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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURD:- . ...ARCH 10, 1928 PAGF SE* N = THE LOCAL SCREEN = Ww ho's Who and What's What in the Amusement World A:SINPLE ROMANCE HAVING GREAT SETS "The Student Prince" Re: quired One of Most Lavish Settings Ever Built ._ One of the world's simplest and most appealing love stories has ¥ vequired one of the most elaborate t'settings ever built to transfer it to § the screen. $ This is the paradox of "The Stu- Ydent Prince," Metro-Goldwyns J Mayer's huge filmization of the fa- % mous old play, in which Ramon J Novarro and Norma Shearer were i directed by Ernst Lubitsch, and Y which comes Monday to the Re- . gent Theatre, i With their ! theme, a cast of thirty-five fa- { mous players and several thou- ! sand extras were necessary to re- | produce the famous old story, im- © mortalized on the stage by Rich- "ard Mansfield and recently reviv- ed In musical form as "The Stu- ' dent Prince, } Whole towns were built; great eastles in Germany reproduced, and the University of Heidelberg recreated in wood and plaster for the huge production. In one scene, showing the welcome of the townspeople to the young prince, played by Navarro, two thousand villagers, guardsmen, police and other characters appear in a gigan- tic setting depicting a public square and covering ten acres. The coronation ceremonies re- quired hundreds of soldiers in the brillant uniforms of the imperial guard, diplomats and nobles; five hundred gaily attired students rey- eled in the Heidelberg garden scenes, the majestic Heidelberg Castle was recreated, inside and out, and other huge construction tasks marked the filming of the new super spectacle, The cast includes many famous pames: Jean Hersholt, in the role of Dr, Juttner, the tutor; Edward Connelly as the prime minister; lan as the innkeeper; Gustay on Seyffertitz, Edythe Chapman, George K. Arthur, Lionel Bel- more, Kent Freiberg, Edgar Nor- Bobby Mack as Kellerman; Otis love as the central dened Dolores Costello Scores in Light Comedy Bautiful Dolores Costello has become the best loved actress of the screen through her ability to move audiences to tears. She now appears as the most vivae- fous and merry of flirts, and carries off the part with dis- tinction. Miss Costello is star of "The College Widow," War- ner Bros. big screen revival of George Ade's spectacularly sue- cessful play of the same name Many famous football players are in the cast. Miss Costello plays the part of a college presi- dent's daughter who saves her father's job and the honor of the school, by personally recruiting a football teany of such terrific prowess that all comers are squelched. Mr. Marks will no doubt make arrangements for a capacity house on this occasion as the picture carries with a record of successes wherever it has been shown previously. Decorates New Martin | ton, D'Arcy Corrigan, James Mack and many others, Hans Kraly scenarized the story from the original novel by Meyer Forster, on which the play was based. SARNIA COMPANY TO REFLOAT AGAWA Cleveland, March 9.--Offer of the Reid Towing and Wrecking Company of Sarnia to refloat the steamer Agawa, aground at Mich- ael's Bay, Manitoulin Island, Lake Superior, has heen accepted by Al- goma Central Steamship Company, it was officially announced today. While the terms on which the job was taken were not made pub- lic, it was rumored that the Reid company was to receive a specific sum for putting the vessel afloat, or a percentage of the salvage in event of failure to accomplish thls. The Agawa went ashore on Dec. during a terrific storm on the upper lakes, She is thought to be hadly damaged. At the time she had a cargo of grain, much of which is helieved to have washed out, , C-------- BI AR 2 2 TI MR. DA COSTA den to give private and cla Tuesday and Wednesday of ments may be made by tel Single lessons $2.50. Tuesday. Dancing till 10.3 chestra included in lessons, DA COSTA ** Columbus Hall, Randolph 8650, TORONTO CA I A A TB DK TA Ba Dance Instruction-- will be at the Da Costa Studio in the Oshawa Winter Gar- Courge of 5 Public classes teaching the newest dances, ete., every Studio open afternoon and evenings for appointment. "DA COSTA SIMPLIFIED SYSTEM" and MISS HANNA ss lessons in modern dancing each week. Private appoint- ephoning the Winter Garden. lessons $10.00. 