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Evening star., 1928-02-05

into motion pictures. II is drawing
100000 people TO the box Office every
week 10 see The Jazz Singer
Not only has Vitaphone achieved
much. but ii promises still more for the
future. 1t is progressive because we
have a force continually at work I'M
rrovisirg new uses for ii. uses that will
be seen for the first time in the new
Vitaphcne specials which will follow
The Jazz Singer.
Three such specials are already
done and a fourth will be Al Jolson's
second vehicle. for which story is
now being selected. Those finished are
tao Dolores Costello starring pictures.
Terderioin' and Glorious Betsy'-and
The Lion and the Mouse.' which has
May McAvoy at the head OF its star
cast that includes Conrad Nagel and
Lionel Barrymore
Another significant chapter was
written this week by Vitaphone when
We announced plans for the production
OF Vitaphone pictures that viii bring
70 the ears Of the public the voices of
the foremost artists on the screen. The
initial series will consist of one-act
piaylets in which the players will in
ciude Irene Rich. May McAvoy. Bessie
Love. Hobart Bosworth. Conrad Nagel.
Clyde Cock. Montagu Love and last, but
not least. Rin-Tin-Tin.
These p!aylets are not only going
TO be sound novelties. but will contain
strong dramatic values. for they will
be made by Warner Bros. and will be
written by scenarists whose work Is
recognized throughout the industry.
''vitaphone has completely passed out
of the experimental stage and Is now
holding place ali its own in the world
Of entertainment
Evening star., 1928-02-05
Sound Plays Come to Stay

THAT |:taphone i gaining con-
finUs.lv - popularity md that lis
adoption v-sll son be vo-l6-wiic is the
os!ief q: Albert Warner. vice president
% tha V.taphone Corporation emo
Warner Bros. 7:c;C-"s who says that
over 600 fneatorS from coast to coas:
are now operating the new sound c.
vice and thst other houses are signing
I'd daily a. Al a"c-a-c tl3t IS hlcher
thar az any tine since the perfection
Of tEle in~c,2:i0n
The acccmp !ishncents 0. v:taphone
during recent months a. al.3ost M
believs bi". SAYS Mr. Warner. Iii; they
- establish jtc fact ths; III" sound
picture IS naTe % stay. and that It's
Development III the immediate future Is
going 10 cnsnge the entire complexion
of The picture husinos--
The outSta nding exhibitors every
where hare recognized the Performance
o. Vita ch1ne says Mr. Wa-nor In
the las; iev vecks it h-s b3en con-
f-scted for 6y The v'oS; Coas; thcaters.
uy the Pro,ix hcs-s-s and by thc Uni
ve-ssl circuit The men al the helms
Of these organizations are discerning
showren wno know their public and
Teslize that the day Of sound supple
nenting thc Visual app7al OF pictures
Is here
-v;taphone is a year and half old
Ii that short time il has accomplished
miracles Since the first night that il
thrilled a skeptical audience at the
Warner Theater il has become an in
S;itution nationally. II has progressed
from the production OF short variety
and vaudeville numbers 10 big special
future pictures II accomplished the
heretofore impossible feat OF Turing Al
Jolson. the worlds grestest entertainer
Evening star., 1928-02-05
Realism, First of All.

1T is more difficult 10 register truth
50 that il will hold the interest OF such
wide public. but once accomplished
and with the public demanding absolute
reaiiGm, the standard OF production
would inevitably be raised"
When in preparatory school in BoS-
ton. Wellnan ran away at II and joined
the French Lafayette squadron. He
participated in numerous air battles,
and after being shot down and landing
IN a tree ii was found that he had suf-
ferec a broken back He was inyalidcd
home, and following his recovery was
made instructor for the United States
Air Corps for the remainder Of the war
After his discharge from the Army.
Wellman attempted 10 land role in
motion pictures He vas given his
chance By Douglas Fairbanks, bit one
role vas enough 70 convince him that
fis success lay In Other channels Sub
cocuently he Obtained e position in the
Offices Of motion picture studio. and
then vent into the production end az
property man He ultimately attained
NE poet Of assistant director and later
was placed under contract by r, p.
EcaUlber9 then producing independ-
entity When Echulbcrg became affili-
sted with Paramount Famous Lasky he
brought Wellman into that 0rganiza
rtqts
Evening star., 1928-02-05
To Get Lindbereh Pictures.
EREEzING winds and the perila O

