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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12
Blue Streak of Vaudeville
THE peculiar personality of r:

THE peculiar personality of Rae
Samuels has earned her the title
of "The Blue Streak of Vaudeville. ="
Just what that means is not quite
clear, but the idea is said to be ex-
planned in the fact that although a
singing coincidence she has the knack
of being able to send a tingle along
the spine of her audience, so electric
are her methods.
Another characteristic of Miss
Samuels is that she never changes
the type of her frock, although ac-
counted one of the best dressed
women in vaudeville. While other
vaudeville women strain every nerve
to keep up with the latest Paris sill
houette, Rae always walks out before
the footlights in the long wasted,
tight fitting bodice and the bouffant
skirts. which enhance the grace OF
her slender figure and lend certain
feminine charm to even her most
uproariously funny character studies.
These dresses vary in color and fabric,
but the lines always remain the same.
Fifteen years ago, tagging along
as a kid sister with older members
Of the family in a musical act. she
stopped the show by her singing of
wild Cherry Rag" After that it
was short leap to headline honors.
A year ago she took her first real va
cation. trip to Europe, and returned
to find years bookings awaiting her.
Miss Samuels is Middle West girl,
from Youngstown, Ohio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12
Pathe Pointers

JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG
has declared Mary Mabery the
most beautiful Mack Sennett girl in
Pathe comedies.
Dick Sears, News cameraman at
Boston, has installed a radio in his
dark room and catches the news
flashes from all papers of the Hub
while developing his news negatives.
Sandow, Pathes canine star, is said
to have won the highest honors attain
able for a dog in his native Germany,
for winning running. jumping and
fighting contests.
Charles Hutchinson provides two big
thrills in THE Trunk Mystery"-rid-
ing a motorcycle at so miles an hour
to jump over a 32-foot gap. and leap
from cliff into an auto, % feet below
George F. Cannons is said to have
the ''softest" job in the world-he pho
tographs the Mack Sennett bathing
beauties.
Chief Yowlanche, American Indian,
is playing an important role in Pathe's
THE Hawk of the Hills"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12
Jannings' First Picture.
"THE Way of All FLESH" Emil ia

''THE Way of All Flesh" Emil jan
nings' first American-made film,
is to have it's Broadway premiere the
week of June 20 at the Rialto Theater.
Jannings says of it, in the following
wire to Adolph Zullor, president of
Paramount:
I'm The Way of All Flesh believe
I have done the best and happiest
work of my life, and hope from the
bottom of my heart that little bit
of the happiness / felt during the
making of my first American picture
will flow over to the American public.
For Victor Fleming, my director, it is
a triumph; for Paramount, which gave
me the opportunity to create such a
work. my gratitude is greater than I
can say"
1.-THE Way of All Flesh" is based
upon the story by Perley Poore Shee-
han. 1t was adapted by Lajos Bro
and the continuity is the work of
Jules Furthman. 1t is simple story
of a methodical Middle West bank
cashier of German descent, who goes
the way of all flesh.
The producers believe that JAN
nings' characterization of August
Schiller, a thrifty German-American
banker who becomes the victim of a
gold-digger, will be recognized as the
most vivid piece of screen acting in
screen history.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12

