Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08

OTdmd, Dub OIlly 4OL q oAAOA
time. Trader Horn comes 10
town as an extra speciaP' movie,
and, according to the popularity
of the book, the picture should
reap rich reward. Press agents
have found vein OF gold IN the
hardships undergone by the Hol-
lywood company sent to Africa TO
film the story, and, from all lnol-
cations, the movie is the biggest
thing of its kind--even with many
stirring film dramas coming from
the interior of Africa.
z The National, however, goes
back to the legitimate after the
RIM of Grader Horn" The The
alter Guild Is coming to Washing
ington with Lynn Fontanne, Al
fred Lunt and elizabeth the
Queen. :" after which Manager Steve
Cochran opens his ever-popular
stock company, the National The
alter PLAYERS. There is no mdica-
ton that the street playhouse
will have another picture during
the season of 1881.
other local theaters report some
record breaking business. Greta
Carlo. with Inspiration" scored
a hit at the Columbia, although
her vehicle was not up to the usual
run of stories selected to show her
abilities. east Lynne" at the
Fox, although a moss-hung story,
was popular, and Mile" turned
,out to be something entirely diff
fferent from the novel. Gary
Cooper's Fighting Caravans" was
one of those Westerners that have
their special following, and 1t
came after host Of "epics" along
the same theme. This week at
tention may be centered on several
pictures of a wide variety. For
Instance, at the Fox we are given
a view of that new star, ELISA
Landi, in Body and Soul" "Sit
Tight" makes second appearance
at the Metropolitan. Joe Brown,
Zasu Pitts and Jeanette MacDon-
aid arrive in Lottery Bride" at
the Rialto, and Clara Bow plays
the roulette wheel in mo Limit
at the Palace. Reaching for the
Moon" brings Doug Fairbanks to
the Columbia, and that theater
should continue the packed houses
inaugurated by Miss Carlo.
Thrills aplenty are promised in
1.-THE Last Parade" at R-K-O1
'Keith's. If you prefer a particu-
lar type of screen entertainment,
you are quite certain to find it in
this list of attractions for this
week in the downtown picture
palaces.
Harriet Hdpley Locher, long
competed NTH screen affairs
in the National Capital, is "iil-
Producing" the African picture
"TTGder Horn" She says it Is
& q picture which fills as NTH
1UondermeTt and something of
a realization of the gigantic
undertakings IN production.
THO years mere spent tn its
recording, and through the
sound equipment, the Uoice of
the Jungle speaks. 1t has a
panoramic s1Ceep of an epic
ptotopL1y and sights and scenes
+, 7leUer befoTe recorded By the
Il camera. 1t comes to Us NTH
the unqualified Endorsement of
outstanding national orgdntzG-
tons" When you read the book
and made your decision regard
ing old Trader Horn and his
story telling potUerS, you may
haze formed your o10p opinion
of Darkest Africa. But the
screen story 1ctu be different.
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IN glancing back over the big
successes of the screen, one
notices that history has turned
out to be a fertile field for the
producers. One recent indication
of this was the popularity of
"Cimarron," which relates the
building of new country in the
Southwest. The Abraham Lincoln
picture was also a history story"
and others of the past have been
"Old 1ronSideS" and America"
not to mention one of the pioneer
specials, Birth of a Nation"
American history is filled with
stories that might be turned into
great motion pictures. Life stories
OF such men as Washington,
Jefferson, Franklin and others are
entirely suitable, and they would
have the double purpose of being
entertaining and educational.
Other subjects might be the In
dian wars, the Boxer uprising, the
Spanish American War. The
Revolutionary period is filled with
splendid movie stories, and fol-
lowing that came the picturesque
Mexican War.
The field of history is filled with
potential movie stories, but care
would be required in the prepara-
ton Of such material for the
screen. 1t is possible to adhere |
strictly to facts and yet make the |
screen stories entertaining. Screen |
history should be truthful-but |
what field for the scenarist it |
really is!
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You may believe the stories
from Hollywood, or gou rdy
not, but Just cast your eye 0Uer
bit of the material Which
comes to my desk from the West
Coast: "TtDo round the -tcoYld
motor cyclists from Budapest
called a temporary halt In their
tTdUetS to UiSit Dorothy Lee.
They had seen her In Toxic and
Calcutta" "NeIt Summer
there Wiu appear bathing suits,
pGj1n10S and eUen shirts per-
fordted by q pattern of big did
T1onds. By this clever means one
can be fairly nell covered from
the gaze and yet Sun-bdthe In
public. The costumes are BEING
developed at Radio Pictures
studios" Last meek, Douglas
MdcLedn 11ent to the races at
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