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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-22
MAJ. ZANFT IS
FIRST 1OOIE'
FOR FOX

William Fox, who is now cele.
brating his silver jubilee as mo-
ton picture producer and theater
owner, turned to former news
papermen for, the two most impor-
tant assignments IN his organiZa-
ton. Winfield Sheehan to head
his producing activities and John
Zanft to direct the destinies of his
theaters. Both are credited with
doing mighty fine job in their
respective assignments. Consider
able ha' been said and written on
MIR. Sheehan. This will introduce
eth, Major" as he is affection
ateIy known to those under him,
for he Is as reticent as Mr.. Fox
when it comes to photographs and
personal stories.
John Zanft wrote Fans Re-
views" H. years ago on the New
York Morning Telegraph. Twice
weekly these reviews occupied
tw, columns of space. They were
short and decidedly to the point.
In brief paragraphs John Zantt
said whether a picture. vaude-
will act. or a legitimate produc'
ton was good. bad or indifferent.
When Major Zanft the is
maior in the reservesl was writing
this column he didn't like the
words moving pictures" and he
Is credited with forcing the use
of motion pictures and the
later photo play" which held for
a long time, although the vogue
in most theaters now leans TO-
ward motion picture"
He is credited with the Creati,A
of the word 'photo-play' with
records of the Telegraph" dis
closing his column as the first
to use the term.
As in the case of his Boss
Zanft comes from the East Side
in New York City and he, too,
earned his first money SELLING
newspapers. He suffered the
poverty of his neighborhOod in
common with the others. He has
never forgotten the suffering of
those days and whatever he has
been able to do as an individual
he has done to relief the still
prevailing conditions.
In his present assignment he
is liked by those who work for
him. He isn't an easy boss
rather he is A fair one. lie is
never too busy to drop word of
communication to an employee
who accomplishes something a
little beyond the usual. His
struggles and hardships, along
with the consequent heartaches,
have stamped themselves on his
memory. He let's that memory
rule his actions and if by any
chance any employee suffers an
injustice John Zanft will right
it--and quickly.
He has been paid many honors
by national and New York State
officials. He heads many charit-
able institutions with the work
he accomplished at the Bedford
Reforma tory, at Bellevue Hospi-
tails and Mattewan constituting
a monument to those accomplish
ments.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-22
STOP BAD BREATH

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-22
THISWAR BEAT
WORLD STRIFE
FOR DEATHS

A war in which the casualties
were almost as large as those of
the world conflict forms a thrill
ing background for ParamOunts
The Four Feathers" current ven
ture of Merriam C. Cooper and
Ernest B. Schoedsack, soldier-of-
adventure producers.
Late statistics place the loss OF
life in the worlu war at J,o4S,515,'
asserts Schoedsack, while the
Dervish rebellion against the Brit
ish in the African Soudan il 1881
cost more than 5000, 900 lives.
Native losses were many times
those of the British. Unschooled
in civilized warfare and inspired
by their religious feelings. the
blacks proved absolutely fearless.
Prominent in these CORY ! titles
were the Fuzzy Wuzzys whom
Kipling has immortalized in song
and poetry as "fNst-class fighting
men,"
And It was in the Fuzzy WlIZZy
country that Cooper and Schoed-
sack re-enacted battle scenes of
the DerVish rebellion. Hundreds
of Fuzzy Wuzzys who appeared in
the film sequences of this story
by A. F.. w. Mason are the sons
of men who actually fell before
the guns of riflemen.
Upon their return from the
Dark Continent with $4,000 feet of
exposed film of battle scenes and
thrilling wild animal closeups,
Cooper and choedsack directed
the plot sequence at the Para
mount Hollywood studios, with
Richard Arlen. Fay Wray, Give
Brook, William Powell, Theodore
Won Eltz. Noah Berry and George
Fawcett, acting the principal roles.
The plot deals with the regenera-
ton of a cowardly soldier who
goes to Africa and braves the
perils of native warfare and jungle
wild-life to save his former COM
rades from death at the hands of
the tribesmen.
The picture has be rated as
the best spectacle.thrller of the
year 1929, and is now on the
screen at Crandall's Metropolitan
TheatRr.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-22
A WELLER Story

