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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13
The snoring Picture cAlbun
BY Robert E. Sherwood.

polite than are most books written by
Americans on the subject Of their native
land.
At times, however, Mr.. owen Is just
the least bit irritating to American
readers. He makes one or two of the
standard mistakes that are made by
almost all European observers who look
at the United States. He vastly over
estimates our sense Of nationalism, and
thereby arrives at some false conclu-
sions.
'The Big Parade" What Price Glory"
and Wings" he says: LAS far as they
are concerned, America not only won
the war, but won it a hundred times
over When America is fighting the
war OF 1917-18 on the films there is at
the most a faint suggestion here and
there OF some sort of shadowy Euro
pean participation in the background.
But for 80 per cent of the time the
backgrounds of the allies are merely
areas for American heroes and heroines
to play in. We must not be too severe
about this. If Hollywood was to make
haps be expected to give America S
comrades in arms their due share of
representation. That would have been
to overshadow the American end of
such films, and Hollywood could not
overlook the effect of such a state of
things on the box Office returns of the
myriad cinemas in the United States.
All we can do Is to realize what
an immense power this has been-by
means OF propaganda and suggestion
IN teaching America to believe might
ny IN itself, whether in peace or in
war"
Here is the old cry that American
moving pictures are propaganda" for
the self-glorif1cation of the United
States. 1t Is, of course, the veriest nom
sense. One can reasonably say that the
allied troops received insufficient rec
ognltlon In some of the earliest pic
lures but what of Lilac Time" and
The Sky Hawk" both of which deal
with the heroes Of Britain's royal air
force? And what of the two greatest
box once successes Of the past year,
Journeys End" and All Quiet on the
Western Front? One of them was
exclusively English, and the other was
entirely German, with none but French
poilus visible on the opposite side of
No Mans Land.
All four of these pictures were made
In Hollywood, all were immensely pop-
ular with American audiences, and in
none OF them did one single American
Sololer appear.
1t is natural and inevitable that
American movie producers should dwell
most heavily on American subjects, but
II 1t we're their benevolent intention to
teach America to believe nightly in
itself they would hardly give so much
attention to the less noble elements in
our civilization, such as marital inf
deity, juvenile sin and gang warfare.
NO American war play has had any,
thing like the success achieved in the
United States by Journeys End" Nc
American war book has sold one-uuarter
as well as "All Quiet on the Western
Front" No American war movie, with
the probable exception of THE Bis
Paraoe' has approached the box Office
records Of these same two dramas
So Mr.. Owen had better take back
some OF the mean things he said about
our narrow-minded patriotism.
(Copyright, 1907
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13
Gloria's 26 Chances.

lust to show that the Hollywood en-
- poriums of fashion know their busi-
ness and that the female forms Is still
distinctly worth draping. Gloria swan
son in her recent Aim What Widow"
changes her clothes Is times.
This piece of news, coming close
upon the heels of reports that this pic
ture is about ready to be shown to an
orange juice drinking public, is nothing
short of breath-taking. For not since
Betty Blythe appeared in half a million
beads has so much attention been paid
to clothes.
Miss Swanson is said to besport her
self in filmy tea gowns, billowy dinner
gowns, wraps that have been torn from
the "ermine" animal. negligees straight
from the Rue de la Paix. pajamas from
the Rue de Rivoli sport clothes from
A. G. Spalding, street ensembles from
a possible Woodward & Lothrop, and
handkerchiefs. shoes and stockings from
unlimited and uncomfortable sources.
It is furthermore stated that more
personal articles of clothing have been
chosen with equal care and that the
net result is just about perfection for
Gloria-from the inside-out!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13
Two Opinions of Drama.

TINE Is a wonderful old changer. The
world at large will doubtless freely
admit the fact Not only does he mar
the face Of youthful beauty with his
deadly lines and wrinkles, but he has
habit Of taking a fall out of even the
sprightiy athlete as well. Indeed, time
has been known to mix and mar memo
ries dreadfully, although few will care
to admit 1t.
The ancients noted that time had an
awful habit of changing modes and
manners. But some of those ancients
noted and recorded their belief that
time seldom made much Roadway with
basic emotions, and others have chron-
icled that human nature is ever the
same. So much for time.
Playwrights worth their while have
ever sought to choose for dramatic ex-
preston situations and temperaments
best fitted to the production of dra-
matte intensity. Indeed, it is that in
tensity which generally mothers the
thrill, the chill, without which the the
alter would mean nothing to the actor
and the happy-go- lucky patron of the
picture houses. Even the deaf prefer
the rich quality of tone they are per-
m1tted sometimes to hear rather than
the piping of the piccolo, or the screech
OF the desperate but sound-limited So
prano.
1t is much the same in drama as in
singing. Richness in quality tops the
heap in both. There is much difference
in satisfaction between melted and we'll
frozen ices, between noble strength and
wobbly frothiness.
The thoughts sprang to life in COM
pairing "One Romantic Night" the
strictly modern-fiavored entertainment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13

