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EASTER PHOTOPLAY ATTRACTIONS OFFERED BY THE WASHINGTON SCREEN >
J - y . i- . ?,
Famous Film Stars Seen
In Week's New Pictures
M*y Murray, Richard Barthe 1 mess, Chaplin,
5 Bert Lytell and Mary Carr Apppear
In Latest Films.
? '*. i
A PHOTOPLAY program fully in keeping'with: the amusement
traditions of joyful Easter week is annountcd in the five
major photoplay theaters of the city.
Mac Murray comes to the Columbia in her latest picture,
"Faicinaiion" while the Metropolitan presents Richard Barthelmeas
and Charlie Chaplin as the twin stars of a double bill. At the Rialto
VV'ifliam Fox's production of "Over the Hill" returns to Waihing
ton--for a week's engagement at popular prices. The Palace announces
a ngw Bert Lytell production, "The Right That Failed." while Gloria
Swaiison will be the Crandall's star today in "Her Husband's Trade
mark" Mary Carr, featured in the Fox production at the Rialto,
wil{ also appear there m person in connection with current showings
of ihc picture.
COLITMBIA.
Jfn Hurrah in "Fiuct nation.'"
a?e Murray, the gorgeous screen
butfcrfly. comes to Loew's Colum
bia ?f or the week beginning this
aft^fnoon in the special Easter
we?J offering deluxe. "Fascination."
Robert Z. Leonard's engrossing plc
turlsation of the story of the same
name by Krtmund Gmtlding. in
which Miss Murray i* seen as a
Spanish-American girl who dared to
reveal her heautv in the most
dangerous resort of Madrid an*
who. though fascinated by the
glamour and Intoxication of that
city*? night life, found love with'
youth a more fascinating element I
Of existence.
Th# rast that Director Leonard j
has brought to this brilliant Metro
screen conception is highly notable
and distinguished It includes;
''relghton Hale. Courtney Foote. ,
. Helen Ware, f'harles Kane. Emily 1
FItzroy. Robert W. Frazer. Vincent |
Coleman. Francis Ptiglia and many i
others. It is a production back- )
grounded against settings of gor- ;
geoua magnificence and Bohemian '
gayety. in which Miss Murray not
only executes a fascinating and ex
otic dance selection but 1n which
she appears gowned in all the op.
ulent beauty and grace that is,
thoroughly a counterpart of her
screen appearances.
Tn "Fascination." Miss Murray ap.
pears as the daughter of a Spanish
father and an American mother. The
combination of tbe Latin tempera
ment with its fire and Jts passion
and th# American strain of inde
pendent fearlessness gives Miss
Murray a wonderful opportunity to
d?- remarkable acting as Dolores De
I-iya. the young girl, who revolts
scalnst tbe rhaperonage of an aunt,
disguises herself In a black wig
Mid holiday garb and attend*; the
bull fight. There she meets Carrita.
* a handsome young toreador, who
fascinates the girl's youthful fan
cy* It Is this fascination and the
pull of a real love for a youth of
t*er own class in conflict therewltn
that famishes the chief motive for
the production and leads to a series
nf breath-taking episodes.
METROPOLITAN.
Richard Barthelmf>89 and Chnrlie
Chapkn.
Two of ths screen's most notsd
stars will distinguish the Easter
Week bill at Crandall's Metropoli
tan this afternoon.
Richard Barthelmess In "The Sev
enth Day" offers a worthy succes
sor of his first individual starring
vehicle. "Tollable David." and In
"ray Day" Charlie Chaplin j^Tords
an abundance of that distinctive
type of comedy that made him '
famous. The bill will embrace a j
variety of abbreviated camera sub
jects and orchestral contributions. I
Rossini's "William Tell" is the spe
cial concert number.
"The Seventh Day" is Mr. Barthel- |
mess* own production of Porter
Emerson Browne's story of the
*ame name and deals with the sharp
ontrasts in viewpoint and mode of i
living of New York's gayest smart :
??et and the simple fisher folk of an
obscure little New Kngland coastal
village. Barthelmess offers another j
of his splendid characterizations '
??nd is flawlessly supported by an J
unusually well-balanced cast that
includes among its members in ad
dition to Miss HufT. Frank boaee. I
Tammany Young. George Stewart.
rot her of the talented Amta; Pat- '
terson Dial, the young mother of j
Tol'ab'c David": Teddie Gerard. I
Anne Cornwall and a host of others.
