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New Britain herald., 1927-01-10
Three Cases of Scotch"
 Given to Lions FrOlic

The press committee of the Lion Frolic announced today that througl the kindness of Rajah Raboid and the courtesy of Manager Finn of tht Strand theater, an addition has been made to the Big Frolic of 1927.
 Rajah Raboid will contribute the services of his assistants who are known as "The Three Cases of Scotch" These "three cases' are planning a surprise number as a spe- cial feature for their part in the Frolic program, different from their routine at the Strand.
 r. Murray Gibson Of the Harry Miller Co. arrived Sunday to assist Director Gaa in putting the final few finishing touches to the program. The curtain rises at S:15 tonight.
 The unfortunate injury which is keepng Fred Macomber from ever, activity, has thrown all of his wori as far as the frolic is concerned OF the shoulders of James V. OnoratoI can be said with all due respect t, the other members of the club, thes duties couldn't be in more capabl, hands.
 READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS FOR YOUR WANTS
New Britain herald., 1927-01-10
DEAD ENGINEER IS
 BLAMED FOR WRECK
Twentieth Century Limited in
 Crash at Savannah, N. '.

' Savannah, N. T., Jan. 10 P-Re- sponsibility for the rear end col lision here yesterday of two sections of the Twentieth Century Limited, crack New York Central railroad eN- press has been placed by company officials on the shoulders of the one person killed in the wreck-Engineer Walter Scoville of Buffalo. 4.
 Supposedly because of the frost fog which was known to have cx- isted at that hour-3:25 o'clock, on the coldest morning the season has so far roduced-Engineer Scoville not only ignored the automatic cau- ton and stop signals, but also failed to heed the red glare of fuses dropped sthree-quarters of a mile west of the third section of the train, &C., cording to the official statement.
 Tho hird section of the Century had Il at Savannah to replace a bulb in the electric headlight when the following section crashed into their rear. The stopping of the third section set the automatic signals one mile west at caution and danger. These were found to be working per fectly after the collision, the state nent said.
 Two hundred and five passengers on the two trains were slightly in- 4iured,
New Britain herald., 1927-01-10
FATHER OF TWO CHILDREN KILLS
 WIFE AND SURRENDERS TO POLICE

They arose early so that they might get good start. They went to the compensating reservoir in New Hartford. which. was one of the cold est spots in the state yesterday. and bored through about 8 inches of ice in order to set their floats, "A of them. They waited throughout the day, with nary flag popping up to show that a luckless fish had swal- lowed the bait. Two of the men skated while the others watched.
 Several other New Britain people who were up there yesterday brought home excellent catches, but the dele gation here mentioned got nothing except exercise, although several of them have been circulating the re- port that they brought home several specimens.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-10
Bloomfield, N. J., Man in Custody-Six Year Old Daughter Innocently Gave Clue That Led to Staying.

Bloomfield, N. J., Jan. 10 F)-A secret revealed by six-year- old child to her father for bribe of a few pennies has resulted in the slay- ing of her mother and the arrest of her father on a charge of murder.
 Richard Stringer, 32, the father, told the police that when he re- turned home from work Saturday he found his two children, Marion 2, and Anna 6, alone in the house.
 Anna, he said, rushed up to him with a shout. Daddy, she said. If you will give me money for candy I'll tell you secret"
 A few pennies were produced and Anna told her secret. A strange man, she said, had been coming to the house in the afternoons to see her mother.
 Stringer told police he left the house and, after a vain effort to purchase revolver in Bloomfield, finally obtained a small rifle in a Newark sporting goods establish ment.
 On returning home, he said, he questioned his wife, Gertrude, also g, and after a quarrel that ex- tended into the early hours of Sum- day he shot and killed her. He then proceeded to police headquarters where he startled attaches by calm ly announcing, Sergeant, just shot my wife" s....
 Police found Mrs. Stringer dead on the floor of bedroom with 22 oalibre bullet in her brain. In an- other room were found the two chil- dren, Anna weeping bitterly.
 Stringer told police he had re- monstratcd with his wife repeatedly for coming home te at night.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-10
Weeks Activities in
 Catholic Churches
St. Mary's Church

