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The Washington times., 1928-07-07
NAGEI REVELS
TN COSTUME
ROLES

y Historical dramas produced on
the screen not only provide de-
iightful entertainment but re.
fresh ones knowledge of impor.
tant incidents OF an era long past,
according TO Conrad Nagel, who
PLAYS the male lead with Dolores
Costello in her latest starring
vehicle, GLORIOUS Betsy" War.
ner Bros production directed by
Alan Crosland, now on the Metro
politan screen.
In GLORIOUS Betsy" Nagel plays
the role of Jerome Bonaparte.
brother Of Napoleon, who marries
Betsy Patterson, the Belle of
Baltimore" during an incognito
visit to the United States.
Probably few people recall that
NapoIeon's brother Jerome actual
~ did visit the United states or
that he married an American girl.
1t is around this incident, which
became a chapter in both French
and American history, that the
story. GLORIOUS Betsy" was writ
ten by Anthony Coldeway based
upon the play by Rida johnson
Young.
The cast includes John Milan.
Pasuuale Amato, Michael Vavitch,
Andre de Segurola, Paul Panzer,
Clarissa Selwynne, Marc McDer-
mptt and Betty Blythe.
The Washington times., 1928-07-07
AM.
BUSY TIME
AT EARLE

III any person who Aas paused
long enough to read this would
drop into the Earle Theater at
4, 8 OF D O'Clock on any Saturday
morning they would imagine that
they were iii bee hive. The
Earle Theater stage Is one con.
gIomeration 81 noise, color. more
noise. music and people running
around like chickens with their
heads OF. FOR ii ii rehearsal
time for the new Stanley com
pany stage porduction which has
1ugt arrived tn Washington from
Brooklyn on the sleepers.
The scenery il being put IN
place BY busy crew Of stage car
penters, lights are being changed
to meet the requirements Of the
new show BY still buster electri-
clans and Bernard Depkin. the
production manager for the Earle
Theater and the Stanley Theater
IN Baltimore Is rapidly giving or
ders.
The Earle stage band ID being
rehearsed BY Jack Pepper and
Daniel Breeskin, Joe Bonbrest and
Jack are going over their bit in
the new show, the acts are con-
versing with Jack and then the
acts begin their turn. Each one
must have the proper music. the
proper tempo for their dance II
It happens to be that kind of an
act and dozen other things. Alto
getl1er 1t IL one hnSy place on =
Saturday morning
The Washington times., 1928-07-07
LIP FRINGE IS
VITAL TO
THEM

Mustaches individualize the per-
sonality Of Paramount's team
comedians, w. G. Fields and
Chester Conklin, and each Of this
comedy nair is particularly par
tial to his own form of facial
adornment. Fields and Conklin
have just completed work on
Fools for Luck, now playing
at Loew's Palace.
my muStacile denotes comedy
and at the same time IT helps
lot to express pathos, Con-
kiln asserts. Being just a slight
model. built low on the ground,
the big mustache gets many a
laugh. s But then again, 1t IS
realistic. One sees many synpa-
.thetic little fellow with such a
growth
Fields differs slightly from
Conklin, according to his own
estimate Says he:
II can get as many heart
throbs and laughs out Of the bit
on my upper lip as Chester can
get with his great, blooming
homegrown whiskers. / think
the tiny misplaced eyebrow helps
stir an audiences sympathy
The Washington times., 1928-07-07
FRENCH HERO
In MENJOU
FILM

The present holder OF the discus
throw record for France is Raoul
Paoli, who appears in support to
Adolph Menjou in that stars
latest picture. "A Night OF Mys-
terry" now playing at Loew's
Columbia. Paoli Is not only
known for his athletic feats at
the Olympic games, but for his
marvellous physical comeback,
after having undergone a serious
wound during the war,
In 1912, Paoli represented
France at the Olympic games in
Stockholm. He was considered
the best all-around athlete in
France. Came the war in 1914,
and Paoli was sent to join his
regiment. He served in the
land forces for some time, then
was transferred to the aviation
corps. Here, in the final year
of the war, while flying 10000
feet over the lines, he was shot
down. His observer was killed.
He received almost fatal injuries
in the crash and was unconscious
for 80 hours.
He gradually redeveloped him.
self and in 1920 established a
worlds record in the shotpGt.
He hurled the shot 4S feet
The Washington times., 1928-07-07
LAKE DANCES
DRAW THE
CROWDS

