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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
Ideas From New York
By Percy Hammond.

ness. Had Mr.. Seldes the least GUS
ptcion that "Lysistrata" Is aught but O
benef1ce he would not permit 1t to be
performed. know no purer gentleman
than Ernest Tuck, the actor of one OF
its leading roles. The ladies Of the cast
are celebrated for their high ideals and,
like Mr.. Seldes and Mr.. Truck, should
not be suspected Of participation in q
sinful play. AS a man OF average cJil-
ture, H. w: G.. must be q worshiper
Of Walter Damrosch, whose mtnistra-
tons on behalf of music have estab-
liShed him as the most understanding
prelate in all the arts, yet Mr.. DAM
rosch may be cited as one OF the more
notable believers In ''Lysistrata" as an
entertainment full Of esthgtic fun. At
the first performance. during moment
in which felt particularly ashamed.
Mr.. Damrosch turned to me and OK.
claimed, THAT Is the most exquisite
scene in all comedyp My advice
to H. w. @. Is TO read the newspapers,
go to church, get out among the folks
and learn what is doing in the theaters.
With that information he need not sui.
fer the embarrassment of such things
! as 'IysistTata." To paraphrase 3 re-
mark of George AIDES, o mans politics
and religion may be hereditary, but
theater-going Is his own fault.
\ = n
Mr.. Belasco's new comedy, Dancing
Partner" observes the rules Of decency,
with delicate evasionS, and is one Of the
politeSt things of the kind. You n6y
depend upon the old maestro to know
when and where to stop. In Dancing
Partner" Lynne Overman as q comic
European hbertine Is to be seen trying
to win bet that, given q months op-
portunity, he can seduce q breezy but
careful ingenue (Giss Irene Purcell).
In an earlier record of the play erred
in reporting that the lady withstuod
his advances and proved that today's
young women, though fond Of peril, can
be trusted to take careeof themselves.
It seems, from q more deliberate study
of the play, that she was not. She was
ready and eager to surrender herself In
an airship en- route from Paris to Biar-
ritz, when, melted by the inevitable
helplessness OF her sex, he declined to
overcome her. So they are about to be
married as the curtain falls, with the
somewhat adult Mr.. Overman breathing
nasal love notes into Miss Purcelps
young and pretty ears. The comedy Is
from Hungary, adapted brightly but
sometimes awkwardly by Frederic and
Fanny Hatton, with crowd Of uneS-
sential characters hating the action
and making burlesque of the scenes.
Miss Purcells piquant face and figure,
her vivacity and her expert knowledge
of the better tricks promise that ere
long she will be Belasco celebrity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17

DICTURE magazines, motion picture
editors and free lances generally
for a long time have annually under
taken to inform the fandom of the mo-
ton picture world as to 1.-The 10 best
pictures OF the year."
Recently David Wark Grifflth, famous
director of 1.-THE Birth of Nation" and
generally considered the dean, If not
the greatest, director of them all, has
given the world his opinion as to the
$50 finest films of all time" Through
the courtesy of the New York Evening
Post, for which the selection was made,
The Star is enabled to give this list
along with Mr.. Grifiths's running COM
ment.
And here 1t is:
'Modesty," explains Mr.. Grifdth, "un-
der ordinary circumstances, would die
tate that one shoul not include his
own works in such q list as this, but
have included those of my own which
I think rightfully belong, not because
I think they are great, but because the
public and press have generally ac-
claimed them to be such"
selected but four talking pictures-"Th
Valiant" "Disraen," "All Quiet on the
western Front" and 'tHallelujah." He
has tust completed his own first talking
picture, abraham Lincoln" with Wal
ter Huston starred. Prior to its public
exhibition Mr.. Griflth would make no
comment on 1t.
OF his own outstanding films Mr.
Grifith considers these the best: ''The
birth of q Nation" 1.-THE Avenging Con-
science" Intolerance" Broken Bios
SOM" aWay Down East" and orphans
Of the Storm" Lillian Gish was the
star of most of them.
He lists 1.-THE Kid" as the best of
Charlie Chaplin's pictures; ".rhe Mark
81 Zorro" and Robin Hood" as the
best ot Douglas Ferbanks' Aims:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
Lady Luck on the Job.

