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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05

TIE taIkies have changed not only
the habits. but the personnel, OF
Hollywood lover night" according to
william Beaudine, who claims that a
great silent invasion of New York act
ing talent has taken place
This invasion is not so much one OF
the noted stage folk, who came into the
industry recently, singly and in groups,
with blare of trumpets. 1T is rather,
Beautine contends a mass movement
or migration of New Yorks great stage
musical show, revue and vaudeville
talent surplus.
There were 5000 ''bit players" listed
year and a half ago in the motion
picture industry. Three months ago a
census revealed 5000 such players
Beaudine declares that these three
months have brought in from New York
at least 1000 more. The increase is Ill
imported" or rather migrated,
talent.
In the same period of time the 5000
silent film bit folk have diminished in
number, he believes. with the result
that the stage talent from the East
now outnum6ers the oldIine bit players
nearly two to ore.
Even among extras I find ex-
chorus girls and men, New York
hooters and stage 'supers' and singers
and vaudevillians, content to appear in
a street mob until some one neeos them
for something else" BeaudiTe said. "A
noted vaudeville song and dance man
drove a truck in one scene. Thanks to
the talllies several thousand New York
show people have found their inches y
pictures already.
IT do not mean by this that the
people here may make living from
the profession. For present require
mentS the saturation point has been
reached. From a film directors point
of view, however, and irrespective of
the welfare of the actors, who are noto-
riously able to take care Of themselves,
we're glad to have them.
with so many here, the occasional
need for large numbers of them will be
filled And tl.ey elevate the standard
of available talent in all ranks of the
profession, something quite necessary
to us in order that We may meet the
sterner histrionic demands of the talk
ing motion pictures"
Beaudine thinks that Hollywood's IA
nous extra array, formerly 10000
strong has been much augmented by
an invasion of stage folk from almost
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
His Fathers Son.

THE Nations Capital is again repre-
Il sented by a member of family
that has contributed its share OF genius
to the nation.
Back in the early part Of this GEN.
fury the name of Arthur Pryor became
famous in the realm of music, and
washington gave the worlds greatest
trombonist his start. When John
Philip Sousa was leader of the United
States Marine Band Arthur Pryor was
playing the slip horn. In those days
trombone players rarely If ever hoped
to be stars. The solo cornetistS were
the men who rose from the ranks. But
Arthur Pryor was so good he just
naturally forged ahead, and when peo-
pie heard the Marine Band they usual
~ came away with glowing praise OF
Arthur Pryor. Later he organized his
own band, now one OF the great bands
in America.
His son, Roger Pryor, inherited his
fathers love for music, but he also had
ambitions to become an actor. Now.
after some four or five years on the
American stage, he has gained start
in his chosen profession.
After three years in stock young
Pryor landed in Broadway production.
playing prominent part in THE
BackSlappers. From there he went
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05

'Krassin," the oficial camera record
of the rescue of the crew Of the dirigible
Italia" commanded by Gen. Umberto
Mobile, viii be shown at the Little Thea
ter for a week beginning Saturday, I'M
der the auspices of the Film Arts Guild.
''Krassin'' is said to show wildly all
that took place from the moment the
chunky Soviet ice-breaker "Krassin"
left Leningrad until she picked up every
survivor of the ill-fated Italia, noSed
her way back through hazardous ice
foes and proudly steamed into Lenin-
grad where her crew with Prof. Samoi-
lovitch, the leader OF the expedition,
and Boris Tschuchnovski pilot of the
Red Bear we're accorded an enthu-
siastic ovation.
Taken by the official Soviet camera
man, Bluvstein, Valenty and Borgorov,
the pictures show every thrilling cpl
sode in the savage struggle for life
against the implacable forces Of the Po-
lar regions.
Other attractions viii include q
Harry Langdon mtrthqlIake revival en-
titled Hanson Cabman." with UFA
oddity, the weekly newsreel and the
Little MHsical Trio rounding out the
program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05

