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Putnam patriot., 1929-10-17
SAVINGS BANK OPTION
 GIVEN ANTICIPATING USER

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 is without the purpose and intcn; For which the Putnam Saving Bank agreed to tho sale Regardless of the legal aspect of the case. frCm the standpoint of the bank officials, it will be ineauitablc to a low this raet of land to be made the subject of speculation. This. it is felt, would be taking an unfair advantage of the banks willingness to make a financial sacrifice under the belief that the land 1t was agreeing Co sell wCuld be- come quasi-public property and ded- icated Co public use.
 It would seem that. if it is possible
 he option shouid be assigned Co some person, group of persons or organiza- tioa, who would ipulate that the portion of the land n required by the city will eventually be utilized as a public park. If the city is to as tune the undertaking he proposition will have C. be put up to the voters for an appropriation to make the pur- chase. IT the voters refuse to make the appropriation possibly some pub lie spirited citizen can be found to axe ever he option. The Patriot" is wiling to take over the option in the belief that t can raise the necess- ary $ .500 by public subscription. pro vidinv it k assured chat the city will accept n deed of the land, for a public park if the deed is rendered.
 Banks Altitude
 The attitude of the bank seems to be, and it appears to be based on fair ness and sound reasoning, regardless any legal rights since acquired by the ely or that may be acquired by c hers. that unless some way can b. found to devote the land on Oak Hill to public park purposes as originally intended the bond for deed shou d be reassigned to the bank. Then the bank would sell the city the plot if wants and the situation would be as before.
 Members of the common council have expressed their inability to un- derstand from the city's point of view, the transaction as 1t has de- veloped Officials of the bank have al- ST expressed their perplexity at the outcome of the deal into which they entered in good faith. in the belief tha the bank was advancing the best interests of the city and the citizens. by binding the bank to sell the land for a park after protecting the city by q verha moral agreement that the water department might acquire it. site for tank
Putnam patriot., 1929-10-17

died at St. Vincent's hospital last Friday. Mir. Berthiaume was born in Putnam and always lived here. He leaves a wife and an infant child. The funeral service and mass were from St. Mary's church. Monday morning. fo lowed by burial in St. Mary's cemetery.
Putnam patriot., 1929-10-17

Lavallee, daughter of Mrs Florsis Lavalle of Woodstock avenue, Fs' married last Saturday in WorcesAi Relatives from Putnam and Easi " nam attended the wedding. AitS wedding trip Mir. and Mrs. Gl'N. will live in Worcester where ooGh |" employed.
Putnam patriot., 1929-10-17
HarriA French

William j. Harris. Jr., of Aolngt1 graduate of the Putnam high sshgs' ii'- and Miss Ruth E. French oi VI. mantle, were marr.ed Saturday s.s " ming in Willimantic. They Eih " side in Willimantic where dr. h.t,s i.. has been employed since ls4''A' school.
Putnam patriot., 1929-10-17
John ]. MacBain

John J. MacBain. for many years a resident of Eastford, died at the Haven Home, Abingdon, Sunday He was eighty years old. The funeral was held Wednesday in Eastford. Burial was in the Abingdon cemetery. The service was conducted by the Rev Walter Lanphear Of Eastford.
Putnam patriot., 1929-10-17

The funeral was held from the home, Tuesday afternoon, Rev. E. P. Wright of the Episcopal church con- ducting the service. Burial was in Grove street cemetery.
Putnam patriot., 1929-10-17
VALADE PRESIDENT

Raymond Valade. son of Mrs. t.', Ios is Valade. Walnut street hss ..., s.., elected president of the i.lls.-, sg.-, Society at Assumption eohss' Worcester.
Putnam patriot., 1929-10-17
Lionel Berthiaume

Lionel Berthiaume, an employe of the Bloom Silk Manufacturing Com pany, whose home is at 26 Harris St.
Putnam patriot., 1929-10-17
Weddings

Gibson-Lavallee Roscoe Gibson, son of Edward Gib- son. East Putnam. and Miss Viola
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lCnnllnnel Irom pasa 0eel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-03
Coming Attractions

