Evening Star Newspaper, July 13, 1930, Page 43

AMU SEMENTS. The Moving Picture cAlbum By Robert E. Sherwood. N Englishman, Collinson Owen, lately made a tour of the United States for the purpose of learn- ing just what it is all about. He had read an enormous num- ber of American books and magazines, and had been bored and thrilled by countless American movies, and the subject fascinated him to such an ex- tent that he needs must see for him- self. Now, of course, he has collected his observations in book form under the title “The American Illusion.” It pro- vides extremely interesting reading for Americans, particularly for those of us who are interested in the doings on and behind the screen. Like most Englishmen, Mr. Owen is an ardent film fan. wood and its outpourings with intense seriousness. Although he visited many other parts of the United States, from Salem, Mass., to Houston, Tex., and wrote about them with appreciative in- telligence, it was the desire to have a good look at Hollywood that really lured him across the Atlantic. “This lure of the films seems to be universal, to lurk in every breast,” he writes. “Men and women, prince and artist, all fall for it. It must be that thirst for romance which lies within us all and which everybody who can seeks to assuage by visiting the fabled springs of Hollywood. * * * Whether any of ! them ever quaff precisely the kind of draught they are looking for is another matter. I doubt it.” Needless to say, Mr. Owen was some- what disillusioned by Hollywood. He found the sunshine, the homes, the gardens and the girls all “very pleasant and alluring. * * * And yet” he adds, “to the stranger there is a some- thing lacking. I think it is flavor, taste. Hollywood and all about it is 50 new— the newest thing in America—that it | hasn't had time to accumulate any| flavors. Tt is full of nice streets, but it hasn't got a dark alley.” That is an acute observation. I know that on my own visit to Hollywood I was driven for miles and miles along| astonishing boulevards, lined with im- | maculate bungalows and gleaming villas, and I thought that I would give any- thing to see somewhere among them an | old, rgmshackle, odoriferous New Eng- arn. Mr. Owen visited a studio, and says of it: “This is the fountain head of romance. And yet so curiosly are things constituted there is no romance at the fountain head. There is work, often very hard and even depressing work. Only as the stream flows away from the fountain head does it takes on color and glitter. It is romantic even by the time it reaches Hollywood Boulevard, where at the Cafe Montmartre the tourists come to see the stars, * * * So the stream goes on, growing ever more sparkling, until finally it flows through places like London, and Paris, and Sheffield, where multitudes sit spellbound and dream of Hollywood and love and all sorts of impossible things that don't happen.” B * * * ok ow B{ll’t OWEN'S book is in the main considerably more than fair to the United States and to its people. It contains many graceful and gratifying tributes to our hospitality, our scenery, our creature comforts, and even our manners. It is, in fact, infinitely more He takes Holly- | polite than are most books written by Amefll cans on the subject of their native and. At times, however, Mr. Owen is just the least bit irritating to American readers. He makes one or two of the standard mistakes that are made bv almost all European observers who look at the United States. He vastly over- estimates our sense of nationalism, and :‘hereby arrives at some false conclu- ons. In discussing the war films, such as “The Big Parade,” “What Price Glory” and “Wings,” he says: “As far as they are concerned, America not only won| the war, but won it a hundred times over. When America is fighting the war of 1917-18 on the films there is at | the most a faint suggestion here and there of some sort of shadowy Euro- pean participation in the background. But for 90 per cent of the time the battlegrounds of the allies are merely areas for American heroes and heroines; to play in. We must not be too severe | about this. If Hollywood was to make dramas of the war, she could not per- haps be expected to give America's comrades in arms their due share of representation. That would have been to overshadow the ‘American end’ of such films, and Hollywood could not overlook the effect of such a state of things on the box office returns of the myriad cinemas in the United States. * * * All we can do is to realize what an immense power this has been—by means of propaganda and suggestion— in teaching America to believe might- ily in itself, whether in peace or in war.” Here is the old cry that American moving pictures are ‘‘propaganda” for the self-glorification of the United States. It is, of course, the veriest non- sense. One can reasonably say that the ognition in some of the earliest pic- tures, but what of “Lilac Time" and “The Sky Hawk,” both of which deal | with the heroes of Britain’s royal air| force? And what of the two greatest box office successes of the past year, “Journey's End” and “All Quiet on the Western Front”? One of them was exclusively English, and the other was entirely German, with none but French poilus visible on the opposite side of No Man’s Land. All four of these pictures were made in Hollywood, all were immensely pop- ular with American audiences, and in none of them did one single American | soldier appear. It is natural and inevitable that | American movie producers should dwell | most heavily on American subjects, but | if it were their benevolent intention to | teach America to “believe mightily in | itself” they would hardly give so much | attention to the less noble elements in | | our civilization, such as marital infi- | delity, juvenile sin and gang warfare. | No'American war play has had any- | thing like the success achieved in the | United States by “Journey's End.” No American war book has sold one-quarter | as well as “All Quiet on the Western Front.” No American war movie, with the probable exception of “The Big Parade,” has approached the box office records of these same two dramas. So Mr. Owen had better take back some of the mean things he said about our narrow-minded patriotism. (Copyright, 1930.) More National Bool(inga. “HANG out our banners on the outer walls; the cry is ‘Still they eome!” " Merely an excerpt from the nervous ravings of the distraught Macbeth, but certainly fitting in the excitement at- tendant upon the receipt of fresh an- nouncements from Manager Steve Cochran of the coming season’s book- ings for the good old National Theater. Modestly shielding his own personal- ity behind the name of the A. R. Er- langer Office, Steve, nevertheless, makes it known that Washington is certain to see the beloved Maude Adams, in the flesh, although the name of her play is not given, and before ‘Thanksgiving day at that. Washington doubtless needs something for which to be thank- ful this year—and hoping Congress won't see this. “‘About Town,” the new musical play. featuring Clifton Webb, is to be among the newcomers. Mr. Webb will be re- Mmembered from “The Little Show” by those who were fortunate enough to see it. Other birds of the theater whose flight will wing them Washingtonward include the Theater Guild productions, “Green Grow the Lilacs” and “Eliza- beth the Queen.” David Belasco will be represented with two plays whose titles for the moment are withheld; Fred Stone will come in “Ripples,” along with Mrs. Fiske in repertory; Ed ‘Wynn in “Simple Simon” and Arthur Hammerstein's “The Bird of Paradise,” an old friend in a new musical version. But Manager Cochran never lets all the news out at one time. It may be confidently expected, therefore, that as the days grow cooler Steve will spring more surprises—and Washington can stand them. G.B.S. Enthusiastic. THAT George Bernard Shaw is no longer skeptical in his attitude to- ward the talkies was revealed by Jacob Wilk, chief of the story department of Warner Bros, who has just returned