Evening Star Newspaper, May 6, 1929, Page 24

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Bayerson Oil Works 5228 -| company of colored entertainers STRAND—“Darktown Affairs.” It takes a “darktown aggregation” to put over what the promoter of synco- pated revues call “hot time jazz” the | t the | Strand Theater this weck in “Dark-| town Affairs” establishes the fact be- | yond the peradventure of doubt. | The company is said to be the same that made fame on the road during| the regular season under the descrip- | tive name of “Seven-Eleven,” and Gar- |1and Howard “Hot Stuff Jackson,” is its outstanding soul of syncopation, with a pair of dancing feet that beat the rattle of the trap drummer in the | Darktown Band. ~“Speedy” Smith is | another of the heel tappers in the Dark- town ‘“hoofers'” brigade that know | how to do a shuffie, while Mae Brown is the personification of “jazz” in its melodic form. There are also eight Harlem flappers that earn their money and win applause | full deserved. “Red” Lincoln offers a | distinct novelty in that he sits in a chair to do his dancing, and he does it | exceptionally well, and Hattle Noels is |a singer not to be ignored when the | good things are said of the show. | Al in all “Darktown Affairs” is likely | to be & big drawing card at the Strand this week. and to make certain that {everybody has a chance to see it. the ‘mmmx«'m»nl announces a midnight | matinee Thursday evening, or Friday | morning, ‘as you wil | METROPOLITAN—"Close Harmony." | _Two of the youngest and certainly not | the least charming of the newer s | Nancy Carroll and “Buddy” Roge! bringtheir youthful cxuberance and | amazing naturalness to “Close Har- ymony.” a picture that more than justi- | fies its hold-over engagement | This story of “back 5 | ten by Elsie Janis, in colla Gene Markey, not only g “Lohengrin’ wedding march in a new lose harmony” gement t punctuates its good dialcgue and ex lent situation with moments of dance and footlight glamour. Nancy Carroll speaks her lines with & delignt- ful casualness and sings charmingly in what is undoubtedly her own voice She is one of the versatile actresses on the screen today. “Buddy” Rogers is sincere in his acting and clever in his handling of neariy every instrument in a jazz band. The tw oy Boys, plaved by those irrepres recrits from musical comedy. Jack Oakie and “Skeets” Gallagher, run around singing song hits in sympathy with the situa- tion, keeping their harmony close aud true as long as the ipt allows, Another star from the “legit,” H Green, makes his stage manager ck ter a bright spot in the show savors of the vaudeville of the old days. {when an audience was frequently at loss to know where the comedy ended {and the sentiment began. a ralner drawn-out skit. “Jed's " Worss a little painfully for laughs, ishing results. Ben Bard in another short reel dis- plays the vaudevillian's technique, and Miss Marcelle keeps the audien good humor. while she dispen | newest melodies. EARLE—“A Dangerous Woman.” Another triangle, “A Dangerous Woman,” co-starring Olga Baclanova, Clive Brook and Neil Hamiiton, is the feature at the Earle this week. Bacla- nova, the apex of the triangle, brings to the “ta.kies” for the first time her marvelous voice. Add this to her beauty and talent for emotional acting and you could not ask for more in the type of role she is enacting. Clive Brook and Neil Hamilton, by adding unusually fine voices to their type o work, established themselves through this picture as capable stars in this new | era of motion piciures. | “A Dangerous Woman" takes one to | | the hot, barbaric African jungle, where | | an Englishman has to dress for dinner | | every evening to remember that he is| !an Englishman. Clive Brook, English | governor of a naiive colony, attcmpis | to_solve for a native the problem of a faithless wife, and he finds the same | problem facing him in his own home Every young Englishman coming to as sist him falls victim to the charms of his_wife, Baclanova. The first man, | half-crazed by the spell of the jungle iand despondent over his hopeless love, ends his life. Next arrives the young brother of the husband, Neil Hamilton, fresh from college and full of the joy of living. He, 00, becomes infatuaied with the wife and seems destined for the same fate as the others. The hus- band determines that the vouth's life shall not be spoiled because of the flirtations of his wife.. However, when | the inevitable happens, and the brother and his wife plan to leave together, he resorts to ‘the creed of the nat| The situation is relieved only through the devotion of an English subordinate, admirably and humorously played by Clyde Cook. A native dance and other rites are interwoven throughout the story. The orchestra, under the baton of Daniel Breeskin, in honor of Music Festival week, plays “Oriental Impres- sions.” arranged by Mr. Brecskin. As a vocal interlude, William Raymond sings the “Ksshxy Song.” There are two added Vitay/ione comedy features —a little skit, “At the Dentist's,” which seems almost too realistic to be funny, and “A Bird in the Hand.” The usual news reel completes the program. OPENING ATTRACTIONS 1 THEATERS GTON PALACE—"Gentlemen of the Press. Built upon the best principles of photoplay hokum and, whether it means to be not, 'largely a grisly moral lesson, “Gentlemen of the Press” open- | ed Saturday at the Palace Theater in| conjunction with a bright stage show destined to speed Wesley Eddy on his melodious path after 75 weeks as ma: ter of ceremonies at this Washington | theater. “Gentlemen of the Press” & movie version of Ward Morehouse's stage play, | fastens its teeth with considerable glee | in the glamorous