Evening Star Newspaper, June 22, 1930, Page 49

AMUSEMENTS. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, The Moving Picture cAlbum By Robert E. Sherwood. HE _eminent John Drinkwater, author of biographical drama: concerning Abraham Lincoln Mary, Queen of Scots, and Oli ver Cromwell, now has a some- what more cotemporary subject—Carl Taemmle, founder and president of the Universal Pictures Corporation, and @ontributor of a weekly column to a weekly magazine. Biographies of film magnates are not Iways to be taken seriously, as they utuaily come under the head of pub licity matter. That is to say, the biog- rapher is paid by his subject to pre- pare the work, and consequently does not feel free to include in it anything less than fulsome eulogy Whether this will be the case with Mr. Drinkwater's book or Mr. Laemmle I do not know. but I do know that there is an opportunity here for a life story that can approach the dimen- slons of what is technically known as an “epic.” Carl Laemmle is probably the most picturesque figure in the per- forated celluloid industry. His career has been an extraordinary one: through most of it he has been on the outside of the big tent, conducting his own sideshow, an object sometimes of affec- don, sometimes of derision, sometim f respect, but always of fascinated in- terest. For 25 years, ever since he left the ¢clothing business in Oshkosh, he has been engaged in & terrible struggle for existence and independence. He has managed to maintain both, but only by dint of herolc expenditures of toil and anguish. tion there have been tough luck 1 hope that Mr. Drinkwater will lay heavy stress on Carl Laemmle’s mani- fold ‘woes, for these have distinguished him from his colleagues in the film business, have made him a curiously rmenc and sympathetic figure. In 884 he left his native Laupheim, in Germany, to migrate to the golden United States, where there are sup- posed to be glorious opportunities for | all men, and where no medieval dis- tinctions are made between Christians und Jews. His first job was as a farm hand in Jowa, where he was assigned to feed the hogs (of all animals!). He survived that and subsequent hardships, just as he survived his first big war in motion pictures. That war involved the “independents,” of which Mr. Laemmle was the leader, and the trust,” which was the ali-powerfut General Film Co. This General Film Co. comprised all the more important producers of the od: Blograph, Vitagraph, Kalem, bin, Edison and others., All of them have ' disappeared long since. Carl Laemmle is still going strong—in fact, stronger at this moment than ever be- fore, although he himself has melan- choly reason to know that his present luck is too good to last. * x % x (QNE of the principal causes of Mr. Laemmle’s frequent misfortunes is exaggerated kindliness. He has been too generous to all manner of needy friends and (more particularly) rela- tives. During the World War he suffered keenly because of his German birth and his unalterable German accent. Every one knew where he came from, so he couldn’t pretend (as others did) that his accent was “Swiss” or “Alsatian.” He tried to make up for it by being very flagrantly pro-ally. He produced one of the bitterest of all the propaganda films—an orgy of war-time bad tas called “The Kaiser, the Beast of Ber- n." This charming entertainment made good money at the time, but it ‘had damaging consequences. Another Universal war picture (it was several tons of called “Hearts of Humanity”) had in | its cast an unknown actor named Erich Yon Stroheim. He gained access to Mr. | Laemmle and proceeded to burst into | tears, telling the boss of the horrors he had been through because of his Ger- man nationality and begging that he be given a chance. Von Stroheim said that he had a great idea for a screen story which he could tell in a few minutes. Mr. Laemmle agreed to lis- ten; he felt an understandable sym- pathy for the oppressed young Teuton. The story lasted for over two hours. For every ounce of satisfac-| | this being the first demonstration of on Stroheim’s famous and fatal ten- lency to underestimate. called “Blind Husbands” and it en- thralled Mr. Laemmie. He asked Von Stroheim how much it would cost to produce the picture. “Five thnusnndi dollars.” was the modest reply. “What | asked Mr. Laemmle, who hadn't heard such a low figure in years. “Well, at the outside, $10,000." said Von Stro- heim. “Go ahead and make it," said | | the boss, and Von Stroheim went ahead | and made “Blind Husbands” at a cost | of $65,000. It was a huge success. Later Von Stroheim produced “Fool- ish Wives.” It was the first picture in | history to cost over $1,000,000 and it was & source of untold grief and no | little secret pride to Mr. Laemmle. He lost $300,000 on it. but he gave Von Stroheim another chance, the latter swearing he would make his next pic- ture for practically nothing. This picture was “Merry Go Round.” When one-tenth of it had been com- pleted Von Stroheim had already spent $250,000, 50 Mr. Laemmle requested him to seck employment elsewhere. It was a sad disappointment for the little old gentleman when his tempera- mental favorite departed from Univer- sal City. He could not reconcile him- self to the embittering fact that a starving nobody who had come to and begged tearfully for a scrap of op- portunily should have turned out to be such a reckless spendthrift. * ok o THIS was one of many disappoint- ments. Mr. Laemmle had a habit of promoting obscure people to posi- | tions of importance; almost all of them turned out to be duds. One notable exception was his juvenile secretary Irving Thalberg, who later left him to become, with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, a spectacular success as a motion pictire studio executive, | Another exception seems to be Mr. Laemmle's equally juvenile son, Carl, jr, who is now the boss at Universal City and sponsor of that current tri- umph, “All Quiet on the Western Front.” This youth's promotion caused unbridled mirth in Hollywood. It was the culmination of all the Laemmle| relative troubles. The wisecrackers pre- dicted that “All Quiet on the Western Front” would be known as “Junior's| End.” | It was not only in Hollywood that | “All Quiet” was viewed in advance with prejudiced pessimism. Howls of pro-! test against it were raised in Germany. | It seems that the German people hadn't forgotten “The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin.” They believed that “All Quiet on the Western Front” would be pro- duced along the same unfriendly lines.| They made things uncomfortably hot | for the expatriate Carl Laemmle. | It was probably the happiest moment in Mr. Laemmie's frequently unhappy life when, the day after “All Quiet’ | opened i’ New York, he dispatched a several-thousand-word cablegram to the mayor of Laupheim, his home town The cable contained translations of the newspaper criticisms and provided defi- nite assurance that Mr. Laemmle's pic- ture was faithful in spirit and indeed | to Erich Remarque's novel. So_when Carl Laemmle next visits | Laupheim he will be greeted with | cheers. He is now a hero—and a pros- | perous one. But he has lived long enough and suffered enough discourage- | ments to be acutely aware that this| | pleasant condition of affairs is apt to| extremely temporary. * x ok * }MY admiration for motion picture | | magnates as a class is limited, and | y ways Carl Laemmle represents | incarnation of those qualities of | extravagant stupidity that have made | the movie business the prodigious com- bination of success and failure that it is today. However, he represents something | else —a kindly, genial and infinitely courageous honesty, which has caused | him to be overtrustful, overoptimistic | overloyal. ~This quality has cost him vast sums of money, but it has also | gained for him far ‘more affectionate regard than is accorded to most of his brethren of Hollywood. (Copyright. 