Evening Star Newspaper, September 28, 1924, Page 47

Theaters h ¢ %unflau %t&f Autoemolitles Part 3—12 Pages WAS SHINGTON, D. €, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1924. 3 Pharaok it TheTen Commandments i NATIONAL L News ancl Comment' By W.H. Lam{vor‘gt HIS good old world of ours has had so much of sorrow in its | every-day life that in its lighter moments it wants to be amused, | to laugh, to forget the clouds and to think only of the sunshine. | Folks are probably just as literary as ever, just as appreciative of | things of the heights and the depths us ever they were, but now there is a strong disposition to get irom the sense of resistance and | . i » to indulge in relaxation. T movie producers have sensed the situation, | k Butithey have not haan (overautcessinlin coping mithtit (The it het puces s ; ED1iTH DAY anc was love, good and bad; then they drifted to the flapper and her foibles, ; L P 4 : ~ RORT s St now, llikel theupcoducerstior. the stase, theyiiare ket flountcrine, e - ’ T A - GUY KOBERTSON showing a tendency to drift into the realms of sound and colors in search b : - Polis of that intangible, evasive thing—what the public wants. Hence we find ] : the screen matching, or trying to match, the musical and spectacular i ¥, 3 : 2 T R e e —_ effects of modern stage productions with symphony orchestras and films 3 5 A i | 7 in natural colors. Such things have been found to entertain and to hold 3 S " DO They Conc ern Us a goodly share of public patronage. True, the stage has clung to the % B 8 Q i . strong meat of Eugene O'Neil and those who have tried to imitate him, . : but the measure of success has been small, save perhaps in the enthusiasm > 5 BELLL of the highbrow. The pru\flar\a; ~nT|*<1f;hnc> to be interested. ; S g 4 SEtmr T : e Too-etig ERHAPS it is duc largely to this situation that Arthur Richman’s new | . . BAKER. [ e pobles: “What Have fie Ten Cum | 9odoty Prchlem uit 4 R « - 5 ‘ma n s to do w i n fe|ing? ers play, “The Far Cry." received se forceful a critical wallop during the ¢ g o Keiths St g el Bl ehh based week. As stage productions go, it was well presented—in one setting, at | 1 = : : A SR i nts" and least, beautifully so. It had the bencfit of Robert Milton's wide and val- J : [dunsoun mjayour Tovemaking n wable experience i direction, and it was provided with a really excep- : T i tional cast. There is no doubt it has defects and that the play- i [ 2 Do the old laws hold wright failed to achicve his greatest possibilities in his final act. ~But C1L_B. DE MILLE'S production being received to Mr cerning a fan proble ] loutworn? with the i the real trouble above and behind it all is its sordid story. With a dis-| i i | < : "An interesting theme fo : L e o tasteful theme and with nothing lovable in it, many were disposed to ; 7 urrent Attractlo ns 3 for the scrappins of the nd- | gives the keyn reject it without going into the details of structural criticism. Tragedies 5 - : / ments; others want more shibitions | for and against I . tha e are already s 3] "3 i [tively, an wai are too common in cvery-day life to expect that people will be enter- . : el oD ineH L tons e [OxcDiandiatwall tained in this turbulent period with imaginary ones, when they are dili- 7 - ‘ . 4 wded a new b ik Sore gently seeking to get away from the real ones. 2 At the Theaters This Week against social offenses Sieanittalies * % % BELASCO—"The Fake,” comedy. Opens tomorrow night s el e e o [Heveien quasies UITE the opposite is true of Rida Johnson Young's new comedy, s T i e e e B e e \ £ Bedinctin MecRmb oot sug- |the boy who a1 Cock of the Roost,” with its reformation of the Dawn family by a 2y S : SRl 5 & — Sitions achieas o o a0 cheery philosopher who had just quit his own $25-a-week job. He had Aezex JACKS‘{)}J NATIONAL—"The Ten Commandments,” photoplay, with modern RUTH GIEEo patifion mo icse Chansaz000 learned the real lesson of