Evening Star Newspaper, August 27, 1923, Page 14

STRAND—Vaudeville. A novel monkey A Day at the Races,” full of fun and laughable cidents, which headline the Strand ater bill tiris week, has to share the lonors with Hodkinson's pathetic ro- o in pictures, “The Critical Age, mg James Harrison and Pauline rom adapted from Iph ilengarry School Days™ d its laid on the Ottawa viver in Canada. It is an interesting story But the'attractions are not all in the E picture and monkey play. Pont: gelers of real skill, with « setting and perform and their musing_ stunts with rhythmical exactl- tude. The Criterion Four, a familiar quartet, has lost none of Its sweetness in harmonization and melody and the Moyer s evie of musie, dances hey and Gould amusing! m Will Out e bill I8 one tainment. COLUMBIA—"Hollywood." filled _the fter- shington of follywood,” the long- photoplay of the inside comedy. of light and owing proy the supplement program is lim- ited to a news weekly and an orchei tral selection. METROPOLITAN—“The Brass Bottle,” From the far-away “Nights of Araby” to modern London, the inter- esting theme of the genle from the vase as been carried in the Tourneur film, “The Brass Bottle,” and talented directorship aided by & competent cast makes splendid entertainment for those who vlsit Crandall's Metro- politan Theater this week. The pro. logue, which depicts in tragic manner the vengeance of the outraged King Suleyman, ends with the imprison- ment of Fakresh-el-Aamash in a brass bottle, which is cast Into the sea of El Karkor. The effect of the por- trayal of the events which form the basis for the story is heightened by a weird prelude b the orchestra under the direction of Daniel Brees- {kin and an atmosphere of realism introduced by the song “Till I Wake" sung by Mr. Downey In an appropri- ate setting, followed by an oriental dance by Miss Helen Jane Margerson, who emerges from a silken scarf and gives a brief touch of undulating grace. Six thousand four twenty-three years then elapse, hundred THE - EVENING STAR, - WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, AUGUST 27 D ey AMUSEMENTS and later whales, and the Pathe News, Topics of the Day and speclalties by the Palace Symphony Orchestra com- plete the program. RIALTO—Merry-Go-Round.”” As might easily have been foretold from its first showing last week, Universal's production, “Merry-Go- Round,” with Mary Philbin as its Lright particular star and indeed its chief gléry, hus been held at Moore's Rialto Theater for another week. The crowds that thronged to see the pic- ture yesterday seemed in no degree smaller than those that greeted its first showings. “Merry-Go-Round” 1s not a great pleture; there are faults of direction in it that stand out as glaringly as llf they were the work of an amateur. The beautiful and gay Vienna is not pictured as it might have been. The Prater, one of the most brilliant and alluring public amusement parks_in the world, is lost to the screen. In- deed, one is compelled to the conclu- sion, before the picture has run far in its course, that somebody “bit off more than he could chew™ and tried to weave it into a picture of patch- work, and possibly that that same somebody fafled to grasp the psychol- ogy of some of the characters, and this was especially true in the inci- dent where Huber, the brute, crushes the foot of the little organ grinder and smiles the while in her face. It was not natural even in such a brute. and | Norman Kerry, the Adonis count, also and offers a fine study of a thinker grow- ing old. Virginla Browne Falre, one of the beauties of the screen, is cast in the role of Shireen, whom Omar loved and wed only to lose her to the senile shah. The daughter, whose fdentity Omar never learns until he is an old man, is played with equal charm by Patsy Ruth Miller, Noah Beery s the tot- tering, vapid, sin-soaked shah. “Be- tween' Showers,” a very amusing come. dy, and pipe-organ music complete the program. LEADER—Douglas Fairbanks, in { “Bobin Hood.” Douglas Falrbanks, in “Robin Hood."” was shown at the Leader Theater last evening and continues today and to- morrow. It is one of the best plctures in which Fairbanks has been starred, and a masterplece of.the screen. The theater .was filled, and many preferred to stand rather than miss such a wonderful picture. It 18 well worth seeing even & second time. CRANDALL'S—Jackie Coogan, ini -Daddy.” A week-of big pleture a daily change of bill, was {naugur: ed yesterday_ at Crandall's Thea with Jackie Coogan, in “Daddy. “Daddy” is the sympathetic story of a youngster who Tan away to win a fortune for the support of his grand- parents, with whom he had lived af- ter