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b YMOLLIE HERRICK.
HOLLYWOOD, Calf, May /

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, May IL.
~ UT of New York comes a quiet
little lady of the legitimate.
The core of her beauty is
~ charm, which is more potent
than the Greek nose and OK
eyes Of conventional pulchritude. She
has not gone Hollywood" Ruth Chat
terton has too much poiSe for such
childishneSS. She has not laid down
the law to movie magnates. She has
said, simply, II know nothing about
your movies, but may tell you some
thing of the stage angle on this pic
ture?" And 1t Is safe to say that no
woman coming into Hollywood has had
more respectful hearing from the brains
of this profession. The net result has
gone far to determine the success Of her
talking pictures.
Working with Lionel Barrymore on
this basis, there has been turned out
one of the finest products of the new
art. Because of these things, I asked
Ruth Chatterton, when we had a quiet
hour together, what was to become OF
the purely movie girl. For it is interest
ing to conjecture the future of these
beauties who have been concerned only
with the hairdresser, the maSSeuSe and
the fencing master, and to speculate
WIl6IIleT VI IlOI IIlelT CdEeSIS Will u UIl1-
BILE before the onslaught of talk. Miss
Chatterton was thoughtful for while
before she answered.
Most of them are young enough"
she said, Ito begin at the beginning
and to learn all the things we of the
stage have had to learn. Beauty-no
matter what may be said to the con-
trary-is an asset, provided there IS
a modicum of talent to back it up.
1.-The time element will be the main
difficulty. Things have happened so
quickly for most of these girls. They
have worked as extras for a year or two.
Then they have jumped into the three
or four hundred dollars a week class.
They have not gone through the heart
breaking grind of the walk-ons, the
years of stock work, the slow unfold
ment which the successful artist of the
theater must experience"
Ruth Chatterton with her soft, brown
hair, natural face and exquisite
patrician simplicity of dress is a para
dox in dizzy Hollywood. The paradox is
more astounding because of the fact
that this low-voiced, unasSuming little
lady of the footlightS came quietly into
movieland and absorbed the mysteries
of the new art OF movie making in such
a facile manner that she now stands
at the apex of the movie pyramid. Her
talkie technique is impeccable. The
most hardened directors admit that her
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RIALTO-"Show Boat"

Having shattered all previous attend
ance records and established precedent
for extended runs at the Rialto, SHOW
Boat" Carl Laemmles movietone pro-
duction, combining Edna Ferber's novel
and the Florenz Ziegfeld stage show in
part, will be held over for fourth and
last week.
Edna Ferber's novel. an epic Of its
type, combining colorful humor, pathos
and romance, is fairly reflected in the
picture, the pictorial beauty of which
is manifest in the river scenes. the
steaning show boat, the moonlit waters
and its exciting moment, the storm.
There are also the elopement, the trot-
ting horse race and other emotional
moments.
A feast of music is blended with the
unfolding of the story-bands, calliopes,
banios, along with lifting song hits and
other musical gems from the ziegfeld
stage show, written by Jerome Kern and
oscar Hammerstein, I'd.
The cast includes Laura La Plante as
Magnolia Hawkes., Joseph Schildkraut
as Gaylord Ravenel, Magnol1a's gay,
debonaire gambler husband; Otis Har-
Ian as Capt. Hawkes., owner OF Cotton
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Coming Attractions.
NATIONAL PLAYERs-"Pigs."

