Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-16
Flashes From the Screen
By c: E. Nelson.

! in other cities say concerning
them. We are picking only few
of the new films for a word or
two-words from New York writ
erS:
"The Rogue Song" starring
Lawrence Tibbetts, Metropolitan
Opera singer. This singer is the
first of the opera stars to make a
full-length screen production. He
is heralded as the new cinema
f1nd,' presenting a virile person.
ality, but no John Gilbert profile.
Tibbets scores a personal triumph
in The Rogue Song and in spite
of the fact that the story is
rather hackneyed and follows
along the. line of the usual comic
opera romance. The story is
based upon Gypsy Love- an OPP
eretta by Franz Lehar. The eX-
quiSite voice of the baritone star
takes the picture from the ordi-
nary class. The voice has great
power. Catherine Dale Owen Of
the New York stage has the lead
ing feminine role. Laurel and
Hardy take care of the comedy
scenes. Lionel Barrymore was the
director"
Sons of the Gods" starring
Richard BarthelmeSS. From ad-
vance notices, this picture has
been nkened to Broken Blossoms,
which was one of the stars earlier
silent successes. This is a mistaken
idea; the similarity lies only in
the fact that the principal char
acterS in both pictures are ORR
entails. The stories do not run
along the same line. In the new
picture BarthelmeSS has the role
of an Americanized Oriental, and
there is something unusually
tragic in the gentle and lovable
character. The first half of the
picture has a vast interest. The
pace of the second, however, slows
up. Constance Bennett, in the
role opposite BarthelmeSS, is adj
mirably cast as the arrogant, self
iSh girl who finds that love stands
above all creed and color. Her
diction is a gem of the talking
screen. E. Alwyn Warren gives
a memorable Characterization of
the old Chinese. Frank Lloyd di-
rected."
Men Without Women" with
no stars. Except for the first
sequence, this is womanlesS pic
ture. The story concerns men in
a submarine. The vessel is ram
med and sent to the bottom.
Then comes the fight for life,
showing strong men and weak
lings. Similar situations to an
earlier picture, Submarine,
which, however, carried a love
story. But this picture boasts a
certain unmiStakable romance.
making it quite compelling at
times. Some trouble with the
recording. Director, John Ford"
1.-THE Grand Parade" with
Helen TwelvetreeS and Fred Scott.
"a backstage show which far ex-
GELS any production Of it's type
yet produced. A brilliant per
Torrance by the principals. Min
Strel show screened in great style.
Many song hits, and Fred Scott
and Helen TwelvetreeS form
fine team. The recording is far
above the average"
Short Flashes.
ETHEL SHUTTA, Ziegfeld star
and well known to stage fans,
has signed a contract to play OPP
posite Eddie Cantor in the music
talk version of "Whoopee." Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer Co. is making the
picture.
The title of Irving Berlin's first
picture for United Artists has
been changed to Love in Cot
tage." Some time ago it was
called upstairs and Down"
John Wray, Betty CompSon and
Johnny Harron have been signed
for the cast of 1.-THE Car of
Broadway" William Craft is di-
recting for Universal.
John BoleS is to sing his way
through Moonlight Madness"
He recently completed work in
La MarseillaiSe," playing oppo-
site Laura La Plante.
Lloyd Bacon directs John Bar
rymore in "Moby Dick" Dor
othy Mackaill replaces Mae Clarke
in the leading role in "a Very
Practical Person" :. David Man
ners plays opposite Alice White in
Sweet Mamma" ;. And Bernice
Claire will have the leading role
in the screen version of Mile.
ModiSte."
From Filmdom's Encyclopedia,
just issued by Film Daily, we
learn that the first long-run pic
ture on Broadway was "Quo Va
dis" which was screened for %
weeks. That American pic
lures are now exhibited in 10
countries, with titles translated
into 81 tongues. Z. That the
screen kiss originated in a film
entitled "The May Irwin-John c.
Rice Kiss" And 1.-THE Great
Train Robbery" is regarded as the
first attempt to tell story on the