"Fay Day" reveals Mr. Chaplin In j
?he role of a bricklayer who en- I
counters many harassments in the
Pursuit of his daily routine. In this
inimitable source of a thousand ,
laughs silent drama's greatest com- '
ediaii reverts to his original form I
r?f unalloyed funmaklng and makes I
laughter h?s chief objects. In con
spicuous roles are Edna Purviance. !
soon to be a star in her own right, i
ind Mack Swain, long an individual i
*tar as "Ambrose." one of th? i
screen's drollest characters. Phyllis
Allen and Sydney Chaplin are other
mportant members of the cast.
In addition to the "William Tell"
overture, the Metropolitan Sym
?ny will accord "The Seventh Day"
an especially tuneful musical in
terpretation arranged and conduct
ed by Mr. Mirskey. -pay Day" will
ie accompanied by a special combi
nation of tripls and single manual
keyboards in a particularly effec
tive syncopated score of late ponu
sr hits.
R1ALTO.
?Ortr the Hill," With Mary Carr in I
Person.
A theatrical event of much more I
:han ordinary interest and im- !
'? the engagement of the
William Po* special production
"Over the Hill." which, with Mary
C'ar-* appearing Itv person twice
iaily. will open a week's e n ruffe
lent at Moore's Rialto. be-i?nlng
oday
"Over the Hill" is one of the molt
emarkable picture productions of
-ecent years and needs no introduo
lon to Washington playgoers, hav
ng been seen here previously at
?ne of the legitimate theaters. This
s the first time that picture pat-ons
lave had the opportunity of view
ng the offering at popular prices
The theme of "Over the Hill" ig
nother love, and the story Is based I
toon the work of Will Carlaton
vho lived on a farm and knew Intl.'
-nately the characters that have
>een made immortal on the screen
e Incident of Ca-fceton* early
tfe Impressed him so vividly that
never forgot It. and he made s.
he theme of two of his best loved
The central flgure of the story.
J""'- self-sacrificing
nother. has been made one of the
? , ,? '"?ur one or tne
nost delightful character studies
?f thy present day by Mary Carr.
.er finished Interp-etatlon of the
radlng part being a constant jov
o the spectator due to the slncer
""if. <"omP'ete understanding
f'th .which she enacts It.
No fetter selection of subject for
Next Week's Shows.
' V%T?b?*AU?Robert B. Man
tell in Bulwer Lytton's "Rich
elieu." Five Shakespearean
Plays.
POLI*S?William Hodge la
"Dog Love," the product of his
own pen: cast ?included Ann
Davis. Edith ?Shayne. Mra.
Charles C. Crgi?* Cwyn Tudor.
John Webater. Gfcorge W. Bar
hlcr. Leighton Stark. Philip
Dunning and others.
KEITH**?Mildred Harris. Viv
ien ne Segal.and Walter C. Kelly;
Kva Shirley a^id her band; Em*
llle Lea; Bert Baker and com
pany: Foley' and LaTour; Kay,
Hamlin and Kay.
COSMO*?The Laurel Sextet:
Thomas Martin In "Jed's Vaca
tion": the Dixie Four; Davis and
McCoy: Kate and .Wiley In "On a
Pedestal"; I?eonard. Cotton and
Boyd in son:;s; "Conceit," Inter
national News; Urban Movie
Chats.
vr?A\D?*The Carl Nixon Re
vue: Roy Ma<*k and Peggy
Brantley In "A Whirl of Grace";
Reeder and Armstrong; William
Grew and Gwendolyn Pftes ti;
"Ha. Ha. Ha": George Mack and
Mildred Deane; King W. Vider's
dim "Love Never Dies."
UAYETY ? MOllle Williams*
"Greatest Show" With Miss Will
iams.
METROPOLITAN ? Constance
Talmadge in "Polly of the Fol
lies" by John Emerson and An
ita L009. with Kenneth Harlan,
Frank Lalor. Harry Fisher and
others.
PALACE??Thomas Meighan la
"A Bachelor Daddy."
("RANDALL'S?First four days,
Cecil B. De Mille's "Fool's Para
dise"; beginning Thursday, "The
Fire Bride."
