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Lasky on presentations

necessary TO round out complete
program those acts should be subordi
| mated u the Aim. Certainly the stage
act should not be allowed to run sc
| long as to crowd out worthy MIN
comedies and news reels.
Above all, the stage entertainment
| .ho,,d not be of such length ana ia
t,,rs as to leave the patrons WeaIs
a.hsr the feature picture is throM.
80, the screen. 1t IL the 1eatu.
is.,,ra that the patrons have coihe
| into the house TO see. 49,. whole
~ tris he not true, then the VIM
a.;or n;cture business is not uu.
Ill.,, Hi'o. as The program within the tnea.sa
49,. - arranged so thar the rie.".s
NJ" - vain feature. so II IL ooNi"u.
=. che theater's advertising hu.'
10 or, the picture as the mann
traction. h.tsceyer with
al, ,heaters that subordinate -
rnnxn star and a costly prouue'S 80
~ .1orandizement Of some pan ,,
1s $3.50 coaster Of ceremonies or snan
ma Iiias y,uaeviIle actor. Motion pic.uI<
III have invested hundreds VI
!pn,s.rds az dollars In their proous
.;nn. md the personalities that appeMaI
a. 100 rroductions. To me II - toi,.
~ ,,s 70 make this great enor,.
.nard ,h;s money In exploiting thess
a;c,,res and personalities they ar
~ 80 licked around in our Leading
.b.s+.rs and subordinated TO some eA
,rsnao,,s personality. That IL ho'
building the picture business IL
tearing IL DOWN.
what incentive is there to motio'
f@A tzN~
n;cture producer 10 make better pe
tures n he sees his best efforts used a.
a trailer TO some jazz band or taoioio
snow?
lust rs sure as the motion picture
is subordinated i'm the theater. 30 VII
II deteriorate in the studio
AS said before. this whole probien
IN noe one that can be solved with
wave of the hand. It Is Idle 10 say
the big theaters Of three. four and nve
thousand seats should not be built.
Thev are already built. In operation
and are showing excellent net profits
Criticism and wholesale condemnation
will not make the situation any better.
No doubt abuses have sometimes crep'
I'm to the management Of stage show
OF our bigger theaters. However.
am convinced that our circuit head
and leading exhibitors are aware o
the economic peril which lies In thu
wake Of these abuses and are making
sane. intelligent effort TO correc'
them.
AZ matter Of fact. this very s;tua
ton ma" have ultimately an excellent
result hecause once more II drive
home 10 an OF US the responsibility We
have 70 every phase Of the picture
business. The producer. In his studio
making pictures. cannot ignore thu
problem Of distribution and exhibition.
The distributor cannot shut his eyer
TO the difficulties that beset the pro
Queer and likewise the difficulties tina,
lie In the path Of the exhibitor. Anr
on the other hand the exhibitor must
realize not only his responsibility Il
his patrons and stockholders hut aIse
TO the man who sells him the film and
TO the studio that makes the pictures
possible.
This whole situation. therefore. as
! SAID before, may bring forth great
Dement'S IL II only brings all three ele.
ments OF this business into closer
working cO.ODeration
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Films Foreign Legion.

the ommander-in.chief Of the legion.
He Is grandson Of the famous La
| fayette, man Of exceptional intelli.
gence and one who Is highly admired
and respected by the officers and men
under his command
What did the men Of the legion
have to say about Doty? They
| thought this man more of an adven'
turer than soldier. they liked him
In many ways and seemed to think
that he had received exceptional treat
ment In view of the offense with
which he was charged.
I'm my pictures have tried to
strip the romanticism from the life
OF the Foreign Legion. It is a hard,
serious business and fighting for
| France in the blazing desert Is not a
child's game. The Foreign Legion.
composed of men Of all nationalities,
has made a glorious record on the
field of battle. 1t develops real men,
it develops real fighters and ! must
say that the finest material IS selected
to officer their regiments.
Were it not for the fact that being
a Pathe News cameraman is about
the most romantic employment in the
world. if l had my choice. l think
should like to spend four years in the
Foreign Legion.
mo, I don't believe II In possible
for brutality to exist in the treatment
OF the men by officers. any more than
there Is brutality in the American
Army and Navy. In those services
as well as in the Foreign Legion
you'll always find men who are dis
satisfied"
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Could Say Only Il Love
You"

