Evening Star Newspaper, July 20, 1930, Page 40

AMUSEMENTS.’ Flashes From the Screen By C.E IDSUMMER — vacations — that tired feeling — all these and other elements et enter into the fact that stheatrical matters have about ‘geached the turning point of the tebb. In a few more weeks this same theatrical tide will turn. $Even on Broadway, where the out-of-town visitors are supposed to keep a Summer season going, 4he managels have failed to see fanxious lines waiting at their box dffices, as only a few shows have yiade the hot weather grade. The | Zew iced theaters have aided mat- sters in Washington, but we must =it back and wait for some big things in the Fall. However, #rom_ looking over this week’s &chedule one is inclined to the be- Tief that the National Capital is obtaining the best of the current rrop of photoplays for the Sum- er. “Shadow of the Law,” star- ing William Powell, is the attrac- tion at the Palace, and another picture having to do with shady xcharacters, “Lawful Larceny,” Bolds the screen at R-K-O- Keith’'s. Edmund Lowe’s newest #fiort, “Good Intentions,” should draw heavily at the Fox, and ¥Dancing Sweeties,” light and eiry, comes to the Earle. “Re- ‘eaptured Love” is the big feature at the Metropolitan, and “Our Blushing Brides” is held over for another week at the Columbia. Faking this downtown list as a whole, it is a pretty good Sum- mertime line-up. * x ¥ * . Nelson. and put several of the Triangle successes in sound form. This is probably brought about by the re-making of Griffith’s “Birth of a Nation” There is some doubt, however, as to how the exhibitors and cash custom- ers will receive this scheme. It is announced that “Civiliza- tion,” the Thomas Ince produc- tion which was featured as a silent road show attraction about 15 years ago, has already been produced with sound ac- companiment. But the story has been changed to a large extent. “The Birth of a Na- tion,” with some dialogue and music, has been completed and is readr for exhibition. The new Triangle company is preparing to re-issue Griffith’s “Way Down East,” with sound and dialogue sequences, and “The Coward,” one of Charles Ray's big successes, may find its way to the screen with sound ac- companiment. It has also been suggested that the Doug Fair- banks npictures, “The Three Musketeers” and “The Thief of Bagdad” be re-issued with sound accompaniment, but minus the dialogue. *x k x THE Breakfast Club of Los An- geles, which has entertained many of the world’s celebrities, last week played host to the cast of one of the best motion pictures ever made, “The Birth of a Na- tion.” Those who were seated around _the breakfast table were Henry B. Walthall, who was the Carl Laemmle, jr. recently elevated to a man’s-size desk with the Universal organiza- tion, and who is credited with Al Quiet on the Western “Front,” says we have reached the saturation point of dia- Togue, and he wants more s.pantomime. Be it understood hat the young movie magnate ~does not favor the elimination ~of dialogue, but rather a cut- #¢ing down on talk. For in- stance, he thinks that the con- tinuous barrage of words hurled from the screen, or thereabouts, has been carried 2too far. He wants dialogue “*and music utilized for the high “points of a picture, but he feels <that other and lesser moments “Imay be more satisfactory in a -guiet manner. And he calls ihis idea a ‘“new screen tech- ique,” stating that it is bein, mployed in connection wit wo mnew Universal specials, Outside the Law” and “The $Zittle Accident” If we get E#ight down to the facts of the matter, Young Laemmle’s idea 4s not a new one. It was forced b3 |2 Rlay's Little Colonel; Mae Marsh, is youngest sister; Spottiswoode Altken, who played Col. Cameron; Donald Crisp, who was Gen. Grant; Mary Alden, who took the part of the mulatto girl; Joseph Henaberry, who played Abraham Lincoln; Walter Long, who was Gus, the Negro soldier; Ralph Lewis, who was Stoneman; Mir- lam Cooper, who was Flora Cam- eron, and Elmer Clifton, who played Stoneman’s son. Three members of the original cast are dead—Bobby Harron, who was the younger Cameron brother; George Slegman, who was the mulatto Lieut. Gov. Lynch, and Wallace Reid, who only appeared in a short sequence as a black- smith. - United Artists announce the Jfollowing list of