Evening Star Newspaper, April 20, 1924, Page 40

Thea s The Sunday Star HINGTON, ters D. O, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1924 EVERETT STERNS HARDELL atd EVELYN GRIBBIN- Nationd! JESSICA M@ Costios Had a Revelation. HUR BYRON is sta at ARTRUR DEWEY asd CAROL DEMPSTER | e - I the Photosloy Avsemien . Polid Coming Attractions ne of the four A ing" the Eltinge Shal.(‘e;pear €an Splendors; And Adversities. By Philander Johnson. OW landscane « fades the sight “N propped forests, hab butte ind birds of operatic s 1f 1 mistake Caesar de the landsc lath- landscape castles the flies of the ballet vas g not,” exclaimed Don Bazan, when reminded that he had ducled i Holy week playgoer hears olemn n forbidden today !” season. The i the began echo The traditional nfluence Holy week is still felt n theatrical entertainment. Al- though the old custom of permitting actors to play at than not play at all to the of depleted attendan abandoned, it n the definite Loundary line where the theater's claims to recognition as an indoor sport must temporarily lap 1i it is to continue at all it m hold the mirror up to nature and reficct the blossoming outdoor moods a o warning. prospect e, has been It was at this unpropitious junc- ture in affairs that the Sothern- farlowe company made its annual visit. The popular attitude toward their Shakespeare is so reverential that it can be approached in a spirit almost devout. The public was will- ng and eager to attend. Everything was, as usual, all over except the applause; a case in which “Welcome to our city” figured te formality. as * * Then the slight accident happened which shattered the week’s expect tions like a house of cards. Miss Marlowe’s foot slipped; there was a sprain, and the public found the program announcing only one stage favorite instead of two. Mr. Sothern met the situation with a frank deference to the sentiment trwhich so justly clings about the name of Julia Marlowe. Even if he could on brief noti supply an actress who would play the feminine roles satisfactorily, he could upply the traction of dis- tinguished a name. So he refunded money to as many purchasers in | advance as wanted 1t, and announced that any who desired to do so might, cven after seeing the performance, get their money back at the box office. Very few took advantage of the latter offer. In one case two very precise patrons, after thought- iul consultation, decided that while the entertainment was an eminently gratifying one, and in view of all the mechanisms and rehearsals involved cven so great star as Miss Mar- lowe could not be regarded with mathematical precision as 50 per cent of the attraction, they ought to be entitled to a third of their money back. The terms were met with the affable courtesy which distinguishes 2 good box office * % % Mr. Sothern never played better. Miss Fair, who was intrusted with he part of Juliet, absolutely dis- dained any effort to revive the stage romance of the understudy who leaps into fame at a bound and ieaves her predecessor a forgotten rival. Her work was studious and areful; candid in its acceptance of Miss Marlowe as a model to be fol- jowed as closely possible, and devoid of any effort at original spontaneities. It was no demonstr. on of personal initiative, but a fine ample of strict professional de- votion. s0 * * ¥ Perhaps there was a little more interest in Sothern’s Romeo than 1here was in his Hamlet. His Hamlet s one of the institutions of the stage; subject to curious diversities of opinion, which can be accounted ‘or only on the theory that he does not always play Hamlet the same vay. The opinion has long been held that he studies his audiences and tries to give each community the kind of Hamlet adapted to its jarticular intellectual needs. That iie is 2 man of versatilities his career 1as shown. As one of the lightest f light comedians in “Lord Chum- e <entiment in “Prisoner of Zenda,” as a figure of poetic romance in “If I Were King,” and now for a long time an accepted interpreter of the Shakespearean- roles. he has a it to be regarded as a player who ¥ 1 mering can- hali salary, rather | not | 7as an exponent of melodramatic | as the art of being all things to all audiences. He has