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Screen Requirements.

IF you contemplate writing a screen
play for sale to the studios. what
is the basic, most necessary quality 1t
must have? And what subsidy or allied
ones?
Once there was a very specific an
swer to that question, but according
to the Palmer Photopiay Corporation,
the problem is now 50 complex that
the mere answer. "A good plot idea,"
is no longer sufficient
Here and there undeveloped ideas
of sufficient merit are purchased, but
the steady, consistent market Is for
finished screen plays of good tech
nique.
However, there are certain out
standing requirements in the studio
demands of today. Most noticeable is
the fact that characterization domi-
mates mere plot value. The best plots
now written hinge upon characterize
ton. II forms the basis of motiya-
ton and often decides whether, or
not a plot may be considered logical,
for different characters react diff
Efsrsntly TO- -yaxzeua-ltpAkienA
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NATIONALITY Lady of the
Evening"

Tomorrow night over zoo of Wash
ington's talented children will grace
the stage of the National Theater in
Miss Cora b Shreve's production,
MY Lady of the Evening" Juvenile
musical comedy with Miss Clara
Roerhle in the title role.
Miss Shreve's spring carnivals are
, always a feature with the capitals
younger generation of stage enthusi-
asts.
Many of Miss Shreve's former pupils
have returned to'assist in making this
:: years performance gala event
notably Margaret and Elizabeth Cor
man, Margaret Baby" Levy and
Cecilia Cochran.
Others lin the cast will include
Catherine Smith. Wanda Cora Shreye
Catherine McCord. Florence Embrey
Vivienne Marinelli. Minor Ellis, Mary
Elizabeth Spinks, Catherine Edwards
Harriette Poole, Lorraine Yawhler
Evelyn Longhart, Ruth Kreiter
Thelma Bates. Virginia Zepp, Isabel
Hamilton, Evelyn Mann, Genevieve
Mailman and Evelyn Holt
The production, built by Morgan A.
Sherwood, with electrical effects by
Walter Burke, promises to compare
with those of the most pretentious OF
travelling organizations. and will
embrace many features of the musical
reviews of the past and present sea
sons.
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STRAND-"Mammy and Gold.
Dust Twins"

If you like old-fashioned planta.
ton melodies and the latest popula,
Jazz hits sung in typical negro style
the Strand Theater this week begin.
nlng today. promises them. fol
| Nanny" known in vaudeville as
the queen of syncopation." and the
Gold-Dust Twins will hold forth
Others on this portion of the pro.
gram are Holden and Graham. ir
Versatile Originalities": Charles Mar
TIN, the sentimental cowboy bari.
tone. said TO possess voice that
charms, in ballad numbers; the Fay
Rash Trio. in an original laugh skit
'At the Race Track and Wilson and
jerome. in "Odds and Ends"
The .photopiay will be Cniversal's
production. What Wives Want" II
concerns a husband who is too busy
making money to give his wife the
attention she thinks she deserves
and in consequence looks elsewhere
younger sister, who strangely
enough acts as a mother to the
elder, steps in at critical moment
and saves her. but is herself cruci-
fled by suspicion. Ethel Grey. Terry
plays the wife. Margaret Lands the
sister, and Niles Welch and Vernon
Steele appear as the husbands of the
sisters. while Ramsey Wallace is "the
other man."
A comedy, news pictures and a
scenic will be shown also
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The Birth of a Nation
"TI,E Birth of Nation" sueeeste

"TI-E Birth Of Nation" suggested
by Thomas DixoRs southern
novels. embraces n far wider scope
than THE Clansman" did as a PLAY.
D. W. Griffiths photoplay covers $50
years of history and pictorializes the
greatest events of the war between
the states as we'll as those OF recon
struction periods
Mr. Griffith's treatment of the
theme utilizes $4,000 actors and 5000
horses instead OF the tiny "armies"
of the stage. He shows 5000 scenes
far flung battle lines of many miles
and Ku Klux rides right out in the
open. which surpass in thrills any
Vanderbilt cup race.
Other marvels are a musical scor,
synchronized to several thousand liz
tinct scenes: the wonderful reprodun.
tion of the theater performance whcr,
Lincoln was shot, and the South Car
olina legislature session of 1870: tn.
taking of battle scenes at night by
secret new process; the MASTER
Rembrandt-like management of lichr
and shade and his marvellous quiet
yet effective, playing of the entir,
gamut of romance from lightest com,
edy. to deepest tragedy.
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''7he Thief of Bagdad. -

DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS is said to
- have set for himself again the
| task of producing the photoplay SEN
sation of the year in "The Thief of
Bagdad."
Where Robin Hood left off, The
Thief of Bagdad' will begin" That
! is the slogan of those who are to be
| associated closely with this forth
coming feature.
On the ten acres recently added to
the Pickford-Fairbanks studio prop
erty. sets of gigantic proportions
already are under way. The usual
processes for the erection of picture
structures of this kind has been re-
versed in preparing for the work.
As rule drawings are made from
which models are built, after which
the sets are put UP. In this instance,
however. models We're first made.
then the drawings and finally the
sets, thus making possible greater
freedom and latitude and also a more
truthful expression of the spirit of
the artists designs.
After several months work William
Cameron Mexzes and Irwin j. Martin,
specially engaged by Mr.. Fairbanks
to create something wholly new as
we'll as unique in the way of settings,
startling innovation in motion
picture edifices.
The Fairbanks offering, it is said,
will breathe a new vitality and a
beauty so startling that motion-pic-
ture art as a whole will be thrust
upward to new pinnacle through
the progress of these pioneers in the
field of fantasy"
All the magic which has made the
Arabian Nights live for centuries
will be incorporated in The Thief of
Bagdad." There will be the magic
carpet transporting persons. through
the air; the wondrous crystal will
disclose realms pictured Tn fancy
since childhood; but the methods by
which this IS TO be done are secrets,
being carefully guarded. -.'
Our plan is to choose players who
are the living counterparts.y of the
illustration of the Arabian Nights. :"
says Douglas Fairbanks, "and it is
thus we will carry conviction in our
story. While we might, after a man.
ner,. achieve this effect with makeup,
1t would be far less effective. 1t
would satisfy the eye. but 1t would
never satisfy the soul"
One of the unusual sets promised will
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NETT1E KNISE
Gayety
Pulls High Insurance.

THOSE who keep in touch with the
motor-car question will probably
say that the highest price asked for a
popular type of low-priced automobile
is somewhere around $500.
Joseph Henabery. the Paramount
director. will tell you. however. that
some "fiiyvers" are really worth many
times this sum. He will cite the case
of the lizzie" that plays prominent
part in Walter HERS new picture.
sixty Cents an Hour" which was in
sured for the full amount of $4,000.
The sole reason for its high insur-
ance value Is that it appears exactly
the same in scene after scene OF the
story and in one or two of the close
ups.
The present value of the machine.
no longer new, is probably around
$3.50, but II it had been destroyed or
stolen. it might easily have cost a
sum in overhead. picture film and
actor-salary many times that. and SO
the Paramount officials decided to
cover themselves with an insurance
policy.
This is why this particular car is
probably the most heavily insured
machine of its class in the world
Evening star., 1923-06-10
Getting Back to
The Religious

An interview with Eugene ONeill,
secured by young Boswell of
the New York Tribune. has special
interest because two O'Neill plays.
"The Fountain" and welded" are to
be produced by Arthur Hopkins next
season.
Eugene O'Neill-T want to write
play that Is truly realistic. That
term is used loosely on the stage,
where most of the so-called realistic
plays deal only with the appearance
Of things, while truly realistic play
deals with what might be called the
soul of the character. It-dea1s with
thing which makes the character
that person and no other Strind-
berg's Dance of Death" is an ex-
ample of that real realism.
I'm the last two plays, "The
Fountain" and the one I am working
on now, / feel that I'm getting back,
as far as ii is possible in modern
times to get back, to the religious in
the theater. The only way we can
get back to the religious is through an
exultance over the truth, through an
exultant acceptance of life.
IF there is anything significant
about modernity it is that we are
facing life as 1t truly is. That fact
differentiates this age from any
o%b
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PRESIDENT-'Abie's Irish Rose.

