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Ought to Be Fine.

HOLLYWOOD has an axiom that a
picture is only as good as its sup
porting cast.
Paramount has given William Powell
in Man Of the World" now ut R-K-O
Keith's, player-support that is claimed
to match an actor Of his proved ability
and the excellence Of the story.
Carole Lombard, whose gift for
dramatic Interpretation is given its
greatest chance for effective expression
was seen recently in Past and Loose"
and ut Pays to Advertise" Wynne
Gibson, who came to the screen after
q long and successful apprenticeship on
the stage, Is stated clever actress
She was seen to advantage in two Jack
Oakie pictures, The Gang Buster" and
June Moon" Guy Kibbee, character
comedian, went directly from q starring
role in the Broadway production
Torch Song" to play a bit in Nancy
CAROLS Stolen Heaven" and Law
renee Gray, a competent juvenile,
played opposite Marion Davies in
Marianne"
Richard Wallace was the director
and he recently directed Ruth Chatter
ton in The Right to Love" The story
was written by Herman MankiewieZ.
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The Negroes Talents.

THE world, long blind, has but re-
Gently awakened TO the talents of
the Negro. Belated justice now Is CIV
ing the dark man his due, not only in
letters, arts and arms, but in the thea
ter, in which there always seemed to
be a mysterious disposition to thrust
him out, regardless of his worth And
yet some of the most delightful ditties
and melodies of the white mans fire.
side have sprung from the humble
workers in the cotton fields, while in
latter days perhaps the most impress
sive and irresistible of the hymns Of
religion are to be found in the Negro
spirituals, famous the world over.
Coleridge Taylor, the English COM
poser, produced perhaps the first Negro
classic in music in his setting for Long
fellows "Hiawatha"; Paul Dunbar has
thrilled even the most obdurate white
heart with his poetry; Charles Gilpin.
in Emperor JONES'" demonstrated
clearly that the Negro was entitled to
strive for recognition in great drama
Of the theater. These alone in the arts of
America are SUFFICIENT to challenge at
tention, but there are many more
besides.
The Swanee River" "Massa's in the
Cold, Cold Ground MY Old Kentucky
Home" and, indeed, all the famous
Foster songs of the heart. which will
never die. caught their inspiration from
the Southern Negro, who. even during
the days of his slavery, disclosed quail
ties that unwittingly found their way to
the white mans heart with peculiar
elements Of charm and irresistible at
traction.
OF the pathfinders to the white mans
theater, Bert Williams perhaps was the
first and most conspicuous of his race
to get an opening and to securely in
trench himself against prejudice and
other opposition.
In later days reaching down to the
present, Lew Leslie, among the white
producers, has been outstanding in the
development and exploitation of Negro
talents and entertainment. There are
few, If any. theatergoers who have not
enjoyed his production Of "Blackbirds,"
that presented mirth and melody as
the colored entertainer conceived 1t and
the white man undertook to develop it
through many seasons.
Now Mr.. Leslie is in our midst with
Rhapsody in Black which he is
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Coming Attractions

her deepest emotions by the strict
guardianship of maiden aunt, she, for
the sake Of adventure, adopts the dan
gerous procedure Of telephoning strange
men, with whom she flirts outrageously.
Her flance, puritanical in his nature
learns Of this and arrangeS q plan with
his friends to curb this practice. The
surprising developments that follow pro-
vide a wealth Of humor and excitement,
which are said to blend into a play of
fascinating entertainment.
The large cast includes Margaret Sui
Iavan, Robert Strange, Nicholas Joy,
Robert Lowing. Fred I. Lewis, Pauline
Whitson, Horace Pollock, Loretto Shea,
Janet McLeay, Allys Dwyer, Rachael
jacob, John Bramall, Boris Nickolai
and others.
The direction of the play is credited
TO Stanley Logan.
palm BEACH BEAUTIES"
NEXT weeks attraction at the Gayety
Theater, beginning with a Sunday
matinee April 19, will be Palm Beach
ment featuring the following well
known burlesque stars: Babe Almond,
Billy Fields, Chuck Callahan, Ann Mey-
ers, Billie Holmes and Holly Leslie. with
the usual large chorus and a number
Of vaudeville acts.
CANTOR ROSENBLATT, April 26.
PLANS are being made for a return
= concert by Josef Rosenblatt, noted
cantor, Of New York City, whose re-
cent appearance at the Jewish Com
muntty Center was greeted with re-
ception in the nature Of an ovation.
Hundreds were turned away from the
Sixteenth street hall, unable to gain
admission.
To insure seats for all who missed
that concert the noted cantor will give
a special concert in the Washington
Auditorium Sunday night. April 26. He
will be assisted by the following artists
Jascha Zayde SHERMAN, pianist, of
Argentina; Josef Gingold. violinist, Of
Brest-Litowsk, and Henry Rosenblatt,
baritone, son of the cantor.
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What Grant Withers Did.

