Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-27
Y YITH the opening of the
~ Keith Theater under the
! " banner of the RKO or


Wv banner of the RKO or
ganiZation, movie affair:
of the National Capital seem K
nave settled down for the Ions
Winter ahead. This newest ven
ture in matters theatrical give
the local photoplay patron a wide
choice of attractions downtown
aside from his neighborhood thea
ter. During the months to come
there will be no dearth of enter
tainment, with F street as tho
White Way, and Ninth and FIT
teenth streets also in the blaze Of
lights. According to present plans
the Rialto will compete with the
best of pictures, and the Little
Theater, instead of closing its
doors last Saturday night. kept
them open under new manage
ment. The idea seems to be to
exhibit a better grade of silent
films than were screened by the
Film Guild. The silent film will
draw considerable patronage If
Washington If the pictures arc
kept at a high level. Recent i'm
portations of the Guild were
rather terrible according to one
reviewer.
Corbin Shields. once writer CT
copy for the publicity department
of the Rialto, moves from Ninth
to Fifteenth street. accepting the
management Of the Keith Theater.
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SUCH an unusual number of the
- 'old-time movie stars have
fallen by the wayside as a result
Of the talking pictures that it is
a delight to record the fact that
Gloria Swanson has really made
the hit of her career in THE
TreSpaSser." The picture, after it
was first viewed in New York, was
hailed with such delight by the
critics that one was inclined to
approach it with doubt. But, for
once, at least, the Broadway cine
ma experts were right It was
difficult for them to be otherwise.
The picture is celluloid mile
stone in 81 years of the photoplay
Gloria Swanson plays the leading
role in a manner which places her
at the very pinnacle of the studio
players. We are now looking for
ward, months ahead, to her next
offering.
HAL ROACH is to direct Harry
Langdon in his next two-reel
comedy.
This item brings to mind the
peculiar case of Mr.. Langdon. A
few years ago he appeared. in a
lengthy comedy called Tramp.
Tramp, Tramp" This particular
picture, and another which had
been produced with the sarnt
comedian a short time before,
class with Charlie Chaplin and
Harold Lloyd. The film was big
box Office attraction, and large
things were predicted for the little
comedian. However, these never
materialized. Langdon, for some
reason or other, was showed back
to the two-reelers, and he has not
appeared in an outstanding pic
ture since his success with Tramp.
Tramp, Tramp"
Just one of the little mysteries
II the movie game,
lack DEMPSEY did not make Il
big hit as an actor, but his
stage vehicle, 1.-THE Big Fight"
may be turned into a better movie
James Cruise will turn out the
photoplay version, and the same
director is planning nine talking
pictures as the seasons program
Among other new pictures in
the process of production or on the
way are Painted Faces" a Tif-
fany-Stahl picture, with Helen
Foster, Joe Brown and Dorothy
CULVER; Barbara Stanwyck in
'Mexicali Rose; Margaret Seddor
and Eddie Nugent in RKO'S
"Dance Hail.; Ronald Colman ir
"RaffleS"; Will Rogers in "By the
Way, Bill''; Grace Hayes in "The
King of Jazz Revue; Lupe ValcZ
In Hell Harbor," and Jack Oakie
In kid Boots"
The Universal organization has
obtained exclusive screen rights
to the George Gershwin "Rhap-
sody in Blue" The music will be
used in 1.-The King of Jazz Revue. ?"
starring Paul WhlCeman. IL is re-
ported from the West Coast that
Universal paid $4,000 for the
screen rights to the music.
4 X 4 +
Are You Aware That
T OUISE DRESSER is to play the
nanny role" in Nanny,
the new AL Jolson starring vehicle?
Pauline Frederick has an all
talking leading role in the w.
Somerset Vaughan story, 1.-THE
Sacred Flame" which has been
turned into a movie by Warner
Brothers?
Grant Withers is starred in the
screen version of the old musical
comedy, $50 Long, Letty?"
Three hundred dancers compose
the chorus ensemble of 1.-THE Show
of Shows" the Vitaphone super
revue, featuring one hundred stars
and led by John Barrymore?
n y
THE word is passing around
Hollywood that grand opera