vivacious French girl who could act as
well as sing for win Rogers picture,
$50 This Is London" Well, they
finally found Fiji for the job. And now
they say she Is only wee bit away
from actual Stardom.
Up in Sing Sing Prison lived S-year-
old Joan Marie Lawes, daughter Of the
up the River" was shopping around
in quest of color and atmosphere only
a few months ago. He saw Joan Marie,
who was loved by the prisoners In Sing
Sing and was called "Cherie" by them.
"Cherie'' Joan Marie Iawes IL now un-
der contract with the Fox Film Cor
poration, and will have an important
part in Cup the River"
Jane Keith, one of Chicago's pretty
blond girls whose daily avocation was
to say Mr.. DobbS is in conference"
and to do his typewriting when he
wasn't, was seen by Director Alfred
Santell, who also discovered she had
enough acting ability to take the lead
ing feminine role in Jack London's
THE Sea Wolf" which has Milton
Stills for its star.
George M. Cohan, theatrical man.
whom everybody knows, has an attrac-
tive daughter, Helen, who went to
Hollywood, playing minor role In the
stage production June Moon" Helen
now has the romantic lead In VIII
Rogers picture, 'Lightnin'." They say
Winfield Sheehan, vice president and
general manager OF the Fox Corpora
ton, Is responsible, but there are lots
and lots Of folks who say 1t was Lady
Luck and no one else.
John Mccormack also brought from
Ireland with him an 11-year-old kid.
named Tommy Clifford, to appear in
his picture, Song o. My Heart" Now
Tommy Is to have a featured role b
1.-THE Shepper-Newfounder, Stewart
Edward Whites story Of boy, q dog, Q
dub golfer and q woman golf champion.
John couldn't land the whole of Ire
land in the movies, and it must have
been Lady Luck who looked after young
Clifford, for along with Tommy In the
new picture there is to be q dog
hound without family tree or belong
ings and hitherto unloved. And, don't
forget it, they pay their animals wen
in the movies.
These are but q few instances, all
from the Fox studios in Hollywood.
How many would there be II all the
studios were compelled to confess the
truth and If all the shining satellites
OF the screen world really cared to and
would tell their antecedents?
And who did it all II 1t wasn't Lady
Ialck2
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17

Artists; orphans Of the Storm" die
rected by D. w. CIR tn Cd. w. Crit
nth, nc.-United Artists; THE Gov
cred Wagon" directed by James Cruze
(Paramount) Merry Go Round" d.
rected by Rupert Julian (UniversaD /;
1.-The Hunchback OF Notre Dame" d.
rected by Wallace Worsley (UniversaD |;
Down to the Sea in Ships" directed
by Elmer Clifton (Hodkinson); Little
Old New York" directed by Sidney OIL
colt (Paramount); 1.-The Sea Hawk" "
directed by Frank Lloyd (First Ma
tionaD = Monsieur Beaueaire," directed
by Sidney Olcott (Paramount); THE
Marriage Circle" directed by Ernst
IubitSch .(Warner Bros): "The Ten
Commandments" directed by G. De
Mile (Paramount) THE Kid" directed
by Charles Chaplin (First Nationally
THE Merry Widow directed by Erich
Last Laugh" directed by F. w. Murnau
(Uniyersal) THE Big Parade" directed
by King Vidor Metro Goldwyn) 1.-THE
Valiant" directed by Richard Harlan
CFox); Wings" directed by William
Wellman (Paramount); Variety" di-
rected by e. A. Dupont Paramount).
"BeaH Geste." directed by Herbert
Brenon (Paramount); stella Dallas, :"
directed by Henry King Omitted Art
lSCS)S WndC Erlce G1OEyS QHeCtcu Wy
Raoul Walsh (Fox); THE Way OF AL
FLESH" directed by Victor Fleming
(Paramount); "Ben-Hur," directed by
Fred Niblo Metro Goldwyn- Mayer
Seventh Heaven" directed by Frank
Borsage (Fox); 1.-THE Patriot" directed
by Ernst Lubitsch (Paramount); Sun
RISE" directed by F.. w. Murnau (Fox) !;
1.-THE Crowd" directed by King Vidor
Metro Goldwyn- Mayer; 1.-THE King
of Kings" directed by @. De Mile
(Pathe): "Disraei," directed by Alfred
e. Green (Warner Bros); "Hallelujah,"
directed by King Vidor Metro Gold
wyn- Mayer Grass" directed by
Cooper Schoedsack (ParamounD, and
"All Quiet on the Western Front" di.
yected hvaewis Milestone ..(UniyersaO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17

