Evening Star Newspaper, May 31, 1931, Page 48

AMUS EMENTS. THE SUNDAY Flashes From the Screen News and Commen By.CHE; OLLOWING an urisuccessful effort to inject paid adver-| tising in two-reel pictures, the Paramount organization announces that it has discon- tinued the practice. This action was brought about by severe criticism from audiences and by wise counsel from other film production companies. The effort to “put across” the sponsored films was short-lived and thoroughly distasteful to audiences who had paid admission prices to be enter- tained. One or two other produc-| tion companies that have been be- hind such films have made no an- | nouncements up to date, but they will, in all probability, join Paramount and the other leading companies in the ban upon the sponsored films. An_official of Warner Brothers says his company will continue to! produce advertising films, but that the Warner Brothers theaters will not show these pictures on pro- grams of paid entertainment. He leaves the distribution of such pictures up to the sponsors them- selves—the advertisers who pay— and how they are to be placed on programs is a problem in itself. This is supposed to be a gradual |our modest opinion, lies the ar- | tistic future of the talking screen.” | t of the Photoplay. Nelson. These words of Mr. Alicoate are all right as far as they go, but he has forgotten, for the moment at least, the two different mediums that the stage and screen directors are working with. The last pic- ture of Marion Davies, which was called, I think, “It's a Wise Child,” was highly improved by its screen version. “The Front Page” on the screen is not as good as the stage production, simply because it does not lend itself so well to the screen. It is mostly talk—a rapid- | fire dialogue which is difficult to | follow if one ever loses track of | the main thread. So, it goes with a number of stage plays that have |been switched to the talking |screen. Some of them are im- proved in the studios; some are| | completely ruined. It depends | largely upon the sort of play, upon | the skill of the director, and not upon the fact that changes are made in the original. Authors complain that their | stories are not followed by the }adapmrs and directors. In many | instances the stories in their orig- inal form are unsuitable for screen plays. They must be changed. easing out of the sponsored film field. Opposition to the films has been especially apparent in the better class theaters, and audi- ences have been outspoken in their antipathy. The first word of such sponsored | signing contracts for thousands, “ what difference, after all, if a few | changes are made? * ok ok w | Here are the reasons why they | become stars, according to the And as long as the writers are|long (support, as the feature to follow “Al- pictures was mentioned in these| Warner Brothers' publicity de- columns early in 1931, when| A R a i .| partment: Winnie Lightner has Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr., in Wash. P.wmelhiur' in her vivacity O o e i ot the. fim| iwhich is dificult to explain; producers. The former newspaper | E”ll/"’h’ff“};’&oz‘fcéfiut‘,‘?’:’;: owner, having returned East from 0f youth” s 4 a certain madonnalike grace a stay in Hollywood, told of ambi- i = Mousyplans of producers toward| that distinguishes her”; Con forcing paid advertising upon theater audiences, whether the latter liked it or not. The plan evidently went through, but it fell flat with the public. * % ox o One of Washington's leading theaters shelved a gangster pic- ture last week! That is, the manager put it into his theater morgue and booked another film." Now, that was a strange move for this day and age, but it was a wise action. Some time ago, the public was convinced that gangster pictures were get- ting exceedingly tiresome, and now the theater managers are reaching the same conclusion. By Christmas, even the pro- ducers will get their heads to- gether and consider the matter. Meanwhile, we may view a few more shooting aflairs, listen to the blonde bandit queens and learn of new rackets. ok ow 'HE recent death ef David Be- lasco, “wizard of the stage,” brings