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The Washington times., 1929-07-20
THE HISTORY
OF COLOR
MOVIES

Experiments IN natural.c olor
photography go back almost as
far as the beginning of the motion
picture, but now, with the improve
ment in the Technicolor process,
the Warner Brothers have pro.
duced the first audible prismatic
film. 1t Is called "On With The
Show" and will be seen and heard
for a third week at. Crandalps
Metropolitan theater.
The first color film was shown
in 1895, at the. Cotton States Elk.
position, in Atlanta. 1t was the
main attraction Of the Armat-Jen'
knis motion-picture show and was
called "Annabelle, the Dancer" q
hand colored film from the Edison
kinetoscope. Experiments were
being conducted in England at the
same time by Edward r. Turner,
q chemist. Turner interested
Charles Urban in his efforts.
In Paris, on business one day,
Urban saw street vendor selling
postal cards. they were transparent
and came in pairs, one red, one
green. Each card depicted an
ordinary bit Of landscape. But
when a red card was superimposed
upon q green card and held up to
the light, the result was quite diff
ferent. Urban continued expert
menting, and in 1908 came the
first public showing of the new
color pictures, trade-marked Kline"
nacolor. They were based upon
Urban's discovery in Paris.
In 1908, a group Of engineers in
Boston set about to invent and
develop q process OF making pic
lures in color. Millions Of dollars
had been spent up to that time In
the effort to solve the problem of
color photography. and millions
more have been expended since.
successful, so long as the film
was shot in daylight, with slow
motion and with colors carefully
selected. But when the pictures
were taken by artificial light, with
no check upon the motion, the
costumes. sets or makeup, the
systems failed.
In January. 1910, new capital
was interested in the Boston ven
ture. This laboratory process
was evolved into what Is known
today as Technicolor, by which
method most colors are photo
graphed In their natural shades. in
artificial as well as in sunlight.
with no effort to slow up or to
control the speed or movement OF
the actors.
The Washington times., 1929-07-20
Glen . Echo Offers
Recipe For
Joy


A department store Of fun
that's Glen Echo Park. the snappy,
well-managed amusement resort in
one Of Maryland's coolest and most
attractive spots, reached quickly
from all directions by good car
service, or over smooth boulevards,
where there amt no such animal
as = parking problem"
Entering the free amusement
gates, one contemplates more than
50 ways Of handing Old Man
Worry a Knockout blow. The
usual and best manner to "do"
Glen Echo Park IL to start with
the big amusements and work
down to the last one. skipping
nothing. That IL the best pre-
scription for 1Oo per cent visit
Of fun.
Up in the coaster dip, one thrill
follows another, and puts one
In good shape for a zoom in the
Airplane Swing, then a tryout on
the Derby Racer, the CarroHsei,
the Old Mill and the Shooter.
Next visit to the Midway, where
there's more fun than . barrel
Of monkeys.
After this tour d visit to all the
refreshment stands Ii in order, after
which the tour may be taken all
over again. in order that the sena-
tions will last until the next visit.
Another feature that provides pleas
ure, Is the dancing in the large
ballroom, where tantalizing tunes
are always on tap by McWilliams
and his competent orchestra, every
week night from $50 until 11:30
,. m.
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Summer Hordes Are
Making Merry
At Beach

vaoationists are Joining the
daily excurionists IN making
things unusually lively Just now
at Chesapeake Beach. bay resort
only an hours ride from the city.
Hotels ana rooming houses are
filled almost to capacity and there
10 q big demand for rental Of cot.
tagea for periods ranging from a
week to the season. The Beach Is
beautifully situation on high
ground overlooking the broad bay
and IL delightfully."- cool. Unlike
most OF the, bayshore property, it
10 heavily wooded and possesses
an abundance Of shade.
Bathing In the salt water is
the big attraction. Fishing and
Grabbing are excellent. Boats of
al descriptions may be hired. A
frea playground on the beach,
equipped with swings. see-saws,
ana slides, is q great mecca for
children. Ralph H. Garren's
Carolinians. entertain with snappy
music on the boardwalk dance
QEViliOn..
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Russ Ritual Shown
In Movie at Earle

