Evening Star Newspaper, November 16, 1925, Page 27

AMUSEMENTS NATIONAL—Ziegfeld Follies. Has Ziegfeld taken to glorifying the fmen, too? The girls, to be su Blorificd in this 19 ition of the ever-glittering F ich _opened last night at the National Theater. The men, as represented almost en- tirely by W. C. Fields, are much more 0. Ficlds, at his funniest, with some splendidly conceived material, must be ranked Tn importance with the girls the beautiful, the vividly garbed and ungarbed girls who form the founda- glon upon which every edition of the *Follies” is built. One is impressed with the greate obility and flexibility of the ollies.” The show, unquestionably 35 one of the livliest of Ziegfeld cr tions. Fields, Ray Dooley and Edna Leedom, it seems, should be given credit for this greater celerity. The highlight of the evening for Fields and Miss Dooley comes in the second act =—a picnic bit that is laughably realis- tic, reaching a climax in Fields' reply to the question of cleaning up the picnic debris: “Why should I ®round cleaning up these farmers yards?” This statement, in the light of the picnickers' complete pillaging of the place, is one to make 100 per cent of the audienc Realism never was more real. Miss Leedom helps Fiel tal quarrel sketch good for .quarter of an hour. Porch,” depicting the tirade c ment tenant trying to sleep while ice- men, milkmen, newsboys and babies perform their best, is still successful in its comedy effect. . But Fields, in spite of the space Etven him, is not all of the show. Men may be glorified without any cost to the main task of glorifving the g TFields merely provides the comic re llef that enhances the beauty of the usual Ziegfeld picture—the ~dazzling picture of the American girl. There are but three big tableaux, and they are up to the Ziegfeld standard. The Tiller girl: cellel iditions o all revues these days, are emphatic- ally present in the ¥ :5, They dance as Tiller gitls are expected to dance, reaching the peak of the ening in a Tovelty rope dance that is something to be seen Trving Fisher is the tenor. In dis- cussing the music of the show one might be a bit exacting. It scarcely §5 up to the record of the past. Fisher can sing, but he has no such song as +Tell Me, Little Gypsy,” or “The Love Boat,” which made John Steel s0 much of the show ¥ go. One needs no urging, however, to see the Follies. POLI'S—"Leave It To Me.” “Leave It To Me,” a musical com- edy, stamped with the present day earmarks, which came Poli’s last night via Rufus Le Maire, is saved from mediocrity by specialties and intrinsic features, handicapped by poor co-ordination and lack of smooth-running continuity. Mary Milburn's voice easily and de- tightfully succeeds with whatever she essays. Eddie Buzzell's personality fits nicely with the role in which he Is cast—a young man with a month to live, who fails to come up to the mortal expectations of physicians. Godfen and King, with rhythm in their feet, produce optical illusions in first water novelty dances—one could almost swear they had had ice under them. Janet Stone, ingenue, more than fulfills requirements as to beauty, voice, spirit, dancing and charm. Frank Dobson, erstwhile of the burlesque, could well have done miore shan is required of him. The music is not remarkable. Lyri in general are of the ordinary variety, but not displeasing. wre above average harmonic motif standing out i The book could b puns and tasty ‘nifties” & merged by lack-aday, let’s-get-it-over- Wwith, run o’ the mine sayings. The story is that of a_young man, cursed with $5,000,000, who marries a girl on the theory that he has only a month to live, and who fails to live up to expectations. Songs producing the m yeactions are ‘“Little Song of My Ieart,” *“At the Prom,” “One-Way and “Hey-Hey, the Rue de la ch is distincti’ handicaps good Leave It To Me," rises above mediocrity, but Is anchored short of the plane of distanct superiority. It does not come up to its inherent possi- bilities. Better polis} nd co-ordi- nation with some book surgery may do much for KEITH'S—Nan Halperin. Nan Halperin is doing headline hon- ors at Keith's this week and her en- thusiastic reception demonstrated her right to the dignity. Miss Halperin has a winning personality, a splendid voice for her work and in addition she twists her pretty face into such funny grimaces as to gain a laugh for al- most every line uttered. Her act is entitled, “A Historical Song Cycle,” wherein she brings forth characters Jong dead and makes them critics of the present day. Lucretia Borgia, for instance, tells who she would poison were she alive, The satrie is mirth- rovoking throughout. Katherine of Russia also tells of her many love af- fairs in song and it is also very laugh- mble. A half dozen curtain calls re- warded Miss Halperin's efforts. Walter C. Kelly, “The Virginia Judge,” who has been absent from Yashington for two years, is promi- nent on the