Evening Star Newspaper, October 15, 1923, Page 24

‘2 MUSEMENTS NATIONAL—“Little Nellie Kelly.” George M. Cohan's newest musical comedy, “Little Nellle Kelly,” is in town at the National Theater this week and Is full of good dancing. The comedy llnes are rather negli- gible and the music, with the excep- tion of the two principal song hits, “Little Nellie Kelly, I Love You” and “You Remind Me of My Mother,” is not as full of snap and melody as is customary in Cohan offerings. Per- haps it Is because of the length of time that has passed sincé these two songs were fresh on phonograph rcc- ords that they do not arouse more interest. At any rate, if one likes & Cinderella musica] comedy of the “Irene,” “Sally” and “Mary” type, with a heroine that is supposed. theoret- ically at least, to be so beautiful and charming that all of the boys in town trail her around, aithough se is only & shop girl, then “Little Nellle Kelly™ will satisfy completely as entertain- ment. Elizabeth Hines has the title role and Charles King and Barrett Green wood give her fine support and keep the audience that doesn’t already which opened yesterday afternoon at the Metropolitan. The story is full of fun, pathos, common sense and ro- mance. What more could one ask for in the line of entertainment? But there is more—and lots of it—a com- edy, a song feature, the news pic- ture and music, with accent on the latter. Colleen Moore is the huntress—though she has much dif- ficulty bringing to submission the particular plece of big game which she aims to capture. as a member of the adopted her as an infant on the death of her white parents. She has never been told that she is not an In- dian, but there are wonders why she is not like her companions. ~She is possessed of a flery temper and a hearty dislike for chiefs who beat their squaws. She will engage In a fist-fight with the chief of any tribe and come out the victor. She is the terror of the men of her own tribe, and an object of amazement to the women. When an effort is made to trade her to the big chief of another tribe as tribe which times when she bewitching | Bela, as she is | called by the Indians, has grown up | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1923. write immortal verse. He thinks him- self unhappy because, although of noble birth, he has no money. Yet he possesses the love of a heautiful glirl and the spark of genlus. Later, when he has acquired wealth by means of a magic skin which grants his every wish, he Is still unhappy, for his life is measured by his desires, and every one which he expresses shortens its span. For the #kin, in addition to granting wishes, shrinks each time one is made, and the poet has been warned that when it lays in the palm of his hand death is near. He becomes a recluse, fearing that | assoclation with his fellow men may tempt him to make wishes, yet. in spite of his retirement, the selfish promptings of his own desires force him to use the magic tallsman, which steadily shrinks to smaller propor- tions. "It takes a dream to awaken him, for when his fancy shows him a loved one in peril he wishes for her safety, thinking it will bring his own death, for the skin lies in the palm of his hand. Instead he finds he is freed from the curse by his first unselfish thought, and upon awaken- ing he realizes that he has been a slave to his own selfish wishes, rather than to the tallsman, which he had blamed for all his troubles. And so love saves him from death, and the closing Scene takes him back to the attic where he was happiest, and s where he regains what he had lost. that holds your interest until the very last scene at the Columbla Theater this week. Bdward Horton Is Ruggles to a “T” and gives an unusually interesting scream imper- sonation. The other roles are equally well cast, with such capable actors | as Lols Wilson, Louise Dresser, Fritzi Ridgeway, Ernest Torrence and Charles Ogle portraying the other principals of the story. This picture may not appeal strongly to the average fan, becaus the settings are .of houses of at leas a score of years ago, although many of the costumes in the later scenes are very modern and the story itself gains rather than loses by this con- trast of setting and costume. Nearly everybody knows the story of “Ruggles of Red Gap.” Sufficien’ to say here that it is the tale of a great gawky cowboy whose, wife | must make a gentleman of him and employs a valet extraordinary to | make a veritable “silk purse out of a | sow's ear.” However, the fun comes | in when Ruggles findy “it simply | can't be