FRED THOMSON. Paramount's new
western star, is feet, 1 inch tall.
weighs 1S0 pounds, has deep blue eyes
and dark brown hair. He was born in
Pasadena. Calf; was educated at Oc-
cidental College, Pasadena, and Prince
ton University, and enlisted in the
143d Field Artillery, 40th Division,
World War, serving with that organi-
zation until it was disbanded.
: AT Chicago, in 1910 and 1911, he won
the amateur track and field champion.
ship of America. At Princeton in 1912
and 1913, he became champion all
round athlete of the world.
At the Interallied games in Paris,
Immediately following the armistice,
he won the pentathlon and shattered
The world record for hand grenade
throw.
In 1916 he was Boy Scout commits.
eioner for the State of Nevada.
His first screen role was in Mary
Pickfords picture, THE Love Light, -
as the hero-villain opposite the star.
: While at a riding academy in New
York, he saw an Irish hunter which
attracted him. The horse appeared to
be unmanageable, but Thomson tried
him out and brought him under con.
troll.
He bought the horse, named him
Silver King and returned to California,
ready to start his westerns.
His first picture as a. western star
was made in 1923 for Joe Brown on
poverty Row" at a cost of $40, 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12
Mock Presidents.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Hollywood
has many residents who have played
the role of Chief Executive of the
United States in movie makeup.
Some of them have served second
terms in front of the camera, and prac-
tically all Of them are willing to run
again il the people insist.
In recent months presidents have
been numerous in the big barn-like
stages where pictures are made. Fran
els X. Bushman played George Wash
ington in The Flag; Frank Frye was
Thomas Jefferson in "Old Ironsides" ;;
Frank Hopper was Theodore Roose-
welt in 1.-The Rough Riders; Harry
Holden was Zachary Taylor in 1.-The
Yankee Clipper; Walter Rodgers was
Ulysses s. Grant in 1.-THE Flaming
Frontier" and THE Bugle CALI; Rus
sell Simpson was Andrew Jackson in
1.-The Frontiersman"; William Moran
was James X. Polk in California"
and Charles Edward Bull was Abra-
ham Lincoln in THE Heart Of Mary
land"
Joseph Henabery, who was the Lin
coin in Griffith's Birth of Nation"
is a director at First National now.
Others who have played Lincoln on
the screen include George ,;illings,
Ralph Ince. c. w. Herzinger and
Omar Whitehead.
Frank Ross has played William
Howard Taft. Joseph Bowling has
been Woodrow Wilson, William Nc
Kinley has been impersonated by John
McKinnon, and f. j. Radcliffe and e.
w. Borman have played Theodore
Roosevelt.
One of the characterizations among
the make believe presidents has not
vet been seen on the screen. 1t Is a
Calvin Coolidge impersonation by Lu-
Glen Littlefeld.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12
The Moving Picture Album


THE movie industry, as every one
Knows, is a great, glorious and
intensely powerful institution. In II
are invested a great many millions OF
dollars, or maybe it's billions Il for
get the exact figure and, anyway, who
caresH.
How did it make all this money?
The answer appears to be obvious:
from the manufacture and sale OF
motion pictures.
Marcus Loew, Adolph Zukor, Jesse
Iasky. William Fox, Joseph Schenck,
Louis r. Mayer and Carl Laemmie are
all very wealthy. They live In
gorgeous homes, they ride in only
the most expensive cars. they take
trips to Europe, they acquire valuable
woman folk wear costly jewelry and
furs.
They, too, derived all this from the
manufacture and sale OF motion
pictures.
Not much more than Is years ago,
a movie theater was a small and
unpretentious place-a converted shoe
store, perhaps, in which chairs rented
from the local undertaking parlor
were placed in rows and at either end
of which were an asbestos projection
booth and a wrinkled sheet.
There might be as many as four
employees required to operate the
theater-one to sell tickets, another
to take them at the door, third to
run the projection machine, and
fourth to play on the tiny piano.
Aside from this piano, there was no
attraction to lead people into the
Hxyh oh ho
pened to be on view.
Nevertheless, the picture was a
strong enough attraction in itself, the
people lined up at the box Office, and
the bell on the cash register tinkled
merrily.
That is where the money came
from.
Today, the cheap movie nickelodeon
Is a forgotten memory, and the gen.
tlemen who were made rich by it
are spending their gains in the cree
ton of gorgeous palaces, temples,
cathedrals and so forth.
The movie has moved from the
squalid tenement which once was its
home and now resides in the royal
suite at the Ritz-Carlton.
1t is probably the most phenomenal
rise from rags to riches in history.
But where does it all lead to? What
is the next step? Where do we go
from here? These are questions
which are worrying a great many bet
ter minds than that possessed by the
writer of this column. For the movies
are rapidly recognizing themselves
on an economic basis which, to the
casual observer, appears to be funda
mentally false.
The movie producers, in an effort
TO provide channels for the distribu-
ton of their wares, have gained con-
troll of the Extraordinarily eliminat-
ing the troublesome middleman. Thus,
the corporations that make the pic
lures are also the corporations that
show them to the public.
And how has that worked out?
1t has developed about as follows:
The departments of selling, distribu-
ton and theater management in the
big companies have become far more
important and far more powerful
than the department of production.
Gentlemen who are supposed to
make better pictures have been dedi-
eating their brains and their energies
to the buying, building or manipula-
ton of theaters. Hence, the quality
of the films has gone down, just as
the quality of the theaters has gone
up.
Alarmed at the low drawing power
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12
An Impromptu Thrill.

