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Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE G 14 30, 3929. STAGE AND SCREEN TONGUES WAG IN HOLLYWOOD Few Plays Able OVER SAME SUBJECTS THAT ALL To Battle Hot THE WORLD TALKS ABOUT DAILY Summer Winds town Those That Do New York Critic Puis Down as 'Human Necessities By PERCY HAMMOND. NEW YORK. This is the time of year when the dramas that have passed all other tests undergo their severest examination. Many plays that are competent to entertain us on the "lone winter evenings" fail to be amusing in the hotter hours, and they wither and fade away when sub jected to summer's crucible inquiries. Only the most oaken of the exhibitions are able to survive the parching influences of June, July and August, and those that do so are entitled to be named In a list of human necessi- - t0 ued Ben Lyon, according to Hollywood talk. sports clothes shop in Hollywood. . . . Dorothy Olsh Is going back to pictures from the stage, with a British conmany. . . . E. Burton Stecne. greatest air cameraman in the business, who dared death in nose dives and tallspins to shoot Wings," 'Hell s Angels' and all the other great air pictures, is dead at 43; and ha died in bed of heart disease. "They say marriage doesn't last in this town, but Pat Rooney and Marlon Bent have been married 25 years. . . . Lupe valez nas signeo to mate a series of phonograph records, for which she will get $15,000 ni royalties the first year. "Leatrice Joy, who once was Mi. John Gilbert, and Llta Grey, who once was Mrs. Charlie ChanJ:n. have been singing in vaudeville. "John Barrymore, although he o doesn't look it, calls Dolores his 'little egg and she calls him her 'winkle dee.' That's au- J aav ndaBBBBaV Cos-tell- thoritative. blonde distrac"Phyllis tion of bathing girl comedy and g melodrama, retires at 27 to wed Billy Seeman, New York merchant, and live atop a ManhatHe gave his age tan skyscraper. as 37. . . , Josct von Sternberg is the only Paramount director who carHe's also the only ries a cane. Paramount director named Josef so what of that?" von Sternberg, Well that, in any event, is what Hollywood talks about, and what makes the world talk about HollyNot Important, perhaps, but wood for some strange reason interesting. P BR Newspaim Story H Oti Gem Screen Full of Mystery Put) Gripping Story mNow on Screen At tlie Pantages Metro-Qoidw- -- cb.tTe are exceptional musicians as well Romance is flourishing In Holly- wood. Despite the hot days, love has not languisned. Among the inter-- 1 esting engaged couples are Millard Webb and Mary Eaton. Tay Garnett and Patsy Ruth Miller, James Hall and Merna Kennedy, Nick Stuart and Sue Carroll, Ben Lyon and Bebe Daniels, Lydell Peck and Janet Oaynor. Nearly all screen romances start on the motion picture sets. Webb was directing Miss Eaton in "Glorifying the American Girl" when they fell In love. Sue Carroll and Nick Stuart were also in the same picture when Cupid fired the dart. Marilyn Miller on Coatt Ready to Start on Sally' Sally is found at last! 4 She is out in Hollywood, ready to Invade the talking pictures. 8he is ,of course, Marilyn Miller, favorite of the footlights, who is to make the screen version of "Sally," her most successful stage play, for First National-Vitpahopictures. Miss Miller has just arrived in the film capital, and is already intrigued by the studios and the unusual routine demanded of screen players. John Francis Dillon is to direct the star in her first screen offering, and Alexander Gray, popular young leading man of the stage, will appear Others in opposite her in "Sally." the cast are Joe E. Brown, T. Roy Barnes and Ford Sterling. Pert Kelton, clever ingenue, also has a in role the picture, which goes into production soon. "Sally" is to be made in nc np a comeotaiis. iKirvu:, viuuura auu pnan. open the program in a new acrobatic comedy novelty they call "Two Fools and a Fiddle," which is a riot of fun. Still another feature of the vaudeville end of the present bill Is 'Tango Shoes," a brand new idea in the way of entertainment and with a com pany of six present a full 15 minutes The of exceptional entertainment. regular weekly talking news reel and Pantages orchestra, under the direction of Curg Peterson, with Ssldon Heaps at the organ, complete the show. LUPINO LANE SIGNED. Lupino Lane, star of many score short feature comedies and one of the most able pantominists of the films, has been signed by Paramount to a featured role in "The Love Parade," the talking screen's first original operetta. -- -BARNl'M WAS RIGHT." Arthur Ripley and Ewart Ad?m-ao- n are working on the, adaptation and dialogue of "Barnum Was Right." Glenn Tryon's next starrins vehicl for Universal. "Barnum Was Right" is scheduled to go into production in the near future under direction of Del Lord. Haver, bing-ban- s Characters that live and