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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-30
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Evening star., 1926-05-13
Interesting Dinner Last
Night af Women'S CITY Club.

Mrs. Jardine, wife of the Secretary
Of Agriculture. was the guest of honor
at the dinner last evening which the
business and professional women of
the Women's City Club gave in the
clubhouse on jackson place. Miss
Florence F. Ward was chairman, and
the speakers included Mrs. Charles d.
Walcott, wife of the secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution; Miss Bertha
Henderson of the Bureau of Agricul-
tural Economics and Miss Naseni
Granfelt of Gothenburg, Sweden. Miss
Henderson spoke on land economics.
Mrs. Walcott gave a description of her
experiences as a manager of the large
and successful dairy farm in Pennsyi-
vania before her marriage to DR.. Wal
colt, the farm having been continu-
ously in her family since 1928. Mrs.
Walcott also showed a copy of her
book of water colors of wild flowers,
which she presented to the Smithso-
nian Institution. Miss Granfelt spoke
briefly of her mission to this country
to study American institutions related
to women, children and the home.
The clubrooms were gay with guam
titles of tulips, aZaleas and apple bios
SONS from the Department of Agri-
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culture. Mrs. J. Garfield Riley, newly
elected president of the club: DR.. A.
Frances Foye, former president, and
Judge Mary O'Toole first president OF
the club. and Mrs. c. w. Warburton
were alsW at the speakers table. Miss
Edna Sheehy. soprano, led the songs
after the talks.
The guests of honor from the De-
partment of Agriculture included Miss
Agnes Chase, Miss Vera X. Charles,
Mrs. Anna May Karrer. Miss Marga-
ret B. Church. Miss Bertha Hender-
son. Miss Caroline B. Sherman, Miss
Emily E. Clark, Miss Miriam c. Vance.
Miss Mary G.. Lacy. Miss Eleanor T.
Armstrong. Miss Mabel Colcord. DR..
Louise Stanley. Miss Hildegard Knee
land, Miss Florence +. Ward. Miss
Miriam Birdseye. Miss Leonore B.
Fuller, Miss Gertrude Warren. Miss
Lydia *. wilkins, Miss Claribel r.
Barnett, Miss Emma B. Hawks. Miss
Florence l.. Hall, Miss Mabel G. Stem
barger. Miss Eloise B. Cram, Mrs.
Lillian T. Conway. Mrs. D. S. Edger-
ton, Mrs. H. D. Orton, Mrs. Susan ii.
Walker, Miss Mildred s. Sherman,
Mrs. M. K. Murray and Miss Sophia
Beuter.
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Pre.nuptial Fetes for
Miss Davis and Ensign Keith.

Miss Elizabeth Moody and Miss
Elizabeth Hopkins entertained num-
ber of guests at bridge and bridal
shower Tuesday evening at 3215 Ma
comb street. in honor of Miss Hazel
Davis, whose marriage to Ensign
Harry A. Keith Of New Mexico. will
take place Saturday. Sigma Kappa
Sorority of George Washington Uni
versity. of which the bride-elect is a.
member. not only furnished the guests
for the six tables of bridge. but also
the color scheme in maroon and
lavender. the sorority colors.
Mrs. Edward Mathiel. cousin of Miss
Davis. gave bridge for her and her
attendants last evening, the wedding
group including Miss Frances Jennings
Davis, maid Of honor, sister of the
bride, and her cousins, Miss Ruth
Brown of Baltimore and Miss Jose
mime Throckmorton of Virginia; Miss
Ruth Smith. Miss Helen Kellogg, Miss
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SOCIETY
The Postmaster General and Mrs. New
to Leave the Capital, End of
Month, for Short Vacation.