AN overzealous extra player started
"A fiinging fists in the midst of what
was intended as comedy scene in
First Nationals ''The Patent Leather
Kid" and unintentionally created an
impromptu scene that registered like
a million dollars at the Burbank
studio.
In the scene Hank Mann, playing a
comic sergeant, gets a box Of cake
from home. The soldiers take it all,
leaving him the empty box. The extra
player picked up the empty box.
struck Mann in the face and followed
IT with blow to the chin. Mann was
forced to defend himself and traded
blow for blow.
Director Alfred Santell thought It
was a surprise gag and told the cam
eramen to keep cranking. When he
realized the affair was serious he
stopped the cameras and the men were
separated.
1t remains to be seen if he uses the
episode in his picture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12
Ready for Release Later.
"TWO ARABIAN KNIGHTS" sal,

1.-TWO ARABIAN KNIGHTS" said
to be one of the most preten.
tious comedy screen offerings to come
out of Hollywood, has been completed
and pre.viewed, but will not he re-
leased until early in the Fall. accord
ing to John w. Considine. jr.. who
supervised the filming of the produc-
ton.
1.-TWO Arabian Knights is expected
to be the forerunner of a series of
elaborate feature-length comedies, pro-
ducers recognizing big public de-
mand for this type
The United Artists picture is based
on magazine story by Donald Me-
Gibney. and was screened in back
ground of Oriental splendor. The
story concerns the humorous exploits
of two reckless American doughboys
played by William Boyd, the DeMille
star, and Louis Wolheim. the famous
hairy ape and Captain Flagg" Of
stage fame. The World War is mere.
ly incidental in the story. most of the
action occurring in the Orient, where
the soldier comedians wind up after
escaping from a German war camp.
Boyd, playing his first comic role. Is
devil-may-care private with q pen
chant for romance and adventure.
Mary Aston, appearing in her first So
phisticated impersonation-an Orien-
tai vampires Boyd's leading lady.
The picture was directed by Lewis
Milestone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12
Developing Comedy

that several may be next years
stars in the comedy field.
"A popular misconceptions. which
may have arisen from the fact that
many comedy girls have graduated
from short comedies to starring in
features. is that the height of a
comedians ambition is to be in a
long comedy. / think it will be
found that in the coming season.
especially with a big company like
Paramount going into the field Of
distributing short comedies, more i'm
portance than ever will be attached
to the two-reel comedy. The stars
who make the grade at the head Of
the outstanding two-reel comedies
will be featured on just as many or
more screens as the stars of the
longer productions.
"a comedian will not have to
graduate to features to be a big
success. Standing at the head of his
class in the two-reelers will give the
comedians who survive as the fun
niest even more prominence than
many of their brothers in the longer
pictures"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12

SURVIVAL of the funniest-and
may the best man win" will be
the slogan of the comedy field for
the new season Of 1927 and 1928, de-
clares AL Christie, pioneer comedy
producer, who has just aligned his
organization with Paramount in one
of the biggest comedy programs yet
undertaken by any film organization.
The fact that the public makes
the comedy stars just as it makes
the stars of other pictures, will
never be more clearly demonstrated
than in the coming year." Mr.. Christie
says, when there will be a race on
for popular favor the like of which
has not been seen in the comedy
field. 1t has been pointed out by
leading executives in the field of pic
ture selling that as a rule the most
successful comedians do not come
directly from the stage to pictures
but are developed and brought up
through the picture school itself.
This is partly because the many
seasons of pictures showing on the
screen present hundreds of funny
faces and figures in supporting roles
in the comedies, these to come up
later at the head of the procession
as featured comedians; and is also
partly DSCduSS the SCEeeu llbSA 10
the best developer of comedy talent.
I'VE have had many examples in
our own studios. Take Bobby YER
non, who is an outstanding figure as
a star comedian. His background is
some Is years before the camera,
going back to the old Keystone days,
when he and Gloria Swanson were
co-starred together. We have just
moved Jack Duffy into stellar posi-
ton because the public singled out
Duffy and his grandpa whiskers and
silk hat as a remembered person.
atty He will star in some of the
new comedies. while his place as a
featured player Is being taken by
Billy Engel, not a newcomer but a
comedian who himself has six or
seven years of screen work behind
him. Neal Burns has been with us
II years. a remarkable record of per-
Torrance with one organization.
Jimmie Adams, another of the fea-
tured comedians, goes back 10 years
in picture experience.
zone of the exceptions which seems
to prove the rule is the case of Billy
Dooley. who is in only his. third year
since leaving vaudeville to join the
comedy organization. The first year
Dooley made his mark with picture
patrons, who were quick to notice
and remember the sappy-appearing
sailor. In his second year he was
made a star comedian.
1.-The list of supporting comedians
who are on the way is too long to
mention, but it is a safe bet to say
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12
Rise of a Comedian.

