Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1930, Page 58

AMUSEMENTS. rint 55D i ariaty of A The Capital Playhouses NATIONAL—“Across the World.” | .. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson, famed | .explorers and wild animal photogra- phers, star along with the lions, ni tives, elephants, zebra and other inhab-| “ftants of remote places at the National | “Theater and in their latest moving pic- | ture this week, beginning tonight, at | #:30 d'clock. | ‘When they made “Simba,” more than | two years ago, Mr. Johnson worked until *“within two hours of sailing time to com- | ‘plete the job of cutting his pictures. He | then turned over the remainder of the | *‘work to assistante, and it was more than @ year later that he saw the completed Ypicture on a screen. Between times he | ad traveled 20,000 miles and photo- graphed the remarkable jungle scenes which form a part of “Across the World,” a talking picture, synchronized and distributed by Talking Picture ics. “Aross the World with Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson” is, as its full title in- dicates, an account of the 20-year wan- derings of the couple, with scenes of their experiences in all parts of the | - world. It will be seen at the National ‘Theater tonight and for one week, with matinees daily at 2:30, evening exhibi- tions at 8:30. POLI'S—Fritz Leiber in “Hamlet.” Under the auspices of the Chicago Civic Shakespeare Society, the dis- tinguished actor, Fritz Leiber, with a strong company trained under his supervision, present at Poll's ‘Theater this week, starting tomorrow evening with “Hamlet,” with Mr. Leiber in the title role, a week of Shakespear~ ean entertainment that packed the in- timate little auditorium of Chicago's new Civic Theater with Shakespearean admirers of the highest academic, cul- | tural and social prominence. This was | attributed in a large degree to the fact | that Shakespeare as Leiber presents him is presented as entertainment, rather than handicapped by traditional methods designed to develop the pro- fundity of thought and wisdom buried in the depths of the bard’s imperishable worl ks. “Hamlet” tomorrow evening will be followed by “King Lear” Tuesday eve- ning; “Othello,” Wednesday; “Twelfth | ;_“Jullus Caesar,” Friday evening; You Like It” at the Saturday matinee, and “Richard III"” Saturday evening. A fine production of each play is promised. Among the players of the company who- are with Mr. Leiber on this sea- zon’s short tour, including Washington, are Vera Allen, Marie Carroll, Virginia Bronson, Kathryn Collier, Virginia Stevens, John Burke, Louis Leon Hall, Philip Quinn, Lawrence H. Cecil, Rob- ert Strauss and Thayer Roberts. GAYETY—"Frivolities.” “Privolities” is the name of the bur- lesque attraction at the Gayety Theater this week. An “ammzing” collection of speocial features are said to make prac- tically & new show out of last year's attraction, in which mirth, music and magnificance are combined. The company presents Frank Har- court as cipal comedian; Adeline, an e ly -capable dancer, and | -Ethel Albertini, & vocalist of fine repu- tation. Others are James Hall, C. B. Hayworth, Johnny Cook, Edward Soper, Evelyn Johnson, Irma Raystone, Adeline Parks and the Frivolity Four, a singing quartet. As for the chorus, emphasis is Iaid on its careful training and the breezy type of its feminine loveliness. ‘Wednesday and Friday nights special house features are presented. “THE RHINE"—This Afternoon. mewon' at the National Thie- M. Néwman will ramble along ‘The 'Rhine.”