Everything is hotsy-totsy out
at Chevy Chase Lake these sum.
mer evenings with two ace Meyer
Davis dance music orchestras
puryeying syncopation that
simply crackles with electricity.
Cool breezes provide a. comfort
not to be found In the city. So
naturally both upper and lower
payilions are crowded, nightly
with young folks who know that
the Lake is the ideal suburban
spot for dancing and relaxation.
The famous Swanee Synco.
pators are packing in the dancers
on the lower pavilion, while the
Meyer Davis band led by Ben
Levine is the featured attraction
on the upper pavilion. Although
representing absolutely different
types of orchestration, both of
these dance units are alike in
presenting the brightest of jazz.
The big lineup OF the Swanee
Syncopators includes a number
of brasses and, at times, produces
effects that suggest a full brass
band in their reverberance and
snap.
Vaudeville specia!ttes are sand.
WICKED in between the dance
numbers on both pavilions, with
Al Norton providing the stunts
on the lower pavilion, while Ben
Levine interpolates banjo and
vocal solos on the upper dancing
floor
The Washington times., 1928-07-07
MAKE
ACTOR, SAYS
BROOKE

The supreme test of an actors
ability to make an appeal to his
audience is found in a very simple
manner, according to Clifford
Brooke, director Of the National
Theater Players. That is says
Mr.. Brooke, lin the way a man
wears his clothes"
In character parts. according to
Director Brooke, the average
actor has an easy tirne OF it.
when he is called upon to wear
4 full dress suit, evening clothes,
and when he has no hat on his
head, no cane in his hands only.
those evening cIothes-he is liable
TO meet with disaster. Awkward
ness shows I'D easily when an
ungainly man encases himself In
the proverbiaI soup and fish,
attire; when he dons the claw
hammer coat. the spike.tailsd gar
ment. or whatever else it might
be called.
BY this virtue, John Warner,
leading man with the National
Theater Players, is one OF the
5est figures on the American
stage. He wears his clothes well.
In evening dress he is especially
az home and patrons of the Ma
tionaI Theater Players know that
here. before them, stands the last
word in perfect dress.
re may not be generally known,
but it Is true nevertheless that
style in mems clothing changes
almost as frequently as style IN
women,s wear.
The change in mems style, it
III true. is not as fragrant as the
changes that obtain in women -
the cut of lapel, the disappear
ance of a button, or the absence
OF a split in the back of a coat
that's usually all it amounts to:
but an actor, IL he is to be the
personification of perfect sartorlal
sp1endor, must keep up with the
fashions.
The Washington times., 1928-07-07
WINGS + RIO
u MT ED IN
LADIES

Three motion picture notable
who contributed materially to
the success Of Wings. the avia-
ton epic worked together again
at the Paramount studio in Holly
wood.
Clara Bow, star; Richard Arlen,
leading man; and William Well
man. director. made the new
drama of the underworld, Ladies
of the Mob the current screen
attraction at the Earle Theater.
This was the first time the three
were associated since the filming
of the air production
In the story. which is a great
departure from the type of pic
ture Miss Bow has made in the
past, the flapper star plays the
role of an underworld character
who reforms and then spends
the balance of the time persuade
ing Richard Arlen to do like
wise.
1t is interesting to note that
this is the first photoplay of its
kind attempted by the youthful
director. His two great successes
came with Wings" and THE
Legion Of the Condemned, both
dealing with aviators.
The Washington times., 1928-07-07

