Evening Star Newspaper, July 13, 1930, Page 42

Flashes From the Scréen By C. E. Nelson. HIS is supposed to be the dull and deadly season of the theater. Of course, Washington's only real T » -Btage attraction of the Summer - months, under the leadership of ¢ Mr. Cochran, has left us, and **'even the movie producers seem to % be looking forward to the cooler s~ months of Autumn. % play trade papers, which circu- A Em mainly among the exhibitors, are filled with pages of coming re- .. leases, pictures that are to bloom i later in the year, and not all the 1. attention is given to the affairs of « the day. However, Washington | ¥ has fared pretty well with its ;- Summer photoplay attractions. . The exhibitors have picked their productions with considerable skill and note of weather condi- # tions, thus placing before the local ** theatergoers the best of the cur- ¥ rent attractions. The only big < picture which has escaped the s Capital is “All Quiet on the West- ern Front,” and this is scheduled « for a showing here before the snow flies. Looking back over the picture entertainment of the past few|tween pictures months, it is rather difficult to name the best of the lot. With- out a doubt, however, the greater number of picture fans will vote for “The Big House,” “Journey’s 4" End” and “The Rogue Song” as the three best of the heated pe- riod, although these did not make box office records. The latter were recorded with sound pictures when sound pictures were new, and the record-breakers, in all - Dbrobability, would not be classed T with the very latest pictures of *!"this sort. Sound recording has im- proved since the days of “Show s Boat,” although that picture seems .~ to have been exhibited here only » & short while ago. Events move rapidly in the motion picture world, and the advancement in sound pictures is really one of the marvels of the age. There were many who first looked upon the 2 sound picture as a novelty, stat- « Ing their opinion that the silent a glcture would never be displaced y the newer idea. This has -4 groven a fallacy. When the first » big hit of the sound pictures o Struck the industry, producers, stepping carefully, announced « that they would go on with their = “silent programs” and make only a few talkies. Within a few weeks i. they gave out interviews on the 3¢ latest “novelty,” and then all of - -them suddenly switched to sound. At this time fhe production of - silent films in this country has ~ practically ceased. There is no - market for the silent picture; i. theatergoers have passed it up. But the producers are planning big things for the Autumn, with a few war and prison pictures scat- | tered here and there. The back- stage plot has been thrown into the discard. There will be a few musical shows, fewer revues, and lenty of excitement, and the ashington theaters will get the very best of the lot. * ok %ok L OSBORNE and his merry band of excellent musicians, now drawing crowds to the Earle, were hosts at a luncheon at the Mayflower Friday afternoon, the guests including officials of WMAL, newspaper representatives and other friends. Will's short con- cert was broadcast, and then a hurried trip was made to the the- ater for the opening performance of the afternoon. And, if you are not aware of the fact, crooning, which is Will Osborne’s specialty, is distinctly Tadio entertainment. The mouth of the singer is placed as closely as possible to the microphone, and his voice cannot be heard a few feet away in the same room. We of the luncheon party heard the orchestra, we knew Will was singing very, very sweetly, but we did not hear him sing. * * ¥ % screen, like the stage, has ‘" always been a sort of mys- terious thing to the average per- 8on, and an effort should be made t@ maintain this illusion. A peek behind the scenes is not always conducive to that naive enjoy- ment which the theatergoer or- | dinarily derives from stage and screen entertainment, says the actor Jean Hersholt. This is par- ticularly true of personalities, and the less the actor’s habits, whims and temperament are revealed to the public, the more fascinating is the illusion that builds up his mpularity. This has been one of e secrets of the success of Greta Garbo. She has remained in her Hollywood shell while other stars have sought the limelight; she has -gained in popularity while other stars have been dropped by the public. And all this brings to mind the recent publicity broadcast re- garding the actions of Clara Bow. Her employers have taken a hand in the matter, warned