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Evening star., 1929-12-15

COLOR pictures seem to be all the
rage along Broadway. A prone
made along New York's celebrated rialto
reveals technicolor productions as the
features in no fewer than five theaters.
This condition seems all the more
remarkable when it is recalled that just
a year ago only one natural color fllm,
THE Viking" was on view, and this was
hailed as distinct novelty.
incidentally, the five color pictures on
Broadway represent just about the elite
of New York's cinema entertainment.
With the exception of Gold Diggers OF
Broadway" which is having its first
Manhattan showing at popular prices,
all of the productions are attractions OF
such merit that they are being pre-
sented as 50 shows.
These pictures two of which already
have been shown in Washington, are
Show of Shows" Warmers revue with
II stars of the screen and stage; Gen
eral Crack" showing John Barrymore
in his first talking role; Rio Rita"
from the Ziegfeld musical hit, Radio
production with Bebe Daniels and John
Boles; and Hollywood Revue" Metro
Goldwyn- Mayors presentation of John
Gilbert. Norma Shearer, Marion Davies,
Conrad Nagel and score OF other pop
ular stars
Inquiry among Broadway theater
managers yielded the additional infor-
nation that at least half dozen other
color features are slated for presenta-
tion before 1880 is ushered in. They are:
Devil May Care" starring Ramon
Novarro and giving his admirers their
first opportunity to hear his speaking
voice (they heard him sing in '"The
Pagan'O; 1.-The Mysterious Island" an
Jules VerneS adventure classic; sally"
starring Marilyn Miller in First Ma
tionars production of the ziegfeld mu-
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Community Drama Guild.

THE Community Drama Guild of
L Washington has it's fourth annual
one-act play tournament scheduled to
begin January %, with finals February
7, at Mckinley Auditorium. All clubs
and drama groups in the District OF
Columbia, the metropolitan area of
Maryland and Arlington County, Va.
are invited to participate. Last year
there were presented % different anna
teur groups in a widely varied and in
teresting series of one-act plays. The
Columbia Players won the first place
in the local tournament, and later took
part in the Belasco Cup tournament in
New York City
Player groups must register with the
Drama Guild on or before January 4,
and application blanks may now be OBJ
tanned at the Office of the Community
Drama Guild, Franklin Administration
Building, Thirteenth and K streets, or
from Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest, execu-
tive secretary, Community Drama Guild,
Washington, D. c.
In addition to the one-act play
tournament, the Drama Guild will
sponsor a "play-writing contest" in one
act plays, open to all authors and play
wrights in the vicinity of Washington,
which will begin at once and close
Evening star., 1929-12-15

RACK in Elizabethan days in England,
- rigid rules of theatrical censorship
were established They still exist, much
to the discontinue of American play
wrights who venture into the London
field.
A British actor with sense of humor,
Reginald owen, related recent expert
ences in this regard in New York few
days ago. He is an important player
in the cast of "Candlelight," in which
Gertrude Lawrence is starring.
The lord chamberlain, he said, is
privileged to order deleted from any
manuscript anything that offends his
ears. There are no set rules, and the
lord chamberlains ideas on the thing
are final.
In the script of "Candlelight," which
P. G. Wodehouse adapted from the
German, is a line concerning pajamas,
owen explained. When the lord
chamberlain, blue pencil poised, came
across it he exclaimed:
What? A lady talking about pa
iamas and those dainty garments in
the apartment of a man not her hus-
band? Have things come to this pretty
pasS?"
So the word came out, and the wom-
Evening star., 1929-12-15
District of CoIun,bio.

