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MOKMNfl. Zosfingele AUGUST 31, n. ft Cljcatcwamtiscmcnts entertainments Cttatcts amusements Cntmainnunts "Necking" Treated as an, Art FOLLOWERS OF HORTON PACK HOUSE Aviation Night to Be Observed at Vine Street i restCbasttetres; IT na I If 1 1 1 HIIoraX 111 offering Lot Anseier Greater Movla Reason LOEWS fiawi mors .11 VI fi 111 Ul IV insiTouteh lauohlae CHARLES SIDNEY In THE LIFE roue I 4. 4. 1 and Frldsy an Osne Mora" Marea's "Polar Idas; STATE OF RILEY" ranches- sua EOERLK tha cast aoo ti at t.

i j. bwmbiiiwvinis BRING THE CHILDREN TO SEE THIS GREAT WT LOVE STORY BEFORE 8CH00L STARTSI V-I eetiso "vs QERTRUD James Hall r- -'-imlilmiihiit In METROPOLITAN uJn Ti ii JrM a. -ra Highland PHONC OR. 1147 MiSBE333 ft Tomorrow anotaof wonder ohow brliove RICHARD fife I I iJW 1 I I tk, ttt-- 1 1 I 1 I I "Under- I t' Slianghai Allen Connor Juvenile lead at the Belasco. There are, it seems, Just ordinary "neckers" and "great neckers." Tha current stage hit is concerned principally with the latter kind.

I woir Botina RUBE kal i jtvO Mil HON -m irnrr a Q' II 1 II 1 1 Ml EVES. 35 5075? 1IV1W an BomldCphnmx MATS.Ssi"ma 255075 flame ONLY EXCLUSIVE MW YOKKS KEOTfiT 'OH KAY MAT. LABOR DAT mo t. JAs donuJiMMY CLEMONS 60c 4 0B OOOQJfATS FOR A.JPRfORMhNCS AT THE BOX OFFICE PRICfS 50f T0'2 eves- ra To imsma soc to $1.50 ''W 1'" HIUAT ilV frVt.183 mmgiiMffliai Comedian's Role Fits Him Lihe Glove; Play Rates as Comedy-Drama by marqi'is snr (ltrtnt4 frm Tu.dj' tt ertltlna at Tlmw) ifi aomethlng of a hybrid this "Oolng- Crooketl," which opened at th PJayhouas last night It strikes mors or less happy medium between being ft crook drams, and ft tares comedy. There are those who mlRht suggest that Inasmuch as It was written by Wlnchell Smith and William Col.

Her, those estimable gentlemen mlffht nave oone a oetter job oi tt. "Oolng Crooked" has much that Is worth while, however, and If you are rea. aonably charitable, ths unworthy parts can be glossed over without causing any undue anguish, Edward Everett Norton has ft role which fits his comedy abilities with almost glove-like perfection. The play reaiiy aoeen-t matter wun this star. His followers, and they are legion, judging by last night's audience, flock to ths box omce to sea Mm and not his plsy.

In many respects "Going Crooked" offers him a greater cung opportunity tnan "in love With Love," his last play. I have seldom seen him do better work. As ths William Wsrd of ths play, Horton appears as a young man wallowing helplessly In dire financial straits. With the help of a friend he concludes to pose as a notorious thief of rare paintings. With his conviction a reward will bs paid which will meet pressing financial obligations.

Ward is quite willing to spend a year or two in ths penitentiary to gain financial Independence, anyway, "Jails are Just Ilka men's clubs now." The ruse works, but not in the expected way. The real thief comes to light, nnd ths hero gets the reward without the Jail sentence which is exactly the way all good plays should end. There Is a nicely worked-out mystery as to the Identity of the real thief. Many of the lines are clever, and laughs are generously sprinkled throughout the three acts of ths play. There are one or two examples of it that are hoary with age.

The hero can't decide what trade he will adopt during his proposed prison sojourn. He has never worked, nor has he any particular desire to work. "I know," he declares brightly. "I shall bs a traveling man." That joke was retired on an old age pension when Santa Claus only wore a mustache, and It Is the remark which brings down the curtain at the end of the first act. Making all allowances for a natural first night nervousness on the part cast, and uncertainty of lines, there Is a lagging of Interest In the second Action should be speeded considerably.

