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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13
Stage Play Filmed.

A MOTHER cast picked from popular
= actors on Broadway will perform
for the talking film version of Gentle
men of the Press" which goes into
production this week at Paramount's
Long Island studio. It will be tenta-
lively titled News"
The picture will be directed by
Willard Webb, who made John Barry
more's 1.-THE Sea Beast" and the lead
ing role of Wick Smell, the reporter
who couldn't quit the newspaper
game" will be played by Walter HuS-
ton. Huston has won RECOGNITION by
his work in such plays as Elmer the
Great" 1.-The Barker" and Desire
Under the Elms" John Meehan, we'll
known star director, will cooperate on
the dialogue.
The complete cast includes: Charles
Ruggles as the drunken reporter, Nor
man Foster as SHELLS son-in-law, Law
renee Leslie in his original part as
Red" Katherine Francis as the
seductive Myra May, and Betty Law
ford as SHELLS daughter.
Other players are George Barber,
who players the mayor in 1.-THE Front
Page; Victor Kilian of the original
stage version of Gentlemen Of the
Press" Charles Slattery, Joseph M,
Holicky. Charles M. Seay, Leslie Hunt
Ralph Murphy and Mary Williams.
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BLACK Crows In Films.

MORAN and Mack, known as "the
Az Two Black Crows" have beer
signed by Paramount Famous Lasky
Corporation to make two feature-lengtf
talking pictures at the company's Holly.
wood studios.
The team will shortly proceed to
Hollywood, where final decisions will be
made as to story, cast and director for
the first picture.
Moran and Mack already enjoy a
reputation in the vaudeville and legiti.
mate field, having been headlined fol-
many years on vaudeville bills through.
out this country and abroad. The
teams legitimate appearances included
several seasons in Earl Carroll's "Vani.
ties"
Several years back "the Two Black
Crows" started production Of phono-
graph records, using material similar
to that which had caused theater audi
ences to acclaim them for years. Al
the present time these records rank
among the biggest sellers in the field
it is said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13
Seek the Woman.

TWO members of the Fox Films
family-Joseph Egli, head of the
casting department, and AL Werker-
are finding out what task Solomon
had in determining the rightful mother
of child-only in their case it is
choosing 'Nobody's Children" rather
than somebody's. Worker is soon to
start making a film version of Fred
erick HaSlett Brennan's Saturday Eve
ming Post story, 1.-The Matron's Re-
port" which will reach the screen as
"Nobodys Children"
To select a feminine lead, advertise
mentS were run in the Los Angeles
papers asking girls of II, feet inches
tall and weighing not more than los
pounds to report to Mr.. Egli. Did they
report? They did-and how! They
came by the hundreds, and now Egli
and Worker have so many candidates
for this leading role that they crave
the wisdom of Solomon to help them
decide who shall be given the part.
Since Worker hopes to get into pro-
duction on this opus shortly after the
first OF the new year." decision must
be made soon, that other members of
the cast may be selected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13
You Are CHALLENGED.

DAvE MORRIS. cast in Warner
~ Bros vitaphone talking-picture,
Beware Of Bachelors" now playing at
the Fox Theater, challenges any one In
any of his audiences to show a more
unique place Of birth than his own.
Dave was admitted to citizenship Of the
world, longer ago than he remembers.
in the dressing tent Of a circus, and has
been clowning 1t ever since.
Many child of pioneer days was
born under the blue canopy" says he,
but few under the big top"
An Ohio family goes by the name OF
'Turnipseed," the tradition being that
the first of the name was found,
squawling Justify, and quite alone, in a
turnip patch. The heroine Of SHOW
Boat" was born on a Mississippi steam
boat. The greatest American breathed
his first in a storm-swept cabin in the
Kentucky woods. There are host of
folks who boast having been born on
the high seas.
Beware of Bachelors" in which Mr.,
Morris appears with Audrey Ferris, Will
liam Collier jr.; Andre Beranger, Clyde
Cook and Margaret Livingston, is from
the pen of Mark Garfield. Robert Lord
adapted it for the screen. The pro-
duction was directed by Roy Del Ruth.
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Continued From First Page.

