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Among the conclusions Kates made in a study of foreign needs In motion pictures was the one that Clara Bow is no longer an individ ual but a type. “Had Clara Bow been a cashier in a vinegar factory she would have grown up solely herself,” Kates said recently. “But instead she chose to enter the motion pic tures and because she has become the most popular of feminine stars, she has followers all over the world. “One informant recently wrote that the shock of his life came when strolling down a quaint old lane in Spain when he came lace to face with two Andalusian girls wearing their hair exactly as does Clara Bow and looking strikingly like her. “It’s the same the world over. Go into any high school today and you’ll see Clara Bov/ there. On a recent trip to New York I purposely studied the groups of villagers at the stations in each town, and in each gathering there was a Clara Bow.” Greater impetus to the Bow mannerism vogue and to the fad for Bow hair-dressing is expected from the next Bow release, “The Wild Party,” an all-talking picture of flaming and unbridled youth on the campus, now showing at the Palace theater, McAllen. Sunday-Monday DITTMANN — “The Blockade,” with Anna Q. Nilsson. Educational Comedy. CAPITOL—“The Carnation Kid" with Douglas MacLean. “Broadway Blues,” a talking comedy. QUEEN—"The Duke Steps Out” with V/illiem Kaines. Joan Craw ford. Christie comedy, Aesops Fables, and MGM News. TEXAS—John Gilbert in “Masks of the Devil," Universal comedy, In ternational News. • Tuesday-Wcdnesday DITTMANN—“Boy of the Streets,” and Fox News. CAPITOL—Tuesday, “The Carna tion Kid.” “The Dummy” an all talking picture with Ruth Chatter ton opens Wednesday. Also vaude ville on screen. QUEEN—“The Road to Ruin,” with all-star cast. Comedy, news, and. Pathe Review. TEXAS — “The Wolf of Wall Street with George Bancroft. Chris tie and Hal Roach comedy. Thursday-Friday DITTMANN—“Runaway Girls,” with Shirley Mason. Artclass com edv. CAPITOL—“The Dummy.” with Ruth Chatterton. Vaudeville on screen. QUEEN—Thursday. “The Road to Ruin.” Friday, Glenn Tryon in “The Gate Crasher.” TEXAS—Tim McCoy in “Sioux Bloc.d” Hal Roach comedy and International News. Saturday DITTMANN—“Law and Man,” with Johnnie Walker. Educational comedy. CAPITOL—“The Dummy.” QUEEN—“The Gate Crasher,” with Glenn Tryon. TEXAS—Rex, the wonder horse in “Wild Blood.” Chapter I of “The Diamond Master. Pathe Comedy. Naughty Theatrical Days of‘66’ Are Revived by ‘TheBlack Crook ’ Pauline Markham, left, rrha played the part cf Stalicta in 1868; top center, group of original chorus; below, left center, Annie Kemp, the original (186G) Stalacta; right center, Hattie Gunnell, 1837 Siaiacta, and right, the present—Hazel Cox, the 1929 Stalacta. (By Central Press) • HOBOKEN, N. J„ April 20.—Re vival in this small city across t’l? Hudson from New York of “The Black Crook” recalls many memo ries. The country was at white heat when first it was produced in 1856. Sermons were preached, police spurred into action, and the play made a fortune. All because it introduced to America a ballet with —whisper the word—tights! Which probably causes Broadway revue producers to smile. But even at this late date—63 years later— “The Black Crook,” revived by Christopher Morley, a high-brow author, and his associates, is get ting into news columns to such an extent as to turn Broadway press agents green with envy. You see. grandfather is recalling. Tights Made It Written by Charles M. Earras as a straight melodrama, “The Black Crook” (later to be known as “Father’s Forbidden Favorite”) reached the stage at Ni’olo’s Gar dens. New York, Eept. 12, 1855. Lit tle of the original text remained. Opposition producers had been to Europe and had discovered Marie Bonfonti, ballerina, and her ballet, for whom they had bought elabor ate costumes. Arriving in New York, they found the theater they had expected to use had burned. “The Black Crock,” meantime, didn’t show up any too well in re hearsals. Therefore, the two pro ducers combined their shows. “Big Meney” Immediately The original production cost $55,000, with a running expense of $6,100 a week. In the first seven weeks $87,000 was taken in. The first season’s net proceeds were $650,000. Next to “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” it had the longest run on record throughout the United States— more than 30 years. And it is used as the best example of the change in style of chorus girls—from large women to the characters of today. Mary Asquith, New York play broker whose father, James H. Browne of Chicago, managed the early road tours, tells of a personal connection with the play. “It came to Wichita, Kan., where my mother had gone with a stock company during a boom there,” she relates. Suddenly Takes Part “Tn May, 1887, a slight back stage accident incapacitated my mother just when the overture was called, leaving the manager with the alternative of dismissing a packed house or moving his cast about and shoving ‘the kid,’ as I wras called, into a small ingenue pert. “c o my forced debut was made at 20 minutes’ notice. Blessed with a photographic brain, I needed only to read the part to know it. Three weeks later I became the juvenile woman of the company, still lacking five months to my fourteenth birthday. But I was five foot, a full 35 model, so there was nothing little girlish about me. Mother returned east to an engage ment. “Some weeks later ‘Long’ John I Allen, nicknamed from his excess ive s'ze, height and thinness, came in for a month with three plays, ‘The Black Crook’ (two weeks), ‘The Devil’s Daughter’ and ‘The Mysteries of Paris,’ a spectacular melodrama. He brought scenery, costumes, dancers and the women for the Amazon march—and they were Amazons! A Child With Tights “Some cf his people played prin cipal characters, so on Monday night I was one of Stalacta’s fair ies, and unknown to me the old timers hugged the entrances to see the kid with her first pair of tights. But I had seen tights all my life, so I was blissfully unconscious of them. “Tuesday one of the dancers twisted her ankle and that night I played her part. Gelda, and Wed nesday our leading woman learned that her son, at school in Kansas City, was ill and went to him—and that night I w’ent cn for SLalacta, the lead part. The marvelous cour age of youth! “For two nights I satisfied my ambition and led the march, then Haines, Crawford, In Hectic College Picture At Queen Using a moving train, a college campus, and a fight stadium crowd ed with a thousand fight fans for settings, James Cruze, director, filmed one of the most strenuous pictures of his career in “The Duke Steps Out,” William Haines’ new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer vehicle now playing at the Queen theater. The story opens in a train, and a genuine train was used while in motion, with ten Pullman porters impressed as actors. A college campus was invaded and an entire university also impresed for “at mosphere.” In the fight scene in the Hollywood Legion Stadium, a genuine referee, genuine handlers and announcers, and a genuine prize fighter, Jack Roper, appear as the actors. Haines fights a sen sational bout with the heavyweight championship contender. Haines, incidentally, was the only “ama teur” in that ring. He admits that some of the blows Roper gave him were quite genuine also. The new picture is a filmization of the Saturday Evening Post story by Lucian Cary. Haines plans a prize fighter who enters college to please his sweetheart, and his trials and tribulations furnish hilarious comedy while the fight furnishes thrills. IJis love affair with Joan Crawford supplies a pretty ro mance. The cast includes Karl Dane, Tenen Holtz, Eddie Nugent, Del mer Daves, Luke Cosgrove, Her bert Prior and many others of note. PRESBYTERY NAMES REPRESENTATIVES i CSpecial to The Herald.) SAN BENITO, April 20.—Rev. Francis M. Davis was one of three ministerial commissioners elected to represent the Presbytery of western Texas at the general assembly oi the organization to be held in Mon treal, N. C., on May 16. The elec tion of the local minister as part of the gorup of three ministers and three laymen that will represent the western Texas Presbytery at the general assembly came at the close of the two-day session of the west ern Presbytery which was held in San Benito Wednesday and Thurs day. The other members of the group who will comprise the commission of ministers and laymen are the followng: Rev. H. P. Bates, San Antonio; Rev. S. Brooks McClane, Kingsville; Garland H. Lang, Kerr ville; A. C. Burkholder, San Mar cos; and W. A. Ramsey of San An tonio. TICKETS ON SALE FOR MONDAY CARD Tickets for the Monday night fight card to be staged at the Fort Brown skating rink are being sold by “Red” Nelson. Several substi stations have been established over the city for those wishing to make early reservations for the fights. The cardboards are reported as i moving fast. Local fans seem anx ious to see Garcia and Apara in action. our leading woman came back, the dancer got well and I retired to the original minor part.” Douglas MacLean Isn’t really the “Carnation Kid,” but any number of people-think so, with hilarious results. “The Carna tion Kid” at the Capitol through Tuesday. Point Isabel School Presented American Flag At Program; (Special to The Herald) POINT ISABEL, April 20.