pictures ready Jor Autumn release: Colman in “Raffles,” Swanson in “What a Widow,” Jeanette MacDonald in_ “The Lottery Bride” Eddie Cantor in “Whoopee,” D. . Grif- fith’s production of “Abra- trwpon the picture manufac- turers when they first started £he making of talking pictures. EXhe results were awkward. It 333 the opinion of this depart- ““ment that a photoplay should be altogether in dialogue, or it should be silent. There might be a demand for a certain number of distinct, intelligent ¢reations of a pantomime va- “7iety—such pictures as artists i rgho Charlie Chaplin class would be able to produce. The =half-and-half picture died a ~gudden death when the sound *mictures reached their present tage of popularity. They will Tever re TR * JOURING the past few weeks I have had a number of calls regarding the form for writing the new sound scenarios. In the old days, with the silent films, all scenaries followed a set form. A short synopsis of the story was given, together with the list of characters. Then the scenes were numbered and the action detailed. This made the writing of a sce- nario a rather simple matter; al- most any good story could be turned into a movie. A number of amateur writers found a mar- ket for their ideas. However, all this has changed. With the com- ing of sound, the whole scenario idea has been switched about, and &he producers are not purchasing many plays from amateur writ- ers. About the only thing they are In the market for is the idea. 1If you are possessed of a good plot for a photoplay, write out the synopsis of the story and the list | of characters. Do not bother with the dialogue. The making of sound pictures has forced the pro- ducers to engage large writing staffs, many of the new workers being well known novelists and journalists. A part of the work of these writers is to arrange dia- logue. If your plot is a good one, the dialogue, music, etc., is ar- ranged by the studio writers. And do not forget that the market for such material, with writers trying their luck, is not a good one. A far better scheme is to write the story as straight fiction, sell it if possible and retain the motion picture rights to the material. * ¥ % % It has been found that tert books and formulae designed to | teach the art of writing for the motion pictures gre oy very | little value. After all, the plot | of a story is the real essential; } 47 ‘the plot is a good one, it has possibilities of sale. All the text books in the world would not aid materially in ar- trungtug the story for motion picture production. ~All this is rather unfortunate, for among the amateur writers may de- velop some of the new photo- play ideas. There should be some way of utilizing their best work—some way of encourag- ing them with their ideas. R NEW YORK predicts that the fate of “flesh and blood” vaudeville hinges upon the pic- ture production of the coming year. In some quarters it is hint- ied that Loew, R-K-O, Warners and ¥ox will elaborate on their stage g;ogmms for the Autumn and inter. There is no getting away from the fact that the motion picture theaters have been a sal- vation to the vaudeville perform- ers. When the straight variety thouses were closed, hundreds of waudeville artists found work in the stage presentations of the ham incoln,” Joan Ben- “Smilin’ Through,” Chaplin_ in "Slty Lights,” Norma Talmadge in “Du Barry,” Mary Pickford in “Forever Yours” Chester Mor- in “The Bat Whispers” Evelyn Laye in “Lilli” Douglas Fairbanks in “Reaching for the Moon,” Al Jolson in “Sons o’ Guns” and a new picture co- starring Dolores Del Rio and Walter Huston. %k DURING the past week Holly- wood went back to the old days when real Wild West Dpictures were being manufactured on the lots. Fifty million Indians, more or less, were engaged for “West of the Law,” a new picture which is starring Richard Arlen, and the Redskins wereall over Hollywood in their war paint and feathers. They gave the old-time tribal and ceremonial dances, whooped their way around the night clubs and raised the dickens generally. * ¥ x % Another new picture calling for the Indian atmosphere is “Rose of the Rancho,” starring Gary Cooper. Two rough and hardy Westerners, Tully Mar- shall and Ernest Torrence, will have prominent roles with Cooper. Also, we are to have Indians in “Cimarron,” starring Richard Dixr, and “The Big Trail,” being directed by Raoul Walsh. At last the Indian is coming into his own. R Short Flashes. ITH the completion of “The Dawn Patrol,” Richard Bar- thelmess counts his starring ve- hicles up to 30. This comes pretty near being & record for the movies. Declaring that the wearing of German helmets by a regiment of cats fighting a bunch of mice is likely to “offend national dignity,” the German censor in Berlin has declined to issue a permit for “Mickey the Mouse in the Trench- es;t 11‘ cartoon comedy. will be the next screen vehicle for George Arliss. It will be started when the star returns to Holly- wood from a vacation in England. Mary Philbin has returned to Hollywood and it is announced that she will resume screen work in the near future. Robert Edeson, once a well known stage star, is the latest ad- dition to the cast of “A Gay Ca- ballero.” The featured players of the production are Fay Wray and Victor Varconl. Carl Laemmle, jr., discovered a THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, Richardson History, FRANK RICHARDSON, who appear- ance in Washington seems to have broken out of the clouds, he having come to town via a specially upholstered airplane, cannot be said to have crashed overnight into spotlight fame. Mr. Richardson began appearing be- fore the public at the age of 8, this being at the Bijou Theater in Philadel- hia. Shortly afterward he attached imself to a medicine show, for whose promoter of gquack medicines he war- bled his head off nightly. From this he turned his lyric talents over tb a tent show, thence he went to vaudeville and from there to the old Dumont Min- strels, in which he was billed as the “wonder boy tenor.” Shortly after this the “wonder boy” attached himself to the Emmet Welch Minstrels, who performed nightly on the Million-Dollar Pler at Atlantic City, and then was lured once more to the | vaudeville stage, playing—if Washing- | tonians will remember back a step or | two—at Keith's Theater when that | now talkie emporium was displaying | vaudevillian wares, Mr. Richardson, like so many of his craft, betook himself to Hollywood at the beginning of the talkie invasion, and his fate from then on became pub- lic rather than private property. Cer- tainly few movie enthusiasts will ever forget Frank's iaterpretation of “Walkin' With Susie” in the first Fox Movietone Follies,” or his “Picking Petals Off of robable that “The Devil” | ™ film star in Richard Barker, a traveling salesman, and the new- comer to Hollywood will have the leading role in “The Leather Pushers.” However, the name of the star has been changed to Richard Blair. The picture was once issued as a silent. “Jenny Lind,” which will be Grace Moore's first picture, will have Gus Shy, Wallace Beery, Reginald Denny and Sidney Franklin in the cast. Lew Cody will have the fea- }ured role in “A Husband’s Privi- ege.” Among the new pictures, we have James Rennie in “Father’s Son,” from a Booth Tarkington: Glenda Farrell in “Little Caesar,” iLuis Albarni in “Children of Dreams”; “Three Faces East,” “Sweet Kitty Bellairs,” “Viennese Nights,” “Office Wife,” “Maybe It’s Love” and “Big Boy.” Ben Turpin has dropped from new-style theaters and many of them have gone into motion pic- ture work, appearing in the short comedies. * ok ok e The older generation of mo- tion picture fans recall the * ' Triangle films, and a plan is on | &eot to reorganize the company the movies for a short time and is appearing with a tent show. He probably walks a tight rope and works a cross-word puzzle at the | same_time. Daisles” in “Sunny Side Up.” Now he's doing similar things in person at the Fox, which every one now knows—or should, at any rate. “w " Powell Method. DURD!G the rehearsal period before production of each new picture, ‘William Powell makes it a point to hold impromptu, off-stage rehe: with every player with whom he has a scene, or a bit of action. He aids them also while the picture is in the making. In doing this, however, he does not presume to usurp the duties of the di- rector. Prior to the start of each picture, it 1s said, Powell invariably spends days with the men who is to guide the mak« ing of the story, and from him gets all angles of plot development, character- ization, treatment of