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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
WEEK END IN CAMP
FOR Y. M. C. A. GROUP
Outing Planned for Dormitory Men
and Girl Friends Next Satur-
dav and Sunday,

A week end camping party for Y. M.
G. A. domitory men and their girl
friends will be held at Camp Let's
next Saturday and Sunday, 1t was
announced today.
DR.. and Mrs. william Knowles Cooper
will chaperone the party. There will
be dancing to an orchestra Saturday
evening in the big clubhouse, and hik-
ing, boating and swimming on Sunday.
Meals, including special chicken din
ner. will be served in the camp dining
hall.
The cottage will be assigned the
young women, while the men will be
quartered in bunkhouses. The camp
used during the Summer as a resort
for boys. closed for the season several
weeks ago. e.
Harold E. McEwan heads the gen.
eral committee in charge of arrange
ments. Others on the committee are
T. r. Kleinschmidt, o. w. Lockett,
Harold Myers. C. E. Fleming, Paul L.
Brindle, M. B. Lundgren, N. r. Gill;
Henry Gruchalla, w. D. Southwick,
Thomas j. Kerfoot, E. A. Drumm,
Chester Ring, Paul Keen, Charles F.
Blakely. Guy w. Lane and Randolph
E. Myers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22

For failing to pay the tax on their
employees health insurance, the Glas-
gov. Scotland, Central Burns Club and
Literary Society was fined in court re-
Gently.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
Its Smart
ToBe Dull

Those who design garments of dis.
tinction for Partisan and American
women have chosen the rich. dull
crepes, with just a hint of the hidden
lustre to add measure of charm, for
their Smartest Fall frocks. For eve.
ming, white and off whites; for daytime,
black, new browns, blues, greens and
reds shown in these weaves:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22

Dull Finished Canton
Crepes, yard, $3.50
Heavy, Rich Flat
Crepes, yard, 1898
Fashionable Crepe
Fables, yard, 1913
Heavy Washable Silk
Crepes, yard, $500
New Fall Printed
Crepes, yard, 1928
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12
The Snoring Picture cAlbum
By Robert E. Sherwood.

| who wrote the dialogue, with lot left
! over for Ronald Colman, the star: Wal
/ lace Smith, the Scenarist, and William
! Cameron Menzies, the designer of the
! cleverly imagined settings.
| Mr. Jones is, fortunately, director
, who knows absolutely nothing about the
| technique OF the speaking stage" He
| grew up in the movies, starting as an
| electrician in the old Keystone studio
| and rising, under the tutelage of Mack
Sennett, to the lofty post of supervisor
of two-reel comedies. His experience
was gained in an atmosphere of bath
ing girls bow-legged cops. cuStard pies
and bricks. After he departed from the
Sennett lot Mr. Jones had the benefit
of instruction from another master of
the movie art, Hal Roach.
Sidney Howard, on the other hand, Is
stranger in the film factories. He
was not educated in the Sennett school.
He went from the University of Cali
fornia to Harvard to study the drama
under Prof. George Pierce Baker, and
survived to become the winner of the
Pulitzer prize. Three of his plays.
They Knew What They Wanted"
The Silver Cord" and Ned McCobb's
Daughter" have been Theater Guild
successes.
Nevertheless, Mr.. Howard did not
hat of the Broadway dramatist. He
went with the idea that something
might be made out of talking pictures
besides money. He realized that it was
his mission to learn from the toilerS of
the studios the principles of the
movies, and not to try to teach them
the principles of the speaking stage.
With the result that the dialogue in
Bulldog Drummond" is terse and
1.,,H Ill =
is humorous in commercially effort
that it never interrupts or embarraSseS
the action.
Furthermore, the fact that this pre-
poSterouS melodrama doesn't take. itself
seriously is never Haunted extensively
in the audiences face. 1t could have
been entirely too funny, in the manner
of tongue-in the cheek revival of a
superannuated thriller, but exactly the
right balance is achieved between ham
theatricalism and satirical kidding.
and this is tribute to the delicacy of
the dialogue and to the skill and grace
of the performance.
x x x X
AS to Ronald Colman, he, in my
1 estimation, is by all odds the best
actor that the talkies have revealed.
His voice and his diction are perfectly
in character with his previously estab-
lished personality. When his numerous
admirers hear him speak for the first
time they will not be diSillusioned; on
the contrary, they will be moved to ex-
claim gratefully: why, he talks just
the way he lookS!'
AS a matter Of fact, it has been
proved in recent months that practi-
cally all the film stars talk just the
way they look"
Especially Clara Bow.
tCopyright, 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12
Lust Chain Growing.

