Evening Star Newspaper, September 14, 1930, Page 63

AMUSEMENTS THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SEPTEMBER 14, 1930—PART FOUR AMUSEMENTS. By Mollie Merrick. OLLYWOOD, Galif, September [sleeve, e fells me. But what they - are he wi not say. n fact, new ideas 13 (NAN.A)—“There 18 10| gor ayjes are the most carefully guard= such thing as PHOTOPLAYS AT WASHINGTON THEATERS THIS WEEK ||| No Classes in Stories Thursday o story. Pitch any tale along a | wood. Not that plagiarism is Joyfully Richard Barthelmess certain human level and the whole |indulzed in, but rather that it takes Monday John_ Barrymore in “Moby Dick.” Friday Janet Gaynor and harles Parrell in “High Society Blues.” toon. Tuesday Wednesday Richard Barthelmess in “The Dawn Patrol.” __ Eric_von Stroheim and Constance Bennett in “Three Faces East.” Vitaphone variety. __\ Eric von Stroheim and L Constance Benrett in Saturday Warner Baxter o “Arizona Kid." _Comedy Sunday n_Barrymore in “Moby Dick.” WEEK OF SEPTERMBER 14 Ambassador 15th & Columbia Rd. HE motion picture censor board | may be anything amiss in the ordinary e in of the sovereign State of Kansas | processes of law and order. d faces a supremely embarrassing | They are afraid to have too much sex | The Moving Picture cAlbum problem in D. W. Griffith's pro- | in their pictures, lsst they incur the; By Robert E. Sherwood. duction, “Abraham Lincoln.” | wrath of the censora. For in this highly meritorious picture They are afraid to have too little sex thete are at it two mentions of the | in their pictures. John_ Barrymore Moby Dick. Norma_Shea “Let Us Be Gay." Vitaphone variety. nd Eric_von Stroheim and 3 am Haines Norma Shearer n in “Way Out West." Vitaphone variety. William _Haines in “Way_Out_West.” William Hain n “Way Out Vitaphone v “William _Haines in “Way Out West.” anet Gaynor in “Sunny Side Up.” Jack_Oakie in 5 The S - . “Dancing Swee! | place” without the persons involved real- in, ties.” historical fatt that Gen. U. 8. Grant drank whisky. Indeed, he is shown in the act of doing it and audible comment }‘ rnn(‘ir(‘ on it by Lincoln and by Grant himself. It is an equally historical fact that this sort of thing is not permitted in Kensas. In the course of an article in Scribner’s Magazine, Pare Lorentz says that Miss Emma Viets, head of the Kansas board, “has never allowed one drinking scene or one use of the word ‘whisky’ to titillate the fancy of Kansas movie-goers.” ‘What, then, is to be done about Gen. Grant? 1f “Abraham Lincoln” were a silent picture the problem would be a simple one, for the Kansas censors would only have to order the elimination of all subtitles containing the awful, unlaw- ful word. But it is a talking picture and it contains lines that Lincoln ac- tually uttered. Thus, if the Kansas board must abide by its own moral principles, it must also condemn, as unfit and unclean, speeches that are quoted literally from the Great Emancipator. There is no good reason why even Abraham Lin- coln should be permitted to mention strong drink in Kansas. What will hlpg:n, in all probability. is that the members of the board will cut out all the offending passages and will then justify themselves by an- nouncing that the fluid which Grant consumed in such hearty quantities was really unfermented grapejuice and that that was what Lincoin referred to when | he sald “T'd like to send a few barrels of the same brand to my other gen- erals.” IN the same article Pare Lorentz ex- presses the opinion that “Fear is, at bottom, the cause of the stupidity of the movies.” ‘That is largely true. The film moguls lve in deadly terror of that enormous monster, the world public, by which they are employed. They inflate their rflde by talking largely of the incalcu- able power for good and evil that they may wield; they love to flaunt their fame, their wealth and their interna- tional importance; but at heart they are the most cringing of slaves. ‘They are afraid of offending the sen- sibilities or the prejudices of any race, or sect. They are afraid to intimate that there * ok ok K Most of all, they are desperately [afraid that, by some mischance, they may producs something that will be so | superior as to go over the heads | their lowliest patrons. | Of course, there have been occasional, | glowing exceptions to this dismal rule— independent spirits who have not been | afraid to violate every clause in the | Hays code and every tradition origi- | nated by the gods of the box office. in | an