that brought the pleasing shadows Of
Lillian Gish to our local screen last
week, with Ferenc Molnars fine ,dra-
matte play, THE Swan" that had Eva
lie Caffeine as It's star quite a while
ago.
The crux OF the drama in the plav
was, OF course, the poor little princess,
Alexandra, who had been persuaded 20
let the fencing tutor make shy but
meaningless advances towards her in
order to excite Prince Albert's jealousy
and thus hasten her mothers desire for
their marriage. The little pawn of fate,
decreed by higher will to wed, not
FOR love, but for position and fortune.
never once dreamed of the possibility
that she would thus entrap her own
heart as we'll as that of the luckless
tutor. The great dramatic denouefnent
came when not only she but all around
her were brought to realize that the
undreamed-of had become stark re-
atty. And the drama was only inten-
sif1ed by the success Of the foolish ex.
pertinent which aroused the Jealousy Of
the prince and brought him to terms.
The fact that the tutor as well as the
little woman were plunged into the gulf
OF hopelessness only increased the rich
ness, the beauty and the strength Of
the drama born of the situation. The
love tragedy was superb.
How much less interesting. then, be-
comes the princess Of the film, whose
sympathy for the young tutor moved
her even so far as to bestow kiss upon
his humiliation. when a hot mamma"
kiss OF the movie made her forget
everything else in the bliss of the
sensual moment.
The film may be better than the play
but really. is it9
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13
@. B. S. Enthusiastic.

THAT George Bernard Shaw is no
longer skeptical in his attitude to-
ward the talkies was revealed by Jacob
Wtlk, chief of the story department of
Warner Bros, who has just returned
from a trip abroad, which included a
lengthy interview with the brilliant
English satirist.
Wiki, who completed negotiations for
the purchase of 'Kismet," Otis Skim
ner's successful play, written by Edward
knoblock, and THE Devil" by Ferenc
Molnar, visited Shaw and discussed
with him the possibilities of adapting
plays to the talking screen
Shaw IS most enthusiastic about the
talkies and says there is no question of
their permanence," the Warner execu-
tive stated. HE admitted his willing
ness to experiment with the new art
form. but made it plain that he would
tntrust the job only to those in whose
Judgment he had the utmost conf
dence."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13
More National BOOKINGS.

"HANG out our banners on the outer
eomep" '
Merely an excerpt from the nervous
rawlings of the distraught Macbeth, but
certainly fitting in the excitement at
bendant upon the receipt of fresh an
nouncements from Manager Steve
Cochran of the coming seasons book
mgs Tor the good old National Theater.
. Modestly shielding his own PERSONAL
Ity Deh1nd the name of the A. R. Err
LANCER Office. Steve, nevertheless, makes
IL known that washington is certain to
see the beloved Maude Adams, in the
nesh, although the name of her plav
Is not given. and before THANKSGIVING
day at that. Washington doubtless
needs something for which to be thank
ful this year-and hoping Congress
won't see this
About Town" the new musical play.
featuring Clifton Webb, is to be among
the newcomers. Mr.. webb will be re-
membered from 1.-THE Little Show" by
those who were fortunate enough to
see it.
Other birds of the theater whose
flight will wing them Washingtonward
include the Theater Guild productions
Green Grow the Lilacs" and Eliza
beth the Queen" David Belasco win
be represented with two plays whose
titles for the moment are withheld:
Fred Stone will come in "Ripples,"
along with Mrs. Fiske in repertory; Ed
Wynn in Simple Simon" and Arthur
Hammerstein's THE Bird of Paradise"
an old friend in new musical version.
But Manager Cochran never let's all
the news out at one time. It may be
confidently expected, therefore. that as
the days grow cooler Steve will spring
more surprises-and Washington can
stand them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13
Amt What They Used to Be.