GRANT WTTHERS, who plays juve-
~ nile lead in Too Young to Marry"
at Warner Bros Metropolitan Theater,
finding himself broke at Santa Fe, got
a job as freight rustler; packed
lunch boxes, but was soon discharged
for eating up the profits: tried report
ing, drove a police riot car, which col
lided with q truck with unpleasant con-
sequences, joined the fire department,
then became = warden in a canyon of
the Sierra Madre and, returning to
Hollywood, got a character part in a
prizeflght series produced by FBO
under the title Fighting Blood"
He later appeared for First National
opposite Corinne Grifflth in Saturdays
Children" and was signed by Warner
Bros, and has appeared in Show Of
Shows" 80 Long, Lefty" Tiger Rose. +"
In the Headlines" Second Floor Mys-
terry" Dancing Sweeties" and Other
Mems Women"
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The Snoring Picture cAlb"m
By Robert E. Sherwood.

~ OAIETIMES Aim star is so eff
fectually surrounded with the
golden aura of box-office appeal
~ that his or her legitimate talents
are obscured. Such happens to
be the case with Joan Crawford. Be-
cause she almost always appears in pic
lures that possess the high artistic
quality and the consequent widespread
appeal Of a jazz murderer's true con-
fession in a tabloid newspaper, one is
apt TO lose sight of the fact that Miss
Crawford is an intensely interesting
actress and an exceptionally gifted one
as well.
In Dance, Fools, Dance" her most
recent emotional orgy, the junior Mrs.
Fairbanks Is called upon TO do all man
ner of things and she does them all with
an earnestness, a vivid sincerity and a
natural grace that lift her far above
her surroundings; they even boost the
surroundings beyond their deserts.
There can be no doubt that Miss Craw-
ford has distinction, in her true voice
and clear diction and in her highly
original method of attack. She goes at
a trite and obvious part as though 1t
were the greatest role since Sophocles'
Electra, and through sheer honest force
she manages TO ennoble IT. Perhaps
the main thing about Miss Crawford is
that she is fiercely dehantly alive. So
many of our film stars appear TO be
otherwise
Despite its title with which it has
no apparent connection), Dance, Fools,
Dance" is the best in the series of Joan
Crawford sensations Directed by Harry
Beaumont, who made the first great
talking picture, Dance, Fools Dance"
moves at a breathless pace, hurdling
various inconsistencies and improbable
ties with blithe abandon. Ii has some
extremely good acting in It, especially
b. Clark Gable, Cliff Edwards and Will
liam Blackwell Seemingly, the popu-
lation of Hollywood includes unlimited
numbers of performers who are remark
ably adroit in impersonating gangsters
and alcoholic weaklings
The other GOODWIN Mayer ia
vorite. Norma Shearer, is now visible in
one Of the most extraordinary offerings
of the year. II Is called Strangers
May Kiss" and it is adapted from a
novel by Ursula Parrot, author Of
''Ex-Wife" and Americas favorite con-
fesSor.
I do not know whether strangers
May Kiss" Is another chapter from
Mrs PARROTS own picturesque past II
50, she deserves to be congratulated, for
the heroine Of this lurid tale certainly
gets to see life.
At the start of the picture we observe
Miss Shearer returning by airplane from
a trip with a comparative stranger
(male) Next she Is residing in a
Mexican hacienda They part with a
sportSmanlike handshake and then the
young lady Is shown with various
strangers OF ii nationalities in all the
gayest capit Z Europe. The orches-
tras are piS. ig waltzes tangoes and
that new hit, Yes, Sir, She's My
Babyl" The champagne is flowing
freely. The gowns are raVishing And
all through 1t Robert Montgomery Is
logging the heroine's footsteps in the
patient hope that ultimately she viii
admit him 70 the big parade.
Presumably, however. she can't dc
this, because he Is no stranger
While sitting through the 10 reels Of
strangers May Kiss" / thought that
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bringing to- the shubert-Be this
evening for q weeks engagement and
which. he says, represents even higher
and better development Of the Negro
talents in music. The Snowman thinks
only Of his show. of course, and how best
to get 1t over the footligfts. But in view
of what has been evolved through but
a few generations from the cotton-fleld
Negro of the South, and in the face Of
things that even bitter prejudice can-
not efface from pleasant memory. Mr..
Leslie's Rhapsody in Black" doubtless
will receive the attention and excite the
interest of those who do not limit their
art enjoyment to race or color.
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THE Western High School Dramatic
= Club will give a presentation of
Twelfth Night" Wednesday at a mat
inee and Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day evenings, in the new Western High
auditorium.
The cast, the Violas in which will
alternate in the performances, will in
clude Misses Nadine Brownfield and
Betty Rose Sutton as Viola, William
Fitch as Sebastian, Miss Jane Rhodes
as Olivia, Miss Gertrude Bunch as
Maria, William Rodier as Malvolio, John
Caldwell as Duke Orsino, Joe Summers
as Sir Andrew, Paul Kirby as Sir Toby,
John Palmer as FeSte, William Claudy
as Fabian, Paul Ward as Valentino,
Edward Kent as Curio, Forbes Burgess
as Sea Captain and Antonio and
Misses Mary Williams, Barbara Pierce
and Virginia Pope as ladies in waiting
The rehearSals have been directed by
Miss Sue H. Gardner. instructor in
drama and public speaking and fac
ulty adviser on dramatics. This Is the
first Shakespearean attempt by the
young folks at Western High in 10 years
and the first time on a stage of stand
ard size fully equipped with modern
lighting effects and mechanical Access
series. During the last visit of Jane
Cowl to Washington the cast called
upon her in her dressing room after
witnessing her performance and re-
ceived valuable suggestions from her.
MONTGOMERY PLAYERS.
A S the final production in the $780,
81 season, the Montgomery Players
will present Booth Tarkington's comedy,
The Man From Home" next Saturday
at $40 pm. in the Bethesda Chevy
Chase High School. The cast headed
by Harrison r. Hathaway as Daniel
Voorhees, Pike-the man from home
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never had seen q traShier story, never
had heard phonier dialogue with the
possible exception Of War Nurse')
and never had witnessed q smoother,
more gorgeous production.
So I say: To Irving Thalberg, the
supervisor, and George Fitzmaurice, the
director pictorially, you have done a
superlative Job. To Ursula Parrot, the
author, and John Meehan, the dialogi-
cian-shame on you! And to Norma
Shearer-a combination of beauty and
brains will usually win out, but it also
helps a lot to be the boss wife.
+
MOT since the clipping of Jackie
Coogan's hair has there been such
performance by a child as that OF
Jackie Cooper in "Skippy" (Which does
not mean that I've forgotten Davey
Sonny Boy-Little- Lee, ether.
The newer Jackie has stepped into
the habfiiments and into the very soul
Of Percy Crosby's character, who was
born in the pages of Life"
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Villain Not a Good Hero.

