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Why the Civic Theater

and in most cases subsidized by the
government.
In such theaters only, she believes,
can the finest works of such drama
fists as Shaw, Galsworthy, Ibsen and
Dunsany be introduced. Such the
aters also introduce actors to the pub
lie instead of making it necessary for
fine artists to wait until some com.
mercial success shall catapult them
into public vision.
Throughout this past season Eva
lie Gallienne has presented plays by
Ibsen, Sierra, Benavente, Tchekov,
Goldoni, Shakespeare and the Ameri-
can playwright Susan Glaspell. Three
plays from this group will be present
ed to the public outside of New York
during a tour of five weeks only.
These will be, to her mind, representa-
tive of what has been offered in roper.
tory in New York City this season,
and which has insured the success
of the project. They are the Cradle
Song" by Gregario and Maria Sierra;
La Locandiera," by Goldoni, and
'"The Master Builder" by Ibsen.
The company presenting these plays
is the original Civic Theater company.
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THE first Of the rehearsals in con.
nection with the civic massed
concert to be given by the combined
church choirs and choral clubs of the
National Capital at the Central High
School auditorium May IS were held
during the past week with successful
results. The affair is being given
under the auspices of the District
Federation of Music Clubs and the
Washington Church Music Council.
John Finley Williamson, director of
the Dayton Westminster Choir, will
direct the concert. He is expected to
arrive in this city several days in ad.
vance and will conduct his first re-
hearsal May 12 at 4:45 o'clock in
Epiphany Parish Hall for the male
chorus. May IS. at the same hour
and place, he will direct the women
of the chorus, with joint mixed re-
hearsal at the Central High School
auditorium May 16 at 7:30 pm. for
the women and at $50 o'clock for the
men. The final rehearsal will be con.
Quoted by Mr.. Williamson with a
mixed chorus May IL at 1880 pm. at
the Central High School.
Among the organizations partici-
pating either as a whole or In part
are the following: Glee Club of the
Women's City Club, Glee Club of the
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Comes With a Fine Record

served to bring back 'Pericles" to the
Repertory Theater and establish it as
favorite. Mr.. Brecher also directed
a production of king Lear" at this
house, with Rudolph Schildkraut in
the title role.
About this time Mr.. Brecher
founded an art theater of his own,
which played only in small halls,
but with unvarying success. The man
ager of the Stadt saw one of these pro-
ductions and at once invited Mr..
Brecher to bring some of his plays
to the Stadt. The critics ranked the
Breecher productions above those of
Stanislavsk troupe which had played
in Vienna only a short time before.
This brought him offers from numer-
Gus managers to produce his plays
at their houses and he subsequently
took this company to three of the
leading theaters.
1t was also mainly through his
efforts that the Austrian Actors
Equity, of which he was an officer,
did not affiliate itself with the Boil
shevist movement, so strong at that
time in Central Europe.
Although born in Czechoslovakia,
Mr.. Brecher's parents were American
citizens and for years he had cher
ished an intense desire to come to this
country, but no way up to this time
had opened for him to do so. Then
came an offer that made possible the
realization of his dream. He was
asked to come to New York as direc-
tor of the Yiddish Art Theater. When
he arrived in this country, his plans
We're changed; he was offered his origi-
nal role of The Sparrow in "Lilliom,"
and met there, for the first time, Eva
LIE Gallienne, who played the part of
Julie in this production.
He next played with Lionel Barry
more. and then once again with Miss
LIE Gallienne in ''The Cali of Life" by
Schnitzler. He has remained with her
ever since
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Fire Fighters Picture

TT was Metro-G Goldwyn- Mayer that
pictured the story of Annapolis
life IN The Midshipman, and now
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has pictured
the story of the heroes whose battle
is never ended-the firemen of Amer.
ica-in it's production, THE Fire
Brigade" which comes to the Wash.
ington screen today
THE Fire Brigade" was the in
spiration of a luncheon attended bN
Louis B. Mayer of Metro Goodwin
Mayer and Jay w. Stevens, Cali
fornia State fire marshal and head of
the Pacific Coast Fire Prevention Bu.
reau. During the course of a chat
between the two men. Chief Stevens
suggested the production of a motion
picture which would capitalize for en-
tertainment purposes all the thrilling
drama of the fireman's life, and which
might, at the same time, carry a pow.
erful message on behalf of fire pre-.
vention.
Mr.. Mayer thought the idea capital
and entered into the proposal with en-
ChuSldSH. AT CnleL stevens 6uggeS-
tion, he attended the annual conven-
ton of the international Order of Fire
Engineers at Louisville, Ky, where
plans were made for the cooperation
of the fire chiefs, both in the produc-
ton and in the exhibition of this pic.
ture.
In return for this aid, the fire chiefs
were promised a percentage of the
profits derived from the picture and
that more would be appropriated to
sick and similar relief in the fire de-
partments in cities where the picture
is being shown.
In Washington "The Fire Brigade"
fs said to have the enthusiastic en-
dorsement of Fire Chief Watson.
Chief Stevens of California was del.
egated to represent the order in MAX
ing the picture and valuable aid was
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Modern Verse for Songs
By Young Composers

