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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
Inside. Information.

THE modern chorus girl is bearing up
as best she can under the sigma
given her in the days of the Floradora
and beef trust" choruses, modern
film chlorine declares.
"It'S all relic Of the past, when they
talked Of perfect So and meant perfect
4O," declares Frances Grant, one of
the ITO "big-time" chorus girls assem-
bled from all over the world by the First
National Studios.
Here are Miss Grants "de-bunking
the chorus girl fable" items in tabloid
form:
i. The chorus girl of today who
dances in "big time" is not a heavy
eater.
2. She does not diet to get thin. Her
diet is that Of an athlete.
8. She is not perfect &c." Her
most popular number Is 80.
4. She does not take any exercises
except her dancing, which keeps her
from getting fat.
5. She never fails to average z hours
Of sleep per night for the six working
days of the week.
s. She practically always enjoys per-
feet health.
Z. She drinks milk, buttermilk and
orange juice; seldom coffee or tea, and
often has never tasted champagne.
8. She seldom rnarries q millionaire.
Q. Shes usually well educated.
10. Her average age Is III
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
ON THE BROADWAY STAGE
A Review of Theatrical Affairs Along the White Way
BY Percy Hammond.

self, has trials Of romantic and an
esthetic character June Moon" has
been performed in Asbury Park and
Atlantic City. and drama lovers in both
places tell me that 1t is the most prom
lsing of the seasons pedigreed chicks.
AS friendly acquaintance of Mr.. Lard
ner. deplore his frailty in abandoning
belle-lettreS for the drama. but I trust
that after he has filled his wallet with
royalties he will come back and remain
faithful to us bookwormS.
Well, even If Mr.. Lardner is tickle
We can depend upon such stronghearts
at Wallace Irwin. Homer Croy, Irwin
Cobb. Samuel Hopkins Adams, Stewart
Edward White and Katherin Norris
not to desert us for the dramas false
gods. Car. Van Vechten will be true
to fiction, as will the Misses Villa
Gather, Isabel Patterson, Ruth Suckow
and Thyra Sampler. Ernest Hemingway
thumbs his nose to the drama and
Thornton Wilder. John Erskine. Theo-
dore Dresser. E. E. Van Loon, Octavius
Cohen and E. Phillips Oppenheim dis
miss it as but the Coney Island of the
arts. Hamlin Garland never wrote a
play. and neither, if my memory of
The Cabbage is dependable. did Scott
Fitzgerald Rupert Hughes did little
drama-dabbling in his youth. and so
"Bobb" Davis. Bret Harte and Henry
w. Longfellow. Their product. however.
was not of kind to stimulate love of
the drama, either in themselves or their
audiences. Excepting Mr.. Lardner. who
Is yet to be tested, the only American
novelists who have met and conquered
the stage are Jim Tully, Ben Hecht and
Miss Anita Loos.
~
If John Murray Anderson should ask
me to tell him. in words that a pro-
Queer can understand, what ails his
Almanac" I might hesitate in my an
swer. However, I should timidly suggest
that much of the contents could be
eliminated, since it is a long, long show.
in which ennui and diversion share the
program, fifty-fifty. Mr. Anderson is
to be back-patted for the quiet, well
behaved beauty of the revue. Its seem
cry and chorus girls are of a type diff
ferent from the average Broadway
carouselle. less f1eshy in their summons
than the ziegfeld and White carnalias,
in which shape and sex are promoted
beyond the bounds of last years pro-
priety. The Almanac" as Mr.. Arder.
son has termed it, Is under obligations
10 Mr.. Jimmy Savo, whose disheveled
Glowing is irresistible, and to Mr..
Powell, genius in making rhythm with
pair OF drumsticks. OF course. the
show is dirty; all revues must be so in
order to attract the amusement seeker.
But, compared to other Times Square
entertainments OF its class. 1t Is sapolio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
A Beauty of Note.

A mn CORIO.. who heads her own
show. Girls in Blue" at the Gay
ETY. Theater this week. is said to have
been selected by Earl Carroll to take
the place of Dorothy Knapp. who has
been called the most beautiful show girl
in the world.
Miss Corio is described as a brunette
of unusual beauty and charm and with
that type of talent that might have
made her one of the wonders of Broad
way, had it not been for her contract
with the Mutual Burlesque Circuit that
stood in the way. In losing her, it is
said, Mr.. CAROLS "Vanities" lost q
marvel of dancing,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
Jolson and Vitaphone.

