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Last Play by Popular Vote.

WHEN patrons of the National Thea
w ter Players take their seats in the
playhouse this week they will be pro-
vided with slips. upon which to cast
their vote for the final play of the
Summer season, to be presented the
week beginning Monday, September 10.
Along with these slips will go list
# the plays put on by this capable or
ganization during the past four years
There are, all told, about rs plays that
have been produced by Messrs Cochran
IL Brooke, Each patron will be asked
to vote for his favorite play When
at the end of the voting, compila
ton of the plays is made, the play re-
cetving the largest number of votes
will be selected by the National Thea
ter Players to close their 1928 season.
Year before last Seven Keys to
Baldpate" received the popular vote, )"
and by almost unanimous request Aus
tin Strong's Seventh Heaven" was
chosen to end last years successful
season.
The Players wish to close this year
with the same thought they had in
mind four years ago--to please Wash
ington theatergoers. and the selection
expressed by popular vote will be
strictly adhered to-
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FILMOGRAMS
Bits From the Studios and Theaters.

making human fiddlers and horn toot-
ers unnecessary Lurking somewhere
in the background, 1t adds, is the labor
problem.
Tom Gerachty is to write story.
THE Richest Girl on Earth" for Col
leen Moore, to follow Synthetic Sim
Douglas MacLeans picture, THE
Carnation Kid" is being made both as
silent drama and as a sound picture.
If it were rot for cows there would
be no motion pictures. So says DR..
Eastman of the Eastman corporation.
Cows hide produces the gelatin used
in the manufacture of raw films.
The worlds largest motion picture
theater is the Shrine Auditorium In Los
Angeles. which was opened August 10.
according TO a news note in Film
Daily. Evening shows and Saturday
and Sunday matinees are its policy.
Joseph P. Kennedy will direct af-
fairs at First National for five years
under the terms of contract Just
signed, says Film Daily. and E. B. Derr.
secretary-treasurer of FBO. Is to be In
charge of the operations of the COM
pany.
Out in Nebraska they are advertis-
ing free picture shows two days Of the
week.
Next Wednesday, when the outing
of the Washington Railway and affili-
ated companies is held at Glen Echo
Park. among the guests will be many
of the motorman, or rather drivers, and
conductors, who functioned in the good
old days" when street cars were pro-
PEELED by horse power" literally as
well as figuratively.
Colby Hartman, managing director
of the Loew interests in Washington, is
responsible for the many innovations
in the presentation of the programs at
Loew'S Palace and Columbia. Larry
Beatus, formerly managing director Of
those theaters, still commutes week ends
between New York and Washington.
A part in Avalanche" Zane Grey
story, in which Jack Holt will have the
male lead. has been assigned to Bacla-
nova. Paramount's Russian player. She
will play dance hall girl.
John Darrow, the kid reporter In the
screen version of THE Racket" has
been signed by Paramount for part in
Avalanche
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Picture Still First.

Gt,I~HE picture is still the thing No
sound device or other inventions
can change that fundamental basis OF
film entertainment
This is the first item in the profes-
sional creed of Monta Bell. who has
Just arrived from Hollywood to be pro-
duction executive of the Paramount
studio on Long Island. The studio will
be devoted to sound pictures.
ITO hold audiences week after week
you've got to give them something up
there on the screen to intrigue the eye,
something they'll be glad to look at.
You must give them movement, variety,
interest, beauty. The fascination lies
in the picture,
Sound is wonderful accompani-
ment and supplement in telling the
story effectively but ii never can take
first Importance. 1t may be of mar
velous aid in bringing out effects more
strongly. adding atmosphere and color
to the scene, stepping up the big mo-
ments of tension when 1t seems that
the screen itself must cry out to ex~
press the full meaning Of its drama.
Sound. however, should not be used
monotonously or blindly. Sound used
with good taste is the final rule.
FuFtneTHoFe, the Ileeo loI pictures
that satisfy and conform to the tests
of the eye is greater now than ever.
Even by the end of this year 1t is es-
timated that only about 1000 theaters
will be equipped to exhibit sound eff
fects. The majority Of movie houses
for long time will remain silent. But
sound by its novelty will provide strong
competition, 80 that the other theaters
will need more than ever to show the
very best pictures. Producers must
bear that In mind
We're all amateurs In sound pic
lures as yet" he says modestly, and
the talking pictures so far released get
by on their appeal as novelties.
This thought detracts nothing from
the wonderful progress that has been
made in developing the use Of sound
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Nearing the Close.

