Evening Star Newspaper, October 2, 1921, Page 57

quusements o Pheater: —_———————————— LESSED are they who expect nothing, for they shall not be dis- appointed,” is a trite old parable, but it will be a good one to remember in the coming theatrical season. The times are hard and press agents are especially anxious to retain their jobs. Consequently, they are likely to be rhapsodical in their advance notices. They are good fellows, all, and they do not mean to deceive—at least, not very ml:ch; but sometimes they do, and the present condition of the theater as a concrete proposition is said to be such as to tempt them sorely. So it is well to take what they say cum grana salis, as the Latins are wont to observe, if disappointment is to be entirely averted. * k %k X EORGE SIDNEY was undeniably amusing in “Welcome Stranger.” It isn't heavy drama, it is true, but it did and does make large audi- cnces laugh heartily throughout the performance, and that, at least, is a good return for the money. ove Birds,” with Pat Rooney and Marion Bent, won a divided verdict in Washington, which, by the way, saw it before. Some say it was good and some say otherwise. It had too much of pleasantry and real merit to pick to pieces because some of it was not so very entertaining. Thurston met all demands. He amused, amazed, mystified and delighted his audiences. old and young, big and little, and what magician could be expected to do more? Thus the output of the big theaters is hastily reviewed. : * [ * k¥ HUBERT VAUDEVILLE, after long waiting and a mysterious paucity of the customary splurge inseparable from the adv _ came, was seen—and will continue. The excellent patronage it received during the week indicated that vaudeville has many admirers in Wash- ington. Wise heads in the show business are predicting, that for a time, motion pictures and a mixture of motion pictures and variety entertain- ment are likely to win the attention of theatrical producers from the legitimate stage, at least until the conservators of the stage find the solu- tion to problems which are dealing the legitimate heavy blows at the present thme. Government is too busy trying to alleviate the woes of the people to devote time to helping their amusements, ‘and it is claimed that government help is sorely needed by the theater. Maybe during the wait new ideas will spring into being, and who knows, some revolution in the theater will again bring it to the forefront chastened, if not exalted. Washington has long been entertained with and likes the superior type of vaudeville. It knows the article and will appraise the offerings of the future atcordingly. - STATEMENT issued recently by “Motion Picture Theater Owners of America,” 1482 Broadway, New York city, has a tragic ring. “Ex- traordinary circumstances of a pronounced public character which oc- cured of late,” it recites, “coupled with others less tragic, successfully sup- pressed in part, at least. and more noised about as liable to break upon a receptive and disgusted public at any. time, make it necessary for the exhibitors to declare plainly their position in the premises.” After re- * Xk X ¥ fefring to the fact that the theater-owners are the only people in the | motion picture industry who come ‘in daily contact with the public and to other matters more fully covered in the news columns of the daily press, the statement sets forth: “We, therefore, take our position, firmly and unqualifiedly, that we will refuse to exhibit, or permit to be exhibited, in our theaters, if attempted, any film containing elements of indecency. or objectionable matter of any kind whatever, or the exploiting of any individual enveloped in scandal. * * * The industry is no haven of refuge or asylum to harbor wrongdoers, nor will it countenange or con- done misdeeds or offenses against society or common y2k 88 much of the statement as has been gquoted expresses its general tenor. It\s signed by Sydney S. Cohen, president. and Francis fioney. director gen- eral, department of public service. 