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stories had been turned in,
the city editor issued orders
that the next man who wrote
a story about the "Sullen Hud-
son" would be fired. 1t hap
pened to he Ralph Lewis day
off, and when he came in the
following morning it was just
his luck to get a "floater as
signment.
Remembering the encomiums
which had been heaped on the
star reporter for his colorful
write-up, Ralph stepped right into
the breach and dashed off a hui
man interest classic, which began
with THE sullen, wind-swept,
gray waters of the Hudson
Why is the Hudson sullen?"
fumed the city editor to young
Lewis. "Unless you tell me why
the Hudson is sullen, you're fired"
Lewis t. ought minute and
then bobhed up with the retort.
"Well. it has a right to be sullen
it flows past Yonkers, doesn't
it," He kept his job.
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this picture, got a stomachache
drinking studio champagne" in
rehearsing a certain toast that Ca
banne wanted. When Rathbone
finally downed his ginger-ale in
ceived directoral pat on the
. head, he figured up that he had
consumed nearly two quarts of
ginger-ale and he went home for
the rest of the day with a tummy-
ache.
Cabanne also ruined the appe-
title for hours afterward of 800
extras, making them rehearse eat
ing salad.
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And Not a Scratch

Rudolph Valentino will remem-
Der for a long time to come his
production of THE Eagle" In
the course of filming this produc-
ton, he was called upon to fight
with live bear. stop a runaway
horse and a runaway team. ride
a number of very spirited charg-
ers and make flying leap
through a window. Which rather
disproves the idea that Valentino
fights shy of the danger in filIa
u-orL
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A Nifty Four

The violin quartet recruited
from the Metropolitan Symphony,
Daniel Breeskin, conductor, com.
prised Of Sigmund Ziebel, Alex
ander Podnos, George Benedict
and Roy Laing, a week ago again
scored a great hit on the air with
a new arrangement by Elias Rree-
skin of Drink to Me Only With
Thine Eyes"
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Inventive

Director Clarence Brown, who
made+ Rudolph Valentines first
United Artists production, 1.-THE
Eagle. ;" which is to be given it's
Washington premiere at Loew's
Columbia, was forced to invent
some synthetic cobwebs for a
Russian wine cellar scene in
The Eagle Not having time
for the spiders to do the work.
Brown made cobwebs by putting
a special kind of glue between
blocks of wood and pulling them
apart
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ADD STOMACH TROUBLE
TO SCREEN HAZARDS

the prize direcoral spendhrf
commonly supposed think nothing spending three
time getting elusive effect
Christy Cabanne the Godwyn
produced production Masked
Bride" which comes Loews Palace weeks
engagenent be eclipse Won Strohems record.
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Weeping Sheik

Valentino joined the ranks OF
screen players who can cry real
fears when he was filming scenes
for THE Eagle" With the aid
of some very lugubrious music,
Director Brown finally induced
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WHY THE SILVERY OLE
HUDSON IS SULLEN

of Ralph Lewis playing the leading
Edition." story at the Rlaito be-
ginning tomorrow interesting recall that Lewis entered
newspaper profession after leaving University
He on the of
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CENTRAL-Doro Revier and
Cullen Lands appear in Enemy OF
Men" at CrandalIs Central the
first two days Of next week, with
Harry Langdon the pictured
comic in THE White Wings
Bride" and a new "Sportlight'
also shown. Later bookings are
"BObbed Hair" to be shown
Tuesday and Wednesday, with an
Earle FOxe comedy. 1.-THE Sky
Jumper" added; Buster Koaton
in "GO West" Thursday mi Fri
day. with THE Bachelors Babies,
a Juvenile comedy, and new Ly-
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Thirty Days." 1.-THE Matinee
Hero" and 1.-THE Champion, -
which was seen not so long ago
with Grant Mitchell In the title
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A PEEK AT THE AUTHOR
OF "CLOSE QUARTERS

