davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Milford chronicle., 1931-10-09

THE THING that conquers a town,
is not any enemy in front, but sup
posed friends of doubtful loyalty
within itself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15
Laemnle Jubileeing.

CARL LAEMMLE, president of the
Universal Pictures Corporation and
claiming to be the only one left of the
moving picture pioneers of Is years ago
who is still active and actually at the
head of the organization he started,
will celebrate his silver jubilee during
the coming week.
Naturally Mr.. Laemmle is proud to be
an outstanding example of the survival
of the fittest, and quite as naturally his
entire organization seeks to honor him
as such in every possible way.
Universal Pictures is great corpora
ton, and it has very brilliant list OF
fine accomplishments to its credit. Mr..
Laemmle has seen the motion picture
grow from a peep-hole toy to perfection
that rivals, If 1t does not outshine, the
stage itself with all its glories of the
past, and today it is the chief diversion
and entertainment of millions who
probably know nothing at all of the
theater legitimate as it Is now being
called.
In a little 10-cent graduate from the
nickelodeon out in Chicago on February
"a, 1905, Carl Laemmle began his ca
reer with 1.-The White Front Theatre"
Today he commands veritabie army
engaged in providing entertainment for
millions, with innumerable theaters,
mammoth studios, artists Of the theater
of the highest rank, and technical and
scientific experts in every line that con-
tributes to the amusement OF mankind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15
New York Stage Offerings
By Percy Hammond.

Nethersole and countless other leading
ladies.
Miss lie Gallienne's Camille sx-
hibits her characteristic intelligence and
theatrical tact. She is especially happy
in her makeup in the first act. when
she is still 1.-The Lady of the Camellas"
and untouched, as yet, by her love for
Armand Duval. The pale but pretty
face, the old-ivory dress, the scarf OF
old lace, framing her head, all unite in
their camelia- like connotation. Here, as
so often, she ccntrives very deity to
strike at the outset, at least In externals,
the mood of the part.
Her acting, too, in all the earlier pas
Sages is all that could reasonably be
asked in preSent-day performance of
the old classic. Less satisfactory Is the
long drawn-out dying and comparative
ly static sentimentalism Of the last act.
This calls for lyricisn1, and IN particu-
lar moving quality in the texture OF
Miss LIE Caffeine, and which she fat3
to simulate
Morgan Farley has been rather Yudely
lambasted for his performances Is Ar
mand, and in truth it Is hard to
imagine such woman as Camille fall
ing in love with youth quite so prim
and colorleSS. In one particular, how
ever, Mr.. Farley suffers from stage ira
dition rather than from his faults of
playing. The Armand Of Dumas was,
actually, an inexperienced, boy Of 20,
rather than the more or less accom-
pliShed man of the world, which the
average leading man not infrequeutly
makes him. As a practical matter Of
casting, however, Armand, regardless OF
the fact that a French young man OF
20, in Dumas time, was o good deal
colder" than an American boy Of the
same age today, should, II possible, In
his merely physical qualities, more def
ir1itely overshadow the frail Camille.
There are plenty of American halfbackS
and crewmen of 20 with whom one can
quite easily picture French denni-
mondaine Of the SOS falling violently In
love,
In general, the Civic Repertory's re-
vival is thoroughly worth seeing, and In
keeping with the intelligently supple
mentary role which 1t has come to play
to the routine Broadway theaters. It
was an interesting commentary, both
on the place which Miss lie Gallienne'S
company has made for itself and on
the vitality of the old piece itself, to
find, on dropping into Fourteenth street
just before curtain time on matinee
afternoon, box-office queue stretching
clear across the theater, lobby Nobody
will grudge Miss LIE Gallienne the years
vacation she proposes to givs herself Il,
Europe, but 1t seems q pity that some
arrangement cannot be made to keep
the company at work and the theater
open next year with those plays In its
repertoire in which its director does not
herself act. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15

