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Evening star., 1923-08-19
Paramount Week.

OBSERVERS of things cinematic say
that never before in the history
of motion pictures have there been
SO many big and really worthwhile
film productions waiting for release
as there are at this time, and that the
demand for years that the film stu
dios develop their opportunities seems
likely to be satisfied this year, if
promises and reports from production
centers are fulfilled.
More time, effort and actual coin of
the realm, it is claimed, have been
spent on the production of pictures
this summer than ever before, and
producers are anxiously awaiting the
new season in the hope that attend
ance at motion picture theaters will
justify the tremendous effort which
has been expended to improve the ar
tistic standards of motion pictures.
During the week of September to
s many of the motion picture thea
tiers in the United States will cele-
brate the sixth annual Paramount
week.
Paramount week, the first week in
each new season, it is claimed. has
come to be established in the motion
picture trade as marking the indus
try's best effort, and this year il is
expected by producers that il will be
more successful than any other held
before.
The purpose of Paramount week, il
is explained, is TO focus the attention
of the public on the advances made
during the year in motion picture art
and to show that during the coming
season the theaterS playing the bet
ter type of pictures will warrant the
patronage of their public.
AS one of the steps toward raising
the artistic standards of pictures.
producers of Paramount pictures, the
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation.
have reduced the number OF pictures
which they will release this year.
Two. years ago there were 104 Para
mount pictures released between Sep
tember l and August 81. Last year
there were eighty-two. and this year
there will be only flfty-two, or one
a week.
Although the number of pictures
has been radically reduced, all the
production resources of the Famous
Players-Lasky Corporation, il is ex-
planned. have been kept intact, and
will be concentrated on the produc-
tion, of these fewer pictures. Each
of the pictures, according to an an
nouncement by the heads of the cor
poration, will be bigger in every way
than any pictures hitherto produced
by the company, and as more time
has been given to the selection of
stories the casting of players. and
Evening star., 1923-08-19

HAVE you ever thought Of the
magic that can be wrought with
a gifted writer's pen?
Have you never dreamed OF the de-
light it has given your minds eye
with its pictures OF the imagination?
Has your heart never been stirred to
it's depths with the emotions within
you while reading some thrilling
story?
Since childhood you have drunk in
the wonders OF THE Arabian Nights
and the many mythical miracles
which are therein unfolded, and you
or geniis and fairies and all such
things. but probably never once have
you stopped to think that all the
wonders they performed were nothing
the creatures OF the inspired writer's,
who put them in form for your eyes
to read about.
Poetry is very beautiful. Prose is
not less so, and besides it is very
wonderful.
Read what Mrs. c. \. Williamson.
the English novelist, has written OF
a photoplay and Of the famous city
where its action is laid:
who that has ever seen Vienna in
spring, when chestnut trees in bloom
enhance the beauty of the avenues of
the Prater, and the illuminated foun-
tains play by night, and officers in
picturesque uniforms gaze at the most
beautiful and best dressed women of
the world, could ever forget that Won
derful city as she was before August
1914.
Life there seemed set TO music
then: the music of Viennese bands:
all the world knows that music was
sweet.
Remembering those days. 1 went
back there, the spring of 1929, to see
If I could recapture something, no
matter how small a something of that
first wild rapture. I found instead
something tragic.
"The chestnut blossoms in the
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New Opening Date.

Manager Harry Jarboe announces
that the 1924 Gayety Theater sea-
son will open next Sunday with Wal
dron's "Bostoniars," long establish
ed Columbia Amusement Offering with
more elaborate stage settings and Il
larger and better cast than ever pre-
sented before.
This years "Bostonians" is the
work of Jack Singer, veteran pro
ducer of burlesque shows. like the old
Behman show, Lew Kelly and others
There are only eight scenes an
nounced instead Of the customary ten
or twelve, but it is said the eight are
promised to make up in point of mag
nitude and magnificence what they.
lack in number.
There will be sixteen musical num-
bers by Ameta Pynes, premier
danseuse, and Gene Schuler. an excel
lent Dutch comedian, will be featured,
assisted by the tramp comedians,
Scotty Friedell and Ernie Mack. Mil
dred Cecil. who has voice of grand
opera caliber, and Ameta Pynes. "a
high spot because OF her clever dane
ing. Others will include Cecil Nc
Cam. and Jack Cameron and a chorus
of twenty.
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The Story of ''Secrets' - .

