Evening Star Newspaper, June 15, 1930, Page 62

AMUS Flashes Fro By C.E fact that Will Hays, who has more or less to do with the movies, sailed for Eu- rope aboard the Leviathan Wednesday, does not mean that we are to make any entangling alliances. Also, the fact that Chief Justice Hughes was aboard the same ship, has nothing to do with the ing to his statement to the ship reporters, intends to look over the movie situation in England, France, etc., with the idea, per- haps, of aiding the circulation and, incidentally, the sale of American pictures in other lands Various complaints have arrived concerning some of the American pictures, and one London newspa- per felt called upon to give a list of definitions of slang terms used by the Americans. have been appropriate, except that the definitions in many in- stances were wrong. Perhaps Mr. Hays will straighten out this mat- ter, explaining American slang 80 that the Britishers may be able to follow our gangland and backstage productions. All this, of course, is in the line of specula- tion. * ¥ ¥ % 'HIS will probably be the last This would EMENTS,’ THE SUNDAY m the Screen . Nelson. | vet they failed to draw the cash customers. e i Short Flashes. “ ALL Quiet on the Western Front,” the war picture which has not yet appeared in Washington, is claimed to be drawing record crowds wherever exhibited. ‘The musical comedy star, Irene | Delroy, gains movie prominence in one jump, for she is to have the leading part in the first musi- cal screen play of Jerome Kern |and Otto A. Harbach. First Na- tional is producing, and the pic- ture will be known as “The Call of the East.” Richard Barthelmess is about ready to start work in his new picture, “Adios,” with Frank Lloyd directing. Fred Kohler and James | Rennie will be members of the | supporting cast. Alice White's new picture, Widow From Chicago,” has been completed. Neil Hamilton has {the leading male role. Otis Skinner starts work within a few days on a screen version of “Kismet.” John Francis Dillon will direct. Three ligictm’es are being made at the First National studio in “The | word of “Ingagi” the picture Hollywood. They are “The Bad which recently thrilled Washing- | Man,” starring Walter Huston; tonians. Not long after the local | ‘Queen of Main Street,” with Lila showing of the film, which was Lee, and “Broken Dishes” with supposed to represent life in a re- | Loretta Young. Ben Lyon plays mote section of Africa, whispers|OPpposite Lila Lee. Dorothy Revier were heard to the effect that the has the leading feminine role in picture was not authentic—that | “The Bad Man” and Grant With- the thrilling parts were made in | ers has the role epposite Loretta the neighborhood of Hollywood Young. 3 and that the whole thing was a| Mary Lewis, opera star, is en hoax, aside from the fact that it | route to the Pacific Coast, where was rather good entertainment for | she will play the leading role in the blase movie-goer. [the musical picture, “The Siren Now, it has been discovered, the | Song. She has just returned picture was one of the biggest/from a tour of Europe, and her money makers in movie hlstory.lgc‘:gg:gbxfs with the Pathe or- millions at the various 3 {:ogrgfiecgy-and ett it cost only| These things really "happen. $38,000 to manufacture. For a|Dorothy Mathews, comparatively time it was indorsed by men and | unknown bit player, has been women high in public life. Then |signed to play the lead in a War- 2 few scientists began to air their | ner Bros. production, in which doubts concerning its authentic-|She was formerly an extra. As ity. This started a rumpus, and|Yyet the picture has not been the big chain organization which | named. was featuring it, dropped it like| The Universal company is plan- the proverbial hot potato. |ning to produce Tolstoy's novel The really comic turn to the ‘Resurrection, with Edwin Ca- whole matter of “Ingagi” came |rewe directing. It will be remem- with the first doubt of its authen- | bered that the same director pro- ticity—and merely through vac-|duced the story in silent form a cination marks. It will bewre- | number of years ago. The role of membered that the producers Maslova, which was played for were picturing a very remote and Years on the stage by Blanche