Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30

OIQGE 10 lIldkS IllILl lGSA O1lCC HUI z
completely at home land other
people who raise their eyebrows
at the talkiesl perhaps the fol-
lowing had better be resurrected:
1. The friendly gesture Of
throwing cuStard pies;
2. Lillian Gish launched on an
icecake lettering at the brink Of
the falls;
3. The 5-minute wait between
Parts 1. II, Had finitem;
4. The dresses worn by Theda
Bara and Betty Blythe;
5. The gentle tinkle from that
imperishable piano;
6. The total absence of any
orchestra" air;
7. The lady Smelling peanuts
next to you;
8. That everlasting caption,
Game the dawn;
8. Ruth Roland jumping over
a 36-foot canyon;
10. And, Bebe Daniels and
Gloria Swanson romping on the
beach as Mack Sennett bathing
beauties.
A ND, as If In answer to a maid
: ems, or any one else's prayer,
comes printed matter which in
forms US that Mack Sennett, the
cuStard pie impreSario, has re-
Tented and announces he Is now
making a comedy in which his
famous pastry will have an i'm
portant part" The name of this
film is to be The Great Pie
Mystery" and it should lure to its
sacred groves those who now have
lived in an atmosphere of moth
balls and ashes since the incul-
cation of the talkies.
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THE best picture Of the week
undoubtedly is bad Sister"
1t might be the best picture Of
any week. It has about every
thing that no film has had be-
fore. The gentlemen say it has
Sally Eilers: the ladies say it has
James Dunn-the ladies possibly
having the best of 1t. Soon to
come into the Fox Theater is
''Huekleberry Finn" to be followed
by the new Gaynor- Terrell ro-
nance, Merely Mary Ann" a
Sweetly sugared story which
admirers of these two will find
just what they've been look
ing for. There is a tune In
it, kiss Me Goodnight" which
should linger long on the
musical breezeS, too. Miss Gaynor
is a waif--and what a waif-and
Mr.. Farrell a compoSer-and what
with one thing and another, the
ladies will want to bring handker-
chiefs and candies and any mem
berS of their household who re-
member when this was play and
liked it.
Rumor has 1t that the crowds
at the Earle last week were I'M
paralleled. A lady tried three times
in one day to get in and never
made 1t. Who was 1t that said
Constance Bennett is a washout?
Street Scene" which had
spectacular opening in New York
this past week, will come to the
Columbia-if the seats last that
long-Soon after the next Joan
Crawford picture has had its in
tended SieSta. Attractions which
are definitely booked at the Co
lumbia'S sister house, the Palace,
include the full length Laurel
and Hardy comedy, Pardon U.s."
Claudete Colbert in Secrets of
Secretary" Nancy Carroll in
Personal Maid" and such cele-
brated "headlinerS" as Ted Lewis,
in person, and Joe Cook-the
latter especially an attraction who
should be able to fill the theater
at any hour of the day.
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A ND, by the way, when those OF
you who attended "Everybody's
Secret" last Winter at the Belasco
saw a very grandioSe major domo
open wide the doors and shut them
again in the cardboard palace did
you realize that this pompous
gentleman was the now somewhat
famous James Dunn? Also did
you know that if his avoirdupoiS
increases over the 1877 line the Fox
Company may automatically tell
him to go elsewhere?
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ALL sorts of "healths" and
"toaSts" are being proposed
these days in honor of Harry
Crandall, who with his new neigh
borhood theater, which is being
constructed at Connecticut avenue
and Ordway street northwest, is
coming again into the chain"
business which he made so
famous. Those who have seen
the plans and pictures OF this
new theater will recognize that
MIR. Crandall is starting again with
the beSt-it will hold incidentally.
2,500-and that in equipment and
personnel it will undoubtedly rank
with the finest in the land. Which
goes to prove that when, bigger
and better theaterS are built, Mr..
Crandall will build them.