A dinner in appreciation of the CO., operation extended him by the church choir. collectors, sextons and all members of the parish who help- ed him during the past year will be given to them by Rev Matthew J. Traynor, pastor. at the Burritt hotel next Tuesday evening.
 An elaborate musical program has been arranged.
 The first anniversary requiem mass for the late Margaret Ross will be sung at St. Mary's church Friday morning at z o'clock. A months mind requiem mass will be celebrat- ed Friday morning at 7:30 o'clock for the repose of the soul of Mary O'Neill Mccarthy. An anniversary requiem mass will be celebrated Sat urday morning at 7 o'clock for the late Catherine Doocey, and at 8 o'clock for the late Patrick J. Quirk. The society of the Children of Mary will receive Holy Communion at z o'clock and the Immaculate Concep- tion will receive Holy Communion at the 3 o'clock mass.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-10
The Wind Was Biting,
 But Little Fishes, Nix

When five prominent and highly respected men in a community arise at 5 o'clock in the morning to go fishing, great things may be expect ed, but when five prominent, and highly respected men fish through an entire cold, winters day without getting so much as a bite, there is something wrong. And that's what Deputy Sheriff Martin H. Horwitz, Attorney Edward A. Mag, Constable John Recor, Conrad Wahrenberger and Fred Beach of the New Britain Trust Co. did yesterday.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-10
St. Peters Church

church will receive Holy Communion in body at the s o'clock mass next Sunday.
 An anniversary requiem high mass for the late Gisella Mandl will be celebrated at s o'clock Saturday morning.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-10
St. Andrews Lithuanian Church

The wedding of Domenich Ustela and Anna Bausis will take place Tuesday morning at g o'clock at the church.
 Mulforf Butcher and Julia Eydin- to will be married at the church at s o'clock Wednesday morning.
 A requiem mass for the repose ot the soul of Antoinette Rubaciuska: will be celebrated Friday morning al I 30 o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-10
St. JOseph's Church

Election of officers of St. Joseph's parish society will be held at meet ing in the parish hall Thursday eve- ming. A months mind requiem high mass for the late John Dunworth will be celebrated Friday morning at s o'clock. St. Anne's society will re- ceive Holy Communion in a body at the ' o'clock mass next Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS."

A photoplay event of unusual In
terest Is the world premiere showing
at the Rialto this week of the film
version of Leo Tolstoy's classic.
Resurrection" the blood
drama of love, sacred and profane. of
sin and sorrow, degradation and ex-
altation. Ii has been presented on
the stages OF IA countries in IL Ian
guages.
Rod la ROGUE. in the role of
Prince Dmitri. falls in love with Ka-
tusha Maslova Dolores del Rio),
young peasant ward of his two maiden
aunts, with whom he is spending the
Summer. They exchange no vows,
but theirs IS mutual understand
ing" When the prince leaves again
for home it Is understood he will re-
turn in time for Katusha. but when
he gains a taste Of dissolute army.
social and political life his ideas
change perceptibly.
From this on the story assumes a
tragic form from which 1t ultimately
resolves itself into the heroic, exalted
and esthetic.
This Is not picture for the inn
mature.
The supporting cast includes Marc
McDermott. Clarissa Selwynne, Vera
Lewis, Eve Southern and Count Ilya
TOlstoy. The Rialto Greater Orches-
ira, Rox Rommell. conductor, plays
for the overture LISTS Hungarian
Rhapsody, No. l." An atmospheric
prologue to the feature and Interna-
tional News Reel round out the pro-
gram.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20
PALACE-"New York
Presentations.

The first of new series of enter
tainment will be presented at Loews
Palace this week, beginning this aft
ernoon, in a replica of a dazzling New
York night club. presenting q pro-
gram of stage and screen specialties
under the title Happiness Week"
The photoplay feature will be New
York." a lavish Paramount produc-
ton by Luther Reed In which Ricardo
Cortez, Lois Wilson. Estelle Taylor,
William Powell, Norman Trevor and
''Skeets" Gallagher have important
roles. 1t Is the romance of Broad
way musician who loves a Manhattan
heiress and when happiness is just
within his grasp he suddenly finds
himself accused of the murder of a
night club beauty who was known to
adore him.
The picture is said to graphically
reveal the panorama of life in
Americas greatest city.
The stage presentations will in
clude Charles Dornberger's Orchestra,
Brown & Bailey, harmony singers, and
Drena Beach, sensational acrobatic
dancer from Texas Guinan'S 300"
Club of New York.
A spectacular stage investiture for
the presentation of the various fea-
lures of the program has been ar
ranged. The stage itself will be trans.
formed into a night-club setting. show
ing the night skyline of a great city.
and the various acts will be introduced
as though the audience was a collec-
tive guest at a night club.
"Berlinitis" will be the novelty over
ture played by the Palace Orchestra,
under Thomas j. Cannon, and Loew's
Palace Magazine and Aesop's Fables
will be added features.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20

