Evening Star Newspaper, August 31, 1930, Page 27

AMUSEMENTS. The Moving Picture cAle_ By Robert E. Sherwbod. Am!t having been Hollywood's fa- ' vorite topic of conversation for al- most four years—and also the principal means of solution of Hollywood's un- employment problem—that cumbersom: monstrosity known as “Hell's Angels” is finally forcing its prodigious bulk before eyes of the public for whom it was originally, hopefully intended. It has already been seen in Los An- les, Seattle and at no fewer than two ters on Broadway, and before many ‘Weeks has passed it will be as wide- mrud as the business depression. Fur- lermore, it is attracting enormous au- diences, and there s an increasing sus- picion that its youthful producer, How- ard Hughes, may actually get back at least a reasonable percentage of the | $4,000,000 that, since he started in ; 1926, he has expended on its prepara- | tion. If Mr. Hughes should manage to much time on Mr. Hughes’ dpty roll are Ben Lyon, James Hall and an ob- streperously alluring young lady nemed Jean Harlow, of whom not much more is ifkely to be heard. Mr. Lyon and Mr. Hali appear as two Oxford undergrad- uates {and great rompers they are, too) | who are catapulted into the Royal Flying Corps. Both of them are a shade too ven- erable for their juvenile roles, but per- haps it is unfair to complain on that scare. Each was undoubtedly just the right collegiate type in thas remote era long ago when “Hell's Angels” first went into production. o % The flossy, gilt-edged volume which is the souvenir program of “Hell's Angels” provides fascinating readirg. "It con- tains the statement that, * for the first | time in history, a colossal film spec- | tacle is presented without faked or break even, then may all humanity re- Joice in the knowledge that the golden age of miracles has returned to this | earth. | The reason for the immediate suc- | ©ess of “Hell's Angels” is easily located. | ~ One shouldn't jump to the natural con- clusion that it is an extraordinarily | fine picture, because it isn't. If the lam- entable truth must be known, it pretty much of a mess, but it is one of the most exciting ne ries that, the cinema has ever evolved, and therein » lies the secret of its terrific appeal. Before Mr. Hughes came to the star- tled conclusion that “Hell's Angels” was | finally finished, he had used up more | , than 3,000,000 feet of film and had dis- carded 99 2-3 per cent of it. The re- maining one-third of 1 per cent is the processed shots,” and adds the assur- ance that “when you see some one in the air, he is actually in the air.” Which is reminiscent of the announce- ment that “Ingagi” was an “authentic, incontestable, living document.” Nevertheless, the spectatcr at “Hell's Angels” won't care very much whether Ben Lyon and James Hall were really flying the Gotha bomber which fell several thousand feet in flames and | crashed in an indescribably thrilling manner—even though both of them were shown climbing unhurt from the flaming wreckage. The airplane shots in “Hell's Angels” are literally above reproach. The scenes of the bombing of a German munition dump are absolutely stupen- picture that is now on view, and peo- dous and reveal a sense of dramatic ple are eager to have a look at it—just | imagination which, unhappily, is not at | as they would he eager to have a iook |All evident in the rest of the film, That at the lone survivor of some spectacular |iS the great weakness of Mr. Hughes' Qiskster. mammoth production. Whils it remains in the air it is superbly heroic, but when it comcs down to earth (as all | mortal devices inevitably must) it lands | However much we may prate of econ- omy and thrift. the ) in the hearts of all true Americans an incur- able fondness for rank extravagance. The high, wide and handsome spenders, such as Death Valley Scotty or Diamond Jim Brady, are