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The Washington times., 1922-05-07
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MANAGER LAWRENCE BE.

MANAGER LAWRENCE BEA-
TUS. OF Loew's Palace The
ter. and Manager Mark Gates, of
I,oew's Columbia Theater. both
have prominent roles in the recep-
ton of the $500 delegates who will
gather in Washington tomorrow
for the annual convention Of the
Motion Picture Theater owners of
America. Mr.. Beatus. as one OF
the oldest theater managers in
Washington in point or service.
will head the entertainment COM
mittee Of local exhibitors. while
Mr.. Gates. by reason OF his per
sonal acquaintance with exhibitors
throughout number of Ohio
cities. will be charged with the re-
sponsibility of welcoming the Ohio
delegation TO Washington. Both
theaters have been beautified for
the uca sion and the Palace, in
particular, has undergone its usual
spring renovation in advance Of
the regular time. owing to the APP
pearance of visiting exhibitors
from all parts OF the country.
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

And-then they all want a few
peals of 1t.
WHAT the public needs is varied
fare. We all need that in
other directions than those of the
theater. Variety, being the spice
OF life. is alluring. But one tires
OF a constant dose OF the same
thing. The mystery" that charms
as a novelty repels as steady diet.
The more we see OF these plays the
less we like them. The game Of
killing the goose that lays the
golden eggs is an old game and
rather a sad one. But II Is always
played in the theater. The time
has come when we shall see the
mystery" play as "one OF those
things and possibly guy II.
In the meantime. The Bat" as
the pioneer. will receive the pio-
neer's recognition. THE Cat and
the Canary" will be applauded for
the courage Of its convictions, and
the others-well
The Washington times., 1922-05-07
Keith Manager
+: Widely Praised
II CONGRATULATIONS becau 50

ONGHATULATI because
Of the extraordinary sue.
~ cess Of the Keith Third. Of a.
Century Anniversary here are con-
tinuing to shower upon manager
Robbins. Margaret H. Lower, tho
hsld director Of the Red Cross.
: wrote. in behalf Of her organiza.
: ton and the patients at Walter
: Reed Hospital. that tho standards
. he has set and successfully main
ctained are Of high order. She re-
turned -~heartiest thanks for your
Aver-faithful. friendly. and CO.
Operative interest in the men at
+, Waiter Reed Hospital and for your
loyal support of the Red Cross"
In similar vein writes Jacob
. Emsdgh. commander Of Nash Post
OF the American Legion. He says
0KnowinS you to Be 100 per cent
American and how nobly your
employes assisted in the late war.
our minds thoroughly coincide
with Department Commander NIL.
legs remarks at your theater last
s-sYspins. II the good wishes of
aAs baby post Of the American
1>s1on can make the thirty-fourth
year moro successful. we gladly
bboot them your way"
-. Manager Robbins, Of Keith's,
also received the following tcle-
gram from John Mccormack. the
great tenor, dated New York city
April 20: "ConEratulations on
Saeur brilliant anniversary Of Keith
vaudeville. Please convey my
congratulations also to Mr.. Albee.
II YOU have a way Of expr essing
. the thought. should like to thank
publicly Keith audiences every.
whore for It's prayers and good
Wishes during my recent illness.
These prayers were answered and
I am grateful. Au revoir for a
little while"
The Washington times., 1922-05-07
Coming Soon.
COMING attraction Of unus

"A COMING attraction of unusual
importance announced yester.
-Aay by the management Of Loew's
: Columbia Theater, where It will be
.ssen within a short time, is Miss.
ing Husbands" tho great French
: -sphotoplay which has already been
: exhibited for six months In Paris
: and in London. where It Is still
: playing. Missing Husbands" is
: being released in America as a
: Metro production and II 10 Jacques
: Feyder's adaptation for the screen
of Pierre Benoit's noted novel,
-"L'Atlantide." which was crowned
!. by the French Academy and which
/. was produced in France with some
sof the most noted players Of the
|. republic in the cast. 1t Is raid to
!. .reprsssnt the first big example OF
. French photoplay genius t.ha t
/. American audiences have been
: offered.
The Washington times., 1922-05-07
Glen Echo Park
!: "Opens Saturday