usu. compli- mented Washington by giving us a ‘Ham!n distinguished b sincere reading and intellectual repose * ¥ His Romeo was dist | these same qualities | does not convey any guarantee to |my mind that he would not be pable. if he thought the taste of the audience demanded, of playing the balcony scene in the key of a caveman courtship. He is not s boyish Romeo. but he is an ardent |and poet Is it necessary for a successiul Romeo to have all the attributes of i Some of { our leadir ionaires say not. Whenever Julia Marlowe inter- rupts her playing the fear promptly asserts itself that she intends to | retire and enjoy the freedom from are which circumstances would so | casily permit. The rumor has never | vet come true, and will probab be repeated often—perhaps with a {touch of gratification to rivalrous | aspirations—yet every theater lover ’\\1” hope its authentication may be | long delayed. The usual speculation arises as to what Mr. Sothern's | plans would be. He would hardly | be content to give a career in | which his every interest and in- | clination are bound. One thing is | certain, his previous programs | rguished by which fact onc | | would give him a wide range of plots | | make selection. | * % | “The Cat and the [to remain still another week. Maurice Greet, the company’s man- ager, a near relative of the famous Shakespeare producer, Ben Greet, Spent most of his evenings at Poli's Theater; admitting that while his own production had the most thrills, those of the Bard of Avon still gave Lim the greatest personal satis- faction. Nobody is telling how the plot comes out: but no secret is made of the fact that the company will come out several thousand dollars ahead on the Washingtor engagement et Nellie and Sara Kouns. * N ELLIE AND SARA KOUNS, who “N are topping the bill at B. F. Keith's Theater this week, are well known socially at the National Capi- tal, the former being a graduate of the National Park Seminary. These talented young ladies are really concert or operatic artists, { They have beautiful Iyric soprano | voices, cultivated under Raoul Wal- \ter, director and first tenor of the | Royal Opera in Munich. They have | youth, beauty and breeding. Their vl:uher, Charles S. Kouns of Topeka, was for many years general manager of the Santa Fa railroad. Nellie and Sara Kouns appeared at |the Palace Theater, in New Yor eral seasons ago and created in the musical world. Producers came aflocking and offered them won- derful inducements. But the vaude- | ville magnates realized that here was @ unigue and not-to-be-duplicated feature for the two-a-day and prompt- 1y met every offer. They are called the singers,” for one voice reflects the other to the faintest shadow of a half-tone in the most delicate nuance and shading. This is a sensation in vandeville, but in opera it would be @ sadvantage. Musical comedy and revue have oc- casionally tempted them. They were a feature of the “Frivolities of 1920," and of more than one of the “Hitehy Koo They also have made ful concert appearances. ‘mirror-voiced Pictured Poem Scores. | W \W/HICH SHALL IT BE?* a pie- turization of the poem of Mrs. E. L. Beers, published in the Fourth Readers of the public schools twenty- five vears ago, created a sensation at its premiers in a neighborhood theater in New York city recently. Renaud Hoffman, the producer and director, heretofore unheard of in the Cinema field, by the simplicity and artistry with which he has treated | the pathetic old poem. was hailed as a directcr of unusual talents, has accomplished something new and | really worth while in the production [fleld Willis Marks, KEthel Wales, David Torrence and Paul Weigel are |in the cast. At the close of its engagement at th | o New York theater the name of o production will be changed to Not One to S the title of the voem from the picture wa adapted. stk and character types from which to| Canary” “decided | i | A Bit of Realism. Z ert hour had arrived for the exe- cution of the prisoner. Attended a chaplain and four guards, Rob- Agnew, young motion picture star, entered the ‘death cell. With apathetic fac watched while the guards attached the leg band and the head piece which would electrocute him. Suddenly there was a shrick and ung Agnew leaped from the death ir clutching at the air. “Hey, quit it! I'm being murdered. The solemnity in the air melted away like driven snow and the death chamber rocked with roars of mirth “That's a good one on you, Bob," chortled Director Hillyer. “The bovs just wanted to give you a little taste of what it would be like if this were the real thing.” the laughter had subs.