and juicy t which surrounds the city room. Faith- ful to the none-too-high ideals of exag- | geration which imbue Hollywood. it pr sents newspaper work mainly through a serles of natural, if unfortunate, c incidences as a realm in which it is more difficult to win to happiness and moral self-respect than it was to win gold in the Klondike rush. The pi ture is no more trustworthy a story of newspaper work than any similar fim which masks & specific and limited theme under a blanket title. ol ‘Against & colorful and shining back- ground of songs. danc and specialties, Wesley Eddy, in versatile characte makes & graceful bow of “au revoir.” much applauded by his devotees. “Say 1t With Music,” a John Murray Ande! oduction. features Charles Irwin, | English monologist: Stadler and Rose, burlesque adagio team: Henry Garden operatic tenor; Krevoff. a remarkably agile tap dancer and whirling dervish: ihe three Wainright sisters and the Foster . whose opening number is | a triumph of costuming and diverting | choreographic effects. Mr. Eddy him- Self plays the violin, the piano, the | banfo. the ukulele and twangs the Whinihg saw, all in addition to render- ing effective song specialties hesir festivitie COLUMBIA—"The Tron Mask. Held over for a second week by pop- ular demand screen suce con- | inues to pack the Columbia Theater at each showing. The film is adapted rom “The Three Musketeers” and | The Tron Mask,” with historical bits thrown in and a tal epilogue inserted. gi | opportunity to illustrate the dramatic | quali of his speaking voice. The picture itself is of the silent type and loses little in the omission of sound feature: Fairbanks i g Fairbank: | | usual gay self. a of limb and deadlv with the blade, de- picting the spirit of sevent th century | romance and adventure in the character of D'Artagnan, one of that immortal Qquartet made famous by the pen of Dumas. As usual. some of the sword play taxes the credulity, but what place | i edulity in the story of a D'Artag- h 2 in the roles of | win brother shares | hono! S Nidel de Brulier, playing Cardinal Richelieu Marguerite de la Mott as Constance and the three who brought Athos, Porthos and Aramis to the screcn, Leon Barry, andford and Gina Corrado, respec- Louis XIV an acting as master of cere- | ubsidiary *“Metro-Movie- with one num- | ¥ My Mammy,” in Al Jolson’s b on_his pro- gram include George Dewey Washing- | ton, colored bass, whose rendition of Kipling’s “On the Road to Mandalay” s a headliner: Johnny Marvin and his | ukulele: the Locust Sisters' guintet in some blues numbers and Marion Harris who sings “I Wonder” and “I'm More han Satisfield.” M-G-M silent news and a Fox Movietone news reel complete the bill. | 'he Donovan Affair.” e Donovan Affair” could ssed es much better than play, it seems to be that in its present | Iki current at the Fo for something has undoubtedly slip- | ped into or out of it in the transition. What is meant to be mystery melo- d is burlesque mystezy melodra- | ma, leading to the conclusion that | somebody’s sense or humor cropped up | just a little too inappropriately. | Notwithstanding, there is some vir- tue in the piece in that it affords a ! chance to hear Jack Holt (his voice | is better than average and it records | well) and to see him in a new role, | that of & police inspector. Too, Agnes | Ayres, whose name immediately recalls other days, is prominently cast in a | rather matronly part which she does well by. The remainder of the long little to offer in the way of wilh the possible exceptions Wheeler Oakman and Fair. Willlam Col- Der. jr. has the romantic lead. However you may feel about the | screen feature, there will be little doubt | as to the unusual quality of the stage presentation, “A Maytime Revue,” in | which “Wee Willie” Robyn is held over to please i: H volee in a r Martha. 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It traces the life-saving voyages of | the Krassin, the Perseus and the Maly- ghin, as well as the journeys of the aviators, Tchuknovsky and bushkin Following in detail the events incident to the discovery of the Italia survivors the picture is replete with fascinating photography, preserving a discreet neu- trality upon the Mariano-Zappi-Malm- gren incident. Largely in capabilities as a comedizn in “Finders Keepers.” All tae principals do splen- did work, and the little girl who p the part of Magnolia as a child is the best child actor that the reviewer can remember having seen. As a prologue to the feature, with Otis Harlan as master of ceremonies, Movietone numbers from the stage per- formance of “Showboat” are given. in- ciuding Aunt Jemima in “Hey Fallah!" and others. “OI Man River” is sung several times during the presentation of the feature picture. the “Cotton Pal. Alma Rubens as | - | Julie, a trouper on the showboat, and | | Emily Fitzroy as Parthenia Ann Hawkes mother of Magnolia and unrelenting | custodian of the captain's possessions, ganza, is entering upon its third week at_the Rialto Theater. | " Humor, pathos and romance are in- termingled_in this picture of old days along the Mississippl, when Spring was | heralded by the whistle of the showboat |around the bend and the river folk | eagerly looked forward to the arrival of these troupe Included in the cast are Laura Ia Plante as Magnolia Hax i Schildkraut as G nolia’s gay, the nature of Straight news reel materiel, “Krassin” gives re- markable pictorial account of the rescue work carried on in the bleak wastes of the arctic regions. There is ice in abundance; there is frustration. gallant determination and the final accomplish- ment of a Qeroic rescue, full of natural drama. 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