Evening Star Newspaper, January 1, 1928, Page 33

I Theaters I The Sunday Star. Part 3—12 Pages Automobiles DoREEN CARRINGTON - Palace Washington Theater Ready for New Leaf BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. | ! | HE Christmas holiday week theater was notable »r the cheer brought on the especial lines of brilliancy of | which he may he master. Mr. Schild- kraut, who also had enacted rules‘ i 1d friend. “Rose’ Marie” Originaliy produced in the | competitive atmosphere of the light- | est musical irivolity, it asserted gen- | uine merit, not merely in its ex-| traordinary tunefulness and its elab- | traditional thought. Yet it is some- oration of ge effects, but in the | thing to be admired as a master| selection of an unusual theme at our | stroke of the theater. own geographic door. Its develop- | s hadaba ment is on the lines of consistent | which led far from the sanctities of | story in this film. recognized an op- | portunity and denantly grasped it | the face of possible protest. The concept is not in accordance with | One of the most conspicuous cases of an unforeseeing hit in what was first regarded as a minor role was the playing of the part of the old roue, Chevrial, in “A Parisian Ro- | mance.” The character was under- taken with an agreement that Richard Mansfield should play it ex- TR {actly in his own way. It did not | Producers strive for scenic effects | even endure till the end of the play, and seek to support an unknown ' jur had a wonderful death scene at | manuscript by splendid groupings |3 banquet table. Mansfield studied and lavish costumes. It is, after all.{it <o closely and gave so startling a the play produced in simplicity of | periormance that nothing else | manner and dependent upon direct- | the presentation was talked of and | nes: of thought and cleverness of | it stood long in his repertory as a expression that can be laid away for | starring vehicle. 7 [ a few scasons and again be brought | * % % ¥ | forward ircsh in its appeal; and even| y:. Capital City has had frequent | the more agrecable because of past opportunities of saying "l told ol | recollections” with which it is asso-| PROGRIETS R Ut ciated. - The -eagerness 1o fortify {5 Gn which the decision indicated | with a lavish purse 2 mew endeavor [y, o ymi down™ leaves little hope. "‘f‘"“;‘.’l—" ’h“‘l’ PORE 5 “‘l“!‘ e . | Playgocrs allow their disapproval to| r‘:‘:‘ "“,“: h?‘f""si:,’;z::' -:" ":l‘l‘,“;‘ be inferred by their absence, and it w0 ki"dwf" The sdmirers of|is remarkable 1o note how rapidly | sose Bluvae” e d th g the bad news gets around after a| ose Maric' who found this sec-| ,op,ncholy Monday night. “The| ond visit quite as enjoyable as the| gy (B v wont on its way in ab- C‘)_Ilgffl(“‘llt "‘tm\(“cslknlull confidence of 5[!('((:‘33, On | on the opera’s prolonged and con- |y contrary, “Playing the Game.”| tinuous career. It is not likely that| wpich held a wavering course until any producing firm will have thegaiyrday night, repeated its depress- intelligence essential in laying the foundation for a standard work. This operetta has the worth and the originality to entitle it to a place among the creations of per- manent interest beyond its own gen- eration e t commercial bravery to revive it with GRACE LA RUE_- Kerths BeTH MERRILL- National . = ¢ Attractions NATIONAL — “Sidewalks York." Ray Dooley, long the tomboy of the “Follies™ and a Charles Dilling | ham star, will be seen at the National | Theater next week in the much her alded “Sidewalks of New York,” writ- ten by Eddie Dowling of “Sally, Iren and Mary” and “Honeymoon Lan Comin of New now “Cock Robin,” a initial showing last Monday night in Boston. IN THE SPOTLIGHT Notes of the Stage and Its People. mystery play by | next Philip Barry and Elmer Rice, had its | heading the cast. | “TuE cas: compr | And