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Evening star., 1926-10-31
In the Local Playhouses
BY FIRST NIGHTER.

have grown up and we would be left
alone. My wife takes an oath every
Spring that she won't go out again,
but she Is like me- suppose we Will
keep going as long as we can stand
up and our brains keep functioning.
Patrons of vaudeville have always
wondered why the officials and man.
ayers of the big circuits stand for
repetition of the old acts, year in and
year out, especially as the perform
ers have always received lucrative
salaries. Well. better programs can
be looked for in the future. 1t seems
the booking agents have been respon-
sible for the situation, and last week
two of the biggest firms in the busi-
ness were let out, causing something
Of a sensation in New York. New
men are to be appointed. probably
taken from the ranks of assistant man.
ayers. and if the performers are too
lazy to dig up new acts and material,
they will be allowed to drift back to
the second and third string houses. 1t
will certainly be a big boost for the
ambitious ones.
Grant Stewart, who played the elder
WoOdley in Young Woodley" at the
National last week, is a veteran Of
the stage and one Of our best actors.
He has appeared in the support Of
all the prominent stars that have gone
before, and he believes q mistake Is
being made in not pushing to the front
the old star system. Actors like Law
renee Barrett, John Mccullough, E. H.
Sothern, Julia Marlowe, Blanche Bates
and many others could appear in al
most any old thing, and their reputa-
tiOnS would carry the plaV fhrOI1ph
'At the present time" said Mr..
Stewart. Everything seems to hinge
on the play. the leading man or wom-
an coming next. Theater patrons used
to boast Of their favorites, which al
ways resulted in keeping up the in
terest in the stage and was good
thing for the producers.
ITO my way of thinking. the movies
will never submerge the speaking
stage, but they are certainly giving
us several hard wallops Of late"
Evening star., 1926-10-31
New Western Star
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. in it's

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. in it's
search for brand-new Western
types" selected man who had
never faced a motion picture camera
before to play the male lead In war
Paint"
This absolutely new star-he Is q
star at least in SO far as prominence In
the story and billing is concerned-is
Col. Tim Mccoy, picturesque
Wyoming rancher and former Indian
fighter, who leaped from the obscurity
Of his Wyoming ranch into the bright
glare of the Kleig lights simply be-
cause he had every characteristic of
the Western plainsman and officials
mined to give the public a real West
erner instead Of the synthetic product
of the studios and makeup box.
It would be absurd to claim that
Col. Mccoy took to the business Of
screen action with f1uency and apti-
tude from the outset, for he had never
even heard Of the dictum, Don't look
at the camera" when he started. But
as many actors. regardless of expert
ence, have been made movie stars
when given the right direction, with
the proper degree of patience Cd. w.
Griffith having proved that years ago.,
there Is certainly hope for Col. Mccoy.
Preview showing of "War Paint"
reveal that Col. Mccoy brings to the
screen a frankness, a breezy, natural
quality that is remarkable, and his
performance is said to be Of q quality
more than promising.
Evening star., 1926-10-31
The Moving Picture Album
BY ROBERT e. SHERWOOD.

