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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-23
News and Comment
BY w. n. LANDVOIGT.

CONDITION existed before, but
Which has been laughed at when came o re paS
semblace the dramatic stage had closed and all theateTs
Thus far there hasn't been ripple protest n IRON e ef
houses the long and loose silver fill the money dTaWe1 and
at least Certainly With soT silent
few and Of moan with the aid
asend throne reegae to the demniton bow
tHe yng ' Iea S politics N to the radio culture
ssa a n an movie 9p s1 writing
the theaer and the politicians don't seem to know it.
THE while however the Pennsylvania
is dead ON the road there chance eviving There
o9so Rf es and WITH @
Snz T The moo ho seat
sceney cars and IS that are being
names Of great actors actresses musicians and famous characters
Of Ram S and M the o @
recen h it s e na to Of the f
trains the freight service etc There nothing in the
said to the real reason why re- road show Of a eat sdss
ssS What ec b1 ap @ kin a v3
vehicles with dgned names may have in the OF the spoken
wished laugh story whether it will be
realized or not.
ENTHUSIASM in the supeav degree is crovng virtue the
Teachers of criticism the oden days used to to
their pupils who given to eXtravagnt Put your
comes along you waste ali your uperavs noW3" movie
moving pctuS either Before tie eye or the making
1eS honh
rs time having exhausted the descriptive the
a @a qS ee m nH2F Ba'f GP IS @
When VI @ Big s M
@ are aao afe best that s hs nf e n and
movie do to show the actual if not the real
thought because h n Tina as
claims in its M the d man a and do dis
than a ddasc optimism 5j
great judgments sometimes
ON the other hand different tack was adopted in edeavo
The slide slide in into d @ n picture ing to
try of its manufacture and naturally the country which expected
incident being the wicked thing which was accused
bIeish Of its bad reputation
There consolation that least opinion
] @ no n s p n5ed steam the the
tide Of There may be stu anothr thought ALL
any wa And it may prove have Long con-
rather delicate situation the critic whose criticism
suggestion that while the movie sound
s are T @ som Of the
@ ned on the silent saunders Of the those who exploit
their product the end that they may more % in sound
simply provoke public not wish to be deludea
It actually S 5V fails she
ii y in ling
u6is win re- .1f its IT So
but at least to be not quite unanimous.
FRED of the leading directors Of motion pictures
snd Th0 before eT o gpe p a ne and aa 8
ummed referring to the unanimous plunge OF MOVE makers
takers that he
frightened of warning He does not
public interest the silent picture has agged TO
innovation silent drama
saws great clientele this shall be eopardzed by
built follow
ing public youth and beauty the screen he adds
talking picture will be canned voice nevertheless And what WI
actors who not especially favored
voice? fear that many an idol OF the silent may
hapPns be psad the muca
that would
half our theaters turned into garages STILL juvenile play
houses wide experience which refuses accept
place the the silent picture
vxTe11 7NT GeN VXT~-.s'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-23
Photoplays This Week
Continued from First Page.l

gets a graphic insight into the night
life of Broadway. The film condenseo
into a thrilling story slant at almost
every imaginable activity in a big city.
Helene Costello and Cullen Lands are
featured. Support is provided by Mary
Carr, Wheeler Oakman, Gladys Brock
others. Brian Foy, one of the first ex-
perimenters with sound films, directed.
The musical accompaniment is by the
Biltmore Hotel Orchestra, heard often
over the air, and the dance ballet Is one
of the Larry Ceballos creations that
have long been feature of THE Green
Wich Village FollieS."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-23

Neil Hamilton has been selected for
the lead opposite Clara Bow in the
stars next Paramount picture, Three
Week Ends, an original story by Elinor
Glyn. Another notable member of the
cast will be Chester Conklin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-23
Films From Other Countries

entertaining merits. Our first special
to be released in this country will prob
ably be The Escape From He'll De-
rllSa film "
Evening star., 1928-08-26

