Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1930, Page 55

AMUSEMENTS. Flashes From the Screen News and Coment of the Photoplay By C. E. ture variety has ceased to draw ready cash, and other lesser varieties of entertainment have failed to attract, the motion picture venture seems to have settled down for the Winter, at least. Better pic- tures are coming from the studios, and there is a large element of hope in the future, in spite of the tendencies of a certain portion of the population toward savings ac- counts. Movie attractions of the Capital during the past week were topped, not by the much-heralded "Bls Trail,” but by “Min and Bill,” icture with the wrong sort of M e, but a picture which goes far toward establishing Wallace Beery and Marie Dressler as two of the finest performers in the cinema world. The career of Marie Dressler is in- teresting, to say the least. For years too numerous to count, unless one used a handy adding machine, Marie has been entertaining from the footlights. Always a first- rate comic, she was a substantial success on the stage, but she did not reach the height of entertain- ment power until she traveled to Hollywood a year or two ago. To- day she stands at the top of the 'OW that outdoor golf of the minia! movie ladder, and in the days to| come she will be a competitor with Charlie Chaplin as a box office attraction. This latter smtemem;slgned 2 new long-term contract is a prediction, but I will receive one of the surprises of my life if it does not turn out to be a fact. Marie Dressler has more photo- lay talent than all the Clara Norma Talmadges, Mary Pickfords and Norma Shearers rolled into one. Wallace Beery always has been a box office player, and his best work comes out when he is teamed with a player of the Marie Dress- ler type. It would be a pleasure to see the two of them starred in 8 straight comedy picture—some- thing \lite different from “Min and B! * % ¥ % FOR my part, I must rehue to enthuse over “The Big Trail.” It is a big picture, with a million yers and animals, more or less, ut the bigness of it leaves me cold. In the first place, it is pat- terned after that wonderful movie, “The Covered Wagon,” and sev- eral other Western film products of a year or two ago. Much of the scenery is magnificent, but the story is small; many of the play- ers are excellent, and many of them fail to regisur The con- tinuity is not well taken care of, and the thread of the thing, like the wagon train itself, is some- times lost in the desert, the moun- tains and the plains. It shows how the pioneers went Westward, but that’s about all. However, I may be wrong, again. R THE dog is having his day—at least in the movies. Holly- wood reports that there are 15 dog Ilrmnl in the vicinity of th: mo:el; ca g educal % “}& ’K&*‘ rid. Hal hinthe pmlluur of comedies, ‘Washington recently in- !ormed me that the new sound ctures had made animal pic- a sort of problem, but that it had been solved to a certain extent. Roach, who uses a num- ber of animals-in his “Our Gang” comedies, explains the difficulties by the fact that the animal train- ers cannot instruct their charges b{ voice on account of the micro- one. One trainer, who owns a wonderlnl dog, is always present when a picture is being made, but he instructs his pet by a slgn language. Then, if Mr. Dog does not perform proj ?erly he is quite likely to hear master when he arrives back home. The new crop of educated animals is trained by signs, not by voice, and some of the‘m are really stars, * x * TTENTION of the motion pic- ture industry has been focused for some time on the suit for $3,000,000 filed by Anne Nichols against the Universal Co. Miss Nichols, in her petition, alleged that the motion picture producing company had used her play, “Abie’s Irish Rose,” in the manu- facturée of “The Cohens and Kelleys,” but by a decision handed down November 10 in the United States Court of Appeals, New York, the Universal Co. is the winner. The suit was instituted in 1926, and since that time has been a legal battle, the defendant com- Bomy having spent in the neigh- rhood of $250,000 in denying the charge of plagiarism. The suit and verdict have nothing to do with the photoplay version of “Able’s Irish Rose,” which turned out to be a monumental “flop.” * % % ¥ Short Flashes. ON account of a popular demand, £ the Otis Skinner plcture, 118D \\on' ve vou ookel Ptationt gave Suay nk “,- e i “\.