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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-20
STORM WARNING

NEW ORLEANS. sept. 20.-tF-
The New Orleans weather bureau
today issued the following storm.
warning which it was explained had
no connection with the tropical dis
tUroance reported by the Washing
ton bureau north Of Porto Rico:
small craft warming ordered al
800 a. n. Mobile TO Apachicola,
Fla. Fresh. possibly strong north
easterly T. eastery winds Friday
and carly Friday NIGHT"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-20
San Eenito Sewage
Contract Awarded

SAN BENITO, Sept. 20-Contract
for the addition TO the city sewage
disposal plant was awarded here
yesterday to the Dallas Construc-
ton company on a bid OF $4,000.
It was the only bid on the project
received.
Work viii be started soon on the
project, which will double the pres
ent capacity of the plant.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-20
PLANES
Continued from Page One.l

Margaret Perry, entrant in the re-
cent woman's air derby from Cali
fornia to Ohio, took off In the Spar
tan airpIane that she was flying
in the derby when forced out here
because Of illness.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-20
Mission Streets Get
Electric Signals

ioptrlaf 20 TIC HefaIdI
MISSION, Sept. Gothic Missouri
Pacific this week started work on
the erection Of electric signals on
Lcmita boulevard. Mission has long
neeoed signals at the important
points.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-20

CAT COSTS OWNERS LIFE
EVANSTIN. Ill-Trying 10 save
her pet cat from death under an
automobile. Mrs. Ruth Peterson was
run over and killed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-21
WILLIAM BOYD and DIANA ELLIS.
Earle
ON THE BROADWAY
Review of Theatrical Affairs Along the White Way
By Richard Watts, Jr.

! of its parent art form. The other faults,
by the way, are the weakness Of the mu-
steal score and the lack of valuable
woman principals There is not, for ex-
ample. any featured actress in the cast
who teens half as perSonable as the
unknown show girl who sits at side
table in the cabaret scene and acts as
the railroad presidents secretary in
second-act sketch about faithful en-
ploye.
The humor Of Broadway Nights" Is.
in the main, left to the successful and
much admired gentleman who calls
himself DR.. Rockwell and who, in this
observers embarrassed estimation, isn't
at all funny, DR.. Rockwell, as far as
can be learned, is not a graduate OF
buriesque. but he seems such careful,
If uninspired, road company Of one
that the comparison of the show
with that illustrious comedy form Is
thereby made closer. It happens. you
see, that he is, in his rapidly paced talk
| and his efforts to build up fantastic and
engagingly pointless anecdotes, so rerni-
niscent Of that grand comedian, Joe
| Cook. Rockwell. as you must have
| heard, adds to this sort Of incidental
| attempt to burlesque lecturing medico,
but on the whole he does suggest Joe
Cook unhappily Invested of the inspired
madness.
AS leading lady Of the new revue there
| is, for some reason. Miss Odette Myrtil,
| whose charm and talents manage to
evade this usually friendly observatory.
Miss Myrtil continues to play the vio-
lin ardently, make dramatic faces rather
! carelessly, toss her French accent about
with abandon and sing with what might
| possibly be described as expression.
Though it seems to me that she does
all these things badly. apparently she
| ~ fnIlA
value to the show though is Miss Laura
Lee, the soubrette, who is at least some
what dynamic.
There Is one episode in Broadway
Nights" which succeeds in being freshly
amusing. That is the scene In which q
group of gentlemen, bent upon business,
forget about such minor matter when
they discover that they were all born
on the same day. Somehow the fact
that they are all March men and have
the March traits in common strikes
them as far more important. If the
idea doesn't sound particularly hilarf-
Gus here, you must blame the depart
mental narrative powers. for really the
episode is as quietly, but automatically
humorous as you can find in any cur-
rent musical show.
The rest of the comedy. however n
dependent on pretty ancient stuff.
There Is scene in which Harry Con-
ley. a Woodworking comic, is a guilless
youth. who is set upon by a comedy Sc
ductress. The sketch, 1t happens, Is so
old that 1t has not only been played in
vaudeville for years, but was even done
on the vitaphone over season ago.
Then there are a cheap and tasteless
episode about the baby who swallowed
a bullet that was done here three years
ago in 'LeMaireS Affairs and scene
about buying sandwich, that is remi-
niscent of a similar bit in the late
Boom Boom" It is this made-over
quality that keeps the pace and color
that went into Broadway Nights" from
resulting in a good show.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-21
Local Stage and Screen.

