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Veteran Actor Dies.
Robert Ayrton, vyho was the
Friar .Lawrence in Jane, .Cowl’s
production pf “Romeo and Juliet”
and who had played every type of
role from Pantaloon to lago, died
Jh New York recently. He had
been ip failing health for aome
trine and returned to New York
a month ago for medical treat
ment. Mr. Ayrton was sixty
four years old. and Is Survived
by an only sister residing in
Glasgow. Hie first Important
engagement in Erigland was in
Shakespeare and in. Old English
Comedy with Mias Annie Allyn.
In the “Merchant of Venice,” he
played practically every part in
cluding Shylock. He was with
Tearl, Barry Sullivan, Wyndham
and Wilson Barrett.
. _—
"What’s a Wife Worth?” asks
a film title.
”$l;090 off hubby’s income tax,”
states Lew Cody, the Goldwyn
player, a bachelor.
THE WASHINGTON TIMES • • " The National Daily • • ' WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1924.
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Left-handed banjo players are scarcer than ever this year.
That’s why Manager Schloss of Glen Echo Park is congratulating
himself on getting Herbert Townes’ signature to a contract. Mr.
Townes is a member of Andy’s Rythmonickers, which play nightly
in the Glen Echo ballroom.
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| THE GATE-POST
j.,-..,.-— Harold PhilliDifs:—'-. stL
The Rockett Brothers’ film version of “The Dramatic Life of
Abraham Lincoln” seems destined eventually for the archives labeled
“Not to be opened until posterity arrives.”
Os all the attempts that have been made and will be made, to
visualize the drama and biography of Lincoln’s life, this achieve
ment, now on view at the Metropolitan, seems to have the happiest
fusion.
A monotoning teacher in a hot class room can extract drama from
the life of Lincoln and the Rockett boys are less entitled to praise
for an accurate and compelling mirroring of .the emotional strife of
Lincoln’s later years than they are entitled to praise for closing their
eyes to temptation and using only the things essential to chronology.
Spectacle is stressed only in so far as it doesn’t submerge the central
figure. There is no line of demarcation between a biology of Lincoln
and a history of the civil war and a director confronted by the task
of subordinating one to the other has a chore that must stagger him.
• ♦ •
In the present instance the problem has been solved by flashbacks.
Not one scene on the battlefield but what is perfectly relieved by
the towering figure of Lincoln—libeled, threatened, deserted and
even harrassed, until it seems he must go mad.
• « •
It occurs to us that the fear of turning “The Life of Lincoln into
a Griffithian battlefield spectacle, almost overpowered the Rocketts
and their director, Mr. Rosen, and some moments that should be
spectacular are quite stagey and absurdly limited. Sheridan’s ride,
for instance, with fewer horses than a peace-time troop on which
depended the tide of battle. Again, Gettysburg, with its headstones
suggesting what had gone before. The Douglas debates strike us as
having too much footage, as does the White House ball with its flash
backs to the sickroom.
These, however, are slight taps on a giant anatomy. None of them
can jar such dramatic figure as the response to Lincoln’s call to
arms, the death of Anne Rutledge and the martyrdom of Lincoln,
himself.
George Billings, who plays Lincoln, was a water-rent collector for
the city of Los Angeles. His physical resemblance to Lincoln is
striking, even to the detail of the mole on the cheek. He had never
acted before, but he acts in “Lincoln” as he probably never will
again. His sincerity and his own sublime belief that he was destined
to be a great “Lincoln,” seems to stick out from the screen and en
velop the spectator. Having been an actor the handicaps pf remem
bering training and of attitudinizing for personal effect to the neg
lect of his character, have no cares nor worries for him.
Gossip has it that he is content with this one aspiration to fame*
that he still lives the character and is loathe to part with the frocic
coat, the unpressed trousers and the shawl, in which he can be seen
daily on the streets of Los Angeles. Also that he has developed a
tempermental ego which producers are not willing to daly with.
GOSSIP.
Ann Suter, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. Given Suter, 27 H
street northwest, will re-enter vaudeville next Monday night, be
ginning her tour at Keith’s in this city. Miss Suter has been
spending the winter with her parents. . . . Alan Dale’s new play
“The New Immortality,” will see the light of day in August when
it wijl be given A triaL . . . Arthur “Bugs” Baer, Hearst para
graphed will appear in the new “Follies’* at a reputed salary of
$750 weekly. . . . Evelyn Nesbitt and Evan Burrows Fontaine,
both beneficiaries of lawsuit notoriety, are appearing in one cabaret
in Atlantic City. . . . The Central European rights to '“Rain”
and “Little Jessie James” have been disposed of to a Vienese pro
ducer For the first time in the history of “Follies” pro-
ductions all costumes and settings for the new version will be pur
chase in New York. Heretofore Paris has been the fount of the
filorif ed sheen and drapery. . . . Morris Gest’s “The
will close June 28, weeks earlier than anticipated, showing a nrofit
to date of SIBO,OOO, which will shrink considerably in the cost of
dismantling the production. . . . A permanent fellowship bearing
the name Eleanora Duse, to enable an American student to study
art in Italy each year, is being sponsored by a committee of eight
prominent people in New York. •
GOINGS-ON ]
At the Theater it—
KElTH’S— Marjorie Ram beau -f
headlining.