decide which emotions should be
put into pictures and how pic
lures were to be designed to slim
ulate the emotions people like
best. Modern psychology has dis
covered that peoples emotions
can be measured while they are
feeling them, and in that way we
can decide to which they respond
most and which they like best.
There are four primary emotions
dominance, compliance, induce
ment and submission. Men and
women differ in the emotions they
like best to express. Women like
to induce and men like to DOM
mate, but men have more sub
mission than women. Women do
their inducing most successfully
by pretending to submit, and the
mystery of woman is the know
ledge she has that she is really
controlling a situation in which
she appears to be submitting.
cali women do not have the
same emotions. Emotions differ
in men and women alike, accord
ing to the color combinations of
their hair and eyes. One Of our
problems is to discover how we
are going to compel people to feel
these emotions that they like best
to feel. S-oving pictures are about
the only emotional stimulus in
the world that will compel
thousands of people to feel the
same primary emotion. ," We
might think that certain things
like a kiss and a snake, would al
ways arouse the same emotions
but they do not. On the screen
we can make people identify
themselves-that is, sympathize
with the leading characters. Then
by showing very clearly through
the actions of the leading char
acter what relations the other
characters. the villains, etc, have
toward the leading characters, we
can compel people to feel the
corresponding emotion. That in
wolves selecting the story in the
first place that contains the re-
lationShipS between character
which give the emotion we want
and then making sure that thoS'
same relationships are kept in TIT
production of the picture and ap
pear on the screen just as thu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05

With Blanche Yurka, in an Tbsen play.
The Sea Woman"
After = session I'm Paid" and q run
in "StriSe Up the Band" Roger Pryor
became leading man In tN'o ouektAnd-
ing successes, saturdays Children"
which kept him q year on Broadway,
and The Front Page" which he left
after the Chicago run to come TO wash
ineton as leading man with Steve
Cochrens National Theater Players.
Roger Pryor Is said to be the young
est heading man who has ever made a.
sag in the pay roll OF the National Play
ers. and he will make his debut tomor-
row evening in ITS . Boy"
Mr. Pryor has been seen before in
washington, at Keith's, with Judith
Anderson. and later In q play called
Glamour" at the BelaSco Theater.
He is 20 years OF age and might have
had a more extensive experience IL
stock production had it not been for
the fact that New York producers saw
in him the promise of clever and
popular leading man for their regular
productions.
His brief career Of but hve years, Ct
is said, has fully JUSTIFIED their ex-
pectations. and those Who profess to
know declare that washington is going
to like him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
He Grew Younger.

CHARLES RUGGLES started his
"a stage career in "old man" parts,
but eventually he grew into the juvenile
category, and now, In the Paramount
aH-taking picture, Gentlemen or the
Press" he has added new role to his
record. Ruggles Is rated beside the
featured star, Walter Huston, IN this
picture, from the Ward Morehouse
stage play of last season.
After four years of following his
fathers footsteps in the wholesale drug
business, Ruggles found himself draw
ing a salary of go month. He found
this so funny that he Immediately re-
signed and went on the stage to capital
lie on his sense of humor He has been
capftalizing ever since, on the legitimate
stage, in vaudeville, IN moving pictures.
He played the original title role in
THE Nervous Wreck" after Edgar
Selwyn had given him a chance in
Rolling Stones" He has had the ex-
perience of being supported in the same
company by Thomas Meighan and
Eddie Cantor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05

NATIONAL PLAYERS-"The Thief"
Next week the National Theater Play
ers will offer sterling bit Of theatricals
in the celebrated play by Henri Bern
stein, 1.-The Thief" which viii open
Monday evening, May 10.
Syrle Bellew, one OF the finest actors
that ever trod the boards, created the
pivotal role in 1.-The Thief" The play
is momentous drama, replete with clever
character opportunities. 1t has been
rated by critics as one Of the outstand-
ing dramas of Bernstein, whose most
celebrated work, perhaps, was Israel,
a play that falls in the class with Fang
wills The Melting Pot"
In reviving such q sterling piece OF
theater as THE Thief" the National
Theater Players are climbing to new
heights, for this play calls for precise
artistry on the part of nearly every
member Of the cast. To this end Add
son Pitt, director Of the National Play
ers, is putting his cast through a severe
training for one OF the most important
weeks Of the current repertory season.
Famous stars, such as George Alexander
OF England and CoQuelin OF France
have appeared in THE Thief"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
Aerial Fluctuations.

