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FLASHES SCREEN 1 • BY C. E. NELSON. A' I Kl\ 60 years or more on the speaking stage, “Unde Toni's Cabin’’ at last reaches the movies. The ohl thriller, al ways a favorite with the ten-tsvent , thirl roving hands, came into its own when production started, for no ex pense was spared in the effort to turn it into a real box office attrac tion. However, the critics who have viewed the screen version are some what puzzled over the entertainment. An old ghost stalks about, and one can almost hear the discussions of pre-Ci'il War days. Naturally, the producing company is not interested in the problems of the original story —and all of the problems have never been satisfactorily settled. It was only looking at the novel and the picture from the box office stand point. and so has been manufactured a thrilling picture, although it seems to have little to commend it as a high-grade ‘product ion. The “Tom show” of the photoplay follows as closely as possible the original story—probably much closer than the stage plays. 1 here are shots of Southern plantations, river boats of ttie Mississippi, the slave life and troubles, and all that sort of thing, together with the blood hounds, Eliza's perilous crossing of the ice, ct cetera, and the last half of the film is devoted almost entire ly to Simon Legree, who, according : to the title, “came from the North j and established a plantation in Geor- ! gia.” His cruelties are detailed, j The part of Mona Ray as Topsy is said to be overdone, and Virginia Grey as Little Eva is a mass of “movie ringlets." As propaganda, “Uncle Tom's Cabin” was a rather good show. Then, after it had served its first purpose, it was worked as a “boob catcher" by “actors" who traveled around the country with a bunch of mastiffs, the latter masquerading as bloodhounds. Special stage talent was not required for an actress or actor to join up with a "Tom show”; the dogs were the best trained prin cipals in the cast. Then, to show that education is a real benefit to country or community, as more schoolhouses were established and youth was trained in a more fitting fashion, tastes in theatricals changed —and “Uncle Tom's Cabin" passed into the discard. In the most lone some hick town in Brown County, Indiana, it would not, tonight, draw six spectators, even if the “blood hounds” were paraded down Market street behind the Silver Cornet Band. The question uppermost in the mind of the writer, and one which may perplex many film fans, is "Why in the world the producers ever de cided to make a big, expensive photoplay of a story which has been a dead one for at least two score years?” ♦* * * JEANIE MACPHERSON has writ ten an original story which is to have the personal attention of Cecil De Mille, but not a word has been issued regarding the nature of the picture. De Mille has not explained the subject, and the screen writers have been trying to find out what it is all about. But it is generally believed that the story will deal with American youth, presenting a melo dramatic romance and pointing out in detail the difficult conditions fac ing the sheik and the flapper. It is also possible that there will be a religious angle to the picture. Jeanie Macpherson made the adaptations for “The King of Kings” and "The Ten Commandments.” ** * * Photoplays run in vogues, like the length of the skirt or the tilt of a bonnet. At present the “underworld” seems to have the call, and Warner Brothers announce that they are producing “Tenderloin.” Dolores Costello will be the star. Other pictures in process of mak ing are “The Girl Down Stairs,” with George O'Brien and Lois Moran; “Under the Tonto Rim,” with Billy Franey, veteran screen comedian; “Sailors’ Wives.” with Mary Astor and Lloyd Hughes; “The Wagon Show,” with Ken May nard, and “Three's a Crowd," with Harry Langdon. ** * * HOLLYWOOD workers who re cently suffered reductions in salaries are somewhat riled over the news that Carl Laemmlc paid $225,000 for the screen rights to “Broadway," a successful Broadway production. It is argued that if the producer can spend money so lavishly upon plays why are players and directors placed under the