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The Director $ Due.

4 S rule it isn't nice to tear rose to
A pieces to see how 1t is made. and
in majority of instances only vicious
vivisectioniSt tears to pieces a picture
provided purely for entertainment.
Still, there are a lot Of "Helen's
babies" in the world who want ito see
the wheels go round"
Joe Cook and his picture, Rain or
Shine" which has been delighting Ca
pacity audiences at Keiths the past
week, will long be remembered as one
of the timeliest diversions to make one
forget the weather that Washington
ever had in a day of trial. The picture
has been fully and freely described,
along with its funny story of making q
circus carry on in the face of the
direst obstacles. Picture fans who did
not miss it last week know pretty well
how and by whom that circus was kept
in operation. the right was indicated,
the hero and heroine were made happy
ever after and big audiences we're de-
lighted with sheer nonsense.
But those same fans do not know
that Frank Capra, a picture director
who has already won fame with his di-
rection Of Submarine" The Donovan
Affair" Flight" and Ladies of
Leisure" and who also established a
flair for amusing comedy with Harry
and The Strong Man." was the d.
rector OF Joe Cooks picture, Rain or
or Shine"
Mr.. Capra is entitled to as much
credit for its success as any one in
dividual that had a part In it. He can
never see the laughing faces of its de-
lighted audiences nor hear their ap-
plause. Don't you think he ought to
get some of the reward (outside money
dividends) which goes to a good SER
want who has well performed his duty?
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of us, and it is not only right but per-
fectly proper that We should be inter-
ested in them and their doings.
BY public announcement, that doubt
less has reached all the boundary lines
of the District of Columbia and to re-
gions far remote therefrom, the world
has been told that Warner Brothers
have set aside the current month of
August as their silver jubilee month,
during which they are celebrating both
the fourth anniversary OF talking pic
lures, an institution that revolutionized
the motion picture industry and in
which they played an outstanding part,
and also the twenty-fifth anniversary
of their own business connection with
the industry in general.
Their claims to general recognition
and their reason for celebrating are
that they were the first to develop talk
ing pictures to the point of being
popular success; they were the first to
bring order out of chaos" in 1905 by
opening a film exchange as an internle-
diary between producer and exhibitor,
and they we're the first to discover that
the public would like and accept five
and six reel pictures in preference to
the humber one, two and three reelerS,
through which the motion picture had
crept out of its primitive state to gen.
eral attention. Their claims also in
clude that of being the first to discover
the availability of successful novels as
material for motion picture stories, and
also to produce pictures in technicolor.
Now, each and all of these claims not
only merit attention but entitle those
who Justly make them to the privilege
of celebrating to the limit fixed by
discriminating civilization. Nay, more,
they entitle the celebrators to wide and
popular attention and to the heartiest
support and cooperation of the public
in general.
1t is the most natural thing in the
world, therefore, for Warner Brothers
to make memorable these accomplish
ments on their part and their silver
jubilee to crown their effort by pre-
pairing and releasing for the public
benefit what they claim to be the finest
pictures ever produced by their organi-
Zation. And in the aim to do this they
have co-operated with their affiliated
organizations, Vitaphone and the First
National Pictures corporations.
The pictures announced by them for
August release include their production
for the sound screen of David Belasco's
memorable stage success of years ago,
Sweet Kitty Bellairs," with Claudia
Dell in the title role played by Henri
eta Crossman in the Belasco play:
THE Matrimonial Bed" farce, with
Lilyan Tashman, Florence Eldridge,
James Gleason and Beryl Mercer in
important roles: Three Faces East"
Anthony Paul Kellys famous war spy
mystery drama, already seen at the
Metropolitan Theater in this city, and
"Viennese Nights" romance of Aus
tria's once famous capital by Sigmund
Romberg and Oscar Hammerstein.
First National Pictures contribute
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Louis the Barber

ONE Of the latest recruits to the talk
- ing screen is Louis Mann, an out
standing figure OF the stage of other
days, who makes his initial screen APP
pearance in Sins of the Children"
Mann, who Is member of that
pioneer troupe of the American theater.
Weber and Fields, Barrett and Nc
Cullough, David Belasco, De Wolf Hop
per and David Warfleld, recently adj
n1itted that he never thought he'd end
up in motion pictures, but when Metro
Goldwyn Mayer invited him to come
West to appear in the old-timers' sec
ton of their forthcoming revue of the
past. present and future, tentatively
titled March of Time" Mann re-
manned to play the central figures Of
"Sins of the Children"
The story is that of an old German
barber. who comes to this country with
his wife and spends his entire life try
ing to give his children every oppor-
tunity for success and happiness, with
mixed results, and Louis's the barber.
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Claud No Friend of Cats.

