Evening Star Newspaper, March 18, 1929, Page 22

b4 A TR . Y A T A N T R TS NI N ——— £ 1 i b _pyriads of stars when his bride-to-be- | D, C, MONDAY, M OPENING ATTRACTIONS IN WASHINGTON THEATERS POLI'S—“A Connecticut Yankee.” The lucky knowledge that a total ®clipse of the sun took place in the days of King Arthur saved William Gaxton, burlesquing the original idea of Mark Twain's “Connecticut Yankee,” from burning at the stake as & scorcerer at Poli's Theater last night, but appar- ently all of the stagehands weren't in on the plot, for a slipping prop nearly knocked him cold in the opening per- formance of this enjoyable comedy. To start the performance Gaxton had been the unwilling witness of some the film. However capable Miss Gor- don is in comedy roles, one sighs for | the days when she did great work in serious and better things. Kate Price, less fortunate than Miss tine Max Swain. Swain 4s the Kelly of the piece, al- | though it takes more than a name tc | bring out the Irish that isn't there. Two really charming people, Cornelius Keefe and Nora Price, heart-flutterings and sustain the slen- |der thread of what purports to be plot. The picture is of the part-talkie va- | riety with dialogue that consists of rus or far-fetched wise cracks and sul |titles that take aim but never really | punch. But. to say the least, the variety of |the picture is bewildering, amounting B fanthetis SRRl Ehow to little less than hodge-podge, and as Martin the groom, |aving as its feature a really spectacu- . |1ar_beauty parade. 0 th 10! 'y o e e et | st. Patrick's day, touched on with un- “Merrie Engiand” and | AD. 400 or thereabouts and | consclous significance in the picture, is of June. Under the insistent | further observed by the good Irish med- g of one of the knights of King {ley of the orchestra. There is also a S Round Table he is dragged | Vitaphone short subject for those who before the King with his newly-found | like steel guitars and musical saws and love, Demoiselle Alisande le Carteloise. | ® really clever sound novelty that makes Bentenced to die for sorcery, a lucky |® Digh bid for henors. thoug! from the historical past that a | e 4 total eclipse occurred on that day gave | him an opportunity to d'splay his occult s and saved to be “yclept” boss,’ he right hand of and transform his kingdom the lines of the modern era. he proceeds to do with American telephones, automobiles, radios our modern equipment Without-love had found the girl of his heart across his knee and displayed her temperament by cracking a_champagne bottle over his head. A bachelor's fare- well party, the gates of which the two ladies had crashed, opened the way to FOX—"“The Sin Sister.” Nancy Carroll, Lawrence Gray and Josephine Dunn are featured in “The Sin Sister,” screen attraction at the Fox Theater this week. This picture offers a very vivid psychological study of the reactions of three men and three | women who are marooned in a deserted I the end of the dream | Alaskan trading post and forced to en- awakens to find that | dure huager, cold and one another. heart has prompted him | The ill-assorted group includes Horn, “I do” and that his terrible |a bioated old moneybag: his feminine probably was inspired by the | counterpart in the person of his spoiled at he was wed while uncon- |and snobbish young daughter; his secre- slang. and the rest of ciou S Gaxton is the whole show, as it were, | moré intent upon securing_comfortable | but Mary Adams abets him to the |Quarters for herself in this and the fullest, Nina Bryant and Alice Cava- |Dext world than upon practicing any of naught also are outstanding members of ' the recognized altruistic principles of ey Christianity, and a stranded vaudeville The few musical numbers are familiar | team composed of an_ancmic-looking piano player whom fate seems to have selected as an outlet for her sadistic type of humor. and Pearl, the “hoofer, who is snubbed by the Horns and patronized by the pseudo-devout sister. Miss Carroll easily wins her way into the hearts of her audience by her deft and seemingly effortless handling of the role of the humble little dancer who refuses to desert a pal in trouble and saves the party from starvation by her willingness to sacrifice herself and by her quick wit. Gray fits very snugly | into his role of the secretary, and Jo- sephine Dunn impersonates the snobbish little Horn heiress so well that one thoroughly hates her for the time being. Other very capable members of the cast are . Myrtle Stedman, -Richard Alex- ander, Anders Randolf and David Callis. Charles Klein is the director. Movietone reproduction of the piano player's banging out “'Till' the Sands of the Desert Grow Cold” as the Arctic wind whistles outside and the racing of Alaskan dog teams across the snow add an effective touch of realism. Bert Frohman is here again this week as master of ceremonies, intro- ducing a very able group of entertain- ers, besides contributing one vocal num- ber of his own. The stage program includes the Foxettes, who favor us with a very unusual dance that received much merited applause; Buster Brown, eccentric dancer; Hortense Ragland, soprano; King, King and King, who re- ceived & most royal welcome from Sat- urday night's audience, and Stanley and Healy, who give a new and highly diverting version of “The March of the Wooden Soldiers.” Ireland’s patron saint is honored with an orchestral number, “The Shamrock,” arranged by Leon Brusiloff, conductor. The feature of Fox Movietone News is a brief address by Andrew Mellon, Sec- retary of the Treasury. COLUMBIA—“The Bellamy Trial” ‘The jury has been selected. The judge is on the bench. Excitement hangs in the air. The first witness is called and the state, through its lean- faced prosecutor, opens the case against Susan Ives and Stephen Bellamy, a cused of the murder of Mimi Bellamy, whose blood-stained dress is exhibit A for the prosecution. “The Bellamy Trial” is on. ‘The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer pictured version of Frances Noyes Hart’s novel is showing this week at the Columbia. Opening audiences, shrewd, we presume, from the reading of many murder and s hi's of the past year. “My Heart | Stood Still” is the theme around which | most of the music runs. “On a Desert | Isle With You” and “I Feel at Home | With You" are two of the outstanding | sor . | map of Camelot by the versatile | Robert Benchley and several scenes | which suggest a mechanician gone stark mad are features of the staging. PALAC Lady of the Pavements.” Although the directorial genius of D. W. Griffith has consistently been | stamped upon his latest effort, “Lady | of the Pavements,” current at the| Palace, it is not so much for that which we recommend it as for the superb in- dividual work of the youthful and dynamic star, Lupe Velez, which we are inclined, after all, to assume is worthy of any one's attention. The amazing energy with which Miss Velez endows to her role enables the slow-starting picture to pick up quickly and move along briskly with a remark- able freshness toward the expected happy American ending. Indeed, not until the last few scenes does the star throttle down to anything resembling restraint, but when she does so there is more than a hint that she is poten- tially a fine emotional artist. William Boyd, placid in comparison, is cast opposite Miss Velez in a role which calls for dignity and stiff uniforms, but what he needs seems to be another “Volga Boatman.” Jetta Goudal as a revengeful countess and George Fawcett as a Prussian diplomat in Paris are both convincing, while the rest of the cast lends more than adequate support. Incidentally, the en- tire film is synchronized with an excel- lent musical score and_ Miss Velez seemingly sings several Irving Berlin numbers, including the theme song, “Where Is the Song of Songs for Me.” “Bubbling Over,” the stage unit, offers ® real hit in Boyd Senter, who i3 posi- tively the rarest saxaphone and clarinet artist that one could wish to hear. His “St. Louis Blues” is irresistible. Two clever acrobatic tap dancers, Markell and Faun, also seore. Bill “Uke” Car- penter dttempts to steal Cliff Edwards' ihunder, Arthur Campbell and Ruth ‘Witmer sing in the conventional fashion, while the well trained Gamby-Hale Girls execute an excellent ballet num- ber. Of course, Wesley Eddy and his Syncopators are very much in evidence, and what is more, the master of cere- monies sings a little. A news reel, featuring shots taken by Capt. Wilkins in the Antarctic, and a prelude by the Palace Concert Or- f}‘]‘“(bri;f under Harry