The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-30

The doctors argument s
rather nebulous. reviewed
lies MiserabIes'' and no mem
ton was made by him nor
was d comparison made with
them. Comparing this picture
with an American or German
recent production would be silly
for nothing so bad as Lies
Miserables'' has been produced
by either of these nations since
about 1910.
The doctor adds, "quite few
Of the hopes Of Hollywood in
the directing game came from
other nations, most Ct them
quite recently.
True enough but most of
them are still hopes. The Film
Daily's poll Of 158 critics on
important publications through
out the country, to select the
ten leading directors, finds only
two foreigners on the list, Won
Stroheim and Ernst Lubftsch;
three, il one counts Charlie
Chaplin as either a foreigner
or a director. Chaplin directed
but one picture, "A Woman of
Paris" and Monta Bell is gem
orally credited with having done
the bulk of that.
4 4
Father Francis Hurney re-
plies to Gardner Mack's skep-
ticism as to whether Helen
Hayes had ever trained with
the st. Pat Players and this
department is grateful to both
of them; gosh, news is scarce!
sT. PATRIcK's REcTORY
WARRINGTON, o. C.
June rs, 1926.
Dear Harold:
just a line or two anent Mr..
Gardiner Mack's Helen Hayes
letter i'm tOday's "GatepOst."
While stationed at Sacred Heart
Church from 1914 to 1913, 1
organized and directed q group Of
boy and girl players. War serV-
ice took me- away from them.
When / returned to the city in
1920, the backbone" of this Or
ganizatiOn (Offhand 1 recall the
names of Jimmy Young, Law
renee DOwney, Estelle Murray,
the Fegan boys, the O'Dea sis
ters. ROta Ryan, Jack Ryan,
Edna Howard, the Duchesne bOysl
gathered about me here at Carroll
Hall and continued their activi-
ties under the name Of the st.
Pat Players.
Helen Hayes Brown was sweet
enough to appear with these
players i'm q production at Sacred
Heart, and gracious enough to
sing Ives, "sing"O song whose
terrible lyrics I myself had writ
ten. In a group of ten players
rehearsing this evening i'm Carroll
Hall for the Wardman Park APP.
pearance next week. three were
i'm that production.
1t would be foolish for anyone
to claim that we trained Miss
Hayes. And it is very doubtful
that she had received much pro-
fessiOnal training up to that time,
despite her appearances with doe
Weber and John Drew ("Her
PrOdigaI Husband'D, considering
her present age with twelve years
Topped off. Miss Minnie Hawke,
i think, deserves q large measure
of credit for any training prior
to her appearance with our boys
and girls.
Competent direction and asso.
citation with other artists neces-
sariIy play most important part
in stage development. In Miss
Hayes case, an almost Uncanny
natural ability. together with her
own intense devotion to- her art,
and, above all, the Judgment and
"super-cOunsel" of a rare mother
whose understanding of the stage
is equaled only by her devotion to
her daughter-here we have the
real reason for the position she
occupies today.
Our boys and girls take a
pardOnable pride in having been
associated with Miss Hayes on
the ''nOn-prOfessiOnaI stage. They
feel 1onored that she was kind
/ enough to add her bit to their
eff.:'>T, 1 am sure that Mr