the separation of his father and mother. His father, who decided to ake destiny by the scruff of the neck pvivals, with by.” does a fine plece of work as the father, and the elderly maestro is well played by Cesare Gravina. Anna Townsend and Bert Woodruft are cast a8 the grandparents. Today's attraction will be Constance Talmadge's “East Is West,” and. that tomorrow, Johnny Walker in Emory Johnson's’ tribute to the firefighters, | ba 'he Third Alarm.” tle TWO DEAD, ONE WOUNDED, FIFTY HELD IN GUN FIGHT PITTSBURGH, Two men are dead, another man fs suffering with'a bullet wound in the knee and about fifty persons are un- der arrest as the result Pa., last night which began tween tw fons in a Wylie avenue gunma August 27— ¢lub and developed into a running battle in the streets between gunmen and police. A letter found on one of the dead | men was addressed to John (;h.rm] In Luck. aroglia. ~ No identification has been | ' w made of the other dead man. The |, wounded man is Harry Swisher of | Altoo who was & hystander. | H'™M° Thomas Rious, the proprietor of th club, and Petro Marino, an alle are among those ar apped Henry of a gun be- e is the greate “I’ll say the fellow who invented Coca-Cola surely knew what it —_— forgot his Americanisms and failed to the story from this point speeds |remember his character more than through a series of adventures which once. From the walst up he was often befell Horace Ventimore, a London|the gay count, the petted favorito of architect, who happened 'to buy the|the emperor; but from his waist brass bottle in an antique shop und{down there is often more comedy in whose dilemma on relcasing the im-|his expression than anything else. Ilr,fi?,?&"‘“.f&‘.'fi is . ;uurx;-]t;y(o‘fii Conz|, Yet, with it all, little Mary Phiilbin us laug Suc S Bars | lifts this picture, despite its many |erous benefactor—an episode in' the ix}fxi'rrn”w“"x:'r;' e Tanence, Bar- | defects, into the company that belongs | picture that permits Jackle Coogan (o | erbute: their “talente Y ana the ' elder | to the masterplece, because her art is | demonstrate that he i a marvelous {1a0e 2an uax o one |not often matched on the screen to-{child actor. Arthur Edwin Carewe, Harlan of, musical comedy fame and did she s Kings of the famous film colony Disappointment sometimes ~ follow When expectations have been raised too high, but at the conclusion of picture vesterday there was a ous outhurst of applause, an wal tribute to a film which ntained no hairbreadth escape: rilling rescues or . other movi {0 elicit the hearty handelap. Tollyw is more than a worth- | while photoplay—it is thoroughly en- jovable from the opening scene to the” final fade-out. The plot is log- Hak 1 the element of humor 1% aced There are glimpses of feasting and rioting in_w fantastic setting, but they arc only a part of P Movie folk in rer human and their is won by hard work, and not 4 golden platter. s about a youns western town. she has always was protty, and quite 1 she will some day be ovie queen.” A loving grand- niother sells ull she has in the world Ly send the to Californla. land of promise opportunity, aecom- panied by andfather, a self- styled invalid who is just plain laz Established at the Hollywood Hote! us right down to t work,” for s as repay the borrowed her first s salary. azement, the casting di- send her away. after taking me and address, and she finally to the hotel, footsore and discouraged and a failure, father, by a lucky | en practically kid- director looking for his | roturns after a day, wdly wavi ck and shake it, was a noted violinist. In the city the little chap fell under the eye of ‘a virtuoso whosc tar had set, but who had tutored his little charge daddy, thus, finally, the juvenile for- tune-hunter found his " father and made all of his dreams come true, but not until after the death of his gen- takes to quench thirst” day, and because never onc M Tent- IRlneunmtic aches must yield to the soothing action of Sloan’s. Spread it gently over the aching place—no rubbing is neces- sary. Instantly you willfeel a pleasant tingling of the skin, then a gentle glow, then grateful, lasting relief. Get a bottle from your druggist today — 35 cents. Sloan’s Liniment kills pain! The perfect drink served at cool and cheerful places with a smile of welcome—1 oz. of Coca-Cola syrup plus 5 ozs. of ice-cold car- bonated water in the thin 6-0z. glass, stirred ’til the sparkles come to a bead at the top. Tier chan naped tep Drink You'll Find Apartments In 2530 Que Street N.W. —exactly to your liking—location, size, ment and appointments, ousehold ta for golf Im stars with whi veeps dishes, and occasionally rounds of ‘the