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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20
BIZ HAROLD LLOYD.

RACK in the dark ages of motion pic
lures, more than decade ago, tn,
recipe for screen comedies consisted Of
few gags, many pies, and perhaps q
little mud or molasses thrown in tc
thicken the plot" Gradually. how
ever, the standard began to improve
ana I believe the motion picture COM
cay made quicker progress than any
other division Of picture making.
One OF the first ingredients thrown
m to make the comedy a better thing
70 look 90 was a little story material
cohesioA, FEASIBILITY. With that prog
ress came development of live inter-
eSc, and today, answering a question
What do you think is the heart of a
comedy?" would say it is romance 81
Romance, properly executed, helps to
make for rhyme and reason In a COM
edy. gives to 1t touch of sincerity
without which no picture, or I might
qualify this and say few pictures, can
hit the bulls eye Of popular response
This is one thing we learned many
years ago. Even in the early days of
our one-reelers, after I had adopted
the horned rims and introduced our
preSent-day character, we attempted to
tie together a string Of incidents and
gags 10 establish a measure of sim
certify and story value.
We realized that love interest, ro-
nance, was an absolute necessity for
comedy, and this fact never was lost
sight Of in any of our pictures after We
had the glass character we'll under
way. In all our two-reelers we stressed
the heart interest" and in all of our
features we have attempted to incor-
porate as much romance as possible
WITHOUT interfering too strenuously with
the development of comedy.
Most every person who attends mo-
ION pictures wants certain amount of
romance with their entertainment. A
vast majority prefer, of course, that it
be held within bounds and not laid on
too thickly. That is why we have al
ways endeavored to make our love in
terest blend unobstrusively with what
eSer story we were relating.
Motion picture comedy producing to-
DAY is an entirely different art than 1t
was 10 years ago. The entire princi-
pals and precepts have been altered.
Slapstick Is virtually passe. Broad
comedy, when mixed with a fair por-
ton Of legitimate comedy, still has its
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Heart Interest in Comedy.

lplace in the sphere Of entertainment.
The advent of sound and dialogue is
going to give another impetus to the art
of producing laughs. 1t is regrettable
to us that we did not have sound in the
DAYS when we filmed The Freshman"
which in many ways has been one Of
our biggest pictures. This production
was made to order for sound and da-
| logue. The foot ball sequences would
| have been strengthened a hundredfold
! had we been able to record the voices
of the 10000 people who attended the
California Stanford games at which
many of the scenes were filmed.
| Dialogue should be an important
factor in the maintaining of interest in
comedies during those stages where the
picture slows down to permit of story
telling. One of our chief difficulties in
comedy production is to retain the in
| terest of an audience when progress-
ing from one laugh sequence to an
other. This we have done in the past
with story. If our pilot" fell down, we
were sunk. With dialogue and sound it
will be much easier to hold an au-
dience's interest during these build
ing" sequences.
Weak gags can be strengthened with
the aid of dialogue. Sound can build
up certain places, especially in pictures
similar to that which we are now pro-
ducing, where mystery will be an i'm
portant element. Take a couple Of fell
lows cropping around in the dark, in
Chinese den. toss in some sound and
perhaps little dialogue, and you have
the foundation for hilarious action.
But underlying everything in COM
edy there must be motivation for
whatever you are doing. And here ro-
nance often provides the entire back
ground. AnalyZe Safety Last" where
we had to climb a history building.
Back of that climb was the sincere de-
sire of our character to make good"
for the girl he wanted to marry. He
had to have money to marry on, where
in lies the ultimate reason for the hu-
man fly act.
DR.. Jack" Girl Shy" 1.-THE Kid
Brother" all had romance back of their
comedy setting, "Grandmas Boy" had
romance, but more heart interest-the
boys love for his aged grandmother
and counselor.
But whether you call 1t romance"
or heart interest" in 90 per cent of
the comedies Of the type we produce it
will be found the "heart of the pic
ture."
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No, Thank You'll
BECAUSE his First Nationa

BECAUSE his First National-Vita-
phone pictures are scheduled for
legitimate Broadway theaters and be-,
cause he does not care to play in OPP
position to himself on the Great White
Way, Richard Barthelmess is said to
have turned down an offer from Flor
enz ziegfeld. the New York producer,
to purchase the film stars present con-
tract from First National Pictures. Inc,
in order to star him in a musical YER
sion of the play East Is West"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20
Pride Of the Pampas. :

