Evening Star Newspaper, August 3, 1930, Page 54

“ ™\ was an attractio A Flashes From the Screen By C. E. NEW YORK screen writer, bemoaning the fact that movie news is about as scarce as the great auk’s eggs, takes upon himself the duty of selecting the year’s 10 worst pictures. He states that the sea- son immediately following Christ- mas is usually the time for the se- lection of the year’s best pictures and suggests that the merry months of July and August are fitt'mg for the announcement of the year’s worst. A ‘selection of the year’s best is an easy task when compared to the selection of the worst from the Hollywood studios, and I do not intend to follow with such a list for Washingtonians. The lat. ter have forgotten the bad pic- tures, anyway—as they should be forgotten—and may they rest in peace on the red side of the box | office ledger. However, it might be of interest to give you the list as compiled by this New Vork| writer. Here they are: Wi ®m Haines in “The Girl Said No,” William Haines in “Navy Blues,” Buddy Rogers in “Safety in Num- bers,” Buddy Rogers in “Young Eagles,” Edward Everett Horton in “Holiday,” Floyd Gibbons in “With Byrd at the North Pole,” Harry | Richman in “Putting on the Ritz,” Edmund Lowe in “Born Reckless” and the Duncan Sisters in “It's a Great Life.” It will be noticed that the writer of this list takes particular dis- like to certain characters of each film, and that he is not annoyed as much by the pictures them- selves, for he lists two or three| good pictures. The Byrd film, “Born Reckless” and “Putting on the Ritz” have been well received by audiences all over the country, and the first of these three will become a picture for the genera- tions to come. & ‘We could never agree on the list of worst pictures, so you may have your own selections for the year. * x % x EARLY all film critics are| agreed that the first Greta Garbo talking picture, “Anna| Christie,” will find a place, next| January, at the head of the year's | best pictures. However, Greéta is coming along with another effort, “Romance,” which may give her two places in the “best 10.” This actress has exhibited more real ability, more thought and study in her work, than any other screen player of ioday. She stands, rightly, at tf ¢ head of her profession. * x % 2 N unusually gooa list of photo- plays are current in the downtown theaters this week. It is natural that the list should be headed by the Earle on account of Eddie Cantor’s personal ap- pearance. This comedian is prob- ably the biggest attraction of the season, and he is accompanied by the picture, “Bright Lights.” Joe Cook, who is starred in “Rain or Shine,” at R-K-O Keith's, is mak- ing his first venture in a full- length photoplay, and if his screen version of the stage affair is half as gooc as the stage show, he will draw long lines of custom- ers. “Raffles” starring Ronald Colman, is held over for a second week at the Columbia, where the crook play turned ’em away last week. “Cheer Up and Smile” is the big musical offering of the| Fox, where an elaborate stage| show is also scheduled. “Three Faces East,” with Erich von Stro- heim returning to the screen, should make Washingtonians for- get the warm days. “Way Out ‘West,” with the big stage show, is an unusually good feature at| the Palace, for William Haines always draws. ¥ xx I T would appear that the ideal mother is difficult to find—at least, in the movies. After mak- | ing screen and microphone testg| of 100 actresses, First National announces that Dorothy Peterson | has been selected to play the part of the mother in “Mothers Cry,” a picture to be based upon a novel by Helen Grace Carlisle. Miss Peterson, who played on Broad- way in “Subway Express,” went from New York to Hollywood to undergo the tests for one particu- lar picture. * % ¥ ¥ IF you want to get rich quick, make a monkey picture. It is announced that “Ingagi,” which | n in Washington ‘oa«x{y this year, has grossed a mil. lion"\dollars, in spite of the oppo- | sition- to its showing. A play actor in a monkey skin may, therefore, become a greater draw- | ing card than one of the estab- | lished photoplay stars. “Ingagi” drew the attention of explorers, scientists, Government officials and college professors, but it went right along piling up the box of- fice receipts. It may be