0 to the Winter Garden Or- 6 lessons $5.00. ow" DANCING Winter Garden, Phone 2675, OSHAWA ERNIE MARKS Manager of the New Martin The- atre, who is transforming his theatre into one of the most up to-date motion picture houses in the Province. NEW DANCE STUDIO OPENED HERE BY CECIL B. DA COSTA In the field of dancing, Oshawa is now the equal of any of the large cities of America. This sea- son has seen the introduction of many innovations in the amuse- ment field, but nothing that prom- ises more actual benefit to those who love music and dancing than the opening of a branch of the well known Da C , Studios, of Col- umhus Hall, Toronto, that took place recently at the Oshawa Win- ter Garden. Mr. Da Costa ranks among the exceptionally few teachers who not only teach dancing, but is also able to perform with the hest dancers of the theatre. His system of in- structing has always been to give the modern dancer modern work, and so successful has this idea been that today he is called upon by managers of dance places, radio stations and papers such as the Toronto Daily and Weekly Star to interpret for their public just what is new in dancing and how to make it popular. All this in spite of the fact that he is in his early twen- ties, a bachelor, or, as he puts it, "most decidedly unmarried" and very much one of the "younger set" who are popularly supposed to have more "pep" that brains. In short, Cecil Da Costa 'is truly a leader of the modern dancers, Having heard s5 many people bemoan the awlul fate of all good and worthwhile forms of dancing and the perfectly terrible way in which the young people danced, we expected rather a jazzy type of per- but found that in some wise son, way Mr. Da Costa combines a very high form of distinguished tech- nique with all of the "new" step that he is sponsoring, making hi dancing not only very much up- to-date, but also as dignified as any of -our chronic grouches could wish, His stand seems to be very well ext plained in the simple theory that The Star of With Beautiful MONDAY Matinee Daily 2:80 p.m, "Ben-Hur" RAMON NOVARRO NORMA SHEARER At Last in Films! The immortal love story of the Prince and the peasant maid brought to the screen im a picture whose beauty and romance will always haunt you. THRILLIN LOVE STORY OUR GANG COMEDY --Gorgeous --Spectacular --Romantic romance woven into a play to grip your soul. Usual | Prices® ONG SHOTS AND CLOSE UPS FLICKERS FROM FILMDOM AND GOSSIP OF THE SCREEN A GENERAL REVIEW OF SCREEN ACTIVITIES Douglas . Fairbanks, Jr. will be seen in a picture, the temporary title of which is "Power." It is being directed by Reginald Barker. N * LJ Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has ac- quired the motion picture rights to the play 'Four Walls" which John Golden presented. Dane Burnet and George Abott are co-authors of "Four Walls." %® * LJ Oshawa fans have in store for them a good week of entertainment "The Student Prince," & well known picture, makes its first ap- pearance here on Monday evening. * * * Another attractive picture 1s the "College Widow." Mr. Marks, manager of the New Martin Thea- tre, has everything good to say about this picture in whieh Dolores Costello is the prominent attrac- tion, * 0» Barbara Kent will play the leading role in "Lonesome," an original story by Mann Page. Paul Fajos, the European director, who produced "The Last Moment," will direct this production. * * * Five cameramen, operating nearly five thousand miles from a source of supplies, will require six months to photograph "Sonth- ern Skies,' according to letters from Robert Flaherty, who is now on location on the island of Tahiti in the South Seas. When Flaher- ty and W. 8S. Van Dyke, his as- g'stant, left Metro-Coldwyn-Mever studios the first of December they" starring picture with Ronald Col- man, tentatively titled *"Leather- face." She sailed this week. Samuel Goldwyn first brought her to America more than three years ago, a comparatively wns known player. Except for one picture in which she was leading lady for the late Rudolph Valen- tino, Miss Banky has co-starred with Ronald Colman in her ple- tures--" The Park Angel," "The Winning of Barbara Worth," "The Night of Love" and "The Magic Flame." After her forthconring feature, "Leatherface," Miss Banky and Mr. Colman are to be starrea separately. LJ First National Pictures announce the purchase of screen rights to a story entitled "Out of the Ruins," by Sir Philip Gibb. The story will be produced with Richard Barthelmess in the stel- lar role, and will present a phase of the war from the French angle. » L -. Adolphe Menjou"s next pie- ture for Paramount to follow "The Code of Honor' upon which he ts 0 * now engaged, will he 'Super of the Gaiety," from a story by Al- fred Savoir The picture will he directed hy Hobart Henley. Ernest Vajda is now adapting the story | for the screen and will also super- | vise the production. » * Ll The past year wus one of dis- covery for Hal Roaeh, comedy pro- ducer, who recently allied himself with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Among the promising new personalities took with them two expert cam- eramen., When the second de- tachment of the film expedifion | sailed a month later there were more cameramen LJ LJ LJ Vilma Banky recently came | east to New York with the first completed print of her last eo- | developed during 1927 by the man who started Harold Tloyd fame- ward are Lupe Velez, Mexican girl, who is now doing feature picture work: Viola Richard, a young comedienne; (iene Morgan, pre- | viously well ° known as a stage