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Dell F. Sheriff, Juneau's piano tuner and rebuilder. Phone S7S.
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been expended for research and plan
ming. = Nothing has been neg
lected, even to the incidental music,
which has been arranged by Edwin
Ludwig, the talented and brilliant men,
Der of noted Hungarian family of mu-
sicians. In preparing the production
the Belasco motto, Good enough
always is very bad" has been observed
TO the letter. Only the absolutely per-
feet has been accepted. The scenic in
veStiture marks q new period in the
art of the stage. 1t is sublime an
swer to the present-day theory of tin
sci and gauze and cheesecloth.
And now David Belasco gives to
the world another of his super-plays
the production which is his gift, his
contribution to stage art 1t is the
tribute of an adept of the theater to
the gods of the stage, unselfish and
without thought of personal reward"
Taken all in all, this Is remarkable
announcement from MIR. Belasco-per-
haps the first of its kind ever made
by him. There will be many who will
read between its lines and perceive in
1t much that Is not embodied in its
form. And, 1t may be, the pert young
critic will lose 1t all in the belief that
Mr.. Belasco Is merely advertising
another play.
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1.-THE Joy of Achievement

NO creator for the stage in modern
memory, probably, surpasses David
Belasco in the mere matter of industry,
forgetting for the moment his other
accomplishments.
Year in and year out, with untiring
effort this master craftsman OF the
stage, has labored in season and out OF
season in the continuing effort to pro-
vide entertainment for the masses.
True, the world Of thought and taste
has been good enough to concede tnat
his masterpieces for the modern stage
are uncomfortable. Withal Mr.. BelaSco
is not what is termed in these days
a rich man. He has sunk thousands
of dollars that might have made tidy
fortune had he saved it for his own
purposes, instead of giving back to the
general public, in increased effort, tnose
same dollars. -.
This of itself might afford food for
meditation to those who clamor 1oT an
American theater. But Belasco has had
other trials. other veXations, some OF
them in the form of criticism py
tyros in the theater that would not
hesitate to f1aunt the great god Jove
and think it rich jocks. And some OF
these, sad to say, have had the power
to hurt, sometimes, with their insults.
MIR. Belasco. in connection Win ms
latest achievement, which he calls
"Mima-The Play Supreme" has is
sued a pamphlet which throws some
light upon the spirit which guides this
genius of the theater. Extracts from
It may prove interesting.
Solely for the JOY Of the achieve
ment," reads the opening paragraph,
land without even the slightest hope
of financial reward, 1t Is the custom
of David Belasco, at intervals, to pro-
duce a play so costly, SO stupendouS In
setting and cast, that he knows the
balance sheet never can show a profit.
such was the case with The Mer-
chant of Venice 'Du Barry, The
Darling of the Gods 'Deburau,' 'Elec-
ira of Sophocles' and other plays
These were David Belasco's voluntary
contributions to the higher art OF the
theater, a gift In perpetuity to the
history and achievement of the stage.
And now Mr.. BelaSco gives us
Nina his adaptation of Ferenc
Molnar's The Red Mill. Many years
have come and gone since the Ameri-
can public has seen production as I'M
usual and as gripping as this. 1t is q
work of art, tale told under the spell
of Molnar's inimitable imagery. 1t is a
crystal filled with enhancing CLEANS
that tell the story Of all that Is hui
man within and about us. 1t Is tale
of love and hate, virtue and vice, wealth
and poverty, politics and finance. It
has almost tragic weightinesS, and ends
with the triumph of divine love and
goodness over hate and evil"
The pamphlet describes Nina as "the
temptress, the veritable nadir Of wick
ednesS, the lutte on which Satan and
his associate, Magister, play their song
of destruction. Yet in the end
she it is who arouses the greatest
of all moral forces-the embracing love
which is forgiveness-and sends the
phalanx of evil rushing back into the
pit of darkness.
"In preparation for this climax to
his notable contributions to the art OF
the theater, Mr.. Belasco has been toll
ing steadily for many months.
