Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1930, Page 28

THE EVENING STAR, PHOTOPLAYS AT WASHINGTON THEATERS NEXT WEEK Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday nd Eadle h oltcs Day 1h “Little Johnny “Jon of the Gods. “$on of the Gods” \phone vatiets. taphone variety. and Rickard hn.m-u-_h"h-n rm— iliaes Fowell Dorothy Gulliver 1 “Street of Chance.” Vluphnne Yariet. Vitaphone variety. al. om‘.‘ Garbo “*Ann: i “Devil May Care.” Bhristte.” Vitaphone varieiy. Vitaphone variets. wm-m Powell Greta, Garbo X “Street of Chance.” Vit fety. “Anna Christie.” Vitaphone variety. William Powell “Btreet of Chance.” Vitaphone varfety. Edw. lm;efi Horton n Marilyn Miller in Marilyn Miller in Marilyn Miller in “ally.” “Sally.” Nancy Oarroll in “Dangerou; e Paradi Vitaphone va: Lupe, Velex Richard Barthelmess in “Son of the Gods.” Vitaphone variety. Richard i‘lnfelllcu in “Son of the God: vnnhm variety Ramon Novar “lhln From “Devil May C Ca: v| phone vnmy Dotothy Mackalll - “The Great Divide.” Serial. Dark. Mt Ratiter, M. jorme_Shearer in - e oW nmn Act. News. Mack e k_Sennel "uumu"fl'&'am." “l(lflnlu mulu P, Imme. " Gonied: Revuc: " Gomed: Kay Johnson in “8hip From, Shans- a Serlal. Comedy. News. Nat Carr in “Talk’ of Holivwood.” George O'Brien in Carolina 105 11th st SE. “Lone Star Ranger.” “Lone Star Ranger. Aliesn Pringle o nd George O'Brien in Hugh Trevor in . L Pa. Hale and Bebe Daniel; Kuthrynl Crawford John Bol [y “Red_Hot Rhythm.” “Rio_Rita." Glenn Tryon in fon Boles = ] “mSnner Sieps. Out. o Rita.” Tupe, Veiex ichard Bartheimess Tupe Velez “Son of :m Gods.” n ““Tiger Rose. Vitaphone variet; Richard l‘nthelmtu Nancy C'A'rroll n “Son of the Gods.” toon. rton in Ann Pennington hing 2105 Pa. Ave. N.. uu- Hum in p, Murder Bey Gang comeay Bessie Love and Marie Dressler in Cnnud Nl el in Ship From Thanahal" Comedy. “Chasing_Rainbows.” Colony Ga. Ave. & Farragut William Powell in “Street of Chance.” William Powell in “Street of Chance.” 1343 Wisconsin Ave. _ “Ajice white In e Girl From all Woglworth's.” Gomedy. Come Mary Eaton in “Glortfyins A i A American y. Comedy. Douslas Pairbanks, ir.. and Loretta Young, in “Fast_Life.” Janet Gavnor in “Sunny Side Up." Fairlawn Anacostia, D. C._ Conrad Veidt and Mary Philbin in “The Last Perform- s, = Oum u Janet Gaynor in “Sunny Side Up." American ‘Comedy. Harry Green and Richard Arlen Mary Brian “Burning Up. Comedy. Bebe Daniels n “Love Comes Alons.” o Tioyd Hughes in Family “Asquitted. 8th & G Sts. S.E. Ea Norifying. o 'olmmname American Girl Mary Duncan and azles Farrell James mrkvood and Joseph Schildkraut in TR R “Mississippi Gambler.” mu-mmd )‘ucnm in o_Gel Hippodrome 808 K St N.W. Laura u rlmu and how Act. _News. nd, s “This nm. Cliltd Basil Rathbone in ‘Bishop Murder Cast Our Gang comedy. Revue. News. Revue. News. Home 15th & C Sts. N.E. Greta Garbo Filiiam Powell in, in reet of nce “Anna, Christie. Ton Chaney in “Phantom of the I ‘amu of Chance.” Cartoo; Ta Vitaphone variety. Vitaphone vi Lupe, Velez “Tiger Rose.” edy. Rii_ Carson, “Pony Express | ‘Rider. Prevout and Beery in less Girl." ._Pox Players. cr Serial. Audrew Ferris and James Murray In, Attator. ‘cListie Firebrand Comedy. News. Trene Rich il 3 Ken Maynard in_ “His Ponl.r; \Vlle 21 Wi Master.” Cartoon.. lllfloll D.Vhl n VPiaphone net: Gang_comedy. y Johnson “Dynamite 1419 N. Capitol St. Act.Comedy. Conrad Nagel and Kay Johnson in ynamite.” William | Helen Ka: Gomedy. Charles num- and Gertrude Lawre; Thiniite o1 Parie” Comedy. _ Cartoon. Act. Hoot G! and Alberta Vaughn in “‘Points West." Serial. Snapshots. ary M Burning Up." Cartoon. _ Act. Dark. Alexandris. Va. Billle Dove in “Painted Angel.” Comeds. llie Dove in “Painted Angel.” Comedy. News. New: Ramon Novarro Ramon Novarro n “Devil May Care. “Devil May Care.” Act._Comedy. Jack_Holt in Savoy engeance. 2030_14th St. N.W. hone_variety. Lupe_Velex in r Rose.” medy. Gary Cooper rice Chegailer i “The_Virginian.” ' Cove Farade.” __Comedy. a: i Virginia Valll Rlega of the Rio “Mr,_ Antonio.” Comedy. Grande. ‘Vitaphone variety. Dark. State Bethesds, Md. Rudy Vallee in crme Vabend Lover” “The Vesabond Lover Vidor's Kiny Mente “Hallelwjah.” > e, Gegrge Bancroft in Ann_Harding in sopse Baneroft, “Her Private Afair’ Takoma Takoma Park. D. C. Gloria Swanson in “The Trespasser.” Conrad Nagel and Glaris Swanson in Lily Lee e “The_Sacred_Plame. Conrad Nagel snd Mary_Eaton Lila Lee n ‘The_Sacred Flame. n Georee manes Ti . ivoli Kellys in Scotiand. Comeds 14th and Park Rd. num‘ cn.mmm I1‘\|lhln¢ o Ruth Chatterton in *The Laughing Lads."” Vitaphone_variety. Bard Anien T “Byrning U *“The Viking."” Yali and ‘-rne Lesl. z!gpenn g Mary_Eaton in lyn Miller ' hie’ Xork & Quedee Greta Garbo in Christie.” Marilyn Miller in . Vitaphone varieis. Greta Garbo n “Anna Christie " Vitaphone variety. Lu‘pe“'vuu unm'z ‘Horton n n “Tiger Rose.’ “The_Aviator.” Vitaphone variety. ‘serial, What’s What and W here Attractions Soon to Be Seen in w--hinflon Theaters “BROTHERS,” A MELODRAMA, Coming to the Na A TRULY gracious assignment is of- fered Walter Gilbert in the melo- drama “Brothers,” which the National | Players will present next week as the .euond effort. of their new season. It to impersonate a role which requires ou»en to be two whnll] different spec- of twins, se) in wholly trial of one for murder other as defense counsel. extras as well. “JOURNEY'’S END” May Continue at Poli’s. 46 JOURNEY'S END,” the remarkable play that has attracted wide at- tention in this city, e;'guhuy since its presentation at Poli’s Theater this week, may be continued the coming week, al- of the wide desire to see the play, and it may be that arrangements can made for its continuance a week longer. Burlesque Bids ‘With Lurid Title. ., HOT,” & brand-new burlesque attraction, will make its bid for fafor next week at the Gayety Thea- It is described as hl'ln( that inde- ble something that sends audiences a playhouse loud in praise of smart, mppy and out-of-the-average straight man: val, blond sou- brette lead; Gladys McCormick, dancing sofibrