Evening Star Newspaper, March 5, 1928, Page 17

In seeking nove THE_EVENTNG STAR. WASHINGTON., D. ¢ MONDAY. MARCT ) 1998, ° OPENING ATTRACTIONS I WASHINGTON THEATERS KEITH'S—Lily Morris. ty for the patrons of aaudeville, the Keith Theater manage- ment has gathered a collection of acts other argument in their favor. 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CHILDREN! d srart in life healthy need les and s Claldrer Ll casiomally o and bowels Tablets wre 4 mired sp snd corrective o Mok e trect or a habit [T v constipation rpid bad Tar disorder b Sely known family Ol sour stomach liver rre Vdvard and sim ol there tablets for man B uw vix years piby sicion presorbad years in pract Chisldre poare grealy 4 Jke 10 rake them d by their olive color Obive Tablets uver irntable spells that wre subject 1o beey budies i Diesithy condition, skin clesr wnd eves bright witl the Light of per hiealrh, 1Ee wnd e from helped 1r. Bdwar come thoce many Juldres their witive fecr e PALACE—"The Divine Woman.” | If Greta Garbo is really a “divine woman,” the Sunday schools have an- |scems to be few better arguments to < of the season. Everybody has been [use on some people than Greta Garbo wondering just what the Show™ was to be, and it is § galaxy herself. The Little Swede has enough charm to be royally hated by the F |street flappers whose escorts insist on | going to the Palace this week. The en- [tire picture is Greta Garbo and she ! packs the house. The star has a faculty of not only being a superb actress, but of letting her dience know it. We have had a few = And then | picture or in the directing. But Greta we have had the converse, Garbo goes over. The story of the picture and the role are hard, and with almost {any other star and any other director {there would be a slight flatness at least. Lars Hansen, on the other hand. de- serves full credit. He makes a great ! soldier and a splendid fine hero. | The stage presentation cons of {John M Anderson’s “Roman Night It an eloborate little revue h good music and excellent dancing. 2 the viewpoint of & person who with the ambitions of a nd the feet of a policeman, Lassiter Brothers did not stay on ecnough. Elsa Greenwell is fine her acrobatic dance, but from a pure- personal standpoint, which might agree with many in the audience, are superior. Senia s Hoboes. Russel and Marconi on the piano and accordian (we can over- ook a fiddle if any one plays an ac: dion) and Wesley Eddy's Syncopa- tors are re worth while. The chariot race. which closes the bill, is worth the admission price to see. “The Crystal Cup.” Dorothy Mackaill and Jack Mulhall appear as co-stars in the cinema ve n of Gertrude Atherton’s novel, he Crystal Cup,” at the Earle this c The title is symbolic of true love and rue mating, subjects which do not in- est Gita Carteret, whose voung soul s been seared by tragic incidents of her carly life in the slims of Paris. Her father. dissolute scion of a proud old American family, gave little heed I to the frantic appeal of the child, who bogs him to save her mother from an ssassin. From this unhappy child- he orphaned Gita Is taken in her < palatial home and pre- sonted to society as sole heiress. But he ramains indifferent to men. rese v their attentio | fecting unbecoming m This peculiar attitude aroused the cur | osity of Eustace Bylant, an author, who es a study of her for his next rovel. This association creates goss and to satisfy the conventions riage on her own terms Demonstration—Hooked Rugs this week and Throughout Marley, representing the panv, will be here to gi making of these popular NO CHARGE when mater} ArT EmprOIDERY SECTION, amples in recent months here where | nd threaded a needle |a fine piece of acting was lost n the | clover, the wh to DBylant. (Quite appropriate for leap year) Gita, who is lovely when becomingly dressed, later realizes that she has a heart and that it belongs to some one other than her platonic husband. ‘The story ends happily. ‘The Pathe Ne affords fleeting glimpses of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig ct al. on the flowering flelds of Florida, the assembling of graceful yachts, el trants for the Lipton races at Miami, animals training at Macon, Ga., prepar- ing for the Summer circus, and “Thanks for the Buggy Ride,” Catherine Fenlon, 104 years old, enjoying a trip through the skice: On the stage Whitey Kaufman and his orchestra, against a gorgeous back- ground of blue and gold with varia- tions of colors, enrich the entertainment with unique features from the Earl Car- roll Vanities and from the Harry Lauder Show. The bird pantomime is especially ling accompaniment by | Arthur Trelley is excellent and Boyd | Conter of Radio fame displays musical versatility on various instruments. FOX—"Slightly Used." A good picture in which Conrad Nagel and May McAvoy are featured, together with a stage production that is far | above the