Evening Star Newspaper, July 12, 1931, Page 40

AMUS EMENTS. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, .5 €. JULY 12, 1931—PART FOUR. AMUSEMENTS. A New Warfare Between || pgoTQPLAYS AT WASHINGTON THEATERS THIS WEEK | Out-of-Door Recreation The Churches and Movies The Issues Are Somewhat Clouded and the Fight- ing Is Not Fair—charges Hurled 7 lither and Thither by Organization Leaders. By Robert E. Sherwood. ‘ IS serene eminence, Hays, czar of all the cinemas, has lately been ohserved squirming about in another pickle. It i3 not a pretty pickle. It seems that the Federal Coun- cil ef Churches (Protestant) accused cn. tisys of being & phony czer and “smoke screen.” The good general. rning the ot@er cheek like a good Christian, repli#¥ by charging that a #ertain Rev. George Reid Andrews had eried to muscle in on the profits of “The King of Kings” and when de- nied a 10 per cent slice of this in- svired production had dedicated him- &1f to the task of discrediting the film fndustry as a_whole. Following this gentle accusation, the Rev. Andrews hurled himself into print with the statement that Gen. Hays had “double-crossed” him, and de- manded that the whole truth about “The King of Kings” racket be givan %o the public. For the perfect com- ment cn_these unsavory bickerings one may look to the seventh and eighth verses of the fifteenth chapter of the gospel according to St. Matthew. 1t 13 impossible to summon any great degree of enthuslasm for either - tion in the embittered war that is ways going on between the storm troops of the church and the camouflage ex- perts of the Hays organization. It is not a fair fight, and the real issues in- volved are constantly hidden behind masks of hypocrisy. There is genuine sincerity on neither side. Nevertheless, one must deliver some sympathy to Will H. Hays. It is his job to keep the movie business free from the clutches of the professional uplifters, and it is a burdensome, soul- crushing responsibility. Hays was hired by the celluloid merchants because he was a Presbyterian and also a poli- tician. His record during the nine years he has occupled the czar’s throne has proved that he was the right man for the job: he has earned his pay, which is more than can be said for most of the high-salaried employes of the film industry. But to gain his desired ends he has had to indulge in such excesses of truckling as would cause even a callous ward heeler to blush for shame. Last year Gen. Hays issued his fa- mous code, which promised to purge the screen of all violations of every conceivable standard of decency. There would be no intimations of immorality, no advertisement of successful crime, no unflattering allusions to the national prohibition law. no aspersions on the sanctity of government, religion or the home. Any cne who has seen a consider- | tionally extravagant cinema. able number of the pictures released since the publication of the Hays code knows that, whatever its intentions. it has turned out to be a fraud. The Photoplay Attractions PALACE—“Just a Gligolo"—William Haines. UST A GIGOLO," Metro-Gold- wyn-Mayer's screen version of the David Belasco stage hit, “Dancing Partaer,” with Wil liam Haines as a’ gigolo in a European Summer resort, s the current screen attraction at Loew's Palace Theater. Two mem- bers of the original Belasco stage cast appear in it, while spectacle is added ‘n an airplane elopement, scenes in replicas of fa- mous spots in Europe and other details. The story con- eerns a nobleman who poses as a gig- olo on the Riviera to size up the girl his urncle has ar- ranged he shall marry. He falls in love with her dur- ing his masquerade. On the Palace stage, Bert Frohman heads a revue titled “Exit Smiling” with a number of well known acts featured. WILLIAM HAINES. FOX—"Hush Money"—Joan Benneit. “TH‘E dramatic thunderbolt of 1931 announces “Hush Money™ for the Fox Theater the week beginning Friday with an “all-star cast,” headed by Joan Bennett. “Hush Money” is the story of a young and beautiful girl who becomes attached to a gang of society crooks. When she realizes the difficulty into which she is heading, at the instigation of the police she enters a legitimate business and finds love and happiness. However, be- fore she is absolutely sure of her future an interesting dramatic situation resuits. Hardie Albright, Douglas Cosgrove, C. Henry Gordon and Myrna Loy also are In the cast. “A jazzy jamboree in jungleland" de- scribes the Fanchon & Marco “African™ idea, presented on the stage by Ed and Mowon Beck. Prosper and Maret, Frank Foster and Mabelle with Foster's amaz- ing animals, Margie Teeps, Lucille, Cherie and Tomasita and the Sunkist Beauties. Bob Hamilton's organ _overture, “Trees"; Al Mitchell and the Fox Music Masters in a special program and world happenirgs in the Fox Movietone News