Evening Star Newspaper, March 2, 1930, Page 58

‘"AMUSEMENTS. x HE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 2, 1930—PART FOUR. AMUSEMENTS.” NATIONAL—Stratford-Upon-Avon Company. " “romorrow evening at the National| Theater the Stratford-upon-Avon Festi- val ny, the permanent organiza- tion of the Shakespeare Memorial Thester. ‘at . Stratford, England, will ;nmu for the first u:ne lnhvnshinmn a repertory of eight Shakespearean plays.. The American tour, which is -under the management of the board of of the Memorial, is lim- ited to 25 weeks and is for the double purpose of acquainting a wide public “With the vivid and colorful manner in ‘which the &Ilya are presented at Strat- | ford and enlarge the already huge fund for rebuilding and endowing the Memorial Theater. | ‘That institution is incorporated under | royll‘cg;rax :ntd is ml‘(dl“ the pum;n- age of majesty the King. Sir Archi- bold Flower, chairman of the board of governors, has come to America, accom- panied by Lady Flower, especially to be present at the opening performance of the Washington engagement. The pres- entatiops here will be made under the personal Supervision of W. Bridges Adams, who has been the director of the Memorial Theater for the past 10 years. The plays will be presented in the order fallowing: ‘Tomorrow evening, “Much Ado About | Nothing,” the “birthday play” at Strat- ford last Spring, and was, precisely 50 years earlier, the dedicatory play at the ©old Memorial, with Wilfrid Walter as Benedick, Fabla Drake as Beatrice, George Hayes as Claudio, Roy Byford as and Mary Holder as Hero; ‘Tuesday evening, “Romeo and Juliet,” with George Hayes and Joyce Bland in the name parts, Wilfrid Walter as Mer- cutio and Roy Byford as Friar Lau- rence; Wednesday matinee, “Julius| Caesar,” with George Hayes as Brutus, | Wilfrid Walter as Marc Antony, Eric Mazxon as Cassius, Kenneth Wickstead | as Caesar, Roy Byford as Casca, Mary | Holder as Calpurnia and Joyce Bland | 2s Portia; Wednesday evening, “The | Merry Wives of Windsor,” with Roy Byford as Falstaff, Fabia Drake as Mistress Page, Mary Holder as Mistress Ford, Wilfrid Walter as Ford and George Hayes as Dr. Calus; Thursday evening, “Hamlet,” with George mfea in the title role, Joyce Bland as Ophelia, ‘Wilfrid Walter as the King, Fabia Drake as the , Kenneth Wickstead as Polonius and Roy Byford as l_?ll.e' ’l‘(,t!l: gravedigger; y evening, “Twel Night,” with Wilfrid Walter as Malvolio, Fabia Drake as Viola, Roy Byford as Sir ‘Toby Belch, Joyce Bland as Olivia, Eric Maxon as Orsino, George Hayes as Feste, Kenneth Wickstead as Aquecheek and Mary Holder as Marie; Satur- | day matinee, “A Midsummer Night's Dream,” with Roy Byford as Botiom, Wilfrid Walter as Theseus, Fabia Drake as Hippolyta, Mary Holder as Titania, Joyce Bland as Helena, Dorothy Francis as_Hermia and Geoffrey Wil- kinson as Puck, and Saturday evening, | with Wilfrid Walter as ia Drake as Lady Mac- , Ceorge Hayes a: Macduff and Roy Byford as the porter. Owing to the length of the plays the eveéning performances will begain at exactly 8:15 o'clock and the matinee performances at 2:15, * POLI'S—“Babes in Toyland.” “Babes in Toyland,” Victor Herbert's funeful fantasy, unique in its appeal to young and old md‘qprodxnl with leg- endary characters that take us back to |and Variety of Attractions in - The Capital Playhouses Prancis and von Seyffertitz port rival generals. Leyland H n, young English actor, makes his debut in films as Francis’ aide-de-camp; Hersholt is seen as Posnanski, the judge ;g;mlke, and Paul McAllister is Corpl. Owing to thé unusual length of the feature, the subsidiaries will consist of onl{;he Radio News of eurrent events, a short comedy and Freddy Clark and his R-K-O-lans. FOX—“Happy Days.” “Happy Days,” the Fox Movietone | musical romance, with 100 stage and screen stars, is now at the Fox Theater. Nothing, it is claimed, so gorgeous and magnificent has heretofore been attempted in motion pictures. Coupling this with an acting ensemble that in- cludes Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Victor McLaglen, Edmund Lowe, Brendel, Walter Catlett, George Jessel, Warner Baxter and Will rs, the Fox management claims it is the great- est attract yet offered on the screen of its theater. There are 10 song hits in the pro- duction, all of which are logically in- method of the stage revues. Outstand- in these is the Janet-Charles Far- number, “We'll Bulld & World All of Our Own”; Sharon Lynn's ake Hips,” Prank Richardson’s “Mona” and the dancing riot “ Feet.” The romance has to do with the ef- forts of Marjorie White to help the owner of the show boat pay his bills and keep his company together and, incidentally, but very importantly, to make it possible for her to marry the son of that same show boat owner, The stage program presents the Fan- chon & Marco idea, “Screenland Melo- | dles,” in which, in addition to Alexan- cer Callam, permanent master of cer- monies, are featured Karabaeff, Lam- berti, Franklyn and Warner, Sherty and Louise, Robert C. Cloy, Jack and Betty Welling, Everts and Lowry and a new group of Sunkist Beauties. Fox Orchestra and the Fox Movietone News are also important adjuncts. EARLE—“The Laughing Lady.” The story of a woman victimized by fate, who found her way back to happi- ness through a unique revenge, is on the screen at the Earle Theater this week. It is “The Laughing Lady.” an adaptation of the play by Alfred Sutro, in which Ethe¢l Barrymore starred sev- eral seasol . In the film version, Ruth Chatterton, popular and gifted stage and fiflen star, has the role of “The Laughing Lady.” Deprived of her husband, child, good name and home through an unjust di- vorce action, “The Laug Lady,” who smiled courageously in the face of dis- aster, resolved to revenge herself upon the divorce lawyer whom she suspected of cons) g with her husband in the suit. e outcome of her plan is un- expected and thoroughly I 1. Clive Brook acts opposite Miss Chat- terton, at the head of a fine cast, which includes Raymond Walburn, Nat Pen- dleton, Dan Healy, Dorothy Hall and Hedda Harrigan. The Earle also presents The Evening Star-Universal and Pathe Newsreels, Vitaphone Varieties and music by the Earle Orchestra. PALACE—“Dangerous Paradise.” “Dangerous Paradise,” a Paramount talking picture, with Nancy Catroll as its star, is this week’s screen attraction &t Loew's Palace Theater. Richard Arlen ‘Warner Oland appear in important the days when Santa Claus was a real- | roles. ity and a snowball fight was the height of youthful diversion, comes to Polf’s ‘Theater this week, beginning tomorrow night, with a special performance for children and parests Saturday morning 2t 10:30 o'clock, in addition to the reg- ular matinees on Thursday and Satur- day. What memories arise at that title! A lerland where and old alike lai until they cry, where Victor Her- bert's melodies jingle and Glen McDon- e T v e ok alon; merry lane of make-believe, héd in hand Little Bo-Peep, Little Red Riding , Tommy Tucker, Boy Blue and ot from the fantastic land of yesterday through the enchant- ed » into the giant spider’s den, past sylvan dell, where the butter~ fiies H fai; the famous isodes or “Alice in Wonderland,’ the adventures of the 14 in Toy- Ices tux_;_heml melodies 1:11 Victor . e company includes the celebrated acrobatie comedian Barry Lupino and his two" children; Rupert Darrell, an Australian comedian; Betty Byron, Mar- garet Byers, Edith Scott, prima donna; Marcella Swanson, Ethel Lynne, William Balfour, Prances Moore, Mona Moray, Jayne Waterous, too well known locally to need ‘introduction; June Meier and a troupe of Lilliputians, together with @ large ensemble and chorus, making in all over 150 persons. GAYETY—“High Flyers.” “High Flyers,” at the Gayety Theater this week, is a show that heretofore has always received a royal welcome. The éflnh-;fltedlflon iis uldhf’o be one of the rightest, snappiest shows offered on the Mutual circuit. Its promoters promise for it all new, advance novelty ideas, ?md actors, good singers and good “hoofers.” The company, in which are featured Mike Sacks and Frances Farr, includes cufld]s Krieger, Geo: Brown, Made- line Billie Hall, David Whalen, Jacqueline James and John Fagan, and the chorus was chosen for its juvenile charm and dash. R-K-O KEITH'S—“The Caee of Ser- geant Grischa.” One of the notable screen pro- ductions of the year, “The Case of | Sergeant Grischa,” Radio Pictures’ talking drs , 18 the current attrac- tion at R-K-O Keith's. The picture is | described as a masterful adaptation