Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1925, Page 18

18 "AMUSEMENTS Ram’s Head Players in “The Hero. o mark should be placed the title of the current play ented by the Ram's Head Players n Park Theater, mak- read “The Herp?" For the { the play arouses in the mind 1s to whether mere phy- ry _can’ balance the scale| ice; laziness and greed some of the elements of without _the usual pistol snowstorm, _the plot grips. and while the third act nto a denouement which ern plays disregard, the not: leave for the final explanation of | a go. the war with the | rutality on his boots, the | au .atmosphere of ro- | 1sion_ which has been bullt Mstic -sister-in-law and propaganda to which the wtion was subjected. But | of conflict have not purified -time thief and rake, and fol- wherever his senses-lead him 1S the members of the house- with him. trast to the tanald Savery ave lowing role of heroism, presents with 1l manner, is placed the £ lis brother, -whose pidity reveals in the end love and understanding hidden from sight before. the brilliant, witty ne'er- 1y receives the affection | which should go, by laws of puiilshment and the worker, so Oswald of fortune, is showeéred while his kind but rotier, -Andy, must. wait e little moment of recog- missing or desiring his swagger and - strut. II's delineation of Andy ne wonder whether the real 1ife will look Into r at themselves and see less spectacular dchieve- » usually the big ones. om given to an actress to tane applause by the bodily ailments ~while . patent medicine bottle in 1, but Leona Roberts had \'a triumph last night. As f the two bo she ttle reason for their haracters, for she herself back and forth in her mind, ince of deeper character something of Andy's traits. uth Harrison as -Hester Amanda Chittum as her and Miss Josephine Hnt- 5 Marthe Roche, complete a The setting of a ng room by Robert quite the correct mediocrity with which was! n spon n ell-balanced cast. National— ;r;le“Haunted House. Hddinger, star_of “Seven Baldpate,” “Officer 666" Bells,” “The Boomerans,’ ain Applejack” and many other remembered plays, will be seen success, “The Haunted National Theater next inning Monday. inted House” is by Owen prolific author of “The * and is said to be an laugh-producer than “The Wreck.” It is a mystery farce in which t novelist solves mys- and crimes in a manner quite anything eyer seen on the previously. Eddinger will be supported by iginal New. York cast, which includes Denman Maley, Arthur Ayls- worth, Frank Montoe, Dudley Clem- ents, John Irwin, Leslie Adams, Har- old Vermilye, Isabel Withers, Mayo Methot, Helen Baxter. Belasco—"The Sap." aymond Hitchcock will make his first appearance in a stage offering without music at the Shubert-Belasco Theator next week in what is de- scribed by its sponsors, George Nicolai and Jack M. Welch, as a comedy en- titled “The Sap,” the handiwork of William A. Grew, a writer of stage work new to these parts. Prior to its performance here the comedy has Wall to Davis, the Nervous Wreck," even & r been playing in the hinterland until it has been seasoned to the extent that It Is now believed to be ready for 3 New York production. The comedy is written around the { omnium gatherum of the boobisms with Hitchcock as the boob, for hav- ing convincéd two bungling young embezzlers he alone can save their skins, he proceeds to show-them how it can be done with results that make for mirth that keeps going throughout the three acts. There are a few episodes that are sald to cause the tear behind the laugh, and in them the star is revealed as an actor who can handle a pathetic bit. T scene is lald in EIgin, I, to exact, and the types presented are | sald to be accurately drawn. 4 The supporting make-up. Eaton; Miria A. H. well. st in its Mary has ter of Peggy Van Buren and Norvall Keed- Poli’s—"Battling Buttler. George Choos, the producer of “Battling Buttler,” which has scored a°hit in both America and Europe the last three years, will present that attraction at Poli’ Theater next week, commencing Sunday, with the entire Times Square Company and chorus, numbering some fifty people, and _something novel in the “Ra- diana” illuminous dancing numbers. Mr. Choos discovered and imported “Radiana” from Sweden Matinees will be given and Saturday. Wardman Park—The Hero." The Ram's Head Players will con- tinue in “The Hero,” Gilbert Emery's play, all this week and again next week, omitting Sunday and Monday nights, as usual. The play concerns Oswald Lane, a thief and a rake, who flees the coun- try and joing the French Forelgn Legion, with which during the war ho distinguishes himself, returning to his homé in Brooklyn, afterward with a limp and the ribbons of the Croix de Guerre in his buttonhole. Ranald Savery as Oswald Lane Richard Elwell as his brother Andy who stayed at home; Leona Roberts as his mother; Ruth Harrison as Andy’s wife, Hester; Amanda Chit- tum, as young Andy, and Josephine Hutchinson as Marthe, a Belgian girl, comprise the cast. Robert Bell di- rected the