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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07
Reaching for the Children.

THE motion picture industry is at
present concerning itself with an
attempt to increase the patronage OF
children at the theaters. Various plans
and ideas are being formulated to
bring this about.
But it is the producer of pictures
upon whom the burden for the success
or failure of the plan will fall. Pictures
must be made that will have a direct
appeal to the younger generation, with
out sacrificing any of the elements that
will make them of interest to grown
ups as well.
Larry Darmour, producer of RKO
comedies, insists that pictures appeal
ing to the younger element are a ne
cessity for the exhibitor. He points to
the newspaper "funnies" sheet as an
example of business builder through
its appeal to children. Eliminate. the
'funnies" and an immediate drop in
circulation would occur, he says. Where
the "funnies" mean circulation, the
motion picture appealing to children
means attendance at the theater.
The Mickey (himself) MCGUIRE short
subjects are comedies that serve the
dual purpose of being entertaining to
the young and old. Evidence of their
value is attested by exhibitors who are
playing these kid" comedies. They
are claimed to be good example OF
how to produce pictures that will have
an appeal to all groups.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07

will be the picture star at the Fox
Theater for the new week, which, to
repeat, begins Friday of this week, in
"Anybody's Woman"-anOther ugly
title. And this picture Is Paramount
picture, for the Fox management an
nounceS that arrangements have been
made whereby the Fox will present Sc
lection of Paramount pictures during
the coming year. Paul Lukas has an
important role in this one, but further
information is not vouchsafed. It's a
way of the press agent sometimes to
forget the mountain in trying not to
overlook the molehills.
Saturday will bring new week to
the Loew Theaters, and also 'Loew's
Fall Opening" whatever that may mean.
At the Palace the new weeks attrac-
ton will present the famous team OF
Moran and Mack. 1.-The two black crows
in "Anybody's War;" while at the Co
lunobia, the attraction-and 1t Is big
one-will present the famous Marx
Brothers in Animal Crackers" de-
scribed as "the funniest picture OF their
career"
Ernst Lubitsch's big new production,
Monte Carlo" which is entertaining
the patrons of R-K-O Keith's the cur
rent week, is more than likely to linger
longer, but the management has not
vet announced the fact, while from the
Warner Theaters the Metropolitan and
the Earle, not peep as TO the future
has been volunteered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07
Fred Stone Coming.

CHARLES DILLINGHAM; sends the
important announcement that the
new musical extravaganza "Ripples. !"
with the one and only Fred Stone, will
open at the National Theater, Monday
evening, September 20.
This will mark Fred Stones first ap-
pearance in Washington since his afr
plane accident. Dorothy Stone also
comes with nipples" as well as Fred's
daughter, Paula Stone, who is making
her stage debut in this production.
The list of big names does not stop
there, but includes Andrew Tombes,
Billy Taylor, Maude Eburne, Charles
Collins, Peggy Bancroft, william Sell
cry, Cynthia Foley, Charles Mast,
William Kerschell, Paul Paulus. a
troupe of midgets, John Tiller's Sensa-
tional dancing girls, and many others,
with an ensemble of beautiful girls
such as Dillingham; knows how TO
provide.
"RippleS" was written by william
Anthony MCGUIRE, who has given the
stage the Zlegfeld hits "Whoopee,"
Show Girl" THE Three Musketeers, T"
and Resale" Mr.. MCGUIRE also
staged the production. The music and
lyrics are by Oscar Levant, Albert Sir
may, Irving Caesar and Graham John.
william Holbrook staged the dances
and ensembles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07
Discovered Black Bottom.

THE man who discovered the BLACK
Bottom" and who brought the
Charleston" to the stage, Tom PATRICIA,
vaudeville star and for six years with
George Whites Scandals, y appears with
Ruth Chatterton and Give Brook in the
Paramount picture "Anybody,S Woman"
PATRICIA, IL is claimed discovered the
BLACK Bottom" in 1926 in st. Louis
through a Negro boy, who was his
dresser.
vic, my dresser, was quite a boy to
step around nights" PATRICIA says.
One day he showed me a few steps
he had picked up at a party with
friends. I learned them and kept them
in mind Later, in New York, I showed
them to George White. I had no idea
OF using them on the stage and simply
explained them to White because they
were so unique. A few months later
White called me to his Office and said.
7 want to show you the dance you'll
do in our next production What he
showed me was the Black Bottom He
had remembered the steps and made
them into a complete routine"
PATRICIA introduced the Charles
ton" in 1925 in White Scandals" and
the BLACK Bottom" the following sea
son. Comedian, eccentric dancer and
mandolin player, he went to Hollywood
last year after six straight years in the
scandals" and has already appeared In
five pictures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07
In the Land of the Malay.