done” and he, instead, be comes the real hero of the tale. The story is out of the ordinary | for a screen offering ani is certainly clever and amusing entertainment. The additional feature: were a ehort reel comedy entitled, “Somebody Lied,” and the news reel. PALACE—*“Strangzrs of the Night.” The man who sought the four-leaf clover and traveled far and wide only to find it at last on his own door- step had nothing on Ambrose Apple- john, who thought it was necessary to go into the world for romance, whereas it was within the four walls £ his ancestral home in such full measure that the events of one night were more than enough to satisfy the most ardent desire for adventur And Ambrose is willing to admit that | adventure safely chained in poetic verse is one thing, but meeting it face o face quite another. ¥ro mthe Walter Hackett play Fred Niblo, stage star, globe trotter and now director, has created a vehicle for Enid Bennett, his wife, which satisfies even the critical and pro- vides an hour of rare amusement for those who enjoy comedy of class. t Moore is delightful as the com- placent, every-day sort of a man, in whose blood the flery corpuscles In- herited from a pirate ancestor are ever struggling for ascendency, and on the bill a number of scenes unknown to the play are added to quicken the action. Barbara La Marr knows how to play the vamp and Robert McKim 15_an excellent fol] as Ivan Borolsky. The films have proved a haven of refuge to many a fine old actor, 2nd the im- personation of Lush, the old butler, by Thomas Ricketts is a rare bit to be enjoyed by all who appreciate character delineation at its best, The supplemental features include “The Knockout,” introducing familiar animal actors’ as “the Dippy Doo Dads.” The Pathe News, with three minutes with the Navy and the first game of the world series is shown, while the excellent orchestra contrib- utes {ts quota to round out a pro- gram which pleased the large audi- ence at yesterday's matinee. CENTRAL—“East Side, West Side.” ast Side, West Side,” a screen | love story, based upon the stage suc- | cess of the same_ title by Lelghton Osman and Henry Hull, is the offering the first four days of the week at the Central Theater. The leading_roles | young couple marry. action kindling the fires of love ul:dlmevieflom. is cast with Jack Fe¥le romance in the life drama of a work- w " ing girl, loved and courted by a son | " “Where Is This West?" which of the West Side soclal life. Eileen | Pened a three-day engagement at Percy playe the girl from the East|Crandail's Sth and B streets theater Stde, with Kennet] arlan, scion of | yesterday aftgrnoon. The plcture is a wealthy West Side family. a Universal Broduction and, as cah The story opens in an Fast Side |be detected through the presence of tenement house, where three Eirls | the male star. it fs ‘westora™ “bus working for their living make their (not one of the serious cowboy and home. " One of these girls, a Stenog- | Indlan affalrs. rapher and typist, secures extra work | Hoxle, in the rol {n the office of a Tich young man who | Mary, & waitress, suddenty And them is from the blue-blooded West Side elves each hal owner of a very Knickerbocker stock. A close friend- | western ranch. They journey to e ship springs up between the young | newly inherited property, but soon man and the girl, which in" time | find that the west today, at least in ripens into love -and romance. The | this particular area, has been Tmerk. mother of the young man objects and | ing time while the rest of the world has the girl dismissed and threatens| has moved forward. A wild and to disown the son if he marries her.| woolly exhibition of western lifs en- However, as in all true love stories, | sues. A frame-up on the part of the all difficulties are ironed out and the | foreman, who belleves the ity folk The third in- | have no right to the ranch, proves stallment of “Fighting Blood” is the | unsuccessful. Many a laugh isdrawn other offering rounding out the bill | during that part of the picture where | the foreman s acquainting Hoxle CRANDALL'S—“Where Is {and Mary with western life. West.” This are taken by Kenneth Harlan Eileen Percy and Walla Van It is a splendid | plcture reproduction, being a real love | romance in which' there is tense | _Ben Turpin, in “Where Is My Won- | dering Boy This Evening,” completes the bill. Mary Philbin, who by her extraor- dinary screen performances recently | +The white population in South | has rapidly risen to the helghts in' Africa numbers 1,619,000. know the story guessing