A E. Thomas novelist and playwright who's
play Cose Quarters will be the National
week George c. Tyler the recent retiring
of authors writing for the American theater.
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Since entering the motion pic
ture field an old story has cir
culated in regard to his early
newspaper days.
At the time he was "cub-re-
porting" for the Press, the paper.
had hard-bOiled city editor
known in journalism for his
inability to smile.
A star reporter one day wrote
a heart interest story of a
corpse which had been found
in the Hudson river, and the
aNicIe won place on the city
room bulletin board as an ex'
ample of fine writing. 1t start
ed off with 1.-The sullen, mex
orable gray waters Of the Hud'
son today gave up all that
was left of the body of -,
one-time world champion con-
tender in thN lightweight dlvi-
sion," etc. So for weeks every
time reporter was assigned
to cover "floater" story, as
the finding of a body in the
river is called. he started 1t off
with THE sullen, memorable gray
waters of the Hudson"
After about three of these
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ALL-AMERICAN
CAST FOR
"DELHAH"

The third opera, Samson and
Delilah," in the series of five be.
ing given this year by the Wash
ington Opera Company, will be
sung January 25 at the Washing
ton Auditorium with an all-Ameri-
can cast headed by two of the
greatest actors in the ranks Of
grand opera, Louise Homer,
Americas most famous contralto
and Paul Althouse, one of the
leading tenors of the Metropolitan
Opera Company.
1t is a coincidence that these
two singers came from the same
section, Nine. Homer having been
born in West Chester, Pa, and
Althouse in Reading.
Director Edouard Albion has
followed his custom set two years
ago in having at least one cast
composed of American singers.
The other two principal parts will
be taken by Fred Patton as the
High Priest and Charles Trow-
bridge Tittman, Washington bassO,
in the two roles of the Old
Hebrew and the Second Philistine.
jacques Samassoud will conduct.
clude the cities of Stockholm,
Oslo, Bergen, Gothenburg and
Trondhjem. the master traveller
has succeeded in bringing back
the most intimate side of Swedish
and Norwegian life. There is
no place in the world of which
it can be said: This is just
like Norway"-her fjords, her
sunlit waters, her pine and Orch
woods, her towering mountains,
painted villages, wooden Viking
churches and above all the lin
gering twilight and the marvel
of the Midnight Sun are Nor
ways alone.
INTERCOLLEGIATE Errols
internationally famous collapsible
legs will wabble across Crandall's
Metropolitan screen next week in
a whimsical comedy bearing the
name of Clothes Make the
Pirate" Dorothy Gish, James
Rennie, Nita Naldi, Tully Mar
shall and George Marion will vie
with the famous star of Louie
the Fourteenth Sally" and the
L OllleS III putting over LnlS ue-
cidedly impressionistic version Of
the doings of the gentlemen who
terrorized the Spanish Main in
days gone by. An auxiliary pro-
gram of merit will accompany the
feature picture, including an or
chestration by the Metropolitan
Symphony, under direction of
Daniel Breeskin; a new issue Of
the Metropolitan World Survey,
together with added short reels Of
diversified interest.
AMBASSADOR - Leon Enrol
supported by Dorothy Gish, Nita
Naldi and James Rennie, will be
seen in Clothes Make the Pirate"
at Crandalps Ambassador the first
three days Of next week. with an
AesOp Fable and other short sub,
jects added. Later in the week will
come: Wednesday and Thursday,
Leatrice Joy in "Hell's Highroad"
and Mack Sennett's Butter Fin.
gers: Friday, The Tower of
Lies with Lon CLANCY and
Norma SheareF, and Ralph Graves
in Mack Sennett's Hurry. Doc.
tor; Saturday, Monte Blue and
Patsy Ruth Miller in "Hogan's
Alley" Walter Hers in Hot Dog
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TIVOLI-Leatrice Joy will star
the first two days Of next week at
Crandall's Tivoli in Cecil B. De
Miles Hell's I1ighroad." The COM
edy will be Strong for Love-" with
Pathe Review and Aesop Fable
added. Later bookings include on
Tuesday and Wednesday, Warner
Baxter, Esther Ralston ana Kath,
Ign Williams in 1.-The Best People,"
d screen version of Avery Hop
woods play. The comedy will be
"Our Gang" in your Own Back
yard with Topics Of the Day"
added. Dorothy Revier, Ford
Sterling and Cissie Fitzgerald ar-
pear Thursday and Friday in
"Steppin' Out" with Mack! SEN
netts two.reel comedy. Owe
Thereabouts;;" a scenic, ''+VQen-
dam, also shown. Jack Holt and
Billie Dove will be seen in James
Oliver Curwood's THE Ancient
Highway" Saturday, with Neal
Burns in MY Swedie" for comedy
and new Lyman II. Howe
Hodge POdge"
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man II. Howe Hodge Podge". also
shown; and Saturday. Sidney Chap
lin in The Man on the Box" an
agile absurdity, supplemented 10y
a new Aesop Fable and Pathe Re
view
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gle" and the new chapter play
THE Green Archer"
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NATIONAL-E NJ. Newman,
Traveltalker. begins his annual
season at the National Theater
tomorrow afternoon and evening.
Norway and Sweden" is the
first Journey" Of a series Of
five to be given here.
While this TraVeltaIk will in
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PRESIDENTIAL speciaI popu-
lar-priced matinee at one-dollar.
top, will be given today at The
President where Uncle Sans Fol
lies is holding forth to heavy bust
ness and much acclaim. TonrOr-
row the revue enters it's second
and final week. the extension he
ing warranted by me heavy
patronage.
Evening star., 1926-03-21