FRANKLIN PANGBORN. a recent
discovery in the screen comedy
field, is well known on the speaking
stage, having played in stock through
out the United States for five years.
He has appeared with Pauline Fred
erik, Trixie Friganza and a score OF
other notables.
He started in his business career
With a prominent insurance company
arf6, it is said, soon found that the
stage was the best place for some in
surance men if they want to eat reg
ulariy.
Pangborn played in stock in Buff
falo, Detroit, New York, and was with
the 312th Infantry overseas. He at
tempted to stop a 75mm shell with
his hands. In the base hospital after
recovering his senses he designed
theatrical sets and costumes and super
intended shows. Since he left the
stage, Pangborn has appeared in Exit
Smiling" Foot Prints" and other
screen hits.
He will be seen here this week in
Getting Gertie's Garter"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12
IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Guy Bragdon, will be presented early
next season by j. & j. Oppenheimer,
owners of the Lyric Thea ter. New
York. They will present it in another
house, however. At present they plan
to exclude critics from it's perform.
ances until the beginning of the Sec
Ond weeks performances.
Two plays are now in rehearsal for
Chamberlain Brown. who is continu-
ing his practice Of selling plays and
productions in toto to managers.
These are Love and Lightning" by
Edna Earle Lindon and Ruth Lang.
don. and "A Lady for a Night" by
Hutchinson Boyd.
George White declares that all re-
ports concerning forays of his play.
ers into vaudeville, after the Scan
da1s" close this week, are untrue, as
the principals are bound by contract
to appear for no one else. All the
present cast will be on hand when
the Scandals reopen, about the mid.
die of July, in Chicago.
William Hodge and the rest of the
company that toured all season in
THE Judges Husband returned to
New York last week, after having
completed their long road engage
ment in Seattle
Ernest Truck has signed many con-
tracts on the other side Of the
Atlantic and intends to remain over
there indefinitely. Consequently he
has withdrawn from the producing
firm Of Boothe. Gleason and Truck.
Boothe and Gleason are to continue
as producing organization.
The departure of the White House
family for the Black Hills Of South
Dakota will cost the National Thea
ter Players their most distinguished
patron, Mrs. Calvin Coolidge. First
Lady of the Land. who has been a
regular attendant at the matinee per-
formances, whenever her busy social
calendar would permit.
Billy Phelps of the National Thea
ter Players has finally succumbed to
the golf bug. With eight perform.
ances a week and not less than eight
rehearsals every seven days, it means
young Mr.. Phelps has to arise about
6 o'clock three mornings a week in
order to indulge in the sport. Six in
the morning is the middle of the
night to Romaine Calender. who re-
fused brusquely the proposal to be.
come Phelps companion in sport
"Pollyanna" ran Is months as
stage play and road attraction. 1t
Melted a profit conservatively esti
mated at $4,000. Since then "a
years ago. it has. taken in more than
100000 in stock and repertoire royal
ties. This year SIS companies will play
the "Glad Girl" including that pre-
sided over by Manager Cochran of
the National Theater.
Kathryn Givney of the National
Theater Players Is suffering from the
Lindbergh fever. Last Thursday
morning she jumped into a CONNER
cial plane at Hoover Field and hop
ped to Philadelphia as a passenger.
She hoped back the same afternoon.
1t was a very important business en-
gagement that lured her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12
From Heaven to Stardom.

