Evening Star Newspaper, May 5, 1924, Page 10

10 AUTOISTS INJURED WHEN CAR SKIDS John C. Merkling, One of Party, Removed to Casualty Hospital After Accident in Maryland. John € ing. who was se- riously injured in an automobile ac- ~cident urday when the automo- bile in which he was riding was crowded off the road two miles from Rock Point, by two oncoming cars, was greatly improved today, accord- ing to doctors at Casualty Hospital. The accident occurred on Saturday afternoon when several members of mopolitan Club, including wis Payne, who was operating the Herrell and Paul their way to with a fellow Point in the accident, machine; Ernest Birandstedt, were on the week end b member at Ro spend According to those 1wo oncoming cars swept them to the side of the road and Mr. Payne w foreed to swerve in order to ave ) the cz at the side of ) to a marsh & limb of a tree tearing the top of the car at th e time. The mirror of the car struck Mr. Merkling on the head, Jascerating an old r sus- dned in the @ Cotta wreck some irs ago, and severely injured him. was thrown from the auto into a ditch. Mr. Herrel stained two broken ribs and istedt a broken nos as shaken the me haken and d h that lay he until taken to La L Wiere ¢ received first aid Merkling, be of his serious on, was removed to Casualty Hospital were so badly Sitting Pretty. nis's Magazing What wa use of the in the sitting room last left you und Charles to bl r furiously)—He —He did? Did you not rebuke Daughter—Yes, I—I—I sat on him AMUSEMENTS "Plain Jane.' Jane” a new musical com- plain in name only, opened with & rush at the National Theater last night that promises to carry on the road to s POKER PORTRAITS. THE MAN WHO PLAYS 'EM 1IN THE IMMEDIATE PRO*IMITY OF THE CHEST THROW S Dowrt ‘A PAIR OF NINE S THE EVENIN LAYS Down PAIR OF JACKS DRoPS A PAIR OF QUEEMNS motion, music to mention an “quick amu: ateness and lines that really sure that noth modern und bout with the rich out the “champ’ a fortune Lorrain p and de. B “Plain which « he st chy, tunef ard here this son. T} of “Plain Jane" by Tom Johnstone and the book Cook and McElbert Moore; Louis 1. Isquith Iter Brook is much of “Plain Jane" of heart story to with the proper amount interest—than is found in of the musical comedies. Jane Lee,” pretty, but poor, cannot v her ren a T for the - iter, and the MctGuire of pugilis : enter it in a petition for new thouss dolls ufacturing as a result story of * Charles Mc . who p Gordon “Hemmingsworth, an sh fortune hunter, ably aids abets in the fun making, and Dan Healy, in t Kkt of Happy Willia id, by the danced its way well as into arriving by aki as Ruth Kingsley, Carrington as the Counte Ty, Gould as Mary Cory Kitchen and a 0od-looking. active chorus 1 help to make the play one of the most amusing seen here for some- time, . Hel- Su- Dick Belasco—' ‘Sally. Irene and Mary."” &ton cht, after a_su vear New York and re- ed quite reception at the bert Belasco Theater—from a box andpoint a typical Shubert production. it is flerence of opinion make possible the many v of religions and horse races, it be here stated that after a view of ‘the performance last night one vonders bit how reports got abroad that_ chill-hearted New York had been taken by storm. Not that there are not bright moments in_ “Sally, Trene and Mary.” Four or five are of the first water. But to say that the play runs from start to finish at a delicious speed or that it thrills continuously from overture to exit marc would be to ejaculate a first cousin to an ill-founded hyperbole. Some analyist o musical comedy ne of these days will come forward with the suggestion that individ- aality of spirit counts for muc musical entertainments distinetive. ren “Mary” was a charmer. the combination when g lddie Dowling as the ladder “climber from the distinctiveness ther: suc S to each of the three little zirls of Broadway” It was looked for in vain last night at the Belasco. _The musical score w i But it didn’t send little thrilly joy-creepers up and down the backbone and i not send you out whi: tune, nor did ! make time' pat your toe on short, that intangible some thing which is the quintessence of beauty was roaming about in the wings irying to get to the center of the and always finding a barrie who have seen “Sally " or “Mars.” may riot realiZe expectations in the combination. The production has two good act-finales, a wonderful dance by Louise Brown and an attractive ; it has a number of clever lines and sever ~zod jokes emanating from Eddie Dowling, the fame-achieving plumb- cr-politician, who knows how good is; it has a sort of a smack of the hree original ing about two hours vtes of tim and, fi of scenery. As Irer Katherine Mulsueen stood out prominently for her