caught in the whirlpool Of Broadway.
Filled with the desire for luxury, she
decides to marry money. Her disil-
lusionment is said to make an intense
ly powerful picture. with comedy that
blends into the tragic element.
The cast includes Harrison Ford,
Wallace Mcdonald, Henry Kolker.
Marceline Day, Rodney Hildebrand and
Amber Norman.
Gilda Gray, dancing favorite OF two
continents, makes her personal ap-
pearance on the stage in an act that
is a miniature Follies Bergere, beau
tifully costumed and lighted, with d
company of six of the prettiest girls
on the New York stage.
Gilda is said to claim that she ac-
tually is the first person to present the
Charleston dance on any stage. It
was Gilda who populariZed the South
Seas in America. In fact, anything
tropical with a palm-leaf background
has been her forte. These dances are
included in Gilda's repertoire at the
Rialto this week. In addition, there
Is an artistic Polish dance, especially
arranged by Michel Folkine, the ia.
nous Russian ballet master.
The overture will be selections from
'The Student Prince" The Interna-
tional News and other short pictures
will be shown.
The Sunday concert by the Rialto
symphony Orchestra, with an ensem.
bic of 40 musicians, conducted by
Mischa Guterson, will precede the
regular performance today, starting at
O'Clock, with Tschaikowsky pro.
gram.
Evening star., 1926-03-21
Bankers Bought Him Out.
Sol LESSER, one Of the colorful

Sol LESSER, one Of the colorful
personalities in the film world, as
distributor, producer and exhibitor.
still i'll his early thirties, will soon re.
tire from the industry after an ac-
tive career in the business for over
IL years.
He has been one OF the guiding
forces i'll the upbuilding of the West
Coast Chain, is about to complete Il
deal whereby his interests in the
West Coast properties will be pur.
chased by syndicate Of bankers,
headed by Hayden Stone & Co., act
ing in concert with a group Of fran
chise holders and important officials OF
First National Pictures, Inc.
Lesser's holdings comprise $4,000 Of
the 10000 shares OF stock. The Fox
Film Corporation owns approximately
n one-third interest in the 1863 theaters.
The chain was incorporated about five
years ago by Sol Lesser and Gore
Brothers.
Lesser'S rise i'll the motion picture
world is interesting. Upon the smolder-
ing ashes of the San Francisco fire,
with $1,000 borrowed from IL friend.
he built the second motion picture
theater in that city. He prospered and
sought new fields to conquer in the
state rights market. His energetic
handling of 1.-THE Birth of Nation
"Cabiria." 1.-The Spoilers" and other
big pictures won him a reputation IS
one of the most astute showmen In
the country. .-.-.-, -----..--
Evening star., 1926-03-21
Last Children's s Program.