METROPOLITAN "The Dra- i
matic Life of Abraham Lincoln."
STRAND— Vaudeville and films.
TIVOLI Films and novelty
Binging features. Tiesen’s Rus
sian Orchestra.
PALACE — "The Meanest Man
In the World.”
COLUMBIA “The Unknown
Purple.” •
▲MBASSADORw-Leatrice Joy
t CENTRAL— Hoot Gibson in ”40
Horse Hawkins."
Mfn ß^NDALL ’ B~‘ 8 ~‘‘ Th6 Way <>« •
„ O SA \? Y ~ Reginald Denny fa.
"Sporting Youth.” y
AVENUE GRAND Colleen
Moore tn "Painted People.”
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BETWEEN SHOTS
FROM THE
CAMERA
During the “shooting” of tht.
First National production,' “Single
Wives,” the cast, had a regular
gabfest; the topic being:
“Ah, ’them was the days!”
Corinne Griffith recalled the
days when she danced at the
Adolphus Hotel In Dallas, Texas,
Milton Sills recalled the class
room cf a college and saw himself
as a professor of psychology.
Kathlyn Willlama submitted th*
days of “The Adventures of Kath
lyn,” the most popular aerial of
its day, as her contribution to th*
reminiscing., Lou Tellegen told of
the days when he was leading man
for Eleonora Duse and Sarah
Bernhardt.
Henry B. Walthall smiled as h*
said simply, “the Little Colonel
of ’The Birth of a Nation’ whilw
the pulchritudinous Phyllis Haver
referred her auditors to the tra
ditional Keystone Comedies. Phil
lips Smalley and Lols| Weber,
celebrated husband and wife of
screendom, contributed the mem
ory of a hundred photoplays
John Patrick sang a song to tell
of his days aa leading man of
George M. Cohan’s “Mary.”
Thejt George Archalnbaud, the
director of “Single Wives” inter,
rupted the confab with: “And 1
remember every one of you used
to do your stuff before tho
camera.” Which not only ended
the actors' favorite indoor sport,
but sent them before the relent
less steel box with the glass eye,
which grinds, and grinds and
grinds.
t Dance at
Chevy Chase Lake
On Two Pavilions to
MEYER DAVIS* MUSIC
AT ITS BEST
8:30 to 1130 P. M.
| -RIALTO--
FIRST ON EVERY
PLAYGOER’S LIST!
Warner Bros. Offering
I BROADWAY
I AFTER DARK
I MONTA BELL’S PICTVBE OE
OWEN DAVIS* PLAY. WITH
ADOLPHE MENJOU
ANNA Q. NILSSON
CARMEL MYERS
AND OTHERS
I “OIR GANG” COMEDY
OVERTURE—VIOLIN SOLO
Colonial Reach
’’Waehinffiotde Atlantic
Opens for the 1924 Season
TOMORROW, MAY 29
Special Memorial Day
Trips of the Palatial
Str. St. Johns
Leavee 7th Street Wharf
Tomorrow, May 29, 2:30 p. m.
Friday, May 30, 9too a. m.
Saturday, May 31, 2:30 p. m.
Sunday, June 1, 9:00 a. m.
Free Dancing
on Steamer
Meyer Davis Orchestra
Seaoon Ticket, St.oo; OiM-D*y
Excureion. 51.50; Children Half-Fare
Salt Water Bathin*—FTahin*
Crabbing Dancing All Amoaementa
The Popular 40-Mlle Moonlight Tripe
will begin Monday, June t, 7:IS p.m.
Free Dancing—Rain or Shine
Meyer Davie Mneio
CIESMPEKKE BEACH
ON THE BAT
Opens May SOth with Beautiful New
Dance Pavilion and All Seaahore
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I PRAISED
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of all Pictures.
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| LINCOLN
3S First National’s Twelve Full
Reels of Breathless
Entertainment
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Daniel Breeekln, Conducting
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TODAY—t TO 11:15 P. M.
Organ Recital. Arthur Flags!
Orchestral Feature
Bailey F. Alart. Conducting
TIVOLI WANDERINGS
Extended Engagement
NATIONAL MALE QUARTET
, of New York City
TIVOLI MIRROR OF LIVING
WORLD
THE MYSTERIES OF MAH JON 6
PAUL TISEN AND HIS
RUSSIAN ORCHESTRA
From Moscow
Screen Feature
LAURA LA PLANTE
With Edward Hearn and a Great
Cast in
THE DANGEROUS BLONDE
J LOEW’S MB '
IP alacE
I F STREET AT 18TH
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TODAY AND ALL WEEK
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I MAN
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With
BERT LYTELL—BLANCHE SWEET
BEN TURPIN in “YUKON JAKE”
H News—Topic*—Overture, 4e.