of thes indispensable ladvises Grace La Rue, the popular | who, by virtue of the fact month, with Claudette Colbert | songstre: matie stage peculiarly rises The musical version of “The Kiss in a Taxi,” which cpens in Newark Stage Success. | sonality, temperament and hard work | that she is a vaudeville star fitted to explain how one to the ali of the lavishness now established as a part of its essential identity once it has been laid away upon the ling experience here, playmg some- times to so few auditors the house looked as if it might have been an fame, with music by James F. Hanley. Margot Kelly and Frank Elliott are this week, will be known as “One Miss Dooley, plays the part of an or-|to join the cast of “We Never Learn." phan waif and finds many opportuni. |replacing Peggy Allenby and Alfred ladder. Sunny “Personali Day." Donald Brian, Instead of appearing the three things that insure CARLO FERRETTI- RAY DOOLEY- Natonal BeATricE TRACY- A - HATTIE BEALL - Strand 'Attractions in Washington 1 e, the greatest and most | hard work.” Thus | ntials for a stage success ise three elements—per- i MUSIC AND DRAMA "% e | | NATIONAL—"Hidden.” drama. RELASCO—"A Free S POLI'S—"Yours Tr KEITHS Grace La Rue, vaudeville A\YETY—"Bozo™ Snvder, bur! Tomor luminary. ought topmost rung of the T ty. temperament and hard esque Playhouses This Week | work are | success.” savs Miss La Rue. “Person ality, to make them like you: temper {ties for the exhibition of her well|Cross. The play is now on its tryout | | known talents as a comic entertainer. tour. {in “Oh, Johnny,” will go into vaude- Her company includex Smith and | ville with a sketch called “The Beg- economy to refund money and save burlesque, | STRAND—"Bowery Burlesque {the cost of lights. wery esqu shelves, | { ning. | =% %% The scene painter and costumer, as well as the maitre de hallet, have much to answer for in the way of sending some works well worthy of preservation eventually to oblivion. An appreciative public displays a discreet inclination to buy the Har- bach-Frimi product liberally while it is still on the market. It is one of “be memory investments that will By liberal dividends of pleasure * x5 A motion picture triumph over the speaking stage was scored by “The King of Kings” which found pat- ronage enough for two weeks, while “The Spot on the Sun” found scarce- Iy enough for six nights and two mat A religious drama which professes a strictly reverential ap- peal evades criticism on the usual direct ter a zestion ¥ ox dantly demon- the old objection 1o dra- on of sacred character delinea avpeared and in its place the offers but 2 respectivl welcome " not only tolerance ¥ % % Mr not therefore admired oie w 1ati of a slight confusion vecalling him as the which dealt submerged haunts of ultra p " ression hero of s < cither i criptures ghits country Jage who n their 1ona ayers “n above all ding ration threstened ore vespeet 1hian ¥ ers. The ot i Yation e o an ac idea that Orhelly tragedy play pre fiew of e yorals ted FAdw Booth Yago was the fing aceord I g ‘“ ferred tenant e star of the role he Dinted that he of the Hulne 10 which wa beer i w O nrerpretation - gisded Dule, comedians of the famous Avon Comedy “Four: Fiske 'Ha best | | known of the singing Irish siars: Dick Keene, juvenile actor; Elizabeth Mur- | ray, cha r comedienne: Frank tarney Fagan, ol | ing of American dancers Keeler, a dance sensation: Will adys Ahern, acrobatic dancers Winifred Harris, Jast season with Ina : Calm and Gale, team Francis, Josephine Owen and “the best-looking chorus of 4 Belasco, wary of this city, as a first production center when he {originally put on “Lulu Belle,” giv-| ling Philadelphia the preference in | what appeared a perilous adventure. puts Washington conspicuously on { his map for the current Winter. One | of his plays will be a success already established and another will be a i{tryout. Belasco has not sought as {consistently as in his earlier carecr 1o base a production upon a system 1of work and study covering months land sometimes years, which, com- | | bined with lavish financing, made | and scenery. | | failure impossible. 