Evening Star Newspaper, September 16, 1923, Page 61

JST as it seemed that prohibition, or wet vs. dry, had ceased to furnish startling news for the daily press the theater has arrived at the conclusion that here is a theme with great possibilities, both | from the dramatic and from the scenic standpoint. Not that the stage has ever lacked anything in the way of intoxicants among the numerous exhibits in the property room, for cold tea and other imagina- tive beverages have always been consumed in large quantities in the ag- gregate, and actors have looked forward with fond anticipation to those rare occasions when they were compelled to dispose of real champagne in full view of the audience. The latter-day attention to the subject centers about the idea that theater audiences may delight in seeing a counterfeit of the old gilded palace or observe how .the law is being violated under existing conditions. 3! Among the scenic features that are expected to draw large audiences is the reproduction, with every attention to detail, of the mahogany bar, a relic of the past. - Reports of one new play announce that the most effective feature of its investiture is such a bar, presented in all the glare of the spotlight for the eager glances of reminiscent patrons.” Still an- other producer, who presents a similar bar, resurrected by his archeologi- cal experts from the early decades of the nineteenth century and pre- sented with artistic perfection, asserts that when the drama has finished its run this thing of beauty is to be presented to a Washington museum. * k * % ’I’O be sure, we always have the crude drinking place of the melodrama of the wild: west, but the more distinctive restroom of the effete east is an outgrowth of the new drama, and is worthy of note in any review of the development of the stage. On the side of the domain of thrills and action, Washington .this week will have the privilege of viewing a melodrama of the bootlegger as the opening attraction of the season at Poli's Theater. A notice from the management says that “Thumbs Down” offers something: “different irom the so-called comedies of prohibition.” The brochure goes on to say: “To those who have no idea of the workings of the underground cabal against the prohibition amendment it might be well to suggest a visit to the playhouse, so that they might get a glimpse of the danger to the whole structure of our government that lurks in the encourage- ment of what many consider an unlawful traffic. But don't get the idea that ‘Thumbs Down’ is-a preaghment. It is a play designed to run the whole gamut of emotions. It leaves a pleasant yet ingenuous taste in the minds of its beholders.” Y 2 3 No person can assert that bootlegging or the interest in mahogany bars lacks the association h real life that is essential to the drama, but there is a natural subject for heated discussion in the assumption that this represents -a form of progress to which producers can point with pride. * ok k * CONSTRUCTION work on the front of the National Theater has been more than an example of the builders’ skill. It has'been a reminder in the past few weeks that a new theatrical season is upon us, that the auditorium behind that wall, as well as the other amusement houses, will soon be receiving crowds, and that shows of one kind or another will be offered for the approval or disapproval of Washington audiences. Even through the dullness of the summer months the artisans on the National have kept alive thoughts of the coming period of regular amusements, and the constant query has been: -“What kmd‘loi shows are we to have in all the Washington theaters > > 7 There is only one way that any adcquatu&)rqcasz can be made, and that is by studying wherever possible the inténtions -of the producing managers. What do they thirk the public wants?’ Being clever man- agers, they are going to try to respond to the public demand ‘so far as their ability permits. ¢ X . A writer who refers to “Al” Woods as the yellow journalist of ‘the stage pictures him as sitting on_a camp chair in front of his office building, watching the crowds. He is listening to the chance, care- less speech of the people, wondering what they will like, and guessing. “Not often guessing wrong,” says the writer, “for he has had few fail- ures.” But suppose Al Woods and all the other producers should hear the crowd demanding real dramatic art, wouldn’t they try to find the plays and the actors who could produce it? A New York writer this week gave an insight into the kind of art we might have, to the exclusion of all others, if the producers were con- ed ‘the public had no higher demands... He said: “Frantic stage directors-and authors will never have to tear their hair out in despera- tion because Miss —— insists on their making her big scene bigger. Quite the contrary, if there’s any hair-tearing it will be on the score she thinks the scene too big already. " Miss , for several seasons one of the most comely chorus ornaments, was engaged for a small role in a revue recently. But she left the troupe flat yesterday because, she pointed out, she had too many lines to commit to memory. The man- ager is doing as well as can be expected, but his physician recommends two or three days of quiet.” % % %k ¥ T is not to be supposed that an affectation of superiority is evidence of art. It is conceivable that at'a given moment in some particular city a burlesque house might happen to have on its stage a more outstanding example of art than could be found up the street in a more pretentious theater—some development of talent that is untouched by environment. It is real talent, whereyer it may be found, that the best theaters require for their success. Turning to the movie world, for an example, the announcement that “The Ten Commandments” has been filmed by the Paramount producers does not warrant the conclusion that the pendulum is on the way to a new extreme. The circumstances, however, taken in conjunction with the character of some other recent or projected films, lead to the belief that some producers, at least, have been listening to a part of the crowd which has a healthy interest in vital human events. The probability that the public will approve of the biblical film mentioned is upheld by the press announcement from the Famous Players that it is “the most spectacular picture ever filmed.” Possibly the American theatergoer has been having the same experi- ence that the small boy of excessive bravado has with his first cigar. It may disgust him, but it is.a part of the sophistication of life. After that comes the turning point. s .Theater Guild Company To Open in Washington ASHINGTON playgosers will learn ) patronize and emjoy such presenta- with interest that the season of |llons as have been given to guild aud ¥ the Theater Gulld repertory will open 'r-r::l?c::xl-nm’::::o}norn! this -touring in this city, the date being the week |company now makes it possible to of October 15 at the Belaseo Theater. | Présent not only guild successes in This 15 the firat step toward carrying | Suig oo empuy 10 Present them with out the plan to give to theatergoers | Basil Sydney will head the reper- outslds of New. York the-goteworthy [Lory Company, Shich is organised. snd gulld productions, which have been | 0*3pe°% by JoRoph M, Galtes. “Thres confined solely to the-Garrick Theater | Will b pressnied on toby Thoss sra fn that city. It is in accord with the | 7He Who Gets Slapped.” by Leonid constantly growing desire on the part | ATV, Thass ‘Peer Gynt” and of discriminating playgoers of the | B 5 g Country to obtain the obportunity to |riek Fneater, Do) NOW 4t the Gar e S S SR S Chesapeake Beach. Ram's Head Plans. Week-end flshing excursions con- | RQOBERT BELL, director of the tinue at Chesapeake Beach, although Ram’'s Head Players, and James the amusement season has formally | Reynolds, art director of the organi- closed. A special fishing excursion :’&fl"; oy f?rnl&;z ::or::;udl- ann; will be held today. More than three Ram' 5 o Gundred persons, including < many | tg. " niesd Plavers in Washing- women, are expected to attend. The| In regard to the date of their open- public has been invited. Three prizes | ing and ‘N‘b“'h‘?::fl'- of thefr will be awarded for catches, .