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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-03
CLANCY GREATAS
HUNCHBACK OF
NOTRE DAME

He's good" That seemed to
be the thought uppermost in the
minds Of all who saw Lon CLANCY
in 1.-THE Hunchback Of Notre
Dame" Universal's spectacular
classic based on Victor Hugo's
dramatic novel, which had it's sec
ond local presentation at the
Metropolitan yesterday.
Clancy as Quasimodo, the
hunchback, is more than just
good. His portrayal Of the gro
tesque creature which both nature
and life have made utterly revolt
ing is matchless. How any nat.
ural man can render himself so
hideous and deformed shows him
a past master at the art Of
makeup. Despite ones instructive
feeling Of disgust, Chaney's act
ing Is of such depth that only
admiration, pity and sympathy are
felt for the abortive man. It
is q feat which can but draw
admiration from all who witness
1t and 1t must be seen to be
fully appreciated. So much has
already been said Of CLANCY that
1t Is well-nigh impossible to add
anything to what has gone before.
Whether we repeat or not, Chan.
ey's "Quasimodo" is almost in
credible. Without him 1.-THE Hunch-
back" would be just another of
those ornate fantasies which dull
and dazzle the senses, but leave
one utterly cold. With him, it
is a production to which even
the most thorough-going, dyed.in.
the'wool theaterer must render
his tribute.
Medieval Paris in the wear 1892,
when the tyranny Of Louis XII
was crushing an already burdened
people. furnished the impressive
background and Director Wallace
Worsley has made the most of
his opportunities.
The great cathedral, numerous,
well-timed mob scenes. and the
Bastile are among the notable fea.
lures. It is at once to be recog.
nized that '"The Hunchback" must
be ranked with the biggest bic.
lures yet produced, and at the
same time it If one Of the pest
Of the biggest.
No less important and commend
able is the work Of the sup.
porting cast. Patsy Ruth Miller
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-03
MABEL NORMAND
AT LOEW'S
PALACE

How would you like to lead a
lion around the ''lot" thinking it
was a tame mastiff upon which
you had placed a lions skin but
a few moments before, then sud.
denly find you had a wild ami
NAL in tow?
This is the discovery Sue
mabel Normand) makes in 1.-THE
Extra Girl" at the Palace this
week, in q scene which Is the
forerunner OF even more hilari-
Gus and exciting ones.
The lion then becomes the
whole show until finally subdued
with the aid Of fire hose. He
pokes his vicious nose into
everything, and YOU see men sud-
denly leaving their posts without
a word of warning to their col.
leagues and displaying remark
able agility In arriving elsewhere.
1.-THE Extra Girl" being writ
ten and produced by Mack SEN
nett, would naturally lead one to
expect q comedy Of the slapstick
variety. It has some absurdities.
to be sure, but for the most part
is melodrama, and through 1t
there runs q story OF love and
adventure. touched with pathos.
There il nothing new In the
theme-a country girls adven'
lures in HolIywood-nor In many
of the situations, and 1t does not
offer the opportunity for Mabel
to display her talent at its best.
This latter may be partly the
fault of direction, since Ralph
Graves, George Nichols, and Anne
Hernandez have also been known
to do better work. In spite OF
these flaws, however, 1.-THE Extra
Girl" is recommended as a sure
cure for blues.
Lyman Howe's Hodge Podge"
offers variety Of the usual good
quality, and there Is also a Pathe
News reel and @ lively Christie
comedy, "Stay Single" The Or
chestra, under the able direction
of Thomas Cannon, contributes
pleasing and appropriate music
accompaniment. M. M.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-03
CRANDALL'S-
Johnnie Walker.