The Irish Guild Players will
close the doors of their season of
summer repertory after Sunday
night at the Provinceton Play
house. Another subscription sea.
son of Irish plays will be pre-
scented this Writer at a playhouse
as Dempsey" by William Boyle
and "cethleen Nj Houlihan,' now
in rehearsal, will be held over for
fall production.
ship Alloy" the Max Mayo
comedy which has been in rehar-
sal in Florida, is now ready for
Broadway presentation and the
cast sails for New York next
week. Players who have roles are
Ruth Donaldson, Jane Seagrave-
Adams, Mercedes Miller. Giles
Powell, William knighton, Helene
Bond. Robert Gatchell, Benson
Leckie, Ina Teller. The director
IS John Jex.
''The Happy Husband, in which
Billie Burke, A. F.. Matthews, Law
renee Grossmith and others are ap-
pearing at the Empire. will close
on Saturday night. 1T is said Miss
Burke is considering a play by an
English dramatist for the coming
season. ~
The Washington times., 1928-07-07
'HOI ,TYNO0D'
| UPS
s, REGhygA
~ GREDNE
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HOLLYWOOD, July s. 1t
looks as though Greta Carlo will
not enjoy the European vacation
which she has been planning.
For the plans of Metro include
her appearance in q revised
movie version Of Edward Shell
don's stage play, Romance.
Doris Keane created the part
which Greta will essay, playing
it on the screen as well as in
the theatsr.
The plot deals with the love
Aof a. preacher for an Italian
opera singer. So the Swedish
star had better brush up on her
Italian If Romance" is to be
sound picture. The screen adap-
tation is now In course of prepa.
ration, and everything will be
set for production by the time
Greta completes "A Woman of
Affairs" which Is the movie
title for The Green Hat
Even the so-caIled ''indepen-
dent producers are joining the
sound parade, and are planning
to synchronize their product with
one or another of the ''squeakie"
devices. Perhaps the first OF
the indies to be released will
be THE Girl from Argentine,
a Gotham picture in which
Carmel Myers will star.
corinne Griffith. will soon be
seen on the screen in a role
which Elsie Ferguson played
upon the stage. Just as soon as
the final shots for The Divine
Lady have been taken, Corinne
stars in "Outcast," under the di.
rection of william A. Setter,
Laura La Plante's husband.
Corinne's present picture deals
with the romance of Admiral
Lord Nelson and the beautiful
Lady Hamilton. Coolies OF "sea
STUFF has been taken for the
picture, including some naval bat
ties which are reported as thrill
ing as any ever filmed.
One OF the Hollywood sights, so
cdd, yet so familiar, is the taxi
ing of motion pictures right out
ia the streets. This or that
corner is chosen for location. or
some apartment house or hotel
entrance is selected for a certain
scene, and down come actors,
directors, camera men, and the
whole crew.
They work just as uncon.
cernedly as they would in the
seclusion of studio, and the ma
tives are so used to seeing them
that only the very smallest chill.
dren pay the least attention.
The Washington times., 1928-07-07

Conrad's attorney says the
woman in the case is Beth Beri.
she OF the gorgeous underpinning.
whose dances in the "FoIlies'' and
kid Boots caused many an
ancient heart in Baldhead Row to
flutter dangerously.
Along the Rialto, it was freely
reported that Conrad and Miss
Beri were engaged, until last
February. when she dashed away
to Europe after a quarrel.
Although the wiseacres OF Times
Square didn't know it at the
time, the quarrel was the climax
of Conrad's financial downfall.
He had spent the proceeds of
dozen song successes to make
vaudeville star OF the tempera-
mental dancer. Conrad gave up
song writing altogether. in order
to be near his adored one, while
she toured the country in his
revue, A Night In the Follies. .
When Conrad filed his petition
in Bankruptcy in New York yes
terday, he estimated his liabil-
tiles at $4,000.
The swimming pools Of Washing
ton, and the roof gardens as wei,
are getting THE breaks" at last.
And we hope this squib won't
change their luck.
Such resorts depend entirely
on the weather for their success.
If it's a little cool or IL it looks
like rain, the managers of the
outdoor establishments might
just as well close up shop and
play solitaire on the empty cash
register.
Washington summers have been
so deceptive Of recent years that
the roof and pool rackets are
real gambles-unle of course.
they are subsidiary attractions to
The Washington times., 1928-07-07
Watch This Space!
by JIM RING

Con Conrad outstanding composer Of Tin Pan Alley,
fell victim his sentimental song hits His love bal
lads to his heart then to head And he's bank
rupt for love of q beautiful woman says Broadway.
The Washington times., 1928-07-07
DARK DOLORES
FIN DS F u N
IN FANS
BY DOLORES DEL RIO