FORMATION of an Authors Council
characterized as the most ambi-
tious plan yet devised for the devel-
opment of original stories for the
screen, has been announced by Jesse
l.. Lasky of the Famous Players
LaskY Corporation.
The council. which will begin func-
tioning next month, with offices in the
new Paramount Building, will have
for it's purpose the development of
original picture stories and the en-
enlargement Of authors to write their
stories directly for the screen.
The council also will provide clear
ing house for information as TO the
story needs of Paramount stars and
directors, and it is expected to be of
great help to authors in marketing
their ideas.
In explaining the establishment of
the council Mr.. Laskey said that it
was made possible by the closing OF
the companys Long Island studio.
1.-The East is not suitable for actual
picture production" he said, but New
York IS the literary center of the
country and, so far as pictures are
concerned, of the world. The closing
of our studio released from actual
production men who are peculiarly
qualified to put this plan into opera
ton, and now authors, instead of be-
ing swallowed in the studio rush of
Hollywood. can go to this convenient
center, submit their ideas, have help
and guidance in working them out
and develop their stories with def
mite market in sight"
This new departure in the treatment
of authors will be organized and di-
rected by William lie Baron, for the
last two years associate Paramount
producer in charge of the Long Island
studio. Working with him as associ-
ate director will be Owen Davis, the
famous dramatist. president of the
Authors League of America, who will
represent American dramatists, to-
gether with Frederick Lonsdale, rep
resenting British dramatists, and AL
fred Savoir, representing the French.
1.-THE last two years have shown"
said Mr.. Lasky, that the really big
pictures of the screen come, not from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20
METROPOLITAN-"An Affair of the
FOllies'-VitaplOn

The new bill to be inaugurated at
Crandall's Metropolitan Theater this
afternoon, to continue throughout the
week, will have as the chief screen
feature First Nationals IAN Affair
of the Follies," starring Billie Dove
with Lewis S. Stone and Lloyd
Hughes, supported by Arthur Hoyt,
Burr Mcintosh and others.
The special short feature will be
new Vitaphone subjects, introducing
Al Jolson and Mischa Elman, famous
violin virtuoso. The short reels will
embrace a new Aesop Fable and the
Metropolitan World Survey, and the
Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
also will return to provide accompani-
ment of the pictured subjects. other
than Vitaphone. and a concert over
ture under Daniel Breeskin.
"An Affair of the Follies" is anus
ing spectacular drama with many
scenes depicting the celebrated Fol
lies and others dealing with the
domestic and business lives of a
multi-millionaire, a clerk and favor
tie beauty of the famous stage pro-
duction. The development of the
story is logical and direct and devoid
of glittering extravagances. Miss
Dove as the "FollieS'' girl brings
personal attractiveness and great
beauty.
Mr.. Stone is the multi millionaire
who is the unsuccessful sutton for
the hand of the dancer, and Lloyd
Hughes is cast as the unlucky young
clerk in business who has the great
good fortune to win the favorite of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20
Foreign Invasion"

"THE world has been combed for
talent and genius that motion
pictures. the one great international
commodity, may be brought to point
as near perfection as possible" says
Jesse l.. Lasky of the Famous Players
Lasky Corporation.
THE market for American-made
motion pictures is world wide" Lasky
points out. Ninety per cent of the
photoplays produced in New York and
Hollywood studios find their way
eventually to the foreign screen. and
by foreign 1 mean all countries
north, east. south and west.
From this. it is plain to see why
American producers are intent on as
sembling about them a technical and
professional staff that will produce
pictures of a note true in any land.
But from every individual brought
from abroad l viii say that there are
so Americans given an opportunity
to show what they can do. and for
that reason the talk of foreign in
vaSion' is laughable"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20
CHILDREN's PROGRAMs-satur,lay