effort to make pictures which will conform to their own, private ideals of artistry It is such exception: ed out on many previous occasions, who have been responsible for the major triumphs of the screen. And it is the other type who are responsible for the slumps into which the film business has sunk before is now sinking again. * %k 'HEY tell me that the {azz craze in the movies has gone the way of all flashes, and that before long there will { be no more Broadway melodiss on the screen. This may be true—although, what with “Dixianna,” “Monte Carlo,” “Animal Crackers,” “Heads Up,” “Top Speed,” “Big Bo “Good News” and the imminent “Whoopee,” among many others, there doesn’t seem to be much slackening in the supply of musical monstrosities. Perhaps, however, this is just the fipal storm before the calm. I hope so —first, because I'm anxious to return to that pleasant state of being able to derive a_ certain amount of excitement rather than a considerable amount of boredom from the sight of 16 bare- legged chorus girls; and, second, be- cause I want to see a comedy, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, that isn't continual- 1y being interrupted by song cues. “Monte Carlo,” Mr. Lubitsch's latest. contains some of the most® delightful adroit invention that I have ever seen. It is full of glitters and sparkles and lusty laughs. Enough of cleverness, originality and sheer brilliance went into its preparation to equip a hundred ordinary pictures. It is excellently acted, by Jack Buchanan, Jeannctte MacDonald and Claude Allister. But why, why did they nave to burden this tasty meringue with soggy songs? I don’t know. Does Mr. Lubitsch know? Do his employers, Mr. Zuker and Mr. Lasky, know? I doubt it. as I have point- ‘omedy. Vitaphone _varlety. " Richard Barthelmess ! Ave. Gran in 615 _Pa. Ave. SE. 5612 Conn. Ave. omedy. “Three Faces East. Vitaphone _variety. Comedy. “Three Faces East Comeds. Richard Barthelmess n “The Dawn Patrol.” Richard Bartheimess n “The Dawn Patrol.” Tewis Mann in “8ins of the Children” Vitaphone Comed Lew “Sins of the Ch Vitaphone v il variety. “The Dawn Patrol.” Cameo Mt._Rainier. Md. _ Carolina uth A " Grorge O'Brien and Helen Chandler 1 n “The Bad Man." Lois Moran. Walter Byron and Robert Ames 'in _ “Not Damaged." Eric von Stroheim & Constance Bennett in “Three Faces East.” Vitaphone variety. Alice White and Jack Mulhall in “Show Girl tn Holly- wood."” Comed: Dumbarton 1343 Wisconsin Ave. i Eric von Stroheim and Joan Crawford and Robt. Montgomery in “Our Blushing Brides.” Comedy._ Joan Crawford and Robt. Montgomery in “Our Blushing Brides.” Comedy. Geos Helen Chandler Alice Joyce in in “Roush_Romance. Walter Huston n “The Bad Man." _ Vitaphone_variet i Bebe Daniels and Lowell Sherman in “Lawful Larceny ‘Wild_Company.” __Selected_featurettes ree O'Brien and Lowell Sherman and Fox_ Movietone lies of 1830. Comedy Cartoon. R 3 Basil_Rathbone Nancy Carol in Kay Johnson “Devil's Holiday." A William _Haines in ‘Way Out West.” Comedy. Cartoon. Vitaphone variets Comedy. Vitaphone variety. Joan Crawford in “Our_Blushing rides Cantor comedy. Ronald Comanl in “Raffles Vitaphone variety e Sap From Syracuse.” Comedy. _ tler Huston Bad_Man. Vitaphone variety. Sporthight Tesl. harlic Murray in ‘Around the Corner.” Comedy. ______Serial. Richard Arlen itaphone _ variety. Dorothy Mackaill W in in Bright _Lights." Vitaphone t “Oh, Yeah." “The Border TRoe s e Ronald Comanl in Eric von Stroheim Raffles. an Constance Bennett in Three Faces East.” Comedy n Crawford in “Our_ Blushing rides. Cantor_comedy. Joe E, Brown n “Top Spred.” Comedy. onstance Bennett in “Three Faces East.” Vitaphone variety Alice White and Jack Mulhall in “Show Girl in Holly= wood.”_Comedy. Leila Hyams in “Sins of the Chil- dren.” Comedy. Touis Mann and Joe E. Brown William _Haines in in *“Ton Speed.’” “Way Out West." Comedy. Vitaphone variety. Stanley Smith and Stanley Smith and Ginger Rogers in Ginger Rogers in “Queen High." “Queen High." Comed: Comedy. T William Haines in “Way Out West."” Vitaphone variety Constance Bennett & Dorothy M: ic von Stroheim in Sidney Blackmer in “Three Faces East.” “Strictly Modern.” News. Comedy. Colin Clive in “Journey’s End." Mae Murray Colin Clive 1 n in “Journey’s End.” “Peacock Alley."” m Dous. im‘r'nnr. ir Rex Lease n n “The Party Girl." *“Troopers Three.” Comedy. Comedy Betty anixé?x a;n‘-a;‘v'"ren'rxe n “The Lost n “Woman to. & Zeppelin.”” ___Woman. Marion Davies in *The Florodora Girl." Our Gang comedy. i'lippoan;l;e 808 K St. N.W. Tawrence Gray and Kay Johnson in “Children_of Plea: ure.”