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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09

ZEN MAYNARD, whose featS of
IN Workmanship are we'll known to
lovers of rugged movie drama. has
penned cor typed the following semi
reminiscent remarks, now released 10
the public through his press agent:
The only credit l deserve for being
a good rider is that l never stopped
trying to learn. 1 can't remember
when / couldn't ride. We had pony
for my use before / was old enough TO
go to school. and rode back and forth
still in the first reader. My father was
building contractor, and we moved
about a great deal. But the pony al
ways went along to take me back and
forth to school,,
"One Summer when I was about IL
years old my father sent me to ranch
for the vacation. He made the owner
promise to keep me off dangerous
horses. I made progress riding that
Summer, and soon could sit the SADDLE
like an old-timer. One day my father
drove up unexpectedly to see me pitched
over a fence. land on my head and
come up badly bruised. He took me
home and forbade me to ride. AS a
result I ran away with cheap little
wagon show, and for once in my life
was satiated with horse life. / couldn't
get home fast enough When my dau
came for me after three weeks.
Much depends on the horse IN learn
ing trick riding. Thew an handled
through the mouth entirely. being very
sensitive to pulls there. A horse is like
child. Patience and skill are re-
quiIed in handling it. Naturally. no
rider would attempt dangerous stunts
on horse not thoroughly used to such
performances.
Trick riding roping. and even the
picturesque cowboy of the screen are
not typical Of the plains. They are
the outgroWth of the circus Ten years
ago there was little roping among COW
hands, and those who practice 1t today
received their inspiration largely from
circus performers.
women are responsible for the cow
bow of today. They love the artistic
and picturesque. and when bows from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
Talkies and the Blind

on the floor. the creak OF rocker
form for the blind a mental panorama
of what is occurring.
It is this development of the AUDITORY
sense that makes the talking picture
real vehicle for the sightless, the talkie
people believe.
Houk was able to follow the acttcr
of the screen play through sound from
beginning to end. He could tell IN
which direction the players were NOV
ing bv the almost inaudible sound Of
their footsteps. He knew whether they
were moving upstairs or down Wher.
this action occurred. He knew Whether
they were in a room that was large or
small. heavily carpeted and draped ol
devoid Of floor covering and decora-
, tions. Sound by its timbre. pitch and
reverberation brought these facts to the
blind man.
Houk believes that the blind all over
the world will become regular fanS oil
the talkie. He says that in scereS
where the sounds will not tip OIL thc
action a whisper from companion,
which can be so low that sthe rest OF
the audience will not be aware OF IT,
will make Ineligible the action to tcf
blind person. -,
The blind person, he says. Will BE-
voice fan-that is he will identity tho
| stars bv their voices and patronlze tho
pitcures in which the voices most ap-
| pealing to him appear.
| ALTHOUGH I have never been aole ~
see. and therefore am likely to be prelu-
| diced people have agreed with me- that
! YOU can hide in the eye many Things
| that the voice will betray," he says.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09