that Bar- num was right, and if you want that million, get busy and make a monkey picture. T THE Fox company has signed Mrs. Patrick Campbell, for years one of the leading feminine | figures of the English stage, to, take the leading role in a talking icture, “The Play Called Life.” rs. Campbell is well known to the older generation of theater- goers, both in this country and abroad, but this is the first time she has agreed to take a role in & screen play. * % huF I)LAYS AND PLAYERS: William | Anthony McGuire's new play, “Onward, Christian Soldiers,” is to be produced first as a stage play, with a cast of screen play- ers, and later may be talkerized. Walter Huston and Mary Duncan are mentioned as possibilities for leading roles. ... Ruth Etting, who recently appeared in Zieg- feld’s “Simple Simon” with Ed ‘Wynn, will have a featured role in Paramount’s “Manhattan Mary,” in which Wynn will be starred. . . . Greta Garbo's brother Swen is now appearing in Para- mount’s first all-Swedish picture, MUSEMENTS. Nelson. Night” is the next Clara Bow pic- ture. . . . Junior Rurkin plays the part of Huckleberry Finn in “Tom Sawyer,” and, of course, Jackie Coogan has the leading role. * x * x 'HE genial Hardie Meakin was once classified in the Wash- ington Directory as a press agent, or it might have been a public re- lations representative. Now that he is chief mogul of the Fox cathedral, on Eff street, Hardie just cannot get away from old | habits. For instance, when he sends a notice to the press, he turns to his stenographer (where once he banged his own type- writer by forefinger touch) and dictates from “The Press Agent’s Tall and Lofty Volume of Scintil- lating Phrases for the Consump- tion of the Masses.” As an excel- lent illustration of his method, I hereby reproduce verbatim a note which is intended to convey the simple fact that a performer missed a train: “My Dear Bat: Something that rarely, if ever, happens has happened in the scheduled stage show which I have arranged for my patrons for the week of August 1. Frankie Jenks, who has been wowing them all over the West Coast as the rollicking master of ceremonies, has just wired me that due to overwhelming public demand, he was compelled to remain another week in California and won’t make his appearance at the Fox Theater until August 8. As soon as he completes his engagement he will hop aboard a crack limited for New York, visit the Fox execu- tives and then make his appear- ance in Washington for the en- gagement starting August 8. But, here is something that will be welcomed by all who have previ- ously seen and heard him. My talented and magnetic musical director, Leon Brusiloff, who has entertained the audiences at the theater and by way of radio, will again step up and lead the ar- ray of celebrities with his smart, high-class chatter. He has an appeal which is full of youth and gusto, and it is a genuine treat to hear and see him in the role of master of ceremonies. Very truly yours, Hardie.” And all because this Mr. Jinks (pardon, Mr. Jenks) could not :ur: fast enough to catch that| rain. * K x * THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, AUGUST 3, 1930—PART FOUR. “Romance” Coming. WORD comes via the authoritative megaphone of Sam Rubin of Bos- ton, once the pride of Boston Univer- sity's track team, that “the great Gar- bo” is on her way here in her latest screen vehicle, “Romance.” Lest memory concerning this play should be dim, it should be stated that “Romance” had the most sensational run of any play in the early decades of this century. Doris Kane played in it for years and years, and was hailed throughout the world as well-nigh im- mortal. That the lithesome Greta is rapidly setting her paces for her posi- tion amidst the luminaries of high heaven is positively assured. Purther- more, it is claimed that in “Romance” she does the most spectacular “emot- ing” since she left the land of the !icicle and the buggy. Males Eati GallafThis T third dimension to the screen, The proper use of colors in backgrounds throws out the figures, color picture you will find just as per- fect a third-dimension effect as you saw in the old days with your grand- mother’s stereoscope in views of the Alps and the pigeons at St. Mark's, ‘Technicolor can make fat girls thin and, if necessary, thin men sturdy, so