studios vainly Iin work the family from back E ndmother, old dy" beau . because the the just-pretty girl —the” woods are full she is told. And arrange- Iere are apartments of from three rooms, bath and dining alcove— $65 to $90 per month Reservations now being made. 1 Open for your inspection every | day and evening. and four in a pal in “Hollywood" newcome: the famous * 1y does appear, enough @ background for pri informal glimpses fam sta e a special de- ht to movie and they are ped through the photoplay at fre- intervals, so that the spectator it imagine that he was actually Hollywood, meeting film folks at < turn. Some of the names are Gune we screen, but others left and whigpered | constitutes 1ex from every part of the theater | Spirit N roved the keen interest of the audi- | The Max Sennett comedy carries a | Ford high into the air like a balloon, amid untold complications of lio cted by but the advertis sympathize | fate & s s n_to be seen s Svengali. in “Tril- e omeay o = all to weave it realistically and In| T o Sevramtont o SGER{ R0 wioss . Sbarul - Gasmior Tess Mocl nglish butler), when he finds that | Werk—not he and there. but un-{ the bottle does not contain Gordon [ deviatingly throughout the picture. gin. For, as Mr. Rapkin says, “What | That Is why *M 0-Round” is else Is a bottle for”" well worth seeing indeed, i It would dull the edge of surprise | Will be long remembered.” It is apart | lto recount all the incidents which|from the pictures where the good |make this film o diverting, but the | 100ks or the cuteness of this actor or artistic portrayal of the old profes-|that makes the rattlebrain call them sor by Tully Marshall muat receive | “just lovely.” W. H. L. comment. and the opulent baciground | e provided by Maurice Tourneur in cast- | “ Tig the comedy will appeal to those | CENTRAL—“Omar the | who appreciate rich settings. 1 ” | For good measure Mr. Rreeskin maker. conducts his_orchestra in the over-| Magnificent In its settings, engrossing ture from “The Mikado” and those!in story and acted with skill by an e | who enjoy the work of Ben Alexan-| cellent cast, Richard Walton Tull | der. whose portrayal of ‘‘Penrod” il- | film version of “Omar, the Tentmake lumined the screen recently, with Guy Bates Post 'in the role which him again in “Yankee Spir | he created for the stage, yesterday held | | Harmony"” gives the old-timers the attention of large crowds at Cran- to join in singing the old| dall's Central Theater. Nine full reels ogs a#nd to renew their youth in!in length, the production is rich in the visiting again_“The Ole Swimming | beauty and color of the orlent. and in Hole” with “Whittler's Bare Toot | its pictures of life in “golden Nuisha- Boy." { pur”* when that Persian city was the culfural center of the world. o Guy Bates Post repeats on the screen PALACE—"Lawful Larceny. his Omar of the stage plav. a loving There is no gambling in New York, | and lovable character, persecuted ang just like there is no drinking, nefther | tortured, yet never falling to enlist sym- is there any place for the night owls | pathetic interest. The actlon spans ai- | and habitues of the wee Sma’ hours | most the life of a generation, and Post | Ito go—any more. 1o | This flat assertion is flatly made. | Birl- luna contradicted with gorgeous effect | Dppoion: lin “Lawful Larceny.” the motion pic- | thelr [ture which opens the 1423-192¢ season | the | this week at Loew's Palace Theater. | An Alan Dwan production of the| Samuel Shipman stage play, “Lawful | Larceny,” combines cleverness in plot and action and a colorful setting, full of majestic distances, beautiful women, hula-hula dancers, and finish- ed work on the part of the cast, to give the whole a charm. Nita Naldi, as the adventuress man- ager of the exclusive gambling club, sumptuously, not to say voluptuously, ( gowned; Lew Cody, as her smooth. faithful (%) partner in crime; Hope | | Hampton. as the devoted wife of the | luckless husband, played by Conrad | agel, who had lost his all to the | gambling outfit—these play through ! the lights and shadows, and wind the threads of the plot through one tight situation after another to a climax of dazzling cleverness. One of the features of the gorgeous cabaret in the gambling den is a hula-hula_ dance Dby the famous | dancer, Gilda Grey, of the Follies; | = Florence O'Denishawn and Alice | : arr ite How the devoted wife extricates| » om the clutches of the | and Refreshing her husband f “den of thieves” and turns the tables | (Incorporated) e a surprise of dashi = i . ‘The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, Ga. 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