EREEZING winds and the perila Of
night flying at sea we're bravcd hy
a representative Of the Paramount News
and the Associated Press 10 rush 10
American theaters and newspapers pic
t,ire scenes of the landing Of Col
Charles A. Lindbergh In Honduras and
Guatemala.
Flying 200 miles 70 sra from New
Orleans 10 take shipment Of films
from the steamship Castillo and then
speeding the films 10 Atlanta by air
was the exploit Of James B Buchanan,
Southern manager for Paramount News
Lindbergh landed in Guatemala and
Honduras on Friday and Saturday ard
Buchanan, IL In reported. delivered the
films tO theatcrs the following sun
day night.
Buchanan went 10 New Orleans and
chartered a seapiane and spent the
night idlng about IN the Gulf waiting
Tor the ship There were SIX forced
landings when the icy winds caused the
water pipes In the engines t0 freeze. and
the occupants suffered intensely from
The cold. but the ship WA met and the
films we're taken 10 New Orleans There
they we're transferred to land plane,
ana Becier BieVinS. Atlanta aviator.
who also made the fight III the sea-
pisne. piioted Buchanan and the pic
tlIleh n Atlanta.
Evening star., 1928-02-05
Moving Picture Album
BY ROBERT e. SHERWOOD.

the idea that story on the screen
might be realistic. truthful and lifelike
and at the same time entertaining.
They proved their point. The High
School Hero" for all its simplicity. was
infinitely more amusing, appealing and
stimulating than are most OF the rec
b!ooded melodramaS. strenuous farces ot
neck-biting romances that are contlnu-
ally promoting cye-strain among tfs
movie fans of the world
Both Mr.. Butler and Mr.. Counselman
are youne--in years. in point OF view
and in courage The surprising and
cratifving success of The High School
Hero may we'll cause them to become
oyer-exuberant and over-confdent: II
NAV inspire them TO SO III for those
bigger and better things" that have
been the ruination Of so many promlS-
inc directors and stars I'm inclined 10
bslleve. however. that they'll keep up
the sood work. and that their remark
ably sensible method Of making pic
lures will be initiated 10 excellent ad-
vantage by others in Hollywood.
They start out with the germ OF al
idea, plant il in each others minoS.
feriilize il, nourish il and allow IL l"
develop and expand Thus. the PIC
ture that they produce has an identlty
of It's own 1t is not PATCHWORK @:
gags. situations and dramatic tricks
gathered from here and there. 1t Is as
much as individual creation as Is
painting. or a novel. or play or tcr
that matter. human boins.
The usual system in Hollywood Is 10
brirs the greatest possible numher OF
minds 70 bear on every movie that Is
made. with the result that no ore OF
thoSa minds can express itself TO any
appreciable extent.
The MesSrS. Butler and ~CounSe!man
have now completed second picture.
called "PigsSin," which concerns Itself
with the terrible seriousness OF foot
bar in the lives Of our collegians, Their
third production is tentatively entitled
Get the Picture and IL Is designed 10
clorify the bold and unknown adven-
turerS who keep the movie public sup
p'ied with news reel views Of current
events.
There arc tWo other Young men who
have collaborated successfully in the
making Q: moving pictures. They are
Ernest Schoedsack and Merriam Cooper.
who. between them. were responsible for
"Grass" and Chang
They are now in the depths ot the
Belgian Congo in Africa Nothing is
known of the nature of their activities
in that inhospitable district. but il is
pretty safe TO assume that. when they
come home they will bring with them
something that is we'll worth seeing.
Evening star., 1928-02-05
Chaplin's Many "Finds.'