economy pressure. “Broadway,” as a picture, will cost in the neighborhood of $500,000. it is estimated, and the actors are asking: “Why the extravagant outlay for a mere melodrama when times are so hard?” And the studio story writers are having a word to say. They question the value of “Broadway” and are of the opinion that they are turning out better material as each day passes. But that is just another angle of the movie situation. ** * * A YEAR ago there was only one library supplying pictures for home movie shows; today there are 24 such organizations. This shows Costumes Worn in “Ben-Hur" COR the nine principal players in j the mammoth screen spectacle, j “Een-Hur," there have been fashioned j sorr.e 60 odd beatitiful costumes from I special designs in water color. Each | costume is said to have been made j by hand, even to the embroidery, j While every costume w orn is worthy ] of special mention, the most striking; among each player's wardrobe is do j scribed as follows: Ramon Novatro, as the Prince of Id in-, wears a tunic of black velvet.} held together by clasps of black metal, heavily jeweled and s«t off against aj cloak of cloth of silver. Silver belt and sandals of gold leather compete the costume. May McAvoy, in the part of Esther, is clothed in gray and gold, wearing a gown of gray net, embroidered and hung with pearls, and a jacket of cloth of gold jeweled. A net cap with a bold band and many different kinds of bracelets, necklaces and rings of the period and jeweled sandals also are worn. . , . , Carmel Mvers. as Iras, daughter of a wealthy Egyptian sheik, wears an Egyptian headdress of cloth of gold and silver from which swing listless black feathers. Round her waist, verv Ibw, is a flame red silken girdle, end down the front of the closo-fittins skirt, precisely in the center, as was the Egyptial custom, a cestus of jew eled gold and silver cloth. A care #iiver fringed and clotted with peans, I how ihe amateur movement has i grown, and fhrre is now a large sup ; ply of subjects for the home. The | film libraries fall into two classes— j those which send prints for home ' showings and those which provide new subjects, made to order. ** * * George Bancroft is reported to have “walked or rode out of I the Paramount studios. sending j word that if the production concern I wanted his terms it would have to send to him. George, who has lately risen to a high place in the film i world, is not satisfied with his con | tract. He is repeating movie his torv made by Rudolph \clentino, i Adolph ' Menjou and others. If is reported that there was a rather stormv scene before Bancroft grabbed his suit case and departed ; from the studio. i Janet Gaynnr also says her con j tract was renewed under duress, and she has joined hands with t, harlcs Farrell (not under the studio lights this time) in asking for more money. The two. through their hawsers. »ay the' are worth more money and tt would seem that there is no ques tion about this statement, consider ing the sort of pictures they have ! appeared in during the past tew j j months. j I So mutiny brew s around Holly-j j wood, and all sorts of things a'c j i liable to happen during the sveeks j to come. ** * * SALLY O’DAY has reached star dom in her only starring pic ture. “The Patent Leather Kid.” She appeared with Richard Barthel mess in this production. Sally al most steals the picture from Rich ard, and she has certainly jumped into popular favor. Miss O Das’, in real life, is a sister of Sally O Neill. ** * * THE, French Senate has passed a resolution calling upon the min ister of education. M. Herriot, to prepare a hill “permitting rational general utilization of the cinema in all branches of instruction and in the social and professional education of citizens.” In this manner the gov ernment plans to join hands with the film industry of France and put the motion picture upon the high plane it deserves. France at the present time has only 3,000 motion picture theaters, while the United States has 25.000. There are 120,000 motion picture theaters in the world. ** * * Robert j. flaherty, who filmed that sensational picture, “Nanook of the North,” has sailed, with A. S. Van Dyke of Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer, for the Far South, where he will make “White Shadow’s of the South Seas.” Only two of the cast will be white actors. Special laboratory and camera equipment will be taken with the expedition. ** * * JEAN LIDO, so called because she was found at Lido, Italy, by Carl Laemmle, has arrived in Holly w’ood to accept feature work in the movies. It is whispered that she may become a star, and, meanwhile, she is awaiting offers. The forthcoming Samuel Goldwvn production, co-starring Vilnia Bankv and Ronald Colman. will be known as “The Flower of Spain.” Its first title was “Leatherface,” and it comes from a novel by Baroness Orczy. Os all the technical advisers in the movies it is probable that Harrison J. Converse has the queerest job. He is a specialist in train wrecks, and, being a former railroad man, he has survived four wrecks himself. As technical adviser of “The Girl in the Pullman” he supervised the wreck, which is a spectacular feature of the production. Many film fans today remember John Bunny, the pioneer fat man of the movies. Now his brother, George Bunny, is a featured player. His re cent work as the hard-riding leader of a posse in “Breed of the Sunsets” has brought him a new contract. Bunny started his stage career 42 years ago as an acrobat. Having completed “Helen of Trov" as a super-film, First National will now make a burlesque of it. It sviil follow the exhibition of the first pic ture. Norma Shearer. Laura La Plante. Patsy Ruth Miller, Gertrude Olm stead and Renee Adoree are planning Fiuropean vacations. Miss Adoree will play a featured role in “Joan of Arc” for a French company. A Russian village, covering 10 acres, has been constructed for the picture version of “The Cossacks.” John Gilbert is starring. Claire Windsor is reported to have turned down a five-year contract w’ith Universal. She prefers to he a free agent and select her osvn work. A1 Jolson has- announced that he has some time on his hands and that he is willing to make a tour of the motion picture palaces. All a movie exhibitor has to do is to agree to hand Jolson S2O 000 for a single week, and the star thereby contracts to sing a song or two. Thirty years ago Weber & Fields would play a svhole week for $45. and the top price for the Four Cohans svas S6O. Thomas Meighan has been spend ing his vacation at the home of John McCormack, the concert singer. I falls from the back of her shoulders. I Katleen Key, as the Princess Tir ] zah, sister ( ,f Ben-Hur, wears a cos* j tume of light blue silk vvith a long. ' sleeveless cloak of Oriental design em i broidered in silver. An embroidered ! silver veil and gold cloth sandals com -1 plote this costume. j Claire McDowell, as the mother of ; Ben-11 ur, has costumes more quiet : than those of the other principals, in | the Uur palace she is beautifully I gowned and jeweled, wearing a unique ! headdress. Other principal players wearing ! picturesque costumes include Francis X. Bushman in the glistening armor of jo Roman officer; Nigel de Rrulier, as the bond slave of the Hur family: Mitchell Lewis, arrayed in the garb of Ilderim, the desert sheik, and Frank i Currier as the Roman naval com ■ minder. #_________ A Golden Offering. j r J*HE flr«i local uiicruig of the season 1 ; under the banner of John Golden, ; the producer who has made a fortune i j from clean American plays, will be I "2 Girls Wanted,” coming to the Na- I tional Theater week of Monday, No ! vember 28. Written by Gladys T'ngcr and staged hv Winchell Smith, i his Bolden comedy piled up a run of i t] weeks in New York last season. It comes here with the original cast in tact, headed by Nydia Westman and Donald Foster. THE SUNDAY STAB. WASHINGTON. P. C„ NOVEMBER 13. 1927-PART 3. l :L /!;[[_ j i :> £&$ -«” / fe>x fy 7 ' w Florence Vidors FIMA \ y M \ Ribl+o 'Mmms&S \% _ ' v^^py * %.,c MV JL, . * ,<jgd ■K Mg /^; Raymond Hatton and Wallace Beery- po I i +a n^ B ¥ ** I m ~~ «|fe f MmmkJtMwm 9. ■ n< v .raMPPrifMfHfr xsr ‘ rt m ifflra > - TMarajralft&V ”■ 3B < ' joPßßf|r i fQ. • Scene /-rof/t “Ben Hub" || Columbia v Next Week s Photoplays FOX—“The College Widow,” featuring Dolores Costello. METROPOLITAN Richard Part holiness in "The Drop Kick.” COLUMBIA— Rex Digram's “The Carden of Allah.” RIALTO Hobart Bos worth in “The Blond Ship.” PALACE.