The Columbia, by the way. has new
screen. It is made of rubber perforated
with thousands Of tiny holes, Is eSpe-
cially adapted to sound projection and
can be washed down with soap and
water. The old screens had to be dry
cleaned.
AS mentioned elsewhere In these
pages, Charles Hampden, for two
years q popular member of the Ma
tional Theater Players, Is to act this
week as a guest conductor Of the or
chestra at the Earle, in addition to
singing two numbers.
CON WITH THE SHOW" which
~ continues showing to undated
public approval at the Metropolitan,
makes particularly interesting, by rea-
son of its skillful use of color photog-
raphy, q recent announcement by the
Eastman Kodak Co. of new series OF
tinted positive films for sound pictures:
The Eastman Co. says that 1t has listed
for immediate delivery Is atmospheric
colors. keyed to the moods Of the screen"
It Is reasonable to suppose that in time
there will be colorS for passion, jeal-
ousy, wrath, envy and all the emo
lions which are now bolStered up in
their screen presentation by the use
of music suited to the mood. 1t Is
an old trick to inject perfume into a
theater to induce mood reactions in
the patrons. There is no telling where
this combined onslaught upon the
senses will cease It has considerable
psychological possibilities II not over
done.
THE absence during the past week
Of both c. r. winchester, manager,
and Hardie Meakin, chief of publicity,
of the Fox Theater, brought David M.
Ideal back to Washington for two
day soiourn. Mr.. Ideal Is on 10 days
leave from his temporary post in De-
troit. Irene Weber Of the local Fox
star acted as publicity contact" dur
ing Mr.. Meakin's absence.
OF IL long-run special pictures show
~ ing on Broadway, Washington has
seen six, namely Broadway Melody"
"The Black Watch" "On With the
show" "Thunderbolt," "Alibi." and
"Showboat." The others, Bulldog
Drummond," Broadway" "The Four
Feathers" drag" and Broadway
Babies" will probably reach town dur
ing Summer and early Fall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-21
The Talkies' Threat.

UN7HERE the silent film offered but
w little real opposition to Broad
way, the talking pictures present the
most formidable threat that the stage
has ever faced. It will be contest for
supremacy, with the public casting the
vote. But whatever the final outcome
it is inevitable that the legitimate the
ater will have to raise its standards
or suffer swift extinction"
Thus does Donald Gallaher, who re-
Gently directed the talking drama
Pleasure Crazed," see the impending
war between the oldest form of enter
tainment and the newest. Gallaher has
been successful actor. stage director
dramatist and producer for more thar
20 years.
Gallaher Is quoted as saying that the
natural reaction toward the presenta-
ton of better plays on the legitimate
stage has already been given swift
impetus by the "menacing advent" OF
talking pictures. Whether even this
improvement will enable the stage tc
keep Its head above water is debatable
Gallaher declares, adding that II fee
sure personally that the legitimate will
always be with u.s."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-21
Relatives Only.

DESPITE its pomp and ceremony
there is at least one way in which
Russian wedding is not as interesting
as an American one. Only her male
relatives are permitted to kiss the bride
Such was the discovery made by Rob-
ert Armstrong and Alan Hale during
the making of THE Leatherneck," in
which they play important roles.
One scene in the picture depicts q
marriage ceremony between William,
Boyd, playing an American marine, and
Diane Ellis, seen as a Russian girl. Hale
and Armstrong, cast as Boyd's Leather
neck buddies, attend the couple. After.
ward both decided to claim the usual
privileges Of best man and ushers by
bestowing a caress upon the bride. They
we're restrained by Nicholas Koblianski,
a Russian, who explained that this
quaint American custom has not YET
found its way into the former domain
of the cars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-21
bye, Bye, Blackbirds"

"The result was that every time the
poor pooch stuck his nose outside the
door, flock Of blackbirds dropped
everything else they we're doing and
went after him for samples. They'd
land on him In turn, grab mouthful
of fur, give a yank, and scoot OF. In
about q week Toots was badly in need
Of some hair tonic, and his back had
q careworn appearance. The only way
he could get any peace was for the
three of us to convoy him, and Hol-
lywood was edited by the sight Of three
song writer's galloping about and wav-
ing fly swatters while a worried collie
sneaked around between their legs and
tried to trip them up.
"Since we came West primarily to
write songs and not to chaperon dog
and as TootS couldn't live in the house
all the time, we had TO ship him up to
our ranch at Carmel, where his bald
spots are beginning to be feforested.
But these blackbirds-they ought to
call EN- vultureA"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-21
"Boyiish Bob" Essential.