é iently Hillyer explained to k- w that the electricians who had constructed the execution chair hud | done such a remarkable technical job hat he couldn't refrain from giving them permission to try out just a ak shock of real juice when Agnew | took his place. ‘ = | Rialto Coming Attractions. 'HE managing | Rialto Theater, | New York's special film po: | announces that the following attrac- tions have been secured for showing the Rialto “True as Steel” | Golawyn special, featuring Alleen | Pringle in another big story, with a cast that includes Eleanor Boardrman, | Louise Fazenda Norman Kerry | William H. Crane and Raymond Hat- Iton; John Barrymore in “Beau Brum- | me1, picture that will delight fcinema fans, “for no more artistic and Ycostly production has been made in 'recent years, and vet there will be no raise in prices when it hits the Rialto screen”; “Broadway After Dark’ a | thrilling production of the Great White | Way, and depicted by a typical War- ner cast, including Adolphe Menjou, Anna Q. Nilsson, Carmel Myers and Norma Shearer; “Yolanda,” Cosmo- tan's super production starring arion Davie: and iown in New York at advanced prices; o Ted Weem's Orchestra “that has been knocking them cold in Philadelphia these many months,” as an added at- traction. Future announcements will cover another series of extraordinar: attractions optioned on the same trip. New Easter “Togs.” W Easter togs are not confined to the fair sex. Moore's Rialto director of after a survey of lat a NE new stage setting that is typical of Easter and the spring season. Light silver blue is the predominat- |ing color, with pink and rose-colored florul designs. Proscenium curtains |and gracetul side drapes, a gorgeous cyclorama masking in the entire stage, with additional exit curtains and the smaller screen curtains, all carry out this color scheme. The gen- eral effect is one of dainty lightness, coolness and restfulness to the eyes. The color scheme and the material, it is said, lend themselves to un: usually beautiful lighting effects. The Rialto has every reason to be proud of its new spring dress. Young Washington Scores O more flattering notice could be bestowed upon the really great than the New York critics gave to the recent performance of young | Richard Dupont, as William Sylvanus Baxter, in the professional stage children's production of Booth Tark- | ington'c “Seventeen” at the Henry Miller Theater. As voung Dupont is a native Washingtonian, the National Capital naturally feels proud to know that it has added one more to the long list of fine actors and actresses that sprung from its hearthstones. Alexander Woollcott, .the well known critic, was really enthusiastic in his praise_of young Dupont and Miss Arline Blackburn, who played the part of Jane, and the other critics also waxed warm with their commendation. Voice Gave Him Job. BECAL'SE his voice was endowed with the qualities of a foghorn, Antonio Moreno got his first job in motion pictures. In 1912, at the New York Rex stu- dios, a two-reel “super-feature” was being made called “The Voice of Mil- lions.” Tt contained a big mob scene, and the director wanted a man with a deep, detonating, penetrating voice to lead' the mob into the camera's eve. There wer: veiee tests, And Morene i got the job. the | sibilities, | ' |Lawrence Theater will step out toflay with a| NATIONAL—“Cherry row night BELASCO—"The Cat and the Cz this evening POLI'S—D. W tomorrow cvening KEITH'S—Neliic and Sara Kouns, matinee tomorrow noon and evening COSMOS—Will Stanton opens with ma STRAND—"The Dance Shop.” vau Y—*“Let's Go.” burlesque. HOWARD (Colored)—"Follow M Nat and National—"Cherry Blossom Time. “Cherry Blossom Time." the American comic opera with mus Rollin Bond and libretto by Gen Farnell, will be given its premier. performance at the National Theater