life, a sense of the relative value of things, and Matual story. To be shown first tomorrow night. he knew how to teach it to others with excellent results. It struck the A KEITH'S—Belle Baker, vaudeville. Opens this afternoon. Gaqe’n) - - popular hzart because it showed human beings the way out of a danger- STRAND—"Venetian Masqueraders,” vaudeville, Opens this after- Rlse Of Edl tI‘) Da ous morass that sometimes confronts the glrleal linajority, and the lesson noon. T y was imparted sympathetically, even comically. It showed that troubles 'ETY—"Silk Stocki e e Charles De Roche, Terrence Moore, can be laughed away if only the mentality that assists in the laughing v T GAMERES:SillStockingsiiRevie, iibutlesque SOpeasithisiaiter . Betelle Taylor, Clarence _ a1so will apply a little intellectuality in the form of common sense to Origin of “Eili, Eili. Smool: - 4 Burton and Lawson Butt P T b oter e Donmon and e remedy them. “Sitting Pretty” did not try to solve any problems. It MUTUAL—“Round the Town,” burlesque. Opens this afternoon. brief career in popular musical | there simply laughed and sang and made its audience lose itself. Sometimes a | ESSENT/ALLY a singing comedienne, Keithie=BellefBaker. |/ |Fivaiimoiiconnisiogmch inlth | Siis met vealure Omance Bl <t is onc of the most important parts of a musical composition, and | - Belle Baker, nevertheless, has Bel “The Fake.” of the will, if she can withhold her | Beginning this afternoon B. F.|matic power not often noted among | Herbert, did mot fare well. Miss Dav “Sitting Pretty” is a rest in the symphony of every-day lifec. M(; ramatic moments. ] elasco— c temper till a certain day she will be | Keith’s Theater will present musical stars however, made a per hit in the ¥ ¥ ok K ne of these, which occurs in prae- A. 1. Woods will present at the |awarded a l:r-a\}' legacy and her | Baker, first among its group of stars, In “Irene,” in which she achieved | piecce. and Mr Hammerstein UDEVILLE, too, is showing wisdom. That is why it is so popular, | U°ally every performance she. gives, | Shuberi Belasco Theater this week, | swerthearl. The ploc, of course, trics | Miss Baiter I+'s charactcr songatress | hor greatest reutation, Doth In this | R for 36 11100 7" ; or re o o inning te ow eveni Fred- | to ¢ her o as as pos- offers N s < s- | country Londan, Miss Day he career of ) Yay is cited to and also why very soon Keith's is to have a rival in the handsome :“wr:h" '“_'::K;"' :}'T 1'_}_’;“"" He- | beginning “;“l'"" g ‘d“‘" - Fred- | sible HIncE Evpas Sets to catahy imelodies |RelrcAl Ak Sl o or thatl :rn|| AP R L S m«”,.\’, 29 new Cosmopolitan Theater. now nearing completion. The Strand, which | JTe, chant "Ml Wil This chant. erick Lensdalers | andon succs This seacon she presents an entirely [much by developing the heauty of |and the s long has been pushing the message in a modest way. is also branching [ | T8 ' WOran WitR Peuios and | e et N in the rote which | National—"The Ten Com.|new repertoire, all her sonss having | the little shop girl's mind as with the ay to stardom than she ean by aut-and getting hightr up on the ladder, while even burlesque fs asserts | (181, was first introduced on the | the Enellsh actor, in the role whic o been written ‘expressly for her by |melodies she lilted oing to Europe and studying with ing itself in vaudevillistic form and turning its back upon the ugly things | J*% o e Baker scveral vears|y © onedale is the author also of mandments. HlAvche Mersill Edith Day’s carcer did not include | tical that long disfigured it. People want to laugh. - They want to forget tears [*%°. Since then. it has been used al-|«sren't We A" and “Spring Clean- | The Cecil B. De Mille spectacular | Catherine Calvert the ciage and|a beginning in the chorus Forn in |5 Ios And lexnentive and all that causes them. This seems to be what the public wants. And | 7% “dv"s‘ & By vaudeiille con- g boih ouistinding