Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1923, Page 16

~“AMUSEMENTS | ! POLI'S—“Blossom Time.” Now and then this century produces & rea) dramatic masterpiece that ele- vates the ordinary musical comedy from the plains of the commonplace to the sublime heights of art. Such is “Blossom Time,” by far the finest musical play seen in Washington for years, which returned to Poli's Thea- ter last night, the scene of" its premiere, after an absence of two successful years. J. Shubert, under whose person- om Time” was all it a three-act we would prefer to pro- it & musical triumph. It car- ries its audie : away Lo that prom- ised land of music, joy and forget- fulness that exists in the imagina- tion_of v human mind, and, in passing, behind a charming memory can not soon be for- gotten Tn the two vears that have elapsed since “Blossom Time” made its first bow here, the play has lost none of that simple charm that stamped it with immed ; _rather it has come back from New York with added beauty and delight. And what casing, the producers have aordinary pains to pick a . or not a character is to careless impersonatio the chorus to the leads the cast lea that The story is woven around the ro- mance of Franz Schubert, the young composer, and through it run the soul-stirring _strains of Schubert melodies. Hallis Davenny. who has succeeded John F e cipal male role, impersonate: wuthful composer with admirable Both his vocal and dramatic etations of a role that is e ceptionally difficult are beyond criti- cism. He lives the part of the heart- broken musician. At the expense of seeming over enthusiastic, we must say that Miss Gertrude Lang. who took the role of Mitzi. the dainty object of the composer's hopeless love, plays op- te Mr. Davenny with an t challenges his very artistic gen- as. Tt was announced on the pro- sram that Miss Laurel Nemeth would the prima donna parts. Although n not remember ever having Nemeth tainly the au- Miss Lang's to be sweet voice E dapted to interpreting the lov of Schu bert with rare charm and effect. Sup e a winesome Miss Lang the iment of the petite sweet- would expected the mposer Schubert to love inspiration of lLis exquisite un- hed symphony Cropper takes the part of the hober, Schubert's successful vival, But the young baron is a chiv- alrous rival, for he first bends every effort toward guiding the naive Mit- af's affections toward the soul of his iend, the composer. It is while Schoher is singing a love song dedi- ted by Schubert to Mitzi, at the re- quest of the composer, that the girl discovers she really loves the baron. v W ucceed z in the part of Kranz. jeweler to the king and father of Mitzi, Kitzi and Fritzi, three equally charming young ladies of Vienna. Miss Halina Bru- zovna interprets the role of the tem- permertal prima donna, Bellabruna, whose jealousy for Baron Schober causes Schubert to lose his sweet- heart. Edwin Tavlor does a very fine ace of work with the more or less nimportant role of Count Sharntofr. The chorus, if such it might be called, deserves credit for its en- thusfasm and delightful interpreta- ion of the dancing numbers. Its most pronounced accomplishment is its rhythmic precision, which, how- led at the ex- individuality. The ladies of the ensemble are pretty and viva- cious “Blossom Time” wa the book and lyrics of Dorothy Don- nelly by A. M. Willner and H. Reich t.” The music was adapted from the melcdies of ¥ranz Schubert and H Rerte b mund Romberg, and the dancing numbers were arranged by F. M. lespie. The entire produc- tion was staged under the personal direction of J. J. Shubert 1t has been a long time since “Blos- som Time” has been equaled dere; it naver has been surpassed BELASCO—Vaudeville and the St. Patrick’s Players. Baron adapted from It it's diversity and animation that | you're looking for in the vaudeville shop this week, they're waiting for You just the other side of the ticket window at the Belasco, where the curtain went up yesterday on as neat- v a balanced bill as ever turned a dark blue taste into a ear-to-ear smile. For the reason that the critic’s ju- dicial appralsement does not rise to the occasion of singling out the best acts of the bargain, consider that vir- tually all are mentioned first. nd Ollie Walters, in a deb. juvenile dialogue, discuss relative merits of a certain kneed, nickel-giving