Some one has said that nova
days Ito collect fans one must be
a millionaire--o a burglar!m do
not happen to be either, but those.
who have seen my cabinet Of fans
tell me it is significant one.
Fans are my hobbies. I have
no thought OF being ambitious to
possess a large number Of fans.
but lam interested in leisnrely
assembling those that have his
toric value.
When one stops to reflect bit,
he will find that fans have played
quite a part in history. Many
references are made to fans in
fiction and in biographies, diaries
and documents which are the
groundwork on which history is
built.
Fans, too, have q language Of
their own romance language.
Throughout the history of the IA
nous French Lelles, for instance,
fans are alternately q weapon OF
the cruel fair or a bellows to-
blow up the fires of love. refer
particularly to France because
Biarritz, the fayorite haunt of the
Empress Eugene in recreation
periods. is the locale OF No Other
Woman, my latest picture.
One well-knoHn writer. In speak.
ing OF the language Of fans. said:
There is an infinite variety of
speech In the flutter Of = fan.
There Is the angry flutter, the
modest flutter, the timorous ffut-
ter and the aniorous flutter."
The loveliest fan use In No
other Woman is of ostrich. It Is
of paie mink, shading toward the
tips to deep American Beauty
red. 1t is carried with a dancing
frock OF silver brocade. 1t Is
probably the showiest fan in my
collection AMI was selected to give
an exotic. fantastic touch to the
costume and the scenes In which
use it,.
Miss Del Rio opens today at the
Fox in this, her latest picture.
The Washington times., 1928-07-07
What's Just
Ahead i'm
TheaterS

For the week beginning. Mon
day, July 16, the National
Theater Players Will present Mrs.
Wigs of the Cabbage Patch"
the Alice Hogan Rice story. that
became famous almost over night.
Mrs. Wigs and and her strange
brood of children-Asia, Euro.
pena, Austry and the. others-and
the fascinating Lovey Mary, Miss
Hay. Mr.. Stubbins, and Little
Tommy. not to forget Mr..
Hunkerdunkus Jones, are coming
to life again under the guiding
genius Of Clifford Brooke, direc.
tor, now busily engaged in cast.
Ing his players for these parts.
Husbands for Rent" with Owen
Moore and Helene Costello, a gay
madcap of marital romance, will
be the screen attraction at the
Fox beginning July II.
On the stage will be another of
the S. j. Stebbins presentations.
William Haines comes to
Loew's Palace in his latest Metro
Goldwyn.Mayer picture, Telling
the World" July IA. Another
IoeW-Publix unit will be featured
on the stage.
Sydney Chaplin comes to
J4oew's Columbia July IL in his
latest comedy hit. Skirts"
For the week beginning satur-
day, July. Il, CrandaIl's Metro
politan Theater will offer as it's
major screen offering a picture
of which many of the scenes were
filmed In Washington last sum.
ner. 1t is The Texas steer" an
adaptation of Charles ri. Hoyt's
stage play of a cowboy from
Texas who goes to Congress and
runs wild in Washington.
The Texas cowboy role is in the
capable hands of Will Rogers,
who only has tc act natural, as he
has been elected by the National
Press Club as Congressman.at at.
large. His supporting cast in
cludes Louise Fazenda, Douglas
Fairbanks, ir. Ann Rork, and
Lilyan Tashman.
Richard Barthelmess, supported
by Lima Basquette, Margaret Liv-
tngston and Bodil Rosing, will he
ff1e featured screen star at the
Earle Theater, beginning July IA
He will be seen in THE Wheel of
Chance. On the stage will be
seen a new Stanley Company col
orful revue. THE Garden Party
in which Jack Pepper is the fea.
tWFed entertainer.
The Washington times., 1928-07-07
permanent establishment.

q permanent establishment.
The obstacles of wind and
weather have relented this year,
however, and all the outdoor fun
stations are enjoying plenty of
patronage. You can tell that by
the programs they are offering.
AS you will see elsewhere In
this department today, Jardin
Lido is enjoying a number of
big special nights; the two pavil-
ions at Chevy Chase Lake are
being thumped by innurneTable
dancing feet, and Scapa Flow is
on the eve of staging a big
Swim for Safety Week. free to
the boys of PetWorth and Bright.
wood.
New York wits have. not been
slow in picking a choice bit out
of the program for Resale" the
ziegfeld hit at the New Amster-
dam.
It concerns little Bobbe Arnst
the slim little Coincidence seen
here last in lie Mares Affairs.
''Bobbe Arnst was born in New
York" says the program She
is not yet OF age. and has been
on the stage II years.
The New York film censors
have thrown a new bolt into the
movie camp.
They have decided that their
authority extends to the censor
ship of "talkies.
This mean that New Workers.
will not only see the purest of
pictures but that the movietone
or vitaphone conversations there
with will be thoroughly disin-
fected before exhibition.
Just how they're going to
chop talk out OF these films is
a matter to technical to be taken
I'm here
The Washington times., 1928-07-07
Bang! Rumor Killed!