see it over again. With it will be given
THE Vanishing Princess" by John
Golden, present-day modern playwright
and producer, whose name always
stands for things interesting in the
theater.
This week end the evening play will
be given Saturday at SIS mot Friday
with the usual matinees, Friday at 3:45
latter SCHOOL, and Saturday at $780,
Shirley Horton in "KingS of No
mania will again be the lovable boot
black who has an amusing gang of
cohorts, and Mason Hardy will be the
miser, the role in which he was such
big success. Gordon Kilbourne plays
the king in this mythical kingdom, a
monarch who is king In heart as well
as in his royal robes. Lee Morley Is
Tiana, the bootblack'S sweetheart, and
Leslie Kent is the lads mother
From king to princess is transfer
nation done delightfully."- in THE VAN
ishing Princess" by Dorothy Kilbourne.
1t Is an interesting example Of the va
riety of talent that thrives within a
"repertory" theater. She's poor little
girl whom a real magician has adopted,
the sunlight of his life when she comes
in each day with her day dreams. The
play Is in seven scenes. There's magic
in it, there's conjurer's trick that
gives the play its title, and when the
princess comes in one day with her
king" he proves to be-but what would
a real drama be like if one revealed its
secret?
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Fox's Quarter Century
WILLIAM FOX celebrates this month
his silver anniversary in the film

WILLIAM FOX celebrates this month
his silver anniversary in the film
business.
twenty-five years ago Fox, who had
come to this country as a poor immi-
grant boy brought by his family from
Hungary, made a modest start in the
film business. For 81 .666,67 he bought a
one-third interest in tiny cinema
theater of 146 seats made out of store
on Broadway in Brooklyn.
From that inconspicuous start, Fox
has risen to be one of the leading mil
lionaires, holding hundreds of theaters
throughout the country, among them
being the Roxy Theater in New York,
largest in the world; also the new Fox
Theater in st. Louis, second largest in
the world. which is to be formally
opened this month as part of the sill
yer anniversary celebration.
From circumScribed studio at Fort
Lee, N. j., which the Fox company in
augurated to produce its own pictures
for supplying an expanding theater
chain, the organization now has two
huge studios in and near Hollywood,
comprising 140 acres, the largest acre
age now being used by any film pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13
It just Happened.

T EW AYRES, blues singer and banjo
~ player, warbled a couple of the
latest song hits at the Montmartre
Cafe in Hollywood one night as favor
to his friend, Roy Fox.
1t so happened that Paul Bern, Pathe
producer, was among the diners. and
was so impressed with young Ayres'
personality that he suggested he come
to the Pathe Studios for screen and
voice tests. Ayres went. Edmund
Goulding saw him, shared Bern's en-
thusiasm and made the test which con-
quered William Sistrom, general man
ager Of the studios, and resulted In a
contract.
Ayres, who is only 10, and a San
Diego boy, had picked his banjo in
Henry Halstead's orchestra at the La
fayette and in Ray Vests orchestra at
the Ambassador before he picked off
bis Pathe contract. Now he's movie
actor to be envied.
1t was this sort of thing that made
Oliver Optics books popular with the
boys Of bygone generation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13
Conquest"

Anticipating the interest focused
upon polar exploration flights, Warner
Bros. have produced a talking pic
ture special with the aerial conquest
of the Antarctic as its central theme.
Conquest" Is its title and Monte
Blue its star. It will be shown all this
week at the Earle Theater. H. B. War
ner, Lois Wilson, Edmund BreeSe and
Tully Marshall also are prominently
cast. Roy Del Ruth directed the 100
per cent Vitaphone special, in which
dialogue, natural sounds and symphonic
accompaniment are incorporated.
Two flights similar to that delineated
in Conquest" are at present under way,
one under Comdr. Byrd and a second
under the command of Capt. Wilkins,
for Conquest" actually details two at
tempts to master the battling Antarctic,
it's plot purporting to show the perils
of the Sub-zero zones and its effect
upon the mental fiber of the daring
adventures who seek to conquer it.
The giant tri-motored Albatross
which attracted international attention
on two occasions by its attempts to set
sustained flight records was used in
filming flying scenes in Conquest"
The ship is said to be the largest In
America. To insure accuracy in all
technical details Warner Bros. engaged
Lieut.. James E. Dyer, u. S. NJ, as super
visor. The Navy flyer last year won the
national trophy for total number of
hours in the air, his total for the year
being 1881 hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13
Current Attractions.