SIDNEY West of the Sidney Lust Co.
owners of chain of motion picture
theaters in this city, Maryland, Virginia
and West Virginia, announces the or
ganization OF the Alexandria Amuse-
ment Corporation, with W. Harmon
Reed as president, to take over, re-
model and operate the Richmond and
the Ingomar TheaterS of Alexandria,
with Mr.. Lust as managing director.
Under this arrangement. he states,
the Alexandria theaters will have better
facilities for the selection and booking
of the best pictures obtainable. includ-
ing the latest and best of the Vitaphone
sound features and vaudeville preSenta
ton acts.
After it's last performance last night
the Richmond Theater was closed for
extensive improvements. including the
renovation of the building inside and
outside and redecoration under the
supervision of David E. BayliSs. The
interior will be made to conform to
the Spanish type of architecture, and
new cushioned seats of the latest pat
tern will be placed in position to make
the Richmond one of the most COM
Portable and up-to-date theaters in the
Virginia city.
Elaborate electrical fixtures will be
installed and the front of the building
will be Illuminated by 21-foot burst
ruGr'cal lights. A special feature
will be the stage draperies, and new
curtain.
After the Richmond has been COM
pletely remodeled the corporation will
start work Immediately in preparing
the Ingomar Theater for present-day
entertainment.
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Almost Unlucky Luck.

HOW the great American
game, name unnecessary. nearly
nipped in the bud the theatrical careers
of Buck and Bubbles, the colored vaude-
vile team, was learned when the boys
reported at the Pathe studios last week
to make their debut in talking pictures.
The story was told by Nat NaZarro
their manager, to Paul Powell, who Is
directing their first picture, "NarcisSus,"
one of the Hugh Wiley Wildcat"
stories.
Navarro found the boys on Broadway,
out of work and ready to quit. 1t was
Saturday, and he told them that If
they would sign a three-year contract
he would have them on Broadway" in
"a hours.
They signed and Navarro gave them
$40 with which to eat. The next day
he had them booked for a tryout at the
Sunday concert" at the Columbia
Theater. They cleaned up the matt
nee show, and when Navarro went to
find them for the evening performance
they were just going out the door.
Where are you going, Bubbles?"
Navarro demanded of the biggest one.
Back to Louisville, boss" was the
startling reply.
But the show is just starting. And
besides, you haven't got enough money
to get back to Louisville"
Amt we? Lookahere," displaying
roll of bills. Buck and me jes' shot
little craps with them musicians, and
we're goin' back to Louisville, amt we,
Buck?"
Navarro had all he could do to con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12
Ed Arnold Arrives.

proceeded to recover his trunks and to
confiscate the desired room, to the
amazement of the hotel clerk, who SIM
ply grinned and surrendered before the
Arnold onslaught.
why shouldn't I smile?" he blandly
inquired. II haven't had an idle day
in the last year. I'm here, where of
all places I want to be, for the Sum-
mer. And I'm already booked by Brady
and Wiman to open in the Fall in a
new play, The Strad Mystery"
With such a counter-at attraction it
might be supposed that jealousy had
already crept out into the ranks Of the
National Players. But it hasn't, for his
associates love him as much as his
audiences sometimes do. 1t might also
be supposed that Director Pitt might
look grave and have misgivings, for
Arnolds drollery has been known to
upset many serious rehearsals for Di-
rector Clifford Brooke in past seasons.
But even Director Pitt seems glad to
get the new recruit, and his first evil
dence of the fact is that he has as
signed him to do dirty detective work"
in THE Thief" this week
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12