Although love Is believed to
bind the hearts of youthful
sweethearts. Russia IL probably
the only country where 1t also
succeeds In binding her hands.
Technical research for q Russian
marriage ceremony, to be per-
formed according to the ritual Of
the Orthodox Church as part of
"The Leatherneck," q Pathe pic.
ture starring William Boyd anj
now playing at the Earle Thea.
ter, revealed the fact that tieing
the hands of the bride and groom
is q customary part Of the ser.
vices, to indicate the wedding Of
their future lives.
William Boyd and Diane Ellis
are the principals Of the unique
and interesting wedding in Orien.
tai Russia, about q decade ago.
Howard Higgin directed. Alan
Hale, Fred Kohler and Robert
Armstrong appear In featured
roles.
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Three New Pictures,
7lvo HoLd-OUerS

Bakewell, the Fairbanks Twins,
Sam Hardy, Lee Moran, Wheeler
Oakman, Harry Gribbon. Thomas
jefferson, Harmony Emperors'
Quartet, Josephine Huston and q
ravishingly beautiful chorus Of
100.
Words and music are by Harry
Akst and Grant Clarke. dance and
stage presentations by Larry Ce-
ballos. Alan Crosland directed.
COLUN4BIA-Dolores Del Rio, in
the role of Evangeline, remains at
Loew's Columbia for a second week
in Longfellow's immortal love epic
In this production, one Of the
largest produced in several years,
Miss Del Rio is heard singing for
the first time on tho screen. The
poem has been carefully followed,
and the picture tells the story Of
the simple Acadian folks who, un.
willing to bear arms against their
native land. are deported to va
rious parts of the New World.
Evangeline and her betrothed
are separated in the mad rush f
the departure, and Evangeline
begins to search for him. Evange.
line, sister of mercy, at last
finds him in q Philaadelphia
hospital. where she sings to him
their love songs Of old. and he dies
in her arms. The production IL
synchroniZed.
Al Wohlman and tho RsVelers
ara Trasoutad In MatrotnnA arts
and the : OK Movietone News, the
M.-G..M. News and the Columbia
Concert Orchestra, under the direc-
ton Of Claude Burrows, completes
the program.
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prised when notified Of Miss Del
Rios decision. She, with a num-
ber Of friends, enjoyed a box party
at the Columbia last night, when
the star Of "Evangeline" bade
adieu to the Columbia audiences.
Later, backstage. Miss Del Rio met
the prize winner, complimented her
on her beauty and presented her
with the photo.
The winner is the niece of Ro-
land s. Robbins, the genial man
ager of Keith's Theater, here, for
many years. She Is engaged at
present in the lively art Of meas
uring roofs at a desk in the Of
fices of the Amber, Asbestos
Shingle and Sheeting Company, in
the Second National Bank Build
ing.
She was born in Chicago, but
thought better of 1t, and for the
past eight years has resided in
Washington. She studied journal
ism at the University of Miami,
and until last night thought jour-
nalisn an ideal career. Now she
doesn't know whether newspaper
work, fiction writing or motion
picture acting appeals to her. Who
would?
The Washington times., 1929-07-20
MISS Bernie
HOPKINS
WINSl

In the dim quiet Of backstage
office at the Columbia Theater,
Dolores Del Rio, laughing and
flushed after one Of her last per.
sonal appearances on the stage,
sifted and sorted a heterogeneous
array Of photographs.
They were the pictures of Wash.
ington girls whose resemblance to
the star led them to submit their
hkenesses in the similarity con-
test conducted by this department.
The prize offered was a box party
at the Columbia and an auto.
graphed photo Of Miss Del Rio.
MY, my, what a puzzlew ex-
claimed Miss Del Rio. This one
mo, note quite; this--well, let us
put that aside; now, this-I choose
this one
This one" was a photograph of
Miss Bernice Hopkins. 21, bru.
nette beauty with FURNISHED bronze
tresses, who lives at 110 v st.
N. e. Her classic profile adorns
thisstory.
Miss Hopkins was agreeably sur.
The Washington times., 1929-07-20
How to Bring Smiles
To the Canine World