The President reports during the
past week for "Abie's Irish Rose" q
record breaking success. and so Anne
Nichols mirth provoking comedy will
continue for another big week, be-
ginning tonight at $40 o'clock.
The chief roles of Able and his
Irish bride, which were enacted last
week by George Barnes and Miss
Kay. Hammond, the west coast star
will be assumed this week by David
Herblin, recently seen at the Presi-
dent in The Gold Diggers." and by
Miss Evelyn Nichols, a sister of the
famous author of the play and ar
actress who has already enacted the
same role on Broadway.
Harry Manners staged the produc-
tion under the personal direction OF
Arthur Leslie Smith and Henry Duffy
and the cast that will appear in
cludes Lew Welch as Abie's scandal
lied father: Robert Lowe as the girls
father, Guy D'Ennery; George Henry
Harry Shutan and Miss Henrietta
Vaders. OF these players, Mr.. DEN
merry, Mr.. Lowe and Mr.. Shutan are
assuming roles they created here
during the first engagement OF "Abie's
Irish Rose" last winter.
The story of "Abie's Irish Rose
centers around the secret marriage
of Able Cohen, the son of an ortho-
dox Hebrew, and Rosemary Murphy
the daughter of an Irish contractor.
The marriage, secret at first, leaks
out and complications ensue, early
and often, wheir- the families of the
br1de and Gronua,- d1acozAr- the 1noGNf,
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have for its base a concrete floor
which covers one and one-haif square
acres. and is estimated to cost $50. 1000.
Around the edge of this floor, which
will serve as a sort of patio or plaza
will be constructed the bazaars Of
Bagdad. Other sets, foundations for
which are now being laid, will tower
above the turrets of the kings castle
in douglas Fairbanks in Robin
Hood" dwarfing the castle to what will
appear quite ordinary proportions.
More players will be used in filming
The Thief of Bagdad" than appeared
in robin Hood" according to Robert
Fairbanks. production manager Raoul
a. Walsh will direct the production
and Arthur Edeson will head the STAFF
OF the camera men.
Despite the announced magnitude
of the picture. 1t is hoped and planned
now to have it ready for autumn re-
lease
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4 Man Who KnO,us.

WHOEVER heard tell of a man who
could tell the women anything
about clothes?
But, still, there is said to be one
man who knows just as much about
feminine apparel as women-be-
cause, in his art, THE Creole Fashion
Plate" he wears 'em.
Let Karyl Norman. the vaudeville
star, tell you something about
clothes-ladies' clothes If you please:
IF it's new it's knitted!
knitting mills must be working
overtime to dress Miss Springtime,
1923.
Sweaters have been so long in use
that they have become a sort of
standard uniform for women of all
ages.
But this year sees the knitted
skirt, the knitted suit, the knitted
slip-on dress. the knitted top coat
or sport cape.
These garments lend themselves
To vivid coloring and fantastic
weave. Sweaters have wandered far
from the businesslike conventional
sports garment of a few seasons ago.
Most of them no longer are made TO
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One Advantage of Stock

There's one advantage of stock
ever seen mentioned" says Lowell
Sherman.
ITS this. Before an actor has
been in stock a, week. he learns to
j. kid stock, the play, the company,
Ethe audience. the role and himself -
This doesn't seem like a very great
advantage offhand, does it? Well, it
is. Before the actor has taken the
plunge into stock, he Is inclined to
take himself and everything apper-
tanning to himself with great solemn
ity. That makes him a bad actor. He
lacks variety, ease, assurance. light
Eess, humor, proportion-everythin
in short, that makes a man or a
woman an interesting or delightful
personality behind the footlights. He
Is what people call a serious actor.
That's no way to be a serious actor.
A good serious actor Is one who
takes serious acting with the most
charming insouciance. If acting ie
an art. 1t is, like all arts, the play of
.the soul and the mind and the tenn
permanent. One should not work at
1t or sweat at 1t. II one does work
at 1t. it becomes too hard, and all art
that is hard work is vile art. I
think 1T was Michael Angelo who
said that. but I'm not sure.
We'll, after a little while in stock,
with its many performances a. week,
rehearsing, in the morning and study
ing at night, the heavy seriousness
drops from the actor like dignity
from an Egyptian king when they
open up his tomb. He begins to
smile and improve. He begins to take
things easily and grows charming.
He forgets an inane line and substi-
ltetsa Affective gesture. The stage
.csaaea to be a torture chamber and
,6eoomes a drawing room, in which he
Ms At kAma. He takes -thA audience
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You Neuer Can Tell.

