Evening Star Newspaper, September 25, 1921, Page 55

Part 3—6 Pages “Che Theater —_— OVE for the drama has had but little to foster it and no incentive at all to break out into a conflagration during the week, unless, perhaps, it might be a conflagration of comment_. 'l'%ne ra.mpznt genius of Greenwich Village rushed in like an ancient invasion of the Goths and Vandals. There are always those who find a keen delight in bare flesh and tights and such things, and there are others who can laugh and enjoy rough ‘dialogue, especially when it i.s rough. B‘ut the main portion of the population that supports theatrical cn(e.nammeut had much to tempt it to lose faith in genius, especially genius uf the Bohemian type, aiter a brief acquaintance with the Greenwich Village Follies. In spite of the beauty of its adornment, it is not meat for the gods of Washington, unless it be the gallery gods. Genius ought, at least, once in a while, to take a spiritual flight, or if it must land, it ought to endeavor to hide as far as possible its defects. * % ¥ * SA.\(UEL SHIPMAN and Clara Lipman, perhaps, also,} Louis Mann, should have consulted a spiritual adviser, before launching their latest play, “In the Mountains.” Mr. Mann naturally leaned upon his play- wrights, but despite his herculean efforts in a personal way, he has failed to produce the reason yet why he should have done so. “In the Moun- tains” may have a future, but-there are those who have hinted that it may be in a storchouse. WHICH brings us to the “Two Little Girls in Blue,” the one delightful ddventure of the week. And it was delightful, not only because it was pretty, sprightly, amusing and ecntertaining, but because it had the freshness and swectness of youth, with all which that means, to com- mend it. Perhaps those who knew regretted that it was necessary to leave some of the original company in New York before the show was brought to Washington, for it was the road company that appeared here. This, too, doubtiess, was the reason why some of the song hits failed to register the degree of success that greeted them in the metropolis. Wash- ington patrons scarcely had a fair chance to judge the merits of the musical part of the show, which was so admirable, in other respects. * % ok k 3 F the cursent weck's attractions, two at least are old friends—Thurs- ton, the magician, who has a wide popularity in Washington, personal and professional. and whose tricks and illusions, alwa mproving, never seem to tire; and “Love Birds,” the charming little musical comedy that was with us not so long ago, with Pat Rooney, the Second, as they are now calling him, and Marion Bent, otherwise Mrs. Pat, in the stellar roles. Many folks whose hair is getting thin on top ‘will recall the famous founder of the Rooney family, which, like the F is always with us, for there is already a Pat, the TI , in the professional ring. But many more are watching the present head of the family and pa- tiently waiting for him to get into what they believe is his legitimate field—Irish comedy cf the type that Dion Boucicault made a household delight. “Ah, he has it in 'im.” said a ruddy faced admirer, with a burr that wasn't Scotch, “an’ ye'll see the day he’ll wake up to't, too.” * k% : **YNJELCOME, STRANGER,” which George Sidney will bring to the National. is said to be a cure for the blues and a laughing antidote for trouble. Mr. Sidney needs no introduction to Washington theater- goers, nor did Mr. Mann. New York appeared to be delighted with his amusing play: but maybe, after all, it is best to wait and see if the play justifies its name. The Missouri prescrip “Show Me,” is going to be popular in theatricals this season. * %k % X% A}\D aftgr many days, as the old romance would read, we have at last the widely heralded Shubert Vaudeville \with us. That, too, despite the distinguished actor who leads the bill, and the entertainment that Seems so alluring in the announcement, must bide its verdict: Outward- Iy, it gives -every show of promise—Keith's brand of vaud®ville has. Tong been a necessity in Washington. The Keith houses, by the way, are rcle’!)ralmg the anniversary of the creation of “vaudeville” by the late B. F. Keith, It is the idea of Mr. Paul Albee, who has taken up the reins,| since the death of Mr. Keiths’ son, Paul, and Manager Roland Robbins isdending all the assistance possible to make the