‘u Nelson. “Kismet,” may have an earlier release date than first Intended. It was planned to give it general | 4 B St. N.E. exhibition some time in January, but it may go to the exhibitors in December. The First National studio is now making a German version of the picture. Work has been started on the Nancy Carroll starring vehicle, “Stolen Heaven.” Phillips Holmes, a new arrival in Hollywood, plays opposite the star. Douglas Fairbanks, jr., will be starred in both the EnglLsh and French versions of “An Aviator in Spite of Himself.” Victor McLaglen and Marlene Dietrich are starred in Para- mount’s “Dishonored,” and Lew Cody has been signed for an im- portant role. Warner Baxter stars in “This Modern World,” in which Nance O'Neil has a good role. Wayne and Clare Luce are teamed in “The Painted Desert.” Ruth Chatterton has a dual role in “The Right to Love.” The Richard Carle musical comedy of several years ago, “The Tenderfoot,” is being turned into a movie. Joe E. Brown has the leading role for First National. “Snub” Pollard is returning to the screen, playing opposite Johnny Hines in “Girls Will Be Boys.” Marie Dressler, who has just with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, will be co-starred with Polly Moran in a comedy, “Reducing.” “The Subway Express,” which was recently given a stage showing at the National Theater, is to be- come a movie, with Jack Holt and Fred Kelsey in the leading roles. Neil Hamilton has been signed to play the lead in the James Cruze picture, “The Command Performance.” Una Merkel plays opposite. Lia Tora, well known Spanish actress, l;)pears in the Spanish version of “The Boudoir Diplo- mat,” which George Melfor directing. ‘The Universal Co. has signed another player from Broadway, Miss Bette Davis, whdse stage work in “Broken Dishes” and “Solid South” has attracted con- siderable attention. Sigmund Romberg and Oscar Hammerstein, working together, have produced the original screen romance, “Viennese Nights.” The story moves from Vienna to New York in a period from 1880 to the present. “Mein Schwester Und Ich,” a play which scored one of the greatest popular successes in the history of the modern German stage, has been purchased by First National. Its new title, as one might expect, will be "My Sister and 1.” No casting details have been announced. Tom Meighan, who has been signed by Fox to appear in “Young Sinners,” is to do a second pic- ture with Janet Gaynor. El Brendel's first starring ve- hicle is to be “Mister Lemon From Orange.” Others in the cast are Fifi D'Orsay, Marguerite Church- ill and william Collier, sr. The new Mary Pickford film, “Kiki,” has been completed. The Doug Fairbanks picture, “Reach- ing for the Moon,” will be ready for k?sdm:xg within the next two wee TOM POWERS, Who has a prominent role in the Ber- nard Shaw play, “The Apple Cart,” at John | i { Ave. Grand THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHING TON, D. C. NOVEMBER 23, 1930—PART FOUR. PHOTOPLAYS AT WASHINGTON THEATERS THIS WEEK NOVEMBER 3 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Ambassador Marilyn Millef in “'Sunny.” 