It has been persistently ru-
mored that Mrs. Wigs of the
Cabbage Patch the attraction
which the National Theater Play
ers VIII present next week Is
scheduled for a two.weeks run
owing to the great interest al.
ready shown in their revival
of this rural comedy classic. The
management takes hasty steps to
deny the runor and begs to an.
nounce that no matter how popu-
lar The play may be it's set
poilcy of "one week only" will
be maintained.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-16
National Toll Roads

a project for the construction Of a nationwide
-hain Of long distance motor express highways has
been put forward BY the Union Highways Association
Of America. The plan of the organization is to have
congress assist in the financing, with the actual cost
X the huge undertaking eventually met BY toll col
lections.
Plans formulated by the association now include
most Of the eastern seaboard section extending as far
west as Chicago. Throughout this area, proponents
the the plan state. a tremendous traffic will be gen.
Grated, and the toll roads viii be extended as rapidly
rs traffic warrants.
While the plan Of the organization appears very
logical il will not meet an enthusiastic response from
the pablo. Tie idea OF toll roads is not new in the
United States. though il has been relegated to OBJ
soarity as a relic Of the dim past. The American pub
lie does not favor direct taxation under any condi-
ton. They would prefer to pay for their highways
through the medium of bonds based upon gasoline
taxes realty valuations. Toll charges will not appeal
e them. The cost Of collection and other items OF
expense entering therein, together with the fact that
they would present an almost unlimited field for po-
Iitical exploitation, are factors the public will con
slider before requesting congress to take action in fl
nancing such highways.
The necessity for motor express highways which
exists in the densely populated areas is very apparent,
but these highways can be constructed without max
ing them toll roads. There are various other ways in
which they can be financed. any one Of which would
doubtless be more preferable to the public than that
advanced by the highway association.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-16

ars, and with coed results. The poems come for the
summer and undertake the care of beet fields by con-
tract. They live simply and TO themselves, disturbing
no one and returning to Mexico when the work is over.
Beets require close care and intensive cultivation.
The wedding and thinning Of the fields is back, break
ing work that ordinary farm hands will not perform.
The beet sugar mills at Chaska and East Grand
Forks, involving a large investment, ard comforting
great benefits on beet growers and on the land thus
used, would find it difficult to secure enough beets
to operate successfully, if Mexican labor were banned.
If Mexican immigrants thronged in city slums,
competed with skilled labor, depressed wage sched-
ules, formed a dangerous element or menaced the
quality Of our citizenship, it would be different. But
they do none Of these things. Then why shut them
out or restrict their numbers to a useless quota?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-16
Peters Adventures

like to be dragged out Of bed like
this by a perfect stranger. Here
| am, however. Come now. What do
you wish to know? Where have you
taken yourself to, my fine young Two
Legs? II seems to me that the least
you could do after | have taken all
the trouble to get up out OF my nice
warm bed is to stay around where |
can see you"
"Stay around where you can see
me. Well, | like that" exclaimed
Peter in great surprise. 81 am
standing right here bv the side Of
your doorstep. All thar you have to
do is to turn your eyes this way"
THAT Is just exactly the troubled"
complained Screech Owl Grossly. II
can't turn my eyes. They are fixed
firmly in their sockets and / can't
roll them like the other birds do.
You have no idea how i~nconvenient
it is. / have TO twist my head around
every time ! want TO see anything.
Now. if you were standing in front
Of my door I could look AZ you with
out coming out into the sunlight.
Since you are off at the side ] shall
have to stir myself. Dearl Dearl
How that light does bother mel"
Grumbling all the while, Screech
Owl poked his tufted head out Of
the hollow in the tree and lazilv pull
ed his body out after It. Staring
blindly straight ahead with wide
open. yellow-rimmed eyes. IL seemed
to Peter that even though the bird
knew just where he was it was
some time before he actually saw the
boy.
"Shay! shay" Kissed Sereech Owl
irritably. GAS if it wasn't bad
enough to be chased into the house
by those hateful screeching Blue
Jays now / have to be forced to lose
more sleep and. what il worse. 10
sit out here in the binding sunlight
which ! simply detest-to answer
a lot of fool questions.
"If you really wanted to visit me
why didn't you come tonight? ]
could see you better then-now |
can barely make out your form, you
know, and besides I would have been
in a much better humor. after a fine
days sleep. Why did you come to
bother me, anyhow"
Next-The Wise Old Owl