4 CONTEST is now under way for
the selection Of original songs by
young composers for New Songs for
New Voices" a volume which Louis
Untermeyer and David and Clara
Names are editing for young people.
1t will be published some time next
year by Harcourt, Brace & Co. At
least 40 of the best settings, which
are acceptable until June IS, will be
published in the volume, which is to
have also q generous amount OF
Americana, group of settings con-
tributed by distinguished Americans,
and 10 simple German lieder, the last
named new in the sense that Mr..
Untermeyer has supplied them with
translations.
Special pamphlets containing the
poetry selected have been prepared
and will be sent to contestants upon
application to the David Names
Music School, 157 East Seventy.fourth
street, New York. The sums Of SIS
to $25 will be paid for the use of ac-
cepted songs. There are no restric.
tions as to age or nationality of con-
tributors. Judges of national repute,
headed by Mr.. and Mrs. Names, will
pass upon manuscript received. The
verses selected are by Walter de la
Mare, Carl Sandburg, Edna st. Vim
cent Millay, Vachel Lindsay, John
Gould Fletcher, Elinor Wylie, Sara
Teasda1e, Thomas Hardy, Robert
Frost, Alfred Kreymborg, William
Rose Benet, and others.
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Pianist Will Feature
Ultra-Modern Americans

ANTON Rov1NsKY. the concert
pianist, will introduce In America
next season the Sonata Salvage" of
George Antheil. The work is in three
movements and glorifles American
jazz. 1t was written in 1923 in Berlin,
when both Rovinsky and Antheil
were working in Germany as pupils
of Artur schnabel.
Rovinsky had never used American
compositions on his concert programs
until last year, when he commenced
with some of Eastwood Lanes Adj
rondack sketches, which he declared
were "typically American, in that
they carry with them the atmosphere
of the Maine woods and the lakes of
northern New England"
Now he has decided to add to his
program other composers, not only of
the United States, but also of Latin
America, the latter group including
Chavez, CotapoS and Gudolfo. In Sc
lecting Anthei1's little-known sonata
he is actuated, he says, by the desire
to encourage new works that have a
definite tendency toward expression of
the American spirit. He will not use
American music which he regards as
merely an echo of Europe.
No pianist on the American stage
has shown q more daring eclectic out
look on program making than Ro-
Whisky. During a period of less than
fortnight this Spring he played con-
certos by Grieg, Brahms and Beetho.
ven. and gave programs which in.
cluded such diversified names as Bach
and Casella, Liszt and Stravinsky
Chopin and Bartok, Scarlatti and
Scriabin.
ITO me program must be q symp-
tom Of the times we live in," says Ro.
Whisky. "It must be constructed as
carefully as a novelist constructs a
book, SO as to show a definite tenden-
cy. In some cases it's continuity may
be historical; in other cases the en-
semble is obtained by showing the
progress Of certain musical move
ment or tendency. The old.fashioned
piano program Of Chopin, Beethoven,
Schumann and Liszt is worn out. To-
day it indicates a mental laziness on
the part of the pianist. The creative
artist, even when engaged only in in
depreciation, Is too keenly aware of
the historic pulse to be content with
a mere assortment of old chestnuts.
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Marine Band PROGRAM.