THE first Argentinian motion picture
\ star to bid for honors in America is
Mona Maris, known throughout South
America as the Pride of the Pampas y
and but recently arrived in Hollywood
Miss Maris, slim, vivacious and speak
ing English as fiuently as she does
Spanish, French and German, was
brought to America by Joseph M
Schneck, president of United Artists
who plans to use her in screen produc-
tons of his organization.
Miss Maris came to Hollywood direct
from Berlin, where she has been ap-
pearing in German-made pictures. This
is her first visit to the United States.
Born in Buenos Aires 20 years ago
she was educated in England, France
and Germany.
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Pounds Mean Nothing.

HAVING achieved marked popular
success in her last weeks sing
Ing role at the Belasco Theater, Kate
Smith OF the Savoy Musicomedians
stands ready to assert her talents in
the realm of dancing in Honeymoon
Lane" another Charles Emerson Cook
production, beginning at the Belasco
Sunday evening.
Miss Smith had the same role in the
original production. 1t is announced.
The following excerpt from a New York
paper the morning after her Honey
moon Lane" debut is quoted by the
Savoy management as attesting what
may be expected of the coming weeks
performances; Just 10 years old-ex-
actly 200 pounds in weight-and she
is solo dancerl Even more astonish-
ing, she specializes in the Charleston,
that nerve-racking gyration, and finally
stops musical show with her art.
Kate Smith is the girl who does these
things, and Eddie Dowling's Honey
moon Lane" is the musical play in
which she performs In repose, this
ponderous dancer appears a happy,
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remarked Modest Altschuler during an
interview at the Century Theater, New
York City. December, 1918. Both ap-
peal intrinsically to the emotions, and
the more highly developed their appeal
the more we call the result art.
For a number of years 1 have had
the idea that to combine the two arts
tremendously would be to secure the
highest emotional effect. and the SUI
premest art. For that reason / believe
that this union might be achieved
through the moving pictures"
with Harry Akst, who has written the
feature musical theme for She Goes
to War" in the arrangement Of the
i, score. It brings together master Of
the old school and one of the kings Of
modern popular music.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20
One.Rung Ladder.

TO become full-fedged Aim star on
the merits of having appeared In
only one picture is an honor to which
few actors can lay claim. Yet such a
rapid rise has actually been accom-
plished. The person who did 1t was
Camilla Horn, the German leading lady
who appears at the Little Theater this
week as the heroine of youthful
Ecstacy," the new satire on modern
youth produced in the UFA studios of
Germany.
Miss Horn gained her introduction to
the films in Faust" the F. w. Muir
nau production of Goethe's play, in
which she played opposite Emil jan
nings. On the strength of this one APP
pearance, Camilla Horn was made
star and her first starring vehicle, it
is announced. was youthful Ecstacy."
In this production she appears as the
modern and human counterpart of the
Grasshopper in La Fontaine's famous
fable, THE Ant and the Grasshopper."
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Tears on Request.
THE value of s-year-old Freddie Ere

THE value of 6-year-old Freddie Fred
erick to moving picture producers
in Hollywood consists in his ability to
cry on request at moments notice.
Freddie can cry bitterly, broken-h heart
edly. angrtly. with tears flowing down
his cheeks or dry, racking sobs, with
equal facility. Just tell him the kind
of crying which Is wanted and he turns
on the tears as one would turn on a
faucet.
So when a little brother was re-
quired for Mary Aston in her picture
New Years Eve" which is being made
by Fox, Freddie was elected for the
job because the brother in the story is
i'll and cries because he will have no
toys for Christmas. Later he gets
them. That is what caused the
trouble
When Freddie saw the electric trains
and other delights of boyish hearts,
he would not cry when the word was
given. Instead, he registered unmis-
taxable joy. Pleas and threats of TAX
ing the toys away were equally futile
until some one suggested that the
happy scene be filmed first. This was
done to the satisfaction of everybody,
after which Freddie turned on the
tears as wanted for the earlier scene.
Andrew Carnegie's first Job was that
OF weaver'S assistant in a cotton fac
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20
That Helpful Memory.