NEXT Saturday. Glen Echo
-! Park, WAshington's finest
Amusement resort. opens for the
3>72 season. All through the win
ter mopths. workmen have been
busy on the various producing
features; and during the past few
weeks. a regular cleanup and
.bsint-up" campaign has been in
pregreas. The principal attrac-
.tson will be the big coaster Dip"
which furnishes 1000 feet Of
thrills. For speed and size. the
big dip equals any feature found
IN Coney Island. or any park in
the country. for that matter.
-. A new $4,000 wurlitzer organ
has been added to the carrousel,
which will render the latest popu-
lar selections. Pre-war prices will
fuls. for children on the carrousel
and also on some Of the other
ernusements. At the big Midway
- VII IhV0oc, - HeW btuht mas Detn
--added. consisting of Rocking
Pigs" and a ride on them will
bring 10Y to the hearts of young
lind old.
At the ball room. the policy of
I, former years will be adhered to.
with the famous Glen Echo orches-
tra rendering the music, under
: the direction Of A. l.. Oehmann.
Dancing will be from $40 to l1:30
-on week nights. at popular prices,
Strict censorship will mark the con-
duct of patrons. and Objectionable
-fcrms Of dancing will not be toll
Grated.
- All refreshments have been TAX.
en over by new managers. who
announce that they will serve only
tho finest drinks. ice cream. etc,
at low-level prices. An excellent
, car service has been arranged. and
. the ride along the banks of the
Potomac to Glen Echo is alone
worth while.
The Washington times., 1922-05-07
Love of Puppies
Holds Up Scene

A y interesting study in ami
~ NAL instinct. showing the
protection exercised by a
mother. dog over it's young. came
to light during the filming of The
Crimson Challenge" a Paramount
picture starring Dorothy Dalton,
which begins a four-day engage
ment at Loew's Palace this aft
ernoon.
Paul Powell, the director. want
ed litter OF puppies to be seen
as atmosphere in certain scenes OF
the picture. But when II came 10
separating the mother from her
puppies difficulties were encoun.
tered. At first they tried tying her
nearby with rope. But she
quickly chewed this in two and
walked into the scene just as they
were about to start the camera.
Then a stage hand held her
some distance away. but she broke
from his grasp the moment the
pups began TO whine and made a
wild dash for the set.
So 1t was found necessary TO
take her far enough away so that
she couldn't get into the scene.
She was placed in a cage so that
she could see her offspring and
feel assured that they were not
being injured. When finally re-
leased she rushed to the pups. look.
ed reprovingly at the assembled
company and picked the small and
yelping CANNES one by one by the
nape OF the neck. placed them all
In the cage she had recently va
Gated and then went in and ,oin-
ed them in perfect contentment.
The Washington times., 1922-05-07
Well! Wells, 1t
May Be Longer
and Sell Worse

TO such persons as believe
that some evening they'll
pass the time between din
ner and bed in dashing off a
motion picture scenario, it
may be illuminating to know
that the script for Rex in
grams production Of "The
Prisoner of Zenda," a Metro
picture Of the Anthony Hope
romance, as dramatized by
Edward Rose, totalled 1922
pages Of single-spaced type
writing. The scenario was
written by Mary O'Brien and
it is more voluminous than
the two volumes of Fl. G..
Wells Outline of History"
The Washington times., 1922-05-07
Boost for Tax.
PICHARD BARTHELMESs says

