Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1926, Page 58

AMUSEMENTS. BY FIRST LAYHOUSE patrons, who sel- dom stray away from F street, have evidently discovered some- thing new down on Ninth street, where they have been standing them up for the past two weeks. Victor Hyde and Irvin B. Hamp have whipped a permanent mu- sleal comedy organization into shape and the patrons of that theater have evidently been walting for just such a -performance. Hyde is a good di- rector and Hamp a clever dancing comedian. What makes the show unusually interesting is the fact that there are many Washington girls in the line-up and, according to Hyde, they are all making good. ““There 18 no necessity of painting out the Washington girls.” said Hyde to the First Nighter last week. “They are exceptionally attentive to instructions and are just as good as those brought down from New York. One and pos- sibly twe will reach ‘topline’ promi- nence before many seasons have gone by, or I miss my guess.” Eddle Leonard made one big mis- take last year when appearing at Keith's. He appeared on the stage without his mlke-up. “Never again!" said Eddie. “The folks like tp know me as the dashirg minstrel boy and I am going to live up to that charac- ter. A woman approached me one afternoon this week, and remarked, ‘Oh, Mr. Leonard, T thought you were only about 30 vears old" and I told her I had children that old.” Bddle Foy, who o Shntured th hill at the Earle last week, went over with unusual suceess, especially with the younger gene fon of theater patrons. Just baif a square west of the Earle, Eddie made his debut in Washington some 30 years ago, when he appeared at the Natlonal with Henderson's “Cinderella,” a “‘wow" spectacular show from Chicago. Hen- derson came East, expecting to open the eves of New Yorkers, as his show was one of the first big ones on the stage. This was before the debut of Ziegfeld and his, production, com- pared with a “Follies” exhibit that came forth later. was on the order of & 10-20-30 shpw, to one of the pres- ent-day revues. ; While Henderson's scenery was elaborate and. startling, there was a total lack of urbanesque artistry and when it struck, New York it lingered only a short time. But Eddie Foy stuck. His clowning was something new, to Broadway and he never went” West again. For at least 15 years none of the hig revues were complete without Foy and he earried the burden of success upon his shoulders for many of the pro- ductions. Like all true showmen, Ed- Producing the * HE Children Players of Wash- ington, under the direction of Lenore Marie de Grange, will give their Winter perform- ances of the season Tuesd: utcrnoon at 2 o'clock and January 8 t 8 p.m. at Pierce Hall, Sixteenth and treets lrnelrlng in an elab- orate productior of the “Snow Queen,” with “Darby and Joan,” an eight-min- ute sketch ‘ds a’ curtain-raiser. ‘This com) un{ of juyeniles, ranging in age from three years to college girls, in prvduch\fi their delightful lit- tle piays, are participating in a move- ment mb"ihad by the children ‘of Paris before tife 'French Revolution, and which is meeting with success in m;r::'ad!m of this country as well as ‘The Washington branch of the chil- dren’s theater movement is under the direction of Miss de Grange, who has NIGHTER. dle is still optimistic and savs he is still good for many seasons ‘ahead. Another prominent member of. the “Cinderella” company who made a_ hit with the Broadwayites was diminutive Ida Mulle. If ever.there was a hu- man being that looked like a doll baby Ida Mulle was one. Mulle and Foy, working together along comedy lines. really made the Henderson rn duction a success and when they w weaned away the Chicago yn‘od\lcer drifted into the Lackground. When Ziegfeld selected Fannie Brice for stellar honors and witnessed her success on Broadway, it must have dawned on him that if a- woman with only personal oneline qualifi- cations could register