uncivilized section of Africa. The | Walsh, and by Dolores Del Rio in natives were supposed to be about | the silent picture, will be played as wild as human beings could be, | by Lupe Velez in the sound ver- South Pole Colder. **THE South Pole is much dolder thnn' the North." So says Willard Van- der Veer, Paramount cameraman, who | has visited both places. | “We often experienced temperatures | of 75 degrees below zero in Antarctica,” says Vander Veer, who was a member of Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd's recent South Polar expedition, “while at the | northern extremity of the globe Byrd's| previous party seidom found tempera-| tures lower than 50 below. “The difference is accounted for by the fact that the South Pole is located on a plateau 10,000 feet above sea level, | while the other is on an ice fleld exactly | at the water’s edge.” | On the other hand, Vander Veer said | that flying conditions were much better South than North. | “In the Arctic we often would drop 300 feet into air pockets,” he declared, “but on the recent South Pole trip fly- ing conditions were ideal whenever the sun shone during periods of calm | weather.” | Vander Veer and his companion, Jo- | seph T. Rucker, first of the Byrd expe- | ditlon to return to New York, brought with them 30 miles of film, which is| being edited for release by Paramount under the title “With Byrd at the South Pole.” Milhall HaslBvorything. ] ESLIE PEARCE. talkie and stage di- rector, once aspired to be omnipo- | tent just for a few minutes. He wanted | to be an ideal talkie actor. His plan was to take qualities from | several men and combine them into| one. He wanted the physique of an athiete, the muscles of an iron foundry worker, the wit of a side-show barker, | the endurance of a six-sway-a-day | vaudevillian, the nerve of a wild West cowpuncher, the sophistication of a| globe-trotter, the polish of a stage star | and the voice of a professional singer— | all mixed in with a good reputation. | Since making “The Fall Guy,” now| showing at R-K-O Keith's, Pearce is| said to have given up his ambition. “It will not be necessary” he declares. | “Jack Mulhall, who plays the lead, f | fills every one of my requirements. | “Jack has worked in an iron foundry, | has been & barker, has bumped his way through Europe, has been in vaudeville, | has made a success on the stage, has| been a cowboy, and once made his living singing popular songs in cafes. | “And as a family man—well, he's one | of Hollywood's shining examples—"mar- | ried 10 years to the same woman.” | Free Government Films. ’ "TH.E figest lot of road films we ever saw,” was the verdict of a group of engineers after seeing a series of films | produced by the office of Motion Pic- tures, United States Department of Ag- riculture, for the Bureau of Public Roads, and shown throughout the two- week session of the second Pan-Ameri- can Highway Congress at Rio de Janeiro. Two of the films, “Concrete Road Facts” and “Low-Cost Road Surfaces— | First Stage and Second Stage,” had their world premiere in Brazil. They are now available to the general public, as well as to State highway depart- ments, road organizations, automobile | clubs, schools, colleges, churches and | other agencies. In common with all Department of Agriculture films, they are free to bor- rowers except for transportation charges to and from Washington, D. C. but the directors slipped up by |sion. showing native women with vac- | cination marks. To the keen-eyed, this fact cast a doubt about the origin of the film, and the latest that the picture was patched up| from some old African films, with | insets made in Hollywood. Also, | several other photographic tricks | were utilized, until the picture really became a thriller. The old | lion used in one part of the pic-| ture is about the gentlest beastie | around the Hollywood studios. And that's the end of “Ingagi,” | although it was a mighty inter-| esting picture to watch and won- der over. * % % MOTION PICTURES NEW, INC., has issued a comprehensive Yolume, known as ‘“The Blue| Book,” which gives in detail the“ histories of all persons connected | with the motioruicture industry | in America—producers, directors ! and players. It is a handy vol- | ume of