Evening Star Newspaper, June 8, 1930, Page 49

AMUSEMENTS. Flashes From the Screen By C. E. Nelson. SAD note creeps into our| column this week, for here in Washington we proba- bly will not have an oppor- | tunity to view “All Quiet on the Western Front” until Autumn. ‘This picture, from all advance in- , formation, is the best of the crop of war films. It has been handled in an excellent manner by the di- rector, and it has met with more popular success than amry of the fightin’ stuff. The closing of the Rialto Theater for the Summer| keeps “All Quiet” from becoming a hot-weather attraction in the National Capital, but it is planned to reopen the theater with this Famcular picture. The war story where it has met with favor from the theatergoers. ok PRODUCERS are becoming more or less worried over juvenile | patronage. The arrival of sound , and the production of sophisticat- ed stage plays has given the screen a lesser appeal to the younger generation. The boys who idolized Tom Mix and the other hard-riding players of a few vears ago find it difficult, to say the least, to sit through a picture like “Divorcee” or “Anna Christie.” ‘The younger patrons have almost been forgotten in the wild scram- ble to produce outstanding stage plays and best-seller novels. Pic- tures for children are growing fewer and fewer. and if steps are not, taken soon, they may pass out altogether. It is a fact that the motion picture screen was never intended for children exclusively, but there are few theaters that, can do without their patronage,| especially in the towns and small cities. On account of the fact that the younger generation must be served, some of the theaters in the | cities are now conducting speclal performances for the youngsters —programs made up entirely of subjects to attract juvenile inter- est. And, again, we may have a children’s theater some day. T OOKING back over the old mo- tion picture records, one comes upon some interesting items. Al- though the art of the motion pic- ture cannot be classed among the | old forms of entertainment, its strides during the past three decades are marvelous. Several of the first stars of the cinema| are still connected with it—some as players, others as producers and directors. It does not seem a long while ago that the Essenay company, one of the pioneers, was advertis- s now having a run in Baltimore, | and girls‘ their merry way, changlng the names wherever and whenever| they feel like it. This has been especially true since the sound pictures arrived. There may be some reason for changing the name of the Victor Herbert operetta, but to many it |is an unwarranted display of license on the part of the pro- ducer. The operetta, with his original title, is known the world | over. Its brightest song number, “Kiss Me Again,” is perhaps bet- ter known than any song from any light opera or musical comedy success. The film version should be given a certain amount of pres- tige by the successful stage runs. The picture with a new title is entirely unknown. In changing | the title of a stage success the| ‘oxmbnor is necessarily forced to| | acquaint his audience with the | new title, and also that it is made | from such and such a Broadway production. One of the few pro- ducing companies realizing the value of the old names is the Para-| mount organization. Here are a few of the New York | stage successes that are destined | for early production in the photo- play studios: “Rain or Shine,” “The Bad Man,” “The Fortune Teller,” “Girl of the Golden Wes! " “The Fatal Wed- “Liliom,” “Animal Crack- ,” “Rose of the Rancho,” “Heads Up,” “The Little Cafe,” “The High Road,” “Remote Control,” “Queen High,” “Grumpy,” “Little Acci- dent,” “Golden Dawn,” “Upstairs and Down,” “Honeymoon Lane,” “Th]e Fall Guy” and “Treasure Girl.” | * ok % Short Flashes. | LORE’I‘TA YOUNG, who recently signed a five-year contract | with First National, has been as- | signed to play opposite Otis Skin- | ner in a film version of “Kismet.” David Manners, a juvenile player, | will also be in the cast. | Walter Huston goes to the United | Artists, placing himself in the group which includes Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Norma Talmadge and Charlie Chaplin However, he is scheduled to