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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
Outdoor Amusements.

Those who like thrills viii find them
ON the coaster dip and in the airplane
swings. Equally erjoyaplSI Ebut less eA-
citing. are the minia4zsT ranroad, the
coaster rids- -tzW Whip, shooter, skee DALI
earr0Isel and other attractions
Shady picnic grounds and a play
ground for children on the oeacn are
especially attractive. $500
The new motor road is bringing
many new visitors to the park, and the
trains of the Chesapeake Beach Rau-
road provide fast and convenient serV-
ice from the District line station.
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
THE City of washington steams out
bright and early every day but
Tuesday for Chapel Point, watering
resort that lures many Washingto nians,
or as she 9lides down the Potomac In
the evening under the light OF q sill
very moon, with orchestra playing, and
the carnival spirit in evidence.
At the Point the world and his wife
may treat themselves to the luxury Of
q swim. There's also q shady picnic
grove for aIl-day parties, with swings,
see-saws, slides and other diversions
for the children. An athletic field Is
devoted to base bali and other events,
and there also is q tennis court. The
pavilion offers a fine dance floor and
dancing to the tunes of Happy Walkers
Orchestra. The Derby Racer, Golf,
foot ball or K. o. fighters are first
deck diversions on the steamers moon
light rides
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
Ensland's Costliest.

THREE days after Jameson Thomas,
English actor, arrived in Hollywood
with the intention of waiting a year. If
necessary, to start his American film
career. He was signed by Phil Gold
stone to appear in Extravaganza" and
will start work the middle Of August.
Reputed to be the highest paid actor
IN England, Mr.. Thomas began as an
actor when still in his teens. He was
later engaged by the British Interna-
tional Pictures for three years.
He has appeared in pictures with
Alice Joyce, Maria Corda and Gilda
Gray, his best known films being Pic
cadilly," week End Wives" THE
White Sheik," Peoples of Flanders, -
THE Farmers Wife, "The Rising Gen.
Grafton" and "a Woman in the Night"
Several British picture Arms borrowed
the English actor, and he made num-
Der of pictures in Berlin.
THE Hate Ship" which he made for
the British international, was bought
by First National for distribution. His
last two pictures in England were
"Elstree Calling" and West End"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17

King as when she was In the ''Follies."
The camera" says Miss Tashman,
has q tendency to make q woman
look stouter on the screen than she
really is, That's the reason why con-
tracts with feminine stars and leading
women provides that they must keep
their weight under q certain figure.
It's q clause that leads to much trou-
BILE and agonizing-to l8-day diets and
sometimes to operations to prevent the
unwelcome avoirdupois from accumulat-
ing.
THE figure must be kept slender
Otherwise the actress will find herself
relegated from leading roles to char
acter and then to comedy parts. A fat
heroine Is an anomaly on the screen
Girth leads to mirth. That is why
'girth control as Irwin Cobb called it,
must be practiced by screen actresses
at the cost of much agony of spirit.
Avoirdupois both on stage and screen is
the guide post to mirth and comedy.
Nothing is more deadly for a screen
heroine in romantic, dramatic or
tragic moment.
styles are designed for the slender
woman, never for the stout. A glance
at any of the fashion magazines estab-
fishes that fact. A screen producer
would never allow a stout to introduce
the coming Paris fashions.
And because figures can and do lie,
on the screen, through the cameras
mendacity, the aspiring film actress
must ever be on her guard against fat"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
Norma's Latest Hit.

"T EFT US BE GAY" is Miss Shearer's
~ fifth talking picture, and some
critics have called it the smartest per-
Torrance of her career.
Miss Shearer made her audible debut
in 1.-THE Trial Of Mary Dugan," and her
last role was in the perturbation of
Ursula Parrots THE Divorce"
The story LET Us Be Gay" Is from
the sophisticated play of the same name
in which Francine Larrimore appeared
on the New York stage. 1t is by Rachel
Crothers and was adapted for the screen
by Frances Marion.
Playing opposite the star IS Rod La
Rocuue, who was seen lately in THE
Delightful Rogue" Beau Bandit" and
1.-THE Swan" Marie Dressler, fresh
from her triumphs In "Anna Christie, :"
Caught Short" and 1.-THE Swan" plays
the colorful role Of the eccentric dowager
who engages q dowdy housewife, now
transformed into q smart woman of the
world, to vamp a charming man away
from her adoleScent granddaughter.
This is an ideal characterization for
Miss Dressler.
The picture was filmed in society set
tingS and the feminine players are
gowned In new creations by Adrian.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
Pictures Must Come High