—Marion Davies in “The Fair Co-Ed.” LITTLE THEATER—“Secrets of the Soul.” WARDMAN PARK—“Tartuffe the Hypocrite.” Filming Circus Sequences. sequences on the screen ver sion of "Tillie's Punctured Ro mance" are being filmed in a regula tion “big top” tent by six batteries of cameras, each of which comprises two cameras and four photographers. The tent is 500 feet long and half as wide, so big that a dozen 10-ton portable generators are in service to provide current for the sun arcs lighting it. A loud speaker system has been in stalled so that Director Kdward Sutherland can coach players in the farthest ends of the tent without rais ing his voice. Chester Conklin plays a lion tamer in the opening scenes and later, the owner of the circus. Louise Fazenda plays the name, role, and W. O. Fields, who has fully re covered from his recent injury, again has donned the make-up of ringmaster ) and barker. Several week? of this circus life will | be required of the players before the story takes them and their circus to “ war. where they plan to entertain the • hoys, hut end up in active conflict themselves. To top off tli° atmosphere which has • almost lulled the players into the feel ing that they are circus performers in stead of movie stars, a veal circus lunch and dinner is served as they l often work nights for actual night seen?* .^^jTyS w-Wm l^Biiiii' 4 1 - Hf? -> - g- k*BKBBBgm m Mmk. < „>*•: .< > mmm% ZmdMLtmm:. * lak - ** JSyBJPJjV w * *;%. ypsj!|J| K'tis 1 " I ISPHKI I s/. . ■ J'mHH Bfjßff > 'BB ■ ■MmMMmßna^^'' ‘ ; " . ••' HR '' ' SU^/Z^' Two Arabian Knights' I £Rt Emil Jannings- LitHe 'Tjfie.a+en Tiffanv-Stahl Productions. 'J’IFFANY-STAHL Productions will have ready for distribution by the end of December 5 of their 114 gems for 1327-1928. They are; "Night Life,” a story of Viennese life, directed by George Ar chain baud, with a. cast including Alice Day, Johnny Hnrron, Eddie Grihllon and Walter lliers; “The Haunted Ship,” suggested from the Jack London story, "White and Yel low,” directed by Forrest Sheldon and with Dorothy Sebastian, .Montagu Love, Tom Suntchi, Alice Lake and Sojin in the cast; "Streets of Shang hai,’ an original story of life in the Oriental city being filmed under the direction of Louis .7. Gasnier with a j cast led by Pauline Stark, Kenneth 1 Harlan and Margaret Livingston. Ed | die Gribbon, Jason Kobard, Mnthilde Comment: “A Woman Against the World.’’ an original newspaper story |by Albert Shelby LeVino, is now nearing completion under the direc tion of George Archainbaud and fea turing Gertrude Olmstead, Walter Hiers. Lee Moran, Harrison Ford and Georgia Hale, and “Wild Geese,” a plcturization of the novel by Martha Ostenso, with a strong cast including Belle Bennett, Anita Stewart, Russell Simpson, Eve Southern. Donald Keith. Jason Robard and Wesley Barry. In addition Tiffany Stahl has com pleted on its 1927-1928 schedule "The Girl from Gay Paree.” with Barbara Bedford. Lowell Sherman and Mal colm McGregor: "Women's Wares,"e with Evelyn Brent, Bert Lytell and Larry Kent, and "Once and Forever," with Patsy Ruth Miller and Johnny Harron* ’" The Moving Picture Album BY ROBERT E. SHERWOOD. YOFTH is now being served In Hollywood. New faces, new forms, new ideas, v-w methods, new points of vie* are appear ing prominent!. in almost every new picture. International repu tations are being made by inexperi, enced youths and maidens in what is generally conceded to ho the twinkling of an eye. Hero are some of the more conspicu ous performances of the current cinema season: Charles Rogers and Richard Arlen in “Wings.” Janet Gavnor and Charles Farrell, jointly, in "Seventh Heaven.” and in dividually in "Sunrise” and "Old Iron sides." Sue Carol in "Soft Cushions.” Nick Stuart. John Harrow and Sally Phipps in "The High School Hero." Louise Brooks and James Hall in "Rolled Stockings." Don Alvarado in "Carmen.” Gilbert Roland in “Camille.” Josephine Dunn in "Love’s Greatest Mistake.” With the exception of Louise Brooks, not one of those featured players had achieved much more than an atom of