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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-07
Blames Talkie NOvices

In pictures are increased by the voice.
Addition Of dialogue does not RADICAL
" change the method of telling screen
stories. It merely adds to their ef-
fectiveness.
II does not hamper action, decrease
beauty or restrict Photographic effects.
Anything that can be done In silent
picture can be accomplished In talker.
Taking up his points one by one, Won
Sternberg explained them.
81 do not look for any radical i'm.
provernent In talking pictures for two
years" he said. "rhe mechanism IL
that far ahead Of those using 1t. We
had silent pictures for some twenty
years, yet there are few men today who
know how to use camera properly.
I'VE have had artificial lighting IN
pictures for years. yet not many now
know the full secret Of effective illu-
rainatioa. We have had action for two
or three thousand years, but now many
great actors are there today?
Talking pictures should not be
judged by the results of today. Fina.
analysis Of their merits must wait at
least two years. In the meantime II
the present takers provide better en-.
tertainment than the silent Aims they
will grow In popularity"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-07
Stage Notes

@ ROADWAY, it's somnolence brok-
- en- momentarily by the advent
of -Ziegfeld's "Show Girl" and
- Earl CAROLS sketch Book"
settles back into Summer groove.
Vincent Youman's Great Day" is
scheduled for Tuesday evening, with
other openings following internationally.
Meanwhile, such offerings as Percy
Hammond has called the seasons
giants" by virtue Of their hot-weathsr
hardness, pioc on with fair houses
out-of-towners. Among them are Bird
" - e" I,tt,e SHOW" Street scene"
"The Perfect Alibi," LET Us Be Gay"
and Follow Thru Recent departures
from the Broadway scene have been
many, some productions going to the
storehouse, others to the road.
In Hoboken, Christopher Morley's re-
vival Of After Dark" Is in its Jhif-
tieth week, scheduled for the Pacific
Coast when 1t eventually closes. Com
paYlies are acting it now In Detroit and
placed. at the Rialto when, the time
comes, by another revival, either "Har-
Dor Lights by George r. Sims, or
drama by WiIkie Collins entitled, para
doxically. "No Name" Sometime dur
ing the season Mr.. Morley intends to
produce his own play, Where the Blue
Begins" "The Black Crook" another
Morley venture, will reopen at the
Lyric for two weeks in September before
beginning a road tour. and will be fol-
lowed by q revival Of The Belle Of
zoe, 900 people have journeyed across
the river to see After Dark" and THE
Black Crook"
In Atlantic City they are working
on r. H. Burnside's mammoth Here
and There" which Is to be presented in
the auditorium for two weeks beginning
july 20. The latest 10 that De Wolf
Hopper. said to be "as spry as ever"
viii act as master of ceremonies.
Morris Gest announces that his re-
vival of The Miracle" next Fall will be
On a scale three tin,es as large as the
original New York production, with a
premiere scheduled for Detroit and en-
9aeenents following in Milwaukee, st.
paul and other cities in the Middle
west. According TO It's mode the Mid
die West demands bigger and better
miracles.
Miriam Hopkins ID TO head COM
pany of THE Bachelor Father" q sue
cessful Belasco production OF two sea
sons ago. In London next Fall. A. II.
Woods and Sir Alfred Butts will sponsor
the English presentation. The original
company has been playing on the West
Coast. but returned this week TO New
York for rehearsals for the London en-
gagement.
Thunder in the Air" an English play
scheduled for Broadway this Fall, will
be tried out the week Of August IL by
Chamberlain Browns Greenwich stock
company.
Say Yes TO Life" described as a
satire on inspirational bunk" by James
Ashmore Creelman and Richard Con-
nell, will be presented by the Westport
Players. Westport, Conn, on July 19,
under the direction OF Roy Atwel.
Eddie Cantor, comedian, star OF
"Whoopee'' and author of Earl CARROTS
frst Sketch Book" Though the review
ers are wondering what Cantor wrote
In the show, has been elected president
Of the National Vaudeville Artists. He
will be formally indicted into Office on
August IS, though he has already made
o presidential statement promising con-
centration on his nultifarious duties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-07

