Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1927, Page 20

OPENING ATTRACTIONS IN WASHINGTON THEATERS KEITH'S—Nan Halperin. There was a laugh for almost cvery minute of the bill at Keit| last night. Nan Halperin occupied the stellar position and the little comedienne had an easy time with her well known satires on the female iypes. At the close of her act, Miss Malpherin bowed her acknowleds- ment to at least a half dozen curtain s, Charlie Withers acted as master of ceremonies, introducing the dif- ferent acts on the program, and the orevity of his work made him solid vith the audience. His “Wither wry” shared the topline honors the evening, the intricate arrang wient of the props for his little stage Lringing laughter and applau whenever brought into use. Snapp effects and speedy execution kept the act going at top speed start to finish. George Choos, the producer, has sent down from New York an ori inal dancing act, “Ballet Caprice the seven members of the coi.pany being good dancers, especially Brod- erick, Ielson and Wania. The co tumes are elaborate and the scene beautiful. Eileen and Marjorle, French girls, open the bill with a splendid tum bling act. Boyle and Della follow with a side-splitting Italian act. The Mayakos score a hit with their si ing, dancing and violin playing, Carl McCullough, handicapped Wwith sore throat, had to confine himself o telling stories, but_they were all laugh provokers. The Ziegfeld Follics shadowgraph closed the bill and the regular house attractions filled in several vacant spof EARLE—Harry J. Conley. ‘The Farle Theater management signated this particular week & ugh week” and has lined up a comedy bill. Harry J. Conley, the headliner, has an amusing thr scene play by Willard Mack, ‘“Slick as Ever.” Conley takes the part of a farmer who strays into the Great White Way on the quest of excite- | ment. His original way of putting his comedy across results in an enter- taining act. Of particular interest to Washing- tonians is the appearance of “Nick * | and charm, it would be hard to choose from | funny and the actors well chosen. | The blonde is Greta Nissen; the bru- | | nette Arlette Marchal, and for beauty | | between the two. Marital difficulties |of Henri Martel form the central theme of the story. Bored with Pa- rislan life he hies him to the country pick an oldfashioned wite. He | picks a_ good one, but, alded and abetted by the brunette of the piece | (who secretly has designs on Henri), | the modest violet changes to a flam- ing Parisian rose. Disillusionment and divorce follow and Blanche, the | brunette, wastes no time in_convinc- ing Henri that she has found just the | | right girl for him—in her own mirror. | Marriage with Blanche leads to s complicated situation which ultimate is staightened out by the re-tlelng of | the”knot that Henri and his blonde { country maid had worrled a Paris | judge into unraveling. Wendall Hall offers a group of popu- | lac numbers from his “Radio Recol | lections.” Edwin and Lottie Ford | assisted by the Crisp sisters, Herbert a " | Leslie, Eva Wendt and Ben Bergman, do some expert clog; Revue.” Tom g in “The Ford jannon's concert orchestra ¢ | offers a clever overture, “Things W Hear on the Radio.” A news reel and a cat comedy complete the bill. | | RIALTO—Talking Pictures—“Sensa- | tion Seekers.” A De Forest phonofilm offering is | | the novel feature of a double bill at | the Rialto Theater this week, the | other half of which is JSensation Seekers,” a flim version of Ernest | Pascal's story., “Egypt | | The phonofilm, which Is presented | for the first time in Washington, offers a program by the Club Alabam. | | 2 group of talented entertainers. The | | process which records the sound with the action of the performers is un-| | doubtedly one of the wonders of the | age. However, from the viewpoint of | |its value as popular entertainment, | there is something else to be said. The | photography is dark ‘and quite jerky | | in spots, and the sound, though per- | tectly synchronized, reminds one of | the old-time graphophone, with its | rasping and grating noises. Time | alone will tell whether or not these | defects can be removed. At present one's reaction to the phonofilm is that THE EVENING STAR, “’ASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, FEBRUARY Billle Dove, Raymond Bloomer, a new- | greatest flood scene ever filmed. Noth- comer in the ranks of “leading men,” |ing In the spectacular “Johnstown and Huntley Gordon. These three!Flood” compares with it. And the may be given the credit for making waters are but little more spectacular the best of a poor