bound to become, in | their immodest ways, national heroes. | So it 18 with young Howard Hughes. His shrewd and understanding press ' agents have broadcast the news that & he took a fortune out of ofl wells and | &pent it on “Hell's Angels.” As a result of this, countless numbers of solid citi- | zens want to see the picture to find | out just what he got with all that | money. | They will discover that he obtained | some glorious pictures of airplanes in | action, appreciably better than similar views in “Wings,” “The Dawn Patrol” | and other tion epics; and he ob- | tained pictures of a Zeppelin raid on |52 London which are immeasurably in- ferior to those achieved, at consider- | , @bly less expense, in “The Sky Hawk.” In addition to which, with $4.000,000, Mr. Hughes acquired about 5 cents’ worth of plot, approximately 38 cents' worth of acting and a huge amount | of dialogue, the total value of which | - may be estimated from the following lp;cimer‘}:l T loy—What do you think of my uniform? it A girl—Oh—it's ripping! Roy (nervously) —Wkrere? The leading players who spent so' with a* dull thud. It contains exact reproductions of the planes used in the war, but woefully in- exact reproductions of the uniforms worn by British soldiers. The cloud backgrounds for the air fights are in- credibly gorgeous and impressive, but the settings for the interior scenes look though they had been borrowed from the warehouse at the ol¢ Vitagraph studio. The aerial formations of scout, pursuit and combat planes may be “ac- curate in every detail” (as the program promises), but the characters in the human drama are utterly unreal. Also, in the program are some quota- tions from motion picture critics, who have expressed extreme npproval of “Hell's Angels” One of them is Edwin Martin of the Hollywood News, who T Mr. Hughes had given us ncthing | but the air sequences of the film, it | would have been worth seeing.” That, alas, is the exact truth! ok oxox not always * A few weeks ago I credited the produc- ticn of the movie version of “Journey’s End” to Columbia Pictures when I should have credited it to Tiffany. For this error, my apologies go forth | to Tiffany and my condolences to Co- | lumbia, | (Copyright, 1930.) Tiffany’s 1930-31 Films. TMANY PRODUCTIONS, INC., has | announced the most ambitious | ., Program of talking picture productions | ever attempted for its 1930-31 season. There will be a total of 106 features and short subjects produced during the | coming season. This is divided into 10 superproductions of the roadshow type, 16 feature pictures, 12 Westerns, 6 out- door action melodramas and 7 series of | one and two reel shorts, comedies, | travel pictures and the like. | James Cruze has signed a long-term contract to produce and direct a num- ber of pictures, as has James Whale, | the director who was responsible for the screen version of R. C. Sherriff's famous stage play, “Journey’s End.” Following is the complete list of product from Tiffany for the coming | season: | ¢_“The Third Alarm, directed by | Emory Johnson, with a cast including | James Hall, Anita Louise and Jean | Hersholt; “Circus Parade,” a James | Cruze production, directed by Cruze himself; “Aloha Oe,” tentative title for a story of romance and tragedy in Hawaii; “A Girl of the Limberlost,” | one of Gene Stratton-Porter’s better known novels; “Leftover Ladies by Ursula Parrott; “The Berbarian, story of banditry in Norta Chin a James Whale production, story and cast to be announced; “Moran of the Lady Letty,” from the novel of the sea by Frank Norris; a James Cruze produc- tion, story and cast to be announced; “The Unpardonable Sin,” a Rupert Hughes story; “Extravagance,” witn June Collyer, Lloyd Hughe; and Owen Moore: “She Got What She Wanted,” ‘Caught Cheating,” with George Sid- ney and Charlie Murray; “Steel,” “The " by Harold Mac: ; “The Eingle Sin, ‘The Beloved Enemy, Ferdinand Schumann-Heink, a story of the| American Army of Occupation in Ger- many; “The Keeper of the Bees,” from the novel by Gene Stratton-Porter; “Wild Youth” and “Hi-Jack.’ Twelve Western productions and short subjects complete the program. Buy Your Camera. T the future of the American film | industry lies to a great extent in | the hands of a growing “little theater” movement of the cinema is a statement made recently by Cecil B. De Mille, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer producer-direc- tor, and president .of the Association of Motion Picture Producers. | “I don't want to be misunderstood in | this statement,” said De Mille. “I do not do too many things in the movies if he wishes to be outstanding in any one of them. “Therefore I am particularly inter- ested in this new camera-club move- ment. Such groups are made up of individuals. each of whom choses one type of cinema work in which to per- fect himself. Several are actors, one a production manager, onc a director, ~not mean by a cinema ‘little theater’' | one a writer, one a scene painter, etc the building and running of ‘little the- | In other words such a group approxi- aters,’ as is being done for the stage in | mates the actual set-up within a pro- $0 many communities. fessional studio. | “I refer rather to the ‘camera-club’ | “This movement has much to com- idea which has gained such a great mend it, and I expect much from it. | foothold in England, and to a lesser | So far it has been most expanded in extent in this country. One of the England, which means much for the great bars against amateur participa- future of the English film industry. I tion in movie making has been that in | trust our own young people will not the past an amateur attempted to write & story, direct it, paint the scenery and even play a leading role. Motion pictures are such very complex things that real art is achieved only by specialization. A man or a woman can- long pass up the opportunity which is contained for them and for American films in this camera club plan.” De Mille, veteran of fhe oictures, has just completed his fifty-sixth picture, “Madam Satan.” Say]’ne Warms Glasgow. -#OLLOW A STAR” the musical | revue in which Sophie Tucker is | being featured, scored a tremendous hit at the Alhambra Theater, Glasgow, where it opened qrecently for a two- wees run previous to its London en- gagement. So says a very recent re- port. Miss Tucker sing. eight songs in the | lay. all written for her by Jack Yel- | en. Jack Hulbert and Paul Murray are co-producers of the'play and Mr. Hul- ‘l bert is co-starring with Miss Tucker. | Following its two-week engagement in | Glasgow, “Follow a Star’ moves on to the Empire Theater, Liverpool, Septem- ber 1 for one week. It will have a London premiere at the Winter Garden | Theater, London, September 10. B Dicvines iAbroad: R ADIO PICTURES, Ltd., British arm | of R. K. O. Radio Pictures, has been established with a complete sales, advertising and administrative per- sonnel, according to an announcement by Joseph I. Schnitzer, president of Radio Pictures. British interest in the forthcoming Amos ’'n’ Andy production and in | “Cimarron” is said to be keen. ‘With Sol G. Newman as managing director and Earl W. Kramer as di- rector, the following representatives have been appointed for Radio Pictures, Ltd.: L. Wynbergen, general sales man- ager; F. Tilley, publicity; R. Hanbury, London branch manager; A. M. Bass, Manchester branch manager; J. Marks, G—lufiw branch manager; J. Simonds, Card! branch manager; W. Balley, Leeds branch manager; A. Wesson, Birmingham branch manager. " LIS s FER et Fave™ h iy " Lukas in "Ladies’ Man, pAUL LUKAS has been assigned to the title role of Paramount's talk- ing film production, “Ladies’ Man,” the forthcoming picture from Rupert Hughes' novel of “New York's most and