biographical data and! especk fally valuable as a reference | work. * x x2 the sound picture came into being a short time ago it was announced by the various| studies that they would not dis- continue the production of silent films. However, in looking over the production schedules for the coming year there are no silent pictures listed. This shows that the day of the silent photoplay has passed entirely—that it wiil never return. | During the early days of sound, ! the producers were forced to rush into production with new ideas, but they were rather doubtful about the future of sound. They| were afraid that sound, like Eski- mo pie and bicyele bloomers, | might be a fad of the moment; that they would be forced to go back to the reliable silents. How- ever, the success of the sound pic- ture has been one of the miracles of the age, and the producers are now satisfied to confine their product to one line. First National announces this week that $3,500,000 has been ap- | propriated for the future pmduc-] tion of talking pictures. Studio facilities are to be tripled. Other manufacturing organizations are | following along the same line, limiting their work to sound pro- duction. The day of experimenta- tion is left behind: the silent pic- ture goes to its place in the attic * ¥ VEW YORK audiences turned thumbs down on the| motion plcture revues, leaving the producer and exhibitor in| somewhat of a quandary for the coming year. There are a num- ber of big musical pictures listed | for manufacture during the next| few months, and the musical com- edy is one of the problems of the future. Wide open purse strings have failed to put over many of the big revues, and big names have failed to draw the money at the box offices. Statistics show that not a single one of the big revues of the past few months— “King of Jazz,” “Paramount on Parade,” “Hollywood Revue” or “Movietone Follies'—can be reg- istered among the season’s hits. ‘They were produced at great ex- pense and the players were stars, DA J, 318 ACKS( iy : for 35 Glass dance every Fri- da>.910 13 p.m.. 1636 19th n.w. ~Pot. 0318 Member, Dancing Masters of America, Inc, Modern oom Dances Foxtrots, Waltz, ;I'-n.-, Three Tim te. Private Lessons by Appointment Studie, 2619 14th St. N.W. Telephone Adams 2539 Ona Munson, who is the wife of Eddie Buzzell, has signed a long- term contract with First National. Arioih it Do asliae ¥Babe iy OE DONAHUE, brother of Jack Don- | ahue, will be leading man for Mari- lyn Miller in “Sunny” when that late | She is a well known musical com- | New Amsterdam musical comedy betakes investigation, it is claimed, shows | €dy singer, having appeared in|itself to the screen. | several Broadway successes. Peggy Wood, actress who cre- ated the role of Sara in Noel Cow- ard's operstta, “Bittersweet,” will B ture also will be made in French and German. 'HE make-up kit of Hollywood's screen players originated in the Orient many centuries before the Chris- tian era. This was tevealed by Tetsu Komal, | of forthcoming productions at the who appears in Paramount's produc- | mount New York studio. tion “The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu.” Komal disclosed that the daily cos- metic task of the Oriental woman down through the ages required from two to four hours. And thus, he says, is how they slew the golden hours: “The cere- | would seem to indicate that “Heads mony of the toilet of a high-caste wom- | Up,” “The Sap from Syracuse” and an starts with a bowl of hot perfumed water, applied to the face and neck. The next step is a mixture of honey and perfume, spread over the face and permitted to dry, forming a mask. The mask is removed after 30 minutes with more perfumed water. Rice powder is then literally plastered over the fea- tures and neck. Face rouge, lip salve and eyebrow pencils also are meluded in the cosmetic equipment of the East. The lower lip only is colored, but the cheeks receive generous attention, “The women try to follow the teach- ings of their female ancestors by shap- ing their evebrows like the ‘true willow leaf’ and when the eyebrows are cor- rectly outlined the lady is ready for an hour or two of hairdressing. “Flowers and jewels are pinned upon the completed eoiffure, and the last step, that