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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
Moving Picture Album
BY ROBERT E. SHERWOOD.

| ments across. The Movietone records
| these supplementary gestures and eX-
| presSionS; it even manages to convey
some semblance of the speakers en-
thusiasm and warmth Gf any.
There is no doubt that neither Her
bert Hoover nor Alfred Smith are
shown to best advantage on the screen.
If they were campaigning for jobs with
Warner Brothers or Paramount, in
stead of with the United States Gov
eminent, they would have been thrown
out by the casting directors long ago.
Neither of them would ever be able to
make good as talkie stars. Mr.. Hoover
adopts too much of the laboratory man.
ner when facing the combination mi
crophone and camera. He appears as
a scientist talking into a mechanical
device. Gov. Smith is Enthusiastically
oppressed by the thought that he is
talking to people whom he can't see.
Of all the political speakers that I
have heard on the Movietone (and /
have heard many, I regret to report)
the best by far are Senator Moses and
Mayor Walker
The recording of Senator Moses
opening speech at the Republican con-
vention was marvelously effective. The
vigorous style of his delivery and the
biting sarcasm Of his arguments seemed
to gain rather than to lose in the me-
chanical process.
Mayor Walker is utterly at home be-
fore the camera and microphone. He
makes his points surely and confidently;
his timing is perfect; he even knows
when and how to wait for his laughs.
Another legitimate star of the Movie
tone news reels is Col Lindbergh, whose
clear voice carries through, and whose
manner ca queer mixture Of apologize
shyness and almost contemptuous def
ance) fills out the picture admirably.
X X X X
Before the next election. in 1882, it
is probable that television will have
been perfected, and that sights as we'll
as sounds will be broadcast over the
air waves.
Then it will be absolutely necessary
for every candidate to photograph we'll
and to possess the particular type of
melodiouS and clean-cut voice which
carries well on the radio.
Perhaps in the future all political
aspirantS will have to pass Movietone
screen tests before they can hope to be
nominated for any important Office. We
will pick our Presidents in the same
way that we pick our film stars.
Well, We could do a lot worse.
(Copyrieht, 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
What Can a Fan Believe?

THINGS are not always what they
Scent Take, for instance. the fol-
lowing titles of forthcoming Paramount
pictures
'Redskin" is not a story of sunburn.
There are no foot ball sequences in
Interference.
1.-The Case Of Lena Smith" does not
contain single bootlegger, nor does it
involve a bootlegger's products.
THE Drums of Dude" hasn't any
thing to do with jazz band
You won't find a ghost in 1.-THE
Haunting Melody"
THE Docks of New York wasn't a
medical picture.
Neither THE Four Feathers" nor
THE Canary Murder Case" is fowl
story.
No wild animals have been hired for
THE Wolf of Wall Street"
Tong War" isn't at all about icemen.
"Abie's Irish Rose" has no horticul-
turist.
And Sunset Pass" doesn't deal with
complimentary theater tickets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21

1HILDREN are going to be more
x
popular on the screen than ever,
ccording to Fox officials in the new
liking film studios.
It is not simply that the 1928 model
youngster is more apt than his pred
'essors to increase the vogue of the
!ddfes, but because Movietone is said
ready to have given evidence of put
ne the small actor over in a big way.
This is one of the outstanding facts
hich have already emerged from the
urried cross-currents of impressions
'Dout the new art of talking pictures,
hich are now swaying people in the
n business to and fro like weeds in
stream. The children who have so
appeared in the leading Fox syn
'roni2ed subjects have revealed them
YES in new light to every one, in
Sing their proud parents.
Several definite reasons are given by
1ert observers.
First of all. children's voices seem
any suited for reproduction by the
1ible system. They are high, and
'refore carry well But they are not
ense, and do not give the scraping
;und which occasionally comes from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
Jannings Roles.