18th & Columbia Rd. Marilyn Miller in Marilyn Miller in “Sunny." “‘Bunny.” Gioria Swanson “What & Widow." Vitaphone variety. “Girl Comeds. Ann ?.mml o Ann Harding in “Girl of the, "Solden Wes! Comedy. “Africa Bpeaks.” Comeay.. Vitaphone variety. Tewls Avies “All Quiet_on the Western_Front Apollo Dotg. Fairbanks, Jr., “The Little Accident.” Vitaphone_variety. Lewis Avres in “All Quiet on the Western Front.” Dous. Fairbanks, Jr., in “The Little Accident.” Vitaphone variety. Jiop Harding Tn “@irl o Golden rea Vitaphons vartets. nn Harding in e of the Golden est. Vitaphone variety. Dorothy Mackaill in “Man Trouble.” Comedy. Dark. Ashton Cla; n, Va. AT Jolson Short mnfe in “The Rampant Age." James Murray snd s Kennedy Warner RBaxter in, “The Arizona Kid.” Ramon Movarro in I g Y A R T “Silent. Ene Lewis Avres “All Quiet_on the Western_Front." Avalon 6612 Conn. Ave. Lewls, Avres “All Quiet_on the Western_Front.” Dous. Fairbanks, Jr., in “The Little Accident.” Vitaphone variety. Dous. Fairbanks, Jr.; n “The Little Accident.” Vitaphoue variety. Winnie Cighiner Tn ‘The Life of Winnie Lightner T George, Life of the *The ® Party.” Vitaphone variety. Kay Johnson in “Madam Satan.” 643 Pa. Ave. S.E. Lewis Avres “All_Quiet_on th We Kay Johnson in “Madam Satan.” Cameo Dark. Mt. Rainer. Md. “Up the River.” “Up the River.” Comedy. News. Comedy. News. estern_Front.” o Western Front.” Lewis Ayres n “All Quiet on the “The Life of e 3 H. | Norma_Ter: ‘“Women Eve: Comedy. Mur; rty.” vnaqnom variety. Winnie Lightner in “The Life the party. Vitaphone Buffalo nm ir. “Suth of Sono Squealer.” Vitaphons. vasicty. Comedy. Jrene Rich and B, Warner in HonPyour Hnek ™ Comedy. _Seriai AMUSEMENTS. Talkies Exact Much. LTHOUGH much progress has been made in the im'.gmvement of talk- lnz plcwres durlnl e past three years, ly enough this same improve- mem been the cause of much added work to the actor, according to Conrad Nagel, one of the first talkie stars, who plays the leading role of “A Lady Sur- renden at the Rialto Theater. “When I made my first talking pic- ture, ‘Glorious Betsy,’” says Mr. Nagel, “there was much to be hoped for in the matter of accurate recording. At that time, however, picture audiences were not acustomed to hearing the voices of actors and actresses come from the screen. This undoubtedly was & great advantage to many of us, for some pictures certainly gave us voices of which we were far from proud. “With the improvement of sound re- cording came a new hurdle for the actor tainment. The novelty of hearing favorite silent stars n'ge-k was & of the past. Today an actor actress must be able not only press through actions and facial expres- sion the emotions which he or she in- these same feelings. “Audiences today are ‘camera wise’ and far more critical than at any time in the history of the silent motion pictute.” Jack Buchanan and Jeanette McDonald Carolina (1th & N.C. Ave. 8.E. arlo.” Jack Buc chai Jeanette McDonal Al Jolson {n “Big Boy.” in “Monte_Carlo.” Cooper_and y- Johnson Al_Jolson in “Big Boy.” in ““The Spoilers.” Gary Cooper Kay Johnsoa in “The_Spotlers.” Indian cast in “The Silent Enemy.” “Monte_ Central 425 9th St. N.W. Ann Harding in Tewis Avres “Girl of the Golden in e “All Quiet_on th Western_Front.” Tewis_Avres n “All Quiet_on the Western_Pront.” Lewis Avres in “The Doorway to Hell. Comedy. _Variety. Tewis Avres in “The Door KIY Johnson ln Hell. o Comedy. Variety. dam Saf Circle 2105 Pa. Ave. N.W. Nancy Carroll, Prederic March and Frank Morgan in “Laughte! Mus and ilse Fazenda in athernecking.” Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey in “Ralt Shat, at u Nancy Carroll, Proderic” March ‘and organ in um Tt Wheeler and uknlw“o]m T Ted Healy and Frances McCoy in ube Goldber, Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey in “Half %het at Sun- Colony Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey in “Half Shot at Sun- rise.” Vita. var ous. Falroanks; 7 in “The Little Accident Vitaphone variety. Joan Bennett Dous. Pn‘rhlnk it in “Maybe It's Love." Comedy. “The Little Accident.” Vitaphone vari Dorothy,_Mackaill in “Man_Trouble." Vitaphone variety. Ga. Ave. & Farraguy Dumbarton Ta B Chaties Bukgles in “Her Wedd! 1343 Wisconsin Ave. gh! Wedding oo Clara Bow and Charles Ruggles in “Her Wedding ght.” Constance Bennett and Lew Avres 'Cnmman Clay." Constance Eenmn. picd Healy and and Lew Avres cis McCoy in om Soup to Sue Carol and Arthur Lake in “This Is My Weak- ness.” ice