Evening Star Newspaper, August 28, 1927, Page 51

Theaters Part 3—12 Pages WASHINGTON, D. C, SUN]}\Y ESTHER RALSTON- Metropolitan - Attractions 1n Washington Playhouses Tl‘llS Week MUSIC AND DRAMA. B NATIONAL—“Turn to the Right,” KEITH'S—Florence O'Denishawn, vaudeville. evening. Tomorrow evening. This afternoon and comedy. EARLE—Paskman’s Radio Minstrels, vaudeville, This afternoon and evening. GAYETY and evening. round the World Revue,” burlesque. This afternoon STRAND—“Snapshots of 1927,” musical presentations. This after- noon and evening. NATIONAL—“Turn to the Right.” “Turn to the Right,” the Winchell Smith comedy, which once was one of Broadway's laughing hits and a huge success on the road, will be the offer- ing of the National Theater Players for the current week, beginning to- morrow night. “Turn to the Right” is distinctive for its clever dialogue and ‘“crook” character portrayals. It concerns two youthful ex-convicts who react favor. ably to the beneficent influence of their pal's mother. By tricks of their former trade they extricate her from the fimencial morass into which she has been drawn by the village skin- fiint and mortgage master. Three distinct romances run through the play. The settings are particularly attractive, one being a representation of a peach orchard in bloom. KEITH'S—Florence 0'Denishawn. Topping the current bill at B. F. Keith’s Theater this week will be the internatignally famed Florence ©O'Denishawn, who will appear with Nelson Snow and Charles Columbus, dancing stars, late stars of “The Music Box Revue.” Blossom Seeley, the queen of jazz, with Benny Fields, is held over a second week and will share topline bonors in an all-new act. Featured also will be the popular team of Healy and Cross in “The Smartest Styles in Song.” Others will include William Sully, with Genevieve Houghton, supported by Robert Pitkin, in a.sketch enti- tled “Arms and the Girl,” written by Kalmer and Rul Frank Hurst and Jddie Vogt in “Before the Bar,” by Fugene Conrad; Cooke, Morton and Harvey, who play “basket ball on cycles”; Roger Williams, featuring *“The Organ,” and the Zellia sisters in feats of aerialism, with Aesop’s Fables, Topics of the Day and the Pathe Pictorial. EARLE—Paskman’s Radio Minstrels. Minstrelsy with all of its traditional attributes will be revived at the Earle Theater this week, beginning this afternoon, by Dailey Paskman's Radio Minstrels, famous_for their broad- casting from New York City. Twenty radio and stage stars will introduce all the entertainers familiar to listeners-in: The end man with the operatic voice; the comedy end man; the dignified interlocutor; the diamond- studded « an impression of by George Zorn; the Shufflers”; and ‘a full syncopated Another fe clair & Co., including the V' sSisters and Louis Miller in 3 and Fool 'Em,” musical skit with book by Harry s Greene and music_ by Charl Maxwell Smith. “Mr. Reed and Miss Lucy,” are billed to present an inter of music desig- nated “Plano Capel and Fred and Daisy Rial offer “Something For A Rainy Day.” The photop of Aunt M in the ro that of 2 who experienc mation through younger nephev Phyllis Haver and Ha short comedy, “The jator,” and the Kinggr: be shown, and the ¢ features will complet GAYETY—"A Re “The Rejuvenation upposedly elderly s a remarkable rejuv sociation with her The cast is led by ison Ford. A Roaming Glad- also will smary house the program. d the World James Thatcher's new edition of “Around the World Revue” will be ction at the Gayety Theater k, including a matinee today. 1id to be “the classiest show” Columbiz. circuit last season. he principals ate all well known mu 1 comedy and vaudeville perform- and the cRorus is declared a up of youth and beauty in all its book is by d lyrics by has just completed version of *Sis Hupkins has woven a regular a la carte plot through a tour of the world. A young gal is sent abroad to make her forget her swectheart. Her abane doned swoetheart disguises hims: feminine apparel and joins the party It is not his fault if sats choose him for their dau The dancing of littie ) work by Phallis and Paul, adagio dancers; Ilal Kennedy, the featurcd comedian, and Margaret Wilson, a aweet-voiced prima donna, ave high- lights of the show. George und Bee with mu. r, who