com- plete “The General” for Para- mount. This particular part was once planned for Emil Jannings. William Boyd and Ann Harding have the leading roles in “Beyond Victory” for Pathe. The “Heads Up” cast should | draw photoplay patronage, for the list includes Buddy Rogers, Helen Kane, Victor Moore, Margaret Breen and many others well known to film fans. | Irene Delroy, well known to the ing the Western dramas, starring | stage, plays the leading role in G. M. Anderson and Margaret “Call of the East,” a musical af- Clayton. Around about the same | fair, which is being made at the time the Jesse L. Lasky Feature |First National studios. Play Co. was presenting Victor| Gary Cooper’s new starring Moore in “Chimmie Fadden” and | vehicle is “A Man From Wyo- Knickerbocker Star Features of-| ming,” and June Collyer plays fered Sir J. Forbes Robertson and | Gertrude Elliott in a film version | of “Hamlet.” The supporting cast came from the Drury Lane The- ater, in London. Then Alice Brady was a star, coming direct| to the movies from her triumph | in the Gilbert and Sulhvsn operas. Her film play was “The| Cup of Chance.” The Pathe com- pany brought out “The Romance | of Elaine,” and Robert Warwick was starred in a William J. Brady roduction, “The Face in the oonlight.” The Lubin company, well remembered by the old- timers, starred Ethel Rose Coghlan and Romaine Field- ing, and Viola Allen was the at-| traction in “The White Sister.” Other stars of the day were Mary | Pickford, who appeared in “an| original and incomparable por- trayal, ‘Little Pal’”’; Francis X. Bushman, Theda Bara, Grace Cunard, Henry Walthal and many whose names have gradually faded | Jrom memory. AR W HAT is the value of a name? This question is brought up by several complaints registered against the film companies for changing the names of well known stage plays when the latter are given screen versions. The latest “and most glaring example of this is the operetta “Mlle. Modiste,” which was once the starring vehicle of Fritzi Scheff. It is an- nounced that the name of this musical affair will be changed to| Toast of the Regiment.”| “The Another well known bit, recently exhibited for the first time in a Los Angeles theater, is “Bride of | the Regiment,” and this is the movie once known to the stage as| “Lady in Ermine.” Many old-time showmen, as well as theater patrons, claim there is a certain amount of pull- ing power as well as sentiment attached to the old names. In some instances the theater own- ers feel the same way about it, but the producers have gone along THIRD BIG LAUGH WEEK! MARIE DRESSLER POLLY IN A METRO - GOLDWYN - MAYER LAUGH EPIC “CAUGHT SHORT” They cleaned up in ¢l the market comedy team in a h el —WITH— ANITA PAGE ADDED ATTRACTIONS M.G-M COLORTONE REVUE, Benny Rubin in THE GENERAL, HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY HEARST METROTONE NEWS LOEW’S COLUMBIA Clayton, | ed them. . .the opposite. Regis Toomey is a mem- ber of the supporting cast. Pola Negri is working on a pic- ture in France. | Flora Finch, one of the old- timers among motion picture players is returning to the screen in “Sweet Kitty Bellairs,” pro- duced by Warner Bros. At one ‘tlme Miss Finch played opposite the comedian John Bunny, well known to screen fans in his day. The railroad picture featuring | such players as Louis Wolheim, Robert Armstrong and Jean Arth- ur will not reach the screen as “The Stalwart.” The name has | been changed to “The Record Run.” Bebe Daniels plays the part of a vengeful wife in “Lawful Lar- ceny.” Greta Garbo is scheduled for three new pictures after she com- pletes “Romance.” Her next one will be “Red Dust,” but the other two have not been selected. Marion Davies is to star in “The Five O'Clock Girl.” Ramon No- varro appears in “The Singer of Seville” and “Song of India”; Lon Chaney in “Bugle Sounds”; Wil- liam Haines in “Remote Control”; Joan Crawford in “Great Day” and “Her Fortune”; Lawrence | Tibbett in “New Moon"; Grace | Moore in “Jenny Lind”; Reginald | Denny in “Madame Satan”; Marie Dresseler and Polly Moran in “Razzle-Dazzle.” Barbara Bennett has been sign- ed for a part in the new Clara Bow picture, “The Palm Beach Girl,” with Paramount producing. Lillian Sand, an English actress, plays opposite