and Mapel Poulton in “Escape. Trene Dunne and en Murray in ~Eeatnerteoking. Comedy. Fairlawn Anacostia, D.C. Trene Dunne and Ken Murray in “Leathernecking.” Comedy. Robt. Armstrong and Gleason 1 Bert Wheeler and Rebert, Woolsey in “Half Shot at Sun- omedy. ‘Bes: ne l.avz and Cliff Edwards in “Good New Comedy._Spo Ted Healy and Betty Compaon and Frances Mccoy in Forbes in ~Thside the Lines Comedy. ‘Alice_White in wsnaw, oyl 1n Holl Play o dy Cartoon. Family Gary Cooper in “The Spoilers.” Comedy. Gartoon irbanks, chgud Arlan‘ and y Sea Go rtoon. Act. Richard Arlen and Hoot Gibson {7, “Concentri Kid.” on Comedy, Serial J Sth & G Sts. B.E. 1 Bert Wheeler and Hippodrome el 1 Shot at Sun- 808 K St. N.W. ris Comedy News. Wheeler and Home 13th & C st e ohert Woolsey in Ingomar “Half Shot at Sun- rise.” Vita. variety. Va. D Charles Murray in Bert Wheeler and Robert_Woolse: S ot at Bun- Come m _Comedy. News. _Snapshcts. Ruth Chatterton in, “Anybody's Vroman. Comedy, Cartoon. Comedy. " Act. Wheeler and Robert Weotses a “Half Shot at Sun- rise.” Vita. variety. Tewis Avres in “The Doorway to Hell.” Comedsy. " Charles Bickford and Raguel Torges in he A Comedies. “Clancy in Wal Street." Serial. Comedy. News. Marian Nixon and Guinn Willlams in “College Lovers.” ___Comedy. Variety. Clara Bow in “Love Amorg the ‘Millionaires Comedy. 'd Ol Vitaphone variety, Bert Lytell in “The Last of the Lone Wolf." Comedy. Hoot Gibson in, “Trigger Tricks.” Comedy. Act. Dorothy, Mackaill n “Man Trouble.” Clara Bow in “Love Amoag the Millionaires. Comedy. _ Act. John Barrymore in “Moby Dick.” 3100 18th_et._n.e. Our Gang comedy. John Barrymore in “Moby_Dick." Qur. Ounl tflmefly Doxothy‘ y Mackalll n “Bright Lights.” Charlie Chase comedy. Richard Barthelmess Richard l}:nhelmeu n “Dawn Patrol.” Novelty. “Dawn' Patrol” Novelty. News. News. Joe E. ‘Brown in p Speed.” Ken r?-’ynmx "xmflnna ‘Ato e Com /Bons of the Saddle.” ““The Lone Defender." Dark. Laurel Lau Ma. Lon_ Chaney in 3 ntee.” “The Unhol Comedy. Cartoo: edy. Paramount_Ne ount 0 a0, Sohers " Come: fld Serial. 9th & E Sts. N.W. Robert Wooll Hall shm at. Sun- Comedy. r_Bac! ews. __Comedy. Cartoon. Colin Glive | 'lr ¢ and B° Wern “Journey's. End.” ‘Comed: Warner in Fon your Back." lin cnu in, 2 Hoot_Gibson in fournes’s End.” “'Spur. Comed: cmuo A Tt Wheeler and bert, Woolsey, in e Unholy If Shot at Sun- medy. ree. 0! B0 omedy. v Tron y_Ouf ‘est.” Comed: Ton Chaney in “The Unholy Three.” Comedy, Y Act. Paramount News. Marion Dmen n “Florgdors, Girl.” Cor e Geview Libe: 1419 N. Capitel 8¢. Jesnttlz “MacDonald Greta _Garbo 1 Buchannon Carl “Romance.” omedy. Jeaneite MacDonald Wallace Beery and and Jes. Buchannon ~Chester Morris in C arlo.” he Big House nedy- Wallace Beery and Chester Morris in e Big House.' Comedy. Snapepsts. Arthur Lake and” xje Lee “Cheer Up and s'y"mxe - Comedy, " Cart Dark. Lyric George l!lnrmn and Astor_in “Ladies Lave Brutes.” News. _ Specialty. George Bancroft, and Ma in TLave “Lad Brutes.” News. Bpecilty: inger Rn'zr in ‘Queen High. Comedy. News. Ginger Roger: YGteen Hiwh. Comedy. News. Gilbert Roland in “Men of the North.” Serial. Com Gilbers Foland | “Men of, the Rorth. comem Gaithersburg, M. Rlchnrd Arl!n“‘lnfl Palace “Borer Lewion.” Three lioer; Broth- “side ‘street.” Comedy. _Act. Three Munre Broth- “gide ‘Street.” Comedy. _Act. James Murr: Catherine Crawford in_“Hide Out.” Act. ul Muni_and uerite Churchill 08 UIAIG., U] Act. Comedy. “James Murray Catherine, cnwrnm O, Warner Oland 1 “Return of Dr. Fu Man et comedy comeds.” Comeds. _Act. t. n.w. 001 9tb o Rlchnd Amny nd Princess “The Sta God.” Nancy Carroll and and R.lch;rd A"'n Frederic March “The ! Su God." icy Carroll and Pudenc March o l.-un.m = \Gilbert, Roland in *Men of the North." Ramon Novarro in G0t Nhe Flesh dhadow Bineh. “Shadow Ranch.” 