Bayard WELLER who wrote 1.-THE
Trial of Mary Dugan" is responsi.
bile for 1.-The Thirteenth Chair"
now playing at Locw's Palscs.
also.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-22
THURSTON'S PLAY IS
ONE WILD NIGHT
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

Thurston the magician and Thurston the playwright,
are one and the same Working together for the first time
thew have turned out mystery play in 1.-THE Demon"
which, for weird effects and uncanny devry, outSatans
the old how
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-22
A PLAY ABOUT
ROBOTS AT
NATIONAL

The point of attack Of the
Theater Guild in this. the third
weeks of it's first repertory season
in Washington, is shifted from the
golden age of Venice to
futuristic picture--a, picture OF
what the Machine Age, a few
generations hence. will be like. as
envisioned by Karel Capek, a
Czechoslovakian dramatist, whose
somber studies have won him
following in Berlin and Budapest.
His play has the abbreviated,
initiated title OF tR. u. r." and
it was produced in New York
three years or more ago. What
ever else it has done, it has. at
least. given the noun robot" to
the world-a noun which has be-
come indispensable to this age OF
shortcut philology. Probably the
play deserves place in the
permanent repertory of the Thea.
Ter Guild. 1t has message to
deliver to the time. warning OF
the type which n. G. Wells and
other intellectuals have been din
ming in our ears for decade or
more.
From the economic point of
view. "R. u. r." has become
virtually pointless. however, when
applied to the Machine Age OF
this country of ours. In this
era OF mass production, workers
do not become robots. Rather,
the tendency is in exactly the
opposite direction, We say this
not as an apologist for Capitalism.
but merely as a fact-the observer
has merely to see the trend OF
higher wages. shorter working
hours, the greater range OF
Injuries at the command OF the
worker to know that this Is a
fact. The Machine Age has dis
covered that it needs consumption
as we'll "a production to keep its
mighty wheels of industry moving,
and it takes human beings to
furnish good consumers. not
robots.
"R.U.R" will hardly come under
the ella ssification of good theater;
but it has valid intellectual ap-
peal. and the production is in ac-
cord with the best traditions OF
the Theater Guild. Reuben Ma
moulian Is deserving of great
amount of credit as the producer
of the play. and the settings are
in the most brilliant style or Lee
SimOnson. Particularly effective
is the picture of the robots; no one
seeing them march and stamp
across the stage of the NatioAal
Theater can have any doubt in the
future of what mechanical man
is like.
Earl I.arimore. leading man OF
the Guilds company, Is seen IN
the role of Harry Domin. general
manager OF Rossum's robot fac
tory: and Sylvia Field, already
Washington favolAte as the re-
suit Of her distinguished work in
this subscription season. plays The
part Of Helena Glory, the only
woman in the entire play with the
exception Of robotess. SuIla,
PLAYED by Therese Guerini. The
balance of the cast. including Sgd
nev Greenstreet. is fully equal to
the demands Of the play.
Curiously enough, "R.C.R r. Is
written in what We may call the
old-fashioned style; there Is not A
bit Of expressionism or cubism in
it. There were moments in the
unfolding of it's story when we
thought an expressionistic style
would have heightened its bizarre,
somber appeal. But that, or
course, Is another story.
NJ i
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-22

drama has been called in for
revision. 1t may start out
again when the changes are
made. with Nazimova playing
the star role.
Leslie Howard has left
Candle Light" to rehearse the
new play Berkeley Square," in
which he opens at the Belasco
next Monday night. Some mis-
givings exist as to the future
of the Gertrude Lawrence play
without the very valuable
services of Mr.. Howard. Last
season Beatrice Lille had a
smashing hit in This Year of
Grace That is, it was a hit
while Noel Coward was in the
musical. When Mr.. Coward
sailed for England the box
office receipts took a dive and
never recovered so Mr.. Dilling-
ham closed the production.
"The Little Show" which be-
gan its illustrous career of
success in Washington six
months ago, last week rang up
the biggest weeks gross in it's
history at the Music Box in
New York. The receipts repre-
sented capacity plus $4,000 of
standing room.
Since l was among those. to
report that the sedate New
York Evening Post had per=
mitted the word lousy" to
creep into a motion picture re-
view, the sequel is worth a
paragraph. Creighton Peet, who
wrote the review is no longer
connected with Mr.. Curtis digni-
fled journal.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-22

