Evening Star Newspaper, November 17, 1924, Page 21

AMUSE Poli's—"That's My Boy." A creation, billed as a musicul com- edy, which turned out to be a sequenc of drama and melodrama, music and dancing, specialties and novel with @ few hints of the old Hanlon “I’han- ma” illusions thrown in, came to Toif’s last night, under the title, “That's 8 low Karyl Norman oppor tunities galore for his popular demon- stration that a man can wear feminine finggy with as great charm and grace . Mne s three acts no chorus, and scenic effects. and melodrama_get un- ¥y in the first @ct, which is in nature of a prologue depicting the ch young villain secking the hand of coy little maiden, whose heart be longs o the poc hero. The girl's | fathe len under-finan- cial obl to the S kK young villain mother, a sweet little widow, is v!u subject of one of the gs of Karyl Norman, “My which brought applause from idience All during the in overalls. T rested on the the yo villain, about but The b first act Norman dresses ward the end he is ar- accusation of theft by | and as he is being taken il or the justice of the peace, a terrible storm comes up At this juncture enter the ph: gorical cffects. Away off i tance, over current, bridge. R down in tor-| headlights ross the bridge . lightning strikes, and the The illusion brigs ctions to the most skeptical. The urns with news of a trag- moment later, with the back comes’ the young and bedraggled, to show fter 4 1o his mofher and disappear. ext time he is seen he is The great Mm dine, superb- gowned an temperamental, es to Woodville for 4 rural Thespia note The = is wonderful woman actress | turus out to be a psychic. She go.@® | & trance and brings the voice of the| Young hero out of the air to taunt the | sleek young villain into a confession m(“i the cchograph, a new patent by the Young juvenile press agent of the theatrical co y. And then, at the performance, after Karyl Norman has | shown he has a voice quite other (han[ his original mellow baritone, comes the | denunciation, The echograph duces the confession of the young vil for the entire community, the villain s away In disgrace, and the two lov- ing hearts have all the world to them- selves. In the last act dance specialties are | interjected by Mile. Nina and William | Duree, and Karm and Andrews. The| ight-cylinder Syncopators’ ()r(’}l tra and Band provides music which of itself | should draw crowds. i Enid Gray as Mrs hero's mother, does acting that f ble as Silas ders a creditabl role s overplayed The v be said locke, pinster 2 Byron as Lottie Bird, ingenue, and| James Burtis as Robert Cray, dramatist, Press agent and inventor of the echo- graph, make an entertaining couple. The Broadway verdict will be inter- | esting. The verdict of the audience | last night seemed to be a good augury Keith's—Nelson Keys Keys, the English come-| whose services Flo Zies- ver Morton, the young | a bit of character | 1, and Dan Mar- , the constable, ren- account of himself in a | or underplayed. | »f Isabelle Win- ! gossip. Betty | Nelson dian for feld and h the headliner Keith's this week. has a pleasing personality and roduces new material to vaude- ville, which makes him an acceptable entertainer. He has been quick to catch on to the American ways, and eliminates everything that Clrx‘l the trade mark. He has a voice rries his songs over with ef-| ances cleverly, and his facial | expressions in his characterizations ake his comedy especially pleasing. 's presents six different numbers of which are pod, his elor's Reverie” and “Do Ping ing out a bit above the othe: jrene Russell, late of the Charlot Revue, assists Mr. Keys in his dances and songs. She Is striking fn figure and dances well. A half dozen curtain calls rewarded the act. In competition with Mr. Keys are Gordon Dooley and Mirtha Morton, and it is a toss-up as to which reg- istered the greater success. Dooley and Morton are to the American stage what Keys is to the Lnglish and their success last night was of a | pronounced haracter. Martha h: \‘ fmproved in her work and practical- | 1y shares honors with the little come dan, This clever pair have a style «ll their own and stand out with the | !