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New Britain herald., 1929-06-11
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4e regular business meeting -6t thu Nathan Hale Chapter Order Of D~4foiay will be held this evening. TIA June dance will be held in the lAGenic temple JupS 14.. spn, .Tues- Aa{1 June 2s the DeMolAy degree witt be worked. June 2l and 22 locA delegates will attend the state cesclave It New Haven. 7 4 :. t3
 4rS. Ostrowski of 346 High street eo1elained to the police yesterday Of amass dose. ta her Aewet bed by Washington school boys.
 6hn, Monkiewicz of 1s0 Booth strest is spending the week in stam- ferd.
 1phn M. Taylor. son of the late Ne& George L. Taylor. pastor of the Methedist church in this city in lst3-s5. was . visitor in this city yesaerday. He ts. nov living ir New York city where hs is employed in thc,preof reading department of the NeH York World. He ne.hsre to view the Masonic temple.' His fath- CT joined Harmony lodge when he lives here. The son is also z mem, eE>of Masonic order. 'fs-'
 Merk Twain Muller's new 10c cigar -xSvt. .rYtt, -a
 Fred Skomers. 23. of Newington. suffered an injury to his right arm while working on. a concrete mixer this; forenoon and was taken to New Britain General hospital.
 Frank stawski Of 18S Curtis street reported to the police today that his coat. containing his operators li- cen1e was lost or stolen on Park street near Stanley street this morn- ing.
 Miss Lila E. Russell, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Edward I. Russell of 30 Cambridge street. student at Troy Conference Academy. is visit ing, relatives at Windsor.
 The common council committee Investigating the dumping ground situation in the city will meet at s o'clock tonight to prepare report for action by the council at the June meeting ; a
 Artistica]ly decorated wedding cakes are a Hoffmann' g speciality '- advt.
 Co. No. 6 of the fire department responded to a call at 6:27 last night for fire at the Ellis street dumping grounds
 Joseph Bonrefist of kensng.on reported to the police at 7:15 last night that his automobile struck I piece of curbing at the corner of Cherry and Whiting streets ar1 ruined tire.
 Frank Stanski of 16S Curtis street reported to the police last night that . spare tire was stolen off his auto- mobile on Crown street.
 Paul Zehler of s2s Corbin avenue reported to the police last night that a duck was stolen from his coop last Saturday night.
New Britain herald., 1929-06-11

1t was debut. and that was some' thing many, many other American students of music never have had.
 Miss Lacava will appear in . radio concert within g week. she says. which was arranged for when sh" was crossing on the "Conte Bian- comono." On her voyage to the United States she also gave a con- cert which was we'll received.
 'Mussolini has had absolutely no effect on the music of Italy, nor do I believe that he will have an effect | on it." she said. At first the fascisti had a committee before which all ! singers must register. But they did not attempt to get us jobs! And that is one of the most important things in Q singers career"
 Miss Margaret McMahon of New Britain, who is music student in Italy, will return home next week, Miss Lacava declared.
 Singing Natural to Italians
 American students in Italy are disappointed when they get there, for what do they find?" Miss Lacava concluded. They find that the veriest street gamin can sing much better than they can. Italians. you know, are g. race of singers. And so they are disappointed. But they try and try. Seldom. however. are they successful before an Italian audience You Americans have good swjces' the average Italian critic Fwho is at all honest will say, but you do not have this.' and he will point towards his heart.
 Music after all is in the heart and, no place else. If as singer can feel her role, can allow her soul to ! go along with the part she is sing I ing, the Italian audiences will love Her. But. so many Americans of Nordic blood will not do that-they cannot do it. They are not tem- l psstdous, fiery as are those of Italian blood and parentage, ..
 ".How did get started as a singer? We'll, it>is long story. My father wanted me to become a | lSdGuel. DuI always "ohtSu te "> singer of opera. I did start to become a teacher. and suppose l had talent. One teacher in New York urged my father to send me to Italy, and that is how it started. Over there for the first three years I was a. student, but then pecan a prima donna. s, :, stage Gets Into Blood
 But once woman has taste of the stage-in Italy I was noted as an actress rather than & singer-it will never leave her blood.
 T do not suppose that I shall start in opera here. You see. a singer must work and work and work. It is not all roses, and, l do Fnot want to become one ofsthe has Tbeens before have really started in America. So I shall start at the bottom again and work up. When 1 come to New Britain again. I am sure that the people will, come to hear my concert because am Leoncra Lacava the singer rather than Leonora Lacava the New Brit-' ain girl" ."
New Britain herald., 1929-06-11
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William Haines. star of Excess Baggage" Brown of Harvard" and other recent hits. returns to the screen in . distinctly different type ot,.rcle in "A Mans Man. "fNetro- Gosdwyn- Mayors r.fiiiHifxation of Patrick Kearneys famous fstage shit. wHich is now at the Strand theater as h sound synchronized production.
 The new story. directed by Yames Crese. who~dffected@t Eycess Bag. sa1e" and, u3ade hlHV history with ''rhe Covered Wagon" Is a liltins sattre on Hollywood. with Haines aa . youth with . correspondence acheol complex and .s Josephine pu4n. who layed opposite hint iu .Excess Basgase" as his sweetheart with movie star aspirations. They get nnitried. and then the fun is fast aAf furious.
 Ae vaudeville pleetanf offers Hakfy Waiman and hts Debutdntes A.tusical aggregation of ten versa. tileimaids of music with Harry Wai- man playing . mean violin; Art and I.nGille DavHt[.p4er .asaxigE It P, wtse:" ThsefhsAe5 Aa&ser a.BoSa s'tllbse red hot boys" Grace Edlel "NR.s . Great Girl:" and Jules A16kard Co. in The Law Must be EA3trced."
 n8inning Thursday r,the Strand wit offer the person at appearancd et he movie star William Desmond iAs ss vaudeville skit The Right Na" The photopleV featupe! will ofeef Molly and Me with Belle Ben- he45 singing and talking.
New Britain herald., 1929-06-11
RUSSIAN CONCERT
 SUNDAY EVENING
Orthodox Church Choir and
 Musicians to Give Program

