Evening Star Newspaper, March 27, 1929, Page 29

. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 27, 11929, 29 Attractions in Washington Theaters NATIONAL—“Rebecea of Sunnybrook Farm.” Easter week in the Natic will mark the revival of ge classic, Kate Dou arlotte Thompson idyl, “Rebecca of Sunn After the Wi country by storm two de liad captivated public far transplanted to the night it became a, su it was on the printed | Gayety Theater, which Mr. Grisman | has leased for the period of the limited engagement before transporting his pers to New York's great white | WEEK MARCH In order that a maximum number theatergoers may see “The Jazz iment.” a special midnight show | _ o and | Will be given tomorrow night in ad- was |dition to the daily matinees and eve- » over- | ning performances. s popular as | = The STRAND—“The Bohemians.” “The Bohemians,” title of the Strand Theater's offering next week, indicates the nature of the entertainment—mer- riment with relays of comedy. Art Mayer, eccentric comedian, and Frankie (Red) Moore are topliners of the cast. ; Lewls is the soubrette, and Emelie i a_diminutive ingenue, spe- in “blucs” songs. Johnny Gil- | associate comedian, is known in | deville and burlesque as “the rub- | : aced comic”; Paul n is the And hor merry | leading man, with experience in musi- | — lte in her stand to | €21 comedy and burlesque, and Mickey | ats 5 discipiine, | Kane plays the juvenile roles and spe-{COIODY 1 wine the Jove of a good man |Cializes in difficult dancing. Then | —— re and this forms a love story | there is the chorus, girls trained to American | Amplify the dance ensembles with many | graceful gyrations and to sing in har- | mony, all decked in gay attire. Topping scenes in a long list of comedy bits and ensembles will be “The Shooting of Dan McGrew,” “The | Gorilla” and “The Garden of Vampires.” | “There will be the usual wrestling ch this Thursday evening. A Cameo davys, presente Rebecea, the girl who dwelt on § brook Farm, has b d by and reviewers as one of the outstanding ith ine t at the N ble w e, her hume She is op) old-maid Elipe ing power m” the | fonday tinecs | Empire ~“Rip Van Winkle.” | WARDMAN PARK: y Wardman ‘The r = P Y. W. C. A. GLEE CLUB—Tuesday. An interesting program has _been Ange dh(c:' the second annuul Spring Home the Elizabeth Somers Glee | — ) is to be held next Tuesday ! e April 2, at 8:15 o'clock, in Barker Hall, of the Young Women's | with | Christian Association, at Seventeenth | g/ and K streets. Imogene B. Ireland, | | director, will be assisted by Alta M mith, who will be heard in an inci ntal soprano solo in the program | Katherine Moritz, violinist, and Kath- | | erine Benson, accompanist for the Glee | Club. 5! The program will also feature two| | outstanding Washington concert artists, wior | Emily Coville, soprano, and Katherine o has made | Riges. harpist. 1y his own | . The music committee of the Young | Women’s Christian _ Association has arranged to_place tickets for the con- cert on sale at the main building, Seventeenth and K streets, as well as, Leader Liberty | e human that Rip | g appeal to the children up in the Catskill Moun- York State. Perhaps the c k pealed to- th the part, in a sense, The famous “Tatter will be the next feature Theater at Wardman Park. with four performances il 5 i { plays will be continued. Lt | METROPOLITAN—"The Divine Lady | Traxton 4 E e | “The Divine Lady,” Corinne Griffith's "tr»:‘:l‘ Hm (:mmnn. ):JM York the-| fiyst