In the supporting cast, Stewart Wilson scores as the friend of the hero his role being an Important one. A little mors assurance with lines and Wilson will give an excellent performance. Irving Mitchell shows a nice sense of comedy values as the devoted valet of th prisoner-elect. George La Mont Is very good as the hard-boiled detective. Rhea Mitchell does the best she can with the heroine's role, although It Is a meager one.

She received qulta an ovation last night, however. Helen Brooks Is satisfactory as the iDgenue, and makes, a most attractive stage J. Anthony Smythe, Robert Stone and Maria Bryar pleased. Stone particularly contributing a clever character bit. Ths entire action of the play transpires in the living-room of Ward's apartment In less than twenty-four hours time.

The setting, designed by Ben Klutcher, is excellent. it Magic Flame 99 Proves Success Ronald Colman and Vllma Banky In "The Magic Flame," the new Gold-wyn production which Is having Its world premiere at the Million Dollar Theater, Is said to be establishing new matinee attendance records at that house. Mrs. Henry King, wife of the director of "The Magic Flame," was hostess to a party of fifteen, friends at the Million Dollar last night. King Is at present in New York.

"The Magio Flame" is the Million Dollar's second offering for West Coast Greater Movie Season. It was produced by Samuel Goldwyn. for United Artists. FIGHT TRAINING IS AID TO ACTOR NOW If Gordon Westcott, featured Juvenile in "The Scarlet Virgin" now in its second month at the Orange Grove, didn't hanker for tha stage, he might have bfeen one of the foremost pugilistic stars today. Westcott attended the University of Chicago during his earlier" days and divided his time between studying to become an architect and winning honors for his college in pugilism.

Many an opposing gallant was defeated before the boring onrush of Westcott's fistic assaults which eventually gave him the title of lightweight champion of his university. Today the training he received during his amateur-boxing career stands him in good stead. The directors of "The Scarlet Virgin" demand realism in the particular scene in ths play where Westcott is called upon to fight Blackle, a strapping bully of the border. Outweighed by perhaps twenty, five pounds, Gordon wins nightly victories over Blackle, who is portrayed by Norman Feusler. BRINETIE SCORES ONE Evidently the preference of gentlemen for blonds is not quite unanimous, sines Wilson Mlzner, Paramount author, has expressed himself as so pleased with the appearance and work of Natalie Kingston, brunette, that he would like to write a story for her use as a screen vehicle.

Miss Kingston recently completsd ft leading role in support of Esther Ralston, in her latest Paramount picture. SPURNS ELECTRICITY. Arthur Guy Empey, well-known novelist and short-story writer, is burning the mldnittht oil, turning cut originals for tha screen and numerous well-known mapantnes. One of his latest stories, "The Flagpole Sitter," is expected to be the starring vehicle for Arthur Lake at Universal. PLANS FOR HEltSIIOLT Jean Hersholt.

Universal star. Is to be seen in a series of noted stags vehicles following his completion of the starring role in "Symphony," an original opus from the pen of Bvend uaae, according to plana. being for mulated ty Universal Tonight at tha Vlna-street Theater, where tha mirthful comedy, tha "Wild Westcotts." now playing, has been designated aa aviation night, la honor of tha great strides being mads In aviation and the many history-making flights now In progrsaa Tha thirty-two officers and fifty enlisted men that comprise the Four Hundred and Seventh-ninth Pursuit Squadron stationed at Clover Field, will be tha guests of Henry Kolker and Arthur William Green, producers of "The Wild Weatcotts. The Vine-street will hava ft "war-time" appear-ance as tha men ars to appear in full uniform. By way of returning the compliment, Lieut.

P. X. Hay of tha squadron, will lead a five-ship formation over the Vine-street Theater at mati-nee tlma Thursday afternoon. In addition, Lieut. Hay.

who is considered one of tha best atunt flyers in tha service, will perform several of his halr-ralslng tricks directly above tha theater. Crook Thriller Opens Friday Seldom has tha theater-loving public bad an opportunity to wltnsss the workings of tha notorious New York underworld to better advantages than la "Cheating Cheaters." which will be the third picture to be shown during Greater Movie Seaaon when it opens at the Uptown Theater next Friday, the management declares. The plot of this screen version of the workings of the master minds of the underworld gets off tha beaten track of most crook pictures, the story continues. Betty Compaon plays the lead opposite Kenneth Harlan. James Oliver Curwoods "Bsck to God's Country," starring Renes Adores and now at the Uptown, will be shown for tha last ttms Thursday night.