as to_which one will win the heroine. Marion Saki is excellent in the second lead- ing feminine role and does some ex- ceptional dancing. She is grace per- sonified in a delightfully petite pack- age. Arthur Deagon is_picturesque 85 the police captain and Mercer Tem- pleton displays amazing dancing | ability in the role of the society de- | tective. i Other roles are well filled by Harold Vizard, Edna Whistler, Frank Otto, Joseph Niemeyer, Robert Pitkin, Dor othy Newell, Georgla Caine and Jean Palmer. The Lorrain sisters might be ranked with the Dolly sistars as twin dances of great agiiity. The settings are attra-tive and the costumes of the large chorus are beautiful in color and design. The masculine chorus trots on and off in amiable fashion, but does not do any noticeable work. STRAND—Strickland's Jazz Sextet. Jazz music of the kind that makes You want to get up and dance filled the Strand Theater vesterday and | pleased a large audience when Charles F. Strickland and his enter- tainers, a sextet of musiclans and singers, held the stage. Barto and Clark kept the audience | laughing with their songs, dances « and jokes, based on popular talking machine records. Monte and Lyons also were pleasing with thelr singin and humor, while “Dancing Items An “Our Gang"” comedy shows the famous youngsters initlating a new- comer into the mystic order of “Cluck Cluck Clams,” and their varied ad- ventures are delightfully amusing. A Fox News film and scenic “Nature Story™ complete the silver sheet pro- gram. Richard Lorleberg, cellist, is the solo artist of the musical interlude, nd his minlature program, which many in yesterday's audience wished might have been longer, included Popper's “Tarantelle,” and YSong of India,” by Rimsky-Korsakow. COLUMBIA—“Ruggles of Red Gap.” Harry Leon Wilson's famous story, “Ruggles of Red Gap.,” is faithfully port d_in_motion picture comeidy o I ? “PHILLIPS" MILK ~ OF MAGNESIA Insist on Genuine “Phillips” his wife, in exchange for seven fur | skins and a horse, she rebels, and he | departs in considerably more of aj hurry than when he arrived. It is at sthlv point that one of the old Indians tells her of the death of her parents and her adoption by the tribe. On learning that she is white, and that she has money, she sets out for the ]\\‘h(((e man’s country—and a husband. } The other half of the romance brings | in the son of a wealthy family, tired | i of being dictated to in respect to his| pleasures and his companions. He| leaves home and starts out on his | own, determined to make good. When Bela appears on the scene he is serv- ing as cook to a trio of ruffians, and is faring rather badly. Every scene is full of action, and { there is just enough complication and | i misunderstanding to keep the in-| terest whetted to the end of the play. The scenlc effects are beautiful, and i the musical score is a happy adapta- jtion to the phases and moods of the jplrtnrr. The English Shop for Men emon_ slap-stick comedy. wn Shop.” affords the | ment that allows the | adience to guffaw to | ntent. “Indiana Moo picture-song novelty, | lo. As a prologue to | “The Huntress.” Miss Josephine Hous- ton, soprano, dressed In Indian cos- {tume and in an appropriate setting, sings “By the Waters of Minneton — i s | Stralns of this song, with Victor Her- put on by Kennedy and Kramer, Was | pert's “Natoma,” and other appro- a fine exhibition of the light fan- She et T ; priate selectlons, constitute the mu- tastic. ~Gymnastic and balancing | gical theme accompanving the plo- $tunts by the Donals Sisters thrilled | ture, The orchestral offering, under the audience. | o Daniel Bree is Liszt' Gladys Walton, In “The Untamable,” 'E’.‘s';;";,‘,g";jn’g:’,‘;v i ladiaste furnishes the photovlay feature and | i Sy sodys enacts the role of a girl with a dual “ personality. The story was adaptea| RIALTO—¢“Slave of Desire.” {;‘;L’; L?;’,'fil}l‘d‘(‘_d‘f:‘mlh“"” film fea-{ mpe immortal pen of Honore Balzac v - wrote the story which is picturized at Moore's Rialto this weck under the changed title of ave of Desire Photoplays. fRes e s s allow the interest to stray for a mo- | and Refuse Imitations ment, and vet it subtly p. oral | lesson that may be un P-{ Protect your doctor and yourselt by asking plied. The Goldwyn Blinivel Sl LR sk itety provided a lavish mounting et LI e oniginal TEHE ot Ma film and an excellent cast, headed by |nesit prescribed by physicians for 50 years moon- | Bessie Lov Carmel Myers and|Don't accept a substitute for the genulne| l)!l:m. 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