dy mi Hiijo, fine Avers and J. Randall O'Neil are lesser lights. Howard Blair, who does the femi- nine impersonation, is declared an art- ist. The musical numbers are all new. STRAND—“Snapshots of 1927.” First a series of smart musical revues, “'Snapshots of 1927,” will usher in the entertainment season at the Strand Theater with a matinee per- formance today. Manager Harry Jarboe, at the Strand, announces the opening attrac- tion as a swift-moving cycle of song and humor that carries 25 enter- tainers, each gifted in a particular line. Chief among them are Harry Stratton, character comedian; Etna Moore, singer; Bobby Taylor, eccentric dancer; Edith Palmer, jazz singer; Reenc De Marse, dancer; Fred Walker, comedian, and Fred Reese, singer. Twenty pretty girls will support the principals in the big song and dance numbers. The production will be elaborately staged and costumed with beauty. For the first four days of the open- ing week, the screen feature will pres- ent Lon Chaney in “The Unknown.” Shorter reels also will be shown. The shows will run continuously from 12:30 until 11 p.m. on week days and from 3 p.m. on Sundays. Used Chesapeake Oyster Boats. 'WELVE picturesque old schooners of the Chesapeake Bay oyster fleet, purchased by ParamountFa- mous-Lasky Corporation, made a 5.800-mile tour to Los Angeles for in James Cruze's spectacular pic- e, “Old Ironsides.” The vessels were ideal for *gun- boats,” Tripolitan warships and such craft as were used in commerce dur- ing the period of 1800 to 1816. All of them were from 50 to 80 feet in length. Ten were two-masted schoon- ers, while the other two were sloops. They were rough weather boats and of sufficiently sturdy construction to carry mounted guns. Agents searched through the sea- ports of the West Coast—Vancouver, Seattle, San Francisco, San Pedro and San Diego—but found only a few three-masted schooners. These were bought, together with several smaller boats which it was possible to rig with sateen sails for atmos- phere, The task of towing the vessels from Baltimore and Norfolk to the site_near Los Angeles, where the thrilling sea fights with the Tripoli pirates were photographed by Mr. Cruze, occupled two months. The towing distance was 5,800 miles. The boats were equipped with full sets of sails and powerful motor hoat tenders, also each had a crew of a master and three men, All were as- sembled at Norfolk whence they were taken in several tows to Miami and from there they were taken in tow by the Roosevelt, one of the largest towboats in the world. The 10 ships with their towing cables be- tween formed a line o1 mcre than two miles behind the Roosevel tow vessel and her cha on location without a mishap. Viennese Actress’ Record. ARIETTA MILLNER, who sup- ports Thomas Meighan in “We're All Gamblers,” is 5 teet 5 inches tall, weighs 124 pounds and has brown hair and brown eyes. She was born in enna, Austria, and spent most of 5, while on a trip to i, she met a film director, who, im- sed by her beauty and vivacious personality, offered her a leading rolo le de Mme. Larrare,” and, thrilled by the possibilities, she ac- cepted. It was a success and so she deter- mined on a screen career. She played in a number of pictures, several of them for Ufa. Later she was offered the post of leading woman by Jacoby Films for a series of pictures to be taken on a tour of the world. Five pictures were made in the course of the trip, which brought the company to southern California in the Summer Waile in {met B. P. s who offered her a contract to cffect when her agreement I tu take with Geormany to com- first role for 1iug femigine part in “Drums of the - ¥age Buler and Richley, Ialterd Desert,” THOMAS MEIGHAN and JMARIETTA MILLNER- Palace ‘\[RS. THOMAS WHIFFEN has been = engaged for “Just Fancy,” the musical version of ‘‘Just Suppose,” which Joseph Santley will sponsor. Warren Lawrence, who has been handling the estate of the late Aaron Hoffman, the playwright, has become associated with the Sam H. Harris organization. A musical comedy called *Jose- phine” is being written by Carleton Kelsey, Henri Berchman and Char- lotte Meaney. C. Willam Morgan- stern, it is said, will handle the pro- duction. “Golden Dawn,” the musical play with which Arthur Hammerstein will open