Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1930, Page 50

AMUSEMENTS,” ariety of Attractions in The Capital Playhouses NATIONAL—Ziegfeld “Show Boat.” |barge and with him rescues several sea- me Matt, one of these, greatest musical play, opening at the | falls in love with her, but because o w night, has|her past life refuses to marry him. e O ot piss | Her father 1 pleased, because he would | not have his daughter marry & sailor. PFinally, unable to stand the strain, she tells the truth about herself. | off, cursing liquor and for ing himself, as| ness, because he has been responsible “Show Boat,” Florenz Ziegfeld's a fascinating- story, founded on Edna Ferber's novel. On the Cotton Blossom, an old-fash- foned show boat on the Mississippi, Capt. And: Hawks,’ its proprietor, lives with Parthy Ann. his straight-laced Massachusetts wife, and his daughter Magnolia. Gaylord Ravenal, young aristocrat, gambler and somewhat of an outcast, sees Magnolia and falls in love with her, as she does with him. an affair which she tried to keep secret from her lynx-eyed mother. The sud- den departure of the leading lady and | the leading man compels Capt. Andy to et Magnolia step into the leading lady's | shoes and to give Ravenal a trial as| leading man. This brings the young| lovers together much more. They have| rent feature at R-K-O Keith's. to move with great caution. Capt. Andy, however, is_all on their sid and finally when Parthy is off on Jittle trip one morning he gives Mag- nolia and Ravenal a rip-snorting wed- ding and send-off. A few years go by. Magnolia and Ravenal are living in Chicago. Their little daughter, Kim. is in a convent school. Ravenal has fallen on evil days, and runs away, leaving Magnolia boat troupe, now & vaudeville team, Magnolia gets a chance to appear in the New Year Eve show put on in the Trocadero Restaurant. Capt. Andy is at this show. His encouragement gives Magnolia confidence, she makes a great hit, and i launched on a prosperous career. Some more years roll by. Kim is now & shining star in New York musical comedy, more famed than her mother ever was. Capt. Andy and Parthy Ann arc still running the show boat. nal returns one day to the new Cotton Blossom. Capt. Andy understands the man, and s Ravenal and Mag- nolia are still hungering for each other. So he wires to Magnolia and Kim to run down and see him. Ravenal, re- gretful and conscience-stricken, thinks it would be better to drift on. Capt. Andy persuades him to wait until Mag- nolia arrives. And then—it's best to see the play. The music is by Jerome Kern, who wrote the scores for “Oh, Boy,” “Sally,” S " “Leave It to Jane” and “Stepping Stones.” Oscar Hammer- II, who arranged the plot of “Show Boat,” also wrote the lyrics. Mr. Hammerstein is known for his collabor- ation-on “Wildflower,” “Sunny,” “Rose- Marie,” “The Desert Song” and “Song of the Flame.” The cast includes Charles Winninger, Howard Marsh, Eva Puck, Sammy White, Edna May Oliver, Irene Dunne, Margaret Carlisle, Aunt Jemima, Jules Bledsoe, Charles Ellis, Jack Daley, Annie Hart and Francis K. Mahoney. POLI'S—Ethel Bl;;:lyffi!. “The Love Lee Shubert will rresent Ethel Barry- more and ner company in Lili Hatvany's modesy drama, “The Love Duel,” adapt- ed by Zoe_Akins, in Loli's Theater for one tomorrow night, ‘with ees Thursday and Saturday. Mary,” adding a different role and play 3 Rothe, Stuart, Gertrude Maitland, James Meighan, Malcolm Soltan, Mar~ cel Dill and Joan Carvel. Miss Barry- more directed the production. Watson Barratt designed the settings from sketches he made in Budapest and St. Moritz. Edward A. McHugh is stage manager. GAYETY—"“Girls From the Follies.” This week “a cracker-jack show” is annotnced for the Gayety Theater, It is called “Girls From the Follies,” and & young woman of great charm, talent and beauty, known as “the miniature Lillian Russell” assumes