scenes, etc. He makes himself a sort of agent of the director—his assistant—and ther they bring their work to completion. Director John Cromwell, who made Powell's “Street of Chance,” and who now is directing “For the Defense,” has nothing but praise for the “Powell mfiln; " as Hollywood has come to call it. New Fox Enterprise. MMOST recent of Fox Theater innova- tions is the new Fanchon and Marco local school of dancing, which began its campaign for puplls last Fri- a; day. This school, it seems, is ta be a free institute for girls and boys up to the age of 18 years. It will train them in every form of theatrical dancing, in- cluding bar work, ballad, technique, musical comedy, tap, high kick, soft shoe and toe dancing. mrmemurubfi plans to present the most talen uplls every now and then in the regu- lar theater stage show and to offer fous shows each year on the Fox stage with the entire cast selected from the danc- ing school pupils. The only financial obligation to the pupil will be the purchase of an ad- mission ticket the day of classes, which will entitle the holder to a weekly les- son as well as seeing the complete per- formance in the theater. Helene Kearney has been engaged as chief instructress. In the Talkies Once the toast of Broadway, Ona| Munson has gone to Hollywood. Her first picture will be “Going Wild,” a First National production. Dickey Delightful. **] AWFUL LARCENY,” the current feature at Keith's brings to the screen 4-year-old Dicky Moore, who formerly played in such pictures as ;gloln of the Gods” and “The Office e.” Dicky is one of the most intelligent lads in the talkies today, according to report. He can memorize lines in a few utes and read them without a hitch, and to secure himself a job he learned 400 words for a movie test and went through them with a dramatic D. C, JULY - 20, WHAT A WIDOW IS GLORIA! GLORIA SWANSON, In a scene from her new cture, “What & Widow!” This is the star’s second talking picture, her first being “The Trespasser.” (Continued From First Page.) Toots Novellp, Jack Goldle, Huff and Huff, Helen Hills, Louise Manning and another group of Sunkist Girls, The Fox Orchestra, playing “Hejre Katl," by Hubay, as its overture, and the Fox Movietone News complete the bill. METROPOLITAN—"Recaptured Love.” YR ECAPTURED LOVE,” described as “a spicy American comedy-drama of modern love and marriage, with & distinctive French flavor of sophistica- tion,” is the acreen feature at Warner Bros." Me litan Theater this week Belle Bennett, John Halliday and Dor- othy Burgess have the principal roles in this Warner Bros. Vitaphone produc- tion. Also in the cast are the famous “G" Sisters, “beautiful and graceful dancers”; Richard Tucker, Junior Dur- k{n, George Bickel and Brooks Bene- dict. “Recaptured Love” was adapted from the novel, “Misdeal,” by Basil Woon. ‘The screen production was directed oy John Adolfi. It is the story of a mid- dle-a, and well-to-do business man who falls an easy prey to the wiles of & scheming chorus beauty. Complete- ly infatuated, the man suggests to his understanding wife that she take & trip while he endeavors to extricate himself from the liaison. The wife not only goes to Paris, but there obtains a divorce. On her return she learns that her former husband has married the other woman. Quickly assuming that he must be unhappy, she sets out to recapture his love and succeeds in an amusing and surprising manner. Additional attractions include new Vitaphone Varieties and The Evening Star-Universal Newsreel, with Graham McNamee broadcasting the news events. COLUMBIA—"Our Blushing Brides.” ‘OAN CRAWFORD, America’s danc- ing daughter; Dorothy Sebastian and Page continue for the sec- ond week at 'w's Columbia in xetro-eoldwyn-unig icture, Blushing Brides.” bert Montgomery, Raymond Hackett and John Miljan are the male leads. Three girls, Jerry, Connle and Franky, worn out with their routine life as salesgirls at Jardine's department store, yearn for a more fruitful life. Connie accepts the offer of David Jardine to set her up in a Park avenue apart- ment, with the promise of marriage later. Franky marries a wealthy cus- tomer of the store after her first meet- ing with him. Je rejects the ple: of Tony Jardine, older son of the Ja dine family, who offers her the same inducements his