1930 The story was | an M Wisdom of . UNTIL a few bright moons ago, when the motion pictures flickered and did nothing more, it was the custom to indulge the whims of actors and actressese and cast them in roles that correspond to their obvious capa- bilities. ‘The talkies have revolutionized such 8 theory. An actor no longer knows what is best for him. It is the eagle eye of the producer who penetrates into the unknown and weeds out from it the variety of material that seems most beneficial to the actor as well as to himself. If, for instance, in the days of the silents Nancy Carroll had been carving the Talkies. the films was in the lightest, flimsiest roles. Then came a shrewd producer, and in “The Shopworn Angel” proved that Miss Carroll had something be-| sides appealing youth. And now Ed- | mund Goulding, the director with the | most penetrating periscope in Holly-| wood, instead of taking a veteran| actress whose might in the realm of | acting was tried and true, chose Nancy | for a really difficult role in “The | Devil's Holiday." The result is history, | as most every one is now willing to! admit. Miss Carroll's ability as an actress of depth and sincerity having been rec- ognized unhesitatingly, one might be | justified in thinking of her as ready | Central l13th 2 c st e PHOTOPLAYS AT WASHINGTON THEATERS THIS WEEK WEEK OF JUNE 22 Sunday D. C, JUNE 23 Monday Tuesday 1930—PART FOUR. AMUSEME Wednesday Frida Saturday N ECHO PARK. Jack Oakie in “The Social Lion." Ambassador 18th & Columbia R4 Jack Oakie in “The Social Lion." Jack Oakie in “The Social Lion." Norma Shearer in “The Divorcee " Vitaphone variety n “The Divorcee " hone variety. Bernice Claire and Alexander Gray in Song of the Flame." Vitaphone variety Apollo 6248 8t John Barrymore in “The Man From Blankley's Vitaphone variety. Bernice Clai Ale: hn Barrymore in Ramon Novarro “The Man From Blankley's " Vitaphone variety. n “In Gay Madrid " Vitaphone variety. HO PARK, favorite out- door amusement resort, offers more than hall a hundred amusements, all in one spot, for a day's outing, with free admission. Riding devices include a cool boat ride through the tranquil Jack Mulhail in “In the Next Room " aphone _varieties Richard Arien in “The Light of West- ern Stars." Comedy “Paramount on Parade. Ramon Novarro n “In Gay Madrid " Vitaphone variety Maurice Chevalier in “The Big Pond." Avalon 5612_Conn. A % Maurice Chevalier in “Paramount on ‘The Big Pond.” Parade.” Monte Blue “Paramount on in Parade.” “Those Who Dance " Vitaphone variety Barbara Kent in “Dumbbells in Ermine.” Vitaphone variety waters of the old mill and thrilling coaster dips. Other attractions are the aeroplane swings, the dare-devil dip, William Bovd in Officer O'Brien." Comedy Ave. Grand »aurice cnevaiier i 041 Pany, Ave. B The Big Pond." Maurice Chevalier in “Paramount on “The Big Pond Parade.” “The Other Tomor- “Paramount on p row. Cameo 4 Mt Rainter, Ma. Dark. Ruth Chatterton Ruth Chatterton in “Sarah and Son." Comed: Comedr. wyek in “Ladies of Leisure.”" Act._ Fable the whoopee whip, the caterpillar, car- rousel, derby racer and the newly in- stalled Ferris wheel But the rides are not the only at- tractions at the great Maryland resort. Up in the ball rom there is dancing to music provided by McWilliams and his | Barbara Kent in William Boyd “Dumbbells in n Ermine Ofcer O'Brien Comedy.Vitaphone. _ Vitanhone varies Helen Morgan in — Kenneth McKenna in “Road House Nights." Temple Tower Comedy erial “Colleginns. " Comedy Jack Muihall and El Brendel in Y. se. “The Golden Calf” Carolina lith & N. ¢ Jack Mufhall and Richard Barthelmess El Brendel in in Son of the ““The Golden Caif Gods.” Richard Barthelmess in ‘Son of the Gods Nancy Carroll and Richard Arlen in Dangerous Paradise Alice White Alice Day and in Eddie Buzzell in “The Girl From “Little_ Johnny Woolworth star band of 11 | For picnic parties that arrive for an all-day stay are tables and benches in | Rin Tin_Tin in Rough Waters." Vitaphone variets. 