comedian, and the team of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. | V.C. Promoted Captain R. N. Stuart, V.C, D.8.0,, | R.N.R., late staff-captain of the | Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Australia has been recently ap- ointed commander of the steamer randon. Captain Stuart is a native of Liverpool and this city's first and only ship's officer to be awarded .he .C., and he has also received the United States Naval Cross for ex- treme bravery. His V.C. was won for services during the late war, when, as commander of the "Q" ship Pargust, he sank a German sub- marine. The Pargust, disguised as a British merchant was torpedoed at very close range, and Captain Stuart sent 6ut a panic party in a life boat which served to decoy the submarine within fifty yards of the ship, whereupon the Pargust open- ed fire. After the submarine went down, the Pargust, pretty well dam- aged herself, was towed into port by American destroyers. The episode which won him ree ognition from the United States oc- curred in 1917. Lieutenant Stuart in command of the cruiser Tamarisk, stood by the U.S. gunboat Cassin, which had been torpedoed and suc- ceeded in towing her to port. he gave us. "One does not have » be ei bty vears old to be die- nifled, in fact, dignity at twenty comes very close to being charm," 'nd who doesn't wish for charm. ach young people a little about stinction and they almost always velop a striking personality. In an article by Gregory Clark. iblished in December in the Star 'eekly, Mr, Clarke dwelt on the solute simplicity of Mr. Da Cos- J's methods of making good wicers out of bad and from the athusiastic description we would magine that his classes will soon ie the event of the week in Osh- awa. The classes here will be run )n the same principle that is so popular in the Toronto studios. Pupils have their lessons before the regular dance starts and are allowed an hour and a half of dancing with each lesson. In this | way they not only learn the new- est forms of dancing, but enjoy led ENGLISH OPFRA BEGAN aT THE + STORATION London, Eng., Mar. 9.--Inter- esting references to the question of opera ia "nzland were made by H. C. Colles, 'B. Mus.,, musical critic of The Times, at the Royal Institution, in a le~ture on *Musi- cal London from the Restoration to Handel." He pointed out thot, while Pepys and others like-mind- were sin~ing '""Ayros and Dia- logues" to their viols, and while the regular theatres were still closed by order of the Govern-! ment, that enterprising actor-man- | ager, William Davonant, was get. ! ting round the law by giving thea- | trical entertainments, which, bhe- | ing sung, did not technically come | under the bon of the law. He be- | gan with "The Siege of Rhodes," | which Henry Purcell, at a later / | date, called *'the first opera we ever had in England, and is, in- | deed, a perfect opera." There was another entertain ment of this time, which was not called an opera, but which prac- | tically was one, the music of which, by Christopher Gibbons and | Matthew Locke, has survived in | the latter's M.S., and has been re- produced on the modern stage. This was "Cupid and Death," which Locke calls "a moral repre- sentation," but which we. should describe as a comic opera, with some spoken dialogue, musical movements, and dances, It was the haphazard eourse down which the purveyors of thea- trical entertainment drifted, when the theatres were re-opened at the Restoration, which led to the of Commons. answer to a questioner who asked fickleness and inconstancy of the public, go vigorously deplored by Arbuthnot. Nobody seems to have thought out the problem of opera from the beginning, or to have realized that the first principle of opera, of whatever kind, was to take a story of some real and hu- man interest, clothe it in intelli- gible language, and bring the arts of the musician to bear, to express the situation and the words in mu- sical terms. It is, said the lectur- er, on that principle that all the great operas of the world have been made, from Monte Verde to Wagner. ---------------- WESTERN CENSUS FIGURES STARTLING Ottawa, March 8.--W. T. Lucas (U.F.A.. Camrose), during the bud- get debate here, said the re- sults of the 1926 census of West- ern Canada were startling, in that the Prairie Provinces had lost the whole of their natural increase in population, amounting to 179,000, as well as 38 per cent. of the new immigration since 1921. This was despite the estimated ten mil- lion dollars annually spent on im- migration by Federal and Prov- incial authorities and the rail- ways. Institutes for the education of parents would be excellent things to establish in many parts of the an evening of dancing among the ! regular dancers. country.