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The Washington times., 1923-05-28
and BArtheImeSS
IN New Shoes

bott. And yet Dick" the visit
ful, pathetic and almost cringing
boy of "Tolerable David" has
grown into an impetuous man.
hood over night. Truly depar-
ture, a new side to what may now
be called Barthelmess versatility.
Nor is this actor less likable in
this new title role, less convinc-
ing. less Barthelmitical less
worthy Of commentator of the
highest order. He seems to fit,
into the part quite DIS well as into
me 'spotless linens" he wears.
Nor is departure nisnomer so
far as Dorothy Gish is concerned.
One seems scarcely able to men,
ton Louise. the little blind girl of
Orphans Of the Storm" and La
Clavele, the dancer, idol of Spain
and Cuba, in the same breath.
Truly It's a clash. the opposite
end in roles, we think. But DoFo-
thy assumes this new burden with
a sparkling vivacity, a delicious
resourcefulness and originality
which is delightful While shak-
ing our heads in surprise, we echo
the applause of the masses for
Richard and Dorothy.
AS W NIC SLOIy 1lSGI..
lily it centers around Charles Alb
bolt, a young American, who goes
TO Havana and soon becomes en-
tangled in the effort of the Cuban
patriots to throw off the oppres-
sive yoke of Spain. The web OF
intrigue, plot and counterpart
which is woven entangles many
lives, and, among them, La Cla-
vele, the dancer. She becomes IN
fatuated with the young American
and through her he gains much
invaluable Indignation for the in
surrectionists. Her bright shawl
becomes an emblem, the banner of
the forces for which she finally
gives her life.
A particularly appropriate must
cal program has been arranged
by n. Mirskey, director of the
Metropolitan Symphony, including
"Fantaisie Espagnole" and other
Spanish selections. A Pathe News
and a very good comedy, Take
Your Choice complete the bill.
w. s. P.
The Washington times., 1923-05-28
Completely Good Bill at
COLumbin

Garnished by an unusually. at
ttractive and well-played musical
score from Brusiloff's musicians
who incidentally render as an
opening overture the tuneful
Beautiful Galatea" of Won Suppe
the Columbia this week offers
it's patrons a most interesting and
entertaining film in the Murray
Carson production of Success"
directed by Ralph Ince. Success
is photodramatized from New
York legitimate play of a few
years ago, and it's atmosphere is
entirely of the theater both back
stage and before the curtain. In
recent years so few films have
been produced with the legitimate
theater as a background that
Success" will make a strong bid
for popularity with, it's very
novelty alone, even discounting
it's strong story and well-balanced
cast.
To be sure, there are evidences
of the old hokum bucket here and
there throughout the film; but
then who ever heard of picture
powerful enough to draw an oc-
casional tear from a responsive
audience which did not make use
of ancient yet potent theatrical
ties? All in, all, hokum may be
forgiven when it is subordinated
TO the plot and to the action OF
the story, rather than forced TO
a dominating position.
All the world loves come
back" That has been proven
time and again-especially in the
world of sport. Success" tells
the story of a different sort of
come back-a moral and spiritual
comeback as well as a profess
sional one; and in the end the
comeback regains all that he
ever lost through his hayward
ness-the love of his wife and
daughter, success as an actor
and greatest of all, success as
man. But the long climb is hard
bitterly hard. And that's where
a lot of the hokum comes in.
The cast is most meritorious.
Brandon lyman in the lead does
wonders with his somewhat
sugary part. Mary Aston is a
beautiful ingenue-Naomi Chill
ders, one of the screens old
timers, a splendid leading woman.
Dore Davidson, of "Humoresque"
and Good Providor" fame, also
has a nice fat part. There are
The Washington times., 1923-05-28
CRANDALL'S-.
white Flower"

Betty Compson, CARRIED in the
grass habiliments of the Hawaiian
Hula dancer, fascinated capacity
crowds at Crandalrs Theater yes
terday, where THE White Flower"
inaugurated three-day engage
ment, with James Aubrey's latest
two-reeler for Vitagraph, THE
Detective" the runner-up. THE
White Flower is based on the
peculiarly deep-seated supersti-
tons of the native Hawaiians and
introduces many of the picturesque
rites and customs that distinguish
the isles of the Pacific Miss
Compson is a half-caste native
and imbues her vehicle with much
the same qualities of charm that
characterized THE Bird of Para
The Washington times., 1923-05-28
SCREEN TESTS
UNIQUE AT
STRAND
Audience Permitted to See
Actual Work of Picking
Film Material.