4 :
that there Is at least one ad.
vantage in the income tax.
I'VE were casting for a picture.
said Mr.. Barthelmess, "snd we
wanted a particular man for a GER
tain part. This man had evident
ly forgotten that common sense
has entered the motion picture
field, because he insisted upon the
most exorbitant salary that could
be imagined
Negotiations were apparently
over and the discussion became
general. Finally this actor COM
planned bitterly of the amount that
he had had to pay in income tax.
We did some quick mental figur-
ing and found that the return re
had made to the Government wIus
about a half of what he should
have made had he received tho
salary that he insisted he had been
getting.
I'm tell you what I'll do said
Director Henry King. I'll give you
the same salary that you tcld the
Government you GOT
The Washington times., 1922-05-07
Eight Pictures
in One Release

TIGHT photoplays are includ-
H. ed in the fourth group
OF Goldwyn's fifth year
pictures, which will soon he re-
leased. They are pictures OF
widely differing appeal. ranging
from romance, mystery and ad-
venture through comedy. farce,
drama and melodrama.
The eight pictures are: yellow
Men and Gold" an adventure
story Of hidden treasure. by
Gouv.rneur Morris: The Wall
Flower" written and directed by
Rupert Hughes; The Dust
Flower" Basil Kings first con
tribution TO the screen since his
famous "Earthbound;" when
Romance Rides" Benjamin r.
Hamptons film adaptation OF
Zane Grey's novel. "Wildfire;"
Always the Woman" Betty
Compsons own production star
ring herself. made for Goldwyn
release; Golden Dreams" an
other BENJAMIN b. Hampton pic
turization OF a Zane Grey novel:
"Mr Barnes OF New York" from
Archibald Clavering Gunter's IA
nous old novel. starring Tom
Moore; and Head over Heels" a
lively farce starring Mabel Nor
mend
The Washington times., 1922-05-07
"Doug" Fast on
Feet, Was SLOW
With His Tongue

FREDERICK wARDE is
i retailing a reminiscence
of Douglas Fairbanks first
engagement, at seventeen, in
one of Warde's Shakespear-
ian repertoire companies.
Doug" was broken In with
a one-line part, in which he
was to say, "Stand back, my
lord, and let the coffin pass"
The future Broadway favor
ite and screen hero Of "The
Three Musketeers," Warde
says, usually got confused
and rendered the line,
"Stand back, my lord, and
let the parson cough
The Washington times., 1922-05-07
Catholic Actors
Form Guild Here

wv ITH an advisory board OF
" prominent Washington.
ians selected, the Wash
ington branch OF the Catholic Ac-
tors Guild of America has form
ed in the National Capital. The
Rev. Francis ]. Hurney. OF ST.
Patrick's Church. is directing the
work of organization in this city.
The local guilds first public ap.
pearance in this city will be to-
morrow night at Carroll Hall.
Tenth and G streets northwest. St
Patrick's Players viii present the
Spring Revue" for the benefit o.
the guild. Several of the stars in
local shows, who are members Of
the guild, are expected to make
addresses during tomorrow nights
performance in Carroll Hall.
Father Hurney announces the
organization OF the Washington
! branch for the following purposes:
To keep the Catholics of the
stage in touch with the church
and fellow Catholics while on tour.
To afford social contact be-
tween Catholics OF the stage and
Catholics OF Washington.
To assist members OF the profes-
sion who may meet with mis-
fortune or illness while playing
in this city.
To place in each hotel and back
stage in each theater ornate bull.
letin boards detailing regular and
special church services.
To provide a centrally located
rooming house where Catholic girls
OF the stage may secure economi.
cal accommodations and surround
ings materially and morally clean
while in town.
To establish a clubroom where
members of the profession on tour
may meet fellow stage artists in
off hours.
Through the main office in New
York to have proper safeguards
thrown about young Catholic men
and women of this city who turn
to the stage for living.
To bring nearer the day when
Catholics, through Catholic actors
and actresses, and through Cath.
olic Actors Guild auxiliaries in
every city in America, will WELD n
powerful influence on the stage.
even to the establishment OF
Catholic drama and Catholic
theater.
Among those who have con.
sented to serve on the advisory
board are Mrs. Milton Allies. B.
F. Saul. Admiral w. S. Benson,
Congressman Bourke Cochran,
Congressman Vincent Brennan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas jefferson.
Charles p. Neill. Harry Carroll,
Michael Heister, Edward j. Quinn.
George Michael Doyle. Or. and
Mrs. r. T. Holden. Mrs. George
May, Mrs. Francis Miller, DR..
and Mrs. L. A. Johnson, Miss Katie
Dunn.
Father Hurney Is temporary
chaplain; Miss Ann Murphy, treas.
urer. and Miss Katherine connor,
The Washington times., 1922-05-07
With Alan Dale
Atm. Y. TheaterS

