Evening Star Newspaper, July 24, 1932, Page 36

i) AMUSEMENTS. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JULY 24 1932—PART FOUR. AMUS EMENTS. Movie Actresses Who Are | “Ethereal” and Otherwise Cecil B: De of His Plans to Use Players of the P By Mollie - OLLYWOOD, Calif, July 23—, H It's been quite the thing lately | to import style experts to Hollywood so that our screen stars will be the last word In | chic and at least six months ahead of the current fashions. Part of the duty of these stylists is to suggest & cha of type in clothes 1if they think actress isn't being gowned correctly This is the first thing Margaret Brock Pemberton did with Ann Harding, whom she considered gowned in too demure a fashion. Working aleng these same lines, Cecil B. De Mille is going to try an interes ing experiment with Elissa Landi, re- cently borrowed from Fox to play the lead in ““The Sign of the Cross.” Ac- corcing to De Mille. stvles in acrcen | stars change from season to season, with the heroines of yesterday becoming | as out-moded as your last year’s hat That is, all but one type. which he con- siders to be egeless in its appeal. This is the “ethereal” type of woman who. in his opinion, is as popular now as she was in the ly days of the movies. She hat outlived the vamps of the Theda Bara period. the simple lassies of Mary Miles Minter's day and_the flaming flappers made popular by Clara Bow and Colleen Moore. And this be- cause she most closely approximates the ideal woman In casting Miss Landi as Mercia, the Christian who remains pure though surrounded by the wickedness of pagan Rome, Cecil De Mille is giving he. a chance to play a totally different type of role than she has ever before por- trayed on the screen. She has certainly not been noted for her “ethereal” parts in films. She usually plays modern | ultra-sophisticated young women, who are either deliberately looking for trouble or, through force of circum- stances. brought close to the well known flame that sears. De Mille evidentiy sees something in her that other di- rectors have not found. and the resuits of this radical departure from type will be interesting to see. I asked De Mille just what this was and he told me that to him she had | “the depth of the ages in her eyes, to- day in her body and tomorrow in her " a thing he says that hasn't characterized more than 10 actresses gince the motion pictures began Mary Pickford. according to De Mille, was the first screen player who fal into hus classification “ether actresses. And 1t is this quality that brought her to the heights of popular- Mille Talks on the Subject and Tells | ization of Mercia. the Christian martyr.” Elissa Landi—Type st and Present. Merrick. ity as “Amerioa’s Sweetheart,” & posi- tion that has really never been reached by any one else. Others of Mary Pick- ford’s time who had this quality in a lesser degree, says De Mille, are Lillian > Gish, Marguerite De La Motte, Plar-y ence Vidor and Carol Dempster. Of the present-day film stars, De‘ Mille chooses Norma Shearer as beirg ! second to Elissa Landi in possessing the | fundamental qualities of “etherealism.” PHOTOPLAYS AT WASHINGTON THEATERS THIS WEEK 5612 Conn. Ave. __ Ruth Eitin Teel WFEK oOF . oLy 24 Sunday Monday Tuesday ~ Wednesday Thuraday Friday Saturday fo’ Blondell and fliifl‘lu’i ell and Joan 1l and Ben Lyon and Lyon and — Talluah Banched & Vigtor McLaslen in, Ambassador rae i 1‘ nw!:on rent ‘.!lnln luanm lln o onflm‘ .Jre' 'fi‘l&flhrgfl l:I:deyu 18th & Columbla Rd. __ “Miss Pinkerton.” ___“Miss_Pinkerton. {kerton o faras con ’ay onmen"y" X mn?unu ¢ Kay Prlnfll Koy P ncis Frederic March and ekhld Apo“o o Sylvia Sidney in Tallulal hkhead 1n Joan ‘cnm nn “Btreet ol Women." ‘Street nf ‘Women." “Merrily We Go to ““Thunder Below. “Week_Ends only ot 624 H 8t. NE. Our Gang comedy. ___Ou:_Gang comedy. Hell" Cartoon. Carto 8hort._ subjects. Oomed¥ Lo fir’ in_— Oarole Lombard in Lew Ayres in Lew Ayres in Tl Arcade Dark. in the 8un.” “Sinners in the Sun.” “Heaven on Earth.” *Heaven on Earth “Van &!‘ ng Ilen" qmed. Comeds. meds. Comedy. Hyvattsville, Md - B News i . Twelvet: d M a Chester Morri Ashton Dark. T cardy Corter ™ T Ricars “;'?:‘é?;“ e c'%’r’.‘s%fx’"fl'i{:“fl md Srie Sidper and — _ Tom Mix B fheda: Mo o i REETERY We'Go'to «Heroes of the 5 Serial, Comedy. Clarendon. Va. “Is_ My Face Red?” My Fice Red?”__“Sinners in'the Sun.” Hell.” No. 3 New i‘ ; Adgiphe Menjou and ¢ nd Prederic March and _Aun DYorak in Ricard i dn Ogorge O'Brien in y . " “liystery Ranch Avalon St sidney Tn Vo e dny Ricardo Cortez nd Tim McCoy Ruth cn-muon Yime o Ly n and Oon- ~ ‘Soencer. Tracy and lnrnur Tracy and Jean Harlow in “Robe! Ave. Grand “Ann Drorak in A Dyora in ed Hesded Jiene: Dinne d 3 ‘Sky Devile " vils " Wom 4 mn ony of Bix Raf® P; 645 Pa. Ave. S.E. Souvenir reel Sourents reel Sonk_cartoon. Song cartoon. lion.” Comedy. erial._Comedy. _ = A Llllnllc c pictures D( ‘Authent et of ylvia Sidney | Bill Meighan in Cameo Dark. Arkey-Schmelins e e, frele ereras cplnnn ficaters af Play.” o bo!llll S;llmvlolllhlfl boxing championship. “Miracle G omedy. Mt._Rainier. Md. é Vews. News. C “Detectivellovd." 