Evening Star Newspaper, April 15, 1923, Page 62

AMUSEMENTS, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHIN ATQC D ) = o PRESIDENT AVE. AT 11th.ST, TON!GHT 8: 30 TONIGHT 3“SENSAT10NALWEEK: MWEE}}SSH&W YORK, GYIl.EolDI"R BE'S;I" SEA‘I" EVERY NIGHT 31 AT 25¢-50¢ POSI‘HVELY 0 "HIGHER 5’%&5 THIS WEEK AN EXTRAORDINARY SHOW ! HARRY SLATKO & CO. |WILLIAM MACART, ETHLYNNE BRADFORD & CO. In tle Famous Farce Comedy “TAKE MY TIP” Chuckles Fast Singing in a Rollicking—Taz: - ue—9 People EVA SULLY and THE ODDITY BOYS |4 ¢ COLEY & JACKSON ’ The Minstrel the Maid” BARTO & MELVIN tion of Smiles. Laug! 4 Clever Comedy P DWYER & ORMA Two Extremes in Fun JASON & HARRIGAN and orm and Girls—Songs Special Feature Film— One of the finest ever offered at the Cosmos CONSTANCE BINNEY in ‘A Bill of Divorcement’| 1s Stage Pl Piano First-Run SHOW N at an Perform- Excent Saturday & Chats, m the Ta c of Clemience All Week NATIONAL TONIGHT Matinees Wednesday and Saturday Oaly Washington theater offering exclusively American and foreigm stars of frat rank nis N!\'l MUSICAL 2 AcTs- [9 SCENES OF PRISE! SraseD BY Juum MiTcHELL WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY NIGHT, APRIL 23 EVES., 50c *o $2.50. Mats. Wed. and Bat., 50c to §2.00 MAIL ORDERS NOW—SEAT SALE THURS. JOHN GOLDEN. PRODUCER OF “LIGHTNIN,® W PRESERNT A Comic Tragedy of Married w4 FRANK CRAVEN and Little Theater, New York, Company including Tim Mu Js Allos Owens, Lysta; Ghambors, Leils Bennt, Merceita Bumendsian s Leighton. George Wright, Jr. Exactly as sevn 2 solid years in New Y-vl. Staged by Winchell Smith. Au..\ seen there tn * Althou heater turing ftwo ab Le pern 1y “bout ! Americ Miss er ge denly 1 | saerif prentic -6 of falth tn the good old sys- G the excellent players to be| with u peculiar gift which has been here in the cast of “As You | Called “acting Dbluood.” As far back SRIEh o Ao "!as the Gillmores can remember there American M- | have been actors fn the family. Mar- hester will present here this| galo's father. Frank Gillmore, now Margalo Gillmore, last seen | €Xecutlve secretary of the Bquity Pl Wamois e, Fatrr Assoclation. fs an actor of consider- 3 able repufation. Miss Gillmore's £h the sponsors for this new | mother also has been a player. The movement are laying the most | line goes back fm" four ge?t!rllr(nnhx. i the plun itself and not fea- | Mr. Glllmore’'s father and his fath- e vl el AN not oA | er's motiier wna her father all belng any of the players, & Word Or | yerqons of considerable repute on the sout Miss Gtllmore seems to | kinglish stage. | nissible, since 80 much hus @l- | Of course, here tradition has meant | more than legend. both parents b ing able to give Miss Margalo Inval- unble help during her early days at the Amerlcan Academy. and after she Ead made her first appearance in “The Famous Mrs. Fair. columns of the seen printed in the the intent and scope an National Theater. Gilmore, one of the young- NGTON, ‘m.-h D. C.. APRIL 15. 1923—PART 3. 'A Word About Margalo Gillmore | Ethel Barrymore on the Situation Current Attractions e i | The fext step in advance for our|of the New York public American theater, according to Ethel | the producers. “The situation in other cities 1s not Barrymore, in an interview for the|y.n - | i i y #0 fortunate. When 1 was | version of the great play by Clem- | New York World, will be the building ssee % 4 Yo touring in ‘Declassee’—and that play | ence Dane, which has never been seen | up of an audience in cities outside of | had ]ln;x_a Teturns, %o there’s no per. | i Wachington. W th g il be | : sonal ance— 1 found numbers of | shown laugh pictures, the Urban | ISaw Yorik for asripus plays, what we | Worthy Dlays starving. for suppore | Movie Chats and the Internationai | call “worth-while drama.” plays which had run on Broadway for | New: “Supporters of the little theater, ;nionl};l Mr. Idlrlnkuu(eru 'Abrlh.l;n‘ Today, starting at l-"i hv m.. Miss - Barrymore said, “are all teo lincoln’ proved un exception to the | weel's attractions will be séen olten not patrons of the remular the | TUle. DUt then It was un exception to | thelr closing pertormances. ater. They mad have been patrons | disillusioned by unfortunate experi- i