I am not sorry to step from the ranks
of the exalted to. those of the obscureA'
That feeling Of Jannings' is not hard
to understand in the light of his home
life. He lives quietly in his home on
Hollywood boulevard. There is his wife,
the former Gussie Holl, and his daugh-
ter, whom he adores. There are his
pets, five pedigreed Chow dogs. and a
great variety Of birds. There is gar
den. There are tennis courts and a
swimming pool where he INDUCES in his
love for sports There is no magnifi-
cence or display about the Jannings
home life.
Understanding, Jannings asserts, Is
his secret Of motion picture success
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21

GEORGE FITzMAURICE, First Ma
~ tionals premier director, will again
direct Billie Dove.
The picture will be adapted from
Elinor Glyn's 1.-THE Man and the Mo-
ment," and will be one of the most i'm
portant on the years program at First
National.
Fitzmaurice Is now directing Change
ling" which co-features Dorothy Mac
kaill and Milton Stills, and Is to be the
first dialogue picture from First Ma
tional. He will also direct the dialogue
sequences for 1.-THE Barker" which was
made several months ago by Fitzmau-
rice. This picture is adapted from the
famous stage play of carnival life.
When this assignment is completed,
work will be Immediately started on
1.-THE Man and the Moment" one of the
most colorful stories Miss Dove has had.
It will be the last picture Fitzmaurice
will direct under his present contract
with First National, which, however, Is
expected will be renewed.
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A Bio Claim.
"RADGEs," Fox Movietone special,

"RADGES, Fox Movietone special,
has gone into production with
the greatest array of speaking talent
ever assembled for an all-talking pic
ture," according to the report.
Heading the large cast are Helen
Twelvetrees, "the perfect ingenue," and
youthful Charles Eaton, both great IA
vorites of the New York stage. Others
who enjoy distinction on screen and
stage are Joe Brown, Arnold Lucy,
Henry Sedley. Carmel Myers, Earle
Foxe, Clifford Dempsey, Stepin Fetchit,
Baby Mack. Bess Flowers and Dorothy
MCGOWAN More players are to be
added to The cast later.
Badges" was adapted from Max
Marcin's play by Herbert H. Brennan.
1t is being directed by Lewis Seller.
The story is built around the comic
antics of a correspondence school de-
tective, and is said to lend itself readily
to dialogue treatment. It's the second
all-talklng Fox Movietone and the first
feature length farce-comedy to bc pro-
duced
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Novel Feature Planned.

COL. GEORGE L. MILLER, who Is
part owner of the 101 Ranch and
Wild West Show, the pony and pistol
pastime from Marland, Okla, has COM
pleted arrangements with Joe Cook, star
of the circus musical "Rain or Shine"
at the George M. Cohan Theater in
New York, to organize and stage an in
innate circus extravaganza that will be
an auxiliary entertainment with the
ranch show when it goes on tour next
Spring.
The act will carry Cooks name as
producer, and, according to tentative
plans already Sketched, 1t will be of ap-
proximately 80 minutes duration and
will be spotted as the concert feature of
the main show
Cook will utilize troupe Of Is dane
ing girls, 3 acrobats, comedian and
straight man, sundry domestic animals
and as decrepit and amiable lion as
can be discovered through an exhaus-
tive review of all those on exhibition in
this country.
The deal just consummated between
Cook and Col. Miller, it Is said, Is the
direct result of an act that Cook put
on at one of the performances of the
101 Ranch when the show was playing
in New York City.
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Interference" Notable.

nest Pascal author who wrote "The
Dark Swan" The Virgin Flame" and
logue of the play. Lothian Mendes d.
rected the silent sequences, while Roy
J. Pomeroy, described as 1.-The Marconi
of the movies" directed the dialogue
version.
without a single exception, every
member of the big cast has had stage
experience before acting in films. Evelyn
Brent, William Powell, Give Brook and
Doris Kenyon are the principals. The
supporting cast includes Brandon Hurst
Tom Ricketts,, Louis Payne, Wilfred Noy
Clyde Cook, Donald Stuart and Ray
mond Lawrence.
Perhaps for the first time in the
history of the movies, not single extra
appears in the picture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21