THE last of the special programs
for children, according to an
nouncement from Mrs. Harriet I1aw-
ley Locher. director of the public serv-
ice and educational department of the
Crandall theaters, will be given at
Crandall's Tivoli Theater Saturday
morning, March 27, at 10:45 o'clock.
The feature of the entertainment
will be Jackie Coogan's amusing com
edy drama, 1.-The Rag Man." supple
mented by short-reel comedies and
other specially selected subjects.
This has been the most successful
season of childrens' programs since
their inception, and the juvenile bills
will be revived next year.
Evening star., 1926-03-21
COLUMBIA-"The Untamed Lady,

Fannie Hurst, author of "Hu-
moresque" and "Mannequin." is
credited with one of the outsta nding
photoplay hits Of Gloria Swanson's
career in 1.-THE Untamed Lady," a
modern treatment of Shakespeare s
Tanning Of the Shrew," which, as
directed by Frank Tuttle for Para
mount, will be shown at Loews Co
lumbia this afternoon.
Lawrence Gray appears as Miss
Swanson's leading man In this ro-
mantle and hoydenish story Of a
spoiled daughter of millions, whose
ungovernable temper has ruined
three matrimonial engagements prior
to the time she meets her modern
Petruchio in a young American bust
ness man who rescues her from
motor car in midstream, and. after
a. series Of highly thrilling incidents,
captures her heart. The picture Is
said to abound In flashing incidents:
."The Untamed Lady" was adapted
to the screen by James Creelman.
Added attractions will include Lige
Conley's latest laughmaker. Light
Housekeeping the international
Newsreel and orchestral accompant'
ment and overture.
Evening star., 1926-03-21
Sinclair Lewis "Mantrap.

"MANTRAP," the new novel by
Sinclair Lewis. Is to be trans
lated to the screen by Director Victor
Fleming. and the picture will go into
production April s, although Man
trap" Is not yet off the press and the
book will not reach the public before
Summer.
1t Is said to mark a. decided de-
parture in style for the author of
Main Street" "Babbitt" and ARROW.
smith," 1t Is different" triangle
story, in which every one goes free
without damage, and in which the
woman, instead Of paying" finds her
own individuality and the road to inde-
pendence through her experimentation
with the admiration Of the two men.
Evening star., 1926-03-21
Starts Big Circus Picture.

~ plans for one of the most
pretentious circus pictures ever made
in "Spangles," from the pen of Nellie
RevelI.
Barnes entire circus has been
leased for a month, including all tents,
circus trains, private cars and
animals. Practically the entire picture
will be shot under the big top.
In the leading role Pat O'NIalley is
returning. to the scene of his earlier
days, for before he entered pictures
O'Malley was a tight wire walker and
acrobat in a circus, Laemmle's
personal instructions were that this
should be made the most elaborate
circus picture ever produced.
Evening star., 1926-03-21
Photoplays This Week
At the Photoplay Houses This Week.