anniversary week at his house a potable one. A LATE rumor brings the news that Mr. Clarence Harris, long the ac- commadating manager of Pol has been transferred to another field. Patrons of the hodse and those who have had occasion to do busi- ness with Mr. Harris will sincerely regret this move. * % k * 8 IN the effort to further interest in the classic drama, Julia Marlowe and E. H. Sothern, as a preliminary to their Shakespearean tour which starts in Boston next week, spent several weeks in Philadelphia record- ing scenes from their productions on the talking machine, thus im- pressing into useful service a device originally constructed purely for entertainment purposes. The repertory of the stars for their tour of the more important cities east of the Mississippi will include “Hamlet,” “Twelfth Night,” “The Taming of the Shrew” and “the Merchant of Venice,” the Iast named being acted by these players for the first time in seven years. * ¥ % X o * %k %k X * % * % ELEN DAUVRAY, who used to be one of the greatest of footlight favorites, has been persuaded by Wagenhals and Kemper to return to the stage after a long retirement, in the special company which is to play “The Bat.” * % % % JA SANDERSON made her professional debut as a chorus girl in Winsome Winnie,” a musical comedy, in which Paula Edwards was starring. A sudden illness of Miss Edwards gave Julia her opportunity, and, it is said, she saved the performance and won big recognition. Years later she returned to the scene of that triumph as a full-fledged star of “Tangerine.” * %k k X F ZIEGFELD, JR., was so pleased with the success of his type of * “female chorus” that he is making a pretty aggregation of girls in male attire a feature of the “Midnight Frolic.” - * % k % ROADWAY had a touch of its old nocturnal gayety at the opening of Marcus Loew’s new State Theater. Ziegfeld sent over the entire cast of “The Follies” from the Globe, across the street, the advent being so timed as to meet Mr. Loew as he went on the stage. Broadway was turned to daytime by the big sunshine lights of the moving picture men, and the police commissioner ordered all traffic halted on Broadway for the incident. * %k ¥ X T ARTHUR SMITH has been compelled to revise his original Ten Star « Concert program because Mme. Samaroff, who in private life is Mrs. Leopold Stokowski. will be detained at home by an important event, which will prevent her appearance here in January. New York Symphony. Historic Tableaux. ENTERING upon its forty-fourth THURSDAY evening, in connection season with Walter Damrosch with the concert given by inaugurating - his thirty-seventh year | Leman’s Symphony Orchestra, on the as conductor, the New York Symphony | Steel Pier, at Atlantic City, Mrs. Orchestra's plans are announced for Namette B. Paul of this city will five Tuesday afternoon concerts in the | 8tage a series of historic tableaux, in New Natlonal Theater beginning next ;'“;“5‘; ;;‘;‘e!b:n%*go ;tl:‘; bibical Sad raonth. The schedule as arranged|famous collection of Mme. Muuntford comprises concerts on October 25, now in the National Biblical Museum, November 15, December 13, January 17 at Washington. ‘SBeven numbers of sev- e teen scenes will present: “Mornin, and February 21. - Prayer’—Hebrew. in i —] prayer robe at Albert Coates, the distinguished|yrajiing wWall: Mohammedan, with | conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal London Philharmonic, has been invited by Mr. to return this season as guest conductor. Mr. Coates will con- duct two of the concerts in the Wash- ington serfes. A metable list of solotsts engaged for these concerts includes Paul e _distinguished Polish violinist; two stars of international fame who. will make their first ap- pearance in Washington, Marguerite D e ivian contralto, and Alexander Siloti, the Russian planist, a genuine pupil of Lisst, who will be heard in this country after an absence of twenty-three years. 