4 * ¥ ¥ % E }Vashmg\on Society of Fine Arts, which was organized in 1915, : “with the object of increasing interest in art and in making Wash- ington most beautiful, as befits the capital of our great nation,” is invit- ing a_larger membership. The prospectus states that members receive two tickets to each of the three courses of lectures and recitals (thirty tickets in all), _subscription to the American Magazine of Art and the privilege of prior subscription to the evening orchestral and chamber music concerts arranged by the society. Among the lectures announced is a series of five on “Great Painters,” by Royal Cortissoz; ten literary and musical entertainments, among them reading, Shakespearean and otherwise, by Edith Wynne Matthison, the distinguished actress, and her husband, Charles Rann Kennedy, playwright and author of “The Servant in the House,” “Movies and-the Multitude”; a lecture by Richard Burton, professor of literature in the University of Minnesota, and 2 MacDowell recital, by Mrs. Edward MacDowell, pianist, and pupil of her distin- guxshved husband‘, the noted composér, with five orchestral concerts by the New York Symphony Orchestra and three chamber music concerts by the famous Flonzaley quartet. It is a most attractive winter program of unusual entertainment. * %k %k % ‘OHN CHARLES THOMAS, the noted baritone, will not come just yet a while to Washington with his new production, “The Love Letter,” as has been announced. Instead we shall have “Quo Vadis,” an old but ever-popular favorite, whether on the stage or in the films. This time we shall have the Italian screen version. A current attraction also will be “The Broken Wing,” which, in spite of an initial flivver in Washing- ton, was so improved that it held large audiences for months in the metropolis. It is now said to be great entertainment. Thurston, the magician, will remain another week, and his popularity during the week just closed seems fully to warrant it. A new installment of Shubert Vaudeville, more of the time-honored Keith brand, the Sennett Beauties and a Potpourri Dance Revue, with a brace of burlesque organizations highly heralded, as well as a fine program of photoplay attractions, em- bellished with special orchestral features, .must suffice to entertain theatergoers for a week at least. * X Xk X S*P'NTER, MADAME,” which was described on its opening in Worces- | ter, Mass., as “a brilliant comedy, brilliantly played.” is one of the possibilities of the new month. It was written by Gilda Varesi and Dolly Byrne, and the former appears in the title role. It is all about a diplo- matic, but temperamental, world-famous prima donna, wh a 2 1 , v s ose husband, prior to starting a suit for divorce, d e tells her: “My life with you has been * kX ¥ ¥ IF “Chickens,” the new musical play by the authors of *Irene,” which is booked for its first appearance on any stage at Poli’s next Sunday evening, bears any fesemblance to its famous predecessor, Washington playgoers will early enjoy one of the rare treats of the season. * * * THE_ So!llern~\far!owe tour, which opens in Boston tomorrow evening, will have Washington as one of its stopping places, according to ad- vance information vouchsafed Manager Craerin of Pol reach here, it is expected, before the holiday season. > * % k k A NEW YORK note states that the slump in photoplay making on the west coast has been so great that for several weeks men and women film players have come to New York to live until the industry takes on new life, hoping it may be within six months. It is said in Los Angeles that at least 2,000 persons who had acted in the films exclusively for years are now without means of livelihood. & * % % Xk A CHANGE of interest to the theatrical public is the appointment, last week. of R. G? Craerin as manager of Poli’s Theater and as general representative of the Shubert theaters in Washington. Mr. Craerin wil be remembered by many as manager of the Shubert- Garrick Theater last season. Prior to his_entrance into the local field Mr. Craerin was located,for some years in New York, having gone there from Washington severa'l years ago. **A Connecticut Yankee.” CONNECTICUT Yankee in King Arthur's Court,” Mark Twain's masterpiece of humorous satire, has been translated to the sereen, and, it is said, without sacrificing one jot The stars will Knights of the Round Table couldn’t hold a candle to one live, resourceful, courageous Yankee of today in physi- cal combat or in chivalry. Mark Twain teaches while he tickles. Nothing could be funnier than the adventure the young Yan- kee encounters and the sudden intro- duction of flivvers, motor cycles, tele- of the message Twain conveyed in p‘hon;s. 