the leading role under the name of Gladys “Youth™ Clark. Among other things, she is a dancer of distinction. Bernie Green, a vaudeville star, is the featured comedian; Johnny Crasby piays & “wop” role; Frank McCon- Lester Mack is ‘the Siatent ; s straight man, with a good voice; Pat White offers many specialties; Zona Duval is a good-look- ing ingenue; Betty Duvall, & chic sou- brette, and Bessie Davies, a soubrette and number leader, is also an acrobatic dancer. A young and talented chorus supports the principals in scenic pres- entations, notably the Kongo, gypsy, jewel and garden sequences, the latter for the flash finale. - Sixteen young Ky dancing girls also are promised #r the African seiting, one of the most n\muhnl of the 31 scenes of the “Fol- For Wednesday and Priday evenings special features are provided. COLUMBIA—“Anna Christie.” Greta Garbo in the Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer adaptation of the famous Thea- ter Guild play, “Anna Christie,” by O'Neill, is the screen attraction at Loew's Columbia Theater this week. ‘The production marks the initial ap- pearance of Greta Garbo on the talking screen. Marie Dressler, Charles Bick- ford and George F. Marion comprise the remainder of the cast of the drama of the East Side water front. Chris, & captain of a coal barge, re- ceives word that his grown-up daughter is o to visit him. He had sent her to live with relatives on a farm when she was 5 years old. Marthy, his consort, perceives that with his inno- cent coming she had better leave Chris. When Anna arrives she is first discov- ered by Marthy, who finds her just the opposite to what her father thinks her. Anna, with her father, l:ves on the coal ALLER Modern Ballroom Dancing Pox Tror Hoo Wallx correctly in t it any} Rave- | Sel .| phone_ Varieties men one night. her, to fill himself full of t, and the father, blam- the daughter’s forgive- for Anna’s life. Matt ultimately returns to claim the girl for his wife ‘The Hearst Metrotone News, short subjects, & comedy and the Columbis Orchestra complete the program. R-K-0 KEITH'S—"The Grand Parade.” “The Grand Parade,” featuring Helen Twelvetrees and Fred Scott, is the x':ul"- t is |announced as a distinctly new type of | entertainment on the screen, for in ad- | dition to its drama it presents a com- |plete minstrel show. Wonderful music, | catehy songs, spicy jokes and the glit- |tering black-face minstrel entertain- | ment makes a new departure in screen | entertainment. | Helen Twelveetrees and Fred Scott jare players of signal ability. Miss Twelvetrees is a Broadway stage favor- te, while Mr. Scott is 1y cert singer, and his fine tenor voice is said to register beautifully. The sup- porting cast includes Richard Carle, fa- mous musical comedy star; Marie Astaire, Russell Powell, Bud Jamieson, Jimmy Adams, Lillian Leighton, Spec O’Donnell, Sam Blum, Tom Malone and Jimmy Aubrey. | Edmund Goulding, famous novelist |and playwright, wrote the story and is {the producer of “The Grand Parade.” |He also wrote and directed Gloria Swanson’s dialogue picture, “The Tres- The story deals with a minstrel singer who wins success, but through the in- fluence of an evil woman, sinks to the | dregs. He is salvaged by a boarding house slavey who succeeds in making a man of him. There is tremendous drama in the development of the theme and the climax is most impressive. The supplementary features include “The Setting Son,” based upon & Witwer story; & Radio News of cur- rent events and Freddy Clark and his R-K-O-lians. METROPOLITAN—“Son of the Gods.” Richard Barthelmess is the picture star at the ‘opolitan Theater this week in a romantic drama of the twen- tieth century, “Son of the Gods,” from the novel of the same title by Rex 5 is & w.r:’a& Mmu::: Vitaphone e, many mnmgs p med in technicolor. It combines the New York and Cannes with a of brilliant Oriental set! 