Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1927, Page 23

4 marvelou: THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON _—— e OPENING ATTRACTIONS IN WASHINGTON THEATERS POLY'S—"“The Great Temptations.” As the curtains parted on one of the ‘Winter Garden “back to nature move- ment” scenes, a big swamp and lot man sitting way down front, was heard to exclaim: “Ain’t the acoustics 2% “Yes” agreed the F street flapper beside him, you think they're sort 'er gaudy. The show is gaudy, a la London music ‘all revue. Three different models of brassieres are on display during the evening if the program is to be trusted. The Mesars. Shubert announce: “Paris ran- sacked and denuded of novelties t this might be the crowning achiev: ment of exotic extravaganza.” Pa ‘may have been ransacked, but the novelties certainly were lost in the . scuffle; neither is there anything ex- otio about *“The Great Temptations.” The Kelo Bros. in a very elementary rube dance got the biggest hand of the evening. They evidently appealed to the gallery a great deal more than the undraped gyrations of the well drilled, though unspontaneous chorus. Miller & Lyles, the black-faced gag team, were the oasis in a succession of crude and obvious burlesque skits, while Billy B. Van tried valiantly force the most out of very slender dialogue material. Mile Roseray and M. Cappella gave a splendid exhibition of classical terpsichorean abandon, quite the best of this type of catch as | “The | catch can. A parody entitled Shanghai Mixture” has no redeeming feature to warrant its inclusion in a road show. The music, with the exception of the hackneyed *“Valencia,” is mediocre. There 1s not a single melody to lift the singing or dancing out of the rut, despite -the noble vo efforts of Charlotte Woodruff and Bartlett Simons, and the elongated prancing of the Deuel Sisters. Several of the ensemble numbers have decided erit, nof Maid of Garden of Memories nd “A Reflection of " in which the latter Ruth on exccutes a distinctly pleasing toe dance. Scenic- ally “A Garden of Memories” is the hit of the show. The color combima- tions in the c umes and setting of this number blend admirably with the flesh tints of the young ladies. KEITH'S—Pat Rooney Family. The wonderful popularity of Pat Rooney was again illustrated at Keith's last night when the house was packed to the doors, the little Irish comedian, Marion Bent and Pat Roo- ney III headlining a varied program. Pat carries a chorus of eight pretty girls, Townsend and Bold, a fine pair of whirlwind dancers; Muriel Stryker, a contortion dancer; the Van Joyce sisters, an orchestra leader and a cor- net player, all of whom contribute to- ward making the half hour allotted the act speed along with enjoyable energy. Pat does his dancing spe- clalty with songs, and then acts as master of ceremonies, introducing the different members of his organization. He is clever at this,, interjecting a great deal of comedy into the act. A half-dozen curtain calls followed the act, and Pat thanked the audience in a neat little speech. 2 A pair of newcomers to these parts, \ Dave Seed ard Ralph Austin, prac- tically stopped the show with their act, a mixture of funny dancing and arazy acrobatic stunts. Seed is versa- tlle, works hard and fast, with the result that one continued peal of laughter followed his movements. The lights had to be lowered several times before the show was allowed to pro- ceed. Another couple who registered force- fully are Val Harris and Vera Grif- fin. They have been seen here be- The 1ady ‘has improved in her work. Edith Clifford, the original come- dienne, comes back with new char- acter songs and could have finished out the evening had she harkened to the vociferously approval of her ad- mirers, A really wonderful skating act is put over by Elsie and Paulsen, billed as the “Apaches of the North,” their evolutions being of the hair- raising variety. ‘Washington’s prize-winning puplils, Sylvia and Julian Altman, were given a splendid reception, the former play- ing the piano with fine technique and the latter handling the “violin in a manner that denotes a splendid fu- ture. Both are Central High students and Sylvia is a scholarship pupil of the Washington Conservatory of Music. The Andresens opened the bill with a clever acrobatic act, and the regular house attractions filled in ef- fectively. EARLE—Siamese Twins. Headlining a_good bill at the Earle this week are Violet and Daisy Hilton, known as San Antonio’s Siamese Twins. These young ladiés, though handicapped by being jolned together since birth, offer 15 minutes of song, dance and instrumental music. They open their act by playing selections on the saxophone, then singing a song and conclude by dancing the foxtrot and the Charleston. They are accom- panied by Edna Archer Crawford, the chaperon. A mirth-provoking act is presented 7S, e We Have the New EARY