ERNEST VAJDA. the playwright Of
- Hungarian birth who has been as
signed to Pathe to write the screen play
for Ina Claire's second talking picture,
based on the play, Where Were Your
of which he is the author, has had
career of interest.
Vajda was born in Konarom. pic
turesque Hungarian town on the Dan
ube. and was educated at the University
at Papa. Always a brilliant student, he
was groomed for the degree Of doctor OF
civil law, but his hobby was writing.
While still in the university he con-
tributed a series of short novels to the
daily papers. and they soon found their
way into book publication. On leaving
college he became editor of "A Het"
(the Week., a magazine devoted to lit
erary news and criticism. 1t was while
editor of this publication that he wrote
his first play, "Ludas Matyi. folk
play dealing with the exploits OF a
mythical Hungarian hero.
Shortly after the presentation OF this
drama he won the prize offered by the
National Opera for the best book for
new opera written on purely Hunga-
rian subject. 1t was called Carnival
Marriage" Peculiarly enough 1t was not
given proper musical setting until five
years has passed When the opera was
finally complete. its success was i'm
mediate. Each year since that time it
has opened the operate season In
Budapest.
Early in the coming season it will be
seen at the Metropolitan Opera House
i'll New York.
"Fata Morgana' was Vajda's next
play. A well known Budapest producer
took an option on it before it was COM
plete. However. his courage failed him
and he put off production season by sea-
Bp. 1t was not until the play had been
presented on more than 200 stages and
in 16 languages that the country of
the authors birth was allowed to see it.
Finding it difficult to get hearing
on his own merits, young Vajda wrote
confession" signed the manuscript as
author Sidney Garrick," and added
the words translated from the English
by Emo Vajda." A producer seized
on the supposed American play and II
opened to immediate success. 1t con-
tanned the first big trial scene done on
any stage i'll Central Europe and in a
short time was being presented in doz-
ems of theaterS.
Vaida might still be the mythical
Sidney Garrick but for the fact that a
German producer pirated the play and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
Polite Politics.

pICHARD ARLEN, mayor OF Toluca
IN Lake, has been reelected by an
overwhelming majority over Charles
Farrell
Arlen received IL of the total % IA
votes cast. 1t was the heaviest ballot
ing that Toluca Lake has ever known.
Farrell. it is rumored, will demand
an investigation of the election. He
charges Mayor Arlen with deliberate
Srickery.
"Arlen called the election on day
when 1 and most of my friends were
busy at the studio" Farrell charges.
"Arlen appointed himself as the only
election official and counted the ballots.
have further proof that he noticed
only his friends of the voting Ir spite
Of that, I received one-seventh Of the
votes cast. shall bide my time Until
Mayor Arlen Himself is busy in pic
ture and then will take steps 10 have
him recalled. told him of my plans
when we were on the links together
this morning. Farrells never admit
: -r-- =.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
Coming Attractions.
NATIONAL PLAYERS-"Loose Ankles

NATIONAL PLAYERS-"LoOse Ankles"
Sam Janney's satirical comedy, Loose
Ankles" will be presented by the Ma
Cional Theater Players next week, be-
ginning Monday, June IT. In this
comedy, which verges on farce, the
players will endeavor to regale their
audiences with mirth, for Loose
Ankles" was constructed clearly for
laughing purposes
Loose Ankles" is a gentle satire on
in certain social and club circles, who
ladies much older than himself. as an
escort and partner for dancing. The
action centers around girl who is
left a fortune conditioned upon her
marrying to meet the approval of GER
tain relatives. The young miss, how
ever, is disposed to be independent and
accordingly decides to go upon a ram
page, even to the extent of engaging
a young man to place her in what
almost amounts to compromising sit
uation. The story as unraveled on the
stage is a series of very amusing Incl
denis.
Edith King, in the role of Ann Har-
per, the girl in question, will have a
fine opportunity to create character
sketch as the foil for four men of the
company, and other apt characterize
lions will fall to the lot of Roger Pryor,
Mrs Hubbard, Helen Wallace, FREDDY
Sherman Robert Brister and Charles
HamDden
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
All for Art.

WHAT is felt to be one OF the
w strangest sacrifices ever made for
screen realism has just been brought 10
light in filmdom. Winifred WeStoVer.
former wife of Bill Hart, who recently
emerged from eight years professional
retirement. has added rs pounds to her
weight within few weeks time IN or
der to play the title role in a anmm9H by
eating fat-producing foods. and the
additional IS pounds needed to give her
the posture of the servant girl heroine
of Fannie Hurst's novel are the result
of Brenon's ingenious scheme OF con-
ccaling lead weights in the skirt hem;
collar, sleeves and shoes The hctlonsl
"Iummox" has big feet, so specially
built shoes with Is pounds OF lead IN
the soles are worn by the screen char
acter. 500
Miss Westover's normal weight Is l2O
pounds, When she stepped on the
scales recently she registered 1873
pounds. She plans rigid diet and IN
tensive exercise to get rid OF the excess
as soon as she completes the picture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09