Gertrude Young and Miss Evelyn
Fletcher of Washington. Little
Eleanor Holladay. cousin of the bride,
will come from Gordonsville, Va, to
serve her as flower girl.
Mrs J. II. Hume of Gordonsville
and Mrs. A. &. Throckmorton of
Rapidan. Va. aunts Of the bride, have
arrived to remain until after the
| wedding
Former Senator and Mrs. Chauncey
NJ. Depew arrived today for their an.
nual Spring visit to Washington ana
are staying at the Willard, where they
plan to spend several weeks. They
came here from their home in New
York and were in Washington recent
ly for few days. having stopped at
the Willard, while en- route North
from the South, where they spent
the Winter.
Gen. and Mrs r. G. Marshall will
entertain at dinner Saturday evening
at the Congressional Country Club.
Col and Mrs. Henry May have as
their guests their son-inlaw and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Harry s.
Black of New York
Mrs Robert Hinckley entertained a
company of IS at dinner last evening
in honor of the United States Minister
to Rumania, Mr.. William S. Culbert-
son.
Mrs. IauI Evarts Johnson enter
tanned company of IA at luncheon
yesterday ut the Chevy Chase Club.
Former Engineer Commissioner of
the District of Columbia and Mrs.
Charles Keller have come to Wash
ington from their home, in Evanston,
ILL.,, and are at the Mayf1ower Hotel.
Mr. Charels Van Brunt Cushman
of Pomfret, Conn. will be the guest
for the horse show of his uncle and
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Victor \. Cush-
man.
Mrs. Frank p. Howard and Mrs.
Joshua Evans. jr.. We're joint hostesses
to distinguished company at lunch
con today at the Columbia Country
Club in honor of Mrs. Frederick Shep-
herd and Mrs. Frederick Kent OF New
York City and Mrs. A. Lincoln Fflene
of Boston, Mass, who. with their hus-
bands, are in attendance upon the Ses-
sions of the National Chamber of
Commerce conference.
MES. GeOTBe " w dlSOil enter ldlIleu
at luncheon today at the Congress
sionai Country Club. her guests re-
naming through the afternoon to
play bridge. The party was given in
honor of Mrs. Frederick I. Shepherd
of New York and the company in
cluded Mrs r. S. Fleming. Mrs. Vic
tor Deyber. Mrs. Peyton Gordon, Mrs.
James s. Montgomery. Mrs. J. Ray
mond McCarl. Mrs. Peter A. Drury.
Mrs Sidney +. Talliaferro, Mrs. John
II. wilkins. Mrs. Leon S. Ulman and
Mrs Lawrence Slaughter.
Miss Beatrice Clephane entertained
at luncheon, followed by bridge. this
afternoon at the Chevy Chase Club in
honor of Miss Rosebud Allmand,
whose marriage to Lieut.. Comdr.
Lewis p. Clephane will take place
Tuesday The guests included Miss
Syhil Allmand, Mrs. Clarence Owens.
M5s Lawrence Adams, Mrs. Alfred
Bou. Mrs John r. Yates, Mrs. Lorenzo
Whitaker. Mrs. John +. Larson, Mrs.
Robert Walker, Miss Lucille Miller.
Miss Catherine Rosenstihl. Miss Ger
trude Marion, Miss Frances Marion
and Miss Eleanor Marion.
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fete will be given in the Sylvan The
ater, and beautiful girls dressed in
costumes will give the entertainment
Of original songs and dances with
the flower bordered pool for their
background. Out -of.door boxes are
being especially arranged for this
portion of the program.
Among those who have taken boxes
or groups OF seats for the recital to
be given Thursday, May co. in the
Shubert. .Belasco Theater by the
Tchernikoff. Gardiner Dancers are the
Baroness Nathan, Sonora de Alfaro.
Mrs. John w. Garrett, Mrs. Charles
r. Lindsay, jr., and Mrs. Edward B.
Meigs Amelita Alfaro, daughter of
the Minister of Panama and Sonora
de Alfaro, and Jane and Jean Davis,
daughters or the Secretary of Labor
and Mrs. James j. Davis. will appear
in the recital.
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its annual breakfast Monday at ~
o'clock In the Franklin Square Hotel,
Mrs. Frank Morrison, chairman; as
sisted by Mrs. Charles II. Cecil, vice
chairman. Mrs. Clyde 3. Aitchison is
president of the club.
The Vermont State Association of
the District of Columbia will give it's
annual maple sugar party Tuesday
evening at Rauscher's. The Attorney
General and Mrs. Sargent will be the
guests of honor, and a reception will
be held at o'clock, followed by sup.
per at 1880 o'clock, a program at $3.50
and dancing at 10 o'clock. Mrs. Grace
Ross Chamberlin, moderator. and Mr..
Lucius o. Chaplin. clerk, are in charge
of reservations.
Among those who have engaged
boxes for the flower fete to be given
at the country home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles j. Bell. Twin Oaks, on Wood.
ley road. Thursday. May 20, for the
benefit Of Neighborhood House, are
Mrs. Godfrey Lowell Cabot. Mrs.
Stephen b. Elkins, Mrs. Frederick
Dent Grant, Mrs. Hennen Jennings.
Mrs. Phila nder p. Knox and Mrs. Eu-
gene Meyer, jr. This feature of the
Evening star., 1926-05-13