night scenes, according to R-K-O cleo
tricians, will cost the studio $4,000 for
labor and current consumption alone.
Thirty eight hundred feet Of water main
has been laid for fire protection.
"Other Expenditures, reacting directly
to persons and industries outside the
studio include salaries for 500 extra
people, ranging from $3.50 to SIS day,
with the feeding Of these people at 81
per meal each. The catering establish
ment will use six chuck wagons and
employs so cooks and helpers; six tons
of Ice are used to cool drinking water;
$500 day is spent for hay and oats for
the horses used In the production
clothing for extra players cost $4,000;
makeup for the cast will amount to
81, 600, and furniture, automobiles, push
carts and other objects common to Paris
during the World War period will cost
$40, 900.
Most Of this expenditure Is for rental
rather than for outright purchase"
The making of talking pictures would
appear to be costly. Certainly the pic
ture should justify the outlay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17

WATCH your step, girlsl
w Some persons read character In
lines of the palms, says Donald Hen
derson Clarke, a screen writer; others
read II in the bumps on the head OF
in planets which were on the job at the
hour of persons birth, or in then
handwriting. Sammy Lee, who once
directed dances for Flo Ziegfeld, the
Shuberts and other Broadway pro-
Metro-G oldwyn-Mayer, prefers to read
character in dancing.
Mr.. Lee asserts that all dancing Is
not merely hopping, bouncing or a
gliding about. 1t really Is a revelation
of character, of emotions, of thoughts.
THE dancer can create a means of
expression in notion" says Mr.. Lee.
For instance, Pavlova could extern
poriZe q dance to Brahms compost
ton in which she absolutely was COM
posing, creating q physical form Of ex-
preston as complete in itself as the
composition Of the musician.
"In our musical numbers for talking
pictures we express ideas, too. Every
figure of dance and every series OF
steps are worked out to express q con-
crete idea, The dances in pictures to-
day aren't Just dances interpolated into
the film; they have to be integral parts
of 1t. The dances and the music must
express basic thought.
Perhaps one can best explain this
to the layman by looking ut physical
movement from his standpoint. For
instance, after long years of practice I
have gotten so that from watching q
person walk and move can give .
pretty good estimate Of the mental
make-up and temperament Of that per-
son. I can tell the sensitive and the
nervous from the placid or the self
reliant just by watching their steps
and movements.
80, you see, any person in dancing
can initiate or impersonate any char
acter by suiting his or her movements
to the temperamental forms Of the
character. Solo dancers do 1t in every
number. Ruth st. Denis, Pavlova, AIDE
line Genee-these are really dance
dramAtists.
I'm the new form Of chorus dancing
the same principle is being evolved.
With costumes chosen to carry out an
idea, with sets and effects that en-
nance the illusion, we make our dancers
today not only do steps to music but
act them as well. The boys and girls
who dance in our revue have it i'm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
T OUIsE ,FAZl

7 OUIsE ,FAZENDA, whose contribu-
ton to the simple joys of weary
world are far from unfamiliar, never
theleSS, beneath the surface, as it were,
has q hobby yet more artistic which
the revenues from her comicalities en-
able her to foster.
Nancy Smith, her friend and well
known writer, has this to say of Louise's
collection of antiques that represent her
hobby:
"a friendly, glowing lamp in the front
hallway of the actress home originally
hung in q synogague in Prague. She
has q spinning wheel which was brought
over from Belgium in 1776. 1t has an
added interest for Louise because OF
the fact that it was brought into this
country by her forefathers and came
down to her as an heirloom.
A fine collection Of swords, guns and
daggers includes q firearm which was
once In the possession Of Buffalo Bill.
A cane, concealing sword, came to the
country from France in 1776, brought
over by one of Lafayette's friends.
zone Of the mirrors in Miss Fazenda's
living room once hung in an Italian
palace more than 125 years ago. Its
frame is of exquisitely hand-carved
metal. Setting OF the mirror Is bro
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
Things Have Changed