-
trenches on one side are the
legions Of the American movie industry.
under the command Of that doughty
warrior, G.n. Will H. Hays; opposed to
them are all the French Aim producers.
who wish TO repel the foreign invaders
and 10 save their own territory for their
own exploitation.
In the past the American celluloid
merchants have had the European mar
ket all TO themselves. The French pro-
ducers couldn't compete with them,
even In France, and therefore couldn't
make enough money to keep their In
dustry in a state Of solvency. SO the
French Aim magnates appealed TO their
government for protection, exactly as
the so-called infant industries" in
America--the United States Steel Cor
poration, for example--once asked the
Republican party TO build tarih wall
around the 48 States.
The French government has not i'm
posed customs duties on American NOV.
ing pictures, but 1t has caused TO be
put into effect the contingent" system,
which shan't attempt TO explain for
the suficient reason that ] can't pos
sibly understand II myself.
The contingent" system, If 1t oper-
ated at ali, would mean that for every
three American pictures which were
brought into France the American pro.
ducers would have to subsidi1e one
French Aim. In other words. the Amer
leans would have TO pay heavily for the
privilege Of exhibiting their wares on
French soil, and the money they paid
would not 90 TO the French government,
but to the French movie magnates.
Personally. am free to confess that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-07

GONE man may bring exquisite
~ melody from Q good violin; an.
other will get atrociouS noises from 1t.
The discordant noises are not the fault
Of the instrument, but OF the novice
playing it."
The same reasoning applies to talking
pictures, according to Josef Won Stern
berg, who has just completed his first
dialogue production.
Inferior results In such pictures are
not the fault Of the mechanism, but OF
novice operation. At the present time,
the recording and reproduction appa-
ratus is ahead Of those who uss it apd
Improvement will come only as players,
directors and technicians learn the full
possibilities Of mechanism" he says.
Before he started his initial tAlkef
Won Sternberg had studied every angle
of dialogue pictures. His research gave
him certain definite ideas about them
which he says actual experience has
confirmed. Other of his views are:
Long rehearsal periods before the
start Of production are harmful rath-
er than beneficial. They minimize In
spiration and spontaneity. 1t Is better
to rehearse each scene on the set just
before II Is filmed.
suspense, heart interest and drama
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-07
They Fear The mike"

II seems unbelievable that actors
and singers who for years have faced
audiences should be afraid Of facing
the microphone. The fact remains,
however, that the more experienced
they are the greater the fear. Know
ing this, Bryan Fey and his ASSISTANTS
are often put to the exercise Of ingenu-
ity in fooling the actors. When Irene
Franklin made her FIRST short, the
mike was hidden In niantel clock.
Eleanor Painter went through her
number Is she thought for the cameras
only. At its conclusion she asked when
she would face the mike" Everything
Is finished she was told. Finished"
she exclaimed. where was the micro
rhone7" son your entrance you threw
your straw hat over it on the piano"
she was told.
In the making Of Hope Hampton's
snowy operatic number the mikes"
were fastened In the scenery, A pretty
vase apparently used for decorative
purposes hid the mike" In jack Nor
worth's act and the player never knew
lt,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-07

NNE of the most daring tests nov
~ under way In movie production Is
q Vitaphone production of Louis n.
Parker'S famous play, "Disraeh," which
George Ariiss developed into one OF the
real classics of the theater.
Creations for the stage always have
To bs "adapted for the SCREEN" and the
adaptation Of "Disraeli' has been m
trusted TO Joseph Josephscn, while
Alfred =. Green has been CHOSEN 70
direct the production. IN which Mr.
Afliss viii Be the star, as Q matter OF
course, with Joan Bennett - the aen4i.
fioyd. Tyan simpson and David Tearle
appearing In important eharaeterisa-
tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-07

Elizabeth Risdon, who was seen in
Washington in this seasons presenta-
ton of Theater Guild plays, is the latest
of the guild actresses to essay the role
of Nina Leeds in Strange Interludes."
Miss Risdon at the moment is acting the
role on the Pacific Coast with the Guilds
touring company. She succeeded Judith
Anderson, who in turn succeeded Paul
Inc Lord. One Wit recommends that
Fannie Erice try the part.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-07