EDWARD ARNOLD, one of those
- singular personalities of the stock
world, who makes the most obstinate
of audiences like him, if they do not
fairly adore him, blew into Washington,
in the language of the boulevards, last
Monday to rejoin the National Players,
of whom he has been one off and on
since the company came into existence.
Ed is not one of those inSutferable
creatures the f1appers call a matinee
idol. He is perhaps too rotund, too
mature, for that. But he is a sort of
confederation of personality, dignity,
deviltry, Observation-Disclosures, mischief and
droll youthfulness in spirit that could
never be characterized by the diminu-
tive Elinor Glynn quality, 1T" and,
paradoxically, it has made him one of
the best liked of the entire National
Player outfit in the whole nearly 100
weeks of it's working existence.
Characteristic Of his fate, Mr.. Arnold
arrived to discover that his three trunks
had gone astray and that the hotel
clerk whom he had wired for room
reservation had utterly neglected to re-
serve the room. But he only smiled,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12
From Now On-Talkies.

ERNST LUBITSCH has made his
last silent picture with the com
pletion of the John Barrymore Camilla
Horn film, Eternal Love-" his tenth
American production. The German
director, around whom the cult of
cinema devotees rallied in days when
def suggestion and storytelling by the
camera were new in the movie. is him
self authority for the statement that
henceforth he viii devote himself to
talking pictures.
Lubitsch likes the talkies. He thinks
they will have to retain most of the
tricks of the screen and that they can
go beyond both the stage and the silent
movie. To the making of talking pic
lures he viii apply his own technique
of visual movement, short sentences in
dialogue, establishment by the camera
of background and situations with the
dialogue moving the plot along.
Confronted with the challenge that
his theories of cinema work eliminated
sub-titles and, presumably, converse
ton, Lubitsch was asked during re-
cent New York visit how he reconciled
talking pictures with his former tech
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12
Discretion Essential.
MONTE BRIcE, a supervisor at

MONTE BRICE, supervisor at the
4'A Pathe Studios in Culver City, is
searching assiduously for nanny goat
with discretion, the proper kind of So
prano voice and other qualifications to
make her suitable for a series of talk
ing comedies based upon Hugh Wiley's
character of fiction "Wilcat" MarSden.
Although II applicants have been
tried out before microphone and cam
era for this desirable job, none has yet
qualified 1t appears that the goats
have wanted to butt when they
shouldn't and wouldn't butt when they
should
1.-The goat that plays Lady Luck
otherwise known as Lily" explains
Paul Powell, who is to direct the come
dies, must possess self control. She
must not let her appetite betray her
into lack of discretion. Cameras and
microphcnes are too costly for goat
fodder"
1t is whispered. also, that an odorless
goat would be desirable, since Summer
is coming on.
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Tricks of the Trade.

THOSE interested in the production
L Of motion pictures, whether spe-
Gals. Superspecials or appropriations,
all terms meaning but little to the
movie fan, have also become used to
stories detailing the immense cost of
this or that picture or its elements
The big figures serve to create an awe
Of admiration that is very often pro-
duced with a nediocrity of fact, but it
makes the knowing ones smile.
India, as the result of story and of
song, has come to be regarded as some
thing to aStoniSh the imagination of
mankind with its wealth of beauty and
pageantry.
But out from India, the land of all
this wealth. beauty and incompatible
pageantry, has come a picture of ro-
nance woven around what many have
heard is the most beautiful temple of
art in the world-the famous Tai Ma
hal, the love tribute of the Emperor
Shah Jahan to his favorite wife, who
died, as all mortals must, but early in
her career, before her time" so to
speak. 1t is called "Shiraz," after its
outstanding character, the man whose
brain conceived it.
More than 10000 extras, we are told,
were utilized to people the picture, its
slave market and court scenes. Seven
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in its pageantry, in which 500 rare
steeds of India were a feature. The
Tai MahaI itself, with all its costly
beauty, was appropriated by the camera.
and the entire standing army of Jaipur
was used to represent the escort of
Prince Khurran.
And yet. with all this pomp and show.
Franz Osten, the director, who is said
to be one of the foremost opponents of
Hindu customs and Indian culture,
never once resorted to 1.-THE artificial
tricks of Hollywood" for not a single
artificial set was employed in staging
his drama, and the enormous cost of
artificial lighting effects was entirely
eliminated. He thought the natural
beauty of India. with its magnificent
temples and gorgeous palaces, and espe-
cially the mortuary gem of all beauty
in the world, ought to suffice. And
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12
Glen Echo Park.