| Sut, although 1t s knows . ey on A special train will leave the Dis- (somewhat larger theater than the trict line at 8:30 a.m., returning from | 18th bll'fi':;t playhouse is &n interesting the beach at 6 p.m. On arriving st | P°gel of the redort, the - execursiontuts . will | thoseate oty :r'or\la{u;"umn‘:‘.'&"' board fifteen or twenty inotor |linek’s “Pelleas and Melisande,” with vi J hine Hutchinson as the Iaunches _and visit n.hh!; grounds, | Jo0eD e etore ilic s ol principally in Herring bay. Fish will|$on characterized by freshness and he eighed in on the boardwalk at|originality. & p.m. John J. Ernst and Capt. Wil- An‘otl;;r drnw-llam for the early liam Webster are in charge of ar- 1""“'.wfi‘:_b'.:"’.‘l‘.““;,.“;‘:“:“;":; rangements, Reynolds who during h:- re- Iimited train service to and from |cent six months' abroad, has made a the Beach is in effect dally careful study of Elizabethan archi .-mun&»uyfihm teotures and history, z < 5 ‘Il;!;fivzns sid ident p . Classics and Jazz. PA[:'L SPECHT, whose Sympho- % | eidentally he af 1) fu Syncopated Orchestra is on tour, is sald to have found the key to & combination of the classics and jags. He was. formerly a member of the American Guild ‘of Violinists, and made concert tours, Then he delved into the mysteries of jazz, and de- cided to combine the beauties of the classics with the insouciant rhythms of jazz, thue mixing in a curious way the two forms, seemingly miles apart. His first atlempts resulted in hy brid form, not without certain crudi- ties of style, but he kept on with his experiments, and has perfected this new form of musical expression. Current Attractions AT THE THEATERS THIS WEEK. POLI'S—Opening of season with melodrafna, “Thumbs Down.” First performance this evening. PRESIDENT—Stock company, ‘in “It’s a Boy.” evefiing. KEITH'S—Vaudeville; headed by Paul Specht’s Orchestra. tomorrow. COSMOS—Vaudeville, headed by, “Carnival of Venice.” Opens- to-" morrow. STRAND—Vaudeville, headed by Leona La Mar. Opens today. GAYETY—“Hippity Hop,” burlesque. Opens today. HOWARD—"Liza,” second week, POLI'S—"“Thumbs Down.” “Thumbs Down,” a crook play, is to be the opening attraction at Poll's, starting tonight. It 18 sald to be a play of mystery, of thrills and sur- prises. The cast is headed by Howard | be Lange and includes Sue MacManamy, |1 Thals Lawton and others. Myron Fagan, the author; tells a story in- volving the intricacies of the boot- uqlnt industry. A b wn' opens In a typleal govern= m-n} ai!.ualetlul make an arrest for boot! the. b;:'fll"lfl' ‘after having served a | Mi short term, appears in an art studio Two years elapse and Boston. young man there {s discovered to have been the son of a mnotorious woman, the. bootlegger uses o advantage in t d this knowledge rying u‘: uretnte dissension 1In ti:o love affairs o oung couple. {forapts to shield him selt from rther criminal prosecu- tlon through a relative of one of the young lovers. THE PRESIDENT-—“It's & Boy.” ‘With' the fion at the Presl- dent last geason of William Antho! McQGuire's: "Six-Cylinder. Love” .&y TWCJSfi(BUSBMANnABMRLY PBAYNE. Opens tomorrow in nilnd, patrons of the President this week will be interested In another of Mr. McGuire' s which was presented at the Sam H. Harris Theater last season. layed for the first time in Wash- n, beginning tomorrow mnight. by the President Players, with usual matinees on Wednesday and Satur- day. Managing Director Alcine also an- the addition to the rs of three new. memi organ, a new juvenile; Miss upt, ‘e new ingenue, t, who will assume in forthcoming Presi- ew. players. will -ap- John Litel and ng, féeatured members of the cast, who will enact the two prineipal roles in “T other President favorites who be seen in this comedy are hard, Helen Travers, Joseph Allenton, J. Irving White and Gustave Bowhan. which was staged by reveals the comic rominent rol nt productio ; These three 's a-Boy,” while 7 Mass PATRICOLA Reiths = | Tt | nish’ thé headline attraction of the | w |ne nas & mother who regards nim as |a potential captain of industry and who believes.that the small-town en- vironment of Carbondale, Pa.,’is not altogether suited to the proper mental and physical growth of so thoroughly promising an offspring. Determined to soar ‘to greater heights and to see her husband as a merchant prince, she bitterly