The last of this seasons selected
programs for children, which have
been running regularly Saturday
mornings at Crandall'S Tivoli and
Chevy Chase Theaters. will be given
at 1915 am.
The opening OFT the circus season
is heralded in the feature picture,
Bigger Than Barnum's,' a story
under the big canvas, with the addi-
ton of an Our Gang comedy and an
Aesop's Fable, selected for the Tivoli
Theater. Troop No. 80. Girl Scouts.
under the direction of Capt. Mary
Reid, will put on the '"Tenderfoot
Ceremony" one OF the important fea-
lures of the Girl Scouts training.
AT the Chevy Chase Theater, Doug
las Fairbanks picture THE Three
Musketeers," will be the feature.
Troop No. 50, Boy Scouts of America,
will present the patriotic opening.
Tickets for the promised free pro-
gram to be given for the theater
showing the largest seasons attend
ance will be distributed at the box
office with each ticket purchased.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20
HAROLD LLOYD Columbia
An Authors Council

the stage or novel, but from original
ideas which are carefully developed
into picture stories.
with reformation of the Authors
Council, novelists and dramatists will
be encouraged to bring in their ideas
for stories to a group of men who not
only have practical knowledge of ac-
tual studio conditions but also have
the sympathetic understanding and
time TO help the authors work their
stories out.
I'm the past writer's have been sent
to the studios, where they have been
obliged to develop their ideas with
studio executives whose day was
crowded with other details of produc-
ton. The result has been that the
author, plunged into strange tech
nique and strange atmosphere, was
forced to write stories under condi-
tons that were discouraging, to say
the least.
Nobody in particular was to blame;
1t was the fault of the system. We
propose to change that"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20
BILLIE DOVE
METROPOLITAN

"HE Largest, most elaborate,
costilest and most luxurious
picture palace lin the world
l. has again opened in New
York 1t is the Roxy Theater
and it is sub-titled "the Cathedral
of the Motion Picture
At its dedication, Friday, March
IL, q crowd of nearly 1000
notables gathered within the magnifi-
cent structure to pay homage 10 the
triumphant Roxy. In the streets
outside there were a few thousand
more who tried to get in by brute
force but the local constabulary was
on hand to quell any serious upris-
ings of the infiamed populace. The
cops were kept very, very busy.
Among those present within were
Gov. AL Smith, Mayor Walker and
a long list of celebrities, including
Gloria Swanson, whose picture, THE
Love of Sunya," was technically the
feature attraction Of the evenings
entertainment.
Miss Swanson, however, was COM
PEELED to play second fiddle on this
occasion. The whole show, from start
to finish, was Samuel l.. Rothafel--
whom the radio fans have converted
into that sentimental figure known
as Roxy.
Roxy arrived in New York in the
giddy days of 1897 as an immigrant
from the town of Saltwater, Mimi,
where lin 1850 he had been born.
His birth had been the occasion of
no wild celebration and his first APP
pearance in New York was even less
conspicuous as an event of impor-
lance.
He became a messenger boy in
various second-rate department
stores. and subsequently enlisted in
the Marine Corps-serving as a
leatherneck in the Boxer Rebellion
and winning a medal
After seven years with the Marines,
he opened a little movie theater in
Forest City. Pa, and then moved on
to Minneapolis and Milwaukee. where
he began to attract attention as a
manager of unusual talents.
In 1913 ne returned to New York
to manage the Regent Theater; ii year
later ne was called TO be managing
director of the brand-new Strand. the.
first really pretentious film parlor in
the country.
Subsequently, he directed operations
at the Rialto and the Rivoli. and in
IJGU, ne HlpNcd 10 the 1dpIlOIt NHlIH
he managed with enormous success
and in connection with which he
gained national fame as radio broad
caster.
X X
1t was Roxy who originated all the
ideas of movie presentation which
are now in use in picture palaces
throughout the world.
Before Roxy's day, all that film
theater needed was a box Office, a
screen, protector, a tinny piano and
n sufficient number of chaSs~ the
last being usually borrowed from a
nearby undertaking establishment.
1t was Roxy who provided the trim
rnings, which are now so heavily in
vogue. He organized the first orches-
ira, arranged the first atmospheric
scores" staged the first prologues. In
structed ushers Gor the first time) in
the elementary code of courtesy.
The movie, as he found it, was an
uncouth, awkward, illiterate young
ster. unframed in the ways of polite
society. He taught the cinema to
wear a dress suit.
He has done more than any one
else TO make movie presentation an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20
KAT HRYN
PERRY
Earle
Joeue, 1z,61e NEWYORK"
Palace
The Moving Picture Album
BY ROBERT e. SHERWOOD.

