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Observation-Disclosures Road to
Yesterday"

Cecil s. De Miles first super-produc
ton for Producers Distributing Cor.
poration, THE Road to Yesterday
will be shown at Crandall'S Metro,
politan Theater this week, beginning
this afternoon. 1t is an adaptation
of the well known play by Beulah
Marie Dix in which Eleanor Rob
son was the original star.
Other features of the program will
include the Metropolitan World Sur.
vey, musical investiture by the Metro
politan Symphony under Daniel
Breeskin, and Elizabeth Thornber7'y,
soprano, who attracted attention by
her vocal selections last week.
1.-The Road to Yesterday is an ad-
present era of quick loves and in.
stinctive attachments and antipathies,
revealing the diStrusts and affections
who set forth upon a journey by
train and in the dead Of night are
made the victims of a terrible wreck.
During an interval of Inconsistencies
that ensues each is transported back
to the days Of medieval England and
the action then reveals the causes
Of present day loves and animosities.
The four pivotal roles are played by
Vera Reynolds, William Boyd, Jetta
Goudal and Joseph Schildk1aut, Julia
Faye and Trixie Friganza also con.
tribute to the appeal of the picture.
COLUMBIA-"The American Venus
A novel beauty special, background.
ed against the Atlantic City pageant
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| of 1925, will be shown at LoeW's Co
| lumbia this week, starting this after
noon, in Frank Tuttle's Spectacular
production, THE American Venus.
a colorful and romantic story that
glorifies some of Americas loyeliest
girls.
The cast includes Miss America.
Miss Fay Lanphier). Esther Ralstou
and a galaxy of Atlantic City bathing
girls, in addition to Ford SterIinp
Lawrence Gray. Ernest Terrence
Douglas Fairbanks. jr.: Edna Nav
Oliver and w. T. Benda, the noted
artist.
The story concerns the struggle of
two rival manufacturers of beauty
cream to select an entrant who will
win the Atlantic City beauty nr,ze
and thus nationally proclaim the
merits of their product. The picture
was filmed by Paramount In technt.
color and includes a fashion show and
tableaux as we'll as thrilling episodes.
The picture Is hailed as one of the
novelties OF the 1926-26 photoplay
season.
RIALTO-"The First Year."
''The First Year." starring Matt
Moore and Kathryn Perry, is the
photoplay at the Rialto this week.
1t is an adaptation of the play by
Frank Craven, who also starred in II.
1t is story of young married life
and begins with the courtship of the
bashful Tommy Tucker, who has been
coached by the kindly old DR.. Living.
ston as to how one should propose
After he has surprised both himself
and the girl by asking her to marry
him, the picture goes on to show how
thew get through "The First yoor,,
In the supporting cast are J. Far.
rell Macdonald, Marguerite Living.
ston, Frank Currier, Frank Cooley.
John Patrick and Carolynne Snowden.
An added feature on the stage will be
Marie MacQuarrie and six girl harpists
in Il concert.
The numbers given by this ensemble.
which recently came from the Pacific
coast where it was organized BY Miss
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MARY pICKFORD
Ambassador
Best Box-Omce Pictures.

1.-THE Ten Commandments" was
named by the exhibitors as the
best box-office picture of 1925, accord
ing to d recent report in the Exhibi.
tors Herald. which asked a large mum.
Der of exhibitors to name the 10 pic.
lures which brought them the most
money during the year.
The pictures were ranked in the or.
der in which exhibitors named them
that is, the one named among the first
10 by the greatest number received
first place and SO on. North of 3S,''
"Charley's Aunt" 1.-The Thundering
Herd, THE Covered Wagon" THE
Freshman" Abraham Lincoln" SAL
w." Riders of the Purple Sage" THE
Hunchback of Notre Dame" were in
the first 10 in the order given.
The list of pictures SHOWS that the
tendency is toward action pictures and
comedy, and an analysis Indicates that
the public Is beginning TO support the
best pictures.
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News andComment
By w. II. Landvo;gt.

language. experience expert
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entity in lifting the photopy to higher plane and the weeks program
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agent whose word holds good until higher verdict ascertaned
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during the World War and which keep alive the bitter
who disabled by the great conflict 1t WELL perhaps that the a
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De Mile S Opinion.