brother gave Connie. Eventually Franky’s husband is ar- rested as a thief, Connie’s David is about to marry a society girl of his own circle, and Jerry alone wins the love and respect of Tony and is happily married to him. One of the outstand- ing features of the picture is & show! of advance models of women's apparel, with Joan Crawford leading the l&tndm “A Silly Symphony,” “Arctic Follies,” the Hearst Movietone News and the Co- lumbia Orchestra complete the program, A New Jenny Lind. AYS of Castle Garden and of P. T. Barnum, and his historic museum of freaks have been revived according to Donald Henderson Clarke for the film based on the life of Jenny Lind, which, as most of the world knows by know, will mark the first appearance be- fore the cameras and microphones of Grace Moore, noted soprano of the con- cert stage and grand opera. ‘Wallace Beery will be the P. T. Bar- num, the world's first press agent, greatest of all perpetrator of hoaxes, and most noted showman of them all. A dwarf plays General Tom Thump, Barnum’s famous attractions, and be- sides that are included in the cast, bearded ladies, contortionists, giants, Slamese Twins, and other extraordinary | Big deviations from the human normal. ‘The Barnum Museum, once one of the sights of New York, is the back- phot tering heyday a5 The Swedish Nign y as “The Swi ingale,” will sing a number of orlc‘nnl s by Oscar Straus and Herbert Stothart, as well as arias from “Norma,” “Martha” and “Daughters of the Regi- todrama, in which Miss Moere.uu ment,” three of the greatest successes of Jenny Lind. ‘The debut of Miss Lind at Castle Garden in New York, under a contract, which gave her the then unprecedented salary of $1,000 nightly, is being filmed under the direction of Sidney Frank- lin with every effort to reproduce faith- fully one of the storled occasions in the world's entertainment history. 'n Miss Moore was engaged, the motion picture company already had in mind doing this d_story with her, Prelimi had been made, ins.:l the con- tract, work of tle Garden, and the museum, went ahead at L Beery, whose most achieve- ment is in his role of “Butch” in “The House,” was assigned to the role of Barnum. Reginald Denny has the masculine lead as the diva's composer lover, and the cast includes Gilbert Emery, Jobyna Howland, Paul Porcassi, Marion, Bodil Rosing, Giovanni Ma Michael Visaroff, Theodore Lodi, Frank Reicher and Mavis Villiers. atic successes of Jenny Lind in Europe, as well as scenes of her tri- it American tour, will be repro- duced as faithfully as possible in this forthcoming film, it is said. “Laziest Marfllive.” ARLES MACK s said to have be- come famous by working very hard to achieve distinction as the world's laziest man. Listen to Mack talk, out of character as well as in, and you'll decide that his hazy voice must signify that he's the| market. most. fatigued human being alive. But check up on the things he does and has had to do to reach the top, and you then think you may be wrong. Mack and his partner, Morah, of Two Black Crows fame, has just ¢ompleted their second Paramount starring pic- ture, “Anybody’s War.” ‘The lazy: voiced member of the combination man- ages the team, writes the material, gets bookings and handles all items which arise, and then finds time for other things. He recently wrote a novel, “The Two Black Crows in the A. E. F.” For a time he had a syndicated column and & ‘Two Black Crows comic strip. Also he precision’ that much older actors would have envied. Have lfou Seen . dmer%alf meyL Daughter (raw¥orD G story of modern ife & mariage OUR BLUSHING BRIDES The Modern Maidens, DOROTHY SEBASTIAN ANITA PAGE ROBERT MONTGOMERY" RAYMOND HACKETT JOHN MILJAN A picture that has everything intiading a parade vf ultra Smart womens apvarel!. . . makes arrangements for phono?n h records and writes the material for them. The Crows have made eight twe HELD OVER SECOND BIG WEEK UMBIA | sided records, which sold in' excess of 8,000,000 copies. He owns and operates a trunk factory | in Cleveland, Ohio. He invented the| steel reinforced trunks it turns out. He| has & patented paint remover on the| He has started a subdivision of his own at Newhall, Calif, and is laying out plans for 35 vacation homes which he will have built. He has five theaters in various parts of the United States, three of them leased to others, and in his lrm time he dabbles in chemistry, tinkers with mecbanics and practices landscape gardening. ‘The laziest man alive! Oh, yeah! iy William Farnum, one of the old- timers, has returned to Hollywood and will appear in a new picture with Tom Santschi. 