CLAUD ALL1STER has no appeal for
cats. According to his own state
ment, he tried for half studio day to
tnveigle cat to follow him for scene
In The Floradora Girl" but failed.
Il was supposed to stroll along nom
chalantly unaware of the cat at my
heels" said Allister. But since the
beastly animal showed no desire to fol-
low the script I had to wait to assume
my nonchalance until had sneaked
glance over my shoulder to be sure I
was being followed
When it became evident that the
cat seemed delighted to follow anybody
else in the company but me we
smeared fish over the back Of my
shoes and cat-nip along the back crease
Of my trousers. But even this wouldn't
work
The cat, apparently strenuously OPP
posed to my personality, had no inten-
ton Of 'complimenting me in any way,
until we attached a fire cord to him
and I dragged him through his big
scene"
Allister has three pictures held for
Fall releases. They are The Gar of
Broadway" Monte Carlo" and Capt.
Applejack."
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Tuning Canaries.

vt UNIN canaries for interior
scenes, tuning out" suburban
trains, steam shovels and barking dogs,
and shooting walking talking" scenes
were just part of Robert 2. Leonard's
job when he directed Norma Shearer in
Let Us Be Gay" so states the Rubin
Press Bureau.
The canary-tuning episode happened
when the breakfast room sequences in
the last part of the picture were being
filmed. To add cheeriness to the sun
streamed room, Leonard had several
canary cages placed about. When the
scenes were recorded, however, the
obbligato of chirpings was not only dis
cordant, but quite disconcerting.
In an effort to tune" the birds to an
even pitch, Leonard sang, whistled and
ran his hands over the piano keys, but
to no avail. Eventually musician was
summoned and by trilling his violin
strings at high pitch he persuaded the
birds to follow the key in unison.
Tuning out" suburban trains and
the other technical difficulties pre-
sented themselves, but the story Is too
long already.
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HOw's This for a Studio?

THAT modern motion picture studios
of the larger type are small indus
trial cities in themselves is indicated
In survey just completed by Jesse L.
Lasky for Paramount Publix.
Few persons outside the industry
realize the magnitude and completeness
of large studio" says LaSky. 1T has
been said that, given day in which to
stock up. studio could withstand a
long siege.
I'VE have at the Paramount studios
a cafe where every employee could be
fed. We have large building of dress
ing rooms. with all the accommodations
of hotel. There is a huge wardrobe
department, with clothes enough to
equip our personnel for years.
Neither is it generally known that
our studio comprises carpentry shops,
paint rooms, a plaster shop for the
making of statuary, machine shops
garages, foundry, plumbing department
electrical shops, nursery to grow all
of our plants and shrubs, and school,
house and hundreds of other such de-
partments"
Lasky states that at the present time
the Paramount studio in Hollywood
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has nearly 1000 employees on the pay
roll, and the Paramount New York
plant has 800 others. This does not
include those hired for few days in
rush periods, nor the large numbers Of
extras used in scenes.
Figures show there are 200 carpen-
tiers employed steadily at Hollywood.
Other employees include 1877 laborers, II
workers in the art plaster shop, IS men
in the property making department, 70
in the grip department, A handling
properties, 46 scenic painters, 1874 stage
electricians, 48 in electrical co.struc-
ton, As in the mechanical department,
43 in general offices, At in the account
ing department, IS in the music de-
partment, in the engineering depart
ment, 48 in the camera department, 40
cutters, 1873 at work in the laboratory,
85 scenarists, 19 directors and Is as
sistants, 122 handling stock equipment,
so in the transportation department, 81
handling wardrobes, 100 in sound re-
cording work, SO in the restaurant, 10
in the nursery, AZ in publicity and still
departments. % in the machine shop, IA
architects, 10 in the print shop, besides
many others in various lines of work.
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Animal Crackers"
WHY Animal Crackers"