Lucas Remains a Second Week Nick Lucas's crooning voice and melodious guitar are proving very popular as tha headline attraction on tha opening bill of the 1927-38 season at tha Orpheum this week. So popular are they that "The Crooning Troubadour" will remain for another week as the headline attraction. For his second week, Lucas has announced that he will offer an entirely new repertoire of songs and record song hits. He will be surrounded by an entirely new bill of Orpheum Circuit features Including Dainty Marie, the famous "Venus at Fifty" and her company. SEA CAPTAIN WHO IS BIRD FANCIER When El Capttan Juan Rouss, a great-bearded Basque, brought the Cabo Ortegal of the Ybarra Line In-to port at New York recently, he had with him his aviary of 300 singing birds, in which he is successfully cross-breeding linnets and canaries.

The new birds, which have not been named, prove on nature's palette the artist's truism that red and yellow when mixed make orange, for they have orange heads, while their father linnets hava scarlet ones and their mother canaries yellow. Two of the canaries are nesting and the eggs are about ready to hatch. The young birds are of various ages, but none has fully developed the singing quality yet. Capt. Rouss doea not care for the canary's song and hopes to Improve on it.

He has a number of larks in his collection, and on his last trip brought three caged nightingales with him, but this bird, which la rare in captivity, did not thrive on shipboard, despite the fact that at night when nightingales are most active, ths captain stayed awake in order to feed them tha hearts of chickens. He left them ashore at Seville this trip. One of ths sweetest singers in his collection is a blind verderon, a bird which it is tha custom Spain to blind when young. The song is said to be sweetened. Since it cannot See human beings, it Is fearless in their presence and sings when they stand by its cage, which imprisoned songsters usually refuse to do.

i Capt. Rouss, who la a bachelor, spends all his earnings on his hobby, and is not discouraged despite the Vlcarlousness of the life of land birds at sea. Sixty-seven linnets died on the trip across. He often pays $50 for a single songster whose notes are partloulary sweet and poignant. His collection is priceless to him and cost several thousand dollars.

The aviary extenda fifty feet from port to starboard under the bridge and here, too, in miniature gardens, he raises the vegetables which the birds require, as green food is essential to their health. Additional cages of birds bang on ths bridge, as well as In the captain's rest bunk, where the blind verderon sings, and where, under linen covers, a number of singers are kept in complete darkness while they are moulting. I Brooklyn Eagle. SAVES FARM WORKER'S TIME Farming work and costs ars likely to be cut down through the investigations of the National Institute of Industrial Psychology of Great Britain which soma time ago received a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. Through observations made nn firm, U.

fnunrl. for examole. that in picking strawberries the most fatiguing of all fruit to pick fast picker spent thirty-two minutes of the hour in actual picking, seventeen minutes walking from plant to plant with a basket, 8.9 and 2.5 minutes in carrying the load and returning. The institute there- fore suggests to strawberry growers! that It Is Important that the plants should be as close together as possible: that hleh-vieldlnc types of plants should be selected, and that the packing sheds should be situated at the most convenient points in relation to the general layout of the beds. MU8EUM FOB TOLSTOY The admirers of Tolstoy the world around will be Interested in ths Tolstoy Museum in Moscow of which little has been heretofore printed but which has recently reached importance through mass of interesting material whloh has been collected.

The Tolstov Museum lm existed since 1911, and has occupied Its present quarters In Moscow since 1920. At present It is the richest collection of material relating to Tolstoy. The problem of the museum Is to collect, guard, exhibit and study, all material relating to the life and work of Tolstoy, such as portraits, pictures, engravings, sculpture representing tha great author and tha fiersoM aasoolatrl nitft CRITERION SKI VW Mjy it Mv KIM Vldw't wld.rna H.t.6.lilwvo JOHN QILBERT rmM Aitro Ton Bflto Hsultr irlMJ inn lo: A.M. UPTOWN more of wi- COUNTRY" BAiiv jTaOood "EoTolorS" Rvelra' GRAUMANS. EGYPTIAN- mnrll (lav ftv.1t.awt "boot "I'ndrrworinr reu Uks I ruin! riOLLAlV as.