Those Of little faith In the press when
1t inyeighed against "Lysistrata" and
1.-THE Vanities" are now warned of their
danger by more trustworthy guide.
The church, through the Catholic The
alter Movement, declares these plays to
be outrageous and admonisheS its men,
bership to avoid them as a dishonor
and disgrace. The bulletin In which
the alarum is sounded also denounceS
the condition of the Broadway stage
In general, and 1t can find but two en-
tertainmentS f1t for recommendation
THE Green Pastures" and 1.-THE First
Mrs. Fraser" 1.-THE Green Pastures" it
win be recalled, had been forbidden by
his majeSty's government as too evil to
be performed in England.
~ y
Since the most intelligent form of
censorship is that which operates upon
the audience, results may be expected
from this crusade. Where the police
are heavy footed and the press Is an
accessory rather than o hindrance to
freedom in the theater, the pulpit's
frowning reprimand should cause the
showmen to temper their daring with
caution. Confronted with an organized
boycott against excuses prevalent and
promised, the producers may be per-
OuaCCW W l1ktCdl bkl6lE Exposures
whether dramatic or spectacular, and
make attendance more generally COM
Portable. Already, it is said, its re-
Straining influences are modifying the
manners of plays now in rehearsal and
In changing the plans Of entertainers
whose pleasure Is to see how far they
can go in public.
Il " ~
Ell. W. c." writes from his ONCE, 40
Wall street, that he cannot understand
why play such as 'Lysistrata' Is per-
mitted to run in New York" He de-
scribes himself as modern man of
average culture, interested in life and
the drama and hitherto unShocked by
his experiences with the stage. Though
disguised by "Lysistrata," he is broad
minded enough to wonder whether 1t is
his own fault or the plays. "Give me
your opinion" he requests, not being q
reader of these columns.
The preponderance of evidence Is that
H. w. G. Is himself to blame for not
liking "Lysistrata." He Is the sixth
person besides myself who has COM
planned of 1t within my hearing, while
I have listened to thousands indorse it
as great preachment, an uproarious
comedy, or both. Let H. w. G. emerge
from the sordid precincts of Wall Street
to mingle with the people of artistic
predictions and he will ind that 1t is
us, not they, who are out of step. ]
! give him Gilbert Seldes, the adapter, for
instance virtuous If not sanity man,
addicted to mischief rather than wicked
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
Gayety to Open.

THE Gayety Theater opens next Sat-
urday with a matinee, under the
management Of Jimmy Lake, and with
Broadway Scandals" as it's attraction.
Dynamic dancing by the featured femi-
nine players and a high-grade vaude-
vile act are stressed among the inter-
ludes.
Joan Lee, "big-typed" danseuse,
new in this field, heads the stepping
brigade, while the variety entertainers
include the Four Life Boys, said to be
sensational in the speed of their offer
fngs. Others with the show are Harry
Pep" Pearce and Jack Erickson, COM
ical buffoons; Ray King, straight man
Buddy Wood, eccentric Juvenile; Dolores
Greene, ingenue; Navarro Halo, red
haired soubrette number leader; Louise
Miller, a song bird of unusual attain
ments as the prtma donna, and q well
trained, good-looking chorus.
Santa Fe Trail" and Garden OF
Girls" are two of the scenes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17

WHETHER you believe it or not,
there are many who believe in the
existence Of Lady Luck, just as there
were those once who believed in Alad-
din's famous lamp d the wonderful
wand of the fairies. Things have hap
pened that are all out Of reason other
wise.
A recent check-up in the Fox studies
at Hollywood is said to have disclosed
remarkable things. Here are some Of
them:
only one year ago little Maureen
O'Sullivan, the Irish colleen who owes
her appearance in America to John
Mccormack, the famous Irish tenor,
was living quietly and unostentatiously
at her home in Dublin, with never q
thought of fame. She hadn't even ever
seen a camera. Frank BorSage, the film
director, saw and tested her out, and
Immediately thereafter her future was
assured; for she was given an impor-
tant role in the Mccormack picture,
Song o. My Heart" and also in Will
Rogers picture, $50 This Is London"
Now, mark you, she actually heads the
cast in "Just Imagine" the new De
Sylvia, Brown and Henderson musical
screen comedy.
Fiji Dorsay, also only year ago, was
stage circuit, singing and dancing her
heart out, but merely billed as one of
the unavoidable entertainers of the pro-
gram. You probably will recall the
"earth-wide search" for q good-looking,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
CONSTANCE BENNETT
endLEWAlREs III
~Common CIay~ FOX
Memories of the South.