Borjes, complete e bill, EARL — “The Cohens and the Kellys in Atlantic City.” When the movies get hold of a situ- ation that goes over they have a ten- dency to rehash it, dress it up in new Irills and pawn it again in.a new and usually more wearying picture edition. “The Cohens and the Kellys in At- lantic City” subscribes, as all these Hebrew-Gaelic tangles do, to certain definite lines and then loses itself in one of the most formless films ever made. Of course, there are the usual two famlies with the usual son and daugh- ter, respectively and subject to reversal, plenty of “race” display and the final parental grins on the fade-out kiss. Aside from this, thought out a num- ber of years ago in a rather appealing setting, this picture or particular varia- tion points to no other premeditated ideas. In fact, the thing starts out on the strength of the time-worn sit- uation, gets going several times, changes its course when a more brilliant plan pops up and just before running out of film punctuates it with the usual Kkiss. George Sidney (name in big letters) heads the cast with plenty of experi- ‘ence in the Cohen role, having already had his troubles in New York, Paris and points west. Vera Gordon, his espoused in all the previous attempts, remains faithful to him in this and makes her small part the high light of Relief At Once from itching torment Evens City, Pa.—“Some time ago I had a bad case of eczema and at times I seratehed my skin until the blood ran. Finally our family doctor advized me to use Resinol Soap and Ointment. T obtained re- lief at once and before long new, smooth skin had taken the place of the old sores. If Resinol cost me twice as much I would never be without it. Resinol Soap is most refreshing and Resinol Oint- ment has quick healing power.”— igned) E. J. Enslen, Adopt these products for daily use and keep your skin clear and #mooth, and ir hair healthy. At your druggists. ach free. Address Sample of inol, Baltimore, Md. Dept. 50, R Resinol Spring Paints, Paint Insurance —is both effective and cheap, when you employ good RELI- ABLE PAINTS. Stains, Oils & Lacquers. Du Pont Varnishes. “Duco” “Barreled Sunlight” S P CTAN Y GDependable paint products are the only sort you'll ever find at Reilly’s. We can't af- ford to offer you any save The Best. Call on us to help with your Spring painting program. We are ready to estimate, Anto, Plate & Window Glass LIOW SPIRITEES HUGH REILLY CO. PAINTS & GLASS 1334 New Ycrk Ave.—Phone Main 1703 Gordon in keeping husbands, has this | time as her hefty helpmate the elephan- provide the | | tary, “Sister” Burton,’a religious fanatic | detective stories which are £0 popular today, gave the film their approval. Limited in physical scope by the fact that the whole story takes place in the courtroom, the movie people have used the only possible device for the revelation of important incident, that iof the flashback. { with remarkable economy and the in- "tention of letting the story come from |the mouths of the witnesses has been { respected. The latitude allowed the restless camera, usually fond of roving through as many different scenes a possible, is consequently not great. The result is a firmer concentration upon, the main scene, the courtroom, and a closer attention to the human element, the battle of mind against mind, of speech against speech. The tenseness is well sustained. The treatment of the story has been {a careful one. Monta Bell, the direc- | y ' tor, has made wise use of such detail as has been selected from the wider | detail of the book itself. The witnesses are all relevant, their testimomy ai- ways important. It is not, of course, until the very last that the s acquainted with the identity murderer. Audible dialogue has been skillfully employed In so far as its appropriate- | ness is concerned: it is obvious that ib| 1could not have been used (l)rnug‘,l\:‘.ut; without slowing up the story, but it is fused effectively at the climax for the {most significant_testimony, the sum- | {ming up of the case, the judge's ch e and the verdict he Bellamy Trial” is one of the| few instances, perhaps the only | stance, in_which the telling of | story has been so conf to locale, the courtroom. The ment is an interesting one, muc I | sisted by the able character . | | Leatrice Joy plays Sue Ives sympa- | George Barraud is her and, and Kenneth Thompson | he second defendant. Betty Bron- {son appears as an excited journalistic | neophyte. | Other ' features on the Columbla's | {current program include Movietone | “bi!