. Starting ):: Hfilmhul’l. 1Germany’s greatest port, he will pause there for a while and join a crowd of canoeists for a concert at the famous Fahrhaus; then to Bremen, and after an interesting stroll through Germany'’s second port, his journey will lead to Lubeck, an old Hanseatic city. On the way to the Rhine he will visit Bruns- | wick, - Hildesheim and Hamelin, where | liver the Pied Piper of Hamelin. A stop- over will be made at Goslar, Harzburg, whence come the Harz Mountain ca. naries; -Brocken and many of the fa- mous spas. Reaching the Rhine at Co- logne, a visit will be made to_the ca- thedral, then on the river to Bonn, to pause a while at the home of Beethoven, and thence to Godesburg. Every one of the famous, castles along the Rhine between Cologne and Mainz will be shown; also a side trip through the Valley of the Moselle. All of the places to be visited in this tr.vel tali_had to be omitted in the Germany ’h Mr. Newman presented Jast year. new group of still color views and ion pictures should make this “journey” one of the gems of the series. FOX—“Harmony at Home.” Harry Delf’'s successful stage play, #“The Family Upstairs,” has been util- ized under the title of “Harmony at Home"” to introduce William Collier, sr., noted Broadway comedian, to the talk- ing pictures. The keynote of the story is involved in the statement that har- mony exists only -when everybody at | that home is out. | Mr. Collier is one of the surviving deins of the legitimafe stage and as highly admired by theatergoers of the Nation as he is on Broadway. A tal- | ented cast to support Mr. Collier in- cludes Marguerite Churchill, Charlotte Henry, Charles Eaton, Dixie Lee, Rex Bell, Elizabeth Patterson and Dot Far- ley. The pieture was directed by Ham- ilton McPadden, and was produced at Fox Movietone City, in Hollywood. The stage portion of the program will present, as a Fanchon and Marco -idea, Singer's Midgets, a collection of little people, in “A Miniature Revue of 1930.” ‘This group of talented little persons, known throughout the world, will have something to appeal to both young and old alike. | Another in the series of Brusiloff ar- | rangements of works of the great com- | posers will be offered by the orchestra | and the Fox Movietone News will com- | plete the program. ) PALACE—"Seven Days’ Leave.” Gary Cooper heads the screen bill in /“Seven Days' Leave” at Loew's Palace. ‘The picture is an adaptation of one | of Sir James Barrie’s storles. Beryl! +Mercer, who played so well in “Three | ~»Live Ghosts,” appears as an old Scotch scrubwoman, who, feeling she had mno ! sacrifice in behalf of her country like ! other women who have given their sons to the service, adapts a Canadian war thero, who bears her name and publicly proclaims him as her own son. When he comes to London for seven days’ Jeave, he is informed that his mother awalts him. As his real mother has been dead several years he is some- | what surprised, but consents to see her | counterfeit and allows her to be his mother on probation. By the end of the ‘week the scrubwoman has won his love. | Ridiculed by other service men because | of his kilts, he is about to desert, | but the patriotic old lady convinces | him he must continue to serve his country, and he leaves for the front never to return. The last scene shows her carefully putting his medals away. On the stage, Teddy Joyce, guest master of ceremonies, officiates in the Loew_presentation . 