bill. He brings back from JIreland, where he spent several weeks last Summer, some stories that are classics. He has a couple that will set golfers roaring. As the “Judge,” he has collected an entirely new bud- get of stories which make his act one of the best on the stage. A pretentious act is presented by Producer Meyer Golden, starring Vlasta Maslova in *“The Blue Bird,” with a supporting company of unusual excellence. The act is cut up into five scenes, all carrying elaborate and beautiful scenic effects, and the danc- ing and singing are of the best. Mas- Jova is a mistress of her art and pre- sents a pretty picture while posing or gliding through the different numbers. Will M. Cressy and Blanche Dayne, big favorites in vaudeville, have a new sketch this sea The Man Who Remembered,” with a laugh in every line. Willie Solar, international en- tertainer, did not have anything new 10 offer last night, but made a big hit with what he had. Chassino opens the program with clever graphs; Ed East and Ralph Dumke sing jazz songs; Alf Loyal presents a funny animal act, and the regular house attractions round out the bill. STRAND—Bob Nelson. Bob Nelson proved to the audience at the Strand Theater last night that he is just as good in vaudeville as he was in “Artists and Models,” in which he has appeared. Mr. Nelson, known as ‘the human dynamo,” is accompanied by Johnny Wright at the piano In song and humor that won much_applause. George N. Brown, the world cham- pion walker, presents his own comed§ oddity, “Pedestrianism,” and offers to match his ability against all who wish to meet him. When the cham- pion lady walker of California is matched with him, however, a tie re- sults, of course.. Brown gives his woman challenger a fair handicap. Hart, Wagner and Lela have a humorous turn in “Crawling into ‘Vaudeville,” with pleasing songs and stories. Denno Sisters and Thom Thibault §n variety dances feature their con- n of a drum corp, and Alexan- der Brothers and Evelyn present “All Balled Up,” a novel ball-controlling stunt. : The photoplay, “Wasted Lives,” is » are no less st pleasing | fresh evidence of our popula full of thrills and romance. It is the story of a woman who gives up love to marry wealth and later finds that marriage without love is unhap- piness. The cast is headed by Elliott Dexter, Cullen Landis and Edith Roberts. RLE—"“Without Merec; Financial circles and political par- ties in London supply the background for “Without Mercy,” an entertaining photoplay at the Earle this week. Many well known people are featured. The story is woven around an election in London, in which Sir Melmont Craven (Rockcliffe Fellowes) and John Orme (Robert Ames) are rival candi- dates. They also oppose each other for the hand of Margaret Garch (Vera Reynolds). Margaret's mother (Doro- thy Phillips), who heads two large, in- fluential banking concerns, backs Orme in the election and proves to be a dangerous rival of Craven's. Im- mediately after the election, Craven is found to have won through dishon- est methods, and is forced to ex- tremes to keep the public from find- ing this out. From this point of the story many exciting scenes are shown. ery one will be interested and typists especially will enjoy the per- formance of Miss Birdie Reeve, billed the “Greatest Master of English, 10 the World" Typist.” Miss Reeve is said to have a vocabu lary of 64,000 words. s fingers to make 20 strokes per second. Ehe is a witty entertainer and proved very popular with the audience last night. Frank Farnum, eccentric dancer, with his revue of pretty, peppy girls, assisted by Irving Young's Califor- nians, provides an act of 10 enjoyable dancing scenes. Mr. Farnum, who gives a demonstration of his interpr tation of the “Charleston,” announces free lessons in this dance at theater every morning of his stay in Washington, beginning 0 this morning ry Pease @ son, song writers, assisted b Dawson, apparently made a hit in “Inspiratior an act giving an idea of how are inspired to write songs. s Dawson is undoubtedly a good inspiration.” Other acts include Joe De Leir, in “Yours Accordionly @ brief concert of accordion mus and Dooin and McCool, in *“All Irish, an act featuring Irish melodies. COLUMBIA. he Merry Widow.” Erich von Stroheim, ‘“the mad Austrian,” he spendthrift direc- tor,” “the financial crash of movie- dom,” as they have been calling him, has arrived at the ultima thule of photoplay accomplishment in his pro- duction of Franz Lehar's “The Mer- ry Widow lumbia Theater this week has been heralded in advance notices that seemed to approximate the limit of extravagance. And yet the picture probably deserves all that has been said of it, which, with its drawing power, a box-office prerequisite, is what we are here for. Mr. von Stroheim has not only pro- vided a magnificent picturization of the popular Viennese operetta of & generation ago, but he has injected Something into the work of the