prominence before this year. Miss Brooks made her debut in the Winter of 1926 in a small part in "The American Venus.” There are oilier names that are about to loom large, unless the signs in the Hollywood heavens are decep tive. These are a few of them: Ruth Taylor (the Ixtrelei in "Gentle men Prefer Blondes"). Myrna Loy, Thelma Todd, Barbara Kent, Ruth Hiatt. Barbara Worth. Avonne Tay lor, George Lewis, Alice White, Vir ginia Bradford, Barry Norton. Dorothy Revier, Audrey Ferris. Gary Cooper and Dimple? Lido—the last of whom, ts she takes my advir.e, will make a few- alterations in her Christian name. ** * * In practically every one of these cases Is a romance beyond the most extravagant dreams of a Horatio Alger. Here are young men and young w r omen, some from the obscurity of small towns, some from the back row's of Broadway choruses, who have \ gone to Hollywood in quest of glory and have gathered it, in great glitter ing masses. For them the prover bially rough road to fame has been a broad* smooth boulevard that can be i traveled at a maximum rate of speed ! | and a minimum amount of dis- j comfort. j There are, however, elements of ; tragedy in some of these romances— particularly in the case of Janet i Gay nor. Os all the spectacular ascensions to stardom that have ever been made. Miss Gaynor’s is probably the most phenomenal. She came before the public, she was seen and she con quered. In her first two pictures— “ Seventh Heaven” and "Sunrise”— she established herself op a plane with Lillian Gish. Mary Pickford and all the f'thrr luminaries. She cashed in on fame—but she appears to have missed out on fortune. ** * * Janet Gaynor’s salary was SIOO a week when F. W. Murnau engaged her to play the leading role in "Sunrise.” After the completion of her work in that picture, she was given the part of Diare in “Seventh Heaven.” "Seventh Heaven” was the first of the two films to he released, and it earned for Miss Gavnor the plaudits of the critics and the more substantial applause of the public. She became a prime box office attraction and her value, in cold dollars and cents, was something between $3,000 and $5,000 a week. Now that "Sunrise" is being circulated, her value is still greater. But is Miss Gay nor being paid some thing between $3,000 and $5,000 a week? She is not. Her salary today, I am reliably informed, is S3OO a I week. Furthermore, she is signed j with Fox for a period of six years. Each year her salary will be raised SIOO. The Fox corporation made an amaz ingly good bargain with Janet Gay nor—good, that is for Fox. but terrible for Miss Gaynor. ** * * It will be remembered that the same thing happened in the case of Greta Garbo, who came to this country un heralded, signed a long-term contract and then discovered that she had made a disastrous mistake. ; The same thing also happened In ! the memorable of Rudolph Valen tino. Both Miss Garho and Valentino were so embittered by their low’ sala ries that they quit work, returning to thp studios only when some of their demands had been met. ICoorrlrM. 1927.1 ■ Photoplays This w eek « .... - - - - - SILENT DRAMA ATTRACTIONS FOX—“The Gay Retreat.” This afternoon and evening. PALACE—-Two Arabian Knights.” This afternoon and evening. METROPOLITAN—"Now Were in the Air.” This afternoon and evening. RIALTO—“One Woman to Another.” This afternoon and evening. COLUMBIA—“Ben-Hur” (second week). This afternoon and eve ning. LITTLE THEATER—“Tarttiffe the Hypocrite.” This afternoon and evening. WARD MAN PARK—“Manon Lescaut.” This evening. --T- II -- - - ■ - - - ■ . . FOX—“The Gay Retreat.” I Ted McNamara and Sammy Cohen, i the pair who caused so many laughs j ; in “What Price Glory,” are teamed ! ! together again in “The Gay Retreat,” j i the Fox Films war comedy, which will he the feature photoplay at the Fox j Theater this week. Winnie Lightner, j i the late star of “Gay Farce" and j | George White's “Scandals.” will share ' • headline honors on the stage portion j of the program with the Keller Sisters j | and Frank J.yneh. “The Gay Retreat,” which was writ- | I ten specially for McNamara and i ; Cohen by William Consclman, well j ! known cartoonist, and Edward Mar- i ! shall, comedy