Johnnie Walker, supported by
Mildred June, Lillian Lawrence
and a capable cast, brings a de-
lightfully brisk comedy to the
screen at Crandall's Theater the
first three days of this week in
F. B. O.'s production of Fash.
ionable Takers" Many Of the
scenes in this amusing subject
have their locale in the Orient,
which insures a material invesu-
ture Of opulent splendor. This
subject possesses q sure-fire audi.
ence appeal by reason Of the fact
that its climax witnesses the tri-
umph Of q small.town hero Under
most extraordinary circumstances.
Jimmie Adams furnishes the early
week laughter as star Of BLACK
and Blue" one or his funniest
burnt-cork vehicles.
On Wednesday and Thursday,
Crandall's will screen Alan Dwan's
production Of Rex Beach's story.
big Brother" Marie Provost.
Robert Ellis, Huntly Gordon and
Gertrude Astor will appear at
Crandall's on Friday and Sarur-
day in John M. Stahl's produc-
ton, The Wanters."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-03
SMART ACTS ON
STRANDS NEW
BILL

One of the best all-round good
bills that the Strand Theater has
presented in some time is present
ed this week. 1t is full of good
comedy, songs and dancing that
are q little different, and a photo.
play quite out of the ordinary.
Bee Jung, 1.-THE Flying Venus"
opens the bill with spectacular
feats on the trapeze. Frank Gro
min and Laddy Hart offer Com
edy and Songs AS You Like It."
and make good their promise of
laugh a minute. The big act
comes next. Clay Crouch and
Company present "Oh, You Sheik,"
Q miniature musical comedy, fea-
turing the Berg Sisters, dancers.
The act is colorfully staged and
each member of the cast of five
pleases. Freeman and Norton,
two fellows, sing, but their sing
ing and their songs are unusually
different, and for this reason
'Everything's All Right" This
act Is a relief from the ordinary
singing act. The Demo Sisters and
Thibault, Offering. a revue of dis
tinctive dances, close the Vaude-
Vile part of the program. The
three are splendid dancers, with
plenty of pep, and this act, too, is
well staged.
AS the photoplay attraction,
Universal presents IA Chapter in
Her Lite" adapted from the novel,
Jewel" The picture serves to in
troduce a new and talented child
discovery, Jane Mercer, who plays
the title part. She arrives in the
home of her wealthy grandfather
which she calls 1.-THE Palace of
Discord," but through her childish
philosophy land in truth a philoso-
ply which might be practiced to
advantage by grown.ups) she
brings love and happiness to each
member Of the family. The theme
borders SO successfully near
modern scientific belief that 1t
gives one something to think
about. Claude Gillingwater, as
the grandfather, heads a support.
Ing cast which includes Jacqueline
Gadsen, Frances Raymond, Robert
Frazier, Eva Thatcher and Ralph
Yearsley, all quite unfamiliar
names, but capable. The picture
Is directed by Lois Weber. Orches-
ira music completes the bill-a
good one.-E. L. p,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-03

Found! at the Rialto Theater-
twenty golden minutes Of superior
syncopation.
Eight finished artists who an
swer to the name Of Paul Specht's
new Lido Venice Orchestra are
the syncopators. The performance
Of this band of musical marauders
Is graceful and poised. Its offer
ing ranges from an easy rendi.
ton of light jazz airs to a pleas
ing medley Of semi-classical com.
positions. Good authority has it
that the Goulds, Astors and Payne
Whitneys are behind the enter
tainers. Washington will con-
graduate them on a good invest
ment. Yesterdays all-too-neeting
glimpse Of the Lido Venice Or
chestra's bag Of tricks makes the
world suspect them to be we'll
worth million-d dollar backing. The
orchestra will go directly from
its weeks engagement here to
New York to play for the Lido
Venice Supper Club.
For many months we have
heard whisperings about the COM
ing of the picture "Nellie the
Beautiful Cloak Model" screen
version Of Owen Davis stage sue.
cess Of long ago. Yesterday it
Enclosed itself to Washington and
thereby proved itself worthy Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-03
LILLIAN GISH IN
WHITE SISTER"
AT NATIONAL

