Evening Star Newspaper, July 6, 1930, Page 41

Theater, Screen and Music AMUSEMENT SECTION he Sunday Star, Motor, Aviation gpd Radio News WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, JULY [ 1930. CasTILLIAN BeauTy” Fox (S7sge) ¥ - ¥ Of ¥ \VIVIENNE TAGE and | SCREEN é 6\6 erze Frewr NE RomanTic NIGHT " 5 Pala;g %fim_—_n ! RICHARD ARLEN wna FAY WRAY- /4 “The Border Legion” Earle SRl A “Golden Dawwn “ Metropolitan PALACE—“One Romantic Night.” NE ROMANTIC NIGHT," adapted from Ferenc Mol- nar's play, “The Swan,” and featuring Lillian Gish, is the screen attraction at Loew's Palace for the current week. Rod La Rocque, Marie Dressler, Conrad Nagel and O. P. Heggie appear in support of Miss Gish. The screen story is that of an am- bitious mother who wants to marry her daughter off to a prince of a neigh- boring country. Every possible ef- fort is made to bring them to- ther. When all ails the mother plots to make the prince jealous of the handsome tu- [{ daughter. Much to her chagrin the tutor takes his work seriously and the girl begins to | think she loves him. When the dash- | ing prince is aroused, he forces his way | into the girl's boudoir and plants a | passionate kiss on her lips. She rec- | ognizes the difference and so she de- cides to marry the prince On the stage, Dave Schooler is fea- tured in the Capitol Theater revue, “Steel Blues.” A diminutive bit of dancing and singing dynamite, June Carr, appears in it with Mr. Schooler. Les Ghellis, “aristocrats of acrobatic dance,” and the Chester Hale Girls complete the cast. Dick Lebert is held over by popular demand for his orig- inal organlogue creation and the Hearst Metrotone News, short subjects and the Palace Orchestra complete the bill. EARLE—"The Border Legion.” “THE Border Legion,” an excit- ing adaptation-of the popular novel by Zane Grey, is the screen feature at ‘Warner Bros.’ Earle Theater this week. A brilliant cast includes Jack Holt, Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, Eugene Pal- lette and Stanley Fields. “The Border Legion” takes its name from a band of outlaws who terrorized Idaho in the days following the Civil | War. The exploits of this sinister group form the basis of the film story. Made up entirely of desperate and dangerous men, the legion is seen swooping down upon a small community where an in- nocent cowpuncher is about to be hanged for a murder committed by a member of the raiding band. The band rescues the cowpuncher and he joins them. They lock him up, however, in their mountain camp when one of the bandits kidndps a ‘young 1 and at- tempts to force:his attemtions on her. At peril of his own life the cow- cher returns to the village and at- mpuwnmnlu-mwmueme girl from her captors. How he succeeds is shown in an ex- citing series of sequences, with crisp dialogue, the crack of bullets and the Lillian Gish. | the train, Chick “lifts” his wallet, and R-K-O KEITH'S—“Shootin’ Straight.” | RICHARD DIX in “Shootin® Straight.” | a comedy drama blended with To- | mance and thrills, is the announced feature at R-K-O Keith's this week. | The picture serves to introduce Mary Lawlor, one of the youngest stage sta in a leading feminine role on the tal ing screen. Others in the cast include James Neill, Mathew Betz, George Cooper, Wil- liam Janney, Robert Emmett O’Connor, Clarence Wurtz, Eddie Sturgis and | Richard Curtis. “Shootin’ Straight” concerns “Lucky" Larry Sheldon, who hears that his pal has been taken for a “ride” by one of his rivals, hastens to the rival's apart- ment and chokes him to death, appar- ently, and then he and his henchman, Chick, endeavor to escape on a train, which has Mr. Walters, an evangelist. as a passenger. When the parson leav Sheldon is attempting to return it to | its owner when the train is wrecked. | Sheldon revives a week later and learns | that his nurse is Doris Powell and the | Rev. Powell is his host. Because of the wallet found on Sheldon the | Powells think he is Walters, the min- ister. Miss Powell’s brother becomes in- volved with a local gambler, Martin, to whom he has given $6,500 in 1. O. U.'s ‘He is threatened with ruin. Being the best crap shooter in the business, Shel- don visits Martin's joint and engages him in & game and wins over the I O. U’s. Martin recognizes his op- ponent as “Lucky” Larry Sheldon, pos- ing as a parson, who is wanted by the police—and