from a trip abroad, which included a lengthy interview with the brilliant English satirist. ‘Wilk, who completed negotiations for the purchase of “Kismet,” Otis Skin- ner’s successful play, written by Edward Knoblock, and “The Devil,” by Ferenc Molnar, visited Shaw and discussed with him the possibilities of adapting Pplays to the talking screen. “Shaw is most enthusiastic about the talkies and says there is no question of their permanence,” the Warner execu- tive stated. “He admitted his willing- ness to experiment with the new art form, but made it plain that he would intrust the job only to those in whose j‘udgment he had the utmost confi- ence.” e o - Ain't What They Used to Be. (CHORUS girls are not what they used to be. So say the oracular moguls on the Radio Pictures lot, where, with eyes bursting with energy, the female of the species has been undergoing careful scrutiny. ‘Take, for instance, those Tiller Girls, who bristle with vitamin D and early- morning _pugnacity. Although they seem to do their steps, so to speak, as one, the moguls report that each and every one of the girls has really a soul of her own and that away from routine work she may be seen pirouetting like Gambarelli or doing & little swan work ala Plvlow:b e bt b According ar] , who super- vises the dancing muscles of these rest- less ladies, the routine dancing of the present day is equal to star solo dancing of years ago. So that, one surmises, in this day and age, perhaps, even those pert Floradora ladies wouldn't have done so well out in Hollywood, and the great Paviowa might have found her- self in the back row of some terpsi- chorean dancing chorus, alone conscious ©of the greatness of her toes. Bottle Atmosphere. a bott “‘: types Th represen cover- period of approximately 50 years, and a large part of them could not be replaced except by special manufacture if they were to be broken. ‘They are necessary, it is said, for sa- loon and cafe scenes in pictures laid before the advent of prohibition, as is “Way of All Men,” the drama of Mis- cissippi life and cotton speculation which is now at Warner's Metropolitan ‘Theater, I For the Beach | Raquel Torres shows this beach garb of striped pajamas and the colors are yellow, orange and brown. A matching bandana covered the hair. —Wide World Photo. "Up and Doing." **TJP and doing, with a heart for any | fate,” the genial management of | the Sidney Lust Theater Corporation, | whose picture palaces dot the country | for miles around, volunteers the fol- lowing information, which, doubtless, will be of interest to many patrons of the concern: “We have just installed Western Elec- tric sound equipment in the Cameo Theater, at Mount Ranier, Md., giving our patrons the best attainable in sound. We have taken over the Palace Theater, at 307 Ninth street north- west, one of the first movie houses in Wj gton, which long has been oper- “:;h‘l,n, the Brylawskis, and we are in- stalling in it sound equipment, which we hope will be ready by July 15. “Ground has been broken in Front Royal, Va., for a 1,000-seat theater, which will be equipped with Western Electric sound, and the cost of the building will be $100,000. The name of this theater is to be chosen’later by popular vote of the people of Front Royal. Sidney Lust l:n ?resldem of corporation which operate this splendid new venture.” New Ride a; Glen Echo. IT is expected that a working model developed by Joseph & Heeh suporins levelo osepl b » SUJ In- tendent of Glen Echo Park, will be &hced on exhibition at the park within e next week or two in order that the public may come to know what is in store during the Summer of 1931 in the way of a new 5 of the amusement rides now on the market bear the names of “Lindy Loop” and “Leaping Lena,” but in order not to be outdone, inventor Hart con- templates with a name up to the minute—“Byrd Barrels,” after Ad- miral Richard E. Byrd. - cracking, typewriting t.hnkh-li-‘.uhofmx;: Yotkuvlgd- ror, Mark Hellinger, after having his ability as & vaudevillain of