Continued from Page 6)
long before "The Bat" was heard
Of. And so II goes.
WE shall probably get these
plays until we are heartily
sickened. We shall have them
until the mode is threadbare-
until nothing is left of it-until
the very welkin rings with our
shouts for mercy. But there is
no mercy! We shall eventually
laugh heartily at the pretensions
of the mystery" play and rele-
gate 1t to burlesque. where 1t
undoubtedly belongs. 1t has slip
ped it's moorings and got into
the Legitimate"
But there is a reason, OF course,
for the present popularity of
such plays as THE Bat" and
The Cat and the Canary"-if
you care to think ii out. These
plays are a temporary relief from
the analyticaliy arranged dramas
that deal with human emotions,
love, marriage and such-like. II
is just possible that the public,
fed up with love stories on both
stage and screen, turns for
respite TO comedies dealing with
other matters. There are other
matters. though 1t is difficult to
realize this.
The average play tells you
about the heart affairs OF hero
and a heroine, who, in the last
act. are destined to live happily
ever afterwards. The clever
playwright plunges them into
complications which are only
solved in the last act. The other
acts show obstacles In the way
OF true love; they deal with
elaborate heart analysis and they
live only in the interest OF we'd
lock. They are the plays, OF
course. that will never 20 out
of fashion for long. They may
be pushed aside temporarily
whilst the public breathes. but
they can never pass out.
From these undying PLAYS the
public decides to take a vacation
and enjoy the puzzling foolery OF
The Bat" The public enters a
guessing contest. These always
have adherents. People like TO rack
their brains for an answer to a
difficult" question. Just as they
enjoy worrying about the age OF
Ann. 80 do they revel in deciding
Who-Did.It in plays that star the
query. 1t is just a temporary dis
traction. and this the manager does
not realize. He thinks that the
style has come 10 stay. He. Ha.
The mystery" activity at the
present time In Rorgeously instruc-
tive. 1t is also tremendously hui
morous. Anybody COULD have
started the fashion. but only one
firm did IL. The plays we are go
ing 10 see because The Bat" tri-
umphed could have been produced
long ago. But fashion decided
against II. 1t is invaribly a game
OF follow the leader. Manaers run>
around like sheep, one after the
other, in regulation parade. And
the popular pastime Is that known
as stealing thunder" Who has
thunder? Where's the thunder?
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

~ thirty rifle rang out with
terrific effect.
Nearby, a man who was making
love to another mans wife, ceased
his love. king and both he and
the beautiful woman crinsed in
startled. terrified amazement. the
emotional tension Of the moment
rudely broken.
Sam Wood. Paramount director.
threw down his script and held
up his handkerchief in token Of
truce.
Didn't you know the war was
over" he shouted over toward the
region from whence came the
shooting.
Two smiling face. popped up
from behind a canvas flat enclosing
setting nearby. They were
Thomas Meighan. Paramount star.
and Al Green. his director.
Were through with the shoot.
ing scene now, you can go ahead
with the sob stuff" laughed the
star and director. We're sorry we
interrupted your love scene"
With peace and quiet again
reisnins. Sam Wood again started
his direction OF the dramatic scene
from Elinor Glyn's story, Beyond
the Rocks" starring Gloria Swan.
son and Rudolph Valentino. which
will be at Moore's Rialto Theater
this week.
The difficulty lay in the close
proximity OF the two settings, one
representing a hut in the heart OF
Mexico which In attacked by
bandits. and the other a magnifi-
cent ballroom in a London estate.
II was a case where melodrama
clashed with romance!
The Washington times., 1922-05-07
Wanda Champions
"Flapper" Tribe