CAMILLA HORN. the 19.yearold
German actress. who is playing
the chief feminine role opposite John
Barrymore in the United Artists pic
ture. Tempest" could speak only
three words in English when she ar
rived in Hollywood
Those three words were: II love
you" and she provided many laugh
during her first few days on the
United Artists lot by speaking them
to every one to whom she was intro
duced. Her interpreter explained TO
strangers that Miss Horn didn't in
tend that the expression should be
taken literally. but that the vivacious
young German film star wished
Americans to know that she appre-
ciated her opportunity to work in this
country.
Camilla IL taking English lessons
every spare minute Of her time and
hopes to be able to converse with
Americans within a few weeks. A
teacher and her interpreter are with
her constantly. The moment she fin-
ishes a scene she may be found In
a secluded spot on the set studying
and reciting her English lessons.
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Eye and Ear in Screen
Work.

GEORGE ARCHAINBAUD, one of
the Tiffany .Stahl directors, muffs
his ears with his hands during the
taking OF certain dramatic scenes.
This procedure was gone through
while he was directing The Tragedy
of Youth" -
Some one. thinking that the director
had an earache, offered a remedy. but
Mr.. Archainbaud explained that very
often his hearing interfered with his
eyesight in directing, and at times he
found It necessary to cover his ears.
Sometimes" said Mr.. Archainbaud,
"a director Is misled by southland
sound, Of course, does not photograph.
So place myself in the position of the
audience, which sees everything and
hears nothing.
1T Is frequently the case that an
intelligently delivered title, together
with good music, will convince a direc.
tor that he has put over a big scene
until he looks at his rushes. There Ia
always the danger of being misled by
elocution In beautiful speaking voice,
so take no chances of allowing nv
ears to believe my eyes.
I'm muffing my ears I see every.
thing the audience sees. MANY a NAV.
ers best efforts have remained in the
cutting room because a director be.
| lieved in the voice instead of the facial
expression and emotion in the eve"
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EDITOR RAY HALL some week

EDITOR RAY HALL some weeks
ago assigned Pathe News Stan
Cameraman Lucien lie Saint Of the
Paris office to get true camera pic
ture of the Foreign Legion In and
around the desert garrisons. Some
assignment even for a news reel CAM
eraman, who may be sent most any
where, any time, on most any KIND
of n mission.
LIE Saint took a taxi to the Quail
a.Orsav and after many interviews,
and much palaver. finally succeeded
i'm getting an audience with the for.
eipn minister. He convinced the for
eicn office that Pathe News was In.
terested solely in making picture Tor
news purposes-that the scenes SO
made would not be used in any mo.
ton picture production and that
Pathe News would give the pictures
wide circulation.
Permission was finally given ana
T., Saint. with camera and f1lm and
>,uch foreboding, headed for Algeria
For FIVE weeks he lived and Travelled
with the legionnaires. Himself. once
= soldier in the French army and
later an officer during the World
War. he reported that he was &C
corded every possible facility within
the power OF the legionnaires.
During my trip" lie Saint re-
counts in a message to the New York
office of Pathe News. II conversed
with hundreds of soldiers. men OF al
nationalities. Not one of them com
planned to me of maltreatment on tho
part of the officers. either commits
stoned or non.coms. The service Is
hard. the discipline Is severe. but
every man entering the Foreign Lee
gion knows that military duties on
the baked, sand-swept Sahara
cannot he made a pleasure lark.
The finest possible treatment was
accorded TO me by Gen. Chambrun.
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- HE first great event on the
screen In 1928 was the opening
of the new Chaplin picture.
The Circus" in New York.