. ALTERS Of the R-K-O Keith Thea
ter are vibrating this week to tune
ful chants Of cotton fields and sorghum
patch.
Halls Negro Chorus, 10 voices strong,
provides the choral and atmospheric
color in "Dixiana," Radio Pictures
original operetta, Bebe Daniels latest
singing vehicle.
Heart melodies, like "Old Black Joe"
"Suwanee River" Swing Low Sweet
Chariot" and Dixie" form the musical
undercurrent of this colorful story Of
the old South.
Among the Negro male singers are
8 baritone and baritone-soloistS, 1 up
per register baritone, one tenor-robusto,
dramatic tenor, bass and bass
soloists, 2 concert singers and 3 lyric
tenor SoloistS.
The women Of the chorus are clasSi-
fed as 6 mezzo-soprano soloists, 8 con-
tralto and contralto-soloists, ! deep
contralto, one alto, 2 dramatic readers
and S lyric and dramatic soprano
soloists.
Halls Chorus sang in "Hit the Deck,
recently produced by Radio Pictures, II
the spiritualist sequence, singing HAL
lelujah" and other Negro Spirttuals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
Once Zieefeld Dancers.

MOT many screen fans are aware that
- Lon CLANCY and Lee Moran were
formerly musical comedy dancers. The
fact leaked out during the production
of Pardon My Cum" Pathe's comedy
Of the great open spaces.
According to Moran, he and CLANCY
first went to California as dancing team
In the Ziegfeld musical comedy, 1.-THE Girl
In the Kimono." They left the show in
Los Angeles, and although Moran inn
mediateiy stepped into picture work,
making a split-reel comedy for the his.
toric Nestor Film Co., CLANCY appeared
In several Koib a Dill stage produce
tons before he decided definitely TO east
his lot with the ailent screen,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
Three New Season Pictures.

THREE United Artists Pictures, all
= set for indefinite runs and two for
So twice-a-day showings, are to be seen
In New York within the next three
weeks, and possibly, sooner or later, in
Washington.
Eyes of the World" Henry .sing's
production, with Una Merkel, Nance
O'Neill and John Iolland in a Harold
Bell Wright story, at the Rivoli.
''Hells Angels" at the Criterio.. and
the Gaiety. This $4,000, 900 production,
three and q half years In the making,
Is declared undoubtedly the most stu
pendous film ever TO reach the screen.
Abraham Lincoln" August IS, at the
Central, in New York, with Walter
Huston as the Lincoln Of this d. w.
Grifflth film. Una Merkel, Henry B.
Walthall, Lucille La Verne, Hobart
Bosworth. Kay Hammond, Jason Ro-
bardS, Frank Campeau and Ian Keith
also are In thA cast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
Exclusive Right to Name.

PARAMOUNT PUBLIX CORPORA
T TON was upheld in o decision
just handed down in the state Of
Washington Superior Court, In its ex-
elusive right to the use of the name
Paramount for theaters and other pur-
poses.
The court dismissed suit brought by
w. F., Code, an exhibitor who operated
a motion picture theater In Seattle since
1921 and called 1t the Paramount. Re-
Gently the Paramount company changed
the name of its theater in Seattle to
THE Paramount" Code claimed the
public confused the two theaters and
The court Is reported to have held
that Paramount Pliblix had the right to
use the name Paramount to the ex-
clusion Of the entire wori
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
Fox Lobby Exhibit.

THE popular know Your Govern
ment" lobby exhibits at the Fox
Theater this week are from the Bureau
Of Standards.
Few people realize the important part
the Bureau of Standards plays in the
everyday life of the American public,
and this exhibit is intended to en-
tighten them in part. The bureau
known as Uncle Sans oficial test bu-
reau," is under the direction Of DR..
George x. Burgess.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
Newman's Traveltalks,

r M. NEWMAN, traveltalker, one Of
A' the annual entertainers at the Ma
tional Theater, announces that he viii
bring this season an up-to-date group
of scenes, with different story, entitled
Seeing Europe" He promises to show
his best collection Of Still and motion
pictures of places familiar, scenes OF
many things that are new to most of us.
The traveltalks will be shown in the
following order: Seeing Italy" (from
Naples to the Alps); Rome and the
Vatican City," "Oberammergau," "Switz-
erland," and LA Vie de aris."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17

plAEC lOE Tic o.
cially elite, is the
current attraction
at R-K-O Keith's
Theater.
It is described as
o swiftly moving
love story present.
ed by a notable
cast Of stage and
screen stars In
GLIDING Bebes Dam
iels, Everett Mar
shall, Bert Wheel
er, Robert Woolsey,
Dorothy Lee, Jo-
seph c. W { horn,
Ralf Harolde, Jo-
byna Ho W la n d,
Marguerite Padula
and Biil Robinson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17