~THE LOVE THAT KILLS" latest
Of the Vagabond Adventure pic
lures produced by the Van Beuren Cor
poration for Pathe release, was filmed
In the land Of the Malay, country of
rivers and swamps, of rice and rubber
and of rare tropical vegetation.
Tom TerriSs, the Vagabond director,
guides his audiences through a queer
little village with all the houses built
on stills because of the torrential rains
and the enormous rise and fall of their
rivers. A touch of romance and humor
Is revealed in the perturbation of ma
tive Romeo and Juliet. Instead of toss
ing rose to her lover, as Juliet might
have done, the native lady throws down
a scented sardine as the token OF her
love.
Many incidents of human interest are
brought to the screen and wildly de-
scribed by the Vagabond director. One
of the most interesting Is the gathering
of sap from the rubber trees. Then are
shown the giant fig trees, which start
as vines, originally attaching themselves
to the top Of a tree and growing down
instead of UP, becoming stronger, dead
lier, until their giant roots become the
bark itself, living tomb for the dead
tree inside. Roots such as these con-
tinualIy blot out buildings that happen
10 be in their path.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07
Mrs. Fiske's Plans.

THE Erlanger Co. and George G. Tyler
have announced novel plans for
the forthcoming tour of Mrs Fiske,
which begins at Princeton, N. j..
october /, and will include Washington
later on.
Prospective patrons in the cities to
be visited are to have a say as to the
plays that will be presented, their
ballots being invited, but restricted to
seven plays that will constitute her
repertory. These are Ladies of the
Jury" the comedy which Fred Ballard
wrote for her last year; Langdon
Mitchells dramatization of Vanity
Fair" Miss Nelly of N'Orleans," by
Lawrence Eyre; "Erstwhile Susan" by
Marian De Forest and Mrs. Helen r.
Martin; Mrs. Bumpstead Leigh" by
Harry James Smith; Hay Fever" by
Noel Coward, and Ibsen's Ghosts"
Obviously, the repertory plan will
provide a maximum instead of a mini
mum of time in the road cities visited
so that, II desired, two instead of one
week may be devoted to one week
stands and two or three, or even the
entire repertory, may be presented.
Nothing like the proposed tour is said
to have been attempted since Mans
fields days, for scenery for the entire
repertory will be carried by the COM
pany, and, 1t is added, each of the
plays will be highly specialized offer
ing.
There is little If any doubt that
Americas foremost actress, with such
an attractive offering, will receive the
cordial and affectionate welcome of her
Am. rican public
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07

THE movie trade publications are be-
ginning to discuss the popularity Of
music shows, which, says the Exhibi-
tors Herald World, sis waning because
the public is surfeited with the cheap
brand of music that has been foisted
upon it in that FORM
The cat-purr and the cow-moo songs,
like many of the others possessing a
degree of latter-day popularity. have
in the past been knockouts in the night
clubs and on the dance programs.
Beautiful feminine voices and tenors
with tonsilitis have crooned them until
to the lover of real music they have
become an abomination on the face Of
the earth.
The screen theme songs, some OF
them beautiful, have been largely In
spired by this class of melody, If, In
deed, it can be called melody, until
Rudy Vallee with the present genera
ticn ranks higher than Beethoven,
Schumann, Schubert or any other clas-
sic song producer of the hallowed past.
One needs only to spend an hour or
so with the radio to get the full grist
of things that are rated as popular
songs of the day. And latterly 1t has
become the fashion Of the radio quar-
tets especially of the masculine type,
to murder the beautiful ballads that
were so loved in the years gone by.
annie Laurie" for instance, came over
a national broadcaSting chain only a
few evenings ago with its melody
utterly obliterated by the hectic varia-
tions of a would-be tenor and the
braying of an evidently fat and wheezy
baSso.
What wonder is 1t that the musical
show is losing its charmi
And there is another, a crying EVIL,
that of the endless repetition Of songs
and musical selections by the orcheS-
tras as we'll as by the singers, until
the music-lover is tempted to wish
that dead silence might fall upon the
earth and linger there until the era
of a concourse of sweet sounds can
return without alloy.
It can easily be comprehended why
these Groom songs and ton-tom or
chestra tunes could be popular In
night club with good service. But
when they are uttered from a screen
spectacle that otherwise might be most
attractive, or furnish the ideas to the
Bowery composer who provides the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07