of him. 1t also served to remove
Ernest Terrence from musical comedy.
The leading parts in THE -Four
Horsemen of the Apocalypse" were
played by Rudolph Valentino and
Alice Terry, neither Of whom had
ever been heard of before.
The Covered Wagon" managed to
do we'll without stars. So did over
the Hill," 1.-The Iron Horse" "A Con
necticut Yankee" "Merry-Go-Round,
stella Dallas" and a great many
other notable films.
The other aspect of the star system
is comprehended instantly by those
who glance at the actual records OF
the stars.
Thomas Meighan, having been
made by THE Miracle Man." became
a star, with all the privileges OF tnat
position. He could select his own
stories and his own directors and say
the final word in the settlement OF all
details connected with his produc-
tions. He could appear in no picture
in which he would have to snare the
glory with any one else.
Meighan, fine actor that he is,
started sliding down hill. His pic.
lures were all alike, and he hlmsei1
became actually monotonous in MS
performances. This year he threat
ened to become as extinct as William
S. Hart or Mary Miles Minter are.
until he suddenly saved himself by
appearing in Tin Gods with Renee
Adoree and Aileen Pringle.
Ronald Colman, on the otner hano,
is far stronger today than ne was
three years ago. when ne mace ms
first hit in 1.-THE White Sister, He
has become famous. but he has never
ATTEMPTED to isolate himself as
star. He has been content to play
good parts in good pictures and has
not demanded that he have all the big
moments to himself.
\ e*
The most important figure in every
motion picture is, or should ne, the
director. His is the dominating in
telligence He should never be COM
pelled to sacrifice the dramatic inter
est Of his story to the personal vanity
of one top-heavy star.
Douglas Fairbanks has realized
this. You will notice that in all his
pictures he has been careful to OBJ
tain good directors and to surround
himself with the best possible sup
porting cast. He has never 'hogged
the glory, because he knows too well
that he'd ruin himself If he did.
X X X Il
Many other people in the movie
business are now realizing the weak
nesses of the star system. They are
learning that the play is still the
thing, and the actors, however great,
are still of subordinate importance.
Bulletins.
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-A new dis
covery, named Jerry Cooper, has been
given a five-year contract by Para
mount. You will see him first in
THE Winning of Barbara Worth" in
which he is said to have made SEN
sational hit. Joseph NJ. Schenck
Douglas Fairbanks and John Barry
more have been making stump
speeches in behalf Of the local Repub-
lican candidates. Hugo Riesen.
field is here to write the musical score
for "Old Ironsides." Universal
plans to make 1.-THE Cohens and
Kelleys in Paris" as a sequel to its
success last season. Next year 'The
Cohens and kelleys at Yale" ''The
Cohens and Kelleys on the Lower
Mississippi" etc.
Copyright. 1926.)
Evening star., 1926-10-31
Once a Patient Extra

CHE warmed the extra bench for
~ six months and then worked
three days-an interesting sidelight to
the career of Colleen Moore, which
she revealed recently in New York
for the first time.
Business took Walter Howie, her
uncle, an influential newspaper editor.
to the offices Of the old Essanay COM
pany in Chicago a number Of years
ago. He was amazed when he saw
his sprightly little niece sitting on
the extra" bench.
What under the sun are you doing
here?" he demanded. She told Of her
movie aspirations. But why didn't
you come to me?" he asked. II could
have gotten you a better job than
extra in the films"
II know you could" she replied.
"but that's tust what I didn't want
you to do. l wanted to get along on
my own merits without any ones
help, and want you to promise that
you won't say anything about me
here"
He promised, and after six months
of waiting Colleen got her first job.
1t lasted just for three days, and at
$3.50 a day, that netted her $10.50.
A short time later D. W. Griffith
happened upon Miss Moore, saw her
possibilities and convinced her family
that she had talent. So she got her
first real chance under the direction
of the great Griffith.
Evening star., 1926-10-31