complete the entertainment. R-K-O KEITH'S—"“Lover, Come Back.” A STORY of modern love and mar- riage, “Lover, Come Back,” a Co- jumbia Pictures’ production, with Betty Bronson, Jack Mulhall and Constance | Cummings featured, is the current at- | traction on the screen at R-K-O Keith's gheater. “E"jth a theme as up to date as wide- pen Reno,” the announcement states, lavish setting of pent-house love fiests and Fifth avenue apartments,” it | Presents a new kink in the eternal tri- angle, and naturally is what they term *sophisticated drama,” involving two girls, one of them a secretary in love with the general manager of the com- pany employing her, and the other, shallow and deceitful, but posing as & “sweet, old fashioned” type, in “the Age-old fight for a man.” Betty Bronson is the flirtatous Vivian whose marriage was an open door to “affairs,” and Constance Cummings is the “winsome, old-fashioned” Connle, while Jack Mulhall is the much-sought- after male. An R-K-O Pathe comedy, Benny Rubin in *“Messenger Boy,” an R-K-O “Toby the Pup cartoon, “Bull Thrower”: an R-K-O Humanette, featuring Eddie Borden, and the R-K-O Pathe News are other attractions shown. EARLE—“Never the Twain Shall Meet.” §NJEVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEET,” a sensational love story by Peter B. Kyne, and a stage show headed by Norma Gallo and Paul Tisen and Moss and Frye are the attractions kwnmer Bros.' Earle Theater this week. Peter B. Kyne's powerful story is said to be one of the most tense and vivid dramas ever screened. It concerns two young women, one a delicate, cultured blossom of society, the other a passion fiower of the South Seas, both in love with & young American, who forgets love for the South Sea beauty and her DANCING. én'mu PENN ANCING—As _ Taus iters of America. pointment. L} ROOM ons Dy 45¢ unflo&. ’ ght by 1] Private leg 1746 P st. n.w., 1at 21, Will H.|movies are certainly less prone than is the stage, or current literature, to call a spade a spade, but they place far greater emphasis on the evil power of suggestion. However, the code goes on being used as documentary, irrefutable tesiimony to the cleanliness of the screen. It is en. Hays' duty to reconcile the theories of the most rabid, vercmous reformers with the practises of the blond-bartering showmen of Holly- wood, and also with the tastes of the vast, thrill-hungry public. It is an ut- terly impossible task, one that can not be acccmplished by honest, direct methods. The only methods open to him are those that he constantly, and skillfully, employs. X o* 'HERE seems to be prevalent through all strata of the film colony in Hollywood the profoundly dismal con- viction that the movie industry as at present ccnstituted hasn’t much longer to live. It is believed that whatever hapepns to the stock market or to business as a whole, the days of m nificent profits from motion pictures are done. There is consequently & grand rush by all present to consume the liquid assets before the place closes up. The causes of this depressed state of mind are not hard to find. Good pic- tures have been made lately. the best of which the industry is capable. and they have not been profitable. There have been a few freakish financial suc- cesses, notably “Trader Horn" and “The Millionaire,” but there is little chance that imitations of either will stand a chance, and when Hollywood doesn’t know what to imitate it is in a sorry state. The cinema supervisors have never been conspicuous for their foresight. They could usually see the next season, but not beyond it. Now they can't even see that far. I have talked to numbers of them, and hardly one pretends to have the slight- est idea what is to happen next. They are completely bewildered by the pub- lic’s indifference to their best efforts. They try to study the box office sta- tistics, but these are confusingly con- tradictory. They cling to the belief that the fans will always pay to see a picture with strong sex interest, but that straw isn't big enough to serve as life preserver for an industry that m produce 700 features a year. It is my belief that the attitude of pessimism is justified. The next few years are going to witness a stupendous reduction in the opulence of the tradi- | been worked to death. The supply of golden ezgs is certain to diminish. The poor old goose has (Copyright. 