Evening Star Newspaper, May 17, 1931, Page 52

AMUSEMENTS.” Flashes From the Screen News and Commen By C. E. HIS week’s column or two of news and comment will be made up largely of “raps’ from two sources. Almost always we have some things to say about the movies, and how - they are forging ahead to distant triumphs, but this instaliment concerns particular comellmu of other wrireu. The first is from Robert E. Sherwood, who acknowledged to be one of the lea writers on topics movie. 's Magazine sends me ad- vence proofs of a Sherwood ar- ticle which delves into records of African fillms, which have experi- enced more or less vogue during (Y the past year or two. In his ar- ticle, Mr. Sherwood says: “One of the merriest pastimes i Hollywood is the doctoring of wild animal pictures—the inser- tion into otherwise authentic rec- ords of exploration of that whlctt is-known as ‘box office punch. Probably the most famous in- starice of this form of faking was in the picture called ‘Ingagi, ‘which enjoyed a career of sensa- tional success throughout the country last year and which is still raising its ugly head here and there. Some enterprising, imagi- native, but not too scrupulous film workers in Hollywood ob- tained control of a picture that had been made on an expedition into Africa several years ago, when photography was not what it is today. The picture was worthless as a commercial prop- erty, but its new owners found a way to convert it into a silk purse They gave it the sex angle, in- venting the story of a tribe in the depths of the Dark Continent. Audiences were permitted to see & gruesome ceremony. One could hear, through the sound ma- chines, thy stial roars of the gorillas, elfected by one of those clever devices that ars in the equipment of all good trap-drum- mers. Occasional scoffers said that ‘Ingagli’ was just a bit too good to be true, but the great bulk of the film-loving public re- fused to listen to them. The pic- ture made considerable money for its adroit sponsors. Much more veracious was the film| ‘Africa Speaks’ but the blgim thrill in this was made in Holly- wood. “The all-time prize for the per- petration of successful chicanery goes to the producers of ‘Trader Horn.’ Having acquired the screen | rights to this best-selling story, the compnx\i' sent directors, cam- eramen and actors to Africa to make an honest job of it. The results of their strenuous labors, however, wex: inmtxgflclently xtn&; ressive (perhaps they were gonut\ and so ‘Trader Horn’ had to be rephotographed, practically in toto, in Hollywood. As seen now, it is undoubtedly the most exciting ancl the most spectacular of "all the African jungle films. It-is also the least African, but the vast majority are not qualified to detect the evidences of hokus- sokus. Which only goes to show hat you can fool enough of the people enough of the time. The icture ‘Rango’ is free from the gouywood touch. Unusual films, such ‘as ‘Nanook of the North/’ ‘Grass,’ ‘Chang,’ ‘Stark Love’ and ‘Rango’ do not make much money, and are, therefore, rated as fail- | ures by the gods of the box ofl’lce.{ But for all that, they give the| cinema something of which.it is rpetually in need, and that is onor. “Turning from wild animals to mére popular mortal stars, we find | thaf-many of the Hallywood play- | ave been faring none too well of late. ‘Inspiration,’ a greatly di- luted: version of ‘Sappho,’ is un- doubtedly the worst picture that the divine Greta Garbo has had. Her principal rival, Marlene Diet- rich, has also fallen off a bit as thé result of ‘Dishonored, an overdirected and generally ane- mic melodrama. Mary Pickford has made a determined but dis- astrous attempt to play Lenore Ulrich’s violent role in ‘Kiki.” | Nat that she was unworthy of the role; it was the role that was un- | worthy of her. In ‘Unfaithful’| Ryth Chatterton, with her soggy | emgotionalism, shows signs of be- | caming monotonous, and Nancy | Cagrroll is considerably off form in!‘Stolen Heaven.’ Norma Shear- eri however, in ‘Strangers May ' fortifies her position as an ress of genuine power. Among the newcomers to the screen the most promising are Elissa Landi and Tallulah Bankhead.” * ¥ * % | next “rap” comes from our : genial friend, Will Rogers. who is himself somewhat of an| actor. He knows the movies and | their faults, but his biggest com- | plaint concerns the advertise- ments. Will says, in his special :Fer,\dluted and copyrighted ar- e: *All I know is what I read In the movie ads, and I say, boy, what an education it is! I thought the underwear ads were about the limit in presenting an eyeful, but these movie ads give you the same thing without the underwear.' Even I, myself, appeared in a, nightgown in ‘The Conmecticut | Yankee’ so on the billboards it would add a touch of romantic| lamour, to say nothing of a smat- ing of sex appeal. But, mind you, you must not let the ad have anything to do with what you see inside. You are apt to see the dest stuff facing you on the| billboards and then go inside and everybody is dressed as Eskimos| all through the picture. In other rds, Will Hays’ big trouble is {) ting pictures that will live up the pictures in the ads. So the big problem of the movies n to deliver what they ad- vértise. In other words, the litho- gfpph ‘makers and the ad writers age a branch of the industry duction end. And with the titles, they just can't think up enough syggestive titles to go around. '!gegy bring every big writer from Nzw York and England to Holly- , -all working on titles. They change ‘The Old Homestead’ to “The Old Love Nest’ ‘Home in ;igll]ne Only’ or ‘The Birthplace of g ich has ‘outstripped’ the pro-|The mind * o oxox theatergoer wiil admit that 2 the writers who contribute the above have fact behind their | ¢ However, in the case = substantiated; some of the lobby laway with the old-time | by studio staffs. t of the Photoplay. Nelson. plaint is not serious. I do not re- call that either “Trader Horn" or “Ingagi” was billed as authentic, although the cash-paying public was given a certain understand- ing that the stories were true. They were %retty good entertain- ment, whether they were filmed in Africa or Hollywood. The com- laint of Will Rogers regurdln% he flaming lithographs is well advertising resembles the colored pictures in front of the circus sideshow—and it can be consid- ered in about the same way. * % X X 'HIS being the season of an- nouncements by producers, the Fox company steps forward with its schedule for the com- ing year. This organization plans a list of 48 feature productions, among them belnf Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell in “Delicious,” Sally Eilers in “Bad Girl,” Elissa Landi in “Yellow Ticket,” Charles arrell and Linda Watkins in ‘Sob Sister,” Victor McLaglen, Edmund Lowe and Greta Nissen in “Disorderly Conduct,” March in “Over the Hill,” Janet Gaynor in “Heart Free,” Will Rogers in “Young As You Feel,” “The Plutocrat” and “Ambassa- dor from U. 8. A."; Edmund Lowe in “Transatlantic,” Gaynor and Farrell in “Merely Mary Ann” and “Salomy Jane,” Victor McLaglen and Joan Bennett in “While Paris Sleeps,” Victor McLaglen and Elissa Landi in “Wicked,” Thomas Meighan and Maureen O'Sullivan in “Skyline,” Warner Baxter in ‘Silver City,” “In Her Arms” and ‘Alimony Queens”; El Brendel in “Sink or Swim,” Charles Farrell and Joan Bennett in “Surrender,” in “Moonlight ” Warner Oland in “Char- Chance,” George O'Brien in “Royal Road to Ro- mance,” Joan Bennett in “Lip- ” Spencer Tracy in “Swin- dle” and Fifi Dorsay (a featured player, but not a star) in “Cham- " “The Great Air Robbery” TH! way things are shaping up around Hollywood there is more chance for college students to enter the writing end of the movie game than in the player department. There is a tendency at the present time to pay par- ticular attention to story ma- terial—and some of the new pic- tures show how this attention is needed. The future will recog- nize the importance of screen writing, and it will become one of the best paying branches of writ- ing. However, the number of those who are striving for suc- cess as actors will always be far in excess of the demand for their services. The fleld of writing is always open to tralned and tal- ented men and women. At pres- ent the studios are accepting very few, if any, outside ma- terial—that is, manuscripts sub- mitted to them unsolicited. The, sound screen has almost done free- lance scenario writer, and nearly all of the new scripts are prepared * o ox o Short Flashes. ROBERT MONTGOMERY made | his film debut two years ago in a picture called “80 This Is Col- lege.” His newest picture is taken from the stage play, “Man in Possession.” James Todd, a juvenile player of the Theater Guild, has been signed to a contract by the' Fox Co. Adolphe Menjou, Irene Dunne, | Olga Baclanova, Lilian Bond, Hale Hamilton, Ernest Torrence and Cliff Edwards are to have promi- | nent roles in “The ‘Great Lover,” which is taken from the stage play’, of Leo Dietrichstein. Monta Bell is to direct “Per- sosal Maid,” starring Nancy Car- | roll. Vicky Baum, novelist and play- wright from Germany, has joined | the eastern studio staff of Para- mount. She will prepare plays for the screen. In making the new John Barry- more picture, “Svengali,” 250,000 | feet of film was exposed. This is being cut to 7,500 feet. Doris Kenyon