THE premier of Al Jolsons third
l. and latest talking singing picture
for Vitaphone. Say 1t With Songs"
was simultaneous with the celebration
of vitaphones third anniversary early
this month. Inasmuch as it was an
AL Jolson talkie which registered the
first great triumph for the audible
screen and for Vitaphone. it was con-
sidered fitting that the vibrant voice
and tingling personality of 1.-The sing
ing fool should mark the third ami
versary of the Vitaphone.
The audiences response to Say 1t
With Songs" wa%reported as being ire
mendously enthusiastic. The new songs
the old Jolson pathos apparently found
favor once again. The appearance OF
Davey Lee with Jolson again added to
the popularity of the new film. In Say
1t With Songs" the appealing youngster
is cast as Little Pal" Marian Nixon
plays opposite Jolson.
Washington fllmgoers will have the
opportunity of seeing Say It With
Songs" when it comes to the Metropoli-
ton on September z.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25

THE Rialto Theater will reopen Fri
day night Of this week with the
international premiere of the screen
version of the Philip Dunning- George
Abbott play Broadway"
Manager Carrier has arranged for
broadcasting the names of prominent
personages who will attend the opening
performance, and a mike" will be
stationed in the foyer of the theater
after the manner of Hollywood and
Broadway premieres, so that the names
of persons prominent in civic and social
circles will be broadcast as they enter
the theater. Cameramen also will be
in attendance to make moving pictures
of the notables. to be shown at the
Rialto at future date. In other words,
many novel and original ideas are to
be provided to make the opening of
the Rialto a brilliant affair in every
way.
broadway" the screen attraction,
was a sensational stage success, for it
ran on Broadway for almost two years,
and it Is said the play has been. i'm
measurably heightened in entertain
ment value by the possibilities of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
Introducing AL Evans.

MEN may come and men may go,
AVA but masters Of ceremonies are
always with us, whether we wonder why
or not.
Managing Director Cullen of the
Palace this week will present a new
one in the person of AL Evans, who has
drifted this way with the title, prince
of good fellows" modest withal, but
collegian for all that, who, besides being
a Phi Gamma Delta man and Sym
phonian," which means he was men,
Der of the musical and literary fra
ternity of Dennison College, in Ohio. is
also credited with having produced the
California Ramblers," famous dance
orchestra and later Of being the pianist
and music arranger for Warnings Penn
sylvanians.
Mr. Evans was graduated as Publix
master of ceremonies from Omaha and
later he offlciated at Cleveland, Detroit
and Columbus. He has also the distinc-
ton of being a Brunswick recording
artist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
In All Forms.

NOV that he has appeared in both
= the silent and talking screen ver-
sion of THE Last of Mrs. Cheyney."
Herbert Bunston may boast Of having
played the same role in every form of
presentation possible for the famous
English play.
For Bunston not only played the role
of Lord Elton in the original London
stage Offering in which Gladys Cooper
was starred. but also duplicated this
performance in the original New York
the title role, brought to the screen now
by Norma Shearer.
Bunston. who makes his cinema de-
but In this talking feature, is one Of
Britain's distinguished actors. having
played on the London stage with Sir
Herbert Tree and Gerald du Maurier.
Since coming to America he has played
in 1.-THE Enchanted Cottage" young
Woodley" and. following a long tour
with 1.-The Last of Mrs. Cheyney" COM
pany, was seen in 'Dracula."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
.ANNE CORlO-
Gayey
Labor Days Call.

IF the cool weather of the past week
has not carried its intimation that
Summer is nearing its close, the call of
Labor day. echoed by the suburban
park, the river resort and the salt water
beaches strongly emphasizes the fact.
Just why Labor day should mark the
closing of the vacation season, espe-
cially at the seashore, is difficult to
comprehend for there are many weeks
ahead of delightful days before Novem-
ber's clouds herald the coming of VIM
ter. Seaside resorts may consider 1t
the proper thing to lessen their tempo
but it is safe to say that serge and cool
CLOTH wearing apparel is destined to
have quite an added length of days for
some time to come.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
DELAY Discarded.

"MAKE 'em laugh, make 'em cry,
AVA make 'em watt
This was Belasco's formula for the
successful stage play few years ago
but in the talking pictures it's all
wrong, according to Willard Mack,
playwright, and Lionel Barrymore, the
new directorial genius Of the screen.
The wait part Of the formula Is out.
make 'em laugh, make 'em cry, but
never let 'em wait an instant" is the
formula for the successful screen drama
Of today.
This is the formula on which they
built Madame X" Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer's sensational all-talking drama
based on the famous stage play. and
in which Ruth Chatterton plays the
title role. In the new picture stage
and screen technique have been so
blended that there is never an instant's
wait. The attention of the audience is
glued to the screen from beginning to
end
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
Parody Skit Sounded.