after that the skies begin | to_clear. | Novelty reels and Freddy Clark and his R. K. Olians round out the ! entertainment. METROPOLITAN—"Golden Dawn.” A THRILLING story of love in the jungle is unfolded in ‘“Golden Dawn,” the Warner Bros. Vlhnhun!i film romance at Warner Bros. Metro- politan Theater this week. The weird rites of a primitive jungle religion are graphically pictured when a beautiful white girl is unwillingly | forced to become the priestess-wife of a tribal god. Kidnaped in infancy and | adopted in the tribe, the girl has fallen in l‘(’)ve with a young English planter. ‘Through the political trickery of a commander of native troops in the region of the jungle, who covets the girl, the Englishman is sent home. He returns to find that she has been mar- | ried to the tribal deity and that she is | imperiled by the brutal leader of the | native soldiers. Ultimately the two lovers escape from the danger of tor ture and death in a pictured romance tense in its happenings. | ‘The cast includes Walter Woolf, Vivi- enne Segal, Noah Beery, Alice Gentle, | Lupino Lane, Marion Byron, Lee Moran ' and Nigel de Brulier. Additional attractions will be the Vita- phone Varieties and The Evening Star- Universal Newsreel, for which Grahar McNamee broadcasts the news events. \ pounding of hoofs adding realism to the action. Additional features include new Vita- phone Varieties, the Pathe and Para- mount newsreels and music by the Ear] Orchestrs. y le | the Fox Theat FOX—"Rough Romance.” 1 EORGE O'BRIEN, in “Rough Ro-| mance,” the current attraction at | ter, is announced by Man- | (Continued on Second Scene /I:O/fl ~ The BIG HOU £ SE 2 Columbia Smells Outdoory. HE spell of the great, wide, frre- pressible outdoors is the main theme song of “Rough Romance,” the | current film at the Fox. In it George | O'Brien, strong, silent, erstwhile sailor and compuncher, emerges as the lum- berjack hero who sweeps all, and Helen Chandler, before him. ‘This film, besides exuding multi-mil- | lion pounds of outdoor ozone, is notable for the fact that most of the scenes were shot *“mid_the beautiful Winter scenery of the Cascade Range, inland from Tacoma, Wash." It furthermore is responsible for one of the biggest up- sets of the cinema year, since Antonio | Moreno is cast in it as a swashbuckling | villain instead of, as in the old days, a smooth, suave tamer of lady lions. = | Dark Oh]y fOl’ a Tlme. ROM sheer force of habit and also, perhaps, because he doesn't mean | to have the National Theater included in the dismantled thespian temples appropriated for park Improvements and other purposes, Manager Steve El- kins Cochran again announces for pub- lic consumption, digestion and perma- ment retention the fact that when the | “regular season” opens, the National Theater will open with it. Furthermore, _attractions _definitely booked for the National for that vegu- lar season include David Belasco's “It's & Wise Child” Arthur Hammerstein's “Sweet Adeline,” the Theater Guild production of “The Apple Cart,” Brock | Pemberton’s “Strictly Dishonorable,” addition to “Garrick Gaieties’ “Subway Express.” Ed Wynn in “Sim- | ple Simon” also is promised for early | Fall presentation, Yes, the National Theater will be with us, as it has been, lo, these many years, and, to quote Manager Steve, “there with the goods.” | admission resort. Screen Attractions for the Week PALACE—“One Romantic Night COLUMBIA—"The Big. House,” and evening. EARLE—"The Border Legion.” FOX—“Rough Romance.” This METROPOLITAN—"“Golden Dawn.” uing. 7 This afternoon and evening. second week. This afternoon This afternoon and evening. afternoon and evening. This afternoon and eve- R-K-O KEITH'S—“Shootin’ Straight.” This afternoon and eve- ning. Outdoor Amusements GLEN ECHO PARK. LEN ECHO PARK, just closing a rousing week end and Fourth | of July celebration, reasserts its claim of diversified amuse- ment greater and better this year than every before. Reached by a pleasant car ride along the Potomac, the visitor may choose among 50 fun dispensers after arriving at the free- Something new this | year is the big ferris wheel, and the aero swings perform in the modern air-minded manner. Thrills for the throngs are available also on the derby | racer, the big coaster dips, the whip, caterpillar, carrousel and old mill, while | in the penny arcade and midway one | may find