Warner Baxter in | “This Modern World,” which is being directed by Alexander Korda. Harry Langdon has completed the feature role in “A Soldier’s Plaything.” “Reached for the Moon” has | finally been selected as the title for the United Artists picture which was once known as “Love in a Cottage.” Bebe Daniels has | the leading role. | MORAN he market, but oh, how perfect ilarious financial farce. THE SUNDAY WEEK OF JUNE_ 8 Sunday PHOTOPLAYS AT STAR, WASHINGTON, Monday Tuesday D. 0., JUNE Wednesday Thursday 1930—PART _FOUR. WASHINGTON THEATERS THIS WEEK‘ Friday Saturday Buddy_Rogers n “Safety in Numbers.” Comeds. Ambassador 18th & Columbla Rd. Buddy_Rogers n “Safety in Number Comedsy. Buddy_Rogers n “Bafety in Numbert Lawrence Tibbett in Lawrence Tibbett in “The Rogue Soni “The Rogue Song.” CIift_ Edwards in “Lord Brron of Comeds Vitaphone. Maurice Chevalier in “The Big Pond.” Vitaphone variety. Harry Richman in “Puttin’ on the Ritz." Cartoon. Apollo 624 B St NE. H-ny mmm-n in Nnrm’fsflé-m “Puttin’ on the tz. “The Divorcee.” Cartoon. Vitaphone variets. Norma_Shearer in “The Divorcee." Vitaphone variety. Buddy Rogers in William Boyd Buddy_Rogers in in “Officer O'Brien.” Pasle. ¥ouns Easles.” Vitaphone variety. Winnie ’LIlmner n “Hold Everything.” Vitaphone variety. Avalon 5612_Conn. Winnie Lightner 'y Richman in in utein o the “‘Hold Everything.” tz.” Vitaphone variety. Canofln Harry Richman in "Puttin’ on the Ritz." Cartoo: Jack Holl Vengeance." \'lllphnned\ulfly in Buddy Rogers n “Young Eagles. med. Ave. Grand Winnie Lishtner in “Hold Everything.” Harry Richman in Winnie Lightner in “Puttin' on the “Hold Everything." Cartoon: Vitaphone Harry Richman in “Puttin’ on the umme Vitaphone vatiets. Cartoon: Vitaphone Monte Blue in “T ose Who Dance. \itaphone_variet d “Lovin’ the Ladies.” Sportlight. Comedy Dark. Warner Baxter and W Hedda Hopper in Such Men Are Dangerous.” 105_11th_St. S.E. Ramon Novarro and Dorothy Jordan in “Gay Madrid." Comedy. News. Ramon Novarro and Dorothy Jordan in “Gay Madrid." edy. _News Van and Schenk in “They Learned About Women." Comedy. Van_and Schenk in “They Learne About Women. Comedy. Buddy Rogers in “Young Eagles Collegians. Comedy. Robt. Livingston in ‘Murder on the Roof. __Serial._Comedy. Warner Baxter and Hy n “The Laughing Dangerous.” Lady.” Beity Compson and Chester Morris in “The Case of Sergt. Grischa. Befty Compeon and Morris ‘in es! e Sane of Berst. Virginia valli and Jason Robards' in Marion Davies in “Not & “The Isle of Lost ips.” ot 50 Dumb. Dorothy Revier in “‘Murder on the Roof." ‘omedsy. Vitaphone variets. Central 425 9th_St. N.W. Dorothy Revier in Joan Crawford “Murder on the Roof.” in “Montana Moon.” omedy. Vitaphone varietr. artoon. Jo awford in in “Montana Moon." “Mamm: Cartoon. Al Jolson Billi Jove in dns o “The Other, Tomor- ‘Mammy. w.'" Vitaphone variety. Circle Robt. Montgomery, 2005 Pa. Ave. N.W. __ Three Live Ohota Sue Carol. Dixie Lee and Walter Catlett in “The Big_Party.” Robt. Montgomers. Chas. McNaughton and Claude Allister in “Three Live Ghosts." Charles (Buddy) Ros- Charles (Buddy) Roi ers. Jean Arthur aj ‘Paul Lukas in “Young _Eagles.” Jean Arthur and Lukas_in ‘Young_Eagles.”” ers, May Nolan and John Mack Brown Ruth Chatterton and Frederic March in in “Sarah_and Son.” “Undertow.” Richard Arlen in The Light of, Western Stars.” Come | Colony Ga. Ave. & Farragut Mom’r Blue “Those Who Dance.” Comedy. Richard Arlen in “The Light of Western Stars.” Comeds. Billie Dove in “The Other Tomor- Monte Blue in “Those Who Dance. e variety. Harry Richman in Buddy Rogers “Puttin’ on the § t Vitaphone variety. Charles Ro'en and Jean Arthur in “Young Eagles.” Comedy. Dumbarton 1343 Wisconsin Ave. Ruth Chatterton and Frederic March in “Sarah and Son.” Comedy. Chatles Rogers and George Bancroft and Mary Astor in s B haet Mary Ast “Ladies Love Brutes.” 