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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-14
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
The Author of ''Dracula. :"

RRAM STOKER, the author of
~ "Dracula," was for many years a
leading figure in English theatrical cir
Giles, chiefly as Sir Henry Irving's right
hand man, and as his personal repre-
sentative in London and during his
transatlantic tours. Many an insistent
caller upon Sir Henry had to be COLI
tent with seeing Mr.. Stoker only. While
in this country he made many warm
friends and acquaintance. He was &C
tive in club and Bohemian circles in
London, an indefatigable man Of affairs
in the business and profession of the
theater and writer of no little skill
and -iniagination. The sensational fic-
ton he wrote brought him considerable
fame and was, of course, more or less
ephemeral.
In "Dracula" Mr.. Stoker tells story
whose plot Is built on the model OF the
old English romances in which there IS
little else than crime and horror OF the
most astounding and hair-raiSing kind
It's action follows the activities OF a
terrible baron whose home Is In Sc
cluded castle amid the mounts OF Tran
sylvania, where as chief of an army OF
human vampires he preys upon his fell
low men both for the power his sue
cessful deeds bring him and for the
mere dissatisfaction he gets from
them. He even ventures IS far away
from Pennsylvania as London, and he
is finally circumvented by the efforts
Of the resourceful hero and his friends
OF course, this is no sort of story for
! the devotees of "Pollyanna" to read, al
though some of the things done in it
are no more unreal than in that classic
story of happiness unalloyed. But 1t
is nevertheless a good story, we'll con-
ceived, well planned and we'll written.
After Sir Henry Irving's death, Bran
Sucker wrote "a authoritative and Aa
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Grace Filkins, Eunice Stoddard. Char
lotte Denniston, Paul Gilfoyle and Ack-
land Powell. Cleon Throckmorton
executed the stage settings.
STRAND-"Girls From Happyiand."
Retaining only its title. but changed
in almost every other way, Girls From
Happyland," one Of the brightest and
snappiest of Mutual Circuit offerings,
will be this weeks offering at the
Strand Theater. s
Irving Selig, who is featured. Is one
of those drol1 comedians who make
audiences howl with glee with his dry
humor. His fun associate is Ben
Lerner, whose forte is the portrayal of
Dutch types. Fred Reese, one OF the
best straight men on the stage, Gives
the comedians ample opportunity and
many chances for laughable situations.
Nat Tucker is the dancing juvenile.
The trio of feminine leads comprises
Rose Lee, a young blues singer, In the
prtma dona role: Alice Duval, ingenue.
and Leona Reed. soubrette. Sixteen
young maidens comprise the chorus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21

| It is on this scene remodeled
and newly rehearsed, that any
lingering hope of reScuing the
play from the general Condemna-
ton that has fallen on this par
ticular class of entertainment
must depend. The rareSt nicely
of detail would be required not
only in literary expression, but in
the playing would be required to
make us believe even for passing
hour in these moron COLLINS of
the underworld even as other
authors had taken the children
and made them playfellows of the
fairies.
There has never been a time
when the theater was so i'm
poveriShed in material calculated
to inspire enthusiastic. tribute as
the present. Yet the writing about
the theater has passed from the
domain of dilletante inquiSitive-
ness and has enrolled itself as
one of the great American in
duStries, with the rise of curtains
and the sound of the motor out
side taking the place of time
clock and whistle. A successful
play writes it's own criticisms in
the box office ledgers. 1t is the
unsuccessful play that holds fas-
cination for efforts at scientific
scrutiny. It becomes a patient
holding the superior interest that
a physician finds in maladies
rather than in a robust. state
which guarantees survival.
OF Mcintyre and Heath little
need be said save to declare the
profound satisfaction generally
manifested at finding them still
engaged in their perpetual duet
OF laughter, which has not been
known ever to sound fiat note.
It is one of the mysteries of
Broadway that there should not
be Mcintyre and Heath theater
presenting In electric lights a
tribute to a team of players who
| have so abundantly entertained
and who have never offended.
"
Numerous announcements of
new plays have appeared and are
still appearing in New York. Many
of them flicker and fade in Man
haitian without the trouble and
expense of transportation Incl
dental to a brief tour and the
selection Of dog town." Belasco
himself is following the policy of
making drama a home product
strictly; depending on the road
to contribute profit to the &C.
casional success without invita-
ton to participate in the early ex-
pertinent, which simple announce
ment diSposes of a hope that the
veteran producer would resume
his old custom Of giving this city
early glimpses of big productions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
ANITA PAGE and
JOIN MACK BROWNE
columbia s
Movietone Chronology.