TT would be hard to imagine more
romantic story than that Of Sc
crets." in which Margaret Lawrence
will appear in this city during the
season. under the direction of Sam
H. Harris The prologue takes place
in 1922. Lady Carlton. now well ad-
vanced in years. is we'll nigh worn out
on account of attentions to her hus-
band, seriously i'll. She goes to sleep.
and in act one which follows. and
dated 1865. Lady Carlton is a girl of
eighteen in love with one of her
fathers clerks, with whom she slips
off to America.
Act two finds them domiciled in a
shack in Wyoming, the exact antith-
esis of her gentle rearing, but de-
signed to show the courage Of the
woman in clinging to her man. The
house is attacked by horse thieves,
and in order to save her husband she
kills one of the intruders.
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Emotions IN the Movies.

DURING the filming of "Scara-
- mouche," Rafael Sabatinfs ro-
nance, Rex Ingram, selected an extra
from a big mob scene OF. 2,eo0 for a
little individual hit before the camera.
Mr. Ingram's method is not. to die
tate the. absolute physical movement
of players, but to suggest to. them the
state Of mind they are. supposed to- be
in. thus inspiring them to, respond
with all the individuality. they have.
TT isn't necessary that you should
have had great moments insyour life
in order, to .be. able to express great
emotion" explained Mr.. Ingram. Go
back to any experience you have had
and it'll be enough II you see, IT right.
Evening star., 1923-08-19
A Charles Ray Feat.

IN producing The Courtship of
Myles Standish," which Associated
Exhibitors is to distribute in the
autumn, Charles Ray is said to have
painted probably the longest "cyclo-
rama" on record. To get a long per-
spective Of cliff through the forest
clearings made by the pilgrim fathers
along the Plymouth coast he had
his artists paint q scene 800 feet long
and "a feet high.
Because this scene was built to fill
completely an immense stage, and
the painted background did not run
in & continuous line, and because the
foreground was filled with scores of
live spruce and other trees brought
down from the California hills, II was
never possible to photograph this
huge painting in its entirety.
So well, though, did the artists
know the camera values Of their
colors and execute their work that it
is said to be difficult to tell where
the real scenery ends and tho artifi-
cial begins.
Evening star., 1923-08-19
The Cheat" :"

HECTOR TCRNBULL, author of
THE Cheat" which Pola Negri
selected as her second American star
ring vehicle, wrote the story nearly
ten years ago, primarily for the
screen, and it was produced by Cecil
B. De Mile at that time. Following
phenomenal success. it was adapted
to both the speaking and operatic
stage and was novelized by famous
French writer.
Recently Ouida Bergere wrote a
second screen play from the Turnbull
original. She has altered characters
and places. but. it is claimed. she has
retained the original powerful situa-
tion which distinguished the first
production, and Turnbull is not only
satisfied with the changes, it IS also
claimed, but heartily approves Of
them.
THE Cheat" in its present form is
the story of wealthy girl of Latin
American parentage, who, on the
verge Of her marriage to a fellow
countryman, elopes with q young
American. She has also attracted the
attention OF an East Indian prince,
who follows her to America after her
marriage.
George Fitzmaurice directed it.
Evening star., 1923-08-19

THE merit of John Galsworthy's
"Loyalties," which Charles Dill
lingham will present in this city dur
ing the coming season. is measured
by the highly interesting fact that
at the beginning Of the present sea-
son it had been seen in but three
cities in the world, although it had
been played for two years.
Produced first in England. it ran
for year at St. Martins Theater,
London. 1t then ran for full sea-
son at the Gaiety Theater, New
York. and was still at the height OF
its New York popularity when it
was taken to Chicago for the spring
theatrical season.
s'L.oyalties" Is an interesting demon
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New Zane Grey Story.