Glen Echo is now open and its every
amusement device is running full time,
to the great glee of thousands of kids
any many grown-ups.
Among its thrillers will be found a
more sweeping dip has been provided
to give an added thrill and the aero
plane swing, which has now 5 feet
more added to its height, making it
the highest in the country, it is claimed
The old mill, shooter, midway, car
rousel and other devices all are 1923
models, and in the ballroom McWil-
liams and his band will hold the spot
light this year, with an added person
mel for dance programs that will in
troduce novel stunts by the musicians.
Admission to the park is free, and
fast and dependable service of street
cars will be provided as we'll as park
ing space for automobiles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12
Complete Repertoire.

IF there's a dance step ever invented
that Colleen Moore hasn't tried, she
would be surprised to hear of it. for
during her screen career she has
studied every form of terpsichore, from
toe-dancin3 to the Varsity Drag" for
a dozen motion picture roles, the latest
being in why Be Good?"
For this production Miss Moore
learned a series of difficult steps, which
have become popular with the patrons
of dance halls. her characterization in
the film being that of a dance-mad
little Salesgirl. The Cray Rhythm
and the latest variations on the Col
legiate Stomp" and Varsity Drag" were
mastered by Colleen Moore for this
picture.
"Twinkletoes," which she made sew
eral years ago; found her doing a diff
cult toe dance, while in Synthetic
SIM she appeared in a buck and wing.
Various other pictures have found her
doing the Charleston and numerous
ballroom steps.
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nique. 81 used lip movements as panto-
mime and indicated thus that dialogue
was taking place." he countered. Even
now he does not intend to eliminate
suggestion by obvious dialogue. The
camera will continue to tell most of
the story and in its old fashion. Now,
though, stories must be adult One
must be careful in the choice of words,
and that opens the door for intelligent
suggestion. Mr. LubitSch considers
silent versions of talking pictures stupid,
just gaping mouths that emit no
sounds"
Eternal Love" was a silent film, as
have been all of LubitSch'S former pro-
auctions. His enthusiastic approval of
the artistic and technical merits of
sound with films is regarded in Holly
wood as significant.
It was in December, 1922, that Karl
K. Kitchen of the Evening World cabled
the director of Passion" Deception"
and other successful German films ask
ing If Herr Lubitsch would be inter-
ested in coming to America to direct
Mary Pickford picture. The answer
was yes" and Herr Lubitsch followed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12

v CSEpH M. SCHENCK, the presi-
dent, or chairman of the board
or something equally impressive
~ of United Artists, said that the
talking picture was a rocket
which would shoot upward swiftly with
q considerable pyrotechnic display. and
which would come down equally swift
~, with a feeble little "plop."
Mr.. Schenck made that remark for
the first time when Warner Bros.
were beginning TO convert the Vita
phone loud speaker into a veritable
horn of plenty. He continued to say
it more and more loudly while Para
mount. Metro-Goldwyn and all the
other producing companies were franti-
cally giving in to the new menace.
Finally Mr.. Schenck grew tired of wait
ing for the rocket to descend and pro-
ceeded with mighty leap to catch it
by the tail and to 60 with 1T for
ride.
United Artists has made three all
talking pictureS-"Co quette," "Allol
and Bulldog Drummond." The first
was a substantial success for Mary
Pickford as an actress. but II was
otherwise a thoroughly unimportant
Offering. "Alibi' and Bulldog Drum
mond," however may be rated as the
most progressive of all the talkies that
have come forth to date. They are also
the most encouraging to those of us
who persist in the belief that audi
bility should not and will not ruin the
strange art of the cinema. Both
"Alibi" and Bulldog Drummond" were
sponsored by independent producers in
Mr.. Schenck's corral-Roland West and
Samuel GoldWyn. respectively.
Bulldog DrummOnd" in particular
seems to me to be a genuine triumph
for all those involved in its production.
It is a real moving picture; in not
more than two or three of its 80 min
utes is there a suggestion that it is no
more than photographic re-
cording of a stage play. 1t has the
action, the mobility, the exuberant
pace that melodramatic movie should
have. Remove the sound track with
all its dialogue and its noises from
Bulldog Drummond," equip the film
with subtitles and you would still have
an exceptionally effective picture. with
none of the stodgy deliberateness that
would render The Letter" or Madame
x" unbearable in silent form.
It may even be possible that Bull
dog Drummond" would be much better
with subtitles instead of spoken dia-
logue-but that is a matter of opinion,
and therefore beyond argument The
important thing is that the makers of
Bulldog DrummCnd" have shown that
the makers, WltE or without sound, are
still independent of the stage. Holly
wood may borrow talent and ideas from
Broadway, as it has always done in the
past, but its method of expression is
still essentially and entirely its own.
x x x X
IT is difficult to place the credit for
the surprising excellence of Bulldog
Drummond," but it should probably
be assigned principally to F. Richard
Jones, the director, and Sidney Howard,
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Veriisimilitude Plus.