If Edwin August does not dis.
cover a new movie lunninary
during his weeks engagement at
the Strand Theater. where he
made his first screen tests. of
local talent yesterday, it certainly
will not be for lack of interest
and effort on his part. He is the
Woodworking director" we have
read so much about
August, as he stated yesterday
in neat little curtain talk, takes
his work and endeavor to. Dis
cover Movie Stars" in Washing
ton most seriously, consequently
those who took advantage of the
free test offered them, did Ike.
wise, with the result that many
of them made most successful
appearance concidering the fact
that they were amateurs and had
no chance for rehearsal.
To say that Discovering Movie
Stars" is entertaining is putting
1t mildly. 1t is distinctly unique.
August has brought with him "a
full motion picture studio equip
ment and with special scenery.
banks of lights, cameramen, in
fact, everything necessary for the
making of a picture literally sets
up a little corner of Hollywood
right on the stage. Those having
tests" made, three or more at e
time, are instructed in the various
roles they are expected to por.
tray and the action required, diff
ferent scenes being made with
each new cast as it might be
called. There is one brief rellear.
sal and then camera is the
word. The resulting picture?
That is another story of which
more anon next week. our advice
is. don't miss said picture in the
making. you'll find it well worth
your while.
The other acts on the bill are
equally meritorious. The Quinn
Brothers and Smith in "a Corner
Comedy On The Street" prove to
be delightful trio of songsters.
Edah Dellbridge and lobe, Grena-
mer both possess highly cultured
voices. FORTS and West, pan.
tomimists of the English school.
present a difficult acrobatie
tumbling act Buddy Walker, in
"a Variety Offering" makes good
with vengeance on the variety"
songs, monologue and whistling.
II reviewers are inclined to
grow old and Grabbed, it is not
the fault of pictures like Are
You A Failure the photodramatic
offering for the week There is
no outstanding star, but the
honors go easily to Madge BelIanny
as the daughter of lumber king:
Lloyd Hughes, as the pampered
ward of two doting aunts, and
Tom Santschi, playing Killdevil.
a river front bully.
The Washington times., 1923-05-28
CENTRAL
"Quicksands."

"Quicksahds," in which Helene
Chadwick and Richard Dix are
seen at Crandalrs Central Theater
the first four days of the current
week, is notable for a cast that
bears every resemblance to a
Hollywood bluebook Miss Chad
wick is cast as the. daughter of a
secret service operative who is
captured across the Mexican bor-
der by a band of narcotic snug
glerS; Mr.. Dix, as the young
lieutenant of the Tenth Cavalry
which actually participated in the
making of the picture-who eff
fects her rescue at the risk of his
life. In the supporting ensemble
are Noah Berry, Alan Hale, Tom
Wilson, Dick Sutherland, Frank
Campeau, Walter Long, Lionel
Belmore, Hardee Kirkland, Edwin
Stevens, Jack Curtis and scores
more of equal note. 1t is an
eloquent commentary on the merit
of the picture that this aggrega
ton of talent finds outlet for it's
various abilities during the de-
velopment of the tense and sus-
penseful plot. The episodes lead
ing to the laundering climax are
built with cumulative forceful-
ness.
The comedy note is struck by
the bunch of kids assembled by
Hal Roach under the name of
our gang" who appear in The
Cobbler."
Other interesting features Of
the early-week program embrace
the latest issue of the Kilograms.
a new instalment of the Star
land Review" and two-part
organ recital by w. E. Thomp-
son which caught the fancy of
last nights crowds and elected
volumes of applause.
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many others, all of whom deserve
honorable mention.
A comedy, Urban Special. and
International News fill out the
programme. L. B.
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WEEK
FOR BETTY
AT RIALTO

No further assertions as to the
merits of Herbert Brenon's Para
mount production The Rustic of
Silk as adapted from Cosnlo
Hamilton's popular novel of the
same title should be necessary
than the mere mentioning that
the picture yesterday entered a
second week at Moore's Rialto
Theater. For the information of
the many visitors in the city it
can be stated that this theater
has seldom presented the same
program for longer than one
week.
Given a corking story Of A
highly romantic type, with a plot
unique in conception and develop
ment, lavish stage settings, and
an excellent cast one has every
right % expect something out of
the ordinary. ......
Betty Compson and that ster-
ling actor, Conway Tearle head
a cast which includes such recog
nized screen celebrities as Anna
O. Nilsson, Cyril Chadwick, Leo
White, Charles Stevenson and
Tempe Piggott, all appearing in
characterization that fit them to
a nicely. Miss CompsOn and Miss
Nilsson in particular, give por-
trayals of the highest caliber.
Contrary to previous announce
ments there has been some
change in the program subsidiary
features the comedy for the cur
rent week presenting Mr.. and
Mrs. Carter de Haven in wholly
pleasing offering entitled Just
Missed" There is also the lat
est Fox News.
Director Wild and his orchestra
have arranged different over
ture, namely Offenbach's Cor
pheus," The Melody Boys regis
tering their usual hit with their
,oop,,Ior Mum herS
The Washington times., 1923-05-28