%E7HE Postmaster General and
Mrs. New will leave Wash
ington May % for their Sum.
~A mer home on Turtle Lake,
Mich. They will probably
make the trip by motor and will stop
EN- route at Marion, Ohio, to attend
the dedication service of the Harding
Memorial.
TIE Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Wilbur and the Minister of China
and Nine. SEE were the honor guests
al dinner last evening of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Nicolson, who entertained
n the Mayflower Hotel. The other
guests were Senator and Mrs. Peter
Norbeck, Senator and Mrs. sW. III.
McMaster, Representative and Mrs.
Frederick NJ. Davenport. Representa-
tive and Mrs. Harcourt j. Pratt, Vice
Chairman OF the United States Ship
ping Board and Mrs. +. c. Plummer.
and Commissioner Philip Teller.
Senor and Sonora de RianO
To Entertain at Embassy.
The Ambassador Of Spain and Sc
nora de Riano will be hosts at an in
formal dinner this evening at the EN-
basSy.
and Lady Isabella Howard will be the
honor guests at dinner this evening
OF Mrs. stephen h. Elkins.
Lady Isabella Howard entertained
q small company informally at tea
yesterday afternoon.
The Minister of the Dominican Re.
public, Senor Jose del Carmen ARIA.
accompanied by Sonora de Aria and
MrG
ir. left today for Philadelphia, where
Or. ARIA VIII attend the sessions of
the American Academy of Political
and Social Science. They will return
by motor the latter part of the week
TO their apartment at Wardman Park
Hotel.
The charge d'affaires of Argentina,
Mr. Eduardo Racedo. who went TO
New York Tuesday to greet the Ar
gentine aviatorS, Senior Bernardo Du-
gan and Capt. Eduardo OliVero. who
arrived Yesterday on the s. :. Colombo
from Genoa. has returned to his apart
ment at Wardman Park Hotel The
naval attache of the Argentine en-
bassy, Comdr. Ricardo Eago, also
went to New York TO greet the flyers.
Senior Bernardo Dugan and Capt.
Olivero will arrive in Washington this
evening and VIII be at w arunldn IdTh
Hotel for the duration of their stay.
They expect to start about the end of
the month for their flight to Buenos
Aires. stopping at Miami. Porto Rico,
Trinidad, Jara, Rio de Janeiro and
Montevideo.
Senator and Mrs. Jesse II. Metcalf
will entertain at dinner this evening
aboard thir yacht. Felicia, which
is anchored just off the Capitol
Yacht Club dock.
Mrs. Couzens. wife of Senator
James CouZens. was the honor guest
at luncheon today of Mrs. Wallace
Radcliffe.
Representative and Mrs. Guy I.
Hardy entertained a small company
at dinner in their home at 1901 Six
Ieenth street Tuesday night, the
guests being former Gov. and Mrs.
Leslie NJ. Shaw. former Senator and
Mrs. Charles S. Thomas, DR.. and
Mrs. John c. Merriam and DR.. and
Mrs. Victor c. Vaughn.
Interstate Commerce Commission
cr and Mrs. Frederick l.. Cox will en-
tertain u large and distinguished
company at dinner this evening at
the Congressional Country Club.
Commissioner and Mrs. Cox will
entertain at dinner Saturday eve
ming.
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Card Party Tomorrow to
Aid Huma ne Education Society.

Mrs. Calvin Coolidge and Mrs.
Charles G. Dawes. with other dis
women, are sponsoring the
card party to be given for the benefit
of the Humane Education Society at
the Willard Hotel tomorrow afternoon
from 2 to 5 o'clock.
Mrs. Fletcher, wife of Senator Dun
Evening star., 1926-05-13
Long Hunt for Leak.

