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The Washington times., 1927-08-13

ACGOrOluK 10 MT SAGEWUOus
"Once famous az q portrayer Of
gaudy social life Cecil B. De Mile
turned. in The Ten Command
menfs, to religion for Inspiration.
Now. in The King Of Kings,
he has made 4 moving picture
that is entirely Biblical: in fact.
all Of its subject matter Is derived
from q few chapters Of the New
Testiment. Starting as an
episode Passion Play, It develops
into an out-and-out melodrama'
in which Christ Is betrayed by
Caiaphas, the High Priest, and
his coterie Of vindictive Pharisees.
'aThe King Of Kings is a gor-
geously beautiful and deeply NOV
ing pageant. It fails, however,
in its one vital point: 1t does not
make the character OF Christ APP
pear true or real. Mr.. H. B.
Warner. in this role, Is waxen
image; his immaculate wig, his
neatly barbered bcNSd, his make
up, his very expressions and
stilted gestures, are patiently
false. That. to me, is a disastrous
defect in The King OF Kings; /
add the qualifying TO me- because
Mr.. Warmers performance has
proved entirely satisfactory to
most people who have seen The
King OF Kings, including many
OF the seyerer critics"
The Washington times., 1927-08-13
CHARLIE Is OUT
FOR A VISIT
BACK HOME

Advices from Chicago and
points East are to the effect
that Charlie Murray, First Ma.
tional featured comedian, Is hav.
ing the time Of his young life.
Murray Is on q journey which
takes him to most Of the big
towns and on his way back he
viii stop to visit the folks-in
Munice. Ind.
II can hardly wait" says
Charlie, in a brief letter. eve
got so out OF the habit Of travel
ing since / entered the movies,
that the whole trip Is like a new
experience. That sounds funny
after having been on the road for
20 years or more. But can
hardly wait to get to the town
whore my people live. And after
that-it'n be hard to wait until l
get back to Hollywood"
Murray went East right after
completing THE Life OF Riley
in which picture produced by z.
M. Asher for First National. he
was co-featured with George Sid
ney. On his return he win start
in "The Gorilla" which is to be
an Edward Small production with
Alfred Santell handling the reins.
The Washington times., 1927-08-13

be told on the screen.
The 10 stories which we have
selected for our next years pro-
duction schedule. we feel. will
Fatisfy the popular fancy. They
are not sterotyped stories follow
ing q set pattern. Naturally /
am not at liberty at this time
to announce the titles OF these
stories. It il too far in advance
for such statement"
Next year, ] believe" contiu.
ued LeBaron. will see distinct
change In the type Of pictures
produced. r. b. o. has anticipated
this change and made its prelim-
mary plans accordingly
LeBaron stated that Of so spe-
cial productions. exclusive OF
Westerns and comedies, scheduled
for the 1928 season, r. B. o.
has already completed IL. Produc-
tion has progressed 30 rapidly
that preparation for next year
has gotten under way much ear
lieP than usual.
The Washington times., 1927-08-13

leading lady have made an especial
effort to unearth some little known
actress.
Thousands Of letters and hun.
dreds of personal applica tons
have come to the studio and yes.
terday Miss Loos. Emerson and
st. Clair personally interviewed
the first hundred Of girls selected
by studio executives az posi-.
bilities.
Anita Loos certainly never knew
what q tremendous furore would
meet the historic character of
I4orelei when she created her, but
each of the girls who came yes
was fully aware OF the prestige
that would be theirs ii they cap
tured the fancy OF this three
cornered casting board.
Not since Paramount was look.
ing for the ideal Peter Pan" has
such nation wide interest at
tached itself to the casting OF a
single photoplay part, and the
ultimate choice will undoubtedly
be lifted in one picture to star
dom, il she Is an unknown, and
to greater popularity II she il an
established cinema actress.
At the end Of q long day, q day
unique in the already many sided
career of Miss Loos, no announce.
ment was made as to whether
any Of the applicants had favor.
ably impressed their audience.
The Washington times., 1927-08-13