a big hit, Relle Baker, with unlimited characteriza- tions, would be no risk at all in back- ing her as a star. Fannie Brice is solely a Hebrew comedienne, but a wonderful laugh producer. Belle Baker can speak at least a half dozen languages well and has studied the different races with an accuracy that defiex detection, Whether her present vehicle pleases New York or not, Belle Baker's standing as an actress will not he impaired. She has been a top-liner at Keith's for at least six years. “Of course [ am glad to get ‘into the big show,” said Miss Baker, after regaining her breath dur- ing a rehearsal at the National last Monday. “But whether I stick .or not, I will never forget my two-a-day audiences. Mr. Ziegfeld has certainly surrounded me with a wonderful com- pany and my personal opinion is that we will make good on Broadw; Some day a wideawake author will write a play for Belle Baker in which she will play the part of a female detective, something like old John Thompson's “On Hand,” and she will prove a sensation. Manager Ira Lamotte of the Gayety Theater is highly pleased over the adoption of the new policy’ last Fall and says it far outpeints a regular burlesque _program. What Price Glory” and other straight plays have been doing exceptionally well and it would not be surprising if burlesque was cut out entirely next season. “Burlesque starts the week well, -hut unless it is an exceptional attraction, shades off toward Saturday night,” sald the manager during ‘the past week. ‘‘With the regular shows; the start may be a little backward, but the attendance picks up rapidly and by the end of the week we are selling standing room. The fact that the aif- ferent plays are well acted and at very popular prices has apoealed to the publie.” Snow Queen” WOn success as an actress, pageant di- rector and producer of plays for chil- dren. She eays, in npe-kln‘ of her work with this organization: ** y| pose of the Children Pl awaken ideals through t ) portrayal of character, to develop in- dividual grace, poise and responsive. ness and the joy of expression, to give children clean; wholesome, artistic en- tertainment.” The “Snow Quéen” is a play from the Hahs Christian Anderson story, interspersed with the dances of‘the flowers, icicles, the snowflakes, Jack Frost and the fountain, the wHole'en- hanced by elaborate costires and lighting effects. ~ Forty -children are cast in the rious roles of the play, and at the January 8 performance an added feature will be the appearance of ,the Tchernikoff-Gardiner Dancers in & speeial presentation. Cofléén Forelgn Fllms. ILLEEN MOORE, film star, will make four pictures abroad at the expiration of her present contract with First National Pictures, accord- ing to an announcement made in New York by John McCormick, general manager of First Natlonal's, West Coast production. According to Mr. McCormick’s statement, Miss Moore will start her European production plans in the Fall of. 1927 and, will make one picture in England, . one . in, Germany, one in France and one.in Italy. As, far, as conditions. make it possible, foreign directors, staffs, cast.and techrical equipment ‘will b used. Several stories are under corisidera- tion. All of them will he from books or_plays of international reputation. Special studio facilities for the mak- ing of these pictures will be provided. “Twinkletoes” is a forerunner of this series, as Miss Moore and her . husband made a special trip to Lon- don last Summer to get the proper at- mosphere for Thomas Burke's classic tale of Limehouse, the Chinatown of the English capital. “We believe,” says McCormick, “that making four pictures abroad will go a long way toward promoting better understanding among lm pro- ducers. exhibitoré and distributors throughout the world, as well as pro- dueing a much needed atmosphere of internationalism in the film world. ““There has been considerable con- troversy recently over foreign films versus