He handled the script, wrote press no
tices and worked on the set with Chap
lin, who directed. The two other assist
ants on that picture were II, d'Abbadie
d 'Arrast, director of Service for La
dies" and Eddie Sutherland. director OF
Behind the Front" Charlie Chaplin
training school for directors hasn't been
n failure
Edna Purviance, the Woman al
Paris" herself. Is the most notable Chap
lin leading lady In dozens OF early
comedies in which Mack Swain, Henry
Bergman and other Chaplin standbys
also appeared Edna was The Girl In
The Gold Rush" the leading lady was
Georgia Hale Of Salvation Hunters,
After that picture Miss Hale played In
Paramount f1lma.
Perhaps the most famous Chaplin
'nnd" Is Adolphe Menlou, that gay good
liver who tWlrled nasty moustache
and fiicked fieecy spot from his din.
ner Jacket In "A Woman ot Paris u
Adoiphe himself tells. with full credit
to Chaplin, the tale of his unappre-
ciated wears In Hollywood and Of Chap
Tins selection of him for the role which
was the prototype of the character n
has played on the screen III every pic
ture since. that OF the witty boulevardier
Evening star., 1928-02-05

MERNA KENNEDY, f've feet two and
"a biefEad with eyes OF blue, Is the
latest Charlie Chaplin "find." Shes
the Comedians leading lady IN Ihe
Circus" and it's Mernas film debut
The young lady begins her picture
career as Charlie Chaplin's leading lady
because friend suggested TO Charlie
that he drop around to the Mason
Opera House, Los Angeles. and take
look al the third one from the Rit ~
the musical comedy. "Ail for You
Charlie dropped around. took look.
and Merna got the Job, Her req hai'
photographs black and her gray"gie"i'
Irish eyes photograph pleasant hhaoc
of gray. Chaplin himself thiikS no
well Of Miss Kennedy that he IL gems
10 exercise AN option on her service
and cast her opposite him In "No"hete,
his neWtht comedy, which goes into pro
duction In three weeks IN Hollywood
II Merfia Kennedy shares the success
of other Chaplin discoveries, she VII
be famous and fortunate III the ncH'
two years.
When Josef Won Stefnbefg, yonns
New York East Slider. whnhe shawl ana
cane made him cOloIful fgure, bof~
roVed 81 900 aiid induced Georgia Hale
George X Arthur and others 10 appear
In his MIN. Salvation Hunters" IL wat
u Chaplin he took the picture Chaplin
liked the symbolism of the tilm and
raved about IL to Mary and Doug, othei
founders OF United Artists. which com
pany then released Salvation Hunters
Chaplin's faith IN Won Stefnberg was sn
great he engaged him Ia make n
Woman 0f The Sea" This film Chaplin
has held untll he himself can edit The
thousands of feet II was Won Hternberg
who completely Justified Chaplins IN
dofsement by direction of Under
world" This year,
Monta Bell, who made Pretty La As
dies" and other pintures Was one ot
Chsplin's personal representatives du,
tng The making Of A Woman OF fsr's'
Evening star., 1928-02-05
Do You Know That

ADCLPHE MENJOu supported Mary
"a Pickford in Through the Back
Door Douglas Fairbanks In The Three
MusketefTs and attained screen prom
inence In Charlie Chap!in'A "A Woman
of Paris"1
Ernest Lt!bitsch made his American
MIN debut directing Mary Pickford Ia
"Hosita" IN Which MIN Irene Rich
George Walsh and HoIbrook Biinn APP
peared2
Alfred Lint, the Theater Guild star.
made his first motion picture appear
ance IN - w Grifflth's sally III The
SaWdust IN which w. e Fields came
" the scTeen2
Director Josef Won Gternbergs f1rat
picture, Salvation Hunters" Was re-
leased by United hrtists3
Rudolph Valentines The Eagle" In
which Wilma Esnky WAS leading lady,
wsh filmed from Alexander pnshkln 3
Classic, 'DnbroYsky"?
Evening star., 1928-02-05
An Insult TO Washington

THE photoplay from the Metro Gold
wyn-Mayer studios titled Man.
Woman and Sim" which was made. in
part. in the National Capital by Monta
Bell. a former Washington newspaper
man. has been bitterly condemned in a
communication 10 The Star which de-
nouDceS II as AN insult TO our city,
10 our citizens. and particularly 70
our mothers who had been happy IN
the thought OF seeing their own chill
dren In the movies"
II will be- recalled. when Mr.. Bell
came here 10 make certain sequences
for the story. which was said 10 be
story OF Washington life that moth
erS were invited 10 send their children
for selections 10 appear IN some 81!
the scenes, Many mothers respond
ing To the request, permitted their
children TO present themselves for the
purpose,
The finished picture as shown here
the past week. however. presents, ac-
cording 10 the criticism Of The Star
correspondent. scenes which are de-
scribed as utterly offensive 10 de-
cency. and the correspondent thinks
that as the picture is 20 be shown
all over the country and purporsS TO
be n true reflection of Washington, II
should not be permitted 10 SO un-
challenged
Evening star., 1928-02-05
LITTLE THEATER-"Nerry-G Co
Round