% by Van and Schenck, by Elsa Ersii and Nat Ayres. Fox and M-G-M newsreels, the latter merging at the end | | cleverly into the story of “The Bellamy | Trial,” and an overture under Claude | Burrows complete the bill. METROPOLITAN Puzzled local the; oers are still in | { doubt as to who owns the voice singing | “Weary River” at the Metropolitan for | the past three weeks. Scores have returned to the theater, hoping to determine whether Richard | { Barthelmess is actually singing the song | or not, but they leave just as doubtful. The story concerns two young gang- sters—one portrayed by Beity Compson who possesses a sort of “love or die’ The first part of the picture merely | manufactures color for Barthelmess® final sentence to prison, and from then on the story is based on his sermon” as a convict. He compos: song himself while in_prison, and it is successful enough to be broadcast. Betty, as the convict’s love him sing over the radio and vow: will await his return. When he is re- leased from prison, he gets the usual | | stage offer, but fails miserably. Broken | | | Something Unrivaled But perhaps you di pattern. or black k The “Laurie Tie.” that makes a bra Preserver” foot 1 Why not drop in s zes 3 to 10 AAAA 1o EE Also at 7th e} Even that is used | | the implied lightness. | | nova are, be it said, most fair to gaze | included on the Little Theater’s present AT Most Women Know “Arch Preserver’ Shoes for Women the “Arch Preserver” Comfort—uwith its beauty—may be had for as little as— “The Alice” is a very beautiful patent leather pump—uwith narrow reptile strap and dainty cut-outs, “The Ruth” is another extremely dressy strap Blonde kid—brown kid Sunburn or black patent leather. Every woman owes in full, right away? and cursing the world in general, he decides to begin anew his life of crime, but Betty through an interesting bit of strategy manages to get him back on the straight and narrow. LITTLE THEATER—“Loves of Casanoy: Glovanni Giacomo Casanova, Cheva- |lier de Steingalt, rather fails to reveal himself as the romantic lover that his- | tory (mostly of his own writing) credits | him with being in the version of his | escapades now showing at the Little ! Theater under the title of “The Loves of Casanova.” It is a singularly, unimpressive Vene- tian gentleman, played by Ivan Mos- joukine, who leaps and swims and rides from one fair woman to another. He is scarcely the scintillant wit we might expect; the naive vanity so apparent in_his ‘memoirs, is fairly well indicated the subtitles, prepared by Edwin | Justus M: , but the character him- | self does not bear out satisfactorily He seems too y preening and ogling and mincing out to be as spontaneous as he should He is suave and sensual, true enough, but he is slow and studious in his actions. One thinks instinctively of the same succession of loves as might | be done for the movies by such dash- ing gentlemen as Douglas Fairbanks or John Barrymore, and concludes that bu the Americans would make a more at- tractive job of it than this Russian | actor has done. s is a French film, though most of st appears to be Russlan and | . In general technique it i inferior to the ger an or nce is splotchy, scenes itifully done, th of some of the costume scene d, but, for the most part and | I its’ whirlwind inspirations, the story is slow-moving and hesitant. | Some of the ladies who are so happily victimized by this philandering Casa- Tica hy upon. "A comedy, a remarkably-photograph- ed version of life among the parasol ants, a_feature based on_the activitie of the New York Stock Exchange and the management's “cinecisms” are also STRAND—“Kewpie Dolis.” “Kewple Dolls,” like many of the names given attractions of the Mutual burlesque cireuit, gives but little idea of the entertainment offered by the company which bears it, but it serves POOR BLOOD can often be remedied by eating more. Consult your physician about this. DR. SIEGERT'S Sameformula since 1824 { fmulates the appetite About the Feature of 2 d not know that all $10.50 id. $10.50 An all-purpese