MAKING ground shots for THE
~ Flying Fool" william Boyd, was
surprised to see a small parachute fan
between him and the camera.
'Cutt!" yelled Tay Garnet, the
director, while Boyd picked up the little
contraption, and annoyed by the inter
ference, was about to cast It aside. Then
che noticed weighted roll OF paper tied
to the bottom Of 1t. It was q note
reading as follows:
Greetings to the Flying Fool
Wallace Beery."
. Looking up Boyd and Garnet saw
Beery, one Of Hollywoods amateur aces
make q graceful loop o thousand feet
in the air, and speed on in the direc-
ton OF San Diego.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
Laws and
CenSOrs
and
the Like.

out the public being aware that
pictures were being censored.
This, it is said, may be accom-
liShed by requiring the Secretary
of Commerce to pass upon all
| films exported. Many foreign
countries have agitated the erec-
ton of barriers against American
pictures, and the reformerS are
Of the opinion that the new bill
would be the most efficaciouS
manner Of enforcing censorship.
1t is their contention that the
producers make their profits from
the foreign ShovingS of their pic
lures, and that to give the Score
tary of Commerce authority to
review the pictures before export,
advising foreign governments or
those found Objectionable, would
prove the most powerful weapon
that could be devised. Being quite
anxious to shut out the American
films. some of the foreign
countries would enter quite heart
lily into the plan. In order TO
make pictures that would meet
with the approval of the govern
ment, it is contended that the
producers would eliminate every
thing Objectionable, thereby au-
tomatically cleaning UP the do
meStic production. Meanwhile,
the general public would not be
supposed to know that the pic
lures were being censored.
Representative Cannon OF Mis-
souri, has introduced a bill penal
izing the importation or interstate
Transportation OF pictures show
ing directly or indirectly any sex
crime or offenSe. Representative
Cochran Of the same State is the
father Of a measure to repeal the
fight Aim laws, and Representa-
tive James of Michigan has a bill
prohibiting the unauthorized
photographing Of national de-
lenses. The latter measure is
aimed principally at aviators, and
it is introduced at the suggestion
of the Secretary OF War.
THE first complete stereoscopic
motion picture will be ex-
hibited in Los Angeles June /. The
picture was made with an en-
tirely new camera In the cana
dian Rockies.
In one of the American pictures
which recently came before the
London censorship board, there
was a Negro spiritual with the
title, Nobody KnewS de Trouble
I've Seen; Nobody Knows But
Jesus" The cenSorS changed the
last Of the title to read, Nobody
Knows but Father"
Huntley Gordon, who has just
completed a role with Laura La
Plante in Scandal" q Universal
picture, has been added to the cast
Of Harmony Lane" in support Of
Eddie Leonard.
Mary Nolan is to be starred in
four productions during the com
ing year. "Madamoiselle Cay
enne" has been selected as one
title.
Motion pictures get a clean bill
Of health as moral agencies in the
findings of an extensive survey
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
CoiHeur. to Match.

COLLEEN MOORE'S Square-cornered
- bob-one of the most famous hair
cuts on the screen-has given way to
long hair for her appearance in 'Smil-
ing Irish Eyes" her current all-talking
and singing special.
However, Colleen insists that she is
not traitor to the cause Of the bobbed,
but is wearing long hair because it Is
more suitable for the unsophisttcated
girl of rural Ireland she Is portraying
Consequently, she will be seen with her
hair dressed with short curls at the
back, caught up with q ribbon tied in
a bow Just over the bangs that provide
one of her most. individual character
iSticS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05