CHORUS girls are not what they used
to be. So say the oracular moguls
on the Radio Pictures lot, where. with
eyes bursting with energy, the female
of the species has been undergoing
careful scrutiny.
Take, for instance, those Tiller Girls,
who bristle with vitamin d and early
morning pugnacity. Although they
seem to do their steps, so to speak, as
one. the moguls report that each and
every one Of the girls has really q soul
of her own and that away from routine
work she may be seen pirouetting like
Gambareln or doing little swan work
la Pavlowa.
According to Pearl Eaton, who super
vises the dancing muscles of these rest
less ladies, the routine dancing of the
present day Is equal to star solo dancing
of years ago. So that, one surmises, in
this day and age. perhaps, even those
pert Floradora ladies wouldn't have
done so well out in Hollywood, and the
great Pavlowa might have found her.
self in the back row of some terpsi-
chorean dancing chorus, alone conscious
Of the greatness of her toes.
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up and Doing"
ZIP and doing, with heart for any

ZIP and doing, with heart for any
fate" the genial management of
the Sidney Lust Theater Corporation,
whose picture palaces dot the country
for miles around, volunteers the fol-
lowing information, which, doubtless.
will be of interest to many patrons of
the concern:
I'VE have just installed Western Elec-
trio sound equipment in the Cameo
Theater, at Mount Rainier, Md, giving
our patrons the best attainable in
sound. We have taken over the Palace
Theater, at BOT Ninth street north
west. one Of the first movie houses in
Washington, which long has been oper-
ated by the Brylawskis, and we are in
stalling in it sound equipment, which
We hope will be ready by July Is.
Ground has been broken in Front
Royal, Va, for a 1,000-seat theater,
which will be equipped with Western
Electric sound, and the cost of the
building will be 100000. The name of
this theater is to be chosen later by
popular vote Of the people of Front
Royal. Sidney Lust is president of the
corporation which will operate this
splendid new venture"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13
Harvard Enters Talkies.

EVEN the ivy-clad walls of Harvard
University, conservative to the very
core. have succumbed to the vogue of
the talkie. For this familiar plot of
learning has been the first to present
a Aim for educational purposes. En-
titled Three Centuries of Massachu-
sets" and directed by the eminent his
torian, Prof. Albert Bushnell Hart, the
Harvard University Film Foundation
last week offered an eight-reel film in
which the voice of Prof Hart was heard
throughout.
All Back Bay, it is said, cut short
their Saturday nights rations of beans
to attend the premier of this film.
And many were the heads that wagged,
and smiled, and wagged some more.
For before the eyes of eager blue
bloodites was unfolded that stirring tale
of how Boston came to be, and how,
thus, the first social register got its
material, and how many unfortunate
Back Bay ladies had the modification
of seeing their ancestors step off the
second boat after the Mayflower had
been in port for full week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13
What Dreams May Come.

IKE an admonition from the melan-
choly Hamlet Of what dreams may
come" gracefully floats in the announce
ment Of good L, Stoddard Taylor, once
genial host of the Schubert Belasco
Theater, of "the noteworthy attractions
to appear at the Shubert Washington
theaters during the approaching sea-
SON."
The announcement comes Just when
Washington had settled itself in the
doleful, dumpy notion that Schubert
theaters in Washington, like the melan-
choly Dane himself, had all been
gathered to sleep with their fathers that
sleep which knows no waking. And
yet, ready guessers are often apt to
crash into a mistake.
True, Mr.. Taylor does not mention
the names of the Shubert theaters
which will cater to an eager public dur
ing the forthcoming season, but this
be it remembered, is the era of con-
struction and of reconstruction, and a
host Of unemployed engineers are
straining at the leash, ready for a job
In the event that one or more of
them may find occupation and that
new theaters may spring into being
under the management of the Messrs
Lee and j. j. Shubert," the list of
attractions announced by Mr.. Taylor
is hereto appended:
Ethel Barrymore in her new play
Scarlet Sister Mary; Paris Riviera
edition of Artists and Model" Clark
and Mccullough in Strike Up the
Band" Philip Merivale in Death Takes
Holiday" Fritz Lieber in Shake
sperean Repertoire" Katherine Cornell
in "Dishonored Lady" Walter Hampden
in "Cyrano de Bergerac." Eugene Leon
tovich in Candle Light" the new
Greenwich Village Follies," Leslie
Howard in Berkeley Square," Grace
George in "First Mrs. Fraser" Qunnie
Smith In Street Singer" Donald Meek
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13
New Ones Just Ahead.