1931 | native island. Featured in it are Leslie Howard, Conchita Montenegro, a ne: screen find; Karen Morley and C. Au- | brey Smith. W. S. Van Dyke, who | | made “Trader Horn," directed. { | | " The stage program, headed by Norma | Gallo and Paul Tisen in a “Melodious | Serenade,” also features the famous | Paul Tisen Gypsy Ensemble, assisted by | Rolla Negin, Gypsy singer, and Alfred | Brower, speed dancer. Moss and Frye. | musical comedy stars, offer no end of fun in “How High Is Up.” Eddie Garr, impersonator of stars; Arthur Petley and company, novelty entertainers, and Maxine Doyle also appear. The Earle | orchestral prelude and the Graham Mc- Namee talking news reel round out the entertainment. METROPOLITAN Dreams.” ¢(YHILDREN OF DREAMS" the newest musical romance by Oscar | Hammerstein, 2d, and Sigmund Rom- berg, one of the most famous of com- | posing teams, is the screen feafure this week at Warner Bros’ Metropolitan Theater—a glamorous romance of lilting Romberg melodies. | The locale of the California apple | orchards at harvest time supplies the background. The nomads who travel from orchard to orchard during apple picking time furnish the theme for| | “Children of Dreams.” The romance is that of the girl who leaves her humble lover for fame, and when fame comes finds she has lost love for an illusion. Margaret Schilling, one of the young- | est prima donnas of stage or screen, and Paul Gregory, a favorite of Ziegfeld suc- cesses, have the leading roles. Others in the supporting cast are Tom Patri- cola, Bruce Winston, Charles Winninger and Marion Byron. A new “Adventure in Africa” subject, “Beasts of the Wilderness"; the Graham McNamee talking newsreel and specially | selected Vitaphone short reels complete the entertainment. COLUMBIA—“A Free Soul". Shearer. ’NORMA SHEARER'S latest picture for Metro-Goldwyn-Mryer, “A Pree | | Soul,” remains at Lo2w's, Columbia Thester another week. It is the Adela Rogers St. Johns story, and is now be | ing_shown at the Astor Theater, New York, at $2 prices. | Miss Shearer is seen as the daughter | of a famous criminal lawyer who teaches his motherless daughter the creed of emancipation and encourages her in living her own life. Ruin eventually faces the girl, and then the father, realizing his mistake, sacrifices every- thing for his child. Lionel Barrymore has the role of the |lawyer father. Clark Gable, Leslie | Howard, James Gleason and Lucy Beau- mont have supporting roles. Making Pets Pay. hildren of Norma assets are its dumb actors—dogs, | cats and birds who act in films. At present, it is sald, 150 persons are dependent, their sole means of incomc being the animals and birds they l:nnl! for pictures. In “the golden era’ ese overworked pets supplied their owners with costly automobiles, impressive states and daily repasts of browned frog legs and choice filet mignons. Now it is different. This is the doubtful era. A good police dog, with a menacing microphonic bark, has earned as high as $200 a day for its owner. In return it got raw hamburger steaks after a hard day's work and an occasional pa !on the head. A goose earned $50 a day. |a cat $35, while there was no limit for | such freaks as &Ilnk:jw and the cele- | brated Hollywe6d parrot who swears in five languages. ‘These pets are distinct assets in the economic life of the pet owners who rent them out to the studios. Competi- | tion for their pets, it is said, has made | these owners a force to on with. Rex Bailey, casting director at the Radio Pictures’ studio, says they ’,re among the most regular callers at his office, and some will go to great lengths to get on the studio’s pay rolls. MARSHALL HALL STEAME! Charles Macalester ONE of Hollywood's safest economic | “The WEEK OF JULY 12 Sunday Monday Tuesday Thursday Leslie Howard and Conchita Montenegro in “Never the Twain Ambassador 18th & Columbia Rd. Leslie Howard and Leslie Howard and Conchita Montenegro ?fln:hlll llin't-n in “Never the n 8 eet. Friday Saturday Janet Gavnor and Warner Baxter in "Daddy Long Le Wednesday Apollo 624 H St. NE. Bobby Jor nes. ser Short_subect. “How T Play Golf"- + Danlels 1 R R rieed ser - nort _subect. Tauylsh in “The Lady 8hort_sublect. Victor McLaglen and Edmund Lowe in “Women_of All N tions.”_Cox The _wonder P cture, “The Viking. n Dorothy Mackaill in The wonder picture, pothy Mackaill | wonder pic Vitaphone short Arcade Hyattsville. Md Bela Lugosi and Helen Chandier in “Dracula.” News. Comedy. Kay P “Ladies’ Man." edy. _Aci. Spencer Tracy an MEguerite Shurehil in “Quick Millions.” dy. Act. Serlal. Ashton Clarendon, Va. Lawrence Tibbett Lawrence Tibbett e “The Southerner.” Comedy. in “Unfaithtul.” Comedy. Wallace Beery in ‘Becret Six." n *“The Southerner.” Comedy. Winnie Ligntner in “Gold Dust Gertie.” ort ject. Avalon 5612 Conn. ave. Norma Bhearer in “Strangers May 5. Short_subject. = - ‘Winnie Lightner in - it Gertle.” Ave. Grand el Ui 645 Pa. Ave. BE. Winnie Lightner in Marlene Dietrich and “Gold Dusi Gertie.” Victor McLaglen in Vitaphone short onored.” ubject. Short_subject Dark. Cameo Mt._Rainier. Md. Robert Woolsey in “Cracked Nuts." Comedy. News. Bert Wheeler and Richard_Dix and Jackie Cooper in ~Young_ Donovan's Kid."