WASHER On Very Easy Terms Let us do a week's washing free in your own home. No cost or ebligation. Phone today. Sales Department ; Washington Gas Light Co. 419 10th St. N.W. | lenciz v Dick Lancaster and Artie Leeming, The Screen Test,” a travesty on the| ambition of a wouid-be screen idol. The comedy s presented in slap-stick form, but it draws much applause. Dorothy and Rosetta Ryan, who are Dilled as “Maids of Mirth and Melody,” live up to their billing by presenting some of the popular songs. They have good voices and winning ways. The act of Scott Brothers and Vernon, “Good Time Charley,” proves to be an- other laugh-getter. They keep the au- dience in good humor with songs and antics. Hope and Byrne, “Denceme- ' have a good act of dancing. also serve as dancing partners for the Siamese Twins, The feature photoplay is “Going Crooked.” based on the stage play of the same name, by John Golden. Bes. sie Love has the featured role, with Oscar Shaw and Leslie Fenton in minor roles. It is a mystery comedy drama, revolving around one Mary Martin, who in her quest for excite- ment. takes up with Elias Mordaunt, a gem thief. When she asks to with- draw from the game, Mordaunt holds her with threats. How she fina manages to square herself with the au- thorities and marry the man she loves makes an entertaining story. The re- mainder of the program is composed of the regular house shortreel fea- s, music by Floyd Wheeler's or- 1 and Alexander Arons, concert STRAND—*“Happy Hours.” Leo Stevens' creation for the delec- | tation of Strand patrons this week is called “Happy Hours” and enlists the entire Strand permanent company of entertainers in a rapid succession of comedy scenes, interspersed with musical numbers, some of them really new and quite attractive, with the handsome Settings provided for them and the prettily costumed group of girls that assist in putting them over. Earl Root and Billee La Monte spe- clalize in “Call Me Up on the Tele Rush and Butler on “Hug: Baby Knows How” and Lew Lewis ballad, “What's the Use of Cry- ing?” The whole comes to a climax with rollicking excerpts from “H. M | S. Pinafore Mae Murray's latest picture, “Va- is the screen attraction until Wednesday, when it will be supplant- ed with Claire Winsor in “A Little Journey."” GAYETY—“The Gorilla.” “The Gorilla,” a New York success and one of the most thrilling of mystery melodramas, is at the Gayety Theater for a week's engagement. The first of the three acts begins when Walter Asher, a young playwright who is trying to get money to put his story on the stage, is introduced to Dan Quinlan, who plays the part of the uncle, Cyrus Stephens, by his niece, Salome Hanlon, the only woman in the cast. Stephens re- ceives a warning from the gorilla that he will be seized at midnight and the old Stephens mansion is guarded by the detectives, Mulligan and Garrity (Brad Sutton and Corse Pay- ton). George Kinnear plays the role of a reporter and photographer and seems to know just how to ‘“‘cover’” a news story. Curbow Hayes as Jefferson Lee, a colored butler, adds excitement | to the play, but most of the latter, element arrives when the gorilla, a tierce-looking animal, played hy H. Riano, runs up and down the | aisles of the_ theater with Muiligan | and Garrity after him._Others in the | cast are Frank B. Miller. as the stranger; Ray Hamilton, the sailor, and J. B. Cunningham, the doctor. The capacity audience seemed to ap- i preciate the change from burlesque to mystery play. PALACE—"It." “It,”” Elinor Glyn’s revelation of the unfathomable personal quality that magnetizes, proved very magnetic from a box-office siandpoin Logw’s Palace Theater yester ind_last night. The picture features Clara Bow and Antonio Moreno. “It” is worth attention. tunning smoothly with a_fair amount of logic and touched deftly with. comedy throughout. the photoplay easily con- vinces that the possession of “it,” the magnetic preconality, may well rank with the greatest riches the world affords. With “it” an obscure little shopgirl walks into the magic circle ascribed to the possession of millions of dollars and oodles of exclusiveness. She does so by simply throwing con- siderable of the magnetic “it” into the heart of the wealthy proprietor of the departmen: stor> at which she was wont to while away her time. But “It” isn’t all on the bill by any means. On the stage are the Griffin Twins, disdaining the use of any of “it,” who substitute with dancing, rhythmic and delightful. They are acelaimed from pit and gallery. Then there are Gilbert Wells and Florence Brady, late stars of Earl Carroll's ith ‘“blues” songs that ™ Gilbert compe “Red Hot Mamma other hits, among them his latest, “Sarah Green.” The overture is worth mentioning. Scenic effects lend to the charm of musical interpretation—a garden lit by fireflies, a moonlight sonata and similar numbers. 