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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-19

tuesday, RFsuTlN
st. Louis A. philadelphia 2.
New York ., Pittsburgh ,.
Chicago 3, Boston 3.
Cincinnati 5. Brooklyn ?.
Wednesdays Schedule
Pittsburgh ct Philadelphia.
Chicago at New York.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-19
FIGHT

CLEVELAND. IT. George Courtney
Oklahoma, outpointed Ernie Owens
California. I0l: Gorilla Jones. Az.
ron. defeated Bobby LaSalle. Los
Angeles. G0l; Billy Galley. Cleve-
land, knocked out Ray Archer. Pitts
burgh. t2).
INDIANAPOLIS-Rox Wallace. IN.
d~ianapolis. Knocked out Roy Man
tell. 81. Paul. fll.
NEW YORk.-Tommy Groran
Omaha. stopped All Bryant. Newark
n. y. t9).
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which swept out Czarism. made fugi-
tives out Of grand dukes and rulers out
OF peasants. The early part OF Tenn
pest" depicts all the pomp and luxury
OF the empire. With the revolution
comes. 1t Is said. the most gripping
perturbation yet made OF that national
cataclysm.
Barrymore. as leader OF a band Of
rebellious dragons. Is supported by a
cast OF hundreds. the principals being:
Louis Wolhein, Camilla Horn. the Ger
man star who came TO this country TO
become Barrymore's leading lady:
George Fawcett, Ullrich Haupt, Boris
de Pas. who also came 10 America
from Europe especially TO appear With
Barrymore; Lena Malona and Albert
Cont
Tempest" is being directed by Sam
Taylor. one OF the film industrys recog-
nized megaphone aces. whose current
release Is Mary Pickford's United
Artists picture. My Best Girl" Tay-
lor has large staff of assistants, In
Guiding several Russian technical ex-
perts who are said 10 have been in the
center Of things during the revolution.
John w. Consldine. jr.. head Of Fea-
ture Productions. Inc. under whose
banner Barrymore's pictures are made,
lie personally supervising Tempest"
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The Drama of the PEOPLE.

| at midnight to Calvin Coolidge, each
event has been punctuated by melo-
drama. pure and simple.
Where can you find any greater ex-
preston of melodramatic utterance
| than Patrick Henry'S Give me liberty
or give me DEATH" Nathan Haleis i
| regret that have but one life to give
| for my country! and Barbara Freit.
chie's "Shoot these gray hairs but spare
| that flag! To say nothing about the
immortal words of Lincoln, Decatur,
Perry. Roosevelt. Dewey. Franklin,
Schley and q host of others.
Meiodrama. when all is said and
| done is but the reflection Of our
American life. The Patlrinders of the
West; the Argonauts of the North the
developers of the South. have supplied
poets, writer's. sculptors and painters
with themes so prolific that our mu-
seums and libraries are veritable store
houses of virile achievement and mas
terful endeavor, all voicing an acclaim
of melodramatic activity.
And remember that the plays that
Souled melodramaS. every one of them
doah," The Girl Left Behind Me-"
THE Girl of the Golden West" Light
min. The Old Homestead" to say
nothing about Uncle Toms Cabin"
Alabama" THE White Slave" Shore
Acres" Secret Service" Held by the
Enemy" and hundred others that If
properly cast and presented now would
be received with as hearty welcome
as when they were first presented.
Just make a mental note of this:
Romance runs as wild in the human
breast today as 1t did a century ago:
the environment may be changed. the
impulse somewhat altered. the senti-
ment less acute. but the word or deed
that prompts the act has just as po-
tential an effect upon the human heart
now as it had then. Romance will
never die. neither will melodrama, be-
cause they are synonymous.
Melodralna has been the means of
placing many of our most successful
theatrical managers upon the amuse-
ment map. 1t is not betraying BUSH
neSSe secrets to state that David Be-
lasco made his first real money with
The Hear: Of Maryland" George c.
Tyler with The Christian" John
Golden with Turn to the Right" c. B.
Dillingham with When Knighthood
Was in Flower" H. H. Frazee with
Uncle Josh Spruceby." William A.
Brady with She" Sam Harris with
The Fatal Wedding" Klaw and Err
LANCER with Ben Hur" and A. II.
Woods with The Bowery After Dark"
etc, ali a!e,odramas. every one of them.
The trouble We encounter today is
the desire Of Indifferent management
to cmoe!Iisn honest melodrama with
suggestive dialogue and shocking situa-
tons. 10 appeal to a class of theater
goers who would jus; as soon flock to
see man publicly hanged. or gloat
in revelry at the sight of a poor
wretch being burned to a crisp by a
lynchiag party.
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BY WALLACE MUNRO.

