Evening Star Newspaper, September 3, 1923, Page 19

THE EVENING STAR,« WAéHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1923. AMUSEMENTS | STRAND—“Dance Carnival.” Company, with the Glick Sisters, in [for an@encore plays with oo “X"Melodious Dance Carnival” the |feeling & Kise in ibh ’D“;gaf,!'“g;. bill at the Strand this week promises | Vietor Herbert. # continuation of (e delightrul eum- | R mer entertainment that have k & “ Tih street plavhouse crowded during | PALACE—Leatrice Joy, in “The the summer months. The featured act is a steal from musical comed according to the bill, and is a twent Leatrice Jor. who has played so many | minute singing, dancing and musi- |of Cecll de Milles wife heroines, in in. | cal revue Silent Partner.” 5 teresting fashion, adds etill another | Dances ranging from the interpre- |type to her 1 in the picture, “The | tative ballet are offered by Elizabeth | Silent Partner,” at the Palace Theater | Morgan, who was seen last year with | this week. Elsie Janis. Her partner, William Ladd, was a star of “Tangerine” last season. Special Ty, (‘oifl(lum“:s and novelties comi to make the | a5 supremely modest in her des act one of the best ever presented at | material suscess in mal T desires for the Strand. It Is the story of an overconfident YOUng business man and his wife, who s supremely ambitious in her ideals, but Owen Moore ' is good in the role of the husband, a clerk in a Wall street magnate's office. The Fiyimg Henrys, an acrobatic team, offer a few moments of thrill- | Ropery B Ing ‘diversion on the trapeze and fio u":‘d,fi:"" is also satisfactory as, Other acts Include Hug B 2 Lind, in a musical | S2mbing, in the Cale- gnate, unscrupulous in his | the effort to charm the . ittractive voung wife away from her usband. Ifowever, it Is Miss Joy who Ives life to t s antique plot and makes fascinating “picture of the tale. She portrays the wodern woman full of re sourc: fulness in Lying to kecp her hap- O e atlL ess from being swamped in the finan- | 3 .‘I"i_t“;l P chesiral numbeps Ciai mire that absorbed the happinesa of or the direction of Arthur. J. Man- € of her friends. Her methods are unique and interesting and the story | Ihas particular interest at this time, | especial rings. mett and Theres d and ventriloqual oddi dnnin | tions from the land of the heather, |7 and Maxson and Brown, in touches of comedy. The photoplay offering is “Drum: of Fate, ter ur vell complete the program. to young married couples who perately to “keep up with the 8" and thus risk the real things of '\ Supplying the divorce courts with sordid cases il; |~ There i nothing ted in the prob! solution Photoplays. impossible or exag m of this picture or | of the problem. Many ! METROPOLITAN—Jackie Coogan, in "Circus Days.” e the active s 5 and goigeous gowns “The greatest show on earth” is In|are displayed for thase Sor oo : town and Jackie Coogan. infant mar-isort of thing. e who want that | vel of the sereen, ith it. Jackie's| T Dallo eithlALSE | fnimitable grin, which shows that he!John. js really pathetic i Las lost a couple of his first teethat humor. since his last picture. was flashed on|the news rcel compiete the program. - | the screen of the Metropolitan Thea- SEOETE. ter before a packed house vesterd afternoon for the first time in h The comedy attempts | The Topics of the Day and newest picture, Circus Days." doubtedly one of the best and funniest films that has ever come to the Capi-j! o n tal city. K | ragic cor dy Charlie Chaplin gave testimony of 190 # Poot his own genius when he chose this | with the big dark eyes fo adne v halE Sl picture, “The K14 ({5 fing ali he e and Jacile himselr has upheld hisifo fitd ali hee homely. unat tently ever since. He!pa' 1, rara avis. a2 harn knowledge of the hos as well as of » and_Chaplin stand in = 5 = ives as comedy ar- 1id nake tions aspira struck girl, know n step right in h! ckford or a Norma little bo the memarabic onl ng poor old grand- o it, has extended econd week at th Cf ¢ reputation con seems to he t Possess is the story of a it owed mother who live zy brother-in Toby ackie) and his mother e treated with pe ¥ zin and forced to do all the dru’..r farm. After a series of i unfortunate happen:ngs ; Gl screamingly funny to the audience, [poineh 19 10 b but truly pathetic to scared little; on™yh &' O Toby. the child runs away from his: costly ~nd angry uncle and a beating. s in a wagon of hay and £0:h¢ photoplay “Hollywood™ next town. There the cir-|the big actione of the S in full swing and, like any sma'l [you cannot well afford to miss it. boy, Toby loses no time getting to the scene of the white tops. He attracts the eye of the owner of the refreshment concessions and is employed by him at the heart-breaking salary of one dollar a week, with room and food. Later an opportunity comes to Toby to repay - of the little girl hition draws the e i -1 tempted at the dr.wing power of lies in the fact that woman, who ever fame ¢ a public acquaintance on_the i is to be seen in it. in their at the studios even in their high-powered may 1 wood, e Whatever CENTRAL—*“Shadows of the North.” William Desmond is the picture star at Crandall's Central Theater until Wed- | his small granddaughter, the baby |nesday, in “Shadows of the North,” the | old clown’s kindness by impersonating | Story of a young war hero who returns | bareback rider. Here is the cream of | home to find his father murdered and the comedy, and yesterday the shrieks | that his mining claim has been jumped | of laughter and spontaneous applause | by renegades. Vengeance. of ‘course, ! when young