fluffy- haired, twinkling-toed, high-stepping peacock of the screen, Mae Murray, which smacks strongly of real dra- atic ability. He also has greatly enlurged upon the original story, yet without spoiling it, and he has pro vided beautiful settings and mellow photography which make it a gem s kind. he Merry Widow” is the stor of a little Follies girl who, stranded cal country of Central Eu- in love and wins the heart » of the blood, who offers ige, only to en the irresistible opposition of his family. Result, the little Follies girl marries a rich baron of social prestige, and there are & number of obstacles to overcome before Sally O'Hara can marry the prince and live to wear a Crown. The comic element is much more pronounced than in any of Von Stro- hetm’s previous productions, and its principal perpetrator is Roy D'Arcy as the crown prince, who iS prompt ly eliminated at the psychological moment. John Gilbert 5 Prinoe Danilo is good, and Tully Marshall, rize Fawcett and Josephine Cro- well make excellent contributions to the success of the production. It seems likely that Mae Murrs f all persons, will provide in thix picture the link to unite the flapper- dom of today with the young woman hood of a generation ago, and that should make it a wonderful success. rope. of u p himself counter RIALTO—"Havoc.” “Havoc,” the picture shown at the Rialto Theater this week, brings back with emphasis the dark days of '17 and '18 when the world's greatest combat was being fought out on Flanders fields. It was taken from a play by Henry Wall, and presents an unusually strong cast of players, including George O'Brien, Walter Mc- Grail, Madge Bellamy, Margaret Liv- ingston, Edythe Chapman, David But- ler and Harvey Clark. The story, which moves from the gay night life of London, through which danced and revelled the parasites and slackers who stayed at home, to the shell-torn mud and bug invested trenches, has for its central character a beautiful, but soulless, selfish woman. Vi Deering lured men into her trap, toyed with them a little while, watched them squirm and then tossed them off broken and shamed. ally Capt. Dunton, a fine, up- standing, honest young chap stumbles into her web and becomes engaged to her on the eve of his departure for the front. Dick Chappell, Dunton's best friend, also is in love with Vi, and the announcement of their be trothal is a hard blow, but he steps up manfully and congratulates his friend—all under the watchful and gratified gaze of Vi, who is never happier than when through her some man has received a mortal heart wound. All the time, however, she is laying her plans, and on Dick’s firs leave of absence home she breaks down all barriers of honor, loyalty and trust and lures the boy into her arms. Then comes the time when he must return and confront his friend. How he does this and how Dunton re- ceives the news leads to a climax tense and thrilling. “Memorles,” featuring the Orpheus shadow- | quartet, garbed in the uniform of the “doughboy,” offer a group of songs under the direction of Mischa Guter- son; an exquisite nature study with a solo accompaniment, interesting “shots” of the recent foot ball game between Central and Eastern High Schools, which brought forth enthu- slastic _applause, and other short films, complete an entertaining bill. PALACE—*"Lights of 0ld Broadway.” Monta Bell has scored another suc- cess in his latest production, “The Lights of Old Broadway,” at Loew's Palace this week, featuring Marion Davies in a dual role and Conrad Nagel. The charm and finesse with which this play of early New York is pre- | sented, the careful attention to details and the carefully chosen cast are all ‘Wash- ington director’s directional artistry. Broadway's dim gaslights flicker out and its famous arc lights blaze forth through the scenes of one of the most delighttully appealing comedy-dramas of the season. Marion Davies has an opportunity to show her versatility in two roles. She appears in one as Fely O'Tandy, the “rough, roguish and Irish” adopted daughter of Tim O’Shanty, immigrant “squatter” in the “exclusive” Sixty- ninth street district, and also as Anne De Rhonda, adopted daughter of the | whose coming to the Co- | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D, 1 wealthy New York aristocrats. Anne | and Fely are twins, although they! have grown up in ignorance of each other’s existence. The story deals with the fortunes of the two widely-separated families and the love affair which springs up be- tween the little Irish girl and Dirk De Rhonda, the only son of the proud De Rhondas. Many interesting characters of his- toric importance are introduced, in- cluding young Thomas Edison, who faith in the “new-fangled lights” d llntld‘tn throw Wall street into a turmoll by their searching brilliance; Theodore Roosevelt, as H 'ony Pastor, famous manager of early Broadway. ¥ i The Hal Roach comedy, *“Fire Away,"” offers a laughable addition