Evening Star Newspaper, February 13, 1924, Page 20

20 AMUSEMENTS [ well—and the big | S *One Kiss." Charles Dillinghan i, risone newest play, a comedy with music galled “Une’ Kiss, .. Lw. iia-. Theater next week, heginning Sung: night. The play is based upon a1 risian success, cntitied “To Bouch canization vitig ~“been Kummer, author of Annabelle,” In making (he adaptation, a difficult undertaking because of the freedom given writers for the French stage and the wide diffcrence between French and Ameri humor, Miss Kummer is have retained much of the c and ac. Groody, ard, Ada Price Jon Dagmar Latham, general r M Dillinghan tion, and Julian A musical numbers includes Lou John E. he produc fred arranged the and dances. Maurice Y Victor Herb the compose ported to b of this French-Americ 18 known in this ¢ for his “Mon Hon Walter Scanlan—"Thg Blar- ney Stone.” announces the com- ger, Walter ing of the I 3 commencing Mon- Scanlan, next wee with matinee (Washington's birthday) and Sat- urday. It is the poliey of Mr. ager and T, to Gatts, man- vs. : scen ishments of the piece are entirely new and especially ade for this play. ghtful tenor voice of Mr. 11 be heard in a number of , all of which have the stic 1ilt and melodic charm ~ Davenport, Jack MeC Christy, K mond and Matt he Ladv Killer." r premie: _“E:inl'm\r_q Arthur Griflin, I Kearney, John MeNa n, night when will_present Lad plenty of thrills, with a plenitude of laughs. team s sponsor for a number of worth-while hits, the m stable being “Baby Laughing Lady.” The © Hollywood, and this offered for a tryout in such a immediately atest picce “alifornia made success it w t for a N shington performances will be the ones before the play debuts in New York. The Lady Killer” rushe is said to coms and “A " French | Campbell, resounding York showing. The bine all the mystery of any of the 80- called mystery dramas, and with it # wave Of fun that provides every- thing In the way of & laugh, from a chuckle to a roar. It is this com- bination of sheer fun ‘with stark mys- tery that makes thie play entirely different from any that had thus far been offered, it |s ¢lgimed. Th, aiborne Koster, T Jackson, Willlam Lucille . Webster, Paul Kelly, Harold Vermilye, Joseph Swee- | nev,” ‘Adele Le Roy,. Stanley Jessup and Charles 8. Mc€arthy. "The- Bride." Coming to the Shubert-Garrick Mon- day Is “The Bride,” a comedy in three by Stuart Olivier, with Doris Kenyon in the title role, under the management of Jewett and Brennan nnd by speclal’ arrangement with Daniel Frohman. Kenyon has appeared with coess the screen and on mate stage and ranks with st promising stars ew “The Gift" was a distinct personal success and elieit- ed_lavish praise. Stuart Olivier, author of “The Bride,” is a former Baltimore news- {paper man and he is said to have { fashioned a _role for Miss Kenyon that allows full scope for her splen- ¢id technlque and her radiant person- ality. Others In the metropolitan cast in- clude Donald Cameron, Jennie Eus- tace, George Pauncefcrt, Henry W, Pemberton, Jefferson ¥d, Robert Thorne. 3 Herbert Relmore, © Marshall ent and corge Henry Trader. “Simon Called Peter.” “Simon Called Peter,” the play now being presented at the President The- Leonard Wood, jr., in_con- on_with William 'A. Brady of New York, may be held over for an- other week. It is based on the ex- periences of a clergyman who, dur- {ing the war, went to France. Noel Tearle, Pegsy Coudray, June Webster and Robert Harrigan are important members of the cast. “For Pity's Sake." The Cosmos Theater announces that “For Pity's Sake,” the headline at- traction of next week's bill, will trav- osty old-time melodrama, and a cast af ten pecple will help do the dash- {ing hero, the weeping heroine, the cruel villain and all the other char- _necessary to thrill the soul T the blood, even in the final lcurtain, when virtue finds its own reward. “For Pity's Sake” is describ- ed as one of the big headliners sent out from the Keith booking offices, fwhich ure responsible for the entire bill Frankie Richardson, the: blackface comedian. with a finé voice and his lown peculiar way of singing songs, will e heard in a return engage- | ment. Others will include Harry Laugh- {lin and Clara West, in Thomas Gray" new i - Little Speculato: G assisted by Willard in “sougs that appeal; George W. Moore, who keeps his audience laughing while ho jug- THE EVENING ETAR,,"WA’SHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1924: e e b et e i At S s A &les anything he lays