3 merchant and philosopher. his excellence in study and Sam was a certain ex- led to exciting consequences. lected short films, including Vita- and the Metropolitan ‘News Review, complete the bill. PALACE—“Ship From Shanghal.” Conrad Nagel, Louls Wolheim, Kay Carmél and Herbert the . _'The party comprises Paul Thorpe and his vug: Lady Daley and her daughter, Dorothy, and Howard , however, 7, and it-is their Ted in a episode. the stage Leon Navara, Vitaphone and guest master of ceremonies, the Loew production, “Gypsy Dreams.” Others in the romance of Romany include the Gypsy Daredevils, musical revelers; Sammy Krevoff, whirl- wind Russian dancer; Carlton Saxton, vocalist, and the Chester Hale Girls. ‘The Hearst Metrotone News, the Palace Orchestra, Charles Gaige at the organ wofl subjects complete -the pro- FOX—“The Lone Star Ranger.” | | Zane Grey's first talking production, |“The Lone Star Ranger,” is the new screen attraction at the Fox Theater, with George O'Brien and Sue Carol in the principal roles. O’Brien, long a student of his father, chief of police of San Prancisco, mastered the art of throwing a gun before he thought of a career in the moving pictures, and this skill is said to serve him well in the story. Miss Carol, flapper of many previous Lone Star ranger” has many adven- tures in up & band of out NOW PLAYING i \ Matt goes sophisticated splendor of profusion Suc sports at col- Vi pietures, now portrays a Southern girl |G of and charm. O'Brien as 'gl P. C., T Others include Walter McGrail, War- ren Hymer, Russell Simpson, Lee Shumway, Joe Rickson, Elizabeth Pat- terson, Caroline Rankin, Colin Chase, Joel Franz, Marguerite Alien, Billy Butts, Richard Alexander and Roy Stewart. Alexander Callam, master of cere- monies, will introduce the Fanchon and Marco idea, “Gardens,” featuring the ‘Three Brothers, Others_include Cliff ' Nazarro,, Lee Hall and Charline Easley, Vléxl kz::m and Mae, and & new group of Sunkist Beau . The “Fox Orchestra. i based on the works of Sigmund Rom- plete the bill. RIALTO—“Undertow." Mary Nolan's beauty and ability to act made her a favorite in silent pic- tures, and the advent of the “talkies” disclosed that she has a distinctly at- tractive stage voice. Her first talking picture, “Shanghai Lady,” achieved im- mediate success and won for her a Iong-term starring contract. ond picture, “Undertow,” is the current attraction at the Rialto Theater. “Undertow” is the story of a giil married to & man of many misfortunes. The young woman thus finds herseif exiled from the world of pleasure and living a drab existence, but still loyal loving her husband. ' Their complete separation from society comes when her husband loses his sight and retires to a lonely lighthouse on a rocky coast. Bravely trying to forget her troubles in helping her husband with his work, the girl decides to accept her fate, when destiny brings back her former sweet- heart as a lighthouse inspector. Then the drama really 3 This picture was directed by Harry Pollard, who directed “Show Boat.” In the cast with Miss Nolan are Audrey Ferris, Robert Ellis, Churchill Ross and John Mack Brown, formerly a national foot ball idol on. the University of Ala- bama. An atmospheric feature, “Glorious Vamps,” the first reel of its kind, was produced by United Artists; a good all color singing reel and The Evening Star-Universal newsreel, with Graham McNamee announcing, will be supple- mental attractions. A special overture by the orchestra completes the program. EARLE—“TI: Aviator.” On the Earle screen this week is “The Aviator,” a Warner Bros. and Vitaphone production, designed as the funniest fiying thriller ever filmed. It features Edward Everett Horton, with Patsy Ruth Miller, Johnny Arthur, Lee Moran and other noted comics. The story concerns & writer whose publisher plunges him into & host of serio-comic complications by ascribing