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The Washington times., 1927-10-22
STUCK TO VIEWS
STUBBORNLY;;
AND WON

Paul Leni, continental director,
who produced the Universal pic.
ture THE Chinese Parrot" which
Is the feature at the Rialto, be.
ginning today. attained his pres.
ent position in the cinema world
because he had enough faith in
his own ideas to buck the tradi-
tons of European stage and
studio technique.
He first strived to revoIution!ze
stage sets 10 years ago and make
them colorful. AS a result the
foreign press claimed he was sub.
jugating action to settings but he
stuck to his idea and in 1918
created a sensation with the re.
lease of his picture prince
Cuckoo" in Berlin. After that he
was besieged with offers which
were climaxed a year ago when
he was placed under a long term
contract by President Carl Laemmle
OF Universal and brought to
America.
His first picture in this coun.
try was the screen version OF the
famous mystery stage play "The
Cat and the Canary" With this
picture he again astounded the
critics with his weird lighting eff.
fects and strength of contrast and
as A result was assigned to direct
The Chinese Parrot"
The Washington times., 1927-10-22
HER
FACE BECOMES
A FORTUNE

While the success Of an actress
may usually be attributed in part
TO her beauty, or at least come
illness, Pauline Lord, to appear at
the National Monday in Frank
Vosper's play, "Surmise," attrib-
utes her prominence in the theater
to her plain looks"
"I had to work hard" is her ex-
PLANTATION. Look at the face had
tc overcome!"
Perhaps not beautiful by an ex.
acting standard; but Miss Lord is
likely to be the only person in the
world who would say her features
are unattractive. Anyhow, 1t Is
her belief that her featur s have
attracted tragic and emotional
stage roles. And nobody Is likely
to find fault with that.
Her love of the theater dates
back some years to the time when.
a child Of six. she went with
Chinese servant to see a travelling
show in the town hall Of a small
Puebla in the San Joaquin Valley,
California. For Pauline Lord was
born on a fruit farm in that valley.
1T must have been bad enough,
but everything was gorgeous for
me. It was my first emotional
role, for | persuaded the servant
to call out the villain who was hid
ing behind a canvas hanging. It
upset everything and the audience
Kissed me and the poor 'chink' as
well as the villain and / made an
exit wailing."
Pauline Lords first part was
In "Are You a Mason?" 1t Melted
her $50 a week. The news was
carried to Miss Pauline's mother
by a niece who ran into the
house announcing. "Pols a per.
former at the Alcazar!"
"They Knew What They
Wanted" a Pulitzer Prize play.
was Miss Lords latest contempt.
rary success. Last year she was
with William Harrigan in Sandal
wood and early in the present
year she appeared as Imogen in
the all-star revival Of "Trelawney
Of the Wells Since then she
has been seen in Clemence Danes
Mariners"
In the summer Just passed Miss
Lord appeared as Candida in
ehaw's play at the Casino in
NswpQEt.. r. -
The Washington times., 1927-10-22
DIRECTOR KING
PROPOUJNDS A
QUESTION

Will the day ever come when
the popular music of America is
found In the motion picture
theater rather than on the
musical comedy stage?
Henry King. whose production
of 1.-THE Magic Flame" for
Samuel Goldwyn is now showing
at Loew's Columbia. believes that
it will.
Theme songs of motion pic
ture productions are just as apt
to catch the popular favor as
catchy dance music from the
musical comedy world" said
King, lin fact / am surprised that
they haven't done so to a greater
extent hitherto.
"The producer of today spends
Just as much time and care select.
ing appropriate music for his
motion picture as he does in
selection of costumes and sets.
That Is, producers such as
Samuel Goldwyn do. One of
the first things taken into con-
gideration when we started to
make The Magic Flame was the
AACSI4Ou VI q bhShLC SOAGs w .
tried practically every piece of
music in the Los Angeles
musical libraries in an effort to
choose suitable one.
MANY of these pieces we@ce
played time and time again on
the set where we were shooting
the picture, but none was quite
what we wanted Early in the
production, Mr.. Goldwyn and
had agreed that the theme song
Of The Magic Flame was not
to be Of a jazzy nature. What
we wanted was classical theme
set to dreamy waltz tune, in other
words a romantic love song
which clearly expressed the very
highest type of romance. When
we failed to find what we want.
ed, it was decided to write our
own music. So we wired to
New York and requested Mr.. sig.
mund Spaeth. one Of the leading
musical authorities Of the coun-
try, to come to Hollywood and
write The Magic Flame song.
The result, we believe, is eminently
successful.
The Washington times., 1927-10-22
JUST HER ELFIN
SELF CONNIE
WANTS TO BE
By CONSTANCE TALMADGE