her, and hoped for the best. It is predicted that the red-haired star will be forced to travel a straight and quite narrow path in order to gain special recognition from the men Who pay her a large weekly salary. And the public has tired of her escapades. * % ok ok ASIL RATHBONE, well known to cin -goers, is dissatis- fled with work in Hollywood and he will probably return to the when Autumn comes. Ac- cording to the actor, the camera Has proved unsuitable, for he has been relegated to “Teacup Tom- my” roles, “differing from one an- er no more than one stick of macaroni differs from its fellows.” - Rathbone starred on the stage|in ih “Peter Ibbetson,” played a fea- % role in the censored play, ® Ca:ptlve," and he won the mfiu of critics for his work as romantic hero in “Command to Love.” Then came the call to Rhim wpo'slbemteh d’m pl‘aeed e g fem- inine player, but he was not su fo detract attention. U camera was arranged in suc) gway that the top of Rathbone’s never really showed when the star had the center of the screen. It is probable that a day will arrive when players—well known p rs, at least—will have a word the sort of roles they play. will not be left to the rro- jucers and ' directors. In fact, _George Arliss has a voice in his The photo- | productions. This is an unusual procedure, but it has proved to be a winner at the box office. “Dis- raeli,” flying in the face of all movie ideas and customs, was § favorite with the people who pay for their entertainment. So, because he has not been given the sort of rales he likes, Mr. Rathbone will be seen on the stage again this Winter. This is his present plan, and the loss of the movies will be a gain for the sta'ge. because he is a capable actor. x % ok ok 'OMEDY has come to the front as one of the best bets of the producers. Looking back over the year's records, one finds that the Four Marx Brothers were second among the box office attractions of the Paramount studio. And there is no getting away from the fact that Marie Dressler and Polly Moran have made decided hits with their comedy work. Eddie Cantor has signed a contract to do 12 short subjects, and these will be started as soon “Whoopee” is completed. Cantor writes short comedies, which he sells to various producers.) Ed Wynn, who did not make much of a success in the silent pictures is to be starred in a full-length comedy. In like manner, Leon Erroll was a flop in the silents, but his sound work has been especially good. Jack Oakie came to the front in the sound pictures. Others who have forged to the front in comedies are Ned Sparks, Laurel and Hardy, Louise Fazenda, Benny Rubin, Ken Murray and Irene Dunn. Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey, rather new to the screen, have gained a large fol- lowing, and Buster Keaton—he of the “dead pan”—is said to be making his funniest picture, “For- ward March.” Hollywood is turning to comedy. L I O 'HERE is considerable worry over statements that children are drifting away from the pho- toplay palaces. With the passing |of the Wild Westerns, the young- | sters seemed to lose interest in | the proceedings. They were not |at all thrilled with the parlor, |bed room and bath comedies, and the prison stories leave them cold. Their cash was missing |when the box office receipts were counted each night. A warning has been issued by the powers that be in the industry. The children must be brought back! So in an effort to get the youngsters to pay more attention to movie affairs, “Tom Sawgyer” and “Huckleberry Finn,” those classics of boyhqod, are to be filmed in grand style. This will be the first move to draw the youth of the Nation back to the movie theater. It will be a sort of Pied Piper scheme, but it may work out. It is announced that young Mr. Coogan—once known to the screen world as Jackie— will return and play the role of Tom Sawyer. And what a Tom young Jackie should make! * * % % ORD arrives that a Vienna company is planning world- wide. distribution of opera pic- tures. There will be no feeling of rest among producers until screen opera is given a trial, They should not forget that nine- tenths of opera success depends upon the social atmosphere. Opera without the glitter of dia- monds @nd rhinestones) would not be opera. A large gathering of ermine and mink coats can do more toward the success of an opera than the highest note of an overstuffed tenor. Where will the movie producers get all this “at- mosphere” for their screen show- ings? * % % *x Short Flashes. ONTA BELL, once a Washing- tonian, has