_Comed: Marion Davies in ““The_Florodora Girl. Our Gang_comedsy. Lawrence Gray and Robert Ames ay Johnson In n “Children_of Pleas- “Double _Cross ure.”_Comedy. Roads. Richard Arlen and Richard Arlen and Fay Wray in “Border Legion.” “Coll i Jack_Oakie in “The Sap From Syracuse. Vitaphone varie Home k_Oakie in “The Sap From Syracuse.’ Vitaphone_variety. Ann Harding in “Holiday."” Cartoon. William _Pow 7 For the Defense.” Vitaphone variety. Comedsy. Ann_Harding in olida: Cartoon. “The King of Jazz.” “Hell's s __ Vitaphone 13th & C Sts. NE. Jesse 3100 18th_st. Nancy Carroll in “Devil's Holiday.” ne. Betty Compson in Bornice Claire in “Inside the Lines.” ° g ‘No, No, Nenette.” Jack Mulhall in Dorothy Mackaill in " “In the Next Room. “Strictly Modern. Laurel Dark. Laurel, Md. 3 Cooper and e i Donbie comety. " Benny Rubin in Vitaphone Benny Rubin in “Lord Byron of Broadway.” Vitaphone. Comedy. Edmund Lowe in “Born Reckless.” Comedy. News. “Lord Byron of Broadwa: Edmund Lowe “Born Reckl: Comedy. News. Monte Msrna Loy in “Isle of Escape taphone. Comedy. Monte Blue and Myrna Loy in Escape.” Comeds. George O'Brien and Helen Chandler in “Rough Romance.” News. “Isle of Vitaphone. Helen Chandler in, “Rough Romance. Comedy. News George O'Brien and Constance Bennett & en Maynard in, K “Fighting Legion.” n “Sap From Syr haron Lynn | “Wild Company.” Serial. _Comedy. Warner Oland in “Return of Dr. Fu Manchu.” Comedy. _ Act. “Crazy That Way Comedy. _Cartoon, Kenneth McKenna in “Crazy That Way." Comeds. John Gilbert in “Redemption.” Comedy. News. Jobn_Gilbert In “'Redemption.” Comedy. News. Oakie in Sap From Syracuse. Comedy. Jack “The Syracuse.” Comedy. _News. Gary Cooper in_““The Man From Wyoming. “Tarzan the Tige Cartoon. Gary_Cooper in ~The Man From Wyoming.” “Tarzan the Tiger." Cartoon. mun e in “‘Cogkeyed World.' Comedy. _Fabl “Happy Days." “Happy Days.” Comedy. ~ Act. Comedy. Act. William Powell in “The Benson Murder Case. __Comedy._ Fable. William Powell in “The Benson Murder Case.” Comedy. _Fable. Charles "Buddy" oo IS iD 1119 B St N.E. sy ARl ‘Arthur Lake and John Garrick Jack Oakie 1 G “The Sky Hawk." in “The Social Lion.” Arthur Lake and John Garrick in “The 8ky Haw Nancy Welford in “Phantom in the House.” Henry B. Walthalland Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell in “Sunnyside Up.” Comedies. _ Act. Gary Cooper and y Wray elen Kane in “Pointed Heels.” ‘omedy. Baily_ O'Neill n “The Girl of the in _Port.” Texan." Dark. Richmon Sue Garol and Grant Withers in “Dancing Sweetles.” one. Comedy Sue Carol and Grant Withers in “Dancing Sweeties.” Vitaphone. Comedy Dorothy Mackaill in “The Flirting Widow." Vitaphone act. Cartoon. Dorothy Mackaill fn +The Flirting Widow." Vitaphone act. artoon. “Crawford in Cra "Our_Blushing Jlush: ri Brides." Vitaphone. Comedy. _ Vitaphone. Comedy. Tewis_Mann in “Sins of the Children.” (Copyright, 19303 —A Bit About Lenore Ulric. RIOR to “Son-Daughter,” in 1919, the career of Lenore Ulric was not unlike that of any other young actress intent upon grasping elusive fame. She born in New Ulm, Minn., and reared in Milwaukee, Wis. In the latter city she attended school until she arrived at the fifth drew, with the avowed intention of be- coming an actress. Several years elapsed, however, before she made her stage debut with a Milwaukee stock company as a cigarette girl in “Car- men” without a single line to call her cwn. At 16 Lenore was appearing as a chorus girl in Shubert musicals in New ‘York, and following that experience she essayed stock and vaudeville in and other Midwestern cities. Her career actually started April 14, 1915, for it is told that on that day she wrote David Belasco a letter asking for a job. A short time later'she had a role in “The Heart of Wetona,” and two years later she was acting “Tiger Rose,” which was the piece that re- sulted in her becoming a star in Mr. Belu;:’o's succeeding production, “Son- s le, and then abruptly with- | Daughte: Since leaving the Belasco manage- ment Miss Ulric has been seen briefly in one stage piece, the “Sandy Hooker,” an enterprise that was found unworthy and abandoned in its tryout stage. Re- cently she has been in Hollywood serv- ing the cinema interests. Miss Ulric's decision to act again in a stage play is based upon her belief that conditions in the legitimate thea- ter are infinitely better now than they have been in recent seasons, and be- cause