2 One of the programs of the series :‘lll be dow%ld to th‘hlmll:fi "ll ‘Richard Wagner, when the entire first act from “Rheingold” will be presented with fouf soloists. Inquiries as s subscriptions for the Series may be addressed to T. Arthys Smith, Inc, 1306 G street northwest. ocountey 18 e sogaged for * his prayer rug, and Pharisee, thank- ing God he is not as other men. “The Two Johns"—John the Baptist in his ;lrment of hair and John the beloved disciple, in the white robes of'the Essenes. “The 0 M: Mary the Mother, in the royal blue of the temple, and Mary of hany, “who chose the better part.” “Wed- ding of Jacob"—Surprise and Disap- pointment; Rachel the well favored, and Leah the tender-eyed. ‘De- borah”—Leading the host to victory. “Family of Bethlehem"—Boaz, mighty man of wealth; Ruth, the Moabitess; Obed, father of Jessee, and little girl. “Queen Esther Pleading for Her People”—King Ashasueras, in royal robes, and maid. ¥ A chorus of twenty-five pecple, in ancient costumes, will lend musical aid to what is believed to be one of the most remarkable entertain- ments staged In years for the gen- eral public. —_— “Blossom Time,” which scored a success in Atlantio City last week, starts an expected long run in New York tomorrow night at the Am- ‘bassador Theater. who was seen In this tter ‘Ole,” Las been Dangerous Man.” 1 WASHINGTON, (S HIRLEY MASON" Strand SUNDAY D. C, MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, PAT ROONEY Polis CHAS. RAY~Metropoltan Brrry Goroon Capitol 1921, BARTRELAESS and MaRJORTE DAVA - Rialto MAY MEAVOY- Kaickervocker DOUGLAS FAIRBANK Columbia Current Attractions GARRICK—Thurston, the magici KEITH'S— row afternoon. BELASCO—Shubert Vaudeville. COSMOS—“Moon Love,” opens tomorrow afternoon. STRAND—“Snappy Bits,” afternoon. GAYETY—*Follies of the Day,” AT THE THEATERS™FHIS WE NATIONAL—“Welcome, Stranger,” comedy.” Opens this e\.vtnfl‘ll. POLI'S—“Love Birds,” musical comedy. Opens_this evening. un Foy Revue,” vaudeville. spectacle and vaudeville. an. Opens this evening. New show opens tomor- Opens tomorrow afternoon. 5 New show vaudeville. New show opens tomorrow _ burlesque. Opens this afternoon. CAPITOL—“Chick, Chick,” burlesque. Opens this afterncon. NATIONAL—‘Welcome Stranger.’ “Welcome Stranger,” which will be the attraction at the New National Theater tonight, kept New York in roars of laughter for a year and is promised here with most of the orig- inal players and with all the origi- nal scenic and other effects. Its unique charm is the homely philosophy of Isidore Solomon, played by George Sidney, who has made it an exceptional characteriza- tion. The action takes place in a small | New England town on New Year eve. A Jewish merchant from Boston, Isi- dore Solomon, wanders into a shabby little hotel, where he meets several of the leading citizens. His announce- ment that he has come to settle there and open up a general store meets with a frigid reception and he is even refused a bed in the hotel An old inventor, whose dreams are the joke of the town, tries to make him comfortable. The two form a partnership, the inventor’s scheme of harnessing a nearby waterfall is realized and the two become wealthy. ‘The company includes David Hig- gins, Ben Johnson, Sylvia Field, Ed- ward \ Snader, Howard Gould and others. POLI'S—“Love Birds.” “Love Birds,” the, musical ‘comedy in which Pat Rooney and Marion Bent are starred, and which really-bad its begin- ning in this city the first wéek of the year, will return to Poll's tonight, with the stamp~vf Broadway approval, a_successful run of almost four months at the Apollo Theater. The inimitable Pat comes: back with practically the same personnel that supported him then. Eliabeth Murray, who scored a hit in a prominent character comedy role, is still the featured member of the cast, while others in importigt Toles are Sylvia Elias, a_clever and gifted so- prano;.Grace Ellsworth, Lillian Baker, Leila_Romer, Helen Deizny, Tom Din- gle, Harry Mayo, James E. Sullivan, Wiiliam Taylor and Ramsey De Mar, and the “debutante futirity chorus,” will again be strongly in evidence. Tho story, written by Edgar Woolf, has a well defined, plot, humor- ously unfolded; Ballard Donald’s Iyrics have been deftly set to lilting and catchy music: by. Sigmund Romberb, the composer of “Maytime.” The score reveals a round dozen song hits. Elabo- rate and picturesque soenic settings and lighting effeots complete the equipment. GARRICK—Thurston. Thurston, - the famous magician, will be the attraction at the Shubert- Garrick Theater for two Weeks, start- ing tenjght. Thurston, perhaps, stands supreme today in that ever-interesting fleld of legerdemain and mystery, that has been popular since the days'of Herr- mann and the great Kéllar. He has become an institution, like the cir- cus. A glance at his audiences: will show that here