New Yorkiproduction, “Fhe .Upn Gomeswnd 0L S SO0 CCTReY RO C AOR] BIRARRORs e Bad bees fo va | s Bl es i vet always there will be those who insist upon trying to force the oppo- [ ot 2n9 ";‘"f" Elogens, pand “;‘f’ SUCCeSSes. o i« deseribed as a seri- | MERLS” Will be on view for the first| by Harold Selman. In spoken drama|when she was brought to Al Jolson, | by step, working her wa YR site into the limelight. e heen plaved in syncopation by a| “The Fake ie oo o iragieal. | {im® in Washington at the National | Miss Calvert supported Otis Skinner | then producing “Dancing Around b e e ked up * Kk % e s e e e | e ved cliatacter wua | Dusater tmmomrow night. The cyent i “Blucd end Sand he gave her a contract promptly, but |on the stage. Her acting ability was XT we shall be regaled with “The Ten Commandments” as an in- |2 Phonosraph record of it, it was r‘v‘(g‘if‘;mi"}p m"“mn_\r with whom he | D28 excited unusual interest, both| Little Billy udeville’'s tiniest | allowed her to play the rele allotted |developed in the best school of all e 2 e z : i "~ | taught by a Roman Catholic priest|his inflt X from the reputation of the picture, |headliner in the world today. in song |her largely in her own way. The |actual stage work. H. which spiration for a modern story. ut its producer did not sink all his g comes in contact. = i : . g W 2 2 - i« sy g A 2 in all | to Dorothy Jardon, who flits back and | “>R% \T SORECE L oon o will in- [which has had great New York and |Stories, sted at the piano by |following vear. Miss Day played op- | came naturally K good care expectations of success on the story. Ancient majesty and pomp in all | oy e o 22" Tidevitia he supporting James A. Cassidy; Bert Hanlon, mono- | posite Mitzi Hajos in “Pom Pom”:|of, and permitted to develop with ¥ 1 Keith vas » to grand | cjyde Orlando Daly, Herbert Ranson, |London runs, and from the fact that its glory will be brought to view. The discovery of King Tut's tomb opera, and a Jewish choir has sung it i :_] H 2 ., Evelyn Walsh Hall, | th o Rcale hse = logist. line of patter; Haw-|then a leading role with Anna Held |ea systematic training may have furnished the idea, and Cecil B. De Mille, famous for exotic and i 2 e 1l L st spectacular creations, has made his bid for eternal fame in the production. as a prologue to motion pictures. Pauline \Vhilonr, ’"""T%""'.'"“ and | the epic will be played by Frederick ;h";":z‘?:: L:g:‘d';lil(:“"” “""l“':'d‘]:""‘g‘:\" i “‘l",‘:l‘" 1;::"' “::"(:“!l:’ Er e Not ev ")‘f’w‘! _"H dl.‘rrfln\‘”ll‘( ta P 5 - : B e The prevailing impression is that|Reynolds Dennison © Play Was|Arundel and his orchestra direct from “A Vaudeville Surprise,” by _the | “Irene,” midway in the New York courage and capacity for hard «x’m'.fi.“'l'fifi'rflcf,'ff"°§§§§§“§f’lfi’&3i’fa’f bbvybl'lfix.?fr‘e:“?‘s"‘;'éfieaihcfshirfiifl “Eili, Eili" is a synagogue prayer for | Staged by Frank Reicher. the Cohan Theater, New York, and|Lamys, a quartet of gymnasts; Will[run of the latter she was taken to|work to achieve such a succe 2 : M g ACeSy the dead, but Miss Baker for the first - 2 " the Pavilion Theater, London. This|and Gladys Ahern, an oddity, | —————r—o ————- ——0———— is one_way of teaching them to forget a sore finger or a blistered toe. ; ; Poli's—Wildfl ol b 5 S g : time offers a story of the chant and oli's: ildflower. score was arranged by Dr. Hugo Rei- Spinning Romance,” introducing| % 5 3 The Covered Wagon™ still continues to hold the interest and to attract | o orizin 4 W iatomer” Wil ol e b et recta|Abern, 'a Glever. rope. manipulator,|®ty.drama, entitled “The Man With- of funmakers is Frank paying patronage. Less exhilarating, perhaps, than the De Mille creation, | ... S e Edith Day, in Stk v d = tew | SINEINE and talking while he puts tha [OUt a Heart.” a Banner production. peatur fof stramp il it, nevertheless, possesses within itself a something beyond mere historic E Eili’ said