WILLIAM POWELLS portrayal Of
w bad men" on the screen have
made him more popular with audiences
than he ever was as the hero of pic
lures in which he appeared.
His latest Is the role of modern Don
Juan in Paramount's production of
Ladies Man.. Rupert Hughes novel
of "Broadway's most dangerous and
fascinating personality"
Powell says his successful climb in
villainy is due to his making his por-
trayals natural He refuses to be bad
man whose sole function is TO accentu-
ate the incredible virtues of the hero
and heroine. No man, he points out,
Is that bad.
There is bad as we'll as good in
every man and ofttimes those whose
balance leans toward the bad are the
most fascinating" Powell explains. Il
have never played q faultless hero even
in my starring roles. Such men are too
good to be true
Whenever my character in . picture
is too far from the straight and marrow,
he gets into q cell.
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Fay Wray ap-
pears as the girl who wants the young
man to quit and devote his life to news
paper work rather than to living out
side the law" Supporting players in
clude: Regis Toomey, Clark Gable.
Robert Elliott Noel Madison. and
Mickey Bennett.
The stage entertainment is headed
BY the Rimacs and their Royal Ha-
vana Rumba Orchestra, an aggrega-
ton of musicians and dancers who will
present the original Rumba as it is pre-
sented in Cuba. Charley Boy Rimac
and Giro Rosary, noted Cuban dancers,
head the troupe. Audrey Depew in
porcelain Romance" a story in songs
and dances; Harry Ross and Eddie Ed
wards, funsters; Bob Carleton and Julie
BalleW, in comedy bits, and Maxine
Doyle, mistress of ceremonies, round out
the stage doings. Fred Clark and his
orchestra, the Vitaphone short subject
and the Graham McNamee Talking
News Reel complete the entertainment
RIALTO-"Bad Sister."-JOhn BOles.
0RAD SISTER" the famous story
- by Booth Harrington, Is the cur
rent screen feature at the Rtalto Thea
ter. with Conrad Nagel, Sidney Fox and
Bette Davis in the featured roles, sup
DQIbGO Oy AdSu E1bIcs NAhAA NAAASS
Charles Winninger, Emma Dunn, Hum
phrey Bogart, Bert Roach and David
Durand.
Bad Sister" is the story of a ruth
less woman'S tactics to obtain her own
way and fulfill her desires at the cost of
her family. Sidney Fox, who is making
her screen debut in this picture, por-
trays the role OF Marianne Madison, the
bad sister," with Bette Davis. another
newcomer to filmdom, as the other
sister, and Conrad Nagel in the featured
male role. 1t is hardly necessary TO
state that Zasu Pitts and Slim Sum-
merville contribute to the comedy in the
picture. David Durand is the mischieV-
Gus small brother of the story.
Otto F. Beck at the organ, Graham
McNamee explaining the Universal News
Reel, and selected short subjects will
complete the program, except that at
$50. 7:30 and 600 pm. patrons will be
given an opportunity to see and hear
John Boles in person during the run OF
bad Sister"
R-K-O KEITH'S-"Man of the World"
MYSTERY, romance, intrigue, sordid
AVA crime cloaked by the glamour of
Partisan society and night life, and an
absorbing story of tense drama and
nearI-I0rODDlng interest, are III Sdlu W
play a part in Man OF the World the
current attraction at r. K. 0. Keith's
Theater with William Powell, star of
many smashing successes, featured.
This story of love that comes too late.
of the fight Of a man to re-establish
himself for the sake of girl who beats
him at his own love game. is unfolded
in the atmosphere of pleasure-sated
Paris.
A superb cast includes Carole Jom-
bard. blonde and beautiful: Wynne
Gibson. Guy Kibbe, new to the screen
but famous on Broadway, and Lawrence
Grey.
The program also includes another of
Johnny Farrell's fascinating golf sub
jects. Aesop's Fables, the current issue
of Paths News and speciality by
william r. Bishop. the theater's popular
"Organist Of the Air"
PALACE-"HonOr Among Lovers
CLAUDETTE COLBERT and Fredric
~ March are co-featured in Honor
Among Lovers" now at Loews Palace
Theater.
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Silence Recorded.