gain only through years OF expert.
ence and study Of players tai
ents, Datig says. IF | should
select a man or a girl to play a
certain role, and the picture should
fail because one person doesn't
suit his part, the responsibility for
that failure comes right home to
me. have spent days sometimes
figuring and going through rec
ords-and viewing pictures Of
other studios, trying to find
player to fit In an important role. /"
Datig has been engaged in the
casting field for Is years. the last
two having been with the Para.
mount organization. Prior to that,
he was with Universal. and It was
Datig who started the first cast.
ing bureau in Hollywood. Since.
his systems Of filing and other de.
tail work have been copied uni
versaIly. He knows. because his
position demands II. almost every
actor on the legitimate stage or
in the picture industry. He knows
the career Of each. Datig - said
to have a / .090 900 face memory"
The Washington times., 1927-08-13

hhA
81 make no claim to public
talking, in fact I can cite many
readers and no few managing
editors who question my ability at
public writing. This Is the first
mob / have faced since Septem-
Der, 1925, when / picked the win.
ner OF the Dempsey-Tunney fight
in Philadelphia--to lose.
Since that time / have been
going to and from my work under
a heavy police protection. Up
until three weeks ago, have
sent all Of my mail to the Bureau
Of Mines to be opened.
But tcommal however tcomma)
did not come here to speak in
the first person. came less to
bury myself than to praise Babe
Ruth. Only four or five times q
year at the most you have an op.
portunity to see and hear Ruth,
while / ana on display in my office
IA hours day for about 313 days
in the year.
In very few moments now,
you will hear Mr.. Babe Ruth sing
the Salary Song From Basehall,'
written by Rupperts Jake Rup.
pert, you know is one of our fore.
most contemporary composers.
He's going to compose 4 new
piece next spring dedicated to Lou
Gehrig.
II should like to say before
Ruth begins his aria from Rup.
pert's famous financial opera,
that the Babe Il in very good
voice these days. He's been prac-
ticing all week on Umpire Clar.
ence Rowland.
II think tonight that Ruth ID
at least two or three Octavea
better than his usual self be-
cause Of his contact with Row.
land.
n And while Ruth Is doing his
stuff, the orchestra will render q
slight hymn while the ushers
pass through the audience and
pick your pockets for the benefit
Of the starving stars Of baseball,
the most needy specimen Of which
we have with us tonight.
Meet Mr.. RUTH
The Washington times., 1927-08-13

SS sage pray Dy EDWARD
Childs Carpenter, "The Barber
Of New Orleans
Louisiana" Is 4 story Of the
Spanish plot to seize the state
shortly after the purchase in 1893.
In the leading role, Miss Dove
has q marvellous opportunity, It
is declared, not only for the dis.
play Of her remarkable beauty.
but for genuinely dramatic acting
against a brilliant and romantic
background.
The picture will be produced
with a wealth Of color and Fitz-
maurice expects to begin work
shortly after editing Rose 81
the Golden West upon which AZ
is now engaged. Mary Astor ana
others are featured in this Bic.
ture OF early California.
Thus the noted producer.director
viii have two consecutive stories.
each dealing with romantic ne.
! riod In the history OF 4 State.
filled with the thrill ana beauty
Of the time.
Miss Dove has just completed
American Beauty, her second
starring film for First National
Pictures.
The Washington times., 1927-08-13

r. B. o. studios has taken the
lead IL advance preparation Of
stories. according to william lie
Baron. vice president IN charge
Of production. who returned to
Hollywood recently from New
York with 10 stories for the com.
pany's l92s-2s product.
With our present production
schedule 80 wen Ia hand we de.
cided that now was the time to
prepare for next year. explained
Mr.. LeBaron. nAlI producers in
the PAST have waited until the
last minute to select their stories
Tor the Forthcoming years prod
uct. This has been necessary
70 some extent because the men
"a the studios. who make the pic.
lures, were not sure what the pub
lie taste would be 8 year hence.
Through an accurate check of the
reception by audiences Of GER
tain types OF stories, officials Of
b. 3. O. have been able to deter
nina what kind OF stories should
The Washington times., 1927-08-13