to mind this idea: at could Belasco have done if he had turned to the screen as a medium of entertainment All through his stage work Belasco was not an enemy of the screen. He seemed to recognize its value and its lim- itations and he was a tolerant looker-on. He saw the motion pic- ture grow from its first flicker to the modern product and yet he did not interest himself in the medium. He was bound around with stage ideas, stage technique, the living theater. And & lll’fe part of his great success was in the development of lifelike stage pictures. Now, if David Belasco had turned his talent toward the screen, what wonderful pictures he might have created! He would have found, in working with mo- tion pictures, that he had a great- er variety of tools to work with— a wider scope for his imagination, a vast scene for his dramas. What the stage gained with his talent, the screen lost. He might have placed the motion picture where it really belongs today. His sin- cere effort and showmanship, to- gether with his genius, should have made him a master of the studio craft. The creative ele- ment in his stage productions would have been more evident, surely, on the vast screen. What a movie director David Belasco could have been! * o % x Do you remember Florence Turner? Not unless you enjoyed the movies of the old Vitagraph and Biograph days. Well, Flor- ence is returning to the screen in “Ex-Bad Boy,” a Universal production. Carl Laemmle, jr., thought so well of Lois Wilson’s work in “Seed” that he started on a hunt for a few more of the old-timers, and he found Flor- ence Turner, who, 15 years ago, was known as the “Vitagraph Girl”—along about the time when Mary Pickford was the “Biograph Girl.” Anita Loos and her husband, John Emer- son, have written the story for Miss Turner. * ow * 'HERE has been considerable dis- cussion regarding the change in well known stage vehicles when the screen versions are made. However, these changes, in my opinion, do not always injure the picture. There are instances when such changes are necessary to fit with screen technique. There are other times whn the screen really turns out a better play than the original stage production. And there are also times when a screen director ruins a perfectfully good stage play by making what he considers necessary changes. There can be no hard-and-fast rule re- garding this matter; some plays need changes for the screen, while others do not. This is brought to mind by an editorial by Jack Ali- coate in Film Daily. He says: “With a chronic famine of story material, it is no less than pro- duction mayhem that the soul of S0 many stage successes is lost somewhere in the transition from stage to screen. That this condi- tion is a studid fault that can be controlled by the proper applica- tion of artistry and brain power is definitely demonstrated in the fact that every so often a screen production does blossom forth with all of the heart and vigor of its legitimate stage ancestor. Obviously, putting a dramatic thought over the footlights by flesh and blood is one thing, and trying to mirror that same thought from a flat screen is decidedly an- other. However, it can and oc- caslonally is done, and herein, in 4 3 stance Bennett is “pure sophis- tication”; James Cagney owes | his success to his “Irish physi- | ognomy and his complex per- sonality”; Frank Fay is “light, sophisticated and puckish.” Now, if you desire to rise above the ertra grade in motion pic- tures you must possess traits that are different. oo Short Flashes. 'THE local George Washington Bicentennial Committee has stimulated an encouraging amount |of interest in its garden contest | with an exhibit in the lobby of the Fox Theater. Silver cups are prizes offered the various communities for garden and lawn improve- ments during the coming year. The exhibit, blooming in the heart of the city, has been voted one of the most interesting ever display- ed by a Washington theater. Work has been started on Wil- llam Powell's first starring ve- hicle for his new employers, War- ner Bros. The picture 18 “The Other Man,” and others in the cast are Marian Marsh, Doris Kenyon, Alison Skipworth