Easter Week showing could pos
sibly have been made, the picture I
in lt? manysldedness having an Ir
resistible appeal for every member
of the family, young and old.
The cast surrounding Mrs. Carr j
is exceptional in many ways, four ,
of the star's children. Stephen. I
Rosemary. May Beth and Louella
Carr, appearing in various roles, j
with William Nash. Sheridan Tan
sey. Noel Tearle. John Dwyer, Wal- '
lace Ray. Vlvienne Osborne. Dor- j
othy Allen and Edna Murphy all i
giving interpretations.
PALACE.
Bert Lytell in **Th? Right That
Failed." .
Two photoplay attractions of in-1
terest and Importance are an-'
i nouneed as the Easter week oiler-,
ings at liOew'g Palace. For tnei
1 first four days of tne week, begin-!
? ring this afternoon. Bert Lytell,!
| the Metro star, will be reen In!
I "The Right That Failed." while thei
I last three days of the weok, begin- i
1 nl.ig Thursday, wi l be devoted toi
| showing Bebe Daniels in "A Game
I Chicken."
In "The Right That Failed." Mr.
1 Lyttil has one of the most appeal- i
ing romantic stories that has ever i
j carried his name as star. It ,
may t?e described as the ringside i
rcmar.cc of a fighting highbrow,!
and f?om tho poin* of c->nsiruc-|
tion. sustained interest and Intense
romantic appeal, it is a production [
I distinguished in every particular.:
It reveals Mr. Lytell as a ring cham- |
pion who falls In love, wins a girl j
and then discovers, that instead of;
being a gutter product, as he sup- i
I posed, he is really the son of J
! wealth and aristocracy and the j
heir to his grandfather's fortune.;
Miss Virginia Vallt is seen in the I
i star's support and the story is based j
on the Saturday Evening Post suc
| cess of the same name by J. P. \
Marquand. It is a Bayard Velller I
production for Metro.
"The Game Chicken." that brings)
i Bebe Daniels to the Palaca screen
for the final three days of the weeK,
beginning Thursday. Is a Paramount
j picturization of Nina Wilcox Put
nam's Saturday Evening Post story,
in which Miss Daniels finds one of
I the most rollicking and intensely
! interesting roles of her career. It
is described as a new kind of photo
play cocktail, composed of hootch
smuggling and love, mixed by the
Secret Service and topped by a
1 chaser from Cuba to Dryberg, Mais.
Chester Franklin directed the pic
ture and Miss Daniels* supporting
cast includes Pat O'Malley, Hugh
Thompson. James Gordon, Martha
Mattox and many others.
CRANDALL'S.
Gloria Swanaon In '*Mer Hu&band't
Trademark.''
Two Intensely dramatic and brlt
! liantly entertaining: photoplays Will
be presented at Crandall's Theater
this week. For the .first three days
of Easter- Week, beginning this
afternoon at 3 o'clock. Gloria Swan
son will -bft picture# In her latest
Paramount release, "Her Husband's
Trademark," with Harry Pollard,
the auxiliary attraction. In "Jump
Your Job." Beginning Wednesday
and continuing thfc chief attrac
tion throughout the balance of the
week, Sessue Haygkawa will be
screened for the first time in Wash
ington as star of Robertson-Cole's
production of "The Vermillion Pen
cil." a lavish spectacle with a love
story of exquisite tenderness as Its
theme. Larry 8emon will contribute
a hilarious comedy note as star of
his new special comedy. "The
Show."
"Her Husband's Trademark" is a
thoroughly engrossing drama that
derives Its dramatic clashes from
the love of two men for the same
beautiful young woman. The aim -'of
one of the college Churns Is great
weatthi the other strives to become
a great engineer. James Berkeley
wins the hand of the girl but fails
3fi00 Westerners
Ask Screen Star
To Continue Work
Traveling: on horseback from
Casper. W yo., to Hollywood. Cal.,
with petition to William B. Hart,
already signed by over 3,000
Westerners, asking the famous
star to continue making West
ern pictures. "Prairie Jack" Ed
wards, a Casper cowpuncher. ar
ried In Salt Lake City last week.
Edwards, or " Prairie Jatek,"
as he prefers to be known, hopes
to arrive in Hollywood before
May and by that time he expects
over 10.000 signatures of West
ern people to the petition to
"Big Bill."