MONARCH of France, Pharaoh Of
AVA Egypt, Emperor Of Rome, Gar Of
the RussiaS and at heart a simple
democrat.
Emil Jannings' motion picture life
has been a succession Of court intrigues
and human tragedies. His private life
has been a combination of happy do
mesticity and constant study.
On the screen Jannings has lived the
parts of Louis XIV of France, Nero Of
Rome, Peter the Great and the mad
Gear Paul of Russia and a Pharaoh
of Egypt. He has been also Russian
grand duke and an old porter, circus
performer, a German-American hus
band and father, a lonely, broken old
man and a London limehouSe bully
in his new picture, Sins OF the
Fathers"
Of the two extremes Of humanity
Jannings, 1t is said, likes best to por-
tray the obscure type-the man who
lives, struggles, loves, succeeds or fails
and dies without history recording his
efforts. He is said to have made that
statement in his dressing room at the
Paramount studios in Hollywood, where
his new picture is now in production.
1T Is the very human character that
like best of ALL" he Is quoted as say
ing. land I find more of the elements
which appeal to the great heart and
universal sympathies of mankind in the
simple type than in the exalted person.
age. The heartache Of a mighty mon
arch has not to me the poignant appeal
of the mental suffering Of the obscure
waiter, fighting life's battles under a
terrific handicap for those he loves
meeting temptations and perhaps sue
cumbing to them.
THE part of the mad Paul in The
Patriot Yes, that was an unusual role
Paul faced life under the greatest Of all
handicapS, that of dethroned reason
He was pathetic character to me-a
repellant monster at times, pitiful OBJ
ject at Others"
Jannings' English Is surprising. He
speaks somewhat slowly, seemingly care
fully framing his sentences in his mind
before uttering them. His vocabulary Is
precise and correct and his accent Is
not greatly noticeable.
II feared for a time that would
never find another character to equal
Paul l." he said. THAT was my great
est. What can do next?' I thought
and was somewhat diSmayed.
But life is full of great characters ;
I reasoned to myself The tragedy of
one mans life should not overshadow
that of thousands of others just because
he wears the robes OF royal mailman
ut Is the tragedy Of walters life
that I am living in my new picture.
Wilhelm Spingler is man such as may
wait on you at any restaurant. There
are smiles and tears in his existence.
Happiness comes to him and bitter sor-
row. just as falls to the lot of every
real man and woman. He becomes the
leader in a lawless business, but still he
Is just a waiter-groping. misplaced.
II have forgotten Paul now" jan
nings added with smile, for Wilhelm
Spengler. The mad monarch's throne
is listed among others have abdicated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
Alaska Wants Talkies.

THE desire for "talkie" pictures has
spread to Alaska.
General Talking Pictures Corporation
has received an applics ton from l.. II,
Kubley of the Dream Theater. Ketchi-
kan, Alaska. for the installation of a
DeForest device.
1t Is probable. however, that the in
stallation will have TO wait until next
Spring, as the last boat clearing from
Seattle for Alaska was scheduled to sail
before the apparatus could reach the
West Coast even by air mail parcel
INST
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
Mechanics of the Brain.

behind human behavior, and this
motion picture is the first expression
to come from him concerning his
work, and strangely enough this famous
scientist has chosen the cinema to give
his researches to the world, instead of
by the older form of book.
Just how important this new psyche
logical study is may be gathered from
the fact that it is said to be recon-
mended by such institutions as the
Washington Academy of Sciences and
the Harvard Medical School, and such
scientists as Carl ]. Worden of Column
bia University and w. Horsley CAN'T,
former chief of the American Relief
Administration in Leningrad
Mechanics of the Brain will have
only one showing, and seats for this
special midnight performance are now
on sale at the Little Theater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
Chevalier Scheduled.

THE man with the most romantic
name in the history of screen or
stage, Maurice Chevalier, was one-time
dancing partner of the famous Mistin-
guett at the Folies Bergere and later
with Elsie Janis in London revue. He
is now ranked as reigning stage idol
in Europe. He is credited with a re-
markable stage personality and mar
velous speaking and singing voice, using
both French and English with equal
ease and fluency.
Chevalier sailed on the lie de France
October 10, and plans to reach Holly
wood on the 22d. His first picture for
Paramount, not yet titled, will be di-
rected by H. d'Abbadie d'Arrast, the
young Frenchman whose sophisticated
directorial touch has won for him a
place unique in film circles. No lead
ing woman for Chevalier has yet been
selected. 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21

