Evening Star Newspaper, April 12, 1926, Page 15

AMUSE POLI'S—"Blossom Time.” ~Blossom Time" still continues to| Theater this week. > one of the most enchanting offer- {ngs in musical theatricals. It opened its fifth or sixth en ngton last night at Poll's, with em- phatic evidence that its greatness till continues “RBlossom Time” has been around %0 lon it te it is largely a mat- tor of ¢ In this respect the pro- duction now s predece: It s “the ideal York cludes o gold mine of tal- Arthur Huson in shy Schubert. He acts it and finesse tha splen- Ter tible on Schobe veler, who i8 charg Iving “the per.ormance its comedy “ note, is in the hands of Rupert Darell. Both give superb performances. “The Song of Li “The Lonely Heurts” 2i and Kitzi” probabl reard many times by he large audience tere- Mitzi, A. H. Woods tngton a light, bre cleverness, “The Kiss in a 5 at the Belas ding feature is the cast led by Arthur Byron and Janet Beecher, \'!‘vr complication— husing banker, who + resolutions to re. & —is packed gh-powered levity. It Is said rom P'rance and chool children or o Victorian School. It risqus But it is neverthe- v done. Furthermore, the are more of the re- coarser type. anker of affalr, which ations results in imption of parent- noo@ over lttle Mlile. Ginet, Keeper of a saloon in Montmartre, Just a8 te affair is reaching a quiet close, lations with the saloon-keeping wselle are being terminated, f fate compel her introduction home, where his wife, who has a soft spot for foundling shildren, forces him to adopt her. The audience wi fnual round of laughter during each t. Neat i in by Claudette Colbert, Lee Patrick and George graham, and John Willlams, as the Juvenile, 1s ‘very od. KEITH'S—Alma Neilson. The annual drive of the National Vaudeville Associ: vound up in a.b 4 at Kelth’s last night, through nhis inve tion, could be d night. What with profuse decora- tions in the lobby and auditorium, the Hill-Billics playing lively music back et tak and the regular th an enllvening n in a lively ering into the M. much ple patrons a i: showing, when all the od, will be near the tor 3 +he asso n collected close to $400 000 and it is expected the sum th ear will reach w half million. good program i3 1 by that brilllant acro- ween In every and 1s easily in the v of her clas One of the smartest tabioid revues in vaudeville is that of Weist and Stanton, called “ le Rhyme and the big e Charle here Wel variety of dance Steps rery front rank shown, witi sther notal sreat hit. Ed H nd comedd: re singe: ‘roduce the latest Pan Alley.” Th as § crobatic act on the trapeze. and Mayo fol- »w with bright patter, songs and ances. The Hill-Billles made quite a it with their quaint airs and songs ror the hills of the Southland and ans and Wi 1 are good in songs. irginia Bacon remains over another eck to help out the movie fllustrat- 1g the “Charle : nimated Toy showlng el rained ponies ogs, winds up ‘he program. A singing and dancing ct contril udeville As- woctation affectively. and Gautler’s r in “Teach- uce,” holds week, head- good vaudeville demonstrates a en orcises that she tees wiil give a Diana-like igure to ull who take them. and then invites the women in the audience to to learn them. The antics ) responded, one very moving, pretentious song and_ dance evue W ny g nd Ellen Cecil. ] with a dres The audience watch the p was good, ¢ “all in progress. The dancing of Miss May il has a good volea ing numbers. Otirrs ton, Frank- Vernell, ally Beers, ,” has a pleasing eontralto volic 'd her character songs were ar Bllly an an in *“Topics of the Day " registered & hit with based on current topies in the Washington newspapers. Ward and Raymond, billed as “Irresistible Mirthologlsts,” present a nut act that is good. Stanley Gallini and company, European Novelty Shadowists, give “Shadowgraphs in colors with an in- rayal of differem ani. icters made by shadows > hunds. The photaplay is Cecil B. De Mille's wproduction, “Made to Love,” & romance of cld and new Egypt. Leatrice Joy is starred with Edmund Burns in the male lead. Romance and thrills are afforded throughout the picture. The usual house fea- tures, a comedy and News Reel, with music by Alevander Arons, complete & good bill. STRAND—“A Parisienne Novelty.” _ A beautifully staged and handsome- costumed song and dance revue, Parisienne Novxllzy." presented by wgement in Wash- it the Avenue house is the role | sk: he character portrayals are offered this | 3 who, with | d to stay and | Alyce | MENTS headliner for the bill at the Strand Peggy does a wicked Charleston. “Wedding Bells,” a comedy songa- logue by Loraine Howard and Flor- ence Lind, the one with a baritone voice, aroused the capacity audience to much laughter last right. Cliff Nazarro, a_versatile actor and late star of Broadway, with Bob Ge- raughtly at the piano, is entertaining with songs and cle They were applauded for 3 Other numbe: and Jack F augh-provoking " full_of romance songs, e the Pickfords, who the bill with & good acrobatic ing act. film feature is a thrilling melodrama of the cattle country, with Rin Tin Tin, the dog