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Extras in "Evaneeline.' u

HEVANGELINE," starring Dolores De-
Rio, will exceed any other film
play made in six months In the number
of people employed in its making, its
producer claims.
Checking the lists of supernumeraries
employed in the film the report shows
that in eight weeks at Point Lobos,
Calf, where the director reproduced
the entire village of Grand Pre-, for IA
consecutive days more than 900 extras
were employed each day. There were
four days when more than / 900 peas
ant types and $50 relocated soldiers
(from the barracks at Monterrey were
used.
In the studios, where intimate in
teriorS have been made, on nine of the
SO days Of studio work, more than 300
men were daily employed, and on four
days to this total from rs to $50 women
were added.
The Philadelphia sequence which Mr..
Carewe has just completed has required
about so men with boards each day.
Because he could not find 20 girls with
long hair at Carmel, Calf, Mr.. Carewe
sent to Hollywood for score of long
haired girls for his medium shots.
At Laguna Beach, 500 townsfolk and
100 extras from Hollywood were en-
ployed in addition TO a crew of 70 men
who assisted Capt. william Collins in
the handling of the two huge English
fSigateN of the Nertod.
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ON THE BROADWAY STAGE
Review of Theatrical Affairs Along the White Way
...- BY Percy Hammond.

spew epigrams more indigenous to the
gutter than the mountain brooks and
rills Of the Broadway drama.
X ~
THE Pulitzer Prize has been bestowed
= upon the low-brow of Street Scene"
q grand show and the most moving of
the past seasons theatrical devices. An
effective asSemblage Of Sure-fire tricks,
alternately reeking with honesty and
hoakum, 1t belongs to the category OF
the better and more Photographic cir
cuseS. Mr.. Pulitzer's committee did
well in its pinning of the blue riband
upon the weak and palpitating chest Of
Street Scence." 1t would be valuable,
however, as a guide to drama lovers if
the Pulitzer judges would make public
the causes for their decision; to an
nounce their reasons for shows Pulit-
ger canonization and to point out the
several faults and virtues that make it
the saint Of the 1929 B'way season. Mr.
PulitZer's committee turns the thumb
up or down to meet the crises, but never
does 1t tell us why 1t does so. 1t pooh
poohS the last will and testament of its
founder, as is its modern right He Is
dead and he does not know that the
Pulitzer standards are being lowered in
the dust Of today's show business. STILL
I believe that his committee, group
of distinguished and more or less intel
ligent show-goers, should be made to
put, as the saying goes, their cards upon
the table. Why, we may ask them, do
you choose Street Scene" as this years
final answer to the query els the drama
an art or a side show" Their reply is
always yes-yes, and this reviewer regrets
that they are not game enough to men
ton in their virtuous DEGREES the fact
that street Scene" while thoughtful,
virile, kodak representation of life upon
the tragic New York sidewalks, Is but q
superchromo, picturing in Broadway
strokes the sexual ups and downs Of
those who reside in the East Side tene-
ments. Let us dismiss the plays of the
past fortnight as so much nonsense
and turn our attention to croquet or the
cultivation of dramatic art in the little
theaters OF Oil City, Pa; HumanSville,
Mo: Manchester, England, or Utica,
N. Y.
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COLUMBIA-"Alibi."

"Alibi," the talking hit now being
shown at So prices in New York. is
the featured attraction at Loew's Co
lumbia this week at regular Loew
prices. The leading feminine role in this
Roland West production is played by
a Washington girl, Eleanor Griffith, who
is surrounded by an "all-Star" cast.
"Alibi" Is the story of a policeman's
daughter, who believes that if given
chance most crooks would reform.
She demonstrates her belief in her
theory by marrying an ex-convict,
although her father had wanted
her to marry a. detective. who
was very much in love with her. A
man Is killed one night and the gang
ster husband Is suspected. His alibi is
that he was at the theater. His wife,
thinking that the police are framing
her husband, Substantiates the alibi.
Later, dope addict, who drove the
cab from which the murder was COM
mitted, confesses that the gangster was
the murderer, having shot the police
man in the back To complicate mat
tiers still further the gangster kills
young detective engaged in the case,
cornering him at his apartment. Later
the police get him and by a unique ruse
makes him convict himself.
Gordon & SquireS provide comedy in
a Metro Movietone act and Sunshine
Sammy and his gang do some fancy
stepping in another sound film. The
Fox Movietone News, the M-G-M News.
short subjects and the Columbia Or
chestra. under Claude Burrows, COM
plete the program.
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Persistence Wins.