—An American flag given by -Mrs. Ben P. Johnson, Pharr, in memory of her dead mother, Mrs. Josephine Meilke was officially presented to the Point Isabel public schools last night. In the dedication ceremonies the Rev. O. C. Crow, presiding elder of the Brownsville district of the Methodist church made the princi pal address. He was introduced by Father Paul Lewis. Father George F. Sexton of San Antonio gave the invocation. Mrs. Meilke. in whose memory the presentation of the flag was made, was a pioneer citizen of Point Isabel. She was born at Clarksville. The old town has since been destroyed by floods Mrs. Miekle died at the age of 85. Members of the Point Isabel school rendered a brief program and closed singing “America.” ‘Carnation Kid9 a Talkie With Lively Action of Silent* “The Carnation Kid,” starring Douglas MacLean, is the first mo tion picture with talking sequences running throughout to have typical movie action. By that it is meant the picture is featured with thrill ing action from the very first se quence. keeping at a high pitch until the final fade out, according to the Christie Corporation, produc ers of the picture. This talking com edy-drama is now at the Capitol, continuing as the feature produc tion through Tuesday. Action is the by-word of “The Carnation Kid," the producers point out. for the comedy is based on a melodramatic background in which the plot moves breezily forward through all kinds of thrilling action, with suspense held all the way through. As proof of this it is pointed out that the action of the story takes place in forty-three dif ferent settings. Douglas MacLean is supported In his latest film effort by Frances Lee, Lorraine Eddy, William Davidson, Francis McDonald and other well known film players. Alfred A. Cohn prepared, the story. It’s a Para mount picture. iSitari Gazin f ALONG'MOVIE, LANEy>v til NEW YORK, April 20.—Proof that that chattering brat of the cellu loid industry, the talkie, has grown to man’s estate can be found in a drama, yclept “Alibi.” In “Alibi” a number of ancient ; movie traditions are upset and sent crashing into limbo, and the result is. of course, a good picture, a fine one. There is no star, not even a fea tured player (Hollywood is not yet over the shock), though young Mr. Chester Morris grabs the picture in the first scene and gallops right off with it. This picture has made him He’s a star. “Alibi,” based on the stage piece, “Nightstick,” is the story of a young crook who stays a crook and doesn t melt under the love cf a girl. “Blooie! sphere goes tradition No. 2!) Jp “The racket” was about the first picture to give the cops a break. “Alibi’ does more—you can’t help but love the cops in the picture; they are such fine fellows. Rapid fire action, sensible direc tion, some swell photography ana an intelligent mael cast make “Alibi” one you’ll remember. The women are negligible. If Chester Morris deserves star dom’s laurels for his work, so does Roland West, diminutive director of “Alibi,” who has turned out as neat a piece of good entertainment you'll see in a long, long while. SWOLLEN STREAMS IN KANSAS THREATENING TOPEKA. April 19.—UP)—Swollen by torrential spring rains the past two days, streams in eastern Kansas today were at flood stages, disrupt ing highway and railway traffic. The Kaw. largest of all Kansas rivers, stood at 21.8 feet at Topeka today, the highest stage of the river here since June. 1915. Flood warn ings had been issued along the Ver degris. His first big picture has made Chester Morris a star. His work in “Alibi” has won him a high place among newer cinema celebrities. TEXAS METHODISTS TO GO TO NASHVILLE NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 20.— UP)—A number of prominent Texas Methodists are expected here dur ing the latter part of April and the first of May for the annual meet ings of the different departments of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Nearly all sections of the Lone Star State have representa tives on the various boards of the church, which has a southern mem bership of nearly 3,000,000. RAIL HEADS JOIN IN STATION CELEBRATION TEXARKANA. April 20.—UP)— Presidents of railway companies co operating in construction of the $1,000,000 union staion here have informed officials that they will join in a celebration of the open ing of the terminal, according to L. C. Cargile, president of the Texarkana Chamber of Commerce. ‘CLEMENCEAU TAKING GRAVE VIEW’—HUTIN PARIS. April 20—UP)—Marcel Hu tin, writing in the Echo de Paris, today, says Georges Clemenceau, France’s war-time premier, takes an exceedingly grave view of the at titude of Dr. Hjalma Schracht in the present reparations deadlock. The journalist quotes Clemenceau as follows: "His (Schacht’s) refusal and his designs tend toward nothing less than a new war.” Dine And Be • Entertained BY Jimmie Holmes AND HIS Marimba Orchestra Appearing Nitely :t AT THE Spanish Village Main Plaza Matamoros ••■«■ •' t>=->W- . • -fi : j; .v'rw-- . • ,r v- ' V I Do You Ever Get Stumped? Most of us do at one time or another. That’s the time when we seek the advice of our wisest friends. 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It’* clean and oool — Now Showing — John Gilbert "Masks of the Devil” _ With — ALMA RUBENS See the screen’s great est lover in one of his best pictures of the year Don't Miss It! — Also — A SNAPPY COMEDY And INTERNATIONAL NEWS Admission 10c - 25c RIVOLI THEATRE San Benito The Comedy of Every Mal« ' I I * X Also New* — Fables Comedy Watch for our Movietone Vitaphone opening. Instal lation now being made. A program that is sure to please you hajs been ar ranged for. Watch for opening date. i