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D. 0, MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1926. Opening Attractions in Washington Theaters. GEORGE, | HAD To Looks FERFECTLY LoOK AT THAT, ___(Continued from Tenth Page) performers in songs and dances, and prmoirent among th in Tex Hen drix, female impersonator. There is ®n element of I pride in the ap pearance of Mulroe and Kuehling, two Washington hoys. The overture is a delightful ar rangement of n o Verdi's operas synchronized to a short screen version of ineidents in the life of the famous composer. An “organlogue,” by Dick Leibert, and news reel com- plete the pragram RIALTO—"Take It From Me." | Reginald Denny clowns his way | g at the Rinlte this week in what | i« one of the best feature comedies produced in a long time. The piece 18 chock full of laughs. Real humor- ous situations of the unhackneyed sort are a great relief from the pie- slinging of the short comic. Denny is the whole show. Of course, there 1s the pretty little Blanche Mehaffey, who used to play in the short come and has risen to higher afd finer things through unquestioned merit. Her work Take It From Me” is all that could | be desired The story is of a young man who. having spent a legacy of $50,00% kef by his uncle, finds himself, in pauperized state, sans fiancee, s home und sans anything else that might happen to be valuable. The uncle’s will, however, discovered about this time, provides that if he take the huge et department store and run it for three months, | showing a profit at the end of that t time, it shall become his. The hero takes the store, tries to wreck it s sncceeds in winning it and the h r vdon, who is none other than Miss Mehaffey | The Rialto Orchestra presentation, | a violin solo by Henri Sokolov, i Krazy Kat carte news events and a scenic reel complete a good bill. COLUMBIA--"La Boheme." & kept over for two weeks n of merit in a picture, *La deserves to stay three. The factor of the production that stands out beyond the acting, the settings und the direction of the story. But if the story was mediocre the perfec- tion of the other elements would raise the plefure above the ordinary. It is the story of woman's sacri-’ fice for the man she loves; of her self- rder that she may s. Even the joy- Ty with them u tinge of sorrow. but the prime motlf is victory and the happiness that goes with it. In this wh every week whic n one sees pictures attempt to plumb the depths of human , whether the emotion be frivoloua_ or tragic. the audience becomes Rite blase and what is shown on the %en seldom does more than touch tl. gur- face. But “La Boheme” is diffegent. it is the sheer earnestness of it that grips the andience. beautify” Bver made. George Fawcett, Montagu Love, Bar- | Madeline Hurlock, Kalla Pasha, Betty D e dv forms @ safety | _Elsie ¥Buson appears opposite | bura Dean and Paul McAllister. 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