and Frederick Kerr. The story was written by Roland Pertwee. Ben Lyons plays opposite Con- stance Bennett in “Bought,” ‘a story taken from the novel “Jack- daws Strut.” Leo Carillo and Dorothy Burgess are the leading figures in “Lasca of the Rio Grande.” Johnny Mack Brown is a member of the sup- porting cast. Enid Bennett has been substi- tuted for Irene Rich in “Waterloo Bridge.” Mae Clarke has been given the role previously assigned to Rose Hobart. James Whale is directing for Universal. “Beau Pest” is to be the title of; the next Harold Lloyd picture for | Paramount. It is a burlesque on ! the Foreign Legion, written by Richard Connell. | Clara Kimball Young, well known to the older movie fans,| will be starred in “Women Go On | Forever,” which James Cruze is | producing. Estelle Taylor, recently cast op- posite Ronald Colman in “The| Unholy Garden,” will follow this with a role in the United Artists'| | production, “Street Scene.” King| | Vidor will direct. | “Six Weeks in Reno” is the title |of the Bert Wheeler and Robert | Woolsey picture being made by‘ Radio. Betty Bronson, who has been seen in many ingenue roles, will have her first “heavy” part in “Lover Come Back,” a Columbia | | | | On the Horizon - J NDISCREET,” the creation of €6 " that once famous trio, De Sylva, Brown and Henderson, and em- bellished with several of their typical songs, but with Gloria Swanson as its outstanding ornament, supported by Ben Lyon and Arthur Lake, is announced fo follow Norma Shearer's picture, “Strangers May Kiss,” current &t Columbia ! | , “Broadway Affairs of 1931.” Clara Bow's ver- sion of “Kick In” from Willard Mack's comedy, will be the screen feature at Loew's Palace, beginning Saturday, while on the stage Irving Aaronson and his Commanders,” which is sald to rank among the 10 most popular organiza- tions of its kind, will be featured. Billie Dove will reappear upon the ‘Washington screen in “The Lady Who Dared,” a First National-Vitaphone production at Warners' Metropolitan, ported in this picture by Sidney BluE- mer, Conway Tearle, Judith Vosselli and Ivan Blmglon. ‘The Fox eater announces a Tre. vision of its programs for the future to bring Jean Webster's play, “Daddy Legs,” with a picturization pre- senting Janet Gaynor as the star and ‘Warner Baxter and Una Merkel in her Gloris Swansen. ways Goodbye,” starting next Friday. “Black Camel,” starring Warner Oland, will follow “Daddy Long Legs.” “The Good Bad Girl” a Columbia Pictures production, _featuring Mae Clarke and James Hall, will follow “White Shoulders” at R-K-O Keith's next Friday. Gliriber GheiD e ™ FLORENZ ZIEGFELD may have glori- fied the American girl, but it re- mained, it is claimed, for Eve Sully to glorify “the American prune g ‘The feminine half of Block & Sully, appearing in the Capitol Theater pro- duction, “Breezing Along,” now Loew's Palace, it is now boldly de. clared, brought the humble, downtrod- den boarding house prune out of re- tirement and gave it a place in the social sun of back-stage life. Miss Sully plays hostess to her friends in her dressing room between performances, and instead of “reach- ing for a cigarette or a sweet,” hands out a gaily covered carton. “Have some prunes,” Miss Sully will say. “I never eat candy, and other fruit grows stale. However, I have found that prunes are trustworthy and faithful at all times. I eat several every night, and I always have some for my callers, for almost everybody is on a diet now. Not that I object to cigarettes or candy, but—well, I just! don’t care for them.” Miss Sully is a New Jersey girl who has been on the stage for nine years, although just past 21, and for three years she has been with Jesse Block, her present partner. Previously shs toured the States with a band in a vaudeville act. Hinda Is Back HINDA WAUSAU. Who is again featured in this week's production at the Gayety Theater. | NOVI’X'TO RGLOPH- N his latest Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture (Arthur Schnitzler’s amus- ing and sophisticated ‘“Daybreak”), Raymond Novarro makes an abrupt switch from Spanish characterization, | and, instead of a broad-brimmed hat | and Jlong black cape with