A GOOD motion picture must, first
Of all, have a logical, clean-cut
theme. A good story can make a star
q bad story will ruin one.
THE recent contest which I ran to
secure a new idea resulting in The
Ten Commandments showed that the
public Is no longer content merely
with a peppermint boy and butter.
scotch girl love story. They demand
something more substantial and that
their photoplays delve the surface.
They must get down to the souls and
lives Of real people,
Mr.. De Mile felt this challenge with
special keenness, he says, when he be-
gan work on "The Road to Yester-
day., his first personally directed in
dependent release through Producers
Distributing Corporation. which will
be shown in Washington today for the
first time.
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day and Friday. Leon Enrol, famous
Ziegfeld comedian, in First Nationals
funny film version of Holman Days
story. Clothes Make the Pirate" sup.
ported by Dorothy Gish, James Rem.
ME, George Marion, Nita Naldi, Tully
Marshall and Edna Murphy, and Hal
Roach's THE Soft Pedal will be a
short-reel laughmaker; Saturday, Pc.
ter B. Kyne's story of The Enchant-
ed Hill" will be presented in photo
play form with Jack Holt, Florence
Vidor, Noah Berry and Mary Brian in
the stellar parts. and Charlie Chase in
THE Uneasy Three" and The Scar
let Streak" No. 8, will complete the
bill.
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Photoplays This Week
At the Photoplay Houses This Week.

ELECTROMAGNETIC Yesterday" Shown this alter
and evening
COLUMBIA-"The American Venus" Shown this
evening
RIALTO-The First Year. Shown this evening
PAI.ACE-"The Blackbd." and
TIVOLtte Annie Rooney Shown this evening
AMBASSADOR"The Road Yesterday Shown
and evening
CENTRAL'Rose of the World" Shown
LINCOLN (Coored"That Girl" and
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PALACE-'The Blackbird."

Lon CLANCY is said to offer his
most remarkable enactment since
THE Miracle Man" in the new
Metro-G oldwyn meIodrama Of the
London underworld, 1.-THE Blackbird,"
at Loew's Palace this week. starting
this afternoon. Owen Moore and
Renee Adoree Of big Parade" fame
support him.
1.-THE Blackbird' is Tod Browning
production of his own story, and its
backgrounds are the sinister precincts
of Limehouse, the famous London
slum quarter CLANCY has the dual
role of a desperate London criminal
who covers his misdeeds through a
trick of comforting his limbs into a
battling resemblance to his benevolent
brother, the keeper Of slum mis-
sion. A sudden fancy for a beauty
from the music halls brings the
Blackbird into conflict with an aris-
tocratic West End crook. who also
loves the girl. and In the resulting
warfare. the Blackbird Is betrayed
to the police. He madly attempts to
thwart the police by assuming his old
contortion pose, but his haste results
in a locking Of his muscles In such a
way that he cannot resume his orig.
inal shape. He decides than to be
mission worker In reality, and his ex-
perience proves a lesson for his op-
ponent, who wins the girl and de-
cides to go straight.
The Glenn Tryon comedy, Flaming
F1appers"; the popular Masked Play
ers Contest, Pathe News reel and mu-
steal establishment will add to the
hill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07
Yale to Tell COLLEGES.

THE Yale department of education
has announced that it will coop
crate actively with other schools and
colleges Of the country in order to
give other Institutions the benefit of
extensive researches on teaching his
tory through motion pictures.
A systematic investigation is being
carried on by the department of edu-
cation to learn from actual practice
ways of co-ordinating motion pictures
with classroom work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07
AHfBASSADOR-"The Road to Yes
terday"

Joseph Schildkraut. Vera Reynolds,
William Boyd. Jetta Goudal, Julia
Faye and Trtxie Friganza will be seen
In Cecil B. de Miles production of
The Road to Yesterday" at Gran
dalrs Ambassador Theater. Also the
first three days of this week, begin
ming today. Wednesday and Thurs
day, Patsy Ruth Miller. in Rose
of the World" a new Warner
Brothers release, featuring Alan
Forrest. Pauline Garon, Rockliffe
Fellowes. Alec Francis and Lydia
Knott, together with Cliff Bowes, in
"Brotherly Love-; Friday, Rin-Tin-
Tin, the famous canine star, in BE
low tho Line." with important hunla n
roles played by Johnny Harron, June
Marlowe and Pat Hartigan, supple
mented by Johnny Arthur. in Clean.
ing Up" and the Pathe Review: Sat-
urday, Mary Pickford. in Little An
ME Rooney" an Aesop Fable and
the fifth installment OF 1.-THE Green
Archer"
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New Prices for Children.