_Short subj't Norma Shearer in “Strangers May 5. Short_sublect. Marlene Dietric Victor McLagle: ““Dishonored. Short_subjes Polly Moran and Magle Dressler in “*Reducing." uc Comedv. Aet. y_Wh Priend comedy. wolf series y Maran an Dr d in Carolina . nd Lewis Stone in “Cracked Nuts." “Father's Son." Lowell Sherman and Trene Dunne in “Bachelor Apart- ent.” Youns and Conway Tearle in “The Truth About “Woman m._Act. __ Comedy. { Hoot Gibson n “Clearing the e in Hunery. Tial mes. ey Jean Harlowe n “Public_Enemy." 11th & N.C. Ave. A.E. Central Mae Clarke and 3 ai) Hoed Baa Burt-” Short subject. John Boles in Cartoon. John_Boles Bpencer. Tragym in “'Bix-Crlinder i Love Cor Serd. Cartoo: William Powell in, “A es” Man. ™ : Vitaphone short subjects. 425 Sth_St. N.W. Circle Thomas Meighan. Hardie Albright and Dorothy Jordai “"Young Binne; William Powell and Kay Francls - in “Ladles’ M y. Norma Shearer an: Robt. Montgomery “Strangers May Kiss.” Thomas Meighan. Hardie Albright and Dorothy Jordan in “'Young Einners. d in Norma Shearer and Robt. Monigomery in “Strangers May Kiss." Spencer Tracy, Una Merkel and P Breadel 'in 81x-Cylinder Love.” le_Lightner i . .mm«l, Marlene Dietrich Winnle Lightner in *‘Gold Dust Gertle.’ n “Dighonored. Cartoon. Vitaphone short bject. Dietrich in “Dishonored.” Cartoon. Ricardo “Big Business Short_sub), in Ginl.” ect. y Cooper in ity Blreets.” Vitaphone short subject. Victor McLaglen and Marlene rich nand Ramon Novarrg and Viiehine Dletricn Helen' Chandier n “Dishonored.” Warner Baxter and Joan Bennett Norma Shearer and tgomery I n “Doctors’_ Wives." in “Strangers May ich Arlen and Mary Brian n _“Gun_Smoke Lewis Stone and ireng Ricn n “Pather's Son." “Dishonored. - Robt. Montgomer: Bovorny Jordan in “'Shipmates. 1349 Wis. Ave. N.W. I John Boles and Genevieve evieve bin Fable. Jack Holt in “The Bubway Express.” Comedy. toon. Lou D. C. Comedy. Hippodrome 508 o St. N.W. Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey {n “Cracked Nuts.'” dy. Act. Bert Wheeler and Woolsey in “Cracked Nut: Co Ac William Boyd and Helen Twelvetrees in “Painted Desert." medy. Act Willlam Boyd and Helen Twelvetrees in “Painted Desert." _Comeds. Home JonngRart it Cartoon. 13th & C Sts. N.E. _Bhort subiect. Dark. Lyric Gaithersburg. Md. Frederic Ma H ers, . _News. h in ry Cooper in “City Streets.” Kiss Vitaphone short Short_subect. subject. Jackie Cooper and Mitzt Green in “8kippy.” Comedy. Jackie Coope- ani Mitzi Green in “SKippr." Comeds. Richard Dix and he Tar I Bhort subj t. 1{'”".{: G I Lady v Jones golf series 5. Romogens e p Our Gang romedy. L __Berial__ Pable 2 Wailace Beery and Princess e Btone in 1119 H 8t. NE ‘“The Secret 8ix." Edmund Lowe n “Don't Bet on Women." Wallace Beery and Lewis Ston in ““The Secret Six." “Jack Holt ZaSu Pitts in “The Bad Sister.” Dark. Richmond Alexandria, Va. Richard Dix and Cooper i kie Cooper in & Donovan's m. Sh. subs Tallulah Bankhead SaVO)’ in -Tm.-l;.gnunm Short_sub! t. N.W. Short_subject. 3030 _14th Stanton 6th & C Bts. NE. “Trader Horn." News. “Trader Horn.” 5 Wray in T e Exactly Gentlemen.” Comedy. Dark. State Bethesda. Md. Marion “It's Wise Child. Bobby Jones in “The Niblick.” _ Joan n_ Jackie Cooper and Jackie Cooper and iid.” Mitzi Green Mitzi Green Norma Shearer and Hobt. Montgomery in “Btrangers May Ki Com._8hort Norma Shet t. Monts “Strangers Shos al ver Vitaphone short Vitapho Subject’ sub; Crawford and Lester Vail in “Dane s, Dance." Leon Errol News. n in _Skippy."* __ “SKippy." Takoma nfl‘be‘v_lla(”mnmg_u Takoma Park.D.C. Brendel and Spencer Tracy Robert Montgomery in “8ix-Cylinder Love." n “Shipmates.” Tivoli Janet 70'3'.":{4 sod 14th & York Ga. Ave. & Quebec Dorothy Jordai Thomas Meight “'Young Sinnei Comedy. Victor McLagien and we in All Na- 't Janet Gaynor and Dorothy Jordan ‘Thomas Meighan | “'Young Sinners. t edy. subject. El Brendel and Bpencer Tracy in “Six-Cylinder Love " Vietor McLagien and mund Lowe in ©women, Warner Baxter in “Doctors Wives.” Mary Astor in ““White Shoulders." Africa.” Loretta_Young in “Too Young to arry Short subject of All Na- Short sub)'t be Daniels in “"Maltese Falcon. ™ Vitaphone short subject. johnny “Laugh ___ Ricl Loretta Youns and Loretta Youns and lo Corte: Ricardo Cortez. in Bix Bustness Ghrl* m. _8h ) rron in S “The Avenger. hort subj ta Hoot Gibson in *'Clearing the Range.’ Carioon Short subject. Buck Jones in “The Avenger.” Comedy. . 1na Ciaire eric March in Pamily of Bro 8hort_su William Powell and Kay Prancis in “Ladies” Man Serial. _News. David Mann “Draculs. *Cohens and Kellys in Africa.” 