Evening Star Newspaper, April 22, 1929, Page 23

Attractions in Waslliugton Theaters STRAND—"Radium Queens.” ' large audiences gathered at the Strand Theater yesterday and last eve- ning to greet the “Radium Queens” and their promised novelties. It is not likely that many of the patrons were over- familiar with the properties of radium, and the title of the show, therefore, was doubtless more or less mystilying. Whether it was or not, there seemed to be general satisfaction with the bur- lesque part of the entertainment, which ranks with the better sort of the Mutual Circuit brand, calling forth laughter and applause throughout and leaving that satisfied look on the faces of at least the larger part of the two audi- ences at the close. Teresina, of the Radiums,” is present and with her gayly garbed associates delivers the promised show. Gaby Fields shares in ‘the hanors in & conspicuous way with her jazz numbers, and Ina Thomas, a singer and dancer of charm, with Marle Collins, Sidney Fields, Bill McCoy, Ralph Smith and Bert Rose, to mention a few of the busy principals; contribute materially with funmaking. If the bur- lesque patrons like a burlesque show, it is “a good show,” no matter what the yest of the world may think. There is no doubt that yesterday's audiences at the Strand liked “Radium Queens.” The regular show will be supple- mented with a wresting match 'Thurs- day evening. PALACE—“Spite Marriage.” Buster Keaton'’s “Spite Marriage” is the screen attraction at the Palace Theater this week. Some one married for spite, and apparently some one else wrote a story for spite. The comedian appears as a dumb little pants presser in a tailoring establishment, who is hopelessly in love with Trilby Drew, a popular actress. He assembles the ele- ments of correct evening attire and at- tends 35 consecutive performances at the theater where the subject of his adoration is the star. Trilby Drew, jilted by her leading man, marries Elmer, the tailor, for spite. ‘There is no doubt about Buster Kea- ton’s ability as a_funmaker, and Doro- thy Sebastian as Trilby makes the most of her part. Others in the cast were | Leila Hymans, Edward Earle and Wil- liam Betchel. The picture was directed by Edward Sedgwick. Sammy Cohen of “What Price Glory Fame” is featured in Charles A. Niggen- meyer's stage revue, “Say It With Flowers,” put on by Wesley Eddy and the Palace Syncopators. The revue starts with a dance by the Dave Gould girls in appropriate flower-like costumes. ‘The Stone and Vernon adagio dancers gut. on an act in which the lady is urled from one partner to another with amazing dexterity, and at the end is still alive and apparently unhurt. Mr. Eddy fiddled and sang “That Little , Thing Called Love” in a manner that justly won enthusiastic approval. Max- e Hamilton, saucy little red-haired miss, adds some comedy. A technicolor picture, entitled “The Light of India” and depicting the Sepoy | rebellion, has educational value and is| a real delight to the eye. M-G-M News shows pictures of Capt. Turner’s testing of a new airplane safety device, of Babe | Ruth’s wedding and other topics of cur- | rent interest. FOX—“Speakeasy.” ‘What Willlam Fox seems to be aiming at in his latest offe: . “Speakeasy,” is that “the play’s the thing” and not the players, for the cast is headed by two comparatively unknowns, cinemat- {cally speaking, but who, despite their youth, are said to have had extensive stage training. Reference is made, of | course, to Paul Page and Lola Lane, who, though given ample opportunity to click; are only adequate at best. The | acting honors should go to Helen Ware, who seems a composite of Mae West and Tex Guinan in her role, and to the veteran, Henry B. Walthall. Mr. Fox's plan is not a new one, al- | though perhaps sincere. What he seems | to have overlooked is the fact that good | plays generally require good plots and | surely not even the producer himself| could say “Speakeasy” is original in its | . Mowever (and this decidedly in | bis favor), Mr. Fox has endowed his piece with some agreeable realism due mostly to his application of dialogue | and shots of Times Square, Madison | Square Garden and a huge racetrack, presumably Belmont. ‘This is almost unadulterated melo- drama, which includes the journalistic, racing and fighting fields, stressing the | latter, and since the “mellow” drama | seems decidedly on the “up and up,” 15 no harm in that. = Furthermore, one can’y expect a “Sunrise” or a “Sev- enth Hcsv:n" every week! John drving Fisher is still mastering the geremonies, and this time offers Street Rag” on the piano, almost every one's content. In presents to Foxettes in Tiller- Ick-wing numbers; Ben Omar, ning tapper; El Cleve, wise- Xylophonist; Margaret Shilling and blues, and Eleanor Char- Ted Lewis impersonation. The ons, breath-taking adagio and Leon Brusiloff's “Jazz- * furnish the hit numbers ac- -to applause. fashion reel featuring the movie queens and the usual Fox Movietone News com- # program. “His Captive Woman.” glamour of sea-swept beaches trees at sunset, the movies n us another variation of the Sea ‘“myth” in “His Captive .” 'This is more proof that this hard-boiled realism must have oments of” romantic escape and tha§ the lure of the primitive is still a 1 in the after-work-hour imagina- Milton Sills and Dorothy Mackaill are co-starred in this story of Donn Byrne's; which _shows, however, . evidences . of movie revision. There is a rather in- teresting development of plot.through a courtroom recital of the story, the pic- ture alternating with the actual telling and the picturization of the events be- ing recited. Dialogue is used only in the courtroom scenes, the related flash- backs, which constitute the greater. part of the picture, reverting to subtitles. Milton Sills, as the policeman witness, does nearly all the talking, using an Irish brogue effectively and sustaining + an interesting character study. Dorothy Mackaill breaks out with a few emo- tionalized lines in the fade-out sequence which do not do her justice, but the of K i other. members of the courtroom cast do excellent work, Frank Reicher's being outstanding. The story up to the inevifable ship- wreck is an absorbing one, and Dorothy Mackaill as a caberet girl is more in- teresting than she proves to be after her metamorphosis into a woman “born again” through love. This is the “re- generation” theme developed througl subtitles and the theory that love and a desert island will work wonders in moral uplift. A murderess, with a Sadle Thompson personality, is given a new lease on life by A man who has come with the sole purpose of sending her to the electric chair. Around this theme the story is woven. A George Lemaire talkie comedy, “The New Chauffeur,” is rather highl spiced farce, with a little too muecl slapstick, but with a situation that is in itself hilarious. METROPOLITAN—“The Canary Mur- der Case.” The faclle and entertaining picture version of 8. S. Van Dine’s novel, “The Canary Murder Case,” entered its sec- ond week at the Metropolitan Saturday. Conforming in its essentials to the conventional pattern of mystery mur- der plays, with their presuggestion of suspects, the actual commission of the crime, and the deductive solution by a clever detective, “The Canary Murder Case” adapts itself to talkie presenta- tion remarkably well. 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