in “Pagan Lady” she thinks she has found a role that animates her. = Theater News Drift. Wl-m.l the Theater has been report- ed seriously ill, word from the bedside i8 more encouraging. Several times during the it Summer rumors of sudden death have been broadcast, t these have been later denied, and the patient at the present time seems to be in a convalescent state; much on , as it were, and about ready to_take a little nourishment. For instance, Broadway that 41 new shows are to be tried out during the months of September and October, 31 of them being scheduled for this month. This is a larger assortment than the first-nights encountered last year. Of the 41 productions many will pass to Cain’s historic warehouse, others will find the ticket scalpers scrambling over each other, while some will take up the long trek * through the provinces. Among the plays to be produced during the next few weeks are “Pagan Lady,” *The an in “Sweet ] “Hello, ,” “London ,” “Miss Gulliver's Travels,” “A t Call,” “Scarlet Sister Mary, Midnight “Elizabeth the Queen,” “A Well Known | ‘Woman,” “Three’s a Crowd.,” “Solid South,” “When Hell Froze, Johnny Came Marching Home," the Spot” “Maid in France,” “Oh Promise Me,” “Blackbirds of 1930, ‘The M Saul” “Girl Crazy,’ ‘Marius,” “As Good as Ever,” “Green Grow the Lilacs,” “Smiles,” “Sisters of the Chorus,” “Canaries Sometimes 8ing,” “An Affair of State,” “The Noble ‘Bridge of Sighs. ‘Wells ‘Another Language” and The R-K-O photoplay producing or- ganization has developed a subsidiary <ompany, to be known as Metropolitan Productions, Ltd., for the production of Jegitimate plays in Los Angeles. This is reversing the usual order of matters theatrical. In the event that certain plays are classed as hits on the West Coast, the casts, and scenery will be/ shipped to Broadway. The principal idea of the scheme is to select the best material for talking pictures by giving n {way, and “Maid in France,” the plays a tryout on the 1eg\t1‘mnle‘ stage before an audience. Frederick G. Latham, who for a number of years was ssociated with Charles B. Dillingham, has been named general stage director | for the new organization. Maurice Chevalier, the French star, well known to both stage and screen fame, will make a concert tour with the orchestra leader, Ben Bernie. During the Fall and Winter they plan to visit nearly all the cities of the United States and Candda. Chevalier once appeared with Duke Wellington and his orchestra, | the successful engagement furnishing the idea for this Winter's tour. Among the Erlanger shows of the| coming season are “Three's a Crowd”; | | “Pine and Dandy,” a musicale; “Sweet |sm.n¢er," a comedy; “Pagan Lady,” | which stars Lenore Ulric and comes to Washington next week; “Blind Mice”; “The Night Owl”; “The Vanderbilt Re- | vue,” mueicale, and the tour of Mrs. Fiske. Shubert-financed shows include “Up Pops the Devil” | comedy now being tried out on Broad- with Lya | de Putti, another former movie star. Vaudeville may stage a big comeback in January, according to zome theater | authorities.” But with the fact placed squarely to the test the proposed come- back seems to have originated with the optimists. | "The few Washington theaters now | presentinr vaudeville in connection with talking pictures may be running along | without stage entertainment within a very short time. | Noah to Travel. SIX-WEEK itinerary is being pre- pared for Noah Beery, Warner Bros. player, in a number of Warner theaters throughout the country. Beery, veteran of the stage and screen, has piayed in six Warner features prior to this season, his latest being “Oh, Sailor, | Behave!” and “A Soldier's Plaything.” SMASHING ALL RECORDS 3rd SENSATIONAL WEEK! CTALKING ROMANC lou'll Re:ember Septem Y. Jepgen {o FALL as $he woman of many Loves tn— U} E ~with_ LEWIS STONE- GAVIN GORDON ee and Hear Hhis never Lo be forqotton er E LUMBIA o STREET af 1212 O P E‘%lfl I N 3030 14th St. N.W. _Vitaphone variety. Mann in “'sins of the Children. Vitaphone variety. Colin Clive in, “Jjourney’s End.” Jimmie Gleason and Robert Armstroni “Oh! Yeah. Comedy. Colin Clive in “Journey's End.” Bessie Love in ““Conspiracy.” Vitaphone variety. Comedy. Dixie Lee in “Happy Days.” Vitaphone variety. State Bethesda, Md. Dark. Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell in gh “Soclety Blues." et Gaynor snd rles Farrell:in h Soclet: Blues.” Marion Davies n Winnie Lightner fn “The_Florodora i Girl “Hold Eversthing." ~ Richard Dix Norma Shearer in n “Seven Keys to Baldpate.” “The Divorcee.” Ann Harding and Mary Astor in “Holiday."” Sylvan 104 R. 1. ave. n.w. George Bancroft n Betty Compson in,, “Ladies Love ‘Brutes.” “Midnight Mystery. Bue Carol and Grant Withers in “Dancing_Sweetles.” Bue Carol and Grant Withers n “Dancing_Sweetfes.” Claudette Colbert in 'Young Man of Manhattan."” Serial. Gary Cooper in “The Texan.” 3 Chester Morris and Takoma Wallace Beery Takoma Park. D. C. ChesteF Morris and Wallace Beery Charles Ruggles in “Quenn High." in “The Big House.” Charles Rugsles in Ann_Hardini ‘Queen High. “Holiday. Robert Ames in “Double Cross Roads."” Betty Compson in “Midnight Mystery." Ann_Harding in “Holiday.” in “The Biz House.” Norma_Shearer “Let Us Be Gay." Vitaphone variety. Norma_Shearer n “Let Us Be Gay." Vitaphone_variety. Ronald, Colman Ronald_Colman n “Raffles.” “Raffles.” Vitaphone Vitaphone variety. Victor McLaughlan, in Warner Baxter “On_the Level." “‘Romance of the Rio Grande.” omedy. Vitaphone variety. William Haines n “Way Out West." Vitaphone variety. York Ga. Ave. & Quebee jam Powe in “For the Defense.” Comedy. Willlam Haines in “Way Out West." Vitaphone variety. William ¥ Fay in in he “For the Defense.” Comedsy. Matrimonial Bed." Vitaphone variety. Warner in “The Arizona Kid.” Vitaphone vuriety. xter Jack_Oakie in “The Sq a) From Syracuse.” Comredy. Not Always a Star. ] ENORE ULRIC has had a most va- ried experience in pictures, in- cluding pieture post cards. It was in Chicago, along about 1913, that a stock company in which she was appearing collapsed and left the players stranded. Always resourceful, the young actress set about to find another job. Nothing in the way of stagework being at hand, she answered a& newspaper advertisement for a modeling position. To her dismay she discovered, upon making application for the job, that her work would consist in posing in various awkward and humorous posi- tions for post card pictures. One notion that occurred to the man who employed her was to photograph Miss Ulric roguishly peering out of a refuse can at an imaginery swain. The caption under the picture read, “T Refuse You.” That and many another idea emanating from the r‘ost-cll’d worthy was acted out by the lady who later was to star for Mr. Belasco. Her emancipation came after a few weeks, when she secured a vaudeville booking in an act called “The Straight Road,” wherein she was required to sing the theme song, “The Straight Road Is the Best Road After AlL" Miss Ulric comes to the National The- ater Monday, September 22, as the star of “Pagan Lady,” a new play by Wil- liam Du Bois. Third Knnivcrsary at Fox. VERYTHING is hustle and bustle around the Fox Theater these days in preparation for the third birthday anniversary, which will be observed starting Friday of this week, when the Fox will celebrate the opening of its doors three years ago to the day. Man- ager Hardie Meakin has designated the entire week for the celebration. ‘The featured screen attraction will be the Fox Movietone version of Jack London’s “The Sea Wolf,” with Milton 8ills in the role of “Wolf” Larsen, and Raymond Hackett, Jane Keith and Mitchell Harris in the cast. The annjversary week program will mark the farewell appearance of Eddle Peabody, guest banjo artist, and Bob West, featured organist. Peabody is scheduled to open an engagement at the Fox in Philadelphia. West is due to return to Brooklyn, where he has been the featured organist between the Brooklyn Fox and Paramount for the past three years. ‘The anniversary stage show will be the Fanchon and Marco “Broadway Venuges” idea, featuring Mel Klee, blackface comedian, and 16 beauty ccn- test winners from New York Cit; cale into “stars,” bits,” “extras” and tmosphere” are as clearly defined in |the Film City as the streets and ave- nues of the town itself. But the public often is puzzled. This is an attempt to clear up the definitions. A star, according to the unwritten code, is that player, man or woman, who has reached the pinnacle of screen success. A star’s name is of more box- office importance than the title of his or her picture. In star billing the name of the player always takes first place. In addi- tion to the names, the stars also enjoy certain not accorded lesser players. dressing room invariably is a suite rooms sometimes even an entire bt galow. A star enjoys the services of a nd-in” when on the set, a “stand- in” being a man or woman who takes the place of the star on the set when lights are being adjusted