"Bill Hart typifies the West
as the Westerner hopes to have
it remembered." said the cowboy
in an interview with Salt Lake
newspapermen. "Moving pic
tures will better preserve to the
minds of future generations the
hardness of this great country
when It was in the making: than
the most vivid story, and Hart
comes nearer to visualizing: the
true West than any other actor."
OLGA PETROVA HAS
HER OWN IDEA OF
EMOTIONAL ACTING
In the care-free old days, there
once transpired a most significant
little scene between Olga Petrova
and her film director. They were
filming a typical "triangle" plot. In
which an English wife returns to
the drawing room for a fan and
finds her husband in the arms of
the blonde ingenue.
Mme. Petrova walked naturally
into the room, glanced at the guilty
couple with an air of bored detach
ment. found her fan, and walked
out again.
The director gasped. The fact
that this was probably the way an
Englishwoman of poise would act
under these trying circumstances
had nothing to do with the case.
In the cinema they don't do it that
way. t
"A 11 tie more action, please," he
pleaded. "You ought to attack her
or reproach her. There might even
be a struggle?nothing rough, but
enough to show she can't get away
with that stuff."
Petrova didn't answer, but she
fixed the director with a glance. He
reached for his megaphone, shouted
"Camera." and the scene was taken
as Mme. Petrova played It.
to pile up the huge fortune that has
always been his goal. -AllAn Frank
lin achieves his ambition and re
turns to his home with rich land
grants in Mexico. Berkeley has
adopted as a means of seeming rich
the deception of keeping his wife
magnificently gowned to cr?ate the
impression of wealth. This thin
fabrication Is penetrated by Frank
lin and he attempts to aid his
former friend in a business way.
From this association springs the
picture's thrilling climax and the
unique power of the play's denoue
ment, Miss Swanson is supported
by Stuart Holmes, Edythe Chapman,
Charles Ogle and others of note.
"The Vermillion Pencil"" offers
Hayakawa one of the finest oppor
tunities of his career. In It he as
sumes three distinct roles, eafh <K
which he does full Justice. The
play derives its name from the Sym
bol of death by torture. Bessie
Love ami Ann May lead the excel
lent supporting cast.
'jJL ? - diiiPt
No Time-Table Pictures 1
For Him, Says Chaplin
Comedian to Produce Only as Many Films as
Consistent With Good Work
And Art.
It Is a fine thing: to be your own
r boss.
Many stars of the screen have
> escaped from the dictation of direc
tors In whose methods they did no*,
have supreme faith by erpraniz.nc
their own producing; companies.
| Almost invariably there has been a
noticeable improvement in the
quality of their work under ihe
l new plan. One of the first to rcal
| lie the advantages of the inde
i pendent system of photoplay pro
duction was Charlie Chaplin.
Having: written an autobiography
? >f his European travels, filed a.
Income tax return :lut wojld mukt
?nany a plutocrat ^reon with envy
and attained tho ambition of man>
years In revisiting the haunts <f
his boyhood, Charles Chaphu has'
settled down to the life of h.s dc- I
sire?the working arilKt.
"The man who is active and i
retires is a loafer." he declares,
"the man who tolls through |lf? ?t
a maximum expenditure of energy '
is a drudge horse. The man who
can afford to. and does, produce
just as much ar, i? ;jnnls:? tii \v':tr
art Is an a..si);-<t. lie is I ad
mit. especially favored by cireum
stances; but her h.s .he .deal ex
istence."
In recent yea/s Chaplin has ex
emplified-this v-r ?t t :u ht*,o^n in
ductions. In 1921 he produced "Th
Kid," which created a stupendous
sensation. Later In the s.ime ye-ir
he mude "The Idle <;1a?&.*' and now
he starts out eariy ?hia year with
"Pay I>ay." whicn, lik? tlii? other
two mentioned. Is tu l?c st?ni first
as co-stellar feat^ri- f the bill to
be inaugurated Miia al'telnoon at 3
time with his pro<Ji-? t .??:* \ Chiplin
at Crandall's Metropolitan Theater.