119 B St. N.E. Richmond Dark. Ricpard Arlen, and Fay Wiay in “The Sea God." Comedy. News. ey \ray o “The Sea God." Comedy. News. Amos ‘n'_Andy “Check and. Donm- Comedy " Act. e lnd Doul:le Checl Amos ‘n’_Andy “Check and. Doum; Ccmmy " Act. Robi. Montgomery and Dorothy ordar in v 0 the Rou At Alexandris, Vs. Savoy 3030_14th Bt. N.W. John Gilbert in “way for a Sallor.” Vitaphone variety John Qflben “way for & Sailor Vitaphone variety. Bebe Daniels in “Dixian: Dark. Seco Siiver Spring, Md. Greta_Garbo in “Romance."” Panny Brice in ort_subject urself.” Lowell shermln retta Young in e Froh About The Pay ot Youth." Vitaphone me Leatrice Joy ice Wiite i in ethearts “The Love Trader.” arade. Comedy. Variety. Comedy. Bue Car a Grant wuheu “Dancing " Bweeties.” B Wa T Helen ‘!!rnnon n “In Old_Galiforn Lois Wi Vilma Banky i PO b n “This Is Heaven.” State Bethesds, Md. Dark. Greta Garbo in Greta Garbo in “Romance.” “Romance.” Dorothy Mackaill in “Bright Lights.” All-Indlan cast in ““The Silent Enemy."” Joan Bennett in “Crazy That Way.” be Daniels, Berr Wheeler dnd Dixiana Sylvan 104 R. L ave. Ciata Bow T “Love Among ti Miiionatres.” Comedy. Bebe Daniels, — Bert Wheeler dnd Robert Woolsey in “Dixiana.” Dorgthy Mackalll in Ramon_Novarro “Office Wife." Two_comedies. Walter Huston Richard Arlen in in “Santa Fe Trail.” ““The Lone Defender.” Takoma Takoma Park, D. C. d Ool in Ronajg Colman iter_Huston in Ronslg e 0 VAR M Napey Carroll and a5, Rogers Walter, Huston in “Follow_Thrt d Man.” Nancy Carroll and Richa d_Arlen i1 Biday Rosers fa e Trail umm Young i n “Follow_Thru." “Road to_Paradise. Conrad Nagel in “A le! Surren Tivoli 14th & Park Rd. Conrad Nagel n “, 5 Hell, R Comedy. Variety. Winnie_Lishtner 16 “The Life of the Party." Vitaphone variety. Tewis Avres in “The Doorway to Hell, Comedy. Variety. Wihnie Lightner in “The Life of the Party. Vitaphone variety. Bert Lytell in “Last of the Lone Comedy. Vartety, leflln- in --om"nx the Golden Comedy. York Ga. Ave. & Quebee The Hill-Billies.” ™ THI life of the hill-billies, with its loves, hates, ambitions and flerce ride is faithfully depicted in “Tol'able vid,” the talking picture now at R-K-O Keith's. It is the well known story by Joseph Hergesheimer. These mountain folk are among the most interesting of native Americans. They are descendants, for the most part, of hardy pioneers, English, Irish and 8com;h who left their native heaths to seek adventure and wealth in the new world. Their angestors pushed westward from the Atlantic slope and many found spots to their liking in the rugged hills and they remained there—sending for their women folk and founding settlements which persist until the present time. Their civilization and culture is that of an earlier day, but their cour: ‘,_‘,’;‘"" and morals are proven quali- During the World War Uncle Sam found many of his best soldiers among the mountaineers. They were crack | shots, courageous to a high degree and | physically powerful. Sergt. Alva York, .America's greatest hero, sparng frcm this stock. Sl g Famous Bel-Air Stablel. EAUTIFUL Bel-Air, one of the ex- clusive residence districts in Amer- ica, was the scene of the filming of one of the most important sequences of ‘Sunny,” starring Marilyn Miller. The story is Iaid at & fashionable mountain Summer resort, which has a riding academy and a gymnasium as part of | its equipment. The Bel-Air stables, “where a horse is treated like a human being,” were used for these scenes. The stables are a rambling ivy-covered, stone affair, Tesembling & millionaire’s mansion rather than a home for horses, and it is here the millionaires of Southern California come to take their rides over the bridle paths of the 10,000 acre Bel- Alr estate The exercise ground of stables resemble a park. A hundred and nny extras, all of the National Theater during the week | whom are excellent horsemen and of December 1. under the auspices of the Theater Guild. g\\ The play is produced | Noreswomen, appeared in these scenes. hi of drama. Ann Hnd ng In “ Golds Kay Johnson Girl of the Golden Kay Johnson Comeds. Jack Holt in “The Sagealer.” Eay Johnson in Satan. Vitaphone varlety. Milion Bills Marian Nixon and n “The Sea Wolf." Vitaphone