38; single, 31 . "Fox trot, Class inst.. Tiesd 11 Club Damc Btudio. DAV Trot, Hop, Waltz ¢ eorrectly in a few lessons. private any hour. .. ciass ce Bat. ev in: |wood” in a beauty contest staged at | continues its engagement at the Earle ttractions in devissd by Chester Hale. The Run- away Four, acrobats; Sally & Ted, a distinctly different adagio team: Helen McFarland, xylophonist and dancer. and the 16 Chester Hale Girls complete the cast. The Hearst Metrotons News, short subjects, Charles Gaige at the organ and the Palace Orchestra com- plete the progra: RIALTO—"Night Ride.” Joseph Schildkraut, famed for his costume roles, plays \g first straight, or modern dress, role in bictures in “Night Ride,” a Universal picture of gangland, which is now at the Rialto Theater. Schildkraut appears as a ‘“dude” re- | porter who is “taken for a ride” by a gangster, but who lives to tell the tale. Smashing scenes climaxing “Night Ride” were photographed aboard a mo- tor speed boat, plowing swiftly through the ocean off the Southern California coast. Barbara Kent appears as Schild- kraut’s leading lady. In November, 1925, she won the title of “Miss Holly- i Santa Cruz, Calif. Edward G. Robin- son has the role of the gangster in “Night Ride.” Graham McNamee, as a broadcasting newsreel 1 gorter, will bring real inter- est to the latest news events by his witty and clever method in The Evening Star- Universal Newsreel. Other specially se- lected short subjects will be shown and the Rialto Orchestra will play a novelty overture. COLUMBIA—“Devil May Care.” Ramon Novarro in his first musical romance, “Devil May Care,” is the attraction at Loew's Columbia this week. In the supporting cast are Doro- thy Jordon, Marion Harris and John Miljan. The story, laid in Napoleon's time, largely concerns Armand, his lieutenant, who is sentenced with other officers to be shot when Napoleon is exiled to Elba. By a ruse Armand escapes and forces the beautiful Leonie to hide him. When the royalist troops arrive she e his hiding place, but again he escapes. But before he leaves he tells her how beautiful she is and then goes to the castle of a friendly countess, who dis- guises him as one of her servants. Leonie arrives to visit the countess, but fails to recognize Armand, who, although & supposed servant, woos her and wins her. De Grignon, Armand's enemy, arrives and follows Armand to Leonie’s room, where he goes to tell her who he is and to say good-by. But Armand P Polly Walker, & re- eracking gob and the dway stage, in the cruit from m}xe‘ho( I.?loloo. en there’s “Hallelujah,” a sequence dealing with a Negro spiritualist meet- Eighteen Negro girls and eigt te in “Spake's Hips," a number with a BT ovith & choral background of the HE _Civic . Repertory Theater, which has the amiable habit of giving New Yorkers glimpses of foreign plays which they might otherwise Tnever see—Miss Le Gallienne’s company has produced plays | from the Russian, Danish, French, Nor~ wegian, Spanish and possibly other lan- guages as well—continues its beneficent service with another of the quietly charming little pleces by the Spanish brothers Qulnk:od. | __The new comedy, “The Women Have METROPOLITAN—“The Sacred Flame.” | Their ]:V::‘y.l"’i is, }:ll about a young man The public reactio the dramatic | from Madrid who came to a little An- appeal of “The Slcrend ‘:'ume * Warner | dfi}“""{,,‘f.,‘{;’ - r‘:,“ "1' _— '{‘M‘-::e . ) | village spite of self. ‘The Brothers' Vitaphone picture at the|young man from the city was duly sstor L Rimte diks promipead'ihe | witnad, HS wie incredulous and laugh- ] ed at the warnings. But the women 3«1"""“ to continue it for nnomerlmlthe e own hT;‘, Aibie vy, cek. o | “An old doctor tells the young man ot ak:epsl:;r%g Pv'{,nn;, mi.: m.er". ld:‘?:?"