With the arrival of tha*. fame
SEMINARY LIFE
WAS TOO TAME FOR
THIS TEXAS GIRL
Texaa Gulnan, "the female Bill
Hart," popular stage and screen
star, who oppears in person and on
the screen at the Strand Theater all
week, beginning today, wan born
on her father's 8.000-acrc ranch,
just outside of Waco, Tex., and
at a very early age became an
expert equestrienne and lariat
thrower. Her costume In those
juvenile days was the same as the j
men wore?chaps, a flannel shirt,
Mexican boots and * huge som
brero. She invariably rode astride,
and acted in every way like the
full-fledged cowboys around her. j
But fate decreed that the dashing
Texas Guinan should not bury her
self and her talenta on a far-off
ranch, and so she was sent to a
female seminary In Denver, Colo.,
where she was the life of the insti
tution. Eventually a school enter
tainment was given, and this proved
the turning point In her young life.
She was given a popular song to
sing and rendered it with such fine
effect that Col. Peter McCourt, the
famous Middle West theatrical man
ager, who was present, made ber
an offer to appear in one of his
traveling companies. 8h? accepted
It.
From the first night of her ap*
pearance on the professional stage
it was apparent that her breexy
personality wan Ideally suited to the
glitter and excitement of the the
atrical world. Soon after her maiden
venture the went to Nfew York and
for several seasons acted In Broad,
way and itln#-ant attractions. She
was subsequently signed for the
New York Winter Garden Company
to appear in Its big spectacular re
vue. "The Passing Show of 1912," in
which she made a great hit.
Miss Texas Guinan had consider,
able fame In the theater before the
lata Paul de Longpre. world-famed
painter of flowers, made her fa
mous by discovering she had orchid
eyes, and that's a color all by it
self, and neither blue or violet or
purple. Miss Guinan believes that
hers are the only truly orchid eyes
in the world.
Singers in Vaudeville.
Van and Sch?nck, atari of tha
"Fotllea" which closed hera last
night, witt. it la understood, short
ly begin a tour over the Keith cir
cuit. where they were headltners
before they Joined the Zierfeld en
tourage.
.-A'*
which has enabled him to lak-s I
has devoted hi* cner^i#-* i?. le:irn- J
ing every angle of production. ?
Thin study has borne fruit In !
Jafct three picture'. ?iU ot which are,
credited to hiii ov-.hor-hlp an.l di- j
rection. "The Kid" was wldt.y ;
commented upon for the fact that j
in addition to superlative comedy, j
it embraced a genuine plot with \
heart interest and pathos. TLc i
skilled d f these - J
lions furnisher nut9 testimony fo;
the result 0.* the comedian's study ;
of this end the business.
Work Is his gre tte^l antipathy j
and also his keenest recreation.
Chaplin ?s an artist who loves work j
(or the Ideal of perfection it holds
forth and detests 11 as a roittvr ??f
routine.
"If 1 had to make picture* today
just on a schedule 1 sh ?u'.d feel j
cog in the huge machine of pro
duct ion. The fact that ? am aMe
to express ideas on ihc scree 11 as
they come to me. that I f?n. able t<?
produce In accordance with my
ideals as t?? '?ow th:i:^s *lio. Id 1m
produced has given me the impetus
j to do my best?even though it
takes time. It Is the life of the
artist and brings with It the r? -
sponsibility of creating artistic
work. Whether my pictures con
form to such standards is some
thing that the public will have to
Judge for itself.'"
Robert Etris. manager of Cran
dall's Savoy Theater, and John B
Upperman. at Crandall's Apollo,
both have hesun preliminary prep
arations for the opening of the ai
fresco picture wardens conducted
in conjunction with their theaters
during the heated term. The me
chanical equipment has already
been put in perfect order by Nat
Glasser. rhlef mechanician of thi
Crandall Theaters
Fred E. Hand, formerly of thi?
city and now associated with the
' Joseph Hart vaudeville enterprises,
i will be here this week with Bessie
: Harriscale. He expects to be ac
companied by Mrs. Hand.
Harry E. Lohmeyer, manager of
Crandall's Avenue Grand Theater,
has secured the Mohawk Quartet
for his special added attraction
Thursday night. April 20. This har
mony four will be assisted by Mr
Ferris at the piano and Mr. Bell,
banjoist.
NO MASSIVE SETS
BUT STRONG TALE
IN "OVER THE HILL"
One of the great epoch-making :
photoplays of many years is the ,
beautiful William Fox photodrama ;
of mother-love, entitled "Over the '
Hill.'* which will be seen at Moore's ,
Rialto Theater as the special Eas
ter week presentation, the showing .
being the first one In this city at |
popular prices.
