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The Washington times., 1929-04-06
GAY FRENCH MUSICAL
ON POLL STAGE

If the Partisan theatergoer were
to be asked what comedian he
favored above all others, as being
typically French, typically cosmo-
politan, and also typically Pari-
sian--a seemingly impossible COM
hinatiOn-he- would undoubtedly
turn to NJ. SerVatius, the famous
artist who has been making
Paris laugh for years, who con-
tinues to make all Paris laugh.
and whose fame has now sptead
to the shores of TINS continent.
since his work with the French
musical Comed.I company in Can
ada, New York and now in Wash
inGtOn.
NJ Servatius came to Montreal,
the Canadian metropolis, a year
ago, and remained for several
weeks, appearing in d series of
the most popular of opera houffe.
Then he returned 20 France, and
remained for a whole season in
Paris. At the beginning OF the
present year he returned AZ the
head of specially organized
French musical comedy company,
presenting a novelty for Montreal,
French musical comedies.
He has scored a phenomenal
triumph, and wren he is heard
in TIA BOuche' at Polls Theater
next week, there Will be found an
artist Of rare attalnrlents ami Of
irresistible humor He is a little
portly man. luxurious in build.
short. with rOtund face to
match his figure, but that figure
is susceptible Of amazing agility,
and he can do comic dances that
would make a granite fountain
laugh His face is capable of an
extraordinary series of metamor-
phoses. He is a born comedian.
His very gestures are the acme Of
humor; his singing of comic songs
is so comical that YOU will laugh,
even though You might not un-
derstand a single word OF French,
for he is one of those singers
who illuminate their songs in
The Washington times., 1929-04-06
TEXAS BEAUTY
SUPPLYING
SCREEN

Texas-larges Of States, and
one of the most interestins--leads
all other sections of America in
feminine pulchritude If one Is to
Judge by cinematic standards.
For the stage of Texas has pro-
duced screen beauties by the dozen
and. seemingly, every one of them
has risen to remarkable heights in
the acting profession.
Corinne Griffith, whose first
Vitaphone production for First
National pictures, THE Divine
Lady" is now showing at Gran
dalls Metropolitan Theater, was
born in Texarkana, Tex, although
educated at convent in New
Orleans.
But consider the other fair
charmers of the screen who first
opened an eye on this world in
Texas
Florence Vidor is one of the
faVorite daughters Of the enter
pIlSlIlB CITY VI L1cbSNSh' az 80
Hope Hampton.
Bebe Daniels was born in Dal-
las. Ruth Tenick and Josie Sedg-
wick give Galveston as the place
of their birth. The little town of
Corsicana is proud of Jacqueline
Logan. Bessie Love was born
in Midland; Dorothy Devore in
Fort Worth; the famous night
club proprietor, Texas Guinan, in
Waco; Allene Ray, the serial
star. in San Antonio, and Eve
Southern in the same city.
The Divine Lady" First Ma
tionals biggest production of the
year, was directed by Frank
Lloyd, and in addition to Miss
Griffith has such popular players
as II. B. Warner, Victor Narconi,
Michael Vavitch, Ian Keith, Doro-
thy Cummings, Marie Dressler
and others.
The Washington times., 1929-04-06
JOHN FISHER
BEATS A BAD
FINGER

John Irving Fisher, the new
master of ceremonies, was so well
liked at the Fox last week that he
is again being featured at that
theater with a new line" of in
Productions and new piano spe-
cialty, the latter, incidentally, re-
ceiving a near ovation at every
performance luring the past
week.
Behind Mr.. FISHERS excellent
artistry at the piano is a story;
his father he being a Brooklyn
boy. wanted his John TO be
musician. John didn't, but par
entail authority was law in the
Fisher home and John studied and
studied hard. He is a graduate
of the New England conservatory
OF Music He also has studied
with Walter Damrosch.
But that isn't all. On his rlGht
hand the forefnger was crushed
as boy and. hence. on that hand
the intricate passage require spec
ial lingering.
Fisher combines good shoWma n
ship with musical knowledge. he
gives his audiences what they
want-popular melodies-but he
dresses them up tlguratlNelY
speaking. until they become al
most classics. In that he gets his
iov as musician.
Prior to his advent at the FOX
theatre he was in vaudeville haV-
ing lust completed three complete
seasons in the largest theatres
Of the country.
He has also gained considerable
reputation i'm the musical world as
an aCcompaniSt.
The Washington times., 1929-04-06
GAY M USICAL
CO MEDY IS
FILMED
Musical comedy had its Flora.