opposes her husband's desire- to rise to affluence through the medium of a chain of small stores, and when he is offered a 310,000 job in New York .by & big syndicate and a good price for his Carbondale holdings it is the mother who insists that he accept. They adopt the New York idea of living ahead of their income, and suddenly the big crash comes. The husband discovers himself out of a job and the truth dawns on him that fll! was all ‘a.trick to get control of is chaln-store interests. Just how the' family begins over again, meets: the crash and adjusts itself to a new start.are elements of' the-comedy. e Meyer Goldman and. his .orchestra “{will offer an overture and entr'acte: musical program. KEITH’S—Paul Specht. In the realms of otchestra music a. conspicuous leader is Paul Specht, who- left ‘Keith vaudeville -in the spring for a special European book- ing, which called for London and Parls engagements of his Sympho- Syncopated Orchestra. Now he is back home with a new repetoire of American and European noveides and ‘will ‘head - the -current Keith bill, ‘which opens with tomorrow’s matinee. Miss Patricola will:contribute el.l added at! Others_on 1 are the Arnaut Brothers, Paul Decker, and his compaay in o t"*;~Harry Roye, 1ly Ma Y a‘l;w.h'l. 1 Billy mbier, In “Enjéying Themselves’ George Au tin Moore, and Cordelia Haager, “It's Not Being Done Any Moore and Freed, in “Spooning Ballooning,” and the ¢lub swingers, Baggert and Sheldon, with Aesop an\l'el, Toplcs of the Day and the Pathe News. Harry Manners, revolution that takes.place in, the domestic scheme on the arrival of the first boy. In the play, however, it is not the new arrival who Is re- 1 sponsible for all the merrlment. for COSMOS—“Carnival of Venice.” Mlle. Donatella, harpist and.a tam- hourjnist virtuoso, heading a fine company _of classic_instrumentalists in "The Carnival of Venice, furs i | Cosmos Theater bill this”week, -begin- | [ir EAUSAT, ning with the matinee tomorrow. This offering is exceptional in the musical line; first, in the delightful character of the selections Introduced and in the artists who play tham; and, secondly, bacause of Mlle. Donatelfa, *whose work with the tambourine, not as the blackface minstrel's toy, but as @ musical instrument of remarkabls ef- fects in many of the sprightly Italian and other musical selections, is indeed remarkable. She wins her audience at ‘the outset and holds it often far beyond her powers of endurance, so unique is her work; and then, too, Mile. Donatella is a fine harpist. Her offering is one of the standard fea. l\:]!;ea of the highest class of vaude- ville. John Boyle and Virginia Bennett wil bring ‘another unique feature in “Scrambled Legs,” a homely monicker for an extraordinary _terpsichorean number. which opens with a breezy fox trot and blends into eccentricity personified in what follows. Another feature out of the ordinary and yet delightful in its entertain- ment will present Hal Johnson and Company, in “Mr. Chaperone,” an amusing little farce; with music, in- troducing also George P. Wilson and Florence Little. Other attractions will include Mon- roe Brothers, tramp comedians and acrobats, as “The Bouncing Babies”; Fisher and Gilmore, in a skit, “Her Bashful Romeo,”. with a sophisticated in entertaining _patter and and Elsle Huber, a singing comedienne of many: attraction: The photoplay fedture for the week will be the screen version of “Lawful Larceny,” with Hope Hampton, Nita Naldi, Lon Chaney and Conrad Nagel in the leading roles. It is the story of how a clever little wife visited just punishment upon the - person who robbed her of her husband and of the £00d things to which his family were entitled. The play was seen- hére not long ago at the Belasco. A two-reel comedy, one of the best, and the Ur- ban Movie Chats will complete a bill of first-class entertainment. ‘With the performances today start- ing at 3 p.m., the bill will present th amusing- little “Mother Goose". travaganza and other features:of L ‘week's bill. _STRAND—Leona Le Mar: ; Leofta La Mar, “the girl with a thousand eyes” is the headline fea- ture of the vaudeville portion of the week's program at the Strand. She is:the girl mind-reader, who