Evening Star Newspaper, November 14, 1927, Page 22

OPENING ATTRACTIONS IN WASHINGTON THEATERS POLI'S—“My Maryland.” <! %My Maryland,” billed as the na- Honal" operetta, the most ambitious effort of the Messrs. Shubert since #The Student Prince,” made its first appearance in the Capital last night &t Poli's Theater. _ 1t is the story of Barbara Fritchie #nd Frederick in Civil War days, #oothed with catchy tunes devised from patriotic airs of the North and South, and with enough of the tragedy Rliminated from the purported career Y the .heroine to make the perform- fice really enjoyable. Lead with Your Land and My Land,” the music n Sigmund Romberg, who composed the lyrics for “The Student Prince,” gombines “Yankeeland,” *Maryland, My Maryland.” “Hallelujah,” ~“The $tar Spangled Banner” and Ydmerica.” A male chorus stirs the emotions, #nd the tramp of marching soldiers gesounds through the scenes as the #ghting shifts from Hagerstown to Frederick, back to Hagerstown and ohce more to Frederick. s1We find a Barbara turned young from the “old gray head” described by IWhittier, and a_ romance with the Bndsome Capt. Trumbull of Connecti- eut. There is the famous flag-waving scene in the finale, and a Paisley shawl which once belonged to Francis Scott Key to catch the eyes of the ladies, Miss Olga Cook as Barbara, colora- ture soprano, and Alexander Callum, tenor. as Capt. Trumbull are sur- founded by a bevy of Frederick’s fair- est who display the war hatred when the town's fairest deigns to smile on the invader. The story opens with Capt. Trum- bull paying court to the fair Barbara just after the Federal troops have taken Frederick. Her father is ada- mant and sternly orders the Yankee pever to enter his home again. The Union forces concentrate at Hagerss town to resist a rebel attack, and Bar- Bara flees over the famous Hager: town pike to wed her Yankee lover. The rebel attack blocks the wedding, and our heroine saves the life of Capt. Trumbull by shooting a Union de- serter, turned rebel, who is about to slay him through a window. The Scenes shift once more to Frederick, with Stonewall Jackson's men driving the Federals back. In a skirmish Barbara's brother wounds Capt. Trumbull. Nearly dead, he is drasged to the Fritchie home, secreted by Darbara and treated by a young Confederate doctor, her friend. There is a dramatic scene when Bar- bara’s father learns he is harboring the despised Trumbull. Follows the tric dancing and songs, are one of the high spots of the presentation. Snappy dance ensembles and lively tunes are other features of the entertainment, togther with an array of beautiful stage settings. STRAND—"Sugar Bables.” Harry “Hello Jake” Fields and his “Sugar Babies,” the current Mutual burlesque attraction at the Strand Theater, delighted patrons yesterday. The audience is treated to a trip around the world in two and a half hours without leaving their seats, starting with Ireland, then France, Russia, China, Spain and Hawaii. Fields heads the big cast of fun mak- ers, and he is ably assisted by Jack Rosen and Jack Hankins, the latter in- troducing new dance steps. The fem- inine members of the cast include Mable Lea, Vi Penny, Dottie Reed and Althea Barnes, all possessing especial- Iy good voices. The big surprise of the show is “Dainty Dottie” in a specialty. A chorus of “Sugar Babies” complete the cast. Sixteen musical and dancing numbers give the girls a chance to display their talent. FOX—“The Gay Retreat.” A war comedy of an original sort, “The Gay Retreat,” is the film attrac- tion at the Fox Theater this week, and those front-rank comedians, Svm- my Cohen and Ted McNamara, crovd plenty of laughs into this swift-movi*g bit of film fun. The gayety starts on this side, be- fore the “grim” background of the war is reached, when a young scion of the rich is rejected for overseas service in the ranks because he's a sleep-walker. Detailed with a ambu- lance unit finally lands him in France, though, and there events are managed so that he becomes a real doughboy. Cohen and McNamara, who have heen chauffeur and butler at home, now assume the role of protectors for the boy, sent out by his father for the purpose. And this is where the hilarity waxes to an explosive climax. On the stage, Winnie Lightner, who has recently starred in “Gay Paree” and George White's “‘Scandals,” pre- sents one of the most popular numbers vet seen at the new theater. The “Keller Sisters” and Frank Lynch, in harmony songs from WEAF, and Murray and Allen, billed as the “Royal Jesters” in a group of comedy songs, provide other stage numbers, ‘The movietone keeps up with events around the world, including a close-up of Llovd George unveiling