art. and If his imitators have carried
| his ideas to ridiculous extents, the
| blame certainly isn't attributable to
| him. His huge success is deserved.
X X X X
The Roxy Theater is all that it's
press agents predicted it would be-
Its Hobbies and anterooms are gor-
geous in the extreme, and its 600
seat auditorium is the last word IN
everything.
In the performing company and in
the symphony orchestra there are no
less than go people-all of whom lin
addition to the films on view can be
seen for an expenditure of 40 cents.
Among those present in the stock
company are many old favorites from
Roxy's celebrated gang" including
Mile. Gambarelli, Frank Moulan.
Daddy Jim" Coombs, Douglas Stan
bury and those agile plano duetists,
Phil Gilman and Victor Arden. Emo
Rapee and Frederick Stahlberg--both
of whom were with Roxy at the Capt.
tol--conduct the orchestra of 10
pieces.
Roxy has worked out a compli-
Gated lighting system. by which the
auditorium will be Illuminated, even
when the pictures are being shown,
enabling the spectators to consult
their programs at will
A 550-ton mechanical ice-cooling
plant has been installed. but we shall
have to wait until June to find out
how efficiently this works.
For those interested in sordid finan-
cial details, it may be stated that the
theater cost $S,000,000 to build. Roxy
announces that the weekly overhead
will be $50, 900, and that the theater
can take in as much as $1S5,000 a
week in gross receipts.
!: 4 x X
Radio fans will be glad to hear
that there is a perfectly equipped
broadcasting studio in the Roxy The
alter, and that the genial Roxy and
his gang will agitate the air waves
at regular intervals from Station
WEAF and allied stations.
Indeed, everything looks rosy for
Roxy. At this particular moment he
is sitting on top of the world. and
there is no apparent reason why he
shouldn't stay there
BULLETINS.
HOLLYWOOD. Calif.-Metro-Go Gold
wn has decided to complete the costly
undersea picture. THE Mysterious
Island" which at one time they
threatened to scrap. Universal
has purchased Rex. the king of wild
horses" from Hal Roach, at what is
described as IAN astounding price"
Rex, you may remember, was one of
the few movie stars to be listed by
Elinor Glyn as possessors of Tt
According TO statistics, one
Hollywood studio will consume this
year "50,000,000 feet of raw film"
VIII Fl. Hays should look into this.
NEW YORK, N. Y.-For the first
time, perhaps, in history a film star
is represented with three feature pro-
ductions running currently at regular
Broadway theaters. The star is John
Barrymore. and the pictures, Don
Juan" When a Man Loves" and
THE Beloved Rogue"
Copyright 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20
COLUMBIA-''The Kid Brother"
Second Weekl.

Harold Lloyd, in THE KID Brother,
at Loew's Columbia. will be held over
for a second week, starting this after
noon. 1t Is thought to contain all the
thrills Of Safety Last all the heart
appeal of "Grandma's Boy" all the
romance OF For Heavens Sake.
while the staff of comedians and gag
artists that assisted Lloyd In the pro.
duction are said to have provided
reasons for roar after roar as the
story unfolds. Jobyna Ralston APP
pears as LlOyds leading woman.
Lloyd is seen as a backwoods yokel
far gone in a sense of his own worth
lessness and timidity who takes it
upon himself, during the absence of
his sheriff-father. to grant medicine
show permission to entertain the
neighborhood. Irate at his action. his
father demands that he stop the show,
and in the course of this heart-break-
ing job. Harold meets the shows in.
genue and what little heart he has
left becomes hers on the instant.
The management announces also
group Of added attractions, includ-
ing the Our Gang Comedy. Telling
Whoppers," the Columbia Magazine.
Pathe newsreel and music by the Co.
lumbia Orchestra, under Leon Eru-
silof.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20
Beethoven Centennial
DANIEL BREEsKIN, conduct

nANIEL BREESKIN, conductor of
the symphony orchestra at Gran
dall's Metropolitan Theater, win OBJ
offering as concert overture for the
week beginning Sunday afternoon.
March 81. composite of "Fidelio"
and Beethoven's celebrated "Minuet
in c."
The ''Fidelio' overture will be
played as the "a" number in the two
part group, with the "Minuet" as an
encore.
The Beethoven centennial is being
deliberately observed throughout the
Nation, and all metropolitan centers
are contributing to this international
observance of the Tooth anniversary
of the death of one of the worlds
greatest composers.