to him the authorship of a book on aviation. The non-flying writer is called upon to make his unintentional ts, -raising air stunts result. &Icf-ure ends happily, the most serious injury to the hapless thor heart ‘trouble, with m mony lurking in the offin, g. Robert L. ltllplq. author of “Believe It or Not,” will mmm 1¢ arieties, The Evening Btnr-unll:enll and Pathe Newsreels and music by the Earle Orchestra. JANET RICHARDS, Tomorrow. the puzzles of the hour, in- cluding the effort of the American delegation at the London Naval Con- ference to put teeth in the Kellogg yeuse Jpact by.the so-called “implemen- tion” of pact, as s ited by Ex-Secretary Hughes, Stim- mornin i S *aone? Somps emple, Thirteenth street and New York ave- nue, at 10:45 o'clock. WOOLLCOTT TALE—Tomorrow. Alexander Woollcott, well known dra- matic critic and writer, will talk on the | “Confessions of a Dying Newspaper Man” tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 o'clock in the small ball room at the Willard. ‘Washi) n has not had the oppor- tunity of aring the brilliant Mr. ‘Woollcott in several years. His appear- ance on the platform in one of the series of lectures given under auspices of the Junior e of Wasl , therefore, should excite unusual interest. As dra- matic critic at different times of three of New York’s leading newspapers and with an enviable record of two years in France during the World War, in which he served as a private, Mr. Woollcott's admirers are legion. Tickets may be secured at the Wil- headquarters. ROBIN HOOD PLAYERS—Tomorrow. The Robin Hood Players will present “The Dead of Night,” by J. C. McMul- len, a mystery play in three acts, at Paul’s hall tomorrow and Tuesda; nights. Curtain rises promptly at 8:20. A children’s matinee has been arranged for Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The cast will include Peggy Schneider. in the feminine role, supported Frank Mannarino; Helen Sheckells, winner of last year's Community Drama ulld prize for individual acting; Stella in an overture| | berg and the Movietone News will com- Her sec- | | talking comedy, a special cartoon, an | lard social bureau or at Junior League by | Col FEBRUARY 2 VICTOR McLAGLEN AND EDMUND LOWE, | ‘Who lift their voices in “Happy Days,” the screen revue scheduled for exhibi- tion at the Fox Theater next week. | Rose From a Tent Show. CHARLIS WINNINGER, the vener- able Cap'n Andy in Florenz Zi feld's “Show Boat,” was born in Wi sau, Wis, half a century ago, the youngest child in a family of six chil- dren. The father was a ploneer of the wandering tent shows, and Charles was | taught to do his bit before he was out of swaddling clothes. ‘There came a day in his youth, how- ever, when he determined to quit the “Winninger Bros.'e Tent Show” and strike out for himself. As singer, danc- er, monologist, acrobat and all-round trouper he tolled up the rungs of the vaudeville Iadder. ‘Twenty years ago he formed a part- nership with Blanche mnf‘ to whom he was wedded three years later, and most immediately they won great u- larity with their own musical comedies. Nicro, Edith San Fellipo, 8t. Peter's Players star; James Ferraro, Emmett Robinson, Michael Chase, Paul Mes- sihk and Gino Simi. Paul Messink, organizer of the group, is directing the performance. This is the fourth season of the organization. “THE HONEY-MOON"—Friday. A kaleidoscopic succession of pic- turesque scenes, all laid in fifteenth cen- tury Spain, will feature the presenta- tion of John Tobin's 100-year-old, tp- h8 | to-the-minute comedy of “The Homey- Moon,” which the Community Drama Guild will present as its fourth offering of the season at McKinley Auditorium, Second and T streets northeast, Friday and Saturday even at 8 o'clock, under the direction of Alma A settings were designed by Willlam F. Baker, a member of the guild, and the | o) colorful medieval costumes the