to the progrum. The weekly magazine includes shots of & number of pdpular screen stars on “location.” “Flashes of the Past” is the Pathe News reel, showing some of that company's earliest news pictures, including views of Theodore Roosevelt on his famous hunting expedition in 1910, and Mr. Gannon and his orchestra offer a pop- ular overture. The man in the audience who laughed—and laughed and laughed at the afternoon show yesterday would probably find a life-sized stage con- tract parked on his doorstep this morning if he had revealed his iden- tity to any of the delighted audience which rocked in sympathetic mirth at each of his contagious explosions. METROPOLITA 'he Lost World.' “The Lost World," v the Metropolitan for the seond e continues to draw capacity house: The spectacle of pre-historie ani- mals, faithfully depicted in this day of their non-existence except in bone and fossil in museums of natural history, coupled with a better-than- ordinary sort of cinema-drama, is a novel treat to the motion-picture pa- tron and is drawing all the support it deserves in the Cupital. These monstrosities of pre-historic live, walk, fight and look like real animals, and are « source of con- stant wonder. How they did it would also be a good story. In the drama are Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Llovd Hughes, Arthur White, Bessie Love, Alma Bennett, Leo White and Bull Montana. The story is the film version of the book of Sir Arthur Conon Doyle, and retains. the same title. The added attractions, changed this week, include a new Metropol tan World Survey, the Pathe News, celebrating its fifteenth anniversary, and another of Paul Terry's “Ae- sop's Fables, Great Open Spaces,” for the lighter moments. Lowell Sherman is exercising hi villainies at Crandall's Ambassador Theater the first thr of this week in the Warr produc tion, “Satan in Sat a Parisian romance of u youn; prince b « 1 litaania aventural el st 1 the nocturnal hou t interest is Pauline ron, a minx of the screen who first into’ prominence as leading woman with Richard Barthelmess in “Sonny. " Both subsequently become objects of inters to Gertrude Astor, the Juno- que creature thrown into the dis- d for the more flapperish of the sirens. The cast includes Johnny Har- ron, Frank Butler and Francis J. Mac. Donald. The settings are opulent, the gowns modish, the photography artis- tic and beautiful and the direction skillful. A new Krazy Flight That with vesterd: Kat cartoon, “The ailed,” scored a hit t s audiences, and Me- ‘all's color fashion news, with Hope | Hampton doing the foremost model. ing in the smart togs, also was in- teresting. Pipe organ music rounds out an en- able bill. ! TIVOLI—“The King on Main Street.” In “The King on Main Street,” fea- | turing Adolphe Menjou as the king, shown at Crandall’s Tivoli Theater the first two days of this week, Monta Bell has achieved a comedy drama of unusual merits, due probably to the fact that it really reflects human na- ture. There is something about the fanciful story that rings true. At any rate, there is a wealth of entertain- ment in this drama of the king in America on a funding mission, who, through a peculiar combination of clrcumstances, is thrown into elose contact with the average mass life of America. He even falls in love with little girl who meant to throw a rose at him, but used the wrong hand and hit him in the eve with a char- lotte russ r possibly it was an ice cream cone. The King further romps around Coney Island with a regular American kid, and in the end we see him bored to tears at being compelled to o back to his throne! Bessie Love as the American girl with whom the king falls in love 1s excellent, and, incidentally, introduces a Charleston that would make Ann Pennington gasp. Greta Nissen is an- other important member of the cast. Harry Langdon in “Horace Greely, Jr.” and a new Pathe Review and pipe organ music by Otto F. Beck and Harold T. Pease, complete the enter- tainment, CENTRAL—*“Kentucky Pride.” ‘Willilam Fox's production of “Ken- tucky Pride,” the feature at Crandall’s Central Theater the first two days of this week, offers an unusual and de- lighttul screen entertainment. The nar- rative is related by a horse, much after | the manner adopted in “Black Beauty." | The story, however, does not lag nor does it lose dramatic force, but un- reels a tale of the Kentucky tracks, love, intrigue and romance that keeps the spectator constantly on the qui vive. An added attraction Is the ap- pearance in the film of many thorough- breds of the turf, including Man o' War, The Finn and Morvich. The human players include Henry B. Wal- thall, Gertrude Astor, J. Farreill Mc- Donald and “Peaches” Jackson. “The Caretaker's Daughter, Charlie Chase mirth maker, and excel. lent pipe-organ music are other at- tractions. Cleaned Shampooed Scoured Washed Stored Sanitary Carpet Cle. Co. 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