and there two or three adults had conspifed to escort one little boy or a little girl to the show, and then proceed to enjo: it themselves as much as the child. A large nuriber of new illusion: and mystic creatio are prcmised as the outcome of his past summer's work in - his mammoth studio at Beechhurst, L. I. The most sensa- tional is . called - “Vivisection,” because it presents the spectacle.of cutting a young woman in two while she lives, and restoring her while the audience watches. Thurston also a number of deft feats of magic that are particularly interesting. While he makes no claim to powers as a medium, he does produce popular manifestations of spirit phe- nomena familiar with psychics,” and it constitutes one of his most baf- fling and amusing features. B. F. KEITH’S—“Foy Fun Revue.” The thirty-eighth anniversary of the founding of Keith vaudeville by the late . F. Keith is being celebrated this week in all the Keith houses them- selves, also in their hundreds of affil- iates, and more especially in the Wash- ington Keith theater under the mane agement of Roland S. Robbins. Following the death of Mr. Keith, senfor, came that of his son, A. Paul Keith, and then E. F. Albee, the vice regent of vaudeville during the later years of the regime, came into absolute control and majority ownership. In tribute to his former associates Mr. Al- bee has established the annual observ- ance of the founding of America’s fa- vorite popular amusement, and Man- sg:r Robbins is carrying out his explicit orders. The theater has undergone an exter- nal bath that has restored the pristine beauty of the structure; within the “Stars and Stripes” are draped every- where, and there will be an augmented orchestra under Conductor C. Fred Clarke. Other features add to the beau- tiful structure that is the national home of vaudeville, “‘where the nations {augh at vaudeville.” Of the best the market affords at this season of the year Eddie Foy and the Younger Foys were selected as typical in their new travesty, ‘“The. Foy Fun Revue,” in which there are many differ- ‘ent lines of fun from buffoonery to imi- tations. It is said to be their best blend. Yvette "Rugel, the miniature jprima .donna, is another local favorite who will lend added importance to the bill. Carleton Hoagland and Harry ‘will present “The Love Race,” staging by Jack Mason. The cast is led by Tommy Gordon, Harry White, Lu- cille and Garnette Love, - with well Allan | ynown players and eight beautiful race winners., 3 Monta Bell will present a master- plece of - movelty and satire, called “Hereafter,” in four episodes, by John L. Balderston. Dave Bender and Harry Armstrong will show *“Just a Couple of Good Men Gone Wrong.” be Pen- der’s troupe of ten herculean athletes, Fenton and Fields, Erford's Oddities, ‘Aesop’s ‘Fables, Topics of the Day and the Pathe News Pictorial are the re- maining anniversary numbers. Today at 3 and 8:15 Jast weelk’s bill, with Emma Carus and Harry e, will be shown. 'BELASCO—Shubert Vaudeville. © Charles Richman, star of the legiti- mate drama and more recently fea- tured in films, will headline the first program of Shubert vaudeville which marks the reopening of the Belasco Theater tomorrow afternoon. Mr. Richman will present “Nettie,” a play- let by George Ade, which created a sensatioh when first offered at the Princess Theater in New York. A cast of five supporting players asaists. Leona LaMar, known as the “Girl With a Thousand Eyes,” will offer a mys- tifying mind-reading act; a little satire will be given on the dancimg craze, entitled “Legomania,” by the Masters-Kraft revue; Mme. Anna Co- { PASS THE GOOD WORD ALONG. TBURSTOS says: “The world 18.108 - roady-to i B A ot coms mend, although everybody likes to be appreciated.” “I have mever met. the person who was sufficiently self-satisfied.” he ad “40 be able to do well without a word praise now and then. I do not believe that such a person exists. But the number of people who go through life without getting that word of praise is extraordinarily e, “Mrs. Jones thinks to herself, “What a kind, good husband Jones is!” Hubby thinks' “What a_splendid mother and wife Mary is.’ But they don't say it And so the husband supposes that his thoughtfulness goes unrecognized, and the mother pursues her selfless way feeling just a little_chilled for lack of a ray of recognition. “All my life I have treasured every little word of approval, and because I feel the need so much myself I early re- solved never to let pass by an oppor~ tunity of giving encouragement. I have dee, comedian, will be assisted by Frank.Orth in twenty minutes of fun and melody; Llora Hoffman, recently from grand opera, will be heard in a program of selected vocal numbers, and the Novelle Brothers, droll musi- cal clowns, will offer a unique act fea- turing tuneful acrobatics. Others will be Harry Hines, known as the “Fifty- eighth Variety”; Harris and Santley. in original songs and dances, and Everest's Monkeys; an animal act of a unique type. The Shubert topical weekly and = special Bud Fisher film comedy wh} supplement this bill, which will de presented at popular prices. COSM0S—“Moon Love.” Mme: Rialta will present at the Cos- mos Theater this week what is de- scribed as a gorgeous musical fantasy, blending a brand-new idea in a brand- new production called “Moon_ Love.” In it are featured Harry Hockey, Gordon DIyexell, Mabel Jaunay and Ernestine Carne, with a full corps du ballet of distinction. It is regarded as an extraordinary attraction. Pey- ton and Ward will come in “Frivoli- found that glving praise to others is o $Inimsing L TP “It is wonderful what a_ warm, friendly glow it ignites. There is noth- ing like it for breaking the ice of shy- ness and thawing the stifness of re- serve, ““The wheels of life run so smoothly when ofled with appreciation. None of us are proof against the subtle charm of encouragement. In every station of life there is the same craving for that human thing which some give 8o grudg- ingly and some withhold aitogether. Al- though we all love a bit of praise our- sclves, we often forget others love it, too. “‘Praise and encouragement are like the sunshine, and it costs us nothing to give a cheery word In passing. “Let us all become magicians and put sunshine in the lives of those about us. ‘Work a miracle every hour and see how many people you can make happy by 'a cheery greeting. Begin now, today; be the miracle worker 4n your community. Urban, and costuming, from the de- signs of Paul Poiret. g The title of the offering, ‘“What Does the Public Want?’ gives a hint of the nature of <he amusement, an- swering its own query In a combina- tion of musical comedy, vaudeville and extravanganza, With a touch of grand opera and & smattering of jazs. Tommy (“Bozo") Snyder, principal comedian, s unique among entertain- ers, inasmuch as he goes through the entire show without speaking a single line. Others are Gertrude Hayes, jr.: Billy Mossey, Sam Green, Julie de Cameron, John B. Willlams and Harry Watson. Among the spe- cialty acts are Mlle. Poulet's Parisian -Poseurs. a novelty to burlesque; Ms.el Dix, “The Aphrodite Girls, “The Three-in-One Trio,” harmony singers; the Four Hendersons and Bob Tolli- ver, “The One-man Jazz Band,” with a chorus of notable voices and danc- ing abilities. CAPITOL—“Chick Chick.” Harry Jaffe’s “Chick Chick,” star- ring Harry Jake Fields, is the cur- rent week's offering at the Capitol ties,” a comedy offering with a sur- prising climax; Faber and Bernet, in Flanagan and Edwards’ famous old sketch, “Off and On,” quaint for its back-stage humor; the McKenzie Sis- ters, in songs, music and dances; Hori and’ Nagami, in a sensational perch offering ‘from the Imperial Koban Japanese Troupe, and Hickey and Hart, with new songs and lively stories. The photoplay, a Universal produc- tion, will present Edith Roberts in ‘Theater, commencing at the matinee today. It is a fun offering with vehicles entitled “East Side Life" and “Welcome to Our City.” The sup- porting cast is made up of Dixie Ma- son, Betty Gordon, Bob Robertson, George Woods, Willle Mack, Anita Stone and Charles Collins. Unusual scenic splendor and costumes that glitter and daszle are promised, with fifteen important ensembles, individ- ual .numbers and special_ features. A ‘Tuting Lips the plotured story of & | chorus of twenty-four singing and woman’s great sacrifice to secure herdancing girls will be out ‘in front husband’s release -from a prison: to. which he has been unjustly committed. ‘The comic will be Century’s comedy of “Robinson’s Trousseau.” 