Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1924, Page 14

14 AMUSEMENTS| President — "Simon Called pounds with a great hammer. Hyatt's act is unique and interesting. Peter.” Bob Archer and Blanche Belford in : | comedy compete with the headliner When “Sinon Cilled Peter” ap- | for first place on the Strand m“iesl"i ed i e a | “ThesNew Janitor” they offer clever i Sy p‘d‘:‘“‘ = _:'::fl““"m“‘" “lines and a variety of entortaining | R AR N g - " | music, vocal and instrumental. SUd guits meke wal BRAE AL was ricty dances are presented by A Bt e e Beth. Heleno lk‘n{»u\nh‘urd‘ and | rprpi ol el Marco, and Miss Reinhardt o 1u the stage version, witleh was glven | fers pleasing vocal selections. Harry | “Theater last night, there was little, it | Snd Donia IntVetiders ot unything, to « up the public doubt | LELy | #5 h andtLe Stow s to the meaning of the play. Every | haS eclLand b effort was made, however, isu- | cgmplete et S S alize the bedroom scenes as closely | o The featured photopl 18 moder « possible without necessitating ac- | William Fox version of “St# Blmo, fon con the part of the local police, the famous old melodramatié story Violattons o good taste—irrespec- by Augusta Evans Wilson. The biil tive of wnod morals—ysually bring is completed with a comedy and the their own punishmeni, even though | usual subsidiarie when the are perpe! ted on the. glaks they may'lead o untimel¥ | Palace—Douglas Mac- Jaughter, = 1 night's experience e Y Lean. in Gomg Up. proved no exception to this rule. The dramatization of “Simon Called Douglas MacLean, whom Washington | claims as its own special screen star, Peter” is frc the pen of Jules because he is really a local boy, be- bodman, and does not differ f the story as Keable, except A *eter Graham, the e ,tween roars of laughter and tense silence unfolded thriiling and ludi- {erous situations in his newest picture, oing Up, which was shown for clergyman, is m the chur first -time here yesterday, at the to believe, lines, that aided in"t is Mr. MacLean's ducer of his own films. reen version of the omedy made “The Aviator, gomery. The 1y the same ntot,” in which ve a delightful Leonard | ington | nted by the W, . but lam A B + it_one of the ¢ ason’s ¢ York n fall. As ) cight eplsodes—the . is_too long, and will cut. There is too much repetition. Despite the fact that niembers of the cast were not per- fect in their lines. nccessitating fre- 1diflicu quent prompting. the company head- | oy prenension, e D > Segiy | DY other characters in the play to be Youns . and_Peggy s AL 2 Coundray. acquitted itselt | HERY, Capable of achioving. cings in Going Up” it is aviation. | _Robert Street, the hero of “Going Up.” is the author of the latest “best seller,” which tells of the adventures jand Tove affair of an aviator. The ,iyoung author is supposed to be his tlown hero and to know all*about avia- His publicity man and best th aid in giving this errone- T T ion to an admiring pub- To further complicate affairs, thor finds that the hand of ‘the irl he has fallen in love w is also sought by a daring French ace. The the {only thing to do is "o up,” and alone | the |at that. Many exciting and scream- some & |im:l,\ funny things happen to him on up in the this; his one and only flight. Sufii- maclstrom of th at war, vn\or,jcl.»x.l to say that the ace gives up the the minis i _Joss what to|girl to_his plucky rival. he loarns from the “pub- | Mr. MacLean offers many novel bit: ording i of acting in his picturc. At the dra- 2" it is not | matic climax one could have heard a him pure. | pin drop, so intense was the attention t determines [of the wudience. Margery Daw is longer . coward. i prett the girl and the other mem- or readinw. for that|bers of the cast also are good. The Called Pcter.” one |photography is excellent. modesty ! “Picking Peache: here facLean on th avs the part of vho dares an exceedingly feat, yet one th throuz:i Lo be the Army with much 5. As for that doul as to reach in line. June :\'v ine. French > who tried to do her | fj® was really capital | )i il men on the | playing Mal t virtue bit” in the w in_the part. i In “Simon Called Peter” apparently | n_effort is e to picture | of the church as carried on by alled Christian of {9 o | tion. £T | friend 1 matter—"Simon i . Certainl thrown to the Alexander Pope, Man,” makes mention of “vVice its_hideous mien, and add (& » too often. familiar with rst endure, then