of putting on many silken | completes | and embroidered garments, the toilet.” Words From Carol 11, HS MAJESTY CAROL II of Ruma- nia, who only last week ascended his throne, is greeting the citizens of the United States and promising them a visit in the near future in the Fox Movietone News “I am happy,” he says, “to address today through your channel, the peo- ple of the United States. Some time within the near future, I hope that it will be possible for me to visit again your great country and not only to meet many friends, but also to thank you personally for the lasting friendship which the United States has always shown toward my country, Rumania— friendship which is s0 necessary for maintaining throughout the world a complete and equitable feeling of ever- lasting peace.” Tiller Girls/Clinynroned. ARY READ. noted dance director. the chaperon, is held responsible for the Tiller girls, now at the R-K-O studio, on passports from England. Bhe makes quarter: the British and United States govern- ments on the girls' deportment dences, sicknesses, marriages and gen- eral status. In addition she has promised the | families of the troupe | supervise all social activities, answer | phone calls and frown on ‘“dates.” eral months in Hollywood, where they | will appear in three Radio Pictures ~ reduced rates to Children 35¢ Adults 75¢ 9.00 a.m. Daily (except Tues.) WILSON lay the same part in a film to|substituted for his brother e made in England. The pic- |do the two brothers resemble each other reports to both ! resi- | to personally | | " Tiller's Sunshine Girls will spend sev- IR | N e | { Word has it that it will not by any means be the first time that Mr. Don- ahue has played opposite Miss Miller. For when Jack was cavorting_opposite | the lovely lady in “Sunny” Joe often, So much that Joe would walk on for Jack with- out any announcement to the audien and it is not recorded that any of the cash customers demanded their money back. Paramount Pushing 'Em. AVIRY HOPWOOD'S play, “The Best People,” has been added to the list 1t will begin to function before the camera some ime around July 1. Fred Newmeyer will be in charge of the production. At about the same moment Nancy Carroll will begin “Laughter,” which “Animal Crackers” will be finished and ready ‘o take flight from the home nest to give place to the two others. | George W Gordon, who This will be tmore, make-up expert, P Mi: NIGHTS $1.00, E. COCHRAN GEO. C. NEW YORK AND CHI NEXT WEEK EATS SELLING THE | Lillian Gish is not. ays a character part in the new ss Garbo's second sound picture. ATIONAL STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JUNE 30—PART FOUR. AMUSEME JOAN SHOWS A SUMMER FASHI Joan Crawford, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer star, wears a with slippers to match, newest fashions out around Hollywood. d her press agent announces that this is “flower garden print,” one of the Next We HESE are the times in the movies when, if a picture makes a hit, the management showing it hesitates to let it go. The array of attractions scheduled for this week look so good, so very g00d, when all things are considered, that the coming bills must be among “the bigger and better,” to warrant their Tush. Will Rogers would attract a crowd in a ceme- tery, if he were himself, so to speak, Manager Hardle Meakin isn't tak- ing any chances in announcing “So This Is London! with Will Rogers a5 its star in the Fox Movietone production for the new week, hegin- Wi Rogers. ning Priday of this week. Irene Rich, who played with Will in “They Had to See Paris,” will play with him in the George Cohan funny fantasy about London Town. Manager Cullen, at Loew's Palace, also has courage, but there is a reason for it. He knows that the fair Nancy Carroll is always with us, and that 8o he is swapping Nancey for Lillian the coming Saturday, for a week at least, in her screen ver- fon of “The Swan,” which is called ‘One Romantic Night," after the fash- ion of the movie: There is further reason for the swap in the fact that Rod La Roque, Conrad Nagel, Marle Dressler and O. P. Heggie are in the cast of the new picture with Lillian. When Clara Bow comes in anything she stays put. And so Loew's Colum- bia 1s going to keep Clara and her “True to