The Washington times., 1928-05-21
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Copyright. 1875 king Features
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Los ANGELES, May-2i. They
NAV make nct-so.good movies
here now and then. hut there's
one thing In which Hollywood ex-
GELS. And that il in stringing
strange words together in order
ID make up new titles for people.
The latest, and by far the least
understandable, is the one just
pinned on Charlie Chaplin. Charlie
ii being billed as an s'interpreta.
tive er1trepenellr." So now you
know the worst! The story Is
that d troupe Of Japanese actors
are in town. and possibly feeling
that they might not do so well
without b bit OF ballyhoo. few
OF the big boys got together and
corraled Charlie to stand out on
one side of the stage and explain
what it is all about. If he can
do 30, he deserves title much
more difficult and non.uT1derstand-
able. But the odds are against
him. Even the names Of the
players give him q heavy handi-
cap right off the reel. Look EN-
over: KOharu Chara. Suguko
Tanaka. Mitsuru Toyanla, and
last. but / trust Tar. from least,
Hideo Yamahera. The name OF
the show is ken Ged. So now
Charlie, 70 ahead ard DO your IN
terpretative entrepreneuring.
Bigger and better conventions
seem to be the order Of the day.
The Universal and Paramount
bows have staggered into town
from their convention cities and
HolIywood looks like old home
week. Don't misunderstand me
on the staggering part. mean.
they are staggering under the
weight Of the .inspirationar
aueecl1es made at the conventions.
as wen a. from the weight OF the
RESPONSIBILITIES placed on their
shoulders by the sales managers.
1T certainly seemed good TO see
Charlie Mccarthy. OF Paramount.
and Morris Safer. Of Universal.
among the boys. both apparently
bearing up wen under the strain.
From now on there will be one
succession OF banquets and parties
for the gang. And when they re-
cover the bunch will be all set
for another fifty weeks battle
I. ith the exhibitors In addition.
the Knights Of Columbus are con.
vening here. and the boulevard Is
hung with bunting and lights to
greet them. Ny. what q lot OF
strangers in town!
Over on the Fox lot they had q
party for al the first year play.
ers. ana it turned out to Be quite
b nice get-together. June Coilyer
pil1ted young Donald L0per par
don, mean Don Terry about
the set and introduced him to all
the folks. June's Manhattan poiss
gives her edge on the girls from
Sank Center. and when there IL
any hostessirg to be done June Il
in great demand. incidentally. she
and Lois Moran have been asked
az guests of honor by this knights
Of Columbus. Did they accept?
I'll say they did!
If the Paramount acting school
served no other good purpose-an
I think it served seVeral-it at
least established some fine friend
ships among some Of the young
sters. Buddy Rogers. Greg Black
ton and Roland DreW-WhO used to
be Walter GOgs when he worked on
a New York newspaper-arei nsep-
arabic pals. SO far Buddy has had
the greatest measure of success.
although Roland plays opposite
Dolores Del RI In Ramona" The
boys cheer one another UP when
bad breaks come, and celebrate
the good ones together. They're
all fine boys and each IL certain
that the big chance will come. !
ann too.
Lima Basauette and Bob Arm
strong are all set to begin work
Monday on Celebrity" and from
the plans. willard Keefe's play
should make fine film. Dot Far
lev has beer cast In the mother
role, and Clyde Cook plays a part
which is sure to gather its share
of the laughs. Everyone is pleased
and enthusiastic. and when they
begin that way the picture gener-
ally turns out well.
TIE Grain Of Dust" will have
Ricardo Cortez playing opposite
Claire Windsor when Tiffany-Stahl
makes the picture. Alma Bennett,
will have the role of the "other
woman"