6th I l However, ' One. il’ld NGW York s Tl’l LONE, . .tle play, outpost of the new rcason or straggler from tm' just past, wandered into he Masque Theater last week 48"the ony new example of the | spoken drama to appear on Broadway in several weeks. 4 “The Chameleon” was its name, and it told the inane story cf a ‘“movie” star's desperate efforts to make the gruft head doctor of & hospital pay some a tention to her. She had come to visit He does think, however, that her early harles Farrell in Hletures reveai an entiely aitrent gui | Carolina - b ‘c.'.. o ottt WG g phy e | her Aunt Recine, who was & paient n than her more recent successes, such as | 11th & N.C. Ave.8.E. Steppine & comedy. Com morrow.”_Comedy. R the hospital, and, hearing that Dr.| “A Free Soul” or “Strange Interlude.” Fobert A rmllronl lnnu"'rn" and Chester Mo .{.T‘wn Ten vvun-m and | Peters never locked twice at the Xm- But this doesn't mean that sne nas sac- | Central sad sils Taem E cgarals vogbargln, L BEUEDRYE T . |Uest woman, just had to stay an rificed her original sympathetic appeal |us oth 8t N.w. religrds comedy immie Gleason ¢ Johiny Burke comedy. _ Short miwicci_ | What could be done abeut L by Mgt o qualy of soptisueation | o0 ) bgon and Joan Benneit and R n‘lav-rro. Bamon Norarro, Magion Divies and | There was much £REIE L ETETE 2 yals. en Lvon_in ani 3 Janiet G aynee s amother irl who was “w’,rff‘" TR BN SRt of --w;;ln,(dgn‘g:"q;m - *lln" raves' i Sravesin “Pgliz ot the Circin” | the “movie” star pretended that the had of Dishe in “Seventh Heaven.” & role | Col Ryiv |M é‘"“ B TR n Werhearg Fatsave e ndl 3 P as that sort of a play. and a B Sev % via ney v “Westwal Y oAn ett - s Y. < fhat Drovght ot er ethengel ouatiies | 20L0NY .",’,,u, We Go o Merrls, We Qo to Taurel-Hardy “Waek ids Only." ial Comeds™ | crudely acted a8 it Was written. The more than any part she has had since. Ga_Ave. !_P_Iru!_u} ml " _Bong urlo:n Hell M%:l:lo:n. s "’flfil.;e, T in lcnm edy. & t_subjects. . s‘l;x:lfl.‘zl:‘:fm “from the Hungarian” reference in the Ann Harding, De Mille points out. | Dumbarton Shsnc Russiss 2 Rusties in lline % e Holmes and ‘“flf";ncg},'flgl,'" B}, 37700 Rio [program must be taken with & certain won her screen’ iaurels by portraying “hia 33 the Nient” S8 The Niant Allehe "™ e o 5 Grande amount of relativity. The author may the ethereal type of girl in such “pic: | 1349 Wig. Ave. N.W. _Comedy. Comedy. o u : Conwmdy ; col-:mr . b;oflxljngfflln. but in a letter signed tures as “Holiday” and “Devotion v John omi m nln n Fay Wray in ~—Tom Keene in pelessly yours” and protesting , %, ay “Stowkway.” h Beyond the Rogkies. | and Helen Hayes is alto an actress of Fairlawn Sl e Act. MiSkey Mouse ratln. Boy Frepd Comeds. “Pisnerman's Fara- Tom Howard in - Wnat | 3ainst the manhandling that his piece this type, as shown by her work in “The ; Anacostia. D. C. Oswald_cartoon o.um urtuon _Travelaugh. Zasu Pitts comedy. dise”" Cartoon. Price Air""_Berial._ nn; recollve: at the h;nds g: % cher‘ S e -, - . N e oper in ichael snd Mary."" hael di 1 and cast, he appe: to 'wel Bin aIAsn [Chutes angiano Hlppcdrome S A T B R e e 31"" P et R AN Y ork 0 o be able 1o write : ] nt. i Tieh i : : “A Farewell to Arm: 803 K Bt NW cm'ne?v"".\'»u Commy Nn. n News. News. “Way of All Men" _ “Way o!"All Men " Comedy _News_ | Passable English. ity that will help her make the roie of Frpdrnt w.n h unfl Frederic March and Kay Francis in Kay Franeis in Rose Hobart and ‘The Blonde Cai George O'Brien in LI A Catherine’ Barclay, the war nuise, in- Home \,, in sidr 3 ...',‘,‘,‘;;, e S et tecl (M oen C,'"':,",P{““’,"’ in, Lot “Mystery Rancl” | M[188 VICKI BAUM, the German au- eresting. 13h & C Ste. NE '" r.m.",.\ Hell._Cartoon 5 e omedy. g~ A tomedy. ubject thoress ¢f “Grand Hotel.” not ; “Don’t mistake what I mean when 1 " Renald Golman aid — Ronsld Colman and — Nancy Carroil and ~ ~ Hal Skelly and P e e e e e " 9 elen Haves 11 Helen Haves in Richnard Arlen in Zita Johann in Mae_Clarke n Karen Morley in 2 SR = tas r.u”fir o ,”L' ethereal ty,?" says Dt 1 JCSSC "A‘.,,“.q.m, “Arrowsmith, Wayward.” “The Strugsle “The Final Editio..” “Man About Town." Tim McCoy in “‘The play ,.” IOENt yests, "Dt JRoposes 1o bt _‘!:‘n Vapid in- | o R 1Av. NE_Com. Sportlwt News._Com. Sbortl'e't. News_ Comedy._Souvenirs Comedy._News Comedy._Cartoon Serlal Comedy. ___ Riding Tornado.” [RIVE us herself as well. Miss Baum. who quality of spirituality. Helen Chandl MALS “THhE SNt Comray. Chic Sale’ comray Laurel-Hardy a: Xt Gans com e s e, e e e ton GE e Bt Hol S e i : | Gatineronury: “Miisical novely Saieal novelty. “Ferryioon. Tertvioon v e aei Mysiery 7a. | Fecently