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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20
Thomas Sings March 81.
TOHN CHARLES THOMAS, you,

TOHN CHARLES THOMAS, young
- American baritone, who has scored
remarkable success in opera in Eu-
rope and earned for himself the ova-
ton of the season in his appearance in
"Rigoletto" with the Washington
Opera Co. March 8, has been engaged
for a song recital at the National
Theater Thursday afternoon, March
81, under the management of T. Ar
thur Smiths concert bureau.
Mr.. Thomas Is young. All America
has not heard him as yet. except over
the radio. But his star has surely
risen, and the musical prophets pre-
dict his sensational appearance. both
in concert and in opera, throughout
the country. Washington has heard
him first in concert. gave hfns his
operate debut, and now welcomes him
back in concert
Mr.. Thomas was born and brought
up In the environs Of Baltimore, and
received most of his musical educa-
ton in this country
Recently this ~'lyer made an almost
unprecedentef .uccess In the field or
opera In ~ ope, singing In Brussels
and 9th age cities of the Continent.
His u, is big powerful and of beau
tiful quality, his stature and appear
ance make him a suitable figure for
many roles, and his acting shows
marvellous Interpretation and an In
stinctive feeling for the requirements
of a part. His first appearance IN
opera was as Amonasro in the local
company's performance of Aida" two
years ago.
His program for the recital is not
vet announced, but will doubtless con-
tain some operate numbers. as Wen
as songs such as have made his radio
concerts famous.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20
IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Pearce, the famous colored Charles
| ton expert. Mr.. Harris, the producer
of broadway" said Pearce replied 10
him in response to an inquiry as TO
how Sylvia got on: "Oh. she's pretty
good for a dramatic lady.
Contrary to the rumor that Robert
Milton had retired from the produc-
ing field comes word that he VIII
stage Fiesta, by Michael Gold,
which the Actors Theatre once had
under consideration
! The owner of Somerset Vaughan s
much discussed play THE Letter IS
revealed as Messmore Kendall, and
Katherine Cornell has been selected
as the star of the piece when II is
produced early next season.
| Lew Fields announces that he has
signed a contract for the services of
Helen Ford for three years, and plans
| to star her in a series Of musical
comedies during that time. Miss Ford
is a Baltimorean and well known in
this city.
Edwin II. knopf, brother of Alfred
A. knopf. the publisher, will enter the
producing field next season. He will
operate stock company in Baltimore
during the Summer and will give a
New York production to play en-
titled THE Big Pond" written by
George Middleton and A. f. Thomas.
lie Mares Affairs" is having a
pretty hard time getting into New
York. The big show was scheduled to
open there tomorrow night after sew
eral disappointments. The opening
has been again postponed for another
week
1.-The Stork Is Dead" a musical
comedy by Hans Kottow. with music
and lyrics by Vincent Valentine, is
announced for New York produc-
ton at ar carly date by Paul nj.
Trebitsch.
The appearance of Mrs. Thomas
Whiffen in George c. Tyler's revival
Of "Trelawny of the Wells a" marks
her third engagement In Sir arthur
Pinero's deafness "comedietta,' as he
calls it. She appeared in the original
American production at the Lyceuni
Theater, New York, in 1898, and again
in the revival of two years ago. Mrs.
Whiffen celebrated her eighty-second
birthday anniversary last week, but
faces the necessary inconvenience OF
the present whirlwind tour with all
the enthusiasm of a spirited young
ingenue.
A feature of this weeks attraction
at the Gayety Theater, with Ed l..
Daley's Black and White Sensation.
Karin TOGO" will be large chorus,
augmented by 20 local girls, selected
by the manager of the show and en-
gagged for the Washington engagement
only.
The management Of the Strand an
nounces for this week guest ar
tist," participating in the presenta-
ton of the revue. "Joyland," in Miss
Mary Deery, star Of the st. Patr1ck's
Players. This youngster. still in her
teens, needs no introduction to the
people of Washington. 1t is said that
William Grant, the Strands new pro-
Queer, has given Miss Deery promi'
nent part to bring before Strand pa
irons or many talents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20
Pinero and Realism.