fascina man,” He g:-'"x’: leading ehmr actor in Woman's Viewpoint. PERHAPS in no picture has the ques- tion of a woman's viewpoint been brought to the front as much as in Paramount’s “Anybody’s Woman,” in which Ruth Chatterton and Clive Brook are co-starring. The story was written by a man, Gouverneur Morris, but it was adapted to the screen by Zoe Atkirs, American woman playwright. It is being directed by Dorothy Arzner, the only woman motion picture director. “Try as a man may, he will never be abie to get the woman's viewpoint in telling certain stories,” says Miss Arznor. “Moreover, it is well to consider that about 75 per cent of the motion pic- ture public is composed of women.” GETTING READY TO MOVE? Have your rugs cleaned beforehand. Don’t move your rugs and carpets to your new e without having them thor- oughly cleaned and sterilized. Call on us NOW to clean your rugs...and well deliver them to your new address THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, AUGUST 3], Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 1930—PART Friday FOUR. Saturday WEEK _OF AUGUST 31 Amb d m!llll. lrz:;l'kl‘l,:‘d in assador ket ug. “One Night atSusie 15th & Columbia Rd. Billie Dove and Billie Dove and Doug. Fairbanks. Jr., in Doug. Fairbanks. Jr., in “OneNight atSusie’s.” “OneNight at Susie's.” Comedy. _Vitaphone. _ Comeds. Leila Hyams in “Sins of the Chil- ren. Comedy. Teila Hyams in “Sins of the Chil- ren. Comedsy. Ralph Graves in ‘Hell's Island.” “Hell's s Vitaphone variety. Comeds. Willlam_Haines in “Way Out West.” Vitaphone variety. Comedsy. Comedy. _Vitaphone. Apollo Sue Carol and 624 B St. N.E. medy. ymedy. _Vitaphone. Sue Garol and Joe E_Brown Grant Withers in in “Dancing_Sweeties. = Comedy. 3 “Top Spe Vitaphone vi Joe E. Brown Ann Harding in in “Holiday." Comedy. “Top Speed.” Vitaphone variety. Ann Harding n “Holiday.” Comedy. Charles Bickford in “The Sea Bat.” Comed: Vitaphone variety. Joan Orawford in “Our_ Blushing Brides " Comedy. Grant Withers in Avalon “Dancing_Sweeties.” 5612 Conn. Ave. Loretta Young “The Road to Pa ise. __Vitaphone variety. Toretta Young in “The Road to Para- 52 Vitaphone variety. Van and Schenck n Churles Bickford in ‘The Sea Bat.” Comedy. Vitaphone variety. Janet Gaynor n “Sunny Side Up." Comedy Brown “Top Speed Vitaphone_variety Joe E. Brown in eed “Top Speed.” 2 ceeties. Vitaphone variety. _ Comedy. Vitaphone. arol and Withers in Sweeties.” Vitaphone. Su Grant “Dancing ck Oakie in 'he Sap From Syracut Vitaphone variety. R-lthGu\Tfl n “Hell's Island.” Comedy. Lois Moran in “Not Damaged.” (1th & N.C. Ave. S.E. Evelyn Brent and Lois Moran in Clive_Brook “Not Damaged.” n lightly Scarlet.” Mary Astor and Lioyd Hughes in “Runaway Bride.” Richard Arlen and Mary Brian in “Light_of Western star.” Ken Maynard in “Mountain Justice." Richard Dix in “Shooting Straight.” Dark. Cameo Mt. Rainfer. Md. William Lella Hyams in “Way Out West." Comedy. Cartoon, Nancy Carroll in, “Devil's Holiday.” Comedy. Fable. Naney Carroll in “Devil's Holiday." Comedy. Fable. Eiliot Nugent n “This Mad World." Comedy. Snapshot Ralph Graves in Central “Hell's Island.” Comedy. 425 9th St. N.W. Vitaphone variety. Ralph Graves in “Hell's Tsiand. Come Vitaphone variety. Vitaphone variety Comedsy. Willlam Powell in | “Shadow of the Law." Vitaphone variety. Comedy. Sue Carol ard Grant Withers in “Dancing Sweeties.” Comedy. Loretta Youns in “The Road to Para- Coraedy. _Vitaphone Doug. Feirbanks, Jr. n “The Way of All Men."” Richard Arlen; Jack ‘Holt and Fay Wray in “The Border Legion." Circle 2105 Pa. Ave. N.W. Dixie Lee and Arthur Lake in “‘Cheer Up and Smile.” Van and Schenk and ssie Love in ““They Learned About Women." Lillian_Gish and Conrad Nagel in “One_Romantic Night.” Lillian Gish and Conrad Nagel in “One Romantic ight. TLowell Sherman and Alice Joyce n “He Knew Women." en Maynard in “Mountain Justice.” Colony Ga. Ave. & Farragut Chester Morris in “The Big House.” Ghester Morris in “The King of “The Big House. Jazz.” Doug__Fairbanks, it in “The Way of All Vitaphone variety. Vivienne Segal in “Golden Dawn. Vitaphone variety. Warner Baxter n “The Arizona Kid." Comedy. Nancy Oarroll and James Kirkwood in ““The Devil's Holiday." Comedy. Dumbarton 1343 Wisconsin Ave. Tilam Powell and Marion Shilling in “Shadow of the Law.” Comedy. Nancy Carroll and James Kirkwood in “The Devil's Holiday." Comedy Vivienne Sesal and Walter Pidgeon in “Bride of the Regi- ment.”