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Evening star., 1928-05-20
Walter Hagen 8 Picture.

While Walter Hagen Is enjoying the
rewards of winning his third British
open golf championship, collecting med
ais and receiving the congratulations Of
royalty, his first Tiffany-Stahl feature,
Green Grass Widows" Is In the cut
ting room being edited by Robert Kern
and titled by Paul Perez.
Green Grass Widows" written espe-
cialIy for Hagen by Wellyn Totman,
presents the golf champion in the role
of himself He is first seen in stock
brokers Office. standing up like a sports
man under the blow of losing all his
money. But 1t Is the season of golf
tournaments. and Hagen draws lots to
choose which one he will enter 1t hap
pens to be the Westover match, that a
nice young fellow in the person Of John
Harron hopes to win, not only to reeoup
his fortune but also to win the girl
(played by Gertrude Olmstead). When
Hagen comes along and learns of the
love tangle, he not only plays golf but
plays Cupid and purposely loses the
game to the boy.
Sportsmanship, fun. golf and romance
are interviewer in the story, which Is
portrayed by cast that includes Hedda
Hopper. Raymond Hall, Lincoln Stead
man, John Sainpolis and Ida Darling.
Evening star., 1928-05-20

motion picture vehicle to star Al Jolson,
"The Singing Fool" based on Leslie 8.
Barrows' play. The starting date will
be early in June. The first week in
June another big road show will go
into production. This picture will star
Fannie Brice.
Three more features for 1928-29 that
incorporate vitaphone sound in song,
and dialogue are already completed-
Dolores Costello in "Tenderloin." with
Conrad Nagel; Dolores Costello in
GLORIOUS Betsy" with Conrad Nagel,
and "The Lion and the Mouse" with
May McAvoy, Lionel Barrymore and
William Collier, jr.
Several more stories will be selected
for this group.
The I8 Warner winners will be based
on we'll known stories or the works Of
authors who write directly for the,
screen. A reduction in their number
does not mean a reduction in the pro-
duction budget On the contrary,
Warner brothers state they have al
lotted more money to be spent for the
Is than they have previously invested
in the winners group when 1t called
for rs pictures
Evening star., 1928-05-20
Burlesqued Opera Paid.

MARIO and Lazarin. two strolling
A'A troubadors, who are appearing
with Wesley Eddy's Palace Syncopators,
were students OF grand opera Tor IL
years, At the completion OF their stud
les they had mastered more than 20
operas, besides many classical selec-
tions. But alas. when they started In
search of engagements they soon dis
covered that there was little or no mar
ket for operate talent.
After searching vainly for work they
hit upon the idea OF singing medley
OF all their operate repertoire, fitting 10
these famous melodies words OF their
own invention. They met with almost
instantaneous success and were given
long engagement with the Broadway
musical comedy Merry Co. Round"
and later with Americana" Both adj
nit that they earn considerably more
through their burlesque of the old mas
ters than they would have earned sing
ing In opera.
Evening star., 1928-05-20
Virginia Valli.

VIRGINIA vALLT, pictured In "The
Escape" a William Fox production,
entered professional life for the purpose
Of deyoting her time 10 dancing. Miss
vaili soon deserted this department OF
artistic erdeayor for the dramatic stage
and then to the silent drama OF the
motion picture.
Her first appearances on the screen
were In ESsanay pictures. one OF the
earlier companies no longer producing,
with studios in Chicago.
Virginia Valli has played the leads In
1.-THE Family Upstairs" +" Paid 10 Love. ="
Ladies Must Dress" a recent Fox pro-
duction, and Stage Madness" In which
she played opposite Tullio Carp1lnat',
celebrated Italian actor. She had also
what critics called a marvellous role In
East Side, West Side" another Fox
production.
In THE Escape" based on the play
by Paul Armstrong, Miss Valii has an
entirely new character role, that OF an
elder sister fighting 10 bring the younger
OF the two through the pitfalls OF tene"
meTt and night life in Manhattan.
Evening star., 1928-05-20
Not a Rare Type

vests her with a saving grace that
lightens the moral There is comedy
Of a wise. penetrating tempo, and it IS
this method of treatment that makes
Mrs. Craig appear less irritable than
she really is.
Kellys penchant is for type" writ J
ing, Is indicated in his Kidding" Of
the Little Theater movement in The
Torchbearers" and of the bombastic
type of do nothing" as in The Show
on" He is a brother of Walter Kelly,
"the Virginia Judge" Of vaudeville
fame. and has also been a vaudevillsin
himself "Craig's Wife" brought him
the Pulitzer prize for the best play pro-
duced on Broadway in 1925. when
ChryStal Herne's depletion of Mrs.
Craig was said by one semi-humorous
statistician to have prompted thou
sands of wives to throw their dust rags
into the old clothes bin.
Evening star., 1928-05-20
Warner P IS. Announce