breathe: a story that grips the very soul of the spectator, set here in a strange shadowy light, there In vivid sunlight, in a pictorial assembly that in Itself tells a powerful story, such is "The Bridge of San Luis Rey," Mayer's enigma picture which is now gripping audiences at the Pantages theater, where it opened last Wednesday with talking sequences. The film attraction is in addition to a splendid vaudeville program, all of which close with the evening performance Tuesday. The fllmizatlon of Thornton Wilder' sensational and at the same time mystifying novel is a bold experiment in film production, for all dramatic rules were cast to the winds In And the making of this drama. what the book is to literature, the new play has proven to be to the screen. For the first time success has been had in filming ideas and states of mind through the medium of human characters. Primarily, it is a gripping entertainment, with comedy, pathos and thrills deftly mixed. The wreck of the great bridge is a thrill balanced by the comedy of Ernest Torrence as the eccentric Uncle Pw The majestic cathedral scenes give grandeur that in a moment is contrasted with the intrigue and plotting of Camile, the fascinating but evil dancer. Charles Brabin's direction has an artistry that shows itself in every development of the story, and the cast Is perhaps the most notable assembled in years. Pantages management this week have provided a rare assortment of good vaudeville acts, which are in addition to the picture program. Heading this end of the entertainment is a song and dance revue starring Louise Lowe and Robert Sargent, who are assisted by the Well Sisters and Johnny Lee, in a snappy arrangement of new steps and tuneful melodies. The remainder of the bill is made up of comedy features. Penny, need ed HOLLYWOOD. In one small room in Hollywood four girls will to anyone, but will never divulge secrets. The voices with smiles in fllmdom are possessed by young women who know a lot of things of which they do not speak. Motion picture studios are intimate, friendly places and the telephone operators, by virtue of this fact, ' are trusted with many v secrets. Directors, rushed with production. Invariably choose to save time' by calling the operator, telling her whom to call, giving her the message, counting upon her to relay it Players make use of the same short-cu- t. Reversing this, extras seeking employment call the studio and plead withf the telephone girls to deliver LAUGH CLOWN their plights and their prayers to the one in position to aid fijf BfKa (LBa- laB " awJ EL k'iff st r 4BHMlL lafl a ... comedian. en Following full-fledg- ke their physiques, and by Eddie Cantor, a prominent and . expert revue (Continued Vilma Banky, film star, ready to fully enjoy the American Fourth, for six's become a received papers having citizen; recently. w In such a catalogue the following shows, plays and dramas lwe a right to be included. They have proved themselves superior to both heat and humidity, ana they stand erect and vital, triumphant over the hostility of temperature to art: "Bird in Hand" hi which what might have been a good play, by John Drtnkwster, is turned into an obsequious farce. "Whoopee" Another Z i eg f e 1 d panorama distinguished by pretty, unashamed Broadway girls, proud of "Jswraey's End" Soberest Of Pacifist Wat Plays. "Journey's End" A fine play about the British as they fought the world war. In it you see the drama in its beat behavior, relating in a subtle combination of truth and tricks some vivid Incidents of Armageddon. Although not so lively as "What Price Glory," it is the soberest of the pacifist war plays. The Little Show" This-i- a bright essay in urban revue, sponsored by Dwight Deere Wiman, a scion of the famous Deere family, which is renowned for its manufacture of agricultural implements. Though born and bred an agrarian, Mr. Wiman knows his way through the drama's metropolis, and with the assistance of a city chap, the junior William A. Brady, he gives an exhilarating show at a tenth of what it costs ZiegfeW, Earl Carroll or George White. "Street Scene" The winner of the Pulitaer prise for the season's best circus. An exciting superchrome of New York aahcan and hurdy-gurd- y life. "Street Scene" Is as good a carnival as Broadway offers. Its actors an conscientious, its stage direction FILM STUDIO "HELLO" GIRLS Film Head Sees ICY DIPLOMATS, AS CALLERS Screen Players LEARN WHEN TRYING TRICKS She Can Have Her Say Now talk in The chief difference between HOLLYWOOD. town talk in Adrian, Mich., Longview. Texas, or Hicksville, Long Island, Is that In these latter places it goes over back fences and soda fountain counters, while out here it is assiduously Jotted down and sent over telephone wires. Otherwise, what Hollywood talks about is approximately what Adrian, Long-vieand Hicksville talk about