Merry Round which opened
weeks engagement q. the Little T2sa-
ter yesterday. is the dramatic love SEo-y
Q. poor girl Of the Prs:sr. the Co1sy
Island of Vienna and 4 hig3-oc-C
count, VINO goes 10 ne Prats- and courts
the girl while pretending 20 De neck
tie salesman The leading roles are
played b. Ms-y Pa.lo.-. and Norman
kerry.
Il IS on the basis OF the social changes
after The World War, which wrscSsd
the imperial glory ~ AuSt-.s, but helped
"a free the under classes that The p%ct
.. Merry Go Round" IS ouli. The
story, though dramatic ard war
dated pietGls, Is said 10 have .sw actual
battle scenes
Merry Go Round marked Mar
priiosnS debut As cinema actress ard
as result ~ her work she MAS elevated
30 stSrclcra CtAsr featured PLAYERS -
HE Aim are George EscSs;Hc--.s.
Spoi;.swoods Aiken, Anton VsrerSa s-l5
George SslSrnaoa.
Charlie Chaplin u Easy Street" one
.! his esriy Sho-t cn-;s6;sS, ara .Ss
rathe News reel ooGc6 c2t he pro-
Srar1
Evening star., 1928-02-05
War Aces in Hollywood.

rleS 70 his credit: Joachim Eshcr<:. SA.3
- os the oaly Surviving u>SEcSs- -
Eich:hoIen'S own persona. S:aS icSsre
J, ICcs, British ace, formerly - re
Fougth Australian Squadron - re
Eoya, Flying Corps, ana ;, s, A,sSS1-
der one ot Americas tcyesfsNS. sTIStsal>
Instructors dur.:ss the wa-,
Scale ~ The SIT ACES wac tc>SSS'
against each o,Asr during Ire VA ssS
aSa.G opposing each other IL gls az
aim S6sS. the German scc, and f.ce
British air hero, fought due. IL Esse S,r
a, NercQn - 1918 iacs MAS eGCssSAg
down BY Ss,Sd and wounded They are
aSslG fighting IL cag - "Hs1S AaSS.S
which Is eaSs>s ~ \ $scyy - ses EcN1G
FlyI;.S CNrp&
IN addition u gns famous ps,>sS wss>
are T'ysoS II ~Hsii'S AaSs.S" esss ~ Ire
IsW air pics.sEeS actually GsassG ~ tie
air, Howard Hughes pgy>SGcer ~ tssS
Serial >gSTsaclS. has >&S2S>0 Sa,s>A
NctS,S& worlds c>,Assps>a rSrs>s>tS,s
'ua,ier, who Is SEWING ~ pSsacA,ta
Grra0tclan III Ntiel'$ AGSs1$" s@S :.
staging $>Ngae ~ thS $:GoG> aGS CRASHES
featured IL iAe ps<3Q~e
HE Is y We'll SaNNa rnHv1e dare Sett,
aN0 S:QNs Nyer, sssG eStae>s>SeS a esN
parachute ~tssaarSsS cNN>yG So San T>SeSs>
co NHNTUsseg IS ia>E. WAss Ne GSrcrceS
) etN fees gfN1U AZ slt,tueSe >s 10 M sgNe<
eSNfNET N<tsl1HS fsse FfN-gxNysi N{ rs rNss 81
Evening star., 1928-02-05
Classics Do Not Die.
WINTHROP AMES has established