District of Columbia.
THE EARLE-13th and streets NV.
RIALTO-Ninth near G NV.
AMBASSADOR-l8th and Col I'd. n.w
APOLLO-624 H street ne.
AVENUE GRAND-645 Pa. ave. &c.
CENTRAL-Ninth street.
AVALON-COnn. ave. and Mckinley.
COLONY-GeOrgia ave. and FaFragut
HOME-l23O C street ne.
TIVOLI-14th and Park rd. NV.
YORK-GeOrgia ave. and Quebec NV
STANTON-515 C street ne.
HAPPYLAND-102O 7th street NV.
Maryland and Virginia.
MARYLAND-HagerstOwn. Md.
OPERA HOUSE-Leesburg, Va
RECREATION HALL-IndtaD Head
Md.
REPUBLIC THEATER-AnnapOlis. Md
UNIVERSAL-Shady Side, Md.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Md.
TOME SCHOOL-POrt Deposit, Md.
MARADA-St. Michaels. Md.
BETHESDA-Bethesda. Md.
MELVILLE-SykesVille Md.
STATE-Westminster Md.
IMPERIAL-Brunswi Md.
PALACE-Frostburg, Md.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Va.
Charlottesville. Va.
COLONIAL-Winchester. Va.
STRAND-StauntOn. Va.
MASONIC-CIifton Forge. Va.
OLIVER-Crewe, Va.
OLONlAL-Frederick Va
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Va
REGAL-Urbanna, Va.
TOWN HALL-Trappahann Va.
WEISS, EmpOria, Va.
RfTZ-Chatham Va.
RELEE-Relee, Va.
Va.
STRAND-Strasburg Va.
NEW MARKET-New Market We.
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Paiamas! Horrors!

an speaking the lines says, instead, to
valet:
by the way, the last time I was here
1 left some things. You can send them
to me-"
The entire incident was innocent,
owen declared, and the lines were real
ly unimportant to the structure of the
play. No objection of any sort has
been raised to the play in its New York
engagement, he said.
Just before coming to this country,
the actor said, he was in the cast of a
comedy opening in London. In the play
was line which to the actors seemed
delightful, as well as innocent, and
seeming to promise laugh at each per-
formance. It ran: Scotland is so full
of sex" But the lord chamberlain
said mo" and the laughs were lost.
Evening star., 1929-12-15
Gillette and the Immortals.


WILLIAM GILLETTE, who is max
w ing his stage final farewell this
season after years of retirement, is the
only actor among the SO members OF
the American Academy of Arts and
Letters: but he does not bear this honor
with undue solemnity. This fact Is
evidenced by an anecdote that was
told by Vincent Starrett in the OCTOBER
number of 1.-THE Bookman" as an item
in his recollection of his years as re-
porter in Chicago.
Sherlock Holmes the play In which
Gillette is making his final bow, re-
minds me of an amusing encounter
with william Gillette, always a courte-
Gus and affable man to interview.
THE 'Immortals' had come to town
the American Academy of Arts and
Letters-in a special train, to exhibit
themselves as the intelligentsia at Full
lerton Hall. The newspaper harpS and
harpies met the incoming gods at an
OUTLYING station and rode into the city
on a special. Adventuring through the
coaches I came upon a compartment
whose doors stood open and, peeping In
side, recognized the occupant. He was
looking dreamily out of the window at
the speeding landscape in such fashion
that his perfect Sherlockian PRONE
seemed etched against the glass.
"I put my head inside.
"a penny, Mr. Gillette I said
cleverly, the proverbial penny! There
was an ironic twinkle in his eye as he
turned.
"'You would like to know what was
thinking?' he drawled. I was thinking
what a delightful paradox it would be
if this train were to roll down the en-
bankment and all the immortals' were
to be killed."
Evening star., 1929-12-15
Wrestling With His Work.