35 Richard_Arlen in arner Raxter in " Gin smoke “"Doctors’ Wives.” ary Astor in Crrole Lombard and “White Shoulders. Norma Foster i o | “Adventures in “Up Pops the Devil.” A No. 9 Ramon No Daybrea Vitaphone short subject in Jeck Oakie in June Moon.” Our” Gang_comeds. Serial On the Horizon Pictures Announced to Fol- low Current Attractions «JRIVE AND TEN." Marion Davies' | latest Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer pic- | ture, visualizing Fannie Hurst's popular | story, is announced for Loew's Colum- | bia Theater next| Saturday “for a long run.” “Annabelle's Af- fairs” featuring| Jeanette MacDon- ald, Victor Mac- Laglen and Roland Young. will on exhibition at the same time at the Fox Theater, where also th Fanchon-Marco Idea, “Love Let- ters, presented with quite an ar- ray of talent, will| be the stage at- | work in this coumry‘v 5 R Lot e = % Play Magazine story in the current issue | Pathe banner will be “A Woman Com- | [ouis and in New Jersey to' ‘h dfilmu that hereafter the inscrutable | mands.” an original story by Thilde | her family lived. FroRIEnwacLe start| 5| “I will play drama. “Passion,” perhaps she greatest drama of the stage that was ever trans. lated with its greatness to the silent screen, has returned to resume picture And the Picture Pola is to be seen only as a dramatic actress and in picture plays adapted to her unquestioned ability. Her interviewer, it appears, had the audacity to question her with respect to vani, which was terminated in the di- vorce court. to face the question frankly and bravely with the answer, “I am terribly, bitterly | Jonely. 1 will love only work.” | “I'am a dramatic actress.” she added. 1 will make good | which I was cast as a siren.” Briefly to the point, Pola may now Marion Davies traction. of “A_ Woman Experience,” an_R-K-O_Pathe produc- tion, featuring Helen Twelvetrees, will begin the new week at the R-K-O Keith Theater on Friday. “Man in Possession.” with Robert Montgomery in the stellar role, is an- | nounced for Loew’s Palace Theater Sat- urday. with another of those attractive | New York Capitol Theater stage shows and things besides. “Night Nurse,” & Warner Bros.-Vita- phone production, featuring Barbar: Stanwyck, who was starred in “Illicit with a story by Dora Macy, and an at- tractive stage program, headed by Kitty Doner in "The Little Cobbler,” is an-| nounced for Warners' Earle, starting Saturday. “Girl Habit,” Charlie Ruggles' new fast-moving Paramount farce comedy, exploiting also a “bevy of beauties,” will come to Warner's Metropolitan Sat- urday. with a new ““Adventure in Africa” and the Graham MacNamee “talking newsreel.” ““,70MEN wear less powder and]| rouge today than they did 200 vears ago, but they probably will never wear less than they do today. “Forty years ago, and lI=ss, lipstick | was the brand of a scarlet woman, yet preceding that era women of soclety and the European courts were heavy | users cf make-up.” | "So says Lenore Sabine. chief hair- | dresser at the Paramount studios in Hollywood, whose duties include make- | up research for motion pictures laid in historical periods. “The present trend in make-up is to- ward darkr coloring, t*n powders and darker rouges,” she says. “Long hair is | returning to popularity, whils feminine | unrest is reflected in the coloring of | feminine tresses. “Actresses are not the only women The New Pola Negri her unhappy marriage to Prince Mdi- | But she bad the courage | Mz;keU; 200 Years: Ago ‘ OLA NEGRI, the brilliant star of | make her own terms, and she knows by .peter Pan” and rose from obscurity to | sxperience how to protect herself against the intrigue of the producing offices. | | Pola Negri's first picture marking her | | return to the screen under the R-K-O Forster, and a story whose selection is declared almost as romantic as the ‘ureer of the star herself. | Some weeks ago Thilde Forster. s young German girl, arrived in Hoily- | wood on a visit. Learning about the search for a suitable story for Pola, she | sat down and wrote “A Woman Com- | | mands.” Following its reading. both | | Mr. Rogers, the studio chief, and the star agreed that they had found the | 1deal story. { Miss Porster has written for the Ger- | pictures, not like those stupid ones in | man stage and screen, but had planned 'pounds, and has dark brown hair and her Hollywood Visit only as a vacation and not to make a career. who change the color of their hair Women in every walk of life—socief women, working girls and elderly ladi are experimenting in bl:aching, henna- ing and dyeing. | “The younger women, especially those with neutral brown shades, either dark- | en or light:n their hair. Every possible | | bue is represented, with the light blonde | | or platinum having a temporary play | for popularity. “Long hair is returning,” she again remarks. “Almost every Paramount player has long tresscs, the newcomers | | especially. Sylvia_Sidnay his long, | | black hair, while Peggy Shannon has long, red hair.” | “Miss_Shannon and Miss Sidney are | the girls who got their breaks as a re- | | sult of two illnesses of Clara Bow, the former in_“The Secret Call” and the | Iatter in “City Streets.” . Native Technique. D!R!CTKNG natives of foreign locales