Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-12


Never; Chester Morris (little
heard Of in the past few monthS)
has the leading role in "CorSair,"
and Director Howard Hughes has
produced another gang picture,
"Scarface." Billie Dove has the
leading role in THE Age for Love"
Probably the biggest bit Of
news concerns The Struggle" the
new picture which David Wark
Griffith, producer of The Birth
of a Nation" has brought out for
United Artists. Aside from Hal
Sicily, we are not informed as
to members of the cast, but the
story is "a .throbbing drama OF
1884," and we are told that the
accomplished director has selected
an unusually powerful company
of players.
OCAL flashes: Interrupting
their short stay in Washington
last Monday, the two world flyers,
Post and Gatty, hurried to the
R-K-O-Keith Theater to witness
for the first time the Pathe news
reel of their take-off and landing
in New York. The reel also gave
a short interview with the long
distance aviators. Manager Hardy
Meakin, in his quiet and, dignified
manner, placed a feather in his
bonnet.
According to Washington box
Offices, Barbara StanWyck has be-
come one of the favorites among
feminine theatergoers. And Bar
bara'S newest picture, by the
way, is scheduled for an cary
showing here.
The case of Lionel Barrymore
stealing the show at the Columbia
is nothing more than could be ex-
pected. Lionel. long a stage favor
ite before he took up screen work,
has been stealing shows all his
life, and he is just running true
to form. For purpose of argu-
ment, think he is better actor
any day than the much publicized
John.
sweepstakes" at R-K-O-Keith's
last week, was a splendid picture
Of its kind, with action aplenty,
but it just failed to click at the
box Office. OF course, its plot had
only a certain amount of appru..
In many sections of the couAs=
try, where town and community
censorship prevails, the funniest
scene in Smart Money has been
eliminated. Yes, it was the boot
scene" which certainly made a
hit with most local audiences.
Probably the most photographed
man in the world, President
Hoover, turned the cabinet room
of the White House into a movie
studio last Tuesday and then posed
for The Acceptance of Debt Holt
day Proposal" It is a sound movie,
the President talking into the
White House microphone.
The July weather has taken a
deep enough to worry about. After
all, those alr-cooled theaterS are
about the chilliest places in town.
And this weeks lineup of at
fractions appears above the aver
age, too, at this point of writing.
WHAT is salary of S15o,OOO a
year, with the income taxes
paid by his bosses? It is only a
minor consideration, according to
Odd Mcintyre, writing in the New
Movie Magazine. Odd tells the
story of Will Hays 10 years in the
movies, but says that the salary
consideration had very little to
do with Hays taking the job. HE
had first knowledge that the
cinema was playing big part in
the lives of impressionable youth"
says Mcintyre, when the movie
industry first approached him a
decade ago. He knew that hun
dredS of thousands of boys and
girls Including his own SOM
wanted to emulate Hollywood'S
stars, and as generalissimo of mo-
ton picture land he believed he
could do much to give a new
bravura to boyish ideals. In &C
compliShing this, he knew that he
was doing something sociologically
worth while"
What is a salary of S15O,000,
income tax paid by the bosses?
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WARNER BROTHERS have
~ picked six newcomers for
stardom. At least, the six will az
boosted toward Stardom as eff
GENTLY as possible by the press
department. The half dozen are
Marian Marsh, who played oppo-
site John Barrymore in "Svengali";;
Donald Cook, who has appeared
in "Unfaithful' with Ruth Chat
terton and in The Public Enemy;
Polly Waters, in Smart Money
and Might Nurse; Mae Madison,
who has a prominent role in the
Constance Bennett starring We
hicle, Bought" and Janet Gordon.
now receiving training at the
Warner Studio in Hollywood
THE Pennsylvania Board OF
Censorship has become SO
active that producers and directors
are shaking in their boots. Cut
ting and changing the sound pic
lures is an expensive proposition,
and in some instances, the re-
quired revisions cannot be made.
The board cut the Emil Jannings
picture, Blue Angel" so badly
that it could not be screened in
the State, and now, THE Public
Enemy" which showed here in
Washington recently, is but a
skeleton of it's former self. Critics
claim that the latter picture has
been changed in such a manner
as to show an opposite idea from
the one intended by the producer
that the last phase sanctioned
by the censorship board) really
glorifies the hoodlum, while the
original picture was supposed to
show the natural outcome of his
gangster life. But the ways of