Countless thousands of dollars also have
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THE extent to which theatrical ira
dition influences successive genera
tons Of a family has its most classic
example in the w-Barrymore clan,
but that is by no means the only IN
stance in which younger members OF a
family have succeeded to the laurels OF
their parents before the footlightS ana
the lens.
Richard Benefits daughters, Maurice
Costello's, Fred Stones all carried on
the family profession. Countless sons,
too. have stepped into the paternal
shoes, among them James K, HackettS
boy. Joseph JefferSons, Douglas Fair
banks and James GleaSon's, who fol-
lowed the Thespian lead of their elders.
One of the most recent instances to
come to the attention OF the movie
publis Is that of Kyrle Bellew, son OF
the noted stage actor of the same name.
who was one of the leading tgures OF
the past generation, both in England
and America. The younger Bellew he's
been assigned the role of an English
baronet in the cast of THE Missing
Man" Pathe's first all-talking picture.
This film also presents young Russell
Gleason, who plays the juvenile roman
tic lead His father is James Gleason,
actor, producer, playwright, and as botn
author and player of the leading roles
won success with THE Shanncns OF
Broadway" and rs Eat So?"
Bellew, In addition to his career on
the stage and screen, has managed to
sandwich two other interesting occu-
pations into his life. After appearing
on the London stage for several seasons
he became interested in South American
gold mining and deserted the theater
to follow this avocation in Venezuela.
During the World War he held a COM
mission in the British military intelli-
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New Foreign Films

It is interesting to note in connection
with the films sponsored by the new
company that they reveal American
cinema stars appearing in films made
abroad, a situation which reverseS the
appearance of such foreign players as
Emil Jannings, Greta Carlo, Pola Negri
and Wilma Banky in American produc-
tons.
Among the American stars who are
featured in the first group of importa-
tions are Norman Kerry and Blanche
Sweet, who made special trips to Europe
to appear as guest actors in one picture
each. 1t is understood that Gilda Gray
Is now in London making a picture and
that Pauline Frederick and Blanche
Sweet have recently completed pictures
in France and Scotland which are to
be brought here at later date.
In the first series of pictures to be
released this months are Moulin
Rouge" and "PawnS of Passion" both
starring Olga Chekova, well known Eu-
ropean actress; "A Woman in the
Night" starring Maria Corda, produced
in Scotland from the novel by Baroness
ORGY; 1.-THE Bondman," with Norman
Kerry, filmed in Sicily and on the Isle
of Man, from the Hall Game novel;
Tommy Atkins" with Walter Byron,
produced in London and the Egyptian
Soudan with the cooperation of the
British war Office; "The Woman in
White" starring Blanche Sweet, made
in Scotland, from the Wilkie Collins
mystery novel; "A Honeymoon Abroad"
starring Monty Banks and Gillian
Deane, made in London and Paris.
The seven pictures included in this
first release cover geographically the
countries of England, France, Russia,
Poland, Egypt and Italy. Directors
making the films went with their prin-
Cipals to the actual locations called for
by the stories, engaged natives in the
district, and filmed the scenes In their
true atmosphere.
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GINCE England is taken out behind
~ the critical woodshed and spanked
when it is caught taking photoplayS
made in America and changing them to
suit the cinema appetite over there,
English and other motion pictures made
abroad have been imported to these
shores, and it is mildly threatened will
have their faces lifted and be put
through other identifying courses be-
fore being paraded for the judgment of
the paying American public.
All of which is by the way of saying
that at last the fruits of overseas stu
dos, hitherto denied to the American
picture fan, except at fugitive intervals,
are about to be admitted to our hospi-
tally. and on the word of the company
sponsoring the innovation something
new in photoplay entertainment is in
the offing
The company is World Wide Pictures,
Inc, an organization which has entered
the importing field with the idea that
it is good business to give American
theatergoers the opportunity of seeing
motion pictures produced by the ma
tionals of other countries. directed by
men who view screen entertainment
from an angle other than Hollywood,
interpreted by new screen personalities
and made on the locations where the
stories are laid. The active head of the
company is j. D. Williams. organizer
and for years general manager of First
National Pictures.