THE art Of advertising in America
has immortalized many a face
without elevating the owner even
from the depths of obscurity.
The familiar, lather-covered coun-
tenance of the man who advertises
a safety razor, the scholarly visage
Of famous doctor with up-pointed
finger and many like them are of the
advertising hall Of fame, widely
known and yet unknown.
The saucy young Adoris whose face
appears in the advertisement of a
noted brand of collars for men, how
ever has gone them one better and
now is about to emerge from the
shades and spring into the limeIight
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wear with blouses underneath. but
are themselves blouses, after the
English fashion
Hence new note in open roll
back collars. often with a bright de-
sign to correspond with a border
which finishes the bottom of the
sweater blouse. A little string tie
with Worsted balls or tassels finishes
the neckline. Usually these sweaters
are worn unbelted, as they are suffi-
| ciently well fitted to cling to the
figure. Many wearers, however. still
prefer a narrow belt of suede or
knitted to match the sweater
knitted suits have jaunty little
fiaring coats or Russian blouse effects
tied at one hip with a big sash. a
very fascinating suit recently import
ed has slip-on blouse in heavy wool
of deep raspberry shade The skirt.
knitted to form odd pleated panels at
the side. is of navy blue with a
broken horizontal stripe in shades OF
rose and yellow. A little straight
tailored suit much favored is very
pretty in white with a narrow black
binding, or sage green bound In gray
"Capes as a rule are knitted to give
ribbed or pleated effect and finished
with big becoming collar of fur or
fluffy angora"
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under his real name. He happens TO
be Allan Simpson.
Allan has gone in for. a movie ca
reer and makes his screen debut with
Bebe Daniels and Antonio Moreno in
The Exciters." which Will be shown
here this afternoon
The casting director, who grabbed
him without an argument when he
applied for a job, told him rather
brutally that the classic contour Of
his face alone was responsible for his
easy entrance into pictures and that
wha atever latent histrionic ability he
might possess had nothing to do with
the matter
To the surprise of all. however.
Allan proved to be something more
than pretty man" and now Director
Maurice Campbell has clinched him
for keeps with a contract
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KARYI
NORMAN
Ke,ths
KEITH'S-"Creole Fashion
Plate"

American female impersonators are
few and far between. Seldom does
one encounter a man who can sue
cessfully and accurately present a
feminine Characterization without
marring 1t with an overtouch of
masculinity. Most of them are gro
tesque and without the finish. the
suavity, that is required to establish
and maintain the Illusion. Such a
fellow is Karyl Norman, THE Creole
Fashion Plate" said TO. be. He will
head the Keith bill i'm Something
Different" with gowns by Nine.
kiviat. music by Irving Bibo and
Leo Woods. His wardrobe is de-
clared the most startling in vaude-
willie since the early days of Eltinge.
Burns of Forty Five Minutes from
Broadway" fame. and Emma Little
field return as the extra attraction,
which bears the alluring title.
Change Your Act, or Back to the
Completing this opening summer
bill are Maude Powers and Vernon
wallace in a satire, Georgia on
Broadway" Helen Slower, presented
by May Tully as. noted American
coloratura soprano; Marjorie Thomas
and Lillian Ackers, assisted by Phil
Sheppard, in a melange Of mirth,
melody and dancing diversionsS Fred
Fenton and Sammy Fields, in ZAP
pearing in Person. Leo DonnelIy.
with Marjorie Falton, in "Tis and
Tlsnt, by S. Jay Kaufman. the para
grapher. and Yong Wang Brothers,
as well as the regular Keith fea-
| lures. Aesop's Fables. Topics of the
Day and the Pathe News Pictorial
Last times today, Louise Lovely
the picture star; Julius Tannen.
the others of last weeks bill. at 2
| and S:15 pm.
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Gloria Begins "Zaza.
CLoRIA SWANSON has begun I

GLORIA SWANSON has begun the
fulfillment of the most cherished
desire of her screen career at the
Paramount Long Island studio. She
has started work in the title role of
"Zaza" under the direction of Allan
Dwan. 80
Ever since Miss Swanson became
star she has had a desire to play
"Zaza." Her Interpretation Of the
role, which has been adapted from
the opera and play by Albert Shelby
Levino, will have. 1t is said, all the
fire and zest that the famous "Zaza"
has had in the past, IL enthusiasm
has anything to do with it.
. "Zaza" will be the first Paramount
picture Miss Swanson has made In
the east, all her work heretofore hav-
ing been done at the Lasky studio
in Hollywood.
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Coming Attractions.
KEITH'S-Ethel Barrymore.

