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Evening star., 1928-03-18

and tanned many elephants. slew many
tigers and left a tradition Of his splen-
dor and his wonderful professions.
Siddhattha Gautama, later called
Gantama Buddha. was born In a small
republican tribal community In the
north OF Bengal. under the Himalayas
In which Is now an overgrown jungle
country on the borders OF Nepal The
institution OF caste was not yet fully
established In India, and the Brahmans,
though they were privileged and infiu-
ential. had not yet struggled to the
head Of the system But there already
was marked class distinction and par
tition between the noble Aryans and
the darker common people. Gautama
belonged to the former race, and his
teachings always have been called the
Aryan Path or the Aryan Truth.
The story OF the life OF Gautama
Buddha has been picturizcd by the In
dian Players under the patronage OF
the youngest ruler In India, the Maha-
rajah OF jaipur. who now Is only II
years OF age. having assembled TO the
throne In 1922. This frst film enacted
directed and produced by high-caste
Brahfnans In India Is being given It's
premier showing in Washington by the
Motion Picture Guild.
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These FOllies Girls.

Garvin deserted the stage, despite
everything the stage could do about It,
and took flight to tho film studios,
adorning the reels for the first time as
Christie bathing girl. She can swim
too. But that makes no difference.
She had ambitions to be real actress,
because. after all. there isn't much
chance for real art when you're simply
splashing around.
Subsequently. her first dramatic ap-
pearance was IN Bertha, the Sewing
Machine Girl" in support of the same
Madge Bellamy with whom she now ap-
pears, Now in THE Play Girl" she has
real part, and hopes to be able 10
give up the role OF bathing beauty fol
good.
Director Arthur Rosson considers
that Miss Garvin. in the role OF Minnie
the vamp, is showing considerable
charm In a part which calls for genuine
ability and impersonation-for Miss
Garvin, need we add. is much different
from this in private life. being known
TO her friends as one Of the most retir-
ing young women In the Aim colony.
Oh, yes--there are others i'll the cast
OF the picture, but one may be excused
for not mentioning them when the pub
lie Is waiting with bated breath to hear
about a "FollieS" girl.
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Won Out in 'Homey" Plays

FRANK CRAVEN, who during the
week Of March 26 will be seen in
Washington in 1.-The 10th Hole" has
often been the principal actor IN
comedies written by himself.
He did THE First Year" an irresis-
tibly amusing treatment of the initial
IL months in the life Of a young mar
ried couple, for three years. Before
that he appeared in TOO Many Cooks -
In which he wrote about the amusing
trials and tribulations OF couple oi
young lovers who decided to spend their
married life in a suburban home built
by themselves. Afterward he gave the
stage his New BroomS," which pre-
sented and made immensely funny an
other domestic angle from the every
day life of young people.
Now he Is exploiting. In wholly
laughable way. play with golting
theme, that has to do with scholastic
minded couple who find temporary
domicile In the midst Of q suburban
community knowing no other relaxation
than golf.
AS a playwright Mr. Craven displays
not alone a particularly keen under
standing Of human nature. both of the
man and of the group. but also he
possesses the gift of being able to clear
ly translate his observations into the
terms OF the theater. In so doing he
has been responsible for a chain of
irresistibly funny plays. In addition
he Is very clever in the acting OF i'm
Evening star., 1928-03-18
CET out the famous standing head

Get out the famous standing head
line. Another ziegfeld Follics
Girl Makes Good in Films"
This time it's Anita Garvin who Is
being glorified by the screen. She is
playing a role opposite Madge Bellamy
In The Play Girl for Fox. and it's
meant as no reflection on the gilded
chorus girls of this country to say that
Miss Garvin portrays gold-digger. OF
course not.
She was born In New York City.
which Is rather a rare accomplishment
for a "Follies" girl, Most Of them
come from the cornfields Of Kansas and
similar unsophisticated centers. They
go to New York 10 learn. Miss Garvin
saved the expense OF carfarc.
After receiving her education at the
Holy Cross Convent, in the metropolis.
she was chosen TO appear in a Mack
Sennett revue. travelling as bathing
escort of honor with picture. Later
she received 2-year contract from
Flo Ziegfeld and appeared in two Of
his successes, Sally" and THE Follies
of 1922" This made IL inevitable that
sooner or later she would get into the
movies.
Sure enough. when the road tour Of
Sally" reached San Francisco. Miss
Evening star., 1928-03-18
Moving Picture Album
BY ROBERT e. SHERWOOD.