American films. “First National believes that the best results for the picture-going pub- lic of the world at large will be ob- tained when co-operation and mutual interest exist between the picture producers of all countries. “German directors have heen brought over to study our methods, and one of them, Lothar Mendes, has just completed one of the best pic- tures of the year—'The Prince of Tempters." “Swedish actors and directors have been hired, and in return we now randall Midnight Shows NOUNCEMENT is made that on New Year eve, Friday, in all of the Stanley-Crandall theaters in the National Capital New Year eve revelers will have opportunity to wel- come the new yvear in comfort at moderate cost while enjoying an ex- cellent screen entertainment, at an additional midnight show which will extend over the perind devoted to wel- coming the new vear. Public Questions—Home and Foreign —Every Monday Morning at 10:50. New Masonic Temple, 13th St. and N. Y. Ave. Admission, 65c. DANCING. TAND, MRS I AT ACHER s’f@!o 1ot et 'nw —Tlasies Mon. Fri. 8 to p.m. with orchestrs paintinent. 18867, Eat. 10000 500" ? STUDIoR. Pottom mnwum ‘Av esisy Sam 3573, CATHERIN BALLE Smast Steps Taught. 710 Sth St. N.W. 28 BEATRICE COLES aatly of the Ww’" ot .“oflx" 5u|-m cxbuaéh 25 fl'fi‘h" Totaphons: Col ‘Adams nn iniae DAVISON'’S ‘Fnch Jou 1o dance cor- o] &icls'p rivais say our. ass dan at. eve., with orchestra. Fox Trof s, Latest ariations 58 oralne plan to send some of our best brains in pictures abroad to study foreign methods and make a series of pictures in foreign flelds where new. methods of technique and fresh atmosphere can be secured. ““We are firmly convinced that this project will be a tremendous success and our lead will be followed by othiér American companies.” ‘That * plece called “The ‘Siger's Daughter,” written by Mrs. Wallace Irwin and characterized as a “study of ‘modern New York,” is the’ same play which Ruth Chatterton had some sort of a claim on early last Summer. Its present producer will be Lawrence Weber and Alice Brady will have the title role. WARDMAN PARK | Today and All “le St. Patrick Playgrs “What, No Prince?” A Musical Comedy in Three Acts Evenings, 8:15 P. M. Mats., Wed. and Sa 'OL| ATER THE MASKED BALL ruaflin) Marshall Bonelll Cenductor 'I’ll! RESURRECTION ,,..,.) I.ryM- Riteh Mofies ‘-nur orenestrs. Suase” Eanmt horus 5. x-unm Senes st 0!‘.! for lol\c l"md it K"& lll l- Inl m POLI’S Tonight MATINEES THURS. & SAT. Rased on McCarthy's Drama “IF 1 WERE KING” Musle by Priml %"Ffim\ th such distinguished art ml’h ET !‘x‘?z""” THE SUNDAY STAR., WASHINGTON D. C, DECEMBER - 26, 1926—PART 3. TALMADGE is now LITTLE SNOWFLAKES FROM THE PRODUCTION OF “THE SNOW QUEEN” ! . i [ flrmm of Washington children wha will take part In the Lenore Marle de Grange Players' show, “The Snow the Tuesday matinee, Plerce Hall, Sixteenth and Harvard streets northwest. The play will W Tett e right: Jean Davis. dean Cromelin, Maxine Stevenin, Barbara Ransifer, Jane Davis, Carol Cromelin and “The Vamp of Venice'—Venice, Italy, not California. The motion-picture star started out to be Carlotto in this, her latest, com- edy-drama, but John W. Considtne, general manager fr Joseph Schenck, who is producing the feature for First Natlonal, decided that Con- stance should be “The Vamp of Venice,” so the title was officially changed. Miss Talmadge broke hearts in Rus- sla in_her previous starring vehicle, “The Duchess of Buffalo,” and before that she mndvmturlng as “Her Sis- ter from Paris.” “The Vamp of Venice” gives her a radically different role—a gay young cook who plies her trade in the City of Gondolas. Directed by Marshall Neilan, the comedienne is supported by Antonio Moreno, Edward Martindel, Julanne Johnston, Michael Vavitch, Arthur ‘Thalasso and Andre Lenoy “The Vamp of Venice" is being filmed at the United Artists studio. e Announces a significant colleetion of pictures in ofl and water color. Amcrinn Themes by merican Painters Teas an ects and re- e gre m-n and natt la"n o Ive nation 2 sion ‘Indspendent of European. infiacnca December. 