n‘pero rank, is now to become a talkie in a film enctT e.” This “short” is PHOTOPLAYS AT WASHINGTON THEATERS THIS WEEK || 1 W0 O TEES Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesdpy Thursday Friday Saturday Apollo 624 B 8t. NE. Ambassador 18th & Columbia R4, Douslas r:nrmh.lru Douslss Fairbanks,Jr., Douslas h&fiun.:r.. n “The Way of Al Men.” a T in **Hhe FeRin. “The Way of All “The Way of All Men." Men." and - Polly Mors 2% Polly Moran and S Reht Shor “‘Caught, Sportlight. Vitaphione. Sporciight. Vitaphone, Warner Oland “The Return of Dr. Reginald Denny in "hm Man." Manchu. Vitaphone. Comedy. 03 Vitaphone variety. Comedy. iy Moran and Marie Dressler in “Caught Short.” Vitaphone variety. Gary Cooper in *fhe Poran.” Polly Moran el bregera Vitaphone variety. Billie Dove in v Brice “Sweethe and e n . v “Be_Yourself." Vitaphone variety. Comedy. Avalon 8613 _Conn. Ave. Bert Wheeler and Robert' Woolsey in “"The Cuckoos,” Vitaphone variety. Gary Gooper “The Texan.” Cartoon. Bert Wheeler and Robert’ Woolsey in ““The Cuckoos.” Vitaphone variety. Billle Dove in “Bwesthearts and ‘Wives.”” Vitaphone variety. Gary, Cooper n “The Texan." Cartoon. Belie Bennett in “Courage.” Comedy. George 8idney and Sharles Murtay in | “Atound the Corner. Comedy. fi"' G‘nml Carolina Uth & N. C. av. s.e. Polly Moran and rie Dressler in t 8he Eoll> Moran and Gary Cooper n e ““The Texan Vitaphone variety. Ruth Chatterton in “Lady of Scandal.” Vitaphone variety. Cartoon. ‘Gary Cooper ‘The ‘Texas Vitaphone variety. Rin Tin Tin in, “Rough Waters.” Comedy. Topics of the Day. Ruth Chatterton in “Lady of Scandal.” Vitaphone variety, Cartoon. Warner Baxter n “The_Arizons Kid.” Warner Baxter iam Bovd in in “The_Arizons “‘Officer O'Brien.” Kid.” “Paramount on “Paramount on Parade.” de." Buster Keaton in “Free E Charlie Chaplin in and Easy.” “The Circus.” Central 425 9th St N.W. Alleen Pri “Soldiers Afleen Pringle in Dennis King “Soldiers and [T omen. Comedy. _Vitaphone. Claudette Colbert in “Young Men of Man- attan’ Comedy. _Vitaphone. Dennis King nd Kin Claudette Colbert in “Young Man of Man- Belle_Bennett in “Courage." attan Comedy. Vitaphone. Comedy. Vitaphone variety. Circle 2105 Pa. Ave. N.W. Betty Bronson in “The Locked Door." Rod La_Rocaue, ‘William Boyd and Betty Bronson in Tom Moore and Blanche Sweet in “The Woman Racket.” Dennis King and Jeanette MacDonald ““The Vagabond King." Constance Bennett in “Rich People.” Dennis King and Jeanette MacDonald Loulse Dresse Addie McPhail in ) ““The Vagabond King." nd Kenneth MacKenns i “The Three Siste Colony Ga. Ave. & Farragut Claudette Colbert in “Young Man of Ma; attan.’ Vitaphone variety. Bernice Claire and Alexander Gray in “Song of the Flame." a attan.” e Vitaphone variety. __ Vitaphone variety. Bernice Claire and Tan Keith in Alexander Gray in ““Prince of “Bong of the Flame.” Diamonds.” Comedy. Dorothy Mackaill in “The Flirting Widow.” Comedy. George Bldney af Charles Murray in “Around the Corner." Dumbarton 1343 Wisconsin Ave. William Collier, Jr., and Alice Day in “The Melody Man.” Comedy. William Collier, Jr. and Alice Day in Sally U nd Johnny Arthur, in “The Melody Man.” Comedy. “Personality.” Come: Claudette Colbert and Charles Ruggles in ‘Youns Man of Man- hattan.”_Comedy. Claudette Colbert and rles Ruggles in “Young Man of Man- hattan.” Comedy. Vitaphone. Comedy. Blanche Sweet in “Woman Racket." Comedy. Leo Carrillo and in Fairlawn Anscostia. D. C. amount on arade.” Alan Hale and in “Paramount on BSally Ellers Parade.” “Sailiors’ Holiday." Comedie Constance Bennett Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor in n “Rich People.” ‘High Soclety Comedy. es."” Richard Dix_in in “Lovin’ the Ladies.” “Lummox " Comeds. Home 13th & C Bts. N.E. Claudette Colbert in “Young Man of Man- a Vitaphone variety. Claudette Colbert in Ramon Novarro “Young M n “In Gay Madrid. Vitaphone variety. hattan. Vitaphone varjety. Ramon Novarro n “In Gay Madrid." Vitaphone variety. Helen Johnson in “Children of Pleasure.” Comedy. Fanny Brice n “Be Yourself." Jack