2% An unusually good bill is announced for today, starting at 3 pm. - STRAND—“Snappy Bits.” .. The Strand Theater this week,. ginning today, will offer Long and Gibson and Berthram and Lee in a syncopated musical cocktail, entitled “Snappy. Bits,” introducing some of the latest popular song and dance hits, with special stage settings and costumes. * Sylvia Moro, supported by the Reckless Duo, will open the pro- gram with eccentric novelties; Curtis and Fitsgerald, a comedy variety team, will follow with “Bits of Na~ ture”; Will Cressy will present a hu- morots one-act comedy, written by himself, entitled ‘Playmates,” Murphy and Hewitt will be seen in “Secrets,” a skit written by Neal O'Hara. p The photoplay will picture Shi Mason in her latest Fox product “Ever Since Eve,” a “double-dealin romance,” with story by Joseph Ernj Peat, entitled “Concerning Chiching* Herbert Heys, Eva Gordon, Char} Spere, Francis Hancock and Et Lynn are in the cast. GAYETY—“Follies of the Day.” Bernard Gerard's ' “Follles of Day” commences an engagement the Gayety Theater with tod: matinee. - It is .conspicuous for- seenic equipment, the _work_ot Joi < and| ’i 604; Chicago, 345; throughout the entertainment. Arcalle Auditorium, A revival of the quaint “Paul Jones” dances will be inaugurated in the Ar- cade Auditorium tomorrow evening and a series of “lucky spot” dances are scheduled for Wednesday, when prizes will be given to those couples nearest the lucky spots at the time the music suddenly ceases. Jardin De St. Marks. Under New York management, the t. Marks dance gardens, conveniently reached by street cars, offer open-air dancing in the cool of the evening to music by an eight- piéce union orchestra. Moving Picture Theaters. . | Oliver Morosco has been gathering moving picture theater statistics and here is what he discovered in the way Fof theaters of that type in the cities of - the country: Greater New York, hiladelphia, 134; Detroit, 168; Clevéland, 157; Pitts- burgh, 1; Los Angeles, 102; St. ZLouis, 100; Baltimore, 96; Buffalo, 89; 8an Francisco, 86; Minneapolis, 75; Milwaukee, 66; Indianapolis, 61; oston, 80; Portiand, Ore., 51; New- ark, 51; Syracuse, 51; Kansas City, 49 ‘Washington, 48; .Columbus, Ohio, .45. land, 44; Cincinnati guehmer. 42; Denver, 3; St. 49, and Omaha, Photoplays This Week PHOTOPLAYS TO BE SHOWN ALL THIS WEEK PALACE‘-"The Hell Diggers.” To be shown this afternoon and evening. METROPOLITAN—“Scrap Iron. evening. To be shown this afternoon and RIALTO—"Experience.” To be shown this afternoon and evening. COLUMBIA—"The Affairs of Anatol.” and evening. To be shown this aiternoon PALACE—“The Hell Diggers.” Wallace Reid will be pictured at Loew's Palace Theater th after- noon in “The Hell Diggers,” Byron Morgan’s romance of gold and guile in the primitive west, supported by a cast that includes Lois Wilson. “The Hell Diggers” is described as a story that smashes its way to the biggest, tingling, he-man ° triumph that Reid has given the screen since “The Valley of the Giants. It is set to the tune of grit, fighting blood and a great love, in a word, a story of mother nature in all her beauty and human nature at its best and worst. The cast includes also Richard Ben- nett, Frank Leigh, Lucien Littlefield, Clarence Geldart, Bud Post and others. The added attractions will include a comedy offering, the Pathe News, the Literary Digest topics and an or- chestral overture, under the direc- tion of Thomas Joseph Gannon. RIALTO—“Experience.” There are few better known ‘plays than “Experience,” by George V. Ho- bart, which was originally presented in New York in 1914. George Fits- maurice’s picturization of this stage Buccess opens a week’s engagement at Moore's Rialto Theater today. The story has been enlarged, a great deal of the allegorical theme of the orig- inal removed, with a resulting photo- play that is straight drama depicting the life and experiences of a youth who lived' the story. One feature which is said to add to its value is “Gloom,” a role the antithesis of “In- toxication.” The production is claimed to be sumptuous in costumer, settings, direction, photography and acting. A large cast of characters ranges from “Youth,” played by Richard Bar- thelmess, and “Love,” by Marjorie Daw, to_“Prohibition” and “Intoxica- tion.” 1Included in the line-up are John Miitern, E. J. Radcliffe, Betty Carpenter, Kate Bruce, Lilyan Tash- man, Helen Ray, Charles Stevenson. Edna Wheaton, Yvonne Routon, Sibyl Carmen, Robert Schable, Nita Naldi, Frank McCormick and others of equal prominence and ability. A Sewell Ford “Torchy” comedy, featuring