Evening Star Newspaper, May 11, 1921, Page 16

1. . fi. uch Ado About Nothing.” Shakespeare’s merry and romantic comedy, “Much Ado About Nothing, wgs successfully presented by a com- “phy of professional and semi-profes- } | “Madonnas and Men.” onal actors of Washington last night- ity the auditorfum of Central High School under the auspices of the Shake &peare Society. The performance can safely be ranked among the best Shake- | - spearean productions scen here off the legitimate stage and deserved 2 larger audience than witnessed it Jast night. | y Charles B., star of long of Bene The company was led Hanford, a Shakespeare +experience, who took dict. His' interpretation was convin . ing. John M. Kline, well known to Washington playgoers as a member of local stock companies, played the role of the prince, Don Pedro.” Walter W., Beck, who for several years was a mem- ber of the Ben Greet company and p) ed a variety of characters, from Shyl to Trinculo, was seen last night in the previous plays of the Shakes ciety. Leonato was plaved by John M. Mechan, Don John by Arthur J. Rhode Borachio by Elton B. Taylor, Conrade by -‘T. W. Harvey. the inimitable Do, and his fellow offic 2 (5% Adams, and Ursula b These pl intellectual Tove of .Shakespearc's work the talent and training f tation. The settinzs for the play we pretentious, the scenery having been | taken fromh storage U fr. Hanford especially for the performar The staging of the play W by Mr. Hanford “Satires of 1920.” Comedy features are said to be prominent in the “Satires of 1920.” which will come to the National Theater next Sunday for one week, direct from an cight-week engage- ment at_the Olympic Theater in Chi- cago. Eddie Nelson and Del Chain are declared to be foremost \ a travesty on mind reading and a song | “Jenny, Dear.” Also in the cast are Al Wohlman, a singing comedian; Arthur West. a ro- tund funmaker, whose big number is called “What - the Critic Said,” and John Sheehan. More serious and ar- tistic entertasnment is promised by the dancing of Fanchon and Marco; the singing of Eva Clark. the colora- tura soprano, and the barefoot danc- ing of Muriel Stryker. “Nohody'sixoney." “Ngbody's Money,” a new comedy by William Le on, will have 1ts initial performance at the Belasco Theater Monday night. This new comedy is in thrce acts and is de- scribed as a play. of American life with its scenes laid i ddie west- | ern ci . Le its_author also wrote “The Ve " “I Love You" and “Appie Blassoms.” Law- rence Weber is the producter and the cast includes Otto Kruger. Will Dem- ing. Sue MacManamy. Howard li?uld.' Frederick Raymond, jr.; John C. Kin Florence Earle. Ethel Remey, Shirie: De Me. Franklin Hanna and Louis ©O'Connor. “The Front Seat.” “The Front Seat.” is a new three-act @rama, by Rida Johnson Young. which Arthur Hammerstein will pre- ment at Poli's Theater, beginning Monday evening. .. For this production. staged. by Frank Reicher, Mr. Hammerstein has cngaged a cast including Edmund Lowe, Elizabeth Risdon, Lily.Cahill, Crauford Keng ¥lorence ~Malone. Harold Vermilye. Hazel Sexton, Tom OU'Hare and Constance Hope. “Sweethearts.” Victor Herbert's well known opéra “Sweethearts” will be the attraction at the Shubert-Garrick for the week beginning May 16, and will serve as| the first vehicle for the Washington | season of light opera. “Sweethearts” ~was first produced at the Academy of Music, Baltimere, March 24. 1913, and met with" instantaneous success. “The Sweetheart Waltz,” “Cricket on the Hearth” and “The Ivy and the ©Oak” will be yemembered particular- ly from a score that is tuneful from bLeginning to.end. The setting is Belgium. $ E . Vera Gordon. Prominent on the bill at B. F. Keith’s next week will be Vera Gor- don and company. and May Wirth, assisted by Phil, the riding comedian, supported” by the famous Wirth | family of arenic. equestrians. ~Miss Gordon's offering “is entitled “Lulla- by.” es ‘will Sam Williams in | ‘oney and Nor- man, in their droll “You Know What'| I Mean”; Georgia Campbell, Buchanan, in the Ziegler sis: company, Dance Revel and Royce”; “Topics of kinograms and added novelties and ; house regulars. “Little Miss Cinderella.” “Little Miss Cinderella,” musical comediettd, is announced as the vrincipal attraction at lhc Cosmosl Theater next week. Eva La Rue “tnat ever joyous girl,” and eleven others compose the cast and the num- ber is promised to contain a real | plot, special music and attractive cos- , tumes. Rhule and O'Brien, the com- musements | They are hooked fast to side rods {he thrown. by