of | Arnold Zwelg's novel. Herbert Brenon, | director of “Beau Geste” and “Sorrell | & Son,” directed this his first Radio production. Headed by Chester Morris, young star | of “Alibl,” the cast includes Betty Compéon, - Alec B. Francis, Jean Her- sholt, Gustav von Seyffertitz and Paul McAllister. “The Case of Sergeant Grischa” has ® World War setting, but it is not & “war picture.” Its action occurs far behind the front lines, and its drama ew out of the struggles of those un- ortunates who were caught in the clutehes of a vast military machine, | Grischa's escape from the prison camp, his romance with Babka, his recapture and sentence of death, the dramatic irgument between the two generals over fate, and his amazing decision at climactic moment, are powerful episodes. Miss Com refl ‘who ipson plays the Russian falls in love with Grischa. DANCING. | The story concerns a girl, Alma, mem- ber of a woman's orchestra, playing at Schomberg’s Hotel, at a place in the South Seas. Both Wilson, who oper- ates the orchestra, and Schomberg, the hotel man, covet the girl, who steals and, without his knowledge, hides boat belonging to & man named Heyst, a guest at the hotel, who has ‘homberg quarrel girl, each thinking the other ducted her, and Schomberg kills Wilson, only to be killed himself in turn by Wilson's henchmen, but after Schom- berg first has told a story about the immense wealth on Heyst's island. Heyst meanwhile has discovered Alma and sent her to the island to await & boat upon which she may be sent home. When Wilson's men visit the island Heyst mm them kindly, bu the Callgary biothers. arone e ry 'S comedians. Ken Whitmer, a versatile ?‘n‘\;‘mm. hamu!er of ’h oy 8 or week and Sorge Flash, ‘manipu- lator, and Chester Hale's Syncopated Steppers complete the cast. The Hearst Metrotone News, short subjects and the Palace Orchestra complete the program. RIALTO—"Dames Ahoy!"” In “Dames Ahoy!"—now at the Rialto Theater—Glenn Tryon is the star in a type of vehicle that is said to be best suited to his comedy talents. The picture is amusing and in the op- portunities t create laughter Tryon is Harlan and Eddie G . Astor, comedienne in this picture, is said also to give an astonishing performance in a difficult role, and Helen Wright makes her screen debut as Tryon's leading lady in “Dames Ahoy!” She comes from the legitimate stage. ‘The opening scene shows a group of sea-weary rs concentrating their vocal chords on “Barnacle Bill* with ludicrous effect. Then comes ‘shore leave,” when on, Gribbon and Har- lan form a relief rty £o help a buddy out of his marital troubles. First, they have to find his wife, and all they know of her is that she is a blond with a b:r}hn;::k.m 'lah:“y‘ ultimately fln'd fi girl, oing so manage to each member of the party married, too, troduced without resorting to the old | | although each is very “woman-shy” when they start. Auxiliary features ineclude Universal News, a comedy, featurétte, sketch and song reel. i COLUMBIA—“Anna Christie.” | Greta Garbo in Eugene O'Neill's Th | ater Guild play, “Anna Christie,” co; tinues for its second week at Loew's Co- | lumbia, where it has been drawing capacity audiences. A Metro-Goldwyn- | Mayer production, it marks the debut ¢ | in talking pictures’of Miss Garbo, Marie Dressler, Charles Bickford and George | F. Marion constitute the remainder of the cast. Chris, captain of a coal barge, receives # letter stating that his daughter, Anna, is coming to visit him. He has not seen her since he sent her as a child to rela- tives on A farm in the West. Marthy, who has been ‘living with Chris, takes the hint and decides to leave. When | Anna arrives, however, Marthy discovers that Anna is not the innocent girl her father belleves her to be, but she does not disclose her knowledge, and so Anna oes to live with her father on the barge. ring & voyage they save some ship- wrecked seamen, one of whom, Matt, falls in love with Anna. The father has higher aspirations for his daughter. Anna, however, refuses to marry the man because of hér past. Ultimately she is forced to confess to both her father and lover. Matt ieaves her with curses to forget. But the urge of love brings him back. The Hearst Mettotone News, short subjects and the Columbia Orchestra complete the