AN IMMIGRANT BOY scarcely
IS years ago, in the person OF
Nick Stuart, Is an outstanding example
Of what ambition, persistence and
ability can do for young man. BY his
efforts he has carved out a career in
pictures which in his current produc-
ton, Girls Gone Wild" finds him CO.
featured with the vivacious Sue Carol
Less than three years ago, Nick was
a messenger boy on the Fox lot In
Hollywood, running errands for actors
and directors.
Previously he had delivered repairs
on q revolver at the studio for Tom
Mix, had pestered the casting director
so much that he finally gave him six
days work as an extra. Then the job
ended and he secured one as an office
boy for Lew Seller, then Fox Films
casting director.
After a long apprenticeship as call
boy, script boy and general roustabout,
Stuart was finally given an opportunity
at real part in Cradle Snatchers.'
Success in that role brought the lead
ing masculine role in David Buffers
picture, 1.-THE High School Hero" and
then followed the juvenile lead in 1.-THE
River Pirate" In which Victor McLaelen
and Lois Moran were featured.
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Gordon Craig Coming

next, followed by IbSen's "RosmerSholm
also for the Italian tragedienne. Ne
gotiations by Germany were again
opened and he undertook the produc-
ton of "Oresteia" and HoffmanstaPS
version of the "Oedipus" of Sophocles
which later was shown at CoVent Gar
den in London.
In 1908, he founded that sumptuous
theatrical journal, The Mask, now in Its
has contributed abundantly designs and
writings devoting much time to re-
search in order to give it the best in
designs, many of which were never be-
fore published and in some cases UNI
Known hitherto even to theater scholars
In 1910, Craig was invited by the d.
rectors of the Moscow Art Theater to
visit Russia where he produced Ham,
let. Besides his European productions
and his assignment for the American
Macbeth" Mr.. Craig has written and
published many books and other writ
ings in which the tendency and spirit
his idea elaborated, among them The
Art of the Theater. which has been
published in English, German, Russian
and Dutch.
He has been devoting much of his
time in serious research and other thea
ter work which he does for love OF
theater itself In 1926 he produced
THE Pretenders" for Adam and
Johan PouiSen at the State Theater,
Copenhagen. to celebrate their twenty
fifth anniversary on the Danish stage
Artists and writer's of all nations have
rendered homage to the genius of Ed
ward Gordon Craig. .Eleanora Duse.
Isadora Duncan, Yvette Guilbert and
others have proclaimed his supremacy.
The distinctive style of modern settings
which he originated has been emulated
by Reinhardt, Stanislavski, JeSsner
Gemier, Copeau and Poulsen.
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Studies Our Methods.

DAUL REYES SPINDOLA, motion
= picture commissioner of Mexico
has been officially assigned by his gov
eminent to study American film meth
DDS in Hollywood and then to return to
Mexico and advise about production of
films.
Senior Spindola, member Of the de-
partment of federal education of the
Mexican government, selected Herbert
Brenon as the director whose methods
he preferred to study. He Is, therefore,
serving as second assistant director to
Mr.. Brenon on a current production.
1t is the desire of his government,
Senior Spindola said, that he make a
particular study Of talking pictures and
the technique Of their production. He
Is working on the sound stages Of
United Artists studio IN Hollywood.
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with the same sound effects augmentin,

with the same sound effects augmenting
the Vitaphone score as in New York,
but at Metropolitan prices.
The story Is not Biblical, but from the
pen of Daryl Francis Zanuck. and 1t
was directed by Michael CurtiZ, being
| more than three years in production.
and Is presented as the finest and most
ambitious picture that Warner Bros.
have yet made. Its original settings oc-
cupled 80 acres. and thousands of peo-
pie were employed in the flood scenes,
as we'll as in the events which occur
III the sequences depicting modern times.
The cast includes Dolores Costello.
the star. with George O'Brien. and
Noah Berry, Louise FaZenda. Quinn
Williams, Paul McAllister, Nigel de
Brulier, Anders Randolf Armand Kaliz.
Myran 10y. William " Mong, Malcolm
Waite. Noble Johnson. Otto Hoffman
and Joe Bonomo.
While "Noah's Ark" is not Biblical
story, nevertheless there is certain
amount Of symbolism in 1t, showing how
the heart of man has changed but
little through the so centuries which
have interviewed between the Biblical
food and the Great War. The story be-
gins just at the outbreak of the war,
when the victims of train wreck, on
reaching Paris, find the conflict is on.
Then they are carried into the tumult
OF the nations. A bomb hits a building
where they have taken refuge and they
are thrown into the cellar. There a
chaplain begins to tell them of Noah
and the Flood and they are carried
back to prehistoric times.
Warner Brothers used Vitaphone In
making "Noahs Ark" and while there
are passages of speech and symphonic
accompaniment. the greatest Vitaphone
achievement Is in the effects during
the flood, and the scenes preceding it.
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EARLE-"Innocents Of Paris.