IT'S got to the point where the right
L kind Of g haircut is necessary to get
the right sort of girl a chance to ap-
pear in q talking motion picture COM
edy.
George lie Marie, producing come
dies for Pathe, has been in the the
theatrical game for years as both pro-
Queer and actor. He's casting q COM
edy right now. He wants to place six
pretty and shapely girls in the picture.
but they must have real boyish bob
haircut.
lie Marie has looked over plenty OF
pretty girls who had boyish hobs but
were not slaapeIy; shapely girls who
had boyish hobs but were not pretty;
and pretty and shapely girls who didn't
have boyish hobs.
Sounds simple enough, doesn't it?"
he observed. Pretty, shapely and
with boyish bob. But If there are six
in this town of the kind / want and
who want q job, they haven't shown
up yet" Six Jobs are going begging.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-21

w whatever you may think Of
n Broadway Nights" you Will
NM have to give credit to its
sponsors for their valiant eff
forts to revive in it the good
old days when burleSQue was purleSque.
There was a time not too long ago when
this now-neglected by-product of must
cal comedy was the training camp OF
mighty comedians and the breeding
place Of the most successful humor.
Those were the days when Clark and
Mccullough and Joe Cook could appear
in one show without causing anything
that might properly be described as a
furore, and the more conventional type
of musical comedy was utterly depend
ent on the lowly burleSque for its meth
DDS and its hilarity.
Even in those days burlesque, which
has now persisted miserably, was crude
and rough and lacking in the elements
of taste. It was dependent on various
rather cheap comic conventions for its
laughter, and it certainly wasn't place
where the delicate minded could select
for themselves sedate entertainment. 1t
was, however. the place to find robust.
if less than high comedy, and SO for
one who was interested in seeing at
their most self-conscious the future
comic stars of the more patrician must
cal shows, 1t was unavoidable. Here was
the real source of musical comedy,
whether in comedians or in the mate
rails of their trade.
1t Is not the intention Of this survey
to shed any nostalgia tears over the de-
Struction of mighty art form. Bur-
leSQue was not only crude and clumsy
during its heydey, but it possessed in
its production numbers a dizziness and
that vTyoc T1roffu mai n
full. It did offer such a grand show as
"Peek-a-Boo," in which, as was an
nounced earlier, such a fabulous cast
as Clark and Mccullough and Joe Cook
appeared, and wherein all the oldtime
comic dirt that was traditionally q part
of this particular stage form was to be
found at its beSt-but it was a pretty
shabby form of entertainment in many
ways. About it, nevertheless, there
chung q number Of exceptional virtues
and it is to the credit Of the moderr
producers that they tried to select then
| and combine them with the improve
mentS of the musical shows.
The only trouble with the plan il
that its sponsors haven't been entirel.
successful with it. Whether such Of it;
minor comedians as Joe Phillips, Harr!
Conley and Harry Walsh are reall!
graduates from burlesque this sermon
cannot say, but certainly their methot
and theiE manner suggest it strikingly
while about most OF its comedy Their
hangs the charming, old-school air O
an ambitious show of the burlesqu,
school, clad debonairly in modern
clothes. The only apparent difference
are that the coStuming, dancing an,
production are superior and the com
edy not nearly so good.
The result of all this is that the hui
NOR, which the producers no doubt in
tended as the important virtue o
Broadway Nights" unhappily prove
but it never manages to capture TIN
gusto or the crudely healthy laughte
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-21
Bert Swor In Talkie.