his hands upon; nn Adams and Gertrude Lilyan, who also sing and play photoplay feature. Next week it will icture, “Big Brother, loore as {ts star, and with touching story of a gangster's ex- perience In trying to go straight in order to properly rear a little boy left to his care by a dying pal. Oddities of 1924, The ‘Strand Theater next week, be- ginning Sunday, will present a noveity in three scenes, entitled, “Oddities of 1924," with Athol Tier in the stellar role. Added attractions will include Clayton and Lennie, “The English Chapple and His Friend,” in “Don’t Do It, I Don't Like 1t, So Don’t Do It"; Bob Cook and Dbt Oatman, “Delineators From Song- land”; Connors and Boyne, in a com- edy skit, "A Picve of Lac and theé White Brothers, known as “The Tip Top Boys. A zood laugh is promised in “Six- Cylinder Love,” the Willlam Fox flim comedy-drama, with Ernest Truex in the star role. This is an Elmer Clifton production. Its cast includes Florence Sldridge, Ralph Slipperly, Donald Meek and Marjorie Multon. "Temptatio_n; of 1923.” Danny Murphy will be the featured comedian, with a large company of burlesque favorites, in “Temptations of 1923 at the Gayety mext week. This attraction will be presented In ‘the popular revue form, each scene being independent of the other, and all swiftly changing to something new and alluring in the way of sons, dance or burlesque. Danny Murphy will be assisted by Charles Fagan. The cast includes Walter Pearson, Carrie Allen, Mabel Vhite and Georgia Emmett, together h a chorux of eighteen pretty girls. | Individual apecialties will be offercd. Paramount’s | i Ram's Head Players—New Bill. The Ram’'s Head Players have an- nounced an attractive program be- ginning Wednesday evening, Febru- ary 20, when three short plays will be given—Alfred de Musset's comedy of manners, “The Door Must Be Open or Shut”; “Lithuania,” by Rupert Brooke (the only play ever written by the young soldler-poet) and “Elizabeth Tudor,” an episode In the life of England’s great queen, by James Reynolds, the art director of the Ram's Head Players, Mr. Reynolds has not only written “Elizabeth Tudor” especially for pro- duction at the Ram's Head, but he has designed all the settings and cos- tumes for it as well as for both the other plays. He Is also directing the rehearsals. Frieda He;;el. Friday. Mme. Frieda Hempel, famous color- atura soprano, will give a “Jemny Lind recital” at Poli's Theater, Fri- clock, under the man- agement of Mrs. Wilson-Greene. This will be the fifth concert in what is known as the “Wilson-Greene Concert . Hempel's program will open “Scena dnd Cavatina,” Casta Diva from “Norma,” by Bellini, which was the first number sung by Jenny Lind in America at Castle Garden, September 11, 1850, and will include “Liebesbotschaft” ' (Schubert), bist dls Rub” (Schubert), lingsnacht” (Shumann), “The Echo 8" Norweglan - melody), Bravura” (8hadow Evening Bell” (Taubert), “Bird (by l.fllall) (Taubert), and “Home, Swest Home” (Bl-lnop:.uu rtieon aty arp on sale_u > o oncert Bureau, 1300 G street. Bruno Wnl—to;. Tresday. Bruno Walter, guest ‘conductér of the New York Symphony Orchestra, Wwill make his first appearance. in Washington to conduct the final Sym- phony Soclety concert in_the serles at Poll's Theater, Tuesday afternoon, with Pablo Casals, famous cellist, as the soloist. Bruno Walter is a well known con- ‘tinental conductor and the presidi genfus of the Munich Mozart &n Wagner festivals for the last twelve years, former conductor of the court opera in Vienna and successor of the late. Felix Mottl, as conductor and general music director of the Munich opera. . Mr. Walter made his debut in New York last winter as the guest of the Symphony Soclety. Rachmaninoff Next Wednes- day. Sergel Rachmaninoff, famous plan- ist, composer and conductor, will be heard the only time this season at Polf's Theater next Wedn: after- noon at 4:30 o'clock, under the man- agement of Mrs. Wilson-Greene. Seats are on sale at Mrs. Wilson- Greene's concert bureau, 13th and G streets, Metropolitan—Richard Bar- thelmess in “Twenty-one.” Richard Barthelmess, in John S. Robertson's production’ of “Twenty- One,” will be shown next week, be- |ginning Sunday afternoon, at Cran- dall's Metropolitan Theater, together with Larry Semon's new two-reelr “Horseshoc “Twenty-One” is a romantic melo- drama concerning an American youth pampered by a mother, humiliated by a disgusted father, but loved by a factory girl, who takes up his resi- dence in a tough part of a