nat- uralne: and her brilliant smile. As Mary, Marguerite Zender is accepta- ble. As Sally, Louise Brown is mighty nimble on her toes. But the four who hit the heart cords are Lois Arnold, Ida_Fitzhugh, William Mason and D. . Sullivan_in “Do You Remember?" song and dance of the days when four stage has-beens were the stars of the limelight’s ray. 2 st side? Is that brought vou at any the ally, a nice, neat *America.” ‘America,” the fascinating story of the struggles of our colonial “an- tors pictured in masterly way un- r the direction of David Wark iffith, began its third week at Poli's heater yesterday and held the close tention of an enthusiastic audience. Bhaie is no neod here o outline! other | | singing po ling a single | floor. In | | DRoP! ( CanT PLat! NoT ' — b S ) at make up this v have b 3 d in detail in previous review Sufficiént to say that for the beaut hotographic efforts alome would be well worth see- ical accura anoth- every one hundred per n should “see ‘America’ | *Jazz-a-Week." | “Jazz-a-Week,” the intriguing title | under which the Tivoli entertains this week, opened yesterdav after- noon to an expectant audience which filled the house almost to pacity before the scheduled starting hour. With a W promising and wel chosen words flashed across the screen by the management, the house ettled back and let the ncopated | spirit of the age seep throush it ‘mt nd unless vou e | dead and the other thir with some galloping, | mind or body, you | there ever was su world known as % A syncopated blending of popular classics, the azz mphon ranged by Conductor Eaile: and tunefully executed by the | Orchestra opens the bill. The s novelty tigrams” which | viewed through colored gl nished by the management and the cces of the startling effect: thus gained w hilariously mani- fested by the onlooker: Then comes the “Funeral of Old Man Classic,” conducted by | pating undertaker and pallbe; accompanied by ten mourning among them a_ ver: | Lucia, Traumeri, Hum and includin Mr. Jaz: zette: Cle ra a la mode arrives in her snub-nosed prod- uct of locomotion, a Ford and_with some dozen dainty, dancing Lotus id pictur going unde will forget that svmptom in the blues.” art, Tivoli reen are scene. Brennan and Sands execute difficult steps capably, Jerry Ripp turns him- Y eccentric dancer “jazzes cven in everybod. n, where all By this time the audience 't care and joins in the ular airs thro' the “ka passed by attendants and led by Conductor Alart's baton. Eileen Van Biene relieves the jazz situation in a charming rose frock long enough to render sympathetic- ally “Remember the Rose.” The “jazz” note is further carried out by the film feature, “Three 0'Cl in the Morning,” which is a typi story of the jazz-mad age centering about a group of young people whose sole aim in life seems to be the breaking of every known law man or nature made. Constance Winthrop, the acknowledged ledder of her crowd. finds her nice, ambi- tious fiancee a bit too nice and am- bitious, and. upon joint protestations from him and a stern New England father. who criticizes her activities and associates, declares herself ham- pered by her small-town environ, nents and departs for the big cit: to find herself and live her own life. Constance Binney is the charmingly willful flapper of the picture, and ¥dna May Oliver does a splendid bit ot character work as Hetty. | Altogether “jazz” is in the saddle | at the Tivoli this week. Jan Rubini—"The Honey- mooners. An excellent bill of vaudevilie at the rand this week features Jan Rubini, a dramatic violinist and concert artist, | who appears in Washington for the rst time at popular prices. Rubini lays several classical numbers, and oncludes with “The Last Rose of Summer” and “I Hear You Calling Me,” which last night's audience ap- | peared to prefer. The Honeymooners,” with Jack Lait and a cast of seven, a co- headliner and a. musical satire of merit, well put over the footlights by a competent company. Music, dancing and jokes by Frank Peggy” Jones, the “Monopede Won- er” a novelty act in paper tear- Morton Brothers, ~and sensational erial feats on the rings by Snell and Vernon, in “An Artistic Diversion,” complete the acts. The photoplay feature pictures Pris- cilla Dean in “The Storm Daughter,” a story laid in the days when the Yankee clipper ship was queen of the seas. In the cast also are Tom Santschi, one of the old-time cinema actors, and William B. Davidson. Rialto—"Beau Brummel."” “Beau Brummel’—history’s most distinguished dandy — stepped from page to screen at Moore's Rialto yes- terday, to be accorded a welcome that testified to the popularity of John Barrymore, who portrays the role. As a character study of the com- moner at court, who by grace of royal