TALKING pictures are claimed to
l. have won for the screen legion
of new fans-the blind.
Fifty thousand Sightless people
throughout the United States hail the
sound picture as the greatest invention
for their entertainment since the lnno-
walton of the Braille system of reading
and radio. the claim goes.
A report to this effect was given Off
Gals Of the Paramount studio recently
In a projection room of the Hollywood
plant when a man who has been blind
all of his life heard his first talking
picture.
Earl Houk, known to music lovers of
Los Angeles as the Blind Baritone"
was that man and the picture was
The Man I Love"
When the last strains of the pictures
theme song died away with the fade
out. Houk turned to his friends who
awaited his verdict. You have almost
given me my sight" he is reported 10
have said.
Not through the dialogue alone was
I able to follow the story" said Houh.
THE closing of doors, the movement
of people about the room. the flow of
traffic in street scenes-these all carried
their accompaniment of sound and
made ineligible the action on the
screen"
1t is a we'll known fact that the blind
person, deprived of his sight. employs
his keen hearing to translate for him
the actions that are going on about
him. Sounds ofewhich the average per-
son is never acutely aware-for in-
stance, the scraping of restless foot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
Old-Time Minstrels.

4 REGULAR old-time minstrel show
~ as played by travelling COMPANY
on the road some years ago, has a
prominent part in The Rainbow Man
Doc Hardy's Minstrels and later
Ryan and Hardy's Ministries in the
story of The Rainbow Man" presents
the characters Rainbow Ryan, played
by Eddie Bowling, and Doc Harry
played by Sam Hardy. Bowling is the
star and Hardy is the old-time manager
and interloctutor Of the troupe.
A picturesque setting is used for the
presentation of the minstrel show as
it plays small Southern town in the
story Opening with parade, with the
minstrel men in their gray top hats
and linen busters, the minstrel show is
put on just as it would have been
played in the town opera house. In the
minstrel show sequences of the picture
Eddie Bowling, accompanied by the
stage full of Ministries, the orchestra
and the banging of tambourines, sings
several of the catchy songs which are
part of the entertainment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
Hot Work Here.

HUNDREDS of actors and actresses
~ working in The Locked Door"
are wearing formal clothes and furs
in the huge padded sound-stages, where
the temperature ranges from 100 to 120
degrees Fahrenheit all the time!
Southern California weather. plus the
terrific heat generated by 100 big spot
lights and the dense crowd of players.
technicianS and others behind the
scenes" are responsible for this almost
unbearable temperature. but work must
go on. The opening scenes in The
Locked Door" are laid on ship. The
replica of "whoopee" boats interior
has been built i'll one of the sound
proof stages, and the players have to
imagine they're enjoying sea breezes,
whereas they're nearly suffocating dur
ing the filming of scenes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
Film Library.
THE National Society. Daughters o.

THE National Society. Daughters of
the American Revolution. has es-
tablished a motion picture film repoSi-
tory In Constitution Hall. wherein will
be kept as a permanent record prints Of
historical pictures and pictures Of spe-
cial merit.
Announcement to this effect was made
recently by Mrs. Newton d. Chapman,
chairman of the committee on 4, better
films.
The first film placed in the reposi
tory was The King of Kings" Among
other prints presented to the d. A. r.
are over There" an eight-reel pic
ture, with authentic war scenes; The
Charge of the Dragons" one of the
first motion pictures ever shown; IS
flag -trailers produced by d. A. r.. and
news reel prints Of the unveiling of
1.-The Madonna of the Trail" These
will be added to from time to time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
"Evangeline" Premiere.
DOLORES DEL RIO has completed