Adamae Vaughn and Eddie Phillips.
The picture has the added virtue, says
the announcement, of "portraying
present conditions in our large cities
with sympathy and understanding"
The Metropolitan Theater, starting
Friday, will present "Recaptured Love-"
a Warner Brothers-V itaphone story,
whose triangle includes a philandering
husband, an understanding wife and
a beautiful gold digger, portrayed by
Belle Bennett, John Halliday and
Dorothy Burgess.
Our Blushing Brides" will be tried
out for a second week at Loew's Column
bia Theater.
Manager Corbin SHIELD hasn't said
what he will have at his R-K-O Keith
Theater after the coming Friday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13
As Was.

WE seem to be so accustomed to
simply referring to new screen
celebrities as coming from the New
York stage" that many interesting
glimpses into their backgrounds have
been overlooked.
Would it be surprising to know that
Grace Moore, Metro Goldwyn- Mayors
newest star, started out as a Baptist
missionary? Or that Gavin Gordon was
railway clerk before getting a stage
tryout.
Charles Bickford, you probably didn't
guess. was motorman in Boston. Cliff
(Ukulele Ike) Edwards worked in a
one-arm lunchroom. Lawrence Tibbett
was a sailor. Robert Montgomery sailed
on oil tankers. Leila Hyams was an ad-
vertising model. Charles King worked
for Harry Won Tilzer as a gallery song
plugger" with burlesque shows.
With the exception of Miss Hyams,
whose parents are vaudeville headliners,
Elliott Nugent seems to stand alone as
a player whose stage calling came hon.
estly, his father, j. c. Nugent, being
dean of the famous theatrical family
bearing his name.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13
As One "RaMes" to Another.
KXIITH Sir Gerald du Manrier 3

WITH Sir Gerald du Maurier as his
w guest, Ronald Colman saw his
latest picture, "Raffles,'' recently at the
New Gallery. London, at a private ex-
hibition.
Sir Gerald played the part of Raffles
during the original stage run Of the
play in England and again when 1t
underwent its various revivals. He
seems to have been delighted with Col
man and the screen results. For as
soon as the picture was over he rushed
to a cable ONCE and wired Samuel
Goldwyn: "Raffles has grown for 20
years. With Ronnie he is finer and
greater and more lovable than ever.
Heartiest congratulations" Signed,
Gerald du Maurier."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13
Gloria Annexes Do-X Plane

THE Do-X, giant airplane designed
= by DR.. Claude Dornier. with q
capacity of 100 passengers, and sched-
uled to be flown from Germany to the
United States by Lieut.. c. H. Schild-
hauer in August, has been photographed
and recorded in flight for an important
element in Gloria Swanson's new pic
ture, What a Widow!"
BY arrangement with General Motors,
which owns the plane, it is reported
Miss Swanson has had the interior of
this plane reproduced by Paul Nelson,
Paris artist and former United States
Army aviator, and in the final scene of
her film she is shown leaving for
America on the flight of the Dornier
with owen Moore. A special model of
the ship was built by General Motors
and made available for Miss Swanson's
architects. A special cameraman photo
graphed and recorded the flight of the
ship at Lake Geneva, Switzerland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13
New Ride at Glen Echo.

IT is expected that a working model
Of the new amusement ride being
developed by Joseph S. Hart, superin-
tendent of Glen Echo Park, will be
placed on exhibition at the park within
the next week or two in order that the
public may come to know what is in
store during the Summer of 1881 in the
way of a new thrill.
Some Of the amusement rides now on
the market bear the names of "Lindy
Loop" and "Leaping Lena" but in order
not to be outdone, inventor Hart con-
templates titling with q name I'D to
the minute-"Byrd Barrels" after Ad-
miral Richard e. Byrd.
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4 MONG the most carefully guarded
"a props" at First National studios
at Burbank, Calf, is q supply of some
$500 bottles formerly containing liquor.
These bottles represent types cover
ing period of approximately so years,
and large part of them could not be
replaced except by special manufacture
If they were to be broken.
They are necessary, it is said, for sa-
loon and cafe scenes In pictures laid
before the advent of prohibition, as is
Way of All Men," the drama of Mis-
cissippi life and cotton speculation
which Is now at Warmers Metropolitan
Theater.
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Beau Ideal" for Screen.