OAROL LOMBARD, recently signed
~ by Patte. says she has had dra-
matte ambitions ever since she can
remember.
Six years ago, while still in school.
she sought and obtained an interview
with Cecil B. DeMille.
"You should photograph very well
and your mother says you have had
dramatic training" said MIR. DeMille,
cycling her from top to toe. How old
are you?"
Fourteen years DID," answered the
blonde youngSter.
MY dear child" said DeMille, "go
back to school and see me in five or
six years.
Amonst six years later to the day,
DeMiile signed contract with Pathe
for the services of Carol Lombard in
his forthcoming picture, Dynamite. +"
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Pathe 8 First ALT alker.

DATHE'S first all-dialogue picture
will be titled Strange Cargo" &C.
cording to announcement. This Is the
production that has just been finished
1t was adapted from THE Missing
Man." the play by John Posner and
Benjamin Glazer.
Players having important roles in
Strange Cargo" mystery play with
unusual angles, include Lee Patrick
June Nash, George Barraud, Russell
Gleason, Otto Matiesen,- Kyrle Bellew
Andre Beranger, Claude King, jose
phine Brown, Warner Richmond
Charles Hamilton, Ned Sparks, Frank
Reicher and Harry Allen
All the action takes place on steam
yacht at sea, 1000 miles from land.
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Dance" that new and striking note
could be registered by using to the full
Linow's extraordinary combination of
formidable physical prowess and burly
humor.
II found out early in my screen
work. says Linow, that the punches
which aren't really hard registered the
best. Which suited me completely"
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Corinne $ New Contract.

CORINNE GRIFFITH, under her new
~ million dollar contract, will appear
exclusively in First National-Vitaphone
pictures, her first being Franz Molnar's
sensational play, Prisoners" which
will be directed by William A. Setter,
who directed "Outcast," which has
been declared by critics to be one OF
her best in recent years.
She is required to make two special
productions a year, each OF an excep-
tional, elaborate character.
Miss Grifith's biggest celluloid spec
tacle, 1.-THE Divine Lady" which I'M
folds the love story of Lord Nelson and
Lady Hamilton, is soon to be released.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20
Gleasons of Broadway.

CHRISTIE co. has signed Mr.. and
- Mrs. James Gleason for a series
OF short sketches, all talking. Also.
they are to produce as an all-talker
their successful play, "Shannons of
Broadway for Universal.
The first Christie sketch, to go into
production is Meet the Wife" The
Gleasons have appeared in it many
times for charity benefits in New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20

Andrew Carnegie's first job was that
Of weaver's assistant in a cotton fac
tory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-25
ROSE PROPAGATION

In Farmers Bulletin No. $50. Roses
for the Home" Prof. F. L. Milford of
the United States Department of Agri-
culture has the following to say re-
garding the propagation of bush roses
by slips or cuttings:
"Softwood, or greenwood, cuttings are
made soon after blooming from wood
of the current years growth. This may
be taken from stems that have grown
roses or those that have not There
are claims that 1t makes a difference
which sort of shoot is used, but good,
strong shoots are the most important
consideration. These should be cut to
three eyes. All the leaves should be
removed except the top one, and all
the leaflets should be removed from
this except parts Of two. These cut
tings may or may not be made with
heel" which in this sense is a
piece Of older wood at the bottom OF
the cutting. The cuttings should be
placed at once in light, loamy soil or
in sand in a bed where the atmosphere
may be inclosed. A cold frame or spent
hotbed Is suitable place If the glass
Is shaded or a cheeSecloth frame is used
instead Of the sash. For few cut
tings. many people have success by IN
verting over them fruit jar (see illus
tration) or a glass dish. The cuttings,
however need to be shielded from the
direct rays of the sun when under
glass to prevent burning. The object OF
the inclosed atmosphere is to prevent
undue evaporation from the leaves be-
fore the roots have formed sufficiently
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-25
HIGH NITROGEN
FERTILIZERS