DOLORES DEL RIO has completed
~ ger singing for "Evangeline," and
the Mexican star is now preparing to
leave Hollywood for New Orleans where
the world premiere of the picture will
take place at the Saenger Theater next
Friday.
Louisiana, where the Acadians found
refuge after their exile from Nova
Scotia. is one of the principal back
grounds of Longfellow's story, and Miss
del Rio, Director Edwin Carewe, and
the "Evangeline" company spent sew
eral weeks of the early Spring photo
graphing scenes of the picture in origi-
nal Louisiana locales of the story.
Special trains are being chartered
by several hundred Louisiana Acadians
whose interest in the picture was stir
red by the location trip of the film
company to their neighborhood. These
trains will carry the AcadianS from
New Iberia. st. Martinsville. La Fayette
and other Bayou Teche towns to the
New orleans premiere. where they will
see the picture and also Miss del Rio
on the stage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
Kept His Tonsils.

WALTER CATLETT, famed stage
w comedian. signed contract with
the Fox Film Corporation. in fun pos
session of pair of tonsils. When he
arrived in California he still had them.
And it looks as though he probably will
keep them in spite of a desire to donate
them to some hospital.
One of the comedians well known
assets is raSping voice. The day he
arrived at the Fox Studios he conhded
to Sol NJ Wurtzel. superintendent, that
he intended to have tonsil operation.
Mr.. Wurtzel objected on the ground
that the tonsils might have something
to do with the peculiar quality of Cat
let's voice. There was spirited argu-
ment.
The operation was indefinitely post
poned and 1t was announced that Mr..
Catlett would go to work Immediately.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
Flashes From the Screen
BY c. E. Nelson.

ducers of con With the Show"
have jumped into the paint box
and placed all the tints of the
rainbow in their film. Among the
players having parts in the pic
ture are Betty Compson, Sally
ONeill, Arthur Lake, Louise Fa-
zenda, William Blackwell, Sam
Hardy, Wheeler Oakman, Harry
Gribbon, Joe Brown (the stage
dancer), Ethel Waters (of the
vaudeville stage) and the Fair
banks Twins, who have appeared
in a number of recent musical
comedies of the stage.
X X x :
THE Universal Co. is getting out
news reel which is Sched-
uled to make its debut around
about July 10. According to the
present plan, the reel will be in
colorS. but it will have no sound
accompaniment.
THERE is nothing like success in
the movie game. and the pro-
ducers follow very closely any idea
which shows special box office re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
Extras" as Tourists.
EDE-HOLLYWOODIZING"

~E-HOLLYWOO Holly
- wood film extras, to make them
into a Hollywood theater crowd. which
in real life is composed mainly OF tour
lists. was the task of James Cruze when
he directed William Haines in "A Mans
Man"
Several hundred extras were used as
spectators" in scenes showing the open
ing Of a picture at famous premiere"
theater in Hollywood, where stars pa
rade on the first night and tourists
gather to watch.
The picture people," says Cruze.
have a certain distinctive something
that stamps them, and so We had to run
all our extras through the mill, remove
any evidence of their craft in deport-
ment and costume and make them up
like tourists This seemingly small point
was one of the biggest tasks Of the
picture"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09

q INCE the first motion pictures
and the establishment of
producing units in the Holly
- wood neighborhood, that
section of the West Coast has
witnessed many interesting events.
1t has seen the growth, during
the past 80 years or more, of a
great industry. 1t has seen poor
men rise to great wealth through
motion picture production, and it.
has seen ribbon-ccunter clerks
and mattresses become stars and
highly paid artists" their names
emblazoned upon the hoardings
from one end of the valid to the
other. But during tbe past few
months HOLLYWOOD fas seen more
changes than ir, all the 80 years
gone before. .Ehe growth of the
power and Importance of the mo-
ton plet',re industry was gradual
in its way, becoming each year a
greatZr factor in the entertain
meat field. New companies we're
tofmed, mergers placed the pro-
ducers upon solid foundations,
and millions were spent in de-
veloping super pictures. Large
salaries were paid to stars and
featured players, until it was
thought that the limit had been
reached.
Along came these talking pic
lures. After several years of eX-
Fermentation. it was found that
the synchronized picture was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
Ernest Vajda

