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Evening star., 1927-05-15


n screen be college men?
wv viii Collene Moore. Norma
Talmadge, Mary Pickford
and the other fair ladies
Of motion picture fame select their
lovers from the campuses of great
American colleges? VIII brains and
breeding become requisites in the
male stars of a not far distant date?
The answer to these questions
seems to be Yes" AT least in part
and probably a very substantial part
Not that the screen favorites OF the
day are wanting in the retinements
of culture. Quite the contrary, with
such well rounded personalities as
Richard Barthelmess. Milton Sills,
Lewis Stone. Johnny Hines and many
others to bring academic dignity and
drawing room polish into the studio.
But there are not enough of them.
Motion pictures need more man.
power. young manpower, and First
National Pictures is out to find it on
the most likely of all hunting grounds,
the college campus.
In this, the Spring of 1927, the
door to a new profession for col
legians is being flung wide open, and
within are rewards such as no other
profession offers to ambitious youth.
Contracts as we'll as sheepskins will
be passed around this June to the
fortunate possessors of a screen face
and a screen personality. And the
contracts will call for a lot of money
in contrast to the lean years that face
the young doctor, lawyer or engineer
when he steps out into the open
spaces of competition.
First National Pictures and the
magazine College Humor are sponsors
for the screen tests that promise to
be far reaching in their results.
First National camera men and
technical experts are visiting "a of
the leading universities and colleges
to make actual screen tests of the
most promising male screen person
alities among the undergraduates.
Within a few weeks after the final
shots have been made, 10 lucky col
legians, with contracts in their
pockets. will be on their way to Bur.
bank, Calf, where First Nationals
new two-million dollar plant is To-
Gated.
Advance men and a crew of as
sistants have been arriving at the
colleges to be visited several weeks
in advance of the actual making of
the test. Any man enrolled at the
college Is eligible to submit himself
to the examiner, who will pick 10 can
didates from each institution. In or
der that they may profit by expert
assistance, makeup men will prepare
the students for the test. Attempts
will be made to register every point
of the candidates features and per-
sonality. also his poise and ability to |
respond to suggested acting.
Directly following the making of |
each series of tests the cameraman
will ship his negatives to the studio |
in California. where they will be given
consideration by John Nc.
Cormick. general manager of West
Coast production for4Figst National.
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Villains Now Comedians.

4 SHORTAGE of dyed-in-the-wool viii
lains for the screen is threatening
Hollywood.
The film "heavies" all seem to be
turning to comedy roles. Wallace and
Noah Beery and Tom Kennedy are the
three latest to join the laugh ranks.
All three made their debut in pic
tpres as case hardened villains. Then
suddenly Wallace Beery burst upon
the public as an uproarious laugh pro-
voker in Behind the Front" Were
in the Navy Now" and Casey at the
Bat It's doubtful if he'll ever be
permitted to be wicked again.
Now Noah Beery's comedy predilec.
tions are coming to the fore. After
portraying one of the most brutal
heavies in screen history, the infa-
nous Sergt. Lejaune of Beau Geste."
he launched on a comedy-heavy role
in THE Rough Riders" with such
success that he Immediately was
signed for a similar type of part in
Adolphe Menjou's Evening Clothes"
And Tom Kennedy, whose face in
villain makeup has been said to
frighten children, is an out-and-out
clown in The Mysterious Rider. and
continues as = comedian in THE
DoughboY."
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JARDIN LIDO.

Opening of the Jardin Lido for-
merly the Arlington Roof Garden),
atop@the Arlington Hotel. May 27 has
been announced by misunderstanding
Moss & Mallory. who are sponsoring
Washingtons latest amusement CEN
ter. in conjunction with the Lido Or.
CheStraS.
The premiere band OF the latter,
headed by Pianist Dick Liebert and
Drummer Emory Daugherty, will pro-
vide the music. Other members of
the Jardin Lido band will be Bob
Oliver and Bob Bunch, saxophones;
Fred Dawson, banjo, and Bill Rup-
precht. trumpet. Bunch also is a
vocal soloist
The band has been feature of the
Palace Movie Club Tuesday night
programs broadcast from Station
WMAL this season.
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ALPHA PLAYERs-Wednesday.