say the Technicolor moguls. The producers and their experts, un- der the guidance of Mrs. Natalie M. Kalmus, Technicolor's art director and the leading authority, are learning to select the proper shades to produce the desired effects. They are using some of the tricks of camoufiage. They are putting into their color compositions some of the same talent that was dis- played by the great painters, They say it's & harder job. e “War N\Vzirse" Materializing. ATE reports from the Metro-Gold- ploture version of “War Nurse” is rap- idly getting under way and that the cast has been assembled. June Walker of stage fame is to pley ihe leading role in what will be er first talking picture. Zazu Pitts, another celebrity, 8lso has been signed. Others are Anita Page, Robert Mont- gomery, Robert Ames, Marie Prevost, Hedda Hopper, Helen Jerome Eddy and Eddie Nugent. Altogether, splendid support for the dear old gall 'HE National Student Federa- tion of America has obtained the use of the war picture “All Quiet on the Western Front” for | special showings at the leading| university centers on Armistice day, 1932. It is claimed that the! picture is of special interest to| university students on account of | the fact that war, as a rule, drains the colleges of their young men. Also because the students of the country raised a million dollars to aid their fellows in Europe, particularly in Germany, after the World War. It is estimated that fully 75 per cent of the students of Germany were forced to leave the universities and go to work at the close of the world conflict. The National Student Federation of America is the official organi- zation of university students, hav- ing 330 college and university stu dent bodies in its membership. * x x % Short Flashes. “THE CAT AND THE CANARY” made an unusually good silent picture, and the producers will have their work cut out for them in keeping it to a high standard with sound. However, the noisy version is being made {at the Universal studio, with a cast including Helen Twelvetrees, Jean Hersholt, Raymond Hackett, Lilyan Tashman, Montague Love, Neil Hamilton and Elizabeth Pat- :erson Rupert Julian is direct- ng. Monta Bell, former Washing- tonian, is directing “East Is West,” with Lupe Velez playing the lead- ing role. Others in the cast are| Lewis Ayres, Jean Hersholt and E. Allyn Warren. Considerable interest has been aroused in the first screen work of Otis Skinner, the star now be- ing engaged at the First National studio in “Kismet.” Loretta Young and David Manners have been as- signed the leading juvenile roles. | This same play was once pro duced as a silent film® | A 20-acre tract of land near the studio has been engaged as a cir- cus lot to film “Sunny,” starring Marilyn Miller. The “big top,” animals, performers and all that goes toward making a successful circus, will have a part in the big production. In addition to Miss Miller, Joe Donahue, Lawrence Gray, Inez Courtney and Clyde cast. three-year run on Broadway. Glenda Farrell has been award- ed the feminine lead in “Little Caesar,” and Edward G. Robinson plays opposite. Miss Farrell was last seen on the stage in “Recap- | tured.” John Halliday, Irene Rich, Leon | Janney and Lewis Stone are fea- tured in “Father’s Son,” based upon a story by Booth Tarkington. According to Film Daily, minia- ture golf “is on the way toward stampeding the theater business.” “However,” says the journal, “it is just one of those fads, like mah- jong.” Winnie Lightner and Joe E. Tight,” a comedy being made by ‘Warner Brothers. In the support- ing cast are Paul Gregory, Claudia Dell, Lotti Loder, Hobart Bos- worth and"Edward George. Barbara Stanwyck, who scored such a personal triumph in “Ladies of Leisure,” has a featured role in “The Miracle Woman.” “The Criminal Code,” another stageJflny of prison life, is being turned into a picture. The cast has not yet been selected. The second Romberg-Hammer- stein romance, written originally for the screen, will carry a title of “Children of Dreams.” May “Where Roses Bloom.” . . . In the screen version of “The Honor of the Family” Walter Huston will play the role made famous by Otis Skinner. . . . Claire Luce, the blond stage star, makes her screen debut in the Fox picture, “Up the River.” . . . “Moby Dick,” starring John Barrymore, has a LY premiere