plays the part of Mrs. Hamilton in the George Arliss starring vehicle, “Alexander Hamilton.” Gwendolyn Logan is to be Martha Washington. Dolores Costello has completed work in “Expensive Women.” Samuel Goldwyn has dispatched J. W. Crosby, once manager of Ronald Colman, on a Nation-wide hunt for screen talent. Crosby will visit all the large cities, looking over little theaters, dramatic schools, stock companies and all sorts of amateur productions. The general opinion of reviewers is that Talullah Bankhead is a splendid screen actress, but that her first vehicle, “Tarnished Lady,” was not all that it should be for a new player's debut. “Our Social Whirl” has been decided upon as the next picture for Marilyn Miller. The picture | will be taken from an original story. Frances Starr and Chic Sale have been cast for two of the leadlngbmle; in “The Star Wit- ness,” based upon a st b, Luclen Hubbard. S Good Advice for Students ENTAL memorizing is the worst possible method of learning lines {?rk-un or screen, according to Paul ukas, nOW & screen stage oo actor, with “I have never I learned 1 ithot e ed lines for a play ukas. peating them out loud,” says “Now that T am speaking English in- stead of my native H mr{n_n,{huul vital necessity. I employ this spoken line reading 5o that my ear will recog- nize the correctness of my pronunciation. “But even native-born Americans will find this type of memorizing wond may picture the perfect way to repeat a line, but it is a far different thing to actually speak it. By hearing oneself speak, an actor knows instantly Mae | Fri lerful. | Sn whether or not he is getting it right.” p;titeiand French Hm Prench accent and chic Parisian P e R '\ pel actress, a -role in “Common Law,” R-K-O Pathe’s new nlelur' for Constance Bennett. ttle French girl plays & model who poses for ters of the Paris art were | M1l Prenchmen™ “The Little Cafe.” al pictures the com- But get her given name—Erin! THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, OHN BARRYMORE as Svengali in Du Maurier's famous story, *Tril- by,” will follow “Dirigible” at Warner's Metropolitan Theater, starting next Friday, with con- tinuous showings from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. on week days and from 3 to 11 p.m. on Sunday. It is a Warner Bros. production, which be: e title “Sven- and Marion irsh, recent ‘discovery,” will :Fpelr in the role o den Hare, Trilby. Lums- Bram- well Fletcher, Don- ald Crisp, Carmel Myers, Luis Alberni and Yola D'Avril will also appear in the cast. There will be no extra charge for admission, but the usual prices will be resumed. At _the Earle, Bebe Daniels’ new picture, “The Mal- tese Falcon,” will be the attraction, with Ricardo Cortez, Dudley Digges, Una Merkel, Robert Elliott, Thelma Todd and many mors'in the cast. This is a mystery picture adapted from a story by Dashiell Hammett, for years a Pinkerton detective, John Barrymore. Richard Dix and Jackie Cooper, the famous little “Skippy,” will be twin stars in “Young Donovan's Kid,” the Radio Pictures production announced for R-K-O Keith's which starts next ay. “‘Hell Bound,” & James Cruze produc- tion of intrigue, romance and pathos, is announced for the Rialto Theater start- ing next Saturda illlam Powell in “Ladies’ Man" ace next Sa scheduled for Loew's P urday, with Kay Francis playing oppo- site Mr. Powell and with Carole Lom- bard and Olive Tell in supporting roles. It is announced that “there will be 64 auburn-haired lassies in the ‘in-the- flesh’ stage attraction.” Norma Shearer and Robert Mont- gomery in “Strangers May Kiss” is the announced feature next in succession at Inedw's Columbia, following *Dishon- ored.” Stage Show at Palace. ILVIA NELSON featured in “Riviera Revels,” the Capitol Theater, New York, stage show at the Palace, is & student of the opera. Miss Nelson is a demure young lady of 18, 5 feet 5 inches in height, has taken lessons on the violin and piano for several years and is accounted an accomplished musician. After finishing her schooling in high and prep schools, she attended the School of Music at Hunter College with serious intentions of becoming a piano teacher. These plans were spolled when Earl Carroll eaw and drafter her for his musical comedy “Fioretta.” Later she again worked for Mr. Carroll in “Vani- ties.” She also has been seen and heard in several talking pictures. ‘Appearing with Miss Nelson this week are Mitchell and Durant, Dolores, Eddy and Douglas, Louis Barrison and the Chester Hale Girls. Hollywood Style /| yHence, LILLIAN BOND, * Featured player of the Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Co., shows what the well dressed a rearing in the film