I Asst Sunday new price schedule
was inaugurated at the Strand
Theater which met with an apprecia-
ton SO prompt, SO genuine, that the
management has decided to continue
1t Indefinitely.
Admission for children under the
age OF IL years, accompanied by
adults, is now only Is cents for mat
fnees and 25 cents for evenings for all
performances except on Sundays and
holidays. Any seat IN the house may
be had at these prices.
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TIyOLI-.LittIe Annie Rooney"

Mary Pickford will be pictured the
first two days Of this week at Gran.
dall's Tivou Theater In Little Annie
Rooney" an original film play suE.
gested by the famous old song Of the
same name, supported by William
Haines, VIOLA Vale. Carlo Schipa and
others of note, and the Pathe Review
and Topics of the Day" will be shown
also, enhanced by the pipe organ mu.
sic by Otto +. Beck and Ida v. Clarke:
Tuesday and Wednesday Edmund
Lowe will be pictured in a screen yer.
sion of Charming Pollock's 1.-The Fool"
together With an .Aesap Fable. Thurs.
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take million people their thoughts and worries hold
and even entertained for hour two week 1t
whose
AND perhaps And all done eheapy that almost
this
heced the simple sincerity and love of the Good Samaritan than
persistent good
accomPishes welfare of community and indeed
Nation as Dig
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07

MacQuarrie, have been especially ar.
ranged for harp Interpretation and
also selected for their popular appeal
Miss Stella Hymson. soprano, will
also be heard in selections.
An extra attraction Will be the
showing Of the vivid and authentic
film log Of the Amundsen- Ellsworth
expedition to the North Pole. Mem.
bers of the crew took the camera shots
which have enabled mankind to
glimpse into the frozen North and wit.
ness the struggle for existence in the
region about the Pole.
The Rialto Orchestra, Mischa Gutter.
son conducting. will play Rossini's
William Tell for the overture,
which, together with the international
News, will complete the program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07

Louise Fazenda is to be starred or
Ler own account and with Willard
Louis by Warner Brothers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07

Laemmie is bringing a new Gernaal.
actor for the films, Andre Mattoni.
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APOLLO.

Today and tomorrow, Edmund Lowe
In THE Foor"; Tuesday and Wednes-
day, Leon Enrol and Dorothy Gish in
CONTINUED. 0n kougSh Rs&e1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07

Seena Owen IS the latest TO suffer
an accident on location with two
broken ribs to her credit. Nice work,
this location work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07

plays prevails in 10 foreign countries
according to Film Daily-not because
they are too bad" but because the,
are too good"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07

Maurice Tournier has signed TO di-
rect 1.-THE Mysterious Island" for
Metro Goldwyn-Mayer.
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THE Flaming Frontier" is to be
Carl Laemmle's twentieth anniversary
picture, 1t is announced. and James
Oliver Curwood's The Flaming For
est" is to be Reginald Bankers first
for Metro GoldWyn-M Mayer
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CENTRAI-'Ro,e Of the World"

Patsy Ruth Miller, Pauline Garon.
Alan Forrest and Rockliffe Fellowes
VIII be seen at CrandalPs Central
Theater the first two days of this
week. in the Warner Bros produc.
ton of Rose Of the World" adapted
from tho story by Kathleen Norris.
which concerns a girl who discovered
by unique method when she was
truly loved. A Christie two.reeler,
Slippery Feet" featuring Bobby Yer,
non, and other short reels will be
shown. Tuesday and Wednesday. d.
w. Grtmth's THAT Royle Girl" fea-
turing Carol Dempster and w, G.
Fields. with James Kirkwood, Harri-
son Ford, Ida Waterman and Bobby"
Watson. and a new Aesop Fable;
Thursday and Friday. Lovers in
Quarantine" q film version of the
play Of the same name, featuring Bebe
Daniels and Harrison Ford. and 1.-THE
Uneasy Three starring Charlie
Chase, and the Pathe Review; Satur-
day. Reginald Denny In his latest Uni
Versal comedy drama, Where Was
II" with a shorter comedy, Sweet
Marie" and a new issue Of Grantland
Rice's "Sportlight.'
Each daily bill will include short
reels and pipe organ music.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07

Theda Bara's first two.reeler for Hal
Roach Is called High Explosives
Theda still "looks good
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07