tomorrow night at $:20. It is a tale of political intrigue and social life in Washington, and is said to have unusually fine scencry and costuming |as well as catchy melodies and clever dance numbers. Those singing the leading roles in clude Mrs. Alexander . Bentley, dramatic soprano: Everyn Gribben, lyric soprano: Helen Koontz, contralto; J. Fran n. ba K. Down baritone, and ett Sterns Hardell, tenor. ler roles are: Juliette chulze, Do { new Eve Gthers in sma | Francey, Eisie |son. Marguerite Petit, Gla, Hunt, Eva Fridell |Cogan, H. R.' Hendley, Faward {bach, G. Larry Zuch, Wesley Pec bam. Victor 1 and William Raymond. The new opera will run throughout the week. ;Belasco—”The Cat and the Canary."” will open the the most mystifying pl the Cat and the Canary,” at the Shubert co Theater. Matine will be given on Wednesday and Saturday. The company presenting “The Ca: and the Canary” in Washington in- cludes ~Sydney Reynolds, Virginia Howell, Florence Huntington, Clara Verderd. Walter Regan, Harold Hart- sell, Edmund Elton, Carl Eckstrom and Franklin Fox. It has been to- gether for over two years and a half, #nd next Wednesday's matinee will mark its 750th performance. The oc- casion will be celebrated by a dinner, at which the entire company wili gather, after the matinee that aay. During the past two weeks' engage- ment of “The Cat and the Canary” twenty-four thousand delighted pa- trons have crowded into the theater, a local record hard to beat. Poli's—Griffith's “America" FOR those born in another land much interest, excitement and in- formation are promised in D. W. Griffith’s patriotic romance “America, which will be shown at Poli’s Theater beginming Monday evening. This picture shows the sacrifices which the early Americans made that this should be a country of the free. To present this most dramatic of stories in an interesting way, Griftith has arranged an impassioned and romantic love story, with the events of the war of 1776 as a back- sround. The dramatic critics of New York and Boston agreed in their comments that it is one of the most thrilling and patriotic motion pictures ever made. Mr. Griffith, among directors, possesses eminent ability to present the delights of first love, and build a driving suspense through his stories to make them moving and hold the Interest. In this picture the theater goer is first fascinated with the love story of the beautiful daughter of the Vir- ginia aristocrat and the handsome ex- press rider from Boston. Then comes the deeper thrill of the patriotic movement, when the Americans were oppressed by taxes to pay the war debts of the English king without having any voice in their government. The scenes of conflict are over- whelming in their excitement. They were taken with the aid of the United States Army and are upon the places of the actual conflicts. More than 10,000 actors were used. Carol Dempster, Neil Hamilton, Lionel Barrymore, Lucile La Verne, Louis ‘Wolheim and Charles Mack are some of the cast. t is ammomnced fthat will not be showpr+r way ! ter ere this year | week of thrilling and of season, “Th the pict Blossom Time Grifiith’s photoplay, “America.” TIVOLI—New stage. screen and musical features. ce tomorrow. farewell | M. | At the Theaters This Week * comic opera. Opens tomor- ry,” mystery play. Performance Exhibitions begin vaudeville. New show opens with Open this aiter- Martin’s Orchestra. New show ndeville. Opens this aiternoon Opens this afternoon. e revue. Opens this evening | Keith's — Nellie and Sara | Kouns. | The national vaudeville artists will hold forth this week in all Keith | houses, this being the week when the | funds are swelled with which to carry on the benefit work for the perform- | | ers of the two a day. | The bill will be topped by the | “mirror-voiced sopranos,” Nellio and | Sara Kouns, who only a few years ago made their way from Topel Kan., to New York to win fame a. | concert” singers. After an enviable | record singing in France during the | war they returned to the concert | stage and only recently reappeared | in_vaudeville The bill will be supplemented with | surprise acts and impromptu stunts and the beautiful promenade lounge will be turned over for dancing at each performance. The