variety. Comedy. Variety. What Various Dramatic DRAMA GUILD—"The Great Divide.” ILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY'S famous American drama, “The Great Divide,” will open the Community Drama Guild's third season at Mc- Kinley Auditorium Friday and Satur- | day nghts at 8:30 o'clock, under the direction of J. Milnor Dorey. One of the finest casts of mnyen ever assembled by the Guild is promised o in this play, which | sets forth the story % of Ruth Jordan, a New England girl, who goes to Ari- | zona with her brother to estab- lish a ranch and restore the family fortunes. When the family accepts an invitation to visit friends in San Prancisco, and, be- cause of an acci- dent to their fore- man, Ruth decides to stay and protect the ranch. That | night she is attacked by three drunken cowboys. In dire extremity she lg- peals to one of them to save her. tensest drama and unique romance re- sult. ‘The play brought fame to its author and added laurels to Henry Miller and Margaret Anglin at the Princess Thea- ter, New York City, in 1906. was given in London at the Adelphi Theater, with Miss Edith Wynne Mat- thison in the role of Ruth Jordan. ‘The Drama Guild cast will present Denis E. Connell as Stephen Ghent, Marguerite Wolfe as Ruth Jordan, Mer- Denis E. Connell. production. “’"’“’mm Awrud-d that will leave you Special Addea Atraction CHARLIE uuue m HIGH C§%.. Later it | Bess Washington’s Players Organizations Are Doing and Propose to Do. H. Browne as Philip Jordan and DoroLhen Paull as Polly his wife; Maud Howell Smith as Mrs. Jordan, Brad W. Hol as Winthrop Newbury, Mel- vin D. Hildreth as Dr. Newbury, Capt. Ray C. Montgomery as Lon Anderson, Newell Lusby as Burt Willlams, Harold Farrington as Dutch, H. Eldred Wilson as Shorty, Milton D. Korman as a con- tractor and Joseph Weitz as a boy. An outstanding production is prom- S'I'EI-MI HAYEIS— “The Haunted House.” THE Stellar Dramatic Players will open their theatrical season with “The Haunted House,” the play by Owen Davis, under the direction of Miss Sue H. Murray, at Holy Trinity Audi- torium, Thirty-sixth and O streets n;m.hwesq tomorrow and Tuesday eve- nings. ‘This myswry plny is thrilling, while amusing. the play are Dorothy Cavmnuun ery Roach, Mary Frances Geneste, Robert Shaw, Paul Kinnahan, Paul Donovan, A. Brault, Billie Chamberlain, Joseph Kearney, Lawrence Duvall and William Farquhar. MACKIN PLAYERS—Tomorrow. THE Mackin Club of St. Paul's Cath- olic Church will present the three- act comedy “Green Stockings” tomor- row and Tuesday evenings at 8:15 o'cloc’s, in St. Paul's auditorium, 1421 V street. ‘This is a delightful comedy, in which Margaret Anglin played the leading role a few years ago. The cast will include Dorothy crusby. Mills, Gene LeDuc, inifred Crosby, Mary Jane Tierney, E. C. Berry- man, Willlam P. Duff, Joseph Haltigan, Aeneas Collins, Philip Hannan, Edward Coffey and Gerald O’Connor. The NIY ls undu' the direction of Miss e Story of “Outward Bound." O more alluring story has been told on stage or screen than that of “Outward Bound,” the Warner Bros.- Vitaphone production. ‘The screen story is an adaptation of the play by Sutton Vane which gripped New York and London audiences several seasons ago. ‘The theme, very unusual, is so deftly treated that an idyll of compelling ten- derness is evolved which makes it irre- sistible. two despairing youthful lovers to leave this world for another in which they hope their love may go on forever. Douglas Fairbanks, jr, and Helen Chandler are the lovers, and Leslie Howard, a ne'er do well, who, with a number of “phantoms,” find themselves aboard a mysterious vessel bound for the place of “ultimate reward and pun- ishment.” A notable supporting cast contributes to the unfolding of a ro- mance which is one of the real gems of the American theater. e E Stage Psychology. HAT'S in a name?” asks petite Lillian Dawson, now in “Rustic Fancies,” a Capitol Theater (New York) resentation, which is now playing at fmvll Columbia