cos: tume committee, J. P. 8. Neligh, chair. man. The varying scenes, 15 in ni ber, will include “A Street in Old Mad- Public Place,” “A nse Simple tage q‘A“‘;'L'tOMO l'l:” “I: e.” “A Picture Gallery the Home of the Rich Balthazar” and “The ':iudknee Chamber of the Royal Many of the costumes have been loaned from the magnificent Charles B. Hanford collection and some of the gourt gowns by the Arts Club of Wash- e cast, chosen from more than 15 ‘| amateur drama groups in the city, in- Libbey ¢ludes Orme as ‘Walter Thorne ;.ed Jacques, Scranage as Lam) o, m{;:do. Paul Graves as Count Mon- Kushner as Juliana, Dorot! Volante, Jennette Seiler as ort and Ida Garrett Mattingly as the Hostess. rved seats for “The Honey-Moon” are now on sale at T. Arthur Smith's bureau, 1330 G street; Willard News- stand and headquarters of the A. A. A, JUNIOR LEAGUE THEATER— “Penrod.” ‘The Junior Theater Derennially youthtul” comed pere: ly youl with a cast that will include Charles Bateson in the title role and Preston Dawson as the ever-faithful Sam. Owing to popular d, A A Milne’s whimsical fantasy, “The Ivory Door,” will be repeated at the Saturday | night performance. ickets for either of these productions may be had at the Junior Theater office or at th Belasco Theater. KENNEDY PLAYERS in “Old Nobody.” ‘ ‘The Kennedy Players, under the aus- | pices of the Community Institute, will' present ““Old Nobody” Wednesday eve- ning at the Central High School Audi- | torium. Besides being one of the distinguished members of the casi, Charles Rann Kennedy is the author of this drama, which is the fourth of a series he is writing for a cast of three players. Edythe Wynne Mathison, who helped to mm« pml:demlxy famous '.h?.‘tE old mo- rality y, “Everyman,” when it was first presented in Washington at the lumbia Theater, and who since then has won considerable fame in the field of Shakespeare and Greek ) plays opposite Mr. Kennedy, her hus- Saturday after- th Tarkington's (8 v = TOMORROW at 8:30 LEE SHUBERTyresents ETHEL D BARRYMO LILI HATVANY'S MODERN DRANA THE LOVE DUEL ADAPTED ONE WEEK POLI'S Mats. Nights, 50¢ to $3.00 50c_to_ $2.50 20t AKINS URS. $2,50 Mats, IR Next Week Com. Mon. Mats. Thur. & Sat. Special School Performance Saturday, 10:30 A. M. The World’s Greatest Musical Fantasy VICTOR HERBERT'S “BABES in TOYLAND” e Ballet—Liliputians—Animals The Sensational Hit of the Year Eves,, 50c Special P to $2.50, Thur, Hllb.‘ 50c to $1.50. Sat. Mat., 50c to $2.00 . Good Seats §1 Mail Orders Now—Seats Wednesday | | In one of these Will Rogers scored his first hit as a rope-twirling humorist. | “Motion gmuru later claimed the comic | for a while, but did not satisty him. Winninger was to make his first big hit in the George M. Cohan revue of 1916. He was co-starred with Lew Fields in the Boston and Philadelphia companies of “Friendly Enemies,” and was a member of the famous score of | stars in the Ziegfeld Follles of 1920. | Later he appeared with Richard Carle | and Blanche Ring in “The Broadway | Whirl.” He ' ), and with Beatrice in “Oh, Please.” He makes his home in Rye, N. Y. and is distinguished off the stage for his active participation in athletics, He is said to be the champlon actor- olfer of the world. 'Yes, Lillie band. Margaret Gage will complete th thesplan u?:mvlrm - i . Pplayers come Washington from the Bennett School at Mlllbr!::k, N. Y. where they conduct a dramatic department for experimentation with their own plays. STELLA MARIS PLAYERS—March 3, 4. ‘The Stella Maris Club of St. Gabriel's Church, Grant Circle at Illinols avenue northwest, will present one of George M. Cohan's works, “A Prince There ‘Was,” March 3 and 4, in St. Patrick's auditorium, G street between Tenth and Eleventh streets, for the benefit of the on which has just been started. ‘The play will be under the guidance of Chllget A. Russell, who directed with Dorothy Colliflower, Mary