beau” named “Imer” with previous beaux, to the appurent cdification and delight of audience. And when Ollie —the d sister—looks squarely fierce- at a nickel, demandin, Now k you, what kin vou git wif a ckull? it _can be saen that dome: tic economy and financial philosophy are mot overlooked in the skit. As_they trip off the stage, James K. Young, tenor. and Estelie Mur- ray, singer and dancer, open the St. Patrick's Players presentation of the Washington “Follies.” by singing range Blossoms™ to each other from opposite upper boxes. Mildred Mmge entertaing with a peacock dance, fimmje Young follows with a solo, 4nd Margaret and the forme rashington histrion ” with a litt su the knock remember, was Miss isplay remark- in a_ “kid dance thrown et—strange 1o Say pleasing to the eve, as_gained a supple and lithe grac 1 dancing that ranks well with her nce in feature contour. Others professional boards this week Misses Inge and Belt, Mi; In the majority cases our powers vision lessen each year, and although there have been some remarkable cases of eyes resuming their vigor in old age, as a usual rule most peo- ple need glasses after have ~ passed the ‘meridian of life; many sooner. LEESE'S GLASSES COST NO MORE THAN THE ORDINARY KIND. Branch Store, 712 1ith St. M.A.Leese OpTicaL @ OPTOMETRISTS 614 - |announced at last night's performance bility | Ralph. !the Elaine sisters and Katherine Me- iLoughlin present both singing and Elizabeth Gorman | **{ METROPOLITAN—“One Week of l Love.” k named, with Estelle Murray. glve & demonatration of the Spanish tango, caleulated to make a certain Rodolph appear not unsurpessed when it comes to Iberian terpsichore. Georgette and Capitol De Wolfe supply a “Love Tour,” in which dances of various nations figure. The adapt- ability of this pair of nimble-toed dancers carries them. faultlessly from the languid, weavings of a Spanish number to the rush and swoop of a Russiun step, and thence to the in- tricacies of an oriental number. Their versatility impressed itself _indelibly, however, in their presentation of American pes of dancing. James Watts of Greenwich Village Follies fame is there also. His bur- lesque of an English duchess and his interpretation of a classical dance deserve more descriptive space than is afforded here. As do also the fol- lowing: Richard Walley, in a monologue; White and Beck, in songs; Parish and Paru, in acrobatic singing and danc- ing; Billy McDermott, a general in { the ‘army of consistentiy unemployed, {and the Geddis acrobatic act. | PRESIDENT—*Abie’s Irish Rose.’ bie's Irish Rose,” the play with a laugh In every line and some thrown in between, opened its tenth | consecutive week at the President Theater last night. The management that efforts are now being made to keep the attraction here after this week. The marriage of a Jewish youth to an Irish girl is the theme around which Anna Nichols has written a comedy replete with humorous sit- uations and witty lines. The role of Able was portrayed t night by Graham Velsey, but Henry Duffy, the regular member of the t, will be back on the stage tonight Other members of the cast are Miss Eileen Wilson, as Able's Irish bride, and Harry utan, Miss Anne Sutherland, Guy D'Ennery, Leo Hoyt, Robert Lowe and John Car- mody. I 1 Newman's Lecture. | was _described and ewman last night at the onal Theater—the travelogue rep- | resenting the fourth stage in his journey across Africa from Cape Town to Calro. Starting by rail across the Kenya territory to the sea, with herds of mapy varieties of wild animals graz- ing on both sides of vast fields that stretched from track to sky-line. the point of personal interest to ‘ingstone’s misslonary Mobassa, “where tered Africa.”” Then vhere the Arab held nd after that_a trip “to the ¢ >, with much enlightenment | furnis to the growing and gar- inering of that zestful “variety of | ! A return visit to the capital of va territory. formerly British Africa, gave introduction to a motion | picture realism of the ways of |strange town and its stranger people. rtorially, they were{mainly clad in ustor oil that gave A bronze sheen | to bodies otherwise bare, except for { beads tangled into many twists and snarls. Beauty among the Kivuyu women expressed itself in amazing | decorations that utterly annihilated any charm nature might have be- stowed. and