Capt. Taylor Branson will conduct
his first concert since being appointed
leader of the United States Marine
Band, following Capt. Santelmann' s
retirement, Wednesday night, when
the band orchestra will play the fol-
lowing program at the Marine Bar
racks, beginning at SIS o'clock.
LES Preludes". Liszt
taJ Petite Petite Mari Mari: Rsstite Femme from
tb) "Veii Dance. from 20 intake San. ''N''
Friml
Tango de concert. Santana" Bryan
Grand scenes from Aida" ..... Verdi
PProI4g1e fr9m 7 Pagliaeci" LeoqGay allo
Marines hymn. 'The Halls of Montezuma. nni,e"
THE Star Spangled Banner"
Another concert by the United
States Marine Band Orchestra, Friday
afternoon at $50. also in the audito-
rum, Marine Barracks, will have as
the program:
March. General Leieune" .. Branson
Overture. William Tell ......... Rossini
Grasnd scenes, from Jewels of the
Persian dance from "Khovanchtchinnaa., q o. "
.'Air de Ballet" (original score) Herbert
Suite dorchestra. "Atonement of Pan"
!. Dance of the Nymphs"
2. Intermezzo.
g. Entr aete.
4. Dance of the Harpies"
Marines hymn. 1.-THE Halls of Montezuma" !"
The Star Spangled Banner"
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IN 1899 young man named Egon
Brecher-now the leading man
with Eva Le Gallienne's Civic Re-
pertory Theater Co, became a mem
ber OF the famous Heidelberg Co. He
had gone to Heidelberg with the in
tention of entering the university to
study philosophy, but his plans We're
changed and the stage Of the Roper
tory Theater instead of the historic
walls of old Heidelberg became his
alma mater.
At the end of six months he left
this theater, and for 10 years toured
the provinces of central Europe,
graduating from small character parts
to leading roles. During these 10
years. Mr.. Brecher not only played
but directed as we'll nearly every one
OF the best known modern and classic
plays, including those of Hauptman,
1bsen, Shakespeare and many others.
The managers of the Vienna thea
terS travel from time to time into the
provinces in search Of talent. 1t so
happened that while Mr.. Brecher was
playing in large city quite near to
Vienna. the manager OF the Viennese
Stadt Theater saw him and at once
engaged him for the Stadt. This
meant that he had reached the goal
toward which every actor in Austria
and Germany looks with longing eyes.
1t was while playing at this theater
that Mr.. Brecher was assigned the
role OF The Sparrow in the original
production of 'Lilliom," under the di-
rection of Molnar. He also played in
the Devil" by the same author, 1.-THE
Faun" of Knobloch, and many of the
Shakespearean plays. He was also the
head of the dramatic school of its
kind in Central Europe.
He was next engaged as chief di-
rector of a new and large heater in
Vienna called "Komedierhaus." He
opened this house with a production
of Shakespeare's "Pericles." This
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Junior Stars of 1927

THREE young women and two
young men have been awarded
special Paramount contracts emitting
them to be known as the Paramount
Junior Stars Of 1927.
Under the terms of the agreement
% directors in the company's employ
ment must study their work on sets
and in pictures. considering them for
many types of roles, and advise them
so that the quintet win get every
chance to develop into real stars.
Those chosen are James Hall. Rich
ard Arlen, Louise Brooks, Nancy
Phillips and Sally Blame.
AS members of the Paramount Stock
Co, each of the five is considered to
have proven his or her ability. In
a little more than a year Hall has
played three times opposite Bebe
Daniels and one each with Pola Negri
and Betty Bronson. He has been fea-
tured also in another picture.
Mr.. Arlen has had several minor
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Tells It On Himself.

MEAL O'HARA, well known humor-
- ist, now title-writer and comedy
constructor at f. B. o. studios, had a
fund of stories, but the one that clicks
best concerns himself.
He asked friend who was going to
New York and Boston to look over
VIII Rogers act at the Follies, and
come back and tell him what Rogers
had that he (O'Hara) lacked, that he
might take advantage of it and get
in the big money.
The friend went to New York, heard
Rogers twice. returned to Boston, and
meeting O'Hara, said:
Neal. have solved the problem.
I saw Rogers and found that what he
has, and you have not, is rope. Go
buy rope"
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roles, and during recent months hal
been something of a sensation amoni
the studio executives who havt
watched the progress OF the big wal
aviation picture Wings
Miss Brooks has appeared in
variety of roles since her debut il
The Street of Forgotten Men" and
THE American Venus" The screea
careers Of Nancy Phillips and SallV
Blame extend back only a few months
Jesse l.. Lasky has cast all FIVE in
one picture, Rolled Stockings"
The year will not be life of ease
for the youngsters. They must keer
in perfect condition: their weights can.
not increase more than pounds: they
must avoid all possibilities of gossip
and scandal, and they must be pro.
ficient in dancing, riding, swimming
and fencing.
II the achievement Of the players
ls as rapid as Mr.. Lasky homes.
April "
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Film Plots Classified

Sheldon, Block and Lighton have been
intimately associated with the story
side Of motion pictures for several
years, during which each has been
called upon to read and absorb close
to 1000 stories annually.
AS result each is reputed a master
of plot, men of rare discrimination,
thoroughly acquainted with film m-story
construction and it's needs.
"The value Of knowing a vast mum.
Der of plots is incalculable," said
Schulberg. Automatically, various
kinds of stories become catalogued
into their respective categories in
ones mind. When a story is submit
ted as a screen possibility, one in
stantly places 1t, mentally, in GER
tain group, and, possessing this wide
acquaintance with all sorts of plots, it
does not take long to recognize it's
merits
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FIGURES GET BLACK EYE
London SCOT and Smoke Mar Many
Notable Statues.