a war monument, to provide another inter- young folk of Frederick congregated before the Fritchle home, which, by the way, bears no resemblance what- ever to the spot marked in Frederick as the Fritchie home. The hour is growing late, and it seems necessary that Barbara must wave the flag to make the story complete. With but five minutes of play left, she suddenly &ppears at the balcony with the Stars and Stripes, welcomed by the boos of her friends. There is a gush for the balcony. and Confederate soldiers at- tempt te tear the banner from her hands. Then in sirides Stonewall Jackson, with bis “harm not a hair of Ber head.” Oscar Figman, the village wag, who ogresses from Confederate spy to nion spy, thence back to Confeder- ate brigadier general ad interim, while €ndeavoring to ply his trade of snatch- ing unwatched candlesticks and clocks, plays the comedy role, “My Maryland” is certainly inspir- Inz @nd the first Washington audience approved it, " KEITH'S—Gus Edwards and Co. The well known musical revue pro- tor, Gus Edwards, with a bevy of Pretty and talented girls, is headlin- ing a good bill at Keith’s this week. Heretofore it appeared that Edwards haad devoted his time to securing pret- girls who could dance. This time, has gathered a group who in ad- dition to their other accomplishments ean sing. All of which resulted in &bout the best revue Edwards has @ver presented in this city. The Lane Bisters, Reynolds Sisters, Virginia Martin, Senorita Armida and Ray Bol- &er, the eccentric comedian, are the principals of the organization, with several additions of girls and young IEn acting as the chorus. This man Bblger stands out as an_entertainer @44 he had the audience laughing all the time he was on the stage. Har- mny is the chief asset of the Lane ters and they scored a big hit. Patite Senorita Armida looks like the bast prospect in the company. She is Wdusually vivacious, handsome to look 8¢ and dances well. Mr. Edwards’ ue takes up the entire latter half t the program and the 40 minutes covered were entertaining throughout. “¥Frank Davis, the bird seed man, is back with an’entirely new act and registered a hit. He is selling auto- mobiles this time and his quick fire @lrtu brought ‘out continous laugh- er. Adele Darnell and Nate Cole ve him splendid support. . The distinguished prima donna, Yvette Rugel, in both classic and popular selections, gained unstinted mraise for her beautiful voice and her ®lections showed discriminating taste, :iThe Rube Latham Duo opened the ogram with clever and startling ts on the trapeze and hanging ropes; Moore and Powell followed with & singing and musical turn that was Well received; Bury's Dos stars showed painstaking teaching and cute tricks: with the Aesop Fables, Current Topics, and Pathe filling in few vacant i EARLE—“Revue Fantasy.” ."Revue Fantasy,” a pretentious #sng and dance act of charm domi- mates the vaudeville portion of the Gurrent bill at the Earle Theater. The dancing of Sammy Krevoff, Bob Ver- non and Renee Myra is the distinctive feature of this piece, although other members of the company sing and dance in the most creditable manner. Miss Myra does three numbers, but appears to best advantage in the “En- chanted Garden” and “In a Swiss Ba- Tometer.” Lois Delander, who is “Miss Ameri- ©a of 1927.” appears in a number of #orgeous costumes and shows why #ae won her title. She is assisted by Biul Hutchinson and Margie Ross in @& song and dance revue, Lehr and Belle, the happy “bur- lesquers” offer a comedy skit, “For Absolutely No Reason.” It is of the song, chatter and dance variety. Edwin George in “A Comedy of Errors,” assisted by an unnamed /woman, has some subtle humor that is pleasing. Rather Brothers in “A Study in Endurance” do some spec- tacular acrobatics. ! Tha photopiay “The Wise Wife s an engrossing story of a wife who outflanped a flapper. The cast fea- Auses Phyins Haver, supported by ‘Tom Moore, ¥red Walton, Jacque- Aine Logan, Joseph Striker and Robert Bolder. Kinograms and a short comedy reel sonclude the well balanced program. y GAYETY—"A Perfect 36.” Morris Wainstock offers for the ap- ‘proval of the Gayety patrons the peppy revue, “A Perfect 36,” featur- dng Steve Mills and Billy Fields. Ed- ‘dfe Green is back on the Columbia eircuit after an absence of four years. Encluded in the cast are the Four Mc- &Lanns, Frances Ryer, Frances Norton, Genevieve Phillips, Pety Wells, Nat Dranow and Annette Rand and a -ehorus of 24 appropriately costumed ‘ehorus girls. + There are 20 scenes and 18 musical pumbers during the entire perform- sance. “Dance of the Drums” is the seoncluding number of the first act, ‘and “Getting Even” is the final epi- -soie