FACTS given for those who like to
answer questions about the new
talking movies.
The first Fox movietone subject was
a group Of songs by Raquel Meller, ex-
hibited for the first time as a demon
stration Of movietone possibilities in
conjunction with the premiere of What
Price Glory" January 81, 1927, at the
Sam H. Harris Theater.
On May IS. 1927, at the Sam Harris
Theater, 9TH Heaven" was opened
with the first all-movietone surround
ing program. The feature Aim was not
at that time synchronized. The auxili-
airy program consisted Of the Raquel
Meller subject; the first short comedy,
They're Coming to Get Me" with Chic
Sale; Lindbergh's take-off for the New
York to Paris flight. Ben Bernie pro-
gram of music, songs by Gertrude Law
renee and the first outdoor movietone
subject, West Point Cadets Drill"
9TH Heaven" movietone Synchron-
lied version shown at the Roxy The
alter September 10.
September 49, Sunrise" with movie
tone synchronization, was shown at
Times Square Theater. This was the
first feature to be synchroniZed before
its Broadway showing.
october %, the first all-movietone
newsreel was shown at the Roxy The
alter Saturday, october %, 1927, and
consisted of the following subjects:
Niagara Falls" Romance of the Iron
Horse" yale Bowl Festivities" yale
Army game) and "West Comes East"
(Rodeo performers).
December was the date of the first
weekly issue of Movietone News.
June Is, 1928, the first all dialogue
comedy in two reels, "The Family Pic
nic," was shown at the Globe Theater,
New York, in conjunction with THE
Red Dance" synchronized feature.
September the first feature with
dialogue, THE Air Circus" was shown
at the Gaiety Theater, New York, and
october the first release of two
Movietone News subjects per week was
made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Notes of the Stage and Its People.

An operetta, "Evangeline," based upon
the Longfellow poem, Is announced for
production by George A. Stevenson and
Charles P. Davis. Donald Haywood,
who wrote the score of "Africana," has
supplied the music.
THE Squealer," melodrama, by
Mark Under, now playing In Phila-
delphia, will be seen this week at jack
son Heights, near New York. It Is
carded for Broadway in the near flu
ture.
Bernard Steele, producer Of "Adven-
ture," now running in New York, will
soon start production of THE Colonel's
Lady," by Len D. HOLSTER and Lester
Lonergan.
Katherine Cornell's new play, a
dramatization of Edith Wharton's
novel, THE Age Of Innocence" will
open In New York late next month. Re-
hearsals of the play. which is the work
of Margaret Aver Barnes, started last
week under the direction of Guthrie
McClintic.
+ The New Playwrights Theater, New
York, will open its season about Deem
Der l with Upton Sinclair's Singing
Jailbirds," which will be presented at
the Provincetown Playhouse for four
weeks. John Dos Passes "Airway, Inc, !"
will be the second production. of the
New Playwrights.
Besides Beatrice Lille and Noel
Coward, the complete cast for This
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ten specials and several program fea-
lures especially fitted for sound, music
effects and talking sequences. Syncflro-
nizatlon will not be introduced, merely
to cater to the public whim, but only
where the company believes that effects
Will brighten the entertainment value
OF the picture.
Columbia Is said to be particularly
fortunate in having among its vehicles
for the new season a large number of
outstanding stage attractions, among
them THE Donovan Affair."" one of
the outstanding mystery plays of its
season. written by Owen Davis; '0rhe
Younger Generation" which will be
adapted from Fannie Hurst's play 1T
Is To Laugh" and 1.-The Fall Of Eve"
by John Emerson and Anita Loos.
Also on its program is Acquitted" Q
story by Mary Robert Rinehart. as
gripping and as poignant as THE
Trial Of Mary Dugan." and "Redsrnp-
tionF the famous play by Count Leo,
Tolstoy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21