bargain, for “Sen- |than the sandstorm which made Bar- sation Seekers,” in spite of its title, | bara Worth a waif of the desert. is “just another picture.” The story| A Lloyd Hamilton comedy is also concerns “Egypt,” the beautiful and |on the bill, but the feature picture s spoiled daughter of a rich and mis-one of the few containing the power to mated couple, who are rated the rich- | leave the audience indifferent to a est family in the small New England [comedy. There is no need for relief town where they make their home. |after an_hour or two of gripping The mother is a weak little woman, |drama. When the last scene closes whose companions are a narrow- | there is a feeling of pleasure and suf- minded set; mng since | ficlency and the comedy and news reel 1 spends merely call attention fo the fact that ept” | after all the audience is in this world finds plenty to do with the gay young |and is seated in a theater. set, until she encounters the newly | appointed young minister of her | METROPOLITA? mother's church. Manj artling sit uations are experienced 1y unsurmountable obstacle hefore these two are broug in the final fadeout. and charm excellent . Short reels nd bers complete the bi COLUMBIA—"The W most of his time at his club, —“The White Blac! | Sheep.” s n\'(-rr‘on\r"i Richard Barthelmess is pleasing t together | (WO groups of movie fans at the Billie Dove’s | Metropolitan this week—those who and Raymond | like Richard Barthelmess and those ing save the|who enjoy plctures that deal with srchestral num- | the mysterious atmosphere of the desert, For Barthelmess Is doing “desert : stuff” ‘and in “The White Black bara Wor Sheep” he does it very well, although One of the most spectacular plotures | there are those who will miss the In o Jomg time is being shown at the | clean-shaven Richard. There is a i s Tt'is a tale en.|500d supporting cast, including Patsy tirely of the desert, with its hot, burn- | Ruth Miller, who is a true desert ing winds, its rolling dunes and with | dueen, and a number of extras who Al 1ta beauty and tragedy. Super.|Make very ferocious-looking Arabs. Tt would seeme that Vilma | Much of the technique of the pleture . with her blonde beauty, and | I8 _the technique of the wild West Ronaid Coleman made the picture, but | dramas of yore set to the atmosphere the audience is carried a little farther | the swnd dunes. There are plenty than the outward attributes of “’(,‘Of thrills, but it is not a typical film and soon understands why zhc‘““"h""““"s plcture. s title had the name of Henry King in | , AR unusually funny comedy, “Wise sty i | Guys Prefer Brunettes,” serves to Henty King was the director who | Present some girls who are extremely produced “The White Siste ; £aze upon and to furnish “Romola” and who *made" Barthelmess in “ "Tolable Da productions are not n of them have not alw: : = In “The Winning of Bar i however, he retains his art, creases it with his past experience ind at the same time produces a pic- | ture which all may understand. The story deals with the turning of a great desert valley into a garden spot through engineering. It contains what the writer belleves to be the ITCHING SCALP | then falling hair and later— ‘ om ning of Bar- Richard vid.” His baldness. Stop the itchin and save your hair w{t.g many laugh - provokin eplsodes. Helene Chadwick s the featured player and the picture is fast and clean all the way through. In addition to the usual accompani- ment to the pictures, the symphony orchestra presents a brlef concert | of excellent quality, introducing Dur- | ward Bowersox, assistant concert| master, in two violin solos, well| played and well received. GAYETY—“Red Kisses.’ ! “Red Klsses,” a musical drama of three scenes, is presented by Hurtlz & Seamon at the Gayety Theater this week. The production tells a story of Brazil, in the heart of the diamond flelds, and centers about a band of criminals exiled by the laws of the clvilized world to the jungleland. Cecil Spooner plays the part of Mamie Smith, a_waif of San Fran- cisco slums, and Loufse L. Kirtland is Mary Lee, who goes to the jungle for | the purpose of uncovering the mur- | derer of her brother. Under the law of the colony, she is claimed by one | of the criminal. Through the efforts of Willis Clair as David Hart, a | young minister, Mary fights her way | clear of the trap, and she has many sensational adventures. The feminine stars carry their parts cleverly. Bob Law, head of the crooks band, plays | the leading male part. Others in the sdpporting cast are Jean Clarendon, M. M. Kennedy, Sliga Sable, Walton | de Cardo, Eugene la Rue, William | Lewis, George Spelvin, George Clark, | Edith Abbot, Helen Dillon, Myrtle | Theobald and Arthur Edwards. WARDMAN PARK—‘“Peter the i Pirate.” 