Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-10-15
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| for years under the Frohman manage
| ment and who has appeared In many
of the big motion picture productions.
liz to play the part of Richard Barthel-
mess mother in his forthcoming pro-
duction, Fury" Emily Fitzroy. who
played the part Of the boarding house
keeper. in way Down East" and
| Lucia Backus Segor. celebrated char
acter woman, also have been added
| to the cast.
In weighing their own intelligence
with that of the legion of motion pic
ture fans. according to Nazimova.
producers need never worry that the
balance OF brains is in their favor
| True art is utter clarity; an idea
or emotion so skillfully presented
! that II Is assimilated with least ef-
| fort by the audience or spectator. IL
those who have made deliberately
artistic pictures find their offerings
| Ill received. it is the fault of their
presentation. not obtuseness on the
| part Of the public"
IT lost my Job with BeIasco," says
! Pat Hartigan. because 1 wanted to
movies. In those days it was not
the fashion for actors Of the legiti-
mate stage to appear before the
! camera. But I succumbed to an offer
/ from the old Vitagraph Company
when it was taking its scenes on the
roof of an Office building on Nassau
1 street. New York city. That night
/ received my notice"
Malcolm McGregor is to have the
! leading role in cold Courage" the
| Metro screen production Of "All the
| Brothers Were Valiant" Ben Amos
| year ago Mr.. McGregor. formerly a
] Yale swimmer. was selected by Rex
Ingram for prominent part in The
Prisoner of Zenda.' His work in this
l nrEdncfinn
/ tract with Metro. Soon after this
! Alan Holubar chose him for the
principal role in Broken Chains"
| the $4,000 prizewinning scenario.
Sampson Noble. who has been ap-
I pointed concert master Of the orchestra
OF thirty solo!sts at Crandall's Metropol-
| ftan Theater. is said to be A musician
| of fine attainment and broad expert
ence. He studied for thirteen and
| half years under the tutelage of Emily
! Wagner and then became a pupil of
1 Sascha Coleman of the Petrograd Con-
| servatory. where he remained for two
and a half years. Mr.. Noble won a
| scholarship with Divide Musin. from
| whose class he was graduated as vir-
: tuoso In 1914. He has since pursued
| his studies under Max Bend!X. Her
way Won Ende and Eugene Ysaye.
| Immediately ahead for Crandalrs Met
ropolitan Theater. They are Richard
Barthelmess fine production Of THE
Bond Boy" William Fox's mammoth
J perturbation of his great stage play.
{ The Masquerader." and Constance
| Talmadge's screen version of East Is
| West" said to be easily her greatest
| picture.
, Mrs. Locher. director of the pub
lie service and educational depart
| ment of the Crandall Theaters. re-
,a@ \, s.,.r "-..df
day from a five-day visit TO NV
York. where she outlined the work
of the new Crandall public relations
department 10 the officials Of the
to put into national operation MANY
| of the policies already established
| locally by Mrs. Locher.
Manager Robert Etris of crandall's
Savoy Theater last week made All
| instant hit with his juvenile patrons.
| Mr.. Etris now checks roller skates
in the lobby for his youthful Gus
toners. and has thereby won their
enthusiastic gratitude and undying
friendship.
At the second meeting of the Capt
tai Athletic Club. organized by Mrs.
| Harriet Hawley Locher. director %
| the public service and educational
department of the Crandall Theaters.
held in the Metropolitan Theater
DuilQiHs I.lSt IlQhS. d SiC"-IlOtloI
hlm of Annette Eelierman's dives
| WAS shown. The dives analyzed by
| the retarded motion were high and
| fancy diving. back front. front head.
dive. invented by Miss kellerman.
The meeting was attended by Flor
ence SHADING. swimming champion
Of the District. who brought with
her all the trophies she has won by
her prowess in the water. After the
| pfcfnreS the girls arranged for The
organization of basket ball and rife
teams. Miss Elizabeth Fisher. d.
rector OF girls activities OF the
municipal Fairgrounds department.
filled Mrs. Lochers place as hostess.
due to the latter's absence in New
York.
George \. Hickey. special repre-
Corporation. arrived in Washington
today and is stopping al the Hnt"l
! Washington. He came for the pre-
mier showing. after three months
run in New York. of Sherlock
Holmes" starring John Barrymore
Washington will be the first city
outside of New York to see the cos
mopolitan production Of Charles
Majors world-famous fiction story.
when Knighthood was in Flower"
in which Marion Davies has the
stellar role. The production is now
in its fourth week at the Criterion
Theater, in New York, at Sc prices.
and the theater is said to be sold
out for eight weeks in advance 1t
will be presented here. IL has been
announced, at regular Columbia
prices.
Although broadway Rose" is said
to represent the most lavish and
beautiful production that Mae Muir
ray has ever brought to the screen.
it's showing at Loew's Columbia. be
ginning this afternoon. is limited to
one week only. due to the fact that
when Knighthood Was in Flower
is scheduled to begin its premiere
day.
Cynthia Stockley, whose stories OF
South Africa have long held a prom
inent place in fiction. has given
another to the screen, in Pink Gods"
perturbation of her Pink Gods
and Blue Demons
Two big towns are being built at
the Warner Brothers west coast
studios. a mining town for Little
; Church Around the Corner" adapted
. by Olga Printzlau from the stage
, play written by Marion Russell, and
right next door will be the far
famed town which Sinclair Lewis de-
scribes in his novel, Main Street
One comedy queen that has fitted
, to the silent drama via the bathing
suit is Louis Fazenda, who has been
cast in her first dramatic part in
The Beautiful and Damned"