'd'}:nlmlto,!c(:’wboy Ten:,‘d., six-shooters, up-to-date plumbing words. It retains every thrilling gng“aundry’ other factors, made to moment, every laugh-provoking in- cident and all the rollicking fun created by the genius of the author. More than this, its riotous jollity is thrown against a background of medieval grandeur and babaric pomp s0 elaborate as to make it one of the most impressive spectacles of the gcreen. Mark Twain, who projected a mod- ‘ern Yankee back half a dozen cen- turies, aimed to show in his master- piece that the “good old times” were far from good. that the present is the best of al‘ times in which to 'bunch the famous Hiv that & { confound his medievel enemies and vindicate twentieth century progress and Yankee ingenuity. The production is declared a'scream from start to finish. One of the critics says Harry C. Myers, as the Yankee, has caught with a firm grip the humor of this character, surprising even his warmest admirers. Playing opposite is Pauline Starke, one of the most capable of screen artists. Rosemary ‘Theby has the important role of King Arthur’s villainous half-sister, and despite her villainy she is certainly goed for tired eyes.” Emmett J. Flynn diggcted “A Con- Xankee.” - ot ent of big events, | POR WASHINGTON, D. C.,” SUNDAY THURSTON Shubert-Garrick. DoueLAS FAIRBANKS Colz.mbia - 6 FLENE HADWICK. Metropolitarn MORBNING, OCTOBER ® 9 ,* 1921, ANITA- \@ STEWART Rislto OVELLL National TuLa Gay HETTY KING Shubert- Belasco TRENE, ‘Borpont Kerths MARIE WEINTRAUB RE LN, ‘WoRTE spitol _—————— CoNSTANCE BrnneY Kunickerbocker Current Attractions POLI'S—“The Broken Wing. 8:20 p.m. morrow afternoon. afternoon. COSMOS—Browne’s opens tomorrow afternoon. this afternoon. afternoon. afternoon. - AT THE THEATERS THIS WEEK comedy-drama. NATIONAL—“Quao Vadis,” fil!n spectacle. Shown today at 3 and \ GARRICK—Thurston, the magician. B. F. KEITH'S—Irene Bordoni, vaudeville. BELASCO—Hetty King, vaudeville Bathing Beauties, STRAND—“Pot-Pourri Dance Revue,” vaudeville. New show opens GAYETY—“Flashlights of 1922, burlesque. CAPITOL—"Harum Scarum,” burlesque. New show opens this Opens this evening. Performance this-evening. New show opens to- New show opens tomorrow vaudeville: New show 1 . New show opens this POLI’'S—“The Broken Wing.” “The Broken Wing,” by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard, authors of “The Misleading ‘Lady” and - “The Ghost Breaker.” will come to Poli's Theater this week, begtuning this evening. Its action is located in a primitive spot of Mexico 150 miles south of the border. — The central theme is an unusual love story of an American aviator and a Mexican girl—Philip Marvin, the refined and finished product of Amer- ican civilization, ‘and Jittle Inez Vil- lera, a woman in- the rough. For months she has prayed-for a “Gringn” mate, and from a- stormy sky, as if in answer to_her prayer, plunges.young Marvin. Inez promptly appropriates him, and Capt. Innocencio Dos Santos |. is for promptly shooting him, as a rival, but as a bandit he can't resist | the temptation of first collecting $100,000 ransom. Réckless of conse- quences, the woman in the rough works fast to win her mate. All are against her. Then comes a new ob- stacle so overwheiming and insur- mountable that nobody. with sense would struggle against it. But Inez is woman in the rough, also woman madly in love, and she fights on to another surprise, which_should not be told in advance. Much perfected since this play's premiere here in Washington the early part of last season, the airplane crash in the first act is now regarded by critics as one of the greatest thrillers on the American stage. “The Broken Wing” is produced un- der the direction of Sargent Aborn. An exceptional cast includes Thurston Hall, Eugene Strong, Walter. C. Per- cival, Harry Stanley, John Gray, Boris Korlin, Marguerite Risser, Alison Mc- Bain, Dorothee Nolan and George Spelvin. GARRICE—Thurston, ' Magician, Thurston, the. famous .magician, en- ters his second and last week at the ‘Shubert.Garrick Theater tonight. Lo- cal theatergoers well: know Thurston, his weird mysteries: dnd sensational illusions that ‘have éntertained “and brought - exclamations' of surprise, coupled 'with" thrfll§, ‘these many years. The keynote to i this year is “thril,”and the majority of_his’ mew creations smack of after- world workings and hobgoblin ‘spells, although there is an