_Comedy. Vivienne Segal an Walter Pidgeon in “Bride of the Regi- ‘ment.”_ Comed. Joan Crawiord and Jack Mulhall and Alice Day_in “In the Next Room."” Comedsy. Marion Davies in “The_Florodora Girl. Fairlawn Anacostia. D. C. Hippodrome 808 K St. N.W. Home 13th & C Sts.. Edm: “Born_Reckless, Comedy. __Cartoon. Lorsita Youn; “The Road Paradise.” Vitaphone variety. % o to Loretta Young in 7 Davies in Mari s 0 A ““The Florodora All_comedy Girl." night. Comedy. “Dennis King Dennis King: n in “The Vagabond King." “The, Kin ond Holiday." Comeds. Joan Crawford in “Our_ Blushing Brides Ser Ruth Chatterton in “A'Lady of Scandal.” dmund_Lowe “Born Reck Comedy ___Cartoon n Ruth Chatterton In A Lady of Scandal.” Comedy. Act. “Crazy That Wa: Comedy. News. Gary Cooper “The Texal “Collegians. Comedy. ‘The Texal “Collegians. Comedy. ~William Powell in Shadow of the aw Comedy. “The Road, to ara Vitaphone variety. ~William Powell in Doyg, Fairoanks. i, “Shadow of the “The Way, of All en, Comedy. Variety. Ce Charles Bickford in “The Sea Bat.” medy. Vitaphone variety. Betty Ct;?nron in “The “Midnight Chester Morris n “The Big Jesse 3100 _18th st. n.e. Betty Compson in “Midnight Mystery.” “Gary Cooper in “The Man From Wyoming." Bernice Claire Bernice Claire | n in “Song of the “Song of the Flame.” Flame.” AMUSEMENTS. Outdoor Amusements GLEN ECHO PARK. LEN ECHO PARK is now hav-| ing a three-day Labor day | celebration, and it is an- nounced at no time in the history of 20 years of opera- | tion of the Maryland resbrt have great- | er preparations been made to take care of the crowds, and especially to provide for the comfort and conven- jence of picnic parties. Through the entire week all the half hundred amuse- | ments will be hitting on all cylinders. | These include the airplane swings, the thrilling 80-foot coaster dips, the derby racer, the Ferris wheel, the old mill, | carrousel, caterpillar, whip, etc. More | fun than a barrel of monkeys is promised at the big midway, where a surprise | laugh hides in every nook and corner. | One of the star attractions is the big ball room, where McWilliams and his | star band of 11 render the latest dance | tunes. | Street car service is provided by the | Washington Railway and Electric Co., | and this is augmented by the new bus line from Dupont Circle. All amusements start at noon Labor | day and continue until midnight. MARSHALL HALL. T Marshall Hall, the down-the-river | resort, unusual preparations have | been made to take care of Labor day | crowds. Quite aside from the charm- ing boat ride, passing sights of rauch interest to Washingtonians and visitors | ¢ alike, the Hall has attractions of its| own. The fine old grounds offer a de- | lighful setting for picnic parties, and | there are numerous amusement de- | vices, such as the roller coaster, air-| plane swings, carrousel, bowling alleys, | ple bath house accommodations. Fame ily parties may come with the full as= surance that everything has been done for their accommodation in the way of shady spots, tables, benches, ete., with facilities for base ball, tennis. ete. The children also will be entertained in the pl rounds, where they will find swings, -saws, slides and other di= versions. The steamer City of Wash- ington also continues moonlight rides down the Potomac, the boat going down every