is that Of Bessie Love.
Bessie's dancing has been q hit
In many pictures In which she
has appeared, but never has she
kept her steps 30 up-to-date as in
this one. Mr.. Hoffman insisted
that all the latest steps must Be
shown, % Bessie, after her days
work at the studio, has been visit.
ing every available night club, ana
watching the professional dancers
ct each place.
The night club set In this pic
ture. ii q remarkably beautiful
and elaborate one, and Is made
more conspicuous by the contrast
with the other principal set, q
pawn shop in the ghetto. This
pawn shop by the way, has been
serving as q wardrobe department
for the picture.
The walls are covered with all
kinds Of clothing. and when the
players needed to change cos
tunes they found everything de-
sired hanging on the walls Of the
set. Make up boxes and personal
belongings were parked in the
show cases in the pawn shop to
add versimilitude to the place,
and one wall was completely GOV.
cred with more than a hundred
different musical instruments.
Sonya Levien did the scenario
for this picture, and in the cast,
In addition to Miss Love, are Ru-
doIph Schildlxraut, Junior Cogh-
Ian. May Robinson and Mrs.
Charles Mack.
The Washington times., 1927-08-13
RAMONA" FILM.
TO BE TRUE
TO BOOK

When Edwin Carewe completes
the direction Of Ramona" Helen
Hunt Jackson's immortal Amer
lean love story. with Dolores del
Rio In the title role, he win have
placed in permanent form. 4
tribute to California.
No book dealing with the early
history of the Bear state, and
particularly with the early period
of Southern California, has pic.
tured the romantic and historical
days OF the state with more sin
certify and vividness than has this
noted authoress in Ramona
Millions of people have read the
book. When the film production
IL completed. countless more will
see In living characters and locale,
what they had previously heard
about in the pages Of this historic
volume.
Some people term ramona as
Americas greatest love story"
True, II should be, for Ramona"
engulfs the first Americans and
their trials and their tribulations
THE Indians themselves. Com.
bined with the hectic period OF
the Redman, IL one Of the most
allnring love stories ever placed
In the pages OF novel.
1t IL interesting to learn that
Carewe is going to abide by Helen
Hunt JAckson's story In the self.
same manner that hA hiH when he
produced Tolstoy's 'Resurrectl on''
and which won him the adrnira.
ton Of critics who were waiting
to see just how much Of the
famous Russian drama he would
permit to remain in the cellu!oid.
Production on Ramona" win
start within several weeks. Near.
time the Inspiration Pictures Off
cials and Carewe are busily
engaged In initial preparations.
The Washington times., 1927-08-13
Interesuues

Fiction Larry Kent prefers
stories having to do with the sea,
good pirate yarns like Treasure
Island Yola d'Avri, Ii
hard at work on new dance
which she hopes to have an OBJ
portunity Of presenting In the
next First National picture in
which she appears.
Charles Rogers, young Paramount
actor who played the leading role
in Wings" keeps MP practice on
the trombone by the playing OF
which he worked his way through
the University Of Kansas. A
Lassie Lou Ahern, T-year-oId
actress. made her first apuear.
ance this week at F. B. o. studios
TO portray role in Little
Mickey Grogan." tspYsha
Gamblers Game" starring Tom
Tyler, another big Western. Is
being prepared for early produc.
ton at r. B. o. With 4
company Of $50 persons on loca.
ton at Catalina Island. Gloria
Swanson and Director Raoul
Walsh are in the midst az shoot.
Ing exteriors for Sadie Thomp-
son.. Nat Ross has Sc
lected the first supporting player
60 Barbara Kent for his first
Universal feature, stop That
Man. Carroll Nye. who
has one Of the featured roles in
Little Mickey Grogar,' ii anx-
lousiv looking forward 10 the
completion VI the production. The
linal DAY be the picture win be
his weddinR day. Lucien
Prival recentlg came from E0-
rope to play In First National
pictures.
The Washington times., 1927-08-13