78ih 1926, to Januer oth, 1927 i be repeated Madg’e Kennedy s New Play. ADGE KENNEDY'S particular— and admirable—talent is the im- personation of those ladies who are called nothing else than sly minxes, because, after all, only one kind of honor is required of the female of the species, She s at her best when she is pl ing the part of a weak woman before whom strong men are helpless. The facile lie, followed upon its detection by the sob, which says “Now be hard upon me, it you dare,” is her stock in trade, and she is aware of her strength. In the exercise of the tyr- anny of tears she is a maater, and she knows, too, how to practice that most profound of frauds which con- sists of appearing ingenuous in the midst of the most abandoned dis- Ingenuousness. Men tear their hair and know that she {8 cheating. but in cases like this knowledge iz not power. The weak- ness of the male in the presence of a pretty face, reinforced by the fact that women are really not respon- sible for a great many things, can be counted on to produce forgiveness; and only female friends, less adept than she is in the art of knowing when to seem helpless, are indignant. Such is her role in the comedy of love, laughter and lies, ‘‘Love-in-a- Mist,” in which she appears as a young lady with a penchant for those convenient lies which turn out not to be so very convenient after all. She de- fends herself on the ground that one might as well make people happy by telling them the pleasantest thing, and since most men fall in love with her, she finds the most kindly (and way of getting rid of the more importunate to be by agreeing upon an engagement. Of course—this being a play—there is one whom she really does love with all her heart, and of course one of the others turns up at the most embar. rassing moment. With admirable but reckless fertility of invention she man- ages to postpone the inevitable eclair- cissement, and then, when it can bhe postponed no longer, comes the inevi- table sob, which, in spite of the fact that an impiessionable Italian noble- man has shot himself and a less ex- travagant American has prepared to explore Asia on her account, brings the inevitable forgiveness. Sorrowful Accessorie THE casting office at Famous Play- ers-Lasky studio was asked by Victor Fleming, director of ‘The Rough Riders,” to supply the follow- ing for a Cuban sequence of the pic- ture: Five 0ld men in rags. Fifteen thin, starved women rags. Twenty-five thin, starved Cuban sol- diers in rags. Four thin, mangy horses. Thrée starved dogs. The thin, starved humane and ani- mals were well fed and well paid for their work. None of them had to sup- ply their own rags, the studio taking care of that. The sequence is supposed to show conditions in a Cuban village when Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders landed in MARION TALLEY lfl“flfllfl ”!ll’o m OPERA 'S, FRI, 4120 l-‘l. emuomrscn NIST, and the Famous EIGI.ISII SINGERS Memoria] Continental Mall, D A R, Baturday Eve, January ts Mrs. Grosns's Buresn, pmg and G. M. 6493, BEGINNING SUNDAY AND ALL WEEK GALA HOLIDAY BILL ON THE SCREEN The Wonder Dog RIN-TIN-TIN —with— HELENE COSTELLO “‘While London Sleeps” A Drama of London's Scotland Yard Limehouse Nights and a Criminal's Dog ON THE BSTAGE A MUSICAL COMEDY SENSATION ‘FROLICS of 1927° Starring IRVIII B. IIAIIP The Folllo l'um llrll Produced a; VICTOR HYDE 22—CAST OF—22 ENTERTAINMENT _THAT'S DIFFERENT NEW YEAR'S EVE MIDNIGHT SHOW ALL SEATS RESERVED—SEATS NOW ON SALE WASHINGTON NATION. AL OPERA COMPANY Edouard Albien, General Director Presents “La Boheme” By Puccini MONDAY EVENING, JAN. 10TH, AT 8:168 P. M. Margery Maxwell, Chicago and Ravinia Opera Ulysses Lappas, Covent Garden [van Ivantzoff, Rosa Low, Sigurd Nilssen Fred Patton, Ivan Steschenko Georges Georgesco, Conductor (Director of Royal Opera of Bu WASHINGTON ces, 81, 82, SEATS NOW lrU'(V’hlmdulflln‘lmM wn«umuwm Ninth Near F Ladies’ Club Theater S ON 88, 85 (no tax} GAYETY AUDITORIUM Jordan Plano Co., 1289 G St. Phone Main 487 Twice Daily . 