1 there was fail- — | {ure it was the kind that was not ieshing {visible 1o the naked eye, but con- siae. of tua [cerned only a private ledger. LIRS “r w0 India neers on tour.” “Sidewalks of New York” s filled | with laughs and chy music, and comes with fine equipment of costumes Nazimova, Aramatie stage and screen, will B. F. Keith's Theat new playiet, entitl AYETY—"Be Happy Revue Xt week's at the Theater will be “Be Happy with a caxt headed by two burlesque davorites, Agnes Nichols and Harry Jackson. There will be {ehorus of 24 girls, 14 scenes and musical numbers, The production wald 1o be new in every particular “Frivolithes of 19217 L ont the brand new Bt Auetion prin ghrin | sether or not there may be de which dissatisfy the imagination on becomes diffi- cult in the fear of offending a sense of propriety which welcomes the ef- fort with deep respect and refuses to risk hindering by adverse sug- the gratsfication it may af- Sometimes an_idealist—sometimes | |an uncompromising showman—he irenders useless any attempt to fore- {tell which aspect of personality he will next disclose; nor will any one | hope 10 understand the underlying forces which prompt so strange a| | connterplay of methods and pur- poses | attraction uty 1% a wpecial be OB Operettas of the Gilbert and Sul- | livan type survive in a manner which {shows the advantage of simple structure dependent on opportumity | 'squiusl burles for voice and acting and allowing | volities of 1927." This new great flexibility to scenic details, | boawts big cast of tale Winthrop Ar who has identi- [cipals and a beauty chorus of 16 fied omself§ with so much that is | New omdy. ints and important, is finding congenial and | "' 1 Bttt profitahle in - exploiting | 7y s one of the bent the Gitbert and Sullivan operas on | 555, the stage and o sponsoring some highly interesting memoirs re garding e wit and the musiciar whose efforts proved so happy m | combination e bugle call which 14 treat” for the Ko | corpe every night st the Phie dins ' peerformanees lenced I hox « Wanhin 1 nnval of Frabning i widd, that the bingie einch nighit at o oheer heels together . " realized what NTRAND— Next week's Btrand Theater attractic will be @ e production a weenes ations, with spe w by various n thin wttiaction one canon Call Off Bugle Call. 50 new oCcupation | | : | mormdx ¥ e The | Herbert | thorough | propuiarity theater toward & vandeville and even | a degitiniate basis is the production | fof Herbert apera where the theater | technically detines wself as & motion jricture honse Herbert followed 1he whmental making bt tle of the and the anther | Babes s not {ealled 1o gttem Possibly i was [ Glen MeDonough - or was it Henry Blossom. the who wrote “Mile | Modiste”? orchestral renditon il have been u delight 1o Herhert's ear. The stage perform @t the Theater would have sad ordeal for the author faneiful moods wre none reficcted EEE works the hay of been late Victor 10 & pretty 1est as a survival of Oue the most de dvances of the moving pieture " heciume hin shout Dot wudien n e cuded crn 3 disecipline Flngin ITRE “ring in oy af the o e i T b then and hotd 1) he custom librettise Ton of . o e Wi all ot Titters nudience and P tion embiatiasanent tor | (e omcers penally fullowed — flence the bugle cali his beon calied off plidSididalloidio o Sl S i R man Ihe e | and Brain weariness SomeEitas o slight sickness i wtroduced 10 8 who ‘eainpll mented hin on s wiiting and who ! vemirkod "1y the wa (bl that you used one jokes 1o your latest opera book “Did 