T LITERALLY speaking, Ivan Linow is
IL the biggest man in motion pictures,
and he considers himself also the bust-
est. He is a former wrestling performer
of Europe and America who has an i'm
portant role in 1.-THE River" Frank Bor-
zage's Fox Movietone talking picture
now showing at the Fox Theater. Mary
Duncan and Charles Farrell have the
leading roles.
After his personal triumph in "The
Red Dance" this giant Che is feet a
inches tall) found himself with long
term contract with Fox Films and an
other nice part-that Of Sam Thomp-
son, q heavy" in 1.-THE River"
Besides the necessary preparation for
the role, Linow in the meantime was
becoming the owner of a beautiful home
in Hollywood Hills. He supervised the
building while playing his current role.
He says If he's going to be heavy
he should do heavy work, so he is keep
ing in training.
Evening star., 1929-12-15
Flashes From the Screen
By c. E. Nelson.

prize winner, has been signed by
the United Artists Corporation to
write the story and dialogue for
the D. w. Griffith picture "Abra-
ham Lincoln" Benet has been
called "The Homer of the Civil
War" for his hundred-thouSand-
word poem, John Browns Body"
The Paramount Co. has received
the first pictures from the Byrd
expedition. Willard Vanderveer
and Joseph Rucker are the two
motion-picture cameramen repre-
Senting their company at the
South Pole.
Four new Metro Goldwyn Mayer
pictures to be released soon have
been rechriStened. "Dulcy," star
ring Marion Davies, will be known
as mot So Dumb; Road Show"
has been changed to Happy
Days." "Take 1t Big" to playing
the Field" and Lights and Shad-
ows" to "The Woman Racket"
Give Brook has been selected to
play a prominent part in the de-
tective screen play, "The Benson
Murder Case" william Powell has
the lead and Fay Wray plays op-
posite.
Monte Blue heads the cast of
His Woman" being made at the
First National studio. The direc-
tor has not been selected.
Basil Rathbone plays opposite
Billie Dove in Faithful" Others
in the cast are Kenneth Thomson,
Kay Francis, Montagu Love and
Philip Strange.
John Mack Brown will be Joan
Crawford'S leading man in the
new Metro Goldwyn Mayer pic
ture, Montana" Cliff Edwards
and Dorothy Sebastian are also in
the cast.
Don Alvarado plays opposite
Dolores Del Rio in "a Sailors
Sweetheart" Others with impor-
tant parts are Edmund Lowe, Yola
D'Avril, Ullrich Haupt and Ad-
rienne d'Ambricourt.
Joan Bennett has just signed a
long-term contract with United
Artists. She plays opposite Harry
Richman in Putting on the
Ritz"
Evening star., 1929-12-15

HOLLYWOOD spends its odd mo-
IL ments combing its hair, and that
typif1eS to a degree Hollywood in the
mind of George Abbott, New York play
wright and director. who has just re-
turned from the West Coast.
Mr.. Abbott thought it odd, he con-
fessed, that on motion picture set
every actor, freed from the camera and
microphones for the moment, rushed
to the community hairbrush and ap-
piled it.
"These people have been so trained"
he said, "to keep the perfect pose that
even during the course of physical COM
bat the looks remain in place, coiffed
to idyllic perfection and resembling ad-
vertisementS for hair OIL"
Abbott, co-author of "Coquette" and
Broadway" directed two pictures for
Paramount, and is to return to Holly
wood later to direct a third. starring
Nancy Carroll. He returned to New
York with the conviction that many
practices which have Sprouted in the
talkies must be eliminated. He was
specifically outspoken against the use
Evening star., 1929-12-15

February IS. An outstanding commit
tee of literary and stage experts will
serve as judges. A prize of $25 is offer
ed for the best play. If in the opin-
ion of the judges, the winning play is
worthy of production it will be pro-
duced by the Drama Guild at the
Spring drama conference, the week Of
April /.
February % and March the second
full-length play of this season will be
presented with an all-Washfngton cast,
chosen after new system of try-outs,
early in January Directors of all drama
clubs and groups in the city are in
vited by the casting committee of the
guild, headed by Maj. Philip Hayes, to
meet with the committee for consulta-
ton Tuesday evening of the present
week at o'clock III the board room of
the Franklin Administration Building.
The play to be given February 28-
March / is John Tobin's celebrated
comedy of 100 years ago, THE Honey
moon" 1t requires large cast, which
will be chosen from groups from all
parts of the city. The director for
"The Honeymoon" will be chosen from
among those in New York City who
have had outstanding success in stag
ing reViValS
Evening star., 1929-12-15
Erich Learns to Smile.