The Alpha Players of the Ninth
Street Christian Church will present
as their annual Spring play THE
Little Clodhopper," by Walter Ben
Hare, under the direction of John
NJ. Smith, in the Sunday school
auditorium, Ninth and D streets
northeast. at pm. Wednesday,.
The story of the play deals with
the experiences of little waif from
the poorhouse who has been left a
fortune, and who is adopted by a
scheming society," matron. 1t is a
blend of laughter and tears.
Miss Martha Peterson will play
the title role and Clyde Willoughby
opposite her as a dashing book agent,
while Miss Virginia Gill plays the
society matron. Erwein Faust as
her son and Miss LYDIA Ballard as his
fiancee. Miss Mildred Crump as the
boarding house keeper and Charles
Critchfield as Ocey, her hired man,
with the Misses Dorothy Ballard
Beulah Freeman. Helen Mcconnell
and Marion Warfield and Horace
Higgins, Haywood Oliver and Russell
White, complete the cast. The
Alpha Orchestra will furnish the
,a1,1S;n
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT

ID OBERT ROCKMORE, producer of
IN Triple Crossed" will produce
Iron Shutters" by F. s. Merlin,
author OF the mystery play.
A. E. and r. r. Riskin have ac-
quired THE Front Page" a play by
K. G. Riley, for Spring try-out. This
is one of four productions the Riskins
plan to make during the coming sea
son.
William Oden Waller, who did the
settings for The Spider" will design
the scenes for Manhattan Mary"
George Whites musical comedy.
David Bella SEQ announces that he
will present Beth Merrill next season
in new play called Hidden" by VIII.
liam j. Hurlbut, author Of Bride of
the Lamb" and other plays. Miss Mer-
rill scored a hit the past season in Mr..
Belasco's production. Lily Sue"
Basil Sydney and Mary Ellis, who
are now playing in vaudeville in '"The
Princess" by Zoe Atkin, are to spend
month at Newport, appearing in
series of performances with amateur
players as support.
Julia Sanderson and Frank Crum.
NIT, who scored a hit in mo, No,
Nanette," will be seen in vaudeville
this Summer.
John Golden has decided to put on
THE Prisoner" by George Abbott, in
collaboration with Dana Burnett.
With the usual flair for dramatic situ
ations involving gunmen, this play is
n dan1 xxyi+ xxy-,4 4fayS Mn,
| Wisenfrend, the Yiddish actor, will
have the leading role.
| The original New York production
| OF "Abie's Irish Rose will begin it's
sixth year on Broadway May %, a
mark which is announced as breaking
all dramatic records previously estab-
| lished for endurance. Anne Nichols,
its author is now in France complet-
ing her latest play, entitled "Abie's
Children"
1t has just been learned that John
Erskine has sent a letter to George
| Abbott requesting him TO dramatiZe
his novel. "Galahad." Whether the
playwright will do the script himself
or In collaboration with Mr.. Erskine
remains to be seen.
| ScnWab Mandel announce that
their two musical shows, Queen
High" and "The Desert Song" will
remain in New York during the COM
ing Summer. In September Queen
| High will be taken to Chicago, max
ing room for the latest play, Hold
| En-, Helen"
Robert Milton is negotiating with a
prominent English star, whose iden-
tity he does not reveal, to play the
| leading role in DRY Martini" a
| dramatization of the novel by John
| Thomas.
The Royal Family" by Edna Fer
ber and George S. Kaufman, is due to
reach New York in October, under
the direction of Jed Harris, following
a week in Atlantic City.
Murray Phillips announces the pur-
chase of a musical comedy. entitled
Happy" with book and lyrics by
Vincent Lawrence. McElbert Moore
and Earl Crooker and music by Frank
Gray.
Arthur Hopkins will produce in Sep.
tember a play by Louis Bromfield.
based on that young writer's novel,
The Green Bay Tree" with Else
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ATTRACTIONS

tainers. novel and tricky souvenirs and
inimitable dance music by Director
Jack Golden of the LIE ParadiS Band.
Plans for the LIE Paradis roof dur.
ing the season include a new series of
novelty nights planned to extend over
the entire Summer. Special entertain.
ers will include some of New York's
best known artists. Novelty nights
will be staged Tuesdays, Thursdays
and FRIDAYS.
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Exit Bobbed Hair.

