« raccsnvrn‘. Theodore Roosevelt, in biggest picture. adventure. could stretch your cowbo MAME—2:15 300 EVENING—7 and9:15 60c 10 PIECE ORCHESTRA PLAYING SPECIAL SCORE FOR REGENT TH A .TODAY—TOMOREOW~‘ THE THRILLING STORY OF THE PASSING OF THE CATI‘LE KINGS -—prosents- By E. J. Hudson speaking of the historic passage the powerful cattle barons from the west, said: "This thing 15 bigger than any man or group of men. You - ' ya from Mexico to Canada, and bank them a mile deep—but you couldnot stop humanity’s advance on the road to civilization.” That is the theme of the tremendous story “Sundown." It is the biggest‘theme conceived in the period and it is the A story of romance, love and amazing EVENING SHOWS First National Pictures, Inc. of Palace Theatre TODAY AND TOMORROW A pre-Easter vaudeville bill of new specialties. And the new screen sensation Elaine Hammerstein _. m _. “The Midnight Express” BRIDGEPORT THEATRES POLI'S ' C New Lyric BRIDGEPtfllT 2:15 — TODAY — 8:15 Special 25 Thursday Ladlee’ c Friday \fattnee Saturday ICE PALACE IS BIG SCENE . IN NEW FILM An outstanding feature of "The Bridge of Signs." the Warner “Classic of the.8creen." coming next Saturday to the Blilto Theatre. is the big Ice Palace scene. in which several hundred extras in ice skating costume take part with exhibitions by several fancy ice figure artists. from the Orpheum Circuit. It is an , THE noun or . coonwmn original set. with a glittering ice Canopy snowball “lit. and ‘13 that adds to production value. Mrs. Bride- of W Charles K. Earris' mu m ha ug reference to cushions: "b he 0! drill” m New York Toms- to the err-libel assume; filmed“? “SALLY” FILMED WITH COLLEEN MO0REASSTART» Ziegfeld Show Hit Is Put on Celluloid— Leon Errol in Com- edy Role Colleen Moore has said good-bye to "Sally." The final scenes of this. her new- est First National starring vehicle. have been completed under the di- rection of Alfred E. Green. The picture will be shown at the Rialto theatre next week. "Sally" was adapted from the noted Ziegfeld hit of the same name by June Mathis and enacted before the camera by a cast of more than ordinary excellence. As “Sal. iy." Colleen Moore is declared to hard eclipsed any role she has per- trayed in the pest. Her "daily" is fraught with originality. charm 'and hoydenish humor. Chief in her support is Lloyd Hughes. playing theioster son of a multl-mmionaire. who first meets " 1y" when she is an inmate of an East Side Founding Asylum “to links the lives of the two and carries them. through the vicissitnd. es of struggle to dual success and happiness. _ Leon Errol. who created that in imitable comedy role. the Duke of Checkergovlnla. in the 0 stage version. appears in the aim versidn in the sun, e character. Otherutg: "Sally" is one of the mast pn- tentlous productions that. First Na. tionai has attempted. “has been , lavishly staged. the setting: being designed by B. J. Shultsr. '1‘. D. In- _ who the "beautiful dumbbell" of the screen. is to make another picture by the author of "Her Night of Ru. malice," which will be good news to those who laughed at her in the lat- ter picture. it is called "rs. m Sister." The author. bye the bye. is Hans Knoly..snd he isslso the au- thor of “rho We m"~'ro those who mw the announcement o Connie's next film as “The Site naught." we would say. Just an- other title change. that is all. ‘ "DuloyJ‘ “The W “The Goldfish." and " Love" are Connie's m 9m and when she has finished "the Twin ulster" the present plans an Inn. who is making “Gnustark.” and of the_8stting sun." Flersns Zles'fleld is planning to become a film producer. “Kid Boots" is to be his first photoplay. Accord- ing to the announcement. air. Zieg- l'eld intends to extend his prime. of glorification of the American girl to the cinema. . There are six villains in Ed- mund Lewis's picture “'Mnrriage in Transit." now in the making. They are Bryon Douglas. Fred Butler. Wade Boeteler, Fred Decker. Ed- ward Chandler and Lowe. himself. Pola Negrl is wearing an engage- ment ring on her trip to Europe. She ref to name the man. and nobody Hollywood seems able to guess. It now rests with the courts to I! when we shall see “The Phantom of the Opera," Universal's new super- nlm starring Lon Chaney. F. A.