the Navy” picture for another week, because, suggestive of the deep and so A TOUCH ADDS A HALF CENTURY addin, Greta Garbo picture, “Romance.” Monday and Week MATS. WED. 75¢ & 50c ay T FFORD BROOKE OFFER NATIONAL THEATRE PLAYERS in TYLER'S CAGO COMEDY SUCCESS “YOUR UNCLE DUDLEY” FIRST TIME IN WASHINGTON ek’s Bills. | blue sea, which is always fashionable in Summer time, “True to the Navy” is a good Summer picture, Warner Brothers' Theaters, the Met- | ropolitan and the Earle, believe in |change to keep the interest alive, so ‘!hnh commencing Friday of this weel ‘BL the Earl Theater, Armida, charm- | ing little Mexican screen star, in per- son, as a stage feature, will come with | Reginald Denny’s sparkling story of a ragged Romeo, “What a Man.” Miriam Seegar, Anita Louise, Charles Colman and Harvey Clark will have places in | the story. | At Warner Brothers' Metropolitan, | Jack Oakie will again break loose in | “The Social Lion," as a garage me- |chanic who yearns to astonish the world in the sporting line—and yearns, that is to say, until be breaks into so- clety as a poloist. Mary Brian, Skeets Gallagher and Olive Borden will be | seen with him in his roaring farce. Manager Corbin Sheilds, yielding to | the general trend, has announced that the Tiffany talking technicolor picture “Mamba,” featuring Eleanor Boardman, | Jean Hersholt and Ralph Fories, will be his attraction at the R-K-O Keith e 21. This “Mamba” story is laid in the African jungle and has to do with “a polsonous reptile in human | form.” portrayed by Hersholt, and it also has its romantic side. 1] Outdoor Attractions! GLEN ECHO PARK. (GLEN ECHO PARK, Washington's big free admission amusement re- sort, may be reached by a cool ride along the banks of the Potomac or by motor over the Conduit road. This resort has more than half a hundred amusements always in full blast. Crowds at all times are “riding on top of the world” in the big coaster dip, the derby racer, the aeroplane swings, operated somcthing like a real plane, and the big Ferris wheel, an addition to the park this year. Something a little less strenuous may | be had in the old mill, the penny ar- | cade. the midway, the’ caterpillar, the | carrousel, the whip and the firefly ride, | | which is also in the midway. A free| | attraction s an electric fountain | throwing colorful water sprays every | night. | In the ball room dancing may be | enjoyed every evening, except Sunday, |from 8:30 until 11:30 to the tune of | | McWilliams' Band of 11 musicians. Horror of B:ing Hunted. **(ONE of the most dificult roles to portray on stage or screen is that of a hunted man.” says William Powell |, “The fugitive from justice is a fear- haunted individual, who lives in con- stant dread,” he explained. “The sound of a door opening or a mere footfall| puts him on his guard. He is mruve; and wary, always expecting his past to catch up with him. “It is comparatively easy to simulate anger, surprise, or even sudden terror, but to simulate convincingly the ever- present fear of the hunted individual is far more difficult.” To do 8o, one must | live with the dread of the character he is portraying.” It was his superb ability to do this that made Charles Gilpin, the Negro | actor, great in “The Emperor Jones.” As_Jim Montgomery of “Shadow of the Law,” his latest picture for Par | mount, Powell portrays a man who lives | with the threat of the law ever over his head. “There 1s something terribly conta- | glous and destructive about fear. It | actually eats right into one” says | Powell, | “The thrill that accompanies danger | of all sorts complicates matters by mak- | ing the fugitive's role interesting as well | as difficult. There is a subtle sense of excitement that goes hand in hand with danger. The hunter stalking big game feels it. The officer of the law going | after a dangerous criminal experiences |1t In intensified form. The fugitive feels it most vividly of all.” Directs Stallmgg New Film. ROBEHT MAMOULIAN, whom “in- | % side” Thespians of Washington were privileged to see laboring over “A Month in the Country” when that delightful | Tchekov opus opened here, has been | awarded one of the most important di- rectorial assignments for the eoming year. He will command the players as- | signed