1t is Mr.. Williams who says that the
importation of motion pictures by a
company specializing in this line of en-
tertainment does not mean that the
flood gates will be let down to flow
of hit-and-miss photoplays. Rather,
he states. his organization will bring
over in the course Of the year only about
30 pictures, selected from the entire out
put of England, France. Germany, Rus
STA and Austria. The first release num-
berS seven films.
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DY virtue of having been born IN
Donegal, Ireland, in addition to
possessing the other qualifications nee
cssary, Frank Gallagher, who plays the
role of a seafaring lover in Hit the
Deck" with Kate Smith and the savoy
company at the BelaSco, is said to merit
the title of IAN ideal Irish lover" which
has been bestowed upon him by some
of the fapper contingent.
After spending his early boyhood IN
Glasgow, Scotland Che was born IN
IgO65. young Gallagher moved to Amer
lea and started his stage career as
gentleman of the ensemble" IN the
original mo. No, Nanette" company IN
New York. That was at the end OF MS
Junior year at st. Joseph's Preparatory
School in Philadelphia. !,
Here is the young actors account OF
his career: It was in my sophomore
wear at st. Joseph's when I first con-
t-acted the stage germ. In my fresh
man year was content to struggle
with Caesar. but a term later these
subjects paled so that 1 would bag
school and sneak off to the wanna
maker Auditorium to listen to the or
gan recitals. On days when no con-
cert was held one could md me III
front of the Globe Vaudeville Theater
looking at the performers. BY the eno
of the Junior year the faculty discov-
cred that I was found wanting IN
Greek and I left by request. was
sorry. for it meant giving up the let
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13

WELCOMED at the railway station
w by scores of motion picture nota-
bles and leaders in the artistic life of
Southern California, Max Reinhardt,
foremost European theatrical ilnpre-
sario, recently arrived in Hollywood to
undertake his first film work. He will
produce and direct for United Artists
an original story, THE Miracle Girl"
In which Lillian Gish is to play the
chief role.
Miss Gish accompanied the Rein
hardt party, which includes Raimund
Won HofmannSthal, son of Hugo Won
Hofmannsthal, author of the story that
the impresario will picturize, from New
York.
Schenck, president and chairman Of
the board of directors of United Artists,
is responsible for Reinhardt's entry into
motion picture production, Negotia-
tons were started when Reinhardt
came to Los Angeles at the time Nor
ris Gest staged Reinhardt's spectacle,
"The Miracle" here. He displayed
keen interest in Hollywood picture pro-
duction, particularly in the huge new
United Artists studios. Several months
later, when he returned to Europe, he
yielded to Schenck's offer, after having
repeatedly for years turned down prop
ositions from American and foreign
film magnates.
Won Hofmannsthal wrote 1.-THE Mira
Gle Girl' especially for Reinhardt, with
Miss Gish in mind for the leading role,
and the star went to Europe last year
to discuss with the impresario the
story, which is described as modern
continental romance.
Reinhardt. who is now busy assem-
bling technical staff and making
tests of candidates for roles in THE
Miracle Girl is causing the entire
finn colony to buzz with rumors Of the
ing he is said to be planning.
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.FILMOGRAMS
Bits From the Studios and Theaters.

room for both sound and silent pic
lures.
Warner Bros, in their picture, "Con-
| quest" shown at the Earle Theater
this week, seek thereby to give some
idea of the recent expeditions to the
South Pole and the adventures they
will encounter. They secured for the
picture the AlbatroSs, said to be the
| largest airplane in America. a three
motor monoplane, owned by the Zenith
Aircraft Corporation of California, and
also had the making of the picture. SUI
pervised by Lieut. Comdr. j. E. Dyer
of the United States Training Station
at North Island.
Audrey Ferris, the Wampas baby
star" with the Warmers, was obliged
to cry so much as a jealous wife in the
picture Beware of Bachelors" that
she was forced to use a dozen paper
napkins to save her makeup Asked
by her directors what the napkins were
to be used for, she replied, They're
my crying towels"
There are so many 40 best pictures
of 1927" being suggested from various
sources that it is doubtful II really
40 best" selection can be determined.