The annual concert by the choir afd baialafka orchestra of the Rus Isian Orthodox church ,Nill be held in the @ Sacred Heart school hall, next Sunday at 7:3O D. m. E. A. Serebrennikoff will be in charge. ' The concert is for the benefit of orphans Of the Russian Orthodox parish.i The program will be q,
 Tn the Village After Harvest"
 Musical sketch from the opera "Enyene. 'Onegin"i by Tschaikowsky. Combined with folk songs. Choir and Balalaika Orchestra. During intermission humorous quin- tet "Zaicheff Brothers" will sing a few songs. |, Vladimir karpey, F Conductor.
 Serge Dankevich. Solist.
 Vastly. :. Zaiko. Alexander. Panase- kjeh. Konstantine Belomizy. Part l. : Balalaika Orchestra a. "Liberty."' ............ March.
 b. Let My Flowers Tell You How l Love You" .... Waltz.
 Part II. ..,. 1! Russo Swedish Dance. .p by Nina Arop,. Nonna Beiomizy and
 Nataly Zaiko.
New Britain herald., 1929-06-11
EGYPTIAN KING IS GUEST

Berlin, June II R- Driving through the main streets of Berlin which were still decorated with the Egyptian colorz, King Fuad, now on a, visit to Germany. took a trip to the Terhpelhofl Airfield where he was received by various officials. The king was given a state luncheon by the Reichstag and President Loebe arranged a visit with Presi- dent Von Hindenburg to the Hall of Victory in Unter Den Linden to in- spect the collection of arms and war trophies there.,.,,
New Britain herald., 1929-06-11
Authorities Continue Investigation
 Of Border Killing by Customs Men

shooting." Mrs. Virkkula testihed that she saw only one man and that the car stopped within q length after passing that one.
 No trace of contraband was found in Virkkula's car.
New Britain herald., 1929-06-11

FAREWELL TO 1Aaat IlADAS.
 \ farewell dinner, h honor of RabM 0ershon Hsdas win take place tonight In the Masonic temple On West Main street. Rabbi Hadas ,s
New Britain herald., 1929-06-11
EASTERN STAR IN TURMOIL

LhSIEItN Sl HU IN IU1tNOI0u V,
 Asbury Park, N. J.. June 1l:UP- E. M. Biroh, of Atlantic City, patron
 of Grace Chapter 106.. order of Eastern Star, of that city today an- nounced that 22 chapters have re- solved to withdraw from the organi- zation and form a new order. ..s.f
New Britain herald., 1929-06-11