Vitaphone picture, will be the screen | i mflr u) e, annnu{ ced today that| gttraction at Crandall's Metropolitan | ause of the unusually large crowds| Theater begining Saturday, Adapted York ch I al,. ended his new musical | from the novel by E. Barrington and di- ¥ uThe Jazz Regimen: he will|rected by Frank Lioyd, “The Divin: old the altraction over at the Gayety | Lady” tells the story of Lord Nelson and Theater all next week. Capacity|Lady Hamiiton, of the great victory of crowds, despite the fact that it is Holy | Trafalgar that won the day for Eng- weck, are said to be responsible for the | land and cost the life of its greatest decision to play the additional seven|admiral. Glowing with color, both musical and me, filled lternating nett the Junior Takoma Tivoli GAYETY—"Jazz Regiment.” s page out of passages oF 31 Ambassad’r Ave. Grand -gn’ Mt.Rainier. Md. _ Carolina Dumbarton |Hippodr'me Photoplays at Washington Theaters Next Week Sunday Monday Tuesday nesday (synch.). Variety reel Comedy. Charles Rogers and Nancy Csrroll in “Abie's Irish Rose. (Synehronized., Bert Lytell and s Wilson in Trial”_(all-talk Short_reel “Richard and Bett “8car Bi fel Beas. ess Compson in 1. Comeay. Nancy Carroll in “Abie's Irish Rose. "Synchrenized.) Short_ reel Scarlet Seas. Teta Garbo and Nils Asther in, “Wild Orchldz." (;hevy Cha. “elene_Costello, Frankie Darrow and joe E. Brown in +The Circus Kid.” " Helene Costello in {ghts of New YOIk (all-talkie). Comedy Sdaity._gitort_recl Irene Ricl liiam Collicr The Clive Brooke i “Interference. omedy. Nevs. John Gilbert and Mary Nolan in “Desert Nights. Oameo_comedy. William Haines and Marion Davies fn “Snow_Feople. Comedy. _Sport William Haines in “Alias Jimmy Valen- e (syn.) Vita, short subject. _ Lon Chaney_in While the City Sleeps.” Comedy. Sport. _Serial Dolores Del Rio in “The Red Dance.” Comedy. Snapshots. Gilbert in rt Nights. Dorothy Devore comedy. __ Johi “Des ——Phvilis Haver and Alan Hale in_ Sal of Singapore. view. Comedy Dark. “Georre_Cohan's T Sfome Towners* (syn.) Pathe Sound News Movietone_subject. _ nny “My Man Movietone News Odaity_ Jack Holt in “Suomerine Nancy Carroll in “The Shopworn ngel” (synchron.) [ Topics. artoon. The ~ Nancy e ~Helene_Cos! Frankie. Darrow o o 1 “The Cirzus Kid " Helene Costello in | “Lights of N (aif-talkie). Comedy. _Oddity._Short Jack_ Holt reel in “The Warning.” Comedy “Mary Astor in ‘Romance of the Underworld ___Variety. John_Gilbert and Mary Nelan in, “Desert, Nights. ___ Cameo_zomedy William Haines and tine" (syn.) Vita. short subject acqueline Lozan in, The_Leopard Lady Color Scenic Comedy E 5 Rio i1 ance.” ¥ comedy Jacqueline Lo Bryant Washburn 1) Nothing to Wear. Oddity reel. Comedy Nita Naldi in ‘Model From Montmertre.” _ Comedy. News George_Cohan Home Towners Pathe Sound Movietone Fanny Brice My Man" (synch. Movietone News. Oddity _reel ubsect Jack Holt in “'Submarine.” Carroll in Shopworn chron.) Topics. he. “Angel” Cartoon. Jack Mulhall in Jack Mulhall in "Chll‘dr?n of the Ritz"' “Children of the Ritz'* (synch.). Variety reel. Charles Rogers and “Richard Barthelmess and Beity Compson in ew York' Comedy. _ Hele: “L any Brice in Wed jack Mulhall in — Far “Children of the Rit: (syncn.). Variety reel. y i ¥ arinized.) v Gooper.in fe Shopworn (synchroniz.) ohas reel Grata Gabo and Nils Asther in Angel” \‘vmh'n iz.) Vitanhone reel "~ Greta Cabo and N “wild, Orchids” (syr.) Vitaphone reel Sallv_O'Neil in “H ed.” M George O'Brien and Lois Moran in “Blindfold."” Vartety. Comndv ew York kie). comedy. f the Day. Jean Hersholt. les Rogers and ¥ Carroll in s Irish Rose." _ Al Joison in “The Singing F L onizes rroll and Gary Cooper in The Shupwori Angel.” ~ Al Joson 00l.” ““Napol2on." Comedy. ~ Billie D Red Dance. “The ____Comedy. Comed: spirituals during the progress of the|appearad in the Saturday Evening Post, screen story, and blends the life of the ring and of “Hearts in Dixie” is now bzing shown | the coliege campus with a rapid-fire at the Galety Theater in New York | mixture of comedy and thrills. Haines, City at $2 admission. Here the admis- | as the prizsfightcr who goes to college. sion scale will be the regular prices. | concealing his identity to please his Saturday | "Leon Brusiloff, conductor of the Fox | sweetheart. shows his quick wit and “Henind the Gevman | Orchestra, has sclected Hosmer’s “South- | whimsical humor. Joan Crawford plays Lines" (synchroniz). | ern Rhapsody” for the overture, and | the part of the sweetheart and the Vitaphone ‘reel. | the stage portion of the program will | co-ed. Lol | not be curtailed in any manner. There are thrce big thrills in the b i picture, the fight on the campus, one in | - COLUMBIA—"Brozdway Melod. a roadhouse and the other a ring battle | “Broadway Mclody.” a talking, sing- | for the championship, which was filmed ing, dancing, dramati> hit, will be the|in the famous Hollywood Stadium. feature picture at Loew’s Columbia.| O v Eddy returns in Teel starting Saturday. This is the Metro- roduction, “Rain= Garey in | Goldwyn-Mayer production that is tacular presentation rorder Pairol | breaking records at the Astor Theater. | for Locw's Fublis. In the cast are: Febe Danicls in | New York City, at $2 prices, It will be | Jean Boydell, comedicnne; Bud Carlell, 3 A cast of | » wild and woolly roper; Marie White, | Thursday Friday Fanny Brice Eddle Quillon BAat o Nison I “Geraldine."" Serial. _Topics. Short_subject Doloses, Costellofn R Ko semin i, (8ynchrenized.) Seriat (Synchron Dolores Cystello_in “The_Redecfnine Sin." (Synchronized.) i ABERN a ol Conrad Magde in Conrad Nagle in ‘The_Redeeming Sin.” “The Redeemun Sin." (3ynchrenized.) (Synehronized.) v. Comedv. ___Oddity. Comedy. _ Auirey Ferris in “Fancy Bugeage' chron.). Serial. Vitaphore reel Mary Astor_in ~ ve.” (s odd Mat.. Ha:r bow Trails,” a sp« Ufhe Porder Nig] Richard Dix in Wallace Beery in “Redsk! » “Beggars cf Life. 3 Tom Moore and Kate Price in “Anybody Lere Seen Rell:72" chown at usual Loew prices | well known picture and musical comedy | toe dancer; Ossman and Schepp, famous | stars includes Anita Page, Bessie Love | banjo team: Bachelor Four, 8 guartet, | and Charles King. and the Gould Sorel Girls. The Fox The story takes you backstage, where | Movietone News, the M.-G.-M. News, the two Mahone: Palace Orches under Harry nock ‘em dead rles Gaig= at the organ and just_come from the Charles | s ubjects will round out the King is in love with one of them. The | program. younger is selected by the great pro- | ducer Zanfield for a part in his pro-| METROPOLITAN—Midnight Show duction. Charles now falls for this sis- Tonight. ter, not because she has made good but jtan — [because he finds he really loves her. | pyroc,mand ;fife';’é‘fa"f}"flfi‘fi;“;&m; t" | He does not show his change to the| L1 ! for this evening, starting_at lolder sister, however. The SBe Tt “mide 3 a midnight show of “The after she has “made good. _out | .ady.” in which Corrine Griffith with