WHEN Greek meets Greek they open
w a restaurant-perhaps, When di-
rector meets director the fur starts To
fiy-perhaps.
"The Great Gabbo' was in production,
however, the sound stages OF the James
Cruze, Inc, film plant were innocent ol
directorial fur or Greek tugs-ot-War.
And this despite the fact that James
Cruze, the director who always smiles,
was putting Erich Won Stroheim,, the
director and screen star who seldom
smiles" through the most vigorous PAGES
of the latter's hectic studio career.
That the temperamental former Aus
trian nobleman enjoyed working as
star under Cruze is one of the wonders
of the current Hollywood season. BY
the time his engagement in The Great
Gabbo" was concluded Mr.. Won Stro-
helm was wearing a natural smile, his
first, remarked certain unfeeling goS-
sips, in Is years.
The famous Won Stroheim scowi. of
course. is also very much in evidence III
"The Great Gabbo."
Evening star., 1929-12-15
Has Chaplin Succumbed?

HOLLYWOOD reports the hint that
L Charles Chaplin has submitted to
compromise.
There will be sounds, of some nature
in "City Lights" which Chaplin is now
producing, If these reports are correct
He will strictly avoid any sort of dia-
logue. however.
Chaplin has been steadfast in his
opposition to the talkies, depending,
probably, on his genius in pantomime
to continue its hold on the public. But
the reports indicate he has bowed to
the inevitable.
Experiments with the microphone
have been under way though Just what
sort of noises they will record is not
yet settled. according to word coming
out of the studio.
Evening star., 1929-12-15
led Back on the Job.

TED HARRIS, who at 20 was hailed
y as a theatrical miracle man." and
who sailed for Europe with the an
nouncement that he had retired from
theatrical life and planned to become
gentleman farmer in England, France
or Italy, is back in New York and has
admitted, according to adviceS from
that city, that he may produce some
more plays.
He arrived incognito and unshaven
(an eccentricity) and when questioned
was evasive. He was asked if he might
try his hand at musical comedy. He
replied
Eyes, I might do that. I guess I'll do
Show Boat again and show ziegfeld
how it ought to have been done"
Harris was the producer of numerous
big hits, among them THE Royal Fam
ily," Broadway" and THE Front
Page"
Evening star., 1929-12-15
' Critics on the Warpath.
"THE tune is good but the words ar

"THE tune is good but the words are
l rotten"
Thus crudely are the critics empha-
sizing the decline of literature even in
song form. in the theaters of today.
Persuasive melodies, it is charged,
throughout the current season, have
been wrapped around stupid plots and
unimaginative words.
Mass production is blamed for some
of the faults alleged. With talkies to
large extent leaping into the laps OF
Tin Pan Alley artists, it is complained,
the problem has become acute. 1t has
led unhappy critics to suggest for new
songs such titles as "Einsberger Sachs
Six Per Cent, Love You"
One critic points out that the guilt OF
the librettist is by no means OF recent
date, reciting, in point, that Victor
Herbert suffered from the same lack OF
intelligent coordination. He boldly
states that since the days of Gilbert and
Sullivan, perhaps, there has been no
really perfect team work between music
and word writers.
Evening star., 1929-12-15
Seeking the Plav.

4 NEW Long PLAY Tournament" to
"A be conducted in New York, Spon-
sored by the group which annually con-
ducts the National Little Theater Tour
nament, has just been announced.
The plays will be presented five con-
secutive evenings and the winner will
be selected by jury. The successful
group will be awarded 1000 and cup,
according to Walter Hartwig's announce
ment.
Evening star., 1929-12-15
Rod as Lincoln.