- Todd's injunction charging plagiar- ism is the first instance of a play's director and cast being made co- fudant with the producers. Mr. Todd ullvgcs that Scenes of "The Phan- tom" were lifted from his scenario or "Faust." Cecil B. Dchlllle now announces that he will postpone the making of his first independent production un- til mldsummer. Until then he will confine his work to the supervision of others. Lsatrice Joy will be his first star. "The Dark Angel," New York stage sensation. has bean sold by the Robert Milton firm to 8am Goldwyn .Th'e vivacious Constance Tahnsdge m.". to that she will emulate her M. 801" '. I do a McCutcheon story called “Em , Gusts-ea Talusdge. and Vilma Banky. European actress, have been cast for uie'leads. George P‘ltzmaurlce will direct. It will entertain the cynics to learn that when ’The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam' was put into the movies. Harry Rathner. the producer called it "The Lover's Oath." Lllyan Tashman and Edmund Lowe have announuced their en- gagement and have set next August as the date for their marriage. Ben Lyon is the busy boy these days. Six months ago he left Holly- wood for New York to help Anna. Q. Nil-son make “One Way Street." That finished. he dashed down to Atlanta. his home town. to make a personal appearance. Hun-led buck and was co-featured with \‘lola Dana in “The Necessary Evil." Worked night and day to finish this and get back to Hollywood for Frank Lloyd's version of Rex Beach's “Winds of Chance." Arrived in Hol- lywood at 2:30 one afternoon. made two necessary visits to tailors and left 6:16 for Truckee on location. Before "The Winds of Chance" is finished Ben will have to makc a trip to Portland. Ore.. another to Seattle, then on to Vancouver. 13. Q. then for picture purposes. Ronald Colman A certain characteristic of,Ger- aldlne Farrar's art and career has been. and one would say ever will be. youth. From the first moment when she returned to America from her studies and artistic battles abroad to conquer critics and pub- lic. to send hurrying to their cor- ncrs upholders of traditions whose eyes were blinded to the events and the accomplishments of today, her course has been distinguished by the fire. the courage. the indomitablllty of youth and talent. For her there has never been the word “impos- slble;" for.her no labor is too tre- mendous to achieve a thing desired. and nothing in the world is too big. too great for her to gattsrnpt. An individual from the bottom of her heart. a woman who acts as she thinks. for herself. Sho has made a host of friends in the country which admires conviction and initiative as it admires almost nothing else. and the enemies. But she has always triumphed by her sheer force. vital- ity. charm and optimism which nothing can displace or dismay. While others are wondering what will happen. Miss Geraldine is evolv— ing a new exhibition of art. Miss Farrar's attitude toward her own work is admirably duplicated by her attitude toward fellow art- iste. She is always curious. always enthusiastic to learn what other muslcons with talent and brains are doing. The first to commend a dis- tinctivc accomplishment. and to greet with open arms new ideas. Life seems to remain for her what it always is for youth. whether the circumstances be grave or gay. via. a struggle. a victory and a romp. Those who have seen her tired or depressed are so few that they have never been found. She loves her work. her fight. her daily climb a little higher up the ladder of achievement. She loves the public. which reclprocates this sentiment on the part of'one of its own. Geraldine Farrar tells the follow- lns amusing incident which occurred when she was singing in Germany PERSONAUTY .m-t s I What is the greatem motion picture viewer can have: , FILM * STAR, [SAYS ,. PATSY MllLER back to New York. iiERALDlNE FARRAR 15 T0 SLNG HERE AT THE REGENT THEATRE “Near Berlin. in a small clly, was an excellent stock company, sup- ported by the crown. where from time to time singers from the Ber- lin Royal Opera Co. appeared as ‘guesis.’ In my early career the munlncont sum of 2500 marks (at that time 8600 American money) was offered me for two performanc- es: one of Traviata and one of Mig- non. the former to be the opening performance. "My tenor partner was also a, member of the Royal Opera and quite familiar with all details of my interpretation. particularly in the supper scene of thc lst Act. into which We both tried to infuse1 a bit more modern spirit than .3 usual. in the celebrated dueltJliblano. where Mr. Jam and l sang of \‘loletta's growing interest in Alfredo, it was my custom to drink from my glass and toss it lightly away instead or replacing it decorously on the table. "This was done amid an outburst of applause for the brilliant finale. who I to my amazement. as t e glass shattered to the floor, a uni ormed attendant rushed out of the wings. dustpan and brush in hand. and took his time in carefully removing all traces of my radical departure from tradltion. - "Such an intruder into Verdi‘s melodies created something of a riot The audience roared and the sing- ers nearly lost their equilibrium. but when at the end of the Act I was handed a bill which reading: " ‘Glass breakage, value 15 pm!!