except that the world seems to be interested in what Hollywood talks about Here, then, Is what a wide-awayoung fellow can pick up In a day's prowl around the studios, restaurants and other spots where the stars shine day and night. This time It represents the day's gleanings of Photoplay Magazine's correspondent: "Charlie Chaplin recently celebrated his fortieth birthday and A German physician Is said to had his dapple-gra- y hair dyed. have deserted the fatherland to follow Dolores del Rio back to HIT BY CUPID Hollywood. . . . Adolph Menjou's favorite pup Is named 'Weenie.' "Oreta Oarbo drives a Ford. . . . Bebe Daniels, who is Lois Moran has opened a smart j Heralded by press and public alike as the greatest newspaper story ever screened. Phyllis Haver's star picture. "The Office Scandal.'' is now at the Gem theater. Miss Haver is supported by one of the finest casts ever assembled in any photoplay, including Raymond Hatton. Margaret Livingston. Leslie Fen ton and other notable players. The Office Scandal" deals with s murder mystery that comes to roost Hwht in th nffirp nf ti mwnfmpr that is trying hardest to solve It. With probably the most accurate pictuniza- uorf of the atmosphere and inner workings of an editorial room seen to date as a background, the story weaves its way through romance, humor and human reactions to a climax that is tremendous. Phyllis Haver plays the role of a newspaper woman, known to the fraSupposedternity as a she falls in love and ly in doing so also falls heir to a murder mystery, in which inher sweetheart Is. innocently volved. The case develops Into a battle of wits between Miss Haver and Margaret Livingston, who plays the widow of the murdered man and who accuses Leslie Fenton. playing a newspaper man, of being the assassin. Running through the plot is a cold practical city editor, played by Raymond Hatton. His portrayal recalls his excellent dramatic characterizations before he engaged in screen comedy with Wallace Beervas his teammate. Others In the cast are Jimmy Aldine, who plays a fresh office boy ; Jimmy Adams as a reporter and Clarence Geldert. as a captain of detectives. In addition to the feature picture the bill includes a news reel. Aesop Fables, a comedy and a scenic. high-power- "sob-sister- ." hard-boile- d, TUNING THOMAS. Nervous Musician Madam, your cat has kept us awake two nights with his serenade. Mrs. Nextdoor (tartlyv What do you want me to do, hoot the cat? Nervous Musician No, madam, but couldn't you have him tuned? Spokane Ad Bulletin. Beauty and Charm Vital for Films, Director Says "Shall I go to Hollywood?" rushed to the west. The stage play- -i ers in New York seem to think that any actor stepping off a train trill be grabbed b a producer and put to work at amazing salaries. They forget that the photographic ability th? picture. Webb Interviewed many must bo considered, as well as expestage stars. All are hoping for the rience and voice." The director gives the girls sund the opportunity to get to Hollywood land of voice. advice. "Before you buy your ticket, "Not unless you have beauty and sit down before your mirror and take charm to go with your stage traina good' look at yourself. Discbunt ing." he advises. "Motion picture the dazzling effect of lovely hair, blue audiences are too accustomed to see- eyes, red lips and clear completion. ing beautiful girls before their eyes The camera is merciless and will preto accept anything else, though stage sent your features In tones of gray. training and good recording voices If you have protruding teeth or may accompany the actress. The eve nose, which Is attractive to the must be served Sometimes a stage eye, remember that in film they ore will player is fortunate enough to have lust imperfect features. Th-r- e beauty and ability and experience, be no footlights, no personal magnet-- 1 not but often. ism, no distance. Just your face with- - J i "E::a&gerated reports have gone out color." out as to th necessity of stage trainGate crashers in fllmdom hnve far ing. The silent actor is not discardless opportunity todiy than before, ed by any means. Most of the studios Webb contend. Tin silent pl-- rr rave engagea vocai experts ro train with Dox cilice name or the sta?