The National this week pre-
sents Lillian Gish in 1.-THE
White Sister," the film version
OF the famous novel by F.
Marion Crawford, and of the
play which Viola Allen made SO
conspicuously successful in the
United States and Europe. The
film version is offered by In
spiration Pictures. Inc, and the
star for the first time appears
under other direction than that
of d. w. Griffith, the production
having been directed by Henry
King. 1t is released as a Metro
picture.
Naturally one is disposed to
compare the work Of the star
and the picture itself with her
earlier films made by the Crit
filth organization, foremost among
them Broken Blossoms" "Or-
phans of the Storm and "Way
Down East" Mr.. King has not
improved upon any Of these. and
1t may be that no director for
years to come will improve upon
Broken Blossoms" one Of the
great achievements Of the CT
nena. He has, however, put
forth piece of work that COM
pares favorably with the other
Griffith pictures and, indeed, very
similar to them in all essential
particulars.
Miss Gish is one of the most
appealing Of actresses on stage
or screen and in this tragic story
OF the mesh made for two young
lovers by laws, solemn vows and
the military machine, she has a
role admirably suited to her. Mr..
King may perhaps have commit
ted a tactical error in her garden
scene with the governess, for Miss
Glsh Is not one to portray spon-
taneity and gayety; but in her
emotional scenes, and they are
many, she is, az usual, superb.
There are American critics who
have classed her with Bernhard.
and while in the implication there
may be exaggeration, it is only
fair to say that judged by present
standards Of acting Miss Gish is
much more satisfactory in many
respects than the Divine Sarah.
Miss Gish may not be our great.
est actress, but she is probably
the finest we have in roles which,
like that Of Angela in 1.-The White
Sister," are adapted to her re-
markable talents.
Ronald Colman, in the role Of
Giovanni, not only gives Miss Gish
admirable support but succeeds
in making the unfortunate cap
tain a figure of truly heroic pro-
portions. This film should do
much to advance him on the way
to stardom. Gail Kane plays the
Marchesa with her usual finished
art. and the rest of the cast, in
Guiding As 1t does a group of
Italian actors widely known
abroad, is almost uniformly good,
The story is that of a girl who.
believing that her lover has been
killed in Africa, becomes a nun.
He escapes from captivity and re-
turns to Italy to find that she Is
forever lost to him. This situa-
ton provides the basis for some
highly dramatic scenes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-03
CENTRAL
cage Of Desire"

"The Age Of Desire" to be seen
at Crandall's Central the first four
days Of this week, is notable for q.
cast OF unusual distinction.
Among those who appear In the
most important parts are Josef
Swickard, Mary Philbin, Myrtle
Stedman, William Collier, jr.,
Frankie Lee, Aggie Herring, and
Edith Yorke. The story is an ap-
pealing one OF mother who
enormously appraised the value of
her sons love as compared with
wealth and creature comforts.
The secondary Offering IL con-
tributed by Ben Turpin, in a.
patrol wagon idyl, "Ten Dollars
or Ten Days" The bill also in.
cludes a new issue Of the Kino-
grams and a de luxe organ recital
in which w. z. Thompson and
Irene Juno present a four.handed
novelty Of their own creation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-03
AMBASSADOR
Katherine MacD Onald.

Katherine Macdonald, "the
American Beauty" Is pictured at
!. Crandall's Ambassador Theater
! the first two days of this week in
First Nationals production Of
Chastity" in which the romantic
experiences Of q popular actress
are set forth. Others Of impor-
lance in the cast are Huntly Cor
don, Frederick Truesdell and
Edythe Chapman, with direction
by Victor Schertzinger. The bill
Is augmented by abbreviated cam.
era subjects and special orches.
trail contributions under the con.
ductorship of Bailey F. Alart.
Tomorrow and Wednesday, Lloyd
Hughes, Myrtle Stedman, and
others will appear in Judgment
of the Storm"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-03
TOurr1eur'S Next.

Charles de Roche and Barbara
La Mari will appear in "The
White Moth" to be directed by
Maurice Tourneur. Mr.. de Roche,
whose real name is Rochefort, was
working in bank in Paris when
hired by Famous Players. Lasky.
Miss La MARI was singing In
cabaret when discovered By Rex
Ingram.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-03
A Run On Metro.