FOR years the term "melodrama" ap
piled to a dramatic Offering wa!
considered a mark of inferiority. fol
no specific reason other than that GER
tain smart people classified melodrams
as merely contribution only fit fol
the unthinking classes. a dramatic disl
too gross for the intelligencia.
But the wheel of public taste anc
opinion slowly but steadily revolves anC
the nuch-despised melodrama of ther
has become the vogue Of now, The
selfsame smart set inquiries, Why?
The answer is easy!
Within every human breast there
turks a touch of romance: 1t may bt
more dominant in some than in others
but away down deep somewhere hides
this ruling passion. and it only takes
the proper kind Of appeal to arouse
that lethargy.
Let us therefore analyse just what is
nlelodrama?
We are informed by authorities Of
dramaturgy that melodrama is drama
wherein the passion end development OF
character are SubServient to the action
and plot of the play; in other words,
II differs from tragedy by the fact that
In tragedy. passion and the development
OF character dominate the action and
plot. Thus we have in melodrama
nothing more or less than romantic
play of a serious character, in which
effect is sought by startling incidents.
striking situations. exaggerated Senti-
ment and thrilling denouement aldedoy
elaborate stage effects,
Inaslnuch as scientists assert that the
eye registers IA times quicker than the
brain. it can be. therefore, readily UNI
oerStood why the masses patroniZe
melodrama in preference to attending
q performance that depends upon the
elegance of words and the effectiveness
OF gesture to project the theme: "Ac-
ton speaks louder than words
Human nature demands romance
and melodrana: and Shakespeare real
lied this when he wrote Macbeth"
"Othello" Richard III" and other ex-
cellent specimens of melodramatic
writing.
France, with Sardon, Dumas and
Lavedan: Germany with Sudermann.
Eauptman and others: Spain with
Caldron de la Barca, Benavente and
Si-Ta: Italy with her writers, Nico-
Geali Bsnnelii. ETC., and Britain with
her Simnls. Boucicault, Jones and
others who have contributed THE
Lights of London "Romany Rye"
The Silver King" After Dark" etc,
al contributions to the expression Of
nelodramatic endeavor: and America!
Why. melodrama is the national
drama of this country. and good
honest-to-goodneSs melodrama at that.
Take the history of the United States
and every step taken in the expression,
formation and adoption of our national
independence has been accomplished
by a melodramatic gesture: from the
Boston Tea Party. Paul Revere's Ride,
Lexington, Valley Forge, down to the
administering of the presidential oath
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-22
Publishers Made a Bad
Guess.

EVEN noted authors don't always sci
their works-at once.
Rupert Hughes, who has turned out
more than one beSt-selling novel and
who is fairly well known among pub
fishers of the story books people love
to read. wrote THE Patent Leather
Kid" as full length novel.
He completed 1t about the time the
allies achieved their victory over the
Germans. and Just after the armistice
offered the manuscript to his pub
fishers in New York.
Nothing doing on war novels" was
their terSe comment. At that time
publishers were of the opinion that the
reading public had read all 1t would
ever care to read about war.
In vain Hughes pointed out that
THE Patent Leather Kid" is not
strictly speaking a war story. It is a
love story, which utilizeS the war SIM
ply as a background. But the pub
fishers didn't care for war-even as a
background.
Hughes then rewrote the tale, this
magazine editors were not keen OH
war. Hughes name meant circulation.
and SO Cosmopolitan purchased and
published the story. 1t created no end
of talk.
The magazine had hardly reached
the newsstands when First National
Pictures began negotiations for the
screen rights.
Many months elapsed. however, be-
fore the actual filming began.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-22

ONE of the largest group insurance
projects ever underwritten on the
Pacific Coast. IL Ia claimed, Is being
placed In effect among the 800 work.
ers Al the Hollywood studio of The Para
mount Famous i.asky Corporation IL
covers death. sickness and accident.
The small cost 10 the individual Is de-
Quoted fDm The weekly pay check, but
The nnefhla ~ 81 the Paramount Studio
Club pay only n portion II the premi-
UNI, the club taking care of the balances
1hs Insurance IL wholly apart from
that carried by the company under the
California employers liability laws
: Workers ineapacitatHd by accident or
sickness Will receive from $40 u $40
weekly, and IN case NJ death from az. 500
W $4,000 Is paid. depending upon the
amount ~ the premium paid
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-22
Titles in HOLLYWOOD.

