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Evening star., 1926-10-03
RIAITO-"Her Big Night"

Laura La Plante, who has been
featured in Universal Pictures for the
past three years. now steps forth as a
star in Her Big Night" which will
be shown at the Rialto this week.
Her Big Night" is billed as a farce
comedy. 1t starts with a very realis-
tic and funny bargain counter rush In
Il depa artnent store, contains frantic
press agents trying To find lost movie
stars, inquieitive reporters trying to
run down scandal stories about cinema
celebrities. jealous husbands and wives
attempting to find their respective
mates and safeguard them from sirens
and homewreckers.
The story. based on Peggy Gaddis'
Doubling for Daphne" deals In q
way with the movie industry and is
centered about the personal appear
ance of z movie star at theater. The
star fails to show up, and Laura is
pressed into service to double for her.
thus getting herself into all manner
of difficulties.
Einar Hansen, one of the foremost
screen stars of Europe. plays oppo-
site the comedienne. and others in the
cast are Mack Swain. Lee Moran,
Zasu Pitts, Nat Carr, William Austin,
John Roche and CiSsy Fitzgerald.
The stage presentation will be en-
titled "A Night in a Cabaret" intro
ducinG many novelties and specialties,
staged and directed by Mischa Gutter
son.
The Rialto Concert Orchestra will
play for the overture Victor Herbert s
"Sweethearts." and the International
News and other subsidiaries will com
plete the program.
Evening star., 1926-10-03
(ENTRAI-"Fiashing F'angS. "

Flashing Fangs.' latest release in
the Ranger series of outdoor adv ell
ture dramas. will be the film featIIr"
at Crandall's Central Theater the first
two days of this week, beginning this
afternoon. the added attraction sup
piled by Lloyd Hamilton IN Nothing
Matters" Tuesday. Patsy Ruth Mil
Ter in $50 This Is Paris supplement
ed by Mack Sennett's "Gooseland" ".
Wednesday. Lon Chaney I'm "The
Trap; Thursday. Laura La Plante.
supported by Edward Everett Horton
in Poker Faces. supplemented by a
Paul Terry AesOp fable. Friday. Nor
man Kerry i'll Cniversal's production
THE Love Thief supplemented by q
Buster Brown comedy entitled Bust
er's Heart Beats; Saturday, Yer.
Reynolds in Producers release Of
sunny Side Up" the natural color
subject, The Vision" and an Aes"p
fable.
Evening star., 1926-10-03
Children PLAYERS.

THE Lenore Marie de Grange Chill
dren Players of Washington open
their Winter season next week and
will start rehearsaiS for their first
production of the season. Snow
Queen, Friday, October s.
This organization is part of the
''little theater" movement and is
worked out along civic and educa-
tional lines. The "Childrens Theater''
originated in Paris before the RevO-
luton. and since then the movement
has become q prominent feature in
the civic life of London, Moscow. New
York. Chicago. Los Angeles, Baltimore
and other cities both in this country
and abroad.
Lenore Marie de Grange. the direc.
tor, is we'll known in the dramatic field
of Washington and New York and has
had wide experience working with
children ranging from tiny children to
college girls. The purpose of the
''Children's Players" is to awaken
ideals, through the study and por-
trayal of character, to develop grace
and responsiveness and to give chill
dren clean, wholesome, artistic enter.
tainment.
In other cities these movements
have been supported entirely by civic
organizations. But this has not been
done in the Capital, and the hope is
expressed that some such action may
take place in the near future.
Evening star., 1926-10-03
Ben-HurDirector UsedColors
AS the Italics of the Screen.