IN reward for their work in 18th
Heaven" Charles Farrell and Janet
Gaynor, who have the roles Of Chico
and Diane, will be raised to the rank
of stars. This announcement is made
by Winfield r. Sheehan, vice presi-
dent and general manager Of Fox
Film Corporation.
Miss Gaynor. who is not yet 20, is
a native of Philadelphia. She was
taken to Hollywood by her stepfather,
and soon after her arrival she came
to the attention Of Mr.. Sheehan, I'M
der whose prophetic eye she was
given one important role after an
other.
Charles Farrell arrived in Holly.
wood on his uppers" three years ago.
having left his home in Massachu-
sets determined to become a screen
star. While under contract with Fox
Films he was loaned out to play the
part of the boy in 'Old Ironsides," as
well as important roles in 1.-The Rough
Riders" and wings"
Mr.. Sheehan believes them to be the
most promising pair Of juveniles in
Hollywood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12
A Polyglot Movie

A UFA-Paramount film, 1.-THE Last
Waltz" based on the operetta by
Julius Brammer and Alfred Grun-
wald, it is reported from Germany.
will have its American release after
August /.
The filming Of the picture is said to
have brought together the most Co.'S
mopolitan cast ever assembled.
The director, Arthur Robson. was
born in Chicago, but has lived in Ger
many since he was six years old, and
holds the degree of doctor of medi.
cine from a German university. He
speaks English, French and German
fluently. The leading woman is a
French girl with Spanish antecedents;
the second leading woman is an
Austrian. Other members of the cast
include Russian, Polish, Italian, Swed
ish and Danish actors and actresses.
The supervisor is an Americanized
Englishman. The manuscript was
written by the director and an Ameri-
can. Alice Miller. The eXteriors were
made in Switzerland.
The love scenes were played be-
tween Will Fritsch, who speaks no
French, and Suzy Vernon, who speaks
French and no German.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12
Capt. Jack Robertson.

CAPT. JACK ROBERTSON, the
~ famous hunter who photographed
and produced Pathe's alaskan Ad-
ventures" spent more than two years
in the Alaskan wilds filming this ad.
venture picture.
Among the phenomena Of nature
caught by his camera were the Spring
breakup of the ice in the Yukon
River, the Valley of Ten Thousand
Smokes, the birth of an iceberg and
the wonders of the Midnight Sun.
For numerous spectacular Sc
quences Capt. Robertson engaged
Capt. Art Young, bow and arrow ex-
pert, who is shown in the film shoot
ing wild Kodiak bear and piercing fish
in the streams of Alaska.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12
When Is a Movie a
Super-Film?

A HOLLYWOOD report states that
a the difference between a Super
picture" and just a picture, is some
thing like 100000, according to
standards set by movie production
chiefs. The super-picture, as made
by an "old line" company, is calcu-
lated to cost around 100000, while
A feature of the program" variety is
budgeted at about half that amount.
Occasionally a scheduled super
fails to rise; then it must be re-
leased on a program. The difference
in cost is put on the profit and loss
ledger. to be offset by another films
success.
Once in lifetime a program pic
ture turns out to be a super" due
to unusual directorial handling, story
or performance of players. "Surren-
der" Universal product just COM
pleted by Director Edward Sloman, is
cited as an example. The picture has
outgrown its original self and is
likely to emerge a feature Of great
proportions, according to its makers.
Mary PhiIbin and Ivan Moskine,
Russian star, are its. featured players.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12
A Quick Success

ONE of the most phenomenal quick
successes" in the film industry is
the career of Richard Wallace, clever
young director who is to make Billie
Doves First National picture, "Ameri.
can Beauty"
Little more than year ago Wallace
was director of one-reel comedies
His work brought him to the atten-
ton Of Corinne Griffith, who engaged
him to direct two of her features.
His directorial work on "McFadden's
Flats" won him further fame.
Recently he finished directing THE
Poor Nut" for First National Pic
lures. and now he will start on
American Beauty"