DAULA TRUEMAN, a star Of "The
l. Grand Street Follies," the famous
annual satirical Broadway revue, viii
shortly make singing and talking pic
ture version of her famous age Of
Innocence" skit in the 1929 edition of
the Follics. at the Gramercy Studios Of
r. C. A. Photophone. it is announced.
This parody on the bewigged and
hustled Victorian beauty will be
played before the cameras and micro
phones as Miss Trueman did 1t on NE
stage, with the addition Of scenes
showing the lady and q quartet OF her
admirers In SONGS Of the period.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
Before Royalty"
TOE z. BROWN, the comedian

ZOE e. BROWN, the Comedian, play
- ing In sally" with Marilyn Miller,
is wearing q gorgeous red uniform with
about so medals on his breast in the
picture, Brown says his outfit recalls
the time that bunch of the boys at
the Lambs Club in New York dressed
up the colored porter and sent him
over to sit out Browns show, the
Greenwich Village Follies," after
spreading the word back stage that an
African grand duke was out front.
Brown fell for It and played all through
the show to the bewildered porter.
Later. when he discovered the hoax, he
sent the boy over to sally" and let
Leon Enrol spend the evening making
impromptu speeches to Ibis royal high
ness"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
COLUMBIA-Ruth ChattertOn in
Madame X"

One of the greatest of melodramas,
the picture version of Madame x" is
now at Loew's Columbia as a Metro
0oldwyn Mayer all-talking picture. It
was directed by one of the noted figures
Of the American stage, Lionel Barry
more. The cast is headed by. Ruth
Chatterton, with Lewis Stone and Ray
mond Hackett. The supporting cast in
cludes Eugene Besserer, John P. Ed
dington, Mitchell Lewis. Uric Haupt,
Carroll Nye and Claude King.
The story of Madame X concerns
a young and beautiful Frenchwoman
who, through her husbands self-ab-
eorbtion and neglect, decides to forsake
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
GAYETY-Next Week.

One of the fastest shows on the
Mutual wheel will be next weeks attrac-
ton at the Gayety Theater. Hello
Parce" is its title and it is heralded as
a swiftly moving. hilariously funny
show. with Mildred Franklin and Leee
Hickman featured. Its sole purpose is
to make Mutual burlesque patrons
laugh. Notable in Hello Paree" is the
chorus Of beautiful girls, lighting effects.
costumes and, scenAEY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
EARLE-Billie Dove in 1.-THE Man and
the Moment"

Add the name of Billie Dove to the
movie stars who have established their
ability as an important factor in the
definitely show it this week at the Earle
Theater in 1.-THE Man and the Moment"
her latest picture. The pleasing quality
of her voice, together with her ability
to get her lines across with the finesse
of an experienced actress, is said TO be
strongly in evidence in her perform.
ance. The story, by Elinor Glyn, might
have been written expressly for Miss
Dove to give her exceptional oppor-
tunities for fine emotional work. 1t Is
described as a daring story, but always
fascinating, as directed by George Fitz-
maurice.
Rod La ROGUE, himself star IN MS
own right, is the leading man.
The picture has settings of excep-
tional beauty and represents lavish
use of money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Meighan in
1.-THE Argyle Case"