night in the week, with a fine orchestra for dancing. Those who do not h to dance will find the ride well worth the trip. Boa; ‘Office Laughter. TO laugh or not to succeed, that is the question, according to Lau- rence Schwab of the firm of Schwab & Mandel, which has produced “Fol- low Thru,” “Queen High,” “Good News,” “The Desert Song” and “New Moon.” Scnwab is now in Hollywood working out ways and means to inject laughs in “Follow Thru,” while co-directing Para- mount's all-technicolor film version of the Broadway success. “It is the most interesting puzzle in the show business, this problem of making | plained, the riddle can always be assured of first type of comedy is that of the ad lib men, such as Will Rogers, William Collier, Arthur (Bugs) Baer, Jack Oakie, Joe Frisco, Jack Benm Frank Fay, Jack Osterman, Harry Rick man, Julius Tannen and Phil Baker. Dorothy Revier Belle Bennett n “Call of the West." n “Recaptured Love.” ___Serial Laurel Laurel, Md. Leader Montans. Moon; oth & E sts. 8.0, T Comeds: ~ Will Rogers in “So_This Is London.” Vitaphone act. Will Rogers in s London.” Comedy. Marion Davies in “The Florodora Girl." Vitaphone acs. Comedy. Marion Davies in ““The Florodora Girl.” Vitaphone act. Comedy Sally Starr_in “Pardon My Gun.” Comedy. “Tom Moore and Blanche Sweet in “Woman Racket.” Comedy. _Cartoon Victor McLagle; “On the Level."” Comedy. Act Tois Moran in “Not_Damaged.” Comedy. Act. Tois Moran in “Not_Damaged.” Comedsy. Act Nancy Carroll in shooting galleries and a breeze-swept dancing pavilion. | CITY OF WASHINGTON. A FAREWELL visit to Chapel Point Labor day, where visitors will find e They select their improvised material for the time and place. Celebrities seated in the crowd are a common butt for their wise cracks, although Rogers depends greatly upon topical matters, onfending thet the life of a joke sel- dom exceeds 14 days. is offered pleasure seekers over “Devil's Holiday.” Comedsy. Marie Dressler in “‘Caught Short.” cellent bathing facilities with plenty of wide, sandy beach, showers and am- “Perhaps the most important item in the laugh business is the gag. Groucho Western. Qur Gang comedy. Lyric Gaithersburg, Md. Dark. Woolsey and Wheeler in “The Guckoos.” Cartoon. _News. Woolsey and Wheeler n “The Cuckoos.” Cartoon. _Ne: Joan Crawford in Joan Crawford in “Our_Blushing e ‘Our_Blushing rides.” Pathe_News. Betiy Compson in “Midnight Mystery.” Ginsberg_comedy. “Tarzan the Tiger.” Betty Compson in “‘Midnight Mystery." Ginsherg_comedy. “Tarzan the Tiger." Buster Keaton in “Free and Easy.’ Laurel and Hardy comedy. Palace 307 9th st. n.w. El_Brendel and Marjorie White in “'Giolden Calf."" Comedy. _Fabie El Brendel and Marjorie White in ““Golden Calf." Comedy. _Fabie. Robert Ames in “Nix on the Dames." Comedy. Cartoon. Robert Ames in “Nix on the Dames." ‘omedy. Cartoon. Victor McLaglen in “Hot_for Paris.” Comedsy. Revue. Lois Mo n “Song of Kentucky.” Comedy. Act. Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey in “The Cuekoos.” Princess 1119 B St. N.E. Bert Wheeler and Clara Bow Robert Woolsey in “The Cuckoos. in “True to the Navy." Warner Oland and Jean_ Arthur in “The Return of Dr. Fu_Manchu.” Evelyn Brent in “Framed.” Richard Aflen and M Vistor McLaglen in Brian_in “On the Level.” Ricllmond' Alexandria, Savoy Dark. Chagles” Rickford in “The Sea Bat." Vitaphone variety. Comedy. Nancy Carroll in “Devil's Holiday.” Vitaphone act. ‘omedy. fancy Carroll in “Devil's Holiday." Vitaphone n Comedy. Jack_Oakie in “The 8Sap From Syracuse.” Vitaphone act. Cartoon Jack_Oakie_in “'The Sap From Syracuse.’ Vitaphone act. Cartoon. Willlam Powell in “For the Defense." Vitaphone act. Comeds. William Powell in “For the Defense.” Vitaphone act. Comedy. Neil Ham: Dorothy Sel Gharles Bickford in ‘The Sea Bat.” Vitaphone variety. __Comedy. and bastian in ust. Play.” Neil Hi nand T Dorothy Sebastian in “Ladies Must Pl Cor Va Told Murri ““Cameo_Kirb: omedy. vitaphone variets. @y, in 3. Bebe Daniels and well Sherman 1) “Lawiful Larceny.” Comedy. Afice Day and Sally O'Neill in ‘Sisters.” Comedy Sig |!Lh St. N.W. State Bethesda. Md. Dark. Will_ Rogers in “8o This 18 London.” “Will_Rogers 1 n “8o This Is ___ London.” Sylvan 108 R. L ave. n.w. Belle Bennett in “Courage.” Rear Admiral Helen Morgan in in “Byrd at the South Pol “Roadhouse e 5 Edmund Lowe in Ramon Novarro in “Born Reckless.” ¢ “In Gay Madrid." Joan Crawford in Maurice Chevalier in “The Big Pond.” “Montana Moon.” Richard Bartheimess n “Son of the Gods." William Powell in “The_Benson Mur- der_Case.” Serial. Hoot Gibson in Bert_Whesler and Robert Woolsey in “The Guckoos.” Norma Talmadge n, York oo Bert Wheeler and Robert_ Woolsey I : “New tn he_Cuckoo: igh! “With Byrd at the South Pole.” Buddy Rogers in “Bafety in Numbers.” Ken Maynard in “Mountain_Justice. “With Byrd at the South Pole.” 14th & Park Rd. lliam Haines in “Way O West." Vitaphone variety. medy. Dorothy Mackalll in “Bright Lights." Vitaphone variety. ___Comedy. Eric von Stroheim and Constance Benuett in “Three Faces Eas: Comedy. Dorothy Mackalll in “Bright Lights." Vitephone variety. Comedy. Edmund Lowe n “Born Reckless." Comedy. Y Eric von Stroheim and Constance Bennett in “Tnree Faces East.” Comedy. _Variety. William Powell n “Shadow of the Law. Comedsy. York Ga. Ave. & Quebec "~ Chester_iorris “The Big House.' Vitaphone variety. Scene from “Little Accident,” with which the Rialto Theater will open for a new season Saturday, September 6. Billy Arlington Coming. NEXT week's attraction at the Gayety will bring back for the first time in several years a great favorite, Billy | Arlington, king pin of tramp character comedians, heading his own Mutual burlesque and vaudeville show. With Arlington is promised a splen- did array of players, including Reggie White, brunette singing and dancing | year in advertising France as a recre- | star; Eleanore Cochrane, prima donna; Dan Taylor, character comedian and musical specialist; Joe and Ernestine, terpsichorean artists; Boots Rush, sou- brette; Harry Beasley, straight man; Vic Hallen, eccentric comedia SPEND LABOR DAY Marshall Hall Dancing Swimming Boating Fishing Playgrounds for Children and all amusements Steamer Charles Macalester Leaves 7th Street Wharf spick-and-span and with re- newed beauty. ‘We'll gladly estimate, Phone Mr. Pyle. National 3257-3291-2036 Sanitary Carpet & Rug Cleaning Co. 106 Indiena Ave. more_than 16 pictures during the past two dnd & years. 10a.m.; 2:30 and 6:45 p.m. Round Trip, 50c Children ....25¢c Cafe and Lunch Counter Williams, specialty tap dancer, and & singing and high-kicking chorus. | A distinct novelty is the offering of Joe and Ernestine, “Asleep in the underwater spectacle, with | Deep,” an This number was a _mermaid chorus. type on the Mutual burlesque wheel. More than $1,200,000 was spent this ation country. IENTIFICAL LY COOLED ©7 RIFRIGERATED AIR.| NOW SHOWING Aurst Kational e Vilaphone Hit with FAIRBANKS . —Added_Attractions— CHARLES RUGGLES, in ir Merchant LOONEY TUNE KARTOON—VITA- PHONE—VARIETY—NEWS. NEW PRICES Han®Tem | ¥ g AT ‘EAI(ON\ 257 |BAL(ONY ORCHI 35 SCIENTIFICALLY COOLED BY REFRIGERATED AIR: ‘9“0;31 HOWING - ‘0ose Nuts! OLIEN & JOINION Ou JAUOR BEKAVE CHARLES KING - LOTT! LODER IRENE DELROY —Added Attractions— JAMES J. CORBETT—DAMON RUNYON—DEWOLF HOPPER~ IRK HELLINGER & Rou Table” ORDERS" offered in a $5.50 Broadway revue, it | is claimed, and is the only act of its| Belle Bennett, in “Recaptured Love." Vitaphcne variety. in he Big House" Vitaphone variety. Eebe Daniels and well Sherman in ¥ful Larceny.” Comedy ~Will Rogers in This Is London." So Vitaphone variety. ICCASIONALLY a particularly curi- | ous and industrious New York | | writer starts out after a story and re- | turns with something that makes folks | sit