- - star the undeveloped voices of players. A with trained voice and experience are second gold rush Is in evidence in in demand, but the beginner hasn't a Golden voices are being chance," he savs. Hollywood. stac? Dlaver in New York is asking this question of Millard Webb, directing "Glorifying the American Girl," at the New York office of Paramount. While casting for Every tip-tilt- HOLLYWOOD. Vilma Banky, the beautiful Hungarian film is, former Hungarian) and wife of Rod La Rocque, male star of the screen, got In just under the wire to fully observe the Fourth of July next Thursday. Miss Banky won-hecitizenship papers a short time ago at Lets Angeles and so now she's a American. Then she rushed over to her husband's sot at United Artists studlop just to tell him, "We're fifty-fifty- ." The above photo show William Boyd, appearing with Rod In "The Locked Door," extending congratulations to Vilma, while hubby looks on. r full-fledg- ed Walter Woolf Signed Up for Stardom in Screen Operetta Walter Woolf, the distinguished light .opera star and former Salt Laker,1 who recently finished a long season at the Shubert theater. New "The Red York, in the operetta, Robe." has been signed by Warner Brothers to make a Vltaphone production for their 1929-3- 0 program. Mr. Woolf is now in Hollywood to be"work on the picture, advance gin preparations on which have been under way for some time. "Golden Dawn." the immensely successful operetta produced last season by Arthur Hammers te in, has b?-- n selected as the vehicle in which the singer will make his Vltaphone debut. It will be made as a 100 per cent natural color, talking, singing f and dancing production. will afford Mr. Woolf an Its songs opportunity to demonstrate to the motion picture public the quality and range of his voice. "Golden Dawn" was one of the most successful light operas of recent years. Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammensteln II, the latter recently signed by Warner Brothers, to write exclusively for their screen productions, wrote the book, while Emmerich Kalman and Herbert Btoth-a- rt composed the music. The score will be rendered in the Vltaphone production by the Vltaphone Symphony orchestra. Noth Beery and Lee Moran are the only members of Mr. Woolf s supporting cast thus far engaged. Christie Plans Big Talkie Series HOLLYOOD. Continuing the policy of presenting feature stars in two-replays, which was started in February, the Christie organization will present a new series of 24 of these talking pictures for the coming releasing season which starts in August. Seventeen well known stars and feature players from both screen and stage personalities have already been scheduled to appear in the new group of Christie talking plays, and many more names will be added as further story and play material is selected. Already scheduled to appear in the new season are such stars as Louise Fazenda, Raymond Griffith. Lois Wilson, the Oleasons. Raymond Hatton. George Sidney, Marie Dressier, Eddie Nelson, Charlie Orape- el Frances Lee. win, Anna Chance, Johnny Arthur, Sam Hardy. Ruth Taylor. Ford Sterling, Taylor Holmes and Buster West. which Christie talking plays, started in February, have already in13 of four which cluded pictures, were the popular Octavus Roy Cohen negro stories. In the group of 24, Christie will present six more of these outstanding Cohen stories, with casts, and the balance of the product will be from successful short and stories. plays Work on Uae new group of Christie talking plays has already started, with such pictures as "The Sleeping Porch," with Raymond Oriffith; "Faro Nell," with Louise Fazenda, and one of the Octavus Roy Cohen stories practically ready for release. ro "Wyoming," a new western film drama starring Tim McCoy and coming to the State theater Sunday, sheds much light on the conditions which brought about the state of Indian unrest in the far west immedi ately after the civil war. McCoy, who is a noted authority on the plains Indians, appears in the story which recites the thrilling drama of the wresting of the hunting lands from the Indian tribes who were holding it under treaties with the American government, or its representatives. Included in the cast are some real Indians, several of whom took part in that struggle. Chief and Water Man. two A ra pari os. were with Sitting Bull when the Sioux massacred Custer's band at the Little Big Horn. Dorothy Sebastian, who appeared with him in "California." is seen in the featured feminine role as the daughter of a famous western guide. Much of the story was filmed in the state of Wyoming and several of the sequences were taken on the historical spots where whites and Indians fought out their quarrels with rifle and hatchet. The picture was proand duced by hundreds cf real Indians are seen before th camera. include "Blue Other features Skies." with Helen Twelvetrees and a news reel. Gloria Stcunson at Work On Her First All-Talk- ie Gloria Swanson's first one hundred per cent talking and singing picture, titled "The Trespasser," has been put into nroduction under the direction of Edmund Goulding. who also is the author Of th? story. "The Trespasser" Is noteworthy not nlone because it will reveal Miss Bwanaoa! voice from the screen in both dialogue end song for the first time. b:it also because it marks her return to a role of current fashion with a wardrobe of goreeous ck'hs H(V sroportinB cast includes Rob- ert Ani". who the lsdin mn William Holden. Pi:r-- , KpvHimmond. nil Prut-- . Marv Forbes. Hnrv Wal'hall. B'an'-hFriderici, Marcella Corday and others. 