There is no suggestion of big ?
massive scenes, no spectacular cf- j
fects, no crowds?nothing but the |
simple, thrilling and powerful story
that touches the heart of all hu
manity and brings everyone to real
ize the lovo and affection with
which a mother's memory should
always be revered.
Produced in New York by William
Fox in September of 1920. without
ostentation, without undue exploi
tation. without any furore or news
paper fireworks, the fame of the
simple and beautiful picture. "Over
the Hill." spread. It must be re
membered also that "Over the Hill"
was presented In leading flrst-class
Broadway theaters, at the top scale
of 92 for the best seats, and for
many weeks this single attraction
playing daily matinees drew the re
markable gross business of more
than $22,000 per week. These fig
ures are absolutely accurate and
have been the marvel of all who
have been familiar with the pre
sentation of feature pictures on
Broadway.
"Omar" on Screen.
Richard Walton Tully. whose pic
turlzed version of "The Masquer
ader." with Ouy Bates Post at the
head of the cast, has been deliv
ered to First National for release
next fall, will also put "Omar, the
Tentmaker,'* on the screen, with
Mr, Post, of course* In the role he
played on the stage. James Young,
who directed 'The Masquerader,"
will again direct for ?r. Tully.
. V* V A *
Garrick Prepares
For Season of
Summer Stock
The Garrick will closc Its
regular season next Saturday
night and on the following Mon
day will inaugurate the spring
and summer stock season. A
series of good plays, ably acte<?
and handsomely mounted. i?
promised by Manager Authur
Leslie Smith, who lias been in
New York the past week per
fecting the final details.
The flrgt play to be produced
is the delightful conredy. 'The
noomeranK.'1 special arrange
ments having been made with
David Belasco for the presen
tation of this and other of his
play? bv this company during
the summer.
The principal players are
Wanda Lyon. Sidney Mason.
Garry McGarrv. Ada Mead and
a splendid assembly of asso
ciates.
GATHERING RELICS
OF INDIAN DAYS
IS STONE'S HOBBY
Fred Stone, appearing: in 'Tip
Top." recently achieved a lifetime
ambition when he was able to give
orders for the construction of a
curio room for his Indian relics.
When the comedian was a boy.
living in Kansas and Colorado, he
feasted upon the Indian lore of the
region. Two or three times, he made
trips into the Indian territory,
where the Indians still lived under
government supervision upon reser
vations. All of these forays re
sulted in the collection of many
articles of Indian manufacture and
use. But never since he became
famous until he became the Indian
brave In "Tip-Top." had Stone been
able to collect his Indian relics Into
any sort of an exhibit.
Since he has t>een appearing: in
"Tip-Top," he has received many
presents of blankets, pottery, bows
and arrows, hunting shirts and
other Indian material. This will
have an honored place In Stone's
new Indian room, but the real pride
of his collection will be the arrow
heads, beads, buckskin and feather
ornaments collected during his boy
hood. and preserved during all of
the intervening years.
Stone's first impulse was to trans
plant his Indian room around the
country from one theater to an
other. The walls of his dressing
room are always hung with lariats,
spurs, "chaps." sombreros, bridles
and horsehair headstalls, while two
or three stock saddles are stored in
the corners. Fred Stone's dressing
room at the National is probably
the nearest approach to a ranch
bunkhouse east of the Mississippi.
P. G. Wodehouse Is back in New
York after a long absence In his
native London.
To Present Gilbert.
William A. Brady is getting to
gether players for the presentation
of.W. 8. Gilbert's 'Engaged" on
rather a lavish scale. Those al
ready engaged?or reported so. at
all events?include Arnold Daly
and Amelia Bingham. There Is
also some talk of a spring appear
ance of Grace George in "The Ex
quisite Hour," which she and Nor
man Trevor are at present acting
at the Princess Theater in Chi
cago.
Mae Murray Encounters
A Spanish Film Censor
Screen Star Employed This One to Pass on
Spanish Atmosphere of Her
Newest Picture.
In Mac Murray's newest Metro*,
picture. "Fascination." which is pre
sented by Robert Z. Leonard at
Loew's Columbia today, roost of the
eeenes are laid In Spain. The inte
rior setting* were designed by
Charles Cadwallader, who built the
Paris cafs scenes for Kiss Murray's
previous picture. "Peaoock Alley."