While Hawaii has a shortage 6. builders it has an oversupp1y Of clerks this season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-26
ON THE BROADWAY s
STAGE
A Review of Theatrical Affairs Along the White Way
By Percy Hammond.

toners. But what action can he take
to preserve his subjects from working
overtime if the managers protest
against day of rest wins the attention
it deserves?
Mr.. Gilmore Is at present beset with
other annoyanceS that make uneasy the
head that wears a crown. Miss Jeanne
Eagels, expelled, fined and all but i'm
prisoned by Equity for impudences I'M
becoming to an artistic is now victorious
in the cinema as she plays a film edi-
ton of Somerset Maugham'S THE Let
ter" to more money than Miss RATHER
inc Cornell ever thought of attracting
to box office. He has also the per-
picking case of Miss Helen Kane Cor Is
it Cane?) to handle. Miss Kane was
soubrette in Mr.. HammerStein's produc-
ton of Good Boy" her GRAND being
to intone its theme-song, entitled Il
Wanna Be Loved by You and Nobuddy
Else But You" Although highly paid
by Mr.. Hammerstein for rendering that
ditty, Miss Kane forgot her obligations
to him and left Good Boy" fiat upon
its back in Boston, of all places. With
out her starry presence the entertain
ment curled up and died, leaving Mr..
HammerStein to bring it back for bur-
ial in another Gains Broadway church
o.,
forming in Hollywood at a rapacious
salary and answering Eq'lity's pleas to
be reasonable with fit of her skirt
and lifting of her esthetic. though
mercenary, eyebrows.
x x X
MIR. ZIEGFTLD. bit annoyed by
A'A Eddie Cantor's SNUG farewells to
the public, views them with doubtful
suuint and promises that he will with
draw from the Broadway drama as
soon as Mr. Cantor does.
ANY one making as much money as
Cantor is making is going to think
twice before leaving his profession.
With the salary I am now paying him
in 'Whoopee," $4,000 a week. he Is
getting all the money from the show.
Actually, the production itself can't
make any money, at all. and the only
profits come from the theater.
when and if Cantor retires," con-
tinues Mr. ziegfeld, Il shall ask him
to return to me all the money he has
made on outside work while he has
been under contract to me for exclusive
services. Only recently he has made
three pictures for Paramount, for which
he was paid large amounts. 1t Is i'm
possible for the legitimate theater to do
business when stars demand immense
salaries and then work outside tn"
legitimate theater field at the same
time"
How startling it is for us revue-loverS
to learn that all is not laughable and
harmonious behind the scenes of such
a Jolly show as "Whoopee." I shall
not be surprised some day to learn that
Will Rogers is doing his best not to
be jealous of Dorothy Stone.
(Copyright, 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-26

critics for various productions there that
they claim would make Aladdin's famed
wiZardry seem commonplace.
From the four corners Of the world
they have assembled trappings and
properties. They have brought distant
seas and mountains to the studios
gates. They have constructed ocean
liners on dry land and built subways
far above the ground. They have
moved pine forests as Macbeth never
dreamed of doing and made New York
streets grow IT. alfalfa fields overnight.
Motion picture companies still go on
location to the sea, TO the mountains
and elsewhere. but the closeup scenes
on these locations are usually made at
the studio, both for convenience and
economy, and also because of the re-
quirements of sound recording. And SO
the technical departments are called
upon to reproduce ON the lot anything
from a mountain to a dozen ships; to
build SubWayS and railroad trains, city
streets and country villages.
Forty-two wrecked ships, ranging from
ocean greyhoundS and battered destroy
erS to Spanish galleonS and private
yachts, were built for one setting. A
complete subway train and stations were
constructed for another. The whole
section of mountainSide, with tall pine
trees and cabins, was built for the close
ups of third, and English castles and
grounds were constructed for story of
England recently filmed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-26