2:15-8:15 Ladies’ Mat. Daily, 25¢ TH ANNIVERSARY THE STAGE DAVE MARION In His World-Famous Character “snun-'v = CABMAN" ~ OWN BURLESQUE SHOW With An All-Star Cast WALTER (BOOB)' M'MANUS—LITTLE ANNA PROPP DIE BANKS A MARION CHORUS OF BEAUTIES PECIAL MID-NITE SHOW NEW YEAR'S EVE l 2 AT ARP I 12 MIDNIGHT SH. NEXT WEEK—“SLIDING™ BILLY WATSON HAPPY fering/ %‘Vsmyhflfimnmmr. A BURLESK DELIGHT s DIMPLED WITH A PAIR OF BURLEFK ACES GEO. LEON + VIOLA SPAETH A WHIRL"WIND OF A CAST ST STEPPING CHORUS o PEFPY DARLINGS SPECIAL MIDNIGHT SHOW NEW YEARS EVE af 1148 BeLascO T. LEE AND J. J. SHUBERT MONDAY At 0. oreh, 48 ] 41.50 s 3 800 I)oc 27t Wol‘. “fl ._B0e to §2.50 PII- Tax ‘Washington's Theater Beautiful Presenting the Foremost Foreign and Nauvu Artists and Attractions of the B8peaking BStage ————— e N WEEK OF JANUARY Mt ORDERS NOW ALICE BRADY In Laetitta McDonald's Play “LADY ALONE” Presented by L. LAWRENCE_WEBER In association with DAVID WALLACE « TOMORROW ATIONAL Sights b Mot Seie $3.00. NIGHT e R Bl e | and WEEK WED. MAT., 50c, $1.00 and $1.50 Charles LWgner preserts MADGE HENNEDY Ina Charm, mc‘b (fém ai SIDNEY BLACK and NewSork ca.r{dlmcf/mm Gaiety Theatre, > “Mew York City MATINEBS NEXT WEEK, BEG. MON. »&me. JOHN GOLDEN Presents A Comic Romance of Youth By Anne Morrison and Patterson utt With WALLACE FORD ucUNA NERKEL and a Cast of Tm-ulun ONE YFAR IN JFEW YORK CITY—PLAY ‘STAGED BY FRANK CRAVEN NEXT CONCERT— PHILHARMONIC 5y ORCHESTRA WILLEM MENGELBERG, Conductor Tieares TUESDAY, 4:30, JAN. 4th R S 2 P Y JAN. 7, 4:30 THURs. Night X e i, e THEATER . FRIEDA HEMPEL * “The Jemsy Lind of Today” ”-.'wm ‘H"'IM for his star, Barnum could have conquered more tham . elou‘ 8. u,.%fl. $1.50, $1.00. . T. Arthur @i Concert Bureau, AMUSEMENTS,. , The MIMES of the University of Michigan will present “Front Page Stuff” 21st Annual Opera December 27th Tickets.on Sale Theater Ticket Bureau Washington Auditorium Auditorium : At 8 PM. Carlton %Qyflm illard Dance Following Show=College Orchestra Admission by Show Ticket “Our Handsomest Women Are Men” Beginning !uniny Mat, at 3:15 Celedrating the Holidays (4 A Special Bill of ‘Buper-Attractions Prasents His Dancing Derby A REVUE CLASSIC With a Company of Talented Comediana, Singers and Dancers, and the Famous Carroll Beauties EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTIONy GASTON & ANDREE " 5 Assisted by aura Sh: and E 2 e y dna McKay Act Importation _After] Sensational Success in Lonlm" ! and Paris stove FREDA & PALACE sormmy In “BARTCH-A-KALLOOP” WILL & GLADYS AHERN “4 Spinning Romance” An Oddity WHITEY & ED FORD Entertainers Extraordinary BETANCOURT & CO. 4 Unique Sensational Noveity Suave Deceiver EXTRA & SPECIAL NEW YEAR'S DAY THREE (3) 8HOWS 2:16—5:15—3:15 NBEW YBAR'S EVE MIDNITE BHOW BTARTING AT 11:16 FRI. P. PRICES ORCH, $1: 3be. MATS ORCH., S6c; BALC., 25 Aesop’s Fables, Toplcs B Ber " Fathe ™ News Stant _ dogel Vietrola Show n Co-Headline Fea- ture Eztraordinary The Popular Legitimate Star dasisted by Linda Ann Carlon in “SELFISHNESS" 4 Comedy by Edwin Burke PHONE! " MAIN 4484, 4485, 8823 IF ONE IS BUSY TRY ANOTHER - - 9 »WEEK OF DEC. 26th-wu NOTE SPECIAL MIDNIGHT PERFORMANCE FRIDAY, NEW YEAR'S EVE, AT 11:30 P. M. The Joyous New Year Week Topliner JACK AL PILLARD & HILLISR 4n4 Company .E edians, Singers and Dancers, RIER'S GIGGLES"” For leflMll Pur'lelu Only ‘BABE EGAN’S EIGHT REDHEADS Pulchritude, RAytAm and Pl’ Iram the Golden West m«—REDMOND N0 WELLS—wmr. 1. IN “THE GYP” C ON THE SCREBEN GEO. 0'BRIEN---JANET GAYNOR And Great Cast tn the Wm. Foz Sensation “THE BLUE EAGLE” “l Am Never Tired” Swami Yogananda of India Will Lecture on ‘‘ Everlasting Youth” Sunday Evening Jan. 9—8 o’clock Washington Auditorium ) 1900EStreetNW