all sorts of amusement. Glen Echo's ball room is an attrac- tion in itself, with McWilllams and his band of 11 every evening from 8:30 until 11:30 (except Sunday). Those who arrange for an all-day stay will find chairs and tables always available for family outings. Street cars marked “Glen Echo” or “Cabin John" go direct to the park. There is also a newly installed bus serv- ice running from Dupont Circle. MARSHALL HALL. ARSHALL HALL, historic resort down the river, is an ideal trip, especially in warm weather. At the Hall there is amusement or quiet rest for everybody. Dancing in the pavil- lion, aeroplane swings, roller coaster, shooting galleries and a score of devices are also available. ‘The boat leaves the Seventh street wharf every day at 10 am., 2:30 and 6:30 p.m., passing many historical spots on the way, including Mount Vernon. CHAPEL POINT. A RIVER trip of unusual interest is offered by the Wilson Line, daily except Tuesday, to Chapel Point, a bathing beach that has been popular for years, Many new features are available at the Point, including an attractive merry-go-round for the en- tertainment of children, with new games of interest for both young and old. Showers and up-to-date bath houses also are available, with facilities for riding, boating, athletics and danc- ing, as well as plenty of acreage for picnic parties. Every night in the week at 8:30 o'clock, except Tuesday, also th;{ City of tra. For those not dancing there are also special concerts and big comforta- ble chairs in which to enjoy the cool- ness of the evening. SE SEASIDE PARK. ASIDE PARK, Chesaepake Beach, which began to celebrate the night | before the Fourth, will continue until the park closes tonight. The crowds are finding the combina- tion of a new, up-to-dgte amusement resort with cool breezes from the bay and the natural charm of a spot which is the nearest salt-water resort to ‘Washington. If you go by automobile there is am- ple space at the park itself, or if you prefer you can park your car at Dis- trict line station and take the bright red cars of the Chesapeake Beach Rail- way to the gates of the park. District line may be reached via cars of the Washington Railway & Electric from the Treasury, or by bus from Ninth street and Pennsylvania avenue. Six trains daily are provided between Dis- trict line and Chesapeake Beach. Seaside Park offers a beach play- ground for children, a wonderful swim- ming pool with salt water continuously flowing in, night bathing under flood- lights and to music, a spacious dance hall and numerous amusement devices, such an aeroplane swing, coaster dip, miniature railway, custer ride, .skooter, whip and the like. Fishing, boating and crabbing also are possible. All Agout Mary L;w]m‘-. ACK in the days of “No No Na- nette,” “Good News” and such like, | there was to be found among the chief | merrymakers an extremely young and pretty lady who went by the name of Mary Lawlor. Graced, it is said, with the most supple legs this side of para- dise and a face that was fair to look upon, she, at the very tender age of 18 or so, became the youngest of Broad- way’s dancing stars. 3 This season has found her pirouet- ting mostly in the shadows and people began to wonder just what had becoms of her, when suddenly, almost shyly, one of her character’s ear marks, she was announced as playing in the Rich- ard Dix - = N ’ Straight,” which may now be seen at R-K-O Keith’s. Miss Lawlor. has landed, a3 they. orches- mg-mnmmmm'w%” " & RicHarD Dixa In “Shootin' nd MARY LAWLOR- Straight " R.K.O.Kerths HELEN CHANDLER and GEORGE O'BRIEN- Y /?ouyfi Rormarnce “ Fox “Love Is Enough!™ **TO my mind,” says the novel writer, | “romance is only an- | Zane Grey, other name for idealism. I look through | the painted windows of the dreams of youth. Every one has in his heart the | kingdom of adventure. Somewhere in the depths of every soul is the inheri- | tance of the primitive. My stories speak Love is another name for ls the author the current attraction at Warner's Earle Theater and since he is, no doubt. philosophizing about this particular | story. a trip to this palace of pleasure should bolster up a belief in Mr. Grey's opinions. For, if rumor may be con- verted into fact, there is much “love” in this film. much “romance” and hence much “Idealism.” And since Richard Arlen and Fay Wray are, so to speak, symbolic