nalist, in 1922, How would you account
for the fact that some of my plays
which were written 20 or 25 years ago
are being produced outside of Germany
and Austria only now?" Bernstein's an
swer is perhaps as good as any. Your
works were at least quarter OF CEN
tury ahead of their time"
Much of Bernard Shaw'S advanced
writing for the theater was due to his
deep study of radical social and eco
nomic theory. Schnitzler's now racily
modern comedies grew out of his early
researches into the most daring of
psychological and psychic discoveries
before these had become known and
familiar throughout the world under
the influence of Freud, another Wen
neSe.
This interest in psychology went
hand in hand with SchnitZler'S profess
sion, for ever since 1889 he has been
practicing physician in Vienna, show
ing in his writing for medical journals
his profound interest in the value of
mental suggestion, the problems of
spiritual maladies and nervous ailments.
So that while his plays were once re-
garded as the fippant dalliance Of
light-of-loves in aristocratic Vienna,
they are now ranked in Germany with
those of Hauptmann, have received
praise from Freud, himself, for their
Illustrations of subconsciouS motive and
live in the repertory of all European
theaters.
The first impression made by his
early plays, indeed, allowed for his
charm, his exquisite treatment of tenn
peraments, his vivid projection of at
moSphere, and his ever present irony,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15
oAe Vampires M~ DRACULA"-
RiaIto
An Author Unique.

but it scarcely comprehended his pene-
trating knowledge of human nature, the
subtle truths behind the seemingly
heartleSS exposure of the f1eeting quail
ity of emotion, and the significance that
peeps out from behind his blandly
smiling comedies of life.
Twenty-Five years ago Schnitzler's
psychology seemed just smart, but to-
day it goes on all fourS with the mott
walton in most novels and plays by our
best writer's. Yet Arthur Schnitzler re-
mains a highly individual playwright
and novelist, both a distinctive person.
atty and a reflector of the spirit and
temperament of one of the most capti-
waiting cities of the world-Visnna. To
his plays he has impaired the airinesS,
the gayety the rhythm of the Viennese
waltz of his compatriot Johann Strauss.
But the blending in Schnitzler of his
vocation as a doctor, his avocation as a
playwright and the QuintesSence of all
that we mean by Vienna is found only
in his later plays, three of which were
translated into English by Edwin Bjork-
man with an introduction in which he
singles out 1.-THE Lonely Way" as
"Schnitzler's greatest and most power
full creation" Bjorkman names also
"Intermezzo," "The Call of Life and
1.-THE Countess Mizzie" as distinguished
works of his author, but asserts that
The Lonely Way" combines in perfect
balance all the best qualities of those
three"
One other play of Schnitzler's, CDR.
Bernardo" which is curious for the alb
sence of any love interest and the pres
ence of Is doctors in its cast, reused
the most intense discussion on its first
presentation in Vienna and is never
performed there to this day without
the recurrence of deep feeling. The
leading character is accepted as a
portrait of Arthur's father, Johann
Schnitzler, celebrated throat special
list, professor in the University of
Vienna and editor of medical journal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15
Uo4NMLJAN, RoBERTEMMETTOCOmOp
0nd DJOAN CRAWFORD IN "E9ya~ PaIaoe1
Where the Shoe Pinches
By w. H. Landvoigt

a vicious cad. It is only fair to
say that much needs to be done
to the play before presenting 1t
to the metropolitan elect. The
story must be clarified, some of
the characters given their congo
and others more strongly de-
veloped to convey the real drift
of the theme. Yet, withal, it is
an interesting play, even though
in a measure both amatory and
amateuriSh. Remarks heard dur
ing the intermissions in the lobby
indicate that, although excellently
played by charming Betty Law
ford, Irene March, the daring
young flapper who helps to pro-
duce a strong dramatic climax, is
going to be repudiated by the
modern young miss, who strongly
reSentS the notion that "a real
girl" could throw herself so in
discriminatory at the head OF a
booZing Lothario, even though he
be a lover, with a blighted love.
Judge Erlanger, of course, has not
yet seen this one, and should be
given the opportunity to say
W4ACO41CL VI 4lOG 1lC 4CCAo OAAdO ~
emphasizes innocence and rele-
gates vice to the demnition bow
vows. Be that as it may, Heat
Wave" very clearly establishes the
fact that the American stage is
not alone in the endeavor to give
the public what it is presumed the
public wants.
"RIRD IN HAND" which the
MeSSrs. Shubert graciously
permitted to return to Washington
upon its leaving New York, per-
hapS for good, pleasantly revived
the memories of it's former visit
and doubtless made new friends,
just as a well played Drinkwater
play might be expected to do. 1t
is a type of drama, neither Slushy
nor dull, that may be expected
always delightfully."- to entertain an
audience. It's appearance at this
particular time, therefore, would
seem to be most fortunate to those
who contend that drama does not
need to be dirty" and that GER
tainly at this stage of our civic
existence when serious people are
protesting that our young folks
are daShing head-firSt for the pig
pen, it might help matters a bit
for their sake if we excuse the
filth" which the eminent and
conservative Judge Erlanger says
has crept on to our stage, from
further service, absolutely, if pos
sible, but at least for a long time,
just to give "the Riddles" fair
start in life, if for no other reason.
"STRICTLY DIS HONORABLE, .
with an emphatic indorse-
ment of its worth, comes from the
great metropolis to entertain the
patrons of the National Theater
this week. At the Shubert- BelaSco
we are promised Jane Cowl, one
of the most brilliant of dramatic
lights, in cart and Mrs. Bottle"
emphasized, and later as Viola in
Twelfth Night" OF the two
former plays, it would not be fair
to comment in advance of seeing
and hearing them. But the bills
for the week will afford theater-
goers the opportunity to compare
the wickedneSs of Shakespeare
which Mr.. Rathbone insists would
be baniShed by the official censor,
with two modern productions in
J dorsed as permissible posSibili-
ties" Meanwhile it might be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15