TITLES mean nothing in Hollywood
these days other than on the
screen.
When the Marquis de Falaise first
arrived In Hollywood he debunked the
title and preferred to be called Hank. /"
Prince Mario Garlic followed suit
and never used the prefix, and now
comes Count ALA. of the Spanish no.
bility, otherwise Andreas de Segurola,
who prefers to be called just plain
"Seggy"
De Segurola. for 20 years on the
operate stage. and for IL years at the
Metropolitan opera, is now engaged In
picture work, and Is playing the role of
Col. Tanarof in The Red Dancer OF
Moscow" a Raoul Walsh production for
Fox Films.
He Is the only motion picture actor
In Hollywood who wears a monocle
correctly and easily.
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Will Honor Players
Tomorrow.

EMAURINE WATKINS. whose play.
Chicago" opens at the Nation
al Theater tonight. and Francine Lar
rimore. who plays the leading role. will
be guests OF honor at a supper party to
be given at the Madrillon tomorrow
night by the Theta Sigma Phi Sorority,
q national Journalistic group Of which
Miss Watkins. Is member.
Cora Rigby, president of the Wom-
ems National Press Club, Is chairman
OF the supper committee. assisted by
Mrs. Alice Watt Hostetler, president
of the local chapter OF Theta Sigma
Phi: Majorie Binford Woods, Flora Ore
and Ruby Black
Miss Watkins was a reporter on the
Chicago Tribune until recently, when
she quit the paper to write the play,
which won her instant recognition. She
took graduate course at Yale Univer-
sity while she was writing Chicago"
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Young Star in Melodrama

7 OUrsE BROOKS first screen APP
pearance. an unimportant unpro-
grammed bit. was In a crook picture,
Herbert Erennon's The Street OF For
gotten Men" Since they she has played
featured roles In seven Paramount pic
lures.
And now. for her biggest role 10 date,
she has gone back 10 gangster's girl.
She plays Snnggles JOY. gunmans
honey" In Thomas Meighans new
Paramount picture. The City Gone
Wild"
Miss Brooks was chosen al one of
the Paramount junior stars OF 1927, and
as such played her first part In the
youth special" Rolled Stockings"
The City Gone Wild" was directed
by James Cruze and Is an original I'M
derworld story by Charles and Jules
Furthman.
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Answers Popular Demand.

STEMPEST." the new John Barry
more picture which United Artists
VIII release as one Of its biggest 1928
specials, Is said 70 represent the largest
financial outlay. the longest production
schedule and the greatest striving for
popular entertainment In the famous
stars screen career
Started early last Autumn, the
cinema feature Is still far from COM
pleted, despite day and night work.
with the exception of Sundays and
holidays. during the past several weeks.
Tempest" Incidentally answers the
plea Of Thousands Of Barrymore's ad-
n'irers for big picture In a modern
setting. After series Of big costume
pictures in which he played romantic
Characters Of hundreds Of years ago.
Barrymore and his United Artists as
sociates have yielded to this demand
and Aimed modern story-a saga Of
twentieth century Russia
In Tempest" the screen and stage
Idol has the role of devil-may-care
subaitern whose affairs OF the heart
and sword lead him into some OF the
strangest adventures Of the revolution
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Interesting Details.