oflfkMMtl II thrlllt 11 That Will Surprise YOtl WATCH WAIT! JS Friowr mo aa Soar Iho k.lltw It I "METROPOLIS at ko MS 1 tiol oa.la llatlaohi ou uru T-Tu aaT is. NEGRI rrvo'irvvr WW 0 WW -oW fW I If I 1 11 VlIfT tAT Xjm-o. 1 i i ui Alan Hale Does 'Moon9 Version Alan Hale, who directs and writes, as well as acts In the films, is going to do ths initial screen version of "Moon himself. Hale last week acquired rights to the famous Times comic strip, being read dally by 15.000,000 readers, and will make the initial adaptation of the laughable "Moon" in picture form. While Hale has signed a new contract with the Cecil B.

De MUle organization, he has purchased an interest in the Frank Wlllard comic strip for himself personally and the deal has no connection at the present time for studio affiliation. It is known that De Mills is grooming Hale for comedy stardom, with "The Blue Danube," in which Leatrlce Joy la to make her next stellar appearance, as his histrionic successor to "Vanity" and "Tha Wreck of the Hesperus," shortly to bo released. CARE OF SCHOOL CHILDREN Children of school age require the most careful attention in regard to their diet and health habits, asserts Ethel Somers in an article in Liberty, suggesting the program below as a good one for tha child to follow: "Go to bed regularly at an early hour, and sleep with windows open. "Start the day right with a good breakfast, and don't neglect to eat plenty of energising cereal, preferably whole cereal. "Drink milk with every meal (about one quart dally.) "Eat one or two generous servings of vegetables othor.

than potatoes dally one of these vegetables preferably raw. "Eat one or two servings of frlut. At least one of these should be raw, "Eat protein body-builders, such as eggs, fish, cheese and meat, dally. "Maintain regular toilet habits of cleanliness and evacuation. "Exercise out of door, preferably in the Sun, at least two hours dally.

"Care for the teeth by eating bone-building milk, fruit, and vegetables, as well as by persistent cleansing and semiannual dental repair work." BOXING RING DISPOSITION Tha ferocity with which many boxers go after their opponents is usually "put on," declares Tom Gibbons, well-known prize-fighter, in an article in Liberty. "Boxers dont hate each other naturally," Gibbons asserts. "Grudges don't Just happen they must be fostered. Fans who go to a fight and expect the contestants to hate each other Just because th'' happen to bs whaling each other around, have the wrong Idea. They confuse a ring disposition with hate.

"There were mora hates in ths old days," Gibbons continues, "because the leading reasons for hatred fake guarantees and failures to grant promised return bouts were more prevalent. Boxing is better organized today and the more orthodox reasons for bitter grudges have been removed. You don't see grudge fights billed as such any more, because tha public get tired of LAW OF CITIZENSHIP The doctrine of citizenship once popularly expressed in England by the words, "Once an Englishman, always an Englishman," was formally abandoned by act. of Parliament in 1870. This doctrine is technically known as' "Indelible allegiance." Previously to 1870 the English law held that every person born within the British dominions, though he should be removed to another country in infancy, owed allegiance to the British crown and that this allegiance could never be resigned or lost except by permission of Parliament.

The same doctrine was originally In force In the United States. It was not until 1868 that the question was legally settled. Congress then asserted that expatriation or voluntary renunciation of allegiance to the United States by one of our citizens "is a natural and Inherent right of all people." Pathfinder. HIGH TEMPER Naming things wrong hss done a great deal of harm In the world. For Instance, It is a pity that a nasty temper was ever called a "high" temper.

Many a man is willing to admit that he Is "high tempered," when as a matter of fact he has a despicable or abominable temper. More accurately, our "high-tempered" gentlemen and ladlea ars merely people who lack self-control or do not care to take tha trouble to exercise any. What wa call a high-tempered person la much mora truly a low-tempered one low in the sense of degraded. If we called them "low-tempered" Instead of "high-tempered" they would bs more ashsmed of their weakness and would not be so ready and willing to confess to It. Pathfinder.