ordinary, affords several hours of entertainment at the Fox Theater this week. At each performance yes- terday large crowds were in attendance and they showed their approval of the program. “Slightly Used.” the film presenta- tion, is a love and comedy film. The story deals with the younger daughters of a widower who desire to get mar- ried. The clder daughter, however, has not had her opportunity to step into wedlock and the father is reluctant to |riving his consent for the youngsters |marrving. The elder daughter, played by Miss McAvoy. schemes with'a spin- ster aunt to assist her sisters by pre- tending she had been magried. She | savs she is the wife of one Maj. John | Smith, U. S. A. (Conrad Nagel), who, !she learns from the newspapers, is in | Nicaragua. Al running |until she addresses a letter containing | her autographed picture to the major. She does not intend to mail it, but a maid. finding it. intrusts it to Uncle Sam’'s care and in time the major re- |ceives the letter. The “wife” in the | meantime fakes a death notice of her {husband in the newspapers and falls |in love with a young man. She is en- | deavoring to win him as her husband when the major makes his appearance. Maj. Smith presents himself as a friend the “husb: He falls in love but has considerable {trouble in winning her. He manages {to get into her room. where she learns jand starts preparations to have them married On the stage the feature is “The Parisian Red Heads,” a female jazz or- chestra, which not only gives an en- tertaining musical program, but offers . {several novelty song and dance num- bers. The Fox vocal ensemble and ballet corps appear in scenes laid in the | South and thev render a number of | old-time Southern melodies chestra renders “Il Trovatore next week, Miss Columbia Yarn Com- ve instruction in the early American Rugs als are purchased here. Sevexti FLoor. smoothly | | his true identity, and the aunt appears | Josef R. Turin, tenor, is featured. A Fox Movietone completes the program. METROPOLITAN—"0ld Ironsides.” Laurence Stallings' masterpiece,” “Old Ironsides,” beautifully and impressively pletured on the screen by James Cruze, is held over at the Metropolitan for an- other week. The photoplay, for the benefit of those who have not been for- tunate enough to see it, vizualizes those romantic days in the carlier life of our country, when the new Nation decided to halt depredations of the bold Barbary pirates. The plcture gives keen insight into conditions faced by our struggling republic in bygone days. This his torical picturization s sufficiently blended with romance and comedy, very capably enacted, to be of more than ordinary interest. The thrilling battles between the famous old frigate and the pirates are softened by the romancing of Esther Ralston and Charles Farrell, with a touch of comedy added by George God- frey, as ship's cook. George Bancroft and Wallace Beery, the former of “Old Ironsides,” the latter of the good ship Esther, make an able pair of sea- men and comedians. The picture is one that could not help but stir the emotions of patriotism and romance. It is remarkably well done, and is indeed timely, in that it gives Americans a more significant view of the work being carried out now in the United States to raise funds for the preservation of this ship, which has won for {tself immortality. Musical selections by the Metropolitan orchestra, under the able direction of Alex Podnos, lend atmosphere to the production. The bill is completed by a comedy and news reel. COLUMBIA—“The Circus.” Charlie Chaplin is laughing his way down the royal highway of hilarity for the third successive week in his engag- ing film, “The Circus,” at the Columbia Theater. The story of the tramp who lands a job with a circus and rises to fame in the sawdust ring, taking a shot at rope walking when the regular artist is absent, and then tepping off his career in the canvas circle by bringing love to the much-abused showman's daughter and the tight-rope wizard, is appealing to the fun-loving and voman- tic sentiments of Washington theater- goers. The film adds another silver screen scalp to Charlie’s movie belt. Current events, the Columbia orches- tra and a delightful patriotic screen offering in color, woven around Betsy Ross' flag and a British officer who found safety beneath its folds, add fl.