mode cing walking shoe. . kid. Also $10.50 as well as almost any other to indicate that appealing femininity is the back- ground of the show, and it might be emphasized that the show is as good of its kind as any that has appeared | here this season. In fact, in some re- spects It is & bit better than many of its predecessors, for, in addition to its numerous offerings of songs? dances and humorous incidents, it carries a sug- gestion of the big revue which is most attractive. Jack Hunt, who leads the comedy ele- ment, opens up many vistas of laugh. able nonsense, and Opal Taylor, who is the feminine star of the troupe, is ex- | cellently supported in many songs and | dancing numbers. Flora Dreath gives a strong personality to the array of girls, and Millie Kennedy stands out in songs and dance offerings. An un- usually vivacious chorus, representing the varlous types of feminine beauty, is | a very substantial asset and helps to | put over a bright musical score more effectively. ;)! Cafelerifi_ s | S NEW YO! N | w!fluu 1330 Tr} St The Choice of the Most Particular Food you'll heartily en- joy at prices that leave no regrets. FRANK P. FENWICK Prop'r. —_— GO BY BUS ria 0 0 COAST TO COAST PITTSBURGH ... $7.00 CLEVELAND .... 10.25 DETROIT . ..... 13.00 CHICAGO . ..... 1800 | INDIANAPOLIS . ST.LOUIS ... LOS ANGELES. . JACKSONVILLE .. 20 MIAMI ....... 30.50 Tickets and Information at z | | | INTERNATIONAL TOURS TERMINAL 1421 Pennsylvania Ave. N. W. Phone Metropolitan 5314-5315 Safety Versus Chance Speculation aims to increase capital with attendant risk. In- vestments conserve capital a n d assure normal income, When you invest your money in our first mortgage notes and bonds you are sure of getting 6 per cent with guaranteed protection of both principal and inter- est, with additional assurance of the great resources of this cor- poration back of your money. Denominations from $250 upwards and on monthly payments if 0% desired. Send for Booklet, “The Success Plan.” REALESTATE MORTGAGE & GUARANTY CoRPORATION Capital Resources $ 3,400,000 24 JACKSON PLACE 6% herself “Arch uxury this Spring. md let us explain it # Women's Shi 1207 F S':”P’ & K t. Store THE GRAND MANNER! BEAUTIFUL NEW DRESSES 2 boi $1 5.75 Woopwarp & LoTHROP DOWN STAIRS STORE Tweeds—An Outstanding Feature in These New Spring Coats at *16° Utility Coats that are fashioned of tweeds and novelty basket-weave are smartly correct for Spring wear. These coats feature important style neck. In gray and tan mixtures. There is afio at $16.50, a large selection of dress coats of broad- cloth, bengaline, moire, satin and notes, such as tucked backs, fancy faille. With and without fur trim- cuffs, collars with scarf ends and ming. Some have silk scarfs. bows or buckles at the back of the Sizes 14 to 20; 36 to 50. DOWN STAIRS STORE Polka Dot Printed Silk Hose with Pointed Heels Flat Crepe Featuring new variations for Spring Easter Dresses 5195 yard Just Arrived . 8¢ Piir Medium service-weight, silk to top hose have pointed heels and mock seams. Lisle reinforcements at toe and heel. In mirage, misty morn, alesan, kasha-beige, gun metal and moonlight. es 814 to 10. The woman who makes her own dresses will be delighted with this new selection of washable flat crepe. ‘Colored dots make designs on light backgrounds. Contrasting colors are used most effec- tively. Come in and sec them, while the selection is complete. Irregular Qutsize Hose, 75¢ Pair Silk‘and-rayon hose, with lisle hems and feet and mock scams. Good colors. zes 9 to 1004, DOWN STAIRS STORE Washable Crepe de Chine in attractive prints and all the plain shades that are fashionable for Spring. Yard.....$1.95 DOWN STAIRS STORE New Navy Blue Silk Dresses For the Woman Who Is Not Slender ‘10 Many new crepe and georgette dresses in navy blue—the color which is not only very fashion-right, but also is ex- tremely becoming to the larger woman. These dresses gain smartness by sim- plicity of line. The most slenderizing effects possible are thoughtfully fea- tured. If you are not easily fitted, this selection should prove interesting. Other shades are ITelvetia green, Monet blue, I'rench beige and peach-blow. Sizes 46 to 54 DOWN STAIRS STORE of this year’s EASTER PARADE will be expressed by the SPRING STYLES 'LUCY LOU! ONE DRESS $8.50