on the Coast August 14 .., Wedding Boley and Marion Byron have been signed for the cast. The new starring team, Charles Farrell and Maureen O’Sullivan, will start work September 1 i “The Princess and the Plumber. Farrell has just completed his most amgbitious emotional role in "‘.A Devil With Women.” Maureen e o:'?l!s‘y%fl.:_e feminine lead in “J Cook have prominent parts in the | The musical play had a Brown are to be starred in “Sit | CHARLIE HENDERSON, Composer-member of Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians. His newest song hit is “So Beats My Heart for You.” He also wrote the popul ‘D Night.” Directing Quickly Learned. A GREEN and gold parrot is wonder- folk. Location scenes of “Manslaughter were being fiilmed at one of the palatial omes in Pasadena. The parrot, swing- {ing in his cage on a sunny patio, kept 8 bright eye on the strange proceedings. Particularly did he seem fascinated by | the commands of the director, George | Abbott. its climax when the parrot’s newly ac- quired vocabulary found voice. “Cut!” he screamed. ‘The bird spert the remainder of the day behind the garage. The last thing members of the troupe heard as they left for Hollywood was a forlorn voice repeating “Camera!” and “Cut!” Plays Preferred. AGE plays make better pictures with sound than original scena- rios,” says Director E. H. Griffith, and since “Holiday,” his latest picture, seems to be a hit, his words sound as if they might be full of what is com- monly called “wisdom.” The director claims that when & pro- duction has been presented on the stage it represents months of hard work. 1t has been rewritten, rehearsed and re- bashed. By the time it comes into the hands of a picture director it is in com- plete condition and all he has to do is {to cut it to the required length, keep- ing the story intact and preserving the dialogue. The original story at the studio is wrilt:n by men paid to turn it out in two or three weeks. Instead of being asked to give one or Lwo stories per year, they are expected to turn out complete dialogue and plot in two or three weeks. Changes are being made all the time the photographing is go- ing on and complete rehearsals are im- possible. “I am frank in saying that I am hunting for another stage play,” Grif- fith says. “Directing a vehicle like has been a real pleasure.” e Siners‘ Succcss(ul. LEANOR AND CARLA GURER- LEIN, Berlin twins, who do sister acts on stage and screen, bill them- selves as “The G Sisters” for the simple reason—well, try to pronounce their last name! These dancers are now performing in “Recaptured Love,” the Warner Bros. | film currently visible at the Metro- politan. They were born in Konigs- berg, Germany, and their mother, a dramatic student of the famous Rein- hardt, gave them dancing instructions. Flushed with desire for fame and the liguid vintages of France, they decided on & stage debut in Paris, where for a | year they danced at the Moulin Rouge, | Maurice Chevalier's old hangout. Spain called them next, and while in Madrid the gave a special performance for the | King. | They were brought to New York to | participate In & number of musical comedies and they danced with such yvim and vigor that the call of Holly- wood came almost instantly. Pirst they appeared in a picture with Whiteman, then in “Mile. Modiste" now in “Recaptured Love.” “QT | ul and Paris Likes Jeanette. SHORTLY atter Adolphe Menjou's re- turn to Hollywood, he sauntered | through the Paramount’lunch room re- | newing acquaintances, among them his | former director, Ernst Lubitsch, with Jeanette MacDonald. Menjou _had asked to be presented to Miss Mac- Doncld, He then told her he had seen “The Love Parade” several times in | Parls, where it is having &_phenomenal | run. "He confided that the French capi- | tal was captivated by Jeanette and said | her accent intrigued the Parisians much in the same way that the Chevalier ac- cent g‘!"!d Americans, “When you started to speak and sing in French, the audiences rose and cheered, they liked it so much,” he told Jeanette, ldw- it several of the scenes were French and: the songs also were in wyn-Meyer studios sstate that the | ing at the ways of motion plctuu] A scene between Claudette Colbert' and Predric March was just reaching| ECHNICOLOR is said to bring &, In many & i According to the producers, Greta Garbo fans are to have a big surprise | The Swedish star wears beautiful gowns of | ays & role which was filled on the stage by Doris Keane. in the new picture “Romance.” 