his new Gotham playhouse, started rehearsals last Monday. Louise Hunter and Robert Chisholm will head the cast. The score is by Emmerich Kalman and Herbert Stothart, Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein fashioned the libretto. David Belasco last week put into rehearsal, “Hidden,” the William Hurlburt play in which Beth Merrill and Philip Merrivale will be featured. Mr. Merrivale has been playing the role of Hannibai in “The Road to Rome.” “Hoosiers Abroad” will be presented in Chicago by George C. Tyler on Sep- tember 25, prior to its New York premiere. The play is a revised ver- sion by Booth Tarkington of ‘“The Man From Home.” Elliott Nugent will have the leading role and Howard Lindsay will stage the production. The English production of “Oh, ay” will open in London September 19 after a week's preliminary engage- ment in Liverpool. Gertrude Law- rence will head the cast. K The cast of nmie’'s Womam,” a play by Myron C. Fagan, which is due in New York September 19, will in- clude Minna Gombell, Gavin Gordon, Sydney Booth, Beatrice Terry, Henry Molrllmer, Beatrice Blinn and Charles Abbe. Ralph Spence is going to New York shortly to go over “The Drug Store Cowboy,” his comedy, which James W. Elliott will produce this season. “Playing the Game,” a play by Bruce Reynolds, has Leen purchased by Alfred E. Aarons, who wiil stage it immediately after his production of “My Princess,” the operetta in which Hope Hampton is to appear. Mr. Reynolds, the playwright, is also the author of a novel, “A Cocktail Conti- nental.” “Twinkle, Twinkle, ed in San’ Francisco | Nancy Welford and Joe £. Brown will |head the cast. I. L. Barbour and Louis 1. Werba are sponsoring the production. will Queenie Smith have Louise Groody’s role in the Chicago company of “Ilit the Deck.” Vincent You- man's is at present casting flve com- plete companies to perform this piece. will be present- ptember 19. 1 The play reading committee of the Washington Little Theater is now se- lecting plays for the coming season 1115 the polic: i.‘lnd invites the submission of original manuscripts of one-act plays. It will to present one play on each Prograir written by & Washing: DAVE IRWIN —Earle— PHYIELIS HAVER- MORNING, AUGUST * 28, 1927. COMPSONa KENNETH HARLAN Rialto JOHN WARNER- /\la’nbnal Screen N THE SPOTLIGHT Notes of the Stage and Its People. tonian. Miss Estelle Allen is the gen- eral director of the organ fon and Miss Adelaide Newman the secretary. Harold Long, chairman of the finance committee is engaged in finding a building for the group. “The House in the Woods,” a mys- tery play by Martha Stanley and Ade- laide Matthews, is announced by Clarke Painter, Inc. Frank McCor- mack will direct the play, which is scheduled to go in rehearsal this week. It will open at Atlantic City the latter part of September. Permission for Beatrice Lillie to appear in Keith-Albee vaudeville for six weeks has been obtained from Charles B. Dillingham and Andre Charlot. She will appear in a sketch by Noel Coward entitled “After Din- ner Music. Besides “The Belt,” the New Play- wright's Theater of New York will produce “Singing Jailbirds,” by Up- ton Sinclair; “The Centuries,” by Em Jo Basshe, and “The Suburbs, by John Dos, Passos. The second offering of the Actors’ Theater, New York, is to be Noel Cow- ard’s “Fallen Angels,” which when produced in London started some- thing of a furor and was dubbed “the last word in Cowardian wit.” George C. Tyler, on his return to New York from Chicago, where he went to see the opening of “Tommy,"” will begin rehearsals of “Behold This Dreamer,” in which Glenn Hunter is to appear, With the return of Edna Ferber from a long vacation in France, cast- ing for “The Royal Family” has started in earnest. Miss Ferber wrote “The Royal Family” in collaboration with George S. Kaufman. It is sches uled to open in New York in November. who John Warner, scored a per- sonal success as Chice, in the Na- tional Theater Players' production of “Seventh Heaven” last season, i3 re- turning to take the part once more in the closing week of the players® pres- ent seasof. He replaces, for the last two weeks, John Glynn MacFarlane, who is leaving to start the Winter season in stock at Boston. “Seventh Heaven,” the closing 1927 production