scarlet borders, he appears in the tight-fitting gold laced uniform of an officer of the product. The new Marilyn Miller picture, | “Our Social Whirl,” will be started | next month. Kathlyn Williams, once a star of | the serials. is now a character actress. She has an important role in “Daddy Long Legs.” George O'Brien and Sally Eilers ;re appearing in “Wyoming Won- | der.” “Sidewalks of New York” is to a{rd Anita Page plays opposite the star. The Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer company plans a screen version of “Oliver Twist” and Jackie Cooper has been signed for the leading irole. It is reported that the | youngster's salary has been jump- l'ed to $1.060 a week. How is this for a line-up in one picture? Erich Stroheim, Adolphe Menjou and Lily Damita have | been sizned to appear in “The Sphinx Has Spoken.” The story is taken from the hest seller, “The | Lives of a Bengal Lancer.” Doug Fairbanks, jir. has com- |pleted work in “I Like Your | Nerve. " Loretta Young has the leading feminine role. Kay Francis starts her first | Warner Brothers picture in Sep- | tember. The title of the story is “The Hungry Wife,” taken from the stage play, “Heavy Traffic.” “Beggar's Opera,” a German dealogue icture, is reported as | doing big business on Broadway. | By an odd twist, Frances Starr, former stage star, plays the lead- {ing feminine roles in “Five Star | Final” and “The Star Witness.” | “variety,” a German picture, made several years ago, has re- turned to Broadway. If you re-: member, Emil Jannings and Lya de Putti are the featured players. Marlene Dietrich’s next Para- mount picture will be “The Lady of the Lions,” an original story. It will take the place of “Indis- cretion.” be the next Buster Keaton picture | Austrian Royal Guards before the war. And his hair is closely clipped accord- ing to military regulations. Willi Kasd: nair young lieuten- ant, the character he creates, is the | same sort of gay love adventurer that | Schnitzler presented in_ the person of Max, the hero of his first great play, | “The Affairs of Anatol.” To Kasda an interlude with Laura is just another | love affair, but a twist given the story | | by Schnitzler carries the tale to the | gates of tragedy. The eminent French artist and di- | "rector, Jacques Feyder, was given the| duty of preserving intact the unique | Continental atmosphere of this produc- | tion. Movies Change Girls. MAROUER!TI CHURCHILL, who has a featured role in “Quick Mil- lions” the Fox romance at the Metro- politan, it is said, is a delicately bred girl, who previously had spent all her | time in cities, but was enraptured with her experience in the making of “The Big T " and from a studious, genteel young Jady she was transformed into a real outdoor girl. Miss Churchill, it is said, learned to ride in the picture, and since has spent most of her time, when not working, on ‘horacblckA She also talks: “I'm glad I found this interest when I did.” Miss Churchill laughs. * present picture has to do with shady business characters, and I might hnve] been tempied to adopt some of thair! practices had I not found so much! pleasure In riding and being out of doors.” Miss Churchill has the role of a so- ' ciety girl beloved by a leader of the hard-boiled set. Ball Room Dancers. OB and Eula Burroff, the ball rpom dancing team on the Fox stage this week, are considered masters in their rendition of tangoes and difficult waltz| steps. They are brother and sister, and last seen here in Fanchon and STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, MAY 31, His “Interlude” Is Scheduled 1931—-PART FOUR. TAKOMA PLAYERS—“The Fortune Hunter.” HE I 2 comedy in X s, by Wi a four acts, - ?'" 