o the program. Beethoven's :“Moonlight Sonata,” as done by the +MMisses Ryer and Cobb and the Messrs. ow and Mills wins the applause of audience. The Four McCanns, hale anenialty act featuring eccen-, esting feature of the bill. Miss Elshet Tyng was featured as soloist in the Sunday afternoon con- cert given by the Fox Symphony Or- chestra, conducted by Adolphe Kron- span, before the program started. Offenbach’s “Orpheus” is the overture. METROPOLITAN—“Now We're in The Air.” ‘Wallace Beery and Raymond Hat- ton, playing together in the fourth successive comedy, “Now Wr're in the Air,” at the Metropolitan Theater this week, keep the audience in uproarious laughter at a series of ridiculous situ- ations. The picture, although sup- posedly taken during the World War period, shows “Wally” and “Ray” in such rapid-fire action that any serious thoughts the audience might have re- garding the conflict are completely smothered with laughs. The story depicts Beery and Hatton as unskilled mechanics. Through an accident they are pressed into service as flyers in the American Aviation Corps. While alding in catching a spy, disguised as circus performers in a balloon, -the balloon is cut away from its moorings, and they drift be- hind the German lines. Fleeing, they are caught and taken from a German officer. There, by a curious twist, they are mistaken for daring German sples and congratulated. Later in the story they come near being shot by the Americans as German spies. Fol- lowing a series of delays and other events, however, the armistice is signed, and they find themselves out of the Aviation Corps in as crazy a manner as they got into it. During the course of events. the two have fallen in love and married twins. This also leads to unusual situations. All are happy, however, as the brides and grooms sail for the United States. The twins, Grisette and Griselle, are both imper- sonated by Louise Brooks. Others in the cast are Russell Simpson, Emile Chautard, Malcom Waite and Duke Martin. A two-reel movelty comedy, “Tod- dles”; news reels, a sports picture and selections by the Metropolitan Sym- phony Orchestra constitute the auxil- jary features, all of which furnish good entertainment. PALACE—“Two Arabian Knights.” Laughter is supreme this week at the Palace Theater, whether it springs from the stirring adventures of two American soldiers just after the war in “Two Arabian Knights,” or from the realistic representation of a quiet night at home with the radio as ren- dered by Arnold Johnson's Orchestra. ‘The feature on the screen concerns itself with the adventures of a pair of doughboys who escape from a German prison camp and jump from a train- load of Arabs, held captive by the Ger- mans, into a wagonload of hay and freedom. They find themselves later aboard a ship at Constantinople and sail for Asia Minor, only to save from drowning an Arabian lady of high de- gree. One of the doughboys, wealthy and good looking, falls in love with her, much to the chagrin of his husky, homely colleague, a hard-boiled ser- geant. There is another lover, however, an Arabian officer, who complicates mat- ters very much. Amusing situations follow fast on the hurried departure from the ship by jumping overbpard and swimming to shore. The Ameri- cans, by use of their wits, are saved from death in the home of the young lady’s father and in the end the good- looking lad in khaki wins the heart and hand of the high-born Arabian, while his “top kick’ acts as his coach- man. ‘William Boyd is supported in the presentation by Mary Astor and Louls ‘Wolheim, Arnold Johnson's orchestra is a “HOW INNOCENT a drug can be— and how helpfull I'm done with pur- gatives that leave even a child’s tem so acid you can detect it in fenpufi A little cascara i % CASCARETS THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1927. fast-moving musical combination, with Ingram and Burns adding harmony. Don Felice leads the Palace Orchestra through “Vision of Salome,” with color and picture interpretation. M-G-M news depicts current events, com- pleting the bill. RIALTO—"One Woman to Another.” Featuring a pretty screen romance, “One Woman to Another,” the Rialto presents a varied program which is sure to please the most fastidious. Good music is a large part of the pro- gram. In addition to the short but attrac- tive romance featuring Florence Vidor, the Rialto Orchestra does its best to commemorate the first anniversary of Rox Rommell's connection as con- ductor. Several of Rommell's com- positions, including “Flurry” and “Three Waltzes,” are offered. “Three Arabian Nights,” the stage offering, is both unique and well re- ceived. Malacco Brothers are masters of Hawaiian string instruments and they also have good voices. Trojo presents an unusual musical number, playing a guitar and piano at the same time. Florence Vidor 18 supported by Theodore von Eltz in the feature screen number. They are engaged to be married at the start of the picture, but a series of delays, caused by the attentions of the flancee to her novel writing and her brother's children, in- clude a three-week quarantine by let fever and a slight rift o But. with all the trouble, there s a wedding. “The Fightimg Finish,” a collegiate comedy; news reel and Screen Snap- shots are also exhibited. LITTLE THEATER—“Tartuffe.” Emil Jannings again proves that there is no standard Emil Jannings. 