other men to discourage ngs‘is starred. which, it announces, is “the love for her. The older sister senses ';rr:'nfifil ;("l céta(le ever offered in the situation and pretends that she Wa‘:mhn%n{ never did care for King and she takes | oy} &0 sl another partner and forms a new team | The DIAN® Lady” is the somewhat M = nnavolis.” e Loft and Brov Nancy Carroll in The Shipwcrn in ie aedy. _ Greta Garbo and Nils Asther in L “Wild Orchids” (syn.) “Conauest Vitaphone. reel Cartoon Jean Hersholt, Charles Rogers and the i-talk Short_rec] iyon and nth Miiler ¥ A senck 1. 'Short reel 4 Sallv ONeil and L “Tashman nn T | G Patsy Ry in _“The Gate Crasher." “‘Hardhciled."_ Monte Blue an Nancy Car: B. Warner The Shoi st” "rall-talk.) _Bhort_reel. Dnlores Del Rio and Charles Farrell ir *“The Red Dance.” " Comedy. _ Sir Tiarry Laud: “Huntingtower. Comedy. News H “Conaue: zel” Serial itaphore reel Duncan Sisters 11 Kea Msynard Topsy_cnd Eva.” i News. “Gun CGospel.” Comed. n Tom Mix_in “Horseman_of the Plains”" Comedy. Sport. _Oddity orinne Griffith v 1 “The Outenst.' Sport. _Comedy. A Vilma, Banky 2 nsel Pass.” Tke and Mike comeds. Norma Shearer in “a Lad hance.” he Awakening” Krazy Kat cartoon. _ ford Helene Costello in “Lights of New York" ‘Comedy. ne Costello in s of New York™” of N Call-taliie) 11-talk! Oddity resl. Comedy. _Oddity re ton Nixon in and Sadd! Oddity £ Comedy Dorothy Seba Larry Kel Spirit of You Comedy. Milton Sills in ‘The Crash." Bobby Vernon the 3 Comedy. The nf T ; (svn) 8 . v prt The Family Picnic Ruth_Ciatterton i rton n he Docto v Secret” Comeds ight. Review Janet Gayr in ‘Street An Myra Loy “Crimson Ctf & Greta Garba Nils_ Asthe “Wild O Vitaphon k Sennett special; “The Good-by Kiss."" Ike and Mike com Moviétone news & act. Movietone Comeds. i u of the romance of Lady 8 the plcture fades out. s directed | Hamilton and Lord Nelson, with actual by Lionel Barrymore, “The Confession," | historic personages, instead ot mythical =upp‘lemrms the feature, n‘nd the Fo; B rves. Movietone News, the M-G-M News and | Lig e et 3 | actly’as historians have recorded them. house features cogplete the program. | .rhe Divine Lady” 1s a First National EARLE—“Children of the Ritz.” ;Vflnvhunvlnrnd\‘mtmm baizifimsh!fi] !hflf ! vell as the eye all the thrills of An ultra modern story dressed as | por 85 WO B8 0 e A Sl g & F(h avemae abow ‘windaw | Doomiug 16-Dauiiders the crash CEISUC | brings’ Jack Mulball and Dorothy | i€ masts, the shrieks of thoustcs & Mackaiil back to the Earle Theater for | fht-mad men and otber stZicos next. week, commencing with Friday | 10und effects. with miusie hFS ey midnight's premiere this week at 11:30 | OThestra of 100 PICCES. o\ varcont pm. “Children of the Ritz" is the star- | 5 OSnors 11 the cast te VIGor, T ross: ehicle for this popular screen pair, | H: B aEOes Can o Porothy Cum- i A e NAfoAL, s ponet! mings, Montague Love and Michael = p . Va' h. | As Angela, spoiled young daughter of | X the Penningion millions, Miss Mackaill| LITTLE THEATI is allowed to romp through more clothes | Sister. and better sets than ever before, while | 7 ¥ Soaat nae chenfiee hustwnd, who| . The White Sisler.” cue of (e grest blossoms for a time into & New York | triumphs of Lillian Gish's career and spendthrift, carries the burden of a|Ronald Colman's first picture, will be SRt ey comedy_drama plot. | the featured attraction at the Little T MoGuire. “Dorls. Dawson, Edward | Theater, beginning Saturday. The story Buarss afd