His resources are practically nlimitable,
including writer's and even distinguished
playwrightS. This in a world where
fame Is held in high esteem is some
thing certainly
But Mr.. Laemmle has other merits
to his credit, and without in any degree
assuming responsibility for their accu-
racy, 1t seems only fair to set forth his
claims to some of them. Here are the
claims of Mr.. I,aeTpmle and his ardent
champions:
1t was Carl Laemmle who inaugu-
rated the star system in motion pictures,
and a majority of the stars of today
either received their first chance in
moving pictures, or gained their great
est experience, under his supervision.
He was the first to put the name of
Mary Pickford on the screen. He was
one of the prime movers of the organi-
zation of Motion Picture Producers g.
Distributors and the first in proposing
the entry of Will H. Hays into the
motion picture industry. 1t was Carl
Laemmle who battled the Patents Co.
to a standstill and prevented 1t
from enslaving the industry, and 1t was
through his victory that the independ-
ent producer was enabled to carry on
in the industry. It is he who has al
ways kept alive the spirit of independ-
ence and fierce spirit of opposition to
monopoly for the advancement Of the
motion-picture art, and his wonderful
career has only recently been climaxed
by the award Of the Academy of Mo-
ton Picture Arts and Sciences for his
greatest Aim masterpiece, "All Quiet on
the Western Front"
Carl Laemmle was born in Laupheim,
Wuerttemberg, Germany, and with only
the ordinary education of youth of his
class and but $50 in his pocket, he set
sail for America, the land of promise,
with three ventureSone youths of his
own age on February IA, 1884. It is
interesting to note that all four of these
youths became millionaires IN this
r0aIY1trv
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15

NE of the sad complaints of
the day respecting our be-
loved radio is the ineradi-
cable cuStcm of singing
the same song or playing the same
selection over and over again I'M
til the Joy of living is worn to a
fragile and patience is torn to tat
tiers. When one percelveS an evil
in this wonderful world, manifest
ly it is his duty net only to avoid
it, but to exert all his powers
against lending it his personal
support. But, as this column is
devoted to the theater chiefly, and
the average run of attractions
doesn't afford much food for Cos
sip, it is almost unavoidable, even
for the kindlieSt disposed, not to
come back to the dominant theme
of the day-the decadence Of the
stage, whether some folks think
the stage is decading or not.
Somebody started the notion that
it was: then the newspapers began
to perceive it; the pulpit to decry
it, and later even the actors them
selves entered the argument, al
though chiefly in the form OF pro-
test against being arrested by
policeman for taking part in an
obnoxious play. Last week,
through the medium of the
dramatic columns of The Star,
the excellent actor, Basil Rath-
bone, gave his views of the
"vituperative moralist," while in
one of the. leading New York
journals, Judge Mitchell L. Err
LANCER, an hcnored, but retired
member of the Supreme Court of
his State, and now the successor
to his late distinguished brother,
A. L. Erlanger, head OF the mighty
forces In the theater that are SYM
boliZed by his name, cautiously as
becomes the juriSt, but just as GER
tainly as was to be expected, had
much to say of "the filth"-he
even emphasized that term-of
the preSent-day stage, and sug-
geSted that the root Of the evil,
probably, was the emphasizing of
9'the filth" and the failure to
"overemphasiZe innocence" When
doctors disagree, who shall minis
ter to the patient?
"HEAT WAVE" the new English
play of Roland Pertwee, emf
nent for his playwrighting ability,
with Mr.. Basil Rathbone as its
star, and an "all-but-one star
cast" of English players, generally
noted for the polish and the
smoothness of their performance,
which has been denied even to our
ADLER American players, had its
American premiere. There is no
doubling the fact that the audi
ences enjoyed the play, and that
outwardly their approval could
not be questioned. But. 1t is
not at all impossible that many
who saw Heat Wave" secretly
felt that "even the English are
doing it now" Not that there is
much in the performance to shock
the modern audience, or to bring
down the wrath of a censor, even
if we were so unfortunately placed
as to have one. But there Is a
broad wave of suggeStiveneSS to
meet "the demands of the present
day" and, wonder of wonders, per-
haps the first Lothario in dramatic
form who, despite drink and a
devastating reputation. proves
after all to be spotleN, level
headed, even when intoxicated
and quite the proper hero to eS-
tablish the triumph OF virtue over
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15
Florence's Homecoming

