Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1924, Page 14

AMUSEMENTS < snrrymore's New Hamlet. ohn Barrymore is coming to Poll's ter next Monday the John Hgpkins' production of “Hamlet,” de- signed by Robert Edmond Jones. Re- pogts from Boston and Philadelphia jcate that his appearances have béen rot only a social and artistic suocess, but the financial event of tHe season. Last week the gross receipts at the Boston Opera Houss were $33.- 848,88, the largest in the history of the theater. At Philadelphia over 000 bad been taken in at the box office a week in advance of the open- ing there December 31. Such figures are rarely the lot of a Shakespearean star and are taken as a tributs to the wpersonality of John Barrymore, the ability of John Hopkins, the pro- ducer, and the rare sensitive beauty of the Robert Edmond Jomes' pro- duetions. In New York the Barrymore-Hop- ins-Jones partnership triumphed in amlet” for 101 performances and es- iblished a record-breaking run for the famous old classic. This year, at the outset of the tour, twenty-four performances were given at the Man- fittan Opera House and the gross for the three weeks was over $75,000. Jane Cowl a:Cleopatra. will present “Antony and Cleopatra” for the first time, Tr O ashinaton, next Monday night Shubert-Belasco Theater. owl will be seen as “Cleo- patr; th a magnificent production offered by the Messrs. Selwyn in as Sociation with Adolph Klauber. Fol- Jowing the Washington engagement of one week the production goes into New York for an indefinite booking. 1t was originally intended that Antony and Clecpatra” should be the <t play produced in Miss Cowl's ew York repertory season. Prepara- tions were begun for it last summer, but after the fatiguing tour she made to and from the coast in “Romeo and Jull it was decided to open ith @ play demanding a less elabo- rate production and a less strenuous role for the star. “Antony amd Cleopatra,” though of the most stirring of plays seen in this country often, use its production re- ish expenditure for both nd costun The acting , also, require power, breadth and dt re are over fif eaking parts in tony and Cleopatra.” _ Rollo Yeters, who was seen here as Romeo, is to play the role of Antony. He 2iso des i the production. = The play has been directed by Frank Reicher, Others in the large cast are Denis King, Louis Hector, Vernon Kelso, Gordon Burby, Robert Eyrton, Milton Pope, Grace Hampton, Edith Van C1 1d Marion Evensen. Geo:ge White's Scandals. The George Whit shown at th week by This rev having had a run weeks to capa obe Theater, New York. Among the prominent entertainers appearing in the cast are Lester Allen, nie Lightner, Tom Patricola, rd Bold, en Hudson, Alice er, Olive Vi wton Alex- ander, Theo. Lightner, Myra Cullen, Charles Dornberger's Orchestra, the Tip Top Four, James Miller, Mischa Vol Janin, Norma Nerval, the George Sisters, Tiller's London Palace Girls and many others. Jane Cowl fth annual production of ndals” is to be ational Theater next ng Monday evening, bears the distinction of of over sixteen business in the “Scandal"vat President. candal,” the Francine Larrimore- Cherry New York success, by Cosmo Hamilton, will be the second attraction presented by the Washington Theater Guild, Inc., at the President Theater, opening a ht. Just what happens when a young girl, caught Indiscreetly visiting the studio of an artist friend, and who, DM, A E ) L R discovered by her family, brazenly announces that she has been secretly married to another man, the family’s cholce, who lives in the same build- ing, is the theme around which “Scandal" is written, As the young man to whom she Is “married” takes a hand in the game, the situation is intensifled. “Scandal” is sald also to abound in laughs and amusing situa- tions. - Peggy Coudray and Wiltred Lytell have the leading roles. Speclal scenic 3ftects have been designed. Lionel Atwill in “By Right of Love" Lionel Atwill, the Belasco star of ‘Deburau” and “The Grand Duke,” comes to Keith's' next week In a new dramatic playlet by