Mulhall in Vitaphone variety. “In_the Nex Room. Comedy. Helen Twelvetrees allied troops received insufficient rec- | § Jesse n “The Grand 3100 15th st. n.e. Parade.” Mary Brian Grant lwmxeu' n n “Boldiers and ot . “Light of West- ern Skies. fomen.” Gertrude Lawrence in “Battle of Paris.” Ina Claire “The Awul n Truth.” Jack Holt in Dorothy Gulliver in “Vengeance.” “Troopers Three.” Lyric Dark. Gaithersburg, Md. Dennls King 15 Dennis King in “The Vagabond “The Vagabond King. News. Van _and Schenck in ““They Learned About Women." Comedy. Bchenck in Learned About Women." Comedy. Van and ““They Ken Maynard Ken Marynard in n “Senor _Americano.” “Senor Americano.” Serial Berial. Ramon Novarro in Princess “In Gay Madrid.” 1119 B 8t N.E. Willlam Boyd in Nancy Carroll in “'Officer O'Brien.” “Honey." Josephine Dunn and Allan_Hale in “Red Hot Rhythm." Richard Arlen in “Burning Up." Lola Lane in Ken Maynard in “Let's Go Places.” “Mountain Justice.” Helen Johnson In “Children of Pleasure."” Vitaphone. Comedy. avoy 3030_14th St. N.W. Pleasure. Vitaphone. Comedy. Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey in “The Cuckoos."” Cartoon. Helen Johnson in “Children of Betty Compsoh “The Great Gabbo." Buster_Keaton in d Easy." ht reel Armidas in *“The Border Romance. Vitaphone. Comeds. Rin Tin Tin in “Rough Waters." Vitaphone variety. William Boyd in “‘Officer O'Brien." Mary_Brian Harry Green in in “The Kibitzer." “Marriage Playground.” Evelyn Brent in “Darkened Rooms.” Richard Arlen fi “Burning Up.” Joseph Schildk Taut Virginia Valll in “Guilty." “The Night Ride.” Warner Baxter in “The_Arizons Takoma Park, D. C. Kid." Ruth Chatterton Warner Baxter in n “Sarah and Son.” ““The_Arizona Kid." Ruth Chatterton Dennis Kine in “Sarah and Son.” Dennis King William “Boyd in “The Vagabond o King." ‘‘Officer O'Brien." “The Devil's Pit."" Clara Bow in “True to the Navy.” medy. Tivoli 14th and Park R4, Clara Bow in “True to the avy.” Comedy. Nancy Oarroll in ““The Devil'sHoliday." Vitaphone variety, medy. Nancy Carroll in “The Devil'sHoliday." Vitaphone variety. meds. Fanny Brice in “Be Yourself.” Vitaphone variety. Sportlight_reel. Fanny Brice in “Be Yourself.” Vitaphone variety. Sportlight _reel. Charles Murray in “Clancy in Wall Street. Vitaphone. Serial Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey in *“The Cuckoos.” York Ga. Ave. & Quebes Bert Wheeler and Ruth Chatterton Robert Woolsey in “Lady of Scandal.” in i ““The Cuckoos." Vitaphone variety. As Was. E seem to be so accustomed to simply referring to new screen celebrities as “coming from the New York stage” that many interesting been overlooked. Grace Moore, newest star, started out as a Baptist missionary? Or that Gavin Gordon was a railway clerk before getting a stage ryout. | Charles Bickford, you probably didn't guess, was a motorman in Boston. Cliff (Ukulele Ike) Edwards worked in a | one-arm lunchroom. Lawrence Tibbett was a sailor. Robert Montgomery sailed on oil tankers. Leila Hyams was an ad- vertising model. Charles King worked plugger” with burlesque shows. ‘With the exception of Miss Hyams, whose parents are vaudeville headliners, Elliott Nugent seems to stand alone as a player whose stage calling came hon- estly, his father, J. C. Nugent, being bearing his name. Gloria's 26 Changes. UST to show that the Hollywood em- poriums of fashion know their busi- ness and that the female forms fs still distinctly worth draping, Gloria Swan- son in her recent film “What a Widow,” changes her clothes 26 times. This plece of news, coming close upon the heels of reports that this pic- ture is about ready to be shown to an orange-juice drinking public, is nothing Betty Blythe appeared in half a million beads has so much attention been paid to clothes. Miss Swanson is said to besport her- gowns, wraps that have been torn from the “ermine” animal, negligees straight from the Rue de ]a Paix. pajamas from the Rue de Rivoli, sport clothes from A. G. Spalding, street ensembles from a possible Woodward & Lothrop, and handkerchiefs, shoes and stockings from unlimited and unmentionable sources. It is furthermore stated that more personal articles of clothing have been chosen with equal care and that the net result is just about perfection for Gloria—from the inside-out! 