FLORENCE MAY FLACK, once
Washington girl with a very wide
circle of acquaintance and a fame de-
MED to many, is having Homecoming
this week at Warner Bros. Earle The
alter, where they have buried her iden-
tity in the billing of the act Kafka,
Stanley and Mae, which is as famous
in Europe as it is in the vaudeville at
fractions of this country. Florence's
mother, Mrs Sarah Flack, is still a
resident of Washington, ct 1741 Church
street northwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15
TIVE BARRETTS OF WIMPOLE
STREET" Rudolf Besier's
play about the loves of the
meets. Elizabeth barrett and

- STREET" Rudolf BeSier'S
play about the loves of the
i poets, Elizabeth Barrett and
Robert Browning, brings to
the theater a fresh and unusually NOV
ing love story, an interesting. if not
erary history, and Miss Katherine
Cornell, at last, in a play worthy of
her distinguished talents.
Although interest centerS on Eliza
beth and Robert Browning, their per-
sonalities as poets are touched on only
incidentally, and the play might be
almost as moving and interesting were
another pair substituted. In essence,
the story is that of the wicked Dragon,
the gallant Knight and the Beautiful
Lady in distress. Mr.. Barrett is the
dragon, his daughter is the lady and
Browning is the knight who rescues
her from her fate.
That there is room for controversy
about the authors presentation of Mr..
Barrett Is suggested by the fact that
some of the descendants of Mr.. Barrett
are said to have felt called on in Eng
land to go to law to protest against
what they regarded as a libel against
their ancestors memory. It seems, in
deed, difficult to believe, that even in
earliest Victorian England such cold
put up with by more or less spirited
family A combination of Pecksnif
and Blue Beard, he tyrannizes over his
entire family, starving every natural
and harmless impulse, and behaving
himself in such fashion that, although
the piece wasn't oStensibly a melo-
drama, one expected the audience to
break into Kisses any minute, and
wouldn't have been greatly surprised
to see some enthusiast climb up on the
stage to kick the old fiend off it!
While Mr.. Besier would have written
a finer play If he could have contrived
to get his necessary effect while making
the father trifie less unhuman, the
fact remains that you are furiously a
partisan of Elizabeth's and of her sister
Henrietta and the rest, and CORE
Spondingly thrilled when into the gloom
and oppreSSivenesS of Elizabeth's sick
room the radiant hopeful and alto
gether Sanguine Browning comes, fig
uratively to slay the dragon, to sweep
the beautiful lady into his strong arms
and to gallop away.
Miss Cornells playing as Elizabeth
was altogether lovely. Her pale beauty,
the strength of her weakness, the fire
and longing of her spirit reaching
through the hideous moral miasmas
which enveloped her-all this was
brought out with fine truth, with
poetry no less poetic for being unex-
pressed, with authority, with glamour.
Brian Ahearne, an English actor, was
admirable as the particular Browning
Of the playa man in his thirties, in
stead of the middle-aged and bearded
poet whom the word Browning" usual
ly calls up nowadays. And Charles
Waldron certainly left nothing undone
to turn Mr.. Barrett into malignant
stone image.
\ y \ X
THAT grand old theatrical relic,
i Dumas Camille" which has barn
stormed up and down the world
since the middle of thu last century and
been wept over in all the civilized Ian
guages, is the latest addition to the
Civic Repertory Theater's list of plays,
with Miss LIE Gallienne herself in the
role played by Bernhardt, Duse, Olga
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15
QOLLYWOODM MODELS
Fox (Sfaqe)
Stage and Screen Attractions This Week