A newspaper man gets a
break with the chance to write
the next story for Gloria Swan
son. He is Frank J. Dolan. of
the New York Daily News. who
met the incoming liner with the
screen star aboard, and in the
business of taking down the
Swanson impressions made
hit with Producer Joseph P.
Kennedy. A little talk and Ken
nedy suggested Mr.. Dolan try
his hand at screen fiction. An
offer of $500 a week for three
months was sufficient for Mr..
Dolan to turn in his resigna-
ton. Now he is busy in a
Brooklyn hotel turning out
what it is hoped will be the
next Gloria Swanson talking
picture. If his first story is
satisfactory, Mr.. Dolan has
been promised two-year con-
tract.
Ed Arnold gets a little the
worst of it with the closing of
the new Maurine Watkins play,
IAN Old-Fashioned Girl" The
rotund character actor of the
National Players had the fat
test part of his career, but
Helen Menken was deemed IN
suited for the lead and The
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-22


The audience in Polls Theater
last night was thrilled to the
point of Mysteries. Ghosts stalked
through the auditorium. piercing
shrieks bounced off the four
walls. fiendish things, with green
eyes and long nailed clutching
fingers bobbed up every now and
then, a monster descended from
the air and then mysteriously
vanished aloft, seductive over.
towering perfumes waited ladies'
into dizziness and slumber, mystic
forces were at work. Heavens
what a night. But the audience
loved 1t.
1t would be folly to dissect
THE Demon" as a play. Call 1t
a masterful piece of theatrical
hokum built about loosely writ
ten but fast moving dramatic
framework on which to hang the
tricks of the ssorcerer or derVish.
There IL a story, to be sure
all about a haunted house which
was on the realty market but
was not attractive to purchasers
unless the whispered tales OF
strange doings could be proven
something other than super
natural. So a motley collection
of brave people come to the
lonely house determined to spend
the night there and find out
whence all the tales of horrible
ASPIRATIONS. Things happen. They
start in the first act and they
never stop until the final curtain.
Thurston the playwright gives
evidence of having made a close
study of earlier spine chillers,
retaining as they say, the best
features of each. There are, for
example, two nit wit detectives
who are carbon copies of Mulligan
and Clarity In The Gorilla"
Here we have them as Hogan
and Levinsky. equally as dull
witted and equally as useful for
comedy purposes. The scullery
maid of THE Bat becomes the
stupid but gloriously funny Mrs.
Scruggs" in The Demon" But
there are many other novel and
puzzling things In this drama of
shrieks and giggles which none
but one with the talent of
Thurston, the magician, could
conceive. 1t is original, enter.
tanning and presents dish so
heaped with exciting compiics-
tons nobody bothers TO check up
on whether they are all solved
when the actors call it night
Ida Moore walked off with the
acting honors of "The Demon"
in fact she made Mrs. Scruggs"
a role for a star coincidence. She
mugs" las the actors call III turns
her lines into broad burlesque but
drops laughs all over the three
acts. AS a suspense reliever she
was nothing short of complete
success. Frederick Burton as the
DR.. Danton of the play is the
only actor able to maintain
professional dignity through
highly preposterous but diverting
action. Helen Sands, Catherine
Maison, Lee Millar. Joseph h.
Garry, William E. Morris, Donald
Thompson. Frank Dae. Frank
McNelis, Bruce Gilmore and VIII
liam Maxwell, comprise the re-
mainder of the cast which strives
vigorously and with good meas
ure Of success to mystify and
amuse.
This was the first performance
of The Demon" and taking into
consideration the involved me-
chanics of the stage tricks, q re.
markedly smooth premiere. Es-
pecialy commendable was trans
formation scene worked in the final
act while an audience plunged in
stygian darkness wondered, well,
what next
In The Demon" there is the
devil to pay and the price in en-
tertainment values is chills, thrills,
and laughs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-22