program. | METROPOLITAN—“Son of the Gods.” “Son of the Gods,” drama starting Richard Barthelmess, has begun its second week at the Met- ropolitan Theater on the crest of a tidal wave of popularity. It is a First Na- tional Vitaphone production. In this picture Barthelmess enacts the part of Sam Lee, a youth reared by & wealthy Chinese merchant in the be- lief that the kindly Oriental philosopher is his true father. Sam is popular in college and in society until his Oriental parentage is suspected. Snubbed and shunned, he goes to Europe, and straightway falls in love with a wealthy and beautiful society girl. He tells her nothing of his supposed father, and all n!! well until the girl learns the story. im's fomance is threatened with ruin, but a series of exciting and unexpected happenings leads to the revelation of the truth and opens the road to hap- piness, Constance Bennett heads the large supporting cast. A program of short subjects includes Vitaphone Varieties and the newsreel. LITTLE THEATER—“Hungarian psody.” Authentic dances of the Hungarian country-folk and their picturesque fes- tival costumes are reproduced in “Hun- garian Rhapsody,” Eric Pommer's fa- mous musical romance, at the Little Theater this week. The plot revolves around a love affair of & young cavalry lieutenant and the daughter of a farm superintendent of a baronial estate in Hungary. The ro- mance blotsoms at harvest time, and the festival season, with its attendant glamour, provides colorful atmosphere of carnival and celebration which brings the folk-dances, singing and orchestral music into the scene. Lil Dagover, reputed to be one of the most beautiful women in Europe, plays the role of Camilla, the wife of Gen. Hofmann and the other woman in the case. Willy Pritsch, continental movie actor, plays the role of the young Hon- ved Hussar. Dita Parlo, lovely actress, equally well known in Eu: and in America, plays the part of kia, the country girl who places her reputation in dy in er to save her lover from disgrace. Balkad a¢ Siage Pojamas. wm “Strictly Dishonorable” smash- ed across as & hit last Fall, a the romantic| | story made the rounds of Broadway about & g actress who turned down the lead role in the Preston Sturgis comedy because she wouldn't wear pa- jamas on the stagé. And’ according to the grodueer of that play she was forthright indignant about it, too. ‘The fame of this young lady is Eleanor Phelps and she is the prison warden's daughter in “The Criminal Code,” which comes to Poli's next week. And, since “The Criminal Code” spoken of in terms of the 1930 Pulitzer prize, art, it would seem, has triumphed over negligee, proving that there are other ways in which the American girl may be glorified on the stage. Miss Phelps was first smitten with the drama during her school years at Bryn Mawr, when she was a star mem- ber of the Dramatic Club. As a natural outcome, she was esfil}l’ interested in dramatics during four years at Vassar. She spent vacation times with the Wharf Players at Provincetown, Mass., and When she was graduated from Vassar in 1928 she joined the University Players’ Guild at Falmouth on Cape Cod. There Mr. Winthrop Ames saw her and engaged her for the role of Jessica in George Arliss’ pro- duction of “The Merchant of Venice.” Later she appeared in “Queen and then Willlam Harris, jr., eng: her to support Arthur Byron in the | Martin Flavin drama, ScreenAlr)emands Sincerity. **QINCERITY is the secret of screen success!” says Alec B. Francis, who really ought to know. Alec, at present is to be seen in “The Case of Sergeant Grischa,” in the role of that kindly German general who does his best to save the life of the condemned Russian prisoner, Grischa. “An actor’s thoughts,” continues Mr. Francis, “register on the screen just as surely as the moving of an eyebrow, or & smile. If a player cannot feel part he is portraying, some sixth sense will convey that fact to the audience and the character it sees on the screen will seem false and unrealistic. “The ability to ‘live the part’ is one of the actor’s greatest assets. Talking pictures, of course, have made sincerity even mote necessary than before. Now- adays we act with the voice as well as with facial expressions, and a laugh which rings with conviction oftentimes makes a