abundance of' humor introduced. . The presentation.” of the baffiing riddle “Vivisection” is one of the big features of this year's bundle of tricks. - b | NATIONAL—“Quo Vadis.” “Quo Vadis,” the 'motion picture spectacle from the“New York Astor Theater- comes to the New .National Theater this week, and will be shown twice daily, matinée and night, the first performance starting at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Popular prices Will prevail. History, romance and trag- edy are blended into'a thrilling spec- tacle in . rge . Kleine's . gigantic photodramatic production of Henryk lers will present their novelty, Slmk‘!wlc:‘l celebrated novel “Quo ! travagant - splendor, reallsm, thrills and sensation, it is said to be re- markable. The beautiful love story of the pagan Vinitius for the Christian girl Lygia is related with remarka- ble fidelity and the companion love story of Petronfus and Eunice, his slave, is also faithfully shown. The tfials of the early Christians, under tHe tyrant Nero and his cour- tiers, so graphically.-drawn by the author, are illustrated on the screen with remarkable veracity; -also the burning _of Rome, the marvelous feasts of the- pleasure-loving Nero, the combats of the gladiators, the de- vouring of 'the 'Christians by mad- dened lions and other thrilling events. B. F. KEITH'S—Irene Bordoni. Celebration of 'the hutunin season of the B. F. Keith vaudeville will be observed at B. F. Keith's Theater this week, commencing at the matinee to- morrow, and Manager Robbins an- nounces as foremost in the array of attractions Irene Bordoni, the French chanteuse, who has been starred and costarred in many recent successes on Broadway. She will offer a cycle of American, French and Spanish songs. Her accompanist will be. Eric Zardo, pianist, heretofore a separate star in vaudeville. _The popular baritone, George MacFarlane, whose career in- budes opera, musical comedy and vaudeville, , will_be heard in "songs. romantic and Tfolk-like, assisted by Herbert Lowe. Next will be the aerialiste, Ruth Budd, “the girl with the smile,” with Rube Beckwith at the piano. Another important fea- ture will 'be ‘W. G. Field's presenta- tion ‘of Jim Harkins, as “Mr. Fliver- ton,” in. the. farcical comedy, “The Flivertons With Their Family Ford,” a satire;. Others will-include Roger Imhof, Marcelle' Coteene and com- pany, in “In a Pest House”; Billy Dale’ and Bunnie Burch, in an origiial” and ' méw " travesty, “The Riding Master,” a farce;. George Bobbe and Eddie Nelson, .in “His Girl”; Else and Paulsen, as the su- preme artists on ice, and originators of the Apache dance -on” skates, as- sisted -by , Miss Henrletta® Wilson, with 'A¥ésop’s Fables, Topics of the Day and Pathe News Pictorial. oday at 3 and 8:15 p.m. the .Bill will present Eddie Foy, Yvette Rugel and last week's offering. BELASCO—Hetty King. Hetty King, England's foremost male impersonator, is announced to headline the second program. of Shu- bert vaudeville at the Belasco Theater, beginning with tomorrow’s matinee. Miss King will offer a cycle of song characterizations that call for equally @s ‘much finished, -acting as vocal ability. < A condensed version of the musical comedy success, “Florodora,” intro- ducing the much-discussed sextet, will be- another act of featured promi- nence.. All the bright moments of the three lengthy acts have been crystal- Hzed into thirty :minutes of ' songs, dances and comedy presented in an elaborate setting, with an adequate number of pretty girls. Klein bn}fl;; e Moments,” Milo will bring a dis- -vaudeville-in the' ) offering WHICh: 1t 1s-@ectared, was ¥n overnight success at the Winter. Gar- den. Llora Hoffman will displey a | well trained operatic voice in a select group of diversified songs, and “In Argentine,” a pretentious musical act, comes direct from the Teatre Na- cional, Buenos Aires. Bert Sheppard will offer unique feats with the Aus- tralian whip. The Althoft sisters. in “Songs of the Day"; La Pinski's ani- mal circus, the Shubert topical weekly and a film comedy will complete the bill. Today at 3 and 8:15 p.m. the bill of last week will be presented. {COSMOS—Browne’s Bathing Beau- | ties. From the ranks of Mack Sennett's famous California Bathing Beauties, familiar to all patrons of the screen, wlil come Browne's Bathing Beau- ties, ten in all, featuring Bee Allard, iprima donna: Marie Straub