colony. Sets Raised Like Windows ETTINGS with walls that can be raised like immense windows is an invention of Paramount used for the first time in filming “Up Pops the Devil” at the Hollywood studios. They are said to mark the latest de- velopment in efficiency and time saving in the making of motion pictures, in facilitating the speed with which a set can be lighted, or a motion picture camera can be placed for a long-shot. In the early days of motion pictures all camera work was done with direct or reflected sunlight. But artificial lighting was evolved and sets were built within stages. Immediately the prob- lem of lighting and photographing on a set Tepresenting a room arose. With four walls and two or three doors and windows there was no place to put the arc lights and the camera without over- | b crowding. So sets were bullt with removable walls. But much time was lost in re- moving and replacing walls as the cameras were moved about. Fifteen minutes was about the average time needed to make the change, With the new invention of window- like walls, it is claimed lighting can be more evenly distributed, cameras can be | moved with great rapidity and more beautiful photography will result. BirasonreilandsVidki ICKI BAUM, the Viennese writer, whose novel, “Menschen im Ho- tel,” was dramatized into the Boadway stage hit “Grand Hotel,” is now a mem- ber of the scenario staff at Paramount’s New York studio Miss Baum, it is now announced, was brought to New York from Europe by the film producers to write directly for the screen. Her initial assignment will be an_original story for direction by Ernst Lubitsch, who recently completed the Maurice Chevalier picture “The Smiling Lieutenant.” AllReach “tths Haights" TALL girls and short men are getting a break from R-K-O Pathe. In Daphne Pollard’s new short, “She oops to Conquer,” Director Fred Guiol hired 25 girls boasting a mini- mum height of 5 feet 10 inches, to im- personate policewomen. Al Rogell, who is directing Eddie Quillan in “The Whoop-Te-Do Kid,” has been employing a dozen young men around 5 feet 4 inches tall as jockeys in this race track opus. ‘Who says it's difficult to “reach the heights?” technicians | | job. Add to that the fact that Lubitsch B MAY 17 19 MISS NANCY SHERIDAN Of the National Theater Players attaches the blue ribbon to the Wasp, & win- ner at the Natlonal Capital Horse Show at Bradley Farms Thursday. The ‘Wasp is owned by Mr. Fred Wettach of 8hrewsbury, N. J. “Up Pops the Devil.” OR the week beginning Monday, May 25, the National Theater Players will offer the Broa y success, “Up Pops the Devil, comedy by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich, which was recently | presented in Washington by the Pro- fessional Players, When it was originally produced on Broadway a former leading man of the National Players, | Roger Pryor, | played the pivotal | role. ‘When the Na- tional Theater Players revive it here Stanley Rog- | ers will be Steve g - ‘ Merrick, the young man wh> has a yen for writing. He wants to write _ a novel, but there is so much whoo- pee raised in his Greenwich Village apartment that it is almost impoe- sible to work. the young lady who holds a lien on his heart, Anne, also known as Nancy Sherida “makes other arrangements.” Aftg their marriage she goes to work. But to him the inspiration fails to come— and when Steve is almost a failure, well, “Up Pops the Devil.” ‘This is one of the disconcerting comedies of the modern stage. In the language of the day, “It has ‘every- thing”; pathos, comedy, sentiment, jazz and action from start to finish. Fifteen roles are required to put the play over, and 80 the Players will be | Naney Sherld |5 ugmented by others, but Mrs. Hibbard, aphne Wilson, John Warburton, Ro- berta Beatty, Burke Clarke, Edward Poland, Raymond Bramley and For- rest Orr will carry the bulk of the performance. “PARISIAN BEAUTIES.” ¢’T'HE PARISIAN BEAUTIES,” de-| scribed as “a million-dollar bur- lesque show,” comes to the Gayety The- ater next week, with speed as its watch- word, a colorful production, novel fea- tures, original fun makers, well trained singers and dancers, and an impressive cast_that includes Rags Ragland, Bim- bo Davis, Harry Beasley, Ray Parsons, Nora_Ford, Pearl Kay, Dorothy Reid and Patricia Kelly. CHACE-SHAFER RECITAL—May 26. STUDY of the fictional character of Lucretia Borgia, an original dance creation by Marian Chace, to specially com| 'd music by George Cornwell of this city, and the dance “Kwahu, the Eagle,” by Lester Shafer, to muslc composed by Cadman, as danced by Ted Shawn, will be among the special features of the Spring con- cert and recital of the Chace-Shafer Studios the