THE hair bob is being chased out
of Hollywood. The motion picture
stars have sounded the death knell.
At a recent social gathering of the
elite of the screen, Greta Garbo ar
rived with her hair tied at the nape
of the neck in short curls; Dorothy
Dwan wore hers shoulder length,
loosely waved; Dorothy Phillips had
her black hair curled all over the
head. waiting the day that it will
reach behind her ears, and Gloria
Swanson wore a tight marcel and
small Psyche knot at the nape Of the
neck.
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Colleen In Lilac Time

COLLEEN MOORE is going to make
her first special production since
she came under the First National
banner in Lilac Time" the stirring
play which served as a. stage We
hicle for Jane Cowl several years ago
and which was written by Miss Cowl
in collaboration with Jane Murfin.
Lilac Time" is the poignant ro-
nance Of little French peasant girl
and an English soldier during the
Great War. It's outstanding charac.
teristics are its humanness and heart
interest.
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CHESAPEAKE BEACH.

Bert Saulsman's Orchestra will fur
nish the music for dancing at Chesa
peake Beach this season, opening Sat
urCiay, May 28. Saulsman Is a drum
mcr, who has drummed his way to
popularity in the local theaters and
movie houses. For number of years
he was in charge of the music at Ches-
apeake Beach. He will specialize in
dreamy dance numbers to fit into the
atmosphere of bay breezes and silvery
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ROEHRLE DANCERS. Tuesday.

Clara H. Roehrle and her dancers
will appear in a varied program at
the President Theater Tuesday night
at $40. Many talented pupils will
participate in some pretty dance num-
bers. The outstanding features of the
evening will he filler" group Of 16
girls and Moments de Caprice
Miss Roehrle has been staging the
dances for the st. Patrick Players for
the past few years.
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EARLE-WaIly SharpIes & Co.

The headline attraction at the
Earle Theater this week. beginning
Sunday afternoon, is Wally Sharples,
who invites you to "Smile Awhile
with him and his genial company of
singers, dancers and comedians, COM
prising AL Green, Jack Hughes, Bea-
trice Gay, Lillian Gordone, Ruth
La Vale and Kathryn Mclaughlin,
in a Kaleidoscope succession of di-
vertissements usually found in mu-
sical comedy. The book and special
music for Smile Awhile" were writ
ten by Bert Kalraar land Harry
Ruby. @ E
The added attraction will be Ruiz
and Bonita in Their Dances Su-
preme." with Gel-Mann and his
Whispering Orchestra. artists both
terpsichorean and instrumental, in a
multi-colored combination of song,
music and dance.
Other vaudeville offerings will be
the kitamura brothers in Oriental
Frolics": Snoozer, jr., the intellectual
bulldog. in a rare display of canine
intelligence, and Johnnie Berkes in a
sketch, Maybe, Who Knows?" in
which Virginia Sully also plays an
important part. Added to the fun
making of Mr.. Berkes is the talent
of Miss Sully in both song and dance.
The photoplay feature will be
Producers release of William c.
De Miles production. "The Little
Adventures, with Vera Reynolds as
the pictured star. supported by Vic
tor Varconi, Phyllis Haver. Theodore
Kosloff. Fred Walton and Robert
Ohar
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STRAND--".Arabian Nights"