1 e all-st- ar Will Not Be Supplanted by Stage Stars, Pro- ducer Hold. Paramount-Fa-mous-Las- well-kno- So Miss Bauman took the girl's name and address, told of the case to Victor Scnertzinger, directing Menjou's new talking picture, and a part was lound for her. But this was the exception to prove the rule: That Hollywood's telephone operators must be diplomatic always and most of the time. cold-heart- ed Romantic Love Drama Now on Screen at Rialto One of the greatest and most romantic loves of history is the theme of "The Divine Lady." First National's epic production starrine Co- rinne Griffith, which opens its local engagement at the Rialto theater Sunday. Lady Hamilton, the role played by Miss Oriffith, rose from obscure birth her father was a blacksmith to become a world famous beauty, the wire oi a great diplomat, and a real Full details of how talking pictures power to be reckoned with In interare made is being shown to the mo- national affairs. Lord Nelson, at the same time, tion picture public for the first time was becoming England's great naval at the Granada theater, where "The hero, the saviour of his nation and the first man to defeat Napoleon in Murder Mystery," Studio sort or engagement; latest thriller, is anyThe meeting of the two in Naples now playing. An cast, In- began an idealistic romance entirely the aged Lord Hamilcluding many "stage stars, acts this sanctioned by mystery melodrama, which was di- ton which the world did not understand. rected by Frank Tuttle. "The Divine Lady." from the hisThe revelations of talking moving picture technique are possible be- torical novel by E Barrington, is the cause the action of "The Studio Mur- biggest production First National der Mystery" occurs largely within a plans this year, and under the direcmythical motion picture studio and tion of Prank Lloyd, tells a pictorial the characters are persons connected story of those dramatic days that is with the screen. epic In Its sweep. H. B. Warner. Victor Varconi, Ivan "The sequences which uncover the real technique of audible movies." ex- Keith. Marie Dressier, Montagu Love. diDorothy Cummlngs and others of plains Director Tuttle. "shows a rector shooting a scene on a carniequal renown are in the cast. There will alio be a Hal Roach val lot. One of our characters is a bystander and, while watching the comedy, a novelty and a news reel. making of this episode, he obtains a clue which solves two murders. "First of all, cinema audiences see the brilliantly lighted carnival set, peopled with ballyhoo performers. Suspended over the heads of the actors are the microphones that pick up voices and carry them to the amplifying and recording apparatus. "A short distance away from the As might have NEW YORK. actors are two peculiar objects that e look like tanks. They con- been expected, the sniping of our old tain the cameras and are constructed friends, the censors, is raising thunof sound-promaterials to keep der with the talkies throughout the camera noises away from the micro- land. But. on the other hand, the A double plate glass win- talkies by bringing in the new elephones. dow is set in an aperture in the front ment of dialogue have snarled up of each tank and it is through these the rights of the censors until the windows that scenes are photo- business of regulating other peonie s tastes has become more absurd than graphed. The operators of the cameras wear headphones during the ever. James R. Quirk, editor and pubfilming process and can hear everything that is said on the set, while lisher of Photoplay Magazine, picks camdevices out the three cases of ridiculous contrasynchronising keep eras in accord with the recording ap- dictions from this month's litter of paratus in another part of the censorship cases and puts them side by side in a current editorial for the ""The only important unit in the edification of the film public. Says of Mr. making talking pictures which Quirk "The 8tudio Murder Mystery" will "Gentle Chicago, for example, that not permit us to show is the recording center of all civic sweetness and light, room, where voices are impressed on has banned 'Alibi.' Th shy censors out there say that the theme of that ;:im or awe. excellent melodrama conflict beoutdoor class tween gangsters and police is too sketching Saturday conducted by Joseph A. F. Everett. shocking for residents of the machine Call Hy. 29C7-for particulars gun belt How Scarf see Al Capone lAdvertisemenu must be laughing. Para-mouu- t's Holding to Jobs Established motion nicture stars of the screen are more than holding their own in talking pictures despite the onslaught of hosts of players from the speaking stage, in the opinion of Jesse L Lasky, first vice president of the corporation, in charge of them. production. Yes, this is Clara Bow Mabel Bauman. chief operator at ttifl legitimate stage holds Lasky all made up for some the Paramount studios, finds her players would 'not supplant the popmuch more Job most interesting ular motion picture stars, as has scenes ip her latest pic so, to be sure, than when she was been predicted by many commentaMiss "on the board town town." tors since the' advent of talking picture. tures. Bauman, of course, reveals no secrets. She tells several interesting VVwrT.Tmw.