pity, < Sennett v_situations, s a bit reminiscent of Harold Lloyd's fety Last. ‘un from the Press’ and the news reel complete the pro- gram. Metropolitan—""Anna Christie.” “Anna Christ Pennsylvanian's 1y packed the | Metropolit, er vesterday. but | |drew long lines of waiting patrons, at i times extending around the corner. then embrace. Perhaps M some light on had it been presented in his The story does hold d mo- ments and fregnently was merited applanse from the huge audi- ice last night. But there is much ‘mopping up” to he done before the play is presented as a serous to capture the American th public, if it is so presented. Waring's } gram. Realism, but sparkling s through the gripping attention and Interest, Sordidness of tragedy is beautified b the tremendous successful struggle of act | womanhood to rise above the clutches at | of horrible Hyatt, the Modern Samson. Admirers of the stron man have a t i bre - th W Loew's § the muscular and| Blanche finely proport livatt, billed Christie, the modern Such playful | of her career, stunts as bend on bolts and | which reveal bars into question marks and lifting | more intense a grand piano on his back are but in- | she has heretofore shown. George dents in Hratts life on the stage. | Marion as Anna's father, the role The real thrill comes when he lits on jwhich he created on the stage, depicts a bed of nails and places an anvil on | a type with deftriess and understand- his chest, which assistant ' in, A Cozy Glow for a Cozy Home You want more than a small portable electric heater—you need nothing short of the Cozy Glow. Costs no more, and like all Westinghouse appli- ances, you can depend on it. as Anna d roles displays an_ability wider versat and dramatic fervor tha! has one o on { robber | Joseph of the boy grown up, is not impressive while the swashbuckling hero of { THE EVENING the piece, Matt Burke, Is given a whirl- wind interpretation by the herculean William Russell. Some may feel that the hero was lacking a bit in the te der consideration necessary to win a heroine 80 hardened to the ways of “man.” The author, Eugene O'Neill, no doubt will see in the fiilm portrayal a strong transposition of his stage play, which won the Pulitzér prize of The story concerns the daughter of an old man of the sea W’ his failings on the “crazy” old sea, in- cluding his desertion of his family, the betrayal of his daughter on a Minnesota farm, and finally the fate vhich brought to her. on her father's d cual barge, the glant Matt Burke, | who hud been shipwrecked. Bellef of both the father stoker-lover that she was swe. “dacent” and her consclentious r fusal to marry Burke lead to a cli- max of stirring intensity, which storms on through torment and trial to o happy ending. Scenic effects are appealing. ‘Waring’'s Pennsylvanians proved a great hit again last night. The bill is supplemented with a news reel, or- chestra music and comedy. Rialto—"The .Steadfast Heart. 3 “The Steadfast Heart” a painfully impossible film dramatization, was shown yesterday at the Rialto Theater and received a lukewarm recention. It is the story of a smug Virginia town into whose social life steps a lad from the hills, who had shot to death the county sheriff, when his demented mother led him to believe the officer a | seeking her last few pennies. | After being put through a grilling that probably no court in the world would have permitted to be Inflicted upon a &rown man. much less a helpless child, the lad is acquitted of murder. Then beging his long fight for recognition. He wins the affection of the town's proudest daughter later, proves the pros- ecuting attorney who attempted to hang him. when he was about ten vears old, to be a thief, and saves Rainbow's money bags from a fake oil syndicate. Of course, he is then the hero. The whole thing is very much overdone. Jocy Depew portrays the boy charac- ter from the hills like an artist, and Mary Alden, who plays the part of the mother, needs no_commendation, She is alwars good. The remainder of the cast do_otless suffered from the story. hriker. who assumes the role nd her nd nor ig Marguerite Courtot as the tow: belle. An “Our Gang" comedy, excellent musical numbers and news pictures of the funeral of Woodrow Wilson, com- plete the bill. | ‘Napoleon and Josephine." Thge spectacular film Stee. he | personal and military life of the “Lit- tle “Corporal,” Emperor of France, “Napoleon and