Arabian Nights is the musical
comedy at the Strand Theater this
week with Irwin B. Hamp heading
the cast Of the Strand Players. in
Guiding Lew Lewis, Earl Root. Billee
Lamonte, Bud Brewer. Ruth Adair,
Rene Vincent and Tom McTwiggan,
with Tereta Sheaffer and Mary
Deerv leading the beauty chorus.
Arabian Nights" is described as
being in IA fiashy scenes of gorgeous
costumes and lighting effects. pro-
duced by William Grant, with the
book and lyrics by ]. B. Hamp, and
the musical scores and arrangements
by Harry c. Maxwell.
1.-The Demi- Bride" a Metro Gold
wyn- Mayer production, starring
Norma Shearer and Lew Cody, will
be shown the first half of the week.
Wednesday. and running through
Friday, "Cheaters." with Helen Fer
guson and Pat OMalley, a first time
shown Tiffany production, will be
screened.
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AK to grind and saw all events from
a perfectly balanced center"
Mr.. Brisbane, she found interesting,
because of his encyclopedia mind. and
of Mr.. Hearst she said: "He takes
everything but his own merits from
q Titanic point of view the
only true, unassuming, modest great
person l ever met
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Last.

AT last--a motion picture without
- a villain
Strange as it may seem, Cecil B. De
Mile, ever vigilant in his search for
the new, now contemplates a picture
minus the ever.present evil worker.
So ingeniously has Clara Beranger
adapted this Richard Harding Davis
story, The Bar Sinister" 1t is said,
that no bad man" is necessary. Sit
uatons and inner mental struggles
that confront the characters provide
the drama and suspense that is usu-
ally instilled by the heavy"
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HOFFMAN.HOSKINS REVUE,
Friday.

The Hoffman.Hoskins "Kiddie Re-
vue Of 1927" will be presented at the
President Theater in three perform.
ances, Friday evening and Saturday
matinee and evening.
Unusual preparations have been
made for this years show to make it
surpass all previous ones.
A novelty number, THE Garden
WALL" with the tiny kiddies dressed
as cats. is one of the big features,
while the larger girls present dances
that are said to compare with the solo
dancers Of Broadway shows, with
costumes, scenery and coloring that
are works of art.
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ST PETERS MINsTRELs-May %.

A Minstrelsy Revue will be pre-.
scented by the st. Peters Players at
their parish hall, Second and c streets
southeast, Monday, Tuesday and
wednesday nights, May %, "a and 25.
1t will be staged and directed by
Billy Kelly, local comedian and enter
tainer, erstwhile of the St Pats. The
book has been written by Miss Cath
crime Everett, in collaboration with
Mr. Kelly.
St. Peters best talent. will be seen,
including Roy Dixon, tenor; Pat Nc
tiarraghy: Miss Margaret Tappan; the
Three Dugan Sisters, in wonderful
dancing; Miss Everett. Miss Catherine
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Cliff Edwards & Co. will headline
the bill at the Earle Theater next
week, which will include Philson &
Duncan. in a dialogue and music skit,
and the Venetian MasQueraders, in a
colorful musical offering. The feature
picture viii be Warner Bros produc-
tion Of "Woks Clothing" co-starring
Monte Blue and Patsy Ruth Miller.
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VILLA ROMA,

Dinner and supper dancing are fea-
tured at the Villa Roma with tea dane
ing on Saturday. Vaudeville acts usual
~ top off the evening, with Moe Baer
dance music.
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STRAND-"Quick Sands"

The Strand Theater will present
next week, beginning with Saturday
matinee of This week, the usual
musical comedy revue, with the
Strand Players, headed by Irwin B.
Hamp, together with a screen attrac-
ton which viii be Paramounts pro-
duction, Quick Sands starring
Richard Dix.
Evening star., 1927-05-15