Teo Mari. t was taken from the novel by F. Marion The story was @ prize winner in a | Crawford and screened entirely in Italy novel contest which netted its amhur‘\a“d N;v‘}';“""“ i under the direc- $10,000. Starting with fitar | tion of Henry Ring. . ing with the Jamiliar | ™"The White Sister” is a polgnant story theme of the wealthy girl in love with ; : it dav N lof Angela Chiarmonte, who, thinking | the family chauffeur, it develops entirely | Of Angela Chiatmonte, oo, Lo T EE | new situations when ‘she I vl T O e S hes moce 1o thy | VOWS of the Order of the White Sister, Ritz Hotel, where his money proves in- | ;nlyl(o flng that inm:i(‘iiately‘:rtgl{fixd ade te Ve > er lover has escape rom e S, quate and love meets many SWM- | g, had held him captive. Her battle bling blocks. L 2 between her earthly love and her Jack, Holt cqueiing Logan in 5 o G “The Lookaut Girl.” ase Hoot Gibson in “King of the Rodeo." Comeds. Serial Alice White in, “Naughty Baby C: wetho N Rudrey Terris in fhe Littie Wildcat” “Sunset Pass. al figures of the Charlie_Murray their lives being dealt with ex- “Head Man." Comed. ircta Garbo Nils Asther in Orehids” (syn.) short subject e Floating Col- e." Comcdies 4 Sport.Seiial Norma Ehe: Miiton Sills r in “A Lady of Chan Comedy, i ce. “The Cra: Comiedy ws. Hoot Gibson in “Burning the Win Cameo comed: erial yilma Banky in te e Awakening." Great Wi North “Comedy Tim McCoy Snapshots, Jacqueline Logan in he Lookout Girl.” Novelty reel. Comed: Mary Sleeper’ in “Hey, Tobe.” dy. AL Ton Cheney in “West of % 2 svn.) JamesOliver Curwood's | 2 The Yellowback.” “The Bush Ranger” “Collegian” series, Juvenile comedy. No. 9. live Brooke in nce. Interfe: Com Chic_Tay] Lon Chaney “West of :Zanzibar." (syn.) News. s & act ry_Autor_in w year's Eve. ohn Mack Brow “Annapol talking). “The White North™ d Dix in (s¥nchron.) 1y~ Serial. hore reel Zan (part- Pathe News. Great | (svn.) Mary Astor i Ev fa 7 i Comed 4 __Vitaphene reel ap Lon Chanes ‘West of Zanzil chard Dix in “The Haunted House. Huntingtower.” in Ri ber." "The John_Gilbert in ““Desert Nights." (Synchrenized.) Bnort reel. with the din of battle and 'the clash of | highly-strung temperaments, & history, the story o virtual f a love | Phst Was too great for life—these are | features of the picture in which Corinne Grifith in the roie of Emma, Lady Hamilton, presents a characterizatiol el said to be greater than any in which | in Dixie,” she has hitherto been scen. FOX—“Hearts in Dixie.” The Fox Theater management an nounces the coming next week of the inging, dancing pictu | with a story of the just after the Civil - | screen, the negro o | his spirituals, his sul h Heart it a Fox Movietone production, | is Stepin Fechit, characterized as for the first time on a motion picture The feature player | in PALACE—“The Duke Steps Out.” heavenly vows is one of the most human Wwilllam Haines, with Joan Crawford, | aspects of this startling picture. ‘The “the | will be seen at Loew's Palace Saturday | scenes in Italy are authentic, the pic- laziest man in the world,” who dodges|in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer sound |ture having been taken for the most work always, but when it comes to phy- | and talking picture “The Duke Steps | part at the foot of Mount Vesuvius. sical effort, when it’s fun—that's a dif- | Qut.” Others in the cast include Karl‘ The eruption filmed is also real, the com- ferent story. 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