Should the home gardener adopt the
new high nitrogen fertilizers, such as
urea 46 per cent nitrogen and calurea
"a per cent nitrogen, or should he fall
back on the old standbys, such as
nitrate Of soda and ammonium sulphate7
DR.. c. o. Rost Of the University Of
Minnesota soils department suggests
that these new fertilizers are entirely
satisfactory for home garden use and
should give equally good results where
the same amounts Of actual nitrogen
are used.
That is, If the gardener had calurea "a
per cent and nitrate of soda 16 per
cent nitrogen on hand he should use
approximately half as much calurea
as Of nitrate Of soda to get the same
results. DR.. Rost advises the purchase
of the fertilizer in which the nitrogen
is the cheaper. That is II calurea with
ga per cent nitrogen sells at 10 cents
a pound and nitrate of soda with is
per cent at cents a pound. the calurea
would be a little cheaper per pound OF
ACTUAL nitrogen because 1t has more
than twice as much nitrogen per unit
Quantity.
These high analysis nitrogen fer
tilizers are evidently worth while Just
in the proportion that they contain
real plant food and have no peculiar
merit that renders them better than
o,ir old standbys. They have the ad-
vantage Of less bulk per unit Of value
TT obviously would be easier to carry
home 10 pounds Of actual nitrogen In
urea As per cent than In nitrate OF
soda 10 per cent. In the case OF urea
the total weight would Be Alt pounds
and in nitrate Of soda 62.5 pounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-25
GARDEN ITEMS

Some home gardeners may be inter-
ested In the small handbook, Garden
Lilies" written by Isabella Preston OF
the Dominion Experimental Farms,
Ottawa Miss Preston is well known for
her experimental work in Horticulture
and has developed several new lilies.
DR. L. H. Flint Is author of a new
United States Department of Agriculture
CIRCULAR No. II. Suggestions for Pa
per Mulch Trials" Copies may be OBJ
tSined from the department and will
assist gardeners who contemplate try
irfg out this new type of garden cul-
tltre Gardeners who have dimculty
in keeping cabbage and caulinower
plants free from root maggots should
try the mercury bichloride treatment
dSners who grow these crops at this
time OF year.
"A solution prepared by dissolving one
ounce of mercury bichloride. common
lvs known as corrosive 6ublimate, in 10
gallons of water, Is poured about the
ROOTS of each plant at the rate Of about
orie-half cupful per plant. II applied
soon after setting and again in about
IL days, good control of this pest is
assured. The only objection to the
treatment is the fact that corrosive
s,tblmate is highly poisonous and must
be- kept from children and animals.
s'Cutworms in the Garden" is the title
OF, leafiet No. 2. published by the United
States Department of Agriculture. A
mixture of five pounds of dry bran and
four ounces Of white arsenic or paris
green is moistened with pint of mo-
lakses and suficient water to make
spongy mass. This material Is spread
along the rows at nightfall as food for
the worms who emerge from the soil in
early evening in search Of food. 1t is
suggested that the mixture may be
broadcast over the ground before plant
ing to remove the hazard OF worm in
jury.
one Of the newest developments in
insect control is the plan of collecting
beneficial insects, such as lady beetles,
and holding them in cool storage until
plant lice or thrips are numerous and
then releasing them directly in the field.
Growers of red bush roses frequently
arr disturbed and puzzled by the petals
taking on o blush tint rather than the
bright red color properly belonging to
the variety AS reported in q recent
number of the Journal Of the Royal
Society of New South Wales. an Aus
tralian investigator has found that red
roses which turn blue have insufficient
tannin in the cell sap of the petals.
The tannin was OF the same quality in
nom bluing and bluing varieties but Diff
fered greatly In quantity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-25

Having ones portrait done In lipstick
is one of the latest craSes Of the fash
ionabie world in Paris,
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THE GARDEN CLUBS