is one of the youngest exponents of thought transference. ‘Miss La Mar s accom- panied by W. A. Shannon, scientist, who became interested in her power: She will appear with her director three times daily during the week. Other numbers on the bill Include Selma Bratz and company, introduc- ing & lady juggler; Nick and Gladys Vergs, in a musical act, “Concordia” Bob Fisher and Sam Sheppard, come. dlans, and Ev. Phillips. and com- y, indances and song specialties. Fhe 'photodramatic offering s five reels of Ben Turpin in ‘“The Shriek of Araby.” Short film features and Director Arthur J. Manvell's speciai orchestral numbers will complete the program. GAYETY—“Hippity Hop.” Peck & Kolb's “Hippit be seen this week at the Harry. (“Rib”) Shannon Leeming. featursd. George Peck, who for a number of vears was the man- ager of Gayety here, part owner of t‘hhl.%‘lie- ”‘aun:un L “Hippity Hop” was among the (Continued on Third Page.) i | north country is “The Eteranl Strug- | Photoplays AT THE PHOTOPLAY This Week HOUSES THIS WEEK. BELASCO—"Scaramouche” film’ costinues. COLUMBIA—"Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife” continued. METROPOLITAN—"Main Street” and “High Life.” *Shown this afternoon and evening. RIALTO—"Drifting” and “Back Stage.” Shown this aftersioon and evening. PALACE—"“The Eternal Struggle.” Shown this afternoon and even- ing. CENTRAL—“Modern Marriage” and “Fighting Blood.” -Shown this afternoon and evening. CRANDALL'S—"“Playing It Wild.” Shown this afternoon and even- ing. AMBASSADOR—“Main Street” and “High Life,” Midweek opening, new theater. BELASCO—*“Scaramouche.” The latest Rex Ingram screen drama, “Scaramouche,” had its first world’s showing under the auspices of the Metro producers at the Belasco last evening, ‘apd will continue .at that theater. ‘Mr. Imgram has pre- viously scored .in “The Four Horse- men of the Apocalypse.” Rafael Sabatinl is the author of the novel, “Scaramouche,” from which Rex Ingram drew his plot, characters and inspiration. The word “scara-, mouche” in French is descriptive of & well meaning, but clumsy fellow, & sort of unlucky and unhappy clown of old-time pantomime. He had & ready tongue and smile, dressed crazily, and often made his exit in a tumble that set the company roaring. This particular Scaramouche is dif- ferent, starting as a country attor- ney, who quarrels with the govern- ment and joins a strolling band of players—hence the strange name— and steps into fame as a master | swordsman, political genius and ro- mantic adventurer. Ramon Navarro,| Alice Terry and Lewis Stone head the | cast. { ] PALACE—“The Eternal Struggle.” | A melodramatic romance of the| gle,” Reginald Barker production for Metro, will be presented at the Palace for the week beginning this after- noon, as tha ohief feature of a pro- gram which will include a new com- edy, the Pathe news views, Toplcs of the Day and selections by the Palace Orchestra, ‘under the direction of Thomas Joseph Gannon. “The Eternal Struggle” is Mr. Bar- ker's plcturization of C. B. Lancaster's novel, “The Law Bringers,” and it de- | rives its chief force from the con-| flict between love and duty in the| acts of two members of the Royal| | Northwest Mounted. Police—the con- | filet betwoen their love for the same girl and their duty to the law, which | the girl scems to have violated. i The chief roles of the story are enacted by Earle Williams, Rene Adoree, Barbara La Marr, Wallace | Beery, Pat Harmon, George Kuwa and Josef ‘Swickard. The film is distinguished for its visualization of nature in her wilder moods—a. series of scenes flimed on the very locale of the story, showing | a great lce-jam, a buffalo stampede | and other incidents that thrill with; their action. | i1 RIALTO—“Drifting” and "Bncki Stage.” A double feature bill is announced | for the Rialto beginning today and | continuing ~ throughout - the week. “Drifting,” the Universal special fea. ture, will be presented as the major offering, Priscilla Dean appearing as | the star. | John Colton, author of wrote “Drifting” as it was original produced by Willlam A. Brady, with | Alice Brady in the stellar role. Miss Dean's appearance makes the film version interesting to those