--Woodstock Sentinel-Re- | view. eters, Connelly a Prime Minister in "The Student Prince" Edward Connelly, who per- haps has played more kings, diplomats and noblemen than any other actor on tht screem, has added another to his list as the prime minister in "The Student Prince," Ernst Lu- bitsch's spectacular Metro-Gold- wyn-Mayer production which comes Monday to the Regent Theatre. Ramon Novarro and Norma Shearer head a huge cast in the new play. . Hun- dreds take part in court cere- monies, studtnt revels and other spectacular details. Thir- ty-five noted players have prin cipal roles in the huge super- LEON OSIER Manager of the Regent Theatre, who is a busy man these days making preparations to handle the biggest and best style show ever presented in this city. f | This show will be a continuous performance for three consecutive nights. No pictures will he shown. |) he Style Show made its initial |! appearance in Oshawa just a year its inception has t argo and since played to capactiy houses. It is |i sponsored by The Oshawa Daily Times and about nine of Oshawa's leading merchants, who are de- t voting much time, energy and ex-|t pense in their endeavors to make this the Biggest and Best Style Show ever produced on this side of |t the line. NO EXCHANG ON RUBBER 8 WITH U.S. RESTRICTIONS London," March 8 The jovernment has not heen commun- |t fcating with the United States re- specling the rubber export restric- | tions, Godfrey L r-Lampson, Under Sececretary of State for Ior- | T cign Affairs today told the House He gave a negative |( British [1 if there had been any exchange of views on this subject with the Uni- ted States within twelve months, i Ethics in politics is usually the |i years ago. ed for the same reason. °c ten and the film is even better | de when picked DOLORES COSTELLO AT NEW MARTIN THEATRE MONDAY Dolores Costello comes to the New Martin Theatre next Monday or a three-days' run in "The Col- ege Widow', the brilliant Ware ner Bros. revival of George Ade's remendous stage hit of several Miss Costello is cast as he daughter of a college president, who is about to lose his job hecause of his inability to interest athletes A n coming to the institution. promised gift is also to be forfeit- The pret- y and wilful lady decides to make hings move, and by her personal harm wins a foothall team which weeps her father's college to vie- ory and his job to security, Each man in the team thinks he is the irl's favorite and when her du- plicity is discovered high jinks fol- low. without "The College Widow" f{s doubt the most thorough- y delightful college play ever writ- han the stage version. In the are William Collier, Jr., An- r5 Randolf, Douglas Gerrard, tohert Ryan, Charles Hill Malles, Sumner Getchel, Big Boy Williams, irace Gordon and Jess Hibbs, Ar- chie L. Mayo directed. An Englishman is said to have nvented an umbrella that squeals up by anybody but ts owner. The only way to keep bbb d A Fascinating Comedy Comes to Regent Theatre Pete, the canine pet of "Our Gang," is surprised by a dog friend in the act of attempting suicide by hanging. Astonished, the friend ine quires the cause, whereupon Pete, between tears and sighs, recounts the story of his lite. It seelns that he has grown up with Joe Cobb from babyhood and Puppyhood. All has been happy until Joe atiains the age of nine, when he is even then spending his savings for new collars for lete. But a girl then came into Joe's life. The girl had a kitten for a pet and respises "nasty dogs.' She tially works upon Joe s emotions so he forgets his old pal of bygone days and things go from bad to worse--ayg last, Joe whips Pete for the first time. Broken- hearted, Pete carries on, watching with the rest of the Gang, Joe's love affair develop. Iinuily Pete falls into bad company and takes to drink. At last there comes an opportunity for Pete to show that he is "big." A Great Dane pushes the little girl into a lake one day, Pete witnesses the incident, and saves her, She spitefully tells the people who gather that Pete, push- ed her in, and Joe again turns on his dog, breaking poor old Pete, Suicide seems the only way out, and his dog friend azrees, Ac ords ingly, Pete again piles up the boxes, climbs thereon, inserts his head in the noose, and kicks the boxes out from under himself, just as Joe comes running up with the new collar Pete has yearned for, It seems an eye-witness has seen the rescue and told the truth so Pete's honor is saved. It all ends happily, with Pete reinstated in Joe's good graces. od PRIVATE-- fotos] --PARTIES ¥ Arrangements can be made at be the office of the - 2 " ede t Oshawa Winter Gardens for the purpose of Private Parties, etc. Lot. " Node 2 'e' Every Convenience at ® A Moderate Charges 3 E. 0, McCROHAN ability to determine whien policy |it quiet presumably it to kive ft will get the most votes.-----Chicago |a poke in the ribs.--Chatham Post. News. New Mart Clever Campus An Exciting Story Where--- Forty Fighters Fall For Flirt ee tin Theatre Extra Attractions A Wonderful Feature of "FOX NEWS" They swept the col» lege to victory--all for her sake--then they found out her secret! Oh, boy! COMEDY ~~ "Love Is Blond" SEES ESEEEEEED BEES NESE