McCarthy, Helen Ryan, Dorothy Connor, Phyllls Browne and Messrs. bert Barret, jr.; Harold Hamill, Gene Luckett, Kenneth %’E:u" Justin Winkle and George EDITH WYNNE MATTHISON, Appearing at Central High-School audi- torium February 26 in “Old Nebody.” The production is under the auspices of the Community Institute. The ATEST SHOW | H | married into the Lane family. Of this new St. Gabriel's Church, construction Tm' Matthew Fenton, | drudge |ILDEBRANDO PIZZETTI TIONAL theater In Washinston offering foreign stars of the firsi 'AMUSEMENTS.,” One of the Famous Lupinos. TWO hundred and twenty-five years ago a wandering Italian acrobat landed in London, the possessor of noting but a stout heart and limbs, ‘ a small plece of carpet, which he placed on the street and upon which he per- | formed his act, and the firm resolution |that he was going to succeed in a country where he was unknown and where he did not understand or speak one word of the language. Thus it is Wallace Munroe pictures “the advent of the first Lupino to an English-speak- |ing nation.” The Lupino family of acrobats, pan- | tomimists, clowns and harlequins is said |to be the last of a long line of comics who devoted their lives exclu- sively to making people laugh. With the passing of the Grimaldi, Majiiton and Phoite families, the Lupinos are the only survivors of an art tha rapidly slipping into oblivion. Barry Lupino, the principal comedian in the revival of “Babes in Toyland.” made his professional debut as a baby with his grandfather, George, who was | the clown in the pantomime of ‘‘Puss in Boots” at the Opera House, Man- chester, England. ‘The stage affliations of the Lupinos have never been severed. Geerge Lu- pino, the grandfather of Barry, was the father of 13 children, all of whom adopted the stage as a career. Some branch Lupino Lane is the present head. Chevalier George Lupino, the present head of the Lupino family, is still tively associated with the stage, though over 75 years of age. Barry, his son ade his American debut with the troup of entertainers brought here by Harry Lauder upon his first visit to the United States. Clifit;rd Brooie !:mrnl. Amfl a year's work in the West Coast studios, directing talkies, Clifford Brooke will return this Spring to direct the National Theater Players. His most signal achievement out West | perhaps was his direction of Ramon | Novarro in “Devil May Care,” a picture | in which he also appeared and which was but recently seen in Washington. The Brookean conception of what constitutes high-class instruction was demonstrated in the studios as it has been on the stage. movie’ or stage production, Mr. Brooke cleaves to the idea that speech should be secondary to beautiful photography and alot?:ent movement This angle brought him overnight into the front rank of picture directors. His current contract calls for but & limited number of pictures, and it is this understand- ‘Whether with a |y, On the New York Stage Plays and Players of Broadway table comic sense of Mrs. Piske are seen in & new farce-comedy by Hatcher Hughes and Alan Willilams called “It's a Grand Life.” The play itself is nothing much, and Mrs. Piske does little more than, so to say. walk through it, in the part of a middle-aged wife and mother who has learned to keep her own counsel and cover up such disappointments and em- barrassments as her somewhat eccentric husband and children may bring her with a satirical phrase and a wave of HE light, barbed touch, the con- stant flicker of irony, the inimi- is her expressive hands. The play’s importance, aside from the slight opportunities it gives to Mrs. Pllu is n the frequent little bits of incidental fun that are scattered here and there, By making & tabloid news- paper reporter, for_instance, a farcical :uu[hneck, the authors l:;e very l:l,l|\ll; ng with 'a reporter who comes moment later—a model of