{nd!ng entertainers of the country. "fhe emphatic way the audlence wel- med their fun last night doubtless warmed the cockles of their hearts They had to beg off through ex- haustion. Elizabeth Brown and Sedano offer & delightful dancing act which was Highly appreciated by the audience. iss Brown can be classed as almost statuesque beauty, but So grace- 1 that her perfect figure Is forgot- ten in admiration of her work. Se- no is one of the best man dancers ip the business, but subordinates mself for the benefit of the act. Other good numbers include Bob nter in a good musical act; Mme Besson and company, in Party,” which has been s before; Torino, an exceptionally rong juggler; Charles fina Dunbar, in animal imitations bilermo’s dog circus, and the regu- ier house attraction Strand—a_i:\ton and Rooney. Walter Clinton and his Lights C! Iuhi rchestra, assisted by Julia Rooney, | liaughter of the late Pat Rooney, vei oran_vaudevillian._who ranks second %d/e your home | redecoraled for | /m/ffg’/w g 7! N those rooms that are looking shabby for Thanksgiving? N The whole house will be more cheerful for the holiday. L cakes houses—Homes WALL PAPERERS 929 H St. N.W. Main 4763 {&iven expert treatment | erine MENTS |only to her brothe {when it comes to difficulty in holding the ors on the entertaining bill at the Strand Theater. A clever song and dance act, |titlea “Nobody's Fool,” presented by nil Casper and Dolly Morrissey, scored a decided hit last night, Other | numt on the first-class program clude a tumbling and _acrobatic ance act, by Gormley and Caffery; a ventriloqt \d instrumental offe ing by Al Rickard and Iithel Gray, |and a thrilling pole and balancing act by the Arle ing Love, ine Pat Rooney this week en- drama, fea Hammerstein, the ure. The play W ug riftwood,” a novel of A Terhune, and has been in its trans- A laughable com- reel also are shown. Phlace—boetidden Paradise. Negri's performance the midinette who a tensc turing photoplay f gested by bert Payson r to the screen. edy and a new Pola role of the kin ranked Afterward, Pola contributed nothing worth while to the motion picture and critics were of the another Ernest Lub her to a 1 sch himself *orbidden Paradise,” the i t Loew’s Pulace this week. While the result is a fairly entertain- ing romantic comedy, admirers of the Polish star will pelicve the scenario s not a fitting Pola’s histrionic talent The photoplay is supposed to re- peat a chapter in the life of the great Catherine 11 of Russia, In a modern setting. Catherine, g to his- tory, liant at- in the became arked success n able the state, albeit human errancy has all th toric origi the mentalit Cather the state take care of itself Indulges in numerous amoursy he Catherine of “Forbidden Para dise,” in the becomes glven at times to Pola’s modern Cath- failings of the his parently officer o her army, who has brought her word of an impending revolution in the country. But the officer cannot for- get his love for a girl who has be- come lady-in-waiting to the queen, jealous ro: personax Call franklm 7626 Fairmont Lump....$ 8,50 White Ash 1 Coke .. B. J. WERNER 923 New York Ave. 1937 5th St. N.E. Andre Charlot had a battle, | —— in teo"— -.‘}-‘,'.’.’:, thea—goo’ A Fine Candy 10c THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. ., hearts. Catherine finally loses her officer, but finds solace in the com- panienship of a forelgn ambassador newly accredited to her court. The action drags at times and were It not for Adolphe Menjou's character- tzation of the lord chamberlain, the picture probably would be tiresome. Menjou is delightfully humorous and | deserving of a picture in which he | can present a more substantial expo- sition of his artistry. Rod LaRocque | does well as the officer-loveriof Cath- rine, but Pauline Starke, the lady- in-waiting, has a role too minor to afford her much opportunity. | A travesty on Owen Wister's, Virginian,” is offered 8s an ary to the feature, with Ben Turpin playing the principal role. It is a good laugh from start to finish. “The auxil- Rialto—"Welcome Stranger." Although “Aaron Hoffman Is re- sponsible for “Welcome Stranger” {both on the stage and screen, it has 1l the ecarmarks of a George Cohan ffort, with its town and country ef- | fect, its Main street folks, and, al- though the music is missed in the cinema, the orchestra at the Rialto helps out as the scenes are pre- sented. While there is much of com- edy in “Welcome Stranger,” the love | story makes is valuable for the silver sheet. Large audlences were on opinion that | tseh was needed | directed the | vehicle for | administrator of | none of | ’ last syllable. hand, afternoon and last night, and the applause was frequent. Florence Vidor, as Mary