after a visit to Fort Hall, in its setting of African scenic beauty, the journey led to jungles, where “the lion lurks and the leopard { seeks its prey Among the bal varfeties en- countered in the wilderness was the warlike and powerful sai tribe, where types of the lowest class of savages were also glimpsed—men and women with mutilated ears weighted with blocks of wood, coils of “wire and huge rings of ivory that offered repulsive contrast to the straight | picturesqueness of the women and { commanding appearance of the men of manv tribes met with on the wa: Tn following the Roosevelt trail. photographs of Col. Roosevelt elicited | tributes of applause. Making fire by friction was of special interest as feature of the primitive life of Kav rondo, an apparently gentle tribe that worked and played with child- like spontaneousness. In the upper stretches of the Nile the lecturer paused to explain that the pictures of animal life he was about to show were the patient work of an expert, who, assisted by a corps of natives, spent years with the camera in ca's jungle zoo. The most real- lly terrible sense of the dangers £ wild life pictured the stalking of a water buck by a hyena, who after. rd gorged himself with his prey. The lecture will be repeated at 4:30 STRAND—"Broadway Snapshots” i Et Al Dancing. singing and comedy hold the boards at the Strand this week, vesterday seeing the opening of a bill headed by “Broadway Snapshots, }and inciuding a photoplay starring Milton Sills, in “The Marriage Chance.” To Tommy Baldwin go the honors for distributing humor in the, mu- sical comedy, while Helen Martin dancing numbers spiced with variety “Do You Follow Me?" a skit, presented capably by Anna Marston and Monocle Manley, while Dobbs, Clark and Dare appear in a comedy entitled “Versatile Eccentricities Nestor and Vincent open the bill with_comedy acrobatics and juggling and Herman Berrens presents a plano | recitation. "The photoplay gives Milton Sills a chance to -display his ability in a comedy with a dramatic climax. His support includes Ireme Rich, Alto Allen, Tully Marshall, Mitchell Lewis and Henry B. Walthall. Special film features and a musical program round out the program. Photoplays. “One Week of Love” opens with a birthday party, a frothy frilly affair, to which the guests had been bidden to_wear their most formal bathing suits and leave their brains at home. P-A.I-N.T NOW AND SAVE DOLLARS Special low prices offered you to keep our patters busy during the winter months. Apparently there was little difficulty in fulfilling the latter requirement, and the merrymakers have a ga time fishing in the swimming pool some finding milk bottles, and others more dnteresting receptaciés that foam When opened. After dark the guests change to evening attire and dance about the quiet moonlit pool until a display of fireworks turns night into day and brings the party to a glamourous conclusion. Thus the beginning, as light and airy as one of the colorful rockets refiected in the pool. The ending is a railroad wreck of the most terrible kinfl. A bridge swept away by a flooded river as though it were a bit of driftwood—a train plunged from the tunnel opening into the raging rapids—the passengers caught in the current and carried to the falls, and finis for practically every one as well as for the picture. The entire film presents a series of contrasts as Striking as that of its opening and ending. ‘The heroin: a “spoiled daughter of the rich, races her airplane for her own hand —if she wins she rejects her suitor, if he wins she accepts him. The con- clusion of the race is quite unexpect- ed, however, for her plane dives into a fog, and emerges from it over Mexico. Some part of the mechanism suddenly failing, it spins earthward, landing on a lonely mountain top. The pam- pered society girl finds herself in the company of two greasers and an American renegade, and her troubles begin. How she meets her problem ahd endures her imprisonment of a wegk gives the story its interest. Conway Tearle gives an effective characterization of a “good man’ gone wrong.” while Elaine Hammerstein is an exceptionally attractive flapper, with her bdshy bobbed hair and man- nish attire. “In Dutch’ the supplementary comedy, is above the average, and has an especial appeal for college students, because Bobbv Vernon ap- pears