82:&\ uthor of “Turn to the )" t Community Hall, Maple and Tulip avenues, Tal Md., tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednes- day evenings, at 8:20 o’'clock. The cast will be Takoma Players have an- “The Hunter,” Richards. The play is presented under the joint auspices of the Takoma Pire Depart- ment and the Ladies’ Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church, and will be under the direction of E. Clyde Shade. Trained for Talkies A NEW crop of animals, trained for talking pictures, has replaced the animal actors of silent days. In using dogs, cats, ponies and frogs in Paramount’s version of Sinclair Lewis’ “Let’s Play King,” Director Nor- man Taurog insisted on animals trained for talking pictures. Dogs are the most easily secured be- cause they are quickly trained. There are dm that will kee) that will bark, bay, whimper or ery on command. In using & cat in motion pictures the most important thing is to find one that won't run away after it has been registered in a scene. Most cats, espe- cially the alley variety, are camera and light shy and quickly disappear. A trained cat will stay around set and chase artificial mice until needed. Mak- ing & cat meow is vew:ult and can seldom be done wif it much pa- tient endeavor. Theater Talent Re-engaged. wILLIAM C. DE MILLE, one of the fine directors of the stage, has just signed a new long-term directorial con- tract with Paramount. This will bring Fortune iter, koma Park, iss Mary silent and dogs | ¢ EUGENE O'NEILL, Whose “Strange Interlude” with all of its nine acts, will be produced by the National Theater Players for seven evenings beginning June 15. The play will | start about 5:30 each evening, with time out for dinner. Theatrical news that should cause) him back to the screen with the com- pany with which he started nearly 18 years ago. ‘“The Secret Call,” based on his nota- ble play, “The Woman,” is in produc- tion on the Paramount lot, with Rich- |ard Arlen and Peggy Shannon co-star- Theater Guild, three companies playing | Téd. De Mille's new contract calls for L him to start work on July 1 after &by AMUSEMENTS. OUT OF DOORS GLEN ECHO PARK. Six trains will be operated today and LEN ECHO PARK is offering to| On every Sunday from now until lste tired people and others in need | in the Summer to provide convenient and frequent service from District, line. Chesapeake Beach also is taking on the status of a port, with the ‘Wi Line steamer State of Delaware making :\v: pz::; :ee:ly 1;3:, Baltimore, and unday boat operat; Cam , ‘Md.. both - beginning 'ii'.'fl &urflnmwrmm_ the Eastern ‘ashington wiil be Beaside Parie bly e s le Park’s big pool and dan floor, with many other amusements r.e! the park, offer an enjoyable outing for the whole family. "The pool offers night and dlny bfithinb& and the .ball room is cool, swept Tosee Pt by breezes from MARSHALL HALL. LOCATZD at a historic spot on the Potomac and reached by the steamer Charles Macalester, is Wash- ington’s oldest down-the-river resort, Marshall Hall, with picnic groves, tables, benches, playgrounds for chil- dren and cool drinking water for all- day and evening family outings. Many amusement features also are provided to entertain every member of the family, including dancing in the pavilion, the rides, the saeroplan swings, roller coaster, kissing bug, caroussel; bowling alleys, shooting gal- leries and games of skill. The steamer Charles Macalester :n:.:es thruéflpss. lldlfl am., 2:30 and 3 p.m. n Sunday mornings the first trip is made at 10:30. After “The Lost Helen.” HE theatrical scramble for the|of the Professional Players, Tecapture of “the road,” the Helen of the modern Trojan War in drama circles, ap- parently has reached the boil- ing point. Never in the turbulent his.| “Already the subscriptions,” say the tory of the #ncients was a struggle | Players—who are really not players at more ominous, more deadly, than the | all, but ardent admirers undp sponsors incoming news threatens, when the of good plays and players—“have ileaves begin to fall and the purple doubled those of last year, and scores grape begins to ripen on the vine. | of congratulatory letters have been re- When ~ the ever-cautious Theater ceived, praising past presentations and Guild of New York, doubtless egged on | lauding the choice of productions for the’ ate writers of the T.