Maude Howell Smith, one Of the best
known of washington players; Grace
Peters Johnson, former professional
player of New York City: Jane Plum
mer Rice of the Montgomery County
Players, Wilma Wright, remembered
from last seasons Dover Road" Kath-
leen Carson of the Marjorie Webster
Players and Betty Ridsdale, also re-
membered from THE Dover Road" as
presented by the Drama Guild last sea-
son.
The men represent an equally varied
number of dramatic clubs, including II.
r. Baukhage and Willard Miller of the
Columbia Players, Milton Norman OF
the Jewish Community Center Players,
DR.. Clifton P. Clark OF the Washing
ton Readers Club, Gerald Flood, former
ly of the Bears Head Dramatic Club
and the Little Theater of Syracuse UNI
versity, and Melvin Hildreth of the
Wesley Heights Community Players,
formerly director of dramatics of the
East Side Branch Of the Henry Street
Settlement. New York City.
The play itself, which Is being de
rected by Denis E. Connell, is broad
side upon the Little Theater Movement,
the scenes being laid during rehearSals"
in the drawing room of one OF the
towns outstanding amateur players, and
"back-stage" of the town hall, during
the charity performance.
Tickets are on sale at T. Arthur
Smiths Concert Bureau, Willard Thea
ter Ticket Bureau, A. A. A. and Frank
lin School Building.
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MOeller of the Guild.

PHILIP MOELLER, that extraordi-
nary craftsman of the Theater
Guild, who invented a new technique
of stage direction with Eugene O'Neill's
Strange Interlude," then turned with
consummate versatility to the produc-
ton of the satirical "Volpone" and the
farcical Caprice" is himself a COM
poser OF sorts, collector of rare books,
playwright and an inveterate traveller.
He likes to talk of Schumann, the as
cent to the Acropolis In Athens and
first editions of George Moore.
Although he has staged more shows
than he can remember, strange TO re-
late, he almost never goes to the theater
himself. He prefers, when seeking en-
tertainment, q good silent motion pic
ture, and is particularly delighted when
the musical accompaniment Is neatly
fitted to the screens action.
When contemplating a production he
has one infallible rule which he follows
and which allows him to boast today
that he has never directed o play which
he has not wished to direct He reads
the play "in the fiat" Ton the printed
page, and II 1t remains fiat" he won't
work on it.
His earliest recollections are Of the
theater. He was born in the shadow OF
the old Manhattan Opera House, APP
where Mays notion coun-
ter now stands, in West Thirty-fourth
street. New York City. On hot Summer
nights the stage exits of the opera
house were left open, and by leaning
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far over the balcony of his grand
fathers house he could just see the
actors legs through the open doors
When he was almost he used to sneak
away from home on matinee afternoons
and watch the crowds entering the the
ater. A gruff old doorman at the opera
house. whether endowed with powers Of
divination or merely a good heart,
smuggled the tiny lad into perform
ance one day. Maurice Barrymore,
Ethel Barrymores father, was starring
In the production.
Immediately the Moeller family, not
q theatrical family, by the way, was
treated to inpromptu home dramaticS
on the part of young Philip. The great
est stars Of the day might have found
themselves conjured up in word and
gesture by the brown-haired little type
In the Moeller living room.
There followed a conventional aca-
demic training, where Moeller found
himself in the first graduating class OF
the De Witt Clinton High School and
recipient of several degrees from CO.
lumbiA. An interval of wandering fol-
lowed in this country and in Europe.
and then, as one of the founders OF the
Washington Square Players, he took up
stage directing seriously as his vocation.
It was in his house, few years later,
that one Of the first meetings occurred
out Of which sprang the Theater Guild.
He had found time in intervals between
productions to write a dozen or more
plays, among them "Moliere," Nine.
Sand" and Sophie"
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"Vanities' Ahead.

THE seventh edition Of the Earl Car
roll Vanities, with company of 100
people, Will open at the National Thea
ter Sunday, November II. In it w. G.
Fields, the well known comedian. Is
starred. In order to obtain his services,
Mr.. Carroll had to break tradition. and
for the first time bill player over the
Carroll trade mark--"Vanities."
= In addition to contributions of w. G.
Fields. 'Vanities" will bring the pres
ence of Dorothy Britton. the lass who
won the Galveston international beauty
contest in competition with foremost
beauties of America and Europe and
earned the title of miss Universe. :"
Surrounding her there is a beauty cho-
rus OF Sc girls, many of whom are beau
ty-contest winners themselves.
Most Of the sketches we're written by
w. c. Fields himself, and the additional
dialogue is by Eddie WEIGH, noted for
the comedy touches of many a Broad
way hit. The book was staged by Ed
gar MacGregor; the dances and en-
sembles are the work of lie Roy PrinZ.
The art and technical direction was
provided by Bernard Lohmuller. The
music. mainly by Grace Henry and Nor
ris Hamilton, with contributions by
George Bagby and O.. Romilli also.
The grandeur and splendor OF this
revue" 1t is announced, will startle
you. for never before has there been a
scene as beautiful as The Temple of
Mythology which actually ends in a
blaze of fireworks" THE Mechanical
Ballet" an original number Of sheer ex-
cellence, and the "Raquel" number,
which has all the charm of old Spain,
are other eye STARTERS.
The large cast also includes Ben Blue.
Bennett boys, Theodore, Novello and
Enrica: joey Ray, Jean Joyson, Paul
Russell. Patrick Henry. Dorothy Lull,
Elsie Conner, Vivian Wilson and Doro-
thy Britton.
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The Snoring Picture cAlbum


