNG l;fl Emily Pitsroy, both appearing John B more’s picture, “The Man From Bh“;lr{- attracted widely different channels. Loretta may be sald to be the latest Cinderella of the screen, and Emily is, and al has been, the most “villain- ous” of the “three sisters.” words, Miss Young is, as her name im- plies, ' eminently youthful, and Miss Fitaroy has been made to assume the most unpleasant rales on the Holly- wood lot. Hence, the former is much praised, and the latter is much con- doled with as well as praised—for she is In more demand for character parts than any one around. It must be rather hard to have a name “the most unpopular of all screen actresses,” and yet thus Emily Fitzroy has been nicknamed, her fan mall being charged with malicious dynamite and her eulogies a collection of curses. Perhaps some day her roles will change for the better. In that case she may have paeans of praise and glimpse of the pearly gates. At pres- ent—celluloidically speaking—she 1is heading straight for the nether regions and the great, big, hot coals. “Stll Achlevmg." BURLESQUE, which apparently has taken Longfellow’s advice, is still pursuing its upward climb to the heights, even if the drop therefrom be territying. | ana, of I. H. Herk, executive of the Mutual Cireuit, in which our local Gayety The- ater 1s marshaled, has welded a new link in his chain of endeavor—this time by a connection with Willlam Morris, whose fame in vaudeville was great in days when vaudeville itself was it Mr. Morris needs no exploitation, but Mr. Herk states that he has consented to ally himself with Mr, Herk in estab- lishing a vaudeville background for the Mutual Circuit’s 40-odd shows, besides recommending performers to play lead- ing parts who are adepts in the busi- ness. There are, however, to be no de- partures from the established routine of burlesque, but the burlesque elements are to be brought up to the vaudeville interpolations quality. And it really ought to improve mat- ters greatly. u"alnturmnhr Optimism. Littell, and I ‘with- ?;:ow'_lnlzw the less ::Rfi“ wuu of Benny Sings and Picks Stars. Bm DAVIS, among other things, is sald to be a considerable tronomer. tity of stars. fervescent Helen Kane and another is Paul Whiteman,” whom he brought to the East from Los Angeles. Mr. Davis, however, is even more fa- mous as a song-writer. He has turned out such song hits as “Margie,” “Good- bye Broadway, Hello France,” “Yearn- ing” and “Carolina Moon.” e will be seen this week at the Palace as chief mogul in the stage pro- gucunn. “Broadway BStars of the Fu- bure.” N NI \ L To_miss Around Washington i rains necessary to accommodate excursion traffio. But 4 J 1 Now on view dallo at 1310 & VISIT and SEE leave from yu End ol g ROUND TRIP, 50 CENTS GREAT FALLS, VA. “It All But Breathes' May 22nd older The Most Beautiful Place Trah Additional ti rated when $1.25, $1.00, 750 & 50¢ Monday and Week 8. K. COCHRAN AND CLIFFORD BROOKE OFFER NATIONAL THEATRE PLAYERS in GEO. M. COHAN'S LAUGH RIOT “IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE"” By ROI COOPER MEGRUE with MARION WELLS ROMAINE CALLENDER FREDDIE SHERMAN DUDLEY HAWLEY FORREST ORR WALTER GILBERT EDITH GRESHAM MARION STERLY ADELAIDE HIBBARD EDWARD POLAND " NEXT WEEK “THE MISLEADING LADY” _ GROTTO MINSTRELS ONE NIGHT ONLY, SUNDAY, MAY 25TH, 8:18 P.M. A Brilliant Revival of Black Face and Present Day Jazz Wonderful Cast of 26 Principals § Seats Now on Sale at Bheater Box @ffice (Continued From First Page) week. The picture is described as & story book romance and sentimental. Miss Gaynor is the rich girl—rich all her life and with her ambitious mother moving always in the “best circles.” Charlie Farrell is new rich. His father in a small Midwest city sold his busi- ness to the girl'’s father. Immediately the boy’s father wants to go East and do big things in a big day. He does and in the doing moves, by chance, into the very mext house to the girl's parents. Then they want to break into society. The boy and girl fall in love and—well, it would never do to tell the whole story. There are several popular song numbers, written by Jo- seph McCarthy and James F. Hanley, and the cast includes Willlam Collier, sr.; Lucien Littlefleld, Louise Fazenda, Hedda uawn, Joyce Compton and regory .. O'flu nu:yaflm & new Fanchon and Marco idea, “Jazz Temple,” that fea- tures Wally Jackson, with the flexible legs; Sylvia Doree, Gus Elmore, Nora Schiller, a group of “Temple” beauties , course, the Sunkist Beauties. The Fox Orchestra and the Fox Movie- tone News also figure in the new program. EABRLE—“The Man From Blankley's.” JOHN BARRYMORE is the screen star at Warner Bros.’ Earle Theater this week in t‘he W;_mmr ,fim.