along 90 many lines that it Is hopeless
to attempt to enumerate them.
Time was when a director wanted to
shoot marine scenes he hired a schooner,
shot them, and then finished the pic
ture on sets in a studio. It was all very
simple. The cameramen carried their
outfits on board and of with the play
ers, and went home nights If there was
no night shooting or no lodge meetings
TO disturb their habits.
Movietone has changed all that, at
least the Fox studios say so. Maybe, after
all, the movie is at the bottom OF the
whole mix-up. Cameras now, we are
told, are accompanied by enough appa-
ratus to I'LL a ship. It takes so much
time to get 1t on and OF that It saves
time to leave 1t on boardship. That Is
exactly what Director Alfred Santell did
during the filming of 1.-THE Sea Wolf
for Fox Films. Not only that, he also
left his actors on board for five weeks.
1t was an experiment In realism that
sets q landmark in the making Of mo-
ton pictures
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17

THE Cinderella Girl of the talkies,
Roberta Robinson, seems to be
bound from the fireside to the f1rma-
ment.
with reports of how Miss Robinson, q
schoolgirl, stepped out of a conservatory
Of music into a featured role in a talk
ing picture. Her experience was so SIM
liar to fairy story that she was dubbed
the Cinderella Girl" Critics wondered.
But after the picture they quit wonder
ing and began praising, says the R-K-O
chronicler, for R-K-O Radio Pictures
snapped her up without delay, and now
she is one Of the featured players in
Half Shot at Sunrise" a wartime
comedy with music.
Miss Robinson sings one of the song
hits, Riviera Moon"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
Coming Later

duction came in one form or an
other It sounded very nice.
The new weeks openings on Friday
also will bring entertainment that
ought to be we'll worth while.
At the Earle Theater, Clara Bows
new production, Love Among the
Millionaires," which is said to bring a
new Clara Bow to the screen, with
Stanley Smith, who supported Nancy
Carroll in "Sweetie" and Honey" as
the boy friend, while MitZi Green, a
for Stardom, will come in an ingenue
role that should enable the folks who
see her to size her up.
THE Bad Man." Holbrook Bhnn'S
famous play, will come in screen form
to the Metropolitan, with Walter
Huston, who was chosen by David
Wark Griffith to I'LL the title role in
that directors great picture, "Abra-
ham Lincoln" in Blinn's role. Doro-
thy Revier, James Repnie, o. P. Heg-
gle and Sidney Blackmer appear in the
cast, and the picture should prove fine
entertainment.
The Fox Theater win present on
Friday, for its new week, Milton Stills
as q hard-boiled gangster, In Man
Trouble" Fox Movietone production,
with Dorothy Mackaill and Kenneth
MacKenna In supporting characterize
lions. The picture brings Mr.. Sills
back TO the screen after quite an alb
sence.
Manager Corbin SHIELD is unable to
say at present whether "Dixiana," the
big spectacular production, with its ro-
mantle story of the old South, is to be
sappianted with new feature for the
week starting next Friday. 1t doesn't
seem likely that 1t will be, for "Dixi+
ana" appears to have everything I'd
hold the crowds for quite while g
come. Still, you never can tell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17

lAEOST Of Hollywood's woman stars
1'1 average around s feet inches in
height. But Betty Garde, blond sweet
heart Of Charlie Ruggles in queen
High" now at Loew's Palace, Is much
taller.
There is something about Miss
Gardes slender beauty, 1t Is said, which
causes screen audiences to thi k she Is
petite. AS q result Of this favoritiSrn.
Miss Garde is enthusiastic about talk
ing screen work. queen High" is her
third talking picture, and she hopes to
make many more.
She deserted the musical comedy and
stock company stages to appear with
Charlie Ruggles in THE Lady Lies"
After that she made Pleasant Sins"
with June Collier in Hollywood, and
then returned to Paramounts Long
island studio to become Charlie Rug
gles' sweetheart again In queen High. ="
Miss Garde was born in Philadelphia
in 1905. She is the daughter of Charles
p. Garde, for long time night editor
of the Philadelphia Inquirer, and later
with the Chicago Herald and Examiner.
When she was senior in Phila-
delphia high school she wrote q play
which was produced in every school in
that city.
Charlie Ruggles is an old. friend. and
it was he who induced her to take the
screen test at the Long Island studio
which resulted in her being cast in The
Lady Lies"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17

MOT so important. even II true, Is
~ the news that Radio Pictures has
negotiated contracts with Famous Play
ers Canadian circuit for its 19S0-31
product, which, under the terms of these
agreements, is to be shown throughout
the houses of the Canadian Theater or
ganization. The announcement is is
sued by Charles Rosenzweig, general
sales manager for Radio Pictures.
R-K-O recently announced the con-
summation Of deal with Warner Bros.
which calls for the running Of Radio
Pictures throughout the approximately
800 houses Of that theater organization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
Perfume and Moods.