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D { RIALTO—“Man of the Forest." | Man of the Forest,” one of Zane Grey's popular novels, converted into | a masterful drama, is the feature film at the Rialto Theater this week. | starring Jack ITolt .as Brett trapper, who has a hobby for tra wild animals. Brett overhears a plot to kidnap the niece of a well-to-do thrilling rescue he takes the girl to his hut in the mountains until it is safe for her to g0 to her uncle. During the stay at the hut the niece. played by Georgia Hale, concefves a strong dislike for the trapper. In the mean- time the uncle dies and the girl ac cuses the trapper of the kidnaping and he kentenced to he hung. Later, the girl realizes her mistake and goes to have him released. \\hen she reaches him he is about to be Iynched. A cattle stampede saves the day and Holt breaks for Iliberty, carrying the girl to the safety of a deserted barroom, where an exciting gun battle takes place. The trapper's courage and accuracy with a gun win the day and later the girl. It ic a thrilling picture with many unusual features—a typical Zane Grey story in_picture form. The Collegians in “Bre:king Rec- ords,” an amusing comedy: “A Minia- ture Musicale" on the stage, including Magda Schmidtborn, violinist; Edgar Rommell, cellist, and Rox Rommell, pianist, and Rialto News Events are added attractions. COLUMBIA—“Tell It to the Marines.” Entering upon the third week of its run at Loew's Columbia Theater, “Tell It to the Marines” continues to draw capacity crowds. This pictufe, starring the ever-popular Lon Chaney, is a thrilling story of the life of the United States Marine at home and abroad, showing the proc- ess by which he becomes the strong D. C, MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1927. fighting man and tough foe that be is. One the is presentation o part entirely differer tilm in Chane ym the kind ¢ assumes. The | tern but ai heart O Hars is the Chaney’s carber. Co- | him ave William Haines, | Bu fresh Kansas | vy rookis Marine, Joardman. the Navy v vide the tomance of the s cruise through the Pacifie. experiences of the Marines on T a tropical island. and an ex: fight with Chinese bandits, in which the quarrel between O'Hara and Burns is forgotten in the face of death, add to the interest of the victure. A news reel the Columbin Maga- a group of famous marches | ayed by the concert orchestra, and preluds complete the pro- showing | ndo, gram. METROPOLITAN—"Don Vitaphoue. “Standing room only” (and wait awhile for that) continues to greet patrons at each performance of the dual-feature program at the Metro- politan Theater, where John Barry- | Juan” and | L | veel Jimms triwmpls beyond the performers ory of a4 mun s and distrust me. th opet times o “Don Juan,” ith a herits for all women loved f all but friend of until love touched his heart of the most dramatic storfes in it turc. John Barrymo: . in the title role and i support { of lovely AMBASSADOR—“Don’t Tell the Wife.” A breezy comedy-drama is being hown as chief feature of the bill the first three days of this week at Cran dall's Ampassador, with Irene Rich and Huntley Gordon in the roles of co-stellar 1mportance, supported 1 yan Tashman, Otis Harlan, Wil m Demarest and others of notc e companion attraction is a_two Adams comedy, “Wild and Woozy,” and the bill s completed | by additional short-reel subjects, pipe | organ accompaniment and solo inter- lude: “Don’t Tell the Wife" concerns the ulventures of a young couple in upon observing their seventh sary, when the wife ers her husband flirting with autiful stranger. The flirtation cent more in “Don Juan” and the new | Vitaphone are running into the sec- | ond week. Everything possible i§ be- | ing done to take care of the record-| breaking crowds, but it looks a: though “Don Juan” weve in for long run. The amazing Vitaphone is run a the auxiliary feature. Listening to the superb voice of Giovanni Marti- nelli of the Metropolitan Opera Co. singing “Vesti la Giubba,” from “I Pagliacci,” while the tragic figure of the clown himself stands before the audience, it is not hard to vision the revolution in motion pictures which this new device forecasts. One can see the promise of a future film opera and silver sheet concert series And the Vitaphone means the p bility of preserving great Coming to )/'Oll “ tage and leads to seemingly ominous complica- tions, to which the wife adds by re- coming unnes interested in the charming flirt's escort. This film 1s being shown in the Capital for the first time at the Am- ador. 1t met with the hilarious prroval of vesterday's audience. ‘Dream Street.” and adventure in large quantities are provided in ‘“Dream Street,” the revived photoplay attrac- tion at Wardman Park for the first four days of the week. The part of Gypsy is played by Carol Dempster, and Ralph Graves has the role oppo- site her. 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