1930—PART FOUR. o . Warner's Silver Jubilee. IT seems that the Warner Bro, technically, not physically, speaking, are just 25 years old. A quarter of & century 8go, on the dot, they opened an exchange in Pittsburgh for the dis- tribution of pictures to exhibitors. And since then, particularly since a certain balmy day in 1926, when they caused much cxcitement by their first Vita- phone picture, they have been sailing along pleasantly in the arms of mother nature, etc. Not only should this. famous motion picture company be destined to receive congratulations in silverware during the coming month, but they will be further patted on the back for an August 5 birthday, which' celebrates the fourth year of their talkie activities. In other words, banners and handkerchiefs are being waved for their especial honor, and, in a nice quiet way, they have de- cided that instead of setting off fire- crackers on celebrate through the entire month of August. Whether or not free explosives are fo be distributed to the general public has not as yet been decided, but, at any rate, the Warners have issued a list of films they are to have the distinction of releasing during the happy—if heated— th. These include: “Sweet Kitf “The Matrimonial Bed, " “Viennese Nights, and additional Pirst National Pictures, including “The Dawn Patrol,” “Bright Lights” and “One Night at Susie’s.” ‘These should keep the populace busy for a while, at least. **Animal Craciers Finished. HARPO and Chico Marx have finished their scenes in “Animal Crackers” in the face of severe physical disability, thus illustrating the theatrical maxim “The show must go on.” Harpo is just out of & hospital after an operation on an enlarged gland in his neck, and Chico has had a painful kidney disorder. Each day, however, they have been clowning through se- quences in the picture as if in the best of health and spirits. DOROTHY JORDAN, Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer. gl-yer. who gained recognition with her work in “The Taming of the Shrew” and “Devil May Care.” She is to appear in a pic- ture titled, “Like Kelly Can.” Bob Geu a Bfglh- ROBERT MONTGOMERY, latest re- cruit to the lady-killing ranks, al- thaugl:.dnr to the eyes of the weaker sex, never been able to emerge vic- torious as far as the heroine is concerned in pictures. “Our Blushing Brides,” however, which film is continuing blithely at the Columbia for a second week, Mr. Mont- gomery gets the gal and is seen in the final fade-out amorously pawing Joan Crawford. ‘This state of affairs should be good news to the erstwhile stage star, who, according to the Motion Picture News Blue Book, has lived variously in New York, Paris, Rome and Los Angeles. At last he may be called a film “hero,” which is an appellation that in terms of dollars means more and more and more. Some say, however, that they rather have him “plain bad,” as he used to be. Well, well—good or bad, he's a swell actor, So what the—— Excitement in Film, ILLIAM POWELL, professional sleuth of moviedom, who it is sald —via & press agent oracle—attained success when he cut off one mustache and grew another, has this to say about his latest film: “There is & subtle sense of excitement that goes hand in hand with danger. ‘The hunter stalking big game feels it. The officer of the law going after a dangerous criminal experiences it in intensified form. The fugitive, perhaps, ;e;lxdlt'omosttvlv!gly. That’s the feeling 2 capture for my role in ‘Shadow of the Law.’” 5 : 'IA: you don't belleve him, take a dip n —he'll be there, in celluloid fi ul ik g d flesh, until NOW PLAYING o A Panmount. Pretme POWELL o Y e b SHADOW " 1LAW NATALIE MOORHEAD REGIS TOOMEY ADODED ATTRACTIONU “Symphory” Lone Neurs: 3 oo /i ON THE STAGE- ) . RNAUT BROTHERS Wormr Zicgficld Follics Stans... n & perfect summer show~ JULY FORRBES one day only they will} Loew’s Palace and see for yourself | with, RAY TEAL s ler ol Thealre rcvua"dk # great, Broadway Neastl WV AMUSEMENTS. Washington’s Summer. wm