The Washington times., 1929-01-28
.GLEAN N.INlGS
AND
SCREEN .INGS
BY Andrew r. Kelley

b.s VINO ls 3 pn0ne pu11eE AoE
the film star.
They are going to Havana
and Panama, thence to Holly
wood, arriving back in the .film-
dom area some time in March.
William Powell, Paramount VIII
lain, who worked in 10 pictures
last year, Is enjoying q screen
vacation as travelling companion
and best pal Of the First Ma
tionaI star.
Going to work for Ziegfeld ?
Nothing TO it, says Dick. II
am tied up for two more years
in pictures and at far more
money than the stage can pay
Mr.. Barthelmess attended the
premiere Of his latest sound
picture. Weary River" in
which he not only sings but
talks fluently. He got a hearty
reception at the Central The-t
ater on Broadway Friday night,
but dislikes personal appear
+ 5f
ances.
1t ii considerable Of leap
from the charming Rose Tre-
Iawney of Norma Shearer's last
feature to the common little
Great the star portrays In "A
Lady Of Chance. " If you car
imagine the refined beauty,
soft manners and general lady
like methods of the usaal
She,.rer transposed without ANY
marked make-up-extrayagances
into 4 scheming, worldly, Rogues
Galley expert at the badger
game, then you MAY find the
role Nornna essays well suited,
A hot house lily as gutter
dandelion.
One humble worshipef at the
Shearer shrine prefers her as
the stenographer heroine Of
comedy fillips. ! presume she
has the usual Hollywood dread
Of becoming welded to sterco-
typed parts and yearn for a
fling III depicting the soile6
sisters. How else account for
her present dip intp criflinahty
and the announcement she viii
be the shining and sinned-
against Mary Dugan, who
energes triumphant after a
hectic trial
liked "A Lady Of Chance
because they did not attempt
to sugar it up too much for the
happy ending. And it was GER
tainly an education to watch
Lowell Sherman, darned fine
actor any way You take HIM,
showing up by contrast John
Mack Brown, q handsome { juye-
nile who stiIl has much to learn
about playing q part. Yes, !
know Mrs Brown lis going to be.
Mary Pickford's leading man IN
"Coouette," but he was chosen
for his voice.
Friend or foe Of the resonant
films. yon. must admit that
when the script calls for q
knock On the door, it Is one
sound you will surely find syn
chronized in the feature.
One of the real treats of the
Earle program is to hear Daniel
Breeskin's musicians operate on
the Rudolf Frinll score Of
"Three Musketeers. = After all,
the canned melody can never be
quite as satisfying as . tine
band. and when the Breesk'Il
artists recreate the tunes OF
Ziegfeld's romantic operetta, boy,
YOU are listening to some ear7
soothing strains.
When ii came time To ac-
knowledge appreciation, Mr.. Bree-
skin motioned for his artists to
stand up and take bow. Which
was gracious enough.
/ am still one Of those old
fashioned folks who rates neither
q theatrical performance nor 2
movie 100 per cent complete
without at least five minutes OF
good overture.
All beauty Is relative and
gentlemeh prefer blondes, 4
there are no good looking bru-
rettes around. Buts If e were
Alice White / would not play
in many pictures right beside
Doris Dawson. Doris is a brl1-
nette and considerable locker.
III fact she makes the blonde
Alice look, we'll not such 9
sumner,
aWell, Well, Well which was
hardly that way when Il played
here at Polls, is still being doc
tored. The Shuberts have de.
cided To turn it into arevlie and
Phil Baker will join the show TO
inject some Of the comedy ack
Perl has beens unable to supply,
Shaw and Lee. from 1The Five
O'clock Girl" have also been
signed and Busby Berkeley is
rerouting the dancing.
When swell. Well, WelP is
deemed ready for Broadway i
will 10 into the Winter Garden,
replacing AL Jolson's film, 1.-THE
Singing Fool now aearing the
end Of four months run At
$3.50 top.
George G. Tyler has called in
Jim, the /. Penmar;s Fnarkinp
another all-star revival which
has found road conditions moi
of q prosperous kind.
Over IN Germany, whert
"Abie's Irish Rose" is now run.
ming, they call it "DEie Ma
Hochzeit,s which in the + Street
vernacllar means ssWedding