Fred NiblO discovered when making
The Mysterious Lady
Prince Yucca Troubctskoi and Prin-
cess Natalie Golitzen, said To be MEM
bers of royal Russian families, played
extra parts in this picture.
Taking moving pictures by candle
light was one of the tasks that con-
fronted Fred Niblo while making The
Mysterious Lady" II was during one
of the scenes where q storm wrecks
the electrical system and only can
die is left for light.
Venus. the historic lady who lost i1cr
arms in some mysterious manner mas
always been considered the acme ot
beauty down through the ages. Today
she might be a WallhoWer at any
dance. however, according to Thelma
Todd, who plays the role OF venus
in the comedy. "Vamping Venus"
"Stylps in beauty have changed since
her day." says Miss Todd. There are
dozens of beautiful girls IN almost
every city today who would put Venus
among the also rams IN beauty
contest.
Victor Miners name means pericc-
ton Of photography in cinema circles,
it is declared. He filmed The Way
of All Flesh" with others. He IS
noted for making his camera work
breathe the mood of the scenes he
. photographs His latest achievement
| is Loves of an Actress starring Pola
/ Negr.
Evening star., 1928-08-26
Makers of "Chang" Return.

type Of drama with advantages Of story
telling made possible by studio tech
nique and facilities. In addition, The
Four Feathers will be tho first pic
ture Of this caliber to have full syn
chronization with sound effects. bring
ing 10 the screen the colorful atmOS-
pncre Of the Sudan wilderness with a
degree Of realism hitherto unobtain-
able
The picture also marks the first Sc
riOuS attempt 10 combine the best pro-
duction made possible by studio facili-
ties with the most impressive dramatic
forces in nature. It is not travel pic
ture. Before Cooper and Schoedsack
left they had worked out with Hope
Loring complete adaptation OF a. w.
Mason's dramatic story.
With the script In hand so to speak,
they went into KiplingS Fuzzy" coun-
try. home Of the only natives ever to
break a British square. There. III one
of the most deSolate countries under
the sun. where a white man Is seldom
seen, they obtained what are claimed
TO be some OF the most dramatic and
thrilling scenes ever recorded by the
motion picture camera
Evening star., 1928-08-26
"Decameron Nights

UTHEN the Motion Picture Guild be-
gan its operations in Washington
over TWO years ago, It promised that
there would be brought 20 the Capital
q variety Of films from almost every
civilized country. And patrons Of the
Little Theater. the Guilds local home,
can well testify that the promise has
been kept Fer up to the present time
tne Guild has presented here numerous
productions from sucn far away spots
as India. Japan. Germany France. Rus
kis. Italy and Austria
One important country, however has
not yet been represented ana this c0un-
try is England. Therefore il is Of spe-
cial interest n learn that the picture
presented al the Little Theater this
week. "Decameron Nights was pro-
cCce6 in the British ISIee
According 70 the Guild. the reason
Tor lhe scarcity of English movies con-
ccTns the fact that John Bull can boast
bsit one producer and director Of inter-
national Importance. This man is Her
bert wilcox. who became famous for
his work on such unusual pictures as
The Isodger" and She" and who
gained worldwide attention IN the face
Of severe criticism as the producer Of
Evening star., 1928-08-26
De Mile Back to Paramount

ITILLIAM DE MILE IS again TO join
" Paramount-Farn NOUS -Lask% Corpora
ton. according 70 announcement by
jesse !. Laskv.
The pioneer producer and director
vii EeraIT1 To Paramount 20 associate
himself with Roy J. Pomeroy director
cf sound effects IN tie development Of
audible motion pictures In the Holly
wood studios. For the past two and a
half years De Mile has been connected
with the Cecil g. DE Mile Co har-
ing le:t Paramount 10 join his brothers
organization
william de Mile comes back to lis
with a remarkable background. one
which makes him invaluable in further
ing sound pictures" says Mr. LaSky.
''For l3 years ne and the stage were
KIN. 50 u speak He is q dramatist as
well Is q producer Of note. and his
name means much 70 the literary world.
De MILES stage plavs "Strongneart. s.
''The Waryens % Virginia " The Wom-
an end others, have MADE stage
history
when / organized the Lasky Feature
Evening star., 1928-08-26
Moving Picture Album
By ROBERT f. SHERWOOD.