_“.:‘__huw (ge l(ndlel concentrated on him Its theme Is delicate and it 18 noi| wncn h€, oo, Was & e s remmm;;ged for the entertainment of | (oris of absurd zmri'n. He even had young e, to become & bullfighter and appear in Pauline Fredonch Liin ae wiiiton | &, amateur bullfght for charity and Cotirtenay, Ale B, Prancts Sale buller fight three bull w. And you have no and Walter Byron, d notion,” he sighs, “how formidable even The staey concainy o Seitash aviator. the smallest bull ,can become when he who is seriously injured on his wedding | SPIOAChes, youl” Nevertheless =the day and permanently made an invalid, | l0dies, wished it the young medico For three years he is attended by his | [ous s WI€ DU, 8nd presently got mar. mother and & nurse who comesats her | Hled, and presently found himself tied Jove for him. The fiyer docs mot know | 1and and foot with a wife and several that his wife and his younger brother "““'hmcmm"" daughters. plan to betray him. One morning the | Other things happen and are talked patient is found mysteriously dead. The SDOUC. /The hot, ‘sleepy hour of the nurse accuses the wife and brother. | SEC (S JORONS vthll.l"\ehh ;:mm::,' 5{’,{5.;‘,“"‘ sltuation leads to a surprise | " rhymed couplets which Juanita Vitaphone Vardeties, a news reel and | COMPoses and recites or sings, accord- other program units will furnish added | N to anclent village custom; some b D whimsical and modern references—quite i :?bltthef Qflin:fro manner—to the old LITTLE—“The Red Dancer.” | habit of courting one’s lady love in the The Little Theater announces for the | "3":'3'.3?9‘.?l::hthlem‘::"fhdm:rd:l'l’ ®true, mfié&?%f‘ifi.fl"fi:fi" ,':‘:m"fle u:":] guileless, charming, with a special sort World War spy, whose beauty is said o sl;é, gulet humo{ snd modemn irony, e Quinteros make their play. It is u; tigvc;ce:c ‘t;he “}:s; of ‘;h!e. z;l.v rsxfll:':: light as a feather, and yet ?luywelzht; of e Frel capital. A & Vas | or, rather, something real and lasting, also famed a8 an Oriental dancer, whose . o " wealth of precious gems were the marvel | ;nmethm‘% ;hnt stuy‘smnner the cm;;lnln alls, as it doesn’t with so many noisier, of Paris, and she is said to have caused | red-faced plays. the the death of 60,000 French soldiers in In short, the Quin- teros are artists, and their Spain is her role as a spy. very different from the stencil or cigar- = box Spain made of bullfighters and JANET RICHARDS—Tomorrow. Carmens with red roses in their hair. Miss Janet Richards will give her Monday morning review tomorrow at 10:45 o'clock in the Masonic Temple, * ok ok X Thirteenth street and New York avenue. In addition to a summary of the out- standing events in the world’s work for the past week, she will speak especially of the President’s nrogram for Haiti; “Some Woes of Washington: the Step- child of Congress”; the week in the | tures ingenue, combine dance “Nothing Could ?@ supported by chorus and the three Brox sisters. A finish number features a | galaxy of mermaids being dragged aboard by sailors, & unique dance in technicolor. to h Tm! must be thousands of people scattered about the country whose | dancing days were at their height | about the time the war began, who | would ltke to hear the waltzes of the Hungarian operetta, “Sari,” once again, and would get a lot more “kick” out of the one called “Love's Own Sweet Song”-—which you recall at once if you again escapes him. Bonaparte in the meantime has returned to power and Leonie and De Grignon start for Paris. En route they are stopped, but the cowardly De Grignon escapes and Armand is left with Leonie. The Hearst Metrotone News, short subjects. and the Columbia Orchestra complete the program. EARLE—*"Sally.” The peak of achievemerit in screen musical plays represented by “Sally,” the Pirst National Vitaphone all-color production, starring Marilyn Miller, will Theater this week. “Sally” is a musical romance of rare charm, offering beauty, comedy, melody, dancing and song with a high e of excellence. Supporting Miss Jer are such notables of stage and screen as Alexander Gray, Joe E. Brown, Ford Sterling, Pert Kelton, T. Roy Barnes, Jack Duffy and Nora Lane. The story concerns a little waitress, who, in the words of her own song hit, sums up her ambition thus: “All I want to do—do—do—is dance.” She falls in love