1t is impossible to anticipate the man. Every picture, every scene even, is new when he has the part. He sub- Jjugates himself to the role and the role lifts him above the entire produc- tion and above his co-workers. He may be a virile, brutal soldier today and tomorrow a withering old man with his eyes alone alive. In_the feature picture this week at the Little Theater Jannings is entire- ly new. This picture, however, is a milestone in Janningsiana, for it thoroughly demonstrates that it is his “presence” rather than his shadow on the silver screen which makes him one of the greatest actors of the pres- ent day. He appears comparatively seldom in the film, but he is felt at all times. Another rare' knack is his in his selection of leading ladies. He has the faculty of getting beautiful ones who can act. Lil Dagover this week is an actress and not a ‘“glorified clothes horse,” as one ef our famous American stars has been .called. The short feature is a scenic of the Baltic Coast, a section of the world often spoken of in connection with in- ternational politics, but seldom pic- tured on a movie screen. The Little Theater Trio still wins commenda- tion, and there's a news reel on the bill. COLUMBIA—“BEN-HUR-.” Proving one of the most powerful box office attractions of recent motion picture history, *BerHur” opened the third week of ‘its current run at popular prices at Loew's Columbia yesterday. Based upon Gen. Lew Wallace's story of Christian fortitude in the days of the pagan Roman Empire, filmed on a lavish scale and inter- preted by an excellent cast, with Ramon Navarro, Francis X. Bushman and May McAvoy in the featured roles, “Ben-Hur” is the acme of ar- tistic photoplay entertainment. In addition to its inspiring theme, the picture is noteworthy for wonderful photographic achievement. Some of the most spectacular scenes ever registered by a camera have been caught in the fliming of this picture. Outstanding are the thrilling sea fight of the Roman navy and the pirate fleet and the climaxing chariot race. 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TIVOLI—"The Rough Riders.” “The Rough Riders,” Paramount's plcture version of one of the most colorful perlods in modern American history, in the attraction at Crandall's Tivoll Theater the first two days of this week. Not only does this engross- ing picture set forth with absorbing details the formation of the famous regiment from which the title is taken, but it also depicts a delightful love story. In the leading roles are seen George Bancroft, Noah Beery, Mary Astor, Charles Farrel and Frank Hop- per. 'Added short reels and delight- ful pipe organ accompaniment are added. AMBASSADOR-Z"‘N(!W We're in the i A distinctive screen novelty in two reels, entitled *“Toddles’; news events of the past week and a Lyman H. How “Hodge Podge” comprise the auxillary features of the bill at Cran- dall's Ambassador Theater the first three days of this week, the princi- pal feature of which is Paramount's production of “Now We're in the Air,” starring Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton. A review will be found in conjunction with Crandall’s Metropolitan Theater. CENTRAL—"Shootin’ Trons.” Jack Luden in “Shootin’ Trons.” a drama of bristling action and thrilling climaxes, leads the program at Cran- dall’s Central Theater the first two days of this week, with added features including Billy Dooley in a_two-reel comedy, “Wild Wallops,” and a novel “Curiosity Reel.” N FORD HALTS FURTHER ATTACKS ON JEWS Orders Discontinuance of Adverse Comments on Nationality in His European Publications. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 14.—Henry Ford has ordered stopped all attacks on the Jewish nationality in his Eu- ropean publications in a letter to Theo- dore Fritsch, manager of those publi- cations, it was disclosed today when the letter was read at the twenty-first annual meeting of the American Jew- ish_comnittee. 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