JANE GREY'S second story for a
Paramount picture, THE Call OF
the Canyon" has not been published
yet 1t is planned to release it with
the picture.
It has many scenes around Flag
staff. AriZ., but the canyon pictured
by Mr. Grey is purely imaginative.
1t must have preCipitous walls and a
road winding into it.
The story concerns a veteran of
the great war who found his health
and happiness and the love Of city
girl in the rugged. uncivilized cattle
ranges of northern Arizona.
Evening star., 1923-08-19
Avenue Grand.

Today and tomorrow. Dorothy Phil
lips, in Islander the Woman" Stan
Laurel, in "Oranges and Lemons" and
Screen Graphic: Tuesday and We'd
ncsday, Claire Windsor and Kenneth
Harlan, in The Little Church Around
the Corner" and Mack Sennett's Nip
and Tuck: Thursday, James Morri-
son and Alice Calhoun. in THE Man
Next Door," and Cliff Bowes, in Exit,
Stranger; Friday, who Are My
parents?" and Aesop Fable, 1.-THE Pearl
Divers; Saturday. Michael O'Hallo-
ram" and Lige Conley, in Three
Strikes
Evening star., 1923-08-19
A "Wampus" Star.

CTARDOM is the lodestone to which
every pretty ingenue raises her
eyes. A few attain the threshold
fewer still cross the line. Some who
do. however, succeed only by long and
arduous striving.
To Margaret Leahy, winner Of the
prize for E(kland's most beautiful
girl, falls the glory of reaching star
dom with her first picture. Three
Ages" in which she enacts the femi-
nine lead in support OF Buster Keaton
in his first full-length feature for
Metro.
Each year the "wampus," the or
ganization Of publicity men Of the
Hollywood studios, elect a group Of
thirteen budding young artists, which
they present to the public at their
annual frolic as the stars of tomor-
row. This selection Is made up for
the most part Of girls who have won
their right by dint Of long effort. To
be included in the elected thirteen is
the coveted hope OF all aspirants.
Miss Leahy gained enviabIe distinc-
tion when. before completing her
work in Three Ages" she was Sc
lected as one Of the thirteen to be
introduced from the stage as the fea-
ture Of the "Wampus" frolic of 1928.
Evening star., 1923-08-19
Concerning Mabel Normand

MACK SENNETT and Arthur 8.
AA Kane. president. Of Associated
Exhibitors, have r just. closed .one
Of the biggest and most important
picture deals, of the year in signing
a contract calling. for the distribu-
-tion. by Associated, Exhibitors = Of a
series. Of features starring the popular
coincidence. Mabel !. Normand,I when
news came. that she had beenf thrown
from a horse and badly injured.
Two, but never to exceed three, pro-
ductionse year were to be made eof
"a supertype exclusively, ~ and under
the terms OF the contract each pro-
duction is to cost between $350.000
and 100000. ~-s .ae.
Evening star., 1923-08-19
Tom Mix and His Spoons.

Pee Wee Holmes. one of the cowboys,
thinks they're for pie. Teddy Eason.
my secretary, pretends TO know thai
they are intended for frozen sweets
Lambert Hillyer. my director in
The Lone Star Ranger insists they
are for grape fruit, and that he has 4
set just like them. Personally, I thin
Lambert is careless with the truth.
ITS cinch that the ice cream on
frozen sweets wouldn't run through
the holes, so why are they there? 1f
YOU are eating peas, why swallow
them dry?
II am going to write to the man who
sent them and ask him what he think ;
they're for
Evening star., 1923-08-19
Savoy.

Today and tomorrow, Dorothy Phil
lips, in Allen Bolubar's Islander the
Woman" Stan Laurel, in Gas and
Air" and Screen Graphic; Tuesday
and Wednesday, Claire Windsor and
Kenneth Harlan, in '"The Little
Church Around the Corner: Thurs
day, James Morrison and Alice Cal
houn. in The Man Next Door," and
comedy, Small Change; Friday,
who Are My Parents?" and Aesop
Fable, The Pearl Divers; Saturday.
Michael O'Halloran,' and Our
Gang" in Giants VS.. Yanks."
Evening star., 1923-08-19
And People Need Homes.

