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Fago Five
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: rese: ari headed fur the htigbu.
Now conw Iwrna Oraj-, property j
boy eitia and "bit" man who attract-
; ed the eye of Tom White, who selecta
1 play era for Paramount. Now Larry I
ia playing th juvenile lead in "The
Dreaauiaker from Paria," with Le-,
: atrice Joy. and Arch Reeve, who l-
ploita the Paramount playera, save
us au inside tip that Uray alreauy
lin been placed under a loug-term
contract and ia to be given every
onuortuuity to reach the throne of
stardom. r-N
whera did Tom White are
raHP An whioh branded him a 1 !v
star possibility? Ioing a five-dollar-.
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Syd Chaplin Stars in Real
Comedy
"Charley's Aunt," Old Favorite,
Put on Screen
Betty Compson and Jack Holt ami t yS
their r-ovi Tetamera motorcu .
tn ttalhoa Beach to ahoot a few
scenes for "Kve'a Secret," the screen
title for "Moonflower," the Klsie
Ferguson stage vehicle.
The weather was simplj superflu
ous. Sunshiny. Rippling waves and
everything. Chamber of commerce
men on the scene. Great propaganda
for aunny southern I'ahforhia witn
movie mermaids cavorting in the Pa
cific in February.
But Jupiter Pluvius, who geta no
studio pay check, got aore and poured
burketsful of water .on the acene.
And It's no aecret that Eve covered
her charme with a slicker and' boots
until about forty-eight hours later
the aun peeped forth again. .
Clarence Badger directed, but the
elements were "agin" him, and F.ve'a
Secret" will be delayed a trifle in be
ing revealed so much per admission.
Ingenue
Preents
and two stars on Broadway
Laura Hope Crews
Ruth Gordon, memorable dumb bell In "Mrs. Partridge
Blanche Yurka as Glna In "The wild Duck.
THE NfcA rLfti
TEN BEST PLAYS
Uri rsrtruise r-r''n""
Old Englisn.
The ureDrano.
Tbe uusnisnian.
The Snow
Thpy txnew ' "v
Wanted.
What l'nce uiorj.
-hite Largo.
Ariadne" and
Heaven,
(By the NEA rioy Jury)
T)ld New York stage has nan a
jrsr. so far as the reformers arc
oncerned.
There arc plenty "i
... -ii .u ! nut it nr.
.. in.i- nn nnker ItlSI
most ot tne tvuu is v
ftondary importance, jui-m
i- i.. ...,rnil nlsn. in UC-
tw worns i' mi; iiiiv.v.,
fnse ot tne accuaeo. - ....
S is the roa nag wum. .;
Irira caiiacity iiourcs "'"';
tharrc from tne rignicuua.
i ii.-t nf mat na mnilY
ru(. nntvpvi'r, nun. .v...-
Il( flBllUtltlK a CI1PRP crotit: ii...."-
i va allrviVOH.
ion nave lnin-u i.,
nd the lancimBe: oomeiimca it
tn nuocKinE in it uu"i.""i -
nmtimes It lias U?on mspiriuB
sincere truthfulness, i'licre s a
lunction. it remains to. uc ""
(tosors win uraw ine uui-.
Stupidity is a more valid lutnci-
itat to oriiig against tno season a
Iferinga as a class. Almost never
lore have so many new plays oecn
inented. Many and many nave
rani out to be good for a couple
weeks, lacking in real human un-
tfJtandiuz. often heavy to tears.
oiity or labored, llrave new at-
'Bipts have been few. lhe ancient
oturn has been drawn upon re
sted r.
Iwo years aeo was a
Irk. with such mlventures as
".Seventh
Slapped," "Jt. U. n.," "Six Charac
ters in Search of An Author," RDd
the Bnrrymoro and Cowl versions of
Shakespeare. It is'not a tnsk, how
ever, to pirk out a doaen plays
opened this season, more than half
of thm by American authors, over
which one may smile with pride.
It would take an excellent piece m
any season to crowd out "Glory,"
"They Knew What They Wanted"
or "Mrs. Partridge." And "Candida"
never shone more brightly.
"Ariadne," the new Theater Guild
play by A. A. Milue, runs to skill and
deftness In both writing and acting.