Ferguson and Nance O'Neil. Mr.. Hop
kins plans to call the play THE House
of Women"
FlorenZ Ziegfeld has not only recap
tured Marilyn Miller from Charles Dill
lihgham, but has signed Jack Dono.
hue. They will return to his manage
mant at the expiration of their con
tracts in sunny and will be CO.
starred in Ziesfeld's new Fall show.
1.-THE Solitaire Man" by Samuel
Spewack and Bella Cohen, will be tried
out by Henry Gives Boston roper
toire company the week of May 30.
Chanins.
False Faces" by Richard Hardings
Barker and Greatrex Newman, will be
produced IN Chicago tonight by r, II.
Burnside and will probably reach New
York next season. The Chicago cast
will include Charles Richman, Dallas
Wexford, A. G. Andrews, Leo Don
nelly, Frederick Burton and Catherine
Willard.
Mare Connolly has returned from
trip abroad and started on his new
Philip Goodman will produce next sea
son. 1t will follow the production Of
The Wild Man of Borneo," which
Mr.. Connolly wrote with Herman
Mankiewicz and which goes into it's
new rehearsals in July.
! Aarons & F'reedley will present
Fred and Adele Astaire in a new mu-
sical comedy, with music by George
t@. lot IN
| tember. The Astaires are now in Lon
don, touring in Lady, Be Good"
| They will return to this country in
! July, and rehearsals will start in Au-
gust. William Kent will also appear
| in the cast.
| Edgar SelWYn, who returned to New
York from Europe last week. an
nounced the purchase of the American
rights to Paul Gerladys latest play,
| "Son Mari" Mr. Selwyn will pre-
sent it in the Fall, following the pro-
duction of Strike Up the Band
| The caliber of plays scheduled for
presentation by the National Players
| the first II weeks of the season is in
| dicated perhaps by the fact that two
thirds of the organizations arranging
benefit performances are either church
or general welfsre societies.
The same apprehension that beset
! the Gene Tunney camp when the
fighting champion flew to Philadelphia
| several hours before his fight with
Dempsey was noticeable, perhaps in
| q less degree at the National Theater
a week ago, when Dorothy Tierney,
player and art director, wired her
apologies for being two days late, add
ing that she was leaving New York
by airplane that afternoon. And so
| she did--and arrived.
| sLaff That Off" the National Play
ers' opening production, was familiar
stuff to both Adelaide Hibbard and
Romaine Calender. Each had go
at the piece late this Winter in Mas
sachusetts and Virginia, respectively.
Evening star., 1927-05-15

The story of The Little Adven-
tureSs' concerns an artist who
dreamed of love and romance and
then met bachelor who scoffed at
marriage. 1t was adapted by Clara
Beranger from The Dover Road"
by A. A. Milne.
The house features include alb
breviated camera subjects, new
comedy and the kinograms, with or
chestral overture and pipe organ ac-
compartment of the pictures.
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CHEVY CHASE LAKE.

Chevy Chase Lake has gotten away
to a flying start.
Meyer Davis dance orchestras are
featured in both pavilions with AL IA
mons, master of jazz, and a big band
on the lower pavilion and Ben Levine
is in charge of the band on the upper
DaVilion
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NATI0NAL-"The Enemy"

T0R the second week of their new
- season, beginning tomorrow
night. the National Theater
l. players have chosen as their
Offering a play called The
Enemy" by Charming Pollock, for
merly a local dramatic editor and
the author Of many plays, including
''The Fool"
THE Enemy is not a war play, al
though it has love story closely
connected with the Great War. Its
scenes are all laid in one room, and
1t carries beneath its romantic veneer
a protest against all sorts of hatreds,
racial or religious.
The play ran an entire season at
the Times Square Theater. New York,
and is said TO have provoked con-
siderable discussion.
1t is said to provide an exception
ally fine role for the charming new
leading woman, Leona Powers, and
role for the new leading man, John
MacFarlane, which will test his
mettle. The full strength of the COM
pany will he employed in the cast,
and the setting of the play is de-
clared 10 be unique.
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KEITHS-"Mickey" Daniels,Peggy
EameS,