For next week, starting June is,
the Keith Theater announces "the
queen of American actresses" Ethel
Barrymore, in The Twelve-Pound
$500 Look" by Sir J. NJ. Barrie. sup
ported by Harry Plimmer, Ena Shan
non and James Kearney. Miss Barry
more has just finished a Broadway
run in THE Laughing Lady" and is
in vaudeville for a limited stay.
Others on the bill with Miss Barry
more are the Wilton Sisters. Tom
Smith, an artist: Margaret Mckee. the
California mocking bird, and Bernt
and partner, together with acts to be
announced .tatSn
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Glen Echo.

mer days Is where to 60" The
management of Glen Echo Park sug-
gests: A ride along the beautiful Po-
tomac to the park to enjoy It's many
amusement devices. The "skooter''
seems to be the big hit of the park
this year The coaster dip offers A.
600 feet OF aviation-like thrills. The
dip, the old mill and the midway, with
Its rocking pigs" slides and other
fun makers, offer more fun.
From one end of the park to the
other shady hooks abound. where
pfcnlckers may find tables and other
conveniences for luncheons. In the
ballroom on week nights dancing Is
continuous from $3.50 until 1880 to
music of the Glen Echo orchestra
Car service to the park is excellent.
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Colonial Beach.

The delightful weekend trip on the
Steamer st. John to Colonial Beach
river resort affords the advantages of
the seashore, fishing, grabbing sail
ing. canoeing and salt water bathing,
with d sandy beach. The dancing
pavilion is situated directly over the
waters edge, where dancers and on
lockers may enjoy the cool breeZes.
The steamer ST. Johns leaves the
eth street wharf Saturday at 2:30 pm
and Sunday at 8 am, returning to
the city Sunday night at II pm. The
popular forty mile moonlight trips
to Indian Head and return will be
made every evening of this week at
Evening star., 1923-06-10
Domestic Scene In 1902

4 LAWN fete showing the domestic
- relations in America 500 years
after Columbus discovered this con-
tinent will be one of the colorfuI
scenes in The Heart Raider" a
Paramount picture which Wesley
Ruggles has just finished directing at
the Long Island studio. Agnes
Ayres plays the part in this scene of
the wife of 1892 being vaccinated
against the divorce germ, The hus-
band, wearing anti-vamp armour, and
four deadly vamps in queer costumes
are shown in this sequence. The
scene is one of those events which
the idle rich think up in odd moments
and stage for. the amusement Of their
friends who spend the winter In
Rn1m 1Aaohs
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Great Falls Park.

Great Falls Park offers variety in
enjoyment and recreation as an open
air resort. delightful location,
above the historic Great Falls Of tha
Potomac, a pleasant ride on electric
trains from the terminal at 36th and
NJ streets northwest through the Vir-
ginia foothills, and many amusements
at the park. including the carrousel,
boating, fishing. snapshotting and
pfcnicking, together with free dane
ing on week days and free concerts
on Sundays, are its attractions. The
falls. majestic by day, reveal new
beauties when seen by the search
light at night.
Evening star., 1923-06-10
The Extra Girl. !"

DREFERRING a career to matri.
mony, the extra girl in Mack Sen
nett's latest screen feature, THE En-
ira Girl" refuses as a husband one
of the wealthiest men in the little
town of River Bend, Ind, and instead
of settling into. domesticity. leaves
home and family, Journeys to Holly
wood and seeks the casting directors
office Of one of the prominent film
producers From then on the forth
cming picture is said to unfold ro-
nance, thrills and adventures.
1t is from Mack Sennett's own story
adapted TOR the screen by Bernard
McConville. The title role IL being
pla1sA h1 MahSl NosIRAnd,