A GROUP of road shows. extended
"a run productions and 10 Warner
winners will be released by Warner
Bros. during the 1928-29, according to
oficial announcement from the COM
pany's president, H. M. Warner. who
states that the excellent financial
status of the firm has justified a sub
stantial increase in the production
budget for the coming season.
Vitaphone, having contributed largely
to making Al Jolson in "The Jazz
Singer" the greatest success of this
year. will be used extensively in the
execution of the coming Warner
schedule. Many sound effects will be
employed as part of each road show,
and vitaphone musical accomplishments
will be available on each of the ID win
ners.
In the foreground Of the road show
group is "Noah's Ark" now under way,
with Dolores Costello starred with
George O'Brien Michael CurtiZ is di-
recting and the cast includes Noah
Beery, Myrna 10y, Paul McAllister.
Leila Hyan1s, Helene Costello and
others.
OF equal importance is the second
Evening star., 1928-05-20
Sheiks Bow to Blacksmiths.

THE movies are certainly tickle! just
when all Of the slick-haired, slender
sheiks found favor as heroes to the
beautiful feminine screen stars, Dame
Fashions edicts a new type OF screen
lover--the blacksmith!
Broad shoulders. muscles that stand
out like the Village Smith-even beads
Of perspiration on the brow-all this
herman stuff is said TO be fast finding
favor for the clicking cameras.
The latest applicant for blacksmith
honors," among new leading men Is lie
Roy Mason, brute-like Adonis. six feet
two inches in height. weighing nearly
100 pounds, and with shoulders as
broad as he Is tall. He Is leading man
to Dolores Del Rio in Revenge" now
being directed by Edwin Carewe.
Evening star., 1928-05-20
New De Mile Pictures.

In preparation at the DeMille Studios
y for Pathe distribution are the fol-
lowing features
Power" starring william Boyd. with
Alan Hale and Jacqueline Logan, How
ard Higgin is the director and Tay
GarTiett wrote the story.
Annapolis" With Lima Ba6quette
and John Mack Brown, from an origi-
nal story by r. McGrew willis and
directed by w. Christy Cabanne.
The new Rod La ROcgue picture,
love Over Night with jeanette
i,oif as the leading woman and east
including Tom Kennedy and Mary
Carr T. H. OTiffith is the director.
The Goddess Glri," Cecil q. DEE
Miles personally directed picture from
Jeanie Macpflereon's story. Lima Bas~
quette, Eddie CauiIlan, George DuFyea,
Marie Provost and Noah Beery are In
the cast Also IN the editing Is 'The
Cop" William Boyd's latest picture.
with Alan Hale and Jaequeiine Logan
IN the cast. Donald Crisp directed.
Evening star., 1928-05-20

"CTGFRIED." one of the chapters
of the "Niebelungen Lied" the
German allegory. was probably written
between 1890 and 1900, and is based on
earlier individual ballads. Notwith-
standing its popularity during the Mid
die Ages, it was soon forgotten by the
mass of people with the decay Of
chivalry.
The figures of the old legend. how
ever. live on and have been embodied
in poems and ballads. They were i'm
mortalized by Richard Wagner when
he put four of the adventures into op-
cratic form -" "Das Rheingold," Die
Walkure," 'Siegfried" and Die Gotter-
dammerung." first performed in COM
plete sequence at Bayreuth in 1876
The camera version of "Siegfried"
produced by Ufa in Germany follows
strictly the original version of the love
OF the Youthful knight for Princess
Kriemhild, sister of Gunther. with Sieg-
fried aiding King Gunther to win the
hand of the warlike maiden Brunhilde
It does not carry out the Wagner oper-
Evening star., 1928-05-20
FLASHES i;55155 zz91 zzz SCREEN
BY c. E. NELSON.