4NAA AO4NEAA u A~A = Law A6os
One of the plays Of its type to achieve
distinction in the theater four or five
years ago was the American comedy
pigs" by Ann Morrison and Patterson
McNutt, which will be the attraction
presented by the National Theater
Players next week, beginning Monday,
May 20, in the National Theater.
pigs" ran more than year in New
York, and has been seen in almost every
part of America. Woven into its fabric
is the story of small-town family and
its trials and tribulations. One of the
inventoried trials of this family Is
Junior, and another is an impending
mortgage hanging over the old home
stead. Both cast their shadows over
the household. Junior has two great
deSires-one is to become veterinary
surgeon and the other is to get married.
With his sweetheart and partner,
Junior buys litter of pigs, just about
the time that an epidemic has hit hog
land and pork prices soar in the market
place. When Junior cashes in he pays
off the mortgage, so the young folks
are taken into the .hhousehold and
everybody is happy. S1lere is fun ga
lore in this comedy, 1lce it sets the
ardor and eagerness youth alongside
the misgivingS Of old age.
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city editors of the metropolis send
their star men to interview d
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. man
regarding a simple press agent
warn? Or did these same Guy
editors pick out the towns chief
"rummieS" and send them on the
lob? There are numerous QueS-
lions of this sort.
It is true that newspaper work
is done frequently at high tension,
that the worker must be mentally
and physically able to stand the
pressure of long hours and nerve
Wrecking situations, but there is
no work that brings a man closer
to the nature of life, stripped OF
sentiment and bunk. 1t is OF Such
things that tolerance is born
out of a materialism which Is
combined with imagination.
The writing man, somewhat un-
like the man in another craft,
has. down through the years, felt
called upon to gather hctlona!!
characters from his own line OF
work. This was true with Balzac.
who drew a lachrymoSe picture OF
I,ucien de Rubempre writing
comic column for his newspaper
while his adored one was dying
on a cot 10 feet from his laborlng
pen. Newspaper men often eX-
perience the urge to write of their
craft-but very few of them turn
out such plays as Gentlemen of
the Press" and "The Front Page"
which speaks well for them. the
game" has turned out a long list
of names prominent in literature
-Heine, Lafcadio Hearn, Hume
ker, Shaw, Sainte-Beuve, Kipling,
Ibsen and Mencken, to mention
only a few-who would not recog-
nize Gentlemen of the Press"
And, not another thump on the
subject.
X X y
A DVOCATES of tho silent films
"A are being forced to admit
that the talking pictures are be-
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Color and Sound.

THE availability of the new Pathe-
Il chrome process of coloring Aim
for sound and talking movies has been
proved, Pathe claims, following expert
ments recently completed in the COM
pany's laboratories in France.
The first shipment of Pathechrome
sound pictures has already left France
for America, 1t is announced. Color is
applied by machine through the me-
dunn of stencils which are made by
hand. The company feels that color
with sound films will greatly increase
their attractivenesS.
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Fine Horses Used.

COME of the finest Arabian horses in
~ Western America appear in "The
Desert Song" which marks the first
entirety to the motion picture screen.
California was searched to find
horses of unusual qualities and these
were used in the picture as mounts for
John Boles, as the Red Shadow, and for
the members Of his picturesque Riff
group. Scenes showing the entire troop
riding madly across the Moroccan Des-
ert furnish some of the most stirring
moments of the play. Other magnificent
horses are used as mounts for the
French cavalry which rides into the
mountains in search of the Red Shadow
and his band.
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Flashes From the Screen
BY C. E. Nelson.

persisted, and in their reach
from dull silents the shoppers for
picture entertainment flocked to
the talkieS, increasing the box
Office receipts of the latter and
lowering those of the competing
silent offerings"
From this angle, Beaton's argu-
ment sounds bit wabbly. He
does not give the movie patron
much of a chance, practically an
nouncing that he will go to see
almost any sort of motion pic
ture as long as it is motion
picture, sound or silent. Wash
inoton exhibitors hand out the
information that audiences are
very discriminating, and that the
dialogue pictures have become
very popular, with popularity
which seems to be increasing as
each day goes by. Such pictures
as Hearts Of Dixie" Show Boat, !"
Interference" THE Broadway
Melody" and others have done
much to form standing lines out
side the various theaterS.
* x x x
A CCORDING to a news item
\ from the West Coast, Joseph
is leaving the Uni
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coming III u I II
better enter
tainnent. There
is a tendency in
some manufac-
turing quarters
to turn out what
is kno W n as
"quickieS"
is, hurried talk
ing pictures
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LITTLE THEATER-"Shiraz."

"Shiraz," the poetic story Of the crea-
ton of the Tai Mahal, acted by an all
Hindu cast, will be presented by the
Film Arts Guild in return engage
ment at the Little this week.
In its first weeks run here recently
"Shiraz" was well on the way to break
a box-of1ce record, but could not be
held over because of prior bookings.
Produced in India by UFA and Brit
ish International, "Shiraz" was di-
rected by Frank OSten, one of the FORE
most authorities on Hindu customs.
In Europe the picture was called THE
Tomb of a Great Love-" and created
quite a sensation. The leading parts
are portrayed by Mimansu Raj, an Ok
ford graduate, who produced and acted
in 1.-THE Light of Asia; EnakShi Rama
Rao, q doctor of philosophy of the Uni
versity of Madras; Charu Roy and
Seeta Devi.
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Continued From First Page)

