Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-03
Flashes From the Screen
BY c. E. Nelson.

eggs, takes upon himself the duty
of selecting the years 10 worst
pictures. He states that the sea-
son Immediately following Christ
mas is usually the time for the Sc
lection of the years best pictures
and suggests that the merry
months of July and August are
fitt:1g for the announcement OF
the years worst.
A selection of the years best is
an easy task when compared to
the selection of the worst from
the HOLLYWOOD studios, and / do
not intend to follow with such a
list for WashingtonianS. The lat
ter have forgotten the bad pic
lures, anyways they Shoulo pc
forgotten-and may they rest IN
peace on the red side OF the box
office ledger. However, it might
be of interest to give you the list
as compiled by this New York
writer. Here they are: VIII I'm
Haines in 1.-The Girl Said No."
William Haines in Navy Blues"
Buddy Rogers in Safety in Num-
bers." Buddy Rogers in Young
Eagles" Edward Everett Horton IN
Holiday" Floyd Gibbons in With
Byrd at the North Pole" Harry
Richman in Putting on the Ritz,
Edmund Lowe in Born Reckless"
and the Duncan Sisters in Its
Great Life"
It will be noticed that the writer
of this list takes particular dis
like to certain characters OF each
film, and that he is not annoyed
as much by the pictures them
selves, for he lists two or three
good pictures. The Byrd MIN,
"Born Reckless" and Putting on
the Ritz" have been well received
bv audiences all over the country,
and the first of these three will
become a picture for the genera
tons to come.
We could never agree on the list
of worst pictures, so you may have
your own selections for the year.
NEARLY all film critics are
agreed that the first Greta
Carlo talking picture, Anna
Christie" will find a place, next
January, at the head of the years
best pictures. However, Greta is
coming along with another effort,
Romance" which may give her
two places in the best TO-" This
actress has exhibited more real
ability, more thought and study
in her work, than any other
screen player of aoday. She
stands, rightly, at tt Z head of her
profession.
AN unusually good list OF photo
plays are current in the
downtown theaterS this week. It
is natural that the list should be
headed by the Earle on account
of Eddie Cantor's personal ap-
pearance. This comedian is prob
ably the biggest attraction OF the
season, and he is accompanied by
the picture, Bright Lights" Joe
Cook, who is starred in Rain or
Shine" at R-K-O Keith's, is max
ing his first venture in a full
length photoplay, and If his
screen version Of the stage affair
Is half as gooC, as the stage show,
he will draw long lines of CUSTOM
ers. "RaffieS starring Ronald
Colman, is held over for second
week at the Columbia, where the
crook play turned 'em away last
week. Cheer Up and Smile" Is
the big musical offering of the
Fox, where an elaborate stage
show is also scheduled. Three
Faces East" with Erich Won Stro-
helm returning to the screen,
should make Washingtonians for
get the warm days. Way Out
West" with the big stage show,
is an unusually good feature at
the Palace, for William Haines
always draws.
TT would appear that the ideal
mother is difficult to find-at
least, in the movies. After max
ing screen and microphone teSt1
of 100 actresses, First National
announces that Dorothy Peterson
has been selected to play the part
of the mother in Mothers Cry"
a picture to be based upon novel
by Helen Grace Carlisle. Miss
Peterson, who played on Broad
way in Subway Express" went
from New York to Hollywood to
undergo the tests for one particu-
lar picture.
IF you want to get rich quick,
make a monkey picture. 1t Is
announced that "Ingagi," which
was an attraction in Washington
early this year, has crossed a mil
lionNdollarS, in spite of the oppo-
sition to it's showing. A play
actor in monkey skin may,
therefore, become a greater draw
ing card than one of the estab-
lished photoplay stars. "Ingagi"
drew the attention of explorers,
scientists, Government officials
and college professors, but it went
right along piling up the box Of
fee receipts. 1t may be that Bar
mum was right, and If you want
that million, get busy and make
a monkey picture.
THE Fox company has signed
Mrs. Patrick Campbell, for
years one of the leading feminine
figures Of the English stage, to
take the leading role in talking
picture, 1.-The Play Called Life"
Mrs. Campbell is well known to
the older generation of theater-
goers, both in this country and
abroad, but this is the first time
she has agreed to take a role in
o screen play.
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pLAYS AND PLAYERS: William
Anthony McGuire's new play,
"Onward, Christian Soldiers" is
to be produced first as a stage