production, and Robert Byrne designed and executed the set- ting. Keith's —“Arnold's Affairs - of 1924. Anatol Friedland, the popular com- poser, who for the past five years has brought to Keith vaudeville many big “girl acts,” will co-headline the Keith bill mext week with his latest creation, “Anatol's Affairs of 1924, including a big cast of newly dis- covered talent, in an act staged by Ned Wayburn and written and con- celved by Mr. Friedland. Mary Haynes, singing comedienne, will share the top honors with her newest songs based on actual incldents of life, with muslc composed by her pianist, Eben S. Litchfield. She calls her act “Among Us Mortals. Robert Benchley, dramatic critic of Life, will be featured in a reading, “The Treasurer's Report” in which he is making his vaudeville debut; Nonette, singing violinist and pupil of the great Ysaye, will play, assist- ed by Harold Solmon at the piano; Julia Nash and C. H. O'Donnell re- turn In a farce entitled atie,” written by J. Gordon Bostock; and the Choy Ling Hee troupe of Oriental wonder-workers, Coleman’'s police dogs, the finest of the fine, and Boba, the Esthonian boy musician, with the unusual screen features, will com- plete the bill. Earle—"The Little Revue” Another bill of Keith popular-price vaudeville is promised for the Earle next week, the featured attraction being the Joseph Santley offering, “The Little Revue,” with Jay Dillon and Betty Parker. This revue was shown in New York City but a few weeks ago. Equally prominent will be Clarence Oliver and Georgia Olp, fn “Wire Col- lect,” by Willlam Anthony McGuire. Thursday Others on the bill are Franklyn and be | Allenby, | THE EVEN’ING Vincent, song writers; Harry Mayo, baritone singer; Coscla and Verdl; Gautler's “Bricklayers,” an unusual novelty, and the great Johnsom, a clever performer in midair. Betty Compson, Theodore Roberts and Robert Edeson in a Paramount picture, “Locked Doors,” will be the film feature. Strand—B:)bl;y Nelson. Bobby Nelson, late of “Artists and Models,” “Broadway Brevities” and other New York revues, will head the vaudeville at the Strand The- ater next woek, beginning Sunday. The added attraction will bring Billy Barnes and Jack Barton with a co pany of elght in “Randy Crooks” a sumptuously staged, sugar-coated con- fection, with songs and dances, Others will be Lols Brava and com- | pany in “A Gypsy Spanish Revue, | with Julita Comin and Jose Trujitli | Redford and Wallace in “Versatile | Moments,”” and another act, to be an- { nounced later. »aughters of Pleasure,” a dynamic drama of young love and old, relating the adventures of a modern girl caught in a mad whirl of riches, will | provide the photoplay entertainment. It features Marie Prevost and Monte | Blue, with Clara Bow, Wilfred Lucas, {Ed)'lh Chapman and Nellie Baker, | Fox News will be added attractions. { w12 T Gayety—-— Slldlnq Bllly Watson. “Sliding” Billy Watson, as star of his own show, comes to the Gayety Theater next week, with a company of entertainers that includes Franz Marie Texas, prima donna, and & fa- vorite singer of Columbia Burlesque: Anna Proff, the smallest girl on_the American stage, as soubrette; Mlle. Babette, a typical French “vamp” of surpassing charms. who has been called “The Modern Venus,” who leads a score of beauties of the chorus, in new gowns and costumes, and with beautiful ' scemery and musical numbers galore. The men include: Clare funny man: Murray Harris, leading man; Franklin Mallahan, cheracter man, and Creedon and Taye, dancing men, with “Sliding” Billy Watson, a dynamo of merriment. An added at- traction and & novel offering will be the Three Eddfes, who make thelr first appearance in Columbla Burles- que. Mutual— Moonlng‘ht Maids Next week the Mutual Theater show will be “Moonlight Maids,” with class for its hobby, new faces, a fine ward- robe and clean-cut comedy. . Diana Morgan, the prima donna, heads a capable cast, and, what is more, she comes from Washington. Supporting Miss Morgan are Harry Levine, M. T. Hunter, Art Brooks and a chorus of beauties. The book is by Billy Hagan and the music by Will H. Smith, Evans Newma.n and "Indifl.“ “India and the Vale of Kashmir" is the journey with which E. M. New- man begins his annual traveltalks at the National Theater next Sunday afternoon and evening. In an up-to-date group of remark- able motion pictures and color views Mr. Newman promises an India beau- tiful, a land of enchantment which baffles and enthralls, a vast country of glittering wealth, majesty and grandeur. One is awed by lofty mountains, mighty rivers, historic cities and sacred groves. The plcturesque journey leads to Bombay, then on to the magnificent ruins of Chitor wnd Odaipur, unri- valed for sumptuous grandeur. A trip along Lake Pichola reveals a mile of marble palaces of unbeliev- able beauty. The quaint street life a: Jalpur, the Pink City, palace and grounds of the maharajah, snake charmers, trained parrots and other weird street shows will be pictured. In a sensational group of motion pictures