garded as one of her most entertaining
pictures.
The story, written especially for her
by Carey Wilson, deals both humorous
ly and seriously with the conflict of
ideas between the present and past gen.
erations. Young America, its meek
ing" dancing, short skirts, hip TASKS
and what will you, so often the subject
of serious discussion by middle age, is
said to be pictured just as it exists.
Miss Moore is seen as an up-to-the-
minute working girl, whose careless at
titude is tempered with a fund of COM
mon sense, typical of the girls of today.
opposite the piquant star is Neil
Hamilton, with Edward Martindel, Bo-
dill Rosing, Louis NatheauX, Lincoln
Stedman and John st. Polls also in
the cast.
why Be Good?" was produced by
John Mccormick, with William A. Seit-
er directing. Sound effects have been
synchronized, offering realistic back
ground for the action.
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Potash and Perlmutter," Montague
Glass comedy of Jewish New York
business men, was recently presented IN
German in New York. Abe Potash be-
came "Siegfried Potasch' and the
"MawrusS' in Perlmutter's name was
changed to "Moritz."
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Gardner and Shaw.

tor greatly admired Shaw, and that,
like him, he was an IriShman.
"Oh, no; he can't be an Irishman,"
said Shaw, because there can't be an
Irishman alive who admires another
Irishman!"
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Photoplays This Week

Palace: Alma Rubens as Julie, a trouper
on the show boat, and Emily Fitzroy as
Parthenia Ann Hawkes., mother of Mag
nolia and unrelenting custodian OF
the captains possessions, actions and
Thoughts,
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TaIkieS
Improving
Each
Day.

with the idea of coming IN upon
the crest of the popularity wave:
But this move is being froWneo
upon by the reputable producers,
and skilled engineers have been
nut to work on various ideas Tor
Steady Improvement of the talk
les. Although only few months
have passed since the advent or
the dialogue and singing pic
lures. great strides have been
made. From week to week, and
with the exhibition of the newest
pictures, one is forced to notice
the improvement in Synchronlza-.
ton. A short time ago, all tnaC
was necessary for a talkie was
that the moving picture be &C.
companied by some sort OF noise.
If an actor talked, the picture
was a talkie. If the picture had
a theme song, it was a musical
version" Now, the experts are
paying attention to voices, music
is improving, and men OF ability
are lending their efforts toward
the perfection of the new form.
The leading Broadway players
have been employed by the Holly
wood producers; efforts are being
made to obtain bigger and better
yehicleS-and the result, without
a doubt, will be fine Synchron-
ICED picture.
During the past week New York
City played host to convention
Of the Motion Picture Engineers,
an earnest scientific body of men
thoroughly interested in the de-
velopment of the motion picture.
These workers, little known to
the big general group of photo
play patrons, are solving the prob
lens of the many branches OF
the picture industry.
X X 4 X
a ND the talkieS will solve their
"A problems, regardless Of out
spoken critics of the new enter
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VerSal OrganlZa-
ton. A few days
ago it was re-
ported that he
had signed a
long-terln con-
tract with Uni
verSal.
Ronald Col
man went to
Nauy VOrk RI af-
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Next Weeks Photoplays.

FOX-Mary Duncan, War
ner Baxter and Edmund
Lowe, in the Movietone
picture, Through Diff
ferent Eyes"
PALACE-John Barrymore.
in the United Artists
sound production, "Eter-
nal Love-" with Camilla
Horn.
COLUMBIA possibly
Mary Pickford, in Co
quette," a United Artists
production.
LITTLE THEATER-"Ad-
ventures of Maya, the
Bee," with an "all-insect"
cast, including a beetle, a
bee and a spider, adapted
from Waldemar BonSel'S
story of Maya"
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Motion Picture Editor: While I am
heartily in accord with your criticism of
Gentlemen of the Press" I would like
word or two more from you REGARDING
this picture. I agree that there is abso-
lutely no excuse for such a production.
PHOTOPLAH FAN.
THIS brings about the shat
tering of resolution
resolution to not again
- thump the typewriter on
the subject of this picture, which
is really not worth humping
about. The whole thing might be
passed off as a literal representa-
ton of a particular series Of in
cident5, a certain group of people,
and if such were the case, there
would be no quarrel with Gentle
men of the Press" With the pic
ture, however, has been infused
a symbolism Of newspaper work
which the average photoplay
patron might consider as includ-
ing all newspaper men. EXag-
geration gees even further than
in the original stage play.
The assorted group of psyche
pathic subjects presented as
members of 'the New York press"
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An
Argument
From the
Far West.