of youth, the author must have had a grand time looking “through the painted windows of their dreams.” My, oh my! This sounds like excel- lent tonic for dear, old Auntie. Fire Protection. ANAGER LAKE states that al- though the Gayety house on Ninth street is closed, it is not closed—that is to say, it is closed for entertainment purposes at this par ticular time, but wide open to the arti sans who are installing a new steel cur- trict officials and in compliance with the requirements in such_cases made and provided. Manager Lake says a great deal more about the new burlesque which will dazzle and delight his pat- rons a bit later when the new season | opens, all of which will be made known when the season is at hand. Barbara Now 17 S’tar‘ HEN “Ladies of Leisure” was re- cently shown at R-K-O Keith's Theater, a certain lady in Barbara Stanwyck, invoked such sighs and dem- onstrations of praise that, it is said, beyond expectations. Those sighs have done the clever actress much good. for Columbia Pic- tures immediately brought out its best contract and its most potent pen and therewith snatched up Miss Stanwyck's services for the next four years. She will now be starred in the screen adaptation of the play “Bless You, Sister,” to be called for cinema use “The 'Miracle Woman.” and since the young lady has risen to the top since her “burlesque” days with such speed, it seems as though-the new title were distinctly appropriate. Dick Held Over DICK LEIBERT, “Wizard of the n,” who is held over for -two .more t the Palace. burlesque | tain, under the supervision of the Dis- | the picture had to be held over far| By Perc y HERE are moments when an adult reviewer fears that his oc- cupation i trivial, not deserving the toil and expenses necessary to its upkeep. Most of the suc- he sees and comments “painted trifles and fan- manufactured to hynotize v public into the belief that it is enjoying itself. These things, he re- flects, are not entitled to consideration from an I-writer who takes his drama serfously. They should be assignments for the real estate, financial and police reporters. He therefore stoops reluc- tantly to the function of a mere cou- rier and guides his patrons to places where they may see the sights. It is an office il befitting a career man who has dedicated himself to the service of an art. But there are situations even more heartrending in the lives of the so- called drama critics. Only last weck | there was an incident that may illus- trate their further humiliations. This reviewer, for instance, was treating him- self to a hard-earned idleness on the dunes of East Hampton, Long Island. when he was subpoenaed to Broadway by the dramatic editor. “Come at once.” said he “for a work entitled ‘Mystery Moon' is about to be performed | at"the "Theater Royale.” “It is.” he | continued. “a blend of the micabre |and the joyous, a ghost story, contain- ing jokes and ballet girls. Give us a | thousand words on it, and hurry, lest | you are too late.” Immediately the suburb began to bus- tle with preparations for my departure, | Mr. Cobb, all excited, helped me pack | | my portmanteau; Mr. Lardner tele- | phoned the railway station to save a chair; John Wheeler buttoned my spats, | Graniland Rice sent a telegram which | M. | said, ‘Am coming,” and Mrs. Hammond Conklin, the chief of the East Hampton wired the hotel to preserve a suite On the Broadway Stage Hammonc‘. Fire Department. flew me to the depot Inhis swiftest hook-and-ladder wagon, just in time to catch the 2:45 After I had seen “Mystery Moon" and had caligraphed impressions of it, high-priced compositors put them into type, scholarly proofreaders scrutinized them for errors, dexterous make-up men squeezed them into the forms and 20 majestic printing presses embalmed them in ink upon paper. The night editor fretted, while the United States mails waited a minute or two in order to carry them to the four corners. An acre of trees cut down to make wood pulp and a ton of printer's ink were required to publish a thousand words about “Mystery Moon." Well, the run of “Mystery Moon" lasted from 9 o'clock until 11 p.m. of the same evening. Ere the drama critics had rolled down their sleeves it had set out in the black dory for the pot- ter's field. and it reached the gloomy shores before the last editions, I do not know who is responsible for admit- ting