who saw or read about the play, for the hero- ine's role is essentlally dramatic. Wallace Beery plays the heavy role. | Matt Moore is the leading man. An- na Mae Wong has a sympathetic part. | Others in the cast are Willlam V. Mong, a master of oriental charac- terizations; Bruce Guerin, Frank Lan- Rose Dione and i ‘Tichenor. hill 18 one of the sets, and its burn- ing furnished a. picturesque thrill. The added feature is Hal Roache's latest. “Our Gang” comedy, “Back Stage,” with Farina as chief perform- er, supported by Micky, Ernle, the Kid, Fats and all the rest. A show- ing of recent world events as caught by the Fox News camera men will complete this portion of. the bill. Or- chestral features under Director George Wild will be provided, giving for the first time i@ this city as an overture two numbers from Delibes’ ballet, “Coppelia.” METROPOLITAN-—“Main - Street” and “High Life.” “Main Street,” Sinclair Lewis' story, will be presented for the first time in ‘Washington in photodramatic form as chief feature of this week's bill at the Metropolitan. The comedy will be Mermald’s new vehicle for Lige Conley, “High Life,” and the bill will be completed by a varled list of supplementary film and musical attractions. e ‘The Warner Brothers’ picturiza.’, tion of “Main Street” adhéres clogely to the story set forth ’in ‘the.baok. | n the role of Carol Milford, the artist from the city, who.madrries ito. wil- lage' life, Florence Vidor has an ex- cellent role. Monts Blue is cast as Dr.. Kennicott. Noah. Beery appears as “Adolph Valborg:and: Robert- Gor- don' as Erik, his who “brings the bitter tongue of gt to" the home of the Kennicotts by an entirely mis- cnderstood infatuation:for the young woman whose idealism-has touched a responsive chord in his own breast. Others who contribute to the perform- ance include Harry Myers as Dave Dyer, the village druggist; Alan Hale, Iouise Fazenda, Josephine Crowell, Ann Shafer, Otis Harlan, Gordon Grifiith, Kathryn Perry and Gilbert Clayton. ‘The - musical program arranged by Daniel -Breeskin, conductor of ,the Motropolitan rchestra, will be fea- tured by a concert overture number composed. of selections from Kal- man's operetta, “Sarl.” The request number for the week will be Boe- cerinl's celebrated “Minuet,” and 'in addition there will be presented an- other musical novelty in which the audlence - will ‘be . permitted to par- ticipate. The bill will embrace a new issue of the Metropolitan World Survey and short-reel subjects. COLUMBIA—“Bluebeard's Eighth Wife.” /lumbis for a second week, beginning Gloria Swanson, in “Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife,” continues at.the Co. this afternoon. Those who remember the in Washington of “Bluebeard’s Eig] Wife,” as a stage play for Ina Claire, ! will ‘appreciate the possibilities for | B! settings and costume and scenio effécts in the adaptation of this ench comedy, by-Alfred Savolr, which | . as been brought to the screen as a| Sam Wood production for Paramount, based on a scenario b{ Sada Cowan. ‘The supporting cast includes Hunt- ley: Gordon, Charles Greene, Lianne Salvor, Paul Weigel, Frank R. But- ler, Robert Agnew and Irene Daiton. Added screen and musical feature: include the latest Ben Turpin comedy; | “Pittalls of a Big City"; International A complete village stretching in a | & straggling street down the side of a | CENTRAL — “Modern Marriage” and “Fighting Blood.” Emotional drama and mystery melodrama will be found in ‘“Modern Marriage,” chief feature of the bill at the Central the first three days of the week, with Francls X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne filmed in the costellar roles. - An added attraction will be the first installment of a new serles of “Fighting Blood" dramalets based on the short stories by H. C. Witwer, with George O'Hara in the chief role. THe bill will be augmented by a new igaue,of tho Kinograms and pipe or- | B8N recitals by W. E. Thompson. Beginning Wednesday and for the re- mainder of the week will ?p shown ?m;fl Cruze's production of “Holly- ood. {CRANDALL'S—Playing It Wild.' Willlam Duncan will ‘be seen at days of the 2 Beginning this afternoon, in his latest production for