the Middle West and the South have been mopping up with temperatures that range over beyond the century mark of Fahren- heit, and even the radio announcer from the great metropolis ever and anon injects a hint that there is no lack of heat in the Northland, Wash- ington, the Capital of the United States, which is ever on the defensive against misrepresentation, points with pride to its seldom absent cool breezes, its green parking spaces, its historic environment and its many, many op- portunities to avert the life miserable. Aside from 1ts many miles of refresh- ing recreation to the sensible motorist, in its famous Rock Creek Park and the | surrounding country, to which good | roads lead in every direction, it again points with pride to magnificent Po- tomac Park, where thousands find rest, comfort. sport and recreation every | day and evening that refreshing rain is not reviving the grass and the flow- ers growing on every. hand. Only a few miles up and along the wooded banks of the beautiful Potomac, those who feel an urge to get beyond city limits, will find hospitable Glen Echo Park awaiting them with its fairyland of joys and easily accessible to the motorist as well as to the hum- bler citizen who may have only a few railway tokens to expend in an evening of outing joys. Admission to the park is free, and there is even free mrflnz space adjacent. Indulgence in the de- lirlum of joy that reigns there is at most an expense of but a few pennies distributed judiciously here and there. Down the river by day—and still but & few delightful miles in the travel— lies Chapel Point with bathing facili- ties and the devices that make heaven of the amusement park to the young. While in the early evening, again the steamer City of Washington awaits those eager for cool breezes, lights, music and even dancing in addition to the quiet comfort of restful repose in pleasant observation chairs, and to both the weary and the restless, all the joys Off in another direction, after a few miles quickly covered by steam rallroad, lies “Seaside Park,” a fairyland of won- der and delight, on the banks of old Chesapeake Bay. Here too are splen- did facilities for those who long for a day’s outing in the joys of the seashore. It is a sort of miniature Atlantiz iCty, in the suburbs of Washington, as it were, and vet even to salt water for bathing and all the equipment that goes with a trip to old ocean. Seaside Park will be found to be ideal for a waterside outing for the family for a day, or even more, if you so desire it ‘These are but a few of the delights of the dolce far niente at the National Capital for those, whatever the reason, ‘who may wish to escape the turmoil of the city. Those who may abide within the walls, in addition to the pleasant breathing spots already outlined and with many not even mentioned, may find cool temperature, if not breezes, along with the mimic delights of the motion picture houses of Washington, of which there are scores scattcred in ever direction throughout the District, prepared to offer the added bliss that may be afforded by pictured romanve, adventure, thrilling melodrama and the simple story of the heart, These are always with us, helping us to forget the realism of life and its many cares and sorrows, oftentimes carrying a hint of the possibilities within our reach to her ground and to holier impulse. Wherever one may be within our llotted locale, the Summer sun always will be found to throw off its heat in abundance. There are some places where it is almost intolerable. But when you come to look over the entire situation and the conditions elsewhere, if you are disposed to be at all fair, you will readily recognize the indis- putable fact that, in spite of its voteless- helpless political situation, Washington, after all, is a happy hunting grounds to dwell in all the months of the year of a “moonlight ride” on the glorious Potomac. and especially during the balmier months of Spring, Summer and Fall. " Crooner A'x' the age of one minute he—Will Osborne (why ask?) — began crooning. The muse first tickled him when he opened his eyes and he hasn't been able to stop since. He loves it, he says, he loves every minute of it, that is why even though he gets but a week’s vacation out of every 52 he goes along blithely