Workmen have been searching for
more than Is years for leak in the
gas main beneat one Of the most
prominent streets in London.
Evening star., 1926-05-13

J. Montgomery. Mrs. Louis T. Nc
Fadden, Mrs. John J. McSwain, Mrs.
s. d. McReynolds, Mrs. George r.
Stobbs, Mrs James McLafferty and
Mrs. William F. Kopp.
The former Secretary of War and
Mrs. John w. Weeks, who are spend
ing the Spring at Wardman Park
Hotel, have as their guest for a few
days their son, Mr.. Sinclair Weeks.
Former Representative Allan Moore
of Illinois, who is passing few days
at the Willard. entertained at lunch
con yesterday at the Willard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert V. Fleming
gave a large tea Sunday afternoon in
their Edgemoor home.
Miss Estelle p. Helman of 2SO4
Cathedral avenue. will be among the
delegates from the National Womans
Party to the. World Congress of the
International Suffrage Alliance, which
will be held in Paris, May 30 to June
l6, and will sail tomorrow on the
steamship Tuscania from New YORK.
Miss Hellman will probably meet
her mother in Paris. Mrs. Hellman
left Washington in February for
tour of the Mediterranean and is at
present in Italy.
Mrs. Charles S. Brooks of Wichita
kans. was the guest of honor at q
small tea Tuesday given by her niece,
Mrs. r. s. Crewe of Lyon Park, va
| Mr.. and Mrs. Brooks are spending "a
short time at the Washington Hotel.
Mrs. Brooks WAS the first national
chairman of the League OF Women
| Voters, and is active in state ana ma
tional affairs of interest to women.
MIR. and Mrs. c. w. Van Wagner
and their son of "a Cedar street,
| Takoma Park. have returned from
| Florida, where they spent the winter
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Davis OF LIE
Row. N. Y, are guests for few days
| of Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison hathaway
| of Moorland lane in Edgemoor.
Miss Annie B. jennings of Hartford.
Conn. was hostess to a small lun-
cheon party yesterday at the Willard,
| where she is spending few Gays.
Sorority's Last Dinner
| Party of Season Tonight.
The last dinner and meeting OF the
season of the Washington Alumnae OF
| Kappa Kappa Gamma will he held at
| the Iron Gate Inn, 1874 \ street
| northwest. this evening at $50 o'clock,
| with Miss Marie Mount as hostess,
assisted by Mrs. Claude Watts. presi-
| dent of the association.
The Political STUDY Club will give
Evening star., 1926-05-13

Miss Annie B. jennings of Hartford
Conn. was hostess to a small lun
cheon party yesterday at the Willard
where she is spending a few days.
Evening star., 1926-05-13

Guests Of honor at the regular Fri
day afternoon tea at the Congressional
Club include Mrs. Margaret Speaks
Cunningham. daughter of Gen. John
c. Speaks, Representative in Congress
from Ohio. and niece Of Obey Speaks
the composer. who will give a vocal
program, and DIR. f. n. Fairfax.
Naulty. scientist. who will give an
and Sky" The program will start
at 3 o'clock and tea will be served
later.
Alternating at the tea table will
be Mrs. William A. Oldfield. Mrs. S.
Evening star., 1926-05-13

can L. Fletcher, and Mrs. Jesse Lee
Webb are chairman and vice chairman
Of the party.
Mrs Robert j. Bates assisted by
Mrs. E. G. Boerner Miss Suette
Trough and Mrs. Charles Cyphers, has
charge of the homemade cake and
candy.
Miss Louise c. Worden. chairman
Of prizes, assisted by Mrs. G. A. Stan
ley, has a very attractive list of
prizes which have been donated by
the merchants of the city. among
them being silver, cut-glass and linen
pieces.
Mrs. Jesse E. Lapham OF 1925
Newark street has charge of tickets.
Evening star., 1926-05-13

Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Davis OF LIE
Roy, N. Y. are guests for few days
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison Hathaway
of Moorland lane in Edgemoor.
Evening star., 1926-05-13