7HHE theater shows symptoms of
convaleScence with the appear
ance of Torch Song" and up
u Pops the Devil" plays designed
to invigorate its impaired con-
dition. Neither is of the tip-top kind
that becomes a natural institution, but
both are much above the run-of-the-
mine. With so propitious a beginning,
the season may be expected to produce
an entertainment of the caliber OF
Strange 1nterlude" and THE Green
Pastures" At least the more hopeful
addicts of the stage scan the skies with
optimism and prognosticate that the
coming year will be fruitful as usual.
So unless the omens and the dramatists
disappoint us, we shall have few such
angel visits as "Coquette," or June
Moon" or Ram" or Strictly Dishon-
orable" ere Winter ends.
Both Torch Song" and up Pops the
Devil" depend for their popularity upon
the glitter of their lines, rather than
their plots and characters. In Torch
Song" it is the penetrating lingo of the
travelling statesmen that provides most
of the recreation. One of these Main
Street gypsies is a portly and senten-
tious vender Of undertakers' supplies
A capricious invention of the author,
Kenyon Nicholson, this amusing NOR
tician is expertly embalmed by Guy
Kibbe in a merry and careful charac-
terization. Even if Prof. Nicholson
falters in the technique of his conflict
of sex versus religion, you may depend
upon him and Mr. Kibbe to make you
forget the plays flaws. 1t is, as you
know, the story of a Cincinnati girl
(MisS Mayo Methot) who is treated
badly by her lover, commercial travel
er from Cleveland; tries to console her
self by joining the Salvation Army. But
the beat of her hearts pagan tom-toms
is louder than the taps and jingles of
her pious tambourine.
TT is an age of wise cracking, and so
the sagacious authors of up Pops
the Devil fatten their lean story with
slangy phrases tried and true. We are
introduced in this lively comedy to the
soaringS and depressions of q group of
infant Greenwich Villagers, drowning
their naughty ambitions in torrents of
bath tub gin. AS they gather in the
antique fiat of Steve, writer; and
Anne, serious dancer, their every
speech is an echo of something that
bangles from the precarious situation
of Anne, who is keeping Steve while he
writes a book They quarrel dramatic
ally in the second act over a laundry
bill; but at the end they are to be seen
permanently in paradise in one an
others arms. Roger Pryor, son of the
famous bandmaster, Arthur Pryor, plays
Steve in the over-ingratiating method
of Owen Davis, jr., and is to be doubted
at times. But all the others are little
miracles Of extravagant representations
except the lady who falsifies the role
of an ingenue from the South. She is
much too phony for comfort. Even If
the comedy were not artifically anus
ing, the lovely performance of Miss
Sally Bates as Anne would make It
important. A good-looking girl with
an artistic knack of initiating emotions,
she is one of the best of the stages
promises.
\ 4
SOMETIMES wonder if the Big
~ Shots Of the theater realize that
they are not beloved by their customers.
That the Broadway dranagoers have
no fondness for them whatsoever, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07
Turning Backwards.

lust as the Incompatible talking pic
ture has the legitimate theater
fairly backed of the boards, along
comes the mammoth R-K-o PRODUCE
tions, Inc, with the announcement that
1t has organi--i a subsidiary company
for the production of plays in the legiti-
mate theater
But where, oh, where, are they going
to get the theatef? Variety and to
some extent Billboard, both reputable
and generally reliable chroniclers of the
world of amusement, have been telling
hopeless public that out West they
are playing plays in tents, and there
has even been an intimation that the
wise producing managers of the great
metropolis are goinq. to take to the
tents to reingratiate the. road show.
Aside fror all that, doesn't this an
nouncement sound something like dis
loyalty to- the interests of the fifth
industry?
Some folks seem never to be salts
ned. If the sun shine, they long for
rain; II the rain falls, they banker for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07
Broken Dishes" Ahead.