MURNAU, by the way, is one OF
IV1 the few directors who figure
out their own mechanical devices
and picture stunts" For instance
in THE Four Devils" he was up
against a complicated set of engi-
neering problems. Other directors
were employing VIII eeled d and
geared devices to move the CAM
era about rapidly and smoothly
but Murnau has so much heavy
equipment that his studio re-
SembleS boiler shop. The "go-
devil" which he has constructed
as an aid to the, camera weighs
20 tons and is strong enough to
pick an automobile from the
ground and whirl it around at so
miles an hour. A big crane lifts
the cameraman and his outfit. in
closed In a cage, to any position
in the studio. Using this same
crane, Murnau and his camera
man swung high under the dome
of the studio and photographed
Janet Gaynor clinging to a
trapeZe.
ONTARIO cenSorS will now class
~ photoplays as suitable for
adults" suitable for adults and
children" and suitable for chill
dren," but there will be no COM
pulsory feature in connection with
the labelling regulations of the
province. The picture to be
known as universal" implies that
it is suitable for all ages.
Her name in brass letters over
one of the star" dressing rooms
announces that Betty Bronson is
now to be a featured player with
Warner Brothers. Her contract
calls for her appearance in three
pictures this year.
Anna May Wong, the little
Chinese actress who will be re-
membered for her work in "Old
San Francisco" and THE Crimson
City," has Just sailed for Ger
many, where she will spend two
months in picture work.
Helene Costello has been added
to the cast of "Noah's Ark" In
which her sister, Dolores, Is 20
star. The Ark" is expected to be
one of the big productions Of the
year in Hollywood.
Five new pictures were complet-
ed in Hollywood this week. Marie
Provost and Thomas Meighan ap-
pear in THE Racket" In "The
Whip" Dorothy Mackaill has the
leading role. and she Is supported
by Ralph Forbes. Clara Bow has
completed Ladies of the Mob"
Irene Rich has finished work in
Women They Talk About" and
Aileen Pringle is through with
Baby Cyclone. Lew Cody plays
Miss Pringle.
Edwin carewe, the director, has
started work on Revenge" The
cast viii include Dolores Del Rio,
lie Roy Mason. Jose Crespo and
Rita Carewe. The story will have
to do with q band of gvusies and
1t is adapted from the short
story. "The Bear Tanners Daugh-
ter" by Bercovici.
Evening star., 1928-05-20

Sc A LADY with restless fingers" is
"A what Author George Kelly calls
the motivating figure in "Craig's Wife"
This particular Mrs. Craig is a prob
lem. Her mission in life seems to be
to make people uncomfortable. Her
impatient digits are forever stroking
the piano. a chair. a center table or
vase-in her ceaseless quest for stray
particle of dust. She is so religious in
her standard of what home should
be that the husband, who once thought
he could not live without her. discovers
that he cannot live with her. Her
neighbors. who likewise believe life has
greater objectives than worrying over
depreciation In furniture, are at first
tolerant and then openly contemptu-
Gus.
Mr.. Kelly, whose satires are brimful
Of humor. manages to paint bitter
picture of this type of wife, but he in
Evening star., 1928-05-20
"Siegfried" as Filmed.

formed to win the love of the sleeping
beauty on the fire-fringed couch.
In Ufa's production, which parallels
the "Niebelungen Lied" the mutual
jealousy and distrust Of Queen Brun-
hide and Queen Kriemhild eliminates
in Brunhilde's successful plot TO murder
Siegfried, which is a vastly different
outcome to the happy ending Of the
opera. where the final curtain falls
after the duet between Rrunhilde and
Siegfried expressing superb exaltation
and mutual trust and conservation
Evening star., 1928-05-20
Sings Down Doubts.

HOLLYWOOD skepties who wondered
- IL Neil Hamilton really sang
Mother Machree" for the Movietone
accompaniment to this Fox picture have
had proof furnished them that he did
Father Mullins. pastor of the Church
of the Good Shepherd. 1t Is said. ar
ranged to have Hamilton sing the same
solo at the annual gambol Of the Cath
olic Motion Picture Guild recently Of
the Philharmonic Auditorium, Los
Angeles.
Evening star., 1928-05-20
The Trail of 90"

THE march theme in THE Trail of
u '9s," Metro Goldwyn Mayer ON
cials announce, was arranged by DR..
William Axt OF the Capitol Theater.
New York, and its superb musical
score was arranged and composed by
David Mendoza, DR.. william Axt and
Mai. Edward Bowes. Clarence Brown
directed the production from the novel
by Robert w. Service, and It's fifty
principals include Ralph Forbes, Karl
Dane. Dolores Del Rio. Harry Carey,
Tully Marshall and George Cooper.
Evening star., 1928-05-20
The Months and the Movies.
SURVEY of the birth dates

A SURVEY of the birth dates Of
"A players at the Metro-G Goldwyn-
Mayer studio shows preponderance Of
April birthdays.
Among the film luminaries who first
saw light of day during the month of
April are Lon CLANCY, Tim Mccoy.
George X. Arthur, Lionel Barrymore.
Marceline Day and Dorothy Sebastian.
Astronomical prophets may hold that
persons born under April stars are
headed for screen success. So If you
were born in April and have motion
picture ambitions, well, who can tell?
February appears to be the month In
which directors are born, Harry Beau-
mont, Monta Bell and King Vidor all
having birthdays in that month.
Evening star., 1928-05-20
Columbia's New Pictures.

