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The halibut vessel Portlock, Capt. Martin Selness, is in port today with 1000 pounds of halibut

Reports from the halibut banks is to the effect heavy storms are rag ing making it almost impossible to carry on the industry.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-04-05

The women's baseball squads will stage a game tonight at 7:3O. at the s. A. c. hall.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-04-05

Ask for the film in the yell W box. Eastman's Films. SchaNerer's Alaska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-04-05

Raw furs bought at Brown 6 Hawkins
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-28
WARDMAN PARK-"Passion. I"

The final Washington showings of
one of the greatest motion picture
dramas, Passion" will be given by
the Motion Picture Guild at the Ward
man Park Theater this week. Emil
Jannings and Pola Negri are it's cen
trail figures, under the direction of
Ernst Lubitsch.
The film is well known for it's stir
ring portrayal Of the story of Madame
du Barry and events leading up to
the French Revolution. Jannings has
the role of Louis XIV of France;
Madame du Barry is played by Pola
Negri.
Short reels and music complete the
hill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-28
Usliness Not Always An
Asset.

pEING the "ugliest-looking actor IN
- captivity" may be a commendapie
virtue from the commercial angie;
but it appears to be serious socia'
handicap. 49,. Ate
tinction of having the homeilest
nhysiocnomy ever registered on the
screen. and of being built IKE a
bear. declares he is very sensitive
about his ''frightfu1 personality
when he is not before the cameras
"a man can look mean and ugly
on the screen, and the women anu
children may love him. despite IT,
asserts the gargoylian actor. "A
movie idol isn't necessarily himself
before the cameras, and when ne
registers terror and ill-looks on the
screen, he is applauded as a gooo
actor. -
"But when this same actor appears
in the flesh before his admirers ne IS
expected to look handsome and klnd
of course, that's something can't DO
SO we'll" continued Wolheim, grin,
ming. II couldn't look pretty II !
wanted to. And when I attend these
Hollywood tea parties, just cant
hold my waters at the correct angle.
or juggle my cup and saucer in
society form.
Compared with me, Jack Demp-
sew ia a second John Gilbert.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-28
Follow the News Trend.

"THE moving pictures are getting
= just as journalistic as the daily
papers, and that doesn't refer to the
current newsreels, either.
Historical pageantry and sweet
romance still have their place, but
the innovations and the advance steps
are all in the direction of realizing the
unapproachable interest of life's ac-
tual, present happenings. The literal
realism of newspaper reporters is TAX
ing possession of the films
Such is the claim in a screed from
Paramount headquarters.
Flying has been the great page
subject this Summer" it continues,
"just as Channel swimming was last
Summer, and the pictures harmonic
with that tone by presenting the great
air epic of Wings China has claimed
columns and columns of newspaper
space, and Richard Dix is ready to
release Shanghai Bound Crime is
the subject of perennial interest to
newspaper readers, and Paramount
comes forward with it's powerful GRIM
inal court and police story, Under
world Foot ball and prize-fghting
attract millions of readers and they
receive lavish attention in the pic
lures.
THE legitimate stage reflects the
same tendency. Advance notices on
Broadway indicate several plays in re-
hearsal which will deal with profess
sional evangelists and remind the au-
diences Of the controversies concern
ing some of them.
"The outstanding success of last
season was the very reportorial Broad
way, Photographic description of
the cabaret and bootleg scene. An
other success was Chicago a tabloid
newspapers view of a lady who shot
her husband. The play Chicago and
the picture UNDERWORLD both by for
mer reporters on Chicago newspapers,
have much of the newspaper touch in
| common. But whereas Chicago made
it's facts into a cartoon. Underworld
is a star reporters straight and zippy
narrative, hurried through his smok-
ing typewriter to catch the next edi-
ton.
Realism has not gone so far as the
actors, however. The acquitted hero
inc Of a courtroom drama does not go
into the movies. But the feminine
lead in Underworld at least is not
taken by an amateur. The part be-
longs to Evelyn Brent, who started
life intending to become school
teacher and attended Teachers Col.
lege of Columbia University, but then
went into pictures. Most of her parts
have been crime roles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-28

