Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21

WASHINGTON does not seem dis
posed to relinquish AL JolSon in
The Singing Fool" and Joan Crawford
In Our Dancing Daughters" Capac-
ity audiences continue the rule at the
Metropolitan and the Columbia Theaters
respectively.
THE probability andt interchang-
ability seem to have been perfectly
demonstrated at the Academy of Music
at HagerstoWn, Md. according to a re-
port from Alan Bachrach, the manager,
former Washington man, in the utili-
cation of BriStolphone sound-producing
equipment with the Western Electric
disk system in four-day run of Lilac
Time" The Academy of Music at Ha-
6 rstown Is controlled by A. Julian Bry-
laWski Of Washington. Film Daily, "the
movie Bradstreet," is authority for the
report.
Notwithstanding the trend of the en-
tire photoplay industry toward sound"
pictures, the musicians in the l6
Greater Boston houses of the Netococ
chain walked out last week on strike in
protest against the installation of
sound-projectio equipment following
declaration of the company manage
ment that organiSts would not be re-
tanned at sound houses" The walkout
interested operators as well as stage
hands.
The outstanding thing in the amuse-
ment world today in the matter OF
service" is the motion picture news
reel. Think of its showing the Won
derful pictures of the Graf Zeppelin
flight and arrival within a few short
hours of the arrival of the monster air.
ship in America! Picture fans would
miss the news reel If by any chance it
failed to appear.
1t was a gracious gesture on the part
of the public officials to issue special
passes to the officers and men of the
Argentine training ship Presidente Sar-
miento admitting them to all perform
anceS at the Paramount, Rialto and
Rivoli Theaters when their ship was at
New York. Little things like that are
apt to make foreigners believe that
Americans are human after all.
Jack Warner is said to have an
nounced that his brother. H. M. War
ner of the now famous Warner Bros.
Corporation, is to become the president
of First National Picture Corporation
and Brother A. L. Warner will be given
an advisory position, but that no
change in personnel is contemplated.
Messrs. Adolph Zukor and Jesse L.
Lasky were hosts at a dinner dance
given in honor of the arrival in this
country from Paris of the noted must
cal star Maurice Cheyalier last Friday
evening.
One-fourth of Porto Rico's theaters
were demolished by the recent hurri-
cane. Twenty-Five of them will have
to be completely rebuilt. and of the
rs remaining theaters half of them lost
their roofs, according to recent sur
vey by the San Juan Film Board Of
Trade.
The National Board Of Review has
announced that sequences of Lone
some" DR.. Paul Fejos' pictured story
recently shown at the Rialto in this
city, will be included in the boards
Pictures" which is compilation of all
the important films, that have been pro-
duced. Lonesome" was not held over
another week" in Washington.
Feodor Chaliapin told London news
paper men that he would probably APP
pear in a walking" picture.
Al Jolson ought to be sitting pretty"
THE Singing Fool seems to be dupli-
eating the success of THE Jazz Singer"
both here and abroad. Jolson seems in
fair way likely to become the king
of screen players"
George lie Mares skit, 1.-THE Joy
Ride" is to be filmed with sound. ac-
compartment and is to be used as
prologue to FBO'S picture, Taxi 49,"
THE Ghost Talks" is. the new title