original bit, "Red, White and Blue. .
for Metro -Goldwyn-Mayer. G Sam Wood,
Gloria SWanSon'S One-ttme director,
will direct it's production.
Jacuueline Gadson, who won her
way with a small part in THE Merry
Widow" has been given a longtime
contract and an important role In
THE Mysterious Island" by Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer.
Beatrice Lille, of the Chariot
Revue, having made her screen debut
in Exit Smiling" under Samuel Tay-
lors direction. returns to New York
for a Broadway stage engagement.
The Vitaphone, it is announced, is
now available to all producers and ex-
hibitors, for synchroniZation of pro-
logues, orchestra music and for In.
stallation in theaters. No exclusive
rights to it's use will be considered.
Marion Davies has signed a long
term ro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract
to make series Of Marion Davies
productions" three pictures a year,
the first being "Tillie the Toiler." The
contract guarantees a salary and a
percentage Of the receipts.
A group Of exhibitors and others in
Ohio, Minnesota. the Dakotas, Indiana.
Illinois, Wisconsin. Texas and Michi-
gan are said to be dissatisfied with
the brand Of arbitration that has been
prevailing. because, they contend, the
Rrbitrators vote as they are instructed
and not as what, to them. may seem
right They are looking to VIII H.
Hays to remedy the evil-and those
who know Mr.. Hays say that he will
Mr.. Kann, editorial writer Of Film
Daily, the trade publication, is calling
the attention Of scenario departments
to the fact, recently vouched for in
the Literary Digest. that Dickens still
holds pre-eminence in the hearts of
the reading public Of America.
Midget Gistav, one Of the tiniest
midgets in existence, it is claimed, has
been engaged to appear in Columbia
productions, q farce to be specific,
which will be directed by Frank r.
Strayer.
Willy Fritsch, the German actor.
who appeared in 1.-The Waltz Dream"
and is expected in Hollywood in De-
cember.
After AL" Norma Shearer's next
picture. is said to be IAN original" by
T. Hugh Herbert and Florence Ryer-
son, but whether it be a romance, a
comedy or trageGy is not stated.
Norma Talmadge is getting ready
to start Camille" under the direction
Of Fred Niblc, who directed Ben
Hur." and Constance Talmadge is to
make a new comedy. "Collette," an
"original' by Hans Kraly.
Owen Davis first story for a Para
mount picture, 1.-The Silver Shield" is
said to deal with domestic difficulties
and will star Thomas Meighan.
Nothing to Live For" is a rather
novel title for a comedy, but Al Joys
next will be that very thing. that is to
say. it will be comedy. with that
name.
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Thousands upon thousands Of enthu.
siastic motorists are hailing it as the
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sign-the forecast Of the new vogue
in motoring for years to come.
You simply must see and drive the
nesv, finer Chrysler "7O". That's the
only way you can fully appreciate in
new beauty, combined with phenom-
enal and unchanged performance.
Evening star., 1926-10-31

CEVERAL Of the movie houses
- routed out the girl ushers as the
Fall season started and substituted
boys around 15 years of age, and
after a twomonth trial 1t is question
able whether the substitution has
been beneficial. There has been con-
siderable opposition to the boys. who
handle the men all right, but not the
women.
With the girl ushers it was quite
the reverse. They could handle the
sions. A strange situation has devel-
oped among the patrons Of both sexes.
Heretofore middle Of the house or back
seats were the desired locations, but
since the introduction Of specialties
everybody wants to get down front.
subordinating the pictures to the
vaudeville turns.
Dorothy Kenyon was in Washington
recently on location for new picture,
and in the idle hours the boys down
on the East Potomac golf courses
were given a treat, as the pretty miss
played the game in the latest style
knickers, and Dorothy Is a good
golfer. On one of Miss Kenyon's
visits to the course all the help around
the clubhouse deserted their posts.
Found Sam Morton deeply interested
in a newspaper in a. dressing room at
the Earle, where he and his interest
ing family appeared last week. and
1.-The daddy Of 'em all" talked interest
ingly while waiting for his turn. Sam
Is one Of the Oldest boys in vaude-
vile and will certainly enjoy the cen
tennial celebration next month of the
introduction Of variety acts on the
American stage.
"One thing that pleases me most
since I broke into the ranks Of en-
tertainers," said Sam, '1s the way
the different managers treat us these
days. Forty or fifty years ago almost
anything was good enough for variety
performers backstage. but now there
is nothing that is too good for us
in the, way Of comfortable quarters.
Private dressing rooms were almost
unknown in the old days, and we had
to heat water over an old oil stove
when we wanted it. And in Winter
time, Oh, mamma! we had to hustle
to keep warm"
This is about the eighth season in
which the Mortons have made their
farewell tour, and Sam had to laugh
when reminded Of 1t.
Each Spring we all declare we are
through" said Sam. "but we get tired
sitting around home, and when Fall
comes again the fever hits us, and
out we go. It wasn't so hard when
the children were young, but now they
Evening star., 1926-10-31
Loaning the Players.