1.-THE newspaper-reading race OF
Americans find the same emotional
and intellectual fare when they go TO
the picture show. Editors who say
they are giving their readers what
they want are not step ahead of the
picture producers. And the public
desire, by all indications, is for a
closer understanding of life; for
themes which connect Intimately with
the drama going on all around; for q
truer recording of facts as they are.
1.-THE New York Public Library In
it's last annual report announced that
out of 100000 persons who visited
it's main building last year almost
10000 came to the newspaper room.
They were interested in the current
happenings of their world.
1T is a long way to Underworld
from Sarah Bernhardts Queen Eliza.
BETH the first great feature picture
shown in America. A long, long trail
was travelled from the ornate costume
drama of remote centuries to the per.
sonal story of gunmans fight to hold
his girl in the year 1927. The dis
lance is about the same as from the
colonial towncrier to this morning 8
metropolitan newspaper. The leap
means that the films have passed out
Of the world of illusion and have be-
come the vital records Of human strug-
gle now going on"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-28
Movie Psychology.

4 ND now the movie fan has been
psychoanalyzed. Not any particu-
lar movie fan, but composite of the
100000 of us who pass the film box
Offices daily.
Why does he do it? What accounts
for the universal grip of the. screen S
stories on human imagination?
HE does it," say DR.. Louis E. Bisch,
distinguished psychoanalyst of the
New York Polytechnic Medical School.
because to become a movie fan is not
only natural, but inevitable. If you
don't like the movies there is some
thing wrong with you"
ParticulariZing, DIR. BiSch explains
in the September issue of Photoplay
that the motion picture has become
our most popular form of entertain
ment because most of us think, dream
and get all mental impressions in pic
lures which take form in our minds
rather than in sounds or words. Psy-
chologically we are termed visualiZerS.
''All of the visualizer's thought proc
esses, awake or asleep, are in terms of
mental pictures" DIR. Bisch explains
ut stands to reason, therefore, that
seeing is less fatiguing than hearing
or reading. Less effort is required
and there is less strain on the nervous
system in going TO the movies than in
attending a play or hearing an opera
or reading a book.
1.-THE second winning point of the
movies is that they satisfy our natural
curiosity about other peoples affairs
and distant places more easily and
quickly than any other agency" says
DIR. Bisch.
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I'm the movies all kinds of init
, macies and secrets that we speculate
about. but can never be sure about
through actual experience, are re
| vealed.
| Take kings, for instance. We hear
about them, read about them, and oc
casionally see one. But we want to
know what they really are like. How
| do they talk and act when not on ex.
| hibition? Are kings always on their
| dignity, or are they regular fellows
after all? How does king treat the
| queen?
Well, you can read about such
| things. You can even see them i'm
some plays. But can anything beat
the movies in supplying the details
you are asking yourself about?
| Motion pictures undoubtedly cover
the greatest amount of geographical
and personal territory in the shortest
| space of time. We can satisfy more
curiosity in couple of hours in pic
ture show than if we spent six months
| trying to dig up the information fol-
ourselves elsewhere"
| And, thirdly, declares tie psyche
analyst, the movies give our egos a
holiday and permit us to be what we
| WduL 10 UC lOI The llIiIS ny duOpllHs
the character Of the heroine or here
on the screen.
Throughout our lives we repress
and hold ourselves in check. We can
not have what we want. The law
and social custom doesn't allow us to
behave the way we want. Circum
| stances do not even allow us to ex
press our feelings the way we would
| like.
But in the picture show! The man
or woman whose outpouring Of love
has been checked can feel the thrill
of love triumphant. The clerk who
has never had chance to be a hero
can live through the experience Of
rescuing his beloved. The failure in
business or marriage can see how il
feels to have a million dollars and be
surrounded by happy family.
"We always like pictures the theme
of which fulfill what VIE consciously
or unconsciously have wished to be.
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Photoplays This Week.

Continued from First Page.)
youthful vows. Not until years later
do they meet again, the boy now a
dreaming young man, the girl now a
duchess. The latter part of the pic.
ture is devoted to untangling the
knots in their lives.
Elsie Ferguson, who has not been
seen on the screen for some time, ap
pears opposite Wallace Reid, and Mon
tagu Love, Elliott Dexter and George
Fawcett appear in the cast.
The first showing of the original
Arctic pictures, Adventures in the
Far North; a burlesque on "Romeo
and Juliet" other short subjects and
the music Of the Little Theater Trio
complete the bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-28
A Difficult Task.