1850 period and | American dramatic rights to a Frencl |ings of an American woman amid the f the Various Stage Activities UGUST seems to be the pick-up month in the theater. Pro- ducers are pleased over the fact that twice as many plays will come to light during this month as did last year at the same time. Be- sides 12 new offerings scheduled for production, Broadway will see the con- tinuation of 4 plays that bowed to the Summer's heat. These revivals include “Journey's End,” ze,” “Young Sinners” and “Simple Simon.” Casting for the revival of “Journey's | End.” which opens in New York again on August 4, has been concluded. The leading Toles will be played by Richard Bird, G. P. Huntley, jr.; William Sauter and 'Wilfred Seagram. Richard Whale, the English director, who was responsi- ble for the filming of this war play, has arrived in this country to supervise the final rehearsals. ‘Word comes that Gus Van, who be- fore Schenk's death was half of the team of Van and Schenk, is not to retire, after all. Mr. Van, after listen- ing to the pleas of many of his friends, has decided to continue on the vaudeville stage. He will do a “single,” beginning the week of August 23, “on a split,” as they say, between the Fordham and New York’s Eighty-sixth Street Theater. George Jessel, who has had a varied year on the stage, in the films and being a producer, in conjunction with the ~Shuberts, 'has purchased the | play called “L'Amour a L'Americaine.” | This play is said to reveal the meander- | intricacles of French soclety. David Belasco, dean of producers, is to be very busy during the coming season if his plans materialize, Besides “Dancing Partners,” due on Broadway August 4, Mr. Belasco will present “Tonight ‘or Never,” an untitled play by Patrick Kearney; Earnest Raymond’s “The Berg” and a dramatization of this year's Pulitzer prize novel, “Laugh- ing Boy,” by Oliver La Farge. Broadway producers are shaking their heads over the fact that Warner | Brothers are to film the play “Tllicit” | before it appears in the flesh. A habit | of this sort, they point out, is not only | dangerous to the possibility of success | of the play itself but to the author as | well and to the play's ever becoming possible for stock or the road. “After Tomorrow,” the new Hugh | Stange play, in which Donald Meek is | featured, has been put into rehearsal by John Golden. The cast, which is under the direction of Stange, includes Ross | Alexander, Penelope Hubbard, Edythe Elliot, Kate McComb, Beatrice Noyes and Robert Burton. “On the Q-T,” the successful London | comedy, is the play in which the Shuberts, by special arrangement with | Charles 'Wagner, will bring Madge Kennedy back to the stage this Fall. | Stanley Logan, the director of “Topaze,” | is to stage this play, which, besides Miss Kennedy, will have in the cast Terrence Nelll, Eric Blore,” Vera Neilson and | Roland Hoag. | Mrs. Jo Mielziner's play, “Cafe,” has | been put in rehearsal by director Jose | Ruben. Under the sponsership of Wil- liam A. Brady and John Tuerk, with | possibly A. H. Woods holding some sort | of reins in the background, this play will have Rollo Pete Georgie Calne and Horace Braham to head its cast. Another indication that the West.| may be coming East is the report that | Fanchon and Ma; Fox Theater's | producers of “Ideas,” have decided to confine all their activities to New York, instead of dividing them between New York and Hollywood, as heretofore. It seems that they believe that talent for “Ideas” is more prevalent along Hence they will close their Hollywood offices and send forth their weekly dancing teams from Manhattan's metropolis exclusively While stock companies and vaudeville houses have wilted with the heat and from lack of patronage this Summer, it seems that the showboats, the river's YOURSELF AND THOUSANDS OF FRI N PLEASURE BEX " OH! YEAH THE PLACE IS GAY, GLORIOUS FREE ADMISSION AMUSEMENT PARK DELUXE AUTO VIA' CONDUIT ROAD theatrical pride and joy, have done capacity business. Reports from the “water routes” indicate that this form of entertainment is a long way from dying, and that wherever they have ap- peared