SPEAKING OF THE WEATHER Jovial Milkman: It looks like more rain today, sir. Cautious Customer: It does, Indeed, but it has ft taint flavor of TAYLOR HOLMES lM-i IIU.LLi "OPKNlUa BILL OF OUR. rn i itiWBflriTT COHEETTl COMPANY SWNEiTVgREll4 HARRIS "ORATAREWkCOMPANY T7iTiT7T LAST 2 WEEKS! MOJIOU COr0V THEATRE MU5ICSI COM(W DnrUP MAT. LABOR DAT mo MAT. LABOR DAY nat cARac DtSTIHQUISXCD CAST A 14 di ah 127-28, SEASON" xcusv nsr mmnm NORMAN SPROWL Pre'entt CHARLOTTE TREADWAY and HARLAND TUCKER In "Gentlemen Prefer Blondef find flic FrM Parkins.

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Mr7.MATINEE8.ji dl sat.i i EVE8YK1GHT Talent Sought for-Prologue Jack Laughlln, prologue producer, has Interviewed no less than 2000 prospects during the last four week in seeking his talent for his stage presentation with "Loves of Carmen," which is to bs tha next film production at tha Carthay Circle Theater, the management calculates. "Seventh Heaven" is now playing its eighteenth week at this house. "Probably nowhere In tha world is there as much available talent as there Is right here In Los Angeles at the present time," says Laughlln. "Of course, the movies are responsible to a large extent, for they attract tha best of the world's talent to our doors, and all cannot play in the pictures. This gives the producers a world of exceptional talent to select from." Laughlln is making arrangements to import several artists from New York for his new production.

He declares that he' believes "Loves of carmen" lends itself to a "gorgeous" presentation even more than any picture with which he has been associated. SILENT DRAMA The actor who has corns from stage to screen need not be a linguist, according to Arthur Stone, First National comedian, but he must be clever at translation, because his chief problem la that of translating the lines he used to speak into the action he now performs. On the stage he thought: "How will I read this?" while for the screen he re-fltcts: "How will I do it?" TOO FUNNY FOR WORDS Although Charles Lament, comedy director, does not subscribe to the view that pictures should bs made entirely without subtitles, he has demonstrated his open-mlndedtiess by making one: "The Half-Pint Hero," a fireman comedy starring Lu-plno Lane for Educational, which contains no reading matter except the introductions of the characters. DOGS NOT ALTOS If Arthur Rankin misses any of his lines in "The Wild Wcstnotts." the mirthful comedy at tha Vine-Street Theater, he might deserve forgiveness as his whippets are entered in the Ventura Fair The entire "Westcott" company is backing Arthur's dogs to win as his kennel Is considered one of the finest on the Coast and Arthur is an excellent trainer. CAST IN SCREEN OPUS Blancho Frlderlci, stags and screen character player, who is at present etsaying the role of Mrs.

Davidson with Gloria Swanson In her next United Artists' Thompson," mads her first stage appearance in the David Belasco spec-taole "The Darling of tha Gods." Miss Frlderlci has appeared in "Rain" for five years. "IN. CONFERENCE" SOON Edward J. Montagne, scenario edi tor-in-chief of the Universal Pictures Corporation, is being kept on ths Jump these days in order to complete his work in anticipation of soneduiea business journey to New York on September 1, where he Is to meet the eastern officials In a series of conferences relative to story material for the coming year's output. WRITER KEPT BUSY "FinlS" Will Soon bs writton in t.hn adaptation and continuity on the noted stage play, "Chicago," by Le-nore J.

Coffse, De Mule's woll-known authoress and scenarist. Following this assignment she will Immediately launch forth with nrloi.i the first since her recent creation of "Tha Angel of Broadway," Leatrlce Joy's starring vehicle. DANGER HOUR IN THE MINTS A British mining authority In a recently published article says that "British mines ars ths safest in the world. It has been seriously argued, that the eighth hour is the most dangerous period of the day's work, as men are then tired and are not quite so careful as when fresher. But that statement is erroneous for sts-tistlcs prove that tha first hour of work is the most dangerous and the last hour the safest.

Figures show that of the dally average of fatal and nonfatal accidents 297 occurred In the first hour and 183 in the eighth, AN ULTIMATUM Stenographer: Say. when I took this Job with you I didn't understand that it included a lot of petting. Boss: But, my dear, you're not going to quit so soon, are you? Stenographer: I will if I don't get more money. (Pathfinder. SAID IT WITH THRIFT "Pa.

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