WINTHROP AMES mas eStAoIlSnca
new records for Gilbert and Sui
livan operas In New York,
April 10. 1926 he produced "lclan-
the" which never had been tarorite
opera In this country Its girSI pro6uc-
ton IN America IN 1882. by the D'Oyly
Carte Go Of London. ran II weeks,
and It's longest subsequent engagement
until the Ames revival. was four weeks
The Ames company has Suns 10
lanthe." including its performances In
repertoire, IS fuil weeks. or more than
one half the total number nf weeks the
piece has been presented In New York
December g. 1925, Ames revived The
Pirates of Penxance." which. Including
the repertoire performances, will have
been given Is full weeks In New York
when this company season ends, ianu-
AIRY Z The initial production of the
opera In 1870 by the DOyly Carte COM
pany ran 10 weeks, It's longest SuhSe-
quent run. until the Ames presentation.
was 81 weeks,
''rhe Mikado" was t,rst produced BY
Ames September IL 1897. and will have
had 49, weeks including It's repertoire
performances by january T. The p'Oyly
Carte company presented The Mika-
do" in New York In lass for "a weeks
Its longest subsequent run until the
Ames production was II weeks
The Mikado" now has surpassed all
the gilbert and Sullivan operas for
number of performances In New York
with iaaie weeks 10 It's credit Pima,
fore" comes second with record oi
lal weeks
Evening star., 1928-02-05

MORE reaiism is znat william Well
man. one Of the youngest directors
IL Hollywood. wants 10 see IN motion
pictures
wellman. only 80. who he's established
h.nsel. as a cirecto, Of rare talent with
''Tingk" the air epic. following il with
The Legion o. the Condemned" &
companion picture. believes there art
TOO many false notes ID many current
films
But" he says, this matter is. first
.. a., wholly IL the hands Of the pub
Ii Motion picture producers, writer's,
directors and stars Jose q great amount
II sieep IL determining what film spec
g sto.s want arc then giving u 70 them.
81 70 bring about any change, the puo-
ilc n;ust Hyst greatly alter isS demands.
Realism snc more reslism-pictureE
'hst carry through! q theme as il would
De carried through IN actual lte-Wel-
man believes IL certain % elevate screen
artistry
Ton nna3Y times he says. pic
tgses goes along oepictlng some of the
yscassitUdes of life, oslt instead o! con-
tlnuine It's realism il aoeH OE on tar
gent simply because The author and ol-
rec.yY nave know. ,Fat the tangent viii
oet.es satisfy the oDik Q! !lln1 patrons
II crops reality for make DeiieTe. yet
ne reality Toulc be more representative ~
~ ynst true err really means.
Evening star., 1928-02-05
BY ROBERT f. SHERWOOD.


ANY ONE who succeeds in conceivine
"A and putting over new ioea IN
Hollywood is TO be congratulated and
commended To conceive the idea re-
ouires brains: TO put ii over REQUIRES
Drawn. patience. determination, sales
nanship. fortitude and a whole lot OF
work.
For this reason I feel that set OF
laurel wreaths should be shipped al
once 10 Messrs David Butler and VIII
liam CounSelman. two talented young
men. who have succeeded IN igniting
spark of originality III the cinema
citadel.
Neither one Of them emerged from
utter obscurity into the unusual promi-
nence that they now enjoy. In TACT.
both we're doing quite nicely at the Old
routine when they ventured suddenly
an6 daringly into new fields OF en-
oesvor.
Mr. Butler was an actor and an ex-
ceptionally good one Those who saw
Seventh Heaven" will remember his
superb performance as the walrus-
r.ustache6 street cleaner
Mr Counselrlan is The father Of
Ella Cinders" the we'll known comic
strip heroine. and a gae man of several
wears experience in the laugh foundries
O: HOLLYWOOD.
NJ Butler ana Mr.. Counselman were
erl0lcve6 in the Fox studies when they
matched .he idaa Of working together.
the to!rlsr as director and the latter as
slo-v constructor.
The rcSul; Of their preliminary coll
,so9ration was an IDEA FOR & picture
about life among high school students
picture that would bo neither a sag
comedy. a romance nor a melodrama
Receiving authority 10 so ahead with
their plans they made The High
School Hero" which turned out 70 be
the least preteAtiouS and one Of the
best films that arrived from Hollywood
,sst year
The High School Hero" had noac
ot The punches" iha; ordinarily sDcll
success CT the screen. Il had no ire
r1endous physical thrills there wasnr
blizzard food hurricane burst
,llc Gan, n the entire picture nor wera
there any views OF thc United Sia,oS
Marines. Moreover. il had practicall.,
10 seX-appoal. Although lis three lead
:Hg roles we're enacted by extremely
engaging youngsters, there was not so
r,Uch as one kiss in any Of the six
reels
The High Sc'lool Hero" did. however.
possess tic authentic spirit of Youth =
the spirit that Is CAPTURED row ana
then ty Booth Harrington ano ~
s'nloet - orr e;sc tina, ! ca, think Of
e. nc moment
Mr R--i-r ar1 NJ Counsel; had
Evening star., 1928-02-05