returned from a visit to her for instance, gave Just such & perform. | Saihershurs. M oo™ BT e BT tiv 5 it e o Z Doug_ Fairbanks, Jr..in Doug, Fllrhlnl! Jr.in Lily Damita in Lily_Damita 1n Chester Morris in Chester Morris in Tim McCoy_in | DAtive land and announced that she ance in ‘Outward Bound’' Dorothy | Pyincice o8 Fough to Be Fa- “T nofo Be Fa: “Thle 1o the Night “Tpie It the Nt Tne Miracle Man* T Mracle Man Two-Fisted Law " |intended to live hereafter in the United Jordan had this quality when she ap- INCes: mous. " Walter Husto s Walter Huston lace Ford in d'in’ Thomas Melchan in Thomas Meichgn in Roscoe Ated comedy. | States and wanted her two sons, Wcif. peared with Ramon Novarro in ‘Devii|1119 H St NE TOU% House Divided " _in *A House Divided " P 3 e at Play aters at Plav.: New serial Rl vl . May Care’ 3 Japes Kirkwood and — James Kirkwood and —— Joha John Barrymore Robert Armstrons | Tim McCoy in Joe E_Brown in~ . EE1 ol g Dexe en “There wi Savor Mer Beryl Mercer in i w S e McCaR e Brendertoot she went to Germany again, Miss Baum ‘There was something of the ethereal Yy 4 ena Rivers." “State’s Altorney.” “Btate's Attorney.” Radio airor” ckey Mouse ‘Sone_cartoon. said. she would go as a visitor. _Short subj't. Cartoon. Cartoon. Comedy. cartoon. Ripley_short subject. Of course, there were solid reasons for about Frances Dee when she portrayed Grorge Bancroft's daughter in ‘Rich Man’s Folly,' and Marguerite Churchill had this loveliness in her face in ‘The Big Trail’ “As to Elissa Landi, I am convinced that she is endowed with the rare qual- ity of etherealism more than any girl in Hollywood today. and, though this is & complete reversal of tvpe for her, am sure that she will make the success of her screen carcer with her character- And seeing the vears of screen ex- perience Cecil B. De Mille has had. he ought to know. (Oopyright, 1932, bv North Ammcln News- paper Aliiance. Inc Coming Attractions ANET GAYNOR and Charles Far- rell, of filmdom's most popu- lar teams, will come to Loew Palace Theater Friday in their latest movie—"The First Year.” The play itself was written by Frank Craven. It was produced by John Golden and di- rected by William K. Ho The picture is based on the age- old saying that the first year of mar- ried life is the hardest While Miss Gaynor and Farrell have been given many splen- did vehicles, “The Pirst Year” is said to be far and away their best yet. It is a cleverly con- structed picture with excellent dia- logue and _situa- tions which one would think were especially constructed for the two stars. Besides the Gaynor-Farrell duo, the cast includes Minna Gombell, Fox's outstanding comedienne, who has been | seen in such films of merit as “Bad Girl” and recently in “Bachelor's Af- fairs.” with Adolph Menjou; Dudley | Janet Gaynor. Leila Bennett. Robert McWade, George Meeker, Maude Eburne, Henry Kolker and Elda \okel OLLOWING an apparent popular demand for Western pictures and movies full of action, Loew's Columbia Theater this Friday will present Buck Jones in “McKenna of the Mounted.” | This is a film of the great Northwest and the men who go to make up the mounted police. Buck Jones is well known to lovers of action melodramas and Western pictures. Needless to say, the film is filled with shooting, fighting. loving and hard horse riding. It was made by Tiffany. OM BROWN himself, in “Tom Brown of Culver” is the next screen feature attraction at R-K-O Keith'’s. Culver, with all its splendor as one of the greatest military schools, forms the background for the new at- traction, which is a highly dramatic drama of American youth. Most of the picture was filmed at the school. In the cast. in addition to Tom Brown, will be Richard Cromwell. Slim Sum- merville, Ben Alexander, Russell Hop- ton. Sidney Toler, Willad Robertson, H. B. Warner and Norman Phillips, jr. DESCRIBED as the most outstanding horror film of the year, “White Zombie,” a United Artist production. comes to Loew's Fox Theater Friday as the feature attraction. ‘The cast is headed by Bela Lugosi, the man who made “Dracula” famous and who has lent his strange talents to more than one successful mystery film. Madge Bellamy is also in the cast The stage show will be “Chains,” & Loew vaudeville revue. The cast is headed by Gold and Raye. one of the best-known teams in vaudeville. Paul Mall, the comedian, also has a promi- nent’ spot on the bill. Frank Stever, baritone; Karcis and Kay, George and Henry, dancers, and the Loew vaude- \lllr irls complete the bill. hil Lampkin, leading the Loew’s pnx concert orchestra, will present an- other one of his specially arranged overtures. Added attractions and se- Jected shorts, along with the Loew’ Fox newsreel will comnlete the bill. ADIO week will be celebrated at Warner Bros.' Earle Theater this coming week with the return appeai- ance of Little Jack Little. well known t radio favorite and phonograph record- a Racket,’ ing artist. “Love Is with D MRS. ACH and dance with on' estra_every | d Pridav. 