favor becomes the arbiter of fashion and a dominating social force of the most aristocratic society in ¥ngland, it goes without saving that the star dresses the Beau's person- ality to the top notch of foppishness, and registers every daring arrogance that brings about his downfall, loses thirds | incurable ill of Blossoms add zest and color to the | good syncopators | ng and harmonica jazz offered by the | and, what smile of a | nim tre favor o women, means more to him, the | King : i | patron ing point when the mon | enading the Mall with By | to recognize Brummel in the presenc |of the whole court. This cut-d | means that the Beau has had h | but, in falling. he fires his _last shaft |of ‘insolence by ask Byron the question that history forever asso- |ciates with his corpulent majest |“Who is vour fat friend?" And bubbling chuckle gave notice that the audience knew its little book. The shadows grow darker in Calais ‘where the former power of the court goes with but one fricnd—his former vale role in which Alexander Franci: challenges spotlight promi- | nence tar, and the love of {the girl, gery, whom Brummel ad truly worshiped, but who had n forced into marriage with a Barrymore con se of loyalty to his vo stion by the grim coldness which he escapes mewhat torrid love attack by a lady whose noble husband demands a duel. Brummel fires in the air, and the nobleman, defeated of re . in that the ctor s his wife after he ha . The Beau sav himself by persuading Kink George to take a notion to the lady. And then regrets his act when he the pathos of the Duchess of Yor! who truly loves her gallivanting spouse. Poverty and illness bring the action prison hospital, where _the erates int shuffling to - miscent of Barry fronting barred w when audience from behind : dow his face visions insanity set to aughter. Both the King and the girl he had loved have died and his delirium pictures the former coming to him with old loving com- radeship, and the latter approaching with the youthfulness of her apple- blossom days. Neither of these figures is of the aloofness of some other “super” photographic _ghosf that have come this way, but the final uprising of the youthful beau, from the dead body of the aged beggar and his happy meeting with the girl wraith make a joyful ending of an unconventional Kind. Motion picture adaptions seldom run true to the fiction from which they are takeh, but it would seem that a historical figure should stay “put”—and_history tells us that Beau Brummel had a fortune from his father and kept up his magnificence for over twenty years, and that he owed much of his charm at court to the same inscrutable popularity at Oxford. The king was satisfyingly in line with all descriptions of that monarch, and the acting, to the least important | character, was consistently good. | Palace—"The White Sister.” “The White Sister,” Henry King's superb film version of Marion Craw- ford’s famous story, began an en- gagement at the Palace Theater ves- ferday. The picture was filmed in Italy and is a_masterpiece of photo- graphic art. It also has a dramatic story that for power of theme and excellence of interpretation has rare- ly been equaled on the screen. Tt | holds the attention from the first screen to the last. ) | It is hardly hecessary to go into detailed description of this story of the fair young girl who, through the cruel jealousy of the stepsister, is de- prived of her luxurious home on the death of her father and sent, an out- cast, to live as best she can, as the picture was shown in Washington earlier this season and reviewed in detail at that time. Suf- ficient to say, the tale has a vivid, dramatic plot unfolded by excellent characterization on_ the part of the | cast, with Lillian Gish. perhaps the | most ethereal personality on the | screen, as the unfortunate Donna Angela. i “The White Sister” is now being presented at popular prices and the size of the audiences indicates that the people of W zton have a real interest in fine pictures. Qutstanding photographic scenes are those of Vesuvius in eruption and scenes in the African desert. Owing to the length of the feature, no short films are shown. The Pal: ace Orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Gannon, and the organist give effective interpretation of the special musical score for “The White Sister.” Columbia—"Bluff." “Bluff,” the new Paramount picture featuring Agnes Ayres and Antonio Moreno, which is shown at Loew's Columbia this week, is an interesting tale of the struggles of life in a big city, with many satirical digs at some of the American business types who take themselves too seriously and have no sense of humor. Bluft is essentially an American game and the pluckiness of the