Evening Star Newspaper, December 22, 1926, Page 34

Sunday i | Aesop Fudie Gild “Aloma oas, __Acsop_Fable. _ro’xn;?um o “Twinkletoes." Acsop. Fable. | .dohn \,uum nificent _Acsop Fable. Richard Dix Quarterback rmaid_comedy. a Gray In | of the South | “The, Flaming Fron- tier,”" ‘Alice cartoon. Rudolph Valentino in | Rud of the Anocalypse Famous Fantings _recl THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. e four Horsemen ¥o of “the u.m 1)\;..., e "1 trics JuvUIIx; or_Alimony On Billy Dooley o} Ysironk Man. Aesop Fable, News Viola Dana fn ~ Viola_Daua | “Kogner Kitty Re For ony Only,” __Imperial comedy. st Tivingston " Richara Dix n “The Quarterbac) Back Leader Richard Dix tn Olympic Park Mary Pickford in Sparro Rubens Takoma “Aloma o Three Had Men.” Throush Back with the Al " Hoot Gibson | G Red" Granke in Ont Minste 1o Play. Jean Hersholt in 1o Old Soak. Charlea Puffy medy Dorothy Magkaill in “Subway Sadle.” Cameo Ford umnnx in epn Harld Lhnd in Elaine Hammersteln | n “The_Checkered Miiton Siils in Bl Olive wm!m in “The Cintry Beyond. e “The Flaming Fron- " Aesop' Fable. _Sen " Olive Borde “Fie_Leaves Valentino | petairs and Warren comedy and | “Through Hell Hell and | Back with the Allies. " Jonnn_ Harron and Marceline Bay _“The Bov Friend." " live Bonlen .nm | Olive Borden and Brien Ueorwe ¢Brien W Buck_Joues in arle Prevost in d: Man Four Square.” tam Roesell in Milton Sills fn il Alarm.! aradise. Fields in *S0’s Your Old Man Norma Shearer in, W “The Waning Sex. C. Fields in N Man Kind of a Man,” “Adorable Girl,” with a fast clog dance by the men's chorus a waltz, “Just Like a Rose,” written by Lewls and \Hu Stone; “‘Bye By by Lewis, and “Lady Stout,” by P terson. Harvard Inslnlmenltal Clubs, Sunday Night. The popular Harvard Instrumental Clube, including the banjo, mandoin and vocal clubs of Harvard Univer with a number of solo speclalties, will present their annual program in \Washington next Sunday night at §:30 o'clock at the Maytiower Hotel. Tickets can be secured in the hotel. “The Other Wise Man,” December 26, 27 and 28. The special dramatization of Dr. Van Dyke's legend, “The Other Wise Man,” arranged by Bess Schrefmer and Walter W. Beck, with music arranged by Katherine Riggs, harp- ist, will be presented the first three nights of next week, Sunday, Mon- day and Tuesday, at Luther Place ~| Memorial Church at 8:30 p.m. Nina Norman, young Washington soprano, will sing the Madonna's lullaby, an old Hebrew melody, and Judy Lyeth, attractive young dancer, also of Washington, will give the slave dance on the program. The original cast of 50, who participated in the | production last vear will interpret the WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1926. week, - starting next Sunday afternoon, with Gus Edwards, “‘the star maker,” in person, and 20 youth- ful stars in the making, in his famous Atlantie C.ty revue, “Ritz Carlton Nights,” as the ge feature, and “Love's Blindne: Elinor Glyn's romantic drama. England, featuring Pauline ntonio Moreno and Lilyan Tashman, the chief screen The management has & New Year overture b Orchestra, under Thomas J. Dick Leibert will appear in a mus surprise, and the Palace Mags and other screen features will varfety to the entertainment. A spe. cial midnight performance of the entire bill will be presented on New Year eve. METROPOLITAN—“Twinkletoes.” Colleen Moore will be the picture star at Crandall's Metropolitan The- ater New Year week in First National's screen version of Thomas Burke's story of “Twinkletoes,” the dancing walf of London's Limehouse district, The story abounds in humor, is in tensely dramatic and in its final se quences touches the depths of pathos. The companion