23 Comeds stor in “Ladies Lon Bruter. Com Ronald Colman in “The Condemne n Pow The Benson, Sturder Comedy. Ronald Colman in “The Condemne Helen Twelvetrees “The Grand Parade.” “Applause.” “Courting Wildcats.” Comedy. All-star cast “swell Hnd @ Sth & G Sts. S.B. Edmund Lowe and Constance Bennett in “This Thing Called Love.” _Comedy. Edmund Lowe and Constance Bennett in ““This Thing Called cam ed: Reginald Denny 1n “Embarrassing Moment. Ford Sterling in “Fall_of Eve.” Comedy. Act. unouuxm g Bob Custer Hom:Glfiaon in "Breeazy Byl “Courting Wildeats.” med: Evelyn Brem in “Slightly Scarlet.” Laurel dy in Hippodrome 208 K St. N.W. Vilma_Banky “Shignily e cariet in Laurel and Hardy in “A L::dy to Love." “Men o' War." Vilma, ast in Rumpane Aver Comedy. Review. n “A Lady to Love.” Comedy. e oy Wmum Bnyfl & Yl nrg Com- JFirs “His First Com- Gang_comeds. Fable Home 13th & C Sts. N.E. Ingomar Alexandria, Va. “Mammy." Vitaphone variety. Dark. Al Jolson in Winnie Lightner in “Mammy." “Hold Everything.” Vitaphone variets. Winifred Westover Winnie Lightner in in Hold Everything. “Lummox.” Vitaphone variets Buster Keaton “Free and Easy.” Cartoon. Comeds~ Vitaphone Serial < Holt_and Dorothy Revier in “"Vengean Comeds. lrmnn Vilma Banky in “A Lady to Love." Comeds, News| Buster Keaton in “Free_and Easy.” Conatance Bei and Regis Toome. o.Rich People Com _snortiient. on. _Fabl Louise Dresser in “Three Sisters. Seria __Comeds. Richard Arlen in “Light_of Western _Comedy Joan Crawtord in “Montana Moon. Jesse 3100_18th st. n.e. Edmund Lows Helen Kane in “This Thi "Cartea v “Pointed Heels.” William Powell aily BI “The suuon Murder, 1 ine “Tanne Le George Bancroft in “Ladies Love Brutes.” William Haines in “The Girl Said No. Dark. Laurel Laurel._Md. Ralph Graves and Jack "Holt in “Flight.” Ralph Graves and Jack Holt in “Flight.” Comedy. Comedy. Dixie Lee and 8ue Carol in “The Big Party." Act._ Comedy. mm e Sue Carol in “The Big Party.” Act. edy. Lol Lane Hoot Gibson in “Long, Long Trail." in “Girl From Hevans.” Comed: Victor MacLaglen and Edmund Lowe in “Cockeyed World." Cartoon. _News. Leader 9th & E Sts. N.W. Nancy Carrofl 1 Nancy Carroll in -mnnmAmhudln 3 ct. News. cnm L T Wm. Collier, sr., In __Wm “Harmony at Home, Comedy. “Harmony at Home.” Comedy. News. News. Basil B All-star cast Hlshon Murder in “"Happy Dl:‘l 4 cnmmv *Gartoon. a i “Troopers Three.” Our Gang in “Hurdy Gurdy.” Liberty 1419 N. Capitel 8t. “Troopers Three.” our Gang in “Hurdy Gurdy.” “After the Fog." Comedy. Cartoon. Robt, Montgomery TAfter the Fom." Comedy. in “The Sophomore.” Comedy. Cartoon. “Prince of in my Eiehty Searier Serial. Laurel and Hardy in Men o' War. onds. Snapshots. George O'Brien Prlnce,' *“The Lo"nl Star Ranger."” A St. N.E. William Haines n “The Girl Sald No.» Geotse GBrien Ranger.” Arthur Lake and Sally i Blaine n William Haines in “The Girl Sald No.” “Tanned Les Basil l?a-lmwne n “The Bishop Mur- der_Case.” william Boyd “His Pitst Com- mand." Richmond Alexandria, Va. Dark. Maurice Chevalier and Claudette Colbert in “Big_Pond Comedy. _News. Maurice Chevalier and Claudette Colbert in Winnie Lightner and Brown in “Hold Everything.” Comedy. ‘Winnie Lightner and Joe E. Brown in “Hold Everything.” Comedy. Winn:e Lightner and oe . Brown in “Hold_Zversthing.” Comedy. Glenn Tryon and Merna Kennedy in “Broadway.” Comedy. _Cartoon. Evr!yn Bl’!n.t' in Savoy e Comedy. 030 14th St. N.W. Vitaphone variety. Brent in ‘Framed.” Vitaphone. \‘nlgi! Comedy. Blanche Sweet in “The Woman Racket.” Comedy. Joan Crawford in “Montana Moon.” “The Devil's PIt. Comedy. Vitaphone variety. Ken Maynard in “Parade of the Sylvan 103 R. L ave. n.w. Helen Twelvs P n Grand Parade.’ Barbara Stanwyck in “Mexicali Rose.” William Powell in “Street of Chance.” * Charles Rusgles in “Battle of Paris. Sally O'Neil in “Broadway Scandals.” Conrad Nagel in “Ship_From Shanghai.” Charles Bickford in ‘Hell's Heroes. William Haines in “The Girl Said No.” Takomn oma Park. D. C. chr"a ‘Arliss ‘William Haines i n “The Green Goddess.” n “The Girl Said No.” John Boles George Arliss in n “Song of the “The Green Goddess.” John Boles Nancy Carroll in “Dangerous Paradise." e Daniels in in “Sopg of the by “‘Alias French Ger Maurice Chevalier in “The Big Pond." Vitaphone variety. Tivoli 14th_and Park Rd. Maurice Chevalier in “The Big Pond." Vitaphone variety. Bernice Claire in “Song of the Comeds. onn B-mmore in he Man From T ankiey's Cartoon._Vitaphone. Bernice Claire in “Song of the Flame." Comedy. Jn¥| Burrvmnre n Willlam Boyd n “Officer O'Brien."” Comedy. ('urmon Vitaphone. York Ga. Ave. & Quebee Men Preferred. “BECAUSE the openly dramatic things in life are done more often by men than by women,” observes