RIALTOGida Grayels -Four Hundred This afternoon and
evening
COLUMBIA-Ihe Untamed Lady Shown this
ming.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Faces East Shown this
evening
PALACEThe New Kondke Shown this afternoon evening
TIVOLI-"Braveheart." Shown this afternoon
AMBASSADOR-"Three afternoon and
evening
CENTRAL-"Bg Pal" Shown this afternoon and evening
LINCOLN (Coored)-ady Windmeres Fan" Shown this after
nandey
Evening star., 1926-03-21
METROPOLITAN-"Three Faces
EaSf.0

A plot as mystifying as that, say,
OF THE Bat" Is promised at Gran
dall's Metropolitan Theater this week,
beginning this afternoon, in Rupert
Julian's perturbation for Cecil B.
De Mile Of Anthony Paul Kelly's
Three Faces East" a. film version
of the sensational stage play. In
addition, Bobby Vernon's latest two
reel comedy, Page Me-" and the
Metropolitan World Survey will be
shown, and an elaborate musical pro.
gram is promised by the Metropoli.
tan Symphony, together with Milton
Davis, Emile Smith and Nell Paxton
on grand pianos and the triple.man.
ual pipe organ.
Three Faces East" concerns a
young feminine secret service op-
erative whose allegiance 1t Is impos-
Goptiuued On Fourth PaGsl
Evening star., 1926-03-21
A Shot at Short Skirts.

NEWS Of importance-for Flo Zieg.
= field, Mr.. Holeproof Hosiery and
few other connoisseurs.
"The world Is getting tired of leg
shows" says Alfred II. Green, First
National director.
why pay So for seat. when one
can stand on any crowded street car
corner and see all the knee dimples
he desires for nothing? Even that
isn't necessary; for there are plenty
of dresses which were never meant
to cover the dimples-and don't.
"This years motion picture produc-
tionS will show fewer lower limbs than
ever before. Simply because one
doesn't have to pay to see them."
Evening star., 1926-03-21
RLALTO-Gilda Gray. "HelPs Four
Hundred

Gilda Gray will appear in person at
the Rialto this week. starting today.
as an extraordinary attraction, in con-
junction with the photoplay feature.
"Hell's Four Hundred" screen
adaptation Of Vaughan Kester's story,
'"The Just and Unjust" starring Mar
garet Livingston.
II concerns a cabaret entertainer
Evening star., 1926-03-21
books and English the possibilities Of the
movie And might Will Hays cooperating bring

it cceu realization.
MOTHER report from the source states that weekly feature
of the recently installed by the Pust Fathers
over their station WLW is the motion picture 5a by Charles M IA
who giving eonstruetive talks urging support Of good pictures and
work with the industry developing the screens poenttes for good
Thus will labo OF solely
amusement being forth
make the higher better life also If he lived
might songs he might light good eyes
instead OF the pahWaysNto the soul
Evening star., 1926-03-21

"The clothes I tear are torn before
I tear 'em: the shoes wear are worn
before I wear EN-" sings Colleen
Moore, who is being outf1tted with
ragged, second-han clothes to be
worn In the sooty part of Ella Gin
ders."
Evening star., 1926-03-21

has been signed 20 write scenarios and
to edit for First National.
"The Lying Truth" an unpublished
play by Ralph Spence. who wrote
"The Gorilla" and THE Sheik of Flor
ida," short story by George r.
Worts. have been purchased for
screen production by First National 5
West Coast units
Evening star., 1926-03-21

Harry Langdon appears as an IN
fant of 6 months, his own son. in
Tramp. Tramp, Tramp" his first
feature comedy for First National.
Evening star., 1926-03-21

"The New Enchantment," a picture
featuring Georgette lie Blanc and
Jacques Catelain, has made its appear
ance In New York.
Evening star., 1926-03-21

Douglas MacLean's next picture for
Famous Players will be called Ladies
First" not Ladies' Night"
Evening star., 1926-03-21

Marshall Neilan Is to direct for Fa-
nous Players -Lasky.
Evening star., 1926-03-21

It IL denied by Paramount authori.
ties that Clara Bow is to enter the
service Of Sued Film Co. Of Munich.
Evening star., 1926-03-21

Dorothy Phillips, who Is q college
girl. says other girls have Just as
much chance in emotional roles as
college girls. as emoting is not mat
ter of brains or education.
Evening star., 1926-03-21