BECAUSE he was the first to break
away from the set traditions of
the stage. and because he made his
characters human beings. Sir Arthur
Wing Pinero. with Henry Arthur
Jones, has been termed 1.-The pioneer
of the modern movement into realistic
drama" More than that, he has al
ways been insistent that his dramas
be presented in a realistic manner.
In his "Trelawny of the Wells, =
which George c. Tyler will present
in this city next week with a cast of
real celebrities of the American stage,
Pinero has set down definite data con
corning the Sixties"
To make certain that this historical
comedy be sincere portrait OF the
crinoline days. he has addressed the
stage manager in a foreword of the
play, in which he says:
The costumes and scenic deCora-
tons of this little play should follow.
To the closest detail, the mode of the
early 60s-the period. in dress, of
CrinOline and the peg-top trousers: in
furniture. of horsehair and mahogany
and the abominable walnut -and-rep.'
mo attempt should be made TO
modify such fashions in illustration to
render them less strange. even less gro
teSque, to the modern eyes. On the
contrary. there should be an endeavor
to reproduce. perhaps TO accentuate,
any feature which may now seem par
tiCularly quaint and bizarre.
Thus. lovely youth should be shown
decked uncompromisingly as ii was at
the time indicated. at the risk (Which
the author believes to be a slight one
of pointing the Christening moral that.
while beauty fades assuredly in its
own time, it may appear TO succeed
ing generations not to have been
beauty at all"
In the same manner Pinero goes to
great lengths to assure himself that
his own delineatiOns are correct. One
of his biographers has said of him that
he is as punctilious in regard to truth
of local atmosphere as the most vivid
novelists of his day. He will travel
far to make himself master of his
scene and it's atmosphere. Once he
has thoroughly realized it he makes a
pictorial sketch for the guidance of the
scene painter as well as a ground
plan. with every piete of furniture
duly marked in it's exact position, and
often from this no departure is ever
made when the piece is put upon the
stage.
In his scenes for "Trelawny" he was
dealing with the Sadler's Wells Thea
ter, known as the Wells" He made
only one slight change, that of naming
his town Bagnigge-Wells, after the
one-time popular mineral spring in
Islington, London. He knew Bag
nigge-Wells as we'll as he knew the
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Ed Wynn at Niagara

gether with safety lines fastened on
shore.
AS the box drifted toward the falls,
the barge was turned around by
means of steel wires to give the cam
era effect Of the box and barge going
into reverse.
At this stage, Wynn, who had been
looking up the river, suddenly faced
the falls and only then realized the
significance of the screaming on shore.
The box had drifted so close to the
edge that Wynn could peer over the
falls straight down to the bottom Of
the ice-flled chasm. Realizing his
danger, he quickly crouched down in
the box and slammed the lid, a sig
nal ending the scene. The box was
pulled back into the shallow water and
Victor Herman, who is directing the
picture, went to the comedians as.
sistance.
Residents at Niagara Falls say that
Wynn is the first person who has ever
| looked over the falls from the river
without going over to watery grave.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20

I'D ESURRECTION." Leo Tolstoy's
~ story, which is being offered In
films for the first time in Washington
this week, is one of the classics OF
modern literature. 1t has been trans
lated into eleven languages, millions
have read it and seven different stage
versions in as many languages have
been played in fourteen countries.
Resurrection was written by
Tolstoy between the years 1894 and
1898 at Yasnaya-Poliana, Russia.
In 1908. at His Majesty's Theater
In London. Sir Herbert Beerbohm.
Tree created the role of Prince Dmitri
Nekhludof. one of its famous char
acters. Leo Tolstoy was still alive at
the time. Miriam Clements played
Katusha Maslova.
Over in America, at about the same
time. Blanche Walsh was winning
fame as the unfortunate Katusha, a
character which she interpreted with
rare understanding and power, and
Joseph Haworth played Dmitri.
The original novel. Resurrection"
was published for the first time in
the Niva, Russian magazine.
Leo Tolstoy was paid the equivalent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20
Producer of Lost. "