|next Winter. of recreation a complete change from the ordinary. A special attraction this year worthy of mention is the $200,000 Crys- tal Pool, with bathing facilities for men, women and children; 10,000 square feet of- clean, sandy beach, rest island, showers, modern rest rooms, observation stands and competent guards on duty. Fees are very moderate. Another pleasant surprise is the new “Old Mill,” with magnificent scenery in- side and out, splashing water falls and a ride unique. The first time here- abouts also is the new “Dodgem” ride, 20 cars of front-wheel steering: also the modern shooting gallery and the latest in bowling alley pastime, ‘“skee ball alley.” New dips and thrills have been added to the coaster and the whip, while the airplane swings, Ferris wheel and ew smaller amusements in the Mid- w and elsewhere should satisfy any- y. In the ball room McWilliams, with an enlarged orchestra, is catering to ca- pacity crowds of dancers on week nights from 8:30 until 11:30. Picnic parties 'llll find facilities for outings are unex- The car ride alone along the Potomac is well worth a visit to Glen Echo, and motorists will find free and protected paid parking space available. SEASIDE PARK. THI holiday week end at Seaside Beach found the new amusement park ready for a big early-season crowd. week. who it ap- pears, for a twelve-month, have been | conscientiously predicting “the return of the road.” all parts of the United States. | WasBIaston to isit up ‘and Wake dotos | " SotiS o e ride” eghe 1téi csder] | brief vacation. R. P. O. A. and following a carefully “Today,” follows the challenge, “with comes with the announcement that the National Theater Players, following the close of their “regular subscription season,” will revive Eugene O'Nelll's widely discussed 9-act drama, “Strange | Interlude.” ‘The subscription season ends with | the tenth week, Saturday, June ll.‘ when the curtain falls on George M. | Cohan's comedy, “Whispering Friends"” ' The following Monday the National | ‘Theater Players will undertake the most pretentious presentation ever of- fered E_V a repertoire company—and at ever been asked for this great drama. ‘When the O'Neill drama was seen in Washington, under the auspices of the | New York Theater Guild, seats sold at | £4.40 top. Manager Cochran announces | for the National Players' revival a top Mice of $1.50 for the best seats, which | i§ said to be cne of the greatest bar- gains ever offered in the American the- ater. Eugene O'Neill's lude,” is really two gins at 5:30 o'clock in the afternoon | and lasts until 11 o'clock at night. It is said to be the most expensive play ever produced. It is in a class by itself. There was never a play that evoked such widespread interest, partly because of the daring treatment of its psycho- logical theme. In “Stran rected the long-abandoned soliloquy, or “aside.” The characters speak their in- nermost thoughts, and these are some- times “shocking.” The depth to which O'Nelll dived for his material astounded professors of psychology, and the play as a whole has been the subject of zer- mons and class-room dissertations, it ranks as the greatest theatrical a traction ever sent on the road by the | Interlude” O'Neill resur- | f son through from the beginning. Sub- with a great handicap because of its length. Yet its first performance in New York caused such a stir in the theater ticket-speculation mart that seats sold as high as $50 apiece. After the opening there was never a vacant seat at any performance in the long run of more than a year. The play won | the Pulitzer prize for its author, the third time tris coveted honor was con- ferred on Eug=ne O'Neill. When the National Theater Players | take hold of this unusual script they will have thelr work cut out for them. | Even now the work of preparation has | begun, and Miss Nancy Sheridan, who will the central character, with Stanley Ridges opposite, has started to memorize the longest part ever assigned to an actress. Clifford Brooke, the di- rector, has started the production on its way, mapped out the settings and intends to follow minutely every detail of the play ss it was presented by the | road compal | ‘With “Strange Interlude,” the play- ers will enter a new phase of their careers—playing on a week-to-week basis. | ‘The O'Neill play will start at 5:30 in the afternoon. There will be no mati- nees. Seven performances will be squeesed in by ‘vlnylnl from