By CONSTANCE TALMADGE
Star of "Breakfast at Sunrise"
beginning today at CrandGlrs
Metropolitan and tomorrow at
CrGnddlPs Ambassador Thedters.
Such a lot of people seem anx-
ious to convince the world that
they play a pretty serious role in
life. They like to give the i'm.
preston that, at heart. they are
really profound and full Of deep
thoughts, If only the rest of hu.
manitv would take the trouble to
understand them.
So they get photographed
among my precious books" or
reported fully when delivering
speeches on the dullest Of dull
topics.
But that isn't my way. l be.
lieve In laughter and the joy of
living. I'm positive that the very
best thing in the world. the most
exhilara ting thing, is to make
other people, sad people, laugh.
Not so easy. believe me; but
just wonderful when you succeed.
Why not try it?
I've been doing 1t all my life:
kidding along. laughing along. and
trying to make others laugh with
me. Ever since the days when
Norma. Natalie and l grew up in
the little wooden-frame house in
Brooklyn that was our childrood's
home, I've been the family joker.
At home they call me Dutch"
because of my yellow hair and
pink cheeks; and Dutch" has al.
ways been regarded as an incor-
rigible kidder.
I'm glad it has been like that,
for / know now that laughter is
as salutary as sunlight. and al
most as difficult to create.
I'd rather dance than read some
musty old book, however brilliant.
I'd rather make somebody laugh
than have a string OF pearls given
to me. l adore parties, any kind
Of party: never get tired of
them. and when I'm there l don't
let other people get tired. either.
l don't want to play serious parts
on or off the screen. I've never
had the slightest desire to act the
part of tragic heroine-I leave
that to Norma, because she's so
splendid at 1t.
The Washington times., 1927-10-22
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THE GATE-POST
By Harold Phillips;

Prior the opening Of what outands fond of calling
the dramatic editors herabouts and the country
being constrained by form of persuasion short
torture omit referring the Columbia attractions buresqu
Thousands of dollars spent this circuit hide its
pantaoons behind the potter Establishments musical
comedy The Gayety alone is said we'll
in dsmanng its big electric sign otherwise editing past
shame to conform to the order.
In brief the that ncubated such offspring Joson
Sophie Tucker Bert Williams Clark Mccullough Bernard
David Warfed Montgomery and Stone Jim Barton Nora Bayes
Fannie Brce w. C. Fields Lester Allen and Others decided
would dissocae itself from its Dizziness being
riabe ally responsibility the Columbia circuit
but to play the pious humbug.
All this is past The of the Columbia and Mutual circuits
this last week will word the
theaer cannot well get along without
Buresque term restored to citizenship The dramatic
attractions such white Cargo" Aoma" "Rain" etc.
been canned and the shows with comedians
nate orpeoes each others heads poserors
again Buresque will again aun its the
housing such
soldiers and sailors dramatic editors Rotarys buwarks will
again assemble for the yrumblng laughs indigenous
cradle of low -
The Washington times., 1927-10-22

Following First Nationals pro-
duction of Breakfast At Sun
RISE" starring Constance Tai
madge. current at the Metro
politan, will be shown Swim,
Girls. Swim,'' Parramount's pro.
duction starring Bebe Daniels,
and serving also as the medium
of Introduction to screen lovers
OF Gertrude Ederle. first woman
swimmer Of the English Channel,
as motion-picture player. For
the remainder Of November will
be shown, In the order named.
Camille" a modern version of
the stage classic. with Norma
Talmadge In the stellar role; Wal
lace Berry and Raymond Hatton
In Paramount's Now Were in
The Washington times., 1927-10-22
THE PENALTY OF
BEING TOO
GOOD