ARGUMENTS are frequent as to the
"A comparative merits Of the stage
and the screen. Both tell the audi
ence a story, the screen with scope
in it's mise-en-scene that is worlds be-
yond the stage, but the stage. with
the concentration of meanings and the
crescendo of the voice, obtains in
tense effects that are impossible on
the screen.
Ramsey Wallace, who is noted both
as a stage and screen player, after
five years in the latter field, has been
drawn back to the stage. Not only Is
he playing the leading role in Lost"
an intense, emotional drama, opening
in Washington tomorrow, but he Is
also the producer of the play. He is
one of the small number OF actor
managers in this country.
Lost" is by A. E. Thomas and
George Agnew Chamberlain and Is a
drama Of exceptional power and emo
tional appeal. and Mr.. Wallace will
present 1t with a talented cast Of New
York players.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20

The Broadway production Of CLOSED
Doors" Mercedes de Acosta's play
has been deferred until the beginning
Of the new season.
Florenz Ziegfeld will put three com
panies of Rio Rita" on the road next
season.
william B. friedlander will produce
speak Easy" a play by Edward
Knoblock and George Rosener. Re
hearsals will begin next week.
Peg Entwistle of Tommy" will be
featured next season in a new play
by Booth Harrington. George c. Ty
Ter will be the producer.
Mabel Withee is shortly to appear
in a new musical comedy which is
being staged by Jack Connors, who
directed the Club Alabama revue
Magnolia GAL
THE Crown Prince a lay from
the Hungarian Of Ernest Vajda. adapt
ed by Zoe Atkins. will open in New
York next week, with Mary Ellis and
Basil Sydney heading the cast.
Jeanne EageIs and Her Cardboard
Lover" will begin an engagement IN
New York next Tuesday week. In
her support will be Valerie Wyngate,
coadapter Of the piece.
Frank Morgan and Vivian Martin
will be seen shortly in new French
comedy, made into English by Henry
Baron, entitled Hearts Are Trumps'
The company playing 1.-THE Miracle"
all this season in Philadelphia, Kansas
CITY. San Francisco and Los Angeles,
has closed and returned to New York.
More than 81, 1926 900 was taken in by
the attraction in the four cities. and
in its last week in San Francisco
alone 1t crossed $4,000.
Clarence Derwent will have a role
in Rapid Transit, opening soon al
Provincetown. He will subsequently
be seen in vaudeville in a sketch en-
titled "Napoleori's Barber"
Rehearsals started last week on
new operetta entitled THE Circus
Princess, with a score by Emmerich
Kalman. The adoption OF the nd
retto Is by Harry B. Smith.
Although Laurette Taylor abandon
ed all plans for the presentation OF
THE Commediene" in New York
after its recent tour of the West, she
now announces ner Intention Vi IAN
ing the comedy to Broadway early
next Autumn.
'The Man From Home" is to be
rewritten by its authors. Harry Leon
Wilson and Booth Harrington, and
will be presented next season by
George Tyler under a new title.
Arthur s. Ross, recently OF the
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Co. is
becoming a producer In his own
right, with a play written by himself
and George Nathanson. entitled 1.-The
Message" II is scheduled to open in
Stamford tomorrow night.
To play the part of Billie" Moore,
the cabaret dancer in Broadway,
Sylvia Field had to learn the Charles
ton. Outside of the regular rehearsals
she took private lessons from Billy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20

I'D WYNN, famous comedian, is
said to be recovering from the ef-
fects Of an experience at Niagara
Falls. where an attempt to introduce
a convincing touch Of realism into
the Paramount picture Rubber
Heels carried him to the very brink
of the falls.
Hundreds of spectators along the
shores of the st. Lawrence at first
appiauded Wynn's daring as he stood
In a box drifting down the river to-
ward American Falls. but as the box
neared the falls women screamed and
men gasped.
Wynn stood nonchalantly in the box
looking away from the falls and with
out knowledge Of the close proximity
of the edge. The box was on barge
representing a large cake of ice and
was fastened to a wire tied to an iron
piiing in the middle Of the river. The
barge had been pulled into midstream
by thirty men, in hip boots. tied to-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20
Tolstoy on the Screen