Miss Baker, “was| open a week's stay at Poli's Theater | of the Paramount theaters in New!ITEINE FOE falling wEEE MO PUE IR0 The picture, directed hy Burton [support includes Frank 3 aliie t eal to thi 1 public: from)the Highbrow to the humblest first written by a Hebrew musician | this evening. Every one at all fa- [York. Gautier's phonograph dogs, some of | KIN&, based on the book by Ruby |tenor, whose ballad offerin yaiuc toiappea’iio tie pencralipiibic, tro! ¢ hig lm“ © yhe humblest | ¢or 3 play in which I played a child [ miliar with theatricals knows that| The music is said to march with the | the cleverest oanines in the two-a-|M: Ayres, and deals with the novel [to be of grand opera caliber, and Ruth of the rabble. “In Hollywood V\nl: Potash and Perlmutter,” with happy (part. In the play the child’s mother | for 62 weeks in New York this at- | most majestic theme ever essayed in|gay to thrill the kiddies and amaze | “ituation which develops when a|Gibbs and Helen Kennedy, heading w reminiscences; “Sinners in Heaven,” personified by two lone lovers on a {is crucified and the little girl, strick- | traction held sway at the Casino |motion picture—the giving of the 1aw | tho ' grown-ups with their almost hu- | Prother tries to save his sister’s hap- | notable feminine cast. the former desert isle in the tropics; “Yolanda,” a_beautiful tale of old France, and | en, sings, ‘Eili_Eili,’ the first line of | Theater. Topping these facts is the [of God to the children of Israel fol-|'map jntelligence. piness by kidnaping the girl whom |singer of ability and Miss Kennedy u “Fools in the Dark,” in which a scientist puts the suitor for his ward's | Which means ‘God, oh God, why hast | announcement that “Wildflower” will [ lowing their oppression In_EgYPL | ‘Aesop's Fables, Topics of the Day |he believes is about to elope with |violinist worth while. heart and hand through the paces, will be other entertainment of the | Thou forsaken me? ! be presented here with the New York | their escape across the Red Sea, and|,nq the Pathe News Pictorial will |her husband. S rney and Carr do a dancing week. Surely all tastes should be satisfied. The play was a great success, but | cast. The production is the biggest |idolatry of the Golden Calf. This|complete the bill The cast includes Kenneth Harlan, |specialty; Viviana and Jackson, new- v e * k K K the musician never realized anything | ever made by Arthur Hammerstein, | theme was déveloped in a grandiose i Jane Novak, David Powell, Faire Bin- | comers, were formerly with Paviow: 5 S i i i f ition. In th - | and it comes here intact. way, with thousands of players, “ 5 ney, Bradley Barker, Tommy Tre-|Armand Monte is an eccentric musi- DGAR SELWYN, after writing 16 plays that are called “Broadway suc- | {om his composition. In the mean-| i 't ZU0el Mohiition to Edith Day, | myriads of flocks and herds, an actuai Strand—"Venetian Mas- | maine and Mary McCail. : y Shaw, the ingenue; Paul cesses,” caught the hint and wrote a book for musical comedy, his |versions and have coined money, as| will include, just as in New York, | reconstruction of colossal Egypt and queraders " A Fox Sunshine comedy, entitled as “straight and character” first venture in that field. It is called “Dear Sir.” the music was never copyrighted.|Bernard Gorcey, Esther Howard, Guy | Sinai scenery. Y ¥ ‘The Cowboy”; news reel and other , and Kerwin and Lock and the * % * * Miss ‘Baker still pays a rovalty on | Robertson, Bobby Higgins, Marjorie| Against the background of the| The vaudeville portion of the bill subects will complete the flms | Busch Sisters, with two' dancing GRIFF 5 i Bonner, Tyler Brooks, Marion Ran- |eternal law is sef e modern story |a: e Strand Theater beginning to- | shown. rector Manvell and his s of merit, round out a wide range D W. GRIFFITH is expected to start with Famous Players-Lasky about | the original version. dall, Martinez