nave heard the pleas Of girls
who won beauty contests, the
pleas Of stenographers whose
friends have told them they should
enter pictures, the stories Of small.
time vaudeville actors who
knocked them dead, in Kokomo,
Milpltas and way stations, until
know the stories by heart before
a job-seeker opens his mouth, "
Datig declares. And I want to
tell you, you become a rather hard.
hearted creature, turning down
people because you know they
have no talent, and trying to treat
everyone squarely."
It Is Datig's duty to see that
every Paramount production Is
properly cast.
He Is first given the script OF
every picture that IL to go into
production. He reads the story,
then arranges for the players. 1t
IL matter OF knowing the talents
Of almost every actor in Holly
wood.
Properly casting picture re-
quires a knowledge that one can
The Washington times., 1927-08-13
BUTLER YIELDS
MEGAPHONE
NOW

David Butler. character actor
for many years, Il now directing.
His initial effort Il titled 'eThe
High School Hero" It il i Fox
Film production from an original
script on which Butler collabor.
ated with William Conselman,
eatwhile newspaper comic strip
artist.
Nick Stuart and Sally Phipps,
two youngsters being developed
by the Fox company, have the
leading roles. Harry Simpson.
william N. Bailey, Wade Boteler.
Brandon Hurst and David Rollins
have character roles.
The Washington times., 1927-08-13

Ever since they bought the film
rights to the "epic of the gold
digger" Paramount executives
have been conducting . nation.
wide search for a blonde who
could mentally as well as
physically" fill the role Of the
new famous heroine, LoreIei.
Under the direction of Jesse l..
Lasky. vice president in charge Of
production, those looking for the
The Washington times., 1927-08-13
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THE GATE-POST
By Harold Phillips

Kirk Miller. alias "sret" Finn Esq., sporting editor Of this
introduce Babe Ruth the Rato audience
night ct the o'clock showing Of Ruths film he Babe Comes
Home
Mr.. Miller has exclusively advance
lease of his Introductory remarks Mr. Miller will chew gum
throw riats indulge words he can't SPELL and will speak
about as follows
Ladies and gentlemen feels fright
ened than do this my initial stage appearance you will
all look at and smile just little, and lend
ment and confidence think well have good time together this
evening, and might have ice and cake before the
The Washington times., 1927-08-13
Honor for Rocket

Al Rocket, West Coast produc-
ton manager for First National
Pictures, viii achieve q new
honor in August when his re.
Gently completed picture, 1.-THE
Patent Leather Kid" super
special opens at the Globe Theater
in New York. He will be the
first young producer to have two
road shows on Broadway within
the space of few years.
The Washington times., 1927-08-13
The Press Again

George Melford has been AZ
signed to direct ''The Munzlo" by
Peter B. Kyne, the Universal
newspaper story which was writ.
ten in collaboration with the
highest newspaper authorities.
Melford has just finlshed Conrad
veidt's first starring vehicle, "a
Mans Past" which was snthusi-
asticaily received ct its pre,view
at the Ritz Theater last week.
The Washington times., 1927-08-13
Expert Riders

Ranches In five western States
were secured for expert horsemen
when Paramount was making the
desert scenes for Beau Sabreur."
One thousand horses were utilized
I'm the bigger sequences, and be-.
cause Of the fact that Dynamite
was used In several of the scenes,
their riders had to know how to
control the animals.
The Washington times., 1927-08-13
Junior BUSY AGAIN

