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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-17

AS a step further in the move"
pent towards a better theater
for America which was inaugu-
rated last season by his presenta-
ton Of THE Rivals" with Mrs.
Fiske and an all star cast, George
C.. Tyler now announces Richard
Brinsley Sheridan's School for
Scandal"
Just as "The Rivals" was pre-
ceded by Clayton Hamilton in
series of lectures on the drama
of the eighteenth century SO
"School for Scandal" enlisted the
energy and support of no less a
person than Walter Pritchard
Eaton as an ambassador while
the play will be presented by q
cast OF the highest caliber re-
cruited after a half years effort
among the foremost American
and English actors.
Such distinguished artists as
o. p. Heggie, Henrietta Crosman,
Julia Hoyt, May Collins. Ian
Hunter, jefferson De Angels.
James Daley, Ben Field, William
Seymour, Arthur Lewis, Neil Mar
tin, Romano Calender, Philip
Tonge, Mary Hone, Anthony
Kemble-Cooper, Essex Dane,
Brian O'Neil and Harold Thomas
will be seen at the National
Srheater when School for Scand-
al" is presented in Washington
on Monday, November 8.
= OF equal Importance to the
superb cast, however, is the APP
pearance of Mr.. Eaton in series
Cf lectures on the drama of Sher-
idan and his day as related to
the current tendency of the pres.
ent day theater which is admit
tedIy downward.
Walter Pritchard Eaton is not
only a leading figure in present
day arts and letters in America
but is admittedly one of the fore.
most critics of the drama in
constructive sense that America
has produced.
Mr.. Eaton is vice president of
the Drama League OF America,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-17
COLLEEN'S BEST
FOR THE YEAR,
IRENE

There is little doubt but that
"Irene''. viii be the big picture
from Colleen Moore this year.
Colleen herself thinks so, too!
She was sitting in the dressmak-
er's rooms at First National
studios waiting for a few hurry
up stitches to be taken on one
of the beautiful dresses she will
wear.
aren't they simply wonderful"
she said, as she pointed to a
long rack on which were hanging
dozens of dream Clothes so
to speak. Each gown was a
creation of Miss Moore and her
personal designer.
'And just you wait until you
zee all Of the pretty girls" con-
tinued Colleen-"We are picking
them now-wonderful looking
girls, too. We are going to have
the fifty best looking girls in all
Hollywood for one Of the scenes
and each girl will have a mar
Velous wardrobe of dresses made
right here in this shop.
I'm just as interested in their
clothes as I am in mine," added
Colleen. "I will wager the beauty
chorus in Irene will be the talk
of the land. Many of the girls
are winners from beauty con-
tests staged here and in other
parts of the country. One fact is
certain-they are all beauties"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-17
THE PLAY CALENDAR

GAYETY-"The Show Of Youth"
burlesque.
MUTUAL - Happy HourS.'' bur-
lesdue.
RIALTO-Lon CLANCY in THE Phan-
tom of the Opera"
METROPOLITAN Lloyd in
1.-The Freshman"
COLUMBIA-AdoIphe Menjou in 1.-THE
King on Main Street"
PALACE - Douglas MacLean in
''Seven Keys to Baldpate."
TIVOGI-'The Ten Commandments"
AMBASSADOR with Souls
CENTRAL-"Playing with Souls.
COMING OCT. 20
POLpS-'"The Love Song"
NATIONAL-"Lady Be Good" with
Walter Catlett.
BELAsCO-Henry B. Warner In
Silence"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
EARLE-vaudeville and films.
STRAND-Vaudeville and films.
GAYETY-"step On 1t" with George
Niblo.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
COLUMBIA-Charlie Chaplin in '"The
Gold Rush.
PALACE-Pola Negri in Flower of
the Night" .~
METROPOLITAN Beach .
''Winds of Chance"
TIVOIL-Thomas Meighan in ''ThO
Man Who Found Himself"
AMBASSADOR. = Alice Joyce in
Headlines"
CENTRAL-Larry Semon In TnO
Wizard of o."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-17
Back to Hollywood
Where a Man
Can Rest