Mr.. and Mrs. Whitman Cross, whose
home is at the corner of Brookevllle
road and East Kirke street, Chevy
Chase, Md, invite members of local
garden clubs to visit their rose garden
Sunday. This is a GOOD opportunity to
see beautiful collection of roses. finely
grown and arranged. The garden clubs
are fortunate.
The public is invited to attend the
flower show Of the Garden Club OF
Chevy Chase, Md, to be held Tuesday
May %. from to pm, at the Chevy
Chase Library, at Connecticut avenue
charge for admittance.
The exhibits all are from the MEM
bers' gardens and will consist OF peonieS
roses other perennials, wild flowers and
Towering shrubs. The flower show COM
mittee includes Mrs. Parker Dodge
Mrs. Albert E. Fowler, Miss Louise
Davidson, Mrs. Minor S. Jameson. Mrs
Whitman Cross. Mrs. Percival Wilson
Mrs. James M. Spear. Mrs. Lester Will
son. Mrs. Boyd Carpenter and Mrs. Kari
Loos.
A. Guide Sons Co. invites gardeners
and their friends to visit their new
iris garden IN Rockville, Md, about
two miles beyond the city on the main
road to Frederick via Gaithersburg
This garden covers about two acres and
includes most Of the recent introduce
tions as we'll as the standard varieties
The Spring flower shows rapidly are
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peony blooms. These should be cut
while still in bud, carefully packed and
taken to the Terminal Refrigerating &
warehousing Co.. Eleventh and E streets
southwest. Packages should be marked
For Peony Show" and carry exhib-
itors' names.
The garden clubs are receiving spe-
cial consideration-with a competitive
exhibit in garden design. in charge OF
Mrs John Ihlder of the Georgetown
Garden Club. and an opportunity to
compete for The. Evening Star trophy,
which is to be awarded to the local club
whose members total the largest num-
Der of points
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becoming a matter of history, but per-
haps the finest of all Is still in store
for flower admirers. The national
peony show, sponsored by the American
Peony Society and the American Horti-
cultural Society, to be held at the Will
lard Hotel June and 8, promises to
be a real event in local horticulture.
presenting peonies, orchids, roses and
other seasonal blooms Of superb quail
ity.
The schedule. entry blanks and prize
list are now out and may be obtained
from Dr. Earle B. White. general chair
man, 1924 I street northwest.
Local home gardeners will be forced
to rely on cold storage to save their
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effectively was when the adult was
emerging from the leaves. This period
covers not over two or three weeks, gen.
orally in early May In the vicinity Of
Baltimore. Over a seven-year period,
the beginning of emergence was from
April IS to May IS. although the nor
NAL time was May 10 to IS. The right
time for sprays may be determined by
examination OF the young insects. "As
soon as the wing pads, legs and
antennae of the pupae turn dark col
ored the first spray should be applied"
A mixture of one part of molasses,
diluted with four parts of water, plus
nicotine sulphate (Black Leaf 400 at
the rate one to 500 parts of spray ma
terial gave excellent control. as high
as 90 per cent where carefully applied.
Since emerging continues over a period
Of three weeks, at least three sprays
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-25
THINNING PLANTS

We commonly think of weeds as use
less plants growing In the garden or
flower beds to the detriment of Guilt
waited types. No one thinks of beets
and carrots, for example. as weeds, but
they are, nevertheless, when crowding
each other IN the row. 1t is really just
as important to thin out the useful
plants so that some may grow and ma
ture properly as 1t is to pull out chick
weed and other harmful. species. BeetS.
carrots and parsnips never make good
sized roots when crowded badly.
Sweet corn viii not. form large ears
when competing too strenuously for
sunlight, food and water. The exam
Piles may be multiplied to include prac-
tically al vegetables and flowers. OF
course 1t Is not to be expected that any
gardener, no matter how skilled, can
plant just enough seed. He has to use
q surplus because Of uncertain ger
mination and pests, such rs cutworms.
But every gardener can thin his plants
and gain by the operation.
Seed packets usually bear directions
for thinning and the seed. catalogue
usually offers sensible suggestions in
this respect. Try thinning the carrots
or parsnips to stand three to four
inches apart in the row and note the
Better quality of roots.
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PRESERVING CUT
FLOWERS

It is pleasing to note that certain
of the modern scientific research insti-
buttons are turning to the simpler
horticultural problem and analysing
them in a thorough-going way. We
accept too much for granted. Because
certain practices have been used for a
long time they often are accepted as
absolutely right. The Boyce Thompson
Institute for Plant Research at Yonk-
ers N. Y, tested A chemicals, includ-
ing aspirin, acids, alcohols and salts,
for placing in water to preserve cut
flowers and found that not a single one
was better than clear water. Cool
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to support the plant. When roots are
freely formed the plants should be
transplanted to good soil, watered well
and shaded for a few days from the
midday sun. Subsequent watering
should be moderate until they are well
established.
Budding and grating are not neces-
sary in order to get satisfactory re-
suits in growing roses either about the
farm home or on the city lot"