"TN one respect, the role of Helen
L of Troy is impossible to enact.
So says Maria Corda, noted Hun
garian actress, chosen for the role
in First Nationals perturbation OF
the John Erskine satire, THE Pri-
vate Life of Helen of Troy"
"From time immemorial Helen has
been regarded as the ep:.ome of fem
mime beauty and charm" says Miss
Corda. From our earliest school
DAYS. we have read and studied Of
Helen and how her beauty launched
a great war.
"With that in mind, 1t Is impossible
for any woman to appear entirely sat
isfactory in the role Of Helen. The
greatest real beauty of all times
would fall short Of public demand, for
there never was a woman alive who
could arise to the legend as it exists
In our minds.
Therefore, in this picture Of Helen
Of Troy we can but accept the phys.
ical Helen whom we see on the
screen as a symbol, just as a painted
backdrop on the stage represents a
forest or a mountain or the skyline
of a city,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-28
The Moving Picture Album
BY ROBERT e. SHERWOOD.

| Charles Rogers and Richard Arler
are the two heroes Of Wings" and
| both acquit themselves creditably
| The big scene comes when one OF
them, who has been forced down be
hind the enemy lines, steals a Ger
| man plane and dashes homeward
only to be shot down by his own
buddy. Mr.. Rogers, by the way, Is the
one graduate of the late Paramount
, school who has managed to make
good. Mr.. Arlen is another newcomer
| who has been seen to advantage lately
in 1.-THE Blood Ship" and Rolled
Stockings"
''The Patent Leather Kid is the
story of a prize-fghter who didn't
want to enlist but who was finally
caught up in the draft. When he
reaches the front line in France he
learns that the courage and skill
which had sustained him in the ring
are of little avail against machine gun
fire, gas ttacks and heavy barrages.
He turns yellow, but manages to re.
gain his nerve in time to avenge his
dead pal and to win the heroic
heroine.
Richard Barthelmess gives a fine
PSA AVA bitiSC tiC pdtCilL lCdtIlCl
kid himself. This, in fact, is the
best work that he has done in years
He is supported by a cast that is con.
siderably more than adequate, his
leading lady being hitherto unheard.
of girl, named Molly O'Day, who hap
pens to be the sister of Sally O'Neil.
dts wonderful how they think up
these Irish names.)
The excellence Of "The Patent
Leather Kid" is attributable, how
ever. not so much to Mr.. Barthelmess
or the other players as to the excep.
tional expertness of Alfred Santell's
direction.
The openings of these two super.
features called out the usual number
Of celebrities, and consequently the
usual gaping crowd. At the premiere
Of Wings" the principal attraction
was Comdr. Richard Byrd, who Is
quite flyer himself. Richard Bar.
thickness lin person. occupied the lime
light when THE Patent Leather Kid"
was first revealed. He sat in a stage
box and looked extremely uncomfort.
able.
Bulletins.
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-The leading
roles in Rose Marie" Metro Gold.
wynn have been intrusted to Ralph
Forbes and Renee Adoree.
Two Metro-Goldwyn companies have
been on location in Eastern parts, one
with John Gilbert and Jeanne Eagels
in Washington and another with vii.
liam Haines and Joan Crawford at
West Point.
Harold Lloyd has gone to New York
to make his next comedy in and
about Manhattan. This is the first
time that Mr.. Lloyd has found it nee.
essary to go far afield for his gags.
VIII Rogers is getting along with
his new picture, THE Texas Steer"
and the town of Beverly Hills is look
ing around for new mayor.
tCopyright. 1877
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-28