attraction on the stage will be Art Fowler, “‘wizard of the ukulele' who should be well known to radio fans. The supplementary features will in- clude the Metropolitan World S next | secret adad | picture at the Rialto for Yuletide week is “Taxi! Taxi’” filmed from the magazine story by George Weston, and co-starring Edward Everett Hor ton and Marian Nixon. The story, a rollicking comedy, cerns a itect who W for the c: firm of & horn, & _ Braith, Schuyl lespot. has never given of his real chance, Circumstance throws | the hero into the company of l:mv the niece of old § merhorn. L meetings and thrilling fons arise when the lovers nocently involved in the ance of a valuable diamond Under suspicion, the hero ed by a trick detective, who ibutes to the fun. L d arm of coincldence conspir make the denoument both luc and thrilling Special st presentations, musi, novelties and short reels will compl the bill. con lo COLUMBIA—"We're in the Navy v is announced | Theater A holiday comedy for Loew's Columt week, starting next with Wallace Be: Hatton, stars of in Paramount newest Ve're in the > Raymond the Front,” | A teaspoonful of thisfamous! hectic days of 1917 and reveals that all the fun was not confined to life ashore among the doughioys. who directed “ront,"” 1Hrt~r'to<l “We're »w.'” and Monty Brice, r film, appears as newest com. Lorraine Eason, Jo d Max Asher have the author 4f Donald Keith, seph W, ¢ rd prominent roles Supplemer sented also. itures will be pre. Whyer: Pow knack, ;'.,i ples. Barbers or druggi, LUCKY 'I'IGER Refills Rheumatism Prescription Over a Million Times A firm of druggists established in New York City 75 years ago has refilled a certain Rheu matism prescription morethan amilliontimes. People even send for it from foreign countries. Rheumatism pra scription which is call ed A-285 “The |__Mermaid_comeds. | Back with the Alli Renee Adorec and alph Graves pon same roles this year. PALACE—"Love’s Blindness.” A holiday stage and screen program de luxe is prnmlfled at Loew's Palace 3ehind the F same two stars scored a comedy n» Bl Men," “Hoot Gibson timesa da Ysrheumahcnmn and quickiy relieves painful muscles and stiff, swollen '3 "’nm short reels and orchestral contribu- :- 1ds R nold tlons by the Metropolitan Symphony. Richard Dix in “The Quarterback.” Neely Edw Ky Business.” comedy. et it for n Buckaroo Kid," Avenue, out. Like that l,qlr of \rm\ hf» N “Through Hell and “Through _Hell and Back with the Allies.” Back with the Allies." ‘Through Hell an MU“" Blue “Tales of 1.001 Douglas Fairhnnks “‘Other \V(\mfil\ . ights. "The n “Blarney. “Hushands.” Mary Pickford in ary Pickford in parrows.” parrows mm- R (‘hnrhr- Pufly com¢ olleen Moore in Must Re Love." Ben Lyon in “The Savase Mary Pickford in | . Glenn Hunter in “The Broadway Roob.” Richard nmmlme-- Mary Pickford in “Sparrows." “Sparrows." Rl vh Lewis in “The Block Signal Standard_comedy. | Lewls Stone in ~ Richard Dix in “Let's Get Married.” Art - Lake comedy’ Richard “The Amateur ___Gentlemar “Colle uster Brown Aosop Tl Barthelmess Pat O'Malley in “Tne Amatour “Perch of the Devil Gentleman. 4 i Ygra Reynolds. h;' Viola_Dana_in “Kesher Kitty Kel ““Collegians” No. 4. Attractions in Washington Theaters Next Week NATIONAL—Madge Kennedy. Madge Kennedy will be presented at the National Theater next week, be ginning Monday night, in a comedy bv Amelie Rives and Gilbert Emery, ng the nebulous title “‘Love in a Ml\t »~ It ran for a considerable pe- riod on Broadway last Spring. The plot involves a charming South- ern girl who is unwilling to choose between two suitors—the man she aboy all things in the world. She finel\ accepts the former, but before she has definitely disposed