DONALD MEEK, one OF the best
- known character actors on the
stage, will continue to head the cast of
Broken Dishes when Martin Flavin's
successful comedy comes to the Shubert-
Belasco Theater for the week beginning
Monday evening September 20. The
play Is one of last seasons hits. It had
run of % weeks on Broadway and
weeks in Boston.
In the role of harassed husband
who finally turns against his tyrannical
wife after years OF married life, Mr..
Meek won warm praise from the New
York critics, who agreed that this was
the browning achievement of q career
that included splendid performances In
such plays as The Potters," Mr..
Moneypenny," six Cylinder Love" and
others.
In Broken Dishes" Martin Flavin
has departed from his usual serious
style and he has written a comedy whose
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07

WHO doesn't know Louise Fazenda?
w Or at least who has not heard OF
her If he hasn't laughed his head on at
her comedy?
One would suppose that she had
nothing further to wish for. But she
has. Nancy Smith, who Is Louise'S
special confidante and liaison promoter
with the general public. says Louise has
one great hope. Guess what 1t is?
Hollywood" says Nancy, lis favor
able to fortune tellers. Indeed, all the
professional people go to them. Well,
Louise went to consult one, for every
body felt that mysterious urge to try
to peer into the future and discover
what is going to happen. And who
better than the fortune teller could
possibly help such a desire? And so,
whether it was right or wrong, wise or
foolish. Louise marched herself one day
or maybe she didn't march. but sim
ply rolled off in her limousine-to a
fortune teller.
Before that Louise had been reason
ably happy. But something happened
in that visit to make Louise want to
give grand finale to her movie career.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07

the sunshine Summer is too hat and
Winter is too cold, and If it weren't for
the Spring and the Fall the dumgasted
year might be abolished without loss to
anybody.
This announcement of william lie
Baron, vice president of R-K-O, how
ever, evidently means business; FIR the
new subsidiary company has even been
named. They are going to call 1t
Metropolitan Productions, Ltd. And
Furthermore, its first play is to be pro-
duced at the Mason Theater, Los An
geles, about the first of November; and,
still furthermore, If the plays look
promising. they are to be brought to
New York and presented on Broadway,
right under the nose of the Erlanger
interests. the Theater Guild, william
A Brady ct AL
There is sort Of postscript, however.
that carries sinister intimation. The
idea is to produce as many plays as
possible in Los Angeles-to try them out
on the humans there, as it were; and,
1t Is added, most of these plays will be
made into talking pictures by R-K-O.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07

~ Indicates Where Film II Being
Shown Today.
District of Columbia
EARLE-13th st. NV.
METROPOLITAN st. NV.
AMBASSADOR-1Sth and Col I'd NV.
*APOLLO-624 HI st. ne.
%AVALON-Conn. ave. and McKinleys
AVENUE GRAND-645 Pa. ave. sc.
CENTRAL-9th st.
COLONY-GeOrgia ave. and FarraguG
EMPRESS-416 9Th st. NV.
HOME-123O C st. ne.
JESSE-31O0 18th st. ne.
SAVOY-303O 14th st. NV.
*STANTON-515 C st. ne.
*SYLVAN-104 Rhode Island ave. n.ws
TAKOMA-4th and Butternut sts.
TIVOLI-14th and Park I'd. NV.
YORK-GeOrgia ave. and Quebec nv.
Maryland and Virgini0
neutrality-suspicious., Nd
ARCADE-Crisfeld, Md.
MISUNDERSTANDING Md.
ASHTON-CIarendOn, Va.
AUDITORIUM-Onanc Va.
Observation-Disclosures Springs. w. Va
CAPITAI-Cumberlan Md.
CAPITOL-Wincheste Va.
COMMUNITY-Ridgely, Nd
CREWE-Crewe, Va.
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EMPIRE-Saxis, Va.
FIREMEN'S HALL-WflIardS. Md.
GLOBE-BerIin, Md.
MPERIAL-Brunswick Md.
FERSON-.Brookneal, Va.
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MARYLAND-KitzmilIe Md.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ma.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07
Unto the Fourth Generation.