Aileen Pringle seeking We W. K.
tennis balls on Cedric Gibbons
new court. Said court is futuris-
tic in design and a bit startling
to the uninitiated. Furthermore,
the walls are so constructed that
when ball is whammed the echo
thunders in manner terrifying
indeed to the opponent
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-22
MAY
MAKE HOME
In N. Y.
By DOROTHY HERZOG
1929, Premier Syndicate

Copyright, 1929, Premier syndicate
HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Oct %.
'Tother eve, Gloria Swanson's two
youngsters and encourage de-
parted New Yorkwards to join
their mother. 1t would seem that
La Swanson has decided to extend
her Eastern sojourn considerably.
There are deliberations making
the flicker rounds as TO whether
or not Gloria will not make Man
haitian her regular headquarters.
Said deliberations are based on
her recent success as a radio at
traction. Excellent money cam be
garnered through this medium. AS
per example, Paul Whiteman. He
IA said to receive $4,000 a wave
hour. No doubt about It that
Swanson has air markings.
And if she can produce her
pictures in New York and corral
vast sums singing or talking or
whatnot via the radio-isn't it
logical she remain? At all events,
the departure Of the youngsters
may indicate "a step in that
direction.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-22
Mike Innovations


Blanche Sweet enjoys the dis
tinction-if any-of registering
two different sounds over We
chilly mike in The Night Hos
tess First, she is shot in bed
which, under normal conditions
would be a headline and not
colyum item. Whilst repining, she
is calling upon to sigh. To sigh
smack into the mike" And this,
you should know isn't a cinch.
Second. she is rescued from a
trunk and resuscitated with a
pullmotor. The dastardly heavy
pushes her in the trunk for rea-
sons best intimated and not
stated. The Los Angeles fire de-
partment-a speck Of it, at all
events-was on hand when Blanch
was revived according to plot
with the pullmOtor. Blanche con-
fesses she has little love for
pullmotor, but the contra tion
did register a new noise into the
mike
All these movies
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-22
When Feature Is
Shown on Screen

RIALTO--Joseph schlldkraut in
THE Mississippi Gambler" At
IL, 2. 4. 6, 8 and 10 pm.
COLUMBIA-Gloria Swanson In
THE Trespasser. At 11O5, 1907,
513. $40, 7:25 and 9:31 p. m.
FOX-"The Girl from Havana"
At 1910, 2:4O, 4:56, 7:55 and 1011
pm.
METROPOLITAN -Four
Feathers" with William Powell
and Richard Arlen. At 11.40. 1877,
$40. 5:37. 1897 and 9:37 pm.
EARLE-"The Isle of Lost
Ships" At 1871. 1884, 1897, 5:3l,
1894 and 1897 p. IN.
PALACE-"The TIL irteen: h
Chair" At 1910, 2:37, 5l5, 1888
and 9:5 pm.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-22
WHOOPS

Roger Davis. who is hilariously
funny without professionalizing
was engaged to play a hotel clerk
in William Haines' new cellu-
loider.
He has a line in the story that
calls upon him to order bell
hop to take ginger ale and
orange juice to Madame lola"
The scene was rehearsed and re-
hearsed.
And taken. Only Roger ordered
the bellhop to take ginger ale
and soda water to Madame lola"
The director stopped the scene.
"Since when is it soda water?'
he asked, sarcastically.
Mr.. Davis was hurt: Didn't
you know? Madame lola phoned
and changed her order to ginger
ale and soda water! But neverthe-
less the director sent her orange
juice
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-22
Gloria Sings

One of the surprises in The
TrespaEser.' Gloria Swanson
latest production now playing at
Loew's Columbia. is her singing
voice Miss Swanson plays the
piano and sings in the film muck
to the delight Of ks. t4rs
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-22
SO 1t Goes