signed with the Universal company to direct Lupe Velez in “East Is West.” It is an- nounced that a certain amount of music will be incorporated in the production. Bell was forced to give up motion picture work some time ago on account of his health, but he is reported much improved. Richard Barthelmess announces that he favors war stories. He says: “War is the most awful and tremendous of human conflicts. ‘Therefore it is no wonder that it offers more varied and more pow- erful dramatic opportunities than any other single phase of human existence. War embraces so many human emotions. There is love in it, and hatred and friendship. There is sacrifice and suffering and selfishness. There is peace and tumult in it, and action and spectacle. . Every member- of every family is involved in its huge and monstrous drama.’, Dick makes this announcement with the re- lease of “The Dawn Patrol” in which he plays the leading role. A “public relations agent” of First National Pictures sends me an itemized list of the food con- suthed by movie stars in the Hol- lywood restaurants — so many Fonnds of beef, so many heads of ettuce, etc. The list would not make good reading, so I am turn- ing it over to the Department of Agriculture for its reference file. Dorothy Peterson, known to the stage for her work in “Dracula,” “Subway Express” and other late ylays, is the newest recruit for eatured role in Hollywood. She is to appear in Pirst National's “Mother’s Cry,” which is certainly a poor title for any picture. tain Blood,” is going into movies, with Frank Lfoyd direct- g. And Douglas Fairbanks, jr., has sl%s:rn long-term contract. shlfls have been charte: f%r’ Johz; Gi g&rlt;s ltlane“u \gl;lcle, “Way of a T a ams plays the feminine lead. ancy Carroll and Frederic Marsh are starred in “Laughter,” now being made in the Para- mount studio. Other new pictures being made in the same studio are “Reaching for the Moon,” “Heads ran ell, po; e star, plays the feld in “Barber John’s Son.” Two others in the cast are Lucille Powers and Rus- -ellt ‘:lmplon. Allan, Dwan is di- recting. Harry Gribbon plays the Detec- tive Mulligan role in the screen version of “Gorilla.” y Theme Song's Swan Song. THE theme song is ended and the melody won't linger on. ‘Thus speaks, from Hollywood, Dr. Hugo Riesenfeld, erstwhile maestro of the Rivoll and Rialto Theaters, in New York, the musical head of United Ar- tists, whose most recent work was done in connection with “The Lottery Bride.” the theme Dr. Hugo says that song is dead because it was chiefly valu- able as_accom) t to silent lgme- films it i has a definite rels ship to the main story situation. Scoring is obsolele, too, the good doctor announces. He scored ‘“The Covered Wagon” and dozens of pic- tures thereafter. Among the theme songs that it is sald achleved prominence were “Ra- ," _“Diane,” “Charmaine,” and “Where Is the Song of Songs for Me?" Such songs as “Love,” sung by Gloria Swanson in “The Trespasser,” “Sonny Boy,” sung by Al Jolson in “The Sing- ing Fool”: and “Puttin’ on the Rits, sung by Harry Richman in his film of that name, are not theme songs. They are just songs—or are they? Wells Hawks' Good News. LIEUT. COMDR. WELLS HAWKS, U. 8. N. R, president emeritus of the Theatrical Press Representatives of d Miss' Mograne took gran an agrane him first to her home in New York City and later to her country place at “Thaisville,” Pomona, N. Y. There is sald to be no doubt that Mr. Hawks owes his recovery to the constant care mld attention Miss Magrane has given m. Miss Magrane, who has played for George C. Tyler and other prominent managers, is planning to return to the stage in September and Mr. Hawks says he will be her press agent. In the war, Miss Magrane was active as a nurse and later she was elected president of the American Legion of New York, This new photograph of Leila Hyams, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer star, was made in a Hollywood studio. supposed to be the very latest idea in Summer headgear. “Dolly” Shots A ‘WEIRD snake dance was performed in absolute silence by 30 employes of Paramount’s New York studio when one of the longest “‘dolly” camera shots ever attempted in a talking picture was accomplished during the filming of Jack Oakie’s picture, “The Sap From Syra- cuse.” A sound camera traveled 500 feet in two minutes along the deck of an ocean liner, while behind it tiptoed 30 work- men carrying the three 3;-inch electric { cables attached to the machine. The camera followed a group of actors from the royal suite