these boats have been crowded with eager and excited audiences, Paul Muni, after two season’s absence from the legitimate stage, recently opened at the Pasadena Playhouse in a new drama, “The Man Saul.” Sponsored by Edgar Selwyn and Arthur Lubin, this play will come to New York some time in the Fall. Jackie Coogan's Successor. MEWHERE in the United States 18 a small boy headed straight for fame and fortune. He is the as yet undis- covered youngster who will play the role of Skippy in Paramount’s forthcoming motion. picture of that name. The organization recently launched & search for the boy who most closely re- sembles Percy Crosby's famous cartoon character. The producers believe & greater iilusion of reality will be achieved if the role is played by a boy who is not known to film followers, and natural- | ness will result from a boy who has had no professional experience. “Skippy” will be filmed at the Para- mount New York studio early in Sep- tember. Motion picture authorities are of the | opinion that the boy who wins this unique screen assignment may look for- | ward to inheriting the juvenile film throne vacated by Jackie Coogan. they also maintain that greater Fox Foreifln 'i'all:iel. ** ALL-FRENCH" and “all-Italian” feature productions will be pro- duced by the Fox Film Corporation, ac- cording to a recent announcement by Winfleld Sheehan, vice president and general manager. Production will begin immediately at the studios in Hollywood. “All-Spanish” feature pictures and short subjects already are being made by this company. All these pictures are to be made by the foreign-production unit of the or- | ganization, with John Stone in charge. The first two productions to be made entirely in French and Italian are “Common Clay” and “The Last of the Duanes.” A number of well known Italian stage personalities recruited from Italy an New York will arrive in Hollywood with- in the next few weeks. . E “Mack Sennett Brevities.” ALONG the coast of that great rain- less State of California the breeze | of excitement is blowing, for the rumor that Mack Sennett is once more to return to his girl-glorifying days has wafted this way as a fact. Soon this veteran comedy producer will start making a group of one-reel comedies f:‘) be known as “Mack Sennett Brevi- jes.” These “Brevities” will comprise 12 comedy novelties of which the lxlrl& according to those who know, “wil be youth, fun and beauty.” Furthermore, they will present prominently what is said to be feminine pulchritude, of which Mr. Sennett certainly should know something. Remember his beach- es of yore? And the fair damsels that were wont to stroll along their sandy reaches, clad in alluring bathing cos- tun’ws? gzmember blo orllmswmsolr; posing in her ensemble, smiling coy] in front of & dashing parasol? And will any one ever forget how Phyliss Haver looked taking her dally dip just after dawn had broken over her bathing suit? Joe C»ook’s Ingenuity. J’OE COOK was telling how he first hit upon the idea for his elaborate contraption in “Rain or Shine” which begins with the turn of a buzz saw and ends with a musical Ferris wheel thump- ing an innocent bystander on the head. “I used to do a turn in vaudeville and was known as a one-man vaudeville show,” Joe said. “I'd worked up a gag which needed somebody to give me a musical cue, but couldn't afford to hire a feeder, 80 I got & prop man to hit a triangle in the wings prompting me to | beat a drum. “It didn't work out, though. The prop man, I discovered, is no natural actor, and it seems nothing will ever turn him into one. He'd cue me a min- ite too roon or three too late, gumming 1p the whole works. “After one particularly discouraging matinee I was riding home on the ferry- boat—TI lived in Jersey at the time—and it came to me that if I could figure out a system of pulleys, connecting me on u the stage with him in the wings, so that in the Summer. DAVID BELASCO, Dean of the theatrical producers, cutting his cake on his seventy-sixth birth- da Friends of the producer called u) at Atlantic Cit; DAVID .| I didn’t think of the scheme again until L HONALD COLMAN RAFEFLES TORRENCE a hammer would hit him on the head at the proper moment, hs would play the triangle, I would beat the drum and everything would bs O.K. “The act closed soon afterward, and I was working out gags for ‘Rain or |Shine’ Then I got interested in just ‘huw far I could go with it. The result was the mechanical scene.’ Holmes Hollywooding. URTON HOLMES, who has con- tracted with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | to produce 12 one-reel talking travel | subjects for release next season, left |New York last week for the Culver City studios of this company. He will | devote a month or more to compiling |and editing new motion picture travel | reels and will probably return East late AMUSEMENTS. Next Week’s Array. ASSING the bare mention of the fact that “Dixiana,” featuring Bebe Daniels, Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey as outstanding luminaries of an “all-star cast,” is announced to arrive at R-K-O- Keith's next Saturday, Washington's faithful picture fans may expect much beside that may be of interest. “8ins of the Chil- dren,” & Metro- Goldwyn Mayer product, featuring Louis Mann, Rob- ert Montgomery, Elliott Nugent and Leila Hyams, to- gether with a New York Capitol The ater miniature vue, “Get Happy, will make up the bill at Loew's Pal- ace Theater start- ing Saturday. At Loew's Co- Bebe Daniels. the same day, to & Norma Shearer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture, also with the Joyous injunction in fis title, “Let Us Gay.” It is a Rachel Crothers story and Marie Dressler cuts { a large figure in its pictorial relatiod. while Rod La Rocque and Gi Emery will be found in the cast. ‘The Pollyanna spirit in the cinems menu for the new week, however, a knock in the name of the new pi scheduled to come to the Fox on Fr- 1I's_Island,” and it is as “a colorful, dramatic vo# ‘mance of the Legion,” with Jaek Holt, D?om“i‘: Sebastian “llg Graves part some B i - Ture. Misnagice Direstos ure, Hardie Meakin announces that Frankie Jenks, that new master of ceremonies, will certainly arrive August 8, with a treat in the way of youth, zip and 3 netic personality, along with another, those Fanchon and Marco creations éfy joying the title “Coral Ideas” i gestive of the music and terpsichofesy, tricks of the South Seas. s The Warner Theaters, which their new week and incidentally Warner Brothers’ silver anni month on Friday, are having their > culties. The announcement for eac! therefore is brief. A At the Earle, Richard Barthe! will be featured in “The Dawn Pal At the Metropolitan, Olsen and Johr® son will be featured in “O, Baflof Behave.” 5 . - —asact Distant Lands as They Aréf}‘ FRICAN jungles, the exotic Orient, gay Paris, sunny Spain, merrie Eng- | d | land, the scenic splendor of the South- western United States, romantic Vienna, the Emerald Isle—all these picturesque locales have been featured on the sereen. But picture admirers have seen them heretofore only through black and white photography, which depicted their topical characteristics but con- veyed abeolutely no hint of their dis- tinctive coloring and atmospheric flavor. That is, they formerly saw these dis- tant lands on the screen much like & traveler passing through s country in the semi-darkness of early dawn. Now, thanks to technicolor, these far- off countries and peoples are going to be brought much closer to screen audi- ences. They are going to see the na- tive flowers, foliage, mountain lakes, castles, cathedrals and costumes, all in their natural hues, just as a visitor would actually behold them—not in shadowy blacks and grays. Hollywood, to judge from a survey of recent technicolor productions, seems to be taking a firmer hold of the color situation. A year ago, when color in- vaded films, the tendency was to han- dle with care—to attempt only con- ventional backstage settings. Now, seemingly, producers are bursting these narrow boundaries and are ever hunt- ing fresh novelty of background for their spectral offerings. 