Year of Grace" opening In New York
November 5, will include Madeline Glib
son. Florence Desmond. Phyllis Harding
Muriel Montrose, Sonny Ray. Moss and
Fontana and Albertina Vitak. This
Year of Grace" will be shown In Bal
timore the week before its Broadway
premiere.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Coburn will
put their forthcoming revival Of THE
Yellow Jacket" into Days SiXty-third
ton. During their tenancy OF this
house 1t will be known as the Coburn
Theater. After 1.-THE Yellow Jacket
they promise "Falstaff," comedy by
James Plalsted Weber. based on Mr..
Shakespeare's famous character.
Edgar Selwyn's next production will
be THE Last Lover" a comedy by
John Hunter Booth, Charles Beahan
and Garret Ford. The last two are
authors of "Jarnegan."
A new play by Austin Strong, tenta-
lively entitled &c. H. O." will be pre-
sented in New York on November 20 by
Frank G. Reilly who produced Mr..
PlckWick" a season or more ago. the
chief role in the new play will be acted
by Peggy Wood, and A. G.. Andrews also
will be in the cast. Mr.. Strong is the
author of Seventh Heaven" and Three
Wise Fools" with other plays.
Jules j. Leventhal, best known as a
stock company manager, has begun
casting for a new comedy by Roland
Oliver, "The Call Girl" This piece Is
scheduled for a Broadway presentation
the first or second week Of next month.
Marie Golf, who during the Summer
took over Ann Harding's role in The
Trial of Mary Dugan," will be the lead-
ing lady and, incidentally, the only
woman in the cast of Charles l.. Wag-
ners, production, THE Man With Red
HAIR" Edward Robinson has the title
role. This piece was given a try-out
in Chicago last Summer.
Brock Pembcrton. producer Of Going
Home" has selected a play OF college
life by Paul Osborn, called "Hotbed,
for his second production Of the season.
The play has gone into rehearsal and
will open at New Rochelle the flrst OF
November, prior to its Broadway pre-
miere. The author Is college IN
structor who makes his debut as play
wright with this drama.
Last week David Belasco started re-
hearsals for his own adaptation of
Ference Molnar's 1.-The Red Mill" which
is to be the latest starring vehicle for
Lenore Uric. Important players in the
cast include Signcy Blackmer. A. E.
Arson. Lennox Pawle, Lionel Braham
and Dwight Frye.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
ACKNOWLEDGMENT"

Harry Wagstaff Gribble's new play.
Revolt" which had the remarkable
distinction of so fascinating an audi
ence when it was presented last Sum-
mer in the Little Theater, In Brooklyn
that the people remained for a half
an hour after the fall of the last cur
tain to applaud and to discuss it, will
be presented at the National Theater
tomorrow evening.
Revolt" is described as a remarkable
drama of an American family, which,
unlike Mr.. Gribble's play, March
Hares," has many serious moments,
with it's tragedy and pathos we'll blend
ed with delicious comedy. Mr.. Gribble,
In association with William Powell and
Lew Leverson, has been for three
months working out the present pro-
duction with new cast.
The players to be seen here will be
headed by Hugh Buckler, long the fea-
tured leading man at Covent Garden,
London, and will include A. G.. Andrews,
a famous player of the old school:
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Irish Harp on Egypt's Tombs.

WHEN Ted Mcnamara, as the Harpist
w of Wexford, tunes his harp and
begins to play in the Irish sequences of
Mother Machree," it is a real Irish
harp from the old country from which
his stunning fingers call forth melo-
dies.
The Irish harp is of two types-those
with gut strings played with the tips of
the fingers and those strung with brass
and played with the fingernails or a
pick. 1t is small instrument that may
be easily carried and is as rule strung
with 80 strings, tuned diatonically.
Its history runs back to legendary
days, and, strange as 1t may seem, the
closest resemblance to the modern Irish
harp is found in the pictured carvings
of ancient Egyptian tombs. The leg
ends of the old country mention harps
long before the coming of ST. Patrick,
and there Is no doubt that 1t was a
favorite instrument nearly IL centuries
ago. for there is crudely shaped
sculptured harp upon the cross of the
ancient church Of ullard, which dates
haoS to $50 AID. .g,ll4s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
Ultra Art Conceptions.
MODERN architectural strides av

MODERN architectural strides away
from conventional designs and
motifs are claimed to have been out
distanced by Cedric Gibbons, cinema art
director in creating the exotic settings
for Our Dancing Daughters
Throughout the modernistic motif
employed by the M-G-M art expert,
sweeping curves. abrupt angles and fu-
turistic geometrical compositions are
predomlnating features. Startling color
effects, done in gold, silver, black and
gray. bring remarkable tone contrasts
in the incandescent illumination which
was used exclusively for the first time
in Our Dancing Daughters"
The furniture is of "skyscraper" de-
sign and sharp, yet evenly balanced
squares and steps" are noted as out
standing characteristics. Full-length
mirrors, tri-paneled, are set at unique
angles in the rooms and reflect strik-
ing postures as the action proceeds.
Again the futuristic motif Is seen
in the rugs and Grapes. Great circu-
lar monotoned creations are spread in
the center Of huge block squared
rooms. Wall tapestries are simply
hung. permitting exotic designs to more
strikingV catch the eye. 49, r.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
Columbia Falls in Line.
COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORA

COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORA
TON is the latest producing or
ganization to definitely announce a pro-
gram Of sound pictures.
Columbia has signed q contract for
the standardization OF its productions
with the Electrical Research Products,
Inc, subsidiary of Western Electric
Company. The system of recording and
reproduction is the same as that en-
ployed by Warner Brothers in Vita
phone. Columbia is the only indepen-
dent company using 1t. Synchroniza-
ton has already started on "Subma-
rine" at the Victor Talking Machine
Studios in Camden. N. j.
Columbia plans to take advantage of
the technical knowledge and great IA
cilities offered by the Western Electric
Studios by having several other produce
lions fitted with sound In the East. But
from present plans. necessarily still in
the formative stage, all talking Sc
quences will probably be done at the
Companyis studios In Hollywood.
Besides Submarine" Columbia has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
Mystery and Thrills.