'HE Do-X, giant airplane designed by Dr. Claude Dornier, with a capacity of 100 passengers, and sched- uled to be flown from Germany to the United States by Lieut. C. H. Schild- hauer in August, has been photographed and recorded in flight for an important element in Gloria Swanson's new pic- ture, “What a Widow!” By arrangement with General Motors, which owns the plane, it is reported, Miss Swanson has had the interior of this plane reproduced by Paul Nelson, Paris artist and former United States Army aviator, and in the final scene of her film she is shown leaving for America on_the flight of the Dornier with Owen Moore. A special model of the ship was built by General Motors and made available for Miss Swanson’s architects. A special cameraman photo- graphed and recorded the flight of the ship at Lake Geneva, Switzerland. glimpses into their backgrounds have | ‘Would it be surprising to know that| Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s | for Harry Von Tilzer as a gallery “song- dean of the famous theatrical family | short of breath-taking. For not since | self in filmy tea gowns, billowy dinner | W Gloria Annexes Do-i- Plane. | Ruth Chatterton n “Lady of Scandal.” Vitaphone variety. Jack lu\unm in *“The_ Pall Guy.” Comeds. Lupe Veles n “Hell's Harbor." Cartoon. Harvard Enters Talkies. VEN the ivy-clad walls of Harvard University, conservative to the very core, have succumbed to the vogue of the talkie. For this familiar plot of learning has been the first to present a film for educational purposes. En- titled “Three Centuries of Massachu- setts” and <irected by the eminent his- | torian, Prof. Albert Bushnell Hart, the Harvard University Film Foundation last week offered an eight-reel film in ‘which the voice of Prof Hart was heard ughout. All Back Bay, it is sald, cut short their Saturday night's rations of beans to attend the premier of this film. And many were the heads that wagged, and smiled, and wagged some more. For before the eyes of eager blue- bloodites was unfolded that stirring tale of how Boston came to be, and how, thus, the first social register got its material, and how many unfortunate Back Bay ladies had the mortification of seeing their ancestors step off the second boat after the Mayflower had been in port for a full week. . “Beau Ideai" for Screen. What is claimed to be her most dramatic photoplay role has been awarded Constance Bennett in the screen version of “Common Clay.” Lew Ayres. She plays opposite "New Ones Just Ailead. ITH the dawn of Saturday will come to Loew's Palace, as the new week's feature, Jack Oakie's new picture, “The Sap From Syracuse, with Ginger Rogers as the girl. It is a story of the dumbest man in the world, and he is coming with a New Yo Capitol Theater revue, “July Follies, for a companion iece. Just a day ahea on Friday, to be exact, Edmund Lowe will be seen at the Fox The: ter, with Margue- rite Churchill, sal Earle T);eaur, “‘Dancing Jack ORMle: gyeeties,” described as “a saga of jazz” with Sue Carol and Grant Withers heading a cast that includes Edna Murphy, Tully Marshall, Adamae Vaughn and Eddie Phillips. The picture has the added virtue, says the announcement, of “portraying present conditions in our large cities with sympathy and understanding.” ‘The Metropolitan Theater, starting Friday, will present “Recaptured Love,” a Warner Brothers-Vitaphone story, whose triangle includes a philandering husband, an understanding wife and a beautiful gold digger, portrayed by Belle Bennett, John Halliday and Dorothy Burgess. “‘Our Blushing Brides” will be tried out for a second week at Loew's Colum- bia Theater, Manager Corbin Sheild hasn't said what he will have at his R-K-O Keith Theater after the coming Frida: ADIO PICTURES has purchased the novel “Beau