to the forthcoming Lawrence | Stalling adaptation of Hemingway's “A | Farewell to Arms.” Incidentally, those who know their cinema A B C will no doubt remember that it was Mr. Mamoulian who stepped from nowhere into the camera breach and directed Helen Morgan through “Applause” with such evident success. ;Movxe Widows Mulnplym(. HOLLYWOOD‘S golf widows have a | sister in distress. She is the loca- | tion widow. | With outdoor pictures growing in pop- ularity, location widowhood is on the increase in the fllm city. It flourished | unchecked during the silent screen era, when from one to ten units from the rious studios were continually on lo- | eation. Then came the outdoor talking | films, and location separations have grown rapidly since. Departure of a unit from the Para- mount studios for the Sierra Nevada Mountains to film Zane Grey's story “The Border Legion” as an all-talking | pleture left 100 location widows in Hollywood. Three Hoi 'HE spell that makes coffee and | ter than beer and skittles anywhere | else was strong upon Marjorie White, | Noel Francis and El Brendel. They | bucked the heartbreaks and told them- | selves and any one else that would lis- ten that they liked it. | After years of forging along toward footlight fame, they find their paths | diverted to talking pictures and Holly- | wood. And they all wonder why they didn't think of it before. Miss White, Miss Francis and Bren- del knocked at the door of Broadway fame until their knuckles rebelled “Broadway must have had cotton in its ears when 1 was there,” says Miss | White. “I knocked, but every time the door opened I was given a part that didn't spell much in the way of prog- ress. Believe me, if Broadway wants | my services now, it will have a mighty long wait. I'm in Hollywood for as long | as the movies want me."” | “It was all & matter of getting the right break,” Miss Franels explains, | “and I just didn't get the big chance every one hopes for when 1 was on | Broadway |lies’ and in ‘Rio Rita.’ The best part I | had on the stage was in ‘Show Girl, | but none of my stage roles compare | with the parts I have been given in pic- tures. Hollywood has been and still is | Y FORTY ACRES OF GLEN | ¥ doughnuts on Broadway seem bet- | 1 was in the ‘Ziegfeld Fol- | lyyvooders. | kind to me, but I miss my Broadway." ‘When El Brendel is asked in which | direction the eyes of Broadway were | turned when he was there, he waxes | eloquent, “For 15 years,” says Brendel, “I was & vaudeville trouper, going from eity to city, often staying in no place more than three days at a time, llvl'r;{ out of a trunk the year around. e only home I had was a Pullman coach er & theatrical hotel. What I don't know | about split weeks and lay-offs without | pay hasn't been told. Now I have a | permanent home and don't have to dash out at 2 or 3 am. to catch a train to the next jump. I can go to prize fights and shows, go to the beach when I want to, take week end trips in my au- | tomobile, even plant flowers and know I'll be there when they come up and bloom.” Youth Catches Comedy Slsnti jOAN MARUE LAWES, 8-year-old daughter of Lewis E. Lawes, warden | of 8ing Sing prison, has been engaged | to0 act in pictures under a long-term contract with the Fox Film Corporation. Her first appearance on the screen | will be in “Up the River,” a comedy of prison life, written directly for the screen by Maurine Watkins, and to be | produced under the direction of John Ford. % T AMUSEMENTS AT ECHO WASHINGTON’S LEADING RECREATION CENTER pod Lo A O Lo L LR L TAKE | they decree, there will be no more ca- HE odor of brimstone that si naled the approach of Aristo- phanes from Philadelphia to Broadway has changed to in- cense, and the community is now inhaling it greedily. The Lysistrata proves to be both artistic and sanctified, deserving the homage of young and old, a trifle bawdy in its anclent manner, its character seemingly is pure, and as such it makes its way into the hearts | of New York's most virtuous phy,o' ), an esthetic memory of great and fallen | Greece. For the benefit of older readerd, it| may be recalled that in “Lysis females of several pugnacious tribes band together to stop the foolish war- | fare of their males. Until you quit| fighting, they say, you are banished.