Maurice Chevalier, ''the French idol
whom the New York critics proclaimed
will Rogers, Charlie Chaplin and AL
Jolson, all under one straw hat" will
be the bright particular star of the
screen this week at the Earle Theater
in "Innocents of Paris" talking,
singing, dancing picture.
It is rather difficult to describe the
intangible quality of Chevalier's mimic
art, for he is a genius with something
akin to the divine spark that made
Bernhardt immortal, except that it
shines in him in the diversions of song
and pantomime.
"Innocents of Paris" his screen Of
fering, deals with the rise Of a push
cart peddler. who gets his chance and
more than makes good on the stage
It's scenes are laid in Paris. and fur
ther description must be left to the pic
ture itself. which, after all, Is but the
medium through which the wit, humor,
melodic and pantomimic talents of the
great Chevalier are presented to Wash
ington at their fullest heights, probably,
for the first time.
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FOX-"GirIs Gone Wild

Novels have been written and motion
pictures produced concerning the mod
ern happer and her doings. None, how
ever, 1t is claimed. quite reaches out and
gives the flapper an equal break with
those that criticize her as does the
William Fox production, Girls Gone
Wild at the local Fox Theater this
week. For i'll it, the MANAGEMENT an
nounces, the flapper will be presented
with her wild parties" her boy friends
and what not, but preaching no lesson,
because the purpose Of the motion pic
ture is to entertain. However, 1t may
serve as a. guide for the fiappers of
Washington, if there be any, as to what
not to do as well as what to do.
In the cast are Sue Carol, who ap.
peared last week in the Fox Movie
tone Follies of 1922; Nick Stuart and
Edmund Breese, the we'll known actor:
Hedda Hopper, William Russell and Roy
Darcy.
The picture has a Movietone accom-
paniment by S. L. Rothafel (Roxy).
On the stage John Irving Fisher.
master of ceremonies. entering upon
his tenth week, will celebrate with a
special series of "Fisherisms" and an
other of his piano specialties. CO.
NContinAed on Second Page.l
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Too Much Realism.

WILLIAM COLLIER, JR.. we'll known
w screen actor. threw Edna Murphy
blond actress wife of Mervyn Leroy
motion picture director. out OF an apart
ment house. handling her SO roughly
that a doctor was summoned to treat
her bruises.
But it's not q Hollywood domestic
scandal, just another case of too much
realism In the making Of a motion pic
ture.
Collier is playing the husband of
Miss Murphy in "Lummox," and the
story calls for family fight.
Brenon demands that his players
olive their parts" and when the director
instructed Collier to handle Miss Muir
ply as he would handle her In real life
the actor went into action Fortunately,
the scene did not have to be retaken,
and Collier is glad that Leroy and Miss
Murphy are his friends in private life
and realize that he really didn't mean
TO be SO rough.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02