COR Constance Talmadge's picture,
"The Dangerous Maid" an entire
English village was built in the Hol-
lywood hills.
Overlooking the village on high
knoll a, substantial Norman castle.
with two round towers and 112 rooms
was constructed. This castle can be
seen for miles and tourists from the
east sometimes mistake it for a ruin
dating from the days OF the Spanish
occupation of California.
Evening star., 1923-08-19

The third act is dated 1855. with
her husband, now wealthy man.
knighted and on the way to a. peer
age. She is still the demure. obedient
little wife. and when her parents
come to tell her of reports of an
impending divorce scandal. in which
her husband is to be named as CO.
respondent, she surprises them by
telling them she knows all about il.
The woman in the case calls on
her, and is surprised to find that she
knows everything. and in the midst
of this. scene her husband comes in
and she demands that he give her the
details of all his piccadillos.
It,winds up in his telling her that
despite his 'unfaithfulness, she Isl the
only woman he loves or has ever
loved or will ever love-and she "sug-
gests that they begin all over again.
He calls to her in, his familiar way:
Mary, come here. want you"
Whereupon she is, obedienL, as usual.
Evening star., 1923-08-19

WHAT tiny holes are doing in the
bottom Of a teaspoon IS some
thing Tom Mix can't quite fathom.
Recently, it is related a Denver ad-
mirer forwarded 10 Mr.. Mix case
containing a dozen beautiful silver
monogramed spoons. Tom took them
out admiringly and discovered three
small holes in the bottom of each
spoon.
Ii Stumped Him.
What any feller would use these
things for has got me-" said Mix,
land what's more. / can't find out.
Some say. they're for vegetables,
others claim they're for ice cream.
Evening star., 1923-08-19
Galsworthy' '!'Loyalties.' -

stration Of the power, of a master dra-
matist to circunlvent convention in the
theater. It is almost. an axiom that a
love interest must dominate a suc-
cessful drama. Yet Galsworthy
makes his love interest subservient
to conflict between men,. The ele-
ment of suspense is inward.
Every person who sees the play has
the correct theory Of the final out
come of the tracing. and detection of
a certain crime which forms the CEN
ter of action. Yet Galsworthy, after
taking his audience in on the secret,
piles suspense upon suspense as the
skein :. of circumstantial evidence
steadily untangles, until the person
whom the audience has recognized as
the guilty one since the first five min
utes of the play throws back his head
and admits his guilt.
Evening star., 1923-08-19

The English village was designed
by stephen Goosson, art director, who
designed the castles and gigantic sets
for Norma Talmadge's "Ashes of Ven
geance." The actual building of tho
village was done under the direction
of Eugene Hornbostel.
The furni nishings and ornamentations
for the village homes and other build
ing filled eleven box cars, which were
sidetracked TO a point near the viii
lage and their contents loaded on a
fleet Of motor trucks. Hundreds Of
costumes for the villagers were fur
nished by the Joseph NJ Schenck cos
tune department
Evening star., 1923-08-19
Flaming Youth Filmed

YOUTH" from Warner
! Fabian's pen, one of the best
sellers" of today, is story Of a
mother and her three daughters, all
to a more or less de-
gree. The father, as though for full
measure, Is inclined toward a fond
ness for women in no way connected
with his own family.
Told in a frank way, Flaming
Youth" is thought to subtly drive
home the lesson that conventionali-
ties. though boresome, are necessary
for the preservation Of the home.
First Nationals producing unit is
now filming Flaming Youth" at the
United studios
Evening star., 1923-08-19

didn't have to have great joys OF
great sorrows in his life in order to be
able to express them perfectly. He
merely used to watch the patients in
his fathers dental parlors in Mexico.
He found that there was more trag-
edy on the face Of a dental patient.
more expression Of emotion, than on
the face OF a, great man facing a
terrific climax or a great sorrow. He
studied tragedy"
extra, IT can't do this scene for you.
I've had such terrible times that I'm
bankrupt Of emotion
What do you mean?" demanded Mr..
Ingram.
We'll, just look at my bridgework
and be convinced" said the extra.
And he opened his mouth.
Evening star., 1923-08-19
Photo Plays This Week
Continued from First Page.)