WHY Animal Crackers?"
"Eet ees veree simple" explained
dapper Chico Marx, who plays the
italian musician in the picture and has
grown attached to his accent. "Eet eeS
because animals they make such funee
cracks. The horse-laugh has become
synonymous for boisterous humor. If
there ees anything fInnier than a cat,
that wild beast of the jungle, pretend
ing to be chummy with men so she
may get free meals and warm place
to sleep, have not seen eet."
That's not the reason at ALL" gruK-
bled Groucho. 1T is because Animal
Crackers fits so nicely into the electric
signs in front of theaters. THE Mystery
of the Missing Masterpiece would have
been too long for the signs, and we
would have had to change it to Haunt
ed Love- We took no chances"
Harpo, the silent brother, interro-
gated next, made no verbal reply, but
began initiating a small boy taking
something out of sack and examining
it into his mouth.
That's partly right" interrupted
Zeppo.' the serious member of the quar-
tet. did you ever see any thing more
ridiculous than a box of animal crack
ers? Shake the box and anything may
come out. from a giraffe to an iguana.
We figured the title would intrigue the
people so they would fight to get into
the theater just to find out what the
play was about. We were right"
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The Snoring Picture cAlbnm
By Robert E. Sherwood.

out of the ordinary as the Remaruue
novel. But the realization of the pic
torial potentialities in this great war
book set the two young men afire, and
they managed to convey to the screen
the flames of their enthusiasm.
"All Quiet on the Western Front is
a work of art. 1t is also an enormous
box Office success.
The same thing may be said of 1.-THE
Big Parade" the outstanding exception
to the slump of five years ago. It, too,
was the work of young and idealistic
men, Irving Thalberg, King Vidor and
Laurence Stallings.
You will find further proofs in any
list of the major triumphs that the
movie industry has known: THE Birth
of Nation" David Wark Grifhth),
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse"
REX Ingram), Blind Husbands" erich
Won Stroheim), The Covered Wagon"
(James Cruze), THE Mark Of Zorro"
douglas Fairbanks), and all the
Chaplin and Lloyd comedies.
They were the accomplishments of
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Shapes of the Past!

HATPINS, hairpins, whaleboned cor
sets. camisoles. starched shirt
waists, petticoats, pompadours, sailor
hats and high-buttoned shoes are in
the offing as accessories of the pull
down-the-skirt styles, which the fashion
kings, not queens, are desperately rush.
ing in feminine attire, according to the
news from the New York Paramount
Studios.
When the bobbed hair began to
vanish the skirts began to drop, &C.
cording to Fred Graf, the lady's hair
dresser. land the interest women are
developing in hair lengths" adds Mr..
Graf, lis very gratifying to us hair
dressers. We must satisfy their whims
and right now they want a change of
couture. Just as soon as it grows long
enough to put up, however, they'll de-
eide to cut it again. We are here to
please them"
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Cortez Back With Pathe.

p ICARDO CORTEz, one of the play
ers in Her Man." featuring Helen
Twelvetrees, Marjorie Rambeau and
Phillips Holmes, made his screen. debut
with the Pathe company that is pro-
ducing Her Man"
The picture THE Fringe of Society"
was made in New York under the direc-
ton of Robert Ellis, now one of the
screens leading character men. Fea-
tured in the cast were Ruth Roland,
Milton Stills and Eileen Percy.
Later CorteZ signed f1ve-year con-
tract with Paramount which led to
stardom. Among his outstanding pic
lures then were Sorrows of Satan, u
with D. W. Griffith: 1.-THE Pony Ex-
press" directed by James Cruze; Feet
of Clay" directed by c.. B. De Mile;
1.-THE Spaniard," directed by Raoul
Walsh. and Society Scandal" with
Gloria Swanson.
Cortez also had the distinction of be-
ing Greta CARLOS first American lead
ing man. The picture was THE Tor
rent"
Since the advent of talking pictures
Cortez has played in THE Lost Yep
pelin." Montana Moon, New Orleans"
and "A Grain of Dust"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-10

EVERYBODY who keeps in touch will

EVERYBODY who keeps in touch with
- screen production through the
newspapers and magazines knows, or
ought to know, that John Mccormack.
the famous Irish tenor and singer of
folk songs of old Erin, has made a pic
ture that perpetuates in view and sound
much to keep the great singer in mem
DRY. This picture has been titled Song
o. My Heart" and it was in this pic
ture that little Maureen OSullivan
came out Of the Emerald Isle to pro-
vide a new screen celebrity.
Hardie Meakin, who regulates the
operation of the local Fox Theater, is
authority for the announcement that
the picture will open an engagement at
his playhouse late this month"
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enthusiasts. They were all works of
art. And they all made fabulous sums
of money.
Unfortunately. in Hollywood young
men don't stay young very long. Their
enthusiasm is put through the machines
and comes out as thin as a film of
emulsion on celluloid. The imprisoned
artist of yesterday becomes the veteran
hokum merchant of tomorrow.
There are exceptions, of course, like
Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd, who
have maintained their original stand
ards because they have never lost sight
of the fact that each new picture is
new creation-hand-mad rather than
machine work of art.
But there again is proof of the rule.
(CopyriRht 1907
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Pathe's Star Gazer.