Former Representative Allan Moore
Of Illinois. who is passing few days
at the Willard. entertained at lunch
con Yesterday at the Willard.
Evening star., 1926-05-13

MIR. and Mrs. c. w. Van Wagner
and their son of 81 Cedar street,
Takoma Park. have returned from
Florida, where they spent the Winter.
Evening star., 1926-05-13

The former Secretary of War and
Mrs. John w. Weeks, who are spend
ing the Spring at Wardman Park
Hotel, have as their guest for few
DAYS their son, Mr.. Sinclair Weeks.
Evening star., 1926-05-13

Mrs. Robert Hinckley entertained a
company of IS at dinner last evening
in honor of the United States Minister
to Rumania, Mr.. William S. Culbert-
Evening star., 1926-05-13

Gen. and Mrs. r. c. Marshall will
entertain at dinner Saturday evening
at the Congressional Country Club.
Evening star., 1926-05-13

Mrs. pauI Evarts Johnson enter
tanned company of IA at luncheon
yesterday ut the Chevy Chase Club.
Evening star., 1926-05-13

Col. and Mrs. Henry May have as
their guests their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry S.
Black of New York.
Evening star., 1926-05-13

J. Montgomery. Mrs. Louis T. Nc
Fadden, Mrs. John j. McSwain, Mrs.
s. d. McReynolds, Mrs. George r..
Stobbs, Mrs. James McLafferty and
Mrs. William r. Kopp.
Evening star., 1926-05-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert V. Fleming
gave a large tea Sunday afternoon in
their Edgemoor home.
Evening star., 1926-05-13

Former Engineer Commissioner of
the District of Columbia and Mrs.
Charles Keller have come tn Wash
ington from their home, in Evanston,
ILL.,, and are at the Mayflower Hotel.
Evening star., 1926-05-13

Mr. Charels Van Brunt CuShman
of Pomfret, Conn. will be the guest
for the horse show of his uncle and
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Victor \. Cush-
man.
Evening star., 1926-05-13
Sorority's Last Dinner
- A.. Iatn.x,O l.f

The Political study Club will give
Evening star., 1926-01-10

presses play him false, and how he
wrecks the huge machine as it is
churning out the story OF his sons
arrest makes, it is said, a thrilling
and powerful human story.
The explosion in the newspaper
plant and the subsequent fire which
calls out the whole San Francisco
army of fire fighters forms a sen
sational climax TO the picture.
The special presentation arranged
by Mischa Guterson is entitled Broad
casting" 1t is q travesty on radio
station and the talent includes the
Portuguese Trio who will be heard in
selections arranged for piano, violin
and cello; Nanny King, the boy
vocalist; Dorothy Day. diminutive
= ncopation dancer Eddie Clark
comedian; Hooks Kennedy. Scotch bal
lads and recitations; and Romeo
. Guaraldi, baritone singer.
The Rialto Concert Orchestra will
play for the overture The Blue
Danube Waltz" by Strauss. which. to-
gether with a Buster Brown comedy,
entitled "Oh. Buster" and the Inter
national News. will complete the pro
gram.
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a niche where he belonged. Away
artistic, he WAS one of the first TO
recognize the then crude movie as q
new art.
II was in Forest City, Pa. that he
entered the motion picture business
taking an empty store and through
the use of seats from the local under
takers parlor converting the 7oOl
into something that passed az an audi
/ tOriunI. With crude protector, ShakN
screen. and poor lights. he presented
| his first picture show. AS time Went
or. he played with the store show.
experimenting, planning and thinking.
| developing the genius and brilliancN
which later We're to make him famous.
He next went back TO his own city
Minneapolis. where in earlier life he
never held job more than q month.
| and there II! both Aiinnea polls and
Milwaukee he iuauEurated the dis
rinCtiVe style Of presentation. atmos
pheric prologue. SynchronfZed music
and courtesy TO the theater patron
long before New York in the manage
ment of its picture houses, gave any
| heed to them
From this time on "Roxv's'' rise
was Ike a romance.
He went to New York unhera lded
and unSung, and at the Regent Thea
| ter. on uptown Broadway, amazed the
motion picture public with his origI-
nality. artistry. and keen perception
OF what the public wanted. and how
| they wanted il. in matters of motion
picture diversion and entertainment.
When the Strand. q that time the
Countrys greatest movie house. was
thrown open to the public on Broad
way, in 1914, Roxy" was selected as
managing director. The big momen
for which he had worked and abour
which he dreamed for years had
come. Successfully, he threw the
magic OF his personality and original
| ity into the Rialto. Rivoli and Capitol
| Now ~ the age of ~ he is TO have
| his own theater, to be called the
| Roxy" the worlds largest house, 10
| Gated at one of the choicest spots III
| New York City. a house in appoint
ment. size, luxury far beyond the wild
= est of his dreams. when years ago he
| experimental in his little store show
in Forest City. Pa. with an audience
| OF hardboiled miners, saloon devotee=
and I'ustiCS.
! In the new Roxy" Theater, aside
! from giving free rein TO his genius in
motion picture presentation, he viii
give scope 10 the plans which he has
! developed for the enlargement of radio
! broadcdsting which has made fiS
name q hyword in millions OF homes
! with his familiar Hello, Every body
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Just Roxy THAT s All.