425 oth st N.w, Rin Tin_Tin in Rough Waters Vitaphone vi Come Vitaphone variety. Charles Rol “Youns E: Comed: Vitaphone variets Winnie Lightner and Joe E_Brown in “Hold_Everything.” Comedy. abundance Glen Echo may be reached by a| pleasant ride along the banks of the | nes. Winnie Lightner and Richard_Arlen in Joe E_Brown in “The Light of Weat- “Hold_Eversthing." ern "&tars Comedy. Bert Wheeler and Robert. Woolses Bert Wheeler and George Bancroft Robert. Woolsey 1 in n “Ladies Love Harry Richman and Joan Bennett in “Puttin’ on the Ritz." Sport reel Harry Richman and Joan Bennett in “Puttin’ on the Ritz." Sportreel. Potomac In the cars of the Washington Railway & FElectric Co. marked Glen Echo or Cabin John, or by a spin out © Vitaphone. Comeds. Janet Gaynor and Kenneth McKenna, Charles Farrell in Marceline Day and Henry B. Walthall in Temple Tower “High Soclety Blues. Dumbarton Mbori et L 1343 Wisconsin Ave. Norma Shearer Ramon Novarro in “The Divorces Vitaphone variety. in “In Gay Madrid." Vitaphone varieiy. Ben Lyon_in “'Alias French Gertle." Comedy. he Benson Murder Case.”” Comeds. Willlam Powell and Bebe Daniels and Maurice Chevalier and Maurice Chev: Natalie Moorehead in Barbara Kent “Dumbbells in Ermine.” Comedy. Ramon Novarro in “In Gay Madrid Vitap riety Claudette Colbert in “The Big Pond.” Comedsy. Claudette Golbert in “The Big Pond.” Comedy. ier and Douglas Fairba Kay Johnson Pauline Starke in A Royal Romance. NTS Outdoor Amusements full swing— new thrilling rides, skes ball, bowling alleys, shooting galleries, and dancing in the spacious ballroor, with music every evening by Joe Lurell's famous band. Picnic grounds are fres and there is a playground for children on the beach. Excellent crabbing and fishing and salling, canoeing, rowing and motorboating are othsr available diversions, MARSHALL HALL THE Mount Vernon & Marshall Hall Steamboat Company announces three daily sailings to Marshall Hall, the boat leaving Seventh Street Wharf at 10 a.m, 2:30 and 7 p.m Owing to & break-dosn of the Charles Macalester, a new steamer has | bsen brought to the Potomac to take the place of the Macalester until it is | repaired At Marshall Hall, dancing, boating, and amusements, with large pienic groves, are the attractions. CHAPEL POINT in RPN S SEASIDE PARK Comedy. "~ Comedy itaphone variety Mary Nolan and John Mack Brown in Undertow Conduit road. | SEASIDE PARK, the new amusement resort at Chesapeake Beach, is now {provided with complete summer train service over the Chesapeake Beach and Loretta Young in Careless Age. News Fairlawn Anacostia. D. C. Lawrence Tibbet in “The Rogue Song.” “Buddy"’ Rogers ft n “Youne Eagles.” Come v Richman in Puttin' on the Ritz." Comedy. Harry Richman in “Puttin’ on the Ritz.” Comedy. H Comedy Ken Maynard in “The Fighting Hal Skelly in “Men_Are Like That.” Comedy. Railway, with six trains each way daily The new swimming pool, largest in the East, also is now avail- Warner Baxter and Katherine D. Owen in ‘Such &eroy Family $th & G Sts. Legion Eddie Dowli “Blaze o' Glory.” Comedy. News. Dowling in “Blaze o' Glory."” Comedy. News. Ruth Chatterton in “Sarah and Son. Comedy. “Devil's Pit."" Comedy. ~ Act. able. ory Tonen e The Picnic Special Mary Brian in “Only the Brave. West _Comedy. A Comedy._Serial Maynard in Parade of Lhe District leaves o oo firn‘luffl and as. Mack Brown in me O tans Moo “Hurdy Gurdy" E‘B’:"d' Home iadies Love Brutes.'” Vitaphone variety Laurel Dark Laurel, Md. Chas. Mack Brow George Bancroft in George Bancroft in Bernice Olaire and Ruth Chatterton Clive Brook in “Charming Sinners. Comedy. News. Joan Crawford and in “'Montana_Moon."" “Hurdy Gurdy “Ladies Love Brutes Vitaphone variety. Fdmund Lowe in Born Reckless Harty Langdon in “Head Guy." Alexander Gray in “Bong of the Flame." Come. “Born Reckless." Harry Langdon in “Head Gu." Edmund Lowe in Helen Morgan in “Road House Nights." Comedy. Cartoon ~ Monte Blue “Charming Sinners.” Comedy. News Bernice Claire and Alexander Gray in in : f the Flame.” “Those Who Dance Comedy. cial at 2:30 pm. the Dinner Special at 5 » m, and the Dance Special at 7 | p.m., all making the run without stop. | Fast service back to Washington in the | evening is provided at 7, 9 and 11:30 p.m BarbaraStanwyck and Barbara Stanwyck and | Ralph Graves in Ralph Graves In “Ladies of Leisure.” “Ladies of Leisure."" Comedy. Fable. Comedy Jack Holt in Rin Tin Tin in “Rough Waters." Vengeance." Vitaphone variety. Vitaphone variety Serial Robers, Almes and Lilx Lee in ““Double Crossroads.” Act._Comedy Robert Aimes and Lila Lee in “Double Crossroads.” Act. _Comedy. __ Comedy. Lawrence Tibbet in Lawrence Tibbet in~ Rogue Song." Rogur Song. Cartoon Cartoon. erial Gers Cooper and Mary Brian in “Only the Brave.’ Comeds. _Act Liberty 1419 N. Capitol 8t. Cooper and Mary Brian in “Only "the Brave." Comeds. Not scheduled. Eddie Dowl “Melody Man. Comedy. News m Not scheduled, ___8erial Jack Holt and Buster_ Keator Dorothy Revier in P “‘Vengeance " e and Easy." a1 i El Brendel and Marjorie White Princess = ““The Golden Calt " 1119 A 8t. N.E. Betty Compson and Chester Morris in “The Case of Berst. Grischa. El Brendel and Marjorie White in “The Golden Calf.” Batty Compson and Chester Morris in “The Case of Serat. Grischa. Janet Gaynor in Four Devils." Serial._Snapshots Joseph Schildkraut Bam Hardy and Barbara Stanavek n “The Night Ride " THE movies have been said to cure the deaf and the dumb and gen- Mexicall Rose | erally to rock the cradie of the world Dark, Richmond Ruth Chatterton in “Barah and Son.” Comedy. News, Ruth Chatterton “Sarah and Son. Comedy. News! Alexander Gray and Bernice CI: “Bong of the Comedy. Alexander Gray and Bernice Claire 1 *Bong of the Fl Comedy. _Fal by their deftness. Now comes a new slant on the powers of this juvenile in- dustry—a power which seems very Alexander Grav and Bernice Claire in “89ng of the Flame." Dorothy Mackail ‘Btrictly Mo, Comedy News Billie Dove in “The Other Tomor- row." Comedy. Savoy 3030 14th 8t. N.W. Billie Dove in Helen Morgan in “The Other Tomor= “Road House Nights." Comedy. William Powell in “The Greene Mur- der Case.” Comedy |strong indeed, and one which should wind the box-office applicants around the block many times and turn the hospitals loose onto the great “white urray in “The Rampant Age."” in Comedy. ‘Troopers Three." Vitaphone variety. Tothy Guiliver El Brendel Takoma Park.D. C. Wlnn]e: Lightner “She Couldn't “The Golden Calf. Sav No Winnie Lightner in “Under a Texas “She Couldn't Moon.” Say No." ty. jtaphone variety. “Buddy” Rogers in Young Eagles. Ken Maynard in “Parade of the Weat ways.” “With the advent of the modern mo- tion picture theater, such as the Para- “Under a Texas Moon. Tivoli 14th and Park “Paramount on Bl Parade.” “Ruth ton “Paramount on in Parade. “Lady of Scandal" Vitaphone varieties. York Ga. Ave. & Quebes Ramon Novarro in “The Man From “In Gay Madrid." Blankley's " Fable. Anita Page, player, shows the newest in ocean cos- | figures The and girls receive, tumes along the Pacific Coast. John Barrymore in John Barrymore in Ruth Chatterton in “Lady of Scandal.” Vitaphone varieties Dennis King in “The Vagabond King. | mount, the Capitol. the Roxy and hun- | dreds of new movie palaces in the cities of these United States, the span of Dennis King Belle Bennett Courage. Vitaphone variety, Comedy in “The Vagzabond King." Blanche Sweei in “The Woman Racket Comedy. The Man From Blankley's Vitaphone. Sficce.svs at %’ia @k.“ HE girl who is seen more often in the movies than any of the stars | whose names are blazoned before the theaters of the land made exactly $47.45 a week during the past year, Occupying the highest pinnacle the movie world below stardom, tells in the American Magazine of the great wall between the stagestruck girls and success—a wall that has grimly withstood the attacks of beauty-prize winners, school prodigies and unscru: pulous girls backed by wealthy “angels. The girl is Jane Arden, and she says she is eminently satisfled with having reached the top of the huge list of “extras” in Hollywood. in Despite repeated warnings, Miss Ar- | den points out. there is a daily immi- | gration to Hollywood of thousands of girls, rich and poor, whose friends have told’ them they should go into the movies. Chances are one in thousands for their success in any line. come on, expecting to get “extra” parts | in the hope that their beauty will at tract some director who will lift them overnight into stardom. “Not a chance,” Miss Arden declares. “They have almost as small a_chance of becoming even ‘extras.’” She con- siders it an achievement to become one | of these. The score she sets forth tells why. In Hollywood there are registered at a central casting bureau 17,541 persons, listed as applicants for ‘“extra” jobs. No