Johnny Hines in one Torchy,” the Fox News and other minor features will be shown, with an orchestral score. . The overture for the week is *“The Sunny South.” METROPOLITAN—“Scrap Iron.” In his latest First National offering, “Scrap Iron” Charles Ray ventures into still another fleld of character delineation. It is.the film version of Charles E. Van Loan’s short maga- zine story and presents the star as a young millhand. It will be presented for the first time in Washington at Crandall's Metropolitan Theater this week, beginning this afternoon. “Scrap Iron” is the nickname applied to John Steel, when he displays an in- clination to settle disputes with his |’ head instead of his fists, and gives up boxing at the wish of his invalid mother. His associates at the plant construe his action as due to cow-! ardice. At the mill outing he is branded as a “yellow,” because he won't hit drunkea Bill Dugan for making remarks to Midge Flannigan, his girl. Battling Burke wins”the young woman's admiration by knock- ing Dugan senseless, but Steél wins gan's _ everlasting _gratitude by Du; helping him home. When Scrap Iron | loses his job . through his foreman's 43;| spite, he decides to enter the ring with Burke to win the loser's end of the purse and thus supply his mother “Dog- | | { i ) T with at least the necessities of life. To the dismay of all, including him- self, Steel knocks the champion out in the fourth round. Conductor Mirskey of the Metropoli- tan Orchestra, has arranged a group of selections from “Two Little Girls in Blue” for his overture. A surprise prelude will be presenied as an in- troductory feature and will serve to display a voice of unusual beauty. Comedy, news, topical and scenic subjects also will be shown. COLUMBIA—“The Affairs of Ana- tol.” Cecil B. De Mille's production, “The Affairs of Anatol,” based on the play by Arthur Schnitzler and featuring a notable cast, will begin its third consecutive weck, at Loew's Columbia Theater this afternoon at 3 o'elock The decision of the Columbia man- agement to continue showing “The Aftairs of Anatol” is declared to have been forced by continued and unre- * lenting public demand. The picture marks the first time in the history of the screen that so many stars of the screen have been gathered in one picture. The cast includes- Gloria Swanson, Wallace Reid, Elliott Dexter, Bebe Daniels, Monte Blue, Agnes Ayres, Theodore Roberts, Wanda Hawley, Theodore Kosloff, Polly Moran, Raymond Hat- ton, Juila Faye and many others. KNICKERBOCKER—‘Scrap Iron.’ Charles Ray will be screened today and tomorrow at Crandall's Knicker- bocker Theater in_his st National attraction, “Scrap Iro; at and Be Happy” is the comedy offering, with news and topical ilms and special or- chestrial contributicns: Tuesday and Wednesday, for the first time here, Robertson-Cole's ‘special production, “If Women Only Knew.” a screen adaptation of Balzac's “Meditations |on Marriage,” featuring Robert Gor- don, Blanche Davenport and Madeline Clare; also “Robinson Crusoe, Lits new comedy, and other short els. Thursday and Friday, May McAvoy, in “Everything for Sale’ a comedy- drama, by Hector Turnbull, and Ford Sterling in_Mack Sennett's “Fickle Fancy,” end Saturday, Douglas Mc- Lean, in “Passing Through” with Charlie Chaplin, in “Shoulder Arms.” CRANDALL’S—“One Wild Week.” Crandall's Theater, the first three days of this week, will present “One Wild Week,” featuring Bebe Daniels as the young beauty who defied her elders and made a wager that she could live a week in New York city on 75 cents—and made good: also Charlie Chaplin's wartime travecie, “Shoulder -Arms’: Wednesday and Thursday,”*1f Women Only Knew,” based on Balzac's “Meditation on Mar- e’ also “Snooky’s Twin Troub- les,” a comedy; Friday and Saturday, Dorothy Dalton, in “Behind Masks,” & film version of E. Phillips Oppen- heim's story of “Jeanne of the Marshes,” also “A Sunless Sunday.” Apollo. Today -and tomorrow, “The Child Thou Gavest Me” and Larry Semon, in “The 1 Guy”; Tuesday, “The comedy, “Late Lodgers,”. and “Screen Snapshots”: Wednesday, May Allison, in “The Last Card,” and comedy, “Standing Pat”; Thursday, “Life,” and comedy, “Hero Pro Tem"; Friday, Wanda Hawley, in “Her Sturdy Oak,” and Charlie Chaplin, in “Shoulder Arms,” and Saturday, Alice Brady, In"“The Land of Hope, comedy. “Edgar's Sunday Courtship.*, (Coptinued on Third Page.) \,