Evening Star Newspaper, August 24, 1930, Page 46

AMUSEMENTS Things to Think About By W. H. cture industry? There are i Landvoigt. S Wall Street, generically speaking, about to take over the motion both rumors and evidence of it, and t is being conjectured that evils that have run rampant, without disposition to remedy them, will soon disappear. The public at *'large cares little who provides its entertailnment, provided the enter- “tainment meets a desired standard. on record that it will not be gold-bricked. Big business, an- that have taken a hand in amuse- | became big business by knowing how to do it, and " fairly other of those elusive personalities ment enterprises, if our theatric art, in whatever In Washington It has put itself form it may manifest itself, ha: passed, or is to pass, under its control, it is inevitable that man: --ghanges will follow. True, for the s-Jooked after the details of i ~tinue in their positions, wltg :'power to direct the operation of fixed going to improve the show business as desires, or to lift into the saddle a f .4t and go without,” remains to be quired the reputation of loving art for art's sake. specialty, and the future must de thering in the shekels is preferable to the grab-and-get-it policy | the theaters, especially the movie industry, | one certainty, it seems, and that is associated with the theater in one way or another will find a sterner [son, well known writer of mov! their demands are unreasonable. Whether |tures. Present-day fiction, says he, hand to stay them when present, at least, many who have cture making and exhibition will con- | the saving race, however, of a higher yo icies. Just whether this is 'ar as it concerns the public's orce that will say “Take it, or leave seen. Wall Street has never ac- Dollars are its termine if its tact and finesse in heretofore. There is that the little Napoleons who are the music of the fiddle, the toot of the cornet and the moan of the saxophone, operator, are collection already gathered there, instead of coming direct from the effort of the human to merge upon the silver sheet with the hectic voice it would seem, will depend very bt ly upon whether demands alleged to be utterly beyond the bounds of reason are to commercial instinet. i In‘ the recent ordeal of Earl Carroll and his players before the New York grand jury Mr. Cafroll's sole contention and the source of all his grief appear to have been that the formance to which_objection was made was classic art, Judges on the bench in rendering a decision usually enter somewhat into the whys and wherefores of their con- clusions. Grand jurles, it seems, are not so accommodating. The inference, however, that nudity in theatric art 1 not an impropriety, to say the least, is not. to be assumed as legally determined. It may be that the jurors' inaction was due to their doubt of the infallibility of censotship by one or even & dozen in- dividuals when it comes to l:nner of in | 1ts screen en be tempered to the ideas of art or controlled by the ment that producers for both theater and screen seem not willing to concede; and these better things may have their wit, their humor and other charms to delight the mind, the eye and the ear without a resort to depravity. It is not a matter of wanting to be pious, but it is an earnest plea to get away from the prurient in the matter of public en- tertatnment. % %% ITTING in the slot, as it were, write the week's story both of the Theater and of the Screen, one is al- ways confronted with the danger of starting’ an argument in trying to har- monize thoughts of both. The country at large and especially the Great Metropolis, at this moment is proaching the boiling point in an effort to stage a comel for the Theater. Especially active, individually and col- lectively, are its press representatives, its salesmen, in fact. A few of the pro- ducing managers are supporting the movement, and the outcome at the present moment seems to be more or Jess uncertain. The Screen, it is argued, has had its fling and has gone far. On the surface it would seem to have great- ly outclassed its anclent competitor, but it has not yet annihilated the Theater. There is room and there is need for both in this troubled world. * ok % BY the same token there are troubles for both Stage and Screen, just a8 there is trouble for all things human. Latterly the Screen, apparently having depleted its stock of ‘“originals,” 18 overlapping the field of its rival and taking up the plays of