THE elimination Of the orchestra as
4 o vital help In keying the players
up to the proper emotional pitch in
filming q scene Is said to be one Of the
changes necessitated by the advent of
the talking pictures. Helen Twelvetrees,
Pathe featured player, however, comes
forward with the suggestion Of q
substitute.
In making Swing High" Miss Twelve
trees utilized various kinds of perfume
In wooing the desired mood. A whini-
steal gayety marked many Of the earlier
sequences of the picture. Then Helen
used q Light scent, compounded espe-
cially from the doors of old-fashioned
flowers such as migonette, verbena. lilac
and lilies Of the valley. Later when
the story called for powerful dramatic
efforts, the little actress used heavy
perfume whose principal ingredient was
altar of tuberoses.
Persuaded of the efficacy of this
scheme by Miss TwelvetreeS, Dorothy
Burgess, who plays a calculated siren,
now uses heavy, voluptuous scent Of
Oriental manufacture to build up the
tempo of her scenes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
Fat and Figures.

"ETGUREs can and do lie brazenly
on the motion picture screen. 1t
is the camera that makes them, and the
lie is source of trouble and discom-
fort TO woman players who have q ten
dency TO put on flesh"
who says so? Why, 1t Is q film star,
noted for figure perfect in its slender
ness without sacrificing feminine curves.
This particular player is Lilyan Tash-
man. featured in one of Warner Bros.
releases to be screened during the
Silver Anniversary in August
Miss Tashman owes her first stage
opportunities to her figure. She was
one of the Ziegfeld "Follies" beauties
a few years ago. Her figure was partly
responsible also for her early screen
engagements, in which she showed his
trionic talent that won leading roles.
So Lilyan has never neglected her fig-
ure, which today Is Is trim and dag
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17

HoMETHING has happened In this
old world Of ours besides amending
the United states Constitution. Many,
indeed, have been the comments In va
rious circles Of life TO indicate that the
populace Is getting awake to the fact.
Sage writer's have contributed speeula-
tions, and some folks have even howled
that we are losing our liberties. None
thus far has blamed 1t on the movies,
and some wonder why not.
In the good old days a sailor was a
sailor, a three-fnasted schooner was q
three-masted schooner. and a movie
actor was movie actor. Everything
was classified, so to speak, and was
easily understandable.
Now things are all mixed up. A sailor
n apt to be singer and actor as well
as an old salt, O. three-mRsted schooner
is likely to prove floating power house
with o, half-mtllion dollars worth of
electrical equipment, and an actor
well, he must demonstrate versatility
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17

with Greta Carlo In the role that gave
fame to Doris. Lewis Stone, Gavin
Gordon and Elliott Nugent viii be
found in the masculine roles, which
are very important adjunct to the
play.
On the same day will come to
Loew's Palace Theater the new Para
mount production, Lets Go Native"
with Jack Oakie and jeanette Mac
Donald heading q brilliant cast of
popular screen players, including
Skeets Gallagher, Kay Francis, James
Hall and lot more of them. Miss
Macdonald was heard over the radio
wednesday evening in one of her song
hits and other music Of the new pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
Characterization.
p Observation-Disclosures oc.

- CHARACTERIZATION occupies .
place in the motion picture dramas
Of today that 1t never before has held, "
according 10 Doris Anderson, Paramount
screen writer.
1.-THE spoken word Is responsible for
the improvement and increased impor-
lance Of characterization in pictures, /"
Miss Anderson believes. Talking films
have made the difference between
sketched outlines and finished portraits.
I'm silent pictures writer's could
sketch their characters by having them
react In certain ways to various situa-
lions. But by putting words into the
mouths Of their characters authors now
can III in the. sketches and make them
living, human persons" $3.50.
AS her latest work for Paramount
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
Daring Flyers All.