| Unless you agree to sheathe your swords, resses; marriage will become a bore. | Street. NTS. “Lysistrata” on Broadway By Percy Hammond. shrewd Lysistrata's exposure of the de- ception and Miss Hopkin's discomfiture thereat provide the audience with one of the play's most comic thrills. Mean- time Ernest Truex, that fireside man and artist, is dashing to and fro across the stage like an excited pony. It is all very frank and unashamed, and it should add immeasurably to the sum of high-class entertainment. You may be, as the P! tifled by the smell " but the “Lysistrata” is 80 engaging an orgy that in its mildest moments perhaps you will find material The devotional Mr. Littell, a New York critic, is irritated by those who blush at the “Lysistrata.” Himself a man of cleanly mind, he has no r- tignce with persons who are shocked by the ribald ceremonies in Forty-fourth “Any one,” says he, “who ean the | for refreshment Lysistrata’s proposition is frowned upon | think of it as a dirty show had better by her sisters at first and accepted re- | change the linen wrapped around his luctantly after a while. But it requires all the leader's eloquence and magnet- ism to keep them in line. In the illustration of their idea sev- eral satisfactory geniuses, aside from | Aristophanes himself, are employed at the Forty-fourth Street Theater. Gil- bert Seldes, the adapter, goes almost as far as he dares in his transcription, covering prudence with a coat of hu-| morous and literate bravado. It is said that Mr. Seldes so adores the works of Aristophanes that, like St. Chrysostom, he sleeps with a copy of them under his pillow. Norman Bel Geddes, the local Gordon Cralg, builds a stimulating and beautiful background to the play—a fine example of the stage's spurious archi- tecture. Representing Lysistrata, Miss| Kemble-Cooper calls the ladies away| from their men in a fashion statuesque and clarion. The blond chill of her appearance, however, gives one the im- pression that the crusade is more of a lark than a duty. But Miss Muriel Hopkins and Miss Hortense Alden, im- personating brides deprived of their heroes, are validly aflame and admirably | unabashed in exhibitions of the fever- ish urge. The role of Miss Hopkins, for in- stance, is so anxious to resume romance with her lord that in order to reach him she felgns approaching maternity. The | (Continued on Second Page.) order to obtain her father's permission for the marriage of her younger sister. Accordingly Dorothy gives out the word that she is engaged to an army officer who had just sailed for Arabia. In the complications that follow this well in- | tentioned lie the girl is induced to write and mail a letter to her supposedly imaginary lover, later announces his death, and inserts a death notice in the newspaper to carry out the plot. Shortly thereafter she is amaszed on encountering in her home a handsome army officer who says he has some intimate personal effects of her late flance. He proves to be the man. In the cast are Leila Hyams, Willlam Austin, Claude Gillingwater, Emily own little soul!” I wonder if Mr. Littell is as just as is his habit when he hands down that angry denunciation. It is not difficult to desplse one who willingly at- tends the ‘“Lysistrata,” knowing what it s, and then abuses it for filthiness. But some Rllyzoel'l are notoriously un- awaze of the contents of plays they are about to see. Invited to go to a show by Aristophanes, they innocently accept, not suspecting that in it there will be remarks and gestures unsuitable to in- experience. Others, less ignorant, will still be startled by its deliberate em- hasis upon points whose only purpose satirically to cater to the rougher ele- ment. These unfortunates, I submit to Mr. Littell, are not necessarily “dirty little souls.” I am acquainted with one or two of them whose souls are as large | and white as mine or Mr. Littell's. As one who is sympathetic to embar- rassed innocence, I put my hand pater- | nally on Mr. Littell’s shoulder and ask | him to retract the epithet, “dirty little | souls.” One of my arguments that he | should do so is the belief that he him- self would not print the leering detalls that make the “Lysistrata” a Broadway hit. And I convey