RABIES born on this day are likely to
- be baldheaded. With Neptune as
the leading factor, it's in the bag that
the child will evidence nautical ten
denotes. This is the deduction of Ed
die Quillan, the Pathe star gazer."
Those whose birthday it is" he adds,
will have q birthday every 365 days or
Whereabouts. This is because Mars is
in adverse aspect to Saturn, believe it
or not.
Persons born on this day should be
successful flnauciers and unusually
skillful at playing the piccolo.
After 3:39 pm. conditions will i'm
prove somewhat, but doubt it. From
4:01 pm. to GIL am. such things as
theft. forgery and murder should be
avoided. Otherwise a long journey
may be in store.
THE improvement over the preced-
ing period will be more noticeable after
IL pm, especially in such places as
Chicago, New York and Hoboken. BY
this time the sun will be shining in
China, thus leaving the Western Hem
isphere under the influence of Luna or
moonshine. Caution is the main factor
during this period.
AT 5:35 am. comes the dawn"
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New Theme for Talkie!

4NG" IICIIIC 1OI 4 d4NAN
EUREKA! 1t has bobbed UP at last
And what2 Why, simply a new
theme for a talkie story.
The Fox Newsreel man grabbed it for
its news value. and maybe the senti-
mental and romantic, or the under
world department of the Fox organiza-
ton, probably, may be considering its
availability. But be that as it may, and
then some. The mix-up of those babies
in the Chicago maternity hospital does
seem to offer possibilities unmentiona-
BILE to the vivid imaginations that
create story material for the movies.
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Why They Celebrate

The Dawn Patrol" with Richard
Barthelmess as its star. a tense story
of the war in the air; Bright Lights"
shown last week at the Earle Theater.
and an underworld love story, "One
Night at Susie's." featuring Billie Dove.
Douglas Fairbanks, jr., and Helen Ware.
Vitaphone, of course, contributed very
materially to the production of these
pictures with its mysterious devices for
the natural reproduction of dialogue,
song and instrumental accompaniment.
In other words, the sounds of life were
its gift to what otherwise might merely
have been a panorama of Photographic
shadows.
The local announcement states that
all these splendid productions may be
looked for during the current month
at Warner Brothers outstanding thea
tiers in Washington-the Earle and the
METROPOLITAN,
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New Vitaphone Stars.

A NUMBER of Broadway stars were
signed recently at the Eastern
studios to appear in Vitaphone Varie-
ties. George Jessel will record his songs
in two-reel drama; vivienne Osborne
will appear in THE Nightingale" di-
rected by Roy Mack, and Otto Kruger,
star of THE Royal Family" and will
Shakespeare, was engaged for Mr..
Intruder" a comedy.
William Demarest also was given a
contract for a new comedy, and three
vaudeville teams we're signed-the Three
Sailors, recently in Earl CAROLS
Sketch Book; Yorke and King and
Morris and Campbell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-10
Clara Bows Wedding Night

"EIER Wedding Night" the amusing
IA and romantic adventures of a
red-headed movie star who tries to es-
cape the men, and song writer whose
lady friends make life miserable for
him, has been selected as Clara Bows
next screen vehicle.
Ralph Forbes, whose last appearance
in a Paramount picture was in Beau
Geste" several years ago, will be Clara
Bows leading man in the Avery Hop
wood farce. Charlie Ruggles and Skeets
Gallaher also are in the cast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-10

CELEBRATIONS in honor of birth
days, weddings and other notable
events in the lives of those we love
and those We wish to honor have be-
come so numerous and so frequent that
the man up tree is apt to overlook
some of the most important and to
wonder what all the fuss is about.
Since the Warner Brothers, film mag
mates. have taken over the Craudall
chain of motion picture houses, which
were founded by our own Harry Gram
dali. a highly respected and well re-
garded native of Washington, these
Warner folks have in a way become one
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Ed Wynn Signs Contract.

I'D WYNN, famous stage comedian,
II will make one starring picture for
Paramount Publix, through a special
arrangement with FlorenZ ziegfeld, who
holds a long term contract on the stars
services. simultaneously Paramount
concluded purchase negotiations with
George White for Manhattan Mary" as
Wynn's vehicle. Manhattan Mary
was one of the outstanding musical
comedy hits of the 1929 theatrical
season and proved to be one OF Wynns
greatest stage successes. He Will play
lis original cart when the play - mined.
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Now a Woman Prison Story.