of the vessel, along the transverse passage which extended from rail to rail and down the entire length of the promenade deck with no stops en route. “Dolly shots,” which used to be com- mon in silent days when there were no microphones, were practically aban- doned with the advent of talking pic- oArn'mdd&rweuwmve:mflnm of Hollywood carpenters along case another flood should inundate the world. They, with a hammer, a caw and a nail or two, could build it up again without a plan to work from. ‘The Hollywood motion picture car- ter is a true internationalist. On londay morning he builds a_ Chinese pagoda; Tuesday he erects a Pyramid; Wednesday he constructs a Rhenish castle; Thursday the Casino at Monte Carlo; Friday a village of Navajo hogans and on Saturday a pent house apartment done in the modernistic manner for a millionaire who next week will be a chauffeur. Shirt. | which he will The Rafael Sabatini story, “Cap- | dare €| th And the hat is | wil The pretty star s sup to nt a feminine edition of Huckleberry Finn, but her new picture is “Sweethearts and Wives.” Out Go the Old—In the New THE report, recently published, that only 23 per cent of the “old guard” of cinema actors are being employed by the budding talkies, and that the other 67 per cent are recruits plucked from here, there and everywhere, is a situa- tion that may carry both dismay and good cheer alike to the limpid shores of California. If such a statement had been made five years ago, how loud the human oracles would have laughed, and warranted would have been their laugh- ter. But five years ago the public was less fickle-minded than now. The stars most prominent on the screen then were stars that had earned their right to popularity by persistency of effort and the long and continued approval of their audiences. Gloria Swanson had battled upward from the Mack Sennett days—beginning her serious roles in that most famous of screen misnomers, “Male and Female,” otherwise Barrie's “The Admirable Creighton.” Bebe Daniels had done likewise, and Pola Nt had triumphed in Berlin and was tryl against odds to do the same over here, while Corinne Griffith, Carol Demp_ter, Blanche Sweet and Mary Philbin were at the very top of their cinema ladder. Before them, it is true, the shadows of such popular stars as Anita Stewart, Mary Miles Minter, Ruth Roland, Mabel S. Hart and William Farnum had begun to fade. And even before these, Francis X. Bushman, Beverly Bayne, Dustin Farnum and the bl Essaney crowd that included Bryant Washburn also was rapidly vanishing. But nobody in those early days ever supposed that a ‘“wholesale” fading would take place—that Bessle Barri- scale could be forgotten, or that Mae Marsh, who appeared in a new picture almost daily, would fade into innocuous desuetude. . The talkie revolution, however, as everybody no% knows, has throyn more ac:on than everyday ghosts into ob- vion. 5 In evidence todny are new faces that one can readily imagine wil not .last. The new stars have less chance of per- manency than the stars of yesterday. The public's taste seems to have grown more vacillating. What pleases today 1 pertainly not da for tofhorrow. Even the blind can see that. Constant interplay between Broadway and Holly- and “Blimps” . % . tures, due to the difficulty of moving the great camera booths®about the stages. , This was overcome by intfoduction of “blimps,” of suit case-sized camera si lencers. and “dolly! shots again were | made, although their movement was re- stricted, .due the fact faat migro- phones, cameras apd light reflectors must _ travel, together, dragging ther power® cables behind them. . Desiring to give audiences an impress sion dr the size of an océan liner, Di- rector Brward Sutherland solved the problem by mounting a “blimp” on a small rulser-tired truck, together with a microphone, reflector and three-man crew. Allshe cables in the studio were collected, spliced and wound on & drum. ‘Whben- all was in readiness two men pushed the truck after the actors, while others ;:Moned'}‘n a l(:,xil[ line bes;ge‘tél:: drum e _cable every and ti) wggedtm the camera. Studio Wizards. room was built for Willlam Powell's new picture, “For the Defense,” in 12 hours. An Alaskan village of three blocks of stores and homes is under construction for Edwin Carewe’s forth- coming production, “The Spolers,” and it will have been finished in less than one week from the time of the first hammer blow. T Howard Still Up and Doing. OWARD HUGHES, whose vast ex- penditures and patience over his production, “Hell's