evening of May 26 at Ward- mar Park Theater at 8:15 o'clock. ‘This will be the first recital given by the Washington branch of the Deni- shawn Studio, the Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn school of dancing, which has its main studio in New York City. Miss Chace and Mr. Shafer are directors of the branch here, the only one south of the Mason and Dixon line. Tickets may be had at Denishawn Studio, 1719 K street, and Wardman Park Hotel. Reservations and mall or- ders are being received. OUT OF ‘DOORS SEASIDE PARK NOW OPEN. EASIDE PARK, the new amuse- Beach, had its “grand opening” yesterday, and is now ready for | business, particularly for the heads are running now as never before to the great delight of disciples of Izaak Walton. | ground fronting Chesapeake Bay, is| said to contain every modern device | for making an outing for a day enjoy- pool, attractive rides and other amuse- ments, Augmented train service has been | ment resort at Chesapeake fishermen, for it is explained the hard- | The park, built last season on high | able, including dance hall, swimming | provided via the . Chesapeake Beach | Rallway from the District Line, while a new motor road makes a quick and pleasant trip possible to and from | Washington. | GLEN ECHO PARK. VERY DAY is bargain day at Glm‘ < Echo Park, with real fun and amusement for a small fee. This year the big park offers many new features, including a new old mill, a thing of beauty, with a ride that is different; & thrilling “dodgem” ride, with 20 cars of front-wheel drive; a shooting gallery with diving fish, ani- mals and moving trains to test the skill of the shooter, and new dips to the! sonster, along with the aeroplane swings, | Ferris wheel, carrousel, midway and | other fun producers. No finer place for | a plcnic may be had, with shade trees | and benches and chairs a-plenty. A new $200,000 crystal pool is rapidly | nearing completion, and when opened on May 30, it is said, will be the finest | Ppool in this section. Every week night McWilliams and his enlarged orchestra play for the dancers in the ball room. Glen Echo is a free-admission play- ground. ‘The ride by electric street car along the Potomac is delightful, and motorists will find plenty of free park- ing space at the resort. Persistence T ha’E Wins. (¥CE upon a time, & king offered to, trade his realm for a horse. He | didn’t specify the color, however, 8o the | bargain should have gone through in a | urry. Erfwc Lubitsch, directing Maurice Chevalier in “The Smiling Lieutenant,” was more exacting in his equine require- ments, for he demanded not one but ten cream-white carriage horses for one of the important scenes. In this day and age, when carriage | horses are almost as rare as dodos, the | task of finding three single teams and | one tandem that had been properly car- riage-broken looked like a superhuman specified white horses. But the movie Starts With a New Thrill LOYD GIBBONS, “The Headline Hunter,” now in the movies, appears to be “always on the spot.” The night when the 8. 8. New York hit and sank the motor dredge Trimount in Long Island Sound, Gib- |- bons is sald to have been aboard the | former en route from Boston to start his new R-K-O Pathe series, “Floyd Gibbons' Supreme Thrills:” Accidents at sea are nothing in the thrilling life of Gibbons. He was en route to London as World War corre- Agondent of the Chicago Tribune aboard the 8. 8. Laconia when the Cunarder was torpedoed by German submarines which were endeavoring to blockade the British Isles. The thrill hunter was re- Picked up by a steamer, however, from a lifeboat, after tossing about all night, Gibbons reached ieenstown Harbor, Ireland, and there cabled a | 4,000-word story of the sinking to the Tribune a few days after his obituary was read in American newspapers. DANCING—PRIV, - TGOF o Bws o 8 Phone Mer. 1 7o HAYER STUDIOS oom _class every Tuesd: g Inmtiiciion: 838 to $.16, ~ Bancine (o or: hestral musi 115 to 1 . Private ns appointment. 1226 Connecticut ave.. Decatur_8470. 190 TEGARE STUDIO, Private lessons in b lessons, $8. Clacs Tues. 810 11 2035 P st. n.w, | | BALL sons. 3080, oom _dan ] inst. and 3 Decatur 2678. 