17" was the languid rejoinder Ver, it van ‘so and 10 @ \ ol soul ance Vox i flwen a hiose ton citly o yo " | | nsuall devour and & wotshiper of | man whe v oput it form 1old of one of Herhert's poeti cal workmen who confessed frankly » hrettist is “ music o and w0 “That was a good hiuow ey miored” one, do you | Evelyn Herbert | hought | Bickfora | Lawrence A petition signed by over a thousand | gy, Philadelphians has *been recelved by | prima donna of “My | Maryland,” asking for a return en ! kagement of that musical play in the Quaker City, It Ix possible that th operetta will return there for a run (fter closing its New York engage ment, Lee Donnelly. ument, to m. by The newest Vineent Law. ence play, | opening in Rochester a week from to Jmorrow night, will be culled 1% essed.” Willlam Harris is the pro ducer and the cast will inciude T “wlhern, Catherine Wilson and M Neweonib. “lIve read successes tha Are not the r because sary founda on air and t as their vog lasts as odd. them often does, « Seeley, Benny Fields, Dr Fddie Lambert” Juns and Mitth and Tillie are 1o be Greenwich Villag: Another play has been added to the list which the New York Theater Guild will produce. The organization hax “Wings Over Europe” a drama by Robert Nichols and Muurice Browne. An ext srdinary feature of thix new piece is that it will require an allmale cast Rlossom Rockwell, Whalen and in the cast of the Follies,” due in about two weeks. The brothers Lief. Nat and Max, are to do the Iyries and tay Perking the music The Show Superv Wednesday night ¥ olll in thia ety | C has been cut | of Roat" last shown The pr in New York which was first wan i success. The play down to twe hours and a halt and notwithstanding the many encores on | the opening night. the final curtain came down at 11.2 1 is mier “Rlesy You, Sister,”” hy John Meehar and R. R Riskin, which the brothers Riskin are producing, had its first showing in New York last Monday night. Alice Rrady heads the cast which Includes Robert Ames, Charles nd Mildred McLeod. “Plaving the reception in New York, fust ahout the as here, and lasted only one week, playing a majority of the nighta | to many vacant seats. The author and | promoters still have faith in it and | 4 trip on the road is carded for after he new year, White of Post, reached In reported Allan Pric D'Orsay ARLES Last Waltz," Whittuker man country shish} 1S YuE b 1 D how ¢ under David Belasco's | 4 in CHidden” the u--w}’“l:}' obervat She previously appear “" nained oductions of “Ladies of bttt b " 1n 1916 he the Evening” sl LIy S Bathee!' Ot THE heing enguged Hely g Merrill plaved in “Fashions for Men, ‘“‘\'\»m:' h “White Desert azvbones being asso expetience wan gnined 0 stock oMo road companies 1ol Game" had a poor| pay Merr making e e management Belasco play ed in hix y “The version Mexsry finally and hit musieal | quaw Man" by | Hooker and il New York last week have registered n Marton Keeler and head the caxt Eagle n ¥ FRUNON DI ne a free ' Thillp Merivale was born in India and was educated in England, where | ©HHE 8 B made hix first stake appentance. | He haw we He has played in many productions in | Go0 FFE So thin conntry, and in London. Mr | et B an | Merivale's recent have [ qitear | been in “Scotch Mist Tall," | “The Ladder.” “The R i e s making hix thind [ Mr. Relasea in the vharacter In “Hidden Reems o e pros road with hix new play Through the Door,” and tonr through the Midwest ix resenting the deama in Philadel 101 probable thut Hodge will the play Into New York for In the early Spring William Hodge pecing on th “Riraight nfte now an original a Wallace Ree tosether In ¢ In ociated W “Huntingtow principal male Wi ke run Mary o drnmatics | Ruaentre can Buker ut Hury | appeared in e Py members of profersional n Morvis first hecame interes when a student Nhe was with Prof A for