George Marshall presented
Captain Applejack," by Wal
ter Hackett, at the Belasco last
night for the current week:
THE CAST
The Washington times., 1923-05-28

THE Bright Shawl picturiza-
ton of Joseph Hergesheimer's
story by the same name, which is
the attraction at the Metropolitan
for the current week, brings to
the screen two Stlrs whose pre-
vious triumphs have won for
them both widespread popularity
and the positions which they
rightfully occupy in the cinema
realm. These Stars are Richard
BartheImess and Dorothy Gish,
thanks to the wise judgment of
some casting director.
To read the story Of THE
Bright Shawl" ONES power of Wis
ualization proves almost incapable
of pic;uring Richard Barthelmess
in the role of the dashing young
American adventurer, Charles Alb
The Washington times., 1923-05-28
g bblqack ''BHabbieSt
of Comedies

of part thatactors dream about
when they realize that fame
comes all too slowly. Raymond
has a three-ring circus role. and
what this young man does with
it's possibilities is a revelation.
really Frank Conroy last week
emerged from the Swallowed depths
to carve as good a characterize
ton as we have ever seen in
The Bad Man" This week it is
Raymond's chore to establish him
self light comedian who may
keep his bowler on n the presence
of the best of them. AS Ambrose
Applejohn, sheltered young English
gentleman whose deviation from
the code punctilio is enough to in
cite appoplexy in indulgent bud.
geoning killer of his dreams, Cap
pie Applejack, Raymond is i'm
mense.
This is one time when the cast
will not be singled out for
individual mention. Margalo Gill
more and Fania Marinoff have
been added for this production.
1t is quite impossible to resist
saying OF them, especially Miss
Marinoff, that they more than
justify their importation.
Sunday night openings, having
stories that spoil in the telling,
are the most welcome in this de
partment. A short resume would
be difficult, since there is a story
within story; a long one impos-
sible. The margin of safety is
broad and well-secured, however,
should the playgoing public in
vest credence in our belief that
here is show which even hot
weather won't damage seriously.
incidentally the theater on Sun
day night was cooler than mt
other indoor addresses and than
onv nIaco ont IF 1oop0
The Washington times., 1923-05-28
BY HAROLD PHILLIPS.

Farce, comedy, adventure and
romance! What more could any
author crowd into one evenings
entertainment?
OF such is Captain Applejack."
made and with such splendid
cast is it interpreted that we
nominate this piece as the best
production George Marshall has
made in his several seasons here
abouts. Author Walter Hackett
has employed piece of writing
in this instance, not unlike that
in Cohan's Seven Keys too Bald
pate" Here a dream is made
pretext for a succession of events
whereas the pages of book in
the making excused the dramatic
and funny happenings in the
Conan effort. In both cases full
advantage is seized by the au-
thors to expand to the limit al
lowed them. The advantage of
such thematic license is that the
grotesque and absurd parades be-
fore the audience realistically and
ones bump of logic is consolidated
by the knowledge that the whole
thing is a nightmare.
Fred Raymond, 1r., has the kind
The Washington times., 1923-05-28

disc" The stellar role, however,
is not the only one of consplcu-
Gus Importance in the building OF
the story. Edmund Lowe, Airline
Pretty, Edward Martindel-Sylvia
teIo-on and numerous others are
prominently cast and lend the
.....,ur scenes the power to be ex-
pected from such a gifted group
of players.
The Washington times., 1923-05-28
BREAKS
A BITTER
49,
FEUD