Silence Recorded.
"SnENcE" has at last been recorded
for a talking pictured The ambi-
ton of sound engineers has been real
lied
An invention by Hugh Mcdowell,
Radio Pictures reccrdist, and now in
extensive use at the studio, is said to
be responsible. 1t eliminates the static
noises common to talking picture
theaters.
The silence" sequence, a romantic
scene for Robert Woolseys comedy,
Going! Going! Cone" was shot in
Sherwood Forest" IS miles from
Hollywood on Ventura boulevard. When
the rushes were run they were so per-
feet that the signing of gentle wind
in the trees, the songs OF birds, the
neighing Of q distant horse, and even
the tap-tapping Of woodpecker were
distinct as life. Heretofore, according
to sound engineers, such sounds had to
be dubbed in" and exaggerated to be
heard above extraneous noises.
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Sines All of Them.

Tue FONG, headliner in Fanchon
= and Marcos "Enchantment Idea"
now at the Fox, sings not alone in his
own language and English, but in Ital-
ian, French, German and Spanish be-
sides
He is a native of Portland, Greg, and
a graduate Of the University of Oregon,
where he became a member of the Sig
ma Chi Fraternity. He is said to be
one Of the highest paid artists on the
stage.
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MISS Eleanor GdS-
kins and Matt Fen
ton will attempt to
fill their shoes, as
Ju dge and Mrs.
SpottsWood. T h e
judge and his wife
with their petty
b / C k e T ings, add
m a n y laughable
lines to the show.
Paul Murphy will
be seen in the title
role and Margaret
Fallon as the mad
cap Sally. Others
/ n de Helen
Ryan, Dorothy Col
lihower, G e liza
Tumulty, Margaret
Q - - A.aI
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upon as the LuIn-
ing point in the
career of Helen
Hayes, the little
Washington girl
who long since
attained stardom
in the tl1eater. In
all her are er,
with the possible
exception of her
work in the Bar
RE play, What
E v cry w ON an
Knows" H e e n
Hayes never had
such a character
part rs that Of
fered her in this
aprOoalipO efnry IF
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"Coquette."
.OR the week beginning Monday,
l. April 20, the National Theater
Players will revive "Coquette,"
i the play in which Helen Hayes
starred fer two seasons.
In the estimation of many students
IF dramaturgy, "Coquette" Is looked
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This First Ma
tional and Vita
phone production
Is based on a story
that Is said to re-
veal the little
known facts re-
garding a certain
reporter who was
rubbed" out be-
cause of his under
world activities
with racketeers.
The story was writ
ten by John Monk
Saunders, author
of Dawn Patrol"
and w. R. Burnett,
who wrote Little
Caesar"
T.- VIY~a- AZ,
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STELLA MARIS CLUB-'Broadway
Jones'"