Clark, is all that can be desired, blending com- edy with the dramatic in a manner unusually pleasing. Her flight from the city to the country town and the impressions registered on the rubes by a city girl are bright spots. The action of the picture is fast enough to please everybody. Another role that stood out is that of Isadore Sol- omon, acted by Dore Davidson, one of the best of character actors, whose work in “Babes In Toyland" will never be forgotten, his old toymaker being a classic. Lloyd Hughes, the leading man, plays well the part of the small town banker's son. Other characters are Interpreted by Norah Berry and Robert Edeson. The photographic work of “Wel- come Stranger” is unusually effec- tive. Many pretty scenes are pre- sented. Arthur Stone, featured in “The Sky Plumber”; the short plcture, “The Inspirational Cause of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata,” accompanied by the orchestra, under the direction of Bailey F. Alart, which was heartily welcomed, and International and Dally News pictures complete the program. Metmpolitan—"Secrets." Norma Talmadge, in what Is per- Consider that, for the next four or five months, your overcoat will be the most noticeable thing you’ll be wear- ing, and the importance of having a good one is immediately apparent. Here you may obtain not only the “last word” in overcoats, but the very Look at the “Guards”, for instance, now a London hit—and the “Guards” model we are showing came direct from London, quently has the London lines and English elegance. Domestic Overcoats, $35 to $50 English Fabric Overcoats, $55 to %65 London-Made Overcoats, $50 to.$100 conse- Men’s Clothes Section, Second floor. THomdmard & Lothrop haps her crowning screen triumph, “Secret! continues as the attraction for another week at Crandall's Metro- politan. In the First National's adapfation of Edgar Selwyn's play Miss Tal- madge presents a more lovely and more lovable Norma than ever. Colorful and romantlc, with just enough Western melodrama. to give it tense Interest, “Secrets” {s the story of an Englieh noblewoman's dream. Fatlgued from a iong vigll by the bedside of the husband she thought dying, Lady Carlton is persuaded to rest herself when the peer falls asleep. In her slumbers she dreams—dreams of girlhood and clandestine romances, elopements with youthfyl lovers and finally of her life with Sir John Cari- ton. Then she awakes to reality and to learn that the husband she has loved so devotedly for half a century has lived through the crisis and wiil recover. Miss Talmadge Is ably supported by Eugene O'Brien, Patterson Dial, Ger- trude Astor, George Nichols, Claire McDowell, Charles Ogle, Winter Hall and Emily Fitzroy. CGolumbia=""The Shinted Devil." Hark back to the halcyon days of our Horsemen of the Apocalyps The Tube Coat, also, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1924. ye motion picture fans, recall Ru- dolph Valentino in that great plcture which hurtled him up to the heights of fame and fortune, then go to Loew’s Columbia this week and see the selt-same Rudolph as the Ar- gentinian aristocrat and lover, in “The Sainted Devil.” It's a he-man picture, full of fights, blood, dirks and, not only viliains, but a “villainess” who s a she cat possessed of the devil. It is also the story of a trlumphant love, which blazed its flery way to a happy end- ing through terrible misfortune, heartache, bitterness and the gall of disillusionment, which, almost too late, turned out to be a mistake In identity. Valentino is Don Alonzo de Castro of the Argentine, betrothed to the last of a fine old Spanish family, married to her, with elaborate cere- mony, only to have her snatched away by a band of desperadoes, con- niving with the’ jealous “villainess” within his household. In an at- tempt to rescue his bride, Don Alonzo sees a woman in his bride's garments voluntarily in the arms of the bandit chief, and he turns against all women In a campalgn as both a saint and a devil. Almost too late, he finds out the truth in time for a beautiful reunfon. Val- entino in the character s plc- turesque, full of {ndolent {nsoucance and graceful arlstocracy. There are beautiful bits, such as the wedding, the dance, in which he reveals his mastery of this art, and love scenes prior to the wed- ding. There’s a Iot of bitterness in “The Sainted Devil” and at times more suggestiven than seems necessary. 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