~ OCCASIONALLY when big
presidential campaign is going
on the people OF the United
~ States take a mild and purely
temporary interest in the laws
Under which they live They don't
know what the laws are and they
don't care. but they like to be re-
minded talthough not by policemanl
that the laws are actually in existence
The average citizen never knows
when he'll need a law in his business
end 1t therefore relieves him TO realize
that there is ALWAYS a wide assortment
IS considerable amount Of talk about
law This law ought TO be repealed.
that law ought 10 be equipped with
more teeth. the other law ought to be
amended II all doesn't mean much.
but il is lively topic of conversation.
and I therefore arise to propose a few
laws that / should like Ia see added TO
the statute books in Hollywood
They arc to the following effect:
That Colleen Moore ought to be
forced to set a different kind of hair
cut
That traffic cops and red and green
light signals be installed III the Hobbies
and foyers Of movie palaces. 50 that the
places for the purpose Of seeing a NOV
ing picture won't be impeded for hours
bv the mobS who have come in merely
to gaze at the Statuary
That at least one circus picture be
produced which will advance the theory
that there is such a thing as n clown
whose heart is not really breaking be-
meath his painted smile.
That whenever a hero or heroine
starts to so out through door he or
she be compelled 10 so on out instantly,
without pauSing Mt the threshold for
one last, lingering closeup
That q supreme court Of humOr be
forced 20 pass or all gags and comedy
SuhfitleS before they are used. If the
gag is original. but Unfunny. its author
will be sentenced 10 hard labor for
term Of not less than 9S nor more than
loo years. IF the gag is funny. but
unoriginal. the author Will be hanged
by the neck until dead. If the gag is
both funny and original. the author
Will be given a richly upholstered seat
on the supreme court bench at a salary
of 81 600 600 a week
That Charlie Chaplin be forced &C
Evening star., 1928-08-26

HERE'S / an author who doesn't like
Hollywood because it's too pleasant
Ee is Charles Francis Coe, newly ar
rived IN New York. Oh his first trip
East since he went to Hollywood early
In the year. to assist Fox directors in
;he filming of four of his stoTics-"Me
Gangster," The River Pirate" Fog
and Capt. Lash"
He finds there are too many enjoy
able distractions in the film center for
an author who wants to work, and he
says even authors want to work now
and then, Golf. tennis, swimming. FISH,
ing. polo, motor boating, motor driving
and airplaning--all these are lures to
recreation which make the authors pen
a very puny wand Of magic thct can tie
him Ia his desk.
Hollywood is great place in which
to have $4,000 1000" is Gees summary
Of that fascinating country. It's the
promised land for leisure Just sitting
and enjoying the climate Is worth
while sport in itself Eat It works
h@v0c with an author unless he gets an
iton grin on himself"
Coe took an auto launt from Holly
wood in order 10 browse around the
M.e5a 'Gpi and pick up atmospheric
data for his steamboat story capt.
LASH dealing with one Of tee m0at
Evening star., 1928-08-26

| tually to produce a minimum of one a,
! of the three hundred and seventy tS7o)
| pictures that he announces for produc.
! ton each year
That every leading man be subjected
| 10 plastic surgery once every six month;
| so that. as result of the operation
he will completely change his type.
That Charles Ray be given decent
| part in a good picture.
That scenario writer's be informed
that the jazz mad, gin-soaked flapper
I made famous by F. Scott Fitzgerald
| is now practically a grandmother
That the law compelling John Gilbert
TO show all his teeth whenever he smiles
be repealed.
That in the next epic Of the Great
War" service ammunition be used in
stead Of the usual blank cartridges.
This may sound a bit drastic. but il
seems that something must be done to
reduce the epic cropl
That a production of Little Women
be made. With Clara Bow. Joan Craw-
ford. Dorothy Mackaill and Olive Bow
IN its cast. All of the young ladies
will be clothed, of course, in crinoline
dresses, so that they may have the op-
portunlty to do their acting with their
faces for once.
structed that it is not good idea to
play East Side. West Side" while
newSreel views of Herbert Hoover are
being unreeled
That no movie fan magazine be per-
mitted to publish in its December issue
a photograph OF a cute star hanging up
her Christmas stocking.
That William EaineS and his en-
ployerS be inoculated with the germ of
an1nesia so that he and they will for
get the plot of the last eight pictures
in which he has starred
That the men who make the talk
ing movie news reels be informed that
the sound made by horses hoofS dur
ing a race on the turf at Saratoga is
not clacketty- clacketty- y-clack.
Clackettv-c -clack
I could prolong the list of laws in
definitely and I have no doubt that the
readers Of this column could help me
out with an unlimited number Of sug-
geSted reforms
But il is one thing to propose laws
and another thing TO enforce them-as
any Congressman will tell YOU.
fCopyrisht 1927
Evening star., 1928-08-26
ROmaine Calender Returns

DOMAINE CALENDAR, long a fa-
~ vorite with Washington audiences.
returns this week to the cast Of the
National Players in Allene Tupper
wilkes comedy. The Creaking Chair" ."
Since leaving the local company
year ago Mr. Calender has been a
member Of the cast playing The
Packet" Bartlett CoTmack's stirring
expose Of underworld activities in Chi
caco. After year on Broadway. The
Racket went on a Western tour ana
recently closed ii San Francisco.
His engagement over Mr, Calender
wired S E Cochran. manager Of the
National Players. that ha would like to
have another fling at Washington If
only for A week or 50. IN MS three
years here with the Summer stock. Ro-
maine Calender made host Of friends,
who will welcome the fact that an out
standing part was available for him in
THE Creakinr Chair
Evening star., 1928-08-26
Warmers Sign Silvers.