11° industry became what it is today by supplying the demand. Representatives of Paramount spent several weeks visiting livery stables in New York State in search of 10 white, high-stepping Dobbins, or prancing white steeds, if you are particular. ‘The important question is, did they find the horses? Well, this is what happened: After almost a month three single teams were found and one of the prop- erty men located a four-horse team, but the animals were not available at any price. They were prize horses of a very wealthy New York family, which had pensioned them to green pastures, never 1o be used for work again, but simply to live out their lives in idle luxury. A cable was dispatched to the owners at their villa on the Riviera, and after untold dickering the owners finally agreed to lend them on condition that their pets be driven by their own coach- man, who had handled them for years. And so 1t goes. The movies “want what they want when they want it"— and they usually get it. Washingan 2 Days | 5th & FLA. AVE. MONDAY TUESDAY IRCl Y:248P.M Doors Open ot 1s7P M PUCES. (Admimng to Crews, Menogers end Genersl Admiswon- Seai) ADULTS, 7S¢, CHILDREN UNDER 12 YEARS, 30, GRAND STAND SEATS including Admission, $1.50 TO ALL A few select locations at a Tickets ) charge. now st Store and the Ameri CIRCUS GROUNDS 25¢ ENTER ON FIF Turn in From STREET N.E. . L oor M Sts. 31—PART FOUR. l Filming “Street' Scen Ex.\\mt RICE has moved into his Samuel Goldwyn studio office for the final intensive work in preparing the script of his Pulitzer prize play, “Street. Scene,” for the screen, and he and King Vidor, who is to direct, with Mr. Goldwyn, are arranging the pro- duction details. In general Goldwyn's screen produc- tion of “Street Scene” will follow the spirit and letter of the Elmer Rice play. ‘The camera will not go into the house, nor will there be any close-ups of the scene that precipitates the tragedy. Capt. Richard Day and Willy Pogany, art_directors, plan to keep the camera in motion as “a roving eye,” never stili or stationary for a moment. Nancy Carroll will have the part of Rose Maurrant, played on_the stage by E“{: (])'Brtlg-M;mn_ and Buster Collfer will play the role of David Ka Jewish law student. paarts Production is not to begin until late in May. The screen “Street Scene” will be released by United Artists, i . 2 A Quick Worker HO;:;‘\"V;"OOD‘Imay be applesauce to ew York stage stars, appears to be caviar to Fobert wu‘x’n‘:tm's‘, latest Broadway recruit. After finish- ing his first film role, it was exactly 2 minutes, the time it took him to walk from one stage to another, before he was in another at the R-K-O Pathe lt%léol. ok le actor was brought from New York to play his original stage role in the film version of “Rebound,” which stars Ina Claire. Before he had finish- ed the part, Charles R. Rogers, head of R-K-O Pathe production, signed him for “The Common Law,” Constance B{e;ne;lt'l h:xdew picture. after he completed his last scene in “Rebound” he walked over to an ad- Jacent stage and joined “The Common Law” cast in rehearsal. B Has a Smgmg Voice POLA NEGRI has developed a ravish- ing singing voice, looks better than she ever did before and is due to give Hollywood a tremendous surprise when she steps out on R-K-O Pathe sound stages to resume her motion picture career. ‘That is the word brought to the film city by Malcolm 8t. Clair, screen dire tor, who has just returned from a va- cation in Paris. Mr. 8t. Clair saw the continental star while in the Prench capital. He prophesies that she will be a sensation in talking pictures. Miss Negri left Hollywood, after a disagreement over the siories given her, shortly before the dawn cf the talker elrna and has been absent from the screen since. Immediately 5 RS Hughes Flymg Agam HOWARD HUGHES is rounding vp another fleet of war-time air- planes. They are to be flown in an aviation comedy which he will produce, with Edward Sedgwick directing. Half a dozen type ships, includiug American and French Thunl planes, have been purchased and are being reconditioned for use in the picture, which has been tentatively titled “Ground Hogs.” But here's the catch. These are dif- ferent type planes from those flown “Hell's Angels,” because original plans |to use “cut-outs” from “Hell's Angels” had % be abandoned. And you may | says it's true. Spencer Tracy will have the leading role in the picture, which already has gone into production, with air sequences ‘éfl]rl‘f filmed at March Field, Riverside, alif. s D~ Old Lady 815 KEIWMA DUNN, prominent Broadway star, has' been signed by R-K-O Pathe for a prominent role in a new which Al Rogell is directing. She will be seen 2s a kind-hearted Irish matron in charge of a boarding house for Jjockeys. Miss Dunn will be remembered for her outstanding perfo e on the stage in “Old Lady 31.” Ehe also met with notable success on the Los Angeles stage in “Courage.” Her recent characterizations on the screen were made for “The Prodigal.” with Lawrence Tibbett; “Girls Together,"” with Joan Crawford, and “We Three.” Dressed to Kill WILL ROGERS As a real sartorial display in his new picture, “Cure for the Blues.” RESTFUL RECREATION