EMILIE Starter, a New York con-
- cert and lecture manager, an
nounces that she has arranged with
Gordon Craig, who has been called the
worlds outstanding genius In the thea
ter" TO come to the United States next
season for lecture tour to be followed
by theatrical productions in New York
and possibly Chicago. After several
months negotiations Miss Sarter says
she has received a cable from Mr.. Craig
authorizing her to go ahead with plans
for both lecture tour and an exhibit
ton, for the first time in America, OF
Craigs latest woodcuts, etchingS draw
ings and designs.
Mr.. Craig's name. but little known
outside theatrical circles in this coun-
try a year ago, has become familiar
in the past seven months by reason OF
his connection with George G. Tyler'S
unique production of Shakespeare
Macbeth" which made an extended
tour of the larger cities OF the United
States and Canada, and which Is to
come again next season.
1t was from the :deSignment" by
Gordon Craig that this Macbeth" was
evolved as something entirely new In
4 ShakeSpearean production.
Gordon Craig is the son OF the re-
vered actress, the late Dame Ellen
TERRY. In 1889 he went on the stage
hnd acted in Sir Henry Irving'S COM
|pa:ly for about eight years, playing
many Shakespearean roles including
Hamlet. Romeo, Mercutio, Petruchlo,
ind Macbeth. Ke gave up acting In
896 to turn his attention to study OF
stage management venturing in the
arly nineties to show his work and
producing Alfred de MusSet's ION ne
adine pas avec Pamour" After further
tudy he followed this with seven i'm
ortant productions in quick succession,
designing, supervising and executing
very scene and costume and acting as
age manager.
Much Ado About Nothing" was
raig's last production in England. He
hen turned his attention to the con-
nent where, especially in Germany,
heatrical people were altering their
vie and making it more decorative
iapting much of Craig's technique. His
BIT to Germany resulted in his pro-
hction of German version OF Otways
Fenice Preserved" and other produc-
bnx Eleanors Duse's Electra" came
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02

~ NE OF the wits OF "A N1ghC IN
4 Venice" is an outspoken fellow.
given to jestS of an unseemly
~ character. When his funny
tongue is set to wagging it dis
regards the laws Of propriety and makes
remarks that would incarnadine the
cheeks of any hardened gondolier. Re
vue-goers enjoy candor, believing 1t to
be q refreshing relief from the polite in
hibitions that tether their daily lives.
They find relaxation in abandoned hui
NOR and welcome the outcast and for
hidden jokes to their librettos. They
wish the extravaganzas to be free and
loose, untrammeled by the gear that
harnesses their other favorite art forms.
Approaching this need for laxity, the
New York policemen are temperate in
their structures, and permit the revue
comedians to say and do things for
which, were they not actors, they would
be severely scolded or sent to the chair.
1t Is, one suppoSes. Statesman's COM
promise made in the interest of the
public veal. AS such it is to be winked
at by the laws Steel-blue eyes, in which
it Is gratifying to see a twinkle of hui
man sympathy. But in the matter Of
"A Night in Venice" privilege is abused.
Given a magnum of liberty, 1t takes a
hogshead and turns a jolly banquet into
a sty. Two of its jokes startled even
me, one of the most benumbed of the
first-nighterS. While large majority
Of those present at the premiere of "A
Night in Venice" reveled in its laugh
able indignities, the dramatic critic, for
instance, tried to crawl under her seat,
she was SO ashamed, and was prevented
from doing so by Russell Grouse, her
husband, who is one of the most under
standing humoriSts. Several nice and
paying patrons left "a Night In Venice"
in a huff on Monday night, objecting
that the orgy they had bought seats for
had been interfered with by intrusions
of gutter debaucherie.
The managers who are sponsors FOR
"A Night in Venice" are in a dilemma.
Catering conscientiously to those who
are fond of dissipation, they ponder
how far they can go in their errand to
please. What, they ask themselves in
conference, will satisfy our customers,
one and all--the wicked. the innocent,
the callouSed, the ingenueS, the tired,
the ennuied and the alert?
Though the managers do not ask me
to help them to unravel their tangle,
volunteer to aid them with advice. If /
were in their places, I should have two
editions of "A Night in Venice"-one
of them dirty, the other comparatively
clean. should advertise in the news
papers that the performance on Tues
days and Fridays are addressed to those
who like just little smut, while on
Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays the audiences can wallow In
the swill barrels. The adoption Of such
policy would be tactful and diplo-
matte. All of us might be delighted by
the stolid humor of Ted Healy, the agile
dancing of Chester Hales girls, some
leftover music by Vincent Youmans,
and a general heigh-heigh atmosphere
more jovial than usual. When, If ever,
I take wife or a daughter to see "A
Night In Venice" I shall hope that its
comedians win be Merc9u and not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02

EDITH
KlNG-
Happy findings Ended7

A RE American motion picture audi
ences beginning to look at screen
plays through European eyes?
A recent poll of American theaters
shows that 10 per cent of the daily
movie audiences are firing of happy
endings-the closeup of the hero and
heroine in fond embrace as the film
fades out-and demand logical conclu-
sions for present-day film plays.
AS one producer said: THE public
has been educated to expect a satisfac-
tory ending to a film play, but the day
when happy ending is positively nee
essary to satisfy an American audience
is gone"
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Mary, Doug and the Bard.