complacent elegance, in impeccable evening clothes, and suavely recalling to each member of the family group, as he meets them in turn, that yes, indeed, he knows them very well, they met at the Anglo- American polo matches, or at some po- litical dinner, or where you will. It seems s pity that & really distin- guished comedienne like Mrs. Fiske should so often appear in mediocre plays. But she has given up alto- gether, apparently, the tragic roles of her earlier repertoire, and to find a comedy which will not overtax her present strength and which will, at the same time, permit her to do and say something in keeping with the high uality of her work and her position in the American theater, isn't always so easy. KX “OUT OF THE BLUE SKY"—an adaptation from the German of Hans Chlumberg, in which there is a play within a play, after the Pirandello manner. The curtain first rises on an empty stage and a sup) quarrel between stage h:ndl AN tlg:(:mm;:cr- men! - i e e puepenement &, 40 P2 itself and make up his play as f along, each character simply himself.” The su| volunteer players climb up on the l‘l’a from their orchestra seats and the play proceeds dodging back and forth between make- believe and reality, between v.h:n?h the director arranges it 80 ing that aliows him to return to Wash- | as n after an absence of one hBe that ku Vl: mly.fl:lthhur. stage worl ashington thoroug| familiar, dating from the time he first directed Fay Bainter in “East 1s West,” throuLh his varied service for Anne Nichols, l&fl for the National Theater Players, is his intention to divide his time the l's' He will never, desert calling which de him an ouf coach in London before to these shores, e Mary Nolan as a Star. 'ONSIDER the life of a screen star, around the with a shuffle, yellow make-up and slanted green eyes, the next in- stant transforming = herself i‘:o’u'. as & diam marceled 1s said to be row of the has she began “r on _the lot that she is sald to be quite dizzy. '~ However, she is doing o micely that g Universal company has smiled at ‘with no uncertainty and put beside her morning cup of coffee & contract that should make her even dizaler. Made Chinu; Names Sing. IT seems that the glamorous Con- stance Bennet and the ‘Patent Leather Kid.” Richard Barthelmess, found ut‘:wmulm more or less tri) es, course, run trippingly on the American To obviate the extreme awkwardness of calling the oriental thespians by their correct monickers, Richard be- thought himself of devious remedies, from which at last emerged a novel sys- tem. Their names mostly soundin, “sing,” Barthelmess nicknamed his valet Sing Hi, his butler S Lo, and rest, according to rank, Sing Bad, B_inl Good, Sing Long and Sing Punk. Library of Congress March 5, at 4:45 P.M. Comp. Pianist And Assisting Artists Tickets at T. Arthur Smith's, 1330 G St. N.W., beginning Monday, Feb, 24. Service charge of 25 cents for each ticket. This Concert Will Be Broadcast By Station NAA hly | less subtlety and Pirandello’s “Six actors’ real characters. It is an amus- ing idea, but carried out with deal finish than it was in -y clunsw- in :eneh an Author.” Reginald Owen is very o-{n as the real husband of the wife wl unknown to him—is really in love with the volunteer who takes the part of her‘!ov‘er in t'he play. WEXLEY'S “The Last Mile" has “news interest’ as a more literal dramatization of the jail breaks: which have taken place in several State penitentiaries of late, notably that in the Auburn, N. Y. orison. JANET RICHARDS Political History in the Making Every Monday Morning at 10:45 Masonic Temple, 13th St. & N.Y. Ave. GAYETY THEATRE WEDNESDAY NITE AUCTION NITE DON'T MISS IT! NANAE: On View Daily 1} Sunday, 3 P.M. 1417 G St. Uni ‘THEHONEY-MOON’ Community Drama Guild MCcKINLEY AUDITORIUM (Second and T Streets N.E.) Fri., Feb. 28--Sat., March 1- TIts first scene, in the death house of the prison, is a literal and almost photo- graphic reproduction of the last hours of a condemned man, ending with his being marched out to the electric chair These few steps, from his cell to the blinding white light of the execution | chamber, is “the last mile.” As the door closes behind him, there is a moment's silence in which the other six doomed men in the death house wait like statues, gripping their cell bars. Then there is a deep, reverberating hum as the dynamos t?eed up for the killing shock and the | electric lights in the | dimmed for an instant. come up, there 18 a moment's wait, and then that hideous hum and the lights dim again. & ‘This little bit—when the hum of the dynamos was heard and the lights of the death house dimmed for an instant —Was dramatic climax of the play; the one moment, almost, when what was otherwise simply a_long-drawn-out succession of pl phic pictures and sharply physical shocks was transmuted into imaginative terms, got his hand around the neck of one of the keepers, choked him and took away his gun and his keys and released his pals. was little or no hope of the break being & success. It followed almost literally the details of the recent Auburn, as they were re| 3 newspapers, and ended like that, after the murder of several keepers and the death of one of the convicts, in the }nen giving up at last to overwhelming orce. Of “ides” or E:\‘ hy” subject of inflict] of the death peml‘tly. the piece was quite. empty. And this was its chief k, it had the merit of a minimum of ranting or sentimentalized scenes. For the greater part, the dialogue was terse and in ‘haractes cl T All the characters in the plece were men, of whom 'y, a8 the leader of the , and James Bell, as the man who was sent to the chair, had ath house—showed ringleader, a “killer” named through the on the leyise | the principal parts. Joys of Other Days Ahead. l‘r is whispered that as soon as the Victor Herbert comic opera regime ends at Poli's Theater, March 3, there will be a supplementary festival, ar- ranged to permit of the presentation of “The Red Mill,” “The Serenade” of Herbert, together with “The Prince of Pilsen,” “The Chocolate Soldier” and ‘The Merry Widow"—a veritable feast of tuneful operettas to delight with the better things in lyric entertainment. 5 ELENA de SAYN STUDENT RECITAL Sunday, March 2; 4 P.M. Draper Bldg.,, 1705 K St. | Admission dy card oni; d upon request Fi For cnl::;":‘-la Capt. Bruce Bairnsfather Famous Soldier Cartoonist “Ole Bill and Me” Memorial Continental Hall Tuesday, Februsry 2Wth, 8:15 P.M. 'S BUREAU “Confessions of & Dylng Newspaper Man" WILLARD HOTEL Monday, February 24; 4:30 ‘Tickets, $1.50 On sale at Willard Hotel oF 1529 Conn. Ave. National Hi e ORCHESTRA 178 Musicians From 43 States JOSEPH E. MADDY, Conductor. Constitution Hall, Sat. Eve., March Soloist, ELIZABETH VANDENBERG. Planist Seats, 3 00, On sale Mrs. Wik . $1.00, <on-Greene's Bureau, 1300 G st. Dist. 6493 Delightfully Different! Monday Night and Week $ Wi exclusively t rank. AVE EVER PRODUCED ZIEGFELD WITH HOWARD MARSH—EVA PUCK—SAMMY IRENE WHITE— UNNE—MAUDE REAM STOVER—MARGARET CARL_ _LE—AUNT JEMIMA—CHARLE ELLIS AND JULES,BL ISO*ZIEGFE BEG. NEXT MONDAY N CmLfis WINNINGER. EDSOE!aJUBILEE'SINGERS D!GLORIFIED REAUTIES 150 IGHT wan gmpes _grus FIRST ENGAGEMENT IN WASHINGTON THE STRATFO FESTIVAL RD-UPON-AVON COMPANY FROM THE SHAKE&PEARE MEMORIAL THEATRE corporated Under Royal Charter. Patron: HIS MA o ay, NOTHING:"” Sl JESTY THE KING. A PICTURE THAT WILL LINGER IN THE MEMORY OF ALL WHO SEE AND HEARIT o HELEN TWELVETREES In Addition to Its Vital, Forceful Dr. sflil, NC] Boisterous Laughter, Liltin; a MINSTREL PERFORM. ad FRED SCOTT —Passionate Lave, Snappy Dances—It Presents With Glittering Pageantry SUPPLEMENTARY “THE SETTING SON" A Hilarious Comedy Based Upon a Witwer Story RADIO NEWS of Current Events FRED CLARK And His R-K-OLIANS