In no other recent play haa bo much
been made of such scanty and flimsy
material. It might be objected that
its content is not worth tho effort.'
But while it may be froth, it sparkles
under the foam
I.atirn Hope Crewa, wearing the
title name with distinction, and Har
ry Mestayer as the wealthy and
clumsy Lothario, take the principal
honors. To the eye of this reviewer
it is a well-cast company. That goes
particularly for the winsome ingenue,
Frieda Ineseort, find also for L'rlantlo
Daly, a clownish Babbitt to whose
heavy comics several of the New
York critics objected.
The play suggests "Candida" in
that it shows a clear-eyed wife lead
ing her obtuse husband nearer to
having understanding. A lawyer asks
his wife to be agreeable to a certain
bounder because the latter is his
most profitable client. She does, to.
the perturbation of the husband and
all his relatives. The third act is a
pinnacle of clever invention the
wife first making the Lothario like
it while she tells him how ridiculous
he is. and then he refusiug resolutely
to take seriously the denunciation of
the aroused husband.
The simple announcement that Ib
sen's "Wild Huck" is presented by a
fine company under the auspices of
the Kquity Players Is almost notice
enough. For some it is a warning
to stav away. For others, nnd they
is
He Who Gets I to the Forly-Kighth street theater.
Blanche Yurka gives a great per
formnnre as Gina. mnklng her domi
nate the play, and Tom Towers as
Uregers A erle is notably good.
bich-tiilc ' should be no strngglinti fpw. it
Iji the mipt of nil th stir orr
theater morals, there pMf? in the
midst a new irritant, "Night Hawk."
A lady who has worn down hr
health in plcatiire's pursuit decide
in ooe comprehensire renolro to re
juvenate herself physically and ethi
cally. A surgeon performs the first
operation. She wabbles a bit in re
spect ti the second. At the end
she announces again that she will
reform. Mary Mewcomb is good as
the bad woman.
"
J divide I wo by a wo," and the
result usually ia one. Hut the play
of that name now running at the
Selwyn seems to provo it is nothing.
it iias a cast or more than 30, in
eluding some actors, a coudI of
overworked doors, a bedroom scene,
an English lord, a snooping news
paper man, and a raft of other nil
lars of the stage. Yet it geta no-
wnere.
- "Money, money, money" in the
wearisome chorus running through
"white Collars" at the Cort. The
play showa the stenographer from
respectable, impectmious family who
marries her employer, one of the
Van Luyns. Tho young man is de
cent, democratic and generous, but
the girl's family is bound for two
acts by independent refusal to accept
"charity. J here are laugable lines,
mostly spoken by Tlark Silvernail
as Cousin Henry, and Mona Kingsley
as the girl is fair to behold. ""White
Collars" has been playing fur n year
in Los Angeles, which the chamber
of commerce lias mi cause to an
nounce as a boost for the city.
The story of "Judith," with
original twist in its psychology, is
offered in Henri rlernstein's "Tbe
Virgin of Bethulia." Julia Hoyt
plays the Judith part in a series of
poses and postures. McKay Morris
is a spirited Holopherues. The set
an irresistible magnet drawing them tings are stunning.
rLUKLNCE EA51UN CUMIINU nniii
Concert Will Be Given Tuesday Evenina In Auditorium of tne
Methodist Episcopal Church, It Announcement
The famous Thomas H. luce studio
at Culver City that lovely colonial
manse behind which the late produc
er made millions in profits is now
officially the Cecil B. DeMille sf.'dio.
The former Paramount director-general
and are producer is going to
personally make two super-films a
year and supervise about twenty
others, some to be directed by Frank
Vrson and Taul Iribe, his assistants
at the Paramount lot. DeMille now
owns half interest in the Producers
Distributing corporation, which twill
distribute his films.
,
Margarita Fisher is to be starred
again. Miss Fisher, whft was a popu
lar headliner under the old American
banner, and is the wife of Harry
Pollard, the director, recently ap
peared in K the I nknown, with
Virsinia Vslli. and so interested Uni
versal officials that it was learned
from sn inside source that the con'
tract is ready to be signed that, will
make Miss Fisher a iniverssl attraction.
They're still out to beat "The Cov
ered Wagon."