The designs for these scenes were
obtained through models at the
Metropolitan Museum snd from .
Spanish books of household design.
But. In order to arold the possi
billtv of having any detail criticized
by the Spaniards themselves, when
the picture la shown in Spain, a
8panlah artist. Francis Cugat. cen
aored every "set." His Job was to ;
go with a fine comb over every de
tail to see that it was thoroughly j
"Spanish."
"It Is one of the rules of theatri
cal presentation." said Robert Z.
Leonard. Miss Murray's director,
"that none of the real-life Incon- ,
grultlea of background will be re- ;
produced In a picture. When Mlsa
Murray and I were in Spain a year 1
and a half ago. we were entertained
In aeveral drawing rooms that
might just as well have been draw,
ing room# In London. Paris or New I
York. But none of these Spanish
drawing rooms would give fh? proper
atmosphere for the picture. There
can't be a detail that would appeal ;
to anyone as lnoongruous. So we have
sought to make each bit of furniture. 1
each painting on the w*lls, all of the
! household utensils, all of the cafe
I fittings, and eo on. thoroughly ]
[ "Spanish." And Senor Cugat is au- ?
; thorlty for ths fact that we have
, succeeded."
"They've been calling me the j
typical American girl.'" said Vir-1
ginia Valll, "and I've been trying to j
j figure out Just exactly what they j
! mean.
"I don't see that I'm more typical j
' than a million other girla, but yet j
a number ot artists hav? selected
, me as the personification of the'
I girl they have in mind when they j
1 think of a type. I know I d" the j
same thing myself. I meet hundreds
of girls, all equally American. Nit I
only once In a great while do I mee*
a girl whom I would instinctively
describe as 'a real American.*
"I remember when I was doing
war work ^tmon? the wounded sol- i
diers. I was curious, like a lot of!
women, to get the soldiers' impres- i
slon of the difference between
French snd American rlrls. One of'
the most pithy answers I got from 1
& soldier was: The difference Is that
i French girl thinks she's lucky to '
ret you and an American girl
'.hinks you're lucky to get her*.
Miss Valll. who was leading wo
nan for Bert Lytell In "The Man
?Vho." "A Trip to Paradise" and
?Junk." appears opposite him again
n "The Right That Failed." a Bay
ard Velller production of J. P. Mar- |
<|tiard's story, at Loew's Palace to- ,
clay.
Ernest Gibbs. formerly a member (
j of the Columbia Symphony Orches
tra at Loew's Columbia. Who left!
; that organization to join John
.Philip Sousa's Band on a tpur of
j the United States and Mexico, has1
been specially re-encaged by Di-'
rector Bruatlof at trombone solo let
end In the future. Mr. Gibht will be
heard 11 a member of the Columbia
group of musicians.
Plene are being made by Director
Thomas Joseph Gannon of the Pal
ace Symphony Orchestra to obtain
the exclusive Wash! ngton rights to
the nationally-famous symphonic
orchestrations of A1 Moquln. the
genius of arrangement, who or
chestrates all selections for euch
noted musical organisations ss Paul
Whlteman's Orchestra and the
Pennsylvania Hotel Orchestra In
New York. The Moquin orchestra
tions are Released to but one sub
scriber 1n each of the larger Amer
ican cities.
With nine new pictures In prepara
tion or in the proceae of production,
activity at the Paramount West Coast
studios in Hollywood is at high tide
All of the company's production unit*
are busy and will soon be agumente<1
by the addition of the staff g of John
8. Robertson and George Fltzmaurtc*
who has been producing pictures In
England and other European coun
tries for the last six months Nine
productions were completed st th*
Paramount studio on the coast in the
month of January.
Among the new productions und?r
way now in Hollywood are '^Orer the
Border.'* with Betty Com peon an*1
Tom Moore in the leading role*. an?l
"The Cat That Walked Alone?
George Melford production featurirt;
, Dorothy Dal ton and Including Wand*
Hawley and Milton Sills. Pictures
to be started during the month *>f
| February are: Cecil B DeMlllr '*
? Manslaughter"; ""The Dictator" mi?h
Wallace Reld; Thomas Melghan in
"Our Leading Citisen." story by
George Ade; "Val of Paradiae" with
I Jack Holt and Bebe Daniels; "Agnes
i Avers and Conrad Nagel In "Th?