more _can applicants go directly to studios. They are too troublesome, and all extras are hired through the casting buréau. Hundreds of others are not even listed. Of the 17,541 extras registered, Miss Arden is most often employed, only to appear in ensembles. She never speaks parts. She never acts. Yet her average | weekly wage is $47.45 a week. | been employed 445 days in two Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | And averages $49.95 per week The most successful man extra is ‘Babe" Green, 33 years old, who had ears Other stagestruck boys provided they are show what she | Yet they | | and furs, to say nothing of suitable ac- cessories, A good-looking girl with a wardrobe zets the ten-dollar-a-day checks,” says Miss Arden, “while a beautiful girl with an outfit that seemed entirely adequate for all the social goings-on in Topeka receives no calls and wonders why.” Fred Datig, casting director at one of the largest studios, declares that there | are fewer than 100 really beautiful girls in Hollywood getting regular work as extras. A few doors from his office sits Fay Lamphier, formerly “The American Venus,” working as a typist. She was one of the few who have been able to | |get the movie poison out of their| systems, | One of America’s most noted beauties, Miss Arden pointed out, has been out of work for a year and since coming to Hollywood her total earnings have been $156. Doug's in the Talkies. THE host of admirers of the famous | old Roxy Gang that put the Capitol | Theater, New York, on the map, had no warmer favorite in the bunch than | the Scotch baritone Douglas Stanbury. | The same Doug Stanbury that married | the cute and adorable “Gamby” is the | Doug in mind now, not Doug Fair- | banks, Mary's husband. Radio listeners will recall how Doug fairly sang his heart out Sunday after Sunday after Roxy took over the Roxy in the great metropolis and made it “The Movie Cathedral.” Well, for the information of those who have missed Doug for a long time and doubtless have wondered what has | become of him, be it known that the | Warner Brothers, those grasping movis | magnates who “took over” the Crandall | Theaters in Washington, have also taken over Doug and made a Warner of him. | News from their studio states briefly | that “Douglas Stanbury has completed his third Vitaphone Varieties singing | picture: that it is called “The Wanderer' and that Roy Mack was its director.” | title human life has been lengthened by at least 10 years,” says William Hoyt Peck, discoverer of Colorcraft, in a startling | statement, recently given to the press. “When a patient is slowly beating his or her way back to health,” continues Mr. Peck, “the physician invariably suggests a trip to the seaside or the | mountains, where the ultra-violet and |infra-red rays of the sun may play on | the patient without hindrance. | ““Any motion picture engineer will tell you that all the modern motion picture projectors play both infra-red “Pauline_Starke Jack Mulhall i in “In the Next Room.’ Comedy in “A Roval Romance " Vitaphone variety In Gayety Group and ultra-violet rays on the motion | picture screen. These health-giving |rays are quite as invigorating for the tired business man seeking amusement ! and entertainment in the movie palaces | as they are for the sick. | “The thoughtful physician will pre- seribe a daily diet of motion picture entertainment, for he knows the incal- culable value of these health-giving rays which the human eye cannot even see. The doctor knows that these ray are deflected from the screen to the audience. The picture always gets the credit, for the revivifying, but the in- visible rays play a silent but most im- portant part. “In my experiments with motion pic- | tures in' natural colors 1 have found | that color cannot be seen without being felt. Light has both weight and vol- ume. Every color throws off invisible waves which affect the seats of our emotions, the physiology of body proc- |esses and the nervous system. Even the colorblind person is affected by nat- ural color light waves, though he sees only in monotone. ““The most violent color that impinges | our