to clause that the play is through
forever on the stage.
Only through the clever foresight of
Manager Steve Cochran, who directs
the policy of the National Players, have
Washington theatergoers this Summer
been permitted to catch glimpses of
plays that are about to disappear en-
tirely from the legitimate theater. The
plays already presented have equaled
in interest any presented In previous
seasons and audiences have braved all
sorts of weather to keep the attend
ance records near the breaking peak
always.
There are still several shows that
should evoke unusual interest, how
ever. The play scheduled for next
week. for instance-"The Creaking
Chat" its premiere here in the
National two seasons ago, and since
then has been rated one of the finest
mystery plays of the decade.
All in ALL the members Of the Ma
tional Theater Players have done their
share toward making Washington
Summer something to remember. Soon
they will fold up their tents like the
Arab. and as silently steal away" Sum-
mer doesn't linger long. and when it
passes Summer stock passes with 1t.
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THE wonders of vitaphone are mani

THE wonders of vitaphone are mani
= fold
Now comes one of the most novel
things yet known to motion pictures.
The scream" closeup is herel
A Closeup" of scream may sound
far-fetched. but there Is. seemingly,
nothing impossible for Vitaphone. At
any rate. that Is what audiences who
happen to hear and see The Terror, "
the second all-sound Vitaphone produc-
ton. will be treated To.
Every natural sound of real life ac-
companying the action and the move
ments of the characters in The Terror"
is being included In the sound picture
Hence. not only the speech of the play
ers. but their involuntary utterances
and the sounds of their movements also
will be conveyed.
AS a consequence Of this new discov~
cry audiences will get an audible close
up" of Louise Fazenda and May Me-
Avoy as they scream In mortal fright
OF THE Terror" The shot Of the
scream is. incidentally. one of the
many novel ones introduced by Di~
rector Roy Del Ruth to this melodrama
The Terror" is an eerie mystery
story in which the disappearance of a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-19

WITH the regular season in the offing,
the National Theater Players will
soon be packing their grips and wend-
ing their way home--to Broadway and
other parts.
Before they go. however, among their
scheduled plays. none. it is believed,
will attract more attention than the
offering this week. that happens to be
a play which has never before appeared
in Washington and which now makes
it's farewell TO the stage-George M.
Cohan's comedy, THE Home Town
ers."
1t happens that while Director Cliff
ford Brooke is putting the National
Theater Players through their PAGES
with this snappy comedy Of contrast
between the big and the little town,
out in Hollywood young Bryan Foy, son
of the late comedian, Eddie Foy, is
assembling his cast to play the same
comedy for the all-talking pictures.
During the current season the Ma
tional Players have presented 1--WE or
six plays that will never be seen again
on the boards For whenever the film
magnate purchases a script. he holds
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COUND pictures are having a hard
- THE, in prophecy at least, for now
the critics are asking what Is going 10
become of the big features after they
have finished in the houses not
equipped for showing sound pictures.
This hits the neighborhood house. OF
which there are many, many, many.
The Radio Manufacturing Associa-
ton has appointed committee to keep
| the public informed about television
development. so that people will not be
misled into believing that radio pic
! lures are soon to be had.
Baltimore is said to be gradually
wedding out human orchestras by pre-
pairing for sound pictures and music.
which isn't good news for the musicians
and perhaps not for lovers of good
music.
| On the other hand, Dallas, Tex,
| which is said to be in a fighting mood
generally. has installed a 2l-piece or
/ chestra at one of its theaters in order
to fight sound picture competition.
A news report states that George
! Gershwin has agreed with William Fox
| to write for him a musical comedy for
| Fox Movietone, for which he Is TO re-
ceive 100000.
Destructive projection. declared to
exist in nine-tenths of the Nations
| theaters, was denounced at a recent
meeting of the Academy of Motion
| Picture Arts and Sciences, and blamed
for the reported slump in theater
patronage Producers and distributors
seem to be unaware of the manner in
/ xxyIAir l1 1Xhihffan
second-run houses. 1t was declared.
Three more road show Vitaphone
pictures are reported from Los Angeles
as completed-Al Jolson's Singing
Fool" Fanny Brices My Man" and
The Redeeming Sin" starring Dolores
| Costello.
Gloria Swanson has changed the
nam of her Won Stroheim picture
The Swamp" to queen Kelly"
Ills Private Life" an Ernest Vajda
story. will be Adolphe Menjous next
picture for Paramount, with Kathryn
Carver leading the cast of women.
/ Think of it! The gross receipts for
four weeks of 1.-The Street Angel" at
the Roxy, in New York. is reported 10
reach the huge sum of $479,957
Gov. c. C. Young of California is
said to have issued a proclamation call
ing upon CalifornianS to support the
greater movie season.
Film :ly says orchestras are
catching e.le devil below the Mason and
Dixon line, Baby Vitaphone," non
synchronous Western Electric device
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Bad Breaks.