"NATURALCOLOR photography is
to the motion picture what
italics are to the printed word" This
is the rule by which Fred Niblo. di,
recting the huge spectacle. Ben
Hur." manipulated color scenes with
a deft hand to strengthen his drama.
No color scenes were injected merely
10 decorate the spectacle; every one
had a direct psychological bearing on
the production.
They were placed where shifts from
black and white to color would sud
denly shock the senses and awaken the
perception of the audience. In some
Eases they gave an idea and apprecia-
lion of the gorgeousneSS of the set
lingS and surroundings which Were
necessary. In other cases, notably
he color reproduction of "The Last
supper it was done to portray a
known and revered work. true to the
life, to stimulate the reverence with
which the audience looked on the
dramatic story of the life of Christ.
The work Of including the color sc.
- auence in the big Metro G oldwyn.
Mayer picture was a stupendous one
both from the viewpoints of the
scenarist and the technicians. The
first task was in plotting the color
sequence, after Niblo and other of
f1cials had decided that they could he
Used to italicize. as it were, certain
phases Of the drama. The first scenes
that suggested themselves were the
scenes such as the. entry of the Ro-
mans. suggestive of spectacle and
color. But these thoughts were dis
carded and the story itself. stripped
"f all ideas Of spectacle. was ap-
preached.
Where would italics help in the
printed Story?" was the question. On
his basis the analysis was made. and
on this basis the cinematic italics
were insterted This insertion was a
ponderous task. 1t involved eXten-
slve research to determine the colors
Of costumes of the New Testament
era, for the myriad dyes of this mod
ern age were then unknown. They
had the Tyrian purple Of history the
scarletS and the blues. and few mix
lures evolved by dyers and weavers
then experimenting in the infancy of
color design Joseph's coat of many
colors. of Biblical fame. didn't con
tain any of the ColorS one finds to,
day on the card of sample colors for
lo-cent dyes. The question for the
Timing of that particular Old Testa-
nent scene would concern just what
rolors were in Joseph's coat.
For "Ben-Hur" the existing colors
II the era A.D. 1873 were repro
Evening star., 1926-10-03
New York Prepares
To Be Startled.

"RLAcK BOY" play in which
Paul Robson, the negro singer
of spirituals, is starred. opened at
Wilmington, Del, Thursday evening
and is said to have created q sensa-
ton. The play is produced by Horace
Liveright, who brought out Hamlet
in modern dress last year.
The Wilmington police were in
formed, early Thursday, that the play
contained parts which might be cen
sored. Members of the blue-clad force
attended the premiere, but they stood
in the wings and did not interfere
The censorship may come later.
Robeson, the giant negro who
plays the leading role In BLACK Boy
Is the former star of Emperor
JONES' but he is best known as a
singer. In the new play he takes the
role of a prize fighter, who works his
way from roustabout to heavy.
weight champion Of the world. In
this one respect. the play is based
upon the life of the former heavy
weight champion, Jack Johnson. Dur
ing the progress of the play Robeson
sings several negro spirituals, but the
big scene is laid in the third act,
when a championship fight is broad
cast by Maj. Andrew White. who
talked through the microphone during
the Dempsey-Tunney scuffle. A later
scene shows the heavyweight cham
pion's arrival at his home, dressed in
his fighting togs.
According to reviewers of BLACK
Boy" the really ''sfffa shing' bit of the
play takes place in the second act
where the negro star is the center OF
a Harlem cabaret crowd. The same
reviewers make the prediction that
the unusual play will startle blase
New Workers. "unless the censors re.
ceive the first startle''
Evening star., 1926-10-03

REN TURPIN' was inconsolable. it
is declared. when Mack Sennett
announced that Madeline HurloclI
would be featured in comedies written
expressly for her. After three years
as his leading lady Ben simply couldn't
get used to the idea of being vamped
by any one else. That was a couple of
weeks ago. A call for vamp fol
Turpin was sent out, but Ben was
desolate as the girls were tested with
him one by one.
And then came Alma Bennett. Fickle
Ben quickly wiped the tears off his
shoulder and permitted himself to be
vamped by the dark-eyed beauty, to
the sa atisfaction~of Mack Sennett and
ever! Vne else.
Evening star., 1926-10-03
New Screen Music Device