ing mood these few months back,
the stage and the talkieS seemed
bent upon only one outcome, and
! that a mortal one. The sound
movies, far more powerful, far
more wealthy than the stage, car
ried the offensive. Competition
within their own ranks gave them
a desperate bravery. And the stage
suffered, was badly hurt, but ap-
pears now to be mending. More
than that; rather than have the
talkies continue as an enemy,
which had already proved its
ruthlessneSS, the stage adopted
: an attitude of friendly concilia-
ton, philosophical itself out Of
some of it's troubles and proceeded
to borrow an ally'S strength from
this new titan Of the amusement
world.
Realizing that the legitimate
theater could not compete with
the talkies on the basis of adj
mission prices, net returns as
compared with production costs
and kindred considerations, a
number of the most prominent
New York producers banded to-
gether and declared that they
would go into the talkie business
I on their own account, making
sound movie versions of their own
stage successes for showing on the
road, thus protecting themselves
from both sides.
Meanwhile, day by day. they
continued to discover comforting
. benefits which might result to the
stage from the popularity of the
talkiaS. There were those all
T through the chaos who main
tanned stoutly that nothing could
Z kill the stage, that there would
always be actors enough even if
. they had to be drafted from the
ranks of the amateurs; new talent
would have chance on Broadway
{ and that the talkies were really
the best thing that could have
. happened to the stage, since they
+ would rid the legitimate of the
clutter of mediocre plays, which
was its greatest curse.
: Also if there were to be fewer
plays there were naturally to be
. better plays with a lesser per
centage of failures and financial
: loss.
Not all of this optimism was
! theoretical, not a mere Whistline
to keep up the stages courage
Much of it came from authorize
tive persons.
Reverse the case of the stage
! producers who planned to go il
for talkies and one has the case
3 of the movie magnates who de-
{ cided to establish stock companies
throughout the country and II
produce legitimate stage work:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-26
Photoplays This Week.
Continued From First Page.)

Continued From First Page)
innovation introduced to lovers of the
silver screen in Shooting Stars pre-
sented by the Film Arts Guild at the
Little Theater this week.
Shooting Stars" directed by An
thony Asquith and produced in Eng
land by New Era Films, Ltd, tells
once more the story of the eternal tri-
angle and utilities as background the
movie lot. Julian Gordon, the hero,
is married to Mae Feather, his beauti-
full leading woman. Mae is in love with
Andy Wilks, star comedian and Julian's
best friend. Julian trusts Andy i'm
plicitly, but his friends treachery Is
discovered Julian comes home uneX-
pectedly from a hunting trip and is
listening to the radio. Word is broad
cast that Andy Wilks has been Sc
riously injured on location. Julian pre-
pares to go to the studio to investigate
and as he is going out the door he dis
covers his wife in Andy Wilk's arms.
Then begins the tragedy within a
melodrama that has made Shooting
Stars" one of the most unusual pic
lures that has emanated from the Eng
lish movie lots.
The supplementary program presents
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in the
comedy, From Soup to Nuts" and a
hold-over from last week, Your New
York and Mine" with the weekly news
reel and the Little Trio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-26

POLITICIANS and flappers the world
~ over will soon be dancing to the
tunes of cowboy songs, while jazz Will
be relegated to the heap OF old-fash-
toned and passe things.
This belief is expressed by Ken May
nard, Western star who has been pop
ularizing songs of the range in his pic
lures 1.-The Wagon Master" his most
recent film, is synchronized and con-
tains several songs that have hitherto
been known only to the boys who ride
the prairies.
Hollywood has listened to the plain
tive, rhythmic tunes and decided they
are just the thing to dance to.
There is more real music to these
cowboy songs than to the jazz pieces
being played by dance orchestras these
days" stated Maynard. THE songs
have a swing to them. People dancing
to such accompaniment are naturally
more graceful than they are in follow
ing the contortions of jazz music"
Maynard was born in Texas and has
lived most of his life on the range,
among cowboys, and in circuSeS. Many
of the old songs which he is using in
his films have never before been re-
corded on paper. Maynard has q COL
lection of them. having jotted down
words and tunes while a crowd of
cowboys gathered in a shanty door in
the evening to sing.
Songs of the plains have a Groom
ing, lonely quality to them that is 60
ing to make them very popular with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-26