Ben Turpin recently completed a.
the Mack Sennett studio the camera
work on his first comedy for Pathe
which he has made in many months.
but the news report does not give its
name
Evening star., 1926-03-21

Hal Roach has signed Mabel Nor
mand for one short comedy In the
series that has exploited Theda Bara,
Lionel Barrymore, Claude Gilling-
water, Ethel Clayton and other nota-
bles. for release by Pathe. Mabel be
gan in the Vitagroph and Biograph
days, but has come back" more than
once since then.
Evening star., 1926-03-21

Condolences and tributes on the
death Of its famous editor, Joseph
Dannenberg (''Danny'D. have been re-
ceived by Film Daily from every direc-
ton, at home and abroad. and from
all walks Of life in the motion picture
industry.
Evening star., 1926-03-21

Banner Productions has started a
picture called "The Millionaire Police
man." with Herbert Rawlinson and
Eva Novak heading the cast.
Evening star., 1926-03-21

The art of advertising, which re
ceived its big boost in the theater via
the Shubert curtains, may now claim
Harry Houdini, the handcuff king
and Edna Wallace Hopper, the eter-
nal fapper, as its leading artists.
Evening star., 1926-03-21

John Barrymore is soon to start
work on 1.-THE Tavern Knight" Rafael
Sabatini's story. under the direction
Of Alan Crosland, for Warmers.
Evening star., 1926-03-21

Hal Roach's kids, known as "Our
Gang" want to give Farina a water
melon party when he returns TO
screen work. but they can't find the
waternelons.
Evening star., 1926-03-21

Jean Jarvis, who plays the adven-
turess- -smuggler in Casey of the
Coast Guard" had her first prepara-
ton for melodramatic career in the
San Francisco earthquake and pol
ished up with much experience in
Mexico during its revolutions not SO
long ago.
Evening star., 1926-03-21

MQQtluVeQ on EQuGfh Pa2al
The Nome nugget., 1926-06-05
Hospital Notes

Chris Dolan left the hospital Tuesday after n short illness.
 John Johnson is at the hospital. heinz affected with heart trouble.
 John Koft. an employee Of the Ilammon company was brought to the hospital this week suffering from injuries sustained by q heavy piece of iron falling on his ankle.
 Mrs. F. l.. Range. wife of the Bureau of Education Superinten dent. had her tonsils removed
 Peter Curran Jr had minor operation performed.
 C. J. Peterson. the well known painter and paper hanger. had the misfortune to fall from ladder the earlier part of the week. and suffered a broken collar bone as a result MT. Peterson Is improving daily and We all hope he will be out again soon
 Geo. Collier, of the Coast Guard station, is slowly recovering from the effects of having taken inter nally q quantity of liquid generally used as disinfectant.
The Nome nugget., 1926-06-05
BuREAU OF
 EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

The Bureau of Education will make extensive improvements to their schools at Teller and Shish- maref this summer. The work at Shishmaref will be under the direc- tion of Darrold A. Wagner. Captain Backland of the Holmes Is bringing building material north for the Bureau.
 By the end of June the Bureau of Education will have spent in the Seward Peninsula District over s40OO.00 for medical relief among the natives This Is aside from medical supplies furnished the schools and missions, and the salary of n doctor and nurses.
 Doctor Rex Swartz has preform- ed eleven operations on natives this winter all of which were successful, One was for cataract. the sight be- ing fully restored.
 Aside from Doctor Swartz the Bureau has n contrac: with the Maynard Columbus Hospital for the care of natives. maintains three nurses with dspensaries and sup plies the medicines to three Missions which maintain nurses and dispen- saries Some of the teachers while not rated by the Bureau as nurses have had two or more years hospital or medical training.
 C. L. Andrews who Is well known in Nome and the upper country will he transferred to the Seward Penin- sula District as Reindeer Supervisor for the Bureau of Education
 He comes we'll qualified to i'll the position as he has had much exper- fence with reindeer and live stock in general, besides being possessed of very pleasing personality