screen In 1928 was the opening
of the new Chaplin picture
i The Circus" in New York.
Indeed. on January l, 1899,
We who write and talk about movies
will still be hailing The Circus" as
the high spot OF the year. That. al
any rate, is my guess-and I don't
blink I'm wrong.
The world premiere" was a gala
AFFAIR. held at midnight last Friday
and attended by a few hundred in.
Vited celebrities as we'll as several
thousand cash customers who had
paid prettily for their tickets. The fol.
lowing morning at 1880 the doors
were opened TO the general public,
who Immediately proceeded to jam
the theater and keep IL damned from
'hen on. This congestion has contin.
Ned up TO the moment of writing. and
there Is every indication that II will
continue for several weeks to come.
couldn't hope to give you a conf
flete list of the prominent personages
,'ho attended the opening OF The
ircus." The theater is a large one
ind the crowd was simply terrific"
did catch fieeting glimpses of Elinor
Glyn; the Gish sisters. Thomas Mel
chan. Adolph Ochs. Ralph Pulitzer.
Beatrice Lille, Lya de Putt, Condo
Mast, Milt Gross and a large number
OF New York newspaper men. all OF
Whom were trying to think up new
edieCtives with which to describe the
art Of the master clown.
Cre of the most interesting people
IN the audience. and one of the most
fnconspicuous. was an English come.
dian named Billy Reeves. Something
over Is years ago Reeves was appear
ing in an act called "A Night in a
London Music Hall"
For one reason or another, he had
e. leave the act temporarily and his
place was taken by sgd Chaplin's
Younger brother. Charlie. 1t was
through his work in this act that
Charlie came 10 the attention of Mack
Sennett and. incidentally. to the at.
tention OF a world that had been
waiting for him for centuries.
\
In The Circus" Charlie Chaplin
returns 10 his old style of comedy
and proves that he is better at 1t
than he ever was. In some Of his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-15
Moving Picture Album
BY ROBERT e. SHERWOOD.

later pictures, notably 1.-THE Gold
Rush." Charlie has appeared to be
trifie too critic-conscious. That l.
to say, he has listened too much
to the depressing advice Of those pro
fessional highbrows who are always
urging him to play Hamlet"
Charlie Chaplin doesn't have to play
Hamlet" He doesn't have to play
any part created by any other genius
from Shakespeare down. The char
acter that Charlie has created for
himself-the jaunty little tramp in
the big shoes and battered derby-is
just as important. just as true. as
all the melancholy princes who ever
discovered that there is something
rotten in Denmark and. for that mat
ter. in all human civilization.
The Circus" above everything
else, Is ,funny-violently. explosively
so. 1t is not content to inspire smiles
and chuckles Of appreciation: 1t Is
able to promote shrieks and yells of
approval. 1t contains more ingenious
humorous invention than any OF the
other Chaplin pictures. which means
that it may be considered the fun
niest comedy ever made. The in
finitely touching pathos is there, too,
but it is incidental. 1t is never showed
forward. Charlie never steps aside
to hold UP a placard inscribed with
the words. Now I'm going to be
tragic"
Nevertheless, there is nothing that
Charlie does, however hilariously
laughable. that isn't also ineffably
sad. When. at the end Of the pic
ture, he walks off. with his penguin
gait, into the loneliness from whence
he came. you want to run after him
and rescue him and take him home
to dinner. I don't believe there has
ever been any one-in literature, the
drama or in real life-who has been
able so completely to awaken the
tender sympathy Of all mankind.
But here. il keep this up. shall
be suggesting in moment that
Charlie Chaplin should play Hamlet"
The fact remains that THE Cir
Gus" is grand picture, and that
you must see it at the earliest pos
sible moment. IF you feel about 1t
as I do. you will want to see it
over and over again.
fro1vr,cht zoos
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Land Of Unhappy Women.
[ COUNTRY of unhappy women

A COUNTRY of unhappy women is
New Caledonia, setting for The
Red Mark" James Cruces new pro-
duction for Pathe.
There are two reasons why New
Caledonia is an unhappy spot for wom-
en-. First, it is a prison island. a
colony populated by men and wom-
en- sentenced to be set apart from
the free world Women of this mod
ern day, accustomed to a greater
freedom than ever before. fear the
loss OF this new liberty. Sentenced 10
bondage on this island. they are bitter
and unhappy.
Still another cause for their un-
happiness is that the Style of their
dress never changes. The little fads
and fashions of feminine wear, SO
dear to any woman's heart, are not
permitted. Feminine garb on the
island Of New Caledonia Is standard
lied.
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She In a blonde of striking beauty.
and rose from extra girl In the Ufa
studios In Berlin ito leading woman
for Emil Jannings and for one OF the
most popular European stars. Camilla
Is perhaps best known In America for
her role Of Marguerite in Faust,
opposite Jannings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-15