\'.inr to a bill that is well worth the cing. LITTLE: he Merry Widow.” Erich Von Stroheim's production of | “The Merry Widow,” starring Mae Mur- ray and John Gilbert, is presented by the Motion Picture Guild at the Little | Theater this week. In addition to the feature, Louis H. Tolhurst's microscopic | moving pictures of the life processes of “The Butterfly” are a real treat to na- ture-lovers and students of zoology. Mae Murray, said by many crities to be at her best in “The Merry Widow,” appears as the Irish-American dancer who lands with her company in a little village nestled among the hills of a small European kingdom and finds that all the rooms in the inn are t: the King's officers, who are retu from a campaign. John Gilbert, in the role of the dashing Prince Davilo, but known only as a colonel to the little dancer, makes arrangements with the other officers and the Innkeeper where- by Mae secures accommodations. The colonel prince and the dancer fall in love with each other, and after several highly dramatic and extremely amusing situations, the prince introduces her as “‘the future Princess Petrovich.” Mem- bers of the royal family succeed in per- suading Prince Davilo that self and love must be sacrificed for the inter- ests of state, while soon after Mae listens to the impassioned wooing of the aged millionaire, Baron Sadoja, and is soon soclally accepted as Baroness Sa- doja, “The Merry Widow.” Roy D'Arcy does splendid work as the prince of cads, who, through some colossal blunder or trick of Fate had been born heir to the throne of Monte- blanco. Gilbert and Miss Murray demonstrate complete mastery of grace and rhythm in the scene showing the “Merry Widow Wal The coronation scene, done in color, s a dazzling climax to the splen- did photography displayed throughout the picture. Pathe News amuses the audience with its picture of a new hellocopter, re- cently invented In Detroit, which after nful series of convulsions rises vertically; other pictures are of Capt. Malcolm Campbell with Washington officials, the cherry blossom festival in Japan, base ball training at St. Peters- burg, Fla.; Winter circus headquarters at Macon, Ga., and others. MUSIC THE CURTIS STRING QUARTET. By the courtesy of Mrs. Edward W. Bok, the Curtis String Quartet of Fhila- delphia presented a delightful program in the chamber music auditorium of the Library of Congress yesterday after- noon. This auditorium, with programs conducted under the auspices of the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation, has been the scene of many unusual chamber music concerts since its com- pletion in 1 and to its stimulus is xtent, the m: TRANSFER & STORAGE LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE MOVERS mooern FIREPROOF suiLoing) WE CRATE. PACK AND SHIP PHone NORTH 3343 1j1313 YOU STREET N. W. crease of interest in this more intricate and subtle form of musical entertain- ment in the National Capital. Many string quartet organizations of renown have given programs here and none of them has been more interesting than that presented_yesterday by the Curtls aggregation. Incidentally, the Curtls String Quartet had its debut in Wach- ington and subsequent performances in | this hall. Following the program, friends of the musicians met them in the rooms of the music division for tea. This concert was of special signifi- | cance from two points of view. Musi ally it was important becausc of the | remarkable way In which the Curtis | String Quartet played the rorely-reard | String Quartet in C Sharp Minor, Opus | 131, written by Ludwig van Beethoven | more than 100 years ago, in 1826. It | is a stupendous work. It was one of | the features here in the playing of all| that composer’s quartets by the London | String Quartet in the Beethoven cen- tennial festival last year. ‘Che Kneisel Quartet formerly played it and it 1s sald that the Flonzaley String Quartet recently played it in public. The rug- gedness of Beethoven in this, one of the works of the last year of his life, shows the breadth of vision, the contr: puntal brilliance, and the originality of the master composer. The presto move- ment and the following adagio brought out these qualities most vividly. In the first quartet, Mozart’s “String Quartet in B Flat” (K. 45 1784) the adagio movement seemed particularly beautiful in the true ensemble spirit. The other feature of the afternoon was interest in the personnel of the quartet. This probably will be the organization's last appearance in Wash- ington with its present membership. It is unique in being a quartet of vir- |tuosi, ecach a distinguished soloist | {bound to heed the call of the recital {stage sooner or later again. Already Carl Flesch, the first violinist, his con- tract with the Curtis Institute of Music nearing completion, has announced | that he will sail for Europe this Spring and will be located in Berlin. Emanuel Zetlin, second violinist, may accompany him. It scems likely that Mr. Salmond, the cellist, and Mr. Bailly, viola player, will be with the institute at least an- {other season. Just what the person- nel of the quartet next year will be remains to be seen. brilliant woman violinist who will be Lea Luboshutz, the | TONSILINE TheNational Sore Throat Remedy % SHOULD QUICKLYRELIEVEIT ALL DRUGGISTS Hoomdward & Lothrap 10th, 11th, F and G Streets .- Yy with the Institute next season, may be the first violin in the new quartet. 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