Junior COghlan, the boy stow.
away OF The Yankee Clipper"
and the mascot In ''SlIde Kelly
Slide" Is to be featured in one
OF the pictures on 1928 pro.
gram of the Pathe-DeMille stu.
dos. The picture Is LET 'Er Go
Gallagher, a story Of metropoli.
tan newspaper life, adapted from
Richard Harding Davis famous
short story, Gallagher"
The Washington times., 1927-08-13
New Actress Busy

Shirley Dorman, newest of
Paramount's contract player, re-
ceiyed her third film assignment
within month when she was
named for an important support.
ing role In Florence Vidor's zone
Woman to Another" She has
been In motion pictures less than
d year and has been with Para.
mount only two months.
The Washington times., 1927-08-13
Back with Girls
Eddie ClIne retnrns "a the 81

Eddie Cline returns to the Sem
rtait hanncr r, i5!icct the first OF
II il. EsnN sn,.it}. ,fa fsirl pnnedies Y
4 iii y', ~ tsscl My Inc
fEss,l lttt'si, st'i. il.iasitas
n Il ~ III I4it .saul sta y,
II i,"ft m "a 4 H''r' i " III
'fA:.,. ~ 'fit nj y as, y.
1iutipc' s Elmo Boycs Il the
photographer
The Washington times., 1927-08-13
Three Park Offered

When word was broadcast sew
eral weeks ago, that Harold
Lloyd intended using baseball
sequence in his picture, three Of
the leading owners OF big league
baseball parks wrote him offering
the use Of their plants in the
filming Of the production.
The Washington times., 1927-08-13
Menion'se Nj Scrint

Adolphe Menjou's fi l'art
mount starring picture Ni'l tp
The Musician" 1t will ~ intu
production soon after completion
Of Nen4pn's eirrent vehicle, "A
Gentiemad Or Paris Ernest
VaJda, Hungarian playwright, Is
author Of ~ new scenario.
The Washington times., 1927-08-13
Fallen Angel"

Universal early this week pur.
chased Fallen Angels" the cur
rent Red Book serial by Arthur
Somers Roche. It win be put into
production almost Immediately
with Edward Laemmle directing
an ali.star cast.
The Washington times., 1927-08-13
BESSIE LEARNS THE
LATEST STEPS

Director Hoffman started to cast Harp IN
which he has just completed for the PathDe Mile studios he
found that he needed leading who
actress but also dancer When Hollywood directors
The Washington times., 1927-08-13
q. o. b. LINES STORES UP
FOR NEXT YEAR

Thorough preparation Of stories before production
been the outstanding points advocated recent meetings
been held with view to stabilized and economical poduc-
nj met /. .
The Washington times., 1927-08-13
LORELEI CANDIDATE
SWAMP STUDIO

They observed oreei Lee the other the Paramount
studios in Hollywood where Anita Los the author John Eerso
collaboration Malcolm Clair, will
direct have assembled to cast the Forthcoming production Of
fsnnflnnn PrnRar Rlnndnr
The Washington times., 1927-08-13
Lake With Joy

Following an extended vaude-
vile tour, Alice Lake has returned
to the screen for a featured role
in the Pathe feature, THE
Angel Of Broadway" In which
ahe ID supporting Leatrice Joy.
The Washington times., 1927-08-13
THE FIRST GIRL THAT
WALKED BACK HOME

DO remember the first girl to walk home from an auto
mobile ride? p, precise and extremely
person she wasl The young question shown in
Warner Bros production Of 1.-THE First Auto which featuring
the master driver Oldfed Patsy Ruth Miller
narsonates her ! simply delightful.
The Washington times., 1927-08-13
YOU MUST SEE DATIG
TO GET IN MOVIES

interviewing persons every worngday Of
The simple task Fred Datg casting director ct the
Paramount studios will voueh for that statement Datg listens -
the ambitions Of nearly woudbe actor who
to HOLLYWOOD
The Washington times., 1927-08-13
BILLIE DOVE TO PLAY
LOUISIANA" NEXT

According to Richard AL Rowland f;r.+ 80
president and general Of First National Pictures Inc tbs
george fzmuice production for the organization will he
with Billie Dove in the stellar The adaptation
enc community are being prepared by BENJAMIN Gazar rnr
The Washington times., 1927-08-13
CALLS ROLL
OF CHRIST UNREAL

Christ appear real and thus fails vital the
opinion Sherwood moving picture McCas,
who
The Washington times., 1927-08-13
Three Guesses!