Theater. ‘My real name is Esther Kait,” she went on to say. “That was u:s _name I was born with in Philadelphia; that as the name I went to school Wwith, and I think that it is a nice name. But when I wanted to go on name. He then explained the psy- {chology of stige names. The first name should suggest the person's character and appearance. For instance, ‘Juno’ would never do for a little girl. a girl whose name is Angele, and she is one of the prettiest, sweetest little blonds I have ever seen. Her name is right. But can you imagine Abigail was & stage name? It sounds like a Puritan and there is no appeal in it. “And so my manager suggested Lilllan Dawson as my name, to convey the idea that I was—er—small, or whatever Bess|else the name suggests,” she added with & modest smile. // 1t has to do with the effort of | - o(malz.mfl;w au Wm ADDED ATTRACTION DUR GANG « ‘LOVE BUSINES! ON THE STAGE d l FAREWELL WEEK_ |\ WESLEY EDDY "!US‘I’I jll.l.ll“ DAW. ! HE 3 8 HESTER HALI GIR LOST CHORD. "DMQWM'I rendercal in his own umdabl FANCIEJ" ‘%‘ Looking Backward. O you remember a picture titled ‘“Honor’s Altar"? Probably not. It was made back in 1915. It was Lewis Stone’s fitst movie. Or do you recall “Apostle of Vengeance,” John Gilbert's first fiicker film? _ ‘Wallace Beery's cinema career dates away back to “Behind the Door” and Essany slapsticks. “Pretty Ladles” was Joan Crawford's first. Harry Carey can’'t—or don’t want to—remember his initial celluloid venture. Reginald Den- ny did “Dark Lantern” for his film de- but and Marion Davies was the hero- lne ?r “Runaway Romany” in her first ovie. “T\l]lel Punctured Romance” was Marie Dressler's first excursion into movies, but it doesn't seem as long as 17 years ago. Julla Faye's first film ef- fort was “‘Don Quixote” and Greta Garbo first scorched the screen in “The Saga of Goesta Berling.” Willlam Haines started out in “Three Wise Fools” and Hedda Hopper had “A Bat- tle of Hearts” as a cinema introduc- tion. Buster Keaton worked in Arbuckle comedies as a beginner and “The Fly- ing Torpedo” launched Bessie Love's career. John Miljan first villained in “Love Letters” and Polly Moran began | making faces in “The Janitor” in the old Sennett days. “Little Women” served as Conrad Nagle's debut as a movie hero and Ramon Novarro's first picture was “Omar Khayam.” Norma Shearer traces her career to “The Steal- ers” and Ernest Torrence first stel before the camera in “Tolerable David.” Comes Well Backed. “A KISS OF IMPORTANCE,” at the National Theater, has a cast that would make a success of any play. Arch Selwyn, the adroit New York producer, has surrounded Basil thhbone with people guaranteed to be of the first rank, here and abroad, in pictures and in the theater. Johnnie Brewer, for instance, who has a relatively small role, has ap- peared at Windsor Castle in a com- ,| mand performance and came to Amer- ica in “Dear Brutus” as the personal representative of Sir James Barrie. He resigned from the cast of “The Violet,” the curtain raiser for the current Broadway production of “One, Two, Three,” to appear in “A Kiss of Im- portance.” Even the girl who has per- haps but two lines to speak in the first act, Alice Burrage, is George Ade's niece and the daughter of the well- known actress, Mabel Acker. And there are others quite as notable. Of the two French authors who col- laborated on the play, Tristan Bernard and Andre d, the latter is the author of “Kikl,” which was pro- | duced in Paris in 1920. Heard in the Wmil. RS. RUPERT DRUCE, after four years of waiting and hoping zgainst hope, has just sold her first “Mr. Brixell Counts His Chickens. wild excitement she picked u; phone as soon as she he muw ;.nd h‘m\::lddh"}iy S laying er husband, who was here at the Schubert-Belasco 'thm lanubefl. Miller’s production, “Mar- seilles.” Willlam Munster is to produce the play and it is rumored that A. E. Anson will play the leading role. N in “RAF LES" Mat., 3 P.M. 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