I OUTS SILVERS. well known COM
poser and author OF the gentle
art of writing lyrics, who WIS formerly
associated with George II. Cohan and
Gus Edwards. has been engaged as gem
eral musical director Of Vitaphonc at
Warner Eros. studies.
For many years Gi,Fers wrote the
mu2ical accompaniment for the Winter
GaTdca shows. ard ha rad s4cn cr.cbri-
ties as George jesse. Lila Lee, George
Price mi Eddie Cantor uader his
tutelaGe lie did his bet work possibly
In The musical score for the last Al
Jolson show, creating especially for
Jolson the hit. "Ap~il Showers"
For the past eight years Siivers has
been directing and producing the am
nual show Of the Hasty Pudding Club
OF Harvard Universitr At the same
time he has been in charge of musical
activities Of the Friars Club. beginning
his work there more than 10 years ago.
Evening star., 1928-08-26

Jesse l.. LASKY has drawn aside
the veil Of mystery which has sur
rounded the expedition of Merriam
Cooper and Ernest Schoedsack into the
heart of Africa ever since the produc
ers Of Grass" and Chang left for
the British Sudan year ago.
The four weeks since the iilm adVen-
turers arrived in Hollywood with two
score reels of exposed ncgative-~the re-
suit OF a years danger and hardship
have been occupied by series of con-
ferences between them and LasGy, who
now announces that Cooper and
Schoedsack have successfully fulfilled
the mission on which they were sent
in 1927 by bringing back invaluable
pictorial material for The Four Feath-
ers." one Of the most important and
unusual pictures yet attempted by the
Paramount organization,
On September "a. Mr.. LaSky further
dScloses, these two adventurerS will
begin work at the Paramount studio
directing episodes which will be woven
with pictorial material already obtained
into an epochal photoplay combining
the best features Of the natural locale
Evening star., 1928-08-26

+ Dawn" the film telling the story OF
Nurse Edith Cavell
wilcox is also responsible for DE
cameron Nights After the interna-
tional success of Dawn" he once more
diSregarded the admonitions of savants
and critics and set about adapting 10
the screen one of the stories of the
celebrated "Decameron" of Boccacio.
From the hundred separate tales in
the great Italian classic, Wilcox chose
the seventh story of the second night,
which tells of the romance OF Prince
Saladin and Princess Alatiel OF Aigarve
Bearing in mind that Boccacio's work
represented the highest endeavor of me-
dieval sophistication and charm. he
proceeded 10 gather about himself
group including a number of the most
famous screen personalities of several
countries.
He brought from America one OF its
greatest stars. Lionel Barrymore. TO
play the role Of Prince Saladin From
/ Germany he imported Werner Kraus,
one of the most celebrated actors on
/ the continental stage and screen From
France he secured Xenia Desni. who
has enacted leading parts In many Eu-
/ rOpean films. And from Russia he
| brought Erich Czerwonsky. one of the
scenic artists OF the Moscow Art
Theater
Evening star., 1928-08-26

In past appearances in Washington.
MIR. Calender has proved himself one
Of the favorite actors among a gallery
OF favoriteS who. at one time or an
other. played stock in this city Rated
as one of the finest students in the bus
mess. a man who seldom misses line,
Ronlaine Calender is in constant de-
nland throughout the country
After a strenuous siege in The
Racket" however. he believed the time
had come for q rest-with the exception
Of short whirl in stock here. The sea-
son near an end. it may be that he will
remain over for at least two more plays
with the National troupe and then go
70 a favorite spot in the Maine woods
for a long needed rest.
Mr. Calender has been engaged to
support Lenore Ulrich ia David Be-
lascos new piece called Mimi" by Mol
mar. this coming season and will start
rehearsal in New York.
Evening star., 1928-08-26
Another Ade Comedy.