Ideal,” sequel to “Beau {Oecm," and Herbert Brenon will direct | the film version of it, according to a | recent announcement. { “Beau Ideal” depicts the further ad- ventures of the remaining Geste broth- ers in the Sahara Desert, as told by P. C. Wren. The action details the cap- ture of the last of the three Geste brothers, who leaves his new bride to rescue companions left in the desert. He is captured as a deserter from the | Foreign Legion and thrown into prison. An American youth, his friend, enlists in the Legion and voluntarily gets ‘thmwn into the same prison. They escape, only to fall into the hands of unfriendly Arabs, with stirring adven- tures following, which lead to a final dash for freedom with the aid of the American's brother, who has become | head of the Arab tribes. As OneTRafli—e's" to Another. | WITH Sir Gerald du Maurier as his guest, Ronald Colman saw his latest picture, “Raffles,” recently at the New Gallery, London, at a private ex- hibition. Sir Gerald played the part of Raffles during the original stage run of the play in England and again when it underwent its various revivals. He seems to have been delighted with Col- man and the screen results. For as soon as the picture was over he rushed to & cable office and wired Samuel Goldwyn: “Raffles has grown for 20 years. With Ronnie he is finer and greater and more lovable than ever. Heartiest congratulations.” Signed, “Gerald du Maurier.” Where the Weather Is Made to Order Return Engagement by Insistent De- mand of His Washington Fans—the Original Radio Croomer Vill OSBORNE- and /iis ORCHESTRA New Songs—New Tunes An Entirely New Program WARNER Beggars and givers of life, forgetting everything for greed—and ome boy who thought he counld forget a love great emough to stand the test of time— DOUG. FAIRBANKS, Jr. DOROTHY REVIER and Vitaphone's [HEWAY 2" Viaphons Star-Universal News, Gi easti: METROPOLITAN A Mystery of Love and Doudle Identities LORETTA YOUNG—JACK MULHALL /} Comfortable ] and & Strong Cast in First National ) “MUSICAL BEAUTY SHOP” AMUSEMENTS IME is a wonderful old changer. The world at large will doubtless freely admit the fact. Not only does he mar the face of youthful beauty with his deadly lines and wrinkles, but he has a habit of taking a fall out of even the sprightly athlete as well. Indeed, time has been known to mix and mar memo- ries dresdfully, although few will care to admit ft. The ancients noted that time had an awful habit of changing modes and manners. But some of those anclents noted and recorded their bellef that time seldlom made much headway with basic emotions, and others have chron- icled that human- nature is ever the same. So much for time. Playwrights worth their while have ever sought to choose for dramatic ex- g::ulon situations and temperaments t fitted to the production of dra- matic intensity. Indeed, it is that in- tensity which generally mothers the thrill, the chill, without which the the- ater would mean nothing to the actor and the happy-go-lucky patron of the picture houses. Even the deaf prefer the rich quality of tone they are per- tmh“wd sometimes to hear rather than e of the desperate but sound-limited so- prano. It is much the same in drama as in singing. Richness in quality tops the heap in both. There is much difference in satisfaction between melted and well frozen ices, between noble strength and | wobbly frothine: | of hopelessness only increased the 3 | ness, the beauty and the strength iping of the piccolo, or the screech | The thoughts sprang to life in com- pinions of Drama. that brought the pleasing shadows of Lilllan Gish to our local screen week, with Ferenc Molnar's fine matic Tlly, “The Swan," that had Eva Le Gallienne as its star quite a while ago. The crux of the drama in tI let the fencing tutor make shy but meaningless advances towards her in order to excite Prince Albert's jeal and thus hasten her mother’s desire for their marriage. The little pawn of fate, decreed by a higher will to wed, for love, but for position and