Charles Rogers is ,inqucstionably an
everyday young man who has grown
up in an ordinary American manner:
he has had fame thrust upon him and
has not Ito date) been spoiled thereby,
why In the name of all that Is sensible
should the press agents try to convert
this youth--or any other youth or
maiden, for that matter-into Some-
thing that he most emphatically Is not?
| Why do they want to endow him
with the exotic allure OF the late Ru-
dolph Valentino, the excessive virility
| of Francis X. BuShman or the tenn
| peramental instability Of John Barry
| more?
Rogers has good looks, he has talent
! and ne is a hard worker. Why not
! let 1t 60 at that? Why not allow him
| to work out his destiny In his own
| legitimate way? He'd probably make
a much better job of 1t than any press
| agent could.
without mentioning any Names beg
leave to tell the story of young Aim
star whose press agents ruined him,
He was an actor on the speaking stage
and very humble one at that-when
suddenly he struck gold in Hollywood.
He was playing in a stock company in
California when he came TO the atten-
ton of a perceptive movie director who
save him a screen test and then a Job
His first appearance on the screen was
in an effective comedy part In an enor-
nouSly successful picture. Within 4
few months thereafter he was a lead
ing man. and in year he was star.
The world was his oyster.
1t so happened that, like Charles
Rogers, this young star was singularly
normal Gfh unaffected. At first he
was thoroughly unimpressed by his new
found fame.
Then the press agents went to work.
They decided that our anonymous hero
needed to be exploited and ballyhooed,
so that the public might be made con-
scious of his sex appeal Stories were
written IN whcih he was presented as
bodily into q divorce scandal as co-re-
spondent. He became lamb in sheik'S
clothing
The terrible part of it all was that
the young man himself began TO take
the press stories seriously. He became
conscious of his personal magnetism
He read all the mash notes from STAR
struck fappers. He rather fancied him.
self as a Great Lover. With the result
that he changed from simple. natural
boy into an insufferably conceited ass.
The awful change was painfully evil
dent in his pictures, He played VAL
entino roles when he should have re-
stricted himself to those homely char
acterizations for which Charles Ray
was once famous.
1t wasn't long before this young mans
employers realized that he was no longer
popular star. Today-only three
years after his entrance into the
movies-he Is a has-been.
Over the grave OF his ambitions there
might well be placed tombstone with
the inscription, He died of a rush of
publicity to the head"
(Copyright 1921
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portant roles in his own comedies.
Craven claims that 1t requires no
deep thought powers in order to deter
mine what the theater-going public
are after in the way of theatrical en-
tertainment. Experience has con-
vinced him that plays that have to do
with likable. youthful middle class
people. honey sorts of folk, drawn from
everyday walks Of life and not thrust
into over complicated situations are
what the man in the street likes to
find across the footlights. For that
reason, Craven's plays always have to
do with more or less ordinary people.
not over rich. of course, not common
nor too poor types, but the sort one Is
constantly meeting.
His themes invariably treat Of the
not-to-he -dodged questions that are al
ways perplexing family life. In observ-
ing and studying life as he comes in
contact with it he often runs across just
the character which he needs for q
comedy or to be duplicated in its writ
ing. His conviction is firm that as
high as 80 per cent Of all people have
really no use for the immoral plays.
Evening star., 1928-03-18
The Eternal Triangle

ETERNAL triangles, it appears. are by
no means confined to the human
family. Proof of this Is said to have
developed on the Fox Films West Coast
lot recently.
r. w. Murnau. who is directing "The
Four Devils" is using many animals for
the circus sequence, among them three
pachyderms, two females and a male.
The keeper noticed that there was
animus developing between the two fe-
males Time came for daddy" to 90
on the set, and the keeper thought
leSSly left the two ladies" alone and
loose while he was away.
Soon there was q loud commotion,
bringing studio folk to point on the
back Of the lot where new illustra-
ton OF feminine fury was in progress.
The larger Of the two female pachy-
derms had wrapped her trunk thrice
around a l0-foot pole and was failing
her smaller companion mercilessly.
While none on the lot could translate
the grunts and snorts Of the buxom
beater. 1t Is said to be noticeable that
the "napper" elephant has cast no
ogling eyes at Mr.. Elephant since the
occurrence.
Evening star., 1928-03-18
COMMUNITY INSTITUTE EVENTS