MUCH has been written about his
torical accuracy in the films and
the lengths to which producers will go
to guard against those fatal slips which
are bounced upon so avidly by myriad
lynx-eyed fans. But it remained for
C. D. Hall, art director for Show
Boat" to achieve the utmost in 'boner"
insurance. it is claimed.
The interior of the show boat is
vital factor in the unfolding of the
screen story, and Hall went to great
lengths to construct a floating theater
which would embrace every distinctive
feature of the river playhouses of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12

period. But Halls supreme contribu-
ton was the painting OF the curtain. on
which he reproduced typical advertise
ments of a generation ago. InaSnuch
as the curtain is visible for but min
Ute or so, no one could possibly diStin-
guish the printed commercial messages.
But. Halls artistic soul was satisfied,
and as he conducted the researches on
his own time no enc was the loser.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12
Continued Popularity.

MO motion picture ever shown in
= Australia has approached the SEN
sation caused by Al Jolson's 1.-The Jazz
Singer" the Warner Bros. press agent
tells us. At the Lyceum Theater in
Sydney, where two or three weeks is
considered long run for even the big
gest picture, 1.-The Jazz Singer" is now
completing its third month. The traf-
f1c situation in front of the theater,
even at this late date, is said to be sc
accute that special Gordon of police
is required to handle the crowds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12
Equipped for Sound Films.

THE LIBERTY, at 1419 South Capitol
street. and the Hippodrome, at
Ninth and K streets northwest, both
Sidney B. Lust theaters, it has been
announced. are now equipped to pre-
sent Vitaphone pictures and Vitaphone
vaudeville acts. The Truxton, at North
Capitol street and Florida avenue, also
is being equipped for sound pictures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12

Universal will be Evidence" an original
story by E. J. Montague, which William
Wyler will direct, production starting in
about two weeks. 1t is to be dialogue
picture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12

this sacrifice, without seriously affect
ing his pictured romance. is said to
have saved him countless thousands of
dollars, or their equivalent in the money
of India.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12

vince the boys that they were made"
by their showing that afternoon. They
have laid off hardly week since, play
ing every important vaudeville circuit
in America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12

Irene Bordoni will go to the Pacific
Coast the latter part of May to make
her first picture for First National I'M
der the direction Of Alfred Santell
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12

A cablegram states that 1.-THE Wan
dering Jew" is the first subject on the
British and foreign talker program, and
that it will be followed by "Chu Chin
Chow"
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MRS +. s. Edmonson Society Editor-Phone 534
VALENTINE DINNER PARTY

VALENTINE DINNER PARTY
Mr.. and Mrs. D. o. Wilkey en-
tertained at their home on Wash
ington street last Friday evening
with dinner party honoring NE
and Mrs. j. L.. Fulton who eXpec;
to leave shortly for their forme1
home in California. Valentine dec
oratfons were used and the table
was lovely. with its centerpiece of
red sweet peas and red tapers
with little Valentine place cards.
Bridge furnished the amusement
for the evening, high score for the
'adies being awarded Mrs. Fulton
who was also presented with
guest prize, and high score for the
men going to Mr. Fulton. 1Era
guests included Mr.. and Mrs. J. l..
Fulton, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry V. Far.
rior, Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Seiig
and the host and hostess. Mrs.
Futon left Saturday afternoon for
los An~eles where she will be
joined later by her husband.