Due to his enormous hits in
Mexican character roles, Hol-
brook Blinn. who is to present
with his company. Molnar's
latest comedy hit 1.-THE Plays
The Thing" at the shubert.
Belasco Monday, was seized upon
az a distinct find by the move
magnates.
Naturally they wanted him to
repeat for the screen the lits he
had made on the legitimate stage
and cast him for Mexican bad
men and similar types. He had
portrayed these characters with
such effect on the stage, that
the magnates of the celIuloid
concluded he would be q gold
mine for them. Unfortunately
they did not stop to think, that
unlike the spoken drama, films
must be made to sell throughout
the world. therefore things that
may be written or spoken may
not be put in molten pictures.
Protests against Mr.. Blinn's
realistic characterizations began
to come in irons Mexico and
other Latin.American nations.
Mexico has a law that when
one picture offends. ali products
from that company are barred
Tor a year, and all pictures made
by the same director are barred
from Mexico forever. Mexican con.
suls in the United States watch for
these things and report anything
offensive to their country.
Mexico does not like to see its
people represented in q derogatory
manner.
Consequently, when "The Dove"
was filmed protests commenced
to arrive in such force that the
producing company spent many
good American dollars adver.
Using that it was not Mexico,
but some. country unknown in
any geography that was intended
to be pictured. So great had
been Mr.. Blinn's popularity in
these roles. however. that with
their usual initiative originality,
others had begun to show the
Mexican on the screen in none
too favorable q light and had
invested many good American
dollars in what promised to be n
remunerative field.
Due to the protests however,
these pictures which eventually
reached the public had to elm.
mate the Objectionable sequences,
while others were withdrawn in
toto. One of these was a Harold
Lloyd comedy on which much
time and investment had been
squandered, while Universal re.
tired a film in which 500, 900
had been invested. The Fox
company it is said wrote off to
profit and loss q picture star.
ring Tom Mix for the same
reason.
While Blinn has made several
successful pictures in which he
has originated characters equally
powerful with his Mexican bad
man. the national protests from
Mexico against the character
which he has made famous on
the stage. has barred a profitable
source of income not only to the
producers. but to Blinn himself
to whom all credit for the crea.
ton OF a type is due.
The Washington times., 1927-10-22


the Air." Richard Barthelmess in
1.-THE Drop Kick" and Dorothy
Mackaill and Jack Mulhall in
First Nationals production Of
1.-THE Crystal Cup"
Among the special productions
to be seen later, exclusively at
the Metropolitan, may be men.
toned The Private Life of Helen
Of Troy" adapted from the book
of the same name by Prof. John
Erskine, with Maria Corda. dis
tinguished European beauty, in
the role Of Helen and Lewis S.
Stone as Menalaus, with Ricardo
Cortez in support: First Nationals
rendition Of The Gorilla" and
still another Sam Rork's pro.
The Washington times., 1927-10-22

duction for First National of
Charles Hoyt's famous comedy,
"A Texas Steer" starring Will
Rogers with Louise Fazenda. Sam
Hardy. George Marion, Douglas
Fairbanks. ir.. Ann Rork, and
other brilliant players in support.
1t will be wildly remembered
by Washingtonians that this COM
pany recently was in Washing.
ton filming scenes In and around
the Capital for this famous stage
play which 1t is predicted will
make an even more famous
screen comedy.
Other distinctive productions
include Paramount's new vehicle
Tor Adolphe Menjou "Serenade,"
Flo Ziegfield's first screen under
taking "Glorifying the American
Girl" Clara Bow in RED Hair;
Wallace Berry and Raymond
Hatton in "Now We're in Dutch;
First Nationals Rose of the
Golden West" with Mary Aston
and Gilbert Roland in Camille;
Billie Dove in American Beauty;
Milton Stills in Jack London's
widely read story Of Burning
Daylight: Milton Sills and Doris
Kenyon in THE Valley Of the
Giants and Colleen Moore in
Baby Face"
These are the outstanding pro.
auctions in list which embraces
also additional starring vehicles
for Richard Barthelmess. Colleen
Moore, Milton Stills and Billie
Dove and co-stellar productions
for Mary Aston and Lloyd
Hughes. Jack MulhaIl and Dorothy
Mackaill. individual comedy re-
leases starring Charlie Murray
and other FitZmaurice produc.
tons.
The Washington times., 1927-10-22
Foch and Pershing
On Movietone
At The Fox

Marshal FOch and General
Pershing live before your eyes
at the 1'OA Theater this new
week through MOvietOne. They
speak to the American Legion
In convention at Paris, express.
ing, with their characteristic
gestures, their hope for a perma-
nent world peace.
MOvietOne is the Photographic
method of recording and re.
producing sound in synchrOniza.
ton with motion pictures. The
sound and the picture are pho.
tOgraphed simultaneously with
the same camera and on the
same film. Sound, changed into
light variations, makes an
Image on the film just as
picture makes an image on the
film.
The Washington times., 1927-10-22
Pauline Lord Holbrook Blinn-A Nice >Wee
AUTHENTIC NOTE
FROM HOBART'S
ARCHIVES