and Anita Clark and_including Mabel Wein- traub, a beauty who hails from Washington, in a spectacular revue of grace and beauty'that is nothing short of unique, as.the headline fea- ure at the Cosmos Theater this week. is in three scenes—"“The Movie Bathing Girl. “A Seashore . Style Revue” and “The Dance of Jealousy” an oriental diversion. ager Brylawski emphasizes the faet that this is not a film show, but, as they say .in_the momies, “the ladies in person.” A strong supporn?g bill] includes Ward and Raymond in “Oh, Hello!”, Mr. and Mrs. Hill and Com- pany in “Poor Old Jim,” a eomedy playlet; Gordon and Gates in enter- taining nonsense; the Jura-Milo Trio in “Moments Musical” and Billy Augus- tine, who makes and sings songs and plays his own accompaniments. The added matinee feature will be Douslas MacLean's latest Thomas H. Ince production, “Passing Through.” a small-town romance full of thrills and laughter. “Bungalow Troubles,” a Sennett production featuring Louise Fazenda and Billy Bevan and shown here for the first time, with the In- ternational News and Cartoon Comi¢s will be shown ‘at all performances:. - A fine bill is promised for today; starting’at 3 p.m. g STRAND—“Potpourri Dance Re- vue.” A terpsichorean carnival presentned by M. Golden, entitled “A Potpourri Dance Revue,”. featuring seven art- istic dancers,” is announced as' the major attraction at the Strand Thea- ter this week beginning today. An. added ‘attraction is Frank Terry. song and scenario writer, in “Mister Booze” and “Blind.” Others will be Herman and Engel, versatile and. ec- centric novelties; Laing and Green, in “Melodies, Past and Present;” Van and Carrie Avery, introduci van Avvery, the original “Rastus,” in a humorous sketch, “Madam : Sirloin,’ Medium.” 5 £ Sessue Hayakawa will be the: film star in his latest Robertson-Cole pro- duction, “Where: Lights Are Low,” the story of a struggle of love against the iron wall of Chinese tradition. Orchestral accompaniment, - with two special numbers, Osborne’s “When I Looked Into Your Wonder- ful Eyes,” with cornet solo by A. E. Knowlden, and Korn's “Wild Rose,” ‘Dlso announced with minor pictures. ~ . ‘GAYETY—“Fh:hhght: of 1922 { A world of action, pretty girls, :dazzling scenes, 1922 comedy, fitting music and spectacular novelties are promised in “the very latest novelty show,” the “Flashlights of .1922," which will be at the Gayety all this week. The comedy is in the hands of Richy McAllister and Harry Shannon. Lulu Moore is said to- be a preposssessing ‘prima donna with & ‘wonderful voice, while Olga Woods is billed -8s “a peppery _soubrette.” Glenn Eastman, Lillian Lester and James ~Slater are also prominent members of the cast. A chorus of twenty beauties, -enhanced by . ex- pensive costumes, ‘magnificent ~set- tings and brilliant electrical - effects, is promised. CAPITOL—“Harum Scarum.” - A new -burlesqué revie, “Hafum todivs Scarum,” will open a week’s the Capitol Theater with Bixley, a versatile will be seen in-the. Edgar Sl londlia g role, ‘assisted by Sam Micals. Others are Lillian R8tkly, Madelyn Worth, Nita DeFfey; Georgs . Wright Hatry Smirl.- The-eatertainment is in two acts dn@ twelvée scenes, with a musical score that is said to be original. A special feature is “La- Vida," in a classic entitled “Dance Ah Sen.” The chorus is composed of a score of dainty singers and dancers. Arcade Auditorium. Another series of popular “Paul Jones” dances is billed for tomorrow night at the Arcade auditorfum, while a “Lucky Spot” night will be the headliner for Wednesday. Jardin De St. Marks. Dancing novelties are announced for the Jardin de St. Marks, inaugurated by the new New York management. Every Friday evening there will be an elimination fox-trot contest, for attractive prizes, Concerts Evening Orchestral Concerts. The Washington Society of the Fine Arts announces a series of subscrip- tion concerts by the New York Sym- phony Society, In the auditorium of the Central High School, on Monday evenings, October 24, November 14, December 12, January 16 and Febru- ary 20. Mr. Damrosch will conduct the first | i | three of these concerts and will, as; heretofore, briefly analyze the chief compositions presented, illustrating at the piano his explanations. The lagt_two concerts will be conducted by Mr. Albert Coates, the eminent British musician and - conductor of |the London Orchestra, who will re- i visit this country in the spring and for a brief season conduct the New York Symphony Orchestra as Mr. Damrosch’s guest. These concerts are arranged by the ‘Washington Society of the Fine Arts in order that those engaged during the day can hear the best orchestral music in the evening. They are the only vening orchestral -concerts given in Washington. Because they are primarily for busy people and highly educational, the board of edu- cation permits the use of the sudi- torium ‘of the Central High School and Mr. Damrosch generously con- tributes his services without fee. Ten-Star Series, .. For, six years the Ten Star concert series, conducted by T. Arthur Smith. has been a feature of Washington's musical season. The reason for this, Mr. Smith explains, is that his artists are drawn, as a rule, from promising Younig_celebrities, rather than from ‘the older. and seasoned singers or musicians, with wnom the public is familiar. It is interesting to note how many of the artists that originally ap- péared in Washington in a Ten: Star concert have now become luminous stars in the world musical. ~Among these aré Anna Case. Leginska, Mar- garet Matsenauer, Julia Culp, Pau Althouse, Lucy Gates, Max Rosen, the incomparable Tarasova, and even Al- fred Cortot, the eminent French pianist. A number of newer artists are not- ed in tHe program' for the current season, including Mme. Alvaresz, tle Peruvian contralto; Paul Reimers, Nicola Zerola, the Ifalian tenor; Mar- guerite Namara and*Leonora Sparkes, both of the Metropolitan Opera Com- pany. 'This year's program will in- clude also Paul Kochanski, the won- dertul violinist. who created a sensa- tion here last year, and Pablo Casals, the Spantard. by many acclaimed the i greatest cellist in the world. The Philharmonic Course of- five concerts, under the management of Mrs. Wiison-Greene, at the National Theater, will open’October 28, with John McCormack, the distinguished tenor, ‘in recital. Other artists in the course are Mme. Frances Alda, ‘companied: by Tasini, cellist: Mabel Garrison, Jascha Heifets, violinist, and Setgel Rachmahiroff, planist. The ~world -has produced no more = | i i i | : i tdynamic comedian,” i dre Dumas classic. j heralded ! A be Photoplays This Week | | | COLUMBIA—*“The Three Musket-; RIALTO—"Sowing the Wind."” eers.” Anita Stewart in her latest Associat- . 5 National picture, “Sowing t Loew's Columbia Theater, begin- will be the snasor oRaTinE at g this_afternoon, will present|Moore’s Rialto Theater this week be- Douglas Fairbanks, “the screen’s | ginning today. An added feature, a in “The Three | ‘concert de luxe” is also announced based on the Alexan-|With Joseph Kardes., Hungarian pian- This is the long- | ist, Marjorie Moodey. solo soprano “million-dollar production” { With Sousa's Band for four years, and that, it is said, eclipses in every par- | Henri Sokolov, solo violinist, in a se- ticular any previous Douglas Fair- | Fies of 5olo.and ensemble numbers. banks picture. The photoplay is adapted from the play In “The Three Musketeers® Mr.|by Sydney Grundy. the story coneern- Farbanks essays the role he has,ing Rosemond. who emerges from a longed to play ever since beginning i COnvent to plunge into the evil en- his screen career. Screen patrons|Vironments of a gambling dive over will recall him in “A Modern Muskei- | Which presides her benefactress. eer,” based on the story, “D'Artag- | "Baby” Brabant, who later is revegled nan of Kansas,” but the new produc- | as the girl’s mother. Her flight fyom PHOTOPLAYS 'TQ BE SHOWN ALL THIS WEEK COLUMBIA—"The Three Musketeers.” To be shown this after- noon and evening. METROPOLITAN—"Dangerous Curve Ahead.” To be shown this afternoon and evening. RIALTO—"Sowing the Wind." To be shown this afternoon and evening. PALACE—“The Match Breaker.” To be shown this afternoon and' evening. Musketeers,” tion brings to the silversheet a| the den of orgies and her subsequent photoplay version of the original meeting with the man she loves and Dumas tale that has thrilled the . the accidental finding of her father world for generations. combine to make a tense =story. The The adaptation, costulning and re- | cast includes Ralph Lewis. Myrtle search was intrusted to Edward | Stedman ind William V. Mo Tony Knobloch, the noted playwright,|Sarg's comedy, featuring marionettes as living ‘actors, and the Fox News will