TSHE rise and fall of the minstrel
l. show has transpired during the en-
tertainment career Of one Of the vet
eran black-faced comedians Of the Ma
hon, who has gone to Hollywood for his
iirst role in motion pictures.
He Is Bert Swor, elder Of the five
Swor brothers, who appears In why
Bring That Up?" the production which
will Introduce Moran and Mack to motion
picture patrons. His debut in talking
pictures occurred when he tried out"
BY working as one Of the pool players
in the opening scenes of the picture.
Fifty-seven years old, Swor has been
backing up for 43 years. Although
some Of his career has been Identified
with white-face work, Swor selects
burnt-cork for his makeup during the
remainder Of his entertainment career.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-21
Charles Hampden To Sing

matter with regard to actors generally,
he believes, is due to a great extent to
the fact that so many doubles have been
used for movie singing and have given
rise to controversies among which that
over Richard Bartheln1ess' Weary
River" is classic by now.
1t Is interesting to note that when'
Mr.. Hampden played Monte, the Italian
opera singer in Twin Beds" at the
National Theater this year. he sang
the requisite snatches from "Pagliacci"
himself. instead of allowing an otf-stase
substitute. Certainly. so strong is ira
dition, many must have believed that
those strains from "Vesti Ia Giubba"
were intoned by 'pinch-hitter, but
the fact remains that they issued from
the Hampden throat and none other.
So, there you are. and If you still doubt
1t you can check this story with your
own ears.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-21

.HoLLYwooD's all right for song
: : writer's, but it's tough place for
dogs. This is the verdict Of De sylvia,
Brown and Henderson, the~musical trio,
who. shortly before they left for the
land of celluloid to write for Fox, were
jointly and collectively presented with
q beautiful pedigreed collie by VIII
Rogers.
Those Hollywood blackbirds." says
Lew Brown plaintively, "are certainly
rough on an aristocratic canine from
the East. A colony Of 'em live in the
pepper trees by our place, and We ar
rived just as the nest-building season
was on. We didn't mind, but Toots
did. It seems that Hollywood black
bird considers nice soft lining OF
collie hair as the chef d'oeuyre for his
nest, and the fowls like to select their
material on the hoof.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-21

r INSTRUCTIONS reaching the local
ONCE of Fox Movietone News Thurs
day morning conveyed word that
Air News Unit No. ], then at At
lanta in the course Of q tour COW
erinp so important cities in the United
States. would come to washington IN
the latter part of the month. Spec1fic
information on the point has hereto
fore been lacking. A wire from Hardie
Meakin, director Of Foxs washington
publicity, to Glendon Allvine, publicity
head in New York, received the response
last week that the plane was not
scheduled to stop In washington on Its
way South, but would make straight
hop from its last New England appear
ance to Atlanta.
Local interest attaches to the unit
for another reason, namely. that NAL
A. T.. Holland, in charge Of the flight,
is well known In Washington, having
acted here until March OF this year as
contact man for Fox Movietone news
leaving to 60 to the New York once
Prior to his association with Fox he
was connected with the washington
ONCE of washington photographers.
Fox publicity states that the present
good will tour" group Is 1.-The first ny1ng
INIT for taking pictures with sound
efects," the trip being designed ITO
impress the public with yet another
stride forward In aviation that now
there are observers In the air, swooping
down on the latest events and captur
ing them for the synchronized screen"
In this effort to assist In making the
public air-minded, the Fox group will
feature popular meetings stressing the
desirability of developing airports and
other demonstrations calculated to
stimulate interest in air facilities.
Governors, mayors and other dignitaries
have been scheduled for addresses and
will be taken on courtesy nights dur
ing the tour. =.
The use Of airplanes by the various
news reel producers Is not new thing.
For some years planes have been used
for conveying photographers for news
of important events to laboratories on
rush orders. Prints have even been
developed In dark rooms aboard the
speeding planes. Motor trucks, further
more, have been completely equipped
with sound recording apparatus, but
Fox's boast of pioneering in the use OF
airplanes for sound effect photography
seems q justiflable one and none can
doubt that it is an impressive stride
forward for the audible screen vogue.
rDoLoREs DEL RIOS pleasant and
~ graceful little effusion from the
Columbia stage during last weeks show
ing Of "Evangeline" has ended, but the
picture itself goes on. That Miss Del
Rio In person was popular was attested
throughout the week by the number Of
people who crowded the Columbia to
see her. There were always "standees"
from the first show on. Manager Ros-
coe Drissel recounts various little stories
of the Mexican stars informal gracious
ness, both at the theater and around
town, which bespeaks o generous CO.
operation in this matter of displaying
a screen luminary to her adoring public
NOT always q pleasant business in hot
weather even for the object Of adora-
ton. Such exploitation has Q thousand
thorns. Ask any star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-21