Next Weeks Photoplays.
PALACE-"The Last of Mrs. :
Cheney" a Paramount
talking picture.
COLUMBIA - Dangerous
Curves" starring Clara
Bow.
EARLE-Richard Dix. in
THE Wheel of Life" a
Paramount talking pic
ture.
METROPOLITAN - Jack
Mulhall and Patsy Ruth
Miller, in Irwin Beds" a
First National Vitaphone
production.
FOX-"Behind That Cur
tain" a Fox Movietone
talking picture, with
Warner Baxter and Lois
Moran.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-07

william A. Grew is reported to have
sold the right to my Girl Friday"
BADLY whacked by the critics for vul-
garity when IL opened, though stili rum
ming In Times 9quarel in Russia, Ger
many, Turkey and italy. One coninen-
tator saya facetiously that tais Is known
as "eleyating the foreign drama"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-07

And Monte looked serious But remem-
Der, he is a comedian first of all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-07
DANCING.
DAVISON'S

DAVISONS ESS F; .sss;r.s atHP' in VII r.
Prei, Mrs. lsssane Prsyats any heg,s.
is III Nv SEa ib3 sn aysssi lss'F9
MISS dfExKFEZB L'IgsxAs.E. flye pIlvses
Hop. class disc. until septeMkeF. sosss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-07
The Moying picture cAlbnm
By Robert e. Sherwood.

A MOTHER great war is now going
" on in France. and although It
"A has been Ito date) bloodless, 1t
4 \ is indescribably bitter. In the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-13
CHILDS TO SET
new Marks

NEW YORK. Dec. I3.-Gross
sales Of the Childs Company for
1929 win be the largest in its his
tory. according to L. E. Boswell.
treasurer. Restaurant sales for
the entire year win exceed SOS. 600.
900. while miscellaneous sales will
be around 100000. bringing the
total up to s2s. 100000. he said.
Every month during 1929, ex-
cept January and February. show
ed an increase over the correspond
ing month Of 1928. according to
BusweIl.
"The first two months Of the
new management showed . com.
paratively small rate Of increase,
but the rate Of increase thereafter
has never been below sos per cent.
THE year has been q record
year. with volume Of gross sales.
food sales, miscellaneous sales and
the number of meals sold all show
ing substantial increases"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-13
MAKES
FLYING SAFER

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. l3.--
Virtual elimination Of fog as 3
menace to aviation has been &C.
complished by g San Francisco
inventor. according to claims
made here.
The inventor is Capt. Burdett
A. Palmer, Reserve Army flier
and aviation engineer. His In
vention, briefly. consists Of q cap.
tive balloon. sent up from q fog
bound airport to clear the air
Directly beneath the balloon
Is q dial, visible for several hum
bred feet. which tells the pilot the
height Of the balloon, the depth
Of the fog bank and the height
of the ceiling" above the field
and direction Of the wind.
Accuracy Of this information Is
guaranteed by attached mechan.
ical devices which register the de-
sired figures automatically OF
with the aid Of an operator on
the field.
Use Of 3 signaling system, to-
gether with a revolving beacon,
allows pilots to locate and iden-
all hazardous 'guessworkn from
tify airports, day or night, Palmer
declares. and his device removes
landings.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-13
Sterling Ware

Ten-inch vases, candle
sticks, salt and peppers,
Hnayonnaise dishes and
ladies and flower CEN
terpieces-e cry one
sterling!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-13
CONSTRUCTION
IN VIRGINIA
PUSHED