of $4,000 for it and he promptly gave
the money to the Dukhobors, Rus.
sian sect of peace-loving folk opposed
to government by violence.
Resurrection was the only novel
Tolstoy ever had copyrighted. He did
1t to ensure that the proceeds Of its
sale would go TO the Dukhobors, many
of whom emigrated to America and
Canada on the royalties received.
Resurrection was soon being
read in many countries. 1t was an
increasingly huge success because its
human story represented Ave years OF
painstaking thought and application
by genius.
George Rapall Noyes says in the
preface to an English life Of Tolstoy:
''Tolstoy was the first and only
Russian to reach the great reading
public of other countries and to be-
come known and loved by the average
man as well as by literary experts:
his portrait was as familiar as
that of his antithesis, Prince Bis
marck. When Leo Tolstoy died in
1910 no writer remained whose fame
could even distantly be compared
with his own"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20
Moving Picture Guild.

probably the most famous Aim ever
made, was first shown In this country
in 1918. They found that the camera
was more than an instrument to de-
pict the pure and innocent country
girl being chased around the table by
the bewhiskered villain. They found
that there was a public eager for
decent and worthwhile moving pic
lures.
There followed Passion and de
ception," which resulted in Pola Negri
becoming an American star. Then
came the much discussed camera
angles" in such productions as THE
Last Laugh" Variety" Faust" and
the remarkable productions of the
famous French director. Marcel
L'Herbier.
There We're two results-the i'm
portation of German directors, actors
and cameramen, such as Emil Jan.
nings, Lya de Putt. Ernst Lubitsch,
Carl Freund. etc. and a great change
in the artistic makeup Of American
pictures.
Charles Chaplin in his splendid pic
ture, Woman of Paris" was the first
HollyWoodian TO be affected by the
revolution. Later came Monta Bell,
Malcolm st. Clair and other directors,
who in common with a great many
oldsters. worked an interesting meta
morphosis in directorial canons. Taste,
cleverness, ideas, unusual photography
and credible scenarios were at last
given to the critics who had so long
bawled for them during working
hours and probably in their sleep.
This revolution has created an in
telligent public interested in artistic
and great moving pictures. It is to
these people that the new Little
Theater is dedicated.
Opening TO the public on April z,
the playhouse will be found to be an
intimate. dignified~ and comfortable
place, where the Motion Picture Guild
will maintain a set standard of pro.
grams-"A great picture every week,
not just once in a WHILE"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20
Actors Direct Themselves

CHARLES ROGERS and Richard
~ Arlen have the distinction of
playing. directing, and even acting
as cameramen simultaneously in
Wings" Paramount's story of the
flyer in France during the war, in
which they have the leading male
roles
Close-ups of the men in the cock
pits of their ships" were demanded
by Director William Wellman, and
there was just one way of obtaining
them. Electrically driven cameras
were attached to the fuselage direct
ly in the face Of the pilots. BY mere
ly closing a switch the actors started
the cameras. did their "emoting" and
really directed and shot" themselves
high above the clouds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20
Health in Dancing

MARGUERITE AGNIEL. an inter
III pretative dancer of international
renown, who will offer terpsichorean
artistry, apart from the usual dance
act. in Washington this week. was
once a confirmed invalid. but she
evolved a system of dance develop
ment which not only reflects a high
degree of ability in rhythmic express
sion but also serves as corrective
treatment for certain bodily Ills. In
addition to her appearance as
dancer, Miss Agniel demonstrates the
efficacy of her methods as means or
attaining health. and explains to the
feminine members of her audiences
the exact manper in which her meth
DDS may be most effectively applled.
1t is planned to have Miss Agnlel
demonstrate the complete operation
of her system at special morning
performance for women only, IN addl-
lion to her stage appearances.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20