-vlh- hone production an From %llnkll!'l}' his first modern high-hat comedy. Followers of Barrymore's stage career know that he was a light come- dian before his ability to portray ro- mantic roles was discovered. However, in “The Man From Blankley’s” he merges_these two talents in an enjoy- able role. He is introduced as the gay and slightly tipsy Lord Starthpefler, wan- dering to i3 London home and’ stum- bling into the wrong house. The strange company which is assembled for ATnnn 'fiup" m::‘; m hired guest whom & ] to prevent 13 from Emily roy, Diana Hope, Dale Fuller, D'Arcy Corrigan, Edgar Norton, Loulse Carver and Angela Mawby. The Earle program also includes Vitaphone varieties, the Earle Orches- tra, the Pathe and .l;lb:h Namee newscasting for the latter. COLUMBIA—‘Paramount on Parade.” "PMOUN’T ON PARADE,” claim- ing to feature more stars than any previous picture, and distinctly not of recue type, is the current feature at Loe lumbia. It is rather an informal party of stars and contract players from the Paramount lot. Each has considerable footage in the well. those ction are Clara Bow, croft, Maurice Chevalier, PFro March, Zelma O'Nell, Eugene Pallette, Stanley Smith, Cary Cooper, Leon Errol, Harry Green, ‘A‘r‘lfil Green, James Hall and Richard len. ‘The picture presents a series of humorous sketches and burlesques on the roles that have made the artists famous. Clara Bow sings “I'm True to the Navy Now,” Helen Kane is & riot in & school room scene, Harry Green sings assisted “I'm_Isadore the Toreodore,” Brook appears as Sherlock Willlam Powell as Philo Vance, Eugene Pallette as Sergt. Heath and Warner Oland as Pu Manchu in a travesty on v‘?eét;: roles with Jack Oskie as the Icf The Hearst Metrotone News, short subjects and the Columbia Orchestra in excerpts from Rom 's “The New Moon,” complete the bill. R-K-O KEITH—"The Cuckoos.” CUCKOOS,” Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey, has been held over for a second week at the R-K-O Keith. “The Cuckoos” is & lavish production, dressed with beautiful settings and cos- tumes and a cast that includes seven featured players in addition to Wheeler and Woolsey, with hundreds of singers, dancers, musicians and extra players. A lon is filmed in technicolor. All in all, it is & gigantic fun show. ‘Ten melodious song hits give it an impressive musical score. Among the most noteworthy of the songs composed b{ Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby are “ ve o “Wherever You Are,” “Laugh Todt ;r;? Cry Tomorrow” and “Californi es.” June Clyde and Hugh Trevor the romance, and Dorothy Lee, m comedienns in “Rio Rita,” with Wheeler and Woolsey, has fine oportunities. Ivan Lebedeff, Michell Lewis, Margue- rita Padula and Jobyna Howland round out the cast. LITTLE—“Damaged Souls.” anmm curiosity is holding “Dam- aged Souls” at the Little Theater another week, according to the an- nouncement of the man ent. The picture and mvgmnnm reels, however, will be shown to women only through- out this week, afternoons and evenings. Corliss Palmer, the screen beauty, is the star of the picture, which is the story of a wayward girl and her fate. Sup- plemental reels, however, are shown along with the feature, which are said to be of especial interest to those con- cerned about the health and welfars of women. —_— “Atmolp]uric Music. ’flmu!lunn of love scenes with Ppipe organ music is a talki ture notion of Edmund Omndm‘;.':l‘: rector of “The Devil's Hollday.” & new combination, he thinks. —e- Talking Come-Backs. T mnlo “:mmu bringing res are ly to the screen a lot of old favorites. One of these, who returns in “The Czar of Broadway,” now at Theater, is King . It many years since he has on the screen, but he was a prime favorite in his day. Betty Compson, tar the ture, another who HOFFMAN & HOSKINS Present Their KIDDIES in a Zeppelin Tour of the World BELASCO THEATER Msy 23 and 2 at 8 P.M. Tickets on sale L'Atzlon Club. 18th g & Columbls Rd. N.W. Adams nd at Belagco Theater starting Ma: 3. Cemp H. & H. on West River, Md., gnin thg direction of Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman iopens July 1st. Books and Applicatfon Blanks on reque GAYETY THEATER HINDA WASSAU AND HER “HINDA BELLES” NO FINER PLACE TO SPEND [TODAY | THAN AT THE GREATEST RECREATION CENTER HEREABOUTS WHERE 1S FOUND WHOLESOME FUN FROM MORE THAN FIFTY ATTRACTIONS THE PLACE IS FREE ADMISSION AMUSEMENT PARK GLEN AND 'TIS REACHED ECH BY A DELIGHTFUL RIDE IN CARS OF WASH. RY, & ELEC. CO. RUNNING EVERY FEW MINUTES DIRECT TO THE PARK ENTRANCE, OR BY AUTO VIA CONDUIT ROAD. FREE DISPLAYS AT_THE MAGNIFICENT ELECTRIC FOUNTAIN FROM 7 TO 11 O’CLOCK REANEO V. EXCITING;RICH-HUED GLAMOROUS OF A WOMAN WHO CAUGHT IN THE MAE TROM OF LIFE FIGHTS HER outy