climax will be reached Friday, when a special | midnight show will be given with a| galaxy of vaudeville and legitimate stars ‘supplementing the regular bill. The great English comedian, G. § Melvin, wiil be featured during the week in “oddities eccentric and real- {istic.” with changes is true ability as a character actor. Lloyd Ibach’s entertainers return with ‘the latest fad in syncopation. Mr. Ibach will bring one of the snap- piest of jazz mented with u clever eccentric danc er, Kendall Caps, and 4 young saxa- phone virtuoso, Allen Quirk. The four Camerons will offer sixteen min- utes of entertainment, “Like Father, Like Son,” written by Jack Baxley, foilowed by @ bamling mystery Miss Teria,” who has been the human’ clock.” Three clever acrobats, Les Klicks, will present what has been called the wonder act, “The Enchanted Forest,” and laughs .gags and music a-plenty called dudes, Marvin Aesop's *Fables, Topics of the Day and the Pathe News Weekly com- plete the bill. Charles Sargent and John Tivoli—New Stage, Screen and Musical Features de Luxe. Crandall's Tivoli will offer in cele- bration of Kaster week, beginning this afternoon at 3, a special de luxe bill of stage, screen and nusical fea- tures. The ballet divertissement will be an Easter fantasy, conceived by Mlle. Jesiree Lubovska, bearing the title ot “The King Hungers at Eastertide.” Isabella Fosta, coloratura soprano, | will offer a cycle of songs and the | Loos Brothers, harmonists, will be heard in vocal syncopations. The sym- phony_overture for the week will be “The March of the Toys,” by Victor Herbert The photoplay features will bine the “Mirror Living World” a nature “Tivoll ‘Wanderings" and the swift-movin comedy-drama, _“Sporting _ Youth, featuring Laura Las Plante and Regi- nald Denny. ‘The action centers around an auto- mobile road race with thrills and add- ed suspense and their bearing on a budding romance. Cosmos—Will Stanton and Nat Martin's Orchestra. One of the delightful musle, fun, song and dance novelties of the sea- son, “A Cabaret Cocktall,” presented by TWill Stanton and company, along with Nat Martin's Jazaiclans, will headline the Cosmos Theater bill- this week. It is zippy and melodious and, withal, has a plot that carries the nudience back to Broadway night life in_pre-prohibition times. It is her- alded as a sure cure for the blues. “The Quakers,” one of the famous acts of vaudeviile, will be presented by Sam Hyams and Clara Louise Evans, both artists who have had the experience to present the story of back-stage life and to put over the surprise climax Others will i com- ude “Niobe.” a pret- ae v Tt Ak to demonstrate | combinations _supple- | will be supplied by the two musical | New York. He resides in West 57th street The other morning after arising he looked out of the window. To his amazement he saw a man in evening clothes running behind a taxicab house next door, and there commotion both inside of the tasi. While continuing to wa aspicion and algrm, he aw the man this time dart from t taxi and bound up the steps to the house To his astonishment hé recognized the man to be Lionel Barrymo Much startled. Mr. Bryon considered his own condition of mind. fully awake, was he dream looked again more inten man was most certainly Lionel Barrymore and repeating the same E ics as before. jelieving that Barrymore had sud y gone out of his mind M‘r EByron hastily rushed to his friend's assistance only to discover that Mr. Darrymore was as sano and as sound as over, and was rehearsing a scene in a new motion picture before camera man “shot” the scene e and outside with sudden! stank on the stage: Mur the IKennedy sisters, re Broadway Brevities a fine offering of up-to-date songs and eccentric dancing, and Johdny Hyams, vaudeville author, w wiil | preset an original monologue, ing Pranks With Webster has been called a comedy gem { _James Cruze. von fame with | “The Covered Wagon," also directed “The Coward.” which be 1 for the week and which features Ernest Torrence, Mary Astor and Noah Beery, in the story of a Quaker-raised youngster, who | outlived his s beneath the | taunt of cowardice and came back like a young wild cat to vindicate himself.” Jimmy Aubrey, in “The Lu- | natic,” ‘a