for motion pictures requires great tact, says W. S. Van Dyke, who fiimed the South Sea island romance “Never the Twain Shall Meet,” now at the Earle Theater. ‘The natives, he said, were the cause of more headaches than any other oup. They wanted special fcod on location, but what was an even more | exasperating problem was the fact that they everlastingly wanted to play. them acting was a great lark, and keep- ing their minds on business was least of their worries. Also to be considered were the Chi- nese extras, stolid and not easily under- standable. They, too, had to have spe- clally prepared dishes. Purthermore, many of the deckhands and loaders used in the picture were Italians with strong leani toward spaghetti and the art of basking in the sun. “It often required the greatest self- control to ht le the polyglot players,” £ays Van Dyk “When told to act nat- ural they cut up, and when told to cut up their ardor usually cools. My previ- ous experience in handling natives for ‘Whits Shadows in the Sotith Se>s’ and ¥ an' and my recent trip to Africa filming ‘Trader Horn' came in more than handy. Born to S?-(e Ermine. 'LARK GABLE, seen at the Colum- bia as the gambler in “A_Free Soul,” in the Adela Rogers St. Johns' story, was born in Cadiz, Ohio, educated at Akron University, and won fame on the stage in the “Last Mile,” “Chicago” and other plays. In pictures he is noted for his work “The Secret Six,” “The Easlest Way,” Dance, Fools, Dance,” and Painted Dese) KEITH’S The Temperature Is Just Right. BRONSON JACK MULHALL CONSTANCE CUMMINGS Leaves Seventh St. Daily, 10 A. M. an Sundsy, 10:30 A. B Exelusive Views ctuslly Taken by Vale of Sublime Solitude. A DELIGHTFUL vacation was com- Shearer, 1t is said, in the making of “A Free Soul.” After the interior scenes were filmed under the direction of Clarence Brown, the company proceeded “on location” to | the Yosemite Valley, where the star and | Lionel Barrymore enacted the camping | sequences, migrating by horseback to TO | new scenery daily, amid the beauties of | Vernal Falls, Half Dome, Cathedral Spires, EI Capitan, Yosemite Falls, Bridal Veil Falls and other world-fa- mous spots in the “Valley of Sublime Solitude.” The new picture is a screen version of Adela Rogers St. Johns' celebrated story, dealing with the “emancipated” girl whese falher's teaching led her to the threshold of ruin. San Prancisco's gambling palaces and Chinatown are set against the scenic grandeur of Yosemite Valley in creat- ing the background for the production. . Sex in Prison Drama. DAVXD BURTON and Louis Gasnier, Paramount directors, have been assigned to direct “Ladies of the Big House,” a screen play dealing with the women's quarters of a penitentiary. ‘The story was written by Ernest Booth, life-term convict-author of Fol- som Prison. The cast, to be ‘made up mostly of women, has not yet been announ LOEW’S AeACE AM J O the Stage. 2\ { BERT FROHMAN wEXIT SMILING AT Adbrazlion.. «'A FREE soul’ aarh CLARKE GABLE ~LIONEL BARRYMORE -JAMES GLEASON bined with her work by Norma | “The House Beautiful.” | | WWASHINGTON will see Channing | | Pollock’s latest play, “The House | Beautiful,” it has been definitely stated, Monday evening, February 28, with the | original cast headed by Mary Phillips and James Bell. The last week of the New York en- | gagement proved so prosperous that | producer Crosby Goige has decided to| reopen on Broadway Monday evening, | August 10, for a few weeks preceding | | the out-of-town bookings. | In “The House Beautiful” Mr. Pol- lock has sought to exalt the ordinary | man whose material progress is not marked by the dollar sign, but whose soul and spirit remain clean and steady. The play also enshrines the faithful love existing between the man and his wife. In developing the theme, it is sald, Mr. Pollock is avowedly senti- mental, but he has limned the sentiment with earnest intent, a daring gesture in | these days of touch-an%-go realism in | | the theater. There are 16 scenes in the play. | b"Dove:iload’: to Brer rFilmed.E TALKING picture rights to “The | 1 "pover Road,” A. A. Milne's best known play, have been acquired by Baramount. It will be produced in Hol- lywood, with lcnve B{]oo:. and | eruwflm Hopkins heading an all-star . - lh& C. De Mille will direct. NEVERTWAIN SHALLMEET, —=On The Stage— _MOM The Sthees 1 icTune MOsS & FRVE nternations! Comies EDDIE GARE ARTHUR PETLEY & CO. 