EORTY-SIX dare-devils of the air
were engaged to perform the flying
feats for THE Dawn Patrol" the First
DISQUALIFICATION feature starring
Richard BarthelmesS and now at the
Earle.
Some Of the flyers are Lieuts. E. H.
Robinson, Leo Nomis, Ira Reed and
Frank Tomick-all noted pilots and
stunt flyers. Robinson was born in
Chicago and learned about the air at
Kelly Field in 1924. He has had an
average Of 400 hours q year for the
last six years. Curiously enough, he
was in Indiana and made his first solo
flight in 1917. He served as an in
structor of flying at Fort Worth, Tex,
during the recent war. has had
but one accident, which, however,
married his countenance permanently.
Reed Is o native Of Oklahoma and
began his air career five years ago in
St. Louis. He Is IS years Of age.
Tomick was born in Chicago and was
q flying instructor at San Diego. He
began flying in 1917 and has approx
mately 5000 hours in the~air
THE Dawn Patrol was directed by
Howard Hawks. himself a licensed pilot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
Louise and Her Antiques

cade in gold cloth from one Of the
affairs In a Japanese idol worshipers'
building.
"a priceless Lola Mentez print is from
Courier q Ives, and has an imprint Of
1849 on it. A brass clock is more than
100 years old. Belgian royalty once
told time by it. Silver candlesticks on
the secretary with the clock were de-
signed and executed in Spain. They
were brought, among other household
effects, by Louise's ancestors when they
travelled to Mexico during Maximilian's
reign.
Among the scores Of valuable pieces
in her collection, that represent years
of accumulation, the actress points to o
simple blue vase, the first purchase she
pictures as an extra
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
Lonsdale and the Talk;ea.

AOAASS1AS $500 lSAA~ = eA1N4CSa
FREDERICK LONsDALE has been
engaged to write exclusively for the
Metro-G oldwyn-Mayer studios. Nego-
tiations have been under way for some
time, the contract is for q long term
and it is believed to be certain that the
work of the famous playwright will have
a marked effect on the talking screen.
It was Frederick Lonsdale who gave
the legitimate stage Spring Cleaning"
"The High Road" LAST of Mrs. Chey-
ney," Monsieur Beaucaire'' and other
popular dramas. For many years he has
been q vital influence in the theatrical
world and is recognized today as one of
the tl1eater's greatest playwrights.
Lonsdale Is at his best when writing
high society comedies. Several works of
this sort which he has written have had
worldwide audiences. His sparkling
dialogue and quick tempo have been
highly praised by critics and students
of the drama. Examples of his style
NAV be found In THE Lady in Ermine"
and Aren't We All?" His latest play,
"Canaries Sometimes Sing" was pro-
duced In London last year and win be
produced in this country soon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17

Rio-Walter Huston Aim. In fact, Mr.
MCGUIRE also L. 50 content in Hollywood
that all the legends about his dif1culty
with second acts must be scuttled.
Edmund 0oulding, whose suave d.
rection Of THE TrespaSser" and THE
recognition, will direct the new Fair
banks MIN, which is scheduled to &C
into rehearsal at the United Artists
studio in Hollywood very soon. Mr.
Goulding, borrowed from Paramount, Il
considered the most versatile man In
Hollywood. He composes music, writes
novels and plays that reach the public
turns out polished scenarios and dia-
logue, directs expertly, and Is, II al
must be told, an excellent actor himself
Fairbanks, Berlin. Goulding, Mcclure
so far-and Joseph M. Schenck pre-
senting the entire production.
This certainly sounds authoritative.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17

Miss Anderson has written the screen
play and added dialogue for Grumpy"
which features Cyril Maude. The pro-
duction Is based upon the stage comedy
by Horace Hodges and Thomas Wigney
Percyval.
The interest in Grumpy centers
principally upon characterization" says
Miss Anderson, although there is q
strong plot and q romance. The eccen-
trio old man, played by Mr.. Maude,
never could be in silent picture the
exceedingly funny and appealing indi-
vidual that he is In q talking Aim"
In stressing Characterization it is not
necessary to sacrifice action and plot
interest, the writer declares.
Creating o human character Is q
matter OF using the right dialogue words
instead Of niEhny," she contends.