4 NEW process of synchronizing
music to the screen. which has
been introduced at the Wardman Park
Theater. where 'Cyrano de Bergerac
Is being shown. is the invention of
Robert f. Machat. musical director at
the Wardman Park Theater. and is
known as the "remaphone.
BY use of the remaphone Mr.. Ma
chat was able to attune to the action
on the screen the recorded works of
many of the great masters of the con-
cert stage. The combination of color
photography and the synchronization
has elected much praise from those
who attended the theater last week.
Mr.. MaChat's invention was only in
its experimental stages when the Mo-
ton Picture Guild gave him the op-
portunity of presenting 1t in conjunc-
ton with "Cyrano de Bergerac." Now
that It has achieved success, Mr.. Ma
chat is planning to distrihute his
mechai4iSm nationally. -
Evening star., 1926-10-03
LINCOLN-"The Wise Guy. /"

The Wise Guy" a Frank Lloyd
production for First National, Will he
the photOplay feature at the Lincoln
Theater the first three days of this
week. with James Kirkwood. Betty y
Compson. Mary Astor. George Marion
Mary Carr and George Cooper in the
leading roles. The comedy will b"
provided by Cliff Bowes in Dom
Miss
Wednesday and Thursday. Blanch
Sweet. Neil Hamilton. Matt Moore
Gustaf Won SeyffertitZ, Earle Wi
liams. Arthur Edmund Carewe and
Julia Swayne Gordon will he seen 81
Marshall Eeilan's film version of Sai-
dous play Diplomacy" supplemental
by Mack Sennett's comedy "SpankinI
BreeZes" and Grantland Rice "Spor'
light; Friday and Saturday Tkona :
Meighan in Tin Gods" a Paramount
production, supplemented by a nev-
Aesop Fable and the Pathe Review
Each daily program will be au,
mented by short reels and musical ae-
compartments and solo interludes.
Evening star., 1926-10-03

The screen offering. this week at
CrandalIs Metropolitan Theater ~
''Three Bad Men," a story which deals
with romance, adventure and history
| in the Dakotas during the days of the
first Government land grant. While
Three Bad Men" does not purport tc
be historical drama, it has back
ground of authenticity. The romanti''
aspects of the tale are developed from
| the love of a hardy Westerner and tho
adventure is derived from the fact
| that the three bad men turn out to
| be three noble characters.
This William Fox production IS said
| to embody everything that picture
should possess to exert universal APP
| peal There are comedy, romance.
| thrills and a ma jcstic spectacle fur
nished by the pioneers. who lined up
under United States Army supervi-
i sion for the dash into the unknown,
which was not to begin until L.
o'clock noon on a specified date.
The three title roles are played by
J. Farrell Macdonald. Frank Cam
peau and Tom Santschi. The romance
is carried by George O'Brien and Olive
Borden, with a supporting cast which
includes Otis Harlan. Lou TelleGen,
Alec B. Francis. Priscilla Bonner and
| a large ensemble.
Owing to the length of the feature.
the auxiliary films are curtailed.
There will be a brief issue of the Met
| ropolitan World Survey and to en-
| belish the film 1.-The Campers n
group OF five vocalists, who will offer
an atmospheric prologue. THE Camp
! erS' consist of Il male quartet and one
| feminine artist, who are staged in a
representation of the principal char.
acters in the filmed story.
The Metropolitan Symphony. under
Daniel Breeskin, will present a brief
orchestral prelude consisting of eX-
cerpts from the Girl of the Golden
West" the opera based on the stage
play of the same name composed by
Puccini.
On week days only the Metropolitan
Ramblers, which alternates with the
Metropolitan symphony. under Mil
ton Davis. will offer as it's concert
number "The Hymn to the Sun" and
as an encore number The Indian
Love Call" from Rose Marie.
Evening star., 1926-10-03
TINOII-"Tin Gods"