''The Trail of the Lonesome
Pine" by John Fox; jr., was a
hit if any novel ever was.
So was the play of that name
written by Eugene Walter.
And the song-we have for
gotten who wrote it, although we
will never forget its haunting
n1elody-also was a hit. ~
Now comes the film version of
the, famous Blue Ridge romance,
and it, too, is a success, just as
much of success as was the
book. the play, or the song.
After seeing the picture at the
Palace Theater yesterday, this
question presented itself to the
reviewer:
With all this talk about a short
age of good stories for the films,
why in the world didn't some
body think of picturizing THE
Trail of the Lonesome Pine" be-
fore this?
Laid against the somber. back
ground of a long standing and
bitter feud between two noun
tain clans, this great romance has
q sure-fire plot and an unbeat-
able locale.
Beautiful Mary Miles Minter
takes the part of June Tolliver,
the daughter of one of the clan
leaders. and in all moviedom there
is probably no star better suited
to the role.
Antonio Moreno is seen as Jack
Hale, the New York engineer, who
invades the stronghold of the
clans in search of coal, and who
finds not only coal, but plenty of
adventure and eventually June
Tollier.
A comedy, The Author" star
ring Al st. John, is among the
subsidiary features of the bill.
It is much better than the usual
run of comedies, and is sure to
give you plenty of good laughs.
c. F.
The Washington times., 1923-05-28
PRE- SIDEN T
HOLDS OVER
COMEDY
"Give and Take" Proving
Popular With Avenue
House Patrons.

Aaron Hoffman's comedy, Give
and Take built on the familiar
theme of the conflict between
capital and labor began a second
weeks engagement at the Presi-
dent Theater last night and found
an audience quite as enthusiastic
as when the play was first
launched in Washington last sun
day.
The principal comedy roles are
excellentIy acted by Harry Shutan
and George Barnes. Miss Kay
Hammond, the leading women,
not only is the sole member of
her sex in the cast, but demon
strates the fact that she is quite
capable of carrying that respoa-
sibility with ease and grace.
Give and Take does not at
tempt to solve any problem IN
economics, but it proves to be
decidedly amusing stage story.
, 1923-06-08
SEVENTY GRADUATE AT
TONIGHT

A lass of seventy girls and boys
graduate this evening from the Ma
trona County High School. DR..
Arthur c. Crane, President of the
University of Wyoming, will make
the commencement address to this,
the largest class ever sent forth
from the local institution.
To have graduated the largest
class in its history is an achieve
ment in itself. There is no better
indication of a city's progress than
its educational institutions, and
Casper has reason to be proud of
the year 1928 in this regard DR..
Crane, a brilliant speaker and a
great booster for the state univer
sity, will add prestige to the occa-
sion
Girls predominating in this grad
uating class at the high school. This
is proper enough. The modern
tendency is to make up for the neg
lect the fair sex long suffered at
the hands of education in this coun-
try.
Quite a number Of the class arc
continuing their education at uni
versity or college. In this conhec-
ton it may be apropos to speak a
word for our own institution at
Laramie as a good place in which
to seek the so called higher educa-
ton. Despite the fact that one
hears the hard-boiled business man
bemoan how little a college degree
means in the world Of making-a-liv-
ing, the fact remains, cynical utter
ances apart, that nobody was ever
harmed by too much education.
For those who are continuing
their years of tuition The Tribune
hopes they may enjoy the broader
sides of university and college life,
both on its social and purely educa-
tional planes. For those who are
going out into the work a-day world,
or are going home to help with the
domestic phases of life, The Trib-
une wishes the utmost success.
, 1923-06-08

Russell Ciuph. drowned near Coal
mont in the waters of the river now
a raging mountain torrent.
The boy. son of Mr.. and Mrs. H.
w. Cluph, and the older OF two chill
dren. vas drowned within a few yards
Of his mother and the Cluph baby. He
fell into the river, it is believed. in
an attempt to get a drink of water.
The little fellow had asked his moth
err. wife of the Colorado. Wyoming
and Eastern railroad ticket agent at
Coalmont. to get him n drink. but
her attention had been diverted to the
baby. When she turned to comply
with the child's request. he had dis.
appeared entirely and all she caught
was a brief glimpse of his tiny hat
swirling away on the riotous water.
She screamed for her husband, who
was fishing nearby, but they could do
nothing toward saving the child It
was neither heard nor seen after max.
ing the request for a drink.
, 1923-06-08
A METROPOLITAN CITY