DR.. william Starr Myers, professor
OF politics at Princeton University, will
talk Thursday night. March 90, at
Central Community Center on Cur
rent History"
DR.. Myers is nationally recognized
authority on current affairs, and Is
well known in this city, where, as a
member OF the faculty OF the Army
War College. he commands alert atten-
ton and keen interest. Dr. Myers
likewise conducts Summer courses In
history and politics at the University
Of Tennessee and at Johns Hopkins,
and during the Winter season at Brook
lyn Institute and before the League for
Political Education at Town Hall, New
York City.
This lecture was scheduled as the
final event In the Community Institute
for this season, as arranged last Fall
but owing 70 the artistic and financial
success OF the institute an extra at
traction will be added 10 the course
Wednesday night, April IL, when the
directors Of the institute announce the
first Washington appearance In public
concert OF the remarkable Russian
singers known as the Kedron Quartet
who have aroused much enthusiasm
since their nrst appearance In New
York last January.
Holders of season subscription books
Of the institute are advised TO retain
the last coupon In the book. marked
Y, which entities them 10 admission
10 this concert attraction on April II
| Tickets for this event may be had also
at the Community Center Department
/ the New Willard newsstand and al
/ the door at the time of the concert
Evening star., 1928-03-18
WOMEN'S THEATER INSTITUTE
RECITAL.

Kate McComb, best known for her
portrayal Of the leading role in Juno
and the Paycock." will be the solo,
ist in support of Mabel Rowland, come
dienne-diseuse, when the Institute OF
the Womens Theater presents Miss
Rowland in second annual recital
at the Hotel Mayfiower Thursday noon,
March 20.
Mrs Calvin Coolidge heads the list
OF patronesses and the box-holders list
includes representation from many en-
basSies and legations.
Evening star., 1928-03-18
Ten Years on lob.

MUSICIANS are seen and heard, but
seldom heard Of Harry Borjes,
who conducts the Palace Concert Or
chestra, is no exception. When his tenth
year of service for the Loew' interests
in Washington rolled in, the press agent
at the Palace was called into conference
to see what could be done about the
matter.
When Borjcs was little Harry, aged 8,
his father who was an eminent clarinet
and drum player. decided Harry was to
have violin lessons. So Harry was sent
to Henry Froehlich. AS the years rolled
by we find him at the College of Music
and the Conservatory of Music in Gin
cinnati. A free scholarship won by his
ability secured him three years of study
at the Graninger School. now out of
existence. He played at that time for
various musical clubs and on the con-
cert stage.
When he was II. he passed the
examination necessary for membership
In the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
and became member OF that body
under Van der Stucken. He remained
there three years and then went To
New York, where he played at the
hnlCkeTDOCkcT, SnerryS, Prlnce George
Hotel, as well as with the Russian Sym
phony Orchestra under the direction of
Modest Alt-Schuler For year in New
York he played with the Philharmonic
Orchestra
He returned to Cincinnati when 90
years old, rejoining the Symphony Or
chestra of his native city.
Conductor Stokowski left the follow
ing year to so to Philadelphia and he
was succeeded by Ernest Kunwald
Borjes left Cincinnati to Join Uncle
Sans forces. After the war he came to
Washington. He was concert master at
Loews Columbia until the Palace was
completed. when he was assigned for
duty there. Last September he was
appointed conductor.
Evening star., 1928-03-18
Races With the Fashions.

"THE wardrobe of modern motion
picture star must be miles aheat
OF the fashion OF all times!" So say;
Florence Vidor. star OF ''Doomsday,"
It generally takes several months &c
make o picture and In order to be right
up TO the last minute the moving pic.
ture actress must be far ahead Of ths
present day styles and fashions. Miss
Vidor is considered one of the smartlS
dressed women Of the screen and il
has been her delight TO be In the fore
as far as fashions go.
The public gaze is very searching
An eye for the future In dress is essen
tial TO the successful star and she must
have at her command a competent
dresarnaker and designer always.
Evening star., 1928-03-18
An Up-in-the-Front Gown.
STRIKrNG eveninu gown

4 STRIKING evening gown. repre-
"A senting the new "up-in-the-front'
dresses Is one of the costumes designed
for Pola Negri to wear In her new pic
tlire, Three Sinners"
1t Is described as very decollete
black satin slip over which is worn a
long wasted. snug bodice OF black tulle
ending in full black tulle skirt. which
starts at about the normal waistline In
front and gets much longer In the back
This makes the skirt reach the floor
behind. while in front 1t ends halfway
between ankles and knees.
A diagonal design OF palm leaves EN-.
broidered in black paillettes starts from
one shoulder and continues clear down
the other side. Black and silver bro
cade slippers go with the gown.
Evening star., 1928-03-18
Ideal Screen Lovers.
ideal lovers of the screen!"