BECAUSE Emil Jannings is leaving
- for Europe and also to meet release
dates, Paramount has made switch IN
us production schedule. 1.-THE Con-
cert" which was to have marked jan
ninEs' debut in talking pictures, is being
readapted to suit the talents OF Adolphe
Menjou for his first audible film.
Melville Baker, New York dramatist,
is working on the adaptation and pro-
duction is scheduled to start within two
weeks.
The decision to proceed with the
making Of 1.-THE Concert" with Menjou
as the star ends a long search for a
vehicle that win properly introduce him
to the audible screen. 1.-THE Concert
is based on the stage play by Herman
Bahr, which served for many years as
a vehicle for the late Leo Dttrichstetn
both in this country and in Europe.
1t tells the story of a handsome must
clan, the idol of the fair sex, who be-
comes so engrossed in their flattery that
he forgets his own wife.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
These
Gentlemen
of the
Press"

and the picture, with this par
ticular group, failed to register
1t may 60 better with less criti-
cal audience, but there is doubt
in the mind of the writer. There
are many laughs in the wise
cracking. but the director and
producer have missed many OPP
portunities TO make it a big pic
turc. New York'S newspaper men
are represented as hungry, thirsty,
rather down. at-the-heel Speci-
mems, and there is not good
word for the game" At the final
fade-out, the troubled night city
editor advises young men to for
get newspaper work and get out
of it,"
It is said that Monta Bell, who
produced Gentlemen Of the
Press" for Paramount, once served
in some capacity with a Wash
ingtCn newspaper. Yet, he did
not gain his knowledge Of news
papers and newspaper workers in
this locality. He has forgotten
his local experience and the men
he associated with. He has turned
out a hack movie" which might
have originated from a bit of
cheap fiction, and, with the stage
play ct hand, he was given an OPP
poTtunity to do something really
fine. He might have filmed the
real story of a newspaper ONCE.
II this picture all the dramatic
possibilities of the newSroom are
lost. The climax is centered about
the news of a great Shipwreck.
With the exception Of a flash OF
the rumbling presses, there are
no intense incidents in getting out
an extra edition-1o flashes OF
the shipwreck itself, no telegraph
instruments, no excitement in the
composing room, no screaming
newSboys. It is pleasant to Specu-
late on Just what director who
knew his newspapers and his
newspaper men would have &C
compliShed with the tory,
Gentlemen of the Press"
\ + =
NOV we are going into the
' deeper things Of the movies.
DR.. MarSton, speaking before the
California Federation of Women'S
Clubs, tells how he went to Holly
wood at the invitation of Carl
Laemmle of Universal, and what
he found.
1.-THE purpose of moving pic
lures" says Dr. Marston, sis to
stimulate peoples emotions. Mr..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
Flashes From the Screen
BY c. s. Nelson.

story called for them. We have
to have players who are che right
types to make these relationships
one to another seem natural.
When these relationships are
established millions of people are
compelled to feel the same emo
tions. The motion picture pro-
ducerS are in a position to do
more in educating the emotions of
the coming generation than any
other group OF people in the
world"
So, If you have an emotion or
two, prepare to have 1t Synchro-
nized with the screen production.
THERE is a new scheme of
censorship = Federal censor
ship-according to the newest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05

Columbia, that people who say
the motion pictures are democrat
izing this generation cannot back
up their vague generallZatlonS
with facts. Films cannot be con-
sidered as a factor in juvenile
crime and delinquency. The
movies are in the fairy tale class
to most young people OF today.
They furnish an admirable vicari-
Gus adventure for the audience,
and they are, in fact, an excel
lent emotional safety valve"
Fannie Brice'S husband, Billy
Rose, has written the story and
music for her new picture, which,
as yet. has received no title.
Charlie Chaplin is reported to
have rejected a million-dollar
offer to appear in a talking pic
ture for James CS-u2e, producer
director. Chaplin is devoting all
his time to his own comedy, city
Lights"
Colleen Moore has 81 arted studio
work in "FootlightS and Fools.
Also, for the First National or
ganization, Marilyn Miller is work
ing in Sally" Billy Dove in The
Lady Who Dared" Jack >Mulhall
in Dark Streets" Alice white in
The Girl From WoolwortffE" and
Dorothy Mackaill in The Great
Divide" Pictures in which Rich-
ard BarthelmeSS, Corrine Griffith
Irene Bordoni and Milton Stills
are to star have not yet been
titled.
Winifred WeStover, former wife
of Bill Hart, is returning to film
work after eight years retire
ment. She will play the title role
in Herbert Brenon'S All-talking
production for United Artists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05