Women are said to buy car
because its color scheme harmon
lies with their favorite shades,
but Donald GalIaher. Fox movie
tone director, has an even better
reason. He owns a champion
Harlequin Great Dane, and as the
dogs black.and.white coat didn't
rs1hih the directors green sedan,
Gailaher sold the car and bought
a new one decorated in black and
silver.
Believing that one or not. Gala
her is winning unstinted praise
for his direction Of the Fox movie
tone production, Pleasure Crazed,"' "
starring Dorothy Burgess, Mar
guerite Churchill and Kenneth
MacKenna, now at the Fox Thea
tar
The Washington times., 1929-07-20

EARLE-Fastidious movie fans
who like variety in their motion
picture entertainment viii find
much to amuse them In The
Leatherneck," William Boyd's lat.
est Pathe starring vehicle at the
Earle. Theater.
1T IS a story Of the activities
of the United States Marines and
takes it's principals to Russia and
China. William Boyd, Alan Hale
and Robert Armstrong are seen
as the Three Musketeers" Of the
marines.
Diane Ellis, blonde beauty, who
has not been seen In many pic
lures, does a remarkable charac-
terization in The Leatherneck."
Ralph Block produced this picture
for Pathe under the direction of
Howard Higgin. Elliott Clawson
wrote the original story and also
adapted it for the screen.
PALACE-Lon Clancy opens
today at Loew's Palace in a ro-
nance Of railroading and In this
picture, Thunder" Clancy pays
the part Of q grouchy engineer.
In the supporting cast are
Phyllis Haver and James Murray.
Phyllis, late for q show, hides
aboard a locomotive of which
CLANCY is the engineer and his
son, Murray, the fireman. The
girl and the boy become chummy.
Chaney loses his job. His
aaa NHHi{N v0tISAa AtN~ Tha
levees give way along the Mis-.
sissippi, and the father and son
again find themselves a. a crew
on a locomotive. They keep the
trains running and save an entire
village.
On the stage Herbert Rawlin.
son will come to the front in
"over the Top" a Jack Parting
ton production. Johnny Burke,
erstwhile screen star and vaude-
vile headllner, IL featured.
Short subjects, the Fox Movie.
tone News, the M-G-M news, the
Palace Concert Orchestra under
Harry Borjes and Charles Gaige
at the organ will comprise the
subsidiary attractions.
FOX-Another all-talking Fox
Movietone production that has
proven highly successful where
ever shown is pleasure Crazed"
the next attraction at the Fox
Theater.
The story discloses a young wife
married to an attractive man Of
wealth and social position. She
carries on q love affair which is
drawn to her husbands atten-
ton. He attempts to break 1t up
by taking his wife for a long
voyage as the lover again APP
pears.
From this groundwork is de-
veloped . highly dramatic
story.
Featured in the cast is Dorothy
Burgess, the "Tonia" of "In Old
Arizona" Co-featured will be
Marguerite Churchill, another
stage player recruited by Mr.. Fox.
Kenneth MacKenna, also from
the stage, plays the, male lead.
The 16 gorgeous Foxettes and
John Irving Fisher will be
featured In the stage program.
with Leon Brusiloff and his 40
Jazzmanians. Fox Movietone News
continues to be a highlight Of
every Fox program.
METROPOLITAN-1t win be
welcome news to many who were
unable to gain admission to the
Metropolitan Theater in the last
two weeks, that the first 100 per
cent natural color, singing. talk
ing and dancing picture, con With
the Show will be held over for a
third and final week.
"On, With the Show" q War.
ner Brothers natural color pic
ture, is a story of backstage life
with a musical comedy, a story
about a play and the players in
it, besides being the first sound
production entirely in natural
colors
The brilliant cast includes Betty
Compon. Arthur Lake, Sally
O'Neil, Joe e. Brown, Louise
Fazenda, Ethel Waters, William
The Washington times., 1929-07-20
GLEANINGS
SCREENINGS.
BY jim RING
. ODDs AND ENDS

