The Washington times., 1929-10-24
JACK GIL BERT
MAY TURN
DIRECTOR
nv DOROTHY HERZOG
Copyright 1929. Premier syndieatsl


Copyright 1929. Premier syndicatel
HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 24Tomor-
row evening sees Norma Tai
madge depart New Yorkwards.
Purpose. Vacation. Norma's
worked rather steady on Tin
pan Alley" Making nigh onto
two versions Of flick is Weari.
eonas trouping. Gilbert Roland
also tricks to Manhattan. Early
next month sees Constance Tai
nnadge and ner husband, y.
Netcher. follow suit. Both sec
tons OF the family return West
FOR Christmas. If the weather
continues SO warm, Il Is to be
expected that Santa Claus will
arrive in Hollywood clad IN
bathing suit. And the irony Of
such guise is he would pc
stunned as q sandwich man for
beach realtors.
Printed Illuminating
The curious reception accorded
Iohn (Silbert's initial outloud,
"Iiis Glorious Night, has led 20
considerable amateurish propne-
swing In this screen spot.
sGiIbertss voice has. tone-ccloF
that might be defined as baritone.
tenor. The mike - NOT par
tictilarly generous In recording tt.
II is obvious, from audience re-
action, that his voice comes az =
surprise. Hence. the curious Te.
ception accorded Jacks nitiai
Win this first taIkie serve to
familiarize inovie-goers with
vocal Gilbert? And will this tan1lii-
siarization lead to like or marked M
diffarence? In the event of the Tor
ner. all will be oke. In the event
~ the latter--Well, that is Where
the prophesying enters. For
stars career depends upon the
public's plaudits in terms OF po4
office, Indifference Is the crepe
tom.tonl. 90
nresents Gilbert in a tough part.
MYTHICAL kingdoms have been
u,IccessfIll as silent pictures. Ut
tha extrayagant love scenes ana
situations in words and they
aren't even tepid drama. The stage
knows that. That's why opereIllias
and musical comedies get tne
mythical kingdom goo Ger EW
Gilbert has never abandoned tne
ven to direct pictures. Years ago.
he refused d splendid directorial
offer to travel West and pursue ro'
nance which he captured Tor 9
hrief time when he married Lea
trice Joy. This bureau Wouldnt
be at all surprised to see JACK
reach for a megaphone instead OF
Z role in the not very distant fu'
ture. And this may transpire
right on his present lot, IA. G. ~.
Lionel Barrymore got his direc'
torial chance there. And mace
good. Except he did direct His
Glorious Night"
Wh0ops!
win and Gladys Ahearn tTnar'
riedl went from their flick activi-
ties in "Iold Everything" to 9 two
weeks vocal voodvh engageneht.'
viii shoots q gag over the foot.
/, lights that's a fast laugh. II ap.
plies to the rodeo show to be given
by the invading gauchos from
Says Will to Gladys: "Ths
gauchos wear three-cornered
PANTS"
saws Gladys: ''Do they7"
saws win: yeah. You were 9
gaucho when you were 9 babyE
Lew Cody strolIed into Sammy
IAe,s rehearsal hall at M..G.-M.
tust as the chorus girls were dis
missed. Wistfully he watched
them trip their sundry ways. and
wistfully he sighed: Cody It'll
the old menaceP
Screenalities
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Barthel-
mess sail from New York in .
coupla days for ye town OF Naples
ana European jaunt. Billie
Dove getting her hair waved
Paul Thompson, w.k. New York
scribester who came West is now
the managing editor OF the Hol-
lyWood Magazine. .Hoot Gibson,
Sally Eilers, May Sunday and
others weekending at Hoot's
camp at Big Bear. Wesley Rug
gles returning from few weeks
in New York where he attended
the premier of his flick, Com
demned," with Ronald Colnan
and, Ann Harding. Noah Reery
il himself again. He shaved his
hair for his last reeler, but said
hair Is growing nicely, thank you
Twas So hot 'tother day that
the thermometer sitting outside
our apartment house went bust.
The darn thing only registers l20,
which isn't good enough for this
hot spell. Elsie Bartlett Echild-
kraut ordering . special salad
minus tongue. Which prompted
Roger Davis to comment: You
can't do that. They taste every
thing In this restaurant The
general exodus OF flickites to San
Francisco and Saturdays football
meet tween stanford and the
University Of Southern California
begins tonight.