Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-27

like virtue. was its own re
ward, when a hero had TO DC
4 content with laurel wreath
and the spiritual halo that &C.
compa MED it. 1t is different today in
this cinematogra phic age.
Behold the stalwart figure of Harold
c'Red'D Grange. who is now cashine
in on the glory that he achieved in
college, His good right fist, which
had been planted in the faces of so
many discouraged tacklers, is now
kept busy signing on rows and rows of
dotted lines. Recently he was forcibly
removed from the field of battle as "a
result, the papers told us, of a dislo
Gated shoulder.
In my opinion. the real trouble with
Red Grange is writer's cramp.
Among the many contracts that
have lately been forced before Mr..
Oranges youthful eyes is one which
calls for his services as motion
picture actor when the final game Of
the professional foot ball season shall
have been played Harold the Red
has been employed by DR.. W. l..
Schallenberger of the Arrow Film
Corporation to appear in one movie.
1t is reliably reported that DR.. Shall
Ienberger has even gone so far as to
deposit a check for 100000 in Mr..
Oranges favorite bank.
This deal has been widely report ed
in the press. We have seen roto-
gravure portraits of DR.. Schallen-
berger. Mr.. Grange and MIR. Pyle. with
fountain pens in hand, feverishly sign
ing their names to legal documents.
To all intents and purposes. the
stage is set, the orchestra is tuned
up and the spotlight is focused for
Harold c'Red'O Oranges theatrical de-
hut. The grease paint and mascara
are ready, and there is liberal supply
of hair paste on hand to keep those
crimson locks in order.
There appear. however. to be a few
back-stage murmurings which may
disturb the tranquility of this pleas
ant scene. Among the film folk of
Hollywood and New York there are
rumors that the public out front is
about to be handed a lemon.
The Motion Picture Theater Owners
of America are investigating the
Schallenberger-Gran deal. with an
eye OPEN for possibly phoney founda-
tons.
The kindly old DR.. Schallenberger is
beaming amiably throughout all this
disturbance and gathering more pub
licity than he had ever dreamed of
tinuing to tell the radio audience that
the rewards of foot ball are spiritual
rather than material.
* X
AS one who doesn't know anything
about the inner aspects of the matter.
but who Gike every one else) Is en-
titled to guess. / shall venture the
opinion that Harold C'Red'o Grange
will never actually receive $500. 900
for his services as star OF a motion
picture.
/ might even go farther and predict
that he will never even appear in a
motion picture unless ne decides 10
fit into the background as an extra
The $500. 900 contract. in my estima
ton. is just a lot of talk. But the
American public Is VIGOROUSLY fond
of talk. and is having a great deal OF
fun out of the spectacular activities
of Harold the Red. There is, there
fore. no particular cause for com
plant.
There are perhaps five stars in the
movies-Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pick
ford, Gloria Swanson, Douglas Fair
banks and Harold Lloyd-whose serv.
ices to a picture are worth the sum OF
100000. All of these celebrities have
established audiences in every quarter
of the earth. Their pictures are dis
tributed by vast and necessarily com
petent organizations.
Mr.. Oranges reputation is local to
the United States. BY next Summer
| when his picture would be ready for
release. that reputation will have
faded. Red" Grange will be one with
the nah iongg craze and Yes, We
Have No Bananas" 1t is extremely
unlikely that he will be on par as a
drawing card with Charlie Chaplin.
A parallel case may be found in the