Such is said to have been the
exclamation OF Director William Well
man of the Legion of the Con-
demned," referring to Fay Wray anc
Gary Cooper, who have the leads in
the picture. Both are comparatively
new to screen audiences. Only in the
past year have they reached the tor
rung Of the ladder.
Miss Wray is blond with deep blue
eyes and of medium height. Cooper
Is described as q perfect masculine
physical type. He was reared on the
open ranges of Montana. Miss Wray
also Is Westerner. having been born
In Canada. but she has lived the great
er part OF her life in Arizona, Utah and
California.
Evening star., 1928-03-18

w YHIIlE scanning the latest
n news and gossip, as revealed
NV III enc of the many movie
trade papers that are pub
liShed in Hollywood. hap
pened upon an editorial i'll which the
future career of Charles Rogers was dis
cuSSed. The editorial pointed out that
younS Rogers is one of the most prom
isins upStartS In the filIn buSineSS-as
indeed, he iS-and then went on 70
complain that Rogers is being mis-
handled" by the Paramount press
agents,
SAID the editorial: They are rum
ming stories on him in the fan maga-
zines, making him out just nice, aver
age. clean-iiving American boy, with
no eccentricities and no serious vices.
II this keeps up. they'll ruin
ROGERS SIS a potential boX-office star.
The public doesn't want 10 know that
their favorites are normal people. They
want the stars to have colorful person.
ailtieS. II the Paramount press
agents are wise, they'll get Rogers
mixed up in Scandal-get him pinched
anything 70 set the flappers inter-
eSted in him
This is a curious point Of view, but
one which is not uncommon i'll Holly
wood, where the belief still exists that
in sensational press-agsnsry lies the
oaly true key TO success,
Last week, i'll this column, ex-
pressed the opinion that press agentry
IS the worlds most overrated institu-
ton. The aforementioned trade paper
editorial in1pels me to express that
opinion seain, considerably more fore
ibly.
Press asentry is not a constructive
force. More often than not 1t is
dangerously destructive one, 1t has
ruined more regulations than 1t has
made.
Here, for instance. is that obviously
decent Young man. Charles Rogers. He
halls from the metropolis OF Olathe,
Kans.. where his father is prominent
as a newspaper publisher.
About four years ago Rogers entered
q contest being conducted by Para
mount and turned out to be one OF
group of 10 lucky youths selected to
matriculate at the Paramount school.
In his Sci1ooldays Rogers showed talent
and was chosen TO play the lead in the
picture. Fascinating Youth" which
was made by the students in Mr..
LaSky's select academy.
OF all The graduates OF Old Para
mount Charles Rogers is the only one
who has really made good. He has APP
peared TO excellent advantage in minor
roles in several productions and has
achieved conspicuous success by dint OF
his fine performances in Wings" and
my Best Girl"
In both these pictures Rogers great
est charm was his unselfconsciouSneSs
his apparent unawarenesS OF the fact
that he was playing a part in a movie,
He was as thoroughly naive and in
genuous as Rim Tin Tin, or Rex. the
Wild Horse, or Jackie Coogan lin his
childhood days..
Evening star., 1928-03-18
First Movie From India.

IT was somewhere between 500 and
600 BIC, when Croesus was flourish
ing In Lydia and Cyrus was preparing
to snatch Babylon from Eabontdus. that
the founder Of Buddhism was born in
India.
The history OF India for many CEN
turies had been happier. less fierce and
more dreamlike than any othe history.
was made up largely of love stories.
Here and there maharajah arose
amid the rajahs and built city. caught
Evening star., 1928-03-18
MASK AND WIG"-~March 2e.

After an absence Of two years the
Mask snc Wig Club of the University
% Pennsylvania viii return " Wash
ington for the premiere u Us new
kIsyw. ''yaF&nteiia." " he given Mon
oay evening March 20. at the EeIasco
J'Heateg
The greatest dancing chorus of their
histgry is ssic " Dr. one ii the out
htsEcjng features u the snow. which
h&s highly diYefting sbqry IN which
the lions share ~ the comedy falls ~
Evening star., 1928-03-18
Bancroft in The Draenct. "

1.-THE DRAOHET'' has hsen selected
as the title for George Bancroits
next picture. soon 10 90 into produc"
ton at the Paramount studio
The actor's first picture In which
he appears ~ star, The Showdown -
has just been released.
The cast for THE Dragnet" viii In.
ciude Evelyn Brent and Fred KOhler
both of whom we're prominently tsa-
tuTed Ia THE Etowd0Wn." Those same
players appeared With Bancroft also III
Underworld" the great crime melo-
drama. The director of The Dragnet'
will be- josef Won Eternberg, maker 0i
Underworld" and alt0 of "Ihe Last
Command"
Evening star., 1928-03-18
New Titles Chosen.