Thomas Meighan will bc tho star n
Crandall's Tivoli Thcater the first two
days of this week. beginning this at
ernoOn. in Paramount'S production al
Tin Gods" which will nc supple
mented by Topics of ths Day and tho
Pathe Review.
Tuesday and Wednesday. Milton
Sills. supported by Doris Kenyon, Mae.
Allison. Frank Currier and George
'awCett. in First Nationals produc-
ton of Men of Steel" filmed against
background which shows actually
the gigantic business Of producing
steel. together with a new Aesop Va
BILE. added short reels and pipe organ II
music; Thursday and Friday. Marie
Provost in the stellar role of Pro
duCers' release. almost Lady" sup
plemented by a Booth Harrington Van
Bibber comedy, entitled "Rah. Ran.
Heideuberg"' and Screen Snapshots: g.:
Saturday. Fred Thompson in Lone
Hand Saunders" supplemented by II
new Buster Brown comedy. entitled
Buster Browns Narrow Escape" and
other short subjects. together with
pipe organ accompaniments and solo
intervals by Otto F. Beck and Ida V.
Clarke.
Evening star., 1926-10-03

today sees Valentines first picture of
all, THE Four Horsemen." taking its
place on the screen at the Palace
Although Valentino was selected for
a prominent role in THE Four Horse
men" chiefly for his dancing ability
the tango scenes in the early sc.
Quences of the picture are outstanding
high lights thereof-he instantly dem
onstrated his gift for romantic acting
in this first picture, and while he ap-
peared in one more picture under Rex
1ngram's direction. The Ccnquering
Power" he was quickly weaned away
by the Famous Players-Lasky Co.
with a contract which looked like a
fortune to Valentino then. but which
seriously crippled his earning power
a little later and led to the long and
expensive lawsuit that did neither
Valentino nor the Lasky organiza-
ton any good.
The Four Horsemen of the Apoca-
lypse" as a novel made" V. Blasco
Ibanez. the Spanish literary figure,
while as a picture it made" not only
Valentino but Rex Ingram and Alice
Terry as well.
Evening star., 1926-10-03

LLHOTEMKIN," one of the
W. new films dealing with
the revolt of the crew OF
Russian battleship in
1905, has at last been passed by the
Board of Censorship. But the scis-
sors men were active. They carved
right and left, until now, according
to reports, the picture is but the
shadow of its former self.
This Board of Censorship works in
a peculiar manner. The membership
constitutes those who shall decide
Just what is proper for the eyes OF
the public For instance, in this
"Potemkin" affair, the incident
which finally caused the smoldering
dissatisfaction among the sailors OF
the Russian battleship has been
slashed from the film. The incident
concerned the serving of bad food
10 the crew. This, according to the
delicate-souled censors. could not be
allowed AS result, when the
photoplay reaches the public there
will be no actual motive to, the
mutiny aboard the battleship
Then, on the other side OF the sub
lect, "Potemkin" might be bolshevik
propaganda-and if it is, the entire
picture should have been killed"
WASHINGTON. at least for a
w week or two, has decided that
the movies are getting decidedly
better. With such productions as
"Cyrano de Bergerac," Ben Hur.
Mare Nostrum' and "A Daughter
OF Paris" there is no doubt in the
matter. The pictures are before
YOU. During the week the Capital
will enjoy again "The Four Horse
men" and La Boheme.'
JINGLE SAM is becoming one of
~ the great motion picture pro-
ducers. The Department of Agri-
culture has in circulation more than
1000 reels. which reach a yearly
audience of between nine and ten
million. The department has been
working along the photoplay line for
the past u years. and the labora-
tories arc located here in Washing
ION. The field for the films includes
the Agricultural Extension Service
made up of county agricultural
agents. home demonstration agents,
hoys' and girls club agents and sub
ject matter specialists. employed CO.
operatively by the State and Federal
Governments and working in every
agricultural county i'll the Union.
And-a hunk OF PennS Sylvania
cream cheese may be tho hero OF
one OF Uncle Sans cclluloid drama
probably better actor. giving a
better performance. than in some OF
The modern thrillers.
;; X Il
THE undoubted popularity OF Val
l. entino's films is having its ef-
feet upon Washington Peter Ib-
bctson." with Wallace Reid in the
leading role, is to be rc-screened at
the Wardman Park Theater. The
Evening star., 1926-10-03