MYSTERY stories and plays are In
A'A great demand by Aim producers,
and the hunt Is on In earnest.
First National made 1.-THE Haunted
House" its first American production
along this line. though two of Its Euro
pean-made pictures. The Ware Case"
and THE Strange Case Of Captain
Ramper" were of similar nature. 1.-The
Gorilla" made some time ago, was more
of comedy than mystery.
Seven Footprints to Satan" is to be
second of the present series of mystery
dramas, and will be produced by Wild
Cunning and directed by Benjamin
Christensen, who we're responsible for
the very exciting thriller, 1.-THE Haunted
House."
Later Ssh! The Octopus!" will be
filmed.
Seven Footprints to Satan" is a pop
ular novel by A. Merritt. In Aim form
1t will be filled with novelties, and gro
tesque effects will be added to its orig
inal and startling plot. Sound effects
and dialogue will enhance the thrilling
character Of the a!sa, ..s.i~- s''&4St;s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
HOLLYWOOD film extras are happy

HOLLYWOOD film extras are happy
- whenever a Aim thoroughly rep
resentative of big city" life Is made,
for 1t means pay checks-bread and
butter-for many of them. Cities have
crowds, and it takes extras to make
crowds in the movies.
"Ritzy Rosie" the First National pic
ture, featuring Alice White and Jack
Mulhall, probably breaks records In the
number of extras used for light COM
edy drama.
These extras include SO bathing girls
and over 100 men, women and children
in beach scenes, scenes representing
downtown New York life on the streets
used at various times and $50 paid film
extras in the fairgrounds, with Los
Angeles city crowds for the back
grounds. In longer shots actually made
in New York City, the regular crowds
of the big town" unconsciously served
as film extras.
In various cafe scenes Of the picture
a tot. of $50 extras figured. In an
interior of the Ritz-Carleton Hotel 80
were used in lobby scenes, over 100 in
the main dining room scenes and nearly
100 more in miscellaneous hotel inte-
riors. About 200 were also used In
various other scenes of city life.
And with it all Alice will wear an
evening gown Of spun glass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21

intimate biographical record of the
career of that famous actor, who was
in some ways great actor. Among
Bran Stoker's other novels, for he was
by no means a overlook writer, are
THE Snakes Pass" "A Mystery of the
Sea-" THE Jewel of the Seven Stars"
Lady Athlyne" and THE Lady of the
Stroud"
Bran Stoker died in 1912, some five
years after the death of the master he
served so we'll.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
Has Won Approval.

live men are constantly travelling
\ over the Mutual circuit with the
specific duties calling for the inspection
and the improvement of the shows
They report that, as compared with the
average for five years ending October l.
the gross receipts OF the theatcrs on
the Mutual circuit are showing this sea-
son an increase Of also per cent.
This growing interest Is credited to
the improved quality and magnitude OF
productions, demonstrating that there
was practically new field for the
newer burlesque, the Mutual style OF
ENTERTAINMENT {, 80. Z -. = -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
Attractions in Washington
Playhouses This Week


NATIONAI-Revol comedy drama Opens tomorrow evening"
POLIS-"The Jealous Moon" Opens tomorrow night.
STRANDirls from Happyand burlesque. This afternoon
and evening.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-12-27
AARON GUSTAfS0N
dies At Age Of Il
Third Death in Family in Little
More Than Year

Death today claimed third
member of the Gustafson family in
~ months when Aaron Gustatson OF
81 Belden street followed in death
his two sons. Charles who died a
month ago and Gustave who died
more than a year ago. Mr.. Gus
tafson. senior. was II years old and
had been living in this city.
Mr. Gustafson was born in Swe-
den. April s, 1851, and when he left
his native home he came directly to
New Britain. He worked as black
smith In r. & r. Corbin division OF
the American Hardware Corp. for
30 years. He first entered the EN-
ploy Of this concern and after a brief
interval in the employ OF Pratt 4
Whitney Co. Of Hartford returned
to P. & +. Corbin's and worked
there for - years until July, 1927.
when he retired because of failing
health.
He had been i'll for some time
previous to his health. He passed
away quietly this morning at .
o'clock.
Fraternally he was associated with
the Friedhcm society. He was an
old member Of the First Lutheran
church.
Surviving him are three daugh-
ters Mrs. Albert Hulteen and Mrs.
Lillian Whaples OF Hartford and
Mrs. Albert Anderson Of Belden
street. New Britain: five grandchii-
drcn and one great-grandchild.