8 to 11:30 p.m_ Private Met. 4180. Est. onda fecsons by appointment. DANCE LESSONS " === at low summer rates You've been promising yourself lessons at he famous Thayer Studios. Now is your opportunity to become & smart dancer. Iessons within tne reagh of your budget. Low summer, rates are effect. Jessons’ wfl) (Bive you | .Tz'&"&fnha ence 15" week ess aance analveis— tudios open until 10 p.m. oise. or & inout “eharee for visitors. H. Thayer Studios Lergy 1226 Co ‘-fll(nl Ave, STerling 9854 and | Grace and Beatrice Wrylie; | Fine and Howard, | pelle and Carlton in a novelty presen- ! tation, and Maxine Doyle, mistress of | | ceremontes. | the plot rest on the things. let the salfent points of your plot pro- | 2090 10th St NW. o Cortez and Robt Montgomery and Jean Harlow and Ricardo Gorten And Chic Sale and Warren Wiliam and Willlam and _Elissa Landi and — Ricardo Cortes and Sylvan Trene Dunne in Trene Dunne in Dickie Moore in {dney Fox in a Sidney i Victor McCaglen in y ~Bymphony nlfl\Ml- “8ymphony of 8ix Mil- ‘The Exnert “The Mouthplece " Mouthpiece " “Devil's Lottery.” Tom Keene in 104 R.1 Ave. NW. _llon " Comedy. News. lion." Comedy. News. _Comedy. Cartoon__ Com. Sketch. News. _ Comedy. Sketch Serial__Comedy.__“The Saddle Buste: Bill_Bord in “Carnival Bost." Richard Arlen in 1 Lewis Stone and i Seco Dark. Trene Dunpe In ora Gregor in rothy Jordan | alter Huston in The Sky Bride " ;Sympliony of SixMil- “But the Flesh " he Beast of the Tne Hounds of the il vor iorinn A d IS R e/ NEE Weal | o City Serial. Comedy. villes " Serial = Joan Crn‘ ord 1 nnd " Joan Crawford | Nancy Carroll and Kay Fra e and State Dark. RODY. Mobtgomery in Robt. Montsomery in mm.m';’u‘:’-n'm N PRI et a"e o e “Letty Lynton Letty Lynton.” ard “Man Wanted™ “This Is the Night." Comedy. Bethecda. Md » Comedy News Comed. News Comedy. " News ‘Comedy. Comedy Ripler L . | E Syivie_Sidney Ssivia Bidney, ™ Ronald Cclman and ~_joan Bennett and — Biesa Londi Hoot Gibron_ in r Morris in | Stanton Guoier Merl At et Morh e aves g liagh B of the Wes" © Rolgnd Wests 6ih & C Sts. NE T ofe Man iracie Man “Arrowamith " Sport ree SR it Ann _Dvorak, Douglas Fairbanks. jr. Lee Tracy and Frances Dee, will be the screen attraction. Supplementing Little Jack Little on the stage, who will render a cycle of new melodies, will be Rosette and Lut- man in a dance revue, assisted by Howard, comedians; Chap- Love Is a Racket.” a Warner Bros. and Vitaphone comedy-drama, con- | cerns itself with the biggest racket of | all time—Love. The picture is sald to be replete with wisecracks and gags. Specially selected short subjects, in ciuding the Graham McNamee News- reel and the Earle orchestral prelude, ' will complete the program. EORGE BANCROFT, in his new: picture, “The World and the Flesh. will come to Warner Bros.” Metropolitan Theater for one week starting Frida. Miriam Hopkins, who was skyrocketed |to fame as a result of her brilliant per- formances Hyde the leading feminine role. This is a story of a Russian who falls in love vith & dancer. The story is sald to be a swiftly moving drami Specially selected short subjects, in_ “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. in- cluding the Paramount BSound News, | will round out the bill. i PIot‘O\;t. N writing for the screen too much stress should not be laid on plot. That is Leslie Howard's advice to em- bryo and other writers, according to Donald Henderson Clarke. Howard, who has returned from the New York stage to join the cast of the new Norma Shearer starring vehicle, “Smilin’ Through, on dramatic construction from many angles. He is not only one of the lead- ing acting artiste. He directs, pro- duces, writes and adapts pl: “The art of constructing plots today for both screen and stage, is not to overburden the story with plot.” says Howard. “A good play on the surface would seem to be working around and away from the plot. then at the criti- cal time something happens which brings out the point of the plot action. “Alwy be interesting, but let the interest on the things which pertain to ut do not trude through the action. “Audiences today do not worry about plot as they did in the days of lurid melorama. Treatment is what counts and truth in characterization. But it must be presented freshly and in a way to excite interest. By this I do not mean that the plot development should be ignored. Rather it should be concealed. It should be kept in mind, and emphasized just often enough to let your audience know where you and your players are going. Watch a well constructed and well written modern play and you will see that this is s0.” Glona s GO\VHS. AVING set off Chanel creations in | her last picture, Gloria Swanson will be seen in ‘Perfect Understanding.” her next feature. in gowns by Schiaperelli