'DOORS OPEN TODAY AT 130 | hercine. Roxy. in the New York play, Cinderella Didn't Click. BETTY BRONSON, whatever else may happen, was picked for the title role in Paramount’s production of Barrie's fame overnight. Betty was born in Trenton, N. J., and was educated in public, private and con- vent schools in Pasadena, Calif.: St. Apparently firmly established as a star, Betty was cast for the lead in “A Kiss for Cinderelia.” another Barrie opus. This din't click so well. Since | then Betty has appeared mostly in fea tured roles. She is now to be seen in “Lover, Coms Back.” Miss Bronson had no early stage training, but within the last two years has appeared in two West Coast stage productions—-Little Orchid Annie” and ‘Quarantined.” She is 5 feet 1 inch high, weighs 100 blue eyes. She has been abroad twice, and has wished to perfect her accent with a view to entering French films. Her hobby is said to be clothes. Dancing Cameras. AMERAS as well as characters danced in ball room scenes of “Just & Gigolo,” the Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer picture now at Loew's Palace Theater. Mounted on whirling platforms. Irene Purcell and William Haines through the maz2s of the dance were followed by microphones overhead moving with them to record dialogue “on the fly." Elaborate mechanical arrangements on a big sound stage caught the detalls of the dance. This, it is claimed, was one of & num- ber of original effects achieved in the new picture, the screen version of the David Belasco stage hit, “Dancing Part- ner.” Haines, as a young English noble- man for whom a marriage of convenience as been arranged, resolves to pose as & gigolo at a European Summer resort, to meet the girl incognito and find out what she’s really like. Miss Purcell created the role of the and Charlotte Granville rcpeats before the camera and microphone her mother R‘)le. which she created in the Belasco play. Mnntlzjf th.e Red Heads. HE red-headed exotic Myma Loy, the vamp in “Hush Money,” at the Fox, is being suggested for the sirenic mantle of Theda Bara and Louise Glaum, who first made it rustle in the Halls of Fame. | And y:t off the screen Myrna is one of the most sedate and soft-spoken irls in the film colony. | Now! 1930’s Dramatic Thunderbolt! USH MONE — WITH — JOAN BENNETT HARDIE ALBRIGHT OWEN MOORE [ J STAGE— FANCHON&MARCO'S AFRICAN Idea ED AND MORTON BECK PROSPER AND MARET FRANK FOSTER AND MABELLE FOSTER'S AMAZING ANIMALS THREE PAGE 80YS CHERE AND TOMASITA Bob Hamilton Organ Overtare | hope In th?_Shade or Afloat Bay and River for Bathing and Boating—Fux‘ Thrill and Comfort Beneath Towering Trees—Ideal Spot for Outing. GLEN ECHO PARK. LEN ECHO PARK, with its new crystal pool and sandy beaches, invites the warm city dweller to the delights of the seashore, while to those of more ad- venturous energy it tempts with all the | attractions of a great up-to-aate ow- | door park, besides a wealth of great | shade trees. It is fairly running wild with amusements to suit all tastes. Pure water, absolute safety and, above all, the greatest precautions in sanita- tion are guaranteed by the management for the pool at all times. While at| night “the best lighting system in thei country” insures brilliant and attractive | illumination for the bathers. The park amusements include great | and thrilling coasters, airplane swings, | the whip, the Ferris wheel and the dodge 'em rides, along with the old mill, air cooled and musical. The Midway | is equipped with all the gadgets of fun id surprise, including skee-ball alleys and shooting galleries. Every | evening except Sunday, from 8:30 to | 11:30 o'clock the dancers may find de- light in the ball room, where McWil- liams and an enlarged band pmvldel the music. The resort may be reached by eity | car line or by automobile and parking | space free or for a fee is always avail- le. | pas | MARSHALL HALL. - | 'HE steamer Charlcs Macalester | makes daily trips at 10 am. (10:30 m. on Sunday) and at 2:30 and 6:30 | p.m. to a modern picnic and playground | on the old Colonial estate at Marshall | Hall, after a delightful ride down the | Potomac, with a glimpse at the historic spots on its banks. | At Marshall Hall there are play-/ grounds for the children, including | roller coasting, along with shooting gal- leries and free dancing in the breeze- swept pavilion, to the music of Roy Boyd’s Orchestra. The management announces that the road from Bryan's road post office is open to motorists, making the drive to the Hall just 28 miles from the Capital. MUSIC BY MOONLIGHT. 