A claymore that once was
welded in battle by the mighty
arm of a follower OF Wallace
came to life like the harp at st.
Fillan's Spring. and. after cen
turtles of disuse. waved in tri.
umph once more amid killed war.
riors.
This odd echo Of the past oc.
Cured during the filming of
"Annie Laurie" Lillian Gish's new
Metro Goldwyn-Mayer vehicle now
playing at Loew's Palace.
Amid the warriors in the huge
battle scenes of the historical
spectacle of the Highlands. Ho.
bart Bosworth. in the role of the
Wolfe of Glencoe" waved a
sword or claymore brought by
himself. years ago, from Scot
land as q historic relic. It was
used by one of the soldiers of
Wallace. For years it has been
in Bosworth's home as an orna-
ment, and for years he has waited
for a Scottish role in which he
might wave the mighty blade.
Bosworth obtained the relic
when he made a tour of England
and Scotland some 20 years ago.
He is one of the screens fore.
most authorities on Scottish his.
tory and weapons.
Miss Gish plays the historic
daughter of Sir Robert Laurie.
heroine of the marriage that
changed Scottish history. in the
new drama. 1t is a vivid 70.
nance of the Highlands. with the
historic Glencoe Massacre as a
background.
Norman Kerry plays the lead.
ing male role. and the cast in.
cludes Hobart Bosworth. Russell
Simpson. David Terrence. Bran.
don Hurst. Creighton Hale. Pa.
trlcia Avery. Joseph Striker and
others.
The Washington times., 1927-10-22
Mr.. Crandall Confers

Harry NJ. Crandall returned to
this city last Sunday night from a
Today business visit In New York.
where he participated in confer.
ences with the officials Of the
Stanley Company of America and
of First National Pictures. Among
other important duties Mr.. Gran.
dali served as a member of q
committee having extended Joint
sessions with representatives Of
the Federal Trade Commission.
The Washington times., 1927-10-22
advertisements AS Usual

breakfast at Sunrise" this
wee 5 major attraction at Gran
dall's Metropolitan Theater, star
ring Constance Talmadge, is a fea-
ture Of normal length and thereby
permits the inclusion in the bill
of the customary short reel camera
subjects. In conjunction with the
frs Washington presentation of
Breakfast at Sunrise" will be
shown a new Christie-Paramount
comedy and a film of Will Rogers
in Switzerland and Bavaria, an
other of the philosopher
diyerting trs elogues.
The Washington times., 1927-10-22
Rara Avis

Tide and time will do many
things when a beautiful girl crooks
her finger. Witness the official
remaining of a section of the
Orange Blossom Flyer when the
Pennsylvania Railroad carried
Olive Borden to Palm Beach. They
called it THE Joy Girl Special"
and sent it out in front Of the
regular train.
The Washington times., 1927-10-22


THE PASSING SHOW
No word from Chesapeake Beach
about the famished hardheads,
winters arrival Ii duly credited.
Dennis COnneII. director.actor,
opening studio Of dramatic ex.
preston at 1881 | st. n. w.
The Rogers Sisters. Jane and
Ginger. on the air every Tuesday
and Friday nights from the Voice
Of st. Louis, the hour being 1880.
Charles II. WaldrOn and /. II.
Herk of the Columbia and Mutual
circuits, astrOll ON the Avenue
Thursday night.
George Jessel at Laurel yester.
day and doing a right smart
amount of cashlnE.
For more first nights than come
to mind at the moment. this look
out has been gazing at am
anonymous. though deliriOus, con-
CeptiOn of THE Dream of the
Boy. Shakespeare" afrOnt the Be.
lascO Theater's dress curtain.
The recumbent figure under the
L0mbardy Is not q boy, to begin
with. but plOw.hand. His joints
seem to be manifold. particularly
from midships down and his c0un.
tenance-such Of IL as can be dis
cerned-is that of an elderly man.
widowed, rendered homeless by
fire and bIackballed at the club
an on the same day. On the whole
1t looks like an imitation Gold
berg and. perhaps. Luke and his
Uke." would be a better title.
We're sorry to have to mention
this.
Dear Mr.. Phillips: When you
Were array on yOur nautical ga
cation this past summer, your
old sleuth, then in charge of the
Gdtepost, took the liberty of Gp-
pointing, as foreign correspond
ent, one Leon Sldvin, proprietor
of the large and famous deli
cotessen on Fourteenth Street,
Who was going to tour Europe
and study the cGvinr industry.
Well, sir, Leon's home Nth
the story of hoU he rented a
night club and kept a Lithuanian
tot0m supplied Nth electric cur
rent for tao hours for Sc, be-
heve it or not! He says he went
to n movie shoW in this town--
tChich is pronounced EzzerGnno
and spelled in an entirely differ
ent Wdy-0nd sdW Tom Mir
picture from a high bench. The
titles Were all IN Lithuanian,
Russian and German, and every
body read them aloud, drcwn-
ing the oeful music of bala-
lGikG orchestra.
After the sho1O, he took his
friends to a night club. Busi-
ness wGs poor, so he rented the
place for 81, American money.
Then the proprietor explained
that the electric plant in Ezzer-
ammo shut do1On at midnight, so
Leon paid out 81 more and kept
the whole tO1On supplied tUith
light until 2 a. M.
Leon also says he sdw Charlie
Ray in "The Fire Brigade" in
Berlin. and everybody got ter
riblp ercited, and ckeered WtLdlY
When Charlie saued the baby
from the burning OrphGndge. So
the trip, all in all, WGs quite
q success. Honestly,
The Washington times., 1927-10-22
SOjin Back Again