star, in “The “lash of the Wolves,” sizzling with v. It depicts the forestcovered hills of . It has a good hu- man cast, including June Marlowe, Charles Farrell, Heinnle Conklin, Will Walling and Pat Hartigan. the hi RIALTO—"The Sea Beast.” Now the world 1s golng to find out what a great work Herman Melville produced when he wrote “Moby Dick,” one of the finest of sea stories. It is going to make this discovery through “The Sea Beast,” the picture which opened {ts Washington engagement vesterday afternoon at the Rialto. ‘“The Sea Beast,” with Jack Barry- more, is one of ‘the great movies of all time. Here are the tremendous | emotions that make up the life of the | adventurous—love, tragedy, romance ;m all its phases. | Barrymore's characterization fs masterful, powerful, as every one ex- pects. As Ahab, the maniacal lover, he Interprets for the screen one of its greatest bits—a thing €o alive, so vivid, so fascinatingly colorful that its | sreatness is all-embracing. Assisting him is Dolores Costello, as Esther, who brings to her part a talent not shadowed even by the greatness of the star.of the picture. George O'Hara is another whose work is outstanding. The story is one of the mightiest tales of the sea lald In the period of the 1840s. Its richness is compelling. Even the Conrad fanatic is impressed by the fact that its hero has met his match as & producer of sea varns in the genius of Herman Melville. The comparison reacts to the favor of both Conrad and Melville. Martha Parry, an added attraction at the Rialto this week, sings ‘‘My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice” In a manner to win the acclaim of the audience. , The Sunday symphony con- cert veld the high rank of its prede- ceseors as a thing of genunine merit. Joseph Turin ahd Miss Parry sang a duet that was most pleasing. Jopt Iu @ con-| \ETROPOLITAN—"The Skyrocket. Peggy Hopkins Joyce in her film dobut and Waring's Pennsylvanians, held over for a second week, are the feature of the Metropolitan program which packed the house to the doors at every performance yesterday. The Pennsylvania music mekers are the acme of versatility in pro- ducing jazz harmonies. Their origi- nality and pep, as well as their vari- €ty of talents, marks them as unique among the leading jazz orchestras, The greatest charm of “The Sky- rocket,” aside from Peggy's lovely profile and attractive personality, lies in the interesting scenery around | Hollywood. * In fact, were it not for Peggy and the ecenery, the produc- tion could mever justify its making. The plot itself—that of the beautl- | ful “extra girl” who is raised to star. !dom overnight by a famous producer s threadbare. The situations are amiliar that one can_prophesy e next move” from the first scene to the last. One rance. When the Sharon Kimm s a homely d, with straijght brown hair and ark skin and_ey Upon_growing up, this same Sharon (played by Peg- gy _Joyce) bursts upon the vision—a radiant blonde of the ‘“golden girl” The effect is to make her ludicrous, rather ! Involuntarily the audience 18 moved to laughter to see 1 v the ugly duckling has changed. {Of course, awkward homely children |often grow into beautles, but bru- | nettes do not grow into blondes—with- out the aid of something more than Mother Nature Owen Moore, Gladys Hulette, Earle | Willlams and “Bull” Montana, with Lillian Tashman, lend excellent sup- port to the star. A Pathe news reel is shown, featur- ing views of the beautiful memorial include Jose Saxton | serious techmical error mars | veness of Miss Joyce's pre- | story | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. © which is to be erected in the Mall in honor of the District boys who fought in the World War. A strong appeal to Washingtonians to share in the expense of this memorial is included in the strip, which was prepared by the generous direction of Harry M. Crandall, “Hearts and Showers” and Aesop Fables comedy complete the pro- gram. PALACE—"Sandy.” Immense audiences at the Palace yesterday attested the popularity of Elenore Meherin's story, “‘Sandy,” and a public interest in its flm ver- sion. Madge Bellamy, who used to be leading lady for the Garrick stock company when the now famous Monta Bell was its director, is pictured in the tle role, and supporting her are H son Iord, Glorfa Hope, Fenton and Bardson Bard. | Beaumont was the director. “Sandy” is the story of a Californie flapper of Scotch and Spanish extrac- tion, whose recklessness and deflance of the conventions ultimately prove her ruin. In the language of the day. “Sandy” is & “hot necker,” and so never wants for a man. First she snares a 22-yearold kid with a fiiv- ver; then the wealthy Murillo, whom her family forces her to marry; then Ramon Worth, an architect, for whom she leaves home and husband, and thus she goes on and on until an early end, brought on by her own misdeeds. The theme is not pleas- ing. but it may teach a lesson. Ex- pt for a superfiuity of love scenes “Sandy” s gripping and never falls flat. Madge Bellamy seems perfectly at home with the role, and Harrison Yord seems his old