scenarist, was directed ■ iby Ren Stoloff. The story deals with i j i sleepwalking doughboy and his two j S friends, who join the Army to keep j J him from walking into No Man's Rand !in his sleep. The fun starts long he- | | fore they leave for France, and con- j tinues right through the picture until ■ j the fmal fadeout at home after the j ! armistice. j Winnie Lightner will contribute an j ! entirely new repertoire of comedy j songs to the program. The Keller ] Sisters and Frank Lynch, who have j .iust closed an engagement with Charles B. Dillingham's “Lucky,” will offer the latest popular numbers, in terspersed with an original “black bottom." the program also will fea ture Murray and Alan “Jesters of 3,000 Years Ago.” The overture by the Fox Theater Symphony Orchestra of 50 soloists, under the direction of Adolphe S. Kornspan, will be Offenbach's “Or pheus.” A news reel and “Movietone” sub jects will complete the program. PALACE—“Two Arabian Knights.” Arnold Johnson's Orchestra. “Two Arabian Knights,” a post-war doughboy comedy-drama, is new be ing shown on the screen at Loew's Palace Theater, while on the stage is featured Arnold Johnson's Orchestra, a fast-timed ensemble of syncopation ists. The story of "Two Arabian Knights” is concerned with the rollicking expe riences of a rich young private and a hard-boiled first sergeant, fated to be buddies throughout a series of hilari otis adventures, though they had been natural enemies. William Boyd plays the stellar role, with Mary Astor opposite and Louis Wolheim. the original “Capt. Flagg” of the stage play “What Price Glory.” as tiie third principal. In the film two American dough hoys. escaping from an enemy prison camp in Arab attire, find themselves shunted to Arabia and helpless to pre vent it. The things that happen to them may he funny to the spectator but they are serious to the soldiers. However, with true American spirit they meet each obstacle lightly, over [ come it, and pas 3 on to a worse one. They have nothing but trouble until they meet an Arab girl of high rank. Then they have twice as much trouble. The rich young private falls in love with the veiled beauty. So does his partner, the hard-boiled sergeant, and near-tragedy contrasts with humor when the carefree pair fall into the hands of Emir, father of the girl, and her fiance. The Palace Orchestra, Don Felice conducting, will play "Vision of Sa lotne.” keyed to a color combination arid interpreted with a blending of light eflects as a background, arrang ed by Colby ilarrimon. M-G-M News and J. \ irgi! Huffman's organ music will supplement the features. METROPOLITAN—“Now We’re in Hip Air.” "Now We’re in Hie Air” is the chief feature of this week's bill at (Jean-: dill's Metropolitan Theater, with Wal lace Beery and Raymond Hatton in the star roles and Louise Brooks in support. In this, the third service comedy in 1 which Beery and Hatton have starred. 1 the two comedians, who first ap peared in "Behind the Front” and in ' "We re in the Navy Now.” take to I the air as a couple of highly un- j schooled aviators. The auxiliary features will include i two-reel novelty, entitled "Toddlesj the Metropolitan World Survey, added ! short reels and the contributions of j the Metropolitan' Symphony Orches-1 tra. under Dauicl Brocskin. "Now We're in the Air” is a fast moving story, which traces the ad ventures of a pair of unskilled me chanics, who through an unfortunate accident of apparel are spccnily im pressed into service as livers on the war front in France. One has be come desperately enamoured of one of twins, anti the other has become with equal completeness and sudden ness of the other. One twin is wholly on the side of France, and the other as emphatically pro-Germ&n. The j heart interest is evolved from thi3 j situation. In addition to Louise Brooks, who i impersonates both twins, the cast in- j chides Russell Simpson. Emile Chau-j tard, Duke Martin and Malcolm j I Waite. The Metropolitan Symphony Or- | | ehestra will offer as overture Von ! Suppe's “Morning, Noon and Night, ' the theme number for tlie accom paniment of the feature is the popular hit, "Gorgeous,” and the exit march, j “Girls, Goodby,” from