CLAUDIA DELL has been assigned the
~ leading role in Bad Women" the
forthcoming Warner Bros story of a
woman's prison, written by Melville
Crossman. This story has been adapted
to the screen by Maude FELTON,. with
dialogue prepared by Arthur Caesar.
Martha Mattox, Vera Gordon, Blanche
FREDERICK and May Boley are to appear
in the cast
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Fun Makers From Follies.

HARRY GIBBON and Vivian Oak
land, leading players in the Pathe
comedy, Big Hearted" was once men,
bers of the Ziegfeld Follies. Miss Oak
land, now prominent as screen
coincidence. played in the Follies of
1915, in which Mae Murray also APP
peared.
Harry Gribbon was a member of the
Follies of 1918. the same year Frank
Tinney. Leon Enrol and Ann Penning-
ton were part of the distinguished cast.
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Sophie In the Swim.
GAYS the news note

GAYS the news note:
- Sophie Tucker, who is being en-
tertained in London in the most lavish
fashion ever accorded an American
star. was the guest of honor on Sun
day of the Duke of Manchester at a
party given for her at his home, Bat
tlemeade on the Thames.
Sophie is spending 10 hours a day
at rehearsals of Follow a Star mt
steal show. which will open at the
Adelphi Theater, London, the begin
ming of September"
And yet some folks over here are
not interested.
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Ruth Learns Apache Dance

Ruth Learns Apache Dance.
pUTH CHATTERTON had to learn
the Apache dance under the in
struction of Joyzelle in preparation for
"Anybody's Woman" her new Para
mount picture directed by Dorothy
Arzner.
Miss Chatterton's dance will be a
slight burlesque of the real Apache rit-
ual, but In order to originate the Var1a-
tons she had to learn 1t as 1t is really
performed.
In Sarah and Son" she was seen
as a vaudeville tap dancer.
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Chevalier's Wife.

VVONNE VALLEE Mrs Maurice
Chevalier) will join Maurice In the
the French version of his next picture,
now called in English THE Playboy of
Paris" She will be his leading lady in
that version, but Frances Dee will re-
tain the lead in the domestic version.
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~ Indicates Where Film Is Being
Shown Today.

NhCAC 10 DCIhN
Shown Today.
District of Columbia
EARLE-13th st. NV.
METROPOLITAN st. NV.
AMBASSADOR-1Sth and Col. I'd. NV.
APOLLO-624 II st. ne.
AVALON-Conn. ave. and Mckinley
AVENUE GRAND-645 Pa. ave. Sc.
CENTRAL-9th st.
COLONY-Georgia ave. and Farragut
EMPRESS-416 9th st. NV.
HOME-123O C st. ne.
JESSE-31OO 18th st. ne.
SAVOY-303O 14th st. NV.
+STANTON-515 c st. ne.
fSYLVAN-104 Rhode Island ave. NV.
TAKOMA-4th and Butternut SITS.
TIVOLI-14th and Park I'd. NV.
"YORk-Georgia ave. and Quebec. NV
Maryland and Virginia
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Md.
ARCADE-Crisfield Md.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Md.
ASHTON-CIarendOn, Va.
AUDITOURIM-Ona Va.
BERKELEY-Berkeley Springs, w. Va.
CAPITAL-Cumberla Md.
CAPITOL-Winchest Va.
COMMUNITY-Ridge Md.
CREWE-Crewe, Va.
EMPIRE-P0cOmOke City, Md.
EMPIRE-SaxiS, Va.
FIREMEN'S HALL-Willards, Md.
GLOBE-Berlin, Md.
IMPERIAL-Brunswic Md.
ERSON-Brookneal, Va.
LYRIC-Fishing Greek. Va.
MARADA-St. MichaeIs, Md.
MARYLAND-Kitzm Md.
MASONIC-Clifton Forge, Va.
MELVILLE-Sykesvill Md.
NELSON HALL-Lovington, Va.
NEW-Aberdeen, Md.
NEW-ElktOn, Md.
NEW-Hancock, Md.
NEW VIRGINIA-Harrison Va.
OPERA HOUSE. Leesburg, Va.
OPERA HOUSE-PiedmOnt, w. Va.
PALACE-FrOstburg. Md.
PALACE-Hagerstown Md.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Md.
REPUBLIC THEATER-Annapolis
ROCKBRIDGE-Buen Vista, Va.
STATE-BetheSda, Md.
STATE-Westminste Md.
ADMINISTRATION. Va.
WALLACE DALE-Tangier, Va.
WARRENTON-War Va.
WEBB-AlbertOn. YA