of | Paris and Rene Hubert. it was an- nounced recently in a cable from Lon- | don. where'she is making the picture. Coincident with the announcement was the confirmation of news from Hollywood that Laurence Olivier. Gene- vieve Tobin and John Halliday will have the three princioal roles with Miss Swanson in “Perfect Understanding.” all of them now being on their way to New York for an early sailing. Heather Thatcher, the English star, will also have a prominent role, as previously anncunced, and Michael Farmer, Miss 8wanson's husband, will be included in the cast Georges Perinal. who was the camera- | man_on “Sous Les Toits de Paris” and “Le Million” for Rene Clair, will pholnv }[flph “Perfect Understanding.” ll " llmflll ‘ TO“E DRAGON Pathe News Children 1% Awy Time and “Smiling Lieutenant.” has | is qualified to speak | Nangy Carroll In~ amon Novarro b Ramon Novarro in Greta o eta Garbo 10 Barrymor Takorna memprels Mwmepiiaem LUl Beb B, .09 SN Q.. SmMpmae gnagmms | e Takoma [} s RN gz eh & - Fiha Baitfea™ . qe Jean Huln- m Jun Hnrlnw ln Lvrrlll Ysunc and Loretia Youne and Paul Muni and Paul Muni and Lupe Velez and Tivoh Red-1 . Normen Forter in_ Norman Foster in Karen Morley in Karen Morley in Melvyn Douglas in laih & Fark ma_____short subrect RTINS Cart e e Comedy RS AR TEsmeay et arren William and Warren William a 5, Francis in ay Francis in T, Cagls, Lombard wn corue GBrien in~ York et Pavi Beite n.‘& 2" st O Women R O Women + ~woman 11 Reom Climdomena Y NI .‘m. ? “The Dark Horse." “The Dark Horse, Cii'c 'sle comedy. hic Sale comedy. " Frank McHugh Sinners In theSun” Serial Comedy. Ga. Ave. & Quebec Short. subject Short_subject Cartoon Cartoon comedy immie_Oleason_com artoon Life Lines—George Arliss. Supparted 150 Artists. EMONSTRATING the fact that GEORGS ARLISS has the same tai- lor_as the Prince of Wales. His first s.age appearance Was as a “super” with the Elephant and Castle ock Co. in London in a melodrama, France knows how her noted artists in the hour of Veterans of Foreign Wars terial help for some part at least | for a new bus terminal. The following | “Saved from the Sea. | "He was 31 when he married Florence Meetings This Week. department officers spoke: Department after a great war, it is pointed out by| | Montgomery, who was studying dra- Monday_ Federal Pest, No. 824, | | Comdr. Hollingsworth. Senior ~ Vice Harry M. —Crandal ead of the matics at the Thorn School in London. and Fedoral Post Auxiliary, 1326 Comdr. Davis, Junior Vice Comdr. Gar- organization ~now ' exhibiting “Le | They are extremely happy and he Massachusetts avenue: Front della, Quartermaster Boehm, Inspector Pantheon de la Guerre” at the new sions > v e 1 ‘on! ine Post. nus ! L o e s Front |Line SAUXITary, ol e — Toric canvas nas already done notable | One was his decision to come to America with Mrs. Patrick Campbell on diers, Sailors and Marines' Club, Poli Eleventh and L streets. ce and Firemen Post, No. 2249, held its regular meeting at the Ham- service to such an end “From the facts and figures a: 4 ety B Tuesday — National Capital | |ilton Hotel last Wednesday evi -, Tuesday — s v evening. able” sald Mr. Crandall, “it is ap- e e has |"Posi. No. 127: National Capital | | with Comdr. J. D. Bennett presiding. parent that the panorama created By vhen' in Hollywood he rents a home Post Auxiliary, Follow-Me Post, Members congratulated the commander the French beginning with the date of | | which must have a garden. No. 1830. and Follow-Me AuX- | |on having been indorsed by lots of his the Battie of the Marne and ending {liary. Pythian Temple. ccmrades from New York for Repre- as soon as the armistice was signed | His form of Hollywood exercise is , taking & long walk every day. In New York City he rents a co-oper- ative apartment. In England he owns a cottage at St Margaret's Bay on the Cliffs of Kent. In his early career he once played a season in musical comedy—admits that his singing was terrible. ‘Wednesday—Rehearsal of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Over- seas Band at the National Guard | | sentative from his home town. four years later, The Veterans of Foreign Wars Over- seas Military Band held its regular re- hearsal at the National Guard Armory Wednesday. Comdr. Lorig reports that the band had been out twice in the lasi 10 days and the drum and bugle | corps the same. The band will par- 11 years. United States Treas- uj . 2400, 615 Penn- sylvania avenue; Potomac Post, No. 1085, Northeast Masonic Temple, and Potomac Post Aux- when their interests were finally =ol as reckoned n fre . pendents for every man enlisted in t to hold onto | national emergency and provide ma- | of her ex-service men or their survivors | = supported 150 able artists and their dependents for about and in_sddition netted for | each of their families & neat competence ld. which amounted to & small fortune “Allowing an average of four de- he | He was more amazed than any one fliary, Soldiers, Sailors and Ma- | |ticipate in the parade with the Ameri- . | d 3 > work of creating ‘Le Pantheon de Ia ase :?