REQUIRES RELAXATION AND IT’S FOUND AR GLEN ECHO FREE ADMISSION AMUSEMENT PARK TODAY FROM NOON ‘TIL MIDNITE MORE THAN FIFTY WHOLESOME ATTRACTIONS MANY OF THEM NEW SWIMMING DAY AND NIGHT STARTS MAY 30 AT THE NEW $200,000 Crystal Pool and Beach believe it, because the announcement | picture, now titled “Whoop-Te-Do Kid." | AMUSEM ] | What Various Dramatic “THE CHAPERON,” Tomorrow. ¢“T'HE CHAPERON,” & three-act play by Rachel E. Baker, directed by Miss Sue H. Murray, will be the Spring offering of the Holy Trinity High School girls tomorrow and Tuesday eve- at Holy Trinity Auditorium. ere will be a double cast, one for tomorrow evening and the other cast for Tuesday evening. The girls are working hard to make this one of their best offerings. | “IN OLD VIENNA” or | Tu y. ¢ JN OLD VIENNA" or “Pickles,” an retta in three acts with music by Allan Benedict, will be presefited 'nxudnéomd Wednesday evenings at First ngregational Church, and G streets northwest, at 8:15 p.m. Virginia Rowell will play the leading soprano role and Scott Pollock will play opposite, while Vesta Poliock will be “PICKLE! ert Hobbs as the villainous Stanley Werking as the clever advertis- ing man around whose ambition to sell Peter Piper pickles the play hinges, and father, nth | heard as Tlona, the gypsy girl, and Rob- | George ENTS, Washington’s Players Organizations Are Doing and Propose to Do. Mabel Owens as the fascinating widow. Others will be Harry Whiton, Jeff 4 ers, Tudor Whiton, Frank Norton and Donald Thomas. Paul D. Gable direct the dramatic end of the production. { “JACK, THE GIANT KILLER.” | ’]‘H‘l: Brookiand School pupils, as- | * sisted by James Nolan, basso, will present Harry Wheaton Howard's ju- venile classic, “Jack, the Giant Killer,” Thursday at 3:30 pm. and Priday at 8 pm. in John Burroughs Auditorium, | Twentieth and Monroe streets north- | east. The cast will include Ellis Dietz | as Jack, June Keesee as the younger princess, William Dietz as King, Eleanor | Rinaldi as Queen and Serbe as the jester. The princesses will be Vivian | Blake, Louise Mann, Dorothy Ferguson, Virginia Brondi and Mildred Babbitt; the princes, Donald Kester, Hugh Hig- | gins, Ralph Hoagland, Frank Spurr and reen; pages, Ruth Green and Audrey Helm, and the knights, John | Kester and Arthur Wheaton. | “‘fhzre will be a chorus of 43 boys and rls. Breaking In cmn’n MORRIS, United Artists’ star, it has been announced, has just devoted 38 days to crossing and re- crossing the Atiantic in search of au- thentic atmosphere for his next picture, in which he will be seen as a modern pirate in white flannels. The ltax 1s (l,mm the novel “Corsair,” by Walton reen. When Morris completed work in Feb- ruary on “The Bat Whispers,” it is said, he was informed that his next picture would be “Corsair,” so, being a thor- oughgoing young man, he set out to capture its mood. With Mrs. Morris, the former Sue Kilborn of Paramount Pictures, he went down to the Los An- geles docks and boarded the motorship Oakland, a freighter which plies between the California port and Bremen via the Pamzu‘m cn’nnl. ‘l‘hzn nex;. 'age days were spent in a lazy crossing of ocean. All the way Chester studied the wa; of seamen and listened to yarns of a New Star. | sea. At times he got out and assisted | the sailors in their dally duties, and be- | fore he got through he was in a fair way of deserving his sailing papers. “T got the experience I went after,” | he remarked upon his return, “and 1 | came to like the life. I certainly got a great line on seamanship, and it will all &mre. in good stead when 1 start my next | 3 Josephine Lovett, author of “Our Dancing Daughters” and “The Tres- | passer,” has adapted the novel, and everything is in readiness for Roland | West, United Artists’ producer. e Flcwn. incidentally, marks the debut of Morris as a star. House,’ IGHTS and shadows express the mood of a motion picture story just as definitely as the action and dialogue. The cameras reveal mood as well as reflect drama. Reuben Mamoulian, whose euphonic name is the newest on the Hollywood directorial list, says that it is perfectly obvious to all observers that comedies are photographed with brilliant lighting, tragedies in bald gloom, dramas wif eerle, shadowy effects. Thegfrector is the executive who guides the® cameras’ moods, who determines® the relationship of camera light values to dramatic values. Mamoulian’s point of view is evident to film audiences who have seen, or will see, his two outstanding screen achieve- ments, the tragic “Applause,” in which he guided Helen Morgan, and the melo- Lights, Shado s, Moods. dramatic “City Streets” the current screen feature at Loew's Palace Theater. In “Applause” the director caused amazed comment in professional and fan circles alike for the strange effects !h:_ °gr"uduced with u.l:ows. Inm"clcy ,” an underworl ture, he em- &l:m the sinister f -moving excitement of the ac- tion by atmosphere-creating lighting. Lee , exponent of low-key lighting for the motion picture screen -?d by agreement of crif and tech- nicians alike the foremost camers art- ist of the day, photographed “City Streets” under Mamoulian's direction. Garmes’ work was seen in_“Morocco™ and “Dishonored,” the two Von Stern- berg pictures in which Marlene Dietrich starred. His was was “Pighting Caravans.” BY MARK BARRON. { EW YORK., May 16 (P .