Bill Cody, Pathe Western star. an
expert with the Australian bull whip.
exhibits this skill in ''Laddie. Be
Good"
New Britain herald., 1928-06-29
Observations On The Weather

Washington, June 2a-Forecast for Southern New England: Show CTS tonight and Saturday. Not much change in temperature; strong southeast and south winds.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Showers tonight and proba bly Saturday morning; slightly cooler in south portion Saturday. Strong south winds
 Conditions: The disturbance that. was central yesterday over the plains states moved eastward to the lower lake region and is central this morning over western Lake Erie, Toledo. Ohio and Detroit, Michigan 29.5S inches. Showers were re- ported almost generally throughout the Ohio valley. the lake region, portions of the southern states and eastward to New England. Heavy thunder showers occurred in Ten nessee, Kentucky and the Ohio val ley states. the greatest amount vas 4.36 at Nashville. Tenn. Pressure is generally higher attended by somewhat cooler temperatures over he plains states, but continue with out much change east of the Mis- sisslppi river
 Conditions favor for this vicinity unsettled showery weather and moi much change in temperature.
New Britain herald., 1928-06-29
25 Fears Ago Today

old Home Week is now proposed for the second week in September. with the first two days for public cclc brations and the rest Of the week for family reunions. The labor unions will be consulted about possibl" conflict with Labor Day plans.
 Q. F. Curtis today received the contract for the conversion of the Camp school on Camp street into q onc-storv dwelling.
 Every department of the hospital is occupied, there being 27 patients in the institution.
 As usual the iiremen will be on duty on tn" night of July :. The Fourth coming on Saturday with another holiday following to allow rccuperatiou, an exceptionally strenuous celebration is expected.
 r w. Wilbor has been elected assistant secretary Of the Old Home Wee k committee.
 A deer was recently seen on H A Whites farm near Hamlin' s pond. and yesterday 2 group of men organized a hunt for 1t. They can- not shoot it at this season, but they meant 70 catch if for the White Oak zoo. Their attempt yesterday was . failure. and the deer is not
New Britain herald., 1928-06-29
AN ITALIAN SOCIAL CENTER

If 1t is the consensus of most Italian residents of New Britain that the charges made by Dr. Paul Deville, which claimed that half the Italians of New Britain are "reds" through ignorance, were thoroughly answered in the negative by s. Gerard Casale. we feel like con- graduating them upon their good sense.
 The time is past when the red bogey works in this country, The Italian race in New Britain has given no evidence of having a red dish tint. The young Italians in the city are growing mp into American citizens as fast as those Of any other race and they have no reason at all to try and remember more about Italy than the school books teach in the usual courses of study
 Perhaps no one objects to d social settlement if operated along Amer ican lines, although that Is a point that needs 10 be determined thor oughly before obtaining the support of American citizens generally. But to brand half a race as reds was the wrong way to go about it.
New Britain herald., 1928-06-29
Presidents Guide Knows
 Where Best Fish Hide

Brule, Wis. June % R-Hush Percy. named as President Cool. idge's guide during the executives vacation on the Pierce estate, ia state fire warden for the Brule area and his tiny lookout hut is atop . peak that permits him a view of tho presidential front yard.
 He will contine this summer 10 scan the countryside for possible fires. but he must hold himself in readiness to accompany the presi- dent at any time on sight seeing or fishing trips.
 Percy is 30 years old. He sta rted work with the state foresters as . laborer In 1sl4. Then he became a forest ranger and he now Is a dis. trict forest ranger at Brule and Pat tison state park near Superior.
 He has reputation for knowing where the best fishing In this sec- tion is. He was sugEested to Col. E. w. Startling. the presidents vaca- tion advance man. as the best choice for guide.
New Britain herald., 1928-06-29