NoRLD-!amouS airn,en, surviving
W heroes Of the World War are con-
gregatinS in Hollywood The current
fair az the movie makers fer air pic
tures Is said ~ have attracted former
allied and German aces from al parts
Of the world 10 give realism 70 !!lm
SpectacleS.
Like ghosts ct the past, tAe t,SluS Air
devils are siockins ~ the movie capital
10 re>lNe the parts they PLAYED III the
war~-thlS time 10 The tune II Clicking
cameras,
One picture alone. the mlll.cn-6oll
United Artists air spectacle, "HeG'S An
gels" has more than SCN>re cf former
World War aces taking part II lis fly
Ing scenes
Air rghterS Who made history dur
ing the war and who are non tlSlNS -
"Heli'S Angels include Ted Parsons,
French and American ace. former ueat-
Der of the Lafayette ESta6rille and Cay
ne Meyer famous StorS squadron, HON.
ard Blanchard, British ace former mem
Der of the Eoyal FLYING Cory>>, one ct
GlglanuS foremost aerial slshtsrS, who
has seven victories ~ his cgy,<!lt and WAS
awarded the Crol> dc Cisteryr and other
medals, Rudolph Shad famous German
ace. one cf the teW Surviving members
~ Earcn Won SlchIhoten$ famous fsN~
ng e,CcuS, with "a ccnngsncd air Nirtc~
Evening star., 1928-02-05
Gags and Gagmen.
MEDIEVAL French actors were th'

MEDIEVAL French actors were the
first gagn'n
This Is the discovery made by Rich
sEc DiH VINO has been reading up on
the IlsUOry NJ drama
a gag H. = BIT ~ business or action
apart from the fjOiF proper which u
put IN tor cOmedp effect 80 DIX explains
Men 1ho suggest those bits Of business
are gsQfneu Cf aA they sometimes
prefer " D. called. comedy construc"
t,pnis's
4 read recently that the French
sctpFs ~ the Niccie Ages we're really
the frs 2agmen They often inherited
gags Themselves. generally IN meet
,Sopt!af demand for buffoDnery The
nraTfHt Ahs!DQ} III modern times Is the
eItcnpOfanepuf 'cio@nin2' of stage ar
tysk Known - 20 liDbing
'-Thlk practice Df thf early French
seL9ys survives III tfr very word which
6raeFlDrf TIE KIND ~ drama they did
Jile Gord Is our everyday word farce
Fatce' originally vas derived from
Latin porc 'fafcife. meaning ~ stan
~ " lnseTi
".cUJra ia ~ always lDtfFpplated un~
afittTn business INTO their performances
oit ,Jniy recently has the suggestion ~
thes" biis becDfIlf The business III pro-
ftlAiJp known as gagglng how almost
every cDinpany mskin2 comedies has
One ~ more gagfneu.
Evening star., 1928-02-05

THE greatest chain Of theaters ever
brought together has formally
opened business as the Keith-Albee-
Orpheum Corporation, according 10 an
announcement made by that firms Of
Aces. The necessary papers we're signed
recently in the office OF E. F. Albce By
Mr.. Albee. formerly president OF Keith
Albee. Marcus Holman formerly head
OF the Orpheum Circuit; Maurice Gocd-
man and b. b. kahane. counsel, ard
Robert Lehman OF Lehman Bros. who
brought about the consolidation.
An idea Of the size of the new orgari-
zation may be- had from the fact that
!. makes possible the booking. through
0nc Office. OF programs for TOO thcaterS
with probable daily audience Of
500 900 people, in the United States
and Canada These programs VII! play
according 10 the announcement. To all
the people OF the United States or their
equivalent flye times year,
The new circuit employs 10 600 man