Angels,” in the course of its three-year evolubion, was something more than table talk, an- no\mce;‘ lr.lntlge has bought the Muiti- Color Films, Inc. . Not only l);u Mr. Hughes bwlm'ug: arge and interesting concern, Dllnnm to build in connection therewith & $500,000 laboratory in Hollywood, allow other countries to use if they are d us of indulging their fan in color process. Nice fellow, what? Reduced Rates to CHAPEL POINT Kiddies’ Days Monday and Friday Children, 35c Adults, 75¢ 9 am. Daily (except Tues.) WILSON LINE Tth St. Wharves Tel. Nat. 3440 'Icnlml“ x ol wood will see that there is & continual accretion of new blood. ‘Where the cinema actors of a while ago had much time in which to reap fame and fortune, the sparklers of to- day shine quickly, the demand being for speed and efficiency. An amazing portrayal in one film must be followed by a series of even greater amazements, or down will go the little comet by the wayside and remain there with never a how | chance for another flicker. There is no longer time for evolution of talent. It must either rise quickly to the heights and stay there or it must sink and be extinguished. Many examples of this are evident in filmland. It would be perhaps unkind to mention the more notable ones, but it is safe to say that those who are announ ity is calll them are they to whom microphone contracts are not being overgenerous. Wisely these ladies and finflem!n have come to feel the chang- g mood of the public, the tempera- mental element that has come into it— the day-by-day shifting of Pre(el‘ences. Just as a revue is not likely to linger long in the memory, so this new trend in taste is quick to forget and just as quick to ap te. The sudden rise new “stars” are witness The new faces that have crowded out the ones of lo&nn‘ndln; may be fresh, vigorous, inspiring for the moment, but their chances of permanency are ques- tionable. One or two, of course, may laze across the skies for years to come, but for the most of them careers will be short and sweet. 2 Predictions as to the ones due for eternal fame are difficult, but is there not some possibility that Greta Garbo, Gloria Swanson, Ruth Chatterton and, perhaps, Nancy Carroll, may remain forever and a day? almost dally that domestic- Tannen, Jr., Hits Broadway. ‘THE local heart fs wont to jump with delight whenever the news comes that a local something has suddenly hbm into the halls of fame. audiences that sat and fanned and hemmed and hawed over the stock performances at the National during the Spring and a wee portion of the Summer, often wondering why Manager Cochran had not gotten players that he did not get, or why he had gotten some that he did get, may be surprised to learn that even the humblest in the ranks of the faded and gone National Theater Players, before he had a chance to shake the dust of Washington from his new sport suit, was plucked by an astute Broadway manager for a leading role in “Garrick Gaieties,” the most popular Summer show now on the Great White Way. And yet it's a fact. Willlam (son of Julius) Tannen, & modest young gentleman who appeared in only two productions of the National Players, “The Honor of the Family,” and “Brothers,” and in those two sup- plied but little more than atmosphere, Is the fortunate young man, who, Cin- Fe':elh-nke, experienced this trick of ate. Of course, Manager Cochran knew Tannen, jr., was good, if not great, when he signed him for the Summer stock, and ‘while Washington's astute impressario—at the moment in the va- cation hills of New Hampshire playing the role of protagonist for “Boss" Rap- ley—nurses the sting of unappreciati of his stock effort, he uequfia of all blame that Brooks and the discriminating Wash- ington audiences and critics didn’t know they were entertaining an angel un- It's always easy to point out & genius when some one else picks him m the crowd for you. —_— West Features Morris. Roland West's “The Bat Whis, TS,” film comedy-drama, featuring Ct;’:uler Morris, will enter’ rehearsals at the United Artists studios within the next week, according to announcement. This film, adapted and dialogued by West, is the producer’s first undertaking since “Alibi” skyrocketed Morris and others to fame. The forthcoming pro- duction, incidentally, will mark Morris’ first work on the United Artists lot since “Alibl.” His services have been in such demand that he has been loaned to other companies to play featured roles in pictures such as “The Bi House,” “The Divorcee,” “The Case of Sergt. Grischa,” “She