worlds greatest tap dancer.
Miss Daniels sings Magnolia" "a
Tear, a Kiss, a Smile" II Am Your
Baby Now" and portions of "Dixiana, :"
Love Is Like a Song" and "Mr. and
Mrs. Sippi." Everett Marshall, Metro
politan opera baritone, who plays the
rul.iantic lead, sings Goodbye Old
pals" 1.-THE Break of Dawn" and parts
of Love Is Like Song 'Dixiana"
and ''Mr. and Mrs. Sippi'' Other songs
include spirituals and Southern mel
odies by Halls Negro chorus; MY One
Ambition Is For YOU" sung by Bert
Wheeler and Dorothy Lee; You Seem
So Consequential" by Robert Woolsey;
"Cayetano," by Raymond Maurel;
"Clown's March" and Creole" by the
ensemble.
The story. highly romantic and at
times even tragic, nevertheless has an
ending that viii send the audience
away in a happy mood. 1t is as inter-
esting as . high-powered novel, in
brilliant and beautiful setting. The
Mardi Gras scenes are gorgeous In
technicolor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
R-K-o. KETTHs-"Dixiana.

H@ IXIANA," r a lilo Pictures
music drama depicting the
glamour and romance of the
H. Old South during the Mardi
Gras carnival in the sos,
before the Civil War and when New
Orleans was at its zenith as a gathering
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17

SCREEN AND STAGE ATTRACTIONS THIS WEEK
KETTHS-Dixiana." This afternoon and evening.
PALACE-"Queen High" This afternoon and evening.
FOx-"Common Clay" This afternoon and evening.
EARLE-"The Patrol" This afternoon and evening.
COLUNBIA-Let Us Be Gay" This afternoon and evening.
METROPOLITAN" Matrimonial Bed" This afternoon
and evening.
GAYETY- Burlesque) Broadway Scandals" Opens satur
day afternoon.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-17
NTL LABOR DEFENSE STARTS
WINTER RELIEF CAMPAIGN FOR
NEARLY 100 CLASS WAR PRISONERS
Many Prisoners Serving From Six Months to
Life Have Dependents

Of the International Labor Defense,
in a statement issued this morning,
said, in part: 1T is the duty of every
worker to come to the defense of
these men who are in Jail because
of their loyalty to their class. We
can not permit their wives and chill
dren to go hungry. 1t is our militant
duty in this class war to send all we
can for the support of these depen-
dents. The International Labor De-
Tense is straining all its energies to
make this campaign the most sue
cessful one ever undertaken by the
organization. We cannot fail. We
call upon all organizations to inme-
diately elect a Prisoners Winter Re
lief Campaign Committee and go to
work in order that our prisoners may
know that their wives and children
are taken care Of. We ask that all
individuals and organizations imme-
djately communicate with the Inter
national Labor Defense at 80 E. 18th
ST, Room 43O, New York City"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-17
Pioneers Holding
Anti Religious Circus
on Christmas Day

NEW YORK. john D. Rockefeller
Pope Plus XXI, Santa Claus, Hoover
will all be present as guests of dis
honor at an anti-religious circus given
by the Young Pioneers of America
at Irving Plaza, on Christmas day
Dec. %, at p. m.
The only Siamese Twins attached
at the rear John D. and the Pope)
and all unusual three headed serpent
cThe Holy Trinity captured in the
wilds of Wall Street by an expedition
of pioneers aill be among the thou
sand and one amazing features of
the circus.
All workers and their children are
urged to attend this monster carneval
All this can be seen for the nominal
price of twenty-five cents for adults,
and children, 2 for cents. Come and
bring your kiddies. If you haven't
any pick two up somewhere.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-17
Bazaar Committees
Meet Tonight and
Tomorrow Nigh t

NEW YORK. of work.
ers are busy collecting material, SELL
ing tickets, securing advertisements,
etc, for the huge bazaar to be held
jointly by the Needle Trades Work
ers' Industrial Union, Workers Inter
national Relief and United Councils
of Working Glass Women Meetings
will be held tonight and tomorrow to
hear reports of activity and to make
further plans for the bazaar, which
will be held at New Star Casino, Jan.
2, 3 and 4.
The bazaar arrangements commit
tee of the Needle Trades Workers
Industrial Union will hold meet
ing at 131 w. 2Sth- St., tonight at
$50 p. m. A joint bazaar committee
of the N. T. w. /. u, the w. I. r.,
and the u. c. w. w. will be held at
$3.50 p. m. tonight at the same ad-
dress. Tomorrow, Dec. 10, at $50 p.
m, a meeting of the secretaries of
unions affiliated with the Trade
Union Unity League, of branches of
the United Council of Working Glass
Women, of the International Work
srs Order and of other working class
organizations and clubs will be held
Workers and workers organizations
are being urged to intensity their
work for the bazaar as the time is
very short and to turn in all ma
terial Immediately to the bazaar Of
fices at 1893 Broadway, Room 535, and
13l w. 28th ST