as a “frat” candidate, and the initiation offers many interesting suggestions. The audience sympa- thizes with every wearer of a jeweled pin if he had to endure what Bobby did in entering the “Cuta Peeca Ple” order, though. The orchestra plays excerpts from “Tangerin and two _tenor solos, “Caroline” and “Mother Macree,” com- plete the program. PALACE—“Dark Secrets.” Having worn threadbare the great western frontier and high.life among the wealthy in the big cities of erica and Europe as “locations.” scenario writers have now turned to the orlent and Africa, largely to I8 for backgrounds to _lend color” to film productions. Ritter atred of certain groups of natives against the British government fur- nishes abundant material for plots, so we may expect a long list of motion picture plays from this source of color.” Dark Secrets,” by Edmund ing. being shown at Loew's this week, comes aat of the of Egypt. with its scheming and gnimosity toward the English paramount. Dorothy Dalton is fea- tured as the beautiful, wealthy and Gould- Palace itchery hatred untamable Ruth Rutherford of Long | Tsland, truly in love with the Earl of Wallington. whom she met Cairo and who wooed and won her love under the bewitching Egyntian moon Being a gport through and through, she sacrifices her own happiness— and his—when an_accident during his visit to her Long Island home renders her a hopeless cripple. But on learn- ing that since his return to Cairo he has sunk into the lowest of degra- dation she determines to rescue him. Arrived in Cairo and having restored Wallington to self-respect and uniform, hopes of recovery from her inv: sm command her atten- on wh .she is promised by Dr. Ali Mohamed. bitter enemy of Wal- lington, that he will cure her—for a price. Prompted by the desire to be wholly well again that She may marry the man she loves, she makes a bargain_with_ Ali, that is as much as it is fair to tel Robert, Lllis plays Dalton as the seventh lington, and Dr. Ruben.’ Other member. are Ellen Cassidy, and P. Haltigan, as B A rollicking good Chr “Rescuing Hazel From Pathe News ace Orch RIALTO—"“The Strangers’ Ban- quet.” tie comedy Hollywoor a complete the program the season is quet,” which howing of the week vesterday afternoon at the Rialto Theater. Large crowd: were in attendance at all of the show- ings yesterday, and it was the con- sensus of opinion that the picture is well worth seeing. The cast includes a number of stars of the film world, all of whom lend their best ability to the production. The story deals with Hobart Bos- Judging by the great n have come to us through the rec his | One of the best film productions of | nd music by Loew’s Pal- | worth, as Shane Keogh, & shipbuiider, who has become a millionairé. He has two_children, Derith Keogh, played by Claire ‘Windsor, taking the prin- cipal role. Rockliffe Fellowes, as An- gus Campbell, superintendent of the plant, who is ever ready to back up his decisions with his fists, is very 0od. Thomas Holding, as John revelyan, who is endeavoring to lead labor against the owners of the ship- building plant, by calling them on & strike, plays his part. to perfection. Others in the cast who stand out are Nigle Barrle, Claude Gillingwater, Eleanor Boardman, Ford Sterling, Stuart Holmes and ‘Margaret Loomis. The scenes are good throughout. A comedy, “Bumps” and color skotches in the Prizma’ pictures com- plete the program. COLUMBIA—“Robin Hood.” Douglas Fairbanks, in “Robin Hood the most spectacular, and in many ways the greatest production of his career, gallops across the silver screen at Loew’s Columbia for the third week, which is announced to be the 1as! Archly mischievous, nobly bold and magnificently loval to his king, the character of Robin Hood, the robber knight, who took refuge in Sherwood forest with his merry men, to bring back justice to England, is portrayed in high valor and romance by the In- imitable Fatrbanks. The story is replete with tiilling “He that hath a trade, hath an estate” Whether your trade be mechanic or salesman, butcher or baker, only systematic_handling of your earnings in a good bank We believe the Franklin National can serve , we “help you with interest.” commercial accounts, foreign exchange, loans and investments of can build the estate. you a little better. 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