‘men:mn;cs}.lpmcu;;‘ “Disraeli, el Gl can Legion July 26, the night of the Guerre’ some having very large et uf‘ et wilEoit is menodle: Friday — Advance Post, No. opening of the latter’s annual depart- families and others none at all, the Hejlsimever dsen Wi hoct 2194, Metropolitan Hotel. ment convention. records that at least 600 individ- He smokes gold-tipped cigarettes | - |uals were cared for by the great canvas itself, from the day the work Unconlcxou. Actmg YOU may not notice it when you see “Miss Pinkerton.” but the mos: natural bit of acting in the picture as accomplished by Joan Blondell while she was unconscious. On the s2cond day of shooting the scene called for Joan, playing a trained nurse, to be fast asleep in a cot at the foot of her patient’s bed. The day before had been a grueling one and Joan had also put in the entire evening going over her script and memorizing her iines. When she came down to work in the morning she con- fessed that another thres hours in bed would have worked wonders. But she went right into the scene, which consisted of her being appar- ently asleep while her patient stealth- ily_creeps out of bed and disappears. Joan stuck to her role throughout— but it took the director, Lloyd Bacon, and his assistant to awaken her when it was all over. At the regular meeting of Follow-Me Post last Tuesday evening two new members were enrolled. David M. Dwyer of the 308th Engineer Train and Fred A. Winters of the 119th Field Artillery. Headquarters Company. Both men are in Washington with the bonus army. Fred C. Kelly was elected post advocate to fill the unexpired term of Robert W. Boteler, who has been appointed ad- jutant. Willlam C. Chandler. having iound it necessary to leave town through lack of employment, has re- signed from the office of trustee. This office will be filled at the post meet- ing next Tuesday night. Wiiliam A. Miller, a veteran of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in France, was elected to honorary mem- bership. Comrade Uhlarik of Potomac Poct made an address. ‘The post degree team will initiate several recruits next Tuesday evening. At the last regular mceting of De- fense Post Allen A. Greenstreet. previ- ously elected to membership, was ob- | ligated. Ernest M. Boss was appointed post | historian by Comdr. Wimer to fill the made especially for him. He is suspicious of press agents. He 1s easily upset at the idea of being interviewed by the so-called “sob sis- was started until it was finished.” - . | ! = Ao Free Swimming Lessons A GOOD iden deserves to be perpet ter.” He is reticent regarding his personal | life and he will not discuss 1t with | newspaper ple. He L!pl ]g:‘e)r of good books and likes the writings of John Galsworthy. He is extremely fond of the theater ! and greatly enjoys & good play. He did not like silent motion pic- tures and regarded them as a primitive | form of entertainment. 1Is greatly interested in English poli- tics He thinks that the English spoken by the educated Americans is superior to the extreme Oxford accent. i have eight hours' sleep every have its counterpart Pool, to come. that beginning today free swimmis and life-saving instructions will given to the public. This instructi will be carried on by the corps of I guards and Red Cross examiners Crystal Pool. Glen Echo Park. Daily, except Saturday and Sund: to 2:30 pm. and 8:30 to 9 p.m.; Su day, 11 to 11:30 a.m. Red Cross life-saving classes: Dail except Saturday and Sunday, 2:30 to | pm. ese classes include junior I ni bsunllv walks four miles & day. | He is a rabid vegetarian and has not | eaten meat or fowl since he was a youth. He is & very good bridge player. It is simple for him to learn his lines |and he learned one entire role at 24 hours’ notice. Camxc Galaxy. VERITABLE galaxy of comedy lu- R L L G A He is a collector of etchings and an | office relinguished by Paul L. Compton, minsries —— authority on antique watches. Who. {ransferred to the Internal Rev- | Senneir for tis Meemy, Soned by, Mack In his picture “Alexander Hamilton” enue Post. ture comedy, “Hynaotizea~ waion the| Hung" Is Not Hanged he wore a watch 250 years old, and de- ' Comdr. Wimer made further ap- comedy king is making for World Wide clares it keeps better time than any pointments, as follows: Louis C. Ellis pictyres. Charles Mack, playing the LL bandits are “hung” in Manch other clock he owns. as sergeant major and William W “head man.” will be sssisted by such riz! But it is not the result He owns & parrot who refuses to re- | Richardson as color bearer. They. With' comedy stars as W. C. Fields, Charles 8 Police or judicial efficiency. It merely because the word for band in the Manchurian dialect is but loves | Junior