A CCEPT Wanda Lyons word
for II, the F street flapper
needs no champion. Her short
skirt has come to stay and she
typifles modern woman's progress
in the opinion of the popular
leading lady OF the Garriok
players.
"All the Paris modistes and all
the DEGREES of Dame Fashion will
never bring the long skirt into
vogue again" says the dainty
Wanda. land the flapper will
flap when all OF her critics have
turned to some other popular
fad to agitate against"
There is nothing morally
wrong in the new method OF
dress" adds Miss Lyon. "Our
youth is exploiting a fashion that
has health and comfort to recon-
mend it. Even the most hard
ened critic of the new etyles
must concede they are more
sanitary than the old.fashioned
long skirt which swept up mil.
lions of germs and they certainly
are more convenient in every
way. Ask any woman who had
laboriously held up a long skirt
for hours at a time il she thinks
this style will ever come bacl:,
and she will tell you emphatic.
ally. No, The answer is, OF
course, that nobody wants It,
except dressmakers.
Now the flapper has merely
taken this short skirt idea and
improved upon it, OF course
some rouge too much, but that is
mere ignorance Of the proper use
OF cosmetics. Rouge and lip
sticks should never be used to
the point where they make the
complexion conspicuous. l wish
all Of our little flappers could
take a journey to Paris and see
just how the fair demoiselles OF
the boulevards use their paint
With the Partisan woman the
care OF the face and complexion
IL an art and she adorns herself
with cosmetics that fit the
weather-that is. according to
whether It is a dull day or one
Of bright sunshine.
Our girls OF today are Just
as good as their grandmothers.
They are just as fond OF dress
and just as susceptible TO new
ideas. They have the same temp
tations and just as many as ever
resist them. l am one of those
who think the world is growing
better and our modern girls are
helping TO make it So"
Just to show her appreciation
and interest in the Washington
flappers Miss Lyon invites them
to meet her personally after the
matinee at the Garrick on next
Thursday. 81 will have a friendly
word OF advice and show them
how the artist OF the stage has
to study in the use of cos
metics," says Miss Lyon in her
invitation.
The Washington times., 1922-05-07
DOROTHY PHILLIPS, char,

DOROTHY PHILLIPS, charm
ing star of Allen Holubar's
"Hurricane':s Gal" has a severe
cold She didn't contract It while
taking the great sea sequence in
a violent storm off the Pacific
coast. nor did she pick it up
while working on night locations
She just naturally got It work
ing in a studio where one would
normally think there wasn't a
chance in the world OF getting
sick. What's more, Miss Phillips
broke all records by being
stricken at the most opportune
time-just as the scenes in which
she does not appear were being
filmed.
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

WILLIAM V. MONG a character
actor in "A Connecticut Yam
kee in King Arthur's Court" ana
in The Count OF Monte Cristo,'
Is shortly 10 be seen in The Man
Who Smiled
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

COURTNEY FOOTE and HART.
son Ford appear as the two
principal male leads in THE Pas
sion Flower" Courtney Foote IL
an English actor and Harrison
Ford an American.
The Washington times., 1922-05-07
Learns Tricks.

r A. BATES, OF Liverpool and
a director OF the Cunard
Steamship Corporation. a visitor
at the Lasky studio, found Betty
Compson. Paramount star, busily
at work in the captains stateroom
OF studio ship" and learned that
II wasn't necessary 70 go off Vine
street. Hollywood. 10 get boat
stuff" and shipwrecks that are
even more convincing-on the
screen-than the real thing.
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