screen lunacy. and the {ternational News Weekly will be add- ed attractions “The Dance Shop.” | “The Dance Shop," a terpsichoresn |revue featuring Kasha Forova and |Marin Young, will heal the program lof vaudeville offe: gs at the Strand | Theater for Easter week. begin |teday. ¥lora Patterson. Mild | Haas, Olive Verncil and Mickes “sn appear in support of the stars |completing an entertaining compa: |of dancers and singers | Clark and Roberts, | Paalers in Soaps, Sponge. |els”; big glas | dock " and | cently with & red ¥ vied and Tow- Kerr and Ensign, in a skit, en- |in original Scotch’ characterization and Dura, Cross and Renee. in “Snap- py Doings,” will complete the first {half of the bill. | Wesley (“Freck | star of the photoplay offering, prove: the old saying. “boys will be boys.” his latest production, “The Prinfer's Devi he story concerns Brick Hub |a young printer’s devil for the Bri {ville Gazette, a small-town news- paper. who gets his full share of fun and enjoyment out of each day's work. |, Harry Myers, Katherine McG: | Louis King, George Pearce. Ray Can- {non and Mary Halter are prominent in the supporting cast. Short film features, including com- edy and news subjects, will complete the bill. Gayety—— Let's Go. “Let’s Go,” the attraction 2t the Gayety this week, is reputed to be one of the most elaborate shows on the Columbia burlesque circuit this season. It is in fifteen scenes, di- vided into two acts, with a large and talented cast, headed by Manny King. a young character comedian, who, in addition to portraying Hebrew char- acter, is a violinist of merit. Kitty Madison is a lively dancing sou- brette: Burton Carr. straight man with a pleasing tenor voice; Nan Palon, the prima donna, with a fine voice; Florence Kane, ingenue and a Jazz singer: Joe Barrett, character man, and Mlle. Flamita, a classical dancer who appeared last season with George White's “Scandals.” There is 4 host of pretty girls for the en- sembles, who have been trained in a manner of dancing that is said to duplicate the famous London Tiller Girls. Every member of the cast will offer an individual vaudeville specialty. be two vaudevilie acts, Sonny Thomp- mon's syncopating seven, one of the mreatest aggregations of _singers, dancers and musicians in Columbia hurlesque, who will play jazz and dance jazz, and funny little Jim, the wrestling ‘bear, who will meat all comers Howard—"Follow Me." “Follow Me,” a colored musical at- traction, with Billy Higgins and Clif- ford Ross as its featured funmakers, and a large 3selected cast of clever entertainers, including Ernest Whit- man, Rogers and Rogers, late stars of “Shuffie Along”: Billy Gunn, Alice Gorgas, Julia Moody, Edna Davis and Susie Sutton, the “Follow Me” Four, and a chorus of thirty men and women, will come to the Howard T‘laxelur this evening for a week's stay. Among the female contingent are several well known singers who have helped to popularize “canned music,” }ncludlnx Julia Moody and Edna Tay- or. This attraction promises whole- some, clean fun, music and clever dancing, and & wealth of new and beautiful scenery and costumes. Matinees Tuesday. Thursday i wight ") Barry, th rd, and e L] ire, | An added attraction will | which was standing in front of the | . was much | week, | the | et in | and will | In- | | | Do- [ hio: | | Carolina McKinley e | | “Laugh, Clown, Laugh.’ David Bel nt Lionel Barrymore in Clown, Laugh!” by David Ton ing, at the National Theater next following an engagement in Belasco Theater, New York Mr. Belasco and Mr. Barrymore are ssociated for the first time this sea- in own, Laugh!” Barrymore's aracterization he leading role has been & imed the finest performance of his distinguished carver. Associated with him is Miss Irene Fenwick, who has won new laurels by her portrayal of the leading feminine role. in Mr. Barrymore's support will appear the original company asso- ciated with him during his New York engagement sco will pres “Laugh, Belaseo and bt “Dancing Mothers.” “Dancing Mothe the new ¥n production, described as a draw- ing room comedy, which comes to the Belasco next week. is announced a delicious bit of drollery. enter- ningly narrated. played in good 1aste and acted with fine