John Crosby. Italian character COM
edian: Lew LIE Roy. singing and dancing
juvenile, and Frank Mallahan, a lead
ing man with not the least important
section of the roster in the chorus of
pretty lassies who sing and dance and
deliver ensemble numbers in the most
approved manner.
Current History-Friday.
Miss Clara W. McQuown, by request,
will repeat on Friday morning the talk
which she recently gave on the Navy
cruiser bill.
She will also discuss the new status
of the Facist grand council and other
matters of importance in world affairs.
These talks are non-partiSan reviews
OF national and international questions
and are open to the public. They are
given every Friday morning at IL o'clock
in the ballroom of the Washington
Club, 1910 Seventeenth street.
DRAMA GUILD-"Dover Road"
The Community Drama Guild, under
the auspices of the Community Center
Department, will formally open its city,
wide activities January % and "a, with
a presentation of A. A. Mines comedy
in three acts, THE Dover Road" in
and T streets northeast.
Clifford Brooke, who needs no intro
duction to Washington, not only be-
cause of his present connection with
Earl Carols big show, "Fioretta," but
also because Of his several yeats e6-s-
nection with the National Theater Play
erS, as director, has been chosen by the
advisory board of the guild to direct
this first production of THE Dover
Road" and during the past week mir.
Brooke has conducted daily rehearSals
of the cast, the players representing not
only dramatic groups from all parts of
the city, but also a number of players
not directly associated with any one
group.
The leading role of Latimer, played
originally by Charles Cherry, will be
played by one of Washington's best
cell, while the role of Dominic, Is in
the capable hands Of another prominent
Washington player, Arthur B. White.
The cast will include Dorothy Crosby,
Of the Mackin Players, Dorothea Lewis
of the Masks, Betty Ridsdale, Wilma
Flood, Gerald Flood, Jack Phelan,
Harry Westcott, member of the Co
lumbia Players; Robert Miller, asSo-
ciated with the Town Players and other
dramatic groups.
Season subscription tickets for all
this years events are on sale at mum,
Der of community centerS in the city,
by members of the Drama Guild. at
George Washington University, Ameri-
can University, the Welfare Association
of the Office of Public Buildings and
Public Parks and the Franklin Admin
istration Building.
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Ping-Pone Fad.

pING-PONG is the --latest" fad in
Hollywood. The more or less
maligned indoor sport, which thrilled
our grandmothers in the days of the
bicycle built for two, has returned with
great gusto to the folds of popular pas
time in cinemaland.
Billie Dove, First National star, who
Is a devotee Of this game, Is said to
have taken up the sport with real zest.
A number of ping-pong parties are be-
ing thrown" among the stars, especially
on the picture lots.
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Eleanor Mae.
MAKING her first professional a

MAKING her first professional ap-
AVA pearance as a singer. Eleanor Mae
is to be seen In Boris Petroff's 1.-THE
Perfect Girl" at Loew's Palace Theater
this week. She has been dancing on
the stage since the age of 8, but
recently pleased her admirers by sing
ing.
Eleanor Mae Vogt, as she Is known
in her home town of st. Louis, attend
ed the private school Of Lindell Hall in
that city, and for many seasons she
appeared in the municipal opera given
in that city. Later she appeared as
Gloria In a local production of 1.-THE
Flapper Wife" She has been seen In
Greenwich Village Follies also.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13

Queer, and including Movietone City, a
40-acre plant with u buildings and 8
vast stages, the first studio specially
built for talking pictures. In addition
there are studio facilities In the New
York headquarters at Tenth avenue
and Fifty-fifth street, with capacity for
10 units.
The laboratory equipment of Fox has
grown from a ramshackle building at
Fort Lee, first used in 1914, to plants
in New York and Hollywood which are
claimed to be the largest in the world.
A production capacity of $4,000 feet a
day has scared to 100000 feet in the
New York laboratory alone.
Exchange Offices have grown from
half a dozen to 100 branch offices
throughout the world. There has been
a corresponding expansion in person.
mel. From $50 workers, the number of
people now employed by Fox Film Cor
poration in various quarters Of the globe
totals 1866.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13
A Japanese Choice.

A SURVEY of the film favorites of
Japanese theatergoers, made by
E. r. Dickover. American consul at
Kobe, at the request of the Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce, reveals that
George Bancroft is the most popular
star in the land of the rising sun.
Others near the top Of the list as COM
piled by Dickover are: Charles Rogers.
Clara Bow. Emil Jannings and Bebe
Daniels. Dickover's list carried nine
other names, however.
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Lubitsch as Film Actor.

