Evening Star Newspaper, August 2, 1926, Page 13

KEITH'S—Santley -Revue. Joseph Santley, well known musi- cal comedy star, has put together an entertaining act for the Keith circult under_the title, “London, Paris and New York Revue,” which is headlin- ing at Keith's this week. 'Ten pretty girls and three clever men make up the company, and with rich costymes nd beautiful scen have little rouble in scoring a success. The act uns about 30 minutes. Dorothy Mack and Jane Smith are the leading ladies, while Bud and Jack Pearson and Charles Ross head the males. The Pearson brothers, who also turn in a taking specialty of song and danc- ing, continue their good work with the revue. Imagination has to be| ned to fix the different scenes, on, ¥ and 2 sented by back dro fean strengthens the finale. Jack Fulton and Peggy Parker | scored in a little sketch entitled “Diversion a la Carte” by Paul Gerard Smith. The lines are original and and Fulton enhances their with dry comeday re. mark v Parker danc and is a good foil for her A half d in calls last night was their_reward. Helen Trix and here sister Mattie i effectively, their voices blending sweetly, and they display jusi enough “pep” to make the number & include LeFieur Lorin Baker EARLE—Jemries—Sharkey. James J. Jeffries, one-time hes weight champion of the prize ring. | and Tom Sharkey. who zave Jeffries | one of the hardest fights of his career, | headline in person and action at the | admirably fitted Miss Gish to- give it | | story of | vender in | of the British day afternoon at Loew's . Columbia with an all-English cast, except for Dorothy Gish, who piays the fasci- nating madcap Nell, gives one an op- portunity to compare the British pic- ture with others from across the At- lantic. The result of the comparison is that the British are on a par with the best the continent has to offer. It is hard to say what is the big- gest factor in making the story of the ragged fruit vendor a picture of the best caiber. At the risk of belng tlassed as intensely national, one might easily say Dorothy Gish, for her acting is one of the superb things of her career. Onpe would have dlffl~| culty in thinking of a more felicitious part for this younger of the famous screen sisters. A great many yeurs of training In this type of role has the finesse without which i would ‘have fallen fiat. Miss Gish is not alone in provid- ing interpretation of the highest qual- ity. Randle Ayrton, who interprets part of the practical joking les 11, and Juliette Compton as Castiemaine give performances t match the work of Miss Gish the most part. Less important roles also reveal the adroitness of the British director In the difficult task of correct casting. In setting. “Nell Gwyn" is a picture far above the average. In photog- raphy, however, it does not soar so far above the geperal run of high- class productions. If one is up on one’s historical lore, one needs but mation concerning the ell Gwyn.” This ragged, free ~ urchin—a fruit theater—with a longing meets the monarch pirve, Charles T1. In her first contact with him she is forced to sacrifice the silk stocking money to pay for the supper to which the vractical joking Charles has_in- vited her. From there, however, Nell begins to get the upper hand, and happy, ¢ for silk stockis Mail ardd Phone Orders Accepted Unless Otherwise Stated Let Our Personal Shoppers Serve You Call Main 8780 ave Enough Money on “Vacation Luggage To Help Pay For Your Ticket! | Pieces selected with every sort of vacation in mind. Luggage, men or women can take proudly any- where! And you may not find them at these low prices again in months! looks and constructed to give service. 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Al though it is a very short setto it 18| humcr and fearlessness as her only REveEHElvo diteraniing ‘| weapons, the former ragged child of, Rogers and company appear | tho streets annihilates the brilliant amusing skit, “Show Me the | women of the London court, particu- v i\'\m '::";‘g‘]*;"h‘-m ,""‘:"'1,";‘ Ei*;:'c"l(i tarly the wondrous Lady Castlemaine, rick; ancing - and s - | with whom s v Rogers plays the part of a saise In | 0f (harles. he competes far the ieve a convincing manner. Verna Ha- [ «Nell ‘Gwyn” i g worth has a lively dance act in which | cellantiy produced A Inteconting sted by Frederick Wobett | yhove the average even if one would O'Connor. two £00d ec-| hesitate to call it great. ed Martin, who | "5 Mermaid comedy, the news real, a scenle and a musical programe com- plete the bill, one that is much worth while, * RIALTO—"So This Is Paris.” Ernst Lubitsch, the imported Ger- man director, whose direction of “Passion,” “The Marriage Circle” and Me Again” won him instant in this countr: us scored again ~ his newest pro- duction, which shares headline honars S o at the Rialto this week with the re: h is Universal's, “The | cently _chosen *N \Washington,"” Love 'Thief, rring Norman Keery | the Capital's 1926 candidate to the and Greta Nissen. Tt is the story of | Avlantic City Beauty Pageant. Prince Basil of Maurania (Norman | “So This Is Pa might be called Keery), who, to avert war, is £0ing | a twin of “Kiss Me Again,” as it takes Princess Norrine (Greta | for its central characters a young orvia. The prince, being | Parisian couple and sees them through ts and falls in love With | 5 series of unexpected yet wholly lok- ine, incognito, and re-|ical situations, such as the clever fuses to marry the unknown princess. | Lubitsch can adequately portray. He is insulted by Prince Karl (Marc | Monte Blue 1s seen as the young hus- McDermott), but refuses to fight and | hand, a successful dector, whose is branded as a coward. How he is | charming wife, played by Patsy Ruth lfted from disgrace and finally Wins | afiller, is found at the opening of the the princess makes a pleasant story. | story seated by the window of thelr pretty flat engrossed in one of those “best “seller’ desert romances. 