HOLLYWOOD reports that Rod La
L Rogue has been tentatively select
ed by D. W. Griffith for the title role in
the latters forthcoming production of
the life of Abraham Lincoln, which
Griffith hopes to make the crowning
achievement of his brilliant career.
Another report is that Stephen Vim
cent Benet, whose narrative poem John
Browns Body" won the Pulitzer prize
this year. has been engaged to write the
story and dialogue for the film, which
will be Griffith's first talkie.
Evening star., 1929-12-15
Have an Easv Life.

As Ethel Barrymore is acting two
"A plays this season, G.. Martinez
Sierras "The Kingdom of God" and Lii
Hatvany's THE Love Duel" and as the
cast of the. former play requires Is
players more than does the latter piece,
whenever 1.-The Love Duel" is being
played, there are Is Barrymore actors
For five weeks in Chicago,
these people are said to have received
their weekly salary and spent their eve
nings at other plays, or at home or as
pleased them best, but all of them say
they would prefer to be playing than
resting
Evening star., 1929-12-15
Hunter Not a Poet.

GLENN HUNTER says he is not a
- poet; he's an actor. Therefore his
acting shouldn't be judged by his poetry
The latter appeared in New York
theatrical newspaper in the form of a
Christmas greeting, accompanied by
large photograph of Hunter. 1t runs:
There was young dandy named Glen
Who. felt as though he were ten.
He filled every house
When sober or SouSe,
And charmed all the ladies and men.
A New York critic remarks: Before
such genius We are dumb"
Evening star., 1929-12-15
Saying It With Colors.

sical hit; Paris" the Irene Bordoni pic
ture which was seen here recently;
Pointed Heels" a Paramount picture,
with william Powell; and Mae Muir
rays Tiffany talking and singing film,
Peacock Alley"
Evening star., 1929-12-15
Short Flashes.

STEPHEN VINCENT BENET, nov
= elist and poet and a Pulitzer
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PRINCESS MARY
 SOUTH THIS A. M.

After making fast trip from this port to Skagway and return the Princess Mary, Capt w. Q. Palmer, arrived at 7 o'clock last evening. The steamer had sailed from Juneau at II o'clock Sun day night The Mary remained at the Pacific Steamship wharf during the night and sailed south at 5 a. m. today.
 Juneau passengers leaving on the steamer were: For Seattle Mrs. M. N. Goss, S. Zynda, T. F. Heyder, L. Carlson, R. Fox, w. Fe Rohbach, P Bigoff, c. F. Cook, MT. and Mrs. E. k. Alcott, Mrst and Mrs. w. A. Habernal, Paul Dzahoff, Mr and Mrs. o. J. Anderson, V. Iudueff, MT. and Mrs Fred Mattsen.
 For Prince Rupert-R. w. J. Reed and Roy T. Newton.
 For Vancouyer-James Hyde.
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NOTICE TO MARINERS

Lynn Canal-Poundstone Rock Gas and Bell Buoy, 1, reported extinguished December 2S, 1928, will be relighted as soon as prac- ticable
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FOR SALE

LEAVING City. Will sell good sewing machine. Very reason able. Phone 1532.
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COMMANDER JONES
 :" COMING TO COAST

Commander Edward Darlington Jones, U. s. c. C., has received orders detaching him from the command of Section Base 2, at Staten Island, New York, and as- signing him to the U. s. c. G. cutter Northland, at Oakland, Ga, These orders will be effective March l
 Several years ago, Com. Jones was stationed in Juneau aboard the U. s. c. G. cutter Unalga as Executive office under Com. John Hoedeker.
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FOR SALE-O1e r room house One 3 room house. Phone 478
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LIEUT.. HAUGEN ON VACATION
 LEAVE, SOUTH