Jesse L. Lasky of Paramount, “the usual motion picture cast includes more men than women. “I have often been asked why our company has between two and three men ta every woman under contract,” says Mr. Lasky. “The answer is found in the casts of pictures. Almost with- out exception a film story as well as a stage play calls for two or three times as many men. “The supporflnf casts for feminine stars are nearly always filled with men and often you find only one woman in a production. “Nancy Carroll's case is a good ex- ample. Her first s'.lrring picture was ‘Dangerous Paradise, and of the 10 players in the cast Miss Carroll was the only woman with a major part. The only others were a character actress and a Chinese servant. “In_‘The Devil's Holiday,’ Naney Carroll's picture, directed by Edmund Goulding, there are 13 good parts in the production, and although it stars a feminine player, only four of the char- acters are women. Miss Carroll's part, of course, is the strongest in the pic- ture. Two of the others are mere bits. Practically every man in the picture has a strong role, seven of which could be_classified as major parts. “‘Another explanation of the prepon- derance of men over women players may be found in the fact that require- ments for an actor are less stringent than for an actress. A man may reach heights without being handsome, hut a girl must have beauty, figure, grace and a beautiful voice. exceptions, but I am speaking of the general rule.” Al Jolson in “Mammy.” Movxcs Tx!le Their Own. RIDE 66, the Hammerstein op- eretta with Friml music, has been rechristened “The Lottery Bride.” Paul Stein, who directed the produc- tion for United Artists, thinks that it will establish Jeanette MacDonald as a real emotional actress. She is said to give the title role a dramatic signifi- cance rarely equaled on the screen. Her soprano voice records perfectly. Film Dalily reports: “No doubt the sets for this picture were built in tiers. Jeanette MacDonald did a dramatic scene so well that she made Joseph Schenck weep, also the electricians” A twentieth century Ophelia, perhaps? NOW PLAYING ADAPTED FROM A STORY BY Of course there are | GARY CDOPER FAY W M« #zwtuatv'mrto womaflvta zlL 3 sl A PARAMOUNTY PIfCTURS Winnie Lightner in Al Jolson in “Hold_Everything.” “Mammy." Comedy. Vitaphone variets., ck_Holt. n “Vengeance.” Comeds. Winnie Lightner in “Hold_Everything.” Comedy. Vitaphone variety. Rin Tin Tin in “Rough Waters." Vitaphone variety. Comedy. Cartoon. Dorothy Mackaill in “Strictly Modern.” Vitaphone varlety. Advance Ti United Artists have a new one! Readers who want to be sure they do not miss the next pictures of such stars as Mary, Doug, Charlie and Gloria when | they come to local theaters are advised | to jot down this address: Department L, United Artists Corporation, 729 Seventh Avenue, New York, N. Y. You're invited to check the following list of pictures and indicate which pic- tures you wish to be told the play dates by your local theater. United Artists will see that the theater gets your let- ter in plenty of time to notify you. Here are the pictures: Mary Pickford in “Forever Yours.” Norma Talmadge in “Du Barry, Wom- an of Passion.” Gloria Swanson in “What a Widow!"” Dolores Del Rio in “The Bad One,” with Edmund Lowe. Charlie Chaplin in “City Lights Douglas Fairbanks in an uni picture. | amed ps Assured. Al Jolson in “Sons o' Guns, Ronald Colman in “Raffles.” Ronald Colman in a Frederick Lons- dale story. Eddie Clntor in “Whoopee.” Lillian Gish in “One Romantic Night,” with Marie Dressler. ‘Walter Huston in D. W. Griffith’s “Abraham Lincoln.” Joan Bennett in “Smilin’ Thru.” Evelyn Laye in a story by Louise Bromfield and Sidney Howard. Jeanette MacDonald and Joe E.