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Billy Abbot sings in a « manner and Alma Keller and Layland also are heard In a eycle of songs that are more or less pleasing The photoplay Princess STRAND—"Speak E-Z Revue.” The “Speag E-Z Revue at the Strand this week, presents a head Mner with no nonsense and a_great deal of pep and precision. There's none of the “all-right-I'm-waiting-for- | applause” spirit. but lots of new | window. She blinks and looks again, dances d pretty monkeyshines. | for there across the street in the win- The dances alone would carry the act, [-dow of the opposite flat stands none with_the Sidell Sistel less than a turbaned head, who how- and Lillian Martin and ever, presently upon rising discloses shaking their feet for dear life.. a torso minus clothing. As the young ballet and Apache dance stand out, | Wife springs back shocked in-Conies however, and cut quite a figure in| her husband and she tells him he the program -| must go at once to this bold creature Running up with a whoop are the |and demand satisfaction. Of course, Beasley Twins—charming persons | the husband goes, only to discover Who play a violin and viola, dance & | their ‘neighbors to be dancers, tho bit. sing & bit and do satisfactorily in | wife of the window shiek, a former contributing a few lost motions. Will [ sweetheart, and there the fun begins. H. Ward and his. cohorts have an |Iach pair spends its time in trying amusing thing called “At the Stage | to dodge the other, until hubby really Door,” in which Will, the strong- |gets into trouble with a motor cop for voiced gentleman, has a deuce of ‘a |8peeding, from which wifey cleverly time trying to take a chorine to sup- | extricates him, and the “finis" is writ per and “theayter. upon & most happy domestic scene. The 1,000 Pounds of Harmony,” a| Monte Blue is at his best in this quartet of husky males, lives up to | sort of role and Fatsy Ruth Miller is the cognomen and sings and clowns | his perfect foil. Lilyan Tashman to the delight of the cash customers. [ plays the vampie dancer with her The large tenor seems 2 second Buster | usual poise, and others in the cast Keaton. A ladder, a are good. The photography is excel- table help Louis Leo to do s lent, some of the shots, particularly '1,800Pairs Hosiery 1:%9 Dress Trunks Special, .Sl 4.95 36-inch size. 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There is nothing very subtle, nothing requiring thought on the part of the audience, in picture or themeand yet, is a vital factor that makgs the pro- gram delightful entertainment even for a hot, humid da And oh, how the Yolks stacked up at the theater door clamoring for admission. Colleen Moore, as an oppressed little slavey to her stepmother and step- sisters, and yet with grandlioquent ideas, has many pleasing little antics and in one or two scenes introduces some rather eloquent pathos. To judge the picture by the story would be doing it an injustice, for despite the fact that it is rather vapld most of the scenes are interesting. The tale concerns Ella Cinders, a complete edition of the original Cin- derella, who is in love with a hand- gome but poor young ice man. She enters a small town beauty contest as the only means of escaping the tyranny of her family, and wins, somewhat accidentally, a trip to Hollywood and the promise ef star- dom in the movies. She reaches the studios, but finds that the job is not there. Her guardian angel is at his post, however, and sees to it that she is able to crash the gate of a studie, get chased by a watchman and arouse the ire of an unleashed lion. She finds safety in the middle of a scéne, being *“shot,” and upon the spot at: tains her ambition to become a star. Of course every one in the home town 1s elated except her jealous relatives, but there they drop out of the picture. In the meantime it is found that the poor ice man whom she left {s really the son of a millionaire and a noted halfback of the University of Illinois foot ball team. He goes to Les Angeles, meets her on “location” on the way, and they elope, leaving the ldisgrun(]ed director with one hereine ess. A Helen and Warren comedy, sh w- | ing the pleasures of entertaining a house full of relatives, and a news reel also are shown. Bernardo de Pace with his mandolin and grimaces gives several numbers and an encore or two. The orchestra deserves a share of the honors, for ft does much more than merely fill in a dull interval. COLUMBIA—“Nell Gwyn.” Now we have the British movie. The French and the German varie tles, with thelr varying grades of ex- cellence, have been much more promi- nent and naturally much more. -utl CPRRRL ayn amien o o1y, yestar \ uncanny. A revue arranged by Mischa Guter- son serves to introduce ‘‘Miss Wash- ington” and the runmers-up” in the local beauty contest, who are intro- duced by the lovely little Princess Nacoomee, who, if she had entered the running, might easily have been voted “Miss America.” A Grantland Rice “Sportlight” and other shprt reels, together with Guter- son’s orchestral numbers, complete an excellent bill PALACE—"The,_Show-0ff.” The greater movie season gives us George Kelly's. comedy, "‘The Show- Off,” at Loew’s Palace this week. It is truly a fine show and a bud of promise for the greater movie season. 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For the sake of realism, much of the play was actually photographed in Philadelphia, the scene of the story, and mest of the action takes place on real streets and in real houses instead of in studio “‘sets.” For the eharacter study and mapy laughs, much eredit ‘goes to Kerd Sterling, but for the success of the picture and the careful direction which kept it from being slmply farce comedy, the honors are Malcolm St. Clair's. 'A Maek Sennett comedy, Tepics of the Day and the newsreel, with orchestral accompaniment, round out the bill. TIVOLI—"Padlocked.” “Padlocked,” featuring Leis Meran, Douglas Fairbanks, jr.; Noah Beery and Loulse Dresser, which has-been entertaining downtown audiences re- cently, is perlornflni like service at Crandall's Tivoll Theater the first two days of the week. It ig the screen version of a Rex ich stery con- cerning % young woman, much op- pres: at home by a Puritanical father, who seeks the comforts of Broadway. 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