yesteryear for tertalament, until now both Stage and Screen appear to be working the same dough, which, it must be admitted, is not so good. There to of | coems also a disposition to_appropriate each the other's players. The talking picture created a demand for a culture of diction that had not before been ac- counted among the Screen’s assets, and while it seemed comparatively easy to draft the needed voices from the stage, * | and some notable voices were thus an- in every shapé and form, even in titles that are selected, not for their description of the ent it, but for some sinister lure attract attention. to , of course, an: with a blemish. but life is fe saddened much of the bright, the noble, for @ramatic develop- Fleming's Revolution. Dmmonun efforts are usually along tried lines which have b:):x Lon Voices a New One. TALKIJ'O pictures may end many weird facial diguises of Ion lnukd-. “the man thousand faces” tes that I half of them itior = He starts this idea ‘haracterizations. ;;l “The Unholy Three,” his first talk- ing picture, now at the Columbia ‘The- ater. “A make-up like those in ‘Mr, Wu,’ ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame,’ and some others” says Chaney, “in which false teeth and other devic are used, couldn't very well be where an actor has talk. I even had to take luncheon through a straw in those make-ups. Imagine speaking lines. “On the other hand, one can do many things by suggestion. On the stage we used to imitate different voices to augment disguises, and this same thing will work in pictures, I think, it can think in the voice of the person you're playing you can speak like that on, In other words, get a mind plc- of a volce just as you do of a face.” Undcru; Ballet. RAY OOLLINS, as an old sea captain, narrates the stirring tale of a bat- e with & sea monster, which Raye, Ellis and La Rue enact in this week’s how, “The Undersea Ballet,” at Palace Theater. It 18 & far cry from Broadway drams this elaborate dance fantasy, the of which takes place supposedly at the ocean’s bottom, with the famous wdagio sters staging their fi ht wikth an octopus and 32 h"::’r Hale danc- dis) as mermaids. mOnlll:l?tllml‘l New York dramatic pro- duction was “The Donovan Affair” a mystery murder play in which he ha the leading role. He previously pla red oposite Mary Newcomb in “The rldfe of Distances,” and Lilllan Foster in *Conscience.” In the course of his in- teresting career he appeared with Wil- Jard Mack, Marjorie Rambeau, Frank acon and James Gleason, Bl S M His first part was given him s uncle, Ulric Collins, who was in the eriginal cast of “Way Down East.” No “Smilin' Through.” (COMEE » rather terse publicity blast from a studio in Holiywood, which says: “United Artists denies the statement, . made in the eolumn of a coast motion picture editor, that Philip Barry will adapt ‘Smil the audible d at times | o nexed, sul that the quality of the voice required did not always have as its complement that indescribable beauty of face and figure that had always been the Screen’s proud boast. A general mix- up followed, with the result that both the Stage and the Screen are endeavor- to reassemble their assets. Isn't there some way that these two public together in the common in the American public? needs can effort to en uently it was discovered | THE SUNDAY National to Open Sept. 22 I‘l' seems that September 22 in to be the day on which that long-lost muse, the drama, will veturn to Wash- ington. Appropriately enough, Harry Rapley'’s E street emporfum, the Na- tional Theater, will host to this almost forgotten sport. And, as prob- ably a stimulating tonic to the parched rme paint devotee, Lenore Ulric, long jost amid Hollywood's cinematic boule- vards, will be the chief thespian in a play called “Keys to Paradise.” When, therefore, Manager Steve Cochrane throws open the doors of this theater on that eventful Monday eve- ning, not only will the equinoctial storms have begun to play along the tulevards, but drama will have spunded the first of its Winter blasts. and. it is to be hoped, firmly entrenched | for the season. What comes after has not been di- | vulged, but it is quite safe to predict | that miany 5! are to ex- | pected at the National to attract lines 'iv.mchln( far and away down to - iylvania avenue for box office attention. | "Stranger Than Fiction!" "mn blown the old age, than fiction,” off | the map, acdording to Keene Thommp- - is | almost entirely based on fact. The only | shred of truth left to the popular old | saying, says Thompson, is the fact that | authors frequently have to tone down th to make it plausible. ‘Thompeon, & former ., jpaper ‘has written 40 motion pictures, including ra Bow’s “Love Among the Million- | aires,” now featured at Warner Bros.’ | Earl “There is no need for a writer to run out of ideas,” declares Thompson. “In every big city enough amusing. tragic, melodramatic and dramatic things pen each day to provide material for dogzens of good film stories. And no writer has to depend upon one locality for his material. “The screen author, even more than St woout peopie and places e Knows al people an 5 OWS, however. The nhn-ea::e he creates actually come to life by moving and speaking on the screen, so they must be real. However, there is nothing to prevent the writer taking a dramatic event that happened in Hindustan and transferring it to the main street he knows. It can be modified to meet main street conditions, but the facts are there, and from those he can bulld.” . Fox Films on the Way. Fox Moxietone productions soon to be shown at the local Fox Theater are “Just Imagine,” with Charles Farrell and Maureen O'Sullivan; George O'Brien in Zane Qrey's “Last of the Duanes”; Warner Baxter and Edmund Lowe in “The Cisco Kid’; Raoul Walsh's “The Big Trall”; Victor Me- Laglen and Edmund Lowe in “Women of All Nations”; Charles Farrell in “The Man Who Came Back”; Will Rogers in “A Connecticut Yankee”; John Ford's “Up the River”; Ted Healey and his Racketeers in Rube Goldberg's “From Soup to Nuts”; Milton Sills in “The Sea Wolf"; Charles Farrell and Maureen O'Sullivan in “The Princess and the Plumber”; Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor in “Oh, for & Man"; Will Rog- ers in “Lightnin’” and Edmund Lowe in “Scotland Yard.” New Gayety Show. “BARE FACTS" will be the attraction at the Gayety Theater next week. The new 1930 edition of this well bal- anced combination of fun and frolic is said to teem with song and dance nov- elties in grade A events. The com- pany’s roster, headed by Joe Yule, & comic genius, with Lolita. Spanish dancer, includes Johnny Mattise, Mark Lea, Billy Harris, Ollie Nelson, Tessie Sherman, Alva Baker, Betty Roberts, Billie Saunders and Gary & Evans, all Populnr entertainers, with a chorus of “lovely trained sprites” depicting gay life in “Featherland” and “Holland,” the costumes for which are sald to be ultra. ELECTRICITY In his own ereation in Cecll GLEN ECHO TODAY THEODORE KOSLOFF B. De Mille's new production. A :I' FREE ADMISSION AMUSEMENT PARK WITH ITS MORE THAN FIFTY FEATURES PRESENTED AMID A SETTING OF SCENIC SPLENDOR THERE AWAITS YOU RECREATION APLENTY TROPT A WaSE. 87, TROLLEY D Y 10_IT, OR UlkoLe'on VbUR AUTO via ENTRANCE OF THIS §ilfs GIFARDE. 8 lessons, 5, Nortn 0731, 2038 MARKED GLEN ECHO OR CABIN TAKE THE B mOM pLPONT CONDUIT KOAD CT T0 THE BEAL PLEASURE CE «IIS YOUR FUN SPOIX” STAR, WASHINGTO D. O, AUGUST 24 NEW PLANET IN THE SKY % 1930—PART FOLU 1840 Circus Theater. 'AYETANO'S historic circus-theater, the social rendes..us of New Or- leans in 1840, was reproduced in detail for opening scemes of Radio Pictures’ “Dix!zns,” now at R-K-O Keith's. Months of research and effort went into the replica, according to Max Ree, art director. Double tiers of lavighly fitted boxes adjacent to a circular stage form what was known in the days of Cayetano as the “diamond horseshoe.” these boxes the blucbloods of the viewed the circus performers in in the heel of the “horseshoe.” rnate acts were shown on_the stage. This is the sequence behind the - jet footlights in which Bebe Daniels, as a Spanish entertainer, makes her bow the operetta. “Cayetano's New Orleans Hippodrome was an important institution in the evolution of the American theater.” Ree says. “I found that this show place caused the decline of the show boat business"—until Edna along, that is. From South a sawdust Huston Now “Bad Man." OLBROOK BLYNN'S noted stage role, “The Bad Man,” has been taken over, &s a recent crooning ditty uts it, “body and soul" by luston. ‘The flly which lingered for many & moon along Broadway's sumptu- ous reaches has n metamorphosed into screen fare and may be seen cur- rently at Warner's Metropolitan Theater. Mr. Huston has had a large collection of screen pseudonyms. He has been “The Barker,” “Elmer the Great,” and most recently “Abraham Lincoln.” A Canadian by birth, born with a thes- pian spoon in his mouth, he has been & trouper singe the beginning of this cen- tury. Fame, however, hasn't