regard to its contrasting hilarious and modu- lated situations. Bdgar Selwyn and ¥dmund Goulding are the co-authors the former directed the re nearsals The danoing mother of the play is no relation to the artificial, jazz- truck grande dame who recently has become a popular subject with the cartoonists and comic artists. She is the mother who spends her entire timo thinking of home. When she Fad devoted her best years to her task she learns that her husband y old boy, inclined roving, while her idolized daugh- has developed into a most un- ble slave to gayety To restore conditions to the proper state mother transforms herself. She gives them a liberal dose of the old- fashioned homeopathic kind. Th result proves, in ti case at a events, that like cures like In the oast arc John Hollida Craig, Mary Young. Frances How- ard and Eleanor Woodruff. is ter lo Central High Vaudeville. The Central High School Alumni Association, which boasts many tal- bnted individuals among its member. is producing tomorrow and evenings 4 vaudeville show at the Central High School. The pro- ceeds from this performance will go to the various memorial funds which the association supports, Among the_ offerings Tuesd: will be the titled “Fiddle Up”; Sammy Duncan, | \feyer Davis Le Paradis Band in the same act as produced at Keith's, the dancers, the Im- perial Four in a novel act, “At the Club;"* Tddie O'Donnell and his uke- lele, Tom Chapman and Eddie Carr in a black face dancing act, assisted by Gerald Cook and his Oriole Society Orchestra, and several other acts. Reserved seats arc on sale paiding’s, 1338 G street; Pearlman’ 711 G street, and at Central Higl School for both nights. Estelle Allen in Recital. Estelle Allen, who is well known in theatrical circles, and who since her retirement from' the professional age has been living in Washington, will give a dramatic recital Thurs- day evening at 8 o'clock at the Wom- an's Club, under the auspices of the dramatic section of the club and for the latter's benefit. / Miss Allen's readings will be of scenes from plays like “The Littlest Rebel,” “Looking Forward” and ‘“The Bachelor Romanc A one-act play by six members of the dramatic sec- tion, coached by Miss Adelaide Rohrer, will also be given. Pic—l:forc'l Fx{n; Split. TRE twenty-one pictures produc by Mary Pickford for Famou: t d Players’ Film Company and Artcraft, | some years back, and owned jointly until now by Miss Pickford and Fa- mous, have been divided Famous Players selected the oll ing ten productions: “Stella Maris, “Hulda from Holland.” “Amarilly Clothesline Alley cess,” “Little Pal.” “A Romanc: Redwoods,” “Capt. Kidd, Jr.” * of Yesterday,” “The Lternal and “How Could You, Jean?” Miss Pickford selected the follow- ing eleven: “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm,” “The Pride of the Clan,” “Less Than the Dust,” “The Poor Little Rich Girl,” “The Foundling,” “Rags,” “Madame Butterly,” “Johamna K lists,” “The Little American,” “Mliss’ and “Poor Little Papina.’’ As noted, the pictures are now owned in their entirety by each party. —Film Dally. *Jack and the Bean Stalk” “Jack and the Bean Stalk,” a fairy play, will be produced at the Shubert Belasco Theater Friday afternoon, April 25, at 2:15 o'clock. The play has been dramatized by Mrs. Goring Bliss and will be follow. od by a divertissement of dances by the puplls of Miss Hawke, who di- rects the performance. The program consists of such well known dances as the swan, the dragon fly, the Rus- sian masurka, the Scotch sword dance, the pompadour waltz, the gyp- jies and a number of solo and en- semble numbers, concluding with a floral ballet in which eighty children appear. The p:;fonmd oo wiudbe handsome- 1y staged and costumed, and lighting effects and music will add to a most interesting program. #re n sale Q street John | Polly’s Pearls. Polly's Pearls,” | featuring George Taylr isters and Julia Dunba the feature offering at Theater next week ing will include Caulf company, “A B the Three Rounders, harmony and humor; the Bell ctacular novelty gymn other acts to be announced iater. The scre ring will_be a pic- ture b ‘ameo Kirby.” the lovable pi River gambler novelized by Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson, with