will never become success. Last
week. he said: I'm order to be sue
cessful, to be profitable as a bust
ness venture, dialogue pictures
would have to be gaining in pop
ularity as each month passes.
The reverse is true. The COM
parative peak of the dialogue pic
lures popularity was achieved
with the first one that was
shown. The scale has been down.
ward since then, and the pictures
have been becoming better. AS
a species of Whistling to keep up
their courage, the producers
point to the box Office records
that are being smashed by talk
ing pictures. Such record smash
ing cannot be denied. 1t was
the habit Of SO many people to
go to motion picture houses every
day; box Offices showed that they
were becoming dissatisfied with
the kind of silent pictures they
were getting; along came the
taIkies; the habit of -picture-golng
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is scarcely char
acteriStic. One
is given the i'm
preston t h a t
they represent
a star group
from the vari-
Gus news gath
ering agencies.
But, would the
hard headed
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talnment me-
dunn. Wexford
Beaton, editor
of the little
magazine, The
Film Spectator,
published in
Los Angeles, is
of the opinion
that the dia-
logue picture
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ARLINGTON COUNTY
VOTES FOR BROWN
Candidates Margin of 100
Considered as Victory by
Democrats.
BY LESTER N. INSKEEP,

CLARENDON, Va, November 6.-The
margin of 100 votes with which DR..
william Moseley Brown, coalition candi-
date for Governor, carried Arlington
County, was today characterized by local
Democrats as nothing short of victory,
since the State Democratic committee
had already conceueu his victory here
by at least 1000 votes. This claim to
victory is made despite the fact that
this is the first time in the history of
Virginia that any candidate for governor
other than Democrat has carried the
county.
The claim of victory is further en-
HANGED by the fact that every other
Democratic candidate for Office was sue
cessful here over Republican and
coalition opponents. James H. Price,
for lieutenant governor, won over
his opponent, Calhoun B. Jones, 1881 to
2,O40. John r. Saunders, for attorney
general, won over Charles G. Berkeley,
2,756 to 2,097, and Hugh Reid defeated
Louis A. MacMahon for the House OF
Delegates by 2,390-to-2030 vote.
Narrow Margins Recorded.
Further records were broken here by
the narrow margins with which the
successful candidates won over their
opponents, there not belng a single
plurality of as much as 500 votes. Reid
had the largest majority with $50 votes
over that of his opponent.
Arlington County in general and GER
tain precincts in particular weer con-
sidered coalition party strongholds and
had been the despair of the State and
county Democratic committees, for in
the last presidential election the vote
for Hoover exceeded that cast for Smith
by approximately $500 votes.
"In cutting this margin down to
mere 100 votes we feel that we have
scored decided victory" declared Will
liam L. Bragg, chairman of the local
Democratic committee, due to the situ-
alton faced. The results were as sur
prising to us to our opponents and were
due solely to the cooperation given
the committee by the Democrats of the
county in general"
The vote by precincts follows:
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van, city treasurer, and Robert H. Cox,
CITY sergeant. John w. Brookheld, jr.,
was elected justice Of the peace from
the third ward over S. j. Heron by
more than 500 majority, while T, Brooke
Howard won over David Ruge in the
fourth ward by more than 400.
Election day was unusually quite here,
with few arrests recorded during the
day. Two wards had their counts an
nounced before 1880 o'clock last night,
and the RoSemont precinct and the
The third ward, which had been re-
lieved of portion of its voters by the
creation Of the Rosemont precinct, but
which still polled the heaviest vote, was
not in until 11:15 pm. and the results
we're not definitely known until late.
Vote by Wards.
Voting by wards was as follows:
First Ward.
For governor-Pollard, 1852; Brown,
204; Rowe and Kafka did not pole a
single vote.
For lieutenant governor-James H.
Price, 448; Gallon B. Jones, 209.
For attorney general-John r. Saun-
ders, 402; Berkeley, 228.
For clerk of the Corporation Court
E. F.. Hoffman, 408; Miss Cora Duffey,