well as the customary Bruls river fishing.
 It was the beginning of his sum- mer schedule. in which he plans to be at his desk two mornings a week and spend the remainder of the time at Cedar Island lodge, 3s miles from official duties. The trips are to be made on Tuesdays and Fridays and will be so arranged as to per- init the president to be back at the lodge for luncheon.
 Several appointments. the first to be made with Mir. Coolidge since his arrival here, were to be cared for today.
 His engagement this morning was with C. c. Webber, president of the Upper Mississippi Barge Line cor poration. who was to present him with resolution Of appreciation for signing a bill at the last session of congress extending the government operation of barge lines on that stream.
 Il. c. Briggs. past president of the St. Paul Association Of Commerce, and party of representatives from St. Paul and Minneapolis also had made an appointment to call by plane to pay their respects.
New Britain herald., 1928-06-29

A. In their native state they fre- quently attain 150 years.
 Q. Why is it considered bad luck to light three cigarettes with one match?
 A. The superstition arose from the fact that at Russian funeral services. three altar candles were lighted from one taper. To make any other lights in groups Of three was considered impious and there fore bad luck would follow.
 Q. What states do not require marriage licenses?
 A. They are required in all the states.
 Q. What do the names William. Edna. Edward and Anthony mean ?
 A. William. resolute helmet or helmet of resolution. defense, pro- lection. defense. protection: Edna, pleasure: Edward, guardian of hap piness: Anthony. priceless. praise worthy.
 o. On what days of the week did December 20. 1898; December II. 1919 and December 16, 1918 fall?
 A. Tuesday, Thursday and Mon- day respectively.
 .. How is the date of Easter Sunday determined?
 A. It is the first Sunday after the Paschal full moon: that is, the first Sunday after the ecclesiastical full moon on or next after March 21. and therefore cannot be eariier than March o2 or later than April 25. If Paschal full moon falls on Sunday then Easter Day is the next Sunday. The Paschal full moon is the fourteenth day of lunar month reckOned according to an ancient ecclesiastical computation and not the real or astronomical full moon.
 Q. When did Madagascar be- come a French colony?
 A. By unilatcral convention made in January 1896 Madagascar became French possession. and by law promulgated August 6. 1896 the island and it's dependencies were declared a French colony.
New Britain herald., 1928-06-29
THE KENSINGTON SQUEEZE

It surely is something Of a pre- dicament that kcnsington finds it. self in. As We get it, the main trouble lies in not possessing sufii cient housing to accommodate the newly married couples, who are compiled 10 go 10 New Britain in or der 10 set themselves up in house. keeping.
 Many small town in the state is in similar straits The housing shortsge following the war was felt most keonly ill the large cities. Tn the industrial centers, and not so much in the smaller towns What was more natural, therefore, than that the housing problem would be tackled first in these large places The smaller towns did not follow suit 10 large extent because there was no great need for it at the time: now when even the smaller towns are experiencing what might be termed a natural growth due to the lure of Cupid, they discover with dismay that there ar. enough loy nests to go around.
 Now that public attention has been called to the situation there can he little doubt that speedy cf- forts will be taken 10 ameiorate it. But meanwhile inc summer goes on and nor" couples are marrying. Builders. get busy-in kepsinEtou
New Britain herald., 1928-06-29
POINCAIRE STILL ON TOP

Once again M. Poincaire is smil- been confidently predicted for sev- eral weeks that the French cabinet would ride to q fall after the franc had been stabilized upon a gold basis Much opposition had been en- countered. and Poincairc, not look ing for trouble had preferred 10 postpone the ride on the gold basis until later. But the Bank Of France had given the government what amounted 10 an ultmatum and Poincaire had 10 decide 10 take the leap now and not later.
 The gold standard was announced last Monday morning. It has now been in force week and the Bank of France has made its first weekly report. The report showed that the gold reserves were over 40 per cent, whereas the law required only 35 per cent in gold reserves. Bad ac- counts Nre swept off the books, in- cluding the huge Russian war debt. The United States Federal Reserve system had aided materially in per hitting France to accumulate its gold stock. as did the English bank ing system.
 Just about that time Poincaire al lowed the confidence vote to be made in the Chamber of Deputies. and he won by the amazing score Of 420 to 150. Which completely satis- fles M. Poiucaire. Seems that going on the gold standard was not as ter rible an unheaval as it was thought 10 bc.