Paramount tried it with ".North ot
3fi," and many critlca thought they
nut it over. Now "The Thundering
Herd" is ready for release, and Noah
Beery, who some say ran-away in
North of ;(." is said to stann oui
in the new "buffalo opera. William
K. Howard directed, with Noah, Lois
Wilson and Jack Holt featured in
reverse order.
Joseph von Sternberg is filming
Escape" for Metro-Goldwyn. Mai
St. Clair, formerly comedy director.
is 4 making Betty BronsonV latest,
"Are Parents People?"
James Flood and Millard Webb are
directing at Warner Brothers' studio.
And Sven Gade . is producing for
Universal.
All are new as directors. Who
says new "faces" alone are desired
in pictures ? New brains, too, say
the executives hiring directorial tsl-
ont. The movies are proving there's
room everywhere in the movies for
new and energetic blood.
Syd Chaplin
A. H. FR EPFs RICK
INKA Service Writer)
HOLLYWOOD. March 7. Swift,
yet not entirely impossible; of
rollickiug extreme mirth, yet not
burlesque; farcial, yet with the in
herency of sustained interest and
dramatic suspense
Such is "Charley's Aunt, now
come to the screen with a most im
posing theatrical record to sustain.
The farce is introduced by its
sponsors as the outstanding comedy
of the year, or longer. That remains
to be seen. But at least it is a nine
stono in comedy production.
Syd the Star
Syd Chnpliu, brother of he fath
om Charlie, and him., elf noted for
his work in "The Submarine Pirate
and other comedies of much merit, is
the star. In fact, he is almost the
play itself, for all situatoins center
about him as a cocktail about a
cherry.
The piny itself scarcely needs in
troduction to other thsn those of
short meiWry or extreme youth. In 1
lit years' time it has insde its way
from its birthplace. Bury Ht. Kd- f
munds in Suffolk, to every quarter;
of the globe as no other light work
has doue. a
U deals with the adveuturca and
misadventures of an Oxford college
youth impressed iuto impersonation
f an elderly lai!y by two chuma who
must havo an emers-ency chaperon.
He is made love to, abused by those
he serves, suspected, and otherwise
kept iu hot water uutil the final denotement.
fivd Chaplin is much to be com
plimented on his handling of the rote.
For many reasons. One that lie does
not overact his feminine masquer
ade. Another that ho never becomes
vulgar for so much as one instant
more remarkable in view of the al
most universal tendency for coined
iims to take advantage of such attire.
Undoubtedly, through this picture
he makes claim to consideration in
all discussions of outstauding coinedy
stars. The industry recognises this
fact by having made him offers for
a separate producing unit as a re
suit.
The scenario is remarkably free
from hokum and slapstick, two
things which many producers pnv
claim indispensable. "Charley's Aunt"
is their refutation.
Nor was expense spared in met!
culously truthful setting. An exact
counterpart of portions of Oxford
was built on tho Al Christie lot, In
massive manner.
- Syd Chaplin fills a lifetime ambi
tion in portraying this role.
"I consider tho story the thing,
even In epmedy," ha says.
"Since try earliest days when I,
as a IH-year-old boy, was playing
with a little, more or lens vagabond
troupe touring England as chance
dictated. I have believed in the story
as developing the personality of the
actors.
'fiiiisnniinntW tnr rftnrs T hnve
title role of "Charley's Aunt. When
I heard an F.nglish concern had
bought the screen rights, I cabled
them.
"Then when Christie got t lie pro
ducing rights and I was selected, I
was tho hnppiest man In Hollywood."
Modem Film Coming ;
"Cheap Kisses" to Play Here .
MIS
girl who loves a home and the things
that go with it, ia thrown iuto the
hectic atmosphere of a millionaire's
jaxx parties. How rhe emerged uu
sea t lied, ami saves her husband as
well, is told in a gripping manner
that hold interest to the vtry finish.
Lillian Hi-h ia cast as the show
girl, Cullen Kami is is her husband,
mid other members of the cast are
Vera Reynold", Phillips Smaliey.
Louise Hrcfser, Jeun Hersholt. Be
sie Kyton, Lincoln Stedtr.an. Katli- '
leen My its, Sydney 1 Mil ay, Michael
lark and Tom Hicketts.