fortune, never once dreamed of the possibility that she would thus entrap her own heart as well as that of the luckless tutor. The great dramatic denouenent came when not only she but all around her were brought to realize that the undreamed-of had become stark . re ality. And the drama was only inten. sified by the success of the foolish exe periment which aroused the jeolousy of the prince and brought him to terms, The fact that the tutor as well as the little woman were pluni he c} the drama born of the situation. The love tragedy was superb. How much less interesting, then, bee comes the princess of the film, whose sympathy for the young tutor moved her even so far as to bestow a kiss upon his humiliation, when a “hot mamma® kiss of the movie made her forget everything else in the bliss of the sensual moment paring “One Romantic Night,” the The film may be strictly modern-flavored entertainment | —but, really, is it? What Dreams Majy Come. IKE an admonition from the melan- choly Hamlet of “what dreams may | come,” gracefully floats in the announce- | ment of good L. Stoddard Taylor, once | genial host of the Schubert-Belasco | Theater, of “the noteworthy attractions | to appear at the Shubert Washington theaters during the approaching sea- son.” The announcement comes just when | Washington had settled itself in the doleful, dumpy notion that Shubert theaters in Washington, like the melan- | choly Dane himself, had all been gathered to sleep with their fathers that sleep which knows no waking. And yet, ready guessers are often apt to| crash into a mistake. True, Mr. Taylor does not mention the names of "the Shubert theaters | which will cater to an eager public dur- | 18 he orthooming setacn but Ui, | g assistant porter (1f there 18 mich S struction and of Jeconstruction, and “!{;?Lr:f'u‘:ms local hotel, so says his host of unemployed engineers are | Press “ straining at the leash, ready for a job. | , AS in the case of the hero of “Sorrell In the event that one or more of |& Son” this gentleman was created them may find occupation and that |for better things than trudging around new theaters may spring into being | JUggling trunks. Proof of this may be| “under the management of the Messrs. | Nad now by attending the film fest af Lee and J. J. Shubert” the list of | the Fox Theater, where Mr. Murray| attractions announced by Mr. Taylor | is playing opposite Fifi Dorsay in| is hereto appended: omen Everywhere Ethel Barrymore her new play, | After a short and not too stimulat “Scarlet Sister Mary"; Paris Riviera career as a porter, Murray got a jol edition of “Artists and Model,” Clark | in a picture house singing popular| and McCullough in “Strike Up the |songs to the accompaniment of a gay Band,” Philip Merivale in “Death Takes '90s piano and illustrated lantern| a Holiday,” Pritz Lieber in “Shake- |slides. And from then on fortune, nip sperean Repertoire.” Katherine Cornell | ping him lightly on the sleeve, led him| | upward from song composer to pube| | lisher, from publisher to song plugger| the new and from there to the pearly wings of] Greenwich _Village Follies,” Leslie | the musical comedy stage. Howard in “Berkeley Square,” Grace| Now Hollywood has entrapped Mr,| George in “Pirst Mrs. Praser,” Qunnie | Murray—and the next step, they say, Smith in “Street Singer,” Donald Meek | is heaven, or —— better than the play in “Broken Dishes,” Jack Donahue in “Sons o' Gun: Earl rroll's “Sketch Book,” Chic Sales in 3 3 Jane Cowl in a new p gan in “Topaz “Stepping Sisters,” “Young Sinners,’ “Street Scene,” “Apron Strings,” “Lye sistrata, lune Moon" and Thurston. Porter, Plugger and Pfame. 'HE spoon that stuck in J. Harold Murray's throat when he was born was not tinted with the proverbial silver. His was a mixture of Maine tin and alloy, snatched from the hills of South Berwick and unpolished after his father's sudden death, when the babe Murray was whinnying over his| first_birthday candle. In other wor J. H. 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