MOnta Bell, the former
Washington newspaper man
and director of AdOlphe Men,
jOu's new starring production,
''The King on Main Street"
did some fast travelling to
show this picture to friends
at LOew'S Palace last Thurs
day night, in advance of its
presentation at LOew's Column
bia tomorrow afternoon for 9
weeks engagement. Mr. Bell
brought a print Of "TI1e King
on Main Street" back from
New York with him on Wed.
nesday evening, remained over
for the private showing on
Thursday, left Washington for
Boston on an early train Fri.
day, was present at the open
ing of q new theater in BOs-
ton on Friday night, returned
to New York this morning and
leaves today for Hollywood to
resume his directiOnaI work.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-17
TO-DAY

TODAY
POIL's-.Artists and Models. matinee
BELASCO-"Is Eat &c." matinee and
night.
NATIONAL-LOwell sherman In
and night.
KEITH's-Alice Lloyd, English
comedienne other acts.
EARLE-Homer Lind Revue; other
acts and films.
sTRAND-Primrose semon; other
acts and films.
GAYETY-"Talk of the Town." bur-
lesque.
MUTUAL-"speedy steppers," bur-
lesque.
METROPOITAN-rVil Banky in
THE Dark Angel"
PALACE-Mary PickfOrd in Little
Annie Rooney"
COLUGBTA-James Cruces "The
Pony Express"
RIALTO-Madge Bellamy in "Thun-
der Mountain"
TIVOLI-Tom Mix in THE Lucky
Horseshoe"
AMBASSADOR Timber Wolf"
CENTRA14-'The Home Maker"
NEXT WEEK
NATIONAL-Music Box Revue, Sum
day night.
BELASCO-Eugene O'NeilrS Desire
Under the Elms," Sunday night.
POLPS-"My. Girl" musical show.
with dancing chorus, Sunday night.
KEITH'S-Adele Rowland; other acts.
EARLE-Melyina, Spanish dancer;
other acts and films.
STRAND-"Alice in Toyland." midget
revue; other acts and films.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-17

About Jones there need be lit
N doubt. He. has already been
credited on diverse programs with
the direction of Fashion" 1.-The
Ancient Mariner" and 1.-THE Spook
Sonata" down in the Provinctown
Playhouse, and ''Hedda Gabler"
last spring for Equity Players,
and years ago he directed the
Colored Players at the Garden
Theater.,
Anyone familiar with the stage
directions Of O'Neill's published
plays might have suspected how
great an interest the playwright
has taken in the way the scenery
of his plays is to look
In. 1.-THE, Hairy Ape" for ex.
ample. the forecasted scene is de-
scrfbed first as a more or less
normal compartment on the ship.
Later when the scene. returns 10
the forecastle, the play has be-
come more expressionistic in
tone, the walls, and the hunks
are described as strangely dis
terted, twisted and angular.
In All Gods .Chillun Got
Wings there occurred a most in
teresting example of sO'Neil's
keen sense of the technical posi-
bilities of scenery as an aid to
drama. In the last act of all,
three scenes pass in a flat in the
negro quarters occupied by a
white woman and her colored nus
band. On the, wall, O'Neill de-
scribes a mask from the Congo, "a
groteSque face, inspiring obscure,
dim connotations in ones mind,
but beautifully done, conceived in
q true religious spirit. In this
room, however, the mask acquires
an arbitrary accumulation. 1t
dominates by a diabolical quality
that contrast imposes upon it"
Further directions Of O'Neill's
were so exactly and yet subtly
carried out by the designer,
Oleon Throckmortzon, that nine
out of. ten people did not notice
that the walls of the rooms had
actually shrunken. They got
only a feeling of greater and
greater oppression, which was
exactly what O'Neill was driv-
Ing at.
Coming down to Desire I'm
der the Elms," anyone who OBJ
serves the play carefully or reads
the manuscript viii quickly dis
cover that the scheme of show
ing first the outside Of the Cabot
farm house and then removing
sections of the side wall to dis
close various rooms-sometimes
three at once, with action in all
OF: them-was part of O'NeiIPs
own original intention.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-17
Novelty and Grace

Melodies of the Spencer Tupman
Mayflower Orchestra at the May
flow Gardens will be supple
mented next week by the appear
ance of Miss Polly Larimer, an
extremely clever young dancer.
Jazz dancing, literally sprinkled
with bits of comedy, is Miss
Larimer's forte. Both eyes and
ankles twinkle in her highly
original version Of the Charles
ton" Another amusing number
is her Chinese-American jazz
dance, depicting the reactions Of
a maid Of the Flowery Kingdom
to the strains Of canned music on
an American Victrola. Dance
connOisseurs who have seen Miss
Larimer's specialties pronounce
her work extraordinary in dancing
and dramatic ability. She will be
an interesting addition to the
string Of high-ciass attractions to
be presented by the gardens man
agement during the 1925-26 season.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-17
MIDGET COUPLE.
WE'D ONE YEAR,
CELEBRATE