On the Stage.
BELASCO-Jane Cowl cart Bottle" comedy Tomor
evening
DiShonorabe" Opens evening.
Newman Traveltalk Switzerland" This afternoon.
GAYETY-Powder Puff Review" bureSque). afternoon
and evening.
On the Screen.
EARLE-"KiSS Me Again" This afternoon and evening.
PALACE-Joan Crawford Paid" evening
FOX-"The Seas Beneath" This afternoon and evening
RIALTO-"Dracula." This afternoon evening
R-K-O KEITHS-"Cmarron" This afternoon evening.
COLUMBIA Devil to Pay" This afternoon evening
INTERPRETATIONS Sinner"
Bachelor Father" starts
Wednesday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15

waiting is reward
ed. No instance of
this is more strik-
ing than the expe-
rience of Art h u r
S C h n i t zle r, who
ranks as a premier
d r a m a t / S t of
Austria today, and
whose play, THE
Lonely Way" will
be presented by
the Theater Guild
at the National
next week.
Schnitzler wrote
his first play as
long ago as 1891,
and in S urpri S e
a S k e d Fl e r m a n
Bernstein. the Jour-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15

THAT grand old theatrical relic,
i Dumas Camille" which has barn
stormed up and down the world
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15

profitable for those who are in
terested in the theater to ponder
on the certainty that govern
mental censorship is being force
fully urged in the great, liberal
State of New York. Even without
Mr.. Rathbone'S Endorsement, CEN
sorship is obnoxious and always
will be, especially so to people who
dream of liberty without license.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15
Men Behind the Guns.

WITH an original story written by q
naval oficer. its screen play and
dialogue by another naval officer, and
with the full cooperation OF the y. s.
Navy in filming it. ''Seas Beneath Is
said to be nearly perfect technically.
James j. Parker, jr., former COM
mander IN the Navy, wrote the story,
and Dudley Nichols, who held q naval
commission overseas, has woven the
thrilling war romance into an even
more thrilling sea drama.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15

DOSTERITY does not esteem play
wrights who have not been success
full in appealing to audiences.
Sometimes a playwright waits for
contemporary success and sometimes his
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-27
CAPITAL WANTS
MOONEY FREED,
SAYS WALKER
Imprisonment as Fuel for
Radical AgitatorS Is New
Pardon Angle.
By United Press

BIZ United Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 81
Mayor Walker Of New York plans
to present a new picture" of the
case against Tom Mooney, new
atmosphere" in which eastern capt.
tai urges MONEYS liberation to
thwart radical agitators," he indi
Gated today.
This new atmosphere" he indi
Gated, is the new angle he had
promised to inject into the first
pardon hearing ever given Mooney
by a Governor of California.
There will be no new evidence
presented next Tuesday to Governor
James Rolph Jr., he said. The evi-
dence as it is proves Mooney inno-
cent, he added, so the atmosphere
is all important now.
Part of Picture
Part of this new line of plead
ing, the mayor indicated, will be a
picture of the case he himself will
present to the Governor, starting
with the San Francisco Prepared
ness day bombing in 1916, in which
ten we're killed and forty wounded,
and bringing it down to the pres
ent. 1t was expected this will be
the new angle" which Walker hint
ed would be forthcoming at the
hearing.
James Cromwell, step son of E. T.
Stotesbury of Morgan and Co., and
a member of the Walker party, will
play an important part in this phase
of the hearing, the mayor indicated.
He has stated that capital is keen
ly interested in the case and that
many financial leaders in the east
are eager for MONEYS release.
MONEYS continued imprison-
ment," Walker added, "has given
radical agitators an opportunity to
deride American justice and may
result in nationwide drive to I'M
dermine American institutions"
Poses for NewSreel
Walker revealed another keynote
of their pleas when he posed before
a sound camera with Frank P.
Walsh, Aaron Saprio and State
Senator Hastings of New York,
other defense counsel.
II firmly believe that an limo
cent man has been languishing in
prison for fifteen years." Walker
said. To-day it is Tom Mooney.
Tomorrow it may be you, or you,
or you"
The mayor announced that
Joseph Johnson, former member
of his cabinet and now a Los An
geleS film executive, will be added
to the Mooney counsel at the hear
ing.
The st. Mary's-Oregon football
game was the only recreation Mayor
Walker permitted himself Thanks
giving day, spending the rest of the
time on the Mooney case. He was
scheduled to appear at two lunch
cons today.