Soiin. Japanese screen actor.
remembered as the Chinese prince
in "The Thief OF Bagdad." is said
to add greatly to his laurels by
his Characterization of the Chi
nese detective in 1.-THE Chinese
Parrot" which is the feature at
the Rialto this week.
The Washington times., 1927-10-22
Stunning Lineup For
CrandaU's Met.

With the Inauguration of Saturday Candas
Metropolitan firmly established it is important know the char
acer of photopas to be made available during the weeks that
ndiateI vimnnnd
Seward daily gateway., 1927-09-24
VERDICT NOT GUILTY RESULTS GAUsTAD CASE
 CHARGE ENTERTAINMENT

The Mills of Justice" are grinding very slowly at the term of court now being held at Valdez. This is due to the fact that a great volume of docu- mentary evidence was introduced by the Government in the case of the U. s. vs. o. P Guastad, charged with embezzlement by Bailee of the funds of the Washington Alaska Bank of Fairbanks. This case, occupied the entire time of the court from Sept. 7th to Sept. 18th and resulted in verdict of mot guilty.
 Another prosecution on another in- dictment was begun and the jury panel having been examined on the first trial a special venire was issued and the s. s. Evans brought 26 jurors from Cordova from which with Valdez residents a new jury will be drawn. If this case lasts as long as the first this term will telescope itself into the term called at Anchorage Oct. 18th. There are several other criminal cases yet to be tried.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-09-24
SUNDAY SERVICES

Sunday services at the Seward Community church Methodist Epis- copaD will be as follows:
 At 11:30 a. m. song and preaching service. The sermon will be deli vered by the Rev. Q. W. Groth of the Jesse Lee Home staff. This will be MT. Groth's first appearance before la Seward audience as a public speak CT. He comes among us with the reputation of being an interesting speaker; and will, we feel sure, bring IS an interesting and helpful mes sage Sunday morning. Do not fail to hear him.
 Sunday school, as usual, will be at 12:45 p. m.
 Evening services at 7;30. Our eve ming services are given more to mu- sic than are the morning services. Come and enjoy them.
 The sermon at the evening service will be delivered by the Rev. Mir. Macpherson. Come and hear him. 1 At the close of the evening ser- vice it is proposed to take up the matter of organizing a union choir, that we may furnish better and more helpful music at the two churches the Episcopal when they have ser
 vices, and the community church. We sincerely trust that the community will be we'll represented in this very ,llaudable undertaking Sunday evening
 Seward has ample sufficient musical ability to form such choir as is needed; and we sincerely trust that Fall who can, will be present to lend their help and encouragement. : THOMAS PHILIP GRAHAM, Minister.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-09-24

Among the incoming passengers on the train Wednesday evening was radio engineer MT Galletly of the w. A. M A. c. T. S., who this summer supervised the installation of the new high power local set and generators at our local station W U W. MT. Gal letly has just returned from an ex- tended trip to the Interior where he installed a new set and corrected some of the troubles of other stations. Mr. Galletly leaves tonight for Seat tie, maybe, stopping off for a visit at some of the stations on the way.
 He reports pleasant and successful trip, is glad to get back to our city and expects to return next summer.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-09-24

absence wires from Copper Center that the hunting is fine. MT. Diehl Is great booster for Seward and firm ly believes in great future for the Gateway City" of Alaska. He intends to continue along the trail to Fair banks then send all his trophies from the hunt aboard the train bound for home. We are betting he gets the limit. "Oh no girls, he isn't married and never takes anything stronger than vinegar"
Seward daily gateway., 1927-09-24
DOTS AND DISHES

The local quartermaster, 1st. Lieut.. J. B. Garfield, o. M. Corps will arrive back in town this evening from a short trip to Fairbanks, where he went to determine just exactly how much damage was caused by the re- cent fire at the Signal Corps station and to make estimates on much need ed improvements to the quartermast- CT property situated there.
 Tn addition to his various other dut- ies Lieut. Garfield is the fire marshal of the w. A. M. c. & T. System.