| Brown in Arthur Hammerstein's "Lot-‘ tery Bride,” with Rudolf Friml music. “Hell's Angels,” $4,000.000 air film. Chester Morris in Roland West's | “Whispers.” Bebe Daniels “Reaching for the Moon,” lin's music. Una Merkel in Henry King's “Eyes of the World.” DeSylva, Brown and Henderson film, | unnamed. in Irving Berlin's | and Mr, Ber- “He-Men’ THE most fickle thing in all the world | is fashion. And, strange to say, it| is both woman's ineffaceable tyrant and | her_idol. Girls never seemed to look younger, healthier, more beautiful and never so | attractive until the picture papers | and newspaper advertisements, just as the Spring was budding into life, began | to herald the fact that Parisian slvle makers had decreed that that which had been making them so must be tossed into the waste, and that they must go back to the styles of “the gay nineties.” Apparently they have leaped at the chance, Not only ti they are pre- pared to go the Parisian long skirt one better; for they h: thrown over “the pretty man” and “the collegian,” and are now demanding the “he-man,” ac- cording to Hollywood advices. Five | movie stars have so decreed. Kathryn Crawford is said to prefer him brunette and athletic. She “hates sheiks.” Carol Lombard yearns for the chap who is worth while and accomplishes great things—leaders in any field. Carol hates “playboys.” ’ Coming In. | won't matter if they are fond of out- Josephine Dunn likes hers unasser- | tive, quiet and disposed to be rather shy, be they blond or brunette. And it| door sports. | Virginia Bruce adores the intellec- tual, the well read and intelligent, who | can discusg literature and philosophy, | but not bookworms, and are preferably brunettes. | Geneva Mitchell wants 'em strong| and silent, the man who would be equnlly at home on a cattle range and a drawing room. And there you are! But all these chaps have to be e-men.” not what | were known as “matinee idols” in ”Lh! gay ninetie DR.FU MAN with DDED filBJEC'D‘ JM’ANl Fraturny g NELL I(Ell.V he madgirlof me (tanze Glicanaiond, KIK LLTA»J' .mk’%,., GJhe THREE RHYTHM DANCERS i 3a00s of yncopeation. st Keep Kool and Happy at the A Delightful Predicament—A‘one in tuous Apartment With the CHARLES “BUDDY " ROGER AND THESE HITS VITAPHONE VARIETIES JOHNNY ARTHUR IN “THE PAPERHANGER® COMEDY SKETCH—“THE NO ACCOUNT” N A Paramount Musicomedy Romance New Glories for Movie Folk. THERE'S nothing like attaining im- mortality via the movies. It seems even as though one of these days a Rudy Valentino (or Vallee) might get himself cut into a great big rock by a ick-and-shovel artist like Gutzon Borg- um. At the present moment Hollywood is | all agog over its highest mountain be- | ing named “Mount Warner.” This honor has been bestowed on the moun- tain—as well as on Mr. Warner—on account of the great vogue of talkies. Being a silént tribute, however, it doesn’t seem quite right, or rather appropriate. Still, it's nice to remember a man by a mountain. Consider, for instance, the Presidential range in the White Moun- tains. Who would this man Washing- ton be without his mountain? And if such a tradition continues to wax out on the coast, think of the joy of being able to get a view from the top of a Mount Swanson, a Mount Garbo or a Mount Bo Ll]y Damita a Success. ILY DAMITA will sail on the S. S. Paris for a holiday in the south of France on June 12. On her return frem Paris, last Sep- tember, Samuel Goldwyn loaned her to Bobby Connelly for the feminine lead opposite _Jack Donahue in “Sons o’ Guns.” Despite lack of training for the stage, Connolly insisted that she was the perfect girl for the part, basing his judgment on Lily’s performance in her ast. American pleture, “The Gock-eyed World.” Connelly’s ~ faith persisted, even after rumors about town insisted that because of bad reports from try-out engagements, Miss Damita was to be replaced. When “Sons o' Guns” finally opened Miss Damita scored one of the greatest pesonal successes the American stage has known since the days of Anna Held. Miss Damita is now anxious to get back into pictures. On her arrival in Hollywood in August she will probably begin work opposite Al Jolson in the p)ctunuunn of “Sons o' Guns.” A new sical picture under the Samuel Gold- n banner will follow. NOwW “ehos METROPOLITAN . LAYING KEEP KOOL AND HAPPY Fu Manchu’s Alive — You Haven't Seen Half His Thrills Until You THE RETURN CHU 4 New Paramount Picture From oz Rohmer Stof WARNER OLAND .H.