-ri-i-.TTw.-T.TT-- H "There have been many new faces i on the talking screen in the past incidents. It is part of Miss Bauman's year," Lasky said. "There will be duties, and those of the girls who many more. Most of the newcomers work with her. so far as they can, will be recruited from the speaking to protect the studio executives and stage. "In the main, however, the stars department heads from the annoyance of professional Job hunters, of whom the public have come to know which Hollywood has many. The and love will maintain their places switchboard girls are also alert to in spite of the present fierce foil the tenacious advances of salesfor roles in the talking picmen of all sorts of products and tures. "When Paramount began making properties who seek the ear of the Telereputedly wealthy players. talking pictures we had between are in numbers Hollywood phone forty and fifty players under contract to use for their exclusive sercarefully guarded secrets. vices. Without exception, every one Long experience and a sensitive ear have so sharpened Miss Bauof these players has now played In man's "hunch" that she can detect talking pictures. With very few exnine out of ten of incoming calls ceptions, all of them have demon- from persons seeking emoloyment strated that they can talk and talk Most of these calls come from perwell. At the same time. Paramount sons familiar with the names of has used many players from the directors and executives speaking stage. and who seek to call them direct Silent Players Shown rather than go through the reguTo Have Little to Fear. lar channels of casting office and offices. labor By "The comparison shows us that the employment adroit questioning the telephone silent picture players have little to fear from the influx of stage talent. operators at the Paramount studios Almost every Hollywood producing bring out the reason for the call and connect the applicant with the company, including Paramount, has proper department. imported stage talent from New York. Almost every westbound train Chief Operator Has brings additional stage players. Her Favorites. "Many of them will succeed, but and Richard Arlen CoopefT the excitement of the new era when Gary Charles Rogers are Miss Bauman's has subsided and talking pictures are favorite players. Each is addicted HOLLYWOOD Believe It or not. regarded as the usual thing, results to persiflage and make the day the "It" girl of the films knows her will show that the stage stars will board for the the girls at brighter grease paint. Clara Bow doesn't usu- have failed in general in dislodging whenever they have a call to make. ally disguise herself almost beyond the screen stars. One day one incoming call recognition, but in her newest "The chief reason for this 6. of piccourse, that the screen players have brought a story of tragedy to the ture the above makeup is required. switchboard. It was a girl's voice. Among other things, Clara takes a big advantage over the stage peo"Please, oh please, help me to a whirl at being a circus clown, and ple. The screen actors are estabget in touch with Adolphe Menjou. so the above shows how she looks lished. They know screen technique. I've tried at the casting office and when she cavorts about the sawdust The chief advantage of the stage they tell me all parts are filled. ring. players Is that their voices arc But my home is in Cleveland. Mr. (Continued on Followhx rug) Menjou used to live there. And I know he will help me. I need the I W1ERJE YOU work, badly." 'The story was sincere and the need was great. The voice assured CAN GO FOR Former Russian General Has Part In Film 'Careers' that. Mystery Film at Granada Shows Tale Unfolded At the State Talkies in Making Neiv Western GOSSIPS ENTERTAINWEKT VAL'DEVILLE AND NCTUaES. PAfrTAGES Ou the screen. Thurston Wltoler' noeL 'The Bridte ol San Lull Res. " with talking sequences, When patrons of the Capitol theater attend the current showing of "Careers." the new Billle Dove picture, produced by First National Vltaphone, they will view a beautiful scene representing a garden party in Indo China. They will see many extras "in this scene and they might chance to see a gentleman in uniform standing in a group. They will notice that he has nothing important to do merely atmosphere. This gentleman, however, was at one time a very important person in the life and history