It ia the story of flaming youth
I of today a story in defcnuo of the
much-maligned young people of this
age. But it ia essentially a story
entertaining and interesting throughout,
Abovs Is a scens from "Cheap I
Kisses" which will ba shown at i
th Helllg theater next Thursday,;
Friday and Saturday.
"CHEAP KISSES" IS COMING
"Falling Down Stairs"
NEW YllllK. .March 7. "Fallinf
down stairs" kills nearly l"i.tKHl no.
Ilc .e.'.i-ti year. In thft Manhattan
an-a o( New York alono mora than
1(H) ilea I lis wi'ro attributed tn fall"
on stairs. About per font of
liti'e accidents occur dnrinc Decern
bcr, anuary, February, when atepa
often arc covered villi ico and snow.
Thrts Days Run to Ba Mads by
Nsw Production
"C'hean Kisses," which comes lo
tho licilig Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday, is a comedy drama of today,
luid in New York City and nearby,
and deals with th nisil whirl of the
jaw ate and its vtctiius. old slid
vouni. It tells a story with a punch j
snd with a lesson and tolls it with ' J
intense urniiisiic cnisoues.
A show girl, but a "different" ahow
Itlacksinithinr and antomobils re
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WASHINGTON, March 7. The
chemical warfare aervice is experi
menting with "sncexe gas" which has
a powerful but harmless odor. When
mixed with illuminating gas. it causes
people to sneeze and thus warns
them that the harmful gas Is escaping.
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Rbowaada. the choice or the smoker
Florence
Easton
SOPRANO
Metropolitan Opera
Company
Methodist Episcopal
Church Auditorium
TUESDAY
MARCH 10
8:00 P. M.
Seata at Larawsy'a Muslo Store
and Co-op.
Rialto Theatre
Junction City
Sunday
Cecil B. DeMUle's
Gorgeous Production
"The Golden
Bed"
Ds Mllle has gone tha limit
In gorgeous gown display
and spectacular scenlo back
ground, and "The Golden
Bed" la the last word In da
luxo entertainment.
A plenannt . evening's
drive, a dandy show, with
comfortable seats and
good musslc.
Give us a trial we know
you will come again.
BELL THEATRE
Springfield, Sunday, March 8th
Only a four mile drive and street car service every
half hour.
Old Time Dance
DONNA HALL '
Saturday Night, March 7
Everybody Welcome Good Music
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MftropolitBn. IIr is the kind nf
artistic endeavor that appeals to thej
American public, for it is founded
i upon intelligence and follow the bat ,
ranons of her art. Florence Easton
: deserve every success In the world.
(The management has given it 'to her, j
) and fate, too, has contrived to rive
I hrr opportunities that ordinarily
j would have been slower In Voming
I to the average singer. But Easton
is not tha average singer; she Is
above and beyond this class. To
I show the workings of this same fate
Iht Carmen was one of the sen
sations of a few sea nons ago, be
pause Oeraldine Farrar's sudden in
disposition threw this role in her way
and she was able to give a notable
performance without a rehearsal at
only a few hours' notice. If on
wore only to glanre at the press. no
tires she reieivd for this perform
ance alone, it would be enough to
convinre him of tbe artlntic status
Florence Km ton hm attained in the
leading opera h"Ue of the world in
CfHipetitif n with other fingers ot
world renown.
Behind
the
Screen
in
Hollywood
j IlMl,r,YWOUl. March 7. Mak
'way! Make wsy fnr Charles Puffy,
i aurcaor to John Hunny! I'niver
j Ml has enntrarted with Merr Ptiffy.
wh hails from Tl'idspestS and whose
I girth a? encouraged by the foaming
j nectar f Munich, to make a series
j of comedies. Puffy will fir, make
: "little ones "one and two-reers
ami if the public takes kindly to him
' he will be featured in featiirelengtb
, ceiinedie.
rnvm-rt rl with i:aslon an artempi
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Tlv g"fh. golly, and oh. desr! This
certainly is the beT-dey of new fere
and new figured, tnn, Harold.
HWty Bronson, Mury Brian and the
vritirgtr h made gwv in
and other reeept sue-
Florence Easton
Prima Donna Soprano
will sing nt tho
Methodist Church Auditorium
March 10, at 8 P. M.
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