MARY PICKFORD and Douglas Fair
A'A banks, after New York visit, are
preparing their all-talking picture
version of 1.-THE Tanning of the Shrew,"
the comedy that will bring together in
their first joint film Hollywoods most
famous couple.
Now the question of authors billing
on posters is being discussed. Usually,
when an author discovers his name has
not appeared in proper percentage in
the advertisements he promptly tele-
phones the film producer. But the au-
thor of THE Tanning of the Shrew"
has not been seen around Stratford- ON
Avon for three centuries.
And there is whispering campaign
that he is Francis Bacon, anyway.
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Talkie Bridge Games.

IF you trump your partners ace or
bid into a minor suit when he or
she had bid major, the result is just
the same under a microphone and in
front OF the cameras as in real life.
Billie Dove learned this again at the
First National Studios this week, where
series of real bridge games was
staged for the talking screen for the
first time.
The games are a part of a motion
picture in which Miss Dove Is starring.
They were necessary in order to bring
an accusation Of cheating against
Walter Pidgeon, on the part of her
jealous husband. played by Montagu
Love.
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Attractions in Washington
PlayhOuses This Week

with a love affair of the modern day,
wherein the two interested parties are
likewise beset with difficulties. In the
love affair of many years ago, however,
the love itself that endured, the young
folk of today find the incentive to go
ahead, even in the face Of tragedy-and
yet find happiness. The re-enactment
of the tragedy on the stage in a setting
Of magnificent beauty is one of the
thrilling moments in "Smilin' Through"
Much work has been done in the
studios of the National Players to fur
nish an attractive background for
"Smilin' Through" New sets have been
constructed under the direction Of
Charles Squires. and Addison Pitt. the
director, who has thoroughly rehearSed
his cast, believes that Edith King, in
the role made famous by Jane Cowl, will
reach new dramatic heights. Roger
Pryor, leading man, has the role OPP
posite. Charles Hampden, Mrs. Hib-
bard and other favorite players will also
find roles to match their talents,
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Movies Regulate Air Traffic
TRAFFIC signals have invaded the

II Ebf1C ~ oASAAd1o 41dNC 411fdNCo VAC
= realm Of the aviator.
In order to prevent the drone of air
plane motors from interfering with the
production Of talking pictures, captive
balloons are now flown by motion pic
ture studios to signal pilots Of aircraft
to avoid flying any nearer the studios
than Is absolutely necessary. An agree
ment by which such balloon signals are
officially recognized has been made be-
tween the Association of Motion Picture
Producers and the Aircraft Operators
Association.
The need Of this was emphasized In
Colleen Moore's first talking and sing
ing picture, Smiling Irish Eyes," 80
per cent of which is being photographed
in outdoor settings. Although passing
airplanes hindered recording somewhat
early in the production, after flying two
15-foot balloons from the First Ma
tional Studio, air traffic was diverted
to the entire, satisfaction Of Producer
John Mccormick.
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NATIONAL PLAYERS - "Smllin'
Through"

From the large repertory of the Ma
tional Theater Players the manage
ment has selected for this week one OF
its greatest attractions, 'Smilin
Through" the National Players open
ing in 1t tomorrow evening. -'Smilin
Through" will be recalled as the play
which brought real stardom to Jane
Cowl. Not only is it intimately associ-
Ated with the career of this sterling
American actress, but it is perfect
type of comedy, and with its beautiful
love story, told in an unusual way, ii
has become one of the classics Of the
stage.
Into the fabric that goes to make
"Smilin' Through" has been woven an
old-fashioned love story, one of those
exquisite nineteenth century romances
that not only had its obstacles. but in
PRODUCES the note of tragedy. This
romance Is brought into direct contrast
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After Two Years

UHELL'S ANGELS" after two years
- in the making, will have its pre-
miere showing at the George NJ Conan
Theater, New York City, in October.
Howard Hughes has definitely an
nounced that he has leased the Broad
way showhcuse for the initial showing
of his aerial extravaganza.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ark !.

'Noah's Ark" the spectacular picture,
about which many stories have ap-
peared in recent months. is this weeks
attraction at Crandalls Metropolitan
Theater. 1t came direct from It's New
York run at 50 prices, and is presented