NEW YORK, October 80 CP.-Large
~ motion picture companies are in
terchanging players, thus indicating a
measure Of cooperative effort to OBJ
tain the best casts for individual pic
lures.
Within a short time. for instance
Paramount has borrowed" Ronald
Colman. Jack Mulhall, Aileen Pringle
and Renee Adoree. To offset this 'bor-
rowing" the company loaned Mary
Evening star., 1926-10-31

Brian. Lya de Putt. Charles Rogers.
Noah Beery, Jack Luden and Betty
Bronson to others.
Picture conpanies casting q f1lm
Evening star., 1926-10-31

the part, they 20 to another company
and borrow q player. The courtesy
is returned when the situation Is re
Versed
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will discover that the player best
suited to play a certain role is at pres
ent working. Rather than fill the role
with another PLAYER not quite fitted to
Evening star., 1926-10-31
Unhappy findings Due

THE unhappy ending, long Stunned
in American motion picture cir
cles, is due to have it's day Of popu-
larity on this side the Atlantic, in the
opinion of f. NJ. Asher, film producer.
''The European producer. not the
American" declares Mr.. Asher, will
be responsible for this change In
tastes.
"In the past, American audiences
have shown by their patronage-or
lack of patronage-that they did not
want to see their heroes and heroines
in tears at the end of the picture" he
points out. mo matter how many
salty tears We're shed, or narrowing
experiences endured during the earlier
sequences, the fans must have their
favorites in clinch in the last fade
out.
"Those producers who have dared
to take a page from reality now and
again to show that every life romance
cannot end happily have found their
bank accounts depleted thereby.
Now, however, American audi
ences are gradually being educated to
accept the sad denouement through
European films such as The Last
Laugh Variety and others. But
the education is going to be a slow
process and it will take quite some
time to complete it,
A London Film Daily cablegram
states that George Dewhurst is about
to produce THE Voice of the Noun
tain,' by Queen Marie Of Rumania,
and that the cast will be headed by
Lillian Hall-Davis.
W. G. Fields next production will
be "Sweethearts in Every Port" from
a story by Tom j. Geraghty.
When a screen scenario demands
that scenes be made inside a theater.
a real playhouse often is used rather
than studio set. Especially is this
true in New York, where the 62 legiti.
mate theaters offer wide variety Of
types. The Lyceum, home Of Froh.
man and Belasco stage successes, was
used recently by Paramount.
The Washington times., 1926-11-10

Case said. Were they in goot
condition when You turned them
over to the Middlesex county prose.
cutor's Officer"
.They were"
Case asked Totten If hand.
kerchief was found at the scene
with q letter 'Hn on it.
T0tten did see the handkerchief
but remembered no letter III"
you testified concerning clothing
of Willie Stevens" Case said.
Where was this clothing Obtained?''
AT the Hall homes''
mot at the scene Of the crimes''
"No."
Case took up Totten's testimony
regarding what Mrs. Hall told him
concerning her visit to ST. John the
Evangelist Church looking for DIR.
Hall the night OF the murders.
Totten didn't remember" exactly
what time she told him she went to
the church.
Now" said Case, at has been
testified Mrs. Mills throat was cut.
Could it have been done with any.
thing other than q sharp instru-
The Washington times., 1926-11-10
Injured and Dead IN
La Plata Storm