80; w. Selden Washington, Isl.
For commemorative attorney-Albert
v. Bryan, $40; John Barton Phillips,
For house of delegates. Fred Bir-
rell, 1913; Tyson Janney, 311.
For commissioner of revenue-Charles
H. Callahan, 621.
For civil and police William
S. Snow. 621.
For city treasurer-Roger c. Sullivan,
628.
For city sergeant-Robart H. Cox, 631
A total of TOO votes were polled in
this ward.
Second Ward.
For governor-Pollard, $50; Brown,
1874; Rowe, /; Kafka, 2.
For lieutenant governor-Price, 405;
Jones, Ill.
For attorney general-saunders. 1856;
Berkeley, lao.
For commissioner Of revenue-c. H.
Callahan, 502
For civil and police justice-W S.
Snow, 400.
For city treasurer-R. C. Sullivan,
For city sergeant-R. H. Cox, 504.
For clerk of Corporation Cclrt-E.
F. Hoffman, $685. Miss Cora Duffey, 80; ;
0EIuOkl washington 1u1.
For attorney of the commonwealth
Albert v. Bryan, 337; John Barton
Phillips. 1876.
For House Of Delegates. Fred Bir-
rell, 318; Tyson Janney, 189.
A total Of SAL votes were polled.
Third Ward.
Third ward, Odd Fellows precinct
Pollard, 407; Brown, 1874; Rowe, i;
Kafka, 0.
For lieutenant governor-Price, 512;
Jones, $40.
For attorney Saunders, 484;
Berkeley, 318.
For clerk of the Corporation Court
Hoffman, 537; Miss Cora Duffey, SO;
W. Selden Washington, 241.
For commemorative attorney -
Bryan, 459; Phillips. 381.
For House of Delegates-Birrell, 418;
Janney. 433.
For justice of the peace-Brookield,
522: Heron, 174.
In this ward total of s69 votes were
polled.
Third Ward. ROsemOnt Precinct.
For governor-Pollard, 256; Brown,
1913; Rove, o: Kafka. /.
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ALEXANDRIA BACK
IN FOLD OF PARTY
Entire List of State and
Local Candidates Carried
to Victory.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special DlSpatcn TO Inc star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, November g.
This city returned to the Democratic
fold and elected the entire list of Demo-
cratic State and local candidates in the
general election here yesterday, but not
until after both parties had been
through real political battle and had
turned out the largest vote ever polled
here. The total vote of 3,419 exceeded
the record one cast in the last preSiden-
tial election, when the city went Repub-
hcan for the first time by substantial
majority.
John. Garland Pollard, Virginia's
neWly-elected governor, received a ma
Jority of 623 votes over William MoSeley
Brown, the coalition candidate. James
H. Price, lieutenant governor ELECT, gar
nered l. 44 more votes than his OPP
ponent, Gallon B. Jones, and polled the
largest majority of the State candidates.
John r. Saunders, attorney general
elect, received a majority of 853 over
his opponent, Charles G. Berkeley.
Local Fight Close.
The local election was extremely close
in two offices of the three contested,
and it was not until the last ward was
in at 11:15 pm. that the candidates
were assured of their election. Person.
alities, rather than issues, played the
most prominent part in the local situa-
ton, with the straight Democratic
tickets cast being the deciding factor
Many split ballots were cast.
j. Fred Birrell, elected to the House
of Delegates, experienced the closest
race, receiving a majority of but 200
over Tyson Janney, independent, and
ran far behind the local ticket. Janney
had the distinction Of being the only
man of the opposition to carry ward,
he receiving Is more votes than Birren
in the third precinct. The vote from
the second and fourth wards gave Biz
rell good majorities and enabled him
to pull through.
Albert v. Bryan, reelected to the post
of commemorative attorney, gathered
355 more votes than did j. Barton Phil
lips, Republican who opposed him.
Phillips ran strong in the first ward,
losing to Bryan there by only four votes,
and in the Rosemont precinct, where his
opponent led by six votes.
Clerk Has Largest Majority.
Elliott F. Hoffman, returned as clerk
of the courts, polled the largest major
ity of the contested local Offices, having
l.l88 more votes than w. Selden Wash
ington, coalitionist. Hoffman polled
2,O74 votes, Washington 886, and Miss
Cora Duffy, third candidate on the
ticket, received PA.
Four local Offices were not contested
and the men were elected without oppo-'
sition are Charles H. Callahan, COM
missioner of revenue; William S. Snow,
civil and police justice; Roger G. Sulli-