ONE Of the most appealing and
widely known personalities in the
public eye today, is 5. L. Rothafel.
better known to millions as "RoXv."
An indication OF the mans tremen-
douS following lies in the fact that in
Il room in New York there are neatly
, bundled up more than one million let
ters which Roxy" has received dur
ing the past year from movie fans
and radio enthusiasts. Letters which
come from all walks Of life-fTom
motOrman, the lawyer, the carpenter,
the doctor. the small boy. man and
woman in the shadow of life. the Hit
crate and the college graduate
Nothing stronger than these letters
could be used TO point out the ire
mendous grip which Roxy has on
the public. that he has served SO well
in providing first an original and dis
tinctive brand Of screen diversion and
more recently. through the medium
Of himself and his famous Gang" p"
with series OF evening radio enter
tainments which find millions OF peo-
pie all over the country waiting ex-
pectantly for the familiar Hello.
Everybody"
Born in the little town of Saltwater.
MINI, where he lived for l. years,
his nrSt glimpse of the city of which
lie was later TO become SO prominent
a figure came when his parents moved
to New York.
His first job was that OF cash boy in
one of what was then Fourteenth
streets mammoth department stores.
Even al that period Of his career am
bitiOn urged, and he rapidly went
from one job to another. seeking that
something which would give him an
outlet for the concrete realization Of
what many mistook for idle dreams
and futile plans.
When Roxy" was 10 he lost his
greatest friend-hiS mother With no
particular ties now TO bind him to
New York, and with the adventurous
side of his nature urging him on. he
joined the United States Marines,
where he received those lessons in
training and discipline. manlineSS and
Clean-Cut fairness which MANY years
later were to serve him well in his
mana cement of the worlds greatest
movie houses.
He served as corporal with the Ma.
rines. went through the Boxer re.
bellion in China, and after the ad-
VenturouS period Of seven wears was
discharged from the service. carrying
with him a medal as u decoration for
DISTINGUISHED work.
Again footloose and fancy free. he
tried once more to place himself in
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there were any possible doubt as to
the outcome.
Fred Niblo and his staff of techni-
clans, artists and camera men have
done a wonderful job, scenically, with
Ben Hur." They have made pictures
that are gorgeous and stirring. They
have not been quite so careful Of their
continuity.
Ramon Novarro is splendid Ben
Hur, Nigel de Brulier gives start
lingly vivid impression Of Simonides.
the slave, and Claire MacDowell is
tenderly sympathetic as Ben Hur's
mother. Otherwise, the cast did not
seem to me to rise appreciably above
the movie average.
X x X
ben Hur" will be 'road-showed"
about the country, which means that
1t will be shown first in the larger
cities. playing two performances day
at increased prices until such time as
it is ready for general release.
The picture contains almost all the
qualities of spectacular thrill and re-
ligious fervor which have brought
such unprecedented success to the
novel and the play. and there is every
reason therefore to be optimistic as
to it's future.
No one, outside of Marcus Loew's
private Office, will ever know whether
ben Hur" actually manages to clear
expenses. My personal guess is that
it won't.
Copyright. 1926.)