most rules. ‘Beyo: the Horlzon' was STRAND—“An Evening at Home.’ ences, or they may never have cared | a very bad fuilure outside of New {York.” The same fate betell one play |after another of such nature &s it| The Strand thls week, beginning | about serving as mere spectutors, pre- | Went on tour. Those that survived did i ferring an entertalnment In which' {#0 ouly by scratching together enou h R could take part. At any rate, T Profite in lucky spots to make up hat the growth of little theaters as well as (Continued from First Pi ' last in | vertising. Fortunately that sltuation sud- the neration, has sprung nto prominen Without Seangtie tole it i role of th Mrs, Fair performer i Then this seunon peared i that “He Who Mix 1 lonk ap- und for an the rule tratning & s a b stock p- “The Ro- ved the one of produced in ‘n the road. O'Neill's pi v York but not_se tn “Ax You > haw her first s Giilmore to go tine traveled by atixe she the slilled HIGH CLASS VAUDEVILLE . “ f.‘ owing Exclusively the Viorlds Bes! 'Véddevllleu\apeauh/” | Playhouse of Ra/inement- hows Daily at 2:I5and 815, Sundey Mat at3 A SUPREME BILL OF SPRINGTIME EVASHIRLEY > EMMA HAIG and OstarAdlers Orchestra with and Comp 5y Al Roth,Dancer The Exquisite Danrme tar of the “Songs of the Moment” # “Music Box Revue” Assisted by Geo Griffin Special Feature Bert Levy imous Artist and Enrerr,amar Dwgnc ng All OnaMunson. < The Sharrocks The Beautiful Follies Girl, (Harry & Emm.a) in a“Manly Ravue” with ¢ In the Humorous and Mysterious Shean & Phnlhes andCo " Behind the GrandStand* Pinto & Boyle 7 Bronson&Edwards Overnigh Ccmadzfi‘ens,,h,n 'lensen;\. Abgurditi es Aesop's Fables; Patfie Weekly; Topics of the Day Extra Added Attraction Those Riotous Funsters ole- OLSEN & JOHNSON -cric Likable Lads Load.gd with Laughs Phones- Main 4484-4485 - 6823 = Fa “To Day ANATOL FRIEDLAND and Girls - Sybul Vanc, Lydgl &Mac 3 Long Tack S SHUBERT-BEL e SHIP ME SOMEWRERE PAST OF SUEZ, WUERE TKE BEST /8 LNE THE WORST, WHERE THERE AREN'T 40 TEN COMMANONENTS RUDARO A1 G —~ George # Marshall PRESENTS B8Y W.SOMERSET MAUGHAM AUTHOR OF ‘RAN-THE CIRCLE. WITH . HAZEL DAWN.. AND A SUPERLATIVE CAST OF 25 SHMENTRR ero~e SHOASN AL NIGHTS 507222 MATS 342 50*oH 2 Tusséay Night, April 17, Eatire Heuse 818 T2 Hasty Pu Cluy. SHUBERT-GARRICK "M UNDENIABLY. THE BEST $1Q2 SHOW IN TOWN~o Y 8/6 WEEK, GCEORGE MARSHALLS COMEDIANS' IN AVERY HOPWOODS e, FRESH. FLIP. FANTASTIC- FUN-FROUC GEITING GIRTIES GARIER ALL NIGHTS 50% o122 WED. MAT, ALL SEATS 50¢ SAT. MAT. 504 © 75¢ is improving. There are papers iu| other cities which give more space to the intell!gent theater than those in! New York, ! “Then the managers must co-oper- | ate, keeping in touch with the publ!s of Amerl as well as of New York, their losses in other cities, shouldn’t be confused with support of “There are igns of progr A erious plays in our standard theater. few plays. managing to survive, pre- “Here {n New York we have reached pare the ground for others to come. that point where a worthy play is | But meantime the situation is dis- i renmonubly mure of Anding ith wadi. | COUFagIng. And we can't compliment ence. TWxceptions can Lo named at | ::IA An’l\e‘rk‘nh l),\r?.ter too much while = ie_existence of our most interesting i m_ud“llc"‘:‘°""m“‘s'::§:‘f plays 18 timited to New Yorl. through newspapers and other me- ! cnergy on whit hey | The remedy? Tor one thing, dra- 'dlums. They: must bulld up fnterest | Commendable projeets, | Matic editors ‘throughout the country in worth-while plays, especlally in oine inatances the publie may bave | IMUst co-operatc. That means the help | those appealing to a public not ord! s e Y | of publishers, also, because in far too | narily conversant with ths theater 1oh . e weually many cases matter pertaining to_the | “And last of all, the public must co- e theaters fs limited in space. This|operate when it's informed. But I'm a1t of the publie, MAtter aluo is concentrated largely on 'sure {t will do that, just as it has s ian Whore hapresie Publlcs [the plays at hand, those that are ad- |done in New York.” dramus heartily supported. “Such producers us Arthur Hopkins The SLakeséeare Soc;'ety Iwho enjoy this New York confidence -and the fact that I'm appearing un- ‘n': Tonins. e o THE shakespeare Society is closing cussed by Raipn Graves of (e Na- Pproval because the; a very interesting season of lit- | tional Geographic Magazine and G. A.