Smalley and Virginia Ainsworth ap-
pear in leading roles. Our Gang
in Giants vs. Yanks." the Kinograms
and pipe organ music will round out
the program. Wednesday and Thurs
day Frank Borzage's First National
release, Children of Dust" one of
the fine pictures of the year. will be
shown, with Monte Banks. in oils
Well" and short reels. Herbert Raw
linson will be pictured Friday and
Saturday. IN THE Victor" a. British
nobleman. who saves the family for
tune by becoming successful pu-
.,ilist
Evening star., 1923-08-19

The first OF the Normand features
will be "The Extra Girl" the film
which Mack Sennett is now cutting.
The work Of. production occupied six
months. Direction and production
both were under tho supervision of F.
Richard Jones. Mack Sennetts pro-
duction manager.
THE Extra. Girl the. story of
which is by Mr.. Sennett himself, is a
comedy drama centering about the life
in a motion picture studio. While the
comedy element is emphasized. the
story strikes a chord Of deeper feeling
other yet written by the well known
The theme In Of the
mickey" and "Molly o. type, and
the story was written soUecially for
Miss Normand.
Evening star., 1923-08-19
Olympic.

Today and tomorrow, Betty Comp
son and Conway Tearle. in The
Rustic of Silk and Lloyd Hamilton.
in Uneasy Feet; Tuesday, MadGe
Bellamy and Lloyd Hughes. in Are
You a Failure?"; Wednesday, House
Peters, in Lost and Found; Thurs
day, Alexandra Dumas "Milady";
Friday, Scars of Jealousy; Satur-
day, Betty Compson and Richard Dix,
in The Woman With Four Faces"
Evening star., 1923-08-19
York.

Today and tomorrow, Agnes Ayres,
in The Heart Raider and Ben Tur-
pin in Where Is My Wandering Boy
This Evening; Tuesday and Wednes-
day. children of jazz" Cliff Bowes.
in Between Showers" and Golf as
Played by Gene Sarazen"; Thursday,
Jack Holt, in "Nobody's Money" and
Stan Laurel, in Oranges and Lem,
ons"; Friday. Alfred Lunt and Edith
Roberts, in backbone" and George
O'Hara, in Fighting Blood" No. 10;
Saturday, Counterfeit Love-" Lloyd
Hamilton. in Uneasy Feet" and
Prizma Color Sketches"
Evening star., 1923-08-19
Empire.

Today and tomorrow. Charles Ray.
in The Girl | Loved" also Topics of
the Day; Tuesday and Wednesday, H.
A. SHOWS Hunting Big Game in
Africa: Thursday. Kathlyn Williams.
in Trimmed in Scarlet also comedy,
Spring Fever; Friday. Gladys Wal
ton, in "Sawdust," also Tut. Tut
King: Saturday. Roy Stewart, in
Burning Words" also Speed Bug"
Evening star., 1923-08-19
sTRAND-The Duponts.

Next week at the Strand Theater
the Duponts, syncopated jugglers,
will open the bill, followed by one of
Washington's favorite quartets, the
Criterion Four, exponents of har-
mony and hilarity: Newkirk and the
Meyer sisters, in a snappy revue of
music, dance and syncopation, appro-
priately staged and costumed, and
Robey ad Gould. in a skit, "Edu-
cation Will Out" with "A Day at
Evening star., 1923-08-19

vived by the announcement that
Douglas MacLean had purchased
from Henry w. Savage the motion
picture rights to THE Yankee Con-
sui"
This fine old musical comedy by DR..
Alfred G. Robyn and the late Henry
Blossom set Broadway to jazzing "in
the olden days." which, by the way,
was the title of one Of the Robyn
song hits that every hurdy-gurdy
dinged into your ears at that time,
Looking at Hitchcock's golden
Evening star., 1923-08-19
Apollo.