4 19217. drama, “Peter the Pirate,” produced by the Ufa Co., starring Paul Richter, and the other a comedy with Harry Langdon taking the leading role, fea- ture the bill at the Wardman Park Theater this week. “Peter,” played by becores a pirate by a peculiar twist of fate when he saves the life of one of the leaders of a pirate gang. Peter is invited to the pirate castle; he ac- cepts and a series of rapid-fire events ensue, including a fight at sea with the members of a “prize ship,” and later a fight between Peter and the captain of the pirate crew. The end Paul Richter, Gov’t Workers Loans That Result in Savings! A Two pirate pictures, one melo- LREIZIXZREIZXGRXIRIZIS 18 the money you need now? comes quickly, when the pirate castle is attacked by Spaniards, who capture all the pirates except Peter and the girl of his heart. They escape through @ secret passageway. 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ATURAL GOLD LAVENDER The five Mounters open the with graceful feats of equilibrium. Following them are Moore and Freed, | who harvest a crop of laughs with | their act, “Crooning and Ballooning.” Harry Steppe and Richard Knowles entertain with “A Debate.” The feature photoplay is a picturiza- tion of Peter B. Kyne's story of the American plains, “Jim the Con- queror,” starring William Boyd and Elinor Fair. Tully Marshall and Wal- ter Long support the stars. The story deals with the war between the cattle barons and sheepmen of the Far West. The remainder of the bill is composed of a good comedy, a short news reel and music by Floyd Wheeler’s orchestra and Alexander Arons, NATIONAL—Newman Lecture. Newman closed his course of travel talks on “Sunny Italy” at the Na- tional Theater yesterday afternoon and evening, taking for his final topic “Venice and the Italian Lakes. To g freshly vivid description of the “‘Queen of the Adriatic,” due to a lengthy visit last Summer to that glamorous city framed in lagoons, with its far-off vistas of an open sea and with its Grand Canal in the fore- ground of travel and commerce, the speaker added to the interest of his description with screen trips via gondola to the Grand Piazza of St Mark, the one real street of Venice, with a pilgrimage to its wonder cathedral, once more showing the four famous bronze horses that have been forcibly captured in times of war and rightfully returned late: the winged lion of St. Mark, a biblical animal that adorns many of the bridges, buildings and homes of the ify; symbolic tributes to the saint who gave the cathedral its name. Through the galleries of the Palace f the Doges, across the Bridge of ighs, with its narrow stone steps descending to dungeons of black silence filled with shadows of the past; viewing side streets and pic- turesque bits of native life along the arrow canals; out into the Grand ‘anal, where stone palace rises from the jadecolored water, and among the Venetian houses, the once-homes of Wagner and Browning—then there was a cruise to falrylike islands and to the Lido, “the world’s most charm- ing resort” and a steamer trip to view the loveliness of Lake Garda, <which led to a visit to the home of D’Annunzio, with many striking pic- tures of the poet. A trip around Lake Como, taking in its beauty spots, and then off to Milan to visit the cathedral and study the now-fading “Last Supper,” which brings the traveling world in masses to the old building on whose crumbling wall the plcture as painted by Leonardo da Vincl. The busy streets of Milan, its galleries, palaces and homes gave realistic i formation of that great commercial city, and after a voyage around other | lakes for which that section of Italy | s famed, a run was made to Geno: with a good view of *“Mussolini re- viewing the Ttalian merchant fleet,” with Genoa en fete, and after that farewell to the Duc and to the Italy of today POLI'S—“What Price Glory?” The screen version of the ser tional war drama ““What Price Glor. opened the second week of its current engagement at Polf’s yesterday. It is one of the outstanding film achieve- ments of recent years. Where the flim version loses in dramatic excellence it exceeds the stage play in comedy entertainment. Some of the funniest and best acted | comedy ever screened been in- jected into the picture. Also, the| seope of the plot has heen elaborated | o include scenes in China and the | Phi'ppines. 1 he outstanding role is admirably | acted by Victor McLagien | Flagg. 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