Swede must be fiat-footed, Just az every
1 Russian must be in need Of BATH.
Stiller was assigned to direct pic
ture called THE Torrent" in which
Aileen Pringle was to be starred. This
picture. by the way. had already been
sold to the trade along with the rest OF
the Metro Goldwyn program and 1t
was essential that 1t be delivered on
scheduled time. It was impossible,
however, to convince Stiller of this.
He was in no hurry. He spent days
and weeks experimenting with lights
and camera angles. using Miss Carlo
as the stolid dummy on which to focus
his lenses.
Mr.. Mayer and all the other execu-
tives fretted and fumed at these de-
lays, and ultimately decided that some
one else would have to direct THE Tor
rent" They assigned the job to Monta
Bell.
when Mr.. Bell read the story he re-
fused to have anything TO do with It.
Miss Pringle, sharing his views, had
previously given up the part and dedi-
Gated herself to other activities.
Nevertheless. Mr.. Mayer knew that.
good. bad or terrible, THE Torrent"
simply had to be made. He commanded
Mr.. Bell to get on with 1t, Mr.. Bell
gave his boss some back talk. Rela-
lions in the Metro-G oldwyn family
were severely strained, but Mr.. Mayer
Ultimately, Mr.. Bell said he would
make the picture, provided they would
give the part to that Swedish girl who
was always lolling around the lot. He
thought thus to laugh Mr.. Mayer out
of his purpose. But Mr.. Mayer thought
It Overland then, surprisingly, told
Mr.. Bell to go ahead with the Swede.
This will teach that guy to get fresh
with me-" said the great executive to
himself.
"The Torrent" was made in a few
days and when Mr.. Mayer and his
brethren viewed it in the panied silence
of the projection room they voted 1t
veritable disaster. and il they never
saw ti2at Swedish icicle again 1t would
be altogether too soon.
Nevertheless The Torrent" had to
be released, and the rest may we'll be
deScribd as history.
Greta Carlo was instantly hailed in
all parts of the world as the supreme
dream princess of creation. Unquali-
fed public approval transformed her
from q studio joke into a property
worth Ito Louis B. Mayer millions and
millions of dollars.
X X y
T HAD meant to incorporate all my
views on Greta Carlo in this space
at this time. But find that the space
isn't nearly big enough. Or. perhaps,
I've simply gone in beyond my depth.
At any rate, with your kind indul-
gence shall attempt to 60 on with
this exciting story next week.
(Copyrieht, 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-03

INTER the cinematic nature stu
H dent! He is a professional explorer
seeking authentic data on human habits
and customs. He made his first appear
ance as an aid in the production of
Young Nowheres," starring Richard
Barthelmess.
This is the way it happened: Frank
Lloyd, while preparing to Aim the Cen
trail Park sequences, the action Of which
was laid on hot Summer day, decided
he would like the scenes to be absolute
ly realistic. The company was to work
in the celebrated Busch Gardens, Pasa-
dena.
wire was dispatched to the COM
pany's ONCE in New York and a scout
was sent to Central Park. His business
was to make shorthand notes Of every
thing he saw or heard concerning the
fora and fauna of Gotham In that park.
Voluminous notes were duly made and
sent by airmail to Lloyd, with the result
that many intimate phases OF Sum-
mer day in Central Park were filmed
and recorded in the finished pictures.
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Has Worn Both Uniforms.