of the National Theater Players, was especially chosen as the “swan song” by the audiences for many weeks past. Ballots ran far into the thousands, and the final check-up required more than a week. Among other favorites of the patrons were “Kiki,” “The Patsy” and “Smilin® Through. Old Time Lights Best. HE original lamps by which daguer- reotype photographs were made in the early days of the camera art are superior in many ways to the new- fangled electric lights, according to | Bert Glennon, one of the best of Para- mount cameramen. The old-fashioned lights were sim- pler and softer, and make the subject look far more natural than glaring arcs, Glennon says. He' so convinced Director Fauritz Stiller that he will get a chance to try out his theory in the ‘new Emil Jafnings picture, “Hit- ting for Heaven.” He is using the 0d UBYDO BRI e e Seere friom. “The WAY of ALL FLESH" Columbia Coming Attractions NATIONAL—"Seventh Heaven. “Seventh Heaven,” the celebr: comedy-drama of* Paris in war one of Broadway's outstanding suc- cesses, which was offered with note- worthy popular support by the Na- tional Players in 1926, will be the clos- ing production of the troupe for the 1927 Summer season, following “Turn to the Right.” “Seventh Heaven” is in a class by itself in war plays, suggesting the horror and the futility of international struggles in a manner unforgettable. Yet it contains no direct preaching or invelghing against war. John Golden produced the play in New York when the stage was full of questionable dramas, and ‘“‘Seventh Heaven” was attended by immediate and consistent prosperity. The story concerns two lovers of the Parisian slums—Chico, a laborer in the sewers, and Diane, the harassed younger sister of a farrago and a tyrant. How @hese lovers reach their “seventh heaven,” only to lose it for a while through the war, is the sub- stance of a thoroughly enjoyable and human play. KEITH'S—Eddie Foy. musing and ever-popular Ed- celebrating his seventy-first birthday anniversary and his fifty- seventh anniversary on the stage, will be the headliner at B. ¥. Keith’s next week, supported by Monica ::m“y and Hal Munis, in “The Fallen Star.” EARLE—Rose’s Royal Midgets. The Iarle Theater next week, be- ginning Sunday afternoon, will offer as headline attraction Rose's 25 Royal Midgets, in a program ranging from minstrelsy to grand opera executed on a Lilliputian scale. Other offerings will include Artie Mehlinger, “The Dynamic Songster and Composer”; “The Faker,” a com- edy playlet by Edwin Burke, Howard Smith and Mildred Barker; the Steel Trio, offering “Varieties in a Blacksmith Shop,” and other acts. The feature photoplay will be the William Fox production of *Colleen,” with Madge Bellamy and J. Farrell MacDonald. GAYETY—"Let's Go.” Next week's attraction at the Gay- ety Theater will be Fred Clark’s claborate musical and dance produc- tion, “Let's Go,” which, patrons of the jayety will remember, last season played to the largest attendance of the season at every performance. This season Mr. Clark, the producer, claims he has surpassed previous efforts, “Let's Go” is in two acts with a company of 40 artists and a chorus of 24 girls, with 14 scenes and 18 musi- cal numbers. The attraction is an- nounced as new in every particular. STRAND—“Moulin Rouge Revue.” Next week's attraction at the Strand Theater, beginning Sunday afternoon, September 4, will be *the Moulin Rouge: Revue, The feature photo- play for Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday will be “Twelve Miles Out,” and for Thursday, ¥riday and Saturday, “Women Love Diamonds.” “OLD TRONSIDES” COMING. James Cruze's dnoted Paramount with | e Ouwtdoor Attractions| CHESAPEAKE BEACH. The boardwalk at Chesapeake Beach is the liveliest it has been in yea The amusements lining the over-the-water boulevard have at- tracted mot only the excursionists and vacationists, but also farmers and other country” folk for miles around. Bert Saulsman’s jazz band supplies the dance music. The steamer Indian Head, which early this Summer ran moonlight trips down the Potomac, now is car- rying excursionists to the Beach from Baltimore every Sunday. Many Washingtonians go to Baltimore just to take the enioyable trip down the bay to the beach, returning to