Today and tomorrow, Claire Windsor
and Kenneth Harlan, in THE Little
Church Around the Corner" and Mack
Scnnett's Nip and Tuck; Tuesday
and Wednesday. Dorothy Phillips. in
''SIander the Woman" and Stan Lau-
rcl. in Oranges and Lemons; :;
Thursday, who Are My Parents?'
and Aesop Fable "The Pearl Divers;
Friday, 'Michael O'Halloran.' and
George .O'Hara, in Fighting Blood"
No. 10; Saturday, James Morrison and
Alice Calhoun. in THE Man Next
Door," and Cliff Bowes, in Exit,
Stranger"
Evening star., 1923-08-19

"The Remittance Woman; Wednes-
day, Robert w. Chambers Cardigan" ;"
American historical production; !;
Thursday, Betty Compson, Bert Lytell
and Mae McAvoy, in Kick In; Fri
day, Jack Holt. in "Nobody's Money;
Saturday. Helen Chadwick and Rich
ard Dix, in "Quicksands."
Evening star., 1923-08-19
Elite.

Today and tomorrow, Richard Bar
thelmess. in The Bright Shawl;
Tuesday. Tom Gallery. in Itching
Palms; Wednesday. William Duncan,
in Smashing Barriers; Thursday
Martha Mansfield. in youthful Cheat
ers"; Friday. Charlie Jones. in The
Fast Mali; Saturday, Dorothy Dalton,
in Fog Bound"
Evening star., 1923-08-19

the Races" a unique comedy specta-
Gle.
The photoplay will be a romantic
story laid in the Canadian forests.
with plenty of thrills and humor, en-
titled The Critical Age" adapted
from Ralph Connors "Glengarry
Schooldays."
Evening star., 1923-08-19
Princess.

Today. Lost and Found: tomor-
row, Dorothy Dalton. in THE Law
of the Lawless"; Tuesday, "Over the
Border: Wednesday. Vanity Fair:
Thursday, "One Stolen Night; Friday,
Katherine Macdonald. in Money.
Money, Money; Saturday, Only
Thirty-eight."
Evening star., 1923-08-19

Miriam Elias has arrived in New
York from Moscow to pave the way
for n little band of players with
whom she is associated and which
represents the Habima- the only He
brew institution of. its kind in the
world. theater that gives plays. in
the original Hebraic. Besides Rus
sian and Hebrew. she speaks German
and French and says she will spend
ten hours a day learning English.
even If she is only twenty-four years
old.
Evening star., 1923-08-19
Hippodrome.

Today and tomorrow, Hearts
Afiame"; Tuesday, Marion Davies, in
adam and Eve; Wednesday, Gladys
Walton, in Love Letters; Thursday,
Nazimova, in DOLLS House: Friday,
Rex Beach's Fair Lady; Saturday,
Mysterious Witness"
Evening star., 1923-08-19
Takona.

Down East; Wednesday and Thurs
day, The Four Horsemen of the
apocalypse; Friday and Saturday.
SNOW Bride" also Christie comedy
and Kinograms.
Evening star., 1923-08-19
Next Week s Photoplays
METROPOLITAN - Mauric,

METROPOLITAN - Maurice
Tourneur's "The Brass Bot
tie"
COLUMBIA - Hollywood"
Paramount's story of Movie
land.
PALACE Lawful Larceny"
Allan Dawn's production of
Samuel Shipman's we'll known
play.
RIALTO-"The Rear Car" Ed
ward Roses famous mystery
story.
CENTRAL-Guy Bates Post.
in Omar, the Tentmaker."
CRANDALL'S-Scven big pic
lures of last season.
Evening star., 1923-08-19

Wednesday. the Washington Rail-
way Relief Association will give its
annual picnic at Glen Echo Park. On
this day the kiddies are given free
eats" and unlimited tickets to all
the amusementS.
Evening star., 1923-08-19
Carolina.

Today and tomorrow, Scars of
Jealousy; Tuesday, Counterfeit
Love-; Wednesday and Thursday.
only Thirty Eight; Friday. Fog
Bound"; Saturday. Harold Lloyd, in
"Grandma'S Boy"