Musical comedy had its Flora.
dora Sextette te''-years ago.
. But the tired business man of
today doesn't buy a front seat
pasteboard to watch a half dozen
chorines smothered IN mass of
clothes do their stuff in a honkey-
tonk revue. Oh. no!
They want girls, scantily clad,
and plenty of them.
And at last the heretofore silent
drama is to be represented by a
galaxy of the nations most gay
and colorful kickers. a chorus con
tanning more than sixty zippy
steppers all of whom at one time
entertained the night life of New
York's famous main street.
They are in The Broadway
Melody" Metro-Goldwyn Mayors
spectacular all-talkins, all-singing,
all dancing production that has
taken the motion picture going
public by storm wherever it has
been shown and which is now at
Loew's Columbia.
When Harry Beaumont, who di-
rected this great drama, cast the
featured and more important
roles in the chorus he drew upon
legitimate actresses to portray
them, rather than professional
chorus girls. The reason for this
was that each of the girls had
to be a distinct type, and repre-
sent a character the portrayal
of which required infinite study in
delineation.
To play these parts they had to
acquire brand-neW musical
comedy technique.
In the leading male role of this
gorgeous picture. depicting the
gaiety and color of New York's
stageland. is Charles King, star
of many successes, among them
being Hit the Deck and Pre-
sent Arms" who will introduce
four new song hits which are
used throughout the production,
in which Bessie Love and Anita
Page share the feminine honors.
Bessie Love and Mary Doran,
who carry on an incessant feud,
supply an unfailing source of
comedy. Bessie is hard boiled.
She has been about, and al
though having played the sticks, -
knows the ropes of the chorus
girl. Mary is the cantankerous
member of the troupe. She is
always at war with the others.
She possesses carping tongue
and an incisive wit In every
chorus there is one such Mary.
The Washington times., 1929-04-06
STIRRING SEA
BATTLES IN
FEATURE

StuSendous in the sweep of It's
scenes at sea and teEse and dra-
matte in it's more intimate mo-
ments, The Divine Lady" First
Nationals Vitaphone production,
the the Metropolitan, Is easily
one of the seasons most I'M
portant film productions.
Corinne Griffith has never be-
fore had a role of the proportions
afforded her by the character OF
Lady Hamilton, after whom the
picture is titled and about whom
the plot revolves.
There are few more fascinating
persons in either history or liter
ature than the beautiful Lady
Hamilton and her turbulent and
largely unhappy life, is full OF
appeal. Without quibbling and
devoid OF the too frequent tamp-
ering with history. The Divine
Lady" tells the dramatic story
of Lady Hamilton's life. from her
obscure beginnings as the daugh-
ter of a blacksmith, through her
eventual rise to fame and prom
inence as the wife Of Lord Nam
iltOn.
Her idealistic romance with
Lord Nelson, England's great
naval hero and her final years
Of oblivion and obscurity when
she sent Nelson back to command
the British fleet make a dra-
matte tale from history which no
novelist has ever surpassed.
Frank Lloyd registers impress
sively in the direction Of the pic.
ture Of this type. His scenes of
Nelson s fleet at grips with Napo-
leon and forcing the combined
enemy off Cape Trafalgar assume
epic quality at times and are as
spectacular and colorful as any
scene of this type ever attempted.
His direction Of the more inti-
mate scenes between Lady Ham
ilton. Lord Hamilton. Nelson and
Charles Greville bespeak a word
of sympathetic handling AMI a
distinct gift for dramatic quality.
The Washington times., 1929-04-06
MARION DAVIES
FILM SCORES
In BERLIN
BY WILLIAM HILLMAN
Universal Service Special wireless

BERLIN, April 5..-Marior Da.
vies has captured Berlin critics
as no other film star has in re-
cent years.
Her Characterization of Patsy
in tho film which, under the title,
''Ein Maeden Nit Tempo" which
had its premiere at the UFA The
ater kurfuerstendamm last night,
has won unanimous praise from the
most diversely opinionated movie
critics in the world. provoking
even a begrudging comment from
critics of the BolsAevik and ex.
trems Nationalist papers, who are
consistently condemning American
films and film stars.
Marion Davies is not only
beautiful, but is marvellous
actress; a lively Patsy bubbling
over with all sorts of whims,"
says the Socialist Vorwearts.
The great afternoon daily Nit
tag says:
This trivial comedy of a Bah.
bitt family becomes a marvellous
thing because Of Marion Davies,
who besides exhibiting a spendid
histrionic ability revals a re.
markable talent for mimicry, as
she initiates Dorothy Gish, Mae
Murray and Pola Negri'
The Tempo, Ullstein newspaper.
says:
THE drama is built up on
the splendid conception Of Marion
Davies. The story develops to
the rhythmic speed of her legs
and the quick movements of her
body as she displays with ex-
ceptional authenticity her mimicry
and her varied histrionic talent.
Marion Davies, the Cinderella
of comfortable home, is
singularly sweet blonde, with
splendid art for mimicry. She
is never seen in the usual stilted,
beautiful poses that mar so many
American films" is the opinion
of the Nachtausgabe, a powerful
Nationalist afternoon daily.
The Achturn Abendblatt. Demo.
cratic newspaper. has it:
"The film is one Of social Sc
riousness, clever and splendidly
unceremonious, in which, above
all, Marion Davies is an excellent
creator"
The Weltamabend, Bolshevist
organ, says through it's critic:
Marion Davies shows great
$aIapt fo,. Noaro6V -
The critics also praise King
Vidor for his splendid handling
Of a "Babbitt theme" and char.
acterized the films as the best
portrayal Of the American type
Of humor
Marie Dressler, too, Won favor
able comment from several critics.
The Vossische Zeitung's critic
wrote:
Marion Davies is excellent.
With her talent for parody. she
bursts the frame Of the pic
ture."
The Washington times., 1929-04-06
HARVARD GLEE
CLUB SINGS
MONDAY