self again. Bard- son Bard, a newcomer, who plays the part of Sandy's husband, looks like a double for Valentino in some of the shots. A Walter Hiers comedy, ‘“Wireless Lizzie,” the Pathe News reel and Topies of the Day complete the pro- gram. COLUMBIA~—"Beverly of Graustark.” “Beverly of Graustark,” featuring Marion Davies, yesterday started ity gecond week at Loew's Columbia Theater with crowded houses all day. As the young crown prince, Miss Davies, who has given to the screen 5o varied a series of characterizations, touches a etill higher pinnaole. Her masquerade {s so convincing that one can scarcely believe it 1S not a slim young boy playing the part, and the transformation back to her real self, as the adorable Beverly, is just as ap- pealing. To watch the play of emo- tions in her faco is entertainment in itself. Antonio Moreno is a satisfactory hero and Roy D'Arcy again 's the polished villain as in the ‘“Meny Widow,” Creighton Hale, the real crown prince, is excellent and others of the cast are adequate. John Arthur in “Home Cured,” a Tuxedo comedy, is spasmodically funny, and with the International News reels complete the bill. TIVOLI—"“The Auction Block.” Rex Beach's novel of “The Auction Block,” pictured by Hobart Henley for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, is shown the first two days of this week at Cran- dall's Tivoll Theater. Eleanor Board- man {s captivating and dramatically impressiye in the role of Lory Knight, the youthful beauty who refused to be sold to the highest bidder until he had demonstrated a worthiriess be- yond that represented by his rich father’s checkbook. Charles Ray Is seen as the spend. thrift son of a millionaire dad, and Sally O'Nell, one of the season’s real finds, is particularly good as an omi- nous “baby vamp." “A Business Engagement,"” a divert- ing Fox picture of one of the Mabel Herbert Urner stories of domestic mis- understandings between “Helen and Warren,” featuring Hallan Cooley and Katharine Perry; the Pathe Review and pipe organ music by Otto F. Beck and Ida V. Clarke complete the bill. AMBASSADOR—*“The Skyrocket.” The attraction at the Ambassador through Tuesday {s “The Skyrocket,” the new Marshall Nellan production featuring Peggy Hopkins Joyce with Owen Moore, Farle Willlams, Gladys Hulette and Lillyan Tashman. It e also featured at Crandall's Metropoll- n. A new Aesop I'able, featuring a funny little farmer with his cats and mise, is also shown among the added attractions. CENTRAL—"Lure of the Wild.” A thrilling romance of the North Woods, *Lure of the Wild,” is the fea- ture at Crandall’s Central Theater the first two days of this week, with Jane Novak sharing stellar honors with “Lightning,” a dog actor new to screen fam The comedy is one of Hal Roach’s “Our Gang"” in “Better Movles” that convulses the audience. “‘Screen Snapshots’” and excellent pipe organ music are added attrac- tions. e PLAYS TO AID SCHOOL. Falls Church Committee Arranges Fund Entertainment. Special Dispatch to The Btar. FALLS CHURCH, Va., April 12— The school equipment fund committee met Saturday night and completed ar- rangements for the next entertain- ment, which is to be given at Odd Fellows' Hall April 24, ! The program will consist of two one-act plays, “The Common Denom- inator” and “The Klorist Shop,” and parts of two scencs from ‘‘Richard the Second,” and will be given by the Avon Players of Washington, under direction of James Otis Porter. Tickets will be G0-and 25 cents. The monthly meeting of the Great Falls Street Civic Association will be held Tuesday evening at the residence of R. 8. Hoimes. The Volunteer IYre Department will give e chicken dinner April 20 at_0dd Fellows' Hall. SRDE, Dr. CLAUDE S. SEMONES Eyesight Specialist Phene Main 731 400-410 McLachlen Bldx. 10th and G Sts. N.W. McCormick Medical College “Physics” Bad DR. W. 8. CALDWELL AT THE AGE OF 83 ‘While Dr. W. B. Caldwell, of Mon- ticello, Ill., a practicing physician for 47 years, knew that constipation was the curse of advancing age, he did not believe that a “purge” or “physic” every little while was nec- essary. To him, it seemed cruel that so man, .onstipated old people had to be kept constantly “stirred up” and half sick. In Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin he discovered a laxative which helps to “regulate” the bowels of old.folks. Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin not only causes a gentle, easy bowel move- ment but each dose helps to strengthen the bowel muscles, women began ‘Then on to dishes, of course! home Lux replaced kitchen soaps ~=till now over half a million women use in familiar packages marked LUX—two sises, enough in the new one for 135 dishwashings. Lever Bros. Cambridge, Mase. Lux is sold o for Old Folks shortly establishing natural “regu-| farity.” It never gripes, sickens, or | upsets the system. Besides, it is | absolutely harmless and pleasant to| take. | If past fifty, buy a large 60-cent | bottle at any store that sells medi-! cine and just seec for yourself. Dr. Caldwell’s . 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