Wash- ington by beach railroad. GLEN ECHO PARK. These late Summer days are pleas- ant at Glen Echo Park, Washington’s free admission resort of fun, where 50 or more attractions provide thrills and fun for every one. The coaster dips, derby racer, caterpillar, whip, skooter and old miil offer a variety of rides, while the midways with dozens of fun devices the carrousel and games pro- vide both fun and entertainment. Every week night a popular feature is dancing in the beautiful ballroom to music by David McWilllams® 10-piece orchestra featuring the vibraphone. Glen Echo Park is reached by cars of the Washington Railway & Electric Co. or by motor via the Conduit road, with no time-limit parking space at the park’s entrance. ————————————— production, “Old Ironsides,” the film spectacle written by Laurence Stall- ings from the career of the greatest of all American frigates, will open an engagement at the National Theater, Sunday evening, September 11. The premiere of “Old Ironsides” is expected to be one of the outstanding nts of the current season. “Old Ironsides” is said to represent the finest effort yet expended by Paramount on any single production, and .as a spectacle is said to surpass anything ever brought to the screen. More than 2,000 men, recruited from all corners of the, globe, and nearly 100 sailing vessels appear in the pic- ture, which has for its principal theme the career of the most ro- mantic ship of a young nation—a fri- gate which took part in 40 thrilling engagements and never lost a fight. Scenes showing “Old Ironsides™ alone conquering the Tripolitan pi- rates, who at that time held the world at their mercy, are among the spectacular episodes in the picture. Mr. Cruze for the interpretation of his principal roles selected what is considered the flnest cast available for the purpose, including Wallace Beery, Esther Ralston, George Ban- croft, Charles Farrell, Johnny Walk- er and Charles Hill Mailes. Today at Crandall's Colony The- ater, Harold T. Pease, organist, will offer the eighth of his original slide sets visualizing narratives which he musically relates. The basic number today is Irving Berlin's “Russian Lul- During the rendition of the work movements from the “Song of FLoreNcE ODENISHAYN and SNOW and COLUMBUS= RENEE DE MARSE - Strand 1 Photoplays Keiths ARG UERITR WILSON~ Gy This Week SILENT DRAMA ATTRACTIONS 77 RIALTO— PALACE—“We're All Gamblers.” METROPOLITAN and evening. i it noon and evening. and evening. RIALTO—“Cheating Cheaters™ .. and Bathing Beauties. A screen version of Max Marcin's famous play, “Cheating Cheaters,” co- starring Betty Compson and Kenneth Harlan, will be the feature picture at the Rialto this week, including today. It is a captivating crook play that combines the thrill of mystery with the inevitable love affair. Nan Carey, a clever shoplifter, who is placed by a crooked lawyer with a gang of thieves, wins the love of a rich man’'s son so that the crooks may have ac- cess to his house to steal “the jewels.” He asks her to elope with him, and though Nan, too, has fallen in love, she remains to rob. It then develops that the young man is only a member of another crook gang posing as a great family. The cast includes: Lucien Little- field, Sylvia Ashton, Irwin Connelly, Maude Turner Gordon, E. J. Rat- cliffe, Eddie Gribbon and Cesare Gravina. An_ attraction of almost equal in- terest will be the appearance on the stage in person of a group of bathing beauties who have been selected from their various home cities as represent- atives in_the Atlantic City beauty ageant. Those who will appear are: fiss Denver,” “Miss Seattle,” “Miss Spokane,” “Miss Kansas City” and “Miss Washington,” acting as hostess; Eileen Lally, petite singer of “blues” songs, will introduce the ‘“beauties” and be featured in the presentation, which _will take place each day throughout the week at 3, 7 and 9 p.m. Henri_Sokolov will be heard as violin soloist with the Rialto orchestra, and “Snookum’s Clean-up,” Screen Snapshots and International Newsreel will be added attractions. PALACE—“We're All Gamblers” —Presentations. “We're All Gamblers,” Thomas Meighan’s new Paramount picture, directed by James Cruze, is the fea- ture at Loew’'s Palace Theater this ‘week, cluding today. A romantic