Opinions will differ. even among ex-
pert critics, and after all, what differ
ence does it make?
Film Daily calls I'm Old Arizona"
distinguished production, THE Aristo-
crat of Westerns" and says it has "Sus-
pense, comedy charm, human appeal
and passion that tlames," with outStand-
ing performances by Warner Baxter,
Edmund Lowe and Dorothy Burgess,
newcomer. It adds Direction of class
A caliber, for which both Raoul Walsh
and Irving Cummings each get credit"
Above all, it has sound that sounds
natural
Pathe is now battling to prove that
censorship of sound pictures is a de-
NAL of free speech guaranteed by the
Constitution.
With MY Mothers Eyes" George
Jessel digs right into your heart three
times In Lucky Boy" He also wise
cracks, puts over flashes Of limitations,
MARBLES other tunes and, to sum up,
provides you with an hour and half
of real entertainment. This is Film
DailyiS verdict.
This Power Trust" is persevering
cuss. Western Electric has now formed
a department of educational talking
pictures" with F. L. Devereauz, Bell
Telephone Securities Co., vice president,
as its head, and, it is said, the COM
pany looks to extension of its use OF
the educational field other than in
the mere matter of amusement.
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This Is Headwork.

THE Thought detective" new type
l. of sleuth-more flendishly clever
than his gunshoe predecessors-Inakes
his bow in Conquest" Warner Bros.
latest Vitaphone talking picture, star
ring Monte Blue, and now at the Earle
Theater.
He is the psychiatrist-more skilled
in the subtleties of truth" detection
than is the common or general variety
of detective in the apprehension of the
criminal. Tully Marshall plays DR..
Gerry
BY application of the principles of
psychoanalysis, Marshall exacts a con-
fession from one of the principal char
acters of the story which yields an i'm
portant link in the plot. Conquest"
deals with the exploration of the Ant
arctic, with Blue and H. B. Warner as
aviators engaged in the exploit.
When only one of them returns, tell
ing a disconnected story of his rescue
and the others death. Marshall sets to
work on the mental machinery of the
survivor, in an effort to wrest the truth
from him. The manner in which he
works provides one of the absorbing
features of the screen play. and Is dis
closed in dialogue.
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N YEARLY 200 pictures were i'm
ported and shown in this coun-
try in 1928, as compared with
i rs such pictures in 1927. The
importationS coming. 80 from
Germany, 81 from England, 80 from
France, Is from Russia, from Sweden,
6 from Italy, 4 from Poland, from
Argentina and / each from Canada,
Czechoslovakia, Egypt, India and Nor
way.
Fifty-four leading producers are eX-
pressing the belief that sound pictures
are just the thing to boost box once
returns. but there are a few Of the lead
ers who are still skeptical and others
who accept the general proposition Win
much hope and an II.
First National announces IS pictures
for next year, with a production budget
of Sl8,000,000, and Warner Bros. re-
Gently announced that they would have
IS pictures, all, Of course, Vitaphone
production.
A news report states that Fox has
inst closed a deal for a site In Boston
at Boylston, fremont and La Grange
streets, and it is both declared ana oe-
MED that he is to erect on it a $4,000
600 theater. seating 5000 people, IN
24-Story DululnS.
It is also reported that the Keith
Albee- Orpheum combination VIII erect
a New York theater to perpetuate the
name Broadway" the old Broadway
theater having been doomed to make
way Tor a new skyscraper at Forty-flrst
and Broadway.
The exhibitors have been picking the
"lO best" and their choice is as tol-
lows. in the order named: 1.-THE King
of Kings" Uncle Toms Cabin" the
Legion of the Condemned" The
Gaucho." "Sorrell and Son." seventh
Heaven THE Way Of All Flesh,
sWest Point" wild Geese" and TELL
ing the World"
For 'The Barker" a recent at
traction in Washington, the Centfai
Theater, New York, raised Its price OF
admission from So to $3.50. 1t some
times pays to live in Washington, even
If you can't vote here.