with a weaithy youth, who assists her to climb the ladder of fame as a Ziegfeld dancing star, - tina Rasch ballet lgpun in the massive stage scenes of the “Look for the Silver Lining” and “Wild Rose” are among the hits from the'stage produc- tion and there are also incorporated in the score several new songs written especially for the film, notably “If I'm Dreaming.” In addition to this feature the Earle | offers The Evening Star-Universal and Pathe news reels as supplementary en- tertainment. R-K-O KEITH'S—"“Hit the Deck.” “Hit the Deck,” Radio Pictures’ pag- eant of song and dance, co-starring Jack Oakie and Polly Walker, will be held over for its fourth week at R-K-C Keith's. If you saw the stage version of Vincent Youman’s musical romance you will be doubly impressed with the sweep and magnificence of the screen interpretation, with Oakie as a_wise- JANET RICHARDS POLITICAL HISTORY IN THE MAKING LISZT JULIA E. SCHELLING Sketches Italian Garden, the Mayflower Tiekets, $2.00, at T. Arthur Smith Bureau and Hotel Masflower RCA—Theremin Ether-Wave Music played by Zenaide Hanenfeldt Malton Boyce Assisting Artlst Questions of the Hour in N'nliual and Inters THE WASHINGTON CLUB Assembly Room_Entrance. 1010_17th St. MINNEAPOLIS Symphony Orchestra HENRI VERBRUGGHEN, Conductor Thurs., Feb. 13, 4:30 CONSTITUTION HALL PROGRAM Weber, Euryanthe; Symphony No. 1, C Prelude, Fau Pines of Rome. Brahms, LAST CONCERT PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA EFREM ZIMBALIST. Selolst. FEB. 18—4:45 COyromion Naval Conference; “Irak Comes of Age’ the inauguration of President Ortiz Ru- bio and his program of reform for Mex- lco; the week in Congress and other sub- Jects of interest. These talks are given every Monday morning during the Win- ter. The use of large maps helpm to clarify the subjects under discussion. “QUESTIONS OF THE HOUR"— Friday. heard it played—than out of most of the brand-new things of the day. Miss Clgra W. McQuown will give her weekly talk Friday morning at 11 o'clock in the assembly room of the ‘Washington Club, entrance 1010 Sev- enteenth street. She will bring the Naval Conference up to date, review pending legislation and give a general | suryey of important public questions at | home and abroad. | As Miss McQuown is leaving in the | near future for French Morocco and | Egypt, this will be her last talk until next Fall. Al Smaih. . | BUST!B KEATON'S density of ex- pression has been solved. The | comedian who seems to be the most re- u‘nea‘ “;‘e:wn on thubumen as ;:n l::' off, g any- whether is amused, bond%t human, actually L: mlclouu," Sedithcas Proof of A leal m his remark to mn:{tnctgem but persist- ent flapper who said to him: “Have you no greater ambition than to make people laugh?” “Yes,” answered the laconic Mr, Kea- ton. “I'd like to throw an egg into an electric fan.” Elinor Hughes the story. i ADELAIDE HIBBARD, Wi known to Washington theater- sleve Cochran for the com with the National Theater Fisyers Players, LAST 45"- WEEK MAN-0’-WAR OF ALL MUSICAL SHOWS! Rollicking round the globe with Uncle Sam’s Jolly Gobs « '« « « and their hundred million sweethearts!| JACK OAKIE and POLLY WALKER A CARGO of tuneful joy! Roistering sea ballads! Gdrgcous scenes in color! Decks aring with the tap « of joyous feet! Stupendous—never to be forgotten! RADIO NEWS of CURRENT EVENTS FRED CLARK AND Hi$ R-K-OLIANS E ‘mine D major, fo MR. GABRILOWI g R-K-O KEITH'S ¥ who has been signed by Mnupr‘ HE "SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., FEBRUARY g 1930;—PA1{'F FoU In the New York Theater Little Miss Mitzi Hajos, who made her first success in the Emmerich Kal- man operetta when it was first pro- duced in New York some 15 years or 50 ago, takes her old role in the present revival at the Liberty Theater, * K x X HWAI..POL! Terms Tunney Sincere; Cites Shaw Visit-—Greatest Era for Creative Writing at Hand; Novelist Tells Town Hall Audien Moral View Changed—‘Art and Immorality of the Novel’ Reviewed by Lecturer.”