All seven Of the leading contesta nrs
IN the Atlantic City beauty contest last
September won fun roles in Para
mounts beauty-speciaI based on this
contest, The American Venus" which
comes TO Washington this afternoon
Tor week. The beauties in the pic
ture are Miss Bronx. Miss Newark
Miss San Francisco, Miss Bay Ridge
Miss Birmingham, Miss Seattle and
of course, Miss Fay Lanphier CAIiss
America }. who was Miss California i,
the contest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07

Director Frank Tuttle is willing 10
admit that there may be girls witt
thick ankles in America, but they have
given movie studios a wide berth
futile wanted a thick-ankled type for
certain comedy scenes in 1.-The Amer
can Venus" and gave up searching III
vain. He had TO persuade girl with
we'll, thin ankles, TO put on extra wool
stockings to play the part
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IINCOLN-'That Royle Girl"

THAT Royle Girl" D. w. Griffith's
romantic melodrama Of the colorful
underworld OF Chicago, will be shown
at the Lincoln Theater the first five
days Of this week. beginning this aft
ernoon. with Carol Dempster and w.
c. Fields in the featured roles, sup
ported by James Kirkwood and Har-
rison Ford. The picture is alive with
odd situations and unexpected eli
makes. The auxiliary attraction will
be an Aesop Fable by Paul Terry.
Friday and Saturday will be shown
Paramount's Aim version of the play,
Lovers In Quarantine" in which
Bebe Daniels and Harrison Ford have
the leading roles. The play is full of
amusing situations and moves with
refreshing briskness. A Juvenile COM
edy, Baby, Be Good" and Screen
Snapshots" will augment the bill.
Saturday the eighth installment Of
1.-THE Green Archer" will be added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07

The real old-time marionettes which
once charmed patrons Of the Lon
don music halls appear IN Lon
Chaney's new picture, at Loew's Pal
ace this week !.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07

Tod Browning. who wrote and di-
rected THE Blackbird." is one Holly
wood director who frequently stages
his own stories. Brownings produc-
ton for Metro Goldwyn of 1.-THE
Mystic was from a story he wrote as
we'll as directed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07

Daniel Breeskin, conductor Of the
symphony orchestra at CrandaNs
Metropolitan Theater, has chosen for
his overture this week selection from
"Maytime," during which Elizabeth
Thornberry. soprano. will again be
heard. The theme Of the interpreta
tive accompaniment will be 'Deep in
My Heart from The SUDDEN
Prince, and the exit number alt Mus1
Be Love" from Merry Merry"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07

The captivating Renee Adoree. who
has been fascinating audiences at
Polls for several weeks as the French
peasant girl in THE Big Parade" has
a role of great contrast in THE
Blackbird." Lon Chaney's new picture,
which Will be seen here this afternoon.
Renee is seen as a. beauty of the Lon
don music halls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07

Agitation against American photo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07

Fay Lanphier. Miss America, = who
appears in The American Venus" is
the young woman accused OF being
worked into the Atlantic City beauty
contests for managerial purposes. Earl
Carroll and the Famous Players were
mentioned In this connection. 1t will
be remembered some Of the contest
ants withdrew. at least for while.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07

Jean Hersholt's first star picture
for Universal will be called The
Squarehead. 1t is also reported that
Don Marquis play. THE Old Soak, -
is being prepared for Jeans next We
hlGle,
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PAY
LAMpHIEp,
Columbia

IT would appear from a story In
Film Daily. February 8, that the
United States Marine Corps is under
contract to appear in pictures excIu-
sively for the Metro-Goldwyn-M Mayer
Corporation, although 1t Is explained
this Is only for a picture exploiting the
CORPS itself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07

Director Rupert Julian has secured
Raymond Hatton, humorous character
actor, for one of the featured roles in
Silence" which Is now being filmed
at the De Mile studio. Among Hat
tons film successes are 1.-THE Whisper
ing Chorus" 1.-The Affairs of Anatol, =
'Manslaughter," ITO Have and to
Hold The Hottentot" and 1.-THE Tie
That Binds" Silence is Beulah
Marie Dix's screen adaptation Of Max
MARGINS melodrama.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07

A novel beauty special, background.
ed against the Atlantic City pageant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07

Pierre Ceilings, adapter of Adolphe
Aentou's "A Social Celebrity" has
gone to the Lasky studio In Hollywood
to prepare the screen version Of The
Show-off," in which Ford Sterling will
be featured in the role made famous
on the stage by Louis John Bartels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07

nj the
public
y of the week The necessity the
the Movie claiming accomplished
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