Years ago, on the Fox lot,
topnotcher. But Mr.. Flynn failed
to accept. success philosophical
and tumbled into mishaps remin-
iscent of Christian in ''Pilgrim's
Progress" He came back strong
with M-G-M.. some time later,
only to go his way again. After
a lengthy absence from the mega
phone. studded with vicisitudes of
this-and-that nature, Flynn
lined-up with Universal. He di-
rected the James Gleasons in
"Shannons of Broadway" and
from Hearsay it's darn good
flick.
He started Paradise Alloy"
starring Glenn Tryon with Rather
inc Crawford the heroine. The
kumpny traipsed to San Pedro
to stay about week and to
spend most of their working days
aboard the L. S. flagship, the
May land. Exteriors aboard had
nearly been completed, when
what is described to this bureau
as rumpus was started. Mr..
Flynn was featured in it.
Subsequently, William Craft
has been relegated to direct
Paradise Alloy" Shooting &C.
ton has been halted, while Craft
rewrites part of the story. And
that. my dears, may be !llumi-
mated as another phase of Holly
wood.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-17
EgYs, l'tHiitry Supplies

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New Britain herald., 1929-04-17

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New Britain herald., 1929-04-17
HOlA~ For sale

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New Britain herald., 1929-04-17

STORE ON ARCH ST FOR RENT. Ex- cellent business location. See Aaron Dan,cison q Co.,. i31 Main s.. or teie- phone clel
New Britain herald., 1929-04-17
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
Building Lots For Sale

ALLEN ST. near Stanley-Lot for sale 5ox125. Price t950 P. Denuzze 47G Main St. Phone 43<3 or l779-J
New Britain herald., 1929-04-17

CORNER LOT In West End section Ex- celient location for business block Price very reasonable. Apply V. Ros- sitto. l50. Corbin Ave.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-17

FIRST AND SECOND MORTGAGE
 LOANS. Gleason w. Parker. Conner cial Trust Building. ss West Main s'. MONEY TO LOAN. second mortgage.
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BABY CHICks-Place your orders now for early Chicks. $. r. STROPLE. lS5 | Park St. Telephone S3y.
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It's Old For w the Ogo~n Clothing For Through the Classified
LIVE ST(NK
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EMPLOYMENT

Situations Wanie4i-WOn,cn l3 WOMAN with 1 year old child wishes permanent position doing housework Phone Plainville 5Ss-4
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Surb,iban-FOr Rcnt

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 BABY CHICKS. Reds Roo ks Leghorne Chicks every Saturday and Sunday. Let us do your matching at Ac each tgg Win take eggs to hatch any day. Ald- rich Chick Hatchery. Nuw.nEtou road Elm Mill. Tel. .67.4.
 HALLS CHICKS from New England ac- credited breeders Weekly hatch-s Week of April 15: Reds. 25c: Barr-o Rocks. 2sc; White Wyandottes, SVc. Legnorns. 22c. Circular Hall Brothers Waliingford, Conn. Phone G45-5. HARTFORD AVE. s2-Native Live PouI- try Market Killed and dressed whil-. you wait. Loves, prices Tel. S5G. Del, STATE tested l.. I. Red chicks, SIS pei 100 delivered. Matches every Wednes- day. Morse Bros. East Berlin. Tel. s5s-3 STURDY thorobreu baby chicks Get our prices before you buy. x. B. Bird | Feed O.. l72 Arch St. Tel. 467o.
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He1p-WOrncn Wanted {

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Seward daily gateway., 1929-05-22
POPPY DAY ARRIVES
 SEWARD SATURDAY

The disabled service men in the hospitals are paid 1c each for making the poppies for the American Legion Auxiliary and for many this is the only money earned since the war. No service work accomplished with the poppy profits can excell this service to the disabled, which brings to them the realization that they are again able to take their place among the e-earning citizens
 There are a large number of incompensated men in the hos pitals and the poppy money is being used to support their fami- lies, to pay off mortgages and to pay taxes on homes.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-05-22
WISCONSIN SENATE VOTES TO REPEAL STATE DRY LAW
ISOLONS SEE THE LIGHT; MEAS URE RETAINS REGULATIONS
 SALE OF BOOZE

MADISON, Wis, May 21, (P)-The Wisconsin senate voted to repeal the state dry law, leaving only Gov. Walter J. Kohler's signature neces- Isary to wipe the measure off the state books.
 Passage of the Greb- Schmidt bill, providing for the repeal of the state dry law by the senate, follow led similar action by the lower house of the legislature. The meas ure abolishes the state prohibition department and the dry laws, but retains regulations that concern the sale of liquor to minors.