Couldn't Say No,” “Woman Trap,” laying Around,” “Second Choice” and “Fast Life” In “The Bat Whispers” Morris will be fea- tul_’ls: llon:. A o e cast of supporting principals re- cruited by West is a notable one, in- cluding Una Merkle, Gustav von Seyf- fertitz, Ben Bard, Grace Hampton, Spencer, Charters, Charles Dow Clark and Maud Eburne, I ming to Fox I Edmund Lowe, who Is starred in | “Good Intentions,” scheduled for a | showing at the Fox Theater during the week beginning July 18. NOI Glorious Gloria, she who was once *Miss -Swanson, before royaliy bagged her for its own, is not going to appear upon .the stage—the speaking stage—or to make it clearer, the stage l'hm the body itself must accompany the voice. From the United Artists Corporation comes the information, and the de- cision, is said to have been announced by_Gloria herself. - There was great danger of it, though. Glorias singing in “The Trespasser” is sald to havé flooded her with demands -for concert and operatic appearances. The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orches- tra invited her to appear as “guest so- oist”’ “the first time any film player jphas been’ s0 honored.” The orchestra’ is .Jocated in Los Angeles and knows film players, “And so the ‘dreams of the little girl who_once ‘worked for Mack Sennett.” |as David Belasco might well have said it, “and who had her voice cultivated to prepare for an operatic career’—well, the little girl herself is going to stick the movies or, more properly speak- ing, to the talkies. e foregoing is an outburst from the art-embalmed star organization headed by Mr. Schenck in Hollywood. But to put it as Gloria might put it herself, “Gloria has a humdinger of a comedy, called ‘What a Widow!'” and she is putting all her art and her artifice, and n some, into it for an “all- talkle, all-singie, etc.” and it is going to be one of the early Fall releases which may or may not reach ington before the snow flies, barring luck and the machinations of the pow- They are “Love Is Like a Song,” a soul- stirring beauty; “Say ‘Oui, Cherie'” a cute one, and “To the Only One,” that will drag you down if the others don’t. The story of “What a Widow!” was PRESENTED FOR OFFERS YOU ‘AT ONE OF GLEN BANK AT DUPONT NIGHTS. SPECIAL TRIP CIRCLE TODAY Takes thé Easiest Way. | make him ‘Wash- | sty) 0, | own experience, basing my conclusions ,.|||IIIlI|IlllllllfllillllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIHIII!IIIIIHHI||IIIlIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIII!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIII!Illlllx'!illm.. FORTY ACRES CHOCK FULL OF AMUSEMENTS THAT NUMBER MORE THAN FIFTY AMID A SETTING OF NATURAL SCENIC SPLENDOR FUN, FROLIC AND FRIVOLITY RECREATION CENTERS IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES— TO WIT—FREE ADMISSION JUST 40 MINUTES FROM CENTRAL W. OF WASH. RY. & ELEC. CO. GLEN ECHO, AND LESS THAN THAT TIME IN SPECIAL BUSES LEAVING FROM MASS. AVE. SIDE OF MERCHANTS written around Gloria’s own personal- u{ by Josephine Lovett, but James | Gleason and James Seymour wrote the dialogue, meaning the wise cracks. And be it heralded near and far, the pur- pose of it all is not to uplift anything por to point a moral, to amuse and endteglm.u T directing it and Owen Moore, Lew Cody and Margaret Livingston are in the cast. Of course, it is going to be all that Gloria wants it to be, and she de- serves it. qud-Boxled and Loves It. DMUND LOWE, Fox star, who is rapidly becoming the veteran “hard- bolled” hero of the screen, has been thinking, it seems, a good deal about | himself of late. Says he: “Hard-boiled | xoles are both the easiest and the most effective ones to play,” and if any one should know—Edmund’s the boy. “While I have enacted almost every conceivable type of part during my stage and screen career, L greatly prefer the tough ones. For one thing, they have human characteristics. Most people have & streak of obstinacy or temper or van- ity in their make-up. The ivory soap theory, 99 and 44-100 pure, seldom ex- ists in real life. “As a consequence, it is much easier to impersonate a real life character, and convincing, with all his faults, than it is to portray the gentle- manly and quite colorless hero or old- le fiction and drama. “Impersonations of this kind are more effective, too, as the them lon, 1 have proved this time and again in my on fan mail reports. While I have worked just as hard in doing these ‘gentlemanly’ roles, none of them seem to have aroused anything like the re- sponse from the tougher