The almost unanimous acclaim OF
sound and dialogue pictures among
producers is broken here and there by
a very strong declaration that silent
pictures must not be Saclficed IN num-
Der or quality.
Sam Katz, president of Publix The
aters Corporation, the Paramount aux
Hilary, is quoted as saying: "Whether the
major feature picture success OF 1879
will be all-talking, part-talk1ng, syn
chronized or silent, / believe 1t Is I'M
possible for any one to say at this mo-
ment." Jesse Laskey says there is
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Ideal Irish Lover.

ters which had received in foot ball,
basket ball and base ball.
Il left home, presumably for week
end visit to friend in New York, but
the truth is that I never went near HIM.
Instead / went to Edward Royce. VINO
was staging mo, No, Nanette," and
succeeded in making the chorus. For
IA months I was a chorus boy.
Charles Emerson Cook, business
manager of the company, heard me
singing an Irish song one day back
stage at the Harris Theater In Chicago.
Indeed, he Just missed stumbling over
me. I said I was sorry for being in the
way, but, waving aside my apology, Mr..
Cook said: Boy, If you can sing ike
that I am going to give you leading
parts some day Ever since then Mr..
Cook took an interest in my work and
gave me every opportunity he could.
It was at his suggestion that was
taken out of the chorus in Boston and
brought to New York to help stage two
new Nanette companies. / was then
given the role of Tom in the company
which featured Cecil Lean and Cleo
Mayfield"
Stock engagements In Tampa and
Buffalo and Summers voice study in
New York preceded MFR. Gallagher's
engagement in the original company
of "Hit the Deck" Thereafter he
Joined Mr. Cooks Savoy musical COM
edy in Montreal as Juvenile and has
been representing masculine love In
terest with the SavoyardS ever since.
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MEMORIES of his musical comedy
AVA days are being recalled to Wal
lace Berry. who again is delivering lines
for an audience after many years of
separation from the footlights.
Berry IS playing in his first all-talking
motion picture at the Paramount studios
in Hollywood. The picture is Tong
War;" in which the former Henry w.
Savage stage favorite plays the role of
the white boss of a metropolitan China
town. "Tong War" will not be the first
picture in which Beery's voice has been
heard, for he sang a rousing song of
hobohemia in "Beggars of Life" but it
will be the first to record his spoken
words.
Berry was in musical comedy when
he was signed for his first role in pic
lures. Swedish housemaid character
ization for the Essanay Co. in Chicago,
where the Savage show was playing at
that time.
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Fox Studios Going.

EOx-MOvIETONE Studio made its
l. debut as a production center mid
way between Christmas and New
Years. Benjamin Stolof, Fox Films
director, had the honor of making the
initial scene for a feature length pro-
duction in one OF the soundproot
studios in this miracle city" that
sprang into being in 80 days at a cost
of $10,00O,C00
This did not mark initial production
on the Stolof picture, but just re-
sumption of camera work that began in
New York some time ago. The picture
is "Speakeasy," a Fox-Movietone adap-
tation of the stage play.
Henry B. Walthall, who won fame
as "the Little Colonel" in Griffith's
Birth of a Nation" and who since
has written many dramatic pages into
screen history, has role in Speak
easy"
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W'THE DOCTORS SECRET" Para
mounts second all-talking pic
ture, reached New York last week and
aroused keen enthusiasm among Para
mount executives when previewed.
The film is adapted from Sir James
M. Barrie's play Half an Hour" which
was one Of Maude Adams popular We
hicles. It was directed by William c..
de Mile with a cast Of players of stage
experience, including Ruth Chatterton
Tin the Maude Adams role), H. B. War
ner, Robert Edeson, John Loder and
Wilfred Noy.
Because of its dramatic qualities
1.-THE Doctors Secret" is expected to
create even greater interest than en-
reference" which has been playing to
very good business.
When the new film will have its
Broadway premiere has not yet been
announced by Paramount.