distant city as a taxl driver, and Is able to render his father such valuable serv- ice that he is restored to favor and permitted to marry the girl. Dorothy Mackaill, Joe King, Bradley Barker, llie Parker Spaulding and Herbert Corthelgare in the cast. The Metropolitan World Survey, short reels and the “Willlam Teli” overture will be added attractions. Rialto—"The Marriage Sl o Circle. Moore's Rlalto Theater announces ‘| for next week, beginning Sunday, a cast, including Marle Prevost, Flor- ence Vidor, Monte Blue, Adolphe Men |Jou, Harry Meyers and Crelghton Hale, in “The Marrlage Circle”, an Ernst Lubitsch production. It is de- scribed as a witty, brilliant offering, |dealing with a mix-up In modern | matrimony, and a distinct departure from previous photoplays bearing the stamp of its director. The story gives a Deep behind the portieres of married life, and re- counts the adventure of a young married woman bored with her own husband and bent on stealing the husband of her best friend. The concert feature will be Willlam The NewESSEX Built by Hudson Gives ‘“Ideal Transportation’’ Take a 30 minute ride to learn the facts. It will convince you that “ideal transportation” in terms of economy, performance and lasting reliability, is fully realized in this low priced car. The new Essex is built by Hudson and shares its famous design advantages. 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Hirlng a m posed efficlency expert to wupervi the inventor's shop, tho latter proves to be the worthlesn won of an efficl cy engineer who procesds to doubl cross his employer hy fulling in love with the Inventor's daughter, It is with the help of thix young man that the girl {8 enabled ty givs har futher's invention a wuecemnful try-out, Columbia—"Don't Call It The attraction at Losw's Columbla Thenter noxt woek, hoglnning Sunday aftornoon, will be William D Mille's Paramount productio on't Call It @ bit of high, romantic com- edy, un aduptation of the n by J Uan Streot, “Rita Coventr: Mr. Di provided n cust that in- cludes Nita Naldl, Juck Holt, Agnes Thaodore ' Kowfoff, Jtod La Robert Edeson and Julia Sunday night concerts, aus Wee “Wil- lie” Robyn. “Frogland,” an unusunl 111 round out . f o Palace— Fllmmg Barriers Revealing one of the most thrilling fire acenes ever projected in the th ater and & cast that includes Ju queline Logan, Antonio More tor Hlers, Robert McKim, Ogle, Luke Cosgrove and Rogers, “Flaming Barrigrs,” studios’ of George Melford, will I shown at Loew's Palace Theater next week beginning Sunday afternoon. The story i sald to be vivid with adventure and thrilly, tender with romance and fascinating in {ts mount- ing muspense. It was written by By- ron Morgan. Melford personally di- rected it from a scenarle by Harvey Thew. Miss Logan assumes the role of a daughter of a small-town Inventor, Wwhose efforts to market his {nventlon of a fast fire truck are from Naldl auwumen the role of Rita ntry, i fumous prima donna, who BWeCDH i Tl New York bachelor from a desultory courtship of & girl of his own'get Into a tempestuous, reckless affair with the prima donna, only to discover that her fancy has been cantivated by an obscure plano tuner, in whom she declares she rec- ognizes ug, Ambaundor:iichntd Bar- thelmess in “Twenty-One." Crandall's Ambaesador Theater throughout next week, beginning Sunday afternoon, will hive Waring's Pennwylvanians, the twelve masters of symphonic syncopation, as a spe- clal “attraction. The Pennsylvanians wi r times on Sund; Washington's birthday and Saturday., and twice nightly on’ the other days of the week. Richard Barthelmess will be pic- tured the first three days of next week, In “Twenty-One.” For Wednesday, Thursday and Fri- finy bills are in course of prepara- on. “The Silent Command,” William Fox's thrilling drama of the United of love In the orient during ti of King Tut, will be shown at day afternoon, together series. & Willlam P. which Carmel Gregor, Sam Myers, De Grasse, Wednesday the bill wil Kinograms, ~rounded ut by organ musie, and Thursday, and Saturday the film by Frank Cr: 1 b P i States Navy and the Panama is announced for Saturday, witl mund Lowe, Alma Tell, Martha Man. field and Betty Jewel in the cast Central—Ca;lTel Myers in *The Dancer of the Nile." “The Dancer of the Nile,” a dram: e Cral ganal days dall's Central Theater the first fo, days of next week, beginning Su with twelfth round of the “Fighting Blood™ “The Dancer of the Nile" . 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