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. h.
Definite assurance that building
projects planned here win be
carried through next year, and
that labor conditions will not be
disturbed, was given by leading
Richmond industrialists at con-
ference with the executive com
mittee Of the Richmond Cham
Der Of Commerce.
Al communication from j. q.
Holtzclaw. new president Of the
Virginia Electric and Power Com
pany, stated that his company
would spent about 5000, 600 in
virginia In 1880 for new con-
gtaucti0n and renewals. A new
distribution plant ID 10 be built
IA this city.
Million for Railway
Norman Can, vice president Of
che Richmond. Fredericksburg
and Potomac railroad. stated that
the company would spend ap-
proximateIy 100000 for new
construction next year, with q
100000 warehouse TO be built In
this city.
The Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company, through
Manager j. A. Ronor, promised
to spend So 800, 900 III Richmond
projects next year and about
6,2O0, 900 In the State as q
whole, as compared with an ex-
penditure Of about $5,625, 900 for
1899.
r. s. Crlimp, president Of the
Standard Paper Manufacturer
Company said his concern would
eOmplete an expansion program
calling for the expenditure Of
$500 900, which would give his
plant an output Of 10 tons Of
paper . day.
Tobacco Plant
The Richmond branch Of the
American Tobacco Company con-
kracted an expenditure Of 1890.
900 in new construction In this
city. including q new tobacco fac
tory and power plant.
Labor conditions in Richmond
are reported better than they
have been In the past several
years. Richmond employers face
1880 confident of doing q big
business in the new year.
w. r. Reed, president Of Larus
Brothers, tobacconiSts. said his
firm Is doing an increasing bust
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-13
Driver Sued After
Truck Derails Train

YAKIMA, wash, Dec. 13.For
years the railroads have lost suits
I'd autoists that have come out
second best In collisions with
trains. Now the worm has turned.
Charging that George Hayes.
sunnyside truck driver, last sum
nler careIessly drove his truck
into q train, derailing 1t, the
oregon-Washington railroad filed
suit here to collect $485 damages.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-13
SQUIRREL HELP
EXPENSIVE

ST. LOUIS. Mo-. Dec. Iss
Az often Is the case, william Hoff-
mans daily GOOD deed netted him
only grief.
Bill Is q butcher and he was
diligently welding his cleayer
when he noticed ! squirrel peek
ing ii. the window Of his shop.
He dropped his cleaver and went
In pursuit Of the little animal.
Over eight fences went the
squirrel and over eight fences
went Bill. He picked up some
clods Of dirt to throw ct. the ami.
NAL and aroused the ire Of neigh,
boring housewives when his cIUds
soiled the weekly wash.
When the squirrel entangled IT.
self In some chicken wire Bill was
the recipient Of deep scratches IS
he removed the animal. He took
the squirrel home where 1t es-
capped and hid In q hole In the
ceiling. Bill had his face
scratched and his nose bitten
when he peered In the hole.
Hoffman attached q hose to
the gas stove and turned the gas
into the hole In the ceiling. In q
few minutes the squirrel dropped
to the floor and was put In q box.
Fresh air and the animal waS
soon revived.
And then Bill and the squirrel
went for q ride in Bills car, q
ride which took them to Tower
Grove Park where the butcher re-
leased the animal which scamp
cred for q tree. perched on q high
limb, and chartered insuitingIy at
RfU
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-13
Howard Players Will
/ Have Dramatic Revival

: A revival Of dramatics popular
lied several years ago by the
Howard Players. viii be made at
Howard University this season.
The players will be under the
directions Of Prof. Sterling Brown
and Mrs. Leona B. Dudley. The
work this year viii provide q
laboratory for student activity In
makeup, scenery, painting. cos
burning and all details Of play
producing: entrance in the ma
sionaI little theater movement;
quality for membership In the
National Collegiate Players, and
become an organized body with
the key awarded for meritorious
work In dramatic activity.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-13
Dean Of Casket Men,
So Years with
Single Firm

wINSTED. Conn, Dec. - Il.
NS9. - Fifty-nine years with
one concern is the record
achieved by Marshall O.
Wheeler. Of winsted. He sells
caskets made BY the local firm
Of Strong Manufacturing Com
pany. and travels the whole
land, being now known as dean
OF casket statesmen" Wheeler
started with the concern when
he was . small boy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-13
CLOTHING STOLEN

Using . duplicate key. thieves
early yesterday morning invaded
The home Of Bessie Thomas. TOO
block Willard st. N. W., and took
wearing apparel valued at $25.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-13
Solve Gift Problems With
Comfortable, Smart Slippers