\M"AT N Vitaphone Varlety Eddie Buzzell in “The Royal Four Flusher" A Warner Bro: Theater Sump- Most _Beautiful Guardians! « Safety in Numbers’ a Garamount Qicture = " Dorothy Revier and | | going to start the new week next Priday AMUSEMENTS, Coming in a Few Days. FF again, on again, gone| again, Finnegan. | Tempus may fugit. but so do the talkies. Scarcely is| the “most wonderful fea- ture the world has ever seen” an- nounced before it is supplanted by one | “more wonderful” Why, the motion | picture houses have had to shape their new “‘openings” days ahead of the first day of the Christian week to meet the demands of the situation. Next Saturday, for instance, Palace is going to brush aside this week’s entertain- ment and replace it with Nancy Car- roll everybody loves _Nancy — in ”The Devil's Holi- " which was dlr!cmd by Ed- mund Goulding, who directed “The Trespasser.” Critics who reviewed it elsewhere say it is a fine picture. Over at Warner Bros.’ Earle they are Naney Carroll. with Domthv Mackaill and Basil R th- bone in “The Flirting Widow,” an adnplallon of the widely talked-of play “Green Stockings.” They say it's a corker, and it ought to be. { Hardle Meaking, the new managing director of the Fox, regardless of what others say, announces that Victor Mce Laglen's new picture, “On the Level™ which also features Fifi Dorsay, Wile liam Harrigan and Lilyan Tashman, is to be shown at the Fox beginning Fri« day. And he is taking his chances on everybody liking it. Properly alternated, Clara Bow, the “It Girl,” red-haired and rollieking, is scheduled to star it in “True to the Navy” at Warner's Columbia, where Marie Dressler and Polly Moran have been and still continue to shake the sides out of their audiences with “Caught Short.” Clara doesn't need boosting, nor, they are saying, does her :ew picture. Both are coming Satur- ay. But Friday morning, the Warner- Metropolitan, not to be outdone, ane nounces it will give its first showing of a glorious all-Technicolor musical mance, “Bride of the Regiment.,” a First National-Vitaphone pmflucuon adapted from “The Lady in Ermin and with a cast that presents the charming Vivienne Segal, Allan_ Prior, Louise Fazenda, Ford Sterling, Lupino Lane and Myrna Loy. Think of ft! Not only is it & beauty spectacle, but it fairly bristles with action, daring and suspenst It ought to get any man's money. Manager Corbin Shields of R-K-O Keith's always conservative, again with« holds the announcement of the suc- cessor to “He Knew Women.” It might run more than a week. Who knows? Movie THE spirit of ambition has always stirred up the spirit of rivalry. This is true of institutions as it is of indi- viduals. And the movie is an institu- tion. And had ever any man or any | thing more rivals in its day and gen- eration than the movie? Starting with the imagination of the! creator of the censor, running through | the spirit of acquisitiveness of the truly| pious, on through the theater, the vic- trola, th~ automobile and up to the radio, the movie has always had to contend with some rival that when| first recognized formed always the basis| of a threat to undo the creature of the silver sheet, silent and soundful. The battle with the spirit of censor-| ship, its deadliest foe perhaps, still| goes on, even though the guns of the enemy reverberate sullenly with long intervals between booms, yet there is indubitable evidence that the war is| still on. This perhaps is largely due to| censorship’s ally, the spirit of pious| acquisitiveness, which is ever Rert,| seeking and searching for its own or for that which it yearns to annex. The theater, the movie's first open rival, weary and worn with the short, swift, strenuous encounter with the young giant opponent, is fairly down, | if it isn't out. The victrola may have Rivals. the human interest touch, both for the benefit of the eye and the ear. It grabs its music from the theater stage and the concert hall where sweet sounds and pure musical tone originate, and the chief rivalry of the radio is with the same sounds, the same tone, bore rowed from the same source. There is one great advantage the movie has in this contest. It has been wise enough to spend money and te invoke the best that come in the way of sound makers and musical tone pro= ducers, The radio seems distinctly ta be losing out along this line, with it husky Joe Miller singing comedl:m, its songalogue quartets that murder the songs they sing, its effeminate and wornout tenors !hu! will be heard, its amateur baritones, and its mishandling of large and competently equipped or- chestras. It is true