quebec ana Otner OandQlan points
and thence to New York, returning to
Hollywood by way of the Panama
Canal.
Mike Donlin, famous base ball play
er and an ex-member of one of John
McGraw's championship teams, has
been engaged by Metro-GoldWyn-
Mayer to train William Haines for
his new screen role in Slide. Kelly.
Slide"
The Rialto Theater began work
several days ago enlarging the stage.
and will put on special presentations
on a much larger scale than ever as
soon as it is completed 1t will be re-
membered that this theater was the first
in the city to introduce this method
of elaboration. to the offering of photo
plays. The work on the new stage
will require several weeks, but will
not interrupt the showing of pictures,
1t is announced.
"The Guest" a little o. Henry type
short story, has been made in q film
by VIII Nigh and will be presented
this week at the Wardman Park
Theater. The guild showed highs
| FIRST capsule drama Among the
| Missing last week.
Director Leon Brus1lof of the Co
lumbia Theater orchestra has ar
ranged to embelliSh presentations of
La Boheme" with an atmospheric
score that will draw it's chief inspira-
ton from the Puccini music of the
opera of La Boheme.''
The radio facilities at Loews Palace
and Columbia Theaters will be called
into play this week to report to
patrons the progress of the world
series.
George Emmans, concert organist
at Crandall's Colony Theater. today
will offer his second petite concert,
for which he has selected Valencia, "
to be rendered in an original arrange
ment.
To embellish the presentations of
the William Fox production of Three
Bad Men" at the Metropolitan the
Stanley -Crandall Co. will present "The
Campers" in an atmospheric prologue
| to this realistic rejuvenation of the
days Of the middle sos, when the West
was In process of being subdued
THE Campers" five in number, a
male quartet. augmented by one fem
inine voice, appear upon the stage
in representations of the characters
who dominate the action of the f1lm
play, and added forcefulness will be
lent by the draping of the stage in
appropriate Western scenes
Elizabeth Brice, who is headlining
at a local theater this week, prob
ably compiled as notable a war record
as any performer drafted from the
American theater to maintain the
morale of the American Expeditionary
Forces in France. The only feminine
artistic who could rival Miss Brice
in continuous activity on the other
side among the boys is Elsie Janis, it
is said.
Pauline Frederick has succumbed
to the lure of the English stage. She
will arrive in London early in October
with the intention of portraying
| Madame X" under the management
of Louis Macloon. Miss Frederick
has played that role on stage and in
motion pictures. A revival Of the old
melodrama in which Londoners saw
Lena Ashwell starred at the old Globe
Theater in 1903 is believed 10 I've in
&eniand >! Ensiish audiences.
Evening star., 1926-10-03
AMBASSADOR-"ThrceB Bad Men.

George O'Brien. Olive Borden. Tom
Santschi ]. Farrell Mcdonald and
Frank Campeau. together with an on
semble of $4,000 people, will be seen
on the screen at Crandalls Ambasst-
dor Theater the first three days OF this
week In the William Fox production
of Three Bad Men" an epic of tho
West laid in the days of the land
grant and gold ruSheS. Auxiliaries OF
the bill will be limited by reason "F
the length of the feature.
Wednesday and Thursday, IrenN
Rich in tho stellar role of "The Hon
eymoon Express" supplemented bv
Charlie Chase in Mighty Like u
Moose; Friday. Lon CLANCY I'm tho
stellar role of The Trap" myster}-
drama, supplemented by AL st. John
in "Who Hit Ne?" Saturday, Betty
Bronson and Ricardo Cortpz IN ''Tha
Cats Pa iamas," n Paramount produC
ton. augmented by Mack Sennett
"Spanking Breczes." Screen Snap
shots and the Pathc Review.
Evening star., 1926-10-03