of Russia. He is the former Russian general, Alexander Ikonikoff, whom the czar had personally decorated with the White Cross of St. George, the highest honor in all the Russias. The movies played a dramatic part in Ikonikoff 's life. Not so long ago a picture, in which he had appeared, was shown in Sofia, Bulgaria. There a sister, whom he thought dead, saw it. Hollywood police were notified and Ikonikoff was found. Hurried cables and letters resulted In the sister being brought to America. "Careers" was directed by John Francis Dillon and the cast supporting Miss Dove includes Antonio Moreno, Noah Beery, Thelma Todd, Robert Frazer, Robert Sellable, Car-mMyers, Holmes Herbert, Sojin and others. All of whom talk, as does the beautiful star. It is a 100 per cent all dialogue Several long Vltaphone feature. numbers are rendered in "Careers," one, a ballad especially written for this picture, by Carmel Myers, and an operatic number in French by Count Andre de Segurola, famous opera singer. raudevllle. SILENT AND TALKING PllTl RKS. CAPITOL Blur Dave's first speaking role In the drama. "Careers." with Antonio Moreno and Noah Beery; Phil Baker and Bobby Folsom In two Vltaphone acts; Movietonews. OR AN ADA Paramount's mys- tery drama. "The Studio Murder Mystery." with cast Including Nell Hamilton. Doris Hill. Warner Oland and Chester Conkiin: talking and singing acts; Pathe sound news. VICTORY "Tesss" Gulnan In "Queen of Vltath Night Clubs." an phone picture; coined), "The Bees Buss"; Paramount news. OEM Phyllis Haver in The Office Scandal," with Raymond Hatton. Leslie Pen-to- n and Margaret Livingston; also news, Aesop Fables, comedy and a scenic. RIALTO "The Divine Lady." with Corlnne Orlttleh. H. B. Warner and Victor Varconi; also Hal Roach comedy, novelty and news. STATE "Wyoming." an epic of the west, with Tim McCoy and Dorothy Sebastian; also "Blue Skies." with Helen Twelve-tree- s and star cast; news. Texas Guinan Star In Nbght Club Film Now at Victory- - el Texts Guinan gives one of the most authentic characterizations yet to reacn me talking screen in "'Queen of the Night Clubs," Warner Brothers' latest Vltaphone production, in which she is starred, and which opens Sunday at the Victory theater. Miss Guinan gives so true a portrayal of a night club impresariq because she Is simply being herself in the atmosphere in which she is familiar. "Queen of the Night Clubs." in addition to the frivolous side of Broadway's stage and night club life, portrays the deeper side bringing before us the loves, ambitions, troubles and Joys of the actors in the play. The go behind the scenes of Broadway's show world and night club life, giving It with authenticity and stark realism. "Queen of the Night Clubs" is an original story by those famous collaborators, Murry Roth and Addison Burkhart. The cast Includes, in addition to Texas Guinan, such stage and screen celebrities as Lira Lee, Eddie Foy, Jr., Jack Norworth. John Davidson, John Miljan. William Davidson. Arthur Housman, Jimmie, Phillips, Lee Shumway and others. The entire cast speaks throughout the entire length of this Vltaphone "In Cleveland there Is the perfect picture, which was directed by Bryan Foy. example of the crucifixion of a talkie. The Victory program is completed Out there censors are allowed to cut by the different and singscenes, but not dialogue, go they ing acts which have proven very popsince the new entertainment mechiseled out several scene.- In Clara ular dium has taken such a strong hold on Bow's "The Wild Party' e the public. picture. Thus, when the screen went black. Clara prattled gaily on. NEIL HAMILTON SIGNS. crowd the Clara "Naturally gave Neil Hamilton, leading man in the picture and the censors th; loud "The Studio Murder Mvsterv" and and merry laugh, while the mare men: wept and cussed. And the legal two score other screen productions eagles, no doubt, looked upon their nas Deen signed to a new contract work and saw that it was good, noble Dy paramount and uplifting. TO WRITE DIALOGUE. "Yet. lo and behold, from Kansas comes the news that the attorney John Galsworthy, whose plays and general of the state has turned in an novels have established him as one opinion that censors have no legal of the most powerful writers of the right to exercise their cunning arts day will write the dialogue for on sound tracts or discs. That from the film adaptation of his famous play. Kansas, mind you!" Sound without pictures! Pictures SO MOTE IT BE. with big slices of compulsory silence! There's little hope that the censors "I wonder why they say 'Amen' will ever see the absurdity of it. But and not "Awomen." Bobby." It may become silly enough eventual""Because they sing hymns and not ly to arouse the public hers, stupid." Boston Transcript. play-make- rs Talkies Tangle Up Censors' Problem Throughout Nation war-tim- R sound-cn-di- "Bs-cap- ' |