OOQ0 AMI GNOO
This is fine day to take
up ill the loose ends Of . many
sided Job and make amends for
the sins Of omission and COM
mission Of the dying week.
There are q lot of mentions
which should have been made
before this, but for some rea-
son, or another have failed to
find their way into print.
There's Mary Harris, for, In
stance. Mary, no doubt, is
wondering why that picture Of
the PLACE Deauville missed the
page: Fact is, Mary, the art
department declined to pass it.
It, lacked that sine qua non
quality and didn't quite do JUS
tice to that charming rendezvous
beside the Wardman Park pool.
And, by the way, this is as
good a time as any to tell the
non-French speaking section of
the audience that it's not
plague" but plahzh," rhyming
with garage" and mirage"
and it means "beach."
And there's Henry Lediel, the
genial floor manager Of the
Jatlin Lido. Henry should have
received a paragraph in the Lido
chapter of our expose of SUM
mer resorts, but space was too
tight. that day. So we hereby
salute Henry as the best floor
manager we; know.
Then there's Bill McEvoy,
batting out publicity for Castle
Films, in New York. Bill wants
q. mention for the Castle natural
color picture, Trailing the
Western Sum-" seen at the Pal
ace. Here it is.
Through Beauvais Fox and
Frank ]. Hartnett, press repre-
sentatives, r. II. Burnside in
vites this department to attend
his huge spectacle, "Here and
There" opening at the Atlantic
City Auditorium tonight. That's
Just our luck!
A bright lad, Robert c.. Bal
gau, has invented the Acraphone,
sIot-machine device for project
ing talkies in daylight with q
box-like apparatus.
A dime in the slot gives five
minutes of talking pictures. The
invention is suitable for public
places or. homes, the slot being
substituted by = switch for
home duee. :. %J a
"A goodly percentage Of Wash
irgton had an opportunity to
give that, old once-over to Teddy
Joyce, the popular master Of
ceremonies at Loew's Century
Theater, Baltimore, Thursday
night at the Jardin Lido.
He was q member Of the
Dolores Del Rio party. In fact,
he's been making flying trips
from Baltimore to Washington
whenever he could find time dur
ing the week, showing the sights
of the Capital to the movie star.
John Irving Fisher and Sally
Sweet, from the Fox, together
with other representatives Of the
fun. world, helped Maurice
Kafka to have a theatrical night
with no previous planning what
soever.
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q 'Leatherneck" Jammed
Full of Varsity

Granting that variety is the
spice Of life. plenty Of the con.
diment will be found in THE
Leatherneck," Pathe talking
and sound picture which will be
shown at the Earle Theater be.
ginning with the Friday mid,
night premiere. The background
of the picture includes France,
China and Russia.
William Boyd plays the title
role Of "The Leatherneck" with
Alan Hale, Robert Armstrong,
Diena Ellis, Fred Kohler, Jimmy
Aldine and Mitchell Lewis in
other important parts.
The Washington times., 1929-07-20
Contact Lady

Irene Weber, executive sOcre-
tary extraordinary of the Fox
Theatre, had n big assignment
during the past week. She was
the Contact" q new profession
particularly In Washington, be-
tween the publicity director Of the
theater. who was vaeatioHing in
Atlantic City, and the news
papers.
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Un in the World

James Murray, who was once
a doorman In the Capitol Theater,
in New York, plays an important
role In Thunder" Lon 'Chaney's
latest picture now at Loew's Pal
ace. That is, IL you call making
love to Phyllis Haver important.
The ayes have 1t.
The Washington times., 1929-07-20
Sam Rubin, Author