I'D WYNN, 1.-The perfect fool" it is.
- rumored, will be starred in g. film
version of Louis the 14th," to be
made by Famous Players. 1t is known
that he took screen tests several
months ago.
Jane Gaynor and Charles Farrell
have been assigned the leads in FoX's
production of Seventh Heaven
Give Brooks will play opposite Pola
Negri in "Bobbed Wire" which soon
goes into production.
DIR. I. J. Eppel has arrived in New
York from Dublin with Il print of
its entirety in Ireland, using local tai
ent only. The picture is now being
edited for American release.
Raymond Grifflth's next picture is
tentatively titled The Waiter from
the Ritz" James Cruze will direct.
Marian Nixon has been loaned by
Universal for the feminine lead in
FoX's production of 1.-The Auctioneer."
Georgia Hale, former leading lady
for Charlie Chaplin, will be seen op
posite Jack Holt in his next western,
THE Man of the Forest"
Marking what is said to be the first
time dramatic rights to a film produc-
toin have been sought. Hector <Abbas
British producer.'is said to be dick
ering with Isadore Bernstein for His
People" which starred Rudolph
Schildkraut.
Frank Condor, magazine writer. has
hAA cd
scenarios for w. c. Fields, Paramount
collaboration with Tom J. Geraghty
on the stars next picture. Sweet
hearts in Every Port
Twelve cameras in airplanes and six
at the top of 100-foot parallel will be
used to film the battle of st. Mihiel,
which will be reproduced as the sensa
tional climax of Wings Para
mounts production of the American
birdmen in the late war. More than
5000 men on the ground and 800
which broke the Hindenburg line and
brought victory to the allies.
Tom Kennedy and Gunboat Smith.
both prize fighters of yesteryear, are
now under long-term contracts to Fa.
nous PlayerSLasky.
Rosa Rosanova, who has been pro
fessional screen mother to many of
filmland's greatest stars. including the
late Rudolph Valentino in Blood and
Sand Pola Negr in Lily of the
Dust" and Rudolph Schildkraut in
Hungry Hearts" is now mothering
Lois Moran in Herbert Brenon's pro-
duction, God Gave Me Twenty
Cents"
Gladys Brockwell and AL Roscoe
have been assigned the roles of mother
and father in support of Harry Lang
don in his picture. Long Pants
Hughie Mack has been added to
the cast of Metro-G oldwyn- Mayors
Valencia" in the role of the Mayor of
Barcelona.
Upon the completion of "The White
Black Sheep" his current and final
! starring vehicle under the Inspiration
banner, Richard Barthelmess will take
a two months vacation before COM
mencing his First National contract.
Dick plans a trip to Vancouver, Banff,
Evening star., 1926-10-03
PALACE-"The Four Horsemen of
the Apocalypse"

The program at Loew's Palace
Theater this week. beginning this
afternoon, will have THE Four Horse
men of the Apocalypse with Ru-
dolph Valentino and Alice Terry, as
its photoplay feature, and Frances
White. international singing come
enne. as It's stage attraction.
THE Four Horsemen of the Apoca
lypse'' was the first production to
bring into prominence Rudolph Val
entino and also brought fame to Rex
Ingram. its producer and Alice Terry.
the beautiful star Of "Scaramouche, -
Mare Nostrum' and other produc-
tions.
Based on the novel by V Blasco
Ibanez. THE Four Horsemen Of the
Apocalypse" is an epic drama Of two
continents whose action alternates
between the Argentine pampas and
cabarets to the night life of Paris
and the Continent. One Of the out
standing features Of the production
is Valentines portrayal Of a young
lordling Of the Argentine whose tan
going was the sensation OF South
American cabaret life.
Frances White, the singing come
dienne, is known for her rOmpers.
her original style OF hairdressing and
for her petulant manner Of singing
"Mississippi' and I'D Like To- Be a
Monkey in the Zoo" Miss Whites
more recent appearances have been
in the musical comedies. Jimmie"
and THE Hotel Mouse Her ap-
pearance this week at the Palace is
due to arrangements whereby she
has deserted both vaudeville and
Broadway to make a series of ap-
pearances in Loew presentations
The bill also will include Dick lie.
bert's "OrganloGues the Palace Mag