The Harvard Glee Club, which
will appear in the Mayflower ball
room Monday evening, pill 8, at
$50, is one of the ablest choral
organiza tions of the country, If
not the world DR.. Archibald T.
Dawson will conduct.
1t is interesting TO note that AS
a result of the Harvard Glee
Clubs extended tour of Europe
in the summer of 1921 several
eminent French composers be-
came interested in the clubs work,
and offered to write music for
its use.
Monsieur Darius Milhaud, A
leader of the Six young Partisan
composers of tho modern school,
was the first TO do this, and his
setting of "Psaume CXXI," dedi-
Gated to the glee club, has been
performed with great success. The
club has sung also two three.part
choruses composed especially for
it by Monsieur Guy Ropartz,
head of the conservatory of music
at SLfdSDOuES. L neS6 nave bSSIl
dedicated by Monsieur Ropartz to
the Harvard Glee Club.
AS a result of musical achieve
ments of the Harvard Glee Club
on the same trip, DR.. Dawson
was recently decorated with the
Academic Palm an award for dis
tinction in the field of education'
by NJ. Milhaud, acting on behalf
of the French government.
This decoration, to DR.. Archl-
bald T. Dawson, associate profess
sor of music at Harvard, is we'll
bestowed. DR.. Dawson has done
all sorts of things to and with the
Harvard Glee Club; and he has
such an understanding of training
in music and of the place which
music should hold i'll ordinary
life. that the public gave him un-
official double palms some time
ago.
Reservation for boxes and seats
may be made at T. Arthur Smith
Concert Bureau, 1880 G St. n. w.
The Washington times., 1929-04-06
Harry Howe Sick

While Harry Howe, manager
cf Loew's Columbia. is laid up at
home. Cecil Vogel is handling the
record-breaking crowds attending
The Broadway Melody"
The Washington times., 1929-04-06

such a way as to make their
meaning quite clear.
Servatius is an actor Of great
resource, and his abi,i~v to dis
guise his real personality and to
appear in Il series of different
characters is little short OF
astounding in man whose
physique is notable. While at
no time does he attempt to dis.
turb the balance of a situation,
Yet his dominating ability stamp
him always as The center of every
scene in which he appears.
Off the stage he is affable,
whimsical. always on the lookout
for Joke or for some amusing
angle to the most serious dis
cussion, French 10 his fingertips.
he is also that most attractive of
all brands Of Frenchmen-a true
Cosmopolite.
The Washington times., 1929-04-06
Helen Menken BO1us In, Also Musical From Gay
TOMMY FROM DUBLIN
IN FOX FEATURE

try for almost seven years az
vaudeville headliner. Experience
thus gained the way for making
his entry into musical comedy,
which he did in Silks and Satin. 4"
He next appeared in Earl Carroll's
"Vanities," in several Shubert
shows. during which time he
wrote many vaudeville sketches
and playlets.
Coming to Hollywood, he opened
with Carter De Haven in his "Mu-
six Box Revue" Since then he
has appeared in many pictures,
among them being "SharpshoOt-
ers," Dressed to Kill" and kid
Gloves" now at the Fox Theater.
The Washington times., 1929-04-06

Born in Dublin, ireland, Tom
Dugan at an early age migrated
with his family to Philadelphia,
where he received his education.
Leaving school to join a medicine
show, he nearly starved on the
meager wages which often went
unpaid.
Beating it to New York the
clever lad became acquainted with
a number Of newsboys who had
excellent voices, and organized
the famous New York Newsboys'
Quartet, which toured the coun-
The Washington times., 1929-04-06
Film Composers