ERNST LUBITSCH, who has gained
~ recognition in the world of films as
a great director, is one Of the few men
behind the megaphone who have ever
appeared in productions Gin person"
This novel situation is shown in 1.-THE
DOLL" the screen comedy which the
Motion Picture Guild brings to the
Little Theatre today. Lubitsch desired
a prologue to the picture in which the
characters would be introduced. and
he, therefore, appointed himself as
master OF ceremonies. This is the only
occasion, It is said, on which Lubitsch
has cssayed o screen actors part.
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THINGS TALKED ABOUT
Tomorrow

Mrs. Wolfe Smith and Mrs. Swain
Reed will give their second review of
Things Talked About" tomorrow morn
ing at 1880 O'Clock at the Willard
Hotel.
Mrs. Smith will discuss the cruiser
bill, the multilateral treaty and con-
gressional reapportionment.
Mrs. Reed will review reparations,
naval disarmament, and 1.-THE Mystic
rious Anastasia."
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INSTRUMENTATION Trial.

ION Trial" has been attracting such
crowds to the Metropolitan Theater for
the past two weeks that its retention
for another week. beginning Saturday,
has been decided upon by the manage
ment. This, it is stated, will positively
be the final week.
Warner Brothers latest all-talking
vitaphone special. "On Trial" has a cast
including Lois Wilson, Pauline Fred
erick, Bert Lytell. Holmes Herbert,
jason Robards, Franklin Pangborn,
Edward Wartindel. Johnny Arthur, Fred
Kelsey, Richard Tucker and Vondell
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sTRAND-"Girls From the Follies."

SIhAND-OIriS From the FOIIIeS.
More than burlesque will be the
program offered at the Strand Theater
this week by the Girls From the Fol-
lies"
There is two-part bill Of frivolous
entertainment with no other plot or
purpose than to amuse. Here and
There" is the caption of the opener
and the Three Lovers" the title that
intriguingly indicates the frolic and
follies of the closing section.
An exceptional array of entertain
ers is headed by Gladys (Youth) Clark
and Sam Raynor. Supporting prin-
cipals are iona Duval, brunette SOU
brette; Mae Raynor, poppy prima dom
ma, dancer and all around Coincidence;
Jean lie Roy, who sings and dances;
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PRESIDENT-"Mata Hari, Red Dancer
of Moscow"

The President Theater this week Is
presenting a film feature, under the
title. "Mata Hari, the Red Dancer OF
Moscow" which is described as the
true story of one of the worlds great
est spies"
The story of Mata Hari, the Russian
SPY, it is announced, has been published
and now it has been adapted to the
screen, with Magda Sonia playing the
title role. The perturbation OF Mata
Harris life Is said to be historically true,
having been filmed in Russia, where
most of the scenes occurred.
A mysterious, beautiful young woman,
the exact place and date Of whose
birth is unknown, is Mata Hari, whose
life was surrounded by war and turmoil
and whose last breath was drawn be-
fore firing squad of country she
loved. 1t is explained she has been
blamed for the downfall Of cabinet min
listers of France. archdukeS of Austria
and princes of Europe. and under the
guise of Javanese dancer first cap
tured the eyes and hearts of Europes
noblemen at her debut in Paris in 1903,
when she performed at the Musee
Guimet.
The added attraction for the week will
be 1.-THE Pleasure Garden" starring Vir-
ginia Valh and concerning cabaret
dancer.
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Photoplays This Week
IN pHOTOpLAY THEATERS THIS WEI

IN PHOTOPLAY TT1EATERS THIS WEEK.
METROPOLITAN-"On Trial" This afternoon and evening"
PAIACE-"Show People" This afternoon and evening"
FOX-BeWare of Bachelors" This afternoon and evening"
EARLE-"Conquest" This afternoon and evening"
COLUNBIA-"Inter This afternoon and evening.
LTTLE-The DolBacksairs" This afternoon and evening"
PREsIDENT-"Mata Hari Red Dancer Of Moscow" This
afternoon and evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13

Alexander McKaig, who produced
THE Racket" will present a comedy
by Arthur Richman tentatively called
1.-The Tender Age"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13