Agnes Christine Johnston, to whom
the Metro -Goldwyn-Mayer studios
point proudly as one of their best and
most prolific scenario writer's, is to
continue to be that for at least an
other year. according to new con-
tracts just awarded her. Listed among
her various duties in the scenario de-
partment Is an order for five original
stories, adaptations and continuities.
That's all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20
Stars as Producers

tating costs and time sheets in his
ear Independent producing gives
Mary Pickford the production pace
that is essential to her continued sue
cess as a star"
Still there have been notable fail
ures in the Independent producing field.
Charley Ray made a distinct failure
ION his own" and d. w. Griffith had
to reioin the ranks of Famous Play
ersLasky to straighten himself out
financially.
1t all depends, according to the
comedian, on the personal equation.
IF one has no aptitude for manage
ment or business, the independent
field is a dangerous one to venture
in. Yet, he says. only by such meth
DDS may big star do the best work
of which he or she is capable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20

THE artistic revolution In moving
pictures, started by the German
Aim importations a few years after
the late war. is being exemplified in
Washington by the Little Theater OF
the Motion Picture Guild, now being
built between r and @ on Ninth
street.
The story OF this important influence
In film history starts with the rude
awakening of American producers
when THE Cabinet Of DR.. Caligari,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20
lust West-Not Wild.

SOMETHING new under the sun
- arcs,
A western picture that does not con-
tain a single cowboy, cattle rustler,
steer crooked sheriff lariat. Indian or
subtitle about the Great West that
was" is Gary Cooper's first Para
mount picture, Arizona Bound" now
being directed by John Waters.
The picture was adapted for the
screen by Marion Jackson from the
story by Richard Allen Gates. 1t was
scenarized by John Stone and Paul
Gangelin. Betty Jewel and Ell Bren-
del are in the supporting cast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20

"The Patent Leather Kid" Richard
Barthelmess' next picture, which
was written in the original by Rupert
Hughes, is an epic of the Tank Corps
of the Army, presenting Barthelmess
as an East Side boxer, who Is drafted
against his wishes and energies
hero.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20

The exhibitors in the photoplay
houses are beginning to grumble at
screen road shows" in the legitimate
theaters. They think the best is
none too good for them; besides,
showing pictures is their business,
not that Of the legitimate houses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20

"The Callaghans and the Murphys"
are to- be perpetuated on the screen
in a film to be made by Metro-Gold.
wyn-Mayer. for which Frances
Marion is preparing the continuity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20

circuit actors of the Wells Theater.
and 1t was from the latter that he
drew his characters for his realistic
chronicle of thespians of a bygone day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20

'The Man From Home" is to be
rewritten by its authors, Harry Leon
Wilson and Booth Harrington, and
will be presented next season by
George Tyler under a new title.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20

1.-The Crown Prince" a lay from
the Hungarian OF Ernest Najda. adapt
ed by Zoe Atkins. will open in New
York next week, with Mary Ellis and
Basil Sydney heading the cast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20

Although Laurette Taylor abandon
ed all plans for the presentation OF
1.-THE Commediene" in New York
after its recent tour of the West, she
now announces her intention of TAX
ing the comedy to Broadway early
next Autumn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20

Rehearsals started last week on a
new operetta entitled THE circus
Princess, with a score by Emmerich
Kalman. The adoption of the lib
retto Is by Harry B. Smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20

Mabel Withee is shortly to appear
in a new musical comedy which Is
being staged by Jack Connors, who
directed the Club Alabama revue,
"MapnOlio CALI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20

william B. 9'riedlander will produce
"Speak Easy" a play by Edward
Knoblock and George Rosener. Re-
hearsals will begin next week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20

Peg Entwistle OF Tommy" will be
featured next season in a new play
by Booth Harrington. George c. Ty-
Ter will be the producer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20

To play the part of Billie" Moore.
the cabaret dancer in broadway,
Sylvia Field had to learn the Charles
ton. Outside of the regular rehearsals
she took private lessons from Billy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20

Jeanne Eagels and Her Cardboard
Lover" will begin an engagement in
New York next Tuesday week. In
her support will be Valerie Wyngate,
co-adapter of the piece.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20

Arthur s. Ross, recently Of the
gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Co. is
becoming a producer In his own
right, with a play written by himself
and George Williamson. entitled 1.-THE
Message" II is scheduled to open in
Stamford tomorrow night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20

Clarence Derwent will have role
in Rapid Transit, opening soon at
Provincetown. He will subsequently
be seen in vaudeville in sketch en-
titled Napoleon Barber