Mr.. and Mrs. Prince Ludwig,
with "Alice in Toyland" Midget
Revue, coming to the Strand next
week beginning Sunday, celebrat-
ed their first anniversary last
week. Prince Ludwig is thirty
three years Of age and was born
in Thuringen, Germany. His wife,
Elizabeth Hoy, of the three Hoy
Sisters. who areS also members Of
this popular organization, was
born in Berlin, Germany. She is
twenty-four years of age. The
tiny couple were married in Bos-
ton Mass
The best maid and man Of
honor at this little wedding were
Mr.. and Mrs. George Liable, ma
tive Of Louisville, and are now in
the city. The four well-known
artists appeared together during
the season of 1922-1923. Mr.. and
Mrs. Liable operated a candy
store at one time in Louisville,
KY.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-17
Arliss November 2

George Arliss appears in Wash
ington for the first time since
his return from his triumphant
London season at the Shubert-
Belasco, November 2, in WinthS
rop Ames' production Of John
Galsworthy's "Old English" This
is the newest Galsworthy play
to be seen in America. Arliss
played it 1877 times in New York.
1t is somewhat different from
the Galsworthy of other dramas,
as it is chiefly concerned with
the affairs of the octogenerian
shipbuilder, Sylvanus Heythorp,
a "great old sinner" who faces
his end as undaunted as he has
met life.
The company includes the
players who impressed New York,
Irby Marshal, Cecile Dixon, Molly
Johnson, Ethel Critics, Henrietta
Goodwin, Ivan F. Simpson, Muir
ray Kinnell. Robert Harrigan,
Henry NOvGeU and others.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-17
ARCTIC HERO TO
LECTURE HERE
WEDNESDAY

Captain Road Amundsen, the
famous arctic explorer, who thrill
ed the world last May by his at
tempted airplane flight to the
North Pole, will lecture at Poll3
Theater Monday afternoon, Octo-
Der 81, to relate the complete
story of his amazing experiences
in the Farthest North. Every
feature of his remarkable story
will be illustrated with colored
stereopticon pictures. His lee
ture will be entitled "Our Air
nIane Dash for the North Pole.
CAPTAIN Amundsen will give
vivid account of what happened
when his airplane was compelled
to descend in the Arctic ocean
600 miles north OF Spitzbergen
and was held by masses of ice as
hard as steel. For'nearly month
the six members of the expedi-
ton spent their time in freeing
the machine, their only nipple
ments being three sheath knives,
three wooden shovels and a two
pound ak. With these crude tools
they removed countless tons OF
ice about the plane and construct
ed a runway. On June 16 Cap
tain Amundsen gave the signal
to start, and the plane, after some
tense moments, rose in the air
and began it's return journey OF
several hundred miles.
After flying for over eight hours
and reaching almost the limit of
the fuel supply, the plane reached
the open sea and covered twenty
five miles on the surface of the
water. In the vicinity of North
Cape, when nearly exhausted, the
members of the expedition were
rescued by a sealing vessel which
took them to SpitZbergen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-17
FAMOUS WIFE OF
FAMOUS MAN
CARRIES ON

There are some remarkable IL
1usionists today, but their genius
has not dimmed the glory Of Her
mann the Great nor that Of KEEL
Ter. Despite the fact these two
master minds Of mystery belong
to another generation they are
still cited as symbolic Of the very
highest known representatives Of
the prestidigitator's art.
Alexander Hermann was known
internationally. He appeared be-
fore every crowned head in the
world and was decorated by a
majority of them. His triumph
was enjoyed by his wife, Nine.
Adelaide Hermann, and well 1t
should have been, because Nine.
Hermann helped to invent, to
perfect and present the various
illusions which made her partner
famous.
Nine. Hermann continued her
work and despite the fact that
her hair us a beautiful silver she
is still recognized as the fore
most woman magician. Mine.
Hermann has a virtual factory
Of magic. A building of her
estate is filled with the appa-
ratus of her late husband. and
to this she has added innumer.
able mysteries Of her own.
Each year she digs up and pol
ishes up a new program of these
uncanny feats and presents thsm
in vaudeville. This season Ter
program. which is being pre-
scented at the Earle next week,
is entirely new with the excep-
ton of her Noah's ark Illusion
which has been retained by re-
quest. This is an empty Noah's
ark which is suddenly filled with
animal and human life. Nine.
Hermann has kept it in her
repertoire because Of its unusual
appeal to Riddles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-17
'PHANTOM'S' COST
TO UNIVERSAL,
100000