—New York newspaper. list>d among theatrical events, but every now and again it reveals elements of showmanship which cannot be ignored. Here we have a British novelist on one of his business trips to this coun- try, drumming up trade among the women’s clubs. ~Mr. Tunney having made himself literary by seizing the coattails of Mr. Shaw, why shouldn't the process be reversed and a literary entleman grab the coattails or\ our finvywelgm champion? No sdoner sald than done, and “I say without reservation,” says the British artist, “that when a man can spend six weeks with Bernard Shaw, seeing him each morning and each afternoon, and Shaw doesn’t get terribly bored, then that man-has something behind him.” From Mr. Tunney, plainly, is owing the retort courteous, but he goes fur- ther, appears “in person”—what more picturesque!—and when that charming bit of huckstering comes at the end of the lecture, when the ladies crowd up to have the author autograph the books they have just bought, Mr. rescues the harried litterateur and sends the ladies off happy, or nearly so, with his own autograph: “Gene Tunney— for no reason whatsoever”—on the fly- leaf. It's just like Kipling. Miss Kruger Arrives. 1SS ALMA KRUGER of the New York Civic Repertory Theater has arrived in Washington to direct re- hearsals of the Community Drama Guild’s production of John Tobin's charming old comedy, “The Honey- moon,” which is to be presented Febru- ary 28 and March 1 at McKinley Audi- torium. It is the purpose of the Community Drama Guild to allot the direction of its various plays to different outstand- ing df TS, not only of this eity, but elsewhere. Last season Clifford Brooke, then of the National Theater Players, di- rected the Drama Guild production of lay, “TI time Drama Guild plays have been directed by J. Milnor Dorey, for “Sherwood” last Jurie at the Sylvan Theater, and Denis E. Connell, “The Torch Bearers” last Oc- tober at McKinley Auditorium. Two entirely different” directors will be lchno'.‘e':: f?r thg‘ r:hn;nlnlnz two full- e plays of s season—George Kalser's “Gas” in April, and Shake- speare's “The Tempest” in June, at the Sylvan Theater. Immediately upon her arrival Friday, | Miss Kruger took up the details of the “Honeymoon” production with designers of the stage settings, lighting and cos- tume committees. A first rehearsal with the cast was held Priday evening, prior to the presentation of the nm{l of the Drama Gulild one-act play tour- nament, at McKinley Auditorium. Miss Kruger will remain in the city for sev- eral days, working with the cast and hloc:ln' out the entire play within the weel Pt Will Film “The General."” | *“THE GENERAL,” European stage | success by Ludwig Zilahy; the Hungarian playwright, has just-been purchased by Paramount and will be produced as an important talking fea- | ture for the 1930-31 season. IVIC SHA FIRITZ | The lecture “racket” isn't generally| ‘Tunney | ' | A GALA FESTIVAL R One -of Our Own Girls. Hm th-atrical company's Washing- ington engagement will be “home- coming week” for Miss Dorothy E. Burr, member of the Albertina Rasch ballet in Mitzi's “Sarl,” who worked as a War Department stenographer while she car- ried on her studies of the dance in ‘Washington schools. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Burr, 1522 Allison street, the dancer was graduated from the Marjorie Web- ster School of Expression here. She subsequently continued her work at the i DOROTHY E. BURR. ‘Tschernikoff-Gardiner studios in Washe! ington, ‘later completing her studies inl Europe. On_returning to the United States Miss Burr received her first pro- fessional engagement in the Ziegfeld “Follies” of 1927. She later was in the ballet of “Rio Rita,” with which she visited Washington. Her first perform- ance here since that time will be dur- ing the week of February 16 with “Sari.” Besides her parents, Miss Burr has two sisters in Washington, Mrs. Helen ‘Thompson. assistant secretary to Sen tor Deneen of Illinois, and Mrs. Anna B. Smith, clerk in the income tax division of the Treasury Depa‘tment. The Burr family came here more than 12 years ago from Illifiols. Jed Harrls, who after collecting a for- tune or two on Broadyay and announc- ing last year that he was through with such things and would live the life of hermit in France, nas come out of his corner to produce “Mister Gil- hooley,” which dramatization of Liam O'Flaherty’s novel will see the New York lights in March. DEBATE BETWEEN HUGH WALPOLE THORNTON ‘WILDER m_cons'n'ru‘non HALL 4D fts NW. Feb lith, 8 P.M. Dol Seats, D SA FEI G Library of Congress February 17, at 4:55 P.M. Stradivarius String Quartet of New York Tickets at T. Arthi ith’ . N.W.. begi ni;ll "{ao!:{"a' 'd‘.”ol . vice charge for each tick 25 cent; This concert will be breadcast’ by Station NAA TOMORROW NITE 'MATS. THURS. AND SAT. OF MASTERPIECES KESPEARE SOCIETY oeesenss LIEEIBIER 7e PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE Assisted by a Company in Which Shakespeare Himself Would Have Revelled, Including: Carrol rt Allen, Jam Gordon' and others. Virgi r, Louis Leon Hall, Lawrence H. Ce Robert Stra: Bronsen, Vera Allen, Mar; Philip Quin, Thayer Neill, Jr., John Forrest, Grant With Tremendous Clarity the Grandeur, the e Unequalled in Theatrical History o1 Poetry of Shakespeare Mon. Eve. HAMLET | Tha. Eve. Merchant of Venice Tue. Eve. KING LEAR Fri._Eve. JULIUS CAESAR Wed. Eve. OTHELLO Sat. Mat. AS YOU LIKE IT Thu. Mst. TWELFTH NIGH PRICES—NIGHTS—50¢ to $2.50 SAT. MAT.—F0¢ 1o $2.00 THE ELEANOR PAIN IN THE FASCINATING «nd MELODIOUS COM The Fori EXCELLENT ENSEMBLE PO'LI' UBERT y's Play ENSATIONAL FEATURE OF THE fune Teller’ S e MON., FEB. 24 PRESENTS ETHEL THELOVEDUEL::Y MAIL ORDERS NOW %4, scitatdressed. stamped Sat. Eve. RICHARD 111 THURS. MAT.—-50¢ to $1.50 A TRULY GREAT EVENT TER IC OPERA AUTIFUL BALLET GORGEOUS PRODUCTION AMUSEMENTS. Ele_aanor ELEANOH. PAINTER, who makes her return to the lighter music fleld in Victor Herbert's “The Fortune Teller" at Poll's Theater next week, had an unusually interesting and varied career, Born in Iowa and reared and edu- cated in Omaha and Colorado Springs. | she is truly of the West. As a child she sang continually until her voice broke in a Chr! as cantal ‘whicih nearly broke her childish h . and for seven years she didn't sing a note. One day she went horseback riding | and in an isolated spot alighted. Sea! | ed on a rock, she began to sing lustily. 1'1’urn|n' suddenly, she saw two stran- | gers, and one of them, a woman, asked | | it she liked to sing. ‘Yes,” replied the | child, “and I'm be a great | singer some day.” The woman was Mme. Garrigues, a singing teacher, who | later advised Eleanor's mother to take | | the child to New York, and two years | later mother and daughter went Eas:, | where lessons were bzgun, Miss Painter | meanwhile singing in a choir. ! A year later Miss Painter determined to go to Europe to study, with a guar- anteed income of $50 a month, under | the tutelage of Mme. Nikisch, wife of the famous orchestra conductor. Miss Painter in due course of time accepted an offer to sing at the Char- | lottenburg Opera House. She made her debut as “Madame Butterfly,” and for two years sang there and at the Berlin Opera, scoring successes in lyric roles, besides creating many roles in new operas. She left Germany for the