Randall and Jerome |of the breaking of the commandments |day is headed by the “Venetian Mas- |loists will play a “popular hit” ov ofiliuaiiallicrtravazanas | burlcsqce January 1, but the name of his first picture has not yet been an- S T Daley, with a famous chorus. A |in the era following the World War, |queraders.” Olga Boehm and a com- | ture ard exit march. and vaudeville. nounced. Good Advice. notable feature here will be the aug- | which has its thrills in the wreckage | pany of.seven appear in a spectacular i 5 The book was written hy Frank X. * % k ¥ 2 mented orchestra of thirty pieces, |of a great cathedral and in the ad- |song, dance and musical fantasy. Gayety-—"Sl“( Stochng ilk, the music by Hughy Schubert N1 CONNOR PORTER writes The Star from 495 Lexington avenue, New | **\)JEAR an air of prosperity, talk | conqucted by Herbert Stothart, who, | venture of a storm at sea. Harry D. Ward and Harriett Ray- = land the dancinz numbers were ar- York City. that he would like “to get in touch with all who would Drosperits,idnysiAdoiphio Menz |l conioinily fwitiivinct it Ii¥olmans;} iTex oo Toy - oci B T iocques Nita) mondiieomed Bl iy I elveras (an Revue. | Fanied by Solly Ficlds 3 jou. “Don't be a habitual calamity|composed the score. The book and |Naldi, Richard Dix, Bdythe Chapman |added attraction a clever, funny skit. like to see the well known favorite movie stars of yesteryear again fea- - c bert Edeson’ pl et Oth the Bill " include Marie | The “Silk Stocking Revue,” starting | o " > il s < he st Isrics are the work of Otto Harbach |and Robert Edeson play the principal ers on the bill include The k 3 tured on the screen” He intimates that if enough pcople show an in- [Towic"oF ”';‘:",',,:," b ’E:::; and Oscar Hammerstein, 2d. modern roles. Throughout the exor- |Sabbott and George Brooks, in “A |this afternoon, will be the attraction Mutual—"Round the Town. terest in the matter, therc is a possibility their wish may be granted. % bl £ hi 7 “wildflower” has a rhyme and rea |dium stands out the great figure of | Terpsichorean Cocktail,” showing |this week at the Gavety Theater. It| A( the Mutual Theater, on Pennsyl- * ¥ k ¥ ‘"’“D’“"‘ fxox e e 1t | son in point of a plot. Miss Day ap- | Moses surrounded by the lesser fis- | some exceptionally fast and intricate | has 14 seenes especially arranged, With | vania avenue. with the corrent = o o ichiic L ‘Dress as well as you can, even n Italian peasant girl of |ures of the Pharaoh, the first born; |steps; Lady Alice's pets, described as | costumed chorus featured in a fountain | o e q NE of the critics writing about the Charlot Revue, which is likely DERLS: as: ai e 2 - o ey i ! | traction, “Round the Town,” opening = . . . 2 you have to deprive yourself of other | zood looks and bad temper, who, by [ Aaron, the high priest: Miriam, the|a novelty starring the aristocracy of |number in which a gigantic bowl is > Sardsn to come to Washington, states that the difference between that and | things in order to do so. Don't ignore | & fantastic will left by her late |prophetess: the cruel taskmaster and | American animaldom, and one or |supported by live models while real | Wth 4 matinee today. comes Lucia the American revue is that the American works backward, appealing to |your financial difficultics yourself, | grandpa, is removed from the farm |Dathan, the discontented. Theodore | more feature acts to be announced | water flows over its edges, - moalal o eelcall camed the senscs through the imagination, while the Charlot Revue appeals to | but never let others suspect that you | where ghe was reared and the rustic | Roberts, in the character of Moses, i | later. Comedy and action have been | at ngagement in nation through the senses. Ihave them. 4 lad who has ler heart. By the terms supported in these other reles byl The picture feature will be a soci nerously provided. Leading a long '~ (Continued on Second T at-