Heralded by New York critics
as the browning achievement Of
1925, the long-awaited phantom
OF the Opera" commences its
Washington engagement tomorrow
at the Rialto. Lon CLANCY, Mary
Phi1bin, Norman Kerry and nearly
fifty popular sceen personalities
head q supporting cast numbering
more than 5000.
Produced at cost OF approx
mately 81, 900, 900 dollars, the Uni
versal film adaptation Of the Gas
ton Leroux thriller boasts some
of the most beautiful settings ever
shown on the screen. A full-size
replica OF the famous Opera
House, complete in every detail.
has been photographed in color
and displays to advantage the
outstanding beauties or the origi-
nal edifice during its gay masked
bali it's gala. performance and the
colorful life "back-stage."
Mischa Guterson's special opera
tic prologue win be presented, in
conjunction with the augmented
Rfalto orchestra, at all de luxe per-
formances during the week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-17

~
Nearly five years ago, when
Mr.. Bell, whose early career was
in newspaper work, was head Of
the Wheeler Syndicate, he met
Fontaine Fox, the cartoonist, one
night and they went to the
George M. Conan Theater and
saw Leo Ditrichstein play ''The
King" The story impressed Mr..
Bell.
found himself as an advisor to
: Charlie Chaplin in the filming
Of "A Woman Of Paris" Dur
ing the making Of that picture
Menjou and Bell became good
friends, and Bell confided to
Menjou that he would like to
become a director.
Then Mr.. Bell mentioned The
King" Menjou liked the story
and placedN himself under OPP
ton for the picture.
Bell went to eyesy producer in
Hollywood and the East, but
was unable to sell his idea.
"AdeIphe Menjou is all right:
and maybe the story is o. k.,
they told him, "but who are
Wen, about all Mr.. Bell could
say at that time was, Il am
Monta Bell"
Which wasn't sufficient.
Finally, about two years ago,
he got the ear of Harry Rapf,
of Warner Brothers, and Mr..
Rapf said, well, maybe he would
consider letting Mr.. Bell DO q
picture called Broadway After
Dark" or something like that.
When Bell had been shooting
the picture three days, Jesse
Lasky sent. for him and wanted
to know what he was doing. Bell
told him about THE King, ana
Mr.. Lasky replied:
"Oh. I saw The King the
night it opened, and it hasn't
got a, picture in it."
Certainly, it hasn't got a PIC
ture in it the way you saw 1t,
Mr.. Lasky," he replied, "but II
YOU take that play and make It
= combination of old Heidelberg,
Broadway and Main Street, with
a vivid Characterization OF the
kings role. it will make pic
ture."
Mr.. Bell then outlined his yer
sion of the story, and Mr.. Lasky
asked him how soon ne coulo
sign up.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-17
STUDENT STARS
LEND HELPING
HAND

How critical suggestions for
the Improvement of Adolphe
Menjou's first starring picture,
The King on Main Street, have
been embodied in theN final pro-
duction has been revealed by
Monta Bell, who directed the
picture.
The Paramount Junior Stars,
Students OF the Paramount Pic
ture School, Inc, were the critics
whose advice. Mr.. Bell found val.
liable.
Realizing that the movies he
makes are, after all, only for
the public, Mr.. Bell hit upon a
novel way to get audience opin-
ion on the picture before it was
released. While it was still in
rough form with typewriter
titles and uncut footage, he
the Paramount Long Island
opinions. Each Of the Juniors
wrote Mr.. Bell a letter, giving
frank opinions Of his direction
and Of the acting Of Mr.. Menjou
and Greta Nissen and Bessie
Love, the featured playerSt
The Junior Stars were unani-
nous on Mr.. Menjou's charac-
terization Of the philandering
king, but in the letters sug-
gested to Mr.. Bell ways in which
they thought the picture could
be improved.
- After three months intensive
study. of-tlae mailing OF motion
pictures, the Junior Stars,
thought, should be able to make
intelligent comment on the pic
ture," Mr.. Bell said. Their
criticisms showed that they are
getting firm grasp on the fund
amentals of motion picture tech
nique. The suggestions were
very valuable and I was able to
use several Of them in the final
cutting and editing"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-17
ADOPTS NEW
TRICK IN EDITING