FORGE M. CONAN thought so
much of Broadway Jones" one
Y of the funniest comedies he
~ had ever written, that he pro-
duced it himself at his own
theater and played the leading role.
That really clever and humorous play
the Stella Maris Players will present at
st. Pauls Auditorium tomorrow and
Tuesday evenings, at 8:15 o'clock.
It was originally produced with Mr..
and Mrs. Jerry Cohan, parents OF the
author, playing important parts. In
the Stella MariS Clubs presentation,
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John Barrymore's. new picture 1.-THE
Genius is almost completed. The plot
is taken from a Russian story, and
Marian Marsh has the leading feminine
rola
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Washington Players
What Various Dramatic Organizations Are Doing
and Propose to Do

and Anna Moore Converse as Ethel
Granger-Simpson, the girl in the case,
Is composed Of several old favorites and
some who are appearing with the play
ers for the first time.
This production will bring TO a clcss
a successful season, during which wers
presented "Billeted," written for Mar
garet Angltn by F. Tennyson Jesse and
H. M. Harwood; Cock Robin" by Eli
mer Rice and Phillip Berry, and Charles
Ram Kennedy's classic The Servant
in the House" At the close of the per-
Torrance an informal reception will he
held back stage" where light refresh
ments will be served.
COMMUNITY DRAMA GUILD. April
1924.
THE presence in the city Of John
= Galsworthy Gin person" adds inter-
est to the forthcoming presentation Of
one Of the most recent plays OF this dis
tinguiShed English dramatist Win
dows." by the Community Drama Guild
of Washington at its Spring play, at
Mckinley Auditorium, Thursday and
Friday nights, April % and "a.
Windows" one Of the striking. mod
ern plays written by Galsworthy In
1928, was produced by the Theater Guild
of New York City at the Garrick Thea
a selected group of the best local thes-
plans, and Is being directed by Ruth
Harsha Mckenzie. who brings to the
play deep understanding Of Gals
worthy, as dramatist, gained from sew
eral years association with George
Pierce Baker, friend Of the famous Eng
| lish author.
Windows" is a study Of human be-
| ingS, "as they are" and the charac-
far~ v,noEa IN farafnaf{vno oan1tnv1rA AZ
events.
william F. Baker, who has achieved
distinction as a master of stage design,
is in charge of the single setting, in
which the windows" in the house play
so important part. He Is assisted by
Helen Webb zeller, director Of props:
Harold Snyder, director Of lighting. and
Ruth H, Snodgrass, assistant to the d.
rector.
Tickets at T. Arthur Smiths: and
A. A. A.
PIERCE HALL PLAYERS-May 1-2.
ECT'HE ROMANTIC YOUNG LADY"
which the Pierce Hall Players win
present May / and Q, their third presens
tation this season, Is a whimsical three
act comedy by @. Martinez Sierra, the
! Spanish dramatist, who wrote The
Kingdom Of God,' in which Ethel Bar
rymore starred several years ago. The
| play was first presented in 1918 at the
Teatro Eslava in Madrid. The English
version, by Helen and Harley Granville
Barker, which is being used in the pres
ent production, was also used in its
presentation in 1920 at the Royalty
Theater in London.
The leading roles will be played by
Laura Stockton Voorhees,, who did exi
cellent work in "Kindling," the first
production of the players this season,
Roy GezeliuS. and Catherine Palmer
Mitchell as the grandmother the pivot
of the play. Miss Mitchell was trained
| in the methods OF the Moscow Art
Theater under the dictatorship Of Rich
ard Boleslavsky and Maria Ouspenskaya
| of the American Laboratory Theater in
| New York Others in the cast are Ed
ward Northrup. Arthur Rohrer. OulaH
Sellers. Emily ToombS. Naomi Trotter,
Anne Kondrup, william Carrigan and
Felix Schwarz.