Ofin Royal, Covent Garden, London, where her reception was a repetition of her Berlin ovation. She remained through- out the season, singing in Italian reper- toire. Her career in Europe, however, was interrupted by the World War, and Miss Painter seized the opportunity to make her debut on the American stage in New York in the leading role of “The Lilac Domino,” in 1914, Since that eventful time her c-re‘cr n Painter. “The Last Waltz” and “The Nightin- " In the latter production sh made her most recent appearance on Broadway. Following that, Miss Paint- er returned to Europe and reappeared with the Berlin Opera, singing “Faust,” “Madame Butterfly” and s in the German capital and . Last season she appeared at the Paris Opera in “A Light from St. Agnes. Her love for Victor Herbert's melodi- ous music brought her back to the American stage in “The Fortune Tell- ind she canceled a number of ap- pearances with the Philadelphia Grand Olperl to enable her to take advantage ;) i'th.‘ she felt to be a great oppor- unity. Queen High™ Paramount's Next. **(QUEEN HIGH,” musical comedy hit of the stage, has been purchased by Paramount and will be filmed at the Long Island studio of the company as a screen farce with music, accord: to an announcement from the office o! Jesse L. 3 It will be produced on the screen un- der the supervision of Schwab and Man- del, musical-comedy producers, who ted the original st roduction. "GAYETY THEATRE Another Great Combo FRANK HARCOURT and ADELINE has embraced the principal pi successes such as “Princess Pat, rianna,” “The Climax,” *“ THEIR FIRST TALKING PICTURE The enly theater in Wasl American and forelsm THESE L PYGMY LAND - TANGANYIKI Inrese S AC with Mr. ATIONA hingten effering stars of the 2:30—Twice Daily Thereafter—8:30 ROSS th- WO Smoke if you like istriet 9324 Tonight Ave? exelusively first rank. 8:30 RS DESCRIBE THEIR ADVENTURES FAMOUS EXPLORE! THEY TAKE YOU ON A JOURNEY ALONG THE DANGER TRALS in HAWNI* SOLOMON ISLANDS - NEW HEBRIDES - SOUTH SEAS+ NEW ZEALAND - + BELGIAN CONGO* ITURI FOREST+ WHITE NILE- VICTORIA NILE* KENYA UE.M * BRITISH EAST AFRICA* MALEKULA* VAQue andaT| : other Thrilli scenes RLD and Mrs. MARTIN JOHNS ONE WEEK ONLY Nights—S50c, 75¢, $1.00 and $1.50 Mats, —50¢c, 75¢ and $1,00 1% price any performance NEXT WEEK, BEGINNING MONDAY NIGHT —MAIL ORDERS NOW— St o R i, o R iamped ‘and th jekats. Never before so *The Qutstaridin, ONE WEEK ONLY, ZIEG moelope for sl stage pre Nete: This Is the origi ¢ ‘Natlosal Theater: NOT the o FESTIVAL M, WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY, Nights & !:Ill' lay 2d Bal., 30c. Wed. .: Oreh., enclose stamped an u'ni-s'umua Subseriptions MOTION PICTURES COLOR VIEWS Nights: 50c, $1.00, $1.50 $2, $2.50, $3.00 Thur. & Sat. Mat 50c, 81, $1.50, $2, $2.50 . 160 Bal.. $1.00; 34 Bal, §0c. ml-::nwoll Talk Next Sun., Feb. 1:,.“\(_.«;.,_ The One‘and Only Her Greatest Musical. Comedy \ “ with, 100-SINGERS DANCERS BEAUTILL THE ALBERTINA, RASCH BALLEY Musical Event of ¢he Season BEG. MON,, FEB. 24 Return Engagement of the Greatest Show Ever Produced by FELD “SHOW BOAT” with CHARLES WINNINGER —MAIL ORDERS NOW— X d N sl R m" I”‘I ddressed end stamped T teh premiered ——————— ONE WEEK ONLY, BEG. MONDAY, MARCH 3d / ™A™ ORoERs FIRST ENGAGEMENT IN WASHINGTON THE STRATFORD-UPON-AVON COMPANY From the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre . Incorporated Under Royal Charter. Patron: HIS MAJESTY THE KING s R Y S MARCH 10TH THE NEW YORK THEATRE GUILD Preseats ALLA NAZIMOVA in “A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY” L, 0%, 1180 % greo: o i e 806" Fiease BEG. MONDAY, MARCH 31st, SPRING AND SUMMER SEASON NATIONAL THEATRE PLAYERS SISt TR AR s 1 o nal b EWMAN [TODAYat 3: TRAVEL TALKS a0 THE RHINE Buda-Pesth. o8 1 P. M. Today