r. NEXT month, several thousand eager
members of the American Legion
will reappear in France to fight again
the gruelling Battle of Paris. Ten
years have passed since the boys
marched off to the rhythmic beat of
Keep the Home Fires Burning. -
"Over There" and "Hinky Dinky-
Parlez-Vous the Legionnaires
are anxious to have one more look
at Paris before the time has come
when they are too old to appreciate
adequately its manifold pleasures.
Ten years-and to those veterans
who saw the war from a worm 's-eye
view, it seems like 10 centuries.
Ypres had been rebuilt, German tour
lists in France are no longer regarded
suspiciously as possible spies and a
civilian aviator who was Il years old
at the time of the Battle of Mons has
become the greatest hero in the world.
1t would seem hard to believe that
there had ever been a Great War
were it not for the amazingly per-
sistent efforts of the movie-makers in
Hollywood to keep the late unpleas-
antness in the public eye.
In Southern California the Dough
boys, the Tommies and the Poilus are
still going over the top-still assault
grenades-still making the world safe
for democracy.
Within the past two weeks New
York has snen the opening of two
more war +1ovies, both produced on
an enormously ambitious scale and
both appaszntly destined to follow
1.-The Big Parade" and what Price
Glory?" as substantial popular sue
cesses.
One of them is "Wings," a Para
mount product, directed by William
Wellman. with a cast that is headed
by Claire Bow, Charles Rogers and
Richard Arlen.
The other is Patent Leather Kid"
starring Richard Barthelmess and di-
rected by Alfred Santell.
Wings" as nearly every one al
ready knows. is an epic of the air
force in France. 1t was made prin-
cipally on and above the flying fields
of Texas. where most American avi-
ators are given their first experience
with the stS:k.
For purposes of this picture, a large
section of Texas was deliberately de-
vastated Sc that, when viewed from
the air, it would bear a convincing
resemblance to the war zone in
northern France. 1t appears to have
been a colossal undertaking, but the
resultant scenes prove that it was not
instructed energy.
wings" is a thriller of thrilers
Though equipped with a thoroughly
incoherent story, it manages to keep
its audiences in a state of breathleSs
excitement. This is accomplished not
by sound dramatic strength, but by
a series of almost incredibly spectacu-
lar effects. There is one colossal air
battle after another, with the rival
planes twisting and writhing through
the clouds and finally crashing to the
ground in flames. How this was done
l do not pretend to know. The fact
remains that it was done, and superb.
ly we'll
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Continued from First Page)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-28
FILM OG R A NJ S
Bits From the Studios and Theaters.

WHILE with Paramount-Famous
w Lasky, James Cruze won screen
fame for his direction of 1.-THE Cow
cred Wagon" 1.-THE Pony Express
and "Old Ironsides." Now he is be-
ing mentioned by De Mile Pictures
as particularly we'll qualified to di-
rect "On to Reno" described as a
Sophisticated comedy-drama. What
goes up must come down" even in
the movies.
Research in preparation for filming
"The Fighting Eagle" is said to have
disclosed that Napoleon always car
ried a snuff box although he never
used snuff. And SO history Is en-
lightened.
The Italian picture actor, whom
Paramount has dubbed Arnold Kent,
is really Lido Manetti, q native OF
Florence, Italy, and a former lead
ing man with UFA in Germany. lie
is said to interpret the most complex
emotions with the simplicity of PAN
tomine and of true art.
Film Daily, enlightening the indus
try how to economiZe, advises 1t to
let Lno salaries OIL tIlS dCtoIS anu III
rectors alone and to eliminate the
''grubs" in the studios, principally the
Eyes men," 1t also suggests the
elimination of long waits between pic.
lures and advises the producers to
put 'em to work for their money"
Incidentally, it is said, the Depart
ment of Commerce of the United
States has set apart October "a to %
as "Cut Waste week" and will en-
deavor to point out to commercial
organizations various ways for cut
ting waste in production
Don Alvarado. the young Spaniard
who has risen rapidly since he has
been with United Artists, has been
chosen for the leading role in "a Ro-
nance of Old Spain," D. w. Griffith
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-28
Corinne Griffith Starts.

CORINNE GRIFFITH has begun
work on the new screen version
Of THE Garden Of Eden" her first
United Artists production, with a sup
porting cast which includes Louise
Dresser, Lowell Sherman, Hank Mann
and Maude George in support.
Director Lewis Milestone has started
the camera battery grinding on the
elaborate new sets designed by Will
liam Cameron Menzies, United Artists
art director. The production will be
vastly more lavish than was origi-
nally planned when Miss Griffith
commenced her latest picture some
time ago. The story has been ex-
panded and built up extensively,
while the settings have been gagged
to correspond with the increased i'm
portance Of the production.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-28
Louise Does Blackface.