in the lawsuit that resulted Vaida had
to reveal himself.
In quick succession Vajda wrote The
Crown Prince" Grounds for Divorce,
The Harem" and The Little Angel"
The Theater Guild bought the Ameri-
can rights of "Fata Morgana"; Guy
Bolton adapted Grounds for Divorce"
and Gilbert Miller produced it with Ina
Claire as the star Brock Pemberton
gave New York THE Little Angel" and
David Belasco produced The Harem."
Vajda. at his charming home in Bev-
erly Hills. Calf, and his beautiful wife
are the center of an international lit
erary circle Aside from his film writ
ing. Vajda is under contract for stage
plavs for Gilbert Miller and BelaSco.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
Would You Be Au Fait?

HHARMONIZE your dress and cos
IL metics, says Willard Webb, the
director of the screen version of "Glori-
flying the American Girl" Mature
never cultivates in harmony; take les
son from her.
use powder, lipstick and rouge in
orange tints. when you wear yellow
dresses. If you are appearing in old
rose, pinks or reds. buy the good, old
fashioned red lipstick and rouge. and
natural tinted powder When you wear
orchid or puppies select your makeup
in these same tones. All good cosmetics
come in various hueS."
Director Webb says the worst thing a
girl can do is to put on an orange
colored dress and make up her face with
red or purple toned powders. He has
had opportunity to study the effects of
good dressing in New York and Holly
wood and claims that the really smart
woman avoids excessive makeup at all
times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
Photoplays This Week
Continued From First Page0

Continued From First Pageo
Biblical times. Mary is Miriam, hand
maiden of Noah, beloved Of the latter S
son Japheth. Nickoloff is King Ne
Dhilim. who holds Miriam for sacri-
Ace to the great god Jaghut. am VINO
blinds Japheth and sends him TO the
treadmill, Then the flood, prophesied
by Noah. bursts il all its fury, burylng
the - the city and all the land
MiriaM 1aved by Japheth, the hooo
carrying them to the ark. prlel
sequence at the end takes up the MOD
ern angle of the story. showing the
rescue of the principal characters from
the ruins of the shelled city.
LITTLE THEATER-"The Viewers
Presented by Joseph R. Fliesler, man
aging director of the Film Arts Guild.
THE Weavers." the film adaptation OF
Gerhard Hauptmann's famous play,
enters into iCs second weeks run at the
Little Theater.
The story Of "The Weavers," well
known to Hauptmann readers. Is
stark. unbiased presentation of the
struggles of the silesian peasants IN
their revolt against plutocrat ana
their fight for higher wages and social
recognition.
Directed by Frederick Zelnick, one
Of Europc's foremost directors and pro-
Queer of Dancing Vienna" and Beau
tiful Blue Danube" it brings to the
screen many of the unique camera Ell.
fects achieved through the placing, Oh
4 third e&nfefa on the floor or percheo
on the ceiling, which are now current
in many American and foreign produc-
lions of merit. Only ID days were re-
uuired to complete the picture, with
the camera men, the players and
zelnick working day and night in order
not to lose a particle OF the tense
mood which is noted throughout the
production.
hardt Hauptmann. it is claimed, after
he viewed the transcription OF his play
following its completion.
Headed by Paul Wegener, star OF
uFA's "Golem," who portrays the part
OF Dreissiger. tyrannical manufac-
turer, the cast includes some OF tne
most noted German players OF the Gay
among them Wilhelm Dieterle, George
John. Albert Steinruck, Dagny ServaeS'
Rina De Liguore and Hermann Plcha'