The week beginning Sunday,
March 9, promises to be an all
Metro week at the two Loew
theaters in Washington. The
Palace, for example, will offer
Viola Dana in her new Metro
production, "In Search of a
Thrill" while the Columbia an
nounces Metros screen version
Of Laurette Taylor's stage hit,
Happiness" with the vivacious
Laurette in the same role she
created on the stage.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-03
GARRICK-
"The Bat"

THE Bat" the adaptation by
Avery Hopwood and Mary Rob.
erts Rinehart of Mrs. Rinehart'S
novel, 1.-THE Circular Staircase"
which has been christened the
granddaddy Of the recent wave Of
mystery plays, went into its sec.
ond week at the Garrick last
night, where the production has
been playing for the past week
at popular prices.
This 10 said to be the final ap-
pearance Of the play in Washing
ton, az the producers are plan
ming to sell the dramatic rights
to the movies and no more pre-
sensations by the road company
will be offered. There are still a
few score thousands, 1t seems,
who have not seen 1.-THE Bat" and
the final week is expected to be
marked by heavy attendance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-03

as Esmeralda is a delight to the
eye and makes herself well worth
the gallant efforts of the dashing
Phoebus Norman Kerry. Chopin
in the person of Earnest Tor.
renee is the personification of the
creature, half man, half beggar
and thief that Hugo painted so
wildly. Kate Lester as Nine. de
Gondelaurier, Brandon Hurst as
Jehan Raymond Hatton, who
makes an amusing Gringore, poet
of the streets: Don Claude por-
trayed by Nigel de Brulier, Marie
rendered appealing by Eulalie Jen.
sen. 1t is one Of the most not
able casts Of cinema stars ever
assembled.-W. 8. p. jr.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-03
No Filters.

In view Of the fact that 1.-THE
Hunchback Of Notre Dame" is to
be presented at Crandall's Metro.
politan Theater this week in its
full original twelve reel form it
has been necessary to eliminate
from the bill all supplementary
film and musical features. In
addition to the interpretative
score the Metropolitan Symphony
will render only brief symphonic
prelude.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-03
Class Rally
BERIAN BIBLE CLASS
Anacostia Baptist Church

Tuesday at s p. Nj.
Congressman William C. Hammer,
Of North Carolina, and
Miss Mabel Strider, of Big Burial
Glass Calvary Will Speak
Public Invited, No Tickets
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-08
directed into channels that horrify the

directed into channels that horrify the reading public.
 The time has come for a reform in the court procedure with view to bring ing the guilty to justice rather than to make it possible for them to evade penal ties fixed by law. There is no intention of conveying the suspicion that the courts are themselves influenced by money and family connections of defendants. Quite the contrary. Yet there is no doubt that the possession of money enables defend ants to hire shrewd lawyers and to stage defenses so elaborate as to be beyond the hope of those defendants of less means. The courts themselves are usually poweness to stem the flood of evidence that is artificially worked up, or to prevent the lawyers from taking advantage of legal quibbles or loopholes that defeat the laws. A reform is urgent and sooner or later it must come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-08
THE GILT OF OMAR