eyes and tingles our nerves is red. |In the form of infra-red it is invisible, | but nevertheless active. Heat waves are infra-red, and every one knows how | much the body demands heat. Red aids | digestion and hastens thxe blooddltrnnl:. | As an atmosphere for love, red excels Jerri McCauley, shining star of the |31l other colors. While only 4 per cent Gaxety show for the coming week. | of red light is Visile to the human ey - - - this hue is so magnetic that it can create irresistible desire. Color com- He-Man for Romance. | binations are not unlike harmonimd PORTS LOVERS will readily recall | 0Unds. We are impressed by melodies William Banker, the famous Tulane | 7,591 University halfback, who was selected | —ii%¢ photograph a scene first in as a member of the all-America foot sy = oo ball team only recently. ~Well, the Warners have grabbed Biil, t0o, along with the other 10 members of the all- America_team, and put them all in a Vitaphone production with the tender “Maybe s Love.” | | | | CIRCLE _ &on."or ol one of the | Line at 10:30 a.m, the Bathing Spe- | At the beach all amusements are in | every evening, except Tuesday, at 8:30, “Movies Lengthén Life.” POPULAR week end trip is offered by the City of Washington, to Chapel Point. a resort famous for its bathing beach and other amusements, | The boat, declared the last word in comfort. has a capacity of 2,200, with dance floor, comfortable lounges, and other conveniences Chapel Point offers bathing, plenicke |ing facilities, riding, dancing, tennis, | baseball, children's playgrounds, boate ing_and motor boating Every evening, except Tuesday, the | City of Washington makes a moon= light trip, with opportunities for dance | ing to the tunes of a popular orchestra, | 'The boat leaves for Chapel Point |every day, except Tuesday, at 9 a.m,, |and "1t leaves for the moonlight trip | monotone, then in colorcraft and project the exposure on the screen successively, the peychological comparison is starte |ling. Coloreraft increases depth and likeness. The black and white film forces the senses into realism, for with a single tone it s impossible to reproe | duce a scene faithtully. If vision brings four-fifths of the joys of life, color i§ responsible for no less than haif of that | estimate. |Greta Says "No" to Frohman "THE latest of the screen’s sirens to ba i approached by a fervent Broadway producer is the glamorous Greta Garbo, | She has been implored, on bended knee, Iby the newly appointed co-director of | the Frohman office, Chester Erskin, ta esert, Hollywood long enough to appear |in a play planned especially for her |soothing thespian prodigalities. | Contrary to most_screen ladies, Miss | Garbo, instead of beating around the | bush to claim a little more publicity, has sent in a very definite “No!” And | with that the matter seems to rest, | though Mr. Erskin says that mayhap there will be more on this subject in the_future. »ar l NOW WILL ROGERS conceded to be, in any man's country, the world's most supreme wit, humor- ist and philosopher % his richest. brightest role i “SO THIS IS LONDON"” George M. Cohan's Internationa) stage success with Irene Rich —the stage— Sam Jack Kaufman New Master of Ceremonies | intre d Fanchon and Marco's “HOT DOMINOES" with Les Klicks and a cast of stage favorites musical accompaniment FOX GRAND ORCHESTRA Fox Movietone News NEW SUMMER PRICES Mornings . Afternoons Nights Children, all the ‘time...15¢ ENJOY COOL COMFORT! | lucky enough to be listed as extras. The average extra made $2.63 a week | in 1929, and only 194 worked an aver- age of two or more days a week in both and Of these, 54 were EBE DANIELS has made 288 pic- | women and 147 were men. The 54 tures, even if she has married. Women averaged $14.25 a week for two Lawtul Larceny” is the 288th. | years and the 147 men averaged $14.42 - Bebe started making pictures when | “,,':::j Men are more in demand than she was eight vears of age, completed | Miss Arden says she is obliged to | 25 before she was 10, and at 14 she had | maintain a wardrobe that cost $2,667, Joined Harold Lloyd and then made one | and frequently her latest purchases are & career for herself on the studio lot., chances are a hundred to one that she would have been cast in the sweet- faced, musical-comedy, semi-moronic roles that they started her in. Like ‘the D. W. Griffith era in Lillian Gish's in which she was packed wilter- m} on a cake of ice and floated down the river in film after film, so would | Nancy Carroll have floated through a neo-distinguished career on the iden- tical plane in which she started out, and became a stereotyped actress, along colors are red and white. Bebe's Log Book. to_essay Ophelia or Desdemona What horror, then, s it to find that her next assignment 'is to the musical- comedy production of “Follow Through a light, flippant thing, in which she 3 will croon love ditties to the debonair | Buddy Rogers. BERT WHEELER and ROBT. in “CUCKQOS." Typhoon Cooled 0TI AN, SOBNE Pie1URes HIPPODROME %2550 MONTANA MOON." JOAN CRAWFORD. RICHMOND rostde 4.5, “SARAH & BON.” RUTH CHATTERTON. CAMEq Mt. Ra Tomorrow RUT] Our Cooling Syste: tion during the Hot Wea e | , A Refreshing Pro in a Cool Retreat IN PERSON The Famons Sponsor of Young St Amos 'n' Andy Recruit. DUKE ELLINGTON'S colored band has been signed for Radio Pictures’ big Amos 'n' Andy show, according to a recent announcement. ‘The Duke and his band will leave for Hollywood July 21, and production on the "Amos 'n” Andy piece will com- with a thousand others. The beauty of the talkies is that, being youthful, they are willing to ex- periment. And 5o in the case of Miss Carroll they have done what in the old days would have been considered taking a terrible chance. For it is no|mence in August. secret to say that this young lady was| The Ellington Band made a consid- | Dot 30 Jong ago a chorus miss in the|erable reputation for self last year “Passing Show.” and her advent into in Florenz Ziegfeld's “Show Girl.” Man Fyrd ol the s Poie"ia "the im mortal atery af subim courage. The most ‘exciting pleasire tha screem Aax veer given to oul “The actual fioht fought against mature's seirdat forces ! NOW PLAYING 'WITH BYRD AT THE SOUTH POLE « BavasoUN 01 s Brought from the bottom of the world. Filmed as lived, in the Antarctic wastes, 2,300 miles from civilization. A drama of human daring and courage with heroes, villa comedians, romance, danger. thrills, suspense, pathos, menace and a smashing climax. A FULL LENGTH PICTURE ADDED ATTRACTIONS DOORS OPEN 1:30 SUNDAY picture per week for four years She has been starred in 49 pictures Her last five produc- by Paramount ruined on a set which calls for rough action, rain storms or extensive travel- | ing to out-of-the-way locations. She tions, all talkies, have been made by | is obliged to have this minimum, which long-term contract. | Radio Pictures, to whom she is under a | consists of 15 hats, 21 pairs of shoes, | 7 evening dresses, 3 sports coats, 4 other | And then rumor came that she was |coats and nearly 100 other pieces, in- married. comronTABLY NOW PLAYING with, LAWRENCE cluding bathing suits, afternoon frocks | VAKRCE cooL ON THE STAGE HENRY BERGMAN AAAERT8R DICK LIEBERT GRAY WALTER. CATLETT A stor. the _’agnzg&a' T —— ADDEBD ATTRACTION ‘KILLING «* KILLER ke death. béliveon & cobm and & mongocre! POORS OPEN SUNDAY of 145 end Screen Stars and Popular Song Hit Composer. GUS EDWARD Presenting the Little Mexican Star ARMIDA. The Scre Sensatic of “General Crack” and “Under a Texas Moon” Added Attractions MADELEINE NORTHWAY CHARLES SABIN FAVORITE DANCERS ON THE SCREEN REGINALD DENNY WWHAT A MAN* ¢ BY TUNES" THE BEST LAUGH OF 5y _THE SE{SON Get an Eye and Earful of the Oakie Chin and Grin in Paramount's Ave. WILLIAM POWELL and NATALIZ MOOREHEA: in “THE BENSON MURDER CASE. OH._DARLING " Comedy, “OH CAROLINA i &t oentnis ™ with JACK MULHALL, EL BRENDEL Talking # PRINCESS ~ ''%,7 S5 ™ The Northeast Home of Western Electric auipment. EL, BRENDEL and MARJORIE WHITE { in “THE GOLDEN C, JESSE THEATER **3,.* J7™* §| R._C. A. Photophone. 1 VAGABOND LOVER.” RUDY LLEE. B | SYLVAN i** 5t & & 1 Ave. NW. | “THE_GIRL SAID No” wwm. wmames. fl| STANTON 5, °h & © sis. Finest Sound Equipment Continuous From 3 P. 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