} !t g0 siandards, fin erary and dramatic study. Those ad- Lyon of The Star. | e et e dressing the society have all been! One evenlng was devoted to “Shake- th4 i GOrte LR E GUE (Ath special students of Shakespearc, | speare in the Public Schools,” by Dr. | kinds of uudiencer. By pander though = teachers or univer: P. I Pearson, U. 8. bureau of edu- | ‘ghfuzi;}::-(-,‘x) l"["l";‘lt“';;l::’f[d";)‘r of deans number has also in-|catlon, and “Shakespeare, Morals ana|® § Hat WOl T Eeuch: tha' socotsst | Cluded nment oficlals, minis- | Religlon,” by Rev. Dr. Larle Wiiftey ters. pl hts. newspaper writers Dean W. A. Wilbur of Gecrge Wash- | and lawyers. Much that has been ington University gave a talk on presented Is the result of original re- | “Shakespears and the American Nearch und very illuminating to the |§pirit” Dean W. C. Nevils of George- | [study of the greatest of English| town Unive clological As- |V n. rd he gOV of plave that Broad | chandise. dramas. - but Hu-n Instead, minaful o % seek intelligent en firhu. they go to the ate Y:.\mfi« My gomery socfety on tlons of “Ham! the great actors since I, Lo Davenport: and the eavor to piease this e public. Under ordinary conditions Churacter of Hamlet was u-nuu-d on Hath- <aufman of the American I'n on “Fortune and Destiny.” a the pla. Dr. Beck addressed e presenta- r returns would be smailer. but | thme atter time the productions the 1 ¥ponscred have been great muccessc used in Kuufrian was the principal peaicer on the evening devoted to| hakespears's Influence on the Eng- | lish Languages.” assisted {bur and J. O. Porter. and_the Librarian” was discu M. H. B. Meyer, chief biblio of the Li t Congress eare th by T. G or for the Department of Lab, zabethan Muslc.” by Capt. Wi the playwright, Dr. G Johneton, delivered his last addres before thim soclety on ‘The Aciors o Shakespeare's Time.” In addition to these, two plays beea dls sed. For “A M} Drea Dean T of George told of Some of tha fne waday: ket produ crowdr to the box o as I've waid, ts to the ¢ lend draw But that Telephone North 762 Matinees: THEATER ‘Tee Strect Near Tth Rurs. & Sat, 3 0'Cloch—\ites: N. 3877 %130 ve ! Tues., A POSITIVE SENSATION! Final Week, Beginning Tomorrow Night, Oscar Wilde’s SALOME World's Most Daring Love Drama, With Great Cast of Notable Players } ——— e e BREAKING ATTENDANCE RECORDS Read What the Papers Say: great—pl ored patronage. the: 1 ended” lcox And that of Cleopatra ; . Barnard notewor on of a and proGueti Waolly to co white:, before TERALD, “The drawm will not be forg performance.’ Reserved Seats for All Performances on Sale NOW at Box Office and Wayfarers' Book Shop, 8 Jackson Place N.W. Main 1716. Prices—55c, 85c, $1.10 seasu y_those for unobtrusive Dackground. the richly colored sos tumes and intense Impersonatl stood out st The very dra- | . matic portray orginated and | | directed by Walter W. Beck The society will close itw dr'\mat‘”’ work for the season by presen welfth Night" at Gonzaga C I‘)I.r!k' Theater. T T TN T 'METROPOLITAN| Teday Deors Open at 2 P. M.—Daily 10:30 A. M. te 11 P. M. B THIS WEEK "5 1 A T T M mMuflmmMflflmuuMmmM@mmnm uumummnmmmuuunfluuun SCREAMINGLY FURRY i IIII!IIHI R AT AT T His Fivst Feature - Length Predustion Sines “The Kid” and That Classic’s Only Rival The Stery of an Escaped Conviet Who Appropriates the Clothing of an Ablu- tionary Minister and Is Misteken for the New Paster of the Village Church —Grent Supperting Cast. | TN A First National Super-Special AUXILIARY ATTRACTIONS WILLIAMSON BROTHERS' “WONDERS OF THE SEA” FEATURING LULU MoGRATH, WASHINGTON BEAUTY WORLD SURVEY—OVERTURE, “RAYMOND”—N. MIRSKEY, CONDUCTING WASHINGTON'S FINEST ORCHESTRA I i the feature | assumes ¢ {Dealing a |ers I cita; | his character imperso: with a matines today Marshall ventriloquist, “in “An Home." Four other porting bill. of Jacts pr La Zar and Dale, & pa will offer a bl he Bagooma Hunter: songe, dances and musical numbers Fletcher, Clayton Revue, a me revue of youth, pep und syncopatior |Artur and Lydia