Vice Comdr. T. Cogan Hammett, cite “God Save the King” Tecently elected to fill the vacancy “Hail, Columhll Murray, Ben Turpin and Marjorie Beebe. Augmenting this cast of comics Fairbanks in “Mr. Robinson Crusoe.” | used to pillage the border towns Jean Opposne Jo}m. ETRO - GOLDWYN-MAYER an- M for Hollywod last week after fin-| given the officers’ obligation. ishing a long run in “Face the Music” |° Ernest M. Boss was name manager | on Broadway, has been assigned to & of the base ball team being organized leading rtole In “The Night of June iy the post. 113" along_with_Clive Brook, Charlie ~ Ppians are being perfected for a boat ride down the Potomac the evening of later applied to all bandits. teresting bit of etymology during tl 1, “Subi and | ::f;'a bsa;?:e‘;‘yl:d nl;)\vestephue nurb o Diay, Which was presented_on_ Broag. flm is & dramatic story of Americ hold its annual picnic August 20 at and Russian refugees in outlaw-riddi Jean Harlow | held its semi-monthly meeting at Met- | the production. Gilbert at present ll | fopolitan Hotel last Wednesday eve- | completing work in “Downstairs” at the | | ning, with Comrade Wilson acting nwcuher Cfly lllllfl\'l commander. 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Mons.,Wedas.,Fris., Suns.,Holidays WILSON LINE 7th St. Wharves Tel. NA. 2440 Danee trip daily, 8.45 p. m. FREE AD PLAY PLACE MORE THAN 50 AMU ENTS DANCING L SWIMMING 40 ACRE MISSION FFERS 85¢ 1. x.usr.u—nen 55¢ Open Sundays, 2 te 11 P. M. Night Prices Ghildron At All Times, 268 Plenty of Free Parking Space! - sl st < STUART ERWIN ¢ | the eighteenth century. The term w: u- | ated. s0 the learn-to-swim week. which was such a great success. wi the Crystal Glen Echo Park. for some time The management announces ng be jon | ife 2t These free swimr ‘ng and life-saving instruc- tions will be given until further notice, the hours for which will be as follow: s n- Iy, 3 ife saving for boys and girls 12 fo 17 years old and senior life saving for men and u- of is its “hung caused by the resignation of C. L. Mat-|are Wallace Ford, borrowed by Mack | hutze.” tingly, and Adjt. William E. McGhee, | Sennett from M-.G-M. for the romantic| The derivation of this name is of Mar; Bol-nd in Fllm. 6 ‘was appointed to fill the vACANCY | male lead. and Maria Alba. who nhas | interest. Translated literally, it means y ; 'y ho left New York | Shused by tne transfer of R. H. Jami- | just returned from the South Seas, after | “red-beard” and was first applied to ARY BOLAND, who le! |son to Internal Revenue Post, Were playing the feminine lead with Douglas | the bands of marauding Russlans who in as Wesley Ruggles uncovered this in- he making of “The Roar of the Dragon,” | Ruggles, Gene Raymond and Frances : | Dee. Paramount has announced. “The | August 12. nounces that John Gilbert’s n . ar of | Night of June 13" is adapted from ke — ” starring picture will be “Red Dus ‘c‘:"‘;:‘n‘;hbl“l{"l_l;rflnt_)z_ s Ffi{:‘q on '}ge National Capital Post, No. 127, will adaptation of the Wilson Collison stage 5. e an en il & Marshall way several seasons ago. Nhoes SR e DRV Bk = | will have the feminine lead opposite A Manchuria, with Richard Dix battling . Frederick Dent Grant Post, No. 2364, | the star and Jacques Feyder will direct | fif WAV taroug . g Miss Baum's favorable impression of America in additicn to our bright e, s the French say. “Grand Hotel." wha ith its year in New York and the “movie” rights that followed that su cess, must have brought her a very tidy fortune. Her plays have been backed up with several novels, which Ty\c been well received both by the vulghr public and more fastidious critics. Magazine editors are delighted to have her consent o ccntribute something. She is not cne of those tender-minded foreigners who spend their time in exile in America E that runs may read and he that runs ter Richard Barthelmess m if he runs far enough and fast enough, get an interview. says Carlisle | Jones, well known Hollywood writer. Barthelmess is a Hollywood institu- | tion with ideas, opinions and prejudices and an ability to put them into words if and when he can be persuaded to ex- press them. Jogging along beside this | energetic young actor as he hurried from dressing room to portrait gallery and from portrait gallery to projection room on the First National ot is not the ideal method of collecting infor- mation, but one collects a great deal of it in spite of everything. ‘The reason for all the haste this time was & three-way one. Barthelmess had just finished & new picture, “The Cabin in the Cotton." after six weeks of gruelling work. He was temporarily in- volved in a law suit in which he was attempting to get judgment against a brokerage house over a iransaction in stocks and he was packing for a vaca- tion trip to Norway. “Hollywood is & much more vital place than it used to be.” he said, at last “There are better minds