GOLuMBIA PICTURES has added
three important vehicles to its line
up Of story material for the season Of
I92s-29: Trial Marriage" by Eliza
beth Alexander: "The Power of the
Press" by Frederick A. Thompson. and
sinners Parade" by David Lewis.
Trial Marriage" by Elizabeth Alex
ander. ran serialiy in The Saturday
Evening Post" It's story deals with the
what is termed "the twentieth century's
new moral code"
''The Power OF the Press" by Fred
erick A. Thompson, appeared as short
story in McClure's. It treats the ever
popular newspaper story from an en-"
tireiy different angle by throwing the
spotlight on the periis OF yellow jour
1aliSm and the effect II has on the lives
Of innocent people.
Sinners Parade" by David Lewis,
young actor-writer. was written eSpe-
ciaIly for Columbia and will be pub
lished in one Of the national magazines
in the Fall.
Evening star., 1928-05-20
Coming Attractions
NATIONAL PLAYERs--"The Poor
Nut"

Following "Craig's Wife" the National
Players will present "The Poor Nut, "
the play which starred Elliott Nugent
two seasons ago. Stanley Ridges will
handle the Nugent role, that Of coll
lege drudge who is weaned from his
books to become the outstanding ath-
lete on Alma Matters roster.
THE Poor Nut" is really another
college Widow" though in a more
modern dress. j. c. Nugent, author of
"Kempy," wrote it on foundation of
fact based, 1t is claimed, on his son
Elliott's observations while at Ohio
State University. The play deals with
the case of bashful student whose am
bition 1t is to become a professor of
botany. A firm and forceful coed from
a rival university discovers he has an
inferiority complex, but decides to marry
him after all though the rites are not
consummated until she pulls him from
his lethargy and makes of him big
out-of-doors man and the idol of the
campus.
Evening star., 1928-05-20
CHEVY CHASE LAKE.

Chevy Chase Lake these May eve
nings Is diyerting It's patrons with the
swanee Syncopators, directed by Al
Kamons. on the lower pavilion. with
the zippiest OF jazz music, their spe-
cialty being to take the average dance
number and turn It out with so many
trimmings and eurlicues Of syncopation
Evening star., 1928-05-20
yABBERwoCK pLAYERs-FRDAy.

Spring Chortles" will be presented
Friday night at 8.l5 o'clock In the
Western High School Auditorium by the
Jahberwock Players. under the auspices
of the Home and School Association. a
varied program will be offered, the first
half of which will consist OF Vaude-
vile acts, and the second, the one-act
play by Booth Harrington. Beauty and
Jacobin."
Among those participating will be
Ruth Molyneaux and Helen SheckellS,
who have leading roles In the play;
Frank Westbrook cast as Box IN the
farce, BOX and Cox" which will be a
part Of the vaudeville section OF the
program. and Barrett Fuchs. baritone,
who will sing. Specially acts win In
clude Dorothy Sheckells. monologist,
and the Western High School Male
Quartet.
All music and lyrics are the original
competitions OF Rudolph Moeller and
Harry Bauserman. and sets have been
designed by Cyril Fiannery.
Tickets may be obtained at Western
, High School or at the door.
Evening star., 1928-05-20
CHESAPEAKE BEACH.

with carpenters. painters, decorators
and gardeners at work, Chesapeake
Beach is preparing for the formal open
ing of the season next Saturday.
The mile-long boardwalk and pier,
are being repaired; the sandy beach Of
the net inclosed bathing area has been
raked: the sandy picnic groves, over
looking the bay, have been beautifled
and the childrens free playground, on
the shore, with its swings, slides, and
see saws. put In order.
Raw Kibhey's Milo Ramblers, which
will hold forth in the dance pavilion,
has as an addition to the group, Ted
Newell. who will play the second sax. .
Amusement Fairyiand, the Comet.
giant coaster dip; the whip. mirth pro-
ducer. and the new ferris wheel and
merry-go-round are among other at
fractions.
Evening star., 1928-05-20
Eastern High May Play.