Isl LOEW’S fl
I Columbia
I F STREET AT 12TH
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TODAY AND ALL WEEK
I THE UNKNOWN
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I The gorgeous and thrilling so-
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il spellbound for a year. Cast in-
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HENRY WALTHALL-ALICE LAKE
AND STUART HOLMES
ANDY GCMP COMEDY
International News—Overture
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Thursday, May 29th and
Friday, May 30th at 8 P.M.
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of Washington, D. C.
No Collection. All Welcome
Dancing.
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Privets lessens k» aypelnUMOfc
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to Get a Piano Bargain I
T. P. Culley & Sons, 1119 14th St. N. W. I
Closing-Out Sale All Warehouse Stock. fl
Beautiful Baby Grands, Player-Pianos,
Fine Uprights and Phonographs. W
ALL OFFERED AT FACTORY
PRICES ON EASY TERMS
Overstocked for This Season of the Year, They Ara
Closing Out Warehouse Stock. Will Not Pay
Storage Interest Charges. Hence
the Price Slaughter.
Kimball, Hallett & Davis and many other fine make*.
This is a genuine stock-reducing, money-saving sale,
which those contemplating Piano purchase*
cannot afford to miss.
PIANOS GOING FAST—COME
AND SEE-OPEN EVENINGS
Listen: There is a cause or a reason for everything. We want you
td know the very reasonable reason for this sale and the deep cut prices
and easy terms we offer. Our floor space is United, ■therefore we have
always carried a large number of pianos in a warehouse.
We ordered too liberally the early part of the year and the present
finds us with a large number of very fine Grands, Reproducing Pianos,
Players, Uprights, and Phonographs in the warehouse.
We must unload, we must clear out a large number of these fine
Instruments, or carry them over, pay storage, taxes and interest on the
investment until fall season opens.
we decided to put on this sale.
We are sensible of the fact that to close out this stock tn a short
time we must offer extraordinary price Inducements. That we shall do.
Every instrument will be marked down to wholesale factory prices
and easy terms will be offered to all. If at all interested buy now and
save money.
CONCRETE EXAMPLES OF BIG SALE SAVINGS
ABABYGRAND
Your Greatest Wish
Truly this is your chance to
save a most goodly sum of money
on your Baby Grand Piano and MShK
in the highest-grade makes.
$650 Apartment Size Baby $467
$750 Whitney Petite Baby (JKQQ ■
Grand .. ®DOO 5 tg
$1,050 Kimball; artists* C7QQ wßv-Ja
model 91 OU
$1,050 Ballet A Davis Baby CQQ7 V >
Grand; new dlOOl
11 250 Kimball ■ 1029 5 2 * 50 ® Welte Mignon Reproducing
model 5897 SL7SO
Make Your Own Terms Your Old Piano Taken tn Exchange
TERMS $lO DOWN
On Many Style*—Free Delivery to Your Home
Long Time Easy Weekly, Monthly Payments on Balance
——S6SO Dunbar Player
piano
> 7BO Hallet A Davis <|*CQE
/Ba Player-pianoi cut t 0....
ISR 9850 Kimball Player- <£o7
f piano; new, cut t 0...... tpUO /
Bi \ 1 I fl| $550 Harrison Player,
II U 71 I new; cut to tROO /
la_A I s® s o Hollenberg Player,
like new; cut to
SBSO Lexington Player,
FOR THAT BOY OR GIRL
YOURS
Here are rare bargains for ba-
ginners—get one of tbese, return- ■■g Jc?J v
able in two yean.
S4OO M'Cammon. Upright— HBL J?’*
Ebony case, used. Cut to.». wtltJ gp ■
$350 Bradbury Upright— ®7Q
Walnut case, used. Cut to***®
$425 Haines —Mahogany (MOK
case, like new. Cut to ... vlw
,$395 Harvard Upright—Ma- Oi EA tfl
hogany case, used. Cut to dJ-LUv
$550 Whitney Player—Ma- New Harrison Piano—Regular price,
hogany case., damaged. $400; fully guaranteed. Our COCfl
Cut to eXiTO discount, SIBB. Sale price «>£<>£
'ssso Hinz® Playei—Mahog- CQEA $550 Artimes Player-piano, *OQE
any case, marred. Cut to.*^ t,t, ” been used. Cut to
$450 Shonlnger Upright, d»1 It $750 Kimball Player-piano, &KCQ
ilike new. Cut to tPX***/ Uke aew to ©tHJC
$650 Willard Player-Piano, £9QK S4OO Huntington Upright— CIAfl
used. Cut to good shape. Cut to
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$lO Worth of ,
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Payment*, 75c, $1 to $2.50 Par Week
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