and cameras focused. During this tedious process the star rests in a chair on the set or retires to & portable dressing room nesrby. The wardrobe for a star also receives closer attention and is more elaborate than that given a lesser player. The featured player, just one step down the scale, is one whose name is of subordinate importance, possibly some youngster who is being groomed for stardom, or perhaps a character actor or actress well known to the public but not of sufficient box-office “draw” to “carry a title.” Charlie Ruggles, Ralph Forbes and Skeets Gallagher are a trio of fea- ilured comedians in “Her Wedding | Night,” in this case their featured | billing” being given them in a starring vehicle. Lillian Roth and Eugene Pal- lette are featured in Jack Oakie's new starring comedy, “Sea Legs.” ‘This system of distinguishing between stars and featured players also is used in designating starring pictures and fea- ture productions. ‘Witness Ernst Lu- bitsch’s newest production, “Monte Carlo,” with Jeanette MacDonald, Jack Buchanan and Claud Allister. Preced- ing the entire billing is this line: “An Ernst Lubitch produ .ion,” for Lu- bitsch’s name as a director is of mate- | rial importance to any picture. Tech- nically, then, Miss MacDonald, Bu- chanan and Allister are featured in a Lubitch special. Had some lesser known director worked on the production, his name would have been subordinated to both the title and the player group. “Bit players’ e TTWO NEIL HAMILTON =7 Z“:‘A";}y ¢ g l‘ of Gapitol = YOU'LL REMEMBER SEPTEMBER. - PATACL FALL_OPENING- e NOW PLAYING ey P BLACK CROWS | it a Pararouwd Pictic ANYBODY'S WAR™ ) = JOAN PEERS g4a5 S ON THE STAGE | oA Loew Productior. AVAJIO Thealre New York revic featuring CHIEF CAPAULICAN \And a cast Imnd;filmud Sguaws ina ;fuuml Vil West Show CPEN TSYNDAY I importance given their| privileges around the studios which are | A star's| enerally are those not, Film Rank. 'HE traditional divisions of Holly- under contract at a studio, as are stars| | and featured players. They are brought |in for parts of secondary importance. They get their names from the fact that they play small “bits” in certain scenes. A butler in a picture may be a “bit part,” as are maids, valets, chauf- feurs, detectives and .cafe managers in nine cases out of ten. An extra part, on the other hand, is filled more or less as a routine by the studio casting office. Forty or fifty din- ers may be needed for a cafe scene in a big picture. The assistant director the evening before the crowd is wanted makes the fact known to the casting office, and General Casting Bureau is called. The next morning “25 women, 25 men, mixed types, dinner dress,” will report for work. Their names never appear except on their pay checks. ‘Atmosphere players are hired as a group and act as a group. An “atmos- phere crowd” is a throng at a base ball game, the pedestrians on a street, or the mob that storms the castle gates. “At- mosphere players” always received their pay in cash at the end of the day. ‘Thus 1t goes. Joan Peers has been awarded the feminine lead in the new version of “Tol'able David,” and Ruth Chatterton,” who has just signed a new Paramount contract, takes the lead in “The Right | to Love.” | | The cyclone of crisp, crack- ling, comedy Chicago, blasted bla:-e Broad- way, and will cisco...a spi of a bachelor arrival ruined started a riot in high society A picture you miss it! DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, Jr. Anita Zazu Sally Jed Harris' Career. IT will be just five years in October since Jed Harris saw his first play produced in New York. Then but 25, Harris had behind him six semesters at Yale, two years’ experience as a Broad- way publicist, another year and a half ‘u( hoboing in New England and the | Middle West and reportorial service on | two of the New York theatrical weeklies. This is the Jed Harris who brings Arthur Sinclair, to the Shubert Belasco tomorrow night. It is his first produc- tion of the new season, and it is sched- uled to open in New York at the Broad- hurst Theater September 30. | . Since that October day in 1925 when | Sisters” at the Booth Theater on | modest outlay Jed Harris has seen his professional calendar colored with nota- | ble successes, such as “Broadway,” | “Spread Eagle,” “Coquette, e Royal Family, he Front Page,” ‘“Serena Blandish” and a distinguished revival last season of “Uncle Vanya.” All his plays reflect a judicious sense of casting, as they do his