Maestro Pietro Cimini, conductor for
the Chicago Grand OpArA Co. and
for the Los Angeles and san Francisco
Opera Companies, has been signed by
Radio Pictures and that he will bring
with him a grand chorus OF 90 voices.
all operate and concert singers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
They're Going West.

every branch OF the entertainment
world. Grand opera has contributed,
and so has the Oklahoma medicine
show and the Arkansas county fair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05


rumorS in movie
circles. It is re-
ported that all
pending censor
ship bills are to
be scrapped and
that a bill is to
be introduced in
the House which
would reach the
nth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05

L a e m m ! e
t h ug ht the
public ought to
determine which
of their emo
tionS they
wanted Stimu-
lated and which
ought to be
stimulated. ]
Il -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05

Tu e. d Y eve
ming 1t was
thought t h a {
they might like
t o see them
selves as others
see them - at
least, as they are
S e e n through
the eyes of the
movie producers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05

applied to chill
dren OF all ages
and made pub
lie last " e e k
through the Co
lumbia Univer-
sity psychology
department. Il
am convinced"
says DR.. Joseph
L. Holmes OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
YEW YORK newspaper men
~ pictured as Intelligent,
v wise-cracking buns

pictured as lnJelllgenG,
v wise-cracking buns
A hero" who makes one
sacrifice after another, and sticks
to his job while the family goes
through the important incidents
of all families, including births and
deaths Drama, with talk
ing accompaniment, and an end
ing that makes you fairly bust"
into tears This is Gentle
men of the Press" a story which
is given considerable Importance
in the scheme of things theatre
cal in Washington this week.
Washington gentlemen Of the
press were treated with special
showing of this screen work last
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
DANCING.

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lessons IS; single, 81 IS. Fox Trot, Waitz,
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National 9S4I inst'n at DANCING y
IL. Class Tues. Ewes. in New Dances leRso'
Evening star., 1929-12-08

enlist, as well as those having already
enlisted but who have not progressed
far enough in the rudiments of theiI
naval education as to be able to take
their places with the veterans. The
squad will be in direct charge of Lieut.
(Junior Grade) Daisley.
The I'd Fleet Division, commanded by
Lieut.. John F. Moore. which, for many
months, has been dragging the rear OF
the battalion in attendance, Comdr
Smith said has suddenly jumped to the
fore, and for the past two months has
stood first in the Lien present. If II
keeps up this standard for a couple OF
more weeks, it will for the next quarter
become the color division of the bat
talon, position which has been te-
naciously held by the Sd Fleet Division
The practice has been established by
Comdr. Smith of making the high
attendance division the color division
for each quarter. He said that he was
very gratified at the showing being
made by the I'd Division.
The Sd Fleet Division of the local
battalion has three candidates for ap-
pOintment to the United States Naval
Academy next year from the Naval Re-
serve. They are Seamen Harmed, Press
Ter and Thomas, and are studying at a
local preparatory SchOol.
Ensign Graham will deliver a lecture
to the enlisted members of the bat
TALON tomorrow night on battleships
and cruisers. He commands the first
platoon of the Sd Fleet Division.
Charles r. Van Siser and Harry E
Garland, both Seamen, second class, at
tached to the Sd Fleet Division, and En-
nest II. Fountain, scaman second class
and George w. Madison, seaman, first
class, both attached to the I'd Fleet Di-
vision, have been transferred from the
fleet to the Volunteer Reserve on ac-
count of failure to maintain efficiency
by regular attendance at weekly drills
Byron E. Richardson enlisted last
week in the Sd Fleet Division as an
electricians mate, third class. He hac
previously completed three-year en-
listment in the Regular establishment
He resides at Hyattsville, Md. William
H. Wagner, jr., enlisted as fireman
third class, in the I'd Fleet Division
He resides at 1922 street southeast
The record of the transfer to the loca'
Reserve of Houston M. Warnix. CHIEF
electricians mate, after l6 years serv-