THE title problem seems TO worry pic
ture producers almost as much
as actual production
The newest comedy starring w. G.
Fields and Chester Conklin will be
known as odd Fellows; the Adolphe
Menjou picture now in production from
the Alfred Savoir story. Super of the
Gaiety'' will be known 70 the screen
as "A Date With a Duchess"
Evening star., 1928-03-18

James Hall has just signed new con-
tract 10 appear in Paramount pictures
He Is one OF the group OF IL young
players whom Jesse l.. Lasky recently
announced as due for special opportu-
mites 70 become stars during the COM
ing year
Evening star., 1928-03-18
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Evening star., 1928-03-18

Doris Anderson is writing the screen
adaptation for White Hands," the
Arthur Stringer story which Paramount
has lust obtained for Esther Ralston.
Evening star., 1928-03-18
NATIoNAI,-~The 18th Hole. "

What is announced as by far the
best laughing entertainment and the
most appealing play in which Frank
Craven has appeared In years IS his
domestic comedy, The 18th Hole in
which A. L. Granger viii present him
for O weeks engagement at the Ma
tio1ai TAeater. beginning March 26.
Despite its title, which has 70 do With
the golfing sport. and that the comedy
has a decided golflng background, the
play is one that depicts everyday hu-
man nature as displayed in the ma
5ortty of suburban communities all over
The country. There are three acts
said 20 be Of highly diverting compli-
cations centered about the role Of Ver-
non Chase, a whimsical and p.acid
writer, who IN an unguarded moment
allows himself TO be bitten by the golf
bug This Indifferent one-a role that
finely displays the dual capacities Of
1sr Craven as actor and playwright
becomes a non-foozling enthusiast.
Golnng rivSlries and golfng quarrels,
the scenes, with others. Of locker
room teeming with chatter. and do
uestic riffs I'LL three acts with honely
hur1or and good-natured palaver.
Throughout. THE 18th Hole" Is char
scteristicaily American fun.
A rounded cast. with Dorothy Black
bum. Ettty Kelly. Marion Abbott.
Robert Wayne, Homer Barton. Roy
Cochrane. Walter Downing. Harry
LEwellyn. Howard Sydney, John Har-
wood. Jay A6a4r Young and Charles
Macdonald viii assist Mr. Craven IN de-
pict1ng the various characters.
Evening star., 1928-03-18
MABEL RowLAND-Marcb 20.

ksbel Rowland, Conway TeaEle's
sister. viii appear Thursday afternoon.
MArch 70. In q program Of her original
comedy eartoon&loguex, a. the May
flower Hotel. for the benefit Of the In
Stitute of the WomanE Theater q
group oi successful professional women
doing national work " assist aspiring
young playwrights and actresses.
Nihs Eowi&nd's material IL all Of
her own authorship and Is said 10 be
ScYeamingiy funny" II Is short mono
log1ss which later are 10 be presented
as k2ort comedy features for Mack
EenBett.
Many prominent society women are
On the list Of patEoneSSes of the instl-
tu.e. which Ia headed by MrE. Calvin
Coci!6Re
Evening star., 1928-03-18
Coming Attractions

Francis I. Curtis, 20. author of the
piece. He is cast as Madame Guine-
we're Bliss. a typical "Elinor Glyn"
scenario writer, and is aided and
abetted by w. S. Beaumont. in the
sinister role Of Wolf Step, leader Of
the band of Mafian brigands who beset
the movie troupe, while "on location" in
Sicily.
william r. Scott. a Washington boy
who appeared in last seasons show,
viii be seen as Tonic. the bloodthirsty
mutineer from the bandits ranks
"Bo" Brown, as Jim Benton, manager
OF the InStigation Pictures, Incorpo-
rated, and James o. Daggett as Frisco
Fanny. tough movie extra. Norman
Roche, who has been a feature OF the
chorus, is this year cast as the leading
lady, Laline Lane, and others include
such veterans as Edlund. Boeckier and
Palmer. New men include r. N. Sam
son, r. s. Kaighn and c. 3. Doane. tr.
Boxes and tickets for the show are
to be had at Mrs. Wilson -Greene's S
bureau in Drops, Thirteenth and @
streets.
Evening star., 1928-03-18
GAYETY-"Big Banner Burlesquers. >

Big Banner Eurlesquers" VIII be
next weeks United BurleSque Offering
a. the Gayety TheateY
This attraction is said 10 be new in
every particular and has large cast Of
talented entertainers. rew scenic
effects. original costumes. new comedy
lines and other novel effects.
a. feature will be the chorus Of SIX
teen girls. each selected for her ability
10 sing and dance the dozen or more
musical numbers Of the show.