to show business such drcomposing cadavers as “Mystery Moon.” Whoever it is can be blamed for some of the theater's more fatal illnesses. Henry Miller once said that the eritics were the cancers of the stage. Since that primitive diagnosis better clews to its diseases have been discovered. When the Broadway drama’s overlords betray it with such tripe as “Mystery Moon" it is time to suspect that the principal ailment of the theater is its ignorant and unintelligent showmen Now that the drama is in a condi- tion described by its friends as coma- tose, why do not the editors and pub- lishers shift their stage experts tempo- rarily to livelier topics? To the maga- zines, for example. Weekly perform- ances are given to audiences more nu- merous than those attendant upon “Artists and Models” or “The Green Pastures.” !THE best evidence that all the strange | tales about Hollywood and its . especially the screen stars, are purely the outpouring of New York press | agents, some of whom have never seen | the California paradise, is the fact, ob- | servable in the screen magazines, notably | Pilm Fun, that from the Golden Coast | | itself are coming numerous stories for publication which show that somebody is trying to live down a literary reputa- tion established for him or her in the interest of screen publicity. As a matter of fact, folks who have | actually been to California say the inmates of the Golden State are the simplest, naivest people imaginable, | not at all burdened with knowledge, except _second hand, of the effete East, | | even of Washington, the Capital of the | | United States. | "'A local Shriner who attended one of | the conventions in California tells a simple tale to lllustrate this fact. | Walking along one convention day in San Francisco, on his way to enter | the big parade that was then forming. | he was accosted by a very pleasant | j;l‘mmg woman with the inguiry “And | native ow do you like California, Noble?" *1 |am delighted with it,” was his prompt | and diplomatic reply. “It is such a pity.” his questioner quickly remarked, “that this heavy mist has arisen. It is our' first in nearly 20 years, father says " ‘was the Shriner comeback. e 'em in Washing- | ton, and we call 'em thundershowers. “Oh " continued the young lady, appar- entiy wishing to escape the rather heavy rainfall, “you are from Wash- ington. Which I wonder, Spokane or Seattle?” Now anybody as gentle as that could never have a wicked heart, even Alexan- drians know that. And the lady proved, after all, to be a,real screen star. Hollywood Is Innoce |and specially manufactured nt. deed, she has been “personally appear- anced” in our home city since. And so, it may well be believed that Clara Bow is not really sinful, but only acts like it in playing her parts; Pickford doesn't always wig’; that Billle Dove doesn't really “bathe in certified milk,” and that Greta Garbo is not really a burlesque girl from Sweden. Why, folks who know say that Buster Keaton's frozen face is not due to an operation which robbed him of his smile, and that wher Doug Fairbanks made that frightful slide down a | drapery in “Robin Hood" he actually | had a ‘rope hooked to his trousers and was lowered on a pulley so it wouldn't hurt when he touched bottom. Just as the wicked deeds pictured in our best pictures are only make-believe for the picture, so. too, lots of things the movie stars do are really only in the play and are not actually done by the stars from sheer wickedness It is true the picture makers have imported many New Yorkers and other devilish persons from the East to man- | ufacture scenes and thrills for pictures, because they are so sophisticated. And the screen players do as they are told, only because they are told it is necessary to make paying pictures to be shown to the wicked Easterners. They would never even think of doing those things ' of their own volition. And lots of them, trustful and innocent as newborn babes, have had stories pinned on them by wicked press agents, just to boost the sale of the pictures. But Hollywood is getting wiser now. And many of those stories are being untold and contradicted, because they hurt reputations. Esther Ralston, when she made her recent “personal appear- ance” here, could have told her audi- ences as much; but it hadn't occurred to her that it was necessary, The local ?hnner says so.