Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-01

urday morning showings. The Stan;
ley-Crandall theaters of Washington,
old friends on this line, are 10 have
two theaters which will show them.
Last Wednesday executives of the
Sta nley Company of America. John
j. McGuirk, AL Boyd and Abe Soblos.
ky, under the guidance OF John j.
Payette, supervisor of theaters. made
an, inspection Of the newly acquired
Chevy Chase Theater. After tonight
the theater is to be altered and thor
oughly .rehabilitated.
Among the special artists engaged
under the new policy 10 be in vogue
from now on at Crandall's .Metropoli-
tan Theater are Bernardo DE Pace,
wizard of the mandolin" this week S
added attraction, and the Loomis
Twins, those precocious youngsters
who already have proved their worth
In the Capital. The Twins will lie
heard and seen I'm the Metropolitan
the week of August rs, and at the
Tivoli the week ensuing.
AS a general policy, but not neces.
sartly something to be put into effect
every week. the special attractions put
on at Crandall's Metropolitan will fol.
low week later at the Tivoli, thus
affording each amusement place an
appeal aside from the purely screen
offerings announced.
Politics. as usual, is beginning to
trouble American photoplay exhibitors
abroad It's the part of a great game
of world diplomacy
Esteile Taylor--you know who she
is--has signed a long-term contract
TO appear In United Artists produc.
tons, her first being with Rudolph
Valentino In "Cellini."
The Duncan Sisters viii appear in
''Topsy and Eva" for First National.
June Mathis writing the script and
Balboni directing.
George Archainbaud will direct
| Milton Stills in The Splendid Out
| cast
Already the wide purchase of the
alters and the erection OF new ones
| apparently for movie uses is having
it's effect, The operators are begin.
| ming TO strike for more wages and
| shorter hours. Operators are indiS-
! pensablfs in all movie theaters.
In Portugal children of Is and
| under are barred from movie theaters,
but outdoor showings OF pictures are
| provided for them along suitable
lines.
They say Harold Lloyd is going TO
Europe In September.
France continues to protest against
| ''picturing Paris under a false light"
in American films. Why pass your
vices to your neighbor?
Many of the short comedies are
| very amusing and many Of them, oh,
| so wretched.
A Snowflake Ballet" by the Mark
| Strand Ballet Corps was a presenta-
| ton to advertise the installation of a
new cooling plant.
Greta Nissen has been engaged for
THE Popular Sin," Malcolm st.
Clair directing
First National-has bought the pic
ture rights to Walls of Glass by
Larry Bar1etto.
Virginia Lee Corbin has been sign.
ed for an ingenue role in support of
! Doris Kenyon and Lloyd Hughes In
IA Desperate Woman" now TO be
called Lady at Play"
George Siegman will be the Simon
Legree of UniversaPs Uncle Toms
Cabin" in which Charles Gilpin, the
negro star, will be the Uncle Tom.
Ned Sparks is to have a comedy
| role in Colleen Moore's production
"Twinkletoes."
A story is being prepared by Her
man J. Mankiewics for Wallace Berry
and Raymond Hatton to star in
Casey at the Bat"
H. B. Warner will play the role of
! the Redeemer and Victor Varconi that
of Pontius PLATE in THE King of
Kings"
Black White Sheep" instead of
-Four Feathers" Will be Richard
Barthelmess next picture, according
| to reports.
Metro.G oldwyn-Mayer has signed
two Russians for service-Nathalie
Kovanko and Director .Turjanskk-to
begin work in Hollywood Immediately.
Nine. De Gresac is preparing q
treatment of the "Cellini" story
which Rudolph Valentino has In
mind for his nexA picture.
King Basgott Is to direcb another
racing story, Down the Stretch, "
with Robert Agnew in the lead.
News reels made from an aeroplane
are said to have furnished valuable
assistance in the investigation and
relief work at Lake Denmark. n. j.,
after the recent terrible holocaust
there.
Arthur Brisbane says IF Fiction is
Truths younger sister the moving
picture is the real teacher for Truth
and History, not merely a sister.
THE Iron Horse, The Birth OF a Ma
ticn, The Big Parade are as far
above the average written history In
their newer to teach history as
Paganini's violin was above q South
African tomtom In It's power to In
terpret music"
The celebrated battle of hats" be-
tween Nell Gwyn and Lady Castle
maine for the favor of Charles II, as
revealed In the screen production of
Nell Gwyn.' is one Of the outstand-
ing scenes of an otherwise notable pic
ture. Dorothy Gish's hat, Tor exam
pie, is a mammoth affair, not less than
four feet in diameter.
washington screen enthusiasts are
getting their first glimpses Of new for
eign photoplay novelties at the Loew
theaters this season. Only a week
ago the Palace presented the new Ger
man screen hit, Variety and this
week it is presenting Nell Gwyn."
one of the most brilliant and colorful
pictures ever made in England.
Imagine old Samuel Pepys, the IA
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