complete the bill. PALACE—“The Match Breaker. The featured attfaction this week, beginning thiy afiernoon, at Loew's Palace Theater will present Viola Dana, star of many screen suc . in a new Metro production, Match Breaker,” while Buster Keaton, the D'Artagnan, the son of an impover- | comedian inimitable, Will be seen in ished nobleman, whose fighting blood | his latest concoction of merriment, makes him the talk of all France.i“The Goat” “The Match Breaker” is Coming upon the scene at a time |said to offer rare and unusual quali- when Richelieu is trying to estrange | ties of romantic suspense. It con- the King and Queen of France and|cerns a young woman who, contrary make his own power with the king |to the rule, has a penchant for break- absolute, D'Artagnan is brought to;ing, rather than making, matrimonial the queen’s attention by a little seam- | matches. Having won the affections stress whom he loves. The queen has | of the sweethearts of most of her given a diamond buckle to her lover, | friends, the girl of the story, Jane, is the Duke of Buckingham, who has|faced with an ultimatum from her, taken it to England. Cardinal | #unt. She then decides to carve out Richelieu, learning of her indiscre- a career for herseld by becoming a tion, whispers to the king to com- | professional match ‘breaker and ul- ‘mand. her, to wear it at a certain | timately mreets ‘her Waterloo. The state affalr in the near future. It|cast includes Jack Parrin. Hdw:-q is to D'Artagnan that the queen in- jJobson, Julia Calhoun and many oth- trusts 4 mission she believes hope- | ers. Other Screes iud siusice. less. The manner in which he fights | tions are promised. his way through the spies of the| % cardinai, finds Buckingham and re- turns to France with the bauble in while the direction is that of Fred Niblo. Mr. Fairbanks has spared no expense to make this his mightiest | and most_thrilling_screen endeavor and to that end he has gathered | about himself a cast that includes| Marguerite De La Motte, Adolphe Menjou, Mary MacLaren, Barbara La Marr, ' George Seigmann, Sydney Franklin and other screen notables. Mr. Fairbanks has the role of KNICKERBOCKER — “Dangerous time to prevent the queen's disgrace. urve Ahead.” winning thereby even the grudging | 4 3 = admiration of the cardinal, makes'a| Rupert Hughes' comedy of early owerful, sensational and - breath- | essly fomantic story. married life, “Dangerous Curve.s Ahead.” will be the photoplay 'en:&'? at Crandall's Knickerbocker Theader the first two days of this week, be: ginning this afternoon. Harold METROPOLITAN — “Dangerous . Lloyd's two-reel comedy, “1 Do,” also ' “Curve Ahead.” { will be shown, with the usual minor At Crandall's Metropolitan Theater |films. Tuesday and Wednesday Anna this week, beginning this anernoo'n“”!- Nilsson, in Pathe's Edward Jose Goldwyn's~scréen version of Rupert | production, “What Women Will Do,” Jughes™ story, = “Dangerous Ctrve and “Torchy’s Promotion”; Thursday head,” will be 'shown. It is a comedy |and Friday, Constance Binney, in her of young married life, wherein it is new Realart release. “Room and revealed that a husband may not with Board” and “In For Life,” a comedy, impunity make his business the chief{and Saturday, Eileen ~Percey, in consideration in his life, and that a|“Hicksville to Broadway. wife may not dedicate her entire ex- Islenc:m l’ocle;ybwhen she' ought to . ™ caring for baby. The cast _in-|CRANDALL'S— - Cluaes Hetene Chadwick, Richard Dix, | O e Stirent S Kate Lester and “Lefty” Flynn. The ment.” production is declared a handsome one. ; e, ., (Farold Lloyd's latest laugh-maker,| Glorie, Swapson in Diinor Glyns B Ve, amobies of | ¥ure the bill at Crandall's Theater the Day” and a special scenic subject will round out the program. The orchestral overture will be Of- fenbach’s “Orpheus,” and an added at- traction will be/ the philharmonie in- terlude comprising an arrangement of Silesu's “A Little Love, a Little Kiss,” which will be played by N. Mirskey. ‘violin; Tino Mens, ‘cello; V. de Milf flute and Miss Viola Taubert Al | the firat: three days of this week. Miss Swanson is supported by Milton The Bray-Go Sills. subject, “A Safe Combinatio: be shown also. Wednesday and Thursday May McAvoy; in Realart’s “Everything for Sale,” @ mew play by Hector Turn- bull, featuring Kathryn Williams, Edwin ‘:Stevens and‘ Betty Schade® ldwin Wi