Inasmuch as there is no press
book on Lon Chaney in "Thun.
DER" now playing at LOew's Pal
ace, the publicity department is
forced to write a series Of short
paragraphs. This is the first.
The Washington times., 1929-07-20
The ClanIx Dance

The Bernie Brothers In the
Palace presentation, Lets Go, "
do a great dance with their feet
and bodies chained together. How
they got that way is not divulged.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-12-19
She returned TO Plentywo- a

nephew. She returned to Plentywo d
Monday.
Rev. Stowell and Vol attended the
meeting of the ladies aid held at the
Everson home last Thursday.
Harold Everson, sophomore at the
state university is at present suffer
ing from an attack Of small pOx-
S. o. Undseth, formerly Optician
and Jeweler of Medicine Lake, after
spending a couple Of weeks at the
Osheim home left for the coast where
he intends to spend the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Soren Runberg took
a trip to Williston last Thursday ev-
ening.
Mrs. Groskurth took the train TO
Medicine Lake last Wednesday even
ing to attend to Lodge work there.
Carl Hole is submitting to dental
attention in Plentywood this week.
Hans Tjomsos has left his Hupp
coupe at the Henry Williams farm for
the balance of the winter, having en-
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-12-19
RESERVE

Reservoirs. Ray Kallak and two
children left on Saturday for Glas-
cow, where they will be the guests
Of relatives until after the holidays.
Mrs. Rice left last week for Iowa
where she will make an extended
visit with her daughter Mrs. Titzel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Strandskov entertain
ed a number of relatives last Thurs
day in honor Of the twelfth birthday
Of their son.
Nh. and Mrs. Peter Groskurth en-.
tertained a few friends last Thursday
evening. Whist was played; Hans
Larson winning first prize, Mrs. Glib
bons the consolation.
John, the six months old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Mahlon Francis is re-
ported seriously i'll.
Ethel Singleton was called here
last week by the death of her Grand
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countered too much snow on the re-
turn trip from his farm last week.
Farmers Cooperative Implement
Company is installing a new curb
pump to take the place of the one
knocked over by a model T in reverse
a week or so ago..
Mr.. Randall and Mrs. Nelson were
dinner guests at the Lund home Sun
day.
mn. Ray Ren9al and Mr.. Tjoma.
were Sunday dinner guests at tbs
Gibbon home.
Several cars drove to Antelope
last Saturday night to attend the
dance. The roads proved to be very
heavy and it took the party ove1
two hours to make it back again
Drivers were Hans Larsen, Cliff Han.
sen, Axel Christensen, Viggo Strands,
kov and Jim Evensen.
Rather extensive preparations art
being made for the annual schoo
Christmas tree which will be staget
in the school house Friday evening
the Goth. This looks like the larg
est school Christmas tree for severa
seasons.
Bruce Henderson plowed a trail t.
Medicine Lake last Sunday accompan
led by the Peterson girls returning tt
school. He reports the roads yer,
bad.
Work On the highway east of tow
has been temporarily suspended OIL
account Of the deep snow and the mel
report about fifteen inches of SNOW
on the level.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-12-19
OUTLOOK

Outlook-Dr. Robt. R. Kahle left
on Thursday for Burlington, Iowa
to attend the funeral Of his father.
R. j. Fitzgerald left Monday ev-
ening for Bismarck, N. D., called
there by the serious illness of his ia
Their.
Mrs. Lizzie Moore and son Charles
Of Davenport, Iowa we're guests at
the T. ]. Larson home, left by car
On Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Baur of Ken
mare, N. D., spent the week end at
Joe Rick home.
iMr. and Mrs. Frank Rooster, Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew LELAND were Sun
day dinner guests at the T. J. Larson
home.
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School Notes