THE first serious attempt to bring
a play Of brilliant dialogue to the
Gen." is the phrase used by Jesse L.
sky to describe what Paramount has
ne in making film out of the play
Interference"
This picture, which has just been
completed and now is awaited eagerly
by entertainment seekers, will receive its
Broadway premier and make its debut
as Paramount's first all-dialogue film
this Fall. 1t will be shown at the Cri-
cessful run of wings" now in its
fifteenth month, but soon to be with
drawn from the house.
Orr Of the Broadway stage hits of
last season, Interference" was brought
to the screen by Paramount with
its brilliant lines and tensely dra-
matte situations little changed. Err
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
Working on '''Lummox. ''

HERBERT BRENON'S scenario
= writer, Elizabeth Meehan, has gone
to New York to work with Fannie Hurst
on the first draft of "Lummox," Miss
Hurst's novel, which will be picturized
for United Artists.
Brenon himself expects to come East
in few weeks to join the author and
Miss Meehan in preparing the final draft
of the story preparatory to start of
actual camera work
The director has been besieged with
suggestions Of actresses for the title
role. Belle Bennett, Louise Fazenda and
many others have been mentioned for
the part. Brenon will look over the
acting talent while he Is in New York
and, it is said, there is possibility that
he may find the screen Lummox in
the East.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21

..MECHANICS OF THE BRAIN" a
remarkable psychological study
that is iii to represent the life work
Of Prof Ivan Petrovich Pavlov of
LenineraG has been secured by the
Molten 2icture Guild, from the Soviet
govern mt, for one special showing
in Washington at the Little Theater,
Friday evening, November 2, starting
at s1i:30 pm.
Mech nics of the Brain" according
to the lotion Picture Guild, is of
particu interest to psychologists,
doctors ID Psychologists, but deals
with oject that should also be in
triguing. . laymen. DR.. Pavlov, who is
the, di. ctor of the physiological
lahoretoriss in the Russian Academy
IF -Soian- es. it is explained has spent
= years in his study of the reason
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
Color symphonies in japan.

A COLORFUL and picturesque cere-
mony of the accession of the Jap
anese Emperor is to be photographed by
a company of Tiffany-Stahl players who
left for Japan October under the SUI
pervision of Howard c.. Brown and
which is to be a Tiffany color classic
when completed
In addition to the scene of the cere-
mony, a Tiffany color symphony en-
titled "A japanese Carnival is to be
made with famous Japanese actors and
actresses in the leading roles. Original
weird Japanese music will be used for
the experimentation of this picture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
Assures Good Music.

occupied for six years. Between that
time and his appointment as musical
director for FBO and Pathe sound
films, Mr.. EURO gave a season of opera
at the Brooklyn Academy of Music,
staged series of open-air opera per-
formances at EbbetS Field, Brooklyn,
and founded and conducted Sunday
Symphonic Society, which for five years
gave a series of symphony concerts in
New York during the Winter months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
British Film News.

"SH1RAz," the British Institutional
- Films, Lids. story of the Tai
Mahal, was shown in London last week,
where it received commentator of the
press as being unique and interesting
spectacle. The picture was produced in
India with an all-Indian cast.
Gainsborough Pictures, Ltd, Of Lon
don announce that In addition to 1.-THE
Lady of the Lake" 1.-THE Wrecker" and
"Balaclava," which are all having syn
chronized sound accompaniment, they
intend to produce series of short sub
ject using the British acoustic process.
The James A. Fitzpatrick unit Of
Gainsborough Pictures, Ltd, of London
is now in Scotland shooting the first
scenes for THE Lady of the Lake"
This picture has Percy Marmont and
Bonita Hume as leads.
British Screen Productions, Ltd, be-
lieve they have found the perfect low
ers" Of the British screen in Betty Sid
dons and Eric Findon, who are leads in
their production, cupid in Clover" an
adaptation of the novel of rural Eng
land published under the title of "Yel-
low Corn"
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DANCING.