Edgar Allen Woolf, “By Right of Love.” He will be assisted by an excellent cast. A new combination, Jay Brennan and Stanley Rogers, who have pre- vented “Margle” from being lost to the stage, with Stanley Rogers, Mr. Brennan's new partner and a come- dian of ability, will be an added at traction. dith Clasper comes with Paul eal and Paul Yocan, two tric dancers, in “Variety"; K Marino and Tony Martin, in & funny | act, “A Letter From ‘Pectsa-Burgh” Rich Hayes, the lazy clown, fresh from his triumph at the New York Hippodrome, with clever ball hounc- ing and careless methods; Helen and Harriet Scholder, two concert ar- tists, who present a program of pi- ano and cello numbers; the Kikuta troupe, Japanese “miracles” brought to the United States to appear at| the Hippodrome, who are said to have a remarkable act, and Les Klicks, | three acrobats, who present “The En- | chanted Forest.” Aesop's Fables, Topics of the Day: and the Pathe News Weekly com- plete the bill. Raymond's Bohemians at Cosmos. Bohemians, with who headline the bill s Theater next week, come heralded as a sextet of versatile | artists in an extraordinary entertain- | ment. The Bohemians comprise Earl | Stewart, Al Bryers, Phil Fletcher and | Arthur Davis, a quartet that seintil- iates both in vocal and Instrumental musfe, while the Gordons give the | feminine touch with pretty harmonies | and graceful dances. Another feature of interest will be Baby “Dodo” Reid, & nlece of Wallace Reld, only seven, but even at that a | wonder child. Another outstanding | hit will be Wilton Ross:and company | in a clever comedy sketch, which. is to be fully described later. Others will Include Keller Mack and Ann. rl, in A Letter of Introduc- tion,” & bit of new material for a lover pair; George Bobbe and Betty | tark, in “One Eventful Night.” a comedletta with songs, by Bert Kal- mar and Harry Ruby, another hit, and Lawton, the juggler, In an interesting offering with many novel twists. Leonore Ulrich in. “Tiger Rose” a Belasco star in a Warner classic, will be the photoplay; “Two Tough Ten- derfeet,” a Mack Sennett, the comedy and the Urban Movie Chats for good measure. N Raymond's the | Gordon Sister: at the Cosm *Piano Movers and Actress™ Those popular entertainers, Mec- Devitt, Kelly and Quinn, in' their mirth-proveking sketch, ‘“The Piano Movers and the Actres: will head vaudeville and picture attractions at the Strand Theater next week, beginning Sunday, Others_will include the Geraldine Miller Trio, exponents of athetic art; Bert Grant and Mildred Feeley, popular song composer and the Irish Colleen; Ward and Bohlman, in| “After the Banquet.” and Eddle Cook, ith Gladys and Dorothy Shaw, In Smart Production,” featuring new gt ~ Sleep Comfortably —NOW! jto ha | Sunday afternoon. | Landls, R S L TR g g songs, eccentric dances and Instru-!day. Conrad Nagel, Lucille Ricksen, mental numbers. One of the season's most dramatic soreen offerings, “White Tiger” a Universal special production traying a story of crookdom, with' Priscilla Dean’ i{n the stellar role, will by e Wl o the photoplay *"Step on It." The Gayety will have for Its next week's attraction “Step On It'—the ipeed show” of Columbia burlesque, :}"}:‘.‘1.‘&:‘“3 to have the fastest Iot , dancers an o bunched together. e exer George Niblo, chain-lightning come- dlan, is featured, with Mart Semon and Jim Hall, Helen Spencer, Adele Ferguson, Juanita Mitchell and “a colony of cute colleens” in the fem. nine ' contingent. _ Horace _Goldin, “Sheik of the Spirits, Calif of Necro- mancy, Wizard of Illusion and Head- master of the Cross-cut Saw,” is a featured specialty. E. M. Newman, Sunday. E. M. Newman, popular talker, will begin his annual season Sunday afternoon and evening at the New National Theater. “Chile” is the jlarting point of the South American jaunt. Last summer the traveler found the world's prettiest scener in southern Chile. In motion pictures nd color views, an amazing combi- nation *of 'lakes, glaciers and vol- canoes |s now promised, together with glimpses of the great nitrate