expert eye for direction, pace, movement and mood. The variety of his productions indicate his versatility and his enthusi- asm for contrasting exhibits. Mr. Har- ‘r(s' first ambition was to be a writer, |but the tediousness and long-post- | poned rewards of that pursuit discour- aged him, and he hit upon the theater | as the field of his operations, because | he early detected that there he would ! have but slight competition. | that convulsed rock San Fran- racy story baby whose a wedding = ‘Il love...don't Page Pitts Blane | ures ‘are hard things for the average | “Mr. Gilhooley,” with Helen Hayes and | O] {he set up the ribald comedy “Weak 1 world will understand it.” | I had just asked Edward Griffith how | it had come to pass that such a play as | “Holiday" could interest rich and poor | and high and low alike. Aside h'om; having one of the best evenings I had | ever experienced in a movie theater, | I had experimented quite a lot wl'hi this picture. I had asked friends of| all classes and taste for their candid opinions. They had enjoyed it thor-| oughly and _their verdict had been | unanimous. Yet the play is about rich | people—very rich people—and the trials and tribulations of those who havel more money than humanity. | The man who directed “Holiday” began his career in the old silents some seventeen years ago. He has directed every one imaginable, from Norma Tal- madge to Ann Harding. He worked ar- duously in the days when a directer meant nothing to the public; in the days when stars were in the nebulous state. And he claims that talkies have noth- ing to do with it. That all through the history of the gelatin art human stories pitched along the correck line have registered with the public regardless of subject matter. “The troubles of a rich man should be as vital to a r man as are his own difficulties,” says Griffith. “If he cuts his finger, it bleeds and he suffers pain. If his daughter marries a man he (the rich man) doesn’t approve, he suffers the same type of agony which any man endures under like circum- stances. When his wife runs away, the rich man misses her in much the same way a man of lesser financial affairs takes the tragedy of unfaithfulness. “It is only when one deals in ab- stractions, in remote things exclusively, in financial problems, or matters of per- sonal aggrandizement or ambition, that the play becomes something for classes and not for masses.” The explanation of this follows one of the most widely discussed ventures of the year. When the play “Holiday” was | suggested as a possible vehicle for Ann Harding, that young lady’'s voice rang out loudly in disapproval. There were others also. Producer voices. And supervisor and executive protests that had to be talked down and stilled. The chiet objection to the story was that it appealed to classes. “It's about rich people,” was the complaint, and when people are as rich as these, loneliness and a wistful longing for simple pleas- person to comprehend. The average person, scrambling in these days to make ends meet, thinks if such a fate were his, he’d never com- plain as to what the parties were like or the people. Three meals a day, motor cars, mansions, country houses, theaters—whew! How're you going to make them understand that such people are lonely? Griffiths could, and did. Ann Hard- ing played the part with protest on her 1ips, and on her opening night realized that here was her greatest cinema stc- cess to date. And Griffith became, in an instant, one of the outstanding di- rectors of a colony where the day before | he had been one of the good directors. The outstanding talking picture suc- cesses have been made by silent pic- ture directors. Which proves beyond a doubt that this new art is perhaps more a thing of the camera and pantomime than it is of sound. “Talkies have all sorts of new devel- ents, which will come so gradually and logically that the lmrrovement in them a year hence may only be approxi- mated by res made 12 months before,” says Griffith. He has a few new ideas up his own Change of Bill. ONTRARY to the recent announce- | ment by the Theater Guild to the effcct that “Green Grow the Lilacs”) would be the first of their production| coming to the National Theater the| week of October 20, it is definitely an- nounced now that “Roar China” will be | the Guild’s initial play on that date.