Josephine,” began its second week at the Columbia Thea- ter yesterday afternoon. . This elaborate picture shows real- istic scenes of beautifé French ball- rooms, the burning of Moscow amid the snow of Russia and the famous battle. of Waterloo. The producer, G. B. Samuelson, .does not feature any special star. All the roles are weil blames all j'portrayed and especially fine is the restrained. actlng of the unhappy em- press. Josephine, - Many interesting photographic ef- Bets_are used, with particularly artis- tic scenes in the palace gardens. The musical score: also fs well suited to the- story eud aids in emphasizing its dramatic qualitics. - One of tlic delightful Aesop's Fa- A Rural Romance,” with a news completes the bill. Ambassador—"Anna Christie." The Ambassador Theater yesterday also presented as its feature the Thomas Ince production of Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer prize play of 1922, ‘Anna Christie.” which is being shown also at Crandall's Metropolitan, where it was more fully reviewed. In many ways the screen version of this grip- ping story gains reality, especially in the marine shots, about which the main theme of the story is built, A modern Aesop Fable of Paul Terry cleverly depicts a “Rural Ro- | 1® cats, mice and other | mance,” w Erotesque figure for its characte feature, “The of the animal world A special-musical ical Fantazia,” is an attractive addition to tie program. Central—"aause for Divorce.” At Crandall's Central Theater this week the photoplay feature, “Cause for Divoree” carries a mo: that ought to be effective. shows how easily it is for causes for divorce to develop from apparently unimportant and innocent situations. The story concerns two young couples who come dangerously near the parting of the wuys from entirely different causes. but with distinetly similar results. The affairs of the two couples are well pictured. Fritzi Brunnette and David Butler comprise one of the young married couples und Helene Lynch and Pat O'Malley other. * Charles Clary, as a wealthy parent whose dominating ways and lavish display of money contribute much te the drifting apart of one of the couples. is effective. Peter Burke, who has the villain role, is especlally good, and the fight he has with Pat O'Malley is so directed ‘that its real- a thrill. bill offers The week's also Hal | Roach's “Our Gang.” a comedy that is wholesome and full of genuine fu: the | Crandall's —"“The Jack ; Knife Man."” - First National's film version of Ellis Parker ®Butler's drama of life on a shanty boat on the Mississippl river is the feature at Crandall's Theater the early part of this week. In this subject Mr. Butler has revealed a comedy sense quite to_that jwhich” characterized “Pigs is Pigs,” the story that brought him fame. plus o gift for unusual character delinea- tions. Lillian Leighton, Claire M !Dowell, Florence Vidor and Fred Tur ner lead a cast evidently chosen with 2 special view to impersonate the par- ticular characters. The companion feature of the bill is “Just Passin’ Thru, two-reel Pathe release, featuring Will Rogers st as @ tramp who rides the rods nto a village prejudiced against idle- ness. The fun of the picture arises largely from this tramp's attetapt to et a square meal. Noah Young and others add to the humor. Short reel pictures and pipe organ music complete the bill. eatoua o e T Of the 1,458 graduates of the North Caro}ina College for Women during the past thirty-two years, only 636, or less than half, hav i _STAR, WASHINGTOXN, D. €, MONDAY. FEBRUARY. 11, 1924 UNIVERSALIST CHURCH | iN SERIES OF MEETINGS First Service in National Program Held Last Night in Church of Our Father. The first of a scries of meetings un- der the auspices of the National Uni- versalist Church was held last night in the Church of Our Father, 13th and L streets northwest. 0. Hall of Tufts hed on men whose menio: love—Lincoln, _John lips and Wash- admire and | Brown, Whittier, | ington! But there is a power in the life of Jesus, greater thun all. God has many sons, but Jesus was pre-eminent- 1y the Son of God, pure of heart, manly of " character, sympathetic and yet étrong, sensitive and yet serene—one whom 'the very publicans and harlots of the street found easy to reach and to talk with. And yet a kindly man, self- confident, self-poised, with a mighty faith in God and in the power of the truth. 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