ONE of the most famous casts eve,
assembled on the screen supports
Ramon Navarro and Norma Shearer in
The Student Prince" Ernst Lu-
oitsch's massive picture of the famous
play. and approximately 2.000 extras
take part In the spectacular details Of
the production.
Building entire towns, massive cas-
ties and railways are among the mod
ern tasks Of the screen producer. All
these were constructed as part of the
massive settings Of The Student
Prince" which involved perhaps the
most elaborate building activity in the
history OF the screen.
Ramon Novarro had to adopt a Ger
man haircut for his role of a German
prince. going TO college. and $50
pounds OF gold lace were used In max
ing the uniforms he wore as a crown
prince and there we're 10 different uni
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-22
Moving Picture Album
BY ROBERT e. SHERWOOD.

think OF many depressing failures.
There's something elSe-SomethlnR
psychological. invisible to the naked
eye-that keeps America In control OF
30 per cent Of the worlds supply OF
movies.
The strangest aspect Of the whole
business Is to be observed In England,
where most Of the complaints come
from.
Why has England always been ut
terly unable to produce good pictures?
England produced Charlie Chaplin
IL produced many Of the best stars and
directors who are now to be found in
Hollywood. 1t is certainly not lacking In
the necessary talent.
The fog, of course, presents a de-
pressing problem-but the fog needn't
interfere with studio work. Most Of
the line German pictures. 1.-The Last
Laugh, The Cabinet Of DR.. Caligari. y
Siegfried" and Variety" were made
almost entirely inside the studio.
Has England ever accomplished any
thing that can be compared with these
pictures? She most emphatically has
not.
Famous Players-Lasky, the most pow
erful and efficient American company.
once went so far as to build a studio
near London. to equip it with the finest
lights. cameras. etc, that could be OBJ
tanned, and to install in 1t a staff OF
prominent and experienced actors, d.
rectors and technicians.
After series of discouraging failures,
Famous Players gave up the fight for
BritiSh-made films and returned to sun
kist Hollywood
II
Just what 1t is that prevents England
from making progress, I don't pretend
to know. But do suggest that those
viewers with alarm who protest against
the American monopoly will make it
their business to find out and will then
proceed to act rather than talk
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Last Year Star Reappears.

AFTER nearly years illness, during
- which time she was compelled to
forsake the screen. health and fortune
have returned to Iris Stuart, Wampas
baby star Of 1927, and a report from
Hollywood states that Miss Stuart has
been placed under stock contract by
Paramount.
Like Clara Bow. the famous fapper
star, Miss Stuart Is native of Brook
lyn. She received her education at st.
Michaels Convent. and before appear
ing upon the screen was model, hav-
ing posed for many Of the country's
foremost artists. who painted her por-
traits for magazine covers,
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forms, all actual copies of a princes
ceremonial garb.
Scions Of some of the best known
families of America turned screen
actors for time. for students OF sew
eral universities were impressed as ex-
tras to impersonnate Heidelberg stu
dents, and the Glee Club of the Uni
yersity Of Southern California and the
student bodies of otrer universities
were levied on to make up the student
corps" in the picture.
Horticulture on an ocean liner was
one OF the strange expedients inciden-
tai to the making of the picture. for
shipload Of edelweiss. the famous
German flower was transported to
California, being kept warm on ship
board IN improvised lighthouses below
decks. and transplanted for the mead
ows in which the love scenes between
the prince and Kathie take place.
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Now Autographs Records

THE star and her fan mail has be-
come as common a subject as the
old gateman story about the character
actor who even fooled the man on the
studio gate when he appeared in a new
disguise.
Dolores Del Rio is not only auto
graphing photos for picture fans, but
she has received so many requests TO
autograph monograph records made for
one OF the large photograph recording
agencies that now. instead of asking her
secretary for q batch Of fan photos, the
star asks for a handful of new records
to autograph. A special pen and spe-
cially prepared ink It Is said. are neces-
sary for permanent autograph on the
discs,
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Coming Attractions
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Lane"


Eddie Bowling in Honeymoon Lane"
will be the attraction at the National
Theater next week, beginning Monday
night. Bowling has not been on a
Washington stage in three seasons and
his latest musical comedy is said to
give the popular little comedian rare
opportunities for fun-making.
The star is co-author of the book.
lyrics and music in association with
James Hanley, and 1t has been elab-
orately staged by Edgar MCGregor.
The story concerns q young fellow
who works in pickle factory with a
girl whose guardian is old-fashioned
and won't let her bob her hair. marry
or have any fun. Mr.. Bowling Is said
to have written for himself role that
offers untrammeled scope to his sense
of humor and the distinctive method
of characterization for which he Is
known. The play Is said to happily
combine comedy, pathos. romance and
"hokum."
The show will be presented here with
the original New York cast Of 100 en-
tertainers. including Gordon Dooley,
Martha Morton, Florence O'DeniShaWn,
Esther Muir, Bobbie Perkins. Kate
Smith, Helen Ault, Adeline Seaman. Al
Sexton, Leo Beers. Worthe Faulkner,
George Pauncefort. Jerry Auliffe and
a chorus of 40 beautiful girls.
KEITHS-Harry CAROLS Revue.
Harry Carroll will present his new
revue. entitled "Glorifying American
Youth" as the headline attraction at
B. r. Keith's Theater next week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-22