Monday, June 15, to the following Sunday, June 21, Inclusive. It is believed that the Sunday night performance will provide or the Wednesday and Saturday mati- nee subscribers, the loyal “fans” who have followed the National Players’ sea- Pretty Linda scribers to the regular season are being | given a chance to retain their season | seats at formances of “Stra: In- terlude” by making reservations imme- ‘The general public will be per- | to purchase seats at the box | office beginning Monday, June 8. | No Priorities. OTION pictures hold no priorities for its actors. A veteran of many years, s star who has won his spurs through successes in scores of pictures, may have as a lead- ing woman a girl who is playing her first screen role. ‘Today, the three leading parts in Paramount's dramatic expose, “The Vice Squad,” are being carried by Paul Lukas, who entered motion pictures in | the silent days; Kay Francis, who made i her debut at the beginning cf talking pictures and has a long list to her | credit, and Helen Johnson, a virtual | newcomer. | ‘While Lukas has the stellar part, and | Miss Prancls the feminine lead. Miss | Johnson has a juvenile character role, and all three are on a level as to im- portance in the story. Lukas entered moticn pictures in Germany, where he played Samson in “Samson and Delilah.” After work in Hungarian, Austrian and German films, he came to Hollywood. “The Vice Squad” is his eighteenth picture for amount. On several occasions he has been loaned to other companies. Miss Francis, a stige actress, entered motion pictures in “Gentlemen of the Press,” one of the first sound produc- Studio Portrait | WALLACE BEERY, One of the screen’s leading character actors, posed for this portrait to show what he really looks like. He is to be starred in several new_ pictures. ACROBATICS sty and bline. | The Fox picture based upon the stage play, “Good Gracious, An- nabelle,” has had its title changed four times, Now it is “Annabelle’s Affairs.” tum nd Miller_Studlo, 1208 18 Yes?—well, FAT & wowe e class Jow L > GAYETY—BURLESK Washington’s Adopted Daughter HINDA WAUSAU | “White Shgeiders” takes in, even the | LINDA WATKINS, A =stage star who recently signed a contract with the Fox organization. Her first talking picture is “Sob Sister." Trod the Boards 30 Years. PRECEDINO his first appearance, ar- ranged by Mary Pickford anc Douglas Fairbanks, as the grandfather in “Little Lord Fauntleroy,” Claude Gillingwater had played for 30 years upon the American and English stages. Although often considered an English actor, Mr. Gillingwater is really a na- tive Missourian, who spent his youth in St. Louis. In pictures Mr. Gillingwater has di- vided his time almost equally between tions ever made by Paramount. She never has played in a silent, and now has her fourteenth Paramount part, exclusive of several pictures made at other studios. Miss Johnson is one of the ‘“over- night" discoveries. “The Vice Squad” marks only her second part for Para- mount. Her first was a small role in | “It Pays to Advertise,” which came | after two minor parts at other studios. Fuminhind a Penthouse. OW to furnish a penthouse, how to | drape it and even how to manage its cuisine are incidental features in| Radio Pictures' unique drama, “White | Shoulders.” serious roles and comedy characters. It : {is in the latter capacity. howe! These eerie-like abodes so popular-| he really excels. He appears in “Gold in recent months which may have | Dust Gertie," the subjects of curious interest.| Warner Bros. Earle Theater. Mr. Gillingwater lives now in Los An- geles and devotes all his time to talk- ing pictures. ized been most exts Mgant, elaborate and exclu- sive penthouse in Gotham. FREE ADMISSION AMUSEMENT PARK GLEN ECHO “THE FUN FACTORY OF WASHINGTON” TODAY AND ALL SUMMER NEW $200,000.00 CRYSTAL POOL and SAND BEACH NOW OPE, FROM 10 A, M. UNTIL 11:30 P. M. 