- nig (1 cents)’ our merrlmcnt was complete! , "Needless to relate. perhaps, the same attendant was watchfuily walt- lng 10‘:- a similar~outbreak in my next opera, which. of course, did not occur. and a fat tip of 80 cents left him bowing and happy as l Wat-ed farewell to a charming and enthus- ’ lostlc audience." Geraldine Far-aar- wiil sins in per- son here in the title role in Car- men at the Regent. Friday. April l the public‘s appreciation of their a . 3 though their hits might have med. the! had mmmwerdeasor to 'k' T ' facts of)“8undown." _ seem to be aware. SPENT OVER SIX .MONTHSON Tits WWW GEfiSli‘le‘lill Of_Mlgration of Past Decades . Six months to make 0 More than 100.000 cattle used. Cost exceeded 8500.000. Scenes taken in eight states two countries. Players. and technicians traveled over 15.000 miles by train and horseback to procure the scenes. These are the principal statistic the gigantic and impressive epic of the West. which opened last night at the no. gent theater for a 8-day engage- ment.’ .. A page from‘ current history. of which only those in the great West the First Na— tional picture tells the story of a tremendous migration which has been going on during the inst few decades. Forced from the ranges by the steady encroachment of the homesteader and the small farmer. the big cattle owners have been gradually forced South into the up. fertile desert country of the South. west and into Mexico. Today the Northern States of Mexico are the big cattle raising areas of the Western Hemisphere. The ranch owners. for the mOSt part. are Americans. the sons and grandsons of the pioneers. who wrested the West a generation or so ago from the lndlans. On this pathetic phase of mod- ern history "Sundown" was writ- ten. Earl Hudson. supervisor of the First National production. is the author of the stony and in presenting the stirring epic to the screen he has produced a soul-in- spiring drama of reality that can- not hclp but arouse the emotions of the most blase. The picture in itself is fact rath- er than fiction. for many of the scenes were taken in Arizona and New Mexico on the trail during the movement of several thoumnd head of cattle from pastuxes near the edge of the Grand Canyon to new grazing land below the bor- der. Contrasting the the ranch families to seek pastures new and the hear-inches of the homesteaders— forced from the overcrowded cities to find breathing spaces and exist- ence on the plains. The clashing of these two factions—entirely dif- ferent. yet both essentially Ameri- can. is the corner stone on which has been built the powerfully romantic tale of "Sundown." OLD TIME STAGE PLAY MAKES 6999 MOVIE ‘ ‘ T h e Midnight Ex- press” on S c r e e It Just All Full of Thrills As Of Old Those who go to the opening per- in heartaches of who are forced l formance of “The Midnight Ex- press." at the Palace Theatre to- night will be thrilled. It has often been said that the old time stand- bys can not be revived on The. screen. “The Midnight Express." most definitely and emphatically disprove: this contention. This play in its stage version was as much of a standard for barnstormers as “Nellie The Cloak Model." lluch of the oldtime stage bokum has been eliminated and real action put in its place. The result is to say the least an an real honest-to- goodness thriller. The most neces- sary low interest has been 'much enhanced since now the audience can see what it was all about. Elaine Hammerstein in the stellar role out- does herself. Her work in the re- cent Columbia Production "The Foolish Virgin," was the reason that the producers signed her on for two more pictures and their iaith in her was Justified. William Halnes is the handsome reason for Elalnt-s great worry asto whether he would ever be other than a. coward or not. The rest of the cast among whom are George Nichols. Lloyd Whitlock. Edwin Booth 'l‘llton. Pat Harmon. Bertram Grassby. Phyllis Iiavsr and Rocco. Kama .was up w the due perfos The whole production was most manoe given by the two principals .ny directed by George w. mu. ‘ The story ls well known to many old time theatre goers and it has not suflered in its main character- istics in being transferred to the screen. It is the tale of a young man. son of the railroad president living a life of dissipation and an- i est re-G 1.0 098T um ms sowmms 'mmutsm Antonio Moreno, Patsy Ruth Miller, Ruth Cliiford - and David Terrence Itmirrwsmarrledlivu—boldlyflsoursgsovslyunforgwsbly -L W‘Y mg m m‘m’l MI I Johnny Walker and AlecIB. Francis GM”, "“1““ h —lll— “The Slanhrers 4 —Ifld— “The “Bridge“- of Sigh!” Wags—pm a “A Spanish Romeo” “BATTING um" 0.. or the Van Bibbsr Sol-Isl nouns! asp runway , FLORENCE VIDOR _ in _. “THE GIRL OF GOLD” ~————d——————* ercIAL LADIES’ MATINEES l . | . | RIALTO THEATRE I I ‘ s I to» \, ”in p z- a. .-,~ NIP“; .. “ “ x '3“ .. “.21 « ‘, ,. I s. anus .. ..... 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