08 Tiffany is planning to invoke techni< color in capturing the mysterious at=’ mosphere of the Orient in “The Bar- barian,” a special picture soon to entes. production. Universal, too, is bringing the Far East closer by using technicolor; in filming “East Is West,” the popular play of a few seasons ago. The magnificent scenic beauty of America’s Southwest is to be further advertised by technicolor in & group of forthcoming features —the Samue] Goldwyn-Florenz Ziegfeld film, “Whoo« pee”; First National's “Woman Hun- gry.” “Heart of the Rockies,” Radid’s’ musical production, and Paramount's; “Rose of the Rancho,” adapted from® the famous Belasco stage play. = Green Irish landscapes will be "in% cluded in Universal's “The Cohens and Kellys in Ireland.” Spanish mantillas in all their gorgeousness will be part’ of the background in Ramon NoVArTo's “The Singer of Seville.” X, % The boulevards and famous pleasuré’ spots of Paris are to be reflected by Warner Bros. in their forthcoming all< technicolor film, “Fifty Million Prench-» men.” Another Warner film, “The Life of the Party,” with Winnie Lightner, i going to show night scenes of Broad-—- way, the Great White Way. Vienna, as may be surmised. fur- nishes the background for Warner's “Viennese Nights.” OIld England is the setting for another Warner all-techni- color film, “Sweet Kitty Bellairs.” And 0 on, etc., without end. Photoplay Attractions| (Continued From First Page.) ists, and the Fox Movietone News with Leon Brussiloff and the Fox Orchestra of 35 round out a sparkling bill. METROPOLITAN—“Three Faces East.” A TENSE and thrilling drama, in- volving, it is announced, and German secret agents in the World ‘War, is unfolded on the soreen of War- ner Bros’ Metropolitan Theater this week. It is called “Three Faces East,” and is a Warner Bros.' Vitaphone pro- duction, feat: Constance Bennett and the suave Eric von Stroheim. Also it is the first of the big special produc: tions which are being released durini ‘Warner Bros.' silver anniversary month. Miss Bennett and Von Stroheim are cast, respectively, as the English girl spy and the German secret service chief, pitted against each other in a desperate battle of wits. The girl has been as. signed to capture the head of the Ger- man spies, belleved to be operating in London. She succeeds in finding him, but falls in love with him. Her task is 5% ! from learning from their spies of the = pon him with their congratulations last —A. P. Photo. \TEUR / AMA CRACKSMAN BUT AN EXPERT IN LOVE. KAY FRANCIS i FREDERIC KERR % ADDED ATYRACTIONS Lavest & s sllar MANHATIAN SERENADE. 4 ¢-4f Color Revie | Loew’s Columbia, to prevent the German U-boat fleet route to be taken by the first American transports bringing the vanguard of the A. E. F. to France. The climax is de- scribed as forceful and unusual. In the cast also are Anthony Bushell, William Courtenay, Crauford Kent, Charlotte Walker and William Holden. Additional screen items include Vita- phone Varieties and The Evening Star- Universal Newsreel, for which Graham McNamee broadeasts the interesting news events. RONALD COLMAN is being held for the second week in the role of Raffles, the amateur cracksma at with Kay Frances opposite and David Torrence as a Scot- land Yard inspector, while Frederic Kerr plays the part of Lord Melrose. Raffles moves in the best society circles and steals more for excitement than for profit, but when he wins the love of Lady Gwen he decides to turn over & new leaf and give up his men- dacious activities. He I however, COLUMBIA—"Raffies.” ~wit LEILA UYAMS British | that his best friend has issued a worth- less check for £1,000, and in order to aid this friend he is compelled to break his good resolution. He attends a func- tion given by Lady Melrose and steals her jewels. A Scotland Yard inspector suspects him, but allows him to go his way, hoping to find real evidence later. Lady Gwen overhears the inspector’s | plans, and although she knows what, | Raffles is, she warns him and assures him she still Joves him. The inspector confronts es at his apartment, but_ the latter evades the issue until Lard, Melrose arrives, when he secires the, £1,000 reward for his friend and produges.: the jewels. A5 the Scotland Yard man, walks over to get his man he makes a. etaway and flees to Paris, where he & Joined by Lady Gwen. - Laurel and Hardy provide lots of | mirth in their attempt to carry off a | radio from s customer who has . failed to make payment in the M-G-M | comedy, “Bacon Grabbers,’ | G+M colortone revue, “Man! | nade”; the Hearst Metfotone News and. | the Columbia Orchestra, under Claude | Burrows, complete the bill. | CHAPEL | | POINT | || reduced rates | Mon. & Fri. Children, 35¢ Adults, 7S¢ 9:00 am. Daily (except Tues.) WILSON | LINE th ST. WHARVES Tel. 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