NCABIRIA" was first presented
in America just before the
war. 1t was recently revised AMI
once again presented on the screen.
II was written by Gabrielle dan.
nunzio. Italv's soldier-poet.
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

PICHARD WAYNE beside being
motion picture actor is
concert pianist and orchestra con.
ductor.
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

-HOUDINI IL to appear in a
brand new picture, THE Man
from Beyond.
The Washington times., 1922-05-07
Gun-Play Wasn't
on Sans Script

Bangbang. Bang"
Four shots from thirty.
~ thirty rifle rang out with
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-12-21
His Luck
e, 1e22, Western Newspaper Union,

70, 1922, Western Newspaper Union.)
"WELL, I'll be getting lots of
presents soon," he said. He
had just met some pleasant new
friends.
Yes" he continued, christmas is a
good time for me You see I'm popu-
lar with wives. l get notes from hun
dreds of them; there are any number
who write to me, and when Christmas
comes they knit ties for me or buy a
handsome silk handkerchief or two, or
a fine muffier-a little thought of me
at any rate. And I've never been in
a divorce case yet" he ended.
you must be a diplomat or luckier
than you Deserve" someone remarked.
Neither" he answered. 'I'm a milk
man and a milkman's Christmas is apt
to be full Of cheer and the goOd-heart-
ed wishes Of the ladiesl"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-12-21
THE ANNUAL
ROMANCE
By Mary Graham Bonner
20, 1922, Western Newspaper Union.)

p OSALIND was engaged to be mar
ried. She was to be married the
day after Christmas. She couldn't
very well be married before then as
her fiance was so especially. unusual
ly busy at Christmas time. and it
would have been cruel, too, not to have
waited.
For Bill. her beloved, took the part
of a Santa Claus every Christmas for
II of the big city stores. He vas an
ideal Santa Claus. He wasn't too tall,
he was not too short he was rather
inclined to a stockiness of build, and
extra clothes made him look an ideal
round Santa. He had a ruddy face
and swapping blue eyes-and dressed
in a Santa Claus costume he was per-
feet.
How the children did adore him
And how he loved theml They whis-
pered their secrets to him and their
eyes danced with rare happiness when
he waved a goodbye to them and
called them:
9NCCtiiCoil ot dhd ny uCdloy III
children dears," and other affection
ate terms.
Rosaiind had been thrilled when
she had heard him first, in his deep
beautiful voice uttering such beautiful
words For Rosalind had met him
first when he had been a Santa Claus
and she had been an extra sales girl
taken on for the Christmas rush.
1t had been her first meeting with
him. But she had been kept at the
after the Christmas rush was
over, and Bill had worked for the
store for seven years now. Every De-
he was Santa Claus. The 9TH
er eleven months he spent in selling
utensils in the basement.
They had fallen in love with each 9TH
er, though, at this time when he had
been Santa Claus. And many a time
when he had said: "Good-by dearie,"
to a child, he had been thinking of the
pretty girl who was at that very mo-
nent selling dolls and giving her
her beautiful smiles to a moth.
er or to children.
And now a second Christmas was
around, and once more Bill
vas Santa Claus, and as soon as he
vas through being Santa Claus they
would be married.
1--WE always had lots of omanc in
ny nature she said to him one eve
ling. "Tve always thought it would
,e awful to be like some folks-some
know and some I've heard talk. One
ady who came to the store with a
was telling how she and her
husband got along perfectly. They
Zach had other friends, and sometimes
hey met and embarrassed others when
hey told that they were married. For
me time the husband had been having
Inner with a friend, and the friend
lad been looking f1irtatiously at his
wife who was also in the restaurant.
'The friend had been much embar-
aSsed when he discovered he had heen