Vitagraph, “Playing It Wild,” a comedy-drama of the west. Edith Johnson appears in the principal feminine rols. "Playing It Wild” deplots in what manner a carefree young cow- puncher brought law and order to a settlement where before they had been notably non-existent. The comedy for the early week will be supplied by Stan Laurel as “The Pest” The bill will be completed by short-reel added attractions and pipe organ accompaniment and Interludes. Wednesday and Thursday Jack Holt will occupy the screen in his latest Paramount release, “A Gentleman of Leisure” & comedy-drama, with scenes lald in England and America The supporting cast Casson Ferguson and quist. Monte Bamks will supply the fun for the midweek in. his latest comedy, ianging Around.” Sessue . Hayakawa, Japanese star, eturns to the local screen Friday and Saturday at Crandall's in “The Ver- milion Pencil.” The supplementary comedy will be “West Is West,” with Cliff Bowes. AMBASSADOR “Main Street” and “High Life.” The Ambassador, at 18th street and Columbia roed: northwest, will be thrown open to the public on. Thurs- day evening of this week, September 20, with the Warner Brothers' pro- duction of “Main, Street” Sinclair Lewls' story, as the principal attrae- tion and Lige Conlgy in “High Life,” the comedy offering. In “Maif Street” thA roles of Carol Milford and Dr. Will Kennicott are played by Florence Vidor anq Monte Hlue. The supporting cast includes Harry Myers, Noah Beery, Alan Hale, Robert Gordon, Josephine Crowell, Louise Fazenda, Otls Harlan and others. “High Life” is Lige Conley's latest production for Mermaid. In addition to the regular photodramatic and musical program, there will be cere- monies to slgnalize the opening of the Ambassador. Music will be furnished by the Am- bassador - rchestra of twenty, under the conductorship 6f Balley Alart. Apollo, and tomorrow, “Homeward and_“Take the Al d Wednesday, 'The and Mack',-Sennett's "; Thursday alomy Jane'" Between Showers’ " and round 12; Saturday, “WI the North Begins” and *“Sold at Auc- tion.” e Avenue “Grand. Today and tomorrow, “The Brass Bottle,” Mack Sennett's “Skylark- ng” and Lyman H. Howe's “Shooting the Earth”; Tuesday and Wednesday, “Homeward. Bound” and “Take the Alr”; Thursday, “Where the North Begins" and “The Mystery Man": Friday, lomy Jane” and “Between Showers”; ‘Saturday, “The Midnight Alarm” and cartoon comedy, “Chick- en Dressing.” Chevy, Chase. Tomorrow and Tuesday, “The Birth of ‘a Natlon” and Aesop's Fables: | Wednesday and Thursday, IThe Islo of Lost Ships,” “Our Gang,” comedy, and Fox news; Friday, “The Law of the Lawless,” “Live Wires” and “The Eagle’s Talons” No. 10; Saturday. “McGuire of the Mounted,” ‘“Round Figures” and “In the Days of Daniel Boone,” No. 9 Circle. Today, *Poor Men's Wiy row, “Are You a Fallure? “Cordelia; the Magnificent’ day, “The Beautiful and Thursday and-Friday, “The Girl of the Golden West”; Saturday, ‘The Critical Age.” Empire: Today and tomorrow, ‘“Trooper O'Neil” and_“The Eskimo"; Tuesday Wednesday, “Enemies of Wom- Thursday, "‘The Town That For- got God” and Fox news; Friday, “The Rum Runner: and Baby Peggy in “Carman Jr.”; .Saturday, “Western Bigod”, and “Two Twins. Hippodrome. Today. and temcrrow, “The Bright Shawl"; . Tuesday, “Bella Donna’; ‘Wednesday,. **Nobody's Bride"; day, ‘“When ~Knighthood Was in Flower”; Friday, *The Snow Bride”; Saturday; “Racipg’ Hearts.” Home. Today and jomorrow, “The Man Next Door”; Tuesday, “The_ Prince ;. Wednesday, “The Victor”: y, “The Hardest Way”: Fri- day, “Soul of the Beast”; Saturday, “The_ Miracle Baby." Leader, The Leader offering is “The Queen of Sheba,” featuring Betty Blythe and harem scenes are made “th¥' fantastic steps of cors,, Larry Semon, in & two- reel. comedy, is, prescnted. . “The Queen of Sheba” -will bo shown to- day, Mondey and Tuesday. i ... Olympic. Today, ‘fomorrow and Tuesday. “Robin ~_Hood”;. Wednesday and Thursday, James Whitcomb Riley's “The Girl I Loved"; Friday, “Omar. the Tentmaker"; Saturday, “Brawn of the North” and first episode of “In the Days of Daniel Boone.” Princess. news. views: of .the world events-and & musical. program by the Columbia Orchestrs, under-the dipection of Leon Brusilof, s T Jazz