2 Ado PICTURES has purchased the
novel Beau Ideal" sequel to Beau
Geste." and Herbert Brenon will direct
the film version of it, according to q
recent announcement.
Beau Ideal" depicts the further ad-
ventures of the remaining Geste broth
ers in the Sahara Desert, as told by p.
G. Wren. The action details the cap
ture of the last of the three Geste
brothers, who leaves his new bride to
rescue companions left in the desert.
He is captured as a deserter from the
Foreign Legion and thrown into prison
An American youth, his friend enliSts
in the Legion and voluntarily gets
thrown into the same prison. They
escape, only to fall into the hands of
unfriendly Arabs, with stirring adven-
lures following, which lead to a final
dash for freedom with the aid of the
Americans brother, who has become
head Of the Arab tribes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13
Hellinser Screen Talk.

THAT wise cracking, typewriting
theatricalite Of the New York Mir
ror, Mark Hellinger, after having proved
his ability as q vaudevillain of the first
rank, Is now to become q talkie product.
Mr.. Hellinger has signed himself up
with Vitaphone Varieties and along
with Damon Run,yon. sports writer;
James j. Corbett and De Wolfe Hopper
Is to be incorporated in a film entitled
"At the Round Table" This short is
said to be mostly Kidding sequence,
with appropriate digs" to 60 around
and around the table.
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lot q companion
piece.
Just a day ahead,
on Friday, to be
exact, E d m u n d
Lowe will be seen
at the Fox Thea
ter, with Marquee
rite Churchill, in
Good Intentions"
a good title with
but little of the
story details sup
piled for public
consumption.
Warner Brothers
will send, at the
same time, to the
e a r ! e Theater,
ID a n C / n &
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in Broken Dishes" Jack Donahue In
Sons o. Guns" Earl CAROLS Sketch
Book" Chic Sales in Hello, Paris;
Jane Cowl in new play, Frank Nor
gan in Topaz" Three Little Girls"
stepping Sisters" Young Sinners"
Street Scene" Apron Strings" "Ly-
sistrata," June Moon" and Thurston.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13

w WITH the dawn Of Saturday
will come to Loew's Palace,
wv as the new weeks feature,
Jack Oakie's new picture,
THE Sap From Syracuse"
with Ginger Rogers as the girl. It is a
story of the dumbest man in the world,
and he is coming with New York
Capitol Theater revue, July Follies,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13

as "a saga of jazz" with Sue Carol and
Grant Withers heading q cast that
includes Edna Murphy, Tully Marshall,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13

Mr.. OWENS book is in the main
considerably more than fair to the
United States and to its people. It
contains many graceful and gratifying
tributes to our hospitality, our scenery,
OUR creature comforts, and even o,ir
manners. 1t is, in fact, infinitely more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13

tCopyright, 1907
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-14
ROCKVILLE.

ROCKVILLE, Nd, November II (Epe-
cial The county commissioners have
granted q permit to the Bethesda Golf
Practicing Games, of which Leo j. Wal
per Is manager, to operate q golf driving
field at Bethesda for one year from
October %.
Walper has petitioned the commits
sioners for permit to conduct trap
shooting game at 7101 Wisconsin ave-
nue., Bethesda, and the commissioners
have fixed Tuesday, December 30, at
noon, for q hearing here to enable pro-
tests, II any, to be submitted
On Monday, December 20, the COM
missioners, sitting as q district council,
will hold a hearing at the county
building at Silver Spring on the petit
ton Of Write M. Rider for reclassifica-
ton OF certain lots in the resubdivision
Of lots Is and II of z. Brooke Lees
Second Addition to Silver Spring, It be-
ing desired to have them classified as
industrial e instead of residential A.
Licenses have been issued here for
the marriage of Clyde e. williams, %,
and Miss Evelyn M Robertson, 20, both
of Washington, and John T. e. Smith,
40, and Miss Bertha May King, 20, both
Of Montgomery County.
Thee purchase of an additional pump
for Rockvilles water system has been
authorized by the mayor and council,
as has the construction of a sidewalk
on Wood lane in front of the colored
church on that thoroughfare.
Among the out-of county couples
married in Rockville within the last
few days were John L. Voegler and