portrayals. Evi- dently the public likes its reality. YOUR PLEASURE DELIGHTFUL THE FINEST 'ASHINGTON IN CARS MARKlg CABIN IO"NAOR AT 8—8:30—9 P, M. WEEK 2:30—3:30—7 & 8 P. M. 26¢ EACH WAY, R AMUSEMENTS, Photoplay Attractions (Continued From Pirst Page.) have several novelty offe and Leon Brusiloff will offer an overture by the Fox Orchestra and the Fox Movietone News will complete the bill, EARLE—"Road to Paradise.” \\4 ILL OSBORNE, radio’s original crooner, is back at Warner Bros.' Earle Theater, in person, as the result of his notable success at the Earle sev- eral weeks ago. He is accompanied by his radio band, with a program of new' song hits, which he presents in his inimitable manner. ‘The Earle screen feature, “Road to Paradise,” a First National and Vita- phone action romance, with Loretta Young in a dual role, is described as an exciting drama_concerning a beau- tiful orphan, brought up by two crooks, but inclined to be honest despite her environment. The crooks nof that she bears a striking resemblance to a wealthy heiress and persuades her to assist them in robbing the home of the heiress. She completely deceives the servants and the members of the fam- ily by her amazing similarity to the wealthy girl, until a strange discovery is made. The outcome of the picture is in doubt to its very end. The action is swift, leading rapidly from one com- plication to another. In the cast are Jack Mulhall, Ray- mond Hatton, George Barraud, Kath- ‘Williams, ed lyn , Fre Kelsey, Purnell Pratt, Ben Hendricks, jr.; Winter Hall and Georgette Rhodes. Additional features will include new Vitaphone Varieties, music by the Earle Orchestra and the Pathe and Para- mount newsreels. PALACE—“A Man From Wyoming.” GARY COOPER, hero of “The Vir- ginian” and “The Texan,” is now pictured at Loew's Palace in the Para- mount production, “A Man From Wyoming,” with June Collyer and -ndz Regis Toomey in the supporting | cast. Patricia Hunter, a spoiled society girl in search of thrills, according to the screen story, wanders up near the front line of the trenches in wartime and draws the enemy's fire. Capt. Jim Baker, an engineer, rescues her from her plight and places her under arrest, conducting her back to headquarters, He also falls in love with her and later they are married. Ordered to active duty in a dangerous sector, he is wounded and reported dead. His bride, at first grief-stricken, enters upon a life of abandon “to forget.” He finds her and words follow that cause him to go back to the most dangerous part of the front. She follows him and then everything is all right. On the stage “Singing to the Star: & OCaplwol Theater revue, features the Peggy Taylor, Gary Leon ensemble in a spectacular adagio fantasy. Hilda But- sova, protege of the great Paviowa; Wesley Boynton, a pepular Broadway tenor, and a ballet of 20 Chester Hale Girls complete the cast. Dick Leiberf, master organist, is held over for his novel console crea- tions. Other features include “An Old- Time Movie Show,” in which Mary Pickford, Henry B. Walthall, Lionel Barrymore and Harry Carey appear; the Hearst Metrotone News, short sub- Jects and the Palace Orchestra. METROPOLITAN—"Way of All Men.” A DRAMA of elemental emotions, seen through the cruel light of realism, is annoumced with an “all-star cast” at Warner Bros. Metropolitan Theater this week in “Way of All Men,"” a First Natlonal-Vitaphone production, directed by Frank Lioyd. 1t is said to describe what happens to & group of men and women, of various stations of life, and whose stories all have something in common, when they , | &re brought in close. contact for two d“fi:’ a flood. scenes are ) town on the Mississippl. When the levee breaks under the pressure of the rising stream, the men and women seek refuge in an underground saloon. In this close confinement are developed their individual stores, all converging in_a powerful climax. The cast includes Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.; Dorothy Revier, Noah Beery, Anders Randolf, Robert Edeson, William Cour- tenay, William Orlamond, Julanne Johnstdn, Ivan Simpson, Henry Kolker land Wade Boteler. The scenes of the flooded town are said to be thrillingly depicted. The peril of the trapped men and women caused by the lack of oxygen in their close quarters adds to the suspense of the story. Additional features will include The Evening Star-Universal Newreel, with Graham McNamee broadcasting latest events, and new Vitaph®ne varieties, Educational Talkies. GEOROE ARLISS, stage and screen star of “Disraeli,” now