tured shoulder, broken Ter. inter-
nal injuries, condition not serious.
Vernon Padgett. Z years old,
son Of James z. Padgett, Iacer.
ated scalp, possible Internal In
iuries.
Charlotte Turner. 3 years old,
daughter Of Henry and Mrs. Es-
telle Turner. compound fracture
81 right leg, serious.
Edwin Clarence Turner, III
years old, son Of Henry and Mrs.
Estelle Turner, decorations Of
head and arm.
Thomas Miles. 10 years old. son
OF Thomas Miles. Of Port To-
haccO.. decorations and shock. not
Benjamin Miles, 5 years old,
torn leg, serious, son Of Thomas
Miles, az Port Tobacco.
Rudolph Garner, III years old,
serious decorations 81 scalp and left
Thomas Roger Clark, 8 years old,
fractured arm; son Of Andrew y.
Clark.
Richard Clark. 5 years old. son
Of Andrew j. Clark, left hospital;
AANSGAAlC9 ~ AlG&44s .s
Marie Murphy, 10 years old, frac.
ture Of the skull. bruises and
shock; condition critical.
Henry Wolfe, ~ years old, IN.
iuries slight ;sOn Of Mrs. Lillian
Wolfe.
Harriet LOrenz. 5 years old, frca.
tured arms; daughter Of Ross n.
LOrenZ.
Gwynn Della, 20 years old, frac.
tured skull; condition serious.
Emergency Hospital
Raymond Maddox, years old,
possible fractured skull, cut head,
possible internal injuries; condition
critical.
Katherine Watts. cOlOred, years
old. three fractured ribs. scalp cut,
left ear torn off, cut and bruised
body, probable internal injuries:
condition critical; daughter Of
Rufus Watts, killed.
Children's Hospital
Samuel Berry, years old, son Of
Mrs. Kathryn Berry, fractured
skull, right arm torn of, cOntu.
sions ON body and scalp; condition
At Cedarville, Md.
Mrs. Owen r. Grimes, crushed
hip.
Lester Grimes, IL, severe bruises
and decorations.
Emily Grimes, 2 years old, in.
jured knee.
The Washington times., 1926-11-10
TWO IN FAMILY
DIED IN STORM

While the Ia Plata tornado caused
injury and suffering to virtually
every family III the small community
Il tell with crushing weight on sew
era1 homes.
one Of the stricken families Is
That or William 4 Bean, whose son,
Edward, 10 years old, was killed in
the Wreckage OF the sch0olhouse.
His sister, Theresa, 3, has frac-
tnred skull, fractured right leg and
other injuries. Her condition is
critical. Mr.. Bean. himself, has q
broken leg.
Two Dead In One Family
Two are dead and one so graveIy
injured that the death toll may in
crease to three In the family Of
Rufus Watts, colored, the janitor of
the school. The Watts home was
demolished and in the crash Watts
and baby were killed. Little Kath.
arfne Watts, years old, is at Emer-
gency Hospital in a critical condi-
ton.
Three children of Andrew ]. Clark
were caught In the collapse OF the
school. Little Jack Clark was killed
almost instantly. Richard, 8 years
old, and Thomas, 6, are in Provi-
dence Hospital.
The same fate overlook three chill.
dren in the family Of Thomas Myles,
of Port Tobacco, Md. Lucille, IL
years old, is dead, and Thomas, 10,
and BENJAMIN. 8, are at the hospital.
Padgett's Hard Hit
Father, mother and son were in
jured in another family. They are
James L. Padgett, 40 years old,
his wife. Edith, As years old, and
son, Vernon, years old. Mrs.
Padgett and the boy are in serious
condition, with possible internal in.
juries.
James Wright Maddox, years
old, is dead and his brother, Ray.
mond. years old, IL at Emergency
Hospital, critically injured.
The Washington times., 1926-11-10

ment--a knife?"
Totten said that on the day he
went to the scene he didn't notice
the slash on the throat closely
enough to say what kind OF an ii.
Strument was used.
The defense in cross examining
James Mills, the slain Womar's hus-
band, few days ago, brought out
that Mills was an ex.shoemaler and
used a milestone and knife. At that
time the prosecution charged that
the defense was trying to pin the
murder on Mills.
Totten testified that Willie Stevens,
when arrested on the murder charge,
said to him:
do you think they suspect me?n
Totten was excused at 1850 and
DR.. r. T.. Hegeman, who four
years ago performed the autopsy on
the body OF Mrs. Mills, was called.
He was subjected to q merciless
barrage OF questions by Simpson
when he testified he did not know
whether the young woman'a tongue
and larnyx had been cut out by the
Tnurderers.
The Washington times., 1926-11-10
THE DEAD