Unto the Fourth Generation.
THE recent and considerably publ
cized news that Ethel Barrymore's
daughter, Ethel Colt by name, is to ap-
pear with her mother in the latter's
version of Scarlet Sister Mary" is OF
particular interest to Washingtonians,
since this town has been honored more
than most others as far as glimpses OF
the lovely Ethel Is concerned, and for
excellent reasons.
One hears that the daughter has been
harboring desires to don the grease
paint for some time, but that her mother
has not looked upon these fiurries with
too kindly an eye. Since, however, as
they say, greatness will out, 1t is prob
ably true that with such ancestry as
turks behind Miss Colt she should be a
great asset to the stage, and that her
mother in time will become quite recon-
ciled to having more fame in the family.
1t is poSsible-really more than likely
that Washington will have peep at
Scarlet Sister Mary some time in the
Winter. When 1t does, 1t will have its
first change to see a Barrymore in the
role Of a Negro, since it is far from a
secret to say that as Seraphine Miss
Barrymore (senior) will be as black as
black can be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07
Nationals Opening Play.
7 ENoRE URIC, long absent from tn

7 ENORE Uric, long absent from the
II legitimate stage, will make her re-
appearance Monday, September %, at
the National Theater, as the star OF
Pagan Lady," drama by Willim Du
Bots, a New York newspaper man. The
play comes here for weeks engage
ment prior to It's New York opening.
Miss Uric, lustrous star of "Kiki, !"
Lulu Belle" Nina" and numerous
other Belasco successes has been en-
gagged In picture work on the West Coast
for the past 18 months. In Pagan
Lady" the author, it is said, has pro-
vided her with a powerful role, the
equal in strength and Importance Of
any she has had under the Belasco
banner
John D. williams is the director Of
the new piece, and the producers are
Lewis E. Gensler and Morris Green, who
are also the sponsors of the new Joe
Cook musicale, Fine and Dandy"
which opens in New York soon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07
Louise Has Hopes.

And how better could she do It. 50 slaa
now thinks. than TO play q part wnicn
will give her series Of characterizar
tions, first, as a girl-and that seems
reasonable-then as her mother, which,
owing to the general fondness for
mothers. is not unreasonable, and
finally, the part If an old lady, her
grandmother, or somebody else's grand.
mother. or maiden auntie, or SIGH like?
Furthermore, Louise encourages the
fond hope that by some hook or crook
of fate she is going to have her hope
realized. The fortune teller lady told
her-at least this much is mown-that
she has every reason to look forward to
the year 1910 as the most successful OF
her life, because her horoscope, the
wonderful graphing tongs of the fI-
ture, clearly indicates the fact.
And now Louise says she hopes its
true that she would be willing 70 give
up everything for this one chance. 7
would gladly retire she is quoted as
saying. If could have one role, and
that of my own choosing"
And Nancy doesn't say any more on
the subject.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07
Story by Samoan Chief.

TOLEAFOA TUSITALA, a chief Of the
Samoans, is the author of an adj
venture story of tl>5 South Sea Islands
now being filmed as a talking picture.
To the world of literature, Toleafoa
Tusitala Is John Russell, author of 500
short stories which have been published
In national magazines and new book
new receiving the attention of critics
and the public To the natives with
whom he has sojourned and about whom
he has written, he is known by his
Samoan title.
Russell is an American, born in Dav-
export, Iowa. He was graduated from
Northwestern University and then began
extensive travels which have taken him
through the South Sea Islands, the
Orient. Asia and South America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07
"Kuddling Kuties" Next.

NEXT weeks attraction at the Gayety
Theater will be Max Fields and his
''Kuddling Kutties," a show that has
been attracting crowds, even this early
in the season. In addition to Fields,
there is also Rudith williams, Anna
Fink, A. r. Golden, jr.; Sam Smith,
Al Schneider. Alma Montague, Gladys
Joyce, as well as an attractive, talented
and prettily costumed chorus, which
will be seen in many spectacular scenes.
Special vaudeville acts will be mingled
with fast and fun provoking burlesque.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07
The Beggars' Opera"

John GAYS wellnigh immortal
> comedy, 1.-THE Beggars' Opera" is
to be made into a film under the Joint
auspices of Warner Brothers and Tobis.
a German film company. The picture
will be recorded in German and will
be known as "Dreigroschenoper," or,
for those who have lost their Danish
dictionaries, THE Groschen Opera"
This screen adaptation of the lively
romance of the daughter of a prison
warden and highwayman is said to be
going to follow closely the satiric spirit
of the original. G. w. Pabst will be at
the directorial helm and the picture
will be given birth in Germany.