are shown the sufferings of voluntary martyrs, a tiger hunt with the viceroy, a visit to the sacred monkey temple and evidences of un- rest in the Punjab Casals. Tomorrow. ABLO CASALS, famous Spanish cellist, who will appear at the National Theater tomorrow afternoon under the management of the A. Ar- thur Smith, Inc., Concert Bureau, is playing his first extensive tour of America this season. He will remain OR routes, fares and resezvations to any point, telephone or visit the Travel Bureau, City Ticket Office, Woodward Building, 15th & HSts. N. W. Phone Main 3300 ‘WALTER V. SHIPLEY Asst. General Passenger Afent Since the early da notable strides haw for the traveler. for the Traveler's Comfort ys of America’s first railroad, the Baltimore & Ohio, e been made in providing ever-increasing comfort Today the Baltimore & Ohio is still striving to add to the convenience and comfort of railroad travel. To its mod- ern passenger equipment, its power- ful locomotives and smooth track is coupled the thoughtful, courteous at- tention that marks all those whoserve the Baltimore & Ohio and its patrons. Over its 5,000 miles of track, carrying you in safety and comfort, the Baltimore & Ohio serves New York, Philadelphia, Wilming~ ton, Baltimore, Washington, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis and a thousand cities and towns. BALTIMORE & OHIO =+ THE LINE-OF THE CAPITOL LIMITED" | The Diving Fool,” & comedy, and the’ STAR, WASHINGTON, D. here three months, during which time he will play almost every day, his tours taking him from New England to Colorado, with recitals in every im- portant city en route. Mr. Casals will present the follow- ing program here: “SBuite in C Major" (Bach), “Sona (J. B. Bfeval), “Concerto in A Minor” (Saint-Saens), ‘Air' (Hure), “Cazonetta” (Forino), Danse Villageoise” (Popper) and “Tarantelle” (Popper) Samuel D;ahkm Friday. Samuel Dushkin, one of the fore- most younger violinists, will be heard In recital at Central High School Friday eyening at 8.30, under the auspices of the Community Cen- ter Department of the public schools Mr. Dushkin’s programs are inde- pendent of formula or tradition. He believes in creating interest, giving his audiences something to think about as well as to listen to. . His program will include: “Ciac- cona” = (Vitall), “Concerto in A Major” (Mozart), “Pzigane” (Ravel) Melodle Arabe” (Glazounow), “Pal estinlan Song” (Kirman). “Ripples (Moussorgsky), “Brazilian Dances” (Darius Milhaud), “Second Polonalse Brillante” (Wieniawsii). Seats are on sale at Mrs. Greene’s Concert Bureau, and G streets. Wilson- Thirteenth Metropolitan—"So Big. Colleen Moore will be seen at Cran- dall's Metropolitan Theater next week in the stellar role of “So Big,” first National's camera version of Edna Ferber's novel. The story chiefly con- cerns Selina de Jong, who, reared in luxury, is suddenly brought to a life of drudgery, and finally meets over- whelming ~ disappointment in the weakness of the son for whom she has slaved Miss Moore Is said to offer an excep- tionally deft character study in this role, and assumes a more mature poise than heretofore. In the cast are Ben Lyon, John Bowers, Wallace Beery, Ford Sterling, Dot Farley, Phyllls Haver, Jean Hersholt, Gladys Brockwell, Sam de Grasse, Rosemary Theby, ~Charlotte Merriam, Baby Dorothy Brock, Frankie Darrow, John Steppling and Henry Herbert, Charles Brabin directed. A new issue of the Metropolitan World Survey, other short subjects | and a musical program by the Metro- politan Orchestr; melody which will be “In the Gloaming,” and which will include “One Little Dream .of Love" and ;Southiern Rose,” will complete “the FREE! with purchase of $75. Dinnerware or Silver Rugs Reduced January Clearance Now is the Best Time to Buy Good Rugs at Big Savings. 2 % Easy Credit 2 % ed in good quality velour. % the ‘outstanding | Three-piece Con- sole Set with ® purchase of $25 to $50. A Wrought Iron Bridge Lamp purchase of $100 or more W o THIS CANE-BACK LIVING ROOM SUITE, as illustrat- ed. 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The story Next week, beginning Sunday after- | has a mysters anglo as well as car- ’ e | rylng throughout a characteriza noon“‘l‘nevfis Palace Theatsr will ot- | IYIg throughout a chatatteristion fer Erlc von Stroheim's production, | plaviq by Matt Moore, and the young “Greed,” an outstanding production | girl who projects herself unexpact- of the season, by the Metro-Goldwyn | edly Into his life s Dorothy Devore, organization, which was shown at $2 screen comedienne. Duffey and Mackenzle will remain prices’ at the Cosmopolitan Theater in New York. another week with a rew repertoire “Greed” is an adaptation of “Mo- of selections. Tegue,” the novel by the late Frank ivoli—"Hot W 2 Norris, More than two years and an Tivoli mier. enormous sum of money, it is claim-| Harold Lloyd will be the star at ed, were expended in bringing this|Crandall's Tivoll Theater Sunday and story ‘to _the screen. 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