Sigmund Rom- j berg's operetta, “The Golden Girl.” RIAI.TO—“One Woman in Another.” “One Woman to Another,” the sea- • Columbia "‘Wheel" Makes Change - i ' . ■■" —■ THE Columbia ‘‘wheel,*’ repre sented locally by the Guyety Theater, will hereafter present burlesque exclusively in a” us its houses, according to an ! announcement made by Ira Ha Mottc, ! manager. . For two seasons the experiment of presenting dramas, cartoon comedies and “black and white’’ revues was given a thorough trial in each of the score of cities where the Columbia Amusement Co. books its attractions. During- the lirst few weeks of the! present season the same policy was continued until it finally decided to abandon all forms of stage entertain ment except burlesque. “Our patrons want burlesque and only burlesque," says Mr. Ist Mottej in making the announcement. "We | have given other forms of entertain- j ment a thorough trial and it is our j business to give jsitrons what they j want. Therefore, from now on. a new j burlesque show will come to the Ca>- ety every week: each --'how 7 a bur-, lesque, but each one different in all the essentials of burlesque. But it must also be understood that there will be no change in the character of the burlesque from the shows that we have been giving as burlesques. While we have been presenting other kinds of entertainment during the past two seasons, the majority of our shows have been burlesques ar.d bur lesques of high caliber, expensive pro ductions and large companies. We will add more burlesques of the same type to take th« place on the ‘wheel’ of the dramas and other show’s, thus making our bookings solidly burlesque, with ! a new show every week." The Columbia ‘ wheel’’ has been j preparing for the return to the policy > | ture picture at the Rialto this week, | is a picturized version of a play by Frances Nordstrom and stars Florence ; Vidor. | The sforv centers about the ro mance of Rita Farrell and John Bruce I A series of entertaining and spicy j complications start when Rita is | about to marry when she is given cus- I tody of her brother's two unruly ehil i dren. This causes a split in the mar ! riage plans which break grows to I shattering proportions when one of ! the young ones is stricken and u j quarantine is placed about the house, j John has an opportunity to meet j other girls and a blonde stirs his in | terest. After the quarantine is lifted : romes a problem for Rita—how to i win John back. How she does it tn | i somewhat unconventional manner ; forms the basis-of the theme, the pir j tore closing with a spectacular auto i mobile chase, jhe lover madly pursu | ing the angry girl. The cast supporting the star In i eludes Theodor von Eltz. Hedda Hop : per, Marie Shot well. Ray Stewart, ! Joyce Marie Goad and Jimsy Boudwin. The stage presentation is a unique I ' ,nr l novel musical offering by Malacca | Brothers and Trojo. | Rnx Rommell. conductor of the Ria! | to Orchestra, commemorates his year’s connection with this theater byoffer ing a selection of his own composi tion as overture. The Collegians comedy. “The Fight ing Finish.” Screen Snapshots and In ternationa! Newsreel will rte added. COLI MRIA—"Ren-Hnr.” Second Week. The magnificent plot, fine character ization and beautiful love story are i among the outstanding reasons whv i "Ben-Hur ' has gripped the imagina j tion of America for 50 years. In the | motion pictures, now current si i Loew’s Columbia Theater, the splendid j portrayals of Ben-Hur by Ramon Na | vnrro, Esther by May AP Avov mother of Him by Claire McDowell and Tmzah by Kathleen Key add to the effect and enhance the romance. Miss Me.Vvoy is a charming Esther, daughter of the merchant of Antioch, who secretly nas saved the Hur for tune for the young heir and Ramon Navarro in the Ben-Hur role is hand some, valiant, marked by sincerity depth and range of feeling. Perhaps the deepest note is struck after Ben-Hur and Esther set out to find his lost kin. who have been im mured in a forgotten Roman dungeon and (unknown to him) finally released as outcasts. Mother and Tirzah find the beautiful Ben-Hur asleep on a bench outside the disused pilace of Hur. The sister kisses his shoe bid the mother