thiee years and e than 40 plivs given his Her fiest entance wan with Jewste Bonatelle's stock company, and Ner ol New York appestance was With the Washinston Square Players Her pecent cngagements have becn | With “Fashio s Crime in the | Whistler Shesie Under th I and Cirent God Brown A new Mis font e Mee ton for st offer " Febiunry Little Plavers, Theater g In o divregard hox eipts and run every prod womonth in New York e Wil be i comedy Living" which will 1 oup. the “The Last dueion and this side hy mson, wha | Airected it ¢ Duce Milley Thri i Arama open “AMerry o b Yok tust o Herndon presce Mummer, will opening i Bulthnore Ly Holoun wnd 1, WIE head the company the tevie which ol in New Kooon tour Junuaes 16 Room,” v Billman e T Kreatly “tunts of an oA duplica Hpivit of Nt The theill s been us executives i Harny | ot smith i Wha plays the vale of suppert of Ry Droodey inSidewalhs of New York In wald (o bear an e semblance 1o the distinguished gover nor of New York that it won him his Pesent engugement Tt Costa with (I a o oplay produced I Fall ity i rchedued Laon e s anthon leailing role tor Pelnu Dovathi opening sk uneanny Tadin Gialsworthy s Which wis the author s e performed n New Wi b revived next Diale his heon engiged (e Box ' way 1o York Knew that M plane and a Monte is tre “home lot | i wouts ver didn't wteer safe retimn The veaw hax heen b Harney Fagan, the "King of Amer heen due tot fean Dancers w generation or (wo ako | Atlantie " in tade his Arst appearance on the stake | of an aviator at Tany Pastor's ‘Theater, New Yerk fight 1 1KA0, Which In going some. Fagan he In sl presenting (he nent “song and dince that frst made him (amous, Piske O'Hava, now a membey of N\v‘\ T dames | company sunroinding ltay Dooley i | for the lead- | xidowalkn of New York," 1s the last g vole.Phe producton will b 1 af the singlng 1rish comedians of the vected by Lavvence Hianvay, who in [iiage. Mo was & much admived atae now - plaving in U Bacape also 0 | Riselt for move than 16 Yoars. Ann work of Gulsworthy Nichols was onve his leading lady e The formation producing . Hamilton Meladden Ine wan announeed st week. 1ts st offering will be w play by \ Cushing, "La Gringo,” whic's will be presented 1n assoclation with Charles 1o Wagner The plav. now in re hearsal, will open In New York late e af w new theatrieal . Fwork, to make vou fit for it al. ment without any they long as But th, A success it has begun.” e ised “La supervised the production of “The motion pieture circles who broke fnto pictures in that Just production the Paramount Frederick Petrova amonk others Which marked the first appearance of England ture staveing Sie Harrey people in Hollywood have been and Biothers' lots have experienced waw him acrosa the ocean and s sald thiiling Monte's friends will all be glad whe the picture i completed ake you like it. and hard | NATIONAL~"Hidden.” tanding dramatic Washington David ¥ often of the Fannie at streak acr of w e meteoric | s the frma. ! ning, but they vl successes of the R haven’'t had the neces tion. They are building heir success lasts as long ue lasts, and theic vogie they continus o bhe oddity that has made overnight may, and rense to be as quickly as Sue Oth An the the play m long entire Reth Ladies ¢ event season in wilt coming of “Hidden ow with New York n, New York compa Merrill, remembered the Evening starred with Philip r plavers of note inc jorie Gateson, Mary Morris N TRAND—"Bowery Burlesquers.