heroine and aquick wit of the hero are resbonsible for many ludicrous situations and ! foiling the villain in the end so that long-time | in that the Beau becomes a Mr. | G STAR, —BY WEBSTER. CAN'T STAY! THROWS Yowm A PAIR OF. You RAISE ? THAT KEEPS ME ouT! | MIGHTA STAYEOD I You HADM' T MADQE T So EXPEMSIVE “ALCDown! | T WHOSE NEXT )o AT | DeEAL? L ARYONE | = S leonna ) PLAN WATH me 7 the two ¥ pily ever after.” | Bluff” is not a great picture. but is an amusing exposition of phases present-day erican life. The conscientiously s of the cast clever young ung people may “live hap- Miss Avr E costume designer who is ha | ficulty in getting the bi, to P 3 k. |pled by the careless driving | drunken politician. Mr. Moreno pla: | the attorne who helps the girl out {of her many troubles, when she be- gins to use bluff to make the modistes | | recognize her talent. There are plenty | of thrills and laughs. 1 | " A comedy, the International Ne |and “Topics of the complete the | film program. i ; Metropolitan—"Why Men| Leave Home.” ‘ ave Home" is the un- vith which the feature | which opened yester- fternoon at Crandall's Metro- | This matter of title why | do they do it—and echo answe why? However, the with the ory, attention. John bride start mar mooners do, the bridegroom votibn to the little a accompany the earl only to find at the end of his interest’ as to cushions at the back, stools under the feet, and the | | remembering * of anniversaries - is | | waning. he young wife pique | her husband’s indifference '::tflk!d d?f version in a gay crowd of pleasure ers, and a crisis ending in the divorce ' courts is culminated by the scheming of a pretty stenographer, who marries Emerson on the rebound. ensing the unhappiness of a foolish misunderstanding, the delightfully diplomatic old grandmother steps on the scene, and by clever manipulation | of all parties concerned gets rid of | the second wife, who reveals her- self only after the husband's money, and a reconciliation is brought abouf 'with the first. Helene Chadwick and Lewis Stone as the young couple are exoellently . and Alma Bennett is a most intriguing “other woman. Mary Carr and’ William V. Mong are the charming old couple, grandparents of the wife, who have found “the first fifty vears of married life the hardest.’ ‘The theme takes a slightly different turn in the fact that there no “other man.” in the role of onsoler to the deserted wife. Hedda Hopper, Lila Leslie, and Howard Truesdell complete the supporting cast, which handles a good story in capable fashion. A Lige Conley comedy, “There He Goes,” Pathe News and Pathe Color- grams, the latter showing beautiful views 'of southern France, complete a very entertaining program. business which re Emers hi 1 honey- | 1 de- which s of mating, vear that | Waring's Pennsylvanians at Ambassador. Waring's Pennsylvanians were the drawing feature of the bill at Cran- dall's Ambassador yvesterday The thea- ter was crowded at the scheduled hours of the orchestra. A compiete change of program, at each performance is given. “Why' Men Leave Home," the fea- ture at Crandall’s Metropolitan, is the feature screen offering. 1t is an ex- cellent screen version. by John M Stahl ‘of Avery Hopwood's play Pathe News completed an entertain- ing bill. Central—"Riders Up." Crandall's Central presents, the first part of this week, “Riders Up,” a race track film with many thrills, and “The Telephone Girl,” a comedy based on a magazine story of Gladys Nurga- troyd, telephone girl in a hotel on Broadway. The race track scemes in “Riders Up,” many of which were taken at Tia Juana, provide realism and ex- citement. ~The cast includes Ethel Shannon, Creighton Hale, George Cooper, Robert Brower, Kate Price and Lydia Knott. Miss Shannon was the star of “Maytime, and wholly lives up to the reputation established there. The telephone girl is played by Alberta Vaughn, formerl. with Mack Sennett. & is supported by a cast including Al Cook. Kit Guard and Gertrude Short Another comedy of the program is Cliff Bowes’ “Outbound,” while short reels and pipe organ accompaniment round out a good bill. Crandalrs—"'n\e LOV& Ban- dit.” Doris Kenyon, congenially cast in “The Love Bandit,” is the feature the first three days of this week at Crandall's Theater. The story of this picture has its locale in the big tim- ber country. It is a Charles B. Blaney production, with Victor Suth- erland and Cecil Sponer, an actress of wide experience, in the cast. WASHINGTON, Dorothy Devore is featured in Christie's _ two-reel farce _“Getting Gertle's Goat.”” Short subjects and ipe organ music complete the bill. 1924. T oodward Special Sale D. MONDAY,” MAY 5, Imported Cretonnes 85C vd. 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