up and take notice. ‘Washington, far removed from the ex- | ecutive headquarters of th: big picture corporations and business interests of | New York, has been disposed rather to confine its attention to the pictures cur- rent in its local playhouses and its speculation as to what is to follow | them. Detailed doings of the picture | industry itself and of those who seem to have a controlling hand in its des- tiny are not, as a rule, regarded as of sufficient interest to attract much at- | tention. Recently the news reports told of the taking over of the control of certain picture corporations by certain men prominent in New York business, and if these reports were correct, Washing- ton's_local theaters are very likely to be affected thereby. ‘There seems to be little doubt that big business interests are asserting au- thority in motion picture production more and more from time to time. This eventually is likely to mean a radical change in some of the policies, at least, by which the industry heretofore has been guided. George Gerhard, in the New York Evening World, recently called attention to the strong pressure that is being ex- erted to increase the production of pic- tures in the New York studios, thereby cutting down production in the Holly- wood studios. At least 20 of the 65 pic- tures announced for production by Paramount Publix, he stated, are to be made in the New York studio, and he added that other companies were falling in line, because “production in the East is, of course, far more convenient and accessible and, as most sets are now in- Things Aré AChanging. teriors, anyway, the sunshine slogan of California is losing its force.” ‘The article further stated that, as a matter of fact, the California climate was being regarded in many quarters as deleterious to picture workers, “slow- ing them up and otherwise impairing their efficiency.” The word “efficiency” somehow has a sort of big business ring to it, and it may mean that big changes in picture making are not so remote as one might suppose. Dual Chatterton Role. RUTH CHATTERTON is to be starred in “The Right to Love,” portraying the dual role of a mother and her daughter—a unique proceeding—before the ~ sound-recording camera. ‘“The Right to Love” is based on Susan Glas- pell’s book, “Brook Evans.” | Mark overflows with snappy gag ma- terial. So important are gags in the show business that many make a living by writing them. “The black-out is another distinct form of comedy. It has been popular | for the past 10 years and is still a part of every revue. -The first black-out was )ust at the Winter Garden in 1912. | Before that these gag lines were put | over as a stage act, with a number of | people, and the skit ran so much as 30 | minutes. Some of them now last less | than a minute. | “Many comedians get laughs in ac- ‘centuatmg their eccentricities. Helen Kane does this with her voice. Stuart f}r‘\;‘m plays the dumb guy among wise | folks. | “Among our best comedians who | combine dialect with comedy lines are | Moran and Mack, Eddie Cantor, Harry | Green, Al Jolson, Fannie Brice, Chico Marx, William Austin, Jack Pear], the Avon’Comedy Four and Jimmy Hussey.” Cromwell to Direct. JDHN CROMWELL, screen and stage director, is to direct “New Morals," William Powell’s next talking produc- tion for Paramount. Cromwell previously has directed Powell, having handled him in “Street of Chance” and his latest film, “For the Defense.” He is now directing “Tom Saywer,” in which Jackle Coogan, Mitzi Green and Junlor Durkin have the leading roles. “BOB” WEST, Featured organist at the Fox. DIRECTION SIDNEY LUST. HIPPODROME . £o%"Retk- LESS,” EDMUND LOWE. RICHMOND o 25 uesay “DEVIL'S HOLIDAY,” NANCY CAR- ROLL. . Mt. Rainer, Md. Tomorrow and’ Tuesday “WAY OUT WEST,” WILLIAM HAINES DUMBARTON %3, Wisconsin ave. 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