THERE are times when those cater
ing to the amusement OF the public
get bad breaks"
During the recent hot spell the par
ticular bad break that hit Director
Leonard b. Schloss OF Glen Echo Park
was ruined gown worn by one of his
lady patrons. whose gown, OF a fiimsy
material, orchid in color, and in con-
sequence easily spotted. was ruined by
an innovation being tried out by Direc-
tor Schloss In his Glen Echo ballroom
to improve cooling system.
Large cakes Of ice had been placed
In back Of the fans with the idea that
the cooled air thus circulated would
materially lower the temperature of
the big pavilion.
His idea was good, but he forgot to
make provision to catch the melting
Ice. with the result that the young
lady wearing the gown had her $S6. SO
dress spoiled by the dripping Ice and
the management's pocketbook suffered
to the extent OF nearly $40 In conse-
quence.
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Clarifying The Cop. .

THE full cooperation of the New
York Police Department was given
the De Mile studio in filming scenes
for The Cop" in which William Boyd
is starred on local screen this week.
Heads of the department we're in con-
slant touch with Director Donald Crisp
during the production and Boyd was
carefully drilled for his role Of met
ropolitan bluecoat.
Robert Anderson, whose characteri-
cation Of the dumb prize fighter in rs
Eat So?" ranks high In stage deiinea-
tons of recent years, makes his debut
as A featured player in the role of a
crook In this picture, and Cliff Bergere,
whose sensational career as a racing
driver has been followed by speedway
fans throughout the world, appears in
spectacular scene In which he was
called upon to drive heavy truck
rather than the tiny cars in which he
usually hurtles about,
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Strand Reopens Saturday

IN announcing the opening of the
Strand Theater next Saturday eve
ming at Sis o'clock, Manager Ira j..
La Motto states that one Of the fea-
lures in connection with its policy will
be a weekly change of bill, together
with an entirely new cast each week
The Strand Theater he states, being
the largest burleSque house in Wash
ington, and having the largest seating
capacity, is enabled to frame a price
scale that is extremely reasonable, large
audiences being relied upon to make
profit.
The Strand has been thoroughly
renovated, redecorated and painted to
enable patrons to more thoroughly en-
10y the attractive shows which will be
presented during the 1928-29 season.
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Once Lived in Mexico.
CHIRLEY oHARA. who plays /

CHIRLEY OHARA. who plays the
princess in Forbidden Hours" Mo-
varro's new picture. although born in
New York, has passed most OF her life
in Mexico City, where her father was
a British consular officer.
Ramon Novarro also lived there for
years.
A few years ago. while Miss O'Hara
attended the University Of California
she yearned for screen fame. and her
first hit was with Adolphe Meniou in
"A Gentleman Of Paris"
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Tribute to a Beloved Poet.

GREENFIELD Ind, typical Amer
- lean town, with plenty of business
and everyday work, once declared a
public holiday, and schools, churches
and stores were closed while the entire
populace went to a movie.
This does not seem so prepoSterous,
however when it Is learned that Green
field was the home Of the Hoosier poet,
James Whitcomb Riley, and that the
movie was screen version made from
one OF his poems. THE Girl Loved"
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Scream Closeup.

fortune in stolen loot and the sinful
taneouS disappearance of gang lead
or provide the plot. II has Its setting
in a secluded spot in England
The film story is based OH the pop
ular play by Edgar Wallace 1t has
run for three years on the London dra-
matte stage. It was adapted for Vita
phone by Harvey Gates.
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DANCING.