4 LFRED E. GREEN. Fox Films
director. has completed another
films opus from the pen of the a q,
comedy writer. George Adc. This time
it is Making the Grade" from the AIDE
story which ran in a national magazine
early in 1928
Edmund Lowe of What Price Glory
fame. Is cast in 1t as young Snob
millionaire who eventually is tanned by
none other than Lois Moran as the
owner and operator of a tea room.
Evening star., 1928-08-26

The inde!atigable Silvers has written
during this period many noted song
hits for musical comedies and revues.
And he has also taken his fling at the
movies.
David Wark Grifith obtained Silyers
10 write the musical score for Way
Down Iast On the strength Of his
brilliant work in musical comedy and
pictures, Warner BrCS. signed him 10
write tho score for the VuaphOne tri~
umph, Al JoIscns "Ja@z Singer" The
assignment was admitted difficult.
Evening star., 1928-08-26
Does Not Inspire

picturesque periods Of the great river.
The picture is to have sound accom-
paniment. and Coe indicated that some
unique effects wculd be added by the
new audible system Of the Mov.etcnP.
For all the pleaSurable disturbances
which Coe finds in Hollywood. he, CX-
poets 10 return there in the Fall-in
fact, it might be said that he's quite
resigned to it,
Evening star., 1928-08-26

Play Co in that old barn on Vine street
ID years ago. DE Mile was one OF the
first men ! engaged. Since that time
he mas contributed much 10 the screen
both as a director and a writer. These
long years in both legitimate and silent
drama viii aid US greatly in the de-
eclopment Of sound productions
De Mile says: Il am just as eager
to try hand at sound pictures as
was ID years ago when / first started
With silent drama. 1t is an interesting
fact that ! have gone through two dis
tinct periods, the stage and the silent
pictures
Now / am entering third--sound
films"
- . s-7
After many bad man" roles, Alan
Hale is TO have the hero part in the
pathe picture Sal Of Singapore
Evening star., 1928-08-26

The Samovar Is as important TO the
equipment of an Office IN Russia as the
desk and telephone in this country. No
Russian bSSineSS man could get along
without a Steaming urn at his elbow, 50
Evening star., 1928-08-26

Officers and enlisted men of the Ma
rine Corps to the strength of 1870 were
guests of the Metropolitan Theater
management Monday and Tuesday
nights at showings of the Marine pic
ture. United States Smith" Among
others attending we're Mai Gen. Le-
ieune and his staff.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-06-19
"CE BOX BANDITS" TO
have TRIAL BY JURY
Case VIII BE Tried In September
Men Accused Of Numbering
State Policeman.

Willlmantic, June 10 tP-Charged
with the first degree murder of State
Policeman Irving IL. Nelson In POM
fret on April G. Albert J. Raymond
and Roland G. l.atone, both of Wor
cester. Mass, were put TO plea al A
special session of thu Windham
county superior court today.
They entered pleas of not guilty
and chose trial by jury.
Judge Edwin c. Dickinson who
presided was for putting the case
down for trial in two weeks but
counsel for the men declared that
it would be difficult to complete a
jury during July lnasmuch as the
trial will be held in a farming dis
trict. Chief Justice George W.
Wheeler was called on for his opiu
ION and he decided that the case
could 20 over until the September
term. Judge Edward NJ. Yeomans
of Andover will be on the bench
at that time.
Nelson was shot and killed while
pursuing an automobila thought to
contain the ice box" bandits who
had been operating extensively in
Massachusetts. Their mode of op
Grafton was TO force butcher into
his own ice box, lock him in. and
rob the store.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-06-19
MANY Hurt

Columbus. O., June 10 Pt-Tor-
nadoes and wind storms that struck
at three central and southern Ohio
communities today had left a toll
of one dead, more than a score of
persons injured and damage esti-
mated at $3.50, 900
Donald Thomas, 10. negro. was
killed by lightning when The storm
struck at Columbus late yesterday.
The storm then Travelled eastward
to the summer resort colony at
Buckeye lake near Newark. where
4 tornado cut a swath about q city
block wide for Il distance Of nearly
| four miles.
Nearly a score OF the summer
colony residents were injured when
their cottages were picked up and
carried from 40 to 60 feet and
overturned. approximately 100 cot
tases were damaged during the
three minutes the storm was at the
height of its fury. Loss was esti-
mated at se5o.ooo.
Several hours later tornado
struck at Whipple. Washington
county, where residents said not a
house was left undamagel. Henry
Erd. Whiprlo postmaster. was
caught beneath falling wall and
was severely injured At Lowell
Mahel Sch""nderman. infant daugh-
ter of Cornelius Schwcnderman
suffered crushed skull from fall
ing debris.