Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02
Photoplays This Week
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featured with Mr.. Fisher are Leon
Brusiloff and the 40 Fox Jazzmanians,
who will offer THE Solo," and the
gorgeous Foxettes in new dance rou-
tines, as well as a long list of Broad
way entertainers, each offering genuine
entertainment. Fox Movietone News, in
program.
PALACE-"The Pagan"
Ramon Novarro, famous lover of the
screen, is featured this week at Loew's
Palace in the Metro-G oldwyn- Mayer
picture, The Pagan" sound picture.
In the supporting cast are Renee
Adoree, Dorothy Janis and Donald
Crisp. A South Sea Isle is the back
ground for romance between an island
boy and girl. w. S. Van Dyke, author
of White Shadows in the South Seas
is an actor in and directed the picture,
! which Is provided with thrills and in
cidents peculiar to the islands where
the film was made. Novarro plays the
part of a half-caste, heir to a large
| fortune, who is pitted against willy
itinerant trader in the suit for his
native sweetheart. She, in turn, is the
rival of white adventures on the is
land for the love of the youth. Novarro S
sensational swimming through shark
llleSbcu NdIoIS anu Ills DdlIIS WIFI OIlS
| of the tigers of the sea" are high
lights of the picture. He also sings
| for the first time on the screen.
| On the stage, Herbert RaWlinson,
Hollywood's ambassador of joy. strolls
with the Palace Syncopators in Jack
| Partington's Fifth Avenue" The cast
includes the Gates Brothers, Whirl-
wind dancers; Dolores Douglas and
Eddy, flying dancers; Hector and Pals
! Pet Shop Prides; Robert Cloy, Golden
| Voiced Singer; Eleanor Verande and
| the Albertina Rasch Ballet. Harry
Borjes and the Palace Concert OrcheS-
ira, Charles Gaige at the organ, short
! subjects. the Fox Movietone News and
! the M-G-M News complete the pro-
gram.
RIALTO-"The Last Warning"
Blood-curdling cries, startling Shrieks,
dull thudS, Sepulchral tones and all the
other chilling sounds of a mystery play
are offered at the Rialto this week in
The Last Warning" picture CO.
starring Laura La Plante and John
Boles. It is a screen adaptation of the
| play by Thomas F. Fallon, which had
long run on Broadway.
The story Is laid in theater which
has been closed ever since the murder
and disappearance of the body of the
star In the midst of a performance.
After five years the Spooky old theater
| is reopened for rehearsals of the same
play, with the same cast as far as pos
sible. The ghost of the murdered star
seems to haunt the theater. Strange
| things happen during rehearsals Mys-
FERROUS warnings threaten the actors.
The opening night arrives and the play
goes on, but with startling results cal
culated to stir the most blaSe picture
patron.
The cast supporting Laura La Plante
! and John BoleS includes Montagu Love,
Roy Darcy, Margaret Livingston, Bert
Roach Mack Swain, Burr Mcintosh.
Nine: Carrie Daumery and Slim Sum
merville.
LITTLE THEATER-"The Weayers."
THE Weavers," a film adaptation of
Gerhardt Hauptmann's world famous
| play, will be featured by the Film Arts
Guild at the Little Theater this week.
The story of THE Viewers" as
Hauptmann readers know, concerns the
struggles of the Silesian peasants in
their fight for higher wages and So
cial recognition
One of the outstanding characters
| tics in the picture, is its unique camera
work in which grotesque and distorted
effects which heighten the artistry
were shot" by means of third cam
pClSlACo Okl CLC CCllIlR, Ut Oh The
| floor. The WeaverS" Is one of the
pioneer pictures to adopt the camera
angles, which are now current in al
most every motion picture of merit.
1.-The Weavers" was directed by Fred
erich Zelnick, who produced Dancing
| Vienna and Beautiful Blue Danube, +"
| and it is said to have been Endorsed by
! Gerhardt Hauptmann, the author, who
viewed the picture shortly after it pro-
| duction.
Only 13 days were required to make
this production, with the players, cam
eramen and Zelnick working day and
night in order not to lose the tense
mood which predominates throughout.
The cast. headed by Paul Wegener.
star of THE Golem," who portrays the
role of Dreissinger. the rich manufac-
turer, includes Wilhelm Dieterle, George
John, Albert Steinruck. Rina De Lig-
uore and Hermann Picha, all noted
German players.