sat firmly on his shoulders until a few years ago, when Eugene O'Nell plumped him into the 'l" role of “Desire Under the Elms” and declared that he was the om'!ln '8 (or::‘ol:‘t actor. le [ ly come a long wa; since then in the people’s eye, -:.d m-§ certainly be counted as one of Uncle Bam’s most virile and competent actors. ROBERT MONTGOMERY, Whose success in “The Big House” and of the cinema spotlight. (Continued Prom First Page.) Your Government” series, will disclose interesting facts from the Bureau of Fisheries R-K-0. KEITH'S—"“Dixiana.” ¢¢T)IXIANA,” Radio’s dramatic spec- tacle, remains a second week at R-K-O Keith's. The crowds attending the first week's showing made it a fore- gone conclusion. ‘The cast of “Dixiana” features Bebe Daniels, Everett Marshall, noted Metro- politan Opera baritone; Robert Wool- sey and Bert Wheeler, inimitable come- dians; Jobyna Howland, Joseph Caw- thorn, Dorothy Lee, Ralf Harolde, Ed- ward Chandler, George Herman, Bill Robinson, Bruce Jackson, Sam Baker and 3 Reed of “Rio Rita” and “Hit the Deck™ fame directed. Lavish sets reflect the charm and baronial splendor of New Orleans in 1840. Bebe Daniels sings “A Tear. a Kiss, a Smile,” “I Am Your Baby Now" and portions of “Dixiana” and “Mr. and Mrs. Sippi.”’ Everett Marshall sings “Good-by Old Pals” and parts of 1X- iana” and “Mr. and Mrs. Sipp! tuals and Souf by Negro Chorus, One Ambition Is You,” sung by Bert Wheeler and Dorothy Lee; “Cayetano,” by Ra d _Maurel, and ‘“Clowns’ March” and “Creole,” by the ensemble, The story concefns Carl Van Horn, son of a Louisiana planter, who fal in love with Dixiana, circus entertainer of New Orleans in 1840. They become engaged, much to the chagrin of Mon- tague, a gambler. Dixiana agrees to re- Thrills for 'HE most thrilling moment in the life of a motion picture cameraman who provides the screen thrills in ¢ -ial and marine work can be a very exciting moment indeed. Archie Stout, who during 15 years, ever since “the old Sennett days” has ound thousands of miles of celluloid lm through his camera, is said to be rich in experiences of this kind. Stout is a specialist at photographing pic- tures which take place either on the sea or in the air. His newest is George ‘Bancroft’s Paramount picture, “Typhoon Bill,” a sweeping drama of the sea. Jus. recently he finished “The Sea God,” with Richard Arlen and Fay Wray. Much of that picture was filmed nct only upon the surface of the ocean, but also below it. Stout's latest aerial work was on the picture “Young Eagles,” in which Charles Rogers was starred. His most thrilling moment, as he re- ca it, occurred in 1923. He was cam- eraman witl a company of which Betty Compson was the star and which Her- bert Brenon directed. It was “The Woman With Four Faces,” a prison story with a decidedly new angle on the inevitable escape. An alrplane was to swoop down behind the prison walls, land in the prison yard, and as quickly soar away with the delivered prisoner hanging to the fuselage. rector Brenon secured a plane for the purpose, told his business manager to make all necessary arrangements s | stone in evidence. A chorus of other films has brought him to the front linquish her circus career and accom- y her flance to meet his parents, but insists on bringing her partners, Pewee and Ginger, with her. The Cornelius Van Horns know nothing of Dixiana'’s circus background and pepare to wel- come her. Pewee and Ginger, indulg- ing freely in Van Horn mint juleps, stage & juggling act, and Pewee says, “I should have let Dixiana do that; its her act in the circus!” Then the trou- ble begins and all sorts of things hap- pen. The climax comes in & scene of splendor. GAYETY—“Broadway Scandals.” 'HE all-new 1030-31 edition of the Mutual Burlesque and Vaudeville entertainment, “Broadway Scandals,” is the attraction at the Gayety Theater, with a new sensation on the Herk cir- cuit, Joan Lee, featured. She is de- scribed a8 & young blond soubrette with manners and an_electri- fying series of dancing didoes. The cast includes Harry “Pep"” Pearce and Jack Erickson, eccentric comedians; Buddy Wood, eccentric juvenile; straight man; Delores Gree: haired Nazarro Hallo, number Louise Miller, donna, and the Four Life Boys " eediest dancing ever seen at the of Girls,” s posi climax to one of the acts, is declared Broadway revue caliber. “The Santa Fe Trail” is another flash scene, while “Ireland” brings the land of the bl::\'ae’ ve young misses also is in evidence throughs out the entire action of “Broadway Seandals.” Ed E. Daley staged the production. the Screen. with the officials at San Quentin Prison, in San Prancisco Bay, and shipped Stout north with his equipment. With camera bolted to the front of the plane, it became Stout's task to hand-crank his instrument as the pilot of the ship threw it into a power dive from 1,000 feet directly into the yard of the big California penal colony. “Try to imagine the thrill we got when bullets started biting off hunks of the plane all around us,” Stout sald recently. “I couldn’t imagine what we were into at first, but then I realized that the : 1ards on the walls were firing at us with their high-powered rifies as we swooped down toward them. “Fortunately, I kept on_cranking—-a second-nature to do so, I guess—and ;he pilot kept his ship in that long ive. far as we had planned to; for suddenly one of those bullets cut our oll line,. We wheeled Into an abrupt bank coasted over toward Mill Valley, where we made a dead-stick landing in the mud flats. “It was not until later that we learned our business manager had falled to tell San Quentin we were coming, and the guards thought we were trying to drop guns and saws to the pris.ners. Some airplanes had been doing just that.” R S “Anybody’s Woman,” Ruth Chatter- ton's latest contribution to the sound screen, is said to be brukln;rggux office records at the Paramount’ ater in New York. SPECTAC MAGNIFIC| OF FIERY EVERETT WHEEL RADIOS MIRACLE DRAMATIC LE -~ IN LAVISH, FABULOUS ENCE -- STAGGERING SWEEP DRAMA--GOR( - COMEDY AND HEART 'r:noa/ MARSHALL WOOLSEY DOROTHY LIt JOBYNA HOWLAND WALF HAROLDS JOSEPH CAWTHORN AND 5000 O LCWII Ayeu mn Demand. I‘l‘ ;:uem uu:l the young and diligent Ing gentleman Lewis Ayers, who did so splendidly in “All Quiet on the Western Front” (everywhere but in Washington) and who may now be seen as the father of a most alluring bab; on the screen of the Fox Theater, is having lots of things done for him. Mr. Ayers, at present hard at work on “East Is West,” playing opposite the tuous Lupe Velez, it to be fea- ired by Universal in the screen drama- tization of Ben Lucian Burman’s novel, Ferber came alter | th AMUSEMENTS. HE general upset in the motion &k-tuu houses due to elimina- 'lzn &{ the orchestra and ug’: e show, Or stage g:mnh 1 as it is more gracefully termed by it promoters, doubtless has made it difficult for the various managemen to determine this far in advance what thelr picture entertainment will the silver John McCormack. “Song o' My Heart,” will begin its run on Friday. In it the great tenor will be heard in 11 songs, to exact, which will serve to embellish and quiet the heart throbs of what is said to be a delightful story. Maureen O'Sullivan, e Irish lassie that came singer from her native land for this picture and who, besides, has rendered valliant service to Will in “80 ts | Warner This Is London,” and also Clif- Some of the Coming Films ford, her countryman, are in the cast. their policy during this Warner an- niversary month of ting the best product, also begin the new week Friday, with new and attrac- tive offerings. - The Earle announces Billie Dove's latest First National-Vitaphone offering, “One Night at auzle:‘,“ a dra- with the | Irene les fame; Noah Beery and Vivian URING the past theatrical Winter at the National Theater, there ap- peared as leading lady in Ziégfeld's “Show Boat,” & most appealing young lady listed on the program as Irene Dunne. This blonde and extremely comely heroine after receiving here the tributes both of the press and public, betook herself to Hollywood when “Show Boat” was relegated to the Brooklyn morgues and warehouses. Miss Dunne was considered a con- siderable prire for Radio Pictures camera and microphone, and almost immediately she was given the leadl role in the production of the musi offering “Leathernecking” which is now being given life in the cutting soom. Although, this marked her debut in rlctn:a-. Irene wasn't exactly rushed into another production and she was to count the days .b‘on her “Mississippl,” a8 soon as the young gen- lumnn is through with his momentary abors. We plunged on down, but not as | MARY NOLAN Taking points on “tee-upping” from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer robot. Irene Dunne as Sabra. necessarily be one of the cholcest roles of the year. And as readers of dra- matic columns will know, Radio ha MARSHALL HALL Charles Macalester Leaves Seventh 16, SN i .08 . 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