FERDINAND SCHUMANN-HEIN
= son of the beloved Madam Schu-
mann Heink, is playing the leading
German role in the picture Eddie
Bowling is now making for Sono-Art.
entitled Blaze o. Glory" This pic
ture recalls to young Schumann-H eink
peculiar situation In his own life.
Along with the other members of his
family. he was born and reared in
Germany, but at the outbreak of the
late war he and his mother were and
had been for some time living in this
country. When the United States en-
tered the war the son decided to enlist
with the Americans. His brothers, who
had remained in Germany, felt the
same way about the fatherland, and
so they enlisted for the German cause.
In Blaze o. Glory" Schumann- Heil1k
plays the part of a German soldier
whose life is spared by an American
soldier, played by Eddie Bowling.
While nobody can accuse me Of trying
to be on both sides in the war. ! at
least have worn both uniforms" says
SchumannH eink.
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BY JOHN G. BLYsToNE.

t.sN fD1 JOHAN Ne DILL AO1NEs
DARALYzED by the limitations Of
the microphone when the talkies
leaped into beng. motion pictures are
now recovering the use Of their legs.
Technical research and ingenuity
have restored to films the quality Of
motion which was smothered abruptly
a year ago when the movies discovered
their vocal cords. The clumsy equip
ment Of early talkies prohibited the
moving of either characters or cameras.
The actors stood in one place, deliv-
cred their lines from that position. and
IL they wanted to walk across room,
they had to do 1t without any sound
recording
Similarly, the camera was slowed
away in a box and left there. The
microphones of that period had to be
spotted" within a few inches of the
speakers, and the elaborate arrange
ments used to keep the clicking of the
camera mechanism from being record
ed prohibited any motion OF the instru-
ment.
With hundreds of sound engineers,
camera mechanicians and other experts
working on the problem, however, the
talkies began to show signs of life.
Methods were discovered by which
the cameras could be moved about with
out disturbing the mike" New mikes"
too; came into use, which gave the
players some f1exibility of movement;
new control systems were invented:
many of the earlier taboos were found
to be unnecessary and were eliminated.
When we began on the first all-talker
of wartime flying, THE Sky Hawk" we
built up the whole picture, from the
rough scenario to the finished f1lm, with
the idea of movement in mind. BY that
time the remaining problems of securing
COMPLETE flexibility had been solved, and
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Translation Problems.

exactly as the original lines, so that
they synchronize perfectly with the
actors gestures and even his lip move
ments. A good elocutionist, or set Of
them, is then requisitioned from Ger
many. France. Spain or China to speak
the translated lines. Thus the foreign
movie public sees the American actor,
but hears the voice of one Of its coun-
tTymen.
zelnik has used this method with
'Lummox," Fannie Hurst's saga Of the
slavey. setting it to German for the
benefit Of the 100000 people in the
United States who speak German, as
well as for the actual foreign mar
ket. Even pauses in speech are accu-
rately gagged in the translated tongue,
and studio oficials are immensely
pleased with the result.
Douglas Fairbanks latest talkie was
also translated by zelnik to such good
effect that, as Fairbanks remarked In
a recent interview, millions Of China
men ara going to make the astonishing
discovery that I speak excellent Chs
nese." Doug is enthusiastic about it all.
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Foxes Fun at the Talkies.