Thomas Meighan, for years one of the
Dopular stars of the screen. makes ms
talking picture debut in The Argyle
Case" at the Metropolitan Theater TINS
week. His resonant, we'll moduIateo
voice is said to add UNNECESSARILY to the
charm of his personality. He Is seen
as a master detective, who by means
of deductive reasoning weeds out from
a group Of suspected persons one VINO
is guilty of the murder of wealthy john
Fla Lee is the foster daughter of the
slain man. who, even while under suS-
picion of the grim Mr.. Kayton, is mo
ing her way into his heart. announcer
unusually good performance is tnat OF
Zazu Pitts as the laxative MRS. wyatt
housekeeper For once, she is not re.
n,Iired to weep. but her loquacious part
is said to be as cleverly done as any OF
her doleful ones. A..
Young John Darrow appears as tne
aon of the unfortunate Argyle, and
Douglass Gerard is butler, Whlle n.
"A Warner creates sinister character
in Hurley, counterfeiter, and Bert Roach
provides robust comedy.
The Harriet Ford-Harvey j. OHlggms
play long ago proved itself well con-
structed work, and the screen ana VIA
phone are said to have augmented us
power immensely.
PALACE-Norma Shearer in "The Last
of Mrs. Cheyney."
Norma Shearer as a captivating So
ciety "raffles' is appearing at LoeW
palace this week in an adaptation, OF
Frederick Lonsdale's famous stage play,
1.-THE Last of Mrs. Cheyney." MISS
Shearer is supported by Basil Ratn-
bone, George Barraud. Herbert Bun
ston, Hedda Hopper and other OF legltl-
mate stage players.
The story revolves around Mrs. Chey-
ney. a crook, who mingles with Lon
don't nobility and plies her trade, with
her alleged butler. Charles. At house
marty she steals the valuable pearls OF
her hostess and is caught in the act
by Lord billing. who is madly in love
with her. Taking advantage OF the
situation, he makes advances to MRS.
Cheyney, who calmly rings the alarm
bell and brings the entire household to
her room. Lord Elton, however, has
sent a compromising letter to Mrs
Cheyney, and because Of this they
hesitate to prosecute her. Instead they
offer her freedom and $4,000 for the
letter. She accepts the check, but
tears it up and thus wins the admira-
ton of her would-be prosecutors. Lord
billing decides to make an end to Mrs.
Cheyney by making her Lady Dilling.
AL Evans, the new master OF cere--
monies, hailed as the prince of good
fellows" will appear with the Palace
Syncopators in "Vacation Days." fea-
turing also the well known monologist.
Senator" Francis Murphy. Others IN
the cast include castro and White, with
Bernice Marshall and Sunny Schuck,
Frank Hamilton. the Wisner sisters and
the Dave Gould girls. Added attrac-
lions include the Fox Movietone News,
the M-G-M International News, the
Palace Orchestra and organ selections
with short subjects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
Photoplays This Week


SlAOE AMI SCKEEN FEAlUk lf1lO WEEk
Meighan in THE Argyle Case" This
afternoon and evening.
PAIACE-Norma THE Last of Cheyney"
afternoon and evening"
EARLE-Blie THE Man the Moment This after
and evening.
FoX-Walter Calet in why Home?" afternoon
and evening.
COLUMBIA-Ruth Chatterton in Madame X This
and evening
GAYETY Burlesque) Girls in Blue afternoon
evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
WAITER CATLETT
and SUE CAROL
Outdoor Attractions.
GLEN ECHO PARK.

GLEN ECHO PAKk.
For outdoor fun and enjoyment. Glen
Echo, Washington's free admission
amusement park, makes an outstanding
bid. A trolley ride via the Washington
Railway & Electric Co. line, on cars
marked cabin John" or Glen Echo
and running along the banks of the Po-
tomac on a fast and frequent schedule,
or by motor via Conduit road, provide
alternate routes for reaching the park.
For those who desire to spend the
day and evening in the open air, picnic
groves with large shade trees. tables,
benches, spring water and Fairgrounds
for the Riddles are available. For all
there are more than half hundred
amusement features. including the big
dip, derby racer, the whip, aeroplsne
swing, old MILL carrouSel. midway.
shooter, caterpillar, etc. In the big ball
room McWilliams and his orchestra
are attracting dancers nightly, on week
nights, from $50 until 1880.
Already the management is making
plans to take care of the crowds that
visit the park on Labor day.
MARSHALL HALL.
Located in a historic spot on the
Potomac and reached by the steamer
Charles Manchester is WaShington's
oldest down-t he-river resort, Marshall
Hall. Picnic groves with tables, benches.
Fairgrounds for the children and cool
water are all available for all-day and
evening family outings, while there are
many amusement features to entertain
every member Of the family, including
free dancing in the pavilion, rides in
the airplane swing. roller coaster. etc.
The steamer Charles Manchester
makes three trips daily to Marshall
Hall, leaving the Seventh street wharf
at 10 am, 2:30 and Gas pm, except
on Sundays, when the morning trip is
made at 1920.
CHESAPEAKE BEACH.
With colored balloons overhead,
streams of confetti winding about fair
necks, and merrymakers footing horns
and operating other noise devices, real
whoopee reigns every Saturday night
on the over-the-water dance pavilion
at Chesapeake Beach.
These carnival nights are drawing
crowds and making a great hit. Red
hot blues and StompS are served up by
Ralph Garren'S Carolinians, who play,
sing and put on comedy skits for the
dance patrons. Special entertainers
present their acts between the dance
numbers and at IL pm. there is
prize waltz. Women are permitted to
dance free.
Chesapeake Beach has not yet an
nounced special preparations for Labor
day, evidently believing it already has
everything required for proper cele-
bration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25