of his rival. She tries in vain to avert the un- happiness of the disappointed lover, her efforts to dissemble finally collaps- ing with climatic effect. Miss Kennedy in the leading role end Sidney Blackmer as the lucky lover are said to give beautifully fin- ished performances of their roles. KEITH'S—Ernest Glendenning. Holiday week at B. F. Keith's Theater, beginning with the matinee will bring: several spe- including a midnight December 31, and y, three shows, at 2:15, 5:15 and 8:15 pm. Headlining the bil wil be Ernest Glendenning in a playlet by Edwin Burk . entitled *“Selfishnes Featured will be the initial appear- ance here of the London and Paris dancers, Gaston and Andree, assisted by siaura shanley and Edna McKay, in “An Excertional Daneg Offering.” Others will include = Will and Glad:= Ahern In 2 new act entitled “A Spinning Romance,” and Steve Freda and Johnny Palace in “Bartch a Kallosp.” Fredn is a guitarist and Palace a harmonist. For the midnight show, New Year eve, there will be special features. EARLE—"“Gerber’s Giggles.” The headliner for New Year week at the Earle Theater will be Jack Pil- lard and Al Hillier in “Gerber's Gig- les,” a tabloid review concocted for ughing purposes only, and including Collette Lyons, Ann Mason, Betty Burnett, Lee Sims and Pat Ivory. It was written and produced by Alex- ander Gerber, and presents a quick succession of scene: punctuated by clever songs, comedy and dances. The added attraction will be Babe ‘Bgan and her Hollywood Redheads, & group of gayety girls from the golden West, in songs and dances, with clever work by Miss Egan at the grand piano. For the kiddies the Earle’s new bill will embrace a comedy offering by White Black and Useless in “The New Blacksmith,” which is described as one of the most amusing acts in the varieties, introducing a_clever black- face comedian, an attractive young loves and the man who needs her love | woman and a mule. Other offerings will embrace Prince Wong, In “From Shanghal to San Francisco in 10 Minutes,” during which is demonstrated how clever a native Chinese may become as an American monologist. Also Fern Red- mond and H. Wells in a sketch, “The Gyp.” Miss Redmond and Mr. Wells have taken the gypsy fortune teller and her thirst for wealth as the basis of the playlet, into-which are interpo- lated songs, dances and comedy. The photoplay will be Fox’s produc- tion of “The Blue Eagle,™ George O'Brien and Janet Gaynor. This is a picture abounding in action and bristling with unexpected cli- maxes and deals in part with the ma- neuvers of certain branches of the United States Navy. In addition there will be presented the customary house features, includ- ing pipe organ accompaniment of the pictures by Alexander Arons. STRAND—“Frolics of 1927.” Next week, beginning Sunday, Vie- tor Hyde will present, as the holiday attraction at the Strand, “Frolics of 1927,” with Irvin B. Hamp, the come- dian, and his assistants, Lew Lewis and Earl Root, putting the comedy into the “Frolics”: Paul Rush and Kathleen Butler adding the song-and- dance numbers; Florence Drake, in specialties, and Billle La Monte in solo numbers. The Spanish number, “My Spanish Rose,” sung by Paul Rush, will have special stage setting and lighting ef- fects, and the Dancing Dozen will furnish Spanish dances. The Folies Bergere Girls will introduce original dance numbers. On_the screen the wonder dog, Rin Tin Tin, will be seen in “While London Sleeps,” in which he appears as the dog of master criminal that is torn between love for his evil mas- ter and his devotion to a girl who has befriended him. In the support- [ OPEN EVENINGS COME Christmas GlFTS LGWEST PRICE INTOWN Open BUY Thousands of Washington- ians are amazed at the sen- sationally LOW PRICES we are quoting on Xmas gifts. For example: Blanket Bath Robes, $1.95. Men’s Embroidered Silk .scarfs. $1.57. Girls’ Plaid Rain Coat and Cap Set, $4.47. Turkish Towels, 57c. Bed Room Slippers, 59¢— and hundreds more equally as special! Eve ni ngSMnm 9 pu. 7. SURPRISE On the Corner STORE Sm&DSts. n.W. m m "!""