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&c, women's Kid D'orsay Slippers
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c7 Women's Brocaded Satin slippers,
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12


be done to relieve the tension VIII De
undertaken, it was said.
The farm bill is expected to pass the
Senate within q day or two. Debate
Is limited to 10-minute speeches on the
bill or any amendment after pm. to-
morrow. When the Senate has put
through the measure and sends 1t over
to the House containing the debenture
clause the House Republican leaders
will determine whether the measure
shall be received and sent to confer
ence, or returned to the Senate with
the admonition that measures dealing
with the revenue must arise under the
terms of the Constitution in the House
and not in the Senate. If the latter
course is adopted q long debate on this
constitutional question is sure to follow
in the Senate. The House leaders are
confident they can beat the debenture
on its merits but so far have not de-
termined which line of attack they
viii follow.
Senator Watson, Republican leader
Of the Senate, was in conference with
President Hoover at the White House
yesterday. going over with him the Situ-
alton which has developed in the Sem
ate. The Indiana Senator would not
discuss his conversation with the PreSi-
dent There were indications last night,
however. that some new issue. perhaps
Of legislation, might be interjected to
bring the Republicans Solidly together
again against the Democratic opposition.
There was even the suggestion that
after the farm relief bill has been put
through there might be a long recess
of Congress over the Summer months.
giving the Senate finance committee
ample time for the consideration OF
the tariff bill and the country an OPP
portunity to digest both the farm relief
legislation and the tariff bill.
A further conference of Republican
men1bers of the House on the tariff
bill is not expected until the middle or
latter part Of this week. In the mean
time many conferences are being held
between Republican members of the
ways and means committee and other
members Of the House on particular
schedules. These conferences. 1t was
said last night, were having beneficial
effect. The leaders are hopeful that
when the conference OF House Repub-
heans meets again at the call of Chair
man Hawley it will be possible to agree
finally on the tariff bill with the under
standing that. certain amendments are
70 be offered by the ways and means
committee, or failing this that the vote
shall be left open on a few of the
schedules in which there Is the most
intense interest If possible at the
same time a special rule will be agreed
70 for handling the tariff bill in the
House.
One Of the items which has brought
on q real row is the increase proposed
In the duty on sugar. Many of the
delegations from both the East and West
are up in arms over this proposal,
among them the Massachusetts, dele
CATION. which has agreed to fight the
increase.
Representatives from the farm States
Of the West are hopeful that the duties
proposed on building materials, in
Guiding lumber, shingles, cement and
brick, will be materially reduced. if not
wiped out. They are incensed over
what they consider an effort to increase
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12
DR.. WHITE SPEAKS
TO HEALTH GROUP
More Persons Over so Suffer
From Mental Diseases Than
Younger, He Says.

The proportion of persons more than
90 years old who are mentally diseased
Is far greater than that existing under
that age, DR.. william A. White. super
intendent OF st. Elizabeth's Hospital,
asserted last night in an address before
the public health committee of the
Board of Trade in the United States
Chamber of Commerce Building.
IF we live long enough practically
all of us will experience some mental
disorder" he declared.
DR.. White told of the history OF the
mental hygiene movement, which will
eliminate May 8. 1880, in an interna-
tional congress to be held in Washing
ton. just IS years after the establish
ment of the first mental hygiene COM
mittee. DR. White recently was elected
president of the congress.
Due to the great amount Of mental
suffering throughout the world. there
are many who prey on the sufferers,
he said. but these men should be pun
ished and not be confused with the
bona hde trained physicians.
Fifty-two per cent of the hospital
beds in the United States are occupied
bv mental and nervous patients. John
Shillady, administrative secretary OF
the congress stated, emphasizing the
importance of mental hygiene work.
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but not to the other 100000 people
of the country"
The Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co, he
said, now has a 100000 corporation
and paying dividends, adding that I'M
der the pending bill an additional duty
was placed on glass which would add
500, 100000 a year on the living cost
OF the people.
That's a high price for the people
to pay to have a Mellon at the head
of the Treasury Department." he as
serted
While his Democratic colleagues lis
tened eagerly. Rainey said Hawley,
whose home is in oregon. and Rep
resentative Hadley, Republican, of