MR.. STAFFORD PFMHERTON,
ALL STYLES STAGE, BALLRoOM DANCING
Studio. liza Conn ave. Phone N. 3aaa. 40
PROF, AND MRS L. A ACHER STUDIO,
HAT 10th st. NV. Ulassea Men. Fri. 10 ii
pm, with orchestra Private lessons by ap-
pointment FIR aa67 Established 1900, ais
MISS dIRARDEAU L,EGARE~-S private les,
snns So single, l.ah all the. latest .stepa,
Glass dance Friday, a. practice. 10 ii
North 1871, 20sa y st, NV. IN flight al 5
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Gov. G. c. Young of California Is
said to have issued a proclamation call
ing upon Californians to support the
greater movie season.
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Think Of i'll The gross receipts for
four weeks of 1.-THE Street Angel" at
the Roxy, in New York. is reported TO
reach the huge sum of $479,957.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-19

Film Fly says orchestras are
catching e.Ie devil below the Mason ant
Dixon line, Baby Vitaphone," non
synchronous Western Electric device
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-19

4 MOTHER worry for ths aim
men is the bill seeking tc Gre
ate a commission TO control the
picture industry, sponsored by
Cannon Caase, reformer-church
man. The bill is known as the
Hudson motion picture bill, and it
Is condemned by the Films Board
Of Trade The bill would create a
Federal motion picture commits
sion under the Interior Depart
ment as a division Of the Bureau
Of Education. The commission
would consist Of the commissioner
Of education and six members, two
Of them women. Their salaries
would be $4,000 a year, with $l0,-
600 for the chairman. One sec
ton Of the bill provides for a
Headquarters In Washington and
bureaus" wherever the public in
terest should require. The bill Is
intended 10 protect the motion
picture industry from unfair trade
practices and monopoly" which
protection already comes under
the Federal Trade Commission. II
also provides for the making 81
wholesome motion pictures at th'
source Of production" and for tn
proper distribution and exhibl.
ton Of the non theatrical as wei
as theatrical films" The bill. in
word. would make the motion pic
ture industry public utllity
transferring its companies lnb'
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Ills Private Life" an Ernest Vajda
story. will be Adolphe Menjou's next
picture for Paramount, with Kathryn
Carver leading the cast of women.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
VIM. b. WRIGHT, Attorney.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS
trict Of Columbia.-Wibur. s: Carroll Ad-
NH m1nis1rator OF the estate Of Leila H. Car
Mack International Motor Truck Corp.
NNorp GT9di Mabel " Carroll Defendants
lect of this suit is to require the defendant,
Mack International Motor Truck Corpora
ton; deliver up to the complainant the doc
to be releases and assignments. and that the
same documents be by decree of this court
d lee vS null and void that the defendant
be required to account to the plaintiff fer
profits due Leila H. Carroll for the service Of
1926 that the court decree that the defend
ants, Wardman Construction Company Inc.
and the. Mack International Motor Truck
istrator OF. the estate of Leila H. Carroll.
deceased, DAMAGES for the value OF said five
trucks: to wit, $4,000 90. less any credit that
amounts of deferred payments for balance
Of the purchase price Of certain trucks: and
dent to and connected with the transfer Of
s d1 Scf tbe to ne s
ments. conditional bills Of sales and other
contracts entered into by of the Defend
Der. AID 1928. ordered that the defendant
entered herein on or before the fortieth day.
exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, oc-
curing after the day Of the first publication
proceeded with as in case Of default; pro-
week Tor three successive weeks in the
couT f t JENN1Nd ssi BAIEEY Jastics es
HAM H1Hs e Clerk Tf sy Hz zRkTK M E. HG N Rss
Clerk. se26.oc3,l0
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THOMAS j. OWEN e. SON. AUCTIONEERS,
1881 Eye Street Northwest