There wa a double-header basket
ball game here Friday night, Dec. 6.
Medicine Lake boys and girls against
the Outlook teams. A fairly large
crowd was present.
The girls game was very interest
ing until the finish. The Outlook
girls played their best but the Medi-
cine Lake girls won the game by the
score Of S-ll. This was the first
game Of the season which the Out
look girls lost.
The boys game was not as good as
the games they have played before.
They seemed to have a great deal of
hard luck all through the game. The
final score was y to % in favor Of
Medicine Lake.
High School Notes
Each class elected a member to
represent 1t in the preparing of a
| Christmas program which will be
given before school closes for the hol-
idays.
Saturday December 7, the girls
and boys teams Of Outlook motored
to Antelope to engage in Basketball
games.
Due to motor trouble the boys
did not arrive in Antelope until about
| $3.50, delaying the games for an hour.
The girls game proved to be a
very exciting game. The Outlook
players held the lead throughout.
| The final score was 24-18 in favor of
| Outlook.
The boys game was slow in the
| first half. Antelope heldthe lead s
to 2 in the first half. Then the Out
look boys caught up making the score
II to II. During the last minute and
a half Antelope got a free throw
which ended the game with the score
IL to IL in Antelopes favor.
Grade Notes
First Grade-We just finished read
ing about the Three Pigs in our
Primer.
We made a traffic sign and use it
when we march in and out of the
room.
We are learning some Christmas
songs and we sing one with the
Victrola.
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next COW.
The Bronco" was Mildreds petname
and it suited her because she was
one of these new unframed sixteen
year old girls who attend high
school only to get in as much time
fun, like dances, parties and fellows
as possible.
She helped with anything around
the farm, when she was home, for
the simple reason that she had too,
but not before her face had been pow
dered, her cheeks rouged and her
eyelashes blackened.
She thought she was pretty, mo-
dernect, like many of the high school
girls, and smart too, she never re-
fused a drink if she knew Pa would
not find out about it.
But to Pa and the rest of the fam
lily, as we'll as some neighbors who
were looking after the Johnson's bus
mess, she was just a little fool.
Then there was Ted, sitting there
whistling "Piccolo Pete" to beat
everything while he MIXED the worst
"kicker'in the barn.
The "~Jazzhound" was his nickname
and he deserved it.
He was home from college. He
was studying to be a doctor.
The neighbors called him "smart"
in two ways, both because he had
some ways about him, which pointed
to the "stuck up" direction and be-
cause he was only eighteen and a
junior in the state university.
Pa was wise enough not to pick out
a profession for his children, he let
| them choose for themselves, but he
| sure did hate to be one of Ted's pa
tients.
He had had him rub some liniment
on his back once when Ma did not
have time, but that was the last and
only time that that had happened.
And it would never again if he could
help it.
Oh boy! he could feel it yet.
Again the barndoor squeeked. 1t
was the six year old Billy, the baby
of the family who came in carrying
his big black tomcat. His coat was
u%nbuttoned, his cap, with the brim
turned back and his overshoes on the
wrong foot, but his face held the
same smile and his brown eyes the
same mischievious sparkle as al
ways.
"Billy boy, why do you not stay in
the house now when it is so dark and
chilly" asked Mildred.
"Oh Lord! just couldn't stand it
any longer" he answered, "Ma is
making lutefsk for supper and the
whole kitchen smells worse than it
does when Pa takes the cover off from
the Gommelost par"
He paused. and squeezed the cat
close to him then his face got an elat-
ed expression and he began to speak
again just like he was bubbling
over with something. "Say Broncho,
I was along with Pa to town one
night this week and Pa sent me to the
show while he went to the farmers
meeting, Oh! it was great"
"Well, what did you see Billy"
asked Mildred, then afterwards she
wished she had not.
ooh boy! | saw lots of things. ]
even seen you there next to the
elevator man, holding his hand, and
every time they turned the lights on
you pretty neal sat in his lap
CONTINUED next week.