Among the notables of Tin
Pan Alley" who contributed to the
musical hits of The Broadway
Melody" now playing the sec
ond week at Loew's Columbia,
We're Arthur Freed and Herb Ma
CIO Brown
The Washington times., 1929-04-06
Theater Built

The entire replica of theater
vas built for the making of The
Broadway Melody" now playing
the second week at Loew's Co
lumhia. 1t was erected on one of
the MG-M sound stages.
The Washington times., 1929-04-06
Projection

Frank J. Shorty. chief proiec-
tionist of the Washington Loew
theaters, is responsible for the
perfect projection of the M-G-M
picture, The Broadway Melody"
now playing the second :, eek at
Loew's Columbia. Chalk one up
for him.
The Washington times., 1929-04-06
Began in Burlesuue

Charles King, who has the
male lead in The Broadway
Melody" now playing the second
week at LoeW's Columbia, started
his career singing in burlesque
theaters on amateur nights.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16

Hardy, the prodigy's father, Is . professor ON
the faculty Of New York University.
ST have never given single word for pub
Ncation in regard to Edward" the mother
told me, land never Will. There Is nothing
to say There Is nothing to explain. Please
see Mr.. Hardy He can tell you all that you
wish to know"
"why is Edward, jr., a PRODIGY" the writer
asked Prof. Hardy.
at don't know" he answered meditatively.
1--WE don't understand it. There is no way
of telling why the boy developed so fast. There
may be some way-in the future-of getting
this matter cleared up but we are In the
dark today. He was only child and went
to kindergarten at the age Of 3. From
then on he began to develop
GLE had unusual help at home The CO.
operation that we gave the school teach
ers played no small part in his progress, in
my belief. The average parent thinks that
his or her duty ends with the sending OF the
child to school. The whole responsibility is
placed upon the shoulders of the teacher.
This Is terrible mistake.
Edward had the unusual advantage of pri-
vate tutoring, something else that is denied to
the average boy or girl He had tutors for
nearly every subject. His mother taught him
Latin and German. At an early age he con-
verSed in Latin with her.
"At the age of five he was ready for the
Junior high school and in the Summer matric-
ulated at New York University for special
courses. In his first examination in connection
with the intelligence tests he showed not only
unusual ability in certain subjects but well
balanced knowledge in a large variety of them.
There vas only one thing that proved 70 be
a stumbling block to him. This was puzzles.
He could not figure out puzzles and I don't
quite yet understand why he was unable to
grasp this.
American boy, performing his duties as any
average boy might do. His life was mostly
outdoors In junior high school he was a
member of a class of 20.
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HE took a full share In the social affairs
of the school and never became deeply abb
soTbed In his studies. He engaged in sports,
learned to swim and became expert in the
water We gave him . chance 10 become In
terested in horses and golf. He cared for
neither.
ga N outstanding characteristic in his work
is his persistence. He ID Q steady per-
Sistent worker, and we abscribe much OF his
success as a scholar to this bulldog determine
ton. Steady work plus natural ability are pow
erful allies.
Mental ability alone win not win success. In
our opinion. The average person has Q great
amount of latent ability and the fact that he
remains average person Is due to his failure
to work to bring it out. The successful people
are the workers. Nothing comes easy. Nothing
came easy to Edward. He worked hard to get
his lessons.
There Is another point in connection with
his development that might be OF interest. His
mother is a physician, and as such took excel
lent care of his health. Without health he
never could have gone 50 far.
HE had every stimuli at home. We shared
In his studies, the mother teaching him Latin,
Greek French and German, while I coached
him in history, mathematics and other sub
iects. We aided him in everything that he was
doing. 1t was really an intensive development
of the boy in cooperation with the teachers
at school, Our home was as much of q school
room as the school ITSELF"
In the training of Prodigy Hardy. his parents
have come to this conclusion: First, the child
must have native ability brain. Secondly,
the parents must have intelligence to help that
brain along; thirdly the child must have good
health, and lastly, the parents must have finan-
cial resources to surround him with tutors and
to supply him with interests such as travel and
entertainment
0TTHERE is another important thing in con-
nection with Edwards bringing up" says
Prof Hardy. "I think he would not have gone
very far If he had lived far away from Column
bia. AS a commuter he never would have been
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Hoo n Rrud[gy Gets Thar Way

With Thousands of Men and Women
Recei0ing College Degrees in June, the Father
of One of America,S Most Brilliant Boys
ExplamsWhyHis Son Happens to BeSmarter
Than the A0erage and Tells Hozo Parents
Can Rear Children to Be Just as Bruiny.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16
BY A. n. PRECIADO.

"VHIS Is story about Edward Roche
Hardy, jr., the current wonder of the
scholastic world. He is o wonder be-
cause ne has done things so far above
the achievements of the average NOR
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