: Ni ESTATE AFT BEING a TWo-SToRY BRICK
DWELLING. CONTAINING SIX ROOMS
AND BATH. WITH BUILT-IN GARAGE:
KNOWN .5N{3,NTs AS AS 62s MORTON PLACE
corded in Iiber No: 5597 at folio 1876, of the
lard records of the District of Columbia.
and at the request of the parties secured
thereby. the undersigned will sell at public
DAY, THE ELEVENTH, DAY OF OCTOBER.
1923. AT R-TWENTY-FIVE ,OCLOCK
PM. the following described land and
premises situate in the District OF Colum.
bia, and being lot numbered three hundred
and flfty-six. 1850 in square numbered eight
said deed of trust, upon the following terms;
Terms of sale: Said property is subject
to a prior deed of trust securing an in.
debtedness of $4,000. and said property will
be sold subject to said deed OF, trust indebt;
edness. OF the purchase price over and
paid in cash and the balance in two equal
installments. payable in one end two years,
with interest at the rate OF So per an
mum, PAYABLE semi-annually, secured by sec
all cash at the option Of the purchaser. In
terest and taxes TO be paid or adjusted to
date of sale. A deposit of 5000 will be re-
quired at the time of sale. All conveyancing,
recording, etc, at. the cost of purchaser
Terms Of sale to be complied with within
deposit will be forfeited and property resold
at risk and cost of defaulting purchaser
after five t5) days advertisement OF such
resale in some newspaper published in Wash
ington, D. G. B. FRANCIS saul Nw
WILLIAM p. BENSON,
ocl -d&ds,cxSu a Trustees.
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rOMORROW
THOMAS ,; GWEN & son: AUCTIoNEERs.

i4 Is Eye rs street 5o Northwest tive tANf''
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE REAL
ESTATE, BEING A TWO-STORY BRICK
THE FIRST Floor AND ROTH Rooms
KNOWN AS 1905 MONTELLO AVENUE
corded in Liber No. 6048 at folio 4O5. of the
land records of the District of Columbia
and at the request of the parties secured
HS1s oeeTogGR Fo of nsem 1888, 8f
FOUR O'CLOCK PM, the following describ-
one hundred and sixty-hve 165) in square
numbered forty, hundred and ,fifty-seven
S4oSD,. as tdeSScribed in said deed of trust.
Terms Of sale, Said property is subject
edness of $5.0000O and .said property will
debtedness; Of the purchase price over and
above said deed of trust, one-third is to
be paid in, cash and the balance in two
years. with interest at the rate Of So, per
annum. payable semi-annually. secured by
second deed of trust upon the property sold.
or all cash, at the option of the purchaser.
to date of sale. A deposit Of $4,000 will be
required a. the time of sale. All convey
ancing, recording: etc. at the cost of pur-
within thirty 800 days from day of sale,
otherwise deposit will be forfeited and prop
erty reSold at risk and cost of defaultlng
purchaser, after five go days advertisement
OF such resale in some newspaper published
HARRY L. LIGHT.
~ 18th & g SITS. NV.
18th 81 G SITS NV.
2,24,26,28ocl,3.4 Trustees.
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THOMAS J. OWEN g. SON. Auctioneers,
1881 Eye Street Northwest.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE REAL REAL
DWELLING. CONTAINING SIX ROOMS
AND BATH. KNOWN AS $40 ORLEANS
BY virtue of a certain deed OF trust re-
Land Records of the District OF. Columbia:
and at the request of the parties secured
TTsDA TaE 2 Hf hS RreT pzY 81
O'CLOCK PM, the following described
land and premises situate in the District OF
Columbia. and being lot numbered three
numbered eight hundred and f1fty-f1ve 1850,
as. described in said deed of trust. upon the
Terms of sale Said property is subject to
ness of $4,000. and said property will be sold
subject to said deed of trust indebtedness:
OF the purchase price over and above said
deed of trust, third is to be paid IN
interest at the rate of 81 per annum, pay;
able semi ANNUALLY, secured by second deed
of trust upon the property sold, or all cash,
at the option of the purchaser. Interest and
to be Pad or 10 Led to date Of sale
time of sale. All conveyancing. recording:
etc. at. the cost Of purchaser. Terms Of
days, from, day of sale. otherwise, deposit
and cost of defaulting purchaser after FIVE
(5) days advertisement of such resale in
some newspaper published in washington,
3. FRANCIS SAUL,
No. 925 18th st. NV,
WILLIAM p. BENSON.
No. 925 18th st. NV.
oc1,d&ds,exSu Trustees.