get a laugh or pave the way for
the laugh are eliminated and the
edited picture given another trial
running. Iasmuch as we often
run a picture ten times, approx
mateIy five thousand people aid
us in making our decisions.
Edith Roberts heads the sup
porting cast in "Seven Keys to
Baldpate," which was written for
the screen by Frank Griffin and
Wade R0toInT4
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-17
No Armistice

The next time a baseball world
series comes to town, the house
staff Of Loew's Palace Theater
is going to petition Manager. Bea-
tus to book some nice, quiet pic
ture into the Palace. AS 1t hap
pened, the Palace staff heard
mighty little of the radio broad
fact that Ramon Novarro in THE
Midshipman" and Mary Pickford
in Little Annie Rooney proved
two Of the seasons biggest at
fractions and kept all hands on
the jump from noon to midnight.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-17
SUPERBLY FINE CAST In
SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL

member of the American Institute
Of Arts and Letters. director OF
the Drama League of New York,
former professor Of Journalism at
the Pulitzer School of Columbia
University, and was associated
with Brander Mathews; member
Of the faculty of the Berkshire
School, of Berkshire, Mass; play
wright and author Of a score OF
books on the drama, nature study,
and activity of the Boy Scouts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-17
A Worthy Chip

Eugene O'Neill, generally recog-
nized as the foremost writer Of
serious drama in America, and
whose Desire Under the Elms"
comes to the Shubert Belasco
Sunday night for a weeks en-
gagement is the son of James
O'Neill, famed for a quarter CEN
fury on the American stage for
his performance in Monte
Christie"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-17
A Lady Tenor.

One Of the novelty features IN
LA Revue Parisienne" next
weeks attraction at the Gayety
is Ruth Gibbs, the prima donna.
Miss Gibbs is one Of the few
feminine vocalists on record who
sings tenor. And so perfectly
does this blonde beauty do this
that she is one of the members
Of the Lone Star Four" a male
quartet. Miss Gibbs appears in
one of the most striking cos
TUNES of the year-a cowboy out
fit including the woody chaps Of
pure white.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-17
SWanee Stunts

Tiny Dixie cut-ups and "blue"
songs of the bluest will supple
ment the jazz of the Swanee
Syncopators at SWanee next
week. Kate SIN h, clever
"blues" shouter of the Sophie
Tucker variety, will appear at
Swanee on Tuesday evening. The
Thursday following will see the
Inauguration Of Dixielan d
Night" with little colored enter
tainers. as feature Of the sea-
son.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-17
t@KING" REALIZES HIS
DREAM OF YEARS

presentation Loews Columbia for weeks
gagement Monta Bells Paramount production The King
Main Street" ambitious that Bell
Adophe the Of this picture have dreamed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-17
SCENE SENSE ADDS TO
O'NEILL'S REALISM
By KENNETH MACGOWAN

By KENNETH MACGOWAN
Robert Edmond scenic designer of Hamlet The JEST
and other beautiful productions has turned stage director
ONel author of The Emperor JONES' Gamma Christie,
nd "S S. Gencairn" mas turned scene designer.
These interesting facts betrayed in the production of
esre Under Em to the Belaso Sunday night for
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-23
Membership Meeting
at Philly VIII Take
Up Reorganization

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. I'll The
question of the reorganization of the
party is one of paramount import
ance. The last party convention has
decided to proceed with the reorgan-
ization of the party as quickly as con-
ditions win permit One Of the pri-
mary conditions for a successful re-
organization is the degree to which
our comrades are acquainted with the
significance of the change. Every com
rade must be made to grasp the fun
damentals of Bolshevik organization
To accomplish this task a general
membership meeting has been called
for Saturday evening, September 26
at the Machinists Temple, 1898
Spring Garden street. A representa-
tive of the Central Executive Com
mittee will speak on the question and
a general discussion will follow.
This meeting will also hear thorc
report of the National Convention OF
the party.
Every member of the party is in
structed to be present. Admission
will be by membership card. Mem
bers of the Young Workers League
will be admitted on the league card
Non-members of the party will not be
admitted.