character more realistic than dozens of pantomime tricks.” POLI BABES in The Sensational THRIFT PRICES Fox Trob—Walts—Hep and Tango Class Tuesday 8:45 to 11:00 P.M. Private ns B appointment. any hour. Decatur % nnec ve. % tiout ' A with ARMODY STUDIO North 3522 1120 Connecticut Ave. New Claises for TAP DANCING Now Forming. g3 ‘Children ana Adults. ‘ 80¢, T.: B0c to SAT. 10:30 A" M. PERF., Direct from 174 Performances in New York intensely dramatio. MAIL ORDERS NOW ., 5" i ik, *'e, TOMORROW EVE. Matinees Thursday & Saturday cial School Performance Saturday, 10:30 A, M. The World’s Greatest Musical Fantasy VICTOR HERBERT'S TOYLAND" with BARRY LUPINO NEW YORK CAST AND PRODUCTION MIDGETS—ANIMALS—LILIPUTIANS—BALLET Hit of the Y: 00, $1.50, $2.00. $2.50 THUR. MAT: 50c to $1.50 50 to $1.50 MATINEES THURS. & SAT. WILLIAM HARRIS, Jr., Presents THE PLAY OF THE YEAR THE CRIMINAL CODE Martin Flavin's Exciting Prison Drame ARTHUR BYRON “Sets its audience cheering. There (s no moment of this lay that {s not 4 Mantle. Han 8 WALTER Who signed a contract during the past week to appear as leading man of the | National Theater Players for the Spring and Summer season. MUSIC AND DRAMA Concerts, Lectures and Amateur Productions. JANET RICHARDS—Tomorrow. Miss Janet Richards, at her weekly lecture tomorrow morning on “Political History in the Making,” will review the hectic phase of European politics for the past week, due to the French cab- inet crisis and its depressing reaction upon the Naval Conference at London. The causes for the latest revolutionary outbreak in Santo Domingo and the highlights in home politics will also be touched upon. The honor guest of the class will be Mrs. John Allan Dougherty, who will be introduced by Miss Rich- ards shortly after midday and who will recount some of her unusual experiences in China during her recent five-month stay in that country, during part of which time she was the house guest of Chiang Kai Shek, President of the Chi- nese ublic. Miss Richards' talks are given every ‘Monday morning in the Masonic Tem- ple, irteenth street and New York avenue, at 10:45 o’clock. STELLA MARIS PLAYERS—Tomorrow. | The Stella Maris Players of 8t. Ga- briel's will present their fifth annual play tomorrow and Tuesday evenings, at Carroll Hall, Tenth and G streets northwest. This year they bid for higher laurels with George M. Cohan’s “A Prince There Was,” a play full of amusing situations and tender bits con- cerning a “prince” who sets out to learn how the other half of the world lives. What he finds and whom he meets made the play one of the oustanding Cohan successes. ‘The players' incentive this year is the building of the new St. Gabriel's Church in Petworth. ‘The cast will include Kathleen Baker, Phyllls Brown, Dorothy Colliflower Dorothy Connor, Mary McCarthy, Hele: Ryan, Kenneth Collins, Matthew Fen- ton, Harold Hamill, Gene Luckett, George and Justin Winkle. “BELLE OF BARCELONA"— March 7-8. “The Belle of Barcelona,” will be pre- sented, as their second annual operetta, | by the Lyric and TNT Glee Club o ntral High School, in the school audi: lum, the even’ngs of March 7 and 8, under the direction of Mrs. Janet W. Torbet of the music department. ‘The operetta, a Spanish musical com- edy, clicking with the sound of cast- anets, thrills with the atmosphere of old Spain ‘Two casts, one for each night, will perform. The part of Margarita, the “belle,” will be played by Margaret Bittner and Mary Middleton; the part of Mercedes, sister of Margarita, will be | taken by Betty Kirby and Bernice Stevens, and Mildred Mennen and Mary Louise Jones, alternately will play the aristocratic wife of the plantation owner, who is alternately impersonated by Richard Tuve and Frank Kilmartin. Nfl.rnnu‘s lover, Lieut. Harold Wright, will be portrayed by Roswell Bryant and John Coulter, and Emilo, suitor to THE NEW LEADING MAN GILBERT, Mercedes, will ‘be played by Huron Smith. Others in the cast are Frank Leach, Willlam Wrenn, Eugene Kressin, | Bert Nye, Arthur Conn, Arthur Tufts, | Louise Doucet and Charlotte Wallace. JUNIOR CIVIC THEATER. Omitting their usual Saturday mati- nee and evening performances at the Shubert-Belasco Theater this week be- | cause of professional rivalry in the Shakesperean Repertory and “Babes in | Toyland,” March 15 the Junior Clvic | Theater players will resume at the | Shubert-Belasco with an afternoon and | evening presentation of “The Poor Little Rich Girl” in a revival that is expected to rank high among their artistic achievements. The interim in the Junior Civic rep- ertoy will afford opportunity to sev- eral of the cast to collaborate in minor roles with the Stratford-on-Avon Players in their Shakesperean program, an opportuntily which has been brought about through the sincere interest Sir Archibald Flower, chairman of the board of governors for the Shakespeare | Memorial Theater at Stratford-on- | Avon, in advancing the Junior Civic | Theater movement locally as well as | internationally. Realizing fully the cultural and edu- cational value of fine plays and their influence on the youthful mind, he writes: “The best way to encourage dramatiec instinet in children is by [lvlng them the opportunity of seeing -while El-ys ely acted. At Stratford we ave had great opportunities for work- ing this, for at our annual Shakes- perean festival many hundreds of boys and girls come into our camp each xnr and attend the plays. The board of education also realizes the value of this | and counts the week so spent by the | | schools for grant in the same way as if they were carrying out their ordi- | nary school curriculum. “When in Washin , I shall cer- | tainly hor to have opportunity of meeting those who are with you in- teresting themselves in the Junior Civic | Theater.” CARL SANDBURG AT A. U. | Carl Sandburg, ‘“poet, blographer, philosopher,” best known for his book “Abraham Lincoln, the Prairie Years,” will be presented in a lecture-recital American University next Saturday | night, to which the public has been invited without admission chargs Mr. Sandburg will present readings from his poems and other works and will sing, accompanying himself on the guitar, a number of American soi from the collection he has gathered in what he calls “The American Songbag.” The entertainer is presented by the students’ lectures and entertainments committee of the college, of which Dr.| | John E. Bentley of the faculty is chair- | man, | Sandburg is said to have appeared at more than 50 universities and colleges. When he was at the Medill School of Journalism of Northwestern University, The only theater In W, American and FESTIVAL MONDAY Evening. .. TUESDAY Evenin WEDNESDAY Matine WEDNESDAY Ev THURSDAY Eve: FRIDAY Evening. SATURDAY Matine SATURDAY Evening. PRICES—Ev: ‘A In Turgenev’s ALLA NAZIMOVA HENRY TRAVERS DOUGLASS DUMBRILLE EDA HEI DUDLEY In America; Moscow Art Theatre. ATIONAL on offering exelusively foreign stars THE FIRST APPEARANCES IN WASHINGTON OF THE STRATFORD- UPON-AVON COMPANY ing. . “THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR" , 30c to $3.00; Mat: NEXT WEEK, BEG. MON. SEATS THURS. THE THEATRE GUILD, Inc. The Theatre Guild Acting Company AMONTHINTHE COUNTRY WITH THIS DISTINGUISHED CAST ALEXANDER KIRKLAND EUNICE STODDARD CHARLES KRAUS LOUIS VEDA MINNA PHILIPS The Washington Presentation of This Pla; t Was Recently Given a Production and Has for Years Been in the Repertory of the BEG. MON., MARCH 31st, SPRING AND SUMMER SEASON NATIONAL THEATRE PLAYERS Monday Night and Week Eves. at 8:15 first rank. SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL THEATRE corporated oval Charter HIS MAJESTY THE KING ‘MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING” +.“ROMEO AND JULIET” .“JULIUS CAESAR” Under .. “HAMLET” . “TWELFTH NIGHT” MIDSUMMER-NIGHT’S DREA veshvsviiovien e "MACRETHY | 50c to $2.00 Presents Famous Comedy DIGGES ELLIOT CABOT HORTENSE ALDEN INEMANN EDWARD WRAGGE Marks Its Debut uccessful London at Chicago, the Chicago Trihyne re. ported the largest etowd in the history of the school. lecture recital will be given in the college auditorium gymnasiym at 8:15 o'clock, with no admission charge. BURTON HOLMES—March 29, A colorful picture resume of modern travel through Europe and the Near East is to be the Burton Holmes' con. tribution to popular knowledge apq wholesome amusement, when this gift- ed raconteur and world-traveler returns to Washington Thursday afternoon, March 20, to begin a new cycle of pic. tured storles of travel at the New Na- tional Theater. o “London in the Season,” the