revue, ‘“‘Gypsyland,” which features Phil Spitamy’s Victor Recording Or- chestra and the Chester Hale Girls; Joyce Coles, featured dancer, will be the stage features. New York’s kaleidoscopic life, where ambitions and personalities clash with dramatic results, are to be seen in “We're All Gamblers,” which concerns a professional boxer on the eve of a match for the heavyweight champion- ship, who finds his career cut short by an automobile accident caused by a car driven by a feminine Fifth avenue aristocrat who has been drawn by idle curiosity. The boxer attracts her, and when he fights his way up- ward to the proprietorship of a night club, again she meets him. The girl is played by Marietta Millner, a Viennese beauty. The story was adapted from Sidney Howard's play, “Lucky Sam McCarver.” In_the supporting cast e Cullen Landis, Philo McCullough, Gunboat ,Smith, Gertrude Claire and Spec O'Donnell, the freckled-faced redhead. Dick Liebert's organ music, Aesop’s Fables, Topics of the Day and the the Volga Boatman” and a nocturne be intyoduced, | other attractions, Palace Orchestra overture will be Branais Cheating Cheaters.” This afternoon/and évening’. This afternoor and:eveningk —“Ten Modern Commandments.” - This afternoon COLUMBIA—“The Way of All Flesh” (second wcckj. This -after- LITTLE THEATER—“Forever” (Peter Ibbetson). “This afternoon WARDMAN PARK—“Passion.” This evening. METROPOLITAN—“Ten Modern Commandments.” “Ten Modern Commandments,” the Paramount production starring Esther Ralston, with Neil Hamilton leading the support, is this week’s feature at Crandall’'s Metropolitan Theater. Rol- licking in good humor, it unfolds a tale of backstage strife, life, love and laughter, written by Jack Lait, who knows his Broadway, and directed by Dorothy Arzner, Paramount’s woman director. 1t is said to strike a new note in & play of stage life, It concerns a young song writer who_finds it impossible to put his numbers over and a girl whose aunt conducts the boarding house in which the young songster takes up his abode. Through a strange twist of circums stances the girl finds it possible to bring the young composer's song hit to the attention of a revue producer in New York. At the same time she is given a place in the chorus herself in order that she may at all times be near the producer and through & clever subterfuge ward off a per- sistent prima donna. It is from this circumstance that a large measure of comedy is derived.. Neil Hamilton is the young song writer, and the cast includes Maude Truax, Romaine Field- ing, El Brendel, Arthur Hoyt and Joycelyn Lee. ‘The short comedy will be “Doctor Quack,” starring Jimmy Adams, a two-reel Christie production. Other features embrace the Metropolitan ‘World Survey, a natural color scenic and the Metropolitan Symphony under Daniel Breeskin. COLUMBIA—“The Way of All Flesh.” At Loew's Columbia Theater Para- mount’s “The Way of All Flesh,” in which Emil Jannings makes his Amer- ican debut, is retained for a second week. High praise has been accorded this picture for the wonderful performance of Jannings, who fully justifies the faith that the public and the critics of the world have acdorded him since his Boss Mueller of “Variety” was pronounced the best character por- trayal of 1926. “The Way of All Flesh” was made in an American studio by an Am¢ ican director, Victor Fleming, who directed “The Rough Riders.” An ideal cast includes Belle Bennett, famous for her “Stella Dallas,” and Phyllis Haver. Perley Poore Sheehan wrote the story, and Jules Furthman adapted it for the screen. Incidental features will be the new M-G-M newsreel, a comedy, organ mu- sic and Brusiloff'’s Synco-Columbian3. LITTLE THEATER—“Forever.” A revival of more than usual in- terest comes to the Little Theater to- day in the noted Paramount produc- tion, “Forever,” based on “Peter Ibbetson,” by George Du Maurier, in which the late Wallace Reid and Elsie Ferguson are starred. In the screen adaptation, which Reid regarded as the best picture in which he appeared, he had the role of Peter Ibbetson, an English boy living in a village in France with his parents. His play- mate is a beautiful girl next door. The two are separated when his family leaves, but they never forget their (‘;‘anqnucd on Third Page) ___