—A 1 purely experimental theater | will have its inception on an | cbscure Connecticut stage this ! Summer with Paul Green's play, “The House of Connglly.” The project is_being directed by Cheryl | Crawford, Smith College graduate, who |is casting director for the Theater ! Guild. No performances will be given, but the whole Summer will be spent in rehearsing actors for the play and | revising the script into a more forceful drama. If the experiment succeeds the play_will ‘be brought to Broadway in the Fall. “The House of Connelly” is from the pen of the author of the Pulitzer prize winner, “In Abraham’s Bosom.” re, in the latter play. Green treated of Negro folk life in the South, in this new drama he writes of the disintegra- tion of old Southern aristocracy. Crawford and her co-workers !plan to experiment with other plays, | also, testing them _thoroughly before | exposing them to a Broadway premiere. | It marks the beginning of a movement to give longer and more careful prepa- | ration to productions. The usual cus- | tom has been to give most plays merely | three weeks' rehearsal and two weeks' out-of-town tryout. Mou and more the barrier between Broadway and Park avenue is being torn down. Soclety is inviting theatrical folk into its exclusive salons, and many holders of the social register accolade are turning to the stage as a career. ‘The movement began when debutante Hope Williams became a star in “Hol- iday,” following her amateur perforth- ances in exclusive Snark Club shows. Barry and O"dm Stewart have become the favorite playwrights of Park avenue. Any premiere of their "lays, or those produced by Gilbert Miller, will find most of the “400” present. Now Ethel Borden, of the socially prominent Harrimans, has joined Lady Viola Tree in the forthcoming edition of Ziegfeld’s “Follies.” In turn Zieg: feld and Earl Carroll are often given royal commands to present their com- plete shows in outdoor theaters on Long Island estates. Mrs. Vincent Astor, Clarence Mackay aend E. F. Hutton are among those who book Broadway shows for their private parties. Late New York News. EVA 1X:1! GALLIENNE has closed her civie rtory theater for a year, but she withheld “Alison's House" for a Tevival in a commercial Broadway theater. Awarding of the Pulitzer prize aroused new interest in Susan Glaspell's play, which is based. on the life of Emily Dickingo n, the poetess. New York critics are fairly unanimous in condemning the choice of the Pulitzer tee. They feel the honor was deserved more by “Once in a Lifetime,” “Five Star Final,” “Tomor- row and Tomorrow” and “Green Grow PRODUC!RB are finding it dificult to cast players for their road shows since the increased activity in talking picture studios on Long Island. Actors currently appearing on Broad- spend their mornings working in movies and their nights on the stage— {fi:u drawing two salaries at the same e. As pictures usually pay larger sal- aries than the stage, the actors chocse to stay around Long Island studios ®ather than go touring with a play. e, is an abundance of unem- ployed actors, but the trouble is they are not the competent ones. MARIAN CHACE-LESTER SHAFER i n their First Annual Dance Recital WARDMAN PARK THEATER Tuesday, May 26, 1981, at 8:15 P.M. ReServations and Mail "Orders now W recetved DENISHAWN STUDIO, 1110 K _Street, and WARD! PARK Telepl .?!Iy Ni al 7041 or Wisconsin 3198 $1.50 and $1.00 GAYETY - - BURLESK THE GODDESS OF BEAUTY THRILLS] IUBWAY EXPRES ~ HKEITH’S | Iy NIGHTS—$1.00, bring.y ATIONALY [+ T We all owe a debt of Craven for writing i 78e WED. and SAT. MATS.—50c and 38e S.E. CODCHRAN CLIFFORD BROOKE the liickizstiof all the THEATREYPLAYERS 7eAT'S One of the most human “Gratitude” to Frank t, a debt of “Grati- tude” to Mr. Golden for originally producing it and the management of Players owes s debt of “Grati- 'ude” to John Golden for re- leasing the play to them while it is still on tour with the New York BEGINNING MONDAY—Another “UP PQPS Company. SEATS SELLING Comedy Success HE DEVIL” | R