fields, ‘the copper mines and borax q--poslw. glimpses of Valparalso, ..annllgtn Valdinia, Concepelon, Puerto Varas and Puerto Montt, wonderful yiews of the Stralts of Magellan, Tierfa de Fuego and the penal set- tlement on the Isand of Ushuala, Robinson Crusoe's island, the setting for Danlel De Foe's thrilling story; close range views of thousands of penguins, iwals and many varieties of Lirds and animals. Photoplays. travel- Columbia—"Big Brother." A new screen classic by is announced by Loew's Theater for next week, unday afternoon. atest x Beach olumbia eginnin Tt is Mr. Deach's Big Brother,” a story sald been born in'the mind of the author during a brief visit to Wash- ington to attend a meeting of “The Big Brother” movement. The picture is a Paramount Alan Dwan production from a scenario by Paul Sloane, and the cast includes Tom Moore, Raymond Hatton and Edith Roberts, with Mickey Bennett, the new child screen marvel. Tom Moore has the role of a gang {leader who. at the death of his gang lieutenant,-is bequeathed the care of the latter's little brother and sud- denly impressed with his new respon- sibility, attempts to desert his crim- inal ways, buv finds his reformation blocked by the very agents of society who were expected to aid him. Palace —“The Man Passed By." A gripping drama of the present day, poignant in its romance and tempestu- ous in its emotignal force, *The Man Life Passed By," is promised in the new Metro screen production, that will be given its first presentations at Loew's Palace Theater next week, beginning It was directed by Victor Schertzinger, who also Is author of the story. The east Includes Percy Marmont, Jane and Eva Novak, Cullen Hobart Bosworth and Lydia Knott. . The story concerns an Inventor whose appliance has been stolen by a business pirate and who, as a result, is drifting rapidly toward the depths, when a good influence comes in the person of a girl mission worker, who, unknown to the inventor, is the daughter of the man who has robbed him. Rialto—"The Rendezvous™ A new Marshall Neilan picture, wit a Russian locale, “The Rendezvous, will be the picture at Moore's Rialto Theater next week, beginning Sun- Life O g ang ¢wHE_N will you stop that restless sleep? / ‘When will you get real rest at night, making you fresh and fit, with new vitality? Not until your bed is comfortable! Not until the spring and mattress cushion your body in supreme ease and Change NOW! Donotwait till next monthnor next year. Now is the time to re-équip . your bed with a CON- SCIENCE. BRAND' matttéss and box-spring, assuring — peaceful, restful sleep every night for years to come. 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Sunday and Monday, Corinne Grif- fith and Conway Tearle, in_““The Com- o neth_Harlan and Russell Simpson as Elmo Lincoln, Sidney Chaplin, Em- | the Virginian and Trampas, r ec- mett Corrigan, Kate Lester, Luclen |tively, and Florence Vidor as Molly Littlefleld, Eugenie Besserer, Kath-|Woods, the eastern school teacher. The scenic backgrounds, it s claimed, have never been surpassed in natural beauty. The “Close Harmony" re- lease in the “Sing 'Em Again” séries of animated songs and the Kino- grams will complete the bill. Thursday and through Saturday Charles Ray's “The Courtship of Myles Standish” will be shown, to- gether with a new Aesop Fable, ““The Best Man Wins,” and the Kino- grams. Long Live the Conrad Nagel is run as an American Army officer and Sidney Chaplin as an English Tommy. Hal Roach's latest “Our Gang" com- edy, “No Nolse together with or- ghestral numbers, will complete the Metropolitan—Colleen Moore in “Flaming Youth™ “Flaming Youth,” First National's spectacular picturization of Warner Fablan's expose of modern flapperism, Wil be the feature of next week's bill at Crandall's Metropolitan Thea- ter, with Colleen Moore, Miiton Sills, Elllott Dexter and Myrtle Stedman in the leading roles. In thls subject the socalled “dangerous excesses” of young people are laid bare In" frank fashion, but with a reassuring climax. The love story concerns “Pat” Fen- triss, daughter of a pleasure loving mother, and Cary Scott, cosmopolite. The program will be distinguished by notable supplementaries. . Crandall's— Fartr King. Jackie Coogan will be the picture star at Crandall's Theater the first three days of next week, beginning Sunday afternoon, in Metro's film version of Mary Roberts Rinehart's “Long Live the King,” together with Lyman H. Howe's “Mrs. Hippo. The last four days of next wlik & new Warner Brothers’' release, “A. Dangerous Adventure,” a thrilling and novel drama of the African jun- gles, featuring Grace Darmond, Dere- lys Perdue, the famous beauty: Philo MecCullough, Robert Agnew an. ack Richardson, will be shown, together with Ben Turpin, in “Asleep at the Switch,” and shott reels. Lincoln—'The Common Law’ Three unusually interesting photo- dramas are scheduled for the Lin- coln Theater (colored), U and 12th streets northwest, next week, begin- ning Sunday afternoon at 3. The first four days of the week, Sunday through Wednesday, will be shown Myron Selznick’s screen version of Robert W. Chambers’ novel, “The Common Law,” featuring Corinne Grifiith, Conway Tearle, Elliott Dex- ter, Bryant Washburn, Wally Van, Hobart Bosworth, Harry Myers, Mi; Du Pont, Doris May, Phyllis Haver and Dagmar Godowsky, together with Lige Conley, in “Three Strikes,” and the Kinograms. Thursday and Friday Owen Moore, Sylvia Breamer and Tully Marshall, in First National's production of ‘Thunder; a romantic melo-|e mon Law'"; Tuesday and Wednesda! Virginia Valll, in “A Lady of Qual % d Charles Chase, in “At First Sight' Thursday, Johnny Walker nd Ralph Lewls, in “The Mallman,” nd Leonard Chick, popular tenor, in gs; Friday, Hoot Gibson, in “The Rambiin’ Kid,” and George O'Hara, in “Fighting Blood,” Round 8; Satur- day, Monte Blue and Irene Rich, in “Defying Destiny,” and Will Rogers, in “Just Passin’ Through. Avenue Grand. Sunday and Monday, Charles Ray, in “The Courtship of Myles Standish"; Tuesday and Wednesday, Corinne Griffith and Conway Tearle, in “The Common Law"”; Thursday and Friday, Virginia Valll, in “A Lady of Qual- ity,” and Charles Chase, in “At First Sight”; Saturday, Johnny Walk: and Ralph Lewlis, in “The Mailman, and Cliff Bowes, in “Plus and Minus! Ambassador — "“Flaming Youth." Colleen Moore in the film version of Warner Fabian's novel, “Flaming Youth,” will be the feature at Cran- ‘Ambassador for the first taree of next week, beginning Sunday afternoon. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday Cosmopolitan’s _camera version of Rida Johnston Young's famous stage play, “Little Old New York,” featur- ing'Marfon Davies in the story of New York in its youth when figures afterward world-famous were just beginning; Saturday “A Prince of a King,” a Select release featuring Dinky Dean, Virginia Pearson and others. e vi Zeties o rae Central—"The Vnrgmmn. “The Virginian.” B. P. Schulberg’s film version of the celebrated novel and play by Owen Wister, will be shown at Crandall's Central Theater the first four days of next week, be- ginning Sunday afternoon, with Ken Chevy Chase. Monday and Tuesday, Hope Hamp- ton and Windham Standing, In “The Gold Diggers,” Aesop's Fabies, “Five Orphans of the Storm": Wednesday and Thursday, Pola Negri and Jack 2 t" and Lee Moran, Tom Mix, Mile a Minute Romeo.” and Snub Pollard, in “Fully Insured”; Saturday, Claire Windsor and Norman Kerry, in “The Acquittal,” “Santa Fe Trail,” No. 10. Dumbarton. Sunday, “Scars of Jealousy”; Mon- day, “The Acquittal”; Tuesday and Wednesday, Enid Bennett, in “Strang- of the Night”; Thursday, Buster CREDIT, SERVICE, LOW PRICES AT The National Furniture Co. Store Hours: 8 A.M. to 6 P.M. i ‘ I g “lmmm““hu1ull[lmlllhmmlllmmx il A Big Money Saving Event for YOU! Easy Credit Terms for All! a1 o) v e A e Odd Chairs THREE-PIECE OVERSTUFFED LIVING ROOM ' SUITE, as shown; comprising big Settee, Chair and Rocker; covered with Tapestry. One $9 00 8. of the wonder=values of the Sale at the January Clearance Price............... 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