The Washington times., 1929-04-02
MOVIES SP END
BIG MONEY ON
TRAIL ERS
By DOROTHY HERzOG

tcopyright 1923. Premier syndleatel
HOLLYWOOD. April IA new
month. some new bills. some
old bills. Aprn should Be as easy
10 muck as March. Easier. only
30 days. with spring and unlbrel-
las officially clocked n. the
movies loom iOl. per cent all tallSy.
Gone are the old fashioned 100
per cent days. Companies now
spend fulsome hundreds Or even
repeat thousands making talky
'trsilers. Al trailer being an 4
vance screen nibble encouraging
an audience TO come see the pic
tsire when 1t reaches the local
theater on the advertised date.
TraiIers used to be D cinch.
snip Of afiIm here. "A snip there.
Put Ii all together and 1t spelt
come-nextSweek. The talkies have
even dignified this sales medium
via expense--aild dignity IN the
flicks lis customarily achieved Ply
money. The more cash the more
spectacular sets: cabaret scenes
b0udoirs never seen on land or
brook: BAN rooms gIOrifying the
extrayagart. and SO on, far into
the eighth reeI-r egardless oh
story.
and means less.
r
Taking IL on the go: TO see
Leo CaTRilIo and Elsie Baftless
gehiIdkraut in a local revival ok
..The Bad Man. Back stage.
Fascinating atmosphere. II has
the lure of newspaper city
room condensed in terms Of per.
sonality. Kenneth Thomson the
Jock Warmer Of sBrOadway
Melody prominent in the
cast. Only Thomson leaves to-
resume picture-making prontO.
Garlic has an old Chinese man
Friday, who formerly worked with
the Ringing Brothers, BarTun1
and Bailey Circus. Wing daugled
from his pigtaiI In the days Of
his youth, stunt which always
made me pop-eyed. Only after
all these years Wing explained IN
rapid, broken English the stunt
never hurt. Woeful disflluslon
2 He went onto show how fse
built his pigtaiI to be sure =
didn't hurti Leo mentioned some
thing about airplanes to him.
Wing, parchment faced ~ III h
pointed. brown teeth broke into
beaming praise oE the airship.
He sees ii as as way to get to God
and have good time doing i'll
And mebbe, eiortles Wing, when
somebody reaches God In Il plane
he'll bring him down and ret
him a yoodviI job and then every
body can become acquainted with
him.
Later to ye Roosevelt hosiery
where college youngsters from
the University Of Southern Cal
ifornia packed the floor. Excite
Inent there last eve a-plenty.
The Pat Rooneys celebrated their
silver wedding anniversary and
Pat Sd his twentieth birthday.
Ann Pennington, Charlie King
and George Sidney aided and
abetted III chucking the party
with b gang drifting In and out.
Much merriment. The ROoneys
are OF for the East today to
resume yo0dviIing.
Ruth Elder. first woman to ats
tempt flying the Atlantic, and
now picture-making In Hollywood.
has written a series Of aeronautIc
articles exclusively for this
colyunl. In the event anyone
cares to communicate with Miss
Elder, address her care j.. e.
Granger, Clover Field. Santa
Monica, Calf Ruth volunteered
to answer all inquiries. The first
OF the series follows:
Can Women F'ly!
Dorothy Herzog has asked me
to write q few short articles giv-.
ing my personal opinion on the
subject. Can women fly. Yes.
most emphati ically--yes.
To be sure, there are several
things which stand In the way De
successful flying BY the average
woman, but mono that cannot be
overcome: Temperament. emotion
uuStHs HHphtAGHGSS NAMkkSs JESaFg
things that our sex have an
abundance of, all play their part.
They must and can be mastered. !.
There IS a radical difference
between aircraft and auto driving
and the woman who can flatter
herself that she is a good auto
driver soon finds that the personal
vanity that carries her by III her
car will not be or any assistance
to her in the nanipnlation Of an
airplane. Driving through
safety zone. cutting In on traffic.
and making stops in the midst of
traffic alls indicate a lack O9
thought and an inactive mind.
These delinquincies must be over
come if she wishes TO become q
member Of the Rrofherh0of III