Evening star., 1932-06-05

~ changed her mind. A year
l. ago, backstage at the Be-
lasco, a dusky replica of
"Scarlet Sister Mary" she said,
IT shall not do a film until the
mechanics of the talkies have i'm
proved" At that moment she was
worried that the mechanician
would come along and make her
sound like fog-horn; that when
she spoke it wouldn't be Ethel
Barrymore at all, but a tin-pan
version of her particularly dulcima
voice.
At the same time she admitted,
however, that "it would be nice
to be out there on the coast with
John and Lionel" Now, suddenly,
she has set sail. Last Friday she
arrived in the once-dreaded
metropolis of Hollywood. She ar
rived with her two children, OF
whom she had said Gn that same
Belasco interview, II have torn
up IA movie contracts offered
them"
Now rumor has it that Miss
Colt, late of 'The Scandals" will
be in the same cast with her cele-
brated mother, and not only that,
but that there is a likelihood that
young Mr.. Colt will be present IN
his mothers first picture, as well.
Furthermore, and, of course, more
iJnpOrtant, comes the news that
brothers John and Lionel will be
slarred in this same picture.
Thus BroadWay'S royal family
suddenly goes Hollywood. One
wonders if it will ever come back.
It is no secret that Lady Barry
more has not met with any great
success during the past few sea-
sons in New York. Broadway, TO
put it lightly, has given her de-
cided cold shoulder. The great,
great success of Lionel may have
had something to do with the new
policy. At any rate, FOrty-Second
Street has been left far behind,
and. perhaps, sooner or later
Malibu Beach will be ruled by
these eX-green room monarchS OF
Broadway.
The picture, by the way, which
is being started this month, VIII
be "Rasputin"-Miss Barrymore
not playing the title role. M-G-M
thus will have another feather IN
its large cap, since a whole fam.
ily in one picture is something OF
a novelty. In fact, "RaSputln.,.
starring five Barrymores, should
be an ultra-novelty.
"A LETTER from Kirk L. Russell,
"A we'll known to Washing
tonians, and now associated with
the Motion Picture Producers g.
Distributors of America, Inc, re-
wives the question recently dis
cussed in these columns OF Juve-
nile screen entertainment. Mr..
Russell says:
Dear Mr.. Melcher: Because
the flickering motion picture OF
a dog chasing a man which
saw for the first time in Wash
ington in 1904 in an empty
store room on D street, one door
east of the old HutchinS Build
ing that stood on the north
east corner of Tenth and D
streets northwest, was safe for
children to look at, there is no
reason to feel that motion pic
lures of 1882, with their dramas
of life, can be made safe Tor
Johnny" to see any time
mother sees fit to let him go.
The answer to this is family
night" programs in neighbor-
hood theaters-not downtown.
Mrs. Carlos B. Mirick, whom
YOU so well reasoned with In
your answer to her letter in
The Star of April "a, or any
| other interested person or
anxious parent should work
with their local civic organiza-
tions to get their neighborhood
theaters to put on family
nights" programs at the end OF
the week with pictures suitable
for the entire family, and in
this way the needs of the
youngsters as to film entertain
ment would be met. This is
not practical, however, in the
downtown theaters, usually
patronized largely by adults.
AS you suggested in your re-
ply to Mrs. Mirick, children
these days are likely to shy
. away from pictures labeled "for
], kids" They like to 60 with the
/ parents to see the pictures they
see and now there are plenty
/. Of pictures suitable for this pur-