MSS GIRARDEAU. L5EGARE-5 private les
sons $: single. sl.25. Class dance Friday,
S q Otfs sht NSrt X 7si 20a' ST. NV up
PROF AND MRS. L. A. ACHER STUDIO,
llgT 10th St. NV. Glasses Mon. Fri to II
pm with orchestra. Private lessons by APP
Prominent. FIR. 1857 Established 1900 22s
MR.. STAFFORD PEMBERTON.
AIL STYLES STAGE. BALLROOM DANCING
p Bis placed In pay3n Wen posfione s16o
= z Conn. ave. Phone N. 1922 az
OAVISON'S Teach you to dance corr
Prof. Mrs. strictly priyate anv b0iiS
i3Zy M st: NV. Glass Sat. Evng: instruc-
Main 1892. ton at g. Dancing a-i2
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21

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
a fair way likely to become the king
of screen players"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21

Feodor Chaliapin told London news
paper men that he would probably ap-
pear in a Walking" picture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21

George lie Mares skit, 1.-THE Joy
Ride" is to be filmed with sound ac-
compartment and is to be used as a
prologue to FBO'S picture, Taxi 49,"
THE Ghost Talks" is. the new title
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21

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
master film. Thirty Years of Motion
Pictures" which is a compilation of all
the important films, that have been pro-
duced. Lonesome" was not held over
another week" in Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21

(COnYrieht. 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-16
Solid and Cushion Truck Tires
Decline in Favor of Pneumatics

Use of solid and cushion tires on
trucks is on the decline. with pneu-
matte tires supplanting them, accord
ing to tire manufacturers.
This decline has been particularly
rapid within the past seven years. and
only SO per cent of the estimated total
truck production in 1928 will be on
solid tires. according to survey just
completed by a rubber company. In
1921 total of 26.3 per cent of all
trucks produced were users of solid
tires.
In the same period there has been a
large increase in the number of trucks
using 6-inch tires and larger, the
amount in 1921 being % per cent,
while in 1928 it is estimated that l.3
per cent of the total truck production
will be on these large tires
In the beginning practically all trucks
used the solid type of tire. However.
about 10 years ago the possibilities of
pneumatic tires for truck use were OBJ
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served and in the following years in
PRODUCTION and development Of pneu-
mates for this use has been big factor
in facilitating highway commercial
transportation.
Advantages of pneumatics are maxi
mum cushioning properties. greater
traction, permit higher speed. increase
radius of truck operation, saving in
truck maintenance, saving in gasoline
and oil, saving to roads.
State laws regulating truck tire
equipment and vehicle tax played an
important part in the rapid develop
ment and increasing use of pneumatic
truck tires. In one State. for instance,
law has been passed prohibiting the
use of solid tires on that States high
ways.
In addition to the increasing produce
ton of trucks for use with pneumatic
tires many truck owners are changing
over present solid types to pneumatics,
and it is predicted that from Is to so
per cent of those now running on
solids eventually will be changed over
to pneumatic tires
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-16
In the Motor World
BY ii. ADAMS HOWARD.

was coming downtown in the aft
ernoon to pick up her husband.
Proceeding south on Fourteenth
street, she awaited the crossing
policeman then on duty to give
the necessary signal to turn left
on F street in front of the Ma
tional Press Building. A street car
likewise was awaiting to turn.
The policeman made a sign as
if to come on. The street car
made the turn and the woman did
also. The policeman then jumped
off his stand and "bawled" the
woman out, saying that he only
had beckoned the street car
around. Traffic was held up a few
minutes while the policeman con-
tinued his TRADE. The woman's
husband came up, and a ticket
was presented.
Was the woman to be regarded
as a mind reader? If a mistake
had been made, was it necessary
for the policeman to go so far?
The use of a little more judgment
and courtesy probably would have
been better
The above is just one case.
There are many similar ones every
day. Drivers are not criminals
and do not merit such treatment.
Judge Gus A. Schuldt Of Police
Court has recommended courtesy
in driving. The superintendent
of police has instructed his men
to be courteous Why, then, is it
so often lacking?
Automobile production contin-
ues strong. Indications from all
of the various automotive centers
point to a banner year 1t is one
industry that surely has felt no
depression during the year 1923.
No whispering campaign exists IL
the sale of new cars. Their reore-
sentatives are generally loud
spoken in their praise of the new
products.
Well, what new detours today!