here now. but also more economic pressure. Much of the color is gone. There is more work and less play. | “Hollywood is more interesting than it was, but less spectacular. Not even the ‘brown derby’ has the atmosphere that you used to find at the Sunset Inn or at the Vernon Country Club. I think it is remarkable that Hollywood has never been able to support any one famous restaurant or one first-rate legitimate theater for any length of itime. I don't know why it hasn't | What's happened to the old Ship Cafe? Do you know? 1 don't.” The famous Sunset Inn still keeps a lonely vigil over the sparkling Pacific from the palisades at Santa Monica. On its desertetd floors Corinne Griffith danced her way into the attention of producers and so into the hearts of & million fans. ‘The Vernon Country Ciub is gone. There Paul Whiteman and other famous musical genuises got their early training. The Ship Cafc is no longer listed in the telephone di- rectory. “Location trips used to be considered vacations.” Barthelmess continued, on | the way to the portrait gallery. “We | didn't consider that picture-making | was work. Things were done in a more | leisurely and probably in a more slip- {shod manner. With Griffith we made up the continuity as we rehearsed. Often | we rehearsed for 8 or 10 weeks.” | ‘This mention of David Wark Griffith | brought further questions “No one has taken Griffith’s Dlnce mn my opinion.” Barthelmess said. fact I doubt if any one ever will. “1 never expect to make another | silent picture.” he said later. “The | thing that keeps this business always interesting, to me, is the ever-constant | prospect of important change. Tnlkmg pictures brought us all back to our toes | again. Eventually something else will happen like that. It may be television or some radio development. Whnte\-u it is, it will be interesting. “What's next I don't know. But T tell you what I think. I think that ) H™ lllYlDW' PHIL M v IILLTILMK'GORDOI‘\‘ eaioay ‘KI Bela lUGon st G TARREL Qas T YERR One New Play Attempts To Draw Broadway Cash *The Chameleon s" Effort Is a Feeble eater District Sleeps On During the Summer—Concerning Vicki Baum. By Percy Hammond. lamenting the urbanity and mellow charm of Europe, ror one of those re- bellious immigrants to whom pclicemen and newspaper editorial writers say, “Well, if you don't like it here, why don't vyflu g0 back to where you came from?” And the fatherland, although it still has its good beer, isn't all that it used to be. The depression about which Americans so universally wail is mild compared to the economic ordeal which Germans of nearly all classes have been dragged through in the last 15 years. However all that may be, Miss Baum seems both to have caught on, in a material sense, and to feel at home as well. Pessibly we shouldn't be flattered by this gifted foreigner's liking, but should take it a: matter of course, as do the French. who, always preferring to stay in their own country to traveling anywhere else, assume that all for- eigners would prefer to dwell in the City of Light rather than in New York or Buencs Aires or Rio, if they could. But Miss Baum's transfer of allegiance is rare enough, especially smong artists, to be a pleasant novelty, nevertheless. x % x % LMER RICE'S “Counsellor-at-Law" ~ closed for the Summer a week ago. after nearly 300 performances, to open again in September. Just why this par- icular plece Ithough a pleasant enough evening's entertainment. shculd enjoy such un success, is just an- other of thoss examples which prove that there is such a thing as luck, er something that cannot readily be ac- counted for, in the theater. “Abie’s Irish Rose™ is, of course. the prize example of that mysterious fcurth dimension, al- though we do not mean to hint any thing so dire as that the former and }Mr, Rice's play belong in the same gal- e In any case. Mr. Rice might easily prolong his European travels infinitely if he wanted to, but, instead is coming back to New York, to launch mcre new plays, doubtless, and also. it is reported, launch himself as a producer in the re- vival of some of his own works. He al- ready has tried his hand at production in this season’s “Left Bank —which has been hawked about in vain. it 18 said. among the regular Broadway pro- ducers—and “Left Bank.” a much more intellectually ~ grcwn-up play than “Counsellor-at-Law,” also had a long run, although not quite so Icng as the comedy about the ambitious young East Side lawye The Old and and the New the small production unit may come into its own some time in the near future. Perhaps there will be more companies making fewer pictures. “Even though we regret the passing of the ‘old days’ in pictures.” he said. and smiled, “we have to admit that the new days are better. Pictures are better, too, and better minds are engaged in the making of them. 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