Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-17
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the Tiger in
India"

OF the reQDlremenCS lot one udy > Tiger
hunting in India, according to Comdr.
@. M. Dyott, who is to be seen and
heard at the National Theater, COM
mehcing this evening, in his adventure
talKie, Hunting Tigers in India"
some idea of the tremendous amount
of iebor and organization necessary TO
big game hunting is to be had from
theh commanders talk, which carries
throughout the showing Of the picture.
Days of preparation precede the actual
hunt, he explains, followed by other
days of travel and still further days OF
waiting while beaters and scouts search
outsthe terrain surrounding the camp.
When the tiger is located all becomes
activity and haste. Pad and howdah
elephants are brought up Sportsmen
and native attendants mount and are
carried off toward the tigers hiding
place. where the elephant lines debouch
to right and left to form q circle about
the animal. At a signal this circle be-
gins to draw slowly in toward the tiger
until il Is hemmed closely about by q
hundred Of more elephants standing
shoulder to shoulder.
Only then, as a rule, does the tiger
begin to pay much attention to his
hunters. First he carefully seeks an
opening in the menacing ring about
him, then with roar he charges the
nearest elephant. Often his leap car
ries him to the head Of the animal b.
fore shot from the rifle of the sport =
man in the howdah pierces his brain
and brings the hunt to its successful
conclusion
Several tiger hunts are depicted in
Hunting Tigers in India" as well as
many other jungle thrills, including the
hunting down of rogue" elephant and
the Staying of the rarely photographed
one-horned rhino.
GAYETY-"Sliding" Billy Watson.
sliding" Billy Watson is the big at
traction at the Gayety Theater this
week, Mutual offering that ought to
ring the bell" as all burlesque lovers
know Billy and his gang. The COM
pany Is headed by Billy himself, one Of
the business. The present vehicle is
said to be. by all odds, one of the best
Watson has ever had. In the company
are Eddie Murphy, Jew comic and
dancer: Frank Mallahan, In character
straight parts; AL Allen, straight man;
Bobbie Eckard, ingenue; Lilly Lewis,
prima donna; George Montford, a 1u-
venile singer with a voice worth hear
ing, and Esther Lang. an ingenue with
good looks and ability. Montford and
Miss Lang are noted for some speciality
numbers that have been highly spoken
of in burleSque circles. and there also Is
a chorus of beauties of fine dancing and
singing ability.
Manager Jimmy Lake still heralds
novel matinees for the ladies on Mon
days, Wednesdays and Fridays, with
special attractions.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Fairbanks and
Mary PsckfOrd, Tanning Of the Shrew."
Lest the average patron of the movies
be tempted to shun a talking picture
that owes its story to the immortal
Shakespeare, the Columbia press repre-
sentative explains that the Bard OF
Avon wrote delightful comedy and hi
larious farce as well as tragedy, and
that the Columbia this week. is pre-
Senting an outstanding production of the
movie world, with no less than Douglas
Fairbanks and Mary Pickford. IN
Shakespeare's delightful entertainment,
Tanning of the Shrew," Mary as the
Shrew and Doug as the man who tanned
her.
And lest the average movie fan be
rusty in his or her Shakespeare, he
blithely outlines the story of the play,
which he lilSens to Mack Sennett at
his best" as follows:
Katherine of the story is pretty girl
with mind and manner Of her own.
Nevertheless Petruchio admires, even
loves her and desires to make her his
wife, and being adequately eligible, he
arranges the preliminaries and then
deliberately proceeds to make his pur-
pose clear. While the young lady re-
spends to his caresses with a furious
fit of biting, scratching and kicking,
Petruchio deliberately plies his troth
and then informs the lady he will be
around the following Sunday to marry
her. When the following Sunday ar
rives, however. he does not arrive on
time and when he does appear it is in
rags and tatters. After the ceremonies,
the lady demands that he remain for
the festivities, but he forcefully carries
her OF and when they arrive at his
home there follows q famous battle of
wits, out of which the newly made wife
energies thoroughly tanned. The pic
ture closes with Katherine gracefully
outlining her conception of a wife's
duty to her husband.
The production is up to the high
standard of the Fairbanks-Pickford
productions of the past and it has been
warmly praised and greeted with gen.
erous patronage elsewhere.
The Hearst Metrotone News, the Co
lumbia Orchestra and short subjects
will round out the program.
EARLE-Richard Dix, 1.-THE Love
Doctor"
Bringing Big Picture month to q bril-
liant climax, THE Love Doctor" talk
ing picture farce featuring Richard
Dix, has begun weeks engagement at
the Earle Theater.
THE Love Doctor" is hit No. 4 of Big
Picture month, and occupies a place
unique in screen comedy. 1t has been
praised widely as the most successful
audible screen farce yet produced.
Adapted from the Broadway laughing
sensation, THE Boomerang" and it Is
claimed, without sacrificing any Of that
plays amusing lines, THE Love Doctor"
depicts the joys and woes of girl-shy
young physician, who is constantly
being pursued by pretty patients and
nurses. 1t so happens that the EveleSs
medic makes a confession OF his
philosophy Of love, and later is called
upon to tell whether his recipe for
landing a partner is correct.
A specially selected cast OF farceurs
is headed by pretty June Collyer, and
Dix is said to bring to THE Love Doc
tor a notable characterization
An unusually attractive lineup Of
shorter features is promised, with Vita
phone Varieties, The Evening Star-Uni-
versal and Pathe Newsreels and other
brief films. The Earle Orchestra, con-
Quoted by Daniel Breeskin, will play
new and snappy selection OF popular
melodies.
FOX--Janet Gaynor and Charles Far
relI in sunny Side Up"
Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell
not only talk in Sunny Side Up" an
original Fox Movietone musical COM
edy, by De sylvia, Brown and Hender-
son, but they also sing and dance in
q manner which is said to mark them
as outstanding performers in this