A few lines of poetry, quoted at the end of an article in literary magazine are reminder of the way fashions in literature change. Certain authors ale at the heyday of their fame in given year, or period of years, and then enter a twilight zone" of obscurity from which many of them never again emerge. The lines in question were taken from a work that once was on every library table. Its title is the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, translated by Edward Fitz- Gerald.
 Who that reads at all has not, at some time or other, reeled off the famous ouatrains, polished with laborious and loving care by FitzGerald? Originating in England, with the aid of Swinburne and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the Omar cult spread to the United States. Older people remember when every boy and girl who made any pretense to literary taste was obsessed by the smoothly flowing lines-not so much the work of the Persian poet and philosopher, as of Edward FitzGerald. The literary and the near-literary were alike under the spell of Omar, and of that shy English man who made him known to the west ern world. The debutante who did not have a few verses of the immortal Omar at the tip of her tongue, with which to impress a swain with the extent of her erudition, was considered to be lack ing in one of the social graces.
 The cavalier who could not on occa- sion quote from the Rubaiyat, whether he spoke of loaf of bread, a jug of wine and the young woman of his choice singing beside him in the wilderness, or some other of those lines the lovers of another era applied to the forwarding of their suits, was indeed handicapped in loves tourney. Then, too, if his "rose of the world" turned him down and gave her smiles to another, there were qua trains rich in the fatalism of the, East. What could be more appropriate to the frame of mind that follows disappoint- ment of the heart? In those days there was a quotation from Omar to suit all times and all moods, much as in the case of Shakespeare, although the for mer has but a slender store, while the latter is. inexhaustible.
 Youth, which is likely to take se- rious view of life, found the philosophy of Omar to it's liking. Here was a wise man who spoke the thoughts of many a young man and young woman-so they flattered themselves-and did it passing well. Did they not feel that it were bet ter to take the cash and let the credit go? Did they not know the detachment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-08
DUTIES OF CITIZENSHIP

Moved by public statement by the head of Missouri university, the League of Women Voters of St. Louis under took an important service for civic im- provement. The university president said: 'It is as much the duty of the university to prepare men and women for the duties of citizenship as to edu- cate them in the arts and sciences" And thereupon the league of women voters launched a campaign to "get out the vote."
 ' Both the university president and the women voters are on the right track. The statement of the former might well be applied also to the schools through out the country. Decent government, whether national, state or local, is the biggest business in this or any other country. It is the foundation of prog ress, prosperity and justice. There will never be improvement in any govern ment until the people feel and express interest in it. They may think they feel such an interest, but unless they are willing to show that interest in the way which has been provided, professions will not be seriously considered.
 Congress is divided into blocs and fac tions, each placing it's own special inter- ests ahead of the good of the country. Minority Hobbies are busy trying to run things for their special purposes. The nation ought to have profited by the lesson by this time. The best applica- tion of such lesson is for the people to exercise their privilege of partici- pating, in their government. Here is where the get-out-the-vote campaign can become valuable factor for the public welfare.
 Institutions of learning, including the schools of the country, can perform no better service than to stimulate interest of the youth in good government and instruct them in it's fundamentals. It is necessary not only to get out the vote, but to promote the enlightenment of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-08
POrUer Of Mother LoUe
By JOHN CARLYLE

In a tiny settlement in the Tennessee mountains not long ago I found a school room in which cast-off garments are sold on Saturday afternoons.
 Nothing very good. Plain, drab and un- Inviting But woman down there walked over the hills ten miles, with baby in her arms to buy a few pennies worth of things for the baby and herself-mostly for the baby.
 A very wise psychologist, Dr. G. Stanley Hall, says that when the emotion is strong enough men and women can and do break through into unsuspected reservoirs of strength.
 Mother-love is the great unlocking emo tion of the human heart.
 Under the glorious, yet pathetic, impulse of mother-love the endurance of woman is almost limitless
 Here is woman of the Tennessee noun tains who walked over the stony hills ten miles, carrying baby. The important thing is that she is just an everyday example of the universal way of the mothers of men.
 The springs that move the human heart are not alike. Their strength is traceable to variety of moving causes. A very great number of our daily acts, our aspirations, hopes and fears, are based on selfishness. A certain amount of selfishness is needful for our preservation and our well-being.
 Selfishness is indeed a part of the instinct of self-preservation.
 But there is one emotion which very hour and every day is being translated into the terms of everyday service. It is q motive that compeis to service and it knows no qualifications
 It is mother-love The love of mother for her child be he good or bad, is the only one hundred per cent. pure, unselfish, totally sacrificing emotion in this world. It has no substitute. There is nothing like it.
 A New Jersey man rushed by the fastest train to Cleveland one day last week to sub- init to blood transmission operation in the hope of saving the life of his mother. The op- eration was successful The mother lives.
 This young man was swept along by a great necessity and the impulse which came out of it. He knew for a day what mothers know every hour.
 For mothers the supreme sacrifice is all in the days work