LONDON, April 80 (E).-London
smoke and dust sometimes have a
comic effect upon its statues.
Over the entrance of Old abbey, the
central Criminal Police Court, are
three beautiful female figures. One,
whose position exposes her to the
washing of the rain, is normal; a Sec
ond, whose face is protected from that
cleansing, has the appearance of a
negro with Grecian features, while the
third has black eye.
A fine classic head which adorns the
great entrance archway to Waterloo
railway station gathers-in between
periodical brushings-dust on head
lip and cheek in such a way as to
transform it into fierce-looking mus
tached motorist, with cap and goggles
complete.
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EIFTEEN THOUSAND film plots in

FIFTEEN THOUSAND film plots in
four minds. all instantly available
This is said to be the unique status
which prevails in the story department
ut the Paramount Studio.
There are four executives over this
department-B. P. Schulberg, studio
producing executive and final author
ity on all picture material used; u.
Lloyd Sheldon, Ralph Block and Louis
D. Lighton, the latter three editors-in-
chief, each in charge of the editorial
supervisor OF several producing units.
Each of this group estimates that
he has absorbed and automatically
catalogued in his mind from 5000 to
< ono nIots in the course of HIS motion
picture career.
Schulberg is the pioneer. He was
story editor for the old Famous Play
ers Film Co. more than a decade ago.
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EVA LIE GALLIENNE believes a
civic repertory theater to be the
only possible solution of the problem
Of insuring to the public a constant
production of good plays well acted.
She chose for membership in the
company which she formed for the
establishment of the Civic Theater in
New York last October the best actors
and actresses she could find. She has
retained the entire cast throughout
the season and has presented eight
plays, casting from the members of
the permanent company for variety
of parts which they could not have
possibly obtained in any other acting
group at any theater. The result is
said to be overwhelmingly successful.
1T is only through a repertory the
ater that the superlative of h1strion1c
artistry is possible. in Miss lie Gal
lienne's opinion. Such q theater is
not a new fad. It was common in the
DAYS when Queen Elizabeth ruled Eng
land. and at present in England and
Germany, where the. theater has be-
come supremely efficient, repertory
theaters are established institutions,
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COMPETE IN DANCING.
Wales and His Brother in Test for
Superiority.

LONDON, April 80 GP).--The Prince
of Wales and his younger brother,
Prince George. vie with one another
for the honor of being the best dancer
in the royal family. The Duke of York
only dances fairly well, and admits 1t,
but he holds the palm so far as the
tennis court is concerned, as none Of
his brothers has ever been able TO
fathom his left-hand deliveries.
Prince Henry, the third son of the
King, who has just celebrated his 27th
birthday, is easily the best cricketer
Of the family. Prince Henry, too, is
fond of hunting and often rides with
the Prince of Wales, but frankly con-
fesses that the heir to the throne is
much better rider than he.
~ fall or am thrown nearly as
much as Edward" the prince said to
some of his friends after a recent
hunt, but the public doesn't hear
Of it,
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TOWN PROTESTS CASINO.
Monte Carlo at Former HohenzoI
lern Resort Opposed.

BERLIN, April 80 (P.-Attempts
to make a Monte Carlo of the North
out of the renowned former Hohen-
zollern Summer resort of Zoppot,
near Danzig. are meeting with vigor-
Gus opposition from the fashionable
residents.
A petition with more than 1000
signatures, demanding the closing of
the Zoppot casino has been presented
TO the Danzig city council. The petit
ton says that the existence of the
gambling hell hole" prevents thou
sands of decent visitors from coming
to the beach resort"
Former Crown Prince Frederick
William maintained luxurious pal
ace in Zoppot. Thousands Of the
German nobility still congregate
there in Summer.
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Warner Releases in May.