Fellow officers of Lieut.. Niels Haugen aboard the cutter Unalga are speculating as to the real purpose of his. trip to the States at this time of the year, for he is leaving on the steamer North western tomorrow and is to be on leave of absence fo about a month.
 Lieutenant Haugen is to join the cutter when the ship is in Seattle for the crafts overhaul and as far as is known at the present time will be aboard the ship when she makes the regular summer cruise to the North and Westward.
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MONEY FUX ALASKA IS RECOMMENDED

The office of the Alaska Game Commission is in receipt of a dis patch stating that Secretary Jar dine asked Congress, on January 4, for $1,37S,700 to control preda- tory animals, which he said were causing an annual loss of $30,00O,- 900 in the United States.
 The report says: "The Secretary wants to embark on a ten-year program which he termed feasi- ble and a most tangible form of relief to agriculture. Coyotes, wolves, mountain lions, bob cats, bears and rodents were named
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-01-15

among those guilty of preying upon stock. Of the appropriation S596.- 200 would be for controlling TO- dents. The secretary said Alas ka, North Dakota, Louisiana, Ken lucky, and New York recently had asked for cooperative campaigns against predatory animals"
 In the event that this appropria- ton is granted. Alaska will re- ceive large amount of it.
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|UNALGA RECEIVING COMPLETE WINTER
 CRAFT CLEANING

From bilge to the top of the mainmast, the. cutter Unalga is being thoroughly cleaned and scrubbed down. Smoke -blackened masts and spars and rigging are being painted the same as hatch ways. From the officers down the men are looking forward tc the time when the cutter will be converted to an oil-burning ship which will mean cleaner ship and one more easy to keep ir spick and span condition.
 Warrant Bosen A. B. Erickson is supervising the "top side9 work of the sailors, who are going over the rigging and everything above the decks.
 E While no date has been made known, nevertheless the cutter is within the next month or two, go- ing to Seattle to undergo the an- nual overhaul, and the ship is being put in top-notch shape for the trip south. When in Seattle the cutter is to go on dry dock where the bottom will be cleaned and at the same time the power plant of the ship will receive @ complete overhaul
 
 Returning from the south it is expected that the Unalga will only stop in Juneau for a few days or until coal can be taken aboard, after which the cutter will probab- ly proceed to the Westward where 1t will be engaged in various forms of patrol work.
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3O,OOO,OO0
 Russian Women Cannot ReafI

LENINGRAD, Jan. 15.-Vigorous efforts by the various Soviet states have failed to raise Russian wom- en from their profound ignorance The great majority do not yet know how to read and write \
 During the last few years, said speakers ct a recent women's con ference, 2,50O,000 had been taught their ABC's, but there were still 30 100000 women to whom the al- phabet was complete mystery.
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WINE CROP IS
 GOOD, BUT II
 IS OFF COLOR

BEZIERS, Jan. 15.-Wines of good color are. the most sought after by dealers for the excellent 1928 vintages. In quality and quantity this years wine is well above the average, but good color is rare. <.a ..ss.
 The department of the Herault alone, one of the greatest wine producing regions of France, har- vested about 6O,OOO.O0O gallons more wine this year than last.
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LOCAL SAILINGS

Margnita scheduled to leave ] ' for Sitka and way ports al ! | 8 o'clock Thursday night. ] . Virginia W sails for Chicha- 2 ' gof and way ports at 6 o. ] ' clock every Wednesday : ' night. . America Flfst leaves every ! ' Wednesday at ] pm. for ! ' Petersburg and Rake and ] . wayports. ' . + + + < + + 1. < f + f
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TIDES TOMORROW

High tide, 4:2S a.m., 15.0 feet. Low stide, 10:30 am, 3.7 feet
 High tide, AIT pm. 14.2 feet. Low tide, 10:44 pm, 1.5 feet.
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MISCELLANEOUS
HELP WANTED

POSITION WANTED - Well rec commended young Native wom- an desires housework. Tele- phone 46S.
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