MN ana ner small son. Going steadily
down the social scale and passing
through years of misadventures. she
| finally becomes the prey of rogue who
attempts to utilize his knowledge of her
past for the purpose of blackmailing
her former husband. Desiring to shield
him and her son, now a young attorney,
she is driven to murder the man.
Brought to trial. Madame x, as she
calls herself, is placed in the extraordi-
nary situation of having her grown-up
son assigned by the state to defend her.
The emotional strain. however, is too
great. and Madame x falls dead at
the close of the trial.
Metro Movietone acts, the Nom In
ternatlonal News. the Fox Movietone
News, short subjects and the Columbia
Orchestra complete the program.
FOX-Walter Catlett in "Why Leave
Home
The musical version of Grade
Snatchers," one of the outstanding
stage successes of last season, comes to
the Fox this week as why Leave
Home" 1t is another in the series of
musical comedies produced by Mr. Fox
with his Fox Movietone equipment, a
singing. talking, dancing farce comedy,
with Walter Catlett, recent comedy
star Of ziegfeld's Rio Rita; Sue Carol,
David Rollins. Richard Keene, Nick
Stuart and Dixie Lee in the cast. In
addition there is bevy of pretty girls
in the chorus. The music is by Conrad
Mitchell and Gottler, who wrote Fox
directed the dialog of the production
and the mechanical end was under the
direction of Ramona Cannon, one of
the youngest of the Fox directors.
The stage revue will have John Irving
Fisher as master of ceremonies and will
present visiting entertainers, including
Wee Willie" Robyn. whose voice has
always played an important part in
Roxy's radio programs, together with
Forsyth and Kelly, Bert and Hazel
Skatelle, Helen MacFarland and the
theater's permanent features. the Six
teen Gorgeous FoXettes and Leon Bru-
siloff's Fox JaZzmanians. Fox Movie
tone News. in picture and sound, will
complete the program.
GAYETY-"Girls in Blue"
The Girls in Blue" headed by Ann
Corie, is the current burlesque attrac-
ton at the Gayety Theater. This is
entertainment that was one of the three
leading offerings on the Mutual circuit
last season. While Miss Corie has made
liberal changes in the book and produce
ton. some of the best points of the
original show have been retained and
elaborated upon with scenes inserted
Interesting dances have been retained
in their entirety with three new STEP
ping interludes sprinkled through the
action. Miss Corie, in her tireless ac-
tivities, is said to set pace hard to
equal. The supporting cast is fine and
includes Hap Freyer, funny tramp char
acter; the rotund and withdrawing
Chuck Callahan, Lew Petel, straight
man; Jean Gaskell, prima donna ex-
traordinary; Buddie Nichols. a restless
blond soubret; Bobby Faye, heralded as
and Vic Gesele, ingenue. The chorus
consists of young girls personally select
ed by Miss Corie,
The Washington times., 1929-08-10
BALTIMORE PRODUCE

BALTIMORE, Aug 10. - Eggs
Market firm. On the Baltimore But.
ter and Egg Exchange, nearby fresh
gathered firsts, offered, S5c; bid, SAC.
Street sales, small lots. nearby cur.
rent receipts, 32@34c; candled, $50
36c, few higher. Receipts, butter
255 tubs; eggs. "a cases.
Live Poultry-Chickens. young
springers, colored as tc size, ESQ
33c; leghorns, lbs. and over, 24q
csc; do, 1A to lbs. 23@24c; do. J
to III lbs, 22023c. Chickens, old,
heavy. 29@30c: medium size, ESQ
&c: 1eghorns and other light stock
22@24c; roosters. 1S@21c. Ducks
white Pekings, young, 4 lbs. and
over. 22@24c; puddle, young, 4 lbs.
and over. 20@22c: all kinds. small
and thin. 1S@22c.
Butter-Recetpts of creamery run
ming moderate. but ample for the
demand. which is considerably cur
tailed at this time of the year. Mar
ket steady as to values but quiet in
tone. Store packed, market firTnel
under fair demand and light supply
We quote: Creamery fancy, per ID.
44k @45c; choice. 43@44c; good. 41G
42c ;ladles, 33@35c; Maryland ant
Pennsylvania rolls, 31@S2c; store
packed. 30@31c: process butter
40@41c.