THE month of May will bring four
releases from Warner Bros
May Z, RinTin-Tin's latest, Tracked
by the Police" with cast including
Jason Robards, Virginia Browne
Faire, Tom Santschi. Dave Morris
and Theodore Lorch; 'The Climbers"
starring Irene Rich, May IA. with
Forrest Stanley, Clyde Cook, Flo
belle Fairbanks, Anders Randolph,
Myrna 10y and Dot Farley in the
cast; Irish Hearts," May 21, with
May McAvoy as the star, supported
by Walter Perry, Walter Rogers,
Jason Rohards, Warner Richmond
and Kathleen Key, and "a Million
Bid" May 2S, starring Dolores Co.'S
tello, supported by Warner GLAND,
Malcolm McGregor, Betty Blythe,
William Demarest and Douglas Ger
rard.
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Filming Famous Belasco
Play.

THE celebrated Belasco play, The
Heart of maryland" will be
Dolores Costellos next starring pic
ture for Warner Bros, production
starting in three weeks. Lloyd Bacon
will direct. Jason Robards will ap-
pear opposite Miss Costello.
"The Heart of Maryland" well
known to all lovers of the theater,
first brought Mrs. Leslie Carter into
prominence as q national footlight
favorite.
Mrs. Carter, now on the Coast, Is
said to be intensely interested in the
filming Of the story.
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Pola Well Photographed.

As nearly as he can figure it out,
Bert Glennon, motion picture cam
eraman, has made 2,500,000 photo
graphs of Pola Negri, Paramount star,
Glennon recently finished "Barbed
Wire," his sixth consecutive Pola
Negri picture. The six pictures aver
aged 1000 feet in length. In every
foot of the film there are 16 frames,
or small individual pictures. In the
six pictures there were 672 900 sepa-
rate photographs. About four times
as much film is exposed as is used,
however, so Glennon multiplied the
total by four to get his final approx
nation.
Glennon is now at work on his sew
enth Pola Negri picture, THE Woman
on Trial"
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Washington s Fox-Roxy
Theater
WASHINGTON is assured of one of

"
the worlds greatest theaters.
1t is William Fox, moving spirit of
the Fox Film Corporation, who gives
the assurance. And it is the mag
nificent new theater in the National
Press Club building now nearing com.
pletion to which he refers, for that
theater is to be one of the notable
Fox-Roxy theaters of the country. =
Advance notices from Mr.. Fox state
that the house win seat 1000 people,
and that it win have improvements
and comforts that have helped to
make the Roxy Theater of New York
one of the most talked-of places of
amusement of the day.
Roxy, of course, needs no intro
duction to Washington; but Roxy is
going to direct the new theater in
Washington along with others of the
Fox-Roxy circuit, and it is promised
that it's entertainment will include
the same extraordinary presentations
that have broken box-office and world
attendance records in New York.
And the new F'ox-Roxy Theater in
Washington viii open early in Sep
tember.
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Camera on Elevator.

ONE of the most unusual camera
devices used in motion pictures
was utilized by Harry Perry, head
cinematographer of wings" Para
mounts epic of the air.
1t consists of an elevator upon
which the mounted camera, with
the cameraman and director, may be
carried. The elevator is suspended
by means of an overhead track, CIV
ing the camera both horizontal and
vertical scope.
Wellman is said to have obtained
striking effects with the device.
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HATS ON AT TEA DANCES.
London Women in Conservative
Restaurants Retain Coverings.

LONDON. April 80 CF).-Women
must not remove their hats to dance
at "the dansants'' which take place
in some of London's older and more
conservative restaurants.
To break this rule invariably leads
to a request to recover or leave the
dance floor
The majority of EngIishwomen to-
day are owners of sleek shingled heads
and are accustomed to take off their
hats on occasions when the women Of
a generation ago would not have
dreamed of "uncovering" In some
quarters, however, the old ideas still
prevail.
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May Pictures at Strand

THE Strand Theater announces for
the month of May, in addition to
Irwin B. Hamp and the Strand Play
ers in musical comedy revues, the fol-
lowing pictures: slide, Kelly, Slide, !"
with William Haines and Sally O'Neil;
1.-The Broken Gate" with Dorothy
Phillips and William Collier. jr.; Down
the Stretch" with Marion Nixon and
Robert Agnew; Norman Shearer in
THE Demi-Bride"; THE Cheaters, J"
with Pat O'Malley and Helen Fergu-
son, and "Quicksands. with Richard
Dix and Paramount supporting cast.
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given by Fire Chief Ralph Scott Of
Los Angeles, who put the resources ~
the Los Angeles Fire Department az
Mr.. Mayors disposal and who also
was instrumental in filming the hig
orphanage fire scene which IS the
high light Of the picture.
The title, "The Fire Brigade" was
selected by the fire departments OF
the whole country.