the momentum of the directea | \ | Moore’s Rialto Theater all week, be- lone of his earlier films, “The Cham- { with Charlie_ Chaplin_in “The K ception, all ofthe attractions of last summer are to be found in operation Saturday, and in addition three new features Wil be introduced. As in the past, ‘there will be no charge | made for admission to the park. t which precedes the 13 and Men” at er is an actual- The prologue howing of “Madon Moore's Garden The: |1y staged Roman chariot race. in which four hors are scen inning. at breakneck speed in full view of | the audienc The phrase. rn-l Devil is_employed, and it is cl t real nerve and dari are displayed during the act. explanation is made that horses. run- ning at full speed on treadmil actually pulling their own weight center pole and to by traces. 1f one of should break. the horse. eIf to the utmost, would supporting the the chariots these trace: exerting it treads flying under his Teet. across | the stage, while the driver and chariot would likely be found up Ir the scene loft. Another possible ac- cident from which the audience is protected. but not the drivers and actors .is the throwing of shoes by the horses. PHOTOPLAY FEATURES. “Deception. nday afternoon ter will present ¢ »d Washington engag the tale of throne, i . “Decep rnest Lubitsch, the man’who yn* to the sereen. and it features Henny Porten, European emotional actress, in the role of Anne Boleyn; Emil Jannings as Henry VIII and a supplemental cast of players that numbers 7.000 “Peck’s. Bad Boy.” Beginning next Sunday gnd remain- ing the chief offe the Metro- E P politan- for one only. will befq shown for the first time in the capi-|oe tal 1921 version of | Ry First National's W. Peck’ George amusing humor- published under the tle ‘of * Bad Boy.” with Jackie |/ Coogan, co-star with Charlie Chaplin in *“The pictured in the name feature of |, roonerville rtation.” part. The supplementary the bill will be the ne comedy, “The Skipper’ “The Little Fool.” “The Tittle Fool.”.a Metro prmlur-‘ 7227 tion. adapted from Jack- London's The Little Lady of the Big| ix listed for showing at) 2 22 ginning Sunday next. The all- cast includes Milton Sills. Ora Carew, Nigel Barrie. Byron Munson, Marjorie Prevost, Helen Howard and Iva For- rester. 7 Garden. Oriental guile and duplicity. against a background of the Chinese quarter in an American city, are worked into % 2 7 Gouverneur s' first original | N\ réen stol Tale of Twol|N Worlde,” which s announced for showing at Moore's Garden Theater the first four days of next week, be- ginning _ Sunday and continuing through Wednesday. Leatrice Joy. J. Frank Glendon and Wallace Beery have pgominent roles. Rupert Hughes' story. “Hold Your} foore. will be Horses,” starring Tom Thursday the featured attraction through Saturday. * Double Bill. For the full week beginning next Sunday afternoon, Loew's “Talace Theater will present a double comedy bill. in which Douglas MacLean, the Washington boy star, and Charles Chaplin will be the featured stars. Mr.. MacLean, supported by Beatrice Burnham, is to be seen in Thomas H. Ince’s screen %daptation of Charles Belmont Davis' _comedy romance, “The Home Stretch’—a-romance - that | N starts on a big city race track and| speeds through country lanes to love. | Chaplin_will be seen in a revival of N pion,” in which he is seen as an ania- teur prize fighter. “Man-Woman-Marriageé.” . Beginning next Sunday and con- tinuing throughout the entire week of May 15 Crandall's will present Allen Holubar's drama, “Man-Woman- Marriage,” irf which the roles are played by Dorothy. Phillips, James Kirkwood. Ralph Lewis, Robert Cain and an ensemble of 4.600 people, thousands of horses, .wild “animals, ete.' The action covers all ages of the world and depicts a story of HN Wwoman's struggle against the preju- di¢es and injustices imposed upon her. by man since the beginning of time. Knickerbocker. . | a1 t Bunday afternoon at 3 o'clock evening_the Knickerbocker ational's 1921 “Peck’s Bad co-star % For ni and Monday Theater announces First N version of the kid epic. Boy.” with Jackie Coogan, pictured in the title role. The supple- mentary comedy will be the new Toonerville release starring Dan Ma- son. ~The Skipper's Flirtation.” ~On Tuesday and Wednesday, nway { Tearle will -occupy, the stellar posi- | tion on the bill in Selznick's produc- tion of “Society Snobs,” supplemented “Scrappily - Married.” e poser and singer. will present their |an L lentine Vox, in & ven- . “The Clubman cycling capers, Hill and Acke entitled 1d McGowan