“" il *The Country Beyon: featuring | Olive Boiden in The management announces a spe- cial midnight show next Friday, New Year eve, beginning promptly at 12 o'clock. Tt will be exactly the same as the regular performances, MUTUAL—*Dimpled Darlings.” The Mutual Theater announces as its holiday week attraction “Dimpled Darlings.” said to be one of the Mutual circuit’s most popular shows. Mabel Spaeth is the featured player. MICHIGAN l\l\ ERSITY OPERA— December 27. Musical numbers with lilting melo- dies and sparkling lyrics are promised in “Front Page Stuff,” the twent: first annual union opera of Mimes of the University of Michigan, which will | be presented at the Washington Audi- torium December 27. The music was written entirely by two students, Mil- ton A. Peterson of Detroit, who is also the author of the book, and V M. Lewis, jr., of Muskegon, Mich., plays the leading feminine role as June. The lyrics were composed Peterson and Lewis, with additions Dorothy Stone, daughter of Fred Stone, who is co-starring with her fa- ther in “Criss-Cross. “My Lady of the Snows,” written by Peterson, is said to promise great mu- sical and dramatic possibilities and will be one of the outstanding points in the evening's entertainment. It be- gins with the song rendered by Robert Graham as Isidore the poet, followed by a dazzling parade of snow queens, with a comedy dance of 16 snowmen, who enter rolling a huge snowball. Then comes a toe ballet by the six specialty dancers and the snowball bursts, revealing the “leading lady,” who will perform the first toe ballet ever to be given in a union opera. The costumes for this number are of white satin, white fur and lace. Other numbers will include “A Friendly Game of Golf,” “Just Any ing cast are Helene Costello and Wal- ter Merrill. The management announces a spe- cial New Year eve show, starting at 11:30 p.m. WARDMAN PARK—St. Patrick Players. The St. Patrick Players in their new musical comedy, “What! No Prince?” will be the attraction at Wardman, Park Theater, starting Sunday, for the entire week. The pro- duction’ 1s under_the general super- vision of Rev. Francis J. Hurney, story, setting, musical numbers and staging having heen arranged by tal ented members of the company. The cast includes such brilliant performers as Elizabeth Gorman, Orme Libbey, Luke Fegan, Mary Deery and the Melody Makers (Foster, Fegan and Cox), besides an esemble of 40 people. Next week's attraction, “Napoleon and Josephine.” film ds’ France re- vivi GAYETY—"Dav ‘fllrlon’A Own Show.” Celebrating his fiftieth year as an actor, Dave Marion brings to the Gayety Theater next week ‘“Dave Marion’s Own Show” as the holiday attraction. As Snufty the Cabman the popu- lar star will appear in a role that has endeared him to burlesque fans—the mellow_ old jokesmith with whip and quip. ‘'While there will be new phi- losophy flowing from the humorous fount, this year’s Snuffy will be a continuation of the role that has de- lighted theatergoers for many years. In promoting comedy,” Walter “Boob” McManus will be Snuffy’s first aid, besides contributing to his own brand of ecoentrics. An outstanding novelty in the many items of enter- tainment will be “Thirty Pink Toes,” an unusual act. A big cast will sup- port Snuffy the Cabman. 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