7TWO piano players, a master of stringed instruments.. three clario- net players, two viclinists, a trap drum- mer, a chimes manipulator, a soloist, singer to Ty the air, a tenor and a baritone—14 in all—make the music [l during the moonlight cruises nightly down the Potomac of the Wilson Line steamer City of Washington. While “down below,” playing for the dancers, is a five-plece band supplying all the musical variations. Harvey Brasse, well known leader of Washington dance orchestras, groups and directs this talent. Four times each week the boat makes a round trip to Chapel Point, and three imes a week to Colonial Beach, includ- Saturdays and Sundays. SEASIDE PARK. NLY = short distance from Wash- ington, “where the waters of the | Chesapeake lash the sandy shcres and the hurricane breezes blow to cool the fevered brow,” lies the ncw resort, Sea- side Park, with wide-open arms to wel- come young and old and especizaily the fisherman, the canoeman and the motor boatmam. Frequent trains from the Dis- trict lige via the Chesapeake Beach Rallway or pleasant motorable roads lead to and land you there. Outstand- ing among’ the various attractions is & magnificentt bathing pool with every facility deav to the bather's heart. There also may be found a miniature railway, the &elight of the youngsters, along with airplane swings and other devices, never awerlooking musical pro- vision of high grder in a delightful dancing pavilion. Next Tuesday the Sons of Jonadab ave to have an outi there to test the wxters, and on Wed: nesday, the following day. the employes of the Washington Qas Light Co. will g0 to revive their drooping energies. MORGANTOWN-ONM-POTOMAC. “RAB-NET and fishing are outstande ing attractions at Mdrgantown-ony Potomac, with Sunday, of course, the big day, according to Manager G. Craerin, who adds that' the young and old are now lifting the hardshells out of the water with their %ong nets, New additional bath houses gre now open to insure convenience ard coms fort to the largest crowds. This resort is operated along restricte ed lines, but every facility is provided for picnic and outing parties, as well ag a bathing place, to the most discrimie nating patron. The policy of the manhe agement is to never allow the place %@ be more than comfortably crowded, even on_the biggest days of the season. Four busses are now operating dafly to this popular resort. Grounds opeg at 7:30 am. and close at § p.m. Estelle a 7Villainess S an adventuress (on the screen, of course), Estelle Taylor ranks high- est on the harometer of adventuresome women. The lissome Swedes appear anemic next to her buxom. sensuous figure. The German demi-mondaines are static beside her lusciousness. She | 1s remembered longest after the illusion has melted from the screen because she stands as the woman most women want to be yet won't. She carries her poignancy far beyond the two-dimensiona] screen upon which r flitting shadow appears. Her char- acterization stands by virtue of its pre- determined faflure. or. as William Bolitho savs of Montez. “like a forlorn beside the noblest of cavalry charges, lost before it started, with a magnificence that is not to be obscured by its Jack of size.” So it has been all through Miss Tay- lor's career. “Cimarron” saw her as the bad woman of the early Western town. Steeped in_ the evil that be- smirched the hamlet's good citizenry. she made her niche as an actress and | remained a vivid and genuine character. | She did as much for herself in New York Sleeps.” “Monte Cristo, Jual others. And finaliy her career is to be capped by one decidedly apt role, that of Mrs. Mowbry in Samuel Goldwyn's production of “The Unholy Garden.™ It is as the former English lady whose reputation is decrepit from unfortunate affzirs that she appears with Ronald | Co'man in this film. Her insinuating | influence is momentous in the story. The adventures during which she tries to capture the wily Hunt for a sum of | money. onlv to fall in love with him | as helplessly as might a 16-year-oid, | stamps her with the same temperament | and beguiling witchery that has come to be her earmark. Colorful, as usual, with the ever- changing overtones of feeling casting Ler furiously from villainess to a sort | of mother-of-man role. Miss Taylor will glide through the H>cht-MacArthu: story as serpentine as ever. as detest ably enjoyable as usual, and as human | as before. | “I try to be a natural villainess,” she herself says. “It is a type that most | women secretly envy. My characteri- | zations are not intentionally bad. As in life, some persons resort to trade, | 50 do others turn to the laity. Environ- ment is the chief governing factor in one's existence. Some turn out a little OPEN 9 A. M. TO 11:30 P. M. ALL THE OTHER MORE THAN FIFTY AMUSEMENTS OPEN AT 1 P. M. FREE PICNIC GROVES ADMISSION TO PARK FREE harsher. crueler, more envious because of it; these are called villains. I say we are all villains.” Decorated by Hun—gary. ADOLPH ZUKOR, peesident of Para- mount Publix Corporation, who was born in the town of Ricse, Hungary, and whose mammoth Ifkeness stands like a silent monitor at the portals of the Paramount Theater in New York, has bzen decorated by the Hungarian government. Count Lazzlo Szechenyi, Hungarian Minister to the United States. assisted by George de Ghika, consul genral of Hungery, recently presented to Mr. Zu- kor the decoration of commander in the Hungarian Order of Merit, awarded by Admiral Horthy, regent of Hungary. 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