Wilson, a comeds 8kit, “Swecthearts w L Carte” f of real comedy’. songs and dances, Franc & Wilson, in “A Variety o Doings,” comedy bits, acrobatics a: dances. The photoplay features Nazimo: s famed emotlonal actress, in ““A Doil House.” a picturization of Henrik Ibsen’s novel GAYETY—"Broadway Brevities." Lena Daley, sprightly dancer clever songster, is the star of Ed Daley's “Broadway Brevities” at Theater this weels offering was originally staged at New York Winter Garden and in co ception and execution {s sald to 3 €08t $125,000. To this investment ) Daley has added many new sc { bellishments and has newly c: the show swith elaborate gowns | the teminine principals and the che rus girls. Lena Daler will show a dazzl array of gowns in her songs dances. Babe Healey is the ingenun and Althea Barnes the prima dor Wwho comes heralded as a vocall merit and charm. Twenty ol | girls will be a feature of “Broad Erevities. TIn oue the stage to the tions of dan ¥ C. Flippe e role created by the late Bert Williams o was original starred in this attractfon. Jom Grant will work with Flippen i of the numeroy Craig, . Herman Rose, 0 O'Malley Aver tie's Hopwood's farce, “The Chastenmg Tuesdav “Th Chastening. Kennedy's new with Mr. he House. haracters, a carpente his thison has won fame ppeared c of all the m Mr. Kenneds he Servan r plays rathe garet Gage il the world, e avthor and o than as an scto be remembered as the young acire-s who scored as ‘the messenger” ectra” iwo seasons ago. Owing to the interest o edy and Miss Matthison oliege. the local W ven the honor n kne Mr, iKa Wellesle Y C of ma ten! on Byrne-Warsaw, Friday. Byrne. the distinguishec ill appear in joint re Alfreda Warsaw a xt 11t ternoon ears Mr. Byrne was a in B nd's grea ir Herber: important roles fons are saic ndard for the Herbert referra interpreter or world ha Dawson actor, with { the Nationa stellar att theaters. Beerbohn Selected by Tree for to have created s English & be ¢ John which givee Mr { ssplendid opportunity. Dr. Alfreda Warsaw has appeared in leading roles in many importan: European operas. He has been or the American concert stage for a number of vears and has won mau friends with a charming personalit: and marvelous volce. He will sing tenor selections fro the best operas, as well as some o the semi-classics. Arcade. The Arcade announces. in 1o a nightly dancing program. a spe Lucky Spot” dance for Frida evening, when prizes will be avard. HOWARD—“Salome.” The company of colored actors which created a sensation last wee h their production of Osca Wilde's “Salome,” will return to ths Howard Theater, Tth and T streets for another week's engagement, be ginning Monday night. This colored troupe came to tie Howard Theater unheralded and be fore the week was out made such deep impression upon critics and a: diences that seats were at & premiun Toward the close of its first weel half the audiences were white pec ple, who came in rapidly increasing numbers. Julla Marloe, who makes Washing ton her home during the winter, it i8 reported, brought two box parties to the th er and personal gave her congratulations to the actors. Raymond O'Neil, director of the company, has just signed contracts which take these players to & Broad way theater at the close of their Washington engagement. daitior ‘Wagnerian Opera in Baltimore. Wagnerian opera by the Wagne: - fan_Opera Company, composed of art st® of Germany and Austria, who present the Wagnerian music dramas as they are given today in the larg est cities of central Europe, is in progress at the Lyric Theater, Balt more, this week. The repertory follows: Tomorron evening, at 8:15 oclock, “Das Rhelr " in"two acts; Tuesday evening 0, “Die Walkuere” in thres Wednesday matinee, at 2:30 “Haensel and Gretel”; Wednesda: evening, at 7:30, “Slegfried,” in three Th! at 7 p.m. “Goetter in three ac fitreduction by Richara Wagner. The_ singers, from the Deutscher Opernhaus, Charlottenburg, as we!! as thelr mission, have received most hvonbln notices from the metropol critic VIAVI Health Talk to Women 916 Colorado Bldg.,. 14th and G Streets Tuesday, April 17, 1923 at 2:30 p.m. T 8 Subject: Nervousness, Indigestios. Headaches and Constipation ADMISSION FREE-