John Gi as Kirby. and Gertrude Olm | i as the belle of New Orleans. |~ The usual program of short <"and orehestral numbers ‘ complete the showing. | "The Four Horsemen.” The Cosmos Theater spring a surprise upon {next week with “The Four Horse men,” featuring Joe Jenny and Wil liam K. Wells. “The Four Horsemen not the famous photoplay created Rex Ingram, but a novel produc on and thoroughly amusing enter | tainment. | “Another hit of novelty and laughter | will be found in “The Town Clow in which John Orren, the fam |mimic of vaudeville,” and Li | Drew. premier woman' whistler, | bine in’a unique classic. Will J. Ward | will bring songs and stories with the {infectious smile of the light come |dian, and Van Cello and Mary will entertain with novel foot juggling. The big feature of the bill will bo the famous Six Venetians, thre |women and three men. each an |operatic and instrumental artist, i | musical offering of the highest type These artists have always been great favorites with Cosmos patrons | especially those who admire the best in music and its picturesque pres entation. Alfred Sutro's great Laughing Lady.” in which Ethel Bar rymore achieved xreat success, will be the photoplav. under the title “A Society Scandal,” and with Glori wansgon in the chief role. It picture the thrilling experience of a mult | millionaire society girl in big dr matic moments. S. S. Leviathan Orchestra. The wonderful organi tion of America’s greatest ship, th SS. Leviathan Orchestra. assemble | by none other than Paul Whitemar will top the bill at B. F. Keith's nex week. This clever musical organiza | tion " that has charmed Kuropea: travelers throughout the past seasor | presents its program in a settin: |that brings the audience apparentl aboard the greatest of all ocean |ing vessels. i Whirl of Girls.” The “Whirl of Girls” at the G | next week is claimed to be a show of beauty in costumes and stage settings, providing much laughter in fast-moving. colorful entertainment The two principal fun-makers will be Vie Plant and Fred Binder. Other in the cast are June Le Veay. Georg: Wiest, Flossie Do Vere and Hite and | Reflow, with a chorus exquisitely | Fowned. A special feature will be June Bobbie and her Jazz Babies. | | Mask and Wig April 28. A game of mah-jong, played with human “tiles,” emerging from a huge | gilded Chinese box, marks the open ing of the second act of “That's That, the unique offering of the Mask and | Wig Club of the University of Penn- vivania, which will appear at the co, April 2. characters, bamboos, eircles, winds and dragons are shuf fled, the wall is built, the “dice” are thrown and the game is played through during the course of the mah-jong ball in the Chinese solariun of the leading Palm Beach Hotel. The mah-jong number, danced to “Chin Chin-Chinaman,” the music by Charles | Gilpin, is one of three important num- bers. The others are the “Bandit Blues,” a descriptive specialty, and “The Books in My Library,” in which from within the pages of & huge vol ume, appear characters from “Scara mouche,” “The Covered Wagon," “Blood and Sand” and “The Lost Lady.” The book of ‘“Thats That” vein of comedy, executed by Jamer H. Prothero, jr, who will play i Mask and Wig for the last time. Otne veterans of previous productions w will be seen in the cast are Eugen €. Felt and Edwin R. Cox, jr. Cymbeline™ April 30. The Shakespears Society will pre sent a condepsed version of Shakes peare's “Cymbeline” in the Emersor assembly room of All Soul's Church Harvard and 16th streets northwest Wednesday, April 30, at $:15 p.m The condensation of the play omits entirely the two minor plots. Most of the costumes have been designed and made expressly for this performance. Walter W. Beck will appear as Imogen, Elton B. Taylor as Posthu lachimo, Mabel Owens Wilcox & mus and James Otis Porter as Cym- beline. Others In the cast will include E. V. Wilcox, Karl Pearson, Orme Libbey, E. M. Monroe, Emma_Ware Anderson, Arthur J. Rhodes, William B. Bryant, Charles T. Dennett and Hoscmary Arunold. - al farce the Roger: , is listed ax the Strand Others appear 3-Ritchie and y and Girl Revue’ exponents of Duo and a m B n about sisei filn: going a its patron play, =Th musical has