Ordeal;" 'The Gilded Cage" starring
Gloria Swanson; and Rudolph Valen
tino In "Blood and 6and." with Ma\
McAvoy.
Paramount pictures completed dur
ing the last month Include" The
1 Green Temptation." "The Red Oial
lenge." "Beyond the Rocks." "Acros*
I the Continent," "The Proxy Daddy,"
I "Bought and Paid For.' "The Heart
Specialist." "The 81eepwalker." ar.i
, "Through a Glass Window. '
Three companies of "Lawful Lar
I ceny." now playing at the Republir.
I are being routed for next season
! One Is planned for London, another
1 for Chicago and the large Eastern
cities, and the third for the trip in
the far West to the Pacific Coast.
A burlesque of "Chauve Soun*"
, entitled "No Flree" Is to be pr< -
eented at a apeclal performance
soon in New York. Among tho^*
j mho will have parts are Heywcoi
Bmun. who is to appear as BaliefT
Alexander Woollcott and Marc Con
| nelly.
Mr. Cohan's entrance "Into the
I cast of "Madeleine and the Mot1*s
does not mark the only cast < hang*
in that play. James Gleaaon. it
i turns out. la actln? the rolo that
i was Harry Mestayer's.
National Screen Guild
Suggested as Drama Aid
Members From Maine to California Could Join
Movement and See Results of
Their Work.
The screen could he served well
I right now by an experimental
' workshop. New ideas in stories an<J
: the treatment of Aim subjects can
i be tried out only occasionally, and
I seldom satisfactorily. in the studios
? of the commercial producing com
, panies which are always chiefly
! concerned about their profits. Yet
| the development of the motion pic
, ture language is absolutely de
pendent upon experimentation, upon
the working out of the visions and
, ventures of people Interested in the
scrcen for Its own sake. *a>s the
j New York Times.
So an institution devoted to the
development of cinematography
rather than to the making: of money
j Is an acute need of the immediate
1 present. If such an institution
were established, a great many
! foolish and fruitless things would
j be done under its auspices, un
doubtedly. but It would as certain
ly provide the means for the pro
Iduction of many fine works and Its
I influence in the commercial field
J would be decidedly beneficial.
With severely limited resources.
! Mrs. Frances Taylor Patterson and
Dr. Rowland Rogers are attempt
ing some motion picture production
at Columbia University, it is under
stood. and other college groups
may be working along the same
Nines, but so far as the present
I writer knows there Is no such ex- '
jperimental theater or workshop as
Miss King: suggests. She asks
"Why not?** And the answer is
I because no one has put up the nec
essary money. In time the institu
tion might be self-supporting, but
It cannot be started with much
chance of success unless it is freed
from financial worries for the first
year or two of its existence. And
it would not need a good deal of j
cash and credit from the beginning '
How the money might be raised ;
Is the question. Kenneth Mac- 1
< gowan has been suggesting in the
i Globe various things that a mi
llionaire might do for the stage, and
there is no intent here to rob him
of his rich man. but if there Is
anyone who feels that he would
rather do something for the screen
it is suggested that he becomc the i
angel of an experimental work- j
shop.
As a mater of fact Vachel TJnd-1
j say has already made this sugges
tion. Several years ago he ex- j
pressed the hope that some "re- |
pentant motion picture millionaire" i
would endow something like a the
ater guild of the acreen. and an
other plan he proposed was that
colleges, olubs and various com
munity organisations all over the
country subscribe to a fund for
the production of pictures under
some central direction Prints of]
the pictures made could be sent to
.the subscribers *o that they might
enjoy th* fruit? of their ?upi?tt
and in this the icrecn has an ??>
vantagre over the operatic and dra
matte state?.
Alw<? a (>ood Slow
GRANDALL'S THEATER
Math At E
tTTOOAl?MO!*.?
Gloria
Swanson
In Paramount'! Spectacular Pro
duction of a Tense Drama
HER HUSBAND'S
TRADEMARK
Exfrfl Added Attraction
HARRY POLLARD
In His Neic Comedy Scrram
"JIMP YOIR JOKLL
t7HF.D?THIFS Kill?MTtl
SESSUE HAYARAWA
/* '?The Vermillion Peneii.''
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