Clara Bow. who has been getting
away with murder in her manipulation
Of susceptible men for months, In her
next picture will take up all sorts Of
crime as serious study. Its title will
be Ladies of the Mob" which In
underworld language means ladies OF
the gang" Her director will be VIII
liam Wellman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-22
Y ARDLY a week goes by without
some statement from some
prominent foreigner to the ef-
/ feet that American movies are

running the people OF his coun-
try-ruining them spiritually, financial
ly and morally Particularly vociferous
in their complaints are the component
parts of the British Empire. England
Canada. Australia and South Africa
have lately been heard from, ana tneir
comments have been regrettably embit-
| tered.
The most important fact OF the mat
ter is that 90 per cent of the feature
pictures shown throughout the world
are produced in and about Hollywood,
Calf, thereby making Hollywood the
most important and most in1uential
community on earth.
We who live on this North American
continent know what our movies are
like. Even though we don't make
them--have no part in their making
we see them and are competent 70
Judge them Occasionally. we see pic
lures made abroad-in England. France!
Germany. Sweden. Italy. Japan and
even Gin one instance) Russia. OF all
have been the best There have been
three or four good ones from France,
two or three from Sweden and Italy
and one or two from England. Many
of the foreign films have been artistic
successes. Hardly any Of them have
been substantial money-makers.
The comparison between American
made and foreign made movies. now
ever, is obvious. Hollywood controiS
the market because 1t deserves TO. be-
cause its inhabitants are more compe-
tent in the manufacture and selling OF
motion pictures than Englishmen,
Frenchmen. Germans or Lithuanians
have proved themselves to be.
~ ~
The why and wherefore Of this Is
hard to explain.
OF course, it is easy to say that Holly
wood has sunshine, whereas London
(for instance) has fog. That Is prac.
tically incontrovertible argument: but
1t doesn't entirely answer the question.
Fine pictures have been made In New
York. in New Bedford (Mass.) in Berlin
and in Moscow--where the climate Is
none too reliable.
Furthermore. Hollywood has money.
This is one of the main grievances OF
the foreign protest raiSers, who love to
complain that American dollars are
being used to food the world with dam
gerous American propaganda. But here
again the argument fails to hold water.
The scale of costs being what 1t is in
Hollywood. a dollar there buys less
than does a bent sixpence in Glasgow.
Dollars don't look so big when you have
to pay 10000 of them, every week. to
a star, who. In her own home town.
would be only too delighted to work for
ESQ.
1t isn't primarily the sunshine or the
gold that makes Hollywood the citadel
OF the cinema--or the lack Of same that
prevents London from Offering substan-
tial competition.
Nor is it any superior knowledge of
the art or technique OF the movies
American stars. American directors and
American camera men have gone to
Europe to make pictures: can't think
Of one of them who has achieved any
vast successes on his travels. I can
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AUTO BUYING BOOMS
AMONG THE JAPANESE

TOKYO P)-Despite the general
business depression in Japan. the
buying of automobiles seem to be
growing by leaps and bounds. The
metropolitan police bureau states
that from 40 to so. new automobile
licenses are issued each day, break
ing all previous records.
At present it is estimated there
are about 10000 passenger cars
and trucks in Tokyo. If the pres
ent rate of Importation continues,
there should be around 10000 new
cars in the capital by the end of
1928. The majority Of automobiles
in Japan are American-made, all
though small German and French
cars are popular Their general
use is handicapped by excessive Ii
cense fees in addition to the huge
import duties. The operating tax
on one cheap American car is about
$3.50 a year, while gasoline usually
costs around 40 cents a gallon.
Driving licenses arc obtained
only after the most rigid eXamina
tions. one entire day being required
ior the candidate to demonstrate
that he is a real driver.