"The Patsy" Eastern High Schools
May play. WIN be presented Thursday
and Friday nights. with jeanette Seller,
who starred as Tweeney In The Ad-
mirable Crichton." winner OF the Brown
Cup, in the title role and the rest Of
the cast composed OF juniors.
Formerly. juniors taking part have
had comparatively small roles in casts
made up largely Of seniors. BY leaving
the entire responsibility for perform
ance on their shoulders, added ease and
confidence will be gained, and trained
talent for next year will be assured.
Evening star., 1928-05-20
Current Attractions.

| that It's own author will hardly know
1t. and on the upper pavilion, with the
Davis Band led by Ben Levine, a crew
of collegiates. There are no intervals
between dances on this pavilion, all in
termissions being filled in with spe-
cialtieS, most Of them by Leader Levine
with his banjo and ukulele,
The Lake is delightful this season
The great festoons of electric lights
that outline the margin of the water
bring out the natural beauties OF the
place as effectively as the sunlight,
while hundreds of rustic benches on
the banks are welcome haven for
those who wish to sit out a few dances.
"FORTY-FIvE MINUTES FROM
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
George NJ Cohan's famous success
''Forty-five Minutes From Broadway
will be presented for three nights, be-
ginning tomorrow evening. at Petworth
School Auditorium, Eighth and Shep-
herd streets 1t will be staged by the
Petworth Citizens Association, with a
community cast, headed by Lorraine
Bunch. @. Harvey Norton and Willard
King. and supported by large chorus.
The proceeds will be used in q rous-
ing Fourth of July jubilee In Petworth
10 celebrate the twenty-fifth anniver-
sary of the Petworth Citizens AsSocia-
ton.
The last three days of the week the
st. Gabriels Players viii present The
Four -FluSher." selected from their sue
cesses, with the proceeds going to the
SAME purpose.
capt. APPLRJACK," Thursday.
The comedy Capt Applejack" will
be presented by the Masks in the Gen.
trail High School auditorium Thursday
evening
The cast. all Central alumni, includes
Yvonne Levy. who has returned from
professional stage work under David Be-
lasco; Dorothea Lewis. Betty Clark. Janet
Coon. Robert Miller. star of "Green
Stockings: William Russell, Robert
Praetorius, Frederic Haskin, jr; Harry
Clayton and j. T. Heare.
Miss Sybil Baker, former Central dra-
matte coach and now head OF Wash
ington Community Center. Is directing
the production.
The plot of the play revolves around
Ambrose Applejohn, who revolts from
his staid, respectable life because he
hears that "the good die young and the
respectable grow old very quickly" In
seeking romance and adventure, he
finds himself 10 miles from the nearest
town, houseful of women to guard. a
band of cutthroats waiting to attack
and colossal fortune at stakel Excite
ment with vengeance, and beautiful
Russian dancer causing love at first
sight, with a dream OF black flag buc-
cancers.
Evening star., 1928-05-20
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GLEN ECHO PARK.

Glen Echo Park this year boasts many
new amusement devices.
The new Airpiane Swing In attract
ing many patrons. This device, made
entirely OF steel. and 80 feet In height.
has six aiIplanes, each OF which holds
six passengers. Equipped with motors
and propellors, 1t Is modelled closely
after the Army style planes.
Another new feature is the Ringing
give vent TO their feelings by endeavor-
Ing to kill the prowling cats on the back
fence.
The Midway, Old Mill. Derby and
Carrougel, as well as the numerous small
attractions, also are In full swing and
McWilliams Orchestra in the ballroom
plays every night except Sunday.
Evening star., 1928-05-20

NATIONAL PLAYERS-"Craig's Wife"
After THE Show Of" and ''The
Torchbearers, any play by George
Kelly would deserve more than passing
mention. Mr.. KellyS latest opus,
"Craig's Wife" the Pulitzer prize win
ner for the 1925 season, will be the
weeks offering at the National Theater.
Addicted to q shrewd honesty in pic
turing certain types of people I'm his
plays, Mr.. Kelly seems actually 10 have
outdone himself in sketching the schem-
ing Mrs. Craig and her docile husband.
They are made OF real stuff, and their
prototypes are legion. Mrs. Craig sets
about to solve the problem of security
that faces every woman In the eco
nomic structure. Her first and last
thought is for her home, even though
it be roof and four walls. OF this
home she makes seething hell for its
other occupant---the husband. Inher-
emily dishonest and selfish, she manages
to ALLEVIATE him from his friends and
chants a requiem 10 such happiness as
he enjoys in q supposed quiet evening
at home. She cannot keep servants or
friends, and she does her best TO place
her husband in like situation In an
adroitly humorous way. he discovers
the answer 10 his unhappiness and
manages to confound the person who
causes 1t.
Ieneta Lane will have the role
popularized by Chrystal Herne and
Stanley Ridges will be the suffering
spouse.