in a delis North—North, ke up; added e Thomas hotoplay production City of Silent Men.” A Joe Mar- dy. enti “The FProhibition will be shown at all per- own songs. triloguial oddity Mohls in comed feature han in the formances. Strand. | General Manager Sparrofv of the| Strand Theater announces as n,” the chief attrac- the photoplay half of 1 pted from Francis Power's on story e name, and features Sessue kawa in a story dealing With the devotion of a Chinese father for his “first born” son, Tragedy of “Electra.” be presented by Edith Wynne Matthi- son and her company at the National Theater Monday afternoo F 4:30 o'clock ilbert Murr: lation of this Gy has been used. Greek is made up of dram M Bennett's Sdhool, Y., and Cha be the sta Chevy Chase Lake. . | The dancing season at Che Lake opens for the season | Washington dancing enthusia; H fiud practically a new resort, for, dur- | ing the winter, the lower dance pavil- | | chorus c students of Milibrook, N Rann Kennedy will fon and other portions of the park were entirel troyed by fire. This occurrence ®good reason ” for | building a v much enlarged w, ver lower pavilion of beautiful architec- ture. The management further hag | redecorated the entire park. Music at both the lower and upper dance | pavilions will be furnished by two Meyer Davis orchestras, Glen Echo Park. - marks the opening ark. With one ex- bill will be pre-, and Friday.- con-! sistipg of T. Barnes in_Robert- | son-€ole’s Lawyer” a film | | version of Max Marcin's successful | dy, and Buster Keaton in "Hard; N aturday only, Walla, reened in “The Lo com; Luc| 4] “A. Small Town Idol.” i “A Small Town Idol”” a Mack Sen-| nett production, will be held over for a second week at the Criterion Thea- ater next week. 1 Abpollo. N\ Sunday and Monday William S Hart, in “O'Malley of the Mounted.” and Larry Semon, in “The Hick' Tuesday and Wednesda; ‘Thoma: lent Men! Meighan, in “The City o g A Message Thursday, Bert Lytell. in and Harry Pollard, in! ¥rida¥, Doraldina, in| PERPETUAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION Pays 6 Per Cent on shares maturing in 45 or 83 months. It Pays 4 Per Cent ' on shares wi‘lhdrawn be- fore maturity Assets More Than $7,000,000 Surplus Nearing $700,000 Corner 11th and E Sts. N.W. JAMES BERRY, President JOSHUA W. CARR, Seeretayy MM W 2 2 Z R 7 0 Z 2 | ter, in * | Sunday and Mond: . Sunday *Hands Eddie Polo, the n i //§ ISTEN, JEEE. CARPENTIER'S PUTT ;N A BOXING SHOW TONIGHT "ol THe ENTERTANMENT oF ™e Fm_‘r CLASS PASIENGERS AND T've MATCHED You UP WITH A GuY He CALLS ‘PORTSE CHATTE ion The nhing Hour. Queen.” Avenuc Grand. “unda han, What | Elliott Every G turday, | Hour."” Bebe Daniels. in ““Duc i Wesley and Harry Pollard, No Children.” | <County g . | Rube:” Lyric. N ' l and Monday, Tom Mix. in| ’ oft’: s mbtinee ont in “King of the Circu and Wednes artha Ma Thursday. dut > _Con- | William rt, in “Keith Stev comed first show . Joe| Wedne *The Purple Ride atur- " Breakin ter Cuneo. in “Lone ‘Hand!in Doraldind, in * *s Millions™; hort and O, Re's, JUST SoMmE BUM PORTER DES’GN:EDS Picked UP INA }Aum)- CARP'S NICKNAMED HiM ‘PoRTER | CHATTE® WHICH MEANS (N ENGUSH THE CHAYTY SURE I'LL EIGHT HIM. PORTER S ARE SH— My D € sSPec/ALLY | CHATTY ONES - iott | Wilson"; matinee only, “The Diamond | Talmadge, in and comedy, “Dum | William s, M % Sayoy. y and Mondgy, Thomas Meig- | " “The City of Silent Men"; and * Wednesday, “What| Woman ¢ Knows": , Thursd: *assion Fruit”: Friday Hick ARLIN Dexter, in “The Witchingd.} and Prizima's “If'; Saturday, | 1 (Freckles) Barry, in “The Fair,” and comedy, “Hey,|} York. . Mond: of the Ch . Alice Brady, |fery " and comedy. sday. rle | ne arts, in Teet Bett Husband”; | & Point, Children”; Thursday, Norma ' leaf, archit T and Credit to Suit MUTT AND JEFF—In Other Words, Mutt Was Spoofing -Jeff. CARP MusT Have ) A SEASEC oF HUMOR AT, THAT. + A FIGHTER KNOWN AS IMAGINE Bewwe A CHATTY PoRTER: " He'wL Be The Passion Hart, and Larry Semon, : Saturday, “Bla GTON TO BE MODEL. | Eour Cemeteries for U. S. Dead in Europe to Copy, Landscape. i NE WYORK, May 11.—The land- chpe of the three cemeteries in rance and one merican war dead will Roscoe Arbuckle, in “Brew- | fesemble Arlington national ceme- Charles Moore of Washington, . chairman of the committee of said on. his return from ang | abroad on the steamship Kroonland. For the last two months he has e Barriscale, in “The | been making plans in' Europe with and Harry Pollard,| William Kendall and James L. Green- ects. 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