without thought of wear and tear on the ton- sils. He doesn't, however, like the word “crooning.” Perhaps he is tired of it. At any rate, when asked to define its meaning, he turns the s of Webster mentally and says: * is & low, m g sound as cattle pain.” ‘There is no other definition, he says. He likes W better than any place he knows of—except Canada, of course. He spends his mornlngr— hearken girls—in the Wardman 'k swimming pool, and the rest of the day, as is the way with celebrities, he de- votes to htgrgubuc. Between shows at the Earle eater he pi ices, prac- tices hard, as you will hear, if stick your head through the stage door por- tals. He has a small piano in his dress- ing room on which is a plece of music labeled “Washington”—to show how ’s Diary. all over Brooklyn and he's fust from m’nfl' is o didn't hit him, so the rival is ignored. He won't tell you that he was the originator of the “cattle” sound, “croon- ing,” but he thinks he is—and on ac- count of it Mother Fortune has been kind to him—very kind. His fellow crooners, or rather mu- siclans, are not Canadians, as a tabloid recently indicated. They are all Yankees, except for one high-pressured Engl n. He says, however, that he's going to initiate them in Canadian ways soon by taking them across the mur—dur that, every man for him- He was all set to make a talkie, had the scdre done and eve , WAS g0- Apollo and five “hap- But business inter- like to make another. “‘crooners s broad: g since 1925, Last Winter he played in vaudeville, made three records a month and was atop the Park Central Hotel until 2 in much he likes Washing gton. He says audiences down here have it the mmnlnr He says it's an “easy life” And if he says so, why, sure, it must be. Forbids Actors to Act. thing a movie star expects to do ‘when he gets in front of a camera, it 1s said, is to act, and, oddly enough, that is the one thing that Director Raoul Walsh expects him not to do. Walsh's particular method of shattering such an idea is to shout “Don’t play Hamlet” when an actor begins to take himself too seriously. According to a Fox writing racqueteer, older actors trained in the stage tradi- tion are apt to make elaborate gestures and indulge in whimsical facial contor- tions described sometimes as “mugging.” Younger players are said to want to demonstrate some of the vocal traits picked up in dramatic schools. The; are apt to do this before Director wfl&g gets at them—not after. ‘Walsh talks it all over with his casts before he starts on a picture. He did this recently before he started on what he hopes will be his epic picture, “The Big Trail.” He explained to the actors that he wanted them to look and be like pioneers and that men and women undergoing the hardships of the fld rush days didn’t besport themselves like melancholy Danes. Economy of words and gestures was what he wanted. ‘Wal is rabid on the subject of “bemi yourself.” He has rubbed this into his actors ever since they have been on location at Jackson, Wyo., where most of the filming of “The Big Trail” is being done. This country, famed for its wide open spaces, and the town itself, which serves as a kind of Mecca for dude cowboys and girls, whe go there in the Fall to compete in the “round-up,” is an ideal setting for such a picture. In the background are the snow-capped Teton Mountains, nearby is the Snake River and for miles around are typical stretches of uncultivated prairie lands covered with tangled sage brush and dust—nothing else. In the midst of this there is hardly room for “The Big Trail” should be finished soon. Watch for the absence of “mug- ging.” J. L. Warner Honore'd. L. WARNER of Warner Bros. was * elected president of the Motion Picture Relief Fund at thg annual meet- ing of that organization, held recently at Pickfair, home of Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, ‘The office was bestowed upon Mr. behalf of needy motion picture workers in every field. Mary Pickford, outgoing president, turned over the gavel to Warner, who led the gathering in a vote of thanks for her fine work during her year in office. Some honor to succeed Mary! reduced rates kiddies’ days Mon. & Fri. Children, 35¢ Adults, 75¢ 9:00 a.m. Daily (except Tues.) WILSON LINE WHARVES Tel. 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