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The latest wail of the pibrogl to an. nounce advancing hosts co; from | the bonnie Hielanders of the Shubert & most encouraging season just vanish- |ing into pest history. the Players feel | | that they have definitely established | thepiselves in Washington, and they | |are ardently tackling their tasks for next year, with the same earnest desire 1 give 'the theater-going public a | series of outstanding plays worthy of | their patronage. The list from which their new attractions will be chosen, at present, comprises some several of them already successes here and abroad, and this |list will later be augmented as pro. | ducers complete their plans for next | season.” = | “The Shubert Belasco Theater is the |local headquarters of the Professional Players, and will be the scene of their country, proudly flaunting the banners e peodticH S : " Gloria Has Grit. Tl-m only woman actor-producer re- |cinating than the Gloria of the sereen. maining in the motion picture fleld | But whether or not she is & woman to is Gloria Swanson. | :1'4:."“ Even Mary Pickford has quit, find- | ing producing too much of a burden. But Gloria sticks to her determination to carry the full responsibility in at least two more pictures—thus foll is something you must de- Models' Paradise. {[OLLYWOOD is now being ealled | the paradise for artists’ models, 282 male or female. i acting contract that would have meant | .‘Hl::g; g:‘::? G;,'l’.',' Iu!r:gmeb:r:g 3:: L oo, hesk for two years—more entered pictures and became a Metro- o BOAe0! Goldwyn-Mayer star. ‘There are, as a_matter of fact, only | 110 Hyams was the “Golden Girl" iwo stars besides Gloria who continie | or's rreq mapasine corrs pastod téshp;fidulce—flmlghliloyld nng' Charlie | pv Henry Clive. i aplin.” says lotoplay agazine. & | Rave Sov) ety tiooth, of these Men | sor 'y long time befcre she went into ing. Gloria, on the other hand, makes | {he movies. She gained her chief fame iseveral pictures a year. And there is - absolutely no one to turn. Good looking young masculines who y s o ahelostutiney posed for “collar ads” include Jack She has no shrewd relatives capable of advising her, and no tested and tried | Mulhall, Huntley Gordon and “Babe” staff on which she can depend.” | TR Part of Gloria’s troubles are financial. | Latest among famous artista’ models She rmpust, the article points out, {0 become talkie material is Erin O'Brien shoulder the whole burden of negoti- | Moore, the “Benda Girl ating with bankers, and sometimes it's | = | difficult. On one occasion, in order to keep up appearances, she arrived in | Hollywood in the proper private car— | but the car was hired on borrowed money. 1 ‘To her career as star-producer, Gloria | sacrificed herself. her home and her husband, the Marquis Henri de Falaise | de la Courdray, says Photoplay Maga- zine. i “And you can be sure it was no help to Gloria to realize with that just, clear- | thinking brain of hers—the very brain | that had led her into such difficultfes, | almost & man's kind of brain— that it | was because of her professional life that | her marriage had failed. | “All of which gives you a picture of | another Gloria—a Gloria her intimate | friends know, and worry about, and ad- 'mire tremendously—a ‘Gloria quite as | beautiful, brilliant and even more fas- NATIONA Adelaide Courtney Flanagan's i SHADY SIDE, MD. Summer Quarters HOFFMAN & HOSKINS DANCING SCHOOL 18i0 CONN. AVE. nofirback ridige. " Enroll now. “‘n. . 1 month, .o orth 2175—Information . _arts Opens week, 85.00; MONDAY NICHT ANO WEER G EIS@ - 75 50 SAT.MATS 50 §.€.COCHRAN & CLIFFORD BROOKE ofter” O/ NATIONAL THEATRE PLAYERS in_ HN DRINKWATER, e o -1:/[7 d[.‘f "{ pr e il comety with CLurroro BROOKE 2f Qhe Ma who E?/?Zc/:?aa‘/z Sardines 3 ONEYEAR , 63WEEKS , 6MONTHS nEngland ~ inNewYork on. Tour m NEXT WEEK, STARTING MONDAY. SEATS SELLING Final Week of the Subscription Season GEO. M. COHAN'’S GLorious COMEDY “WHISPERING FRIENDS" WEEK STARTING MONDAY, JUNE 15Th AND INCLUDING SUNDAY, JUNE 21ST Most Important Event of the Summer Season EVENINGS ONLY AT 5:30 DINNER INTERMISSION, 7:40 TO 9:00 FINAL CURTAIN AT 11:00 The Theatre Guild’s STRANGE INTERLUDE . EUGENE O’NEILL’S ™7ty 2ryes IN NINE ACTS MAIL ORDERS NOW. Box Office Sale Opens Mon., June Sth, at 9:00 A. M. Orchestra, $1.50; Balcony, $1.00; 2nd Balcony, « 80c. Please enclose self-addressed and stamped emvelope fos return of tickets.