Darr, and it has been called one OF
the best talking pictures yet filmed.
It is the vocalized depletion OF a
stirring murder rtial, with many Of the
events contributing to the crime both
seen and heard on the screen. Robert
Lord made the screen adaptation OF
Elmer Rice's famous play and Archie
Mayo directed the picture.
The short-reel features will include q
new issue of the Metropolitan World
Survey, the synchronized Aesop Fable,
Pathe Review and other house features.
COLUMBIA-"Interfe
"The perfect Paramount all-talking
picture" as interference" Is described,
continues for the second week at LoeW's
Columbia, featuring William Powell,
Evelyn Brent, Doris Kenyon and Give
Brook.
Interference" was adapted from the
stage play which was so successful here
and elsewhere. The story concerns a
roue who comes back as from the dead
and is discovered by an old f1ancee.
She pleads to be taken back, but 1t
seems that the man for once in his
life is really in love with his wife, whom
he married before going away to war,
where he was reported killed In action.
His wife has since remarked. His
cast off love jealousy seeks revenge by
Matchmaking the wife-now the wife
of an eminent surgeon. Powell goes
to the surgeon where he discovers his
wife. After being told that he Is suffer-
ing from an incurable heart ailment
he resolves to make amends by re-
trieving some letters with which tho
wife is threatened by the jealous
woman. He does this in most unusual
way.
Added attractions include Eddie
Cantor, Broadway favorite, in an
original singing and comedy sound
presentation, assisted by Bobbe Arnst.
and songs by Ruth Etting. also Of
"Whoopee." The Fox Movietone News,
the M-G-M News and the Columbia
Orchestra, under Claude Burrows,
round out the program.
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LITTLE THEATER-"The DOLL"
"Backstairs."

A double feature bill of two unusual
films from Germany comes to the Lit
tie Theater today, comprising an Ernst
Lubitsch's production, "The Doll" and
the Ufa drama, "Backstairs." Both
pictures are claimed to be entirely u1-
like anything yet produced on the
screen.
"The Doll" is described as naive
comedy, done in the modernistic style,
relating the adventures Of a young
man VINO hated women but found him
self forced to marry, If he wished to
inherit the title and estate of a rich
uncle. The youth determines to marry
an animated doll, in order to hoodW1nk
his uncle, only to find eventually that
the big toy is a real human being.
"Backstairs," of Ufa production, was
written by Carl Mayer, who Is noted
for his work on 1.-THE Last Laugh" ana
"The Cabinet of DR.. Caligari." Its set
tings and costumes were designed by
paul Leni, famous director. The pic
ture Is said to be unique in theme,
atmosphere and characterizations, pre-
senting a mystery story laid In the
servants quarter of a great Berlin
mansion. Kenny Porten Is featured IN
the cast.
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PALACE-"Show People"

Marion Davies and william Haines,
supported by cast which includes
Dell Henderson, Polly Moran and Tenen
Holtz, are featured at Loew's Palace this
week in the Goldwyn- Mayer
sound picture, "Show People"
In addition to the cast, King Vidor,
director, has introduced list of extras
from Hollywood's Four Hundred, which
includes Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fair
banks. William S. Hart, Norma Tai
madge, John Gilbert, Renee Adoree,
Aileen Pringle, Karl Dane and many
others.
The story Is the romance OF a girl
who comes to the film city, enters pic
lures by the comedy route, becomes a
dramatic star, nearly loses everything
because her success goes to her head,
and is saved at last by William Haines
and her own sense of humor.
On the stage Wesley Eddy and the
Palace Syncopators are presented In the
Loew-Publix presentation, The Per-
! feet Girl featuring Helen Macfadden
| Joe Penner, Luella Lee, the -Four
| Cheer Leaders and the Foster Girls. An
overture by the Palace Orchestra un-
| der Harry Borjes, the M-G-M News
| the Fox Movietone, an organ novelty
| by Charles Gaige and prologue to the
picture will complete the program.
FOX-"Beware of Bachelors"
The third in the series of IL Vita
phone talking pictures booked for the
Fox Theater will be presented today
It is Beware of Bachelors" and has
as its featured players Audrey Ferris
William Collier, jr., and Margaret Liv-
ingston.
1t is described as a light and fast
moving farce with the talking sequences
SO arranged as to not retard the &C
ton, fault previously noted in talking
i pictures. AS a bride, Audrey Ferris Is
much disturbed by the gnawing OF the
green-eyed monster, heightened by the
| fact that her youthful husband, young
Collier, jr., is a rising physician and
naturally his practice. necessitates many
calls on and by the fair sex. Jealous,
! his wife almost wrecks his practice
There is the fun-and maybe lesson
| too.
The stage program is an idea'
presentation, the second Of the new
series, in which complete rehearsal
is unfolded before the audiences eyes
and there will be seen just how 1t Is
done.
Fox Movietine News and Fox Or
chestra also appear.