THE "pig-tails" which earlies in her
career were distinctive portion of
her screen makeup have been dis
carded by Louise Fazenda in her lat
est vehicle for Warner Bros Ham
and Eggs" comedy of a colored regi-
ment in France. Louise dons black
face makeup. accessory to which is
wig of woody black hair.
AS the high brown gal in Ham and
Eggs" Louise mixes her usual talent
at drawing laughs with some studied
proclivities of an irresistible and dusky
vamp. For the first time the amusing
and lovable characteristics of colored
folk which have been so thoroughly
treated in literature and on the stage
are said to be brought to the screen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-28

first picture since his return to United
Artists.
Clara Bow, flaming. haired flapper
in Paramount pictures, has started a
new hair style. She calls it the
Medusa bob, which means that her
locks wave wildly in the breeze, even
more so than the so-called wind
blown" bob. 1t will be seen in RED
Hair"
Ben Lyon is back from Europe,
after two months, but he managed to
play opposite Lya Mara in Dancing
Vienna" for Deutsches Film Produc-
ing Union in Berlin.
And now prominent officials Of the
big producing companies in Holly
wood, including Metro Goldwyn-
Mayer, Paramount and United Ar
lists. say they know nothing at all
Of the alleged plan to supplant film
stars with new faces" prominent
officials" are responsible for many Of
the mistakes in the movies, it Is
claimed.
Much interest has been aroused by
the exhibition of paintings by the
Landscape Club of Washington in
the promenade lounge of Crandalrs
Ambassador Theater, at Eighteenth
street and Columbia road. There are
on exhibition 81 canvases done by
members of the Landscape Club. 1t
is expected the exhibition will be
continued for another fortnight.
"a Gentleman Of Paris" Adolphe
Menjou's latest for Paramount will
be released within the month. Shir-
ley O'Hara plays opposite the star.
Fl. D'Abbadie D'Arrast directed.
Universal has purchased two Rex
Beach stories for next season-"The
Mating CALL" current serial, just
issued as a novel, and 1.-THE Michigan
Kid"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-28

"Beggars of Love" has been substi.
tuted for "Sun Kissed" as the title
of Pola Negri's latest Paramount pic
ture now in the cutting rooms at
Hollywood. Kenneth Thompson and
Jean Hersholt support the star in the
drama of love on a California fruit
ranch. Miss Negri's next picture
will be an original by Ernest Vadja.
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great world tragedy. Victor Nc
Laglen, as Captain Flagg, gives
one Of the finest performances Of
its kind ever attributed to the
silver sheet. Edmund loves char
acterization OF the hard boiled
Sergeant Quirt Is SO good that he
will never again, in all probability,
play handsome lover" parts, and
Dolores Del Rio, as the seductive
Charmaine, gives d fine perform
ance.
GLADYS Rice interprets mon
Homme" l"My MANY; Margaret
t"Mickey'D Mckee whistles like a
bird, and Marion Keller and
James Melton lend voices OF
beauty to Charmaine." M. Vodnoy
and the Roxy Russian Cathedral
Choir render Soldiers of .Massa-
chusetts." Messrs. Kimm and
Ross are seen in the Dance Of
the Gobs. Rose and Arthur
Boylan's Danse Apache is up to
their usual good standard. Sigard
Nilssen's bass voice is heard to
advantage in BY MY Fireside."
RIALTO-An interesting pic.
ture is promised at the Rialto, be.
ginning Saturday, in Alias the
Deacon"
Jean Hersholt, one of the most
capable portrayers OF unique
49, 49,.
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which followed the premiere per-
formance of this play indicate
that Crosby Gatge, co-producer
OF Broadway" and producer. OF
SILENCE" has another success.
A trio of authors are credited
with evolving 'One of the Finest
from sketch, originally written
and played by John Wray. into a
three act thriller. The others
are II spoken roles, each a sep
arate characterization, including
gunner, bootleggers, detectives,
the family policeman, Gamblers.
girls of the type who s'hank out,
in speakeasies, stool pigeons and
q girl whose misplaced love for
"sheik bandit" Is the basic motif
of the play.
Mr.. Wray will be seen in the
role of the bandit which he orig
tnally created. while the leading
role of a detective falls to Thomas
Mitchell, well remembered from
'Kiki' and THE Wisdom Tooth"
Jane Seymour and Kathryn Civ
ney, the latter a favorite here
and former member of the Ma
tional Players. will be seen in the
leading feminine roles.
POLI'S-It il seldom that a star
writes her own play, but that il
exactly what Mae West, star OF
''The Wicked Age has done.
After a year on Broadway in one
of the seasons most sensational