| The other Guild production will come to the National later in the seaso) to the Natlona At . Ave. CAROLINA Ut cartEn o HELEN _CHANDLER in 0 ROMANCE. h and But No_ Parkii CHESTER MORRIS in OUSE." .E. nd ternut_8ts. ‘Troubles “THE BIG PRINCESS "Pi sha™ showing some of the things | Northeast_Home of Western Electric DB HARLES ~_( CHARFETY IN N F 2k, TANTON md C 8is. N.E. STANTON _rines("Souna Eaupmént Continuous From Matinee, N L, LOUISE FAZENDA VBN EiDE OF THE REGIMENT." Warner Bro: -— AMBASSADOR _ co*%a*Nw. TODAY _ AND TOMORROW - JOH! BARRYMORE in D APOLI:S o | B NE. TODAY AND _TOMORROW-_WILLIAM HAINES in_“WAY OUT WEST Warner Bros, AVALON TODAY AND _TOMORI HAINES in ' ner B =7 AVENUE GRAND .\ E% TODAY AND _TOMORROW_RICHARD BARTHELMESS in “THE DAWN PA- Warner Bros." CENTRAL ot 5t Bet. D and E TODAY AND _TOMORROW-_WALTER N E_BAD MAN. Conn. Ave. and McKiniey 8t. D. C. ROW—WILLIAM WES' Warner Bros P OLONY G Ave. & Farrarut st. TODAY AND TOMORROW-ERIC VON STROHEIM and CONSTANCE BEN- in_“THR! CES_EAST.” 1230 C St. N.E. ROW —JACK FROM SYRA- w-fiei Bros, izing it. They hear so many stories that they just can't remember whether they heard this one from a friend or at a party or whether it's a personal inspiration. And when in doubt, give yourself the benefit of the doubt. Climbed to the Top. M‘HAN NIXON started from the very bottom and climbed to the top. Thowgh the diminutive actress, who plays a leading role in “Scarlet Pages,” i1s young in age, her progress from the extra ranks required many years. Born in Superior, Wis., Marian made her first stage appearance in a motion picture theater prologue in Minneapolis. As a member of a girl's chorus she left Minneapolis with a vaudeville troupe, toured the West, landing in Los Angeles, and found herself stranded. She decided to crash the studios. Securing work as an extra, she worked at various studios before she received recognition from 3Mack Sennett, who gave her several small Yoles. She next went to Fox. Then followed a three-year contract by Universal. And now she’s at the top. River Trips Continue. THE lure of the river still lingers with the mild weather, and as long as conditions permit the jocal management of the Wilson Line has decided to run & daily river trip down the Potomac every afternoon, leaving Seventh Street Wharf at 2 pm. and returning about 5 pm. This daylight river trip affords an opportunity to see the historic spots along _the Potomac as far down as In- dian Head. ‘The 40-mile “moonlight trips,” which have proved popular all Summer, will be continued also each evening at, 8:30 o'clock, with dancing on the second deck to the tunes of Happy Walker’s Orchestra, and other facilities are pro- vided for a pleasant evening. w (hou ”")7 Greatest Love Story of all Time ~-Made Twice as Effective by the Volce oF— America’s Greatest Lover JOHN HERMAN MEVEILLES IMMORTAL EPIC JOAN BENNETT *THE FRESHMAN'S GOAT "o/ Gomedy VITAPHONE VARIETY - -NEWS. EARLE CONCERT ORCHESTRA \ ‘ELSIE FERGUSON MARION .4 GRANT NIXON WITHERS pyeres /ANNI MARTINELLI & The Jemple Scene from.” AIOA™ SI SI SENOR" (7 Cornecly. GRAHAM McNAMEE NEWS (*) Indicates Where Film Is Being Shown Today. - District of Columbia EARLE—13th st. n.w. *METROPOLITAN—F st. n.w. AMBASSADOR—18th and Col. rd. n.w. *APOLLO—624 H st. n. *AVALON—Conn. ave. and McKinley. AVENUE GRAND—645 Pa.ave. s.e. CENTRAL—9th st. COLONY—Georgia ave. and Farragut. EMPRESS—416 9th st. n.w. HOME—1230 C st. n.e. JESSE—3100 18th st. n. SAVOY—3030 14th st. n.w. *STANTON—515 C st. n.e. TODAY AND__TOMORI OAKIE in "THE SAP _CUBE." __ SAV()Y 1ith & Col. RA. N.W. TODAY AND _ TOMORROW--LOUIS MANN in “THE SINS OF THE CHIL- ~ Wa “Bros. TIVOLT dith & Park R4 N.W. AND | TOMORROW-—NORMA in US BE GAY. hoon R ___BYRON, COURTNEY. e Typ! Coals LOIS _ MORAN, WALTE! ROBERT : 4 A “NOT _DAMAGED. ANACOSTIA, D. C. FAIRLAWN E ~JOURNEY COLIN CLIVE' in NEY'S_END." NE 1343 Wisconsin Ave. ALICE WHITE and JACK MULHALL in “SHOW GIRL OF LLYWOOD,” Comedy, "SONG OF Photophone, R. C. A NANCY, CARROL in' “DEVIL'S HOLI- SYLVAN Tst St & R. T . N.W. N SRRONG OLIDAY." *SYLVAN—104 Rhode Island ave. n.w. TAKOMA—4th and Butternut sts. TIVOLI—14th and Park rd. n.w. YORK—Georgia ave. and Quebec n.w. Maryland and Virginia MARYLAND—Hagerstown, Md. Va. AUDITORIUM—Onancock, Va. BERKELEY—Berkeley Springs, W. Va. berland, Md. CAPIT: CAPITOL—Winchester, Va. COMMUNITY—Ridgely, Md. CREWE—Crewe, Va. EMPIRE—Pocomoke City, Md. EMPIRE—Saxis, FIREMEN'S berdeen, NEW—Elkton, Md. k, Md. PALACE—Hagerstown, Md. RAMONA—Westminster, Md. REPUBLIC THEATER—Annapolis. ROCKBRIDGE—Buena Vista, Va. 8 -Bethesda, m‘"“nfi‘r&““‘w ‘ N—Warreuton, 3—Alberton, Va.