™ The s d Theater announces & M Bowery ar's ma fattie Beall a Mu and Mary - Hidden" was written by W Huribut, who has asked his audience who ;ompany him into the private ves of an American family, whers the most intim thoughts and wctions are revealed 1t is said to be a play of intense interest, with char 1eters thoroughly American and fine- Iy drawn Elinor Glyn, noted nov A performance of York, and was o the play that she wrote a letter to Mr Relasco, sa '3 “A word of thanks for a delightful evening last night at ‘Hidden 1 think this is the most interesting study of female chology 1 have ever seen on st Wale:=." A. WHITTAKER, *is well known in Ameri Hal Malvey wmoviag: Rboda effectively in N is an Enslish newspaper A before the war came o America to ob pictures were made here fons were to be used later in England. Instead in this country helped Maurice To famous English melo Whip ™ At that time he for two vears ted with Mary Piekford, John Barrvmore Rillie Rurke and Kisie wiuctions. Later he lance ftten the seripts for and welated with the publica vowell Known successes ontinuity for “The White He alsa wrote “The Devil's Cargo.” | After . - st attend Hidd n mpressed by an axile ob ot ew COMMUNITY INSTITUTE EVENT THURSDAY. HIEURN ™ season Washing Sk arsday n KEITH'S—Grace La Rue. Cent Grace la Rue, known as ¢ of song.” headlines the bill Reith's Theater this week be assisted by Allen Stua Lex Fulies Rouges” (The Red Fuo! lies) Will be featured This is a dance act of speed and calor with Stanisloft and Gracie, assisted by Svdney Bovd Bleanor Gridley, Lucille Cartier, Mo Donovan and Ruth Ellen The are by Henry Dwresvfuss and A mnsic by CHRE Hess are Fred Allen, assisted by Hoffa, in “Disappointments Roger lmbof, Marceiie company, in 4 comedy House™ the three Nwitts | act called “\ery M} Mevicn s greatest wire | varied stunes Leonant (wo veterans of the bat Ue of Paris, wha offer “Rack to the | Front nd Archie and Gertie Pails § m A Few Hant Rnocks The scrven (watures, Aes Popies of the Tay and the Mathe N Will compiote the it o “star at R ¥ She will tor has vy and Ravmond Hatten M1 comedy parts he has recently been WIth the production of o, the rst motion pie Lauder { Woa URA pro ! being veleased on Arthur Re settings the Iyvies Others and 190N reene The noa and Pest thritling ves, called watker in and Culver stamding work hronicies of Amer fom. " since Walts' e now Paramonnt. N an American by hivth vom A scenarfo by Allce Who i% also an American s Hollywood: o~ many suhjec Tickets ¢ Tard mewsata WY evening thrilled av i tor 0 ot Louis they have had however nothing to the theill the people on Warner They of | ol late by the A plane that Lindbergh CLUR Lo GAYETY " Ros Snvdeor Swader « o n W N Jte be dinpelied | TOIN Lide has |yt entartaimers have teen sngaget Wi e favaes and all At g0 with & svous New | carniva i CURRENT TOPICS--FRIDAY who show at the Gayety Theater sakl to have one the Most entertaining offerings of the cuor vent season on the Columbia wheel onte Rive was up in that { - Dancing and tunetul meladies o (o Il feared for his satety. | Movide the spive and action. carvied nendously popular on his fOUE DY & well balanced Hat of prinei and there were few | PAlL and there fx gurgwous senery AMONE the extran wha | ANd costiming (o please the eve take the air that| There is something ehe. however | for Ris | more hwpartant than all and that s “Hose" himselt. s (0 the theater The secand seties of Miss MoQuews 5 Wine spells PARTAMIME, A vare art ax | Dalks an Current History T will beg ORL Almost as the theater fseli. Sunder | Friday. and will continue watit Man combines this allont interpretation of 30 With & taik cach Friday worn s emotion With comedy of A rich vein fat 11 aclek i the o o8 (he And thus gives & Unigue characterisa | Washington Clun Seveateent thon strwat Shosn s assistant, Sam Qreen, Wit bmpartant agaln he we as his oo worker and fimein are o there are Mee Tracy, pruna donda. wekome [ W Reads his own “yabea v 1ihe Npevia hete s ot ST BF W how N swd A nigh Yea: A sllent prayer v Why the popular stav Vothe air” su much ha he Alming of “Acvoss the Which he enacts the role The ploture ta hased on I the extveme, hut N howme and Gentivuen are