that some of its numbers are wonderfully beautiful. But it’s the fillers-in that seem to be sap=- ping its popularity. Among these the wire-strung guitars and the boop-i la-boop and rodeo-do boys should not be forgotten. “The Royal Family." ‘HE ROYAL FAMILY,” a picturie been a movie rival, but it did not linger long enough to win honorable mention. The automobile, somewhat more effec- | tive in & way, may now fairly be classed | as a neutral, even if it is cheaper thln\ ever. The radio only, therefore, remains on | the field of battle, armed to the teeth| and loud roaring in its vigor, but in| reality listing in its casuals only the | aged, the infirm and the lazy, while | the movie's chief appeal is to the| | spirit of youth. What, then, are the EARLE CONCERT ORCHESTRA NEWS EVENTS | after and caught from great distances; | chances of the radio against the movie, | even supposing that television is, as they say it is, “just around the corner”? It should be recognized at the outset in considering this contest that both the movie and the radio are out for the| money. The bluff about movie art and the mugical charm of the radio are, after a in the battle, and upon these two swords the result of the battle must depend. We have, therefore, on the one hand the lure of sweet music, reached out on the other hand, the bang in the eye of the ever-present movie. Causes op- erating from great distances are apt to lose potency in their effect upon the object against which they are directed. ‘That everlasting, irrepressible punch in the eye—and now in the ear—of the movie ought to win. and will win, in the long run, especially as the radio is relying in very large measure upon the music manufactured for the movie for its lure of sweet sounds, its pure musi- | cal tone. In addition the movie is get- | ting to the sweet sounds and pure musical tone with a shadowy semblance | of humanity to its lure, thus lending | BASSA DOR ol BN, vnnv-- ROGERS IN 624 B St. NE. TODAY AND TOMORROW-MARRY CHMAN IN "PUTTIN' ON THE Warner Bros.” Conn. Ave. and McKinley § 3, TODAY AND TOMORROW—WINNIE ER IN “HOLD EVERY- THING er Bros. arn AVENUE GRAND & % TODAY AND TOMORROW— Wi Llc;gg ER IN “HOLD EVERY- rner Bros. CENTRAL ot st Bet. D ana & TODAY AND TOMORROW-_DORO- THY REVIER IN “MURDER ON COLONY Ga. 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March is now in New York share ing honors with Frank Morgan 1n Nancy Carroll's forthcoming picture, “Laughe | ter.” Fex I Now EL BRENDEL MARIJORIE WHITE along with 242 comedians, songsters, dancers and gorgeous girls in the NEW MOVIETONE FOLLIES OF 1930 A Musical Romance That Will Win Your Heart —the stage— inchon and Marco's CARNIVAL RUSSE with Countess Sonia and & cast of 50 Favorites FOX GRAND ORCHESTRA Leon Brustioff, Conductor Fox Movietone News ENJOY COOL COMFORT! Our Cooling System in Opera- tion during the Hot Weather (*) Indicates Where Film Is Being Shown Today. District of Columbia “THE METROPOLITAN—F st. n.w. AMBASSADOR—18th and Col. rd. n.w, APOLLO—624 H st. n.e. *AVENUE GRAND—645 Pa. ave, s.e. CENTRAL—9th st. COLONY—Georgia ave. and Farragut EMPRESS—A416 9th st. n.w. HOME—1230 C st. n.e. JESSE—3100 18th st. n.e. SAVOY—3030 14th st. n.w. *STANTON—515 C st. n.e. *SYLVAN—104 Rhode Island ave. n.w. TIVOLI—14th and Park rd. n.w. TAKOMA—ith and Butternut sts. YORK—Georgia ave. and Quebec n.w, MARYLAND—Hagerstown, Md. Maryland and Virginia ARCADE—Crisfield, Md. ARCADE—Hyattsville, Md. ASHTON—Clarendon, Va. AUDITOURIM—Onancock, Va. BERKELEY—Berkeley Springs, W. Va. CAPITAL—Cumberiand, Md. CAPITOL—Winchester, Va, coumum’n—mam,. Md. 'REWE—Crewe, Va. EMPIBE—Pol:omnks City, Md. EMPIRE—Saxis, Va. FIREMEN’S HAl.L—Wl.lllrdl. Md. GLOBE—Berlin, Md. IMPERIAL—Brunswick, Md. JEFFERSON—Brookneal, Va. LYRIC—Fishing Creek, Va. MARADA—St, Michaels, Md. MARYLAND—Kitzmifter, Md MASONIC—Clifton Forge, Va. MELVILLE—Sykesville, Md. NELSON HALL—Lovington, Va. NEW-—Aberdeen, Md. NEW—Elkton, Md. NEW-—Hancock, Md. NEW VIRGINIA—IIIHMHID OPERA HOUSE, Leesburg, V: OPERA HOUSE—Piedmont, W. Va. PALACE—Frostburg, Md. PALACE—Hagerstown, Md. RAMONA—Westminster, Md. REPUBLIC THEATER—Annapolis. ROCKBRIDGE—Buena Vista, Va. STATE—Bethesda, Md. Continuous trom Matines. RICHARD BARTHELMESS in ‘angler, Va. ON—WlmnhI\. Va.