Lucille Edwards, 10 years old,
daughter Of Mrs. Blanche Ed.
wards. died at Providence Hos
pital at 10 p. M. yesterday.
Mary Ellen Bowie. years old,
daughter Of Mrs. b. g. Bowie.
died nc Providence. Hospital.
jack Clark, jr., ~, son Of An
drew j. Clark.
Harry Fayne Clagett, 3 years
old.
Lucille AEyIes, IL years old,
dapghter Of Thomas Myles.
James Leveiger Martin, s years
old. son Of Mrs. Frank Martin.
Edward Bean, 10 years old, son
Of William Bean.
Mary Alice COOlxsey, years old,
daughter Of the Rey. Mr.. Cook
Lester Sinclair, I years old.
Rufus Watts, cOl0r0d. B years
Old, ianitOr at the IL Plata
James Wright Maddox. . years
old.
Lillian Della, s years old.
Lula Patterson, As years old,
cOlOred woman.
Marie Langley.
TiIden CO0Ixsey, 8-year-OId or.
pEan, nephew Of the Rev. DIR.
COOlEBey.
Marie Langley
The Washington times., 1926-11-10
THE INJURED
AT PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL

AT PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL
Louis Swami, IL years. origi.
naIly reported dead. LaceratiOns,
not serious.
Therese Estella Bean, years
old, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
William 1. Bean, fractured skull.
fractured right leg and shock. ex.
pected to die.
Rita Muld. 9 years old, daugh-
ter OF John A. Mudd, White
Plains. Wrenched back. cuts on
head. serious.
Louise NJ. Hyde. II years old,
fractured skull, condition critical.
Cousin Of Mrs. Nj. Weber, 1923
Fourth ST. N. E.. daughter Of
Louis NJ. Hyde. Of Port Tobacco.
Albert Hyde, III years old. frac-
tured skull, may die. son Of Louis
M. Hyde, Of Port Tobacco.
Bruce Mccarthy, 10 years old,
conclusion Of the brain. serious;
SON Of James r. Mccarthy.
James Reed, 10 years old,
broken leg.
Mrs. Margaret Ann Jameson. GO
years old. broken collar bone,
cuts about face and arms.
James l.. Padgett, 40 years old,
decorations ON arm, face and leg.
Mrs. Edith Padgett. As years
old. wife Of James l.. Padgett,
OntusiOns, not serious; frac.
The Washington times., 1926-11-10
VqT GU|L TY SAY
FIJI -DOHENF

Arraigned before a court after
nearly five years Of contentious
litigation. Albert B. FAN, Secretary
OF the Interior, and Edward Il.
Doheny, mufti-miIl ionaire oil mag
nate. entered formal pleas Of not
guilty today to indictments cIarg-
ing them with conspiracy to de-
fraud the Government in the leas-
ing Of naval oil reserves IN Cal.
tfornia.
The central figures in the '.oil
scandal" were arraigned in District
Supreme Court today on the first
Of four indictments growing out Of
the leasing of the naval oil Re.
serves by Fall to Doheny and to
Harry r. Sinclair Today's plead.
heny and the Elk Hills Reserve
In California.
The arrangements were quickly
concluded. Attorneys for the de
PENDANTS waived the reading OF the
lengthy Indictment, and both Fall
and Doheny replied in loud, firm
tones, when their names were
called:
Not guilty"
Representing Fall were Wilton j.
Lambert and Levi Cook Of Wash.
ington; Henry A. Wise of New York,
and Mark Thompson OF New Mex.
leo.
Doheny's counsel consisted OF
Frank J. Hogan, Harold Walker
and ]. J. Cotter, of washington,
and Fred r. Kellogg OF New York.
The Government was represented
by Atlee Pomerene and Owen j.
Roberts, special prosecutors, and
Peyton Gordon, United District At