CHARLES HAMPDEN, with Q two
year record Of solid and popular
performances with the National Theater
Players. is to appear this week at the
Earle Theater under guise Of q talent
unsupported by large number Of his
admirers, that Of q musician. He will
act as guest conductor Of the orchestra
and sing two numbers, THE Land of
Hope and Glory and zone Alone"
from 1.-THE Desert Song"
TT Is dificult to convince the public
that an actor can do anything more
than act, whether on the stage or on
the screen" Mr. Hampden said recent
ly, and, apparently with a desire to
prove this thespian, versatility, under
took the Earle engagement.
The basis of the public's doubt In the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-21
: New Color Films.
WARNER BROTHERS have ar

XXJARNER BROTHERS have an
w nounced that Hold Everything,
from the Aarons b Freddy stage sue
cess, and. Song Of the West" story
Of the gold-rush days, will be mined
entirely In color. The former picture Is
to be q Vitaphone road show attrac-
ton. "Song OF the West" will be made
outdoors. The studios STAN OF technical
experts is reported to have been busy
for months working out the problems
of sound and color recording which face
the project. It is said that the COM
pany has expended $500 900 in installing
the first complete portable Vitaphone
equipment at Lone Pine, Calf, where
the greater part Of the story's action
Is to be filmed. Four hundred players
are eucamDed thsre. IS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-21

MRS. GEORGE ARLISS viii play
AVA opposite her illustrious husband In
'Disraeli," his next Warner Bros. pic
ture. Mrs. Arliss, who is professionally
known as Florence ArlisS, will appear
In the role of Lady Beaconsfleld, which
she portrayed with great success on the
years in the principal cities Of the
country.
Alfred e. Green viii direct "Disraeli. 81
Other players selected for the support.
ing cast include Joan Bennett, David
Terrence, David Tearle and Ivan Simp.
Son.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-21
Photoplays This Week


Boyd THE Leather Neck" This afternoon
evening.
FoXDorothy Burgess Pleasure Crazed This afternoon
and evening.
METROPOLITAN Compson in "On With the Show"
afternoon and evening.
Rio "Eyangeline This afternoon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-21
CHESAPEAKE BEACH.

The vacation season now IS at its
height at Chesapeake Beach, Mary
land bay resort just an hours ride
from the city and overlooking Chesa-
peake Bay. Unlike most of the bay
Shore, it Is heavily wooded and affords
an abundance of shade.
Bathing in the salt water is the pig
attraction. with fishing and grabbing,
for which boats may be hired. A free
playground on the beach Is equipped
with swings, see-saws and slides and
is o great mecca for children. Ralph
II. Garren's Carolinians entertain with
snappy music in the boardwalk dance
pavilion. Varied amusements oner ex-
citement for those seeking lively time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-21
MARSHALL HALL.

Marshall Hall, a favorite dewn-the-
river resort, Is reached by delightful
ride down the Potomac on board the
steamer Charles Manchester, which
makes three trips daily, leaving Seventh
Street Wharf at 10 am, 2:30 and GAS
pm, except Sunday, when she leaves
at 1880 on her morning trip. At the
Hall one finds much to entertain, such
Shooting galleries and other divertise-
ments. Nowhere is there q finer place
for picnics, the resort providing large
tables and plenty of chairs, for lunch-
con parties, with magnificent view OF
the Potomac River. In the pavilion
dancing is always free. ...-....
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-21
Outdoor Amusements.
GLEN ECHO PARK.

Glen Echo Park, a 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 boule-
wards, invites with free admission to
the grounds where there are more than
so ways of handing Old Man Worry a
knockout blow. The usual manner
prescribed to do" Glen Echo Park is
to start with the big amusementS and
work down to the last one. On the
coaster dip one thrill follows another,
and puts one In good shape for the
airplane swing, then tryout on the
derby racer, the carrousel, the old
mill and the shooter. Next visit to
the Midway, where more fun than
barrel Of monkeys" Is the attraction.
Another feature that provides popular
pleasure is dancing in the large ball
room, where tantalizing tunes are pro-
vided by McWilliams and his orchestra
every week night from $3.50 until
1880 o'clock.