to Mr. Littell my impression that on the first night at least there were more dirty little souls enjoying the “Lysistrata” than there [ were dirty little souls whe did g Photoplay Attractions Clara establishes “the freedom of the seize.” Her idea of naval parity is a ‘MIH in every porthole. In fact, she has | ® sweetheart on every ship, from whom jnha accepts presents and attentions. All goes well until the fleet comes in and all her boy friends congregate at the drug store where she is employed looking for dates. They discover they have been duped, and a free-for-all en- sues, and then the boys plot revenge. They try to get Gunner McCoy, the lady killer of the fleet, to make love to Clara and then break her heart. Mc- Coy refuses. He does, however, inad- vertently meet her and makes a date with her. In fact, he falls for Clara, and vice versa, and then the fun be- finl, with the widest range of oppor- unity for her and her gunner sweet- heart (Frederic March), as well as for | Fitzroy, Flora Bramley, Anthony Bush- ell and Wilfred Noy. Additional features include Vitaphone Varieties, the the and Paramount sound newsreels and music by the Earle Orchestra. COLUMBIA—“True te the Navy.” CLARA BOW in “True to the Navy" is the feature attraction at Loew's Columbia. It is a romance in which the company, for it is & sailor holiday all around. Laurel and Hardy will be seen in a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer talking comedy, e Wire,” and the Hearst Metrotone News and the Columbia Orchestra com- plete the program. “Little Accident™ “French Follies” At National Next Week. | Next Week's Gayety Show, UT of an embarrassing dilem- A SNAPPY big revue entitled “Prench fi?mgfiy‘}um:“;":n:'g;"{'h‘: Follies” is announced for appear- outstanding comedies of ,h,‘ ance next week at the Gayety Theater, past Winter udug:l. du"Lm»I: “Washington's cool and comfortable Accident” is its name, ant ¢ dllemma | burlesque house,” In “French Follies,” rns itself with the predicament of | 3 ;g“i;““d male, who, on the eve of | 5 might be expected, much of the fun is marriage, gets| and frolic, dancing and singing, has a 3l 'Al:‘ll:m ln!m;l; Parisian flavor, because antics from b 1 Past .'“‘," “gay Paree” always go over big with has imposed seri- | the fans. An outstanding list of pri: ous responsibilities | cipals is promised, male and female, U orman Over.| Whose names loom large on the Mutual beck, the man in| Wheel, and a chorus ef “Frenchies" &Auuon. hurries to| noted for their beauty. he lmn”tfrn(l;tyli hos- | v—r—— pital cago, N . interrupting " re Vic a Little Short. et i3 ICTOR McLAGLEN, who is 6 feet 3 Abproaching Mar<| V. inches tall, is the shortest of eight Tsabel, ‘mother of Drothers. He fought Jack Johnsen, the his ehild, has| Deavyweight champion of the world, & . | no-decision draw in Vancouver, British waived all ' claim | g0 dechc Marion Wells, to the baby in or- | =20 - — — dopted by strangers. "'Xn'r'&T!m“p'r"o'n{pZ’ adop v her to do this, for she s aware that | Rorman s on o e v ne | GAYETY THEATRE against any move that will compro- EXTRA! EXTRA! The Orisinal ‘1" @irt. mise him in sight of his afanced. A happy twist in the story provides an eminently satisfactory climax. | The play is in three acts and enlists | the talents of 18 people, one of the | biggest casts of the season. | BROADWAY’S GREAT COMEDY LANDS WITH THOUSAND LAUGHS 50 years to the age of Gavin WASH. RY. & ELEC, CARS MARKED GLEN ECHO OR CABIN JOHN RUNNING EVERY FEW MINUTES DIRECT TO PARK ENTRANCE OR MOTOR VIA CONDUIT ROAD TODAY AND ENJOY YOUR PLAY AMID A NATURAL SETTING OF QUTDOOR SCENIC SPLENDOR e e ——— MORE 8:30 TO 11:30 ECHO ORCHEST] THAN FIFTY AMUSEMENTS 0 CHOOSE FROM FOR YOUR FUN INCLUBPING TEN BIG RIDES MIDWAY OF WHOOPEE MANY SMALL DEVICES SHADY PICNIC GROVES REFRESHMENT STORES MECHANISSL GOLF Al FREE DISPLAYS FROM 7 P. M, AT ELECTRIC FOUNTAIN STARTING TOMORROW FROM AT THE BIG BALLROOM McWILLIAMS' GREATER GLEN RA OF ELEVEN Laugh with the inal gold - brick guy who'd break an arm grabbing for n nickel! COMEDY RIOT OF THE SEASON R A '“.l 1 ; Eh\ A EXTRA! EXTRA! SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTION! “UP THE CONGO sweeping undercutyent of wild life dvi " A , both umgn and anim in their trail across the