Mickey Daniels and Peggy
Eames. screen favorites. principal
comedian" and leading lady of the
Hal Roach Our Gang" comedies,
will make their first personal appear.
ance in Washington this week, head
lining the bill at B, +. keith's Thea
ter.
Cecil Cunningham also is featured
In Impressions and Special Songs,
with Bobbie Simonds at the piano.
Harriet Hoctor. premiere ballerina,
will follow with William Holbrook in
a new dance offering entitled Dane
ing as Usual" Others include
Meyer Davis Society Orchestra un.
der Nathan Brusiloff. featuring the
popular dancers, Margot and Gerry,
whom Washingtonians know better
by their own names. Margaret Zolnay
and Daniel Thew Wright Sd, and
Nanny King. the boy soloist; Ethel
Sinclair and Marge La Marr in AT
the Seashore"; Gerald Griffin, singing
star: Millard & Marlin in skit
called Getting Trimmed" by Henry
Bergman; Aussie & Czech in Spanish
novelty, and he'usual screen features,
which complete the bill,
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ROBIN HOOD PLAYERs-May 1925.

The Robin Hood Players, a local
company under the direction of Paul
Messink. will close successful sea.
son with three performances of Eu-
gene Hafers comedy. Tanning Char.
ley" at st. Mary's Hall, Fifth and G
streets northwest, on May %, "a
and 25.
The story concerns the tanning" of
Charles Atkins. a youth of wild pro.
pensities. who is sent by his father
to a Middle Western town for his
reformation under the supervision of
one Mrs. Branson, whose absence in
California for her health shifts the
task to her daughter Betty.
William Bradley, who will be remem.
bered for his recent work in "Green
Stockings" will be seen as Charley,
with Miss Nina Allen OF the Mask
Club playing opposite. Emmett Rob.
Einson Of the Little Theater and John
Mulvaney Of the Peacock Players have
character roles.
The petite Stella Micro and Peggy
Schneider, lately of the Mask Players,
are supporting ingenues, while Misses
Elveda Peerce of the Holy Rosary
Players and Barbara Hess Of the Pea.
cock Players will do character bits.
Leon Michaelowitz Is the technical
| director and the setting Is his own
creation.
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LIE PARADIS ROOF.

The LIE Parads roof garden will open
Friday for the Summer season. Every
circumstance of gayety will surround
it's formal opening with special enter
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KEITH'S-Irene Bordoni.
EARLE-CHf Edwards & Co.

Irene Bordoni will headline the bill
al B. F. Keith's Theater next week.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
Attractions In Washington
Playhouses This Week
MUSIC AND DRAMA.

NATIONAL-Naonal Theater Players The Enemy drama
Monday evening
KEITHSMckey DanielsPeggy Eame vaudeville This alter
and evening.
EARE-Waly Sharpes Co, vaudeville This afternoon and
STRANDAaban Nights presentations. This afternoon
and
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Clara Bows first part was entirely
cut out of the picture because her
abundance of tears in crying scene
ruined her appearance. Miss Bow
then attended a secretarial school
until Elmer Clifton lured her back
10 try again for screen honors in
Down to the Sea i1 Ships
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COMING ATTRACTIONS

Davis, Joe Policy and "Mussolinis
Four"
The production is under the per
sonal supervision Of Father James
Murphy.
Evening star., 1927-05-15

Y " YHAT ingredients go into
IA such a grand opera dish as
NV that afforded the National
Capital recently by the
Chicago Civic Opera Co?
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Drafting College Men.

w YILL the future heroes of the
~ screen be college men?
wv viii Collene Moore. Norma
Talmadge, Mary Pickford
Evening star., 1927-05-15

William Oden Waller, who did tha
settings for The Spider" will design
the scenes for Manhattan Mary"
George Whites musical comedy.
Evening star., 1927-05-15

1.-THE Solitaire Man" by Samuel
Spewack and Bella Cohen, will be tried
out by Henry Gives Boston roper
toire company the week of May 80.
The play is the property of the
Chanins.
Evening star., 1927-05-15

POBERT ROCKMORE, producer of
~ Triple Crossed" will produce
Iron Shutters" by F. s. Merlin,
! author OF the mystery play.
Evening star., 1927-05-15

Florenz Ziegfeld has not only recap
tured Marilyn Miller from Charles Dill
bingham, but has signed Jack Dono.
hue. They will return to his manage
mant at the expiration of their con
tracts in sunny" and will be CO.
starred in Zieefeld's s new Fall show.