Casper is fact becoming a metro
politan city in many senses of the
word. What may justly be termed
a metropolitan boxing card is being
staged tonight at the Rodeo grounds
by the Rodeo association. 1t is or
should be, a good card for those
who enjoy a fast boxing match.
Certainly it has the metropolitan
flavor about it. Midget Smith has
several times packed historic old
Madison Square Gardens in New
York to the ~rafters, and if there
were no other boxers of national re-
pute on the evenings fistic bill of
fare, he should prove enough of an
attraction to bring out the fans.
The other matches, however, prom.
Use to be fully as interesting as the
main affair.
The Rodeo association is to be
congratulated on arranging bouts
for its first show which bear the
"big city" stamp. Casper is fast
outgrowing the small town class, in
entertainment as well as in all 9TH
er lines. 1t remains for devotees
of sport to show whether the Rodeo
association has been too ambitious,
or whether it may go ahead with
larger plans for even more pre-
tentious ring programs. A biz
turn out tonight will ensure other
and bigger matches for Casper.
A love of sport is inherent in
the Anglo-Saxon race. Bouts in
London, at OLYMPIA hall and other
famous arenas, are watched by the
a~ristocracy, with many ladies of the
Peerage present at the ringside.
Madison Square Garden has often
blazed with gorgeous evening gowns
and boiled shirt fronts at an i'm
portant bout. At Toledo, and at
Boyle's Thirty Acres in Jersey City,
many women prominent in social,
philanthropic and business circles
were present. Tonight Casper will
probably turn out the most repre-
sentative and cosmopolitan gath
ering ever to e boxing matches in
Wyoming. Many dinner parties are
being planned for mixed companies,
and with good weather the Rodeo
grounds ought to be a colorful
sight.
This is all fitting and proper. All
sides of u modern life are wor-
thy of developing to a greater or
lesser degree. The aesthetic and
physical values all have their place.
Religion is not incompatible with
love of sport; spiritual uplift with
interest in entertainment.
Casper is developing fast. Plans
for new churches prove it. The
new railroad proves it. The new
BUSES prove it. And it is also
proved by the Rodeo association and
its activities.
, 1923-06-08

try. 1t took the world half a CEN
tury to get as far as the Washing
ton conference, and now it begins
to appear, what with gun elevation
controversies and arguments over
subsidiary ornaments that even that
momentous meeting did little more
than scratch the surface. Are we
progressing very rapidly toward an
elimination of war and "man's in
humanity to MANI" How. many
years-how many centuries-will it
be before John Hays warnings and
the Washington conference will
seem useless things; relics of by
gone ere before permanent peace
reigned?
, 1923-06-08
AN OLD, OLD STORY

Most persons will think of the
Washington conference to limit
ornaments as a new idea, a de-
velopment along humanitarian lines.
to curb the war-power of the world.
But it is an old idea, perhaps first
suggested by John Hay, famous
half a century ago as Jul greatest
statesman. In 1868 John Hay
spoke in words that are very remi-
niscent of present day warnings.
His message in its concentrations,
reads with peculiarly familiar vein.
AS quoted by the New York Times,
Colonel Hay, then American
charge d'affairs in Vienna, com
municated to Secretary Seward as
follows.
1.-THE great calamity and danger
of Europe today are these enormous
ornaments. No honest statesman
can say that he sees in the present
attitude of politics the necessity
of war. No great power is threat
ened. There is no menace to peace
that could not be Immediately dis
PEELED by a firm protest of the
peacefully disposed majority of ma
tons. There would be, therefore,
no danger to any people, but a vast
and immediate gain to all, from a
general disarmament. 1t need not
be simultaneous. It Is idle to say
the France fears an invasion from
Prussia or Prussia from France, and
an honest understanding among the
western nations would keep the
peace from the eastern side.
"Why, then, is this awful waste
of youth and treasure continued?
I believe from no other motive
than to sustain the waning prestige
of kings. Armies are today only
useful in Europe TO overcome the
people in peace, or by groundless
wars to divert their attention from
domestic misrule. With the disap-
pearance of great armies, the well
fare of the people would become
the only handspring of national ac-
ton, and that false and wicked
equilibrium by which now the inter
ests Of one man weigh as heavily
rs those Of millions of his fellow
creatures would be utterly de-
atroyed."
Two years later the Franco
Prussian war was in progress and
the evidence in history indicates
that this war was caused by the
very conditions which Colonel Hay
observed and criticized. A similar
state Of affairs prevailed in Europe
shortly before the outbreak of the
world war in 1914.
Since the world war. many ma
tons have been giving serious
thought to the things which John
Hay discussed"
The words Of wise men all toe
often go u%nheeded. The prophet
Is without honor in his OVID coun
, 1923-06-08
Walker Overcome

LARAMIE. Wyo.. June s.-A young
woman, walking from Philadelphia to
San Francisco for the benefit OF her
health. was picked up on the road be-
tween Cheyenne and this city yester-
day, by DR.. Lane, and brought to the
Ivinson hospital, practically exhaust
She is receiving treatment. and is
believed to he recovering, so that she
may resume her journey in a day or
two Being without funds. she was
turned over to DR.. Turner, the county
health officer.