WHO is
IT? Why,
it's none
other than
Lon Clancy,
minus the
makeup.
He is at the
Columbia
this week
in Quincy
i Adams
Sawyer. Z
Mr.. CLANCY
plays 9
straight
role, with
naught to-
rely upon
save his
hirt~ionic
.H
Evening star., 1927-05-06
After Work

The whistle blows at o'clock and
I take off my working smock and to
my humble shack repair, to spend a
quiet evening there; or with my wife
and aunt I'll go to see a moral movie
show When I have done the daily
grind there are no worries on my
mind: content to earn an honest wage
| show the wisdom Of a sage. The
man who owns the costly mill where
! display my strength and skill is
sad and weary, full Of care, and often
tearing at his hair Dark problems
in a grim array rise mp before him
every day and when hes solved to-
DAYS supply. tomorrow s new ones
greet his eye. Competitors are lay
ing snares to knock him silly una
wares. The markets sliding up and
down. and when his wares are ship
ped TO town they may be selling at
a loss, which prospect is a heavy
cross. The boss is never done with
care; it ioes behind him everywhere.
and when the evening whistles blow
he has no surcoase from his woe. He
sits down in his stately hall, where
famous pictures deck the wall. and
wonders how in heck he'll raise the
coin he needs in SO ways. And when
at last he goes to bed unpleasant Wis
ions fill his head; he secs receivers,
bankrupt courts and sheriffs with
their Writs and torts, The boss, he
carries all the load and | sit down
in my abode, and smoke a long dark
brown cheroot. and play sweet music
on my flute. I drink q mild tea made
Of hops, and feed the children lolli-
pops, and there is peace IN my abode:
the boss is carrying the load
WALT MASON.
fCopyright. 1872
Evening star., 1927-05-06
CITIZENS ASSOCIATION
OPPOSES ONE-MAN CARS
Washington Heights Body Also
Hears That Federation Will
Consider Airport.

One-man street cars were emphati
cally opposed in a resolution passed
unanimously last night by the Wash
iEgton Highlands Citizens Association
following prolonged criticism, III which
the oneman cars were termed useless,
unsafe and inefficient.
The association, which met at the
Congress Heights School, heard COM
munication from the Federation of
Citizens Associations to the effect that
special consideration of the proposed
commercial airport, which has the as
soCiation's backing will be given at
the next meeting of the federation.
Protest was voiced against the ir-
regularity of garbage and trash col.
lections in that neighborhood, and re-
quest for more satisfactory traffic serv-
ice was forwarded to the Police De-
partment. Dr.. j. B. Payne presided.
Evening star., 1927-05-06
SKUNKS ALSO BITE.

TUCSON, Ariz.. May GP).-Skunks
also bite So says John Wakefield
forest service employe, who is nurs-
ing wound on each hand, and is
being treated with serum to prevent
possible infection.
Wakefield said he was asleep when
the skunk walked across him and bit
one hand. He brushed the animal
away. but it came back with lunge
and bit the other hand.
Evening star., 1927-05-06
$1,000 Attend Pageant.

MENICO CITY. May G up. More
than 10000 persons, including Presi-
dent Gales and high government
officials, yesterday packed the Ma
tional Stadium for a patriotic pro-
gram. observing a national holiday in
commemoration of the Mexican VIC
tory over a French army at Puebla
in 1862. About 10000 school children
took part in the program.