~ ERTAIN managers, though godly
men, are preparing to make the
New York Sabbath a further
~ thing of shredS and patches.
Seeing it frayed with impunity
by numerous deSecrantS from vaudeville
and the cinema, they find no reason
why they, too, should not be SacrilegiouS
So, according to the announcements,
they propose to open their theater on a
Sunday evening and defy the ram
Shackle ordinance that hitherto has
prevented them from doing so. Why
they ask, is the drama isolated by OUT
worn blue laws and kept from observing
the Lords day according to the dictates
of it's own conscience? If Roxy, Keith
Albee, Warner Bros. and Paramount
Lasky are allowed to work on Sunday,
why should it be wrong for other man
ayers to enjoy a Seven-day week? They
do not understand why it Is legal to sing
and dance at Proctor's or the Palace
and a crime to play Journeys End at
Henry MillerS.
Their mystification Is excusable. The
tradition that shuts the Guild Theater
and opens the movie shops and song
ambulance houses is one of the minor
hypocrisies Of New York's otherwise i'm
peccable government. Its Puritan rigors
deprive many citizens of opportunity TO
seat themselves upon the dramas knee
and learn about life from its patient
instructions. knowledge seekers in
other more advanced metropoliseS have
the advantage of Sunday night classes
and are not driven by law TO waste their
holiday in sheer amusement provided
by vaudeville and the aeolian screens.
While the drama is free to teach the
inhabitants of those liberal communi-
ties 365 days in a year, its mission of
o,,1f I'D o.
York by the balls and chains of our &C.
centric piety. We lose, If my mathe-
mates are accurate, So chances annu-
ally to be edited by the regular or old
fashioned shows.
AS one who is indebted to show bust
ness for all he owns in the way OF
sweetness and light" one extends the
hand of encouragement to the man
ayers as they fling their gauntletS
against the jowls of this lopSided Man
haitian bigotry. If and when their chal-
lenge becomes more than an idle item
in the newspapers, they will find this
reviewer standing, as usual, stalwartly
behind them.
The managers indignant gesture,
however fortified by justice, may add to
the tribulations of Frank Gilmore, the
benevolent Mussolini of the Actors
Equity Association. Mr.. Gilmore is a
gentle but strong dictator, ruling the
mines and their employers with an alu-
minum hand in rayon glove. He and
his cabinet are careful of the actors
cause, never forgetting that the player S
the thing. Ever since he has been IN
the throne of show business, equity and
square dealing have been triumphant.
Seriously, I believe that he has never
issued a decree that was not benehc1al
to the theater, its employees and its GUS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-26

GEORGE MIDDLETON, prominent
figure in the stage world, play
wright of note and president of the
Dramatists' Guild of the Authors
League of America made his first visit
to Death Valley, Americas lowest and
hottest spot, not as sightseer but In
the line of duty.
Although known as giobetrotter
who has included most of the far
places of earth in his travels, Mr.. Mid
dleton has not had an opportunity OF
fulfilling his desire to traverse the low
est spot on earth until he went there
in his capacity as supervisor OF dialogue
for Fox pictures, a post he recently ac-
cepted.
irving Cummings, the director, led a
caravan of eighty-three people, includ-
ing Arabs and Hindus, an airplane, nine
camels, flfty-flve horses and all the
impedimenta, to Furnace Greek ranch
in Death Valley for the filming of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-26
"Quirt and "Flase."

THE fire of France The romance of
L Russia. The coquetry of Coney
Island!
All are interviewer in "The Cock
Eyed World" with Edmund Lowe, Vic
tor McLaglen and Lily Damita, the fea-
tured players.
Lowe and McLaglen are again "Quirt"
and "Flagg," who fought for their coun-
try and over their loves in What Price
Glory"
Ten years later. with their Nation at
peace, they are still in the Marines, still
single and still battling over prize
beauties of various countries. Their
bitterest battle is over Lily Damita, the
effervescent French beauty whom they
encounter in Nicaragua, but Olga g
Russian charmer played by Leila Kar-
nelly and an easy to look at Coney
Island girl likewise serve to stir their
emotions and close their fists ready to
sock each other.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-26
An Early
Peep
at the
"FOllies."

the future, for it opens up new
era in entertainment. 1t is a
revue staged in a lavish manner
and in a mastery way, with good
music, splendid photography and
touch of color in the tableauX.
AS has been mentioned in these
columns before, the screen at the
present time is not large enough
to take in the full scope of stage
preSentation-that is, the stage
picture of the musical comedy as
we know it. This, however, is a
defect which will be remedied as
time goes on. Either the screens
will be made larger, or the tech
nique will be changed. Screen
sets will become smaller, more
concentrated, than on the stage.
This is done to a certain extent in
the "Follies," but it is only the
first step.
And the emaciated chorus girl
has passed to the land where all
chorus girls go. Each and every
"Follies" stopper has certain
plumpneSs-and the change in
style does not detract from the
picture.