contemplat- ing a picture version of the Galsworthy play, “Old English,” recently spoke be- fore the Alumni Association of the Uni- versity of Southern California on the subject of the educational value of the talkies. “I think,” said Mr. Arliss, “there can be no doubt about the educational pos- sibilities to be derived from the talking picture. It is, in fact, difficult to real- ize the immense stride that has been taken from the silent to the talking| screen. “To tell stories by means of pictures is, I suppose, the most primitive stage | of education, whereas the literature of any country is its crowning glory. And | Jjust as soon as which is offered by the mechanical de- vice which permits the best that the country can produce to be seen and heard in the most obscure corners of the United States. “The greatest authors in the world will soon be turning their attention to writing especially for the screen. In fact, they are doing so now. The great mass of the movie public is quick to learn, and will grow to appreciate style in writing, as they have already to ap-| preciate good music. | “The educational value of the talking screen is without limit. I lool day when there will be talking that| shall set the standard of good English, good diction, perfect delivery of speech. I don't mean pedantic English or the English with the so-called English ac- cent, but the best English, which be- longs equally to England and America. “There is no doubt that there is a| decided tendency today toward slip-| shod speech. In fact, many young| men are rather ashamed to speak well. | They look up it as unmanly—rather as the wearing of the wrist watch was regprded before the war. und RAMON NOVARRO ' in g ADRID. JESSE THEATER ™5 7™ Sts. N.E. “ae_Griid” FARRBE HELEN ___TWELVETREES. 4 Y & KL Ave, N.W. i3 30! So N Finest ent Continous fr ALEXANDER GRAY, BERNICE CLAIRE, NOAH "BEERY. ALICE GENTLE, in “SONG 'OF THE FLAME." The ut- __most_in_drama, spectacle and_song. Warner Bros. R, AMBASSADOR coi*%a"%w. TODAY and TOMORROW—DOUGLAS " FAIRBANKS, JR. in “WAY OF ALL MEN.” Warner Bros. APOLL 0 624 8 8t NE. TR, TP o X AVALON wSEiati Ble. TQDAY and TOMORROW — BERT R_snd_ROBERT WOOL- SEY in “THE_CUCKOOS." Warner Br d MARIE D] AUGHT SHORT.” [ 9th St Bet. D and ® Wi Bros. CENTRAL TODAY and TOMORROW—_AILEEN PRINGLE in "SOLDIERS AND —_WOMBN.® Warner Bros.” “n' ONY Ga. Ave. & FParragut St TODAY and_TOMORROW-_CLAUD- ETTE COI LBERT In “YOUNG MAN __OF MANHATTAN." Warner Bros.” 1230 © St NE. TODAY and_TOMORROW-CLAUD- E COLBERT in “YOUNG MAN ___OP_MANHATTAN.” v Rres.’ ;‘V()Ym‘“' & Col ma. MW, TODAY _and TOMORROW_HELEN TOBENSON. in " CHILDREN OF PLEASURE.” o TIVOLT s & Park ma. Nw. d__TOMORROW—CLARA TR 1 "TRUE TO THE NAVE Warner VORK-‘;‘: “Ave. & Quebes S NW. DAY and TOMORROW — BERT TQMMEELER and ROBERT WOOLSEY in THE CUCKOGE™ INACO! A () AARAMOUNT ‘O STAR_OAST. _ ¥s Ave Ph. W Fome 'or the Mirror Soreen n DOOR,” [ RBARA ' _STANWYCK, SPTEiAN BOYD. BETTY BRONSON. T GA%A %.A RI 0".?";.“6“&'{‘." sesiay. & FETY RS, BUDDY HIPPO) CALF.” JACK MULHALL. DUMBARTON ‘A s son ™ "‘mummm"'fl‘ A Gomedy: UPEAGE: “After all, there is nothing essen- tially manly in half-formed words. Nothing particularly clever in clumsy speech. I say nothing against slang: I rather admire it. It is apt to enrich the language, but I can see no excuse for a lazy and careless delivery of words.” BIGGEST SHOW IN WASHINGTON! FOoX F AT FOURTEENTW ST FIFl DORSAY |1 ging Star ‘musical movietone Everywhere” L America’s Difierent Showman SAM JAGK KAUFMAN and the FOX MELODY MAKERS LEON BRUSILOFF on's greatest musical organization, the FOX GRAND ORCHESTRA 4 FANCHON & MAROO'S Desert Idea” EAGLE FEATHER L CHIEF 1 IA TORNEY QIRLS & Groun of Daneing Stars . FOX Movietone NEWS Eye and Ear Reviewing (*) 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. AVALON—Conn, and McKinley AVENUE GRAND—§45 Pa. ave. s.e. CENTRAL~—9th st. COLONY—Georgia ave. and Farragut EMPRESS—416 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—4th and Butternut sts. *YORK—Georgia ave, and Quebec. n.w. Maryland and Virginia MARYLAND—Hagerstown, Md. ARCADE—Crisfield, Md. ARCADE—Hyattsville, Md. ASHTON—Ciarendo; 9 AUDITOURIM—Onancock, Va. BERKELEY—Berkeley Springs, W. Va. CAPITAL—Cumberland, Md. CAPITOL—Winchester, Va. COMMUNITY—Ridgely, Md. CREWE~—Cre 'we, Va. EMPIRE—Pocomoke City, Md. EMPIRE—Saxis, Va. FIREMEN'S HALL—Willards, Md, GLOBE—Berlin, Md. IMPE wn, Md. RAMONA —Westminster, Md. REPUBLIC THEATER—Annapolis Buena Vista, Va. ALE—Tangier, ¥ w‘mfl“fl—w‘mflv"‘n‘: ': WEBB—Alberton,