does not dare to touch him Silently they go away to save him from the ruin which is theirs. Fred Niblo directed the spectacle for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Bettv Bronson. Francis X. Bushman. Frarii Currier, Nigel de Erulier and Mitchell Lewis are among the other principal? M-G M New s and the Columbia Con cert Orchestra under Claude Bur roughs round out the program. LITTLE THEATER—“TartuITe the Hypocrite.” The first showing of a new' Ufa production since its recent engage ment on Broadway will he given at tho Little Theater this week by the Motion Picture Guild. It is '"TartulTe H*«* Hypocrite,” a pieturization of the classic comedy by the French genius Atolicre. in which Emil Jannings plats tlu* title role. F. \V. Mtirnaii, flic man who made 'The East Laugh,” was selected for the 'difficult task of translating .Mol icre s satire to the screen. He has i succeeded, it is said, in bringing oat | the humor and fascination of tlm piav, | w hose smashing satire against all hv | poerisy has made the name of the plan | a household word. I Jannings has his only humorous j role in thfs production, appearing as the bogus religious fanatic whose hv | poerisy in mulcting a disciple of his ; wealth was unmasked by the latter s 5 wife. His work is said to be whimsi j ca! pantomime of the highest order, j Besides Jannings there apnear in ! the cast. Werner Kraus, scar of “Shat | tered” and “All for a Woman," and ; Li! Dugover. star of "Caigari" and “At the Grey House.” Also on the program will he a Har ; old Llovd comedy, several short sub- I jects and the music of the Little Theater Trio. W AKD.MAN PARK—"Manon I ,es«-a ul.” The Ufa pieturization of the world famous love story by the Abbe Pre vost, "Manon Lescaut.” will l*e pre sented bv the Motion Picture Guild at the AN ardman IVtrk Theater this Wfrjj, beginning tonight, at T and a o'clock’ Lva rie, Putti, the star of “Variety" j and "Jealousy,’’ is said to have h»r | finest role ns the madcap French girl j whose amours have been the theme of j many different artistic forms, having j been used in operas, dramas and paint i ings. Manon Lescaut, to escape going jto a convent, enlists the aid of a | wealthy old marquis, but finds the j friendship of her benefactor trouble ! some when she falls in love with a | handsome young aristocrat. The w ork ing out of the romance nf the tw«> young lovers and Go- fascination and glory of eighteenth century re-crpat<»(; jin tiie picture are claimed to make "Manon Lescaut” an unusual produc tion. Selected short subjects will accom pany the feature, as well as the Wardman music. " 1 I I of all-burlesque by securing as stars I some of the men who fei merljr wei • ! identified with the Columbia circur ! but wandered into vaudeville and •!>. ‘ where on trio stage. This .-eason*. j line uo of Columbia burlesques in j eludes companies headed by su« h old line favorites as Bozo. Moran am. j Wiser, .lean Bod ini, Billy Gilbert ! Frank X. S’.ik. Sliding Biliy Watson and others in a scutc of attractions : with elaborate equipment. Should Realire Individuality ** AMERICAN woimn are beautiful. ** appreciative of art in dreas awl I keenly alive to things Important it. j the world, but they have not fully j realized their power for individuality j brought about by their wealth." This is the way In which Max Danish sr rcon continue director, oy. | presses his views on modern coxtum | ing in *his country, j "It is up to American women to I demand individual frocks, coats, acces sories and even perfumes, which ha\c become such an important factor In the ensemble,** says Ree. The trouble in the past few years has been that women have relied on 4 ‘‘ready*-rr.ades" for styles and discard ’d the old-fasbicned dressmakers, who I after all, catered to individuality, even though the modes of limes past may not. have been as tailored or as simple as they are tedav, according t 0 Ree. “American women,” he says, "ad mire the clothes worn by motion pic ture stars because they smack of in j dividuaiitv. This is because the gowns ! worn are generally’ made on the lot, jthe efforts of costume creators who j study their subjects and the person alities of the persons*.** 3