WHAT sounds in advance like an
w amusing satire on talking pic
lures has just been completed by Mack
Sennett. 1t is entitled "a Hollywood
Star" and Is based on that tragic mo-
ment in the lives of both talking star,
making a personal appearance with his
first audible picture, and the small
town exhibitor operating for the first
time the sound apparatus N which he
has invested his lnetime's savings.
The machine goes out OF synchron-
ization and ludicrous complications en-
sue. The star is heard ne'ghing, for
example, while his horse recites roman
tic poetry. The stars triumphant We
hicle "a picture within picture) is
called Rose of the Badlands," ira
vesty or the old-fashioned ''meller," in
which the nero thwarts the villains fell
designs on the innocent heroine.
Sennett is an old hand at comedy;
the present picture was made under his
personal direction. 1t is RELEASED
through Educational Film Exchanges,
Inc
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THE irksome problem of adapting
L American-made talking pictures to
foreign tongues and foreign markets
has been met in a number Of different
ways. In some instances duplicate
casts, speaking in the language of
whatever country was to receive the
print, entered the set Immediately
after the English-speaking actors and
played the story in their native
tongue. In other cases subtitles
were written into the film to explain
the action to foreign audiences, the
actors meanwhile speaking IN English.
In a few cases the whole picture was
made consecutively in foreign tongue.
but the cost of this method is consid-
cred prohibitive.
Recently a young German director,
Fred zelnik, has been using an inter-
esting method in Hollywood for maxi
ing American tallkies ineligible to for
eign nations, and consequently Market
able in alien lands. zelnik, a eclever
linguist, translates thegliifes spoken by
the actors into half q dozen languages
These translations run the same length
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"H HERE is an interesting article by
James Oppenhein1, "Greta Gar
DO Psycho-Analyzed," in the
i recent issue Of magazine. Mr..
Oppenheim informs us that
Miss Carlo is both an introvert and q
great artist, and lets 1t go at that. His
essay is necessarily incomplete, for II
he engaged In really searching analy-
sis OF this fascinating subject he would
ali the pages of weighty volume.
There is, indeed, q fine opportunity
for some understanding observer to
write book about Greta Carlo. She Is
one Of the most amazing, most puzzling
most provocative characters Of this
extraordinary age. She definitely does
not belong In the twentieth century.
She doesn't even belong in this world
It isn't that she is varied. capricious,
mercurial n1any-faceted. She does not
Jump about recklessly from whim to
whim. She is not tropical one moment
and polar the next. On the contrary.
she is incredibly consistent. She seems
to follow her own pre-arrangSd scheme
of existence with almost superhun1an
fidelity
She makes no secret whatever, Of her
thoughts, her hopes, her opinions. She
is emharassingly frank and honest. And
yet to every one who knows her-and
particularly to those who think they
know her most intimately-sfle Is an
utterly unfathomable mystery.
Psyche analyze Greta Carlo?
It would be as easy to pSycho-analyze
the Vale Of Cashmere, or the Sahara
Desert, or the Antarctic Continent.
y X y
THE story Of Greta Garbo's ascent to
the heights Is as thoroughly i'm
probable as is her own character. A
few wears AGO Louis B. Mayer of Metro
Goldwyn- Mayer, was in Europe and de-
termined to hire a foreign director.
Other companies in Hollywood had for
eign directors, who seemed to carry
class and Mr.. Mayer was eager to have
one on his own payroll. Any foreign
director would do,
He consulted several prominent
Frenchmen and Germans who had been
recommended to him. Unable to come
to terms with any of them he finally
communicated with Swedish cinema
celebrity, Mauritz Stiller.
Mr.. Mayer persuaded Stiller to go to
Hollywood, but the latter made one
condition-that contract should also
be awarded to the actress, Greta Carlo,
in whom Stiller had faith. When Mayer
took look at the plain, awkward, In
different Swedish girl he decided she
might be worth $500 week. He wanted
Stiller very badly.
So Greta went to Hollywood and
Noked nothing but scornful laughter.
+fkey spoke of her around the studios
asI that hat-footed Swede." ct Is
Naik of the American credo that every
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Born at 81, to Die at 40.

RELIEVE it or not, s. s. Van Dine,
~ famous author of murder mystery
thrillers. THE Canary Murder Case"
THE Greene Murder Case" and others,
was born in hospital at the age of
"a. He will die at the age of years.
And has another year to live. During
his six years of life he will have made
a handsome fortune from six famous
novels.
The author of the world-famous MUIR
der mysteries turned to writing this
type of book while Ill In hospital. AL
ready well known az writer on cul-
tural subjects. he chose the nom-de-
plume, S. S. Van Dine, for his new type
of writing. He decided that he would
write only six novels and would allow
only six years for the Job. Four have
been completed already.
1t is expected that Van Dine will re-
lease his fifth book this year, 1.-The
Scarab Murder Case" and that in 1880,
the final member of the series, will ap-
pear and S. s. Van Dine will disappear
from the world. All the novels have
been best sellers, reaching a million cir
culation in each case. The author, hav-
ing made a satisfactory fortune with
this type Of writing, will devote the rest
of his life to the less remunerative but
more artistic pursuit Of writing books
on cultural subjects.
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Bebe Daniels Advises.
REBE DANIELS says that she hs

REBE DANIELS says that she has
never spent any time worrying
about keeping her figure and she
doesn't intend to begin now. For the
cultivation Of such luxurious attitude
of contempt for the calories and pounds
she recommends a number Of things,
mainly exercise.
Swimming is her favorite sport; she
says that it keeps the muscles in full
play, quickens all the faculties and
makes you realize that you're alive.
Second only to swimming comeS
fencing which Miss Daniels feels
should be practiced more by the women
Of America. Fencing, the svelte lady
goes on, combines strenuous play of the
muscles with a need for strategy which
keeps one on the alert every moment.
1t develops suppleness of the wrists and
a perfect sense of balance.
Following in order. then, are horse
back riding, walking, driving an auto
mobile, and flying. And, after all, al
most anybody can afford walking, even
If airplanes are still expensive.