Ja e tried to ride the big | is the order of the day, and he proceeds | white hor: ted the amusement!fo Wreak it through “the young and value of As a resuit of his | beautiful daughter” of the leader of the success in accidentally “putting over |Outlaws. At one time the s something new,” the astute manager of | lurid story, for Desmond is the show emplors Jackie at a salary of by Virginia Browne Faire $75 a week. Triumphantly the child|dangerous rapids of a river and com- goes to get his mother from the old ) bine thrills’ with admiration for the | homestead. grandeur of the rocky scenery, -ni The photography is excellent and the Hamilton furnkhes fun in “F. | acenes of the circus so realistic that one ge pest who takes to | can almost smell the sawdust. Jackie s into the hands of a | is well supported by a cast that hc!udesl A"‘!Dg"r'--‘_l» and pipe- | pretty little Peaches Jaé‘ksan aGnd }"{' added attractions. clever character actor, Cesare Gravini. Sam de Grasse also is good in the role CRANDALL'S—“The Miracle freshment booth owner. i ! i indic o organ music are Blues” a short comedy, and Baby.” | e e HarTy Carey. in “The Miracle Baby." £ oA St = s amusing the patrons of Crandall's the overture, “A Day With a Cir-| ppeater the first three days of the |hwee-k w;‘lh the adye ntures o‘i a wronged 5 ero, who proceeds to wreak vengeance RIALTO—"Red Lights.” on his enemies in good old *red-blooded. 3 e two-fisted fashion, with all the accom- Almost every one, if pressed to it,|,anyving ups and downs, including the | will confess to a weakness for de-|thrills of “mellerdrammer,” while Mr. tective plays and mystery storiesfanq Mrs. Carter De Haven lighten the Witness the success of “The Bat."lheavy moments with their comedy in which was co deftly constructed tothe two-reel laughmaker, “Private, create a case of nerves In even the | Please Keep Off.” Minor films and pipe- most phlegmatic and then take ajorgan music are added attractions. ; Elance at “Red Lights" which lllu-i mina the screen at thc Rialto § @ PR it eel CeThe Rear Car by Ed.; LEADER—“Bfrth of a.Nation. ward Rose, was a thriller of the David k. G ith's masterpiect first order, but the film adaptation|“The Birth of a i made | of the story surpasees the original | reappearance at the vVehiclo and makes it seem tame by |yesterday for an indefinite run. comparison. .. | Washington picture patrons From the moment we glimpse Wil- | this wonderful pieture. probably the ! liam Worthington as Luke Carson. ! first and certainly one of the greatest ' president of ~the Transcontinental | productions of sereen drama. It is! vailro: cading Psycho Analyses | the e pieture which in its earlier and Fear.” as his train moves through | days was shown in Washington at| the cerio darkness. we are carried | regular theatrical p forwanl at an accelerated speed!that it was greeted which begins with a whir and endscrowds at every performance indi- | with a bang. Clever comedy is sup- s that it has lost none of its in- | plied by Ray Griffith as Sher- !tcrest, none of its original charm. idan Perciv the “crime -de- | flector. whose mission in life is to | deflect’ orime before it is committed. | RECEIVER PLEA DENIED. but his efforts in this case are at : 3 times so_unsuccessful that persons with weak nerves should be prepared | Plaintiffs Also Refused Access to to have them stretched like the! string of a violin ’when it is tuned ! Corvoration’s Books. _the snapping point. i Wl e i Those \?v'nnglike stories where!| LOUISVILLE, Ky. September 3.—! mysterious missives drop from no- | Officiais of the Creasey Corporation, i Where oo atmosphere charged with |@ co-operative buying organization dynamic commands from a red arc|With headquarters here, were said to light to “prepare for death"—night have recelved word that Judge Mc- scones with flitting shadows—hairy | Kee. in the United 'States district | hands groping through omen swin. {court at Mimneapolis, had refused to dows—will find all they expect—and |2ppoint a recelver for the corpora-: Tiore in SN {tion and denied the plaintiffs an ex Maris Prevost. as Ruth Carson. 2mination of the books. 4 it X | 1t was said the corporation has ' e o thetic Triond ‘ane Lake!thousands of members located in Hersholt a very active villian, Johnny { thirty-four states, mostly in the mid Walker is a lover who affords rather | dle west. inadequate protection to his perse- | er Theate i cuted sweetheart, but then there i ‘Would be no story it he were on the | SUNDAY LAW INVOKED. | job and we must have the story by | sy i all ‘means. In addition to cleverly (‘Dn!l"l\'ed"g‘ght Operltor! of emphis The- scenes of a train traveling through | the darkness, a huge set representing | aters Placed in Arrest. @a cabaret in Los Angeles is provided, | MEMPHIS, Tenn., September 3.—— which serves to introduce Dagmar!Eight operators of theaters in Mem- Godowsky in a colorful dance. The | phis were arrested yesterday charged limax of the feature is a runaway | with “‘unlawfully conducting a mo- Pullman car, and if the preceding|tion picture entertainment on Sun- | episodes have failed of their purposs day” in violation of a ‘ptatute enacted , this finale is guaranteed to do the!at the last session of the Tennessee | work. | legislature. H As supplemental features there are| The motion picture theaters were the Fox News and Mr. and Mrs. 'not closed by the police and continued Carter De Haven in “A Waggin' Tale.” to operator last night. i The Environment Is Good —that surrounds the Apartments at Fifteenth and W Streets N.W. 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