offering on the opening afternoon, is sald to consist of entirely new filmings, most of which were made during the glam- for | Moscow Art Theater. | orous social season of last Summer, and wHl reveal much of the pomp and pageantry of a typical “London sea- son,” which, despite rumors of hard times in Europe, still holds a lure foi the fashionable elegantes of half the world. This s to be followed, through suc- cessive Thursday afternoons with “Mo- toring Thru France, From the Pyrenees to Brittany”; “Present-day Travel in Germany,” “A New Mediterranean Cruise,” which is to include a picture survey of the Balkan capitals, Buch- arest, Belgrade, Sofia and Zagreb, and finally “Venice and the Mountains of North Italy.” Mall orders are now being recelved for season tickets. Talkies as Peacemakers. Tflz greatest war of conquest ever fought is now being waged, accord- ing to the Caligary brothers, who have recently come over from Gcrmnn{ to do a year of vaudeville before making their debut on the screen. The Cali- garys, not calories, may be seen this week at the Palace in their act which includes pantomime, _acrobatics, jug- gling and dancing. But they also find time to explain: “The country whose films prove the most popular in foreign countries will be the winner,” say these sensational gravity defiers. “The speech, thought and mode of life of that country will be spread abroad, gaining sympathy as it goes. “Silent_films spoke a universal lan- gu: Talking pictures are national mediums of expression. They can be mightier than either the pen or the sword. They might even prove to be the war that will end war.” . Was}lindton'u Own Ruth, A GIRL who at the age of 14 was playing in a Washington stock com- pany and who, four years later, was being starred on Broadway. is now one of the leading lights in the celluloid firmament. Perhaps there are few who realize that Ruth Chatterton first acquired her histrionic ability within the shades of the Washington Monument. At any rate, it was here, at the Columbia ‘Theater, that she was polished. primed and perfected for her famous theatrical career, which besides ornamenting the New York stage has now been trans- planted to the realms of filmdom. In one year Miss Chatterton has loaned her talents to five Paramount pictures, in the first of which she sup- ported Emil Jannings, and in the last | of which she emerged as the “star.” “The Laughing Lady” is the title of | this most recent offering, which suggests something radically different from her former films. RACHNANINOFF Poli’s, Wednesday, Mar. 19, 4:30 Seats Mrs. Droop’s, 1 Gree) Bureau. St. District 6493. JANET RICHARDS Political History in the Making Every Monday Morning at 10:45 Masonic Temple. 13th 81, and N, Y. Ave. Admission—75¢ and $1.00 The Female Furore ISSIE RINGGOLD See and Appreciate GAYETY THEATRE National Symphony "ORCHESTRA OF WASHING' D. (30 'f: HANS KINDL! Conductor CONSTITU! HALL, Friday Afternoor ch 14, 4:485. Prices. $3.00. $2.50. $2.00, $1.50, $1.00. r o .50, 82, ilson-Greene's ~ Concert Bureau. Droop's, 1300 G #t.; District 6493. . ] 22 r | tions. | the same time the play is the work of | an author who drew his malerials from | | NATIONAL—"“A Month in the Country.” Coming Attractions GAYETY—"Step Lively Girls.” haater O i pre ] ‘;Btep Lively G;;ls‘.‘"dn‘snagpyoshn;. ul cting Co. in | is the attraction booked for the Gayety ey T lllmhm lin th;Thuur next week. AUmlleulg‘t; mly: " at the Nationa eater the | and frivolity, “Step vely v sg‘e‘;m;yl M:rch 10. The Washington declared richly appointed and splendid- presentation of this play marks its de-|ly acted. but in . 1t was recently given | " The cast includes such noted bur= & successful London production and has | lesque performers as Elsie Burgere and r years been in the repertory of the | Harry Bentley at the head, with George | Levy, Jack Le Duc, Johnnie Baker, The comedy is bullt on the most deli- | Murlel Curtis, Ceil Sheldon, Jackie cate curves of love experience. It is one | Teeters and Don Killarney, and & of the most brilliant and Popular of | chorus nimble of fost, and a big asset Ivan Turgenev's plays; beautifully writ-|in a “Pirates' Den” and “Southern o e hestrical thoughout. The | Plantation.” two very funny skits. theme, like that of Balzac's “Maratre,” | is the struggle between a girl and a mature woman for & young man's affec- It was written by a gifted dramatist who was iso an equally gifted novelist, who was & regular theatergoer | in Paris, night after night, seeing the | curtain rise on Scribe and Musset. At Appeared, but Was Snipped. THERE are few who realize that one of the best selling authors in this country was once in the movies. Vina Delmar, author of such nation= wide successes as “Bad Girl. as once in the cast of a Lillian Gish picture. It would, however, be somewhat of a Jjob for the lady to prove this, as—in the final cutting of the directatorial shears —the part which she appeared in was snipped out completely The World’s his native Russian background and who sometimes painted himself into the pic- ture like another Tintoretto. For leading roles the Theater Guild will present Alla Nazimova, Dudley Digges, Elllot Cabot, Henry Travers, Alexander Kirkland, Hortense Alden, Eunice Stoddard, Eda Heinemann, Min- na Philips, Charles Kraus, Edward ‘Wragge, uils' Veda and others. The production will be directed by Rouben Mamoulian, who will remain Washington throughout the engage- t. The settings are by Raymond Bovey. Mail orders are now being accepted. “THE CRIMINAL CODE"—March 17. “The Criminal Code,” a drama laid entirely within the gray walls of a prison, will be the offering at Poli’s Theater the week beginning March 17. Willlam Harris, jr., is sponsoring it, and he had a successful run of 174 perform- ances at the National Theater, New York. It is the work of Martin Flavin. Arthur Byron is the featured player, and his portrayal of the prison warden has Dbeen enthusiastically acclaimed. The Settings by a young newcomer named Albert R. Johnson are sald to be ingeniously well conceived, and the 13 scenes within the prison walls are real- istically interpreted. This unusual drama is heralded as DR. J. ALLAN HICKS Psychologist on “Discipline of the Young Child" THE WILLARD Monday, March 3, 4:30 P.M. Auspices of Junior League Tickets at Willard and 1520 Conn. A EUROPEAN TOUR Includin, Passion Play of OBERAMMERGAU, 52 days, $600.00, sailing on S. S. America July 2nd, visiting Hamburg, Ber- lin, Prague, Vienna, Munich, Oberammergau, Interlaken, Lu- cerne, Cologne, Heidelberg, Am- sterdam, Brussels, Paris, London, ete. Two Italian extension tours o " 108, L 'y 100] likely to receive this year's Pulitzer Forelgn !'wflcfé 5?;,.,6,1“,' Uni- . versity. or lustral William Harris, jr., is its producer. (1 LoOL% Berconally conducted all-expense tour to Pacific Coast, visiting Denver, Colorado Springs, Grand Canyon, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Yosemite, San Diego, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, Yel- lowstone Park, etc. For informa- tion write or telephone Capital Tours, Tower Bldg.—Nat'l 3756. He has given the stage a variety of suc- 5868 t| includes “The Thirteenth ‘Bast 1Is We Bad Drinkwater's coln,” “Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife,” “In ve With Love,” “The Outsider” and utward Bound.” NOW SHOW! R/, Beauty Exposition Wash. Auditorium 19th and N. Y, Ave. N.W. March 3, 4—7:30 P.M. Dancing, Vaudeville, Demonstrations Admission, 25¢ LAST CONCERT PHILHARMONIC SYNPHONY ORCHESTRA OF NEW YORK CONSTITUTION HALL ARTURO TOSCANINI Conducting PROGRAM :OZART PTZ;?T"‘I. y a Au; aboard for ‘the trip that will give you more laughs than you've had in & WAGNER--Over- year! See how three sailors from who knew all about girls are handled by three girls who knew all about sailors. Daring drama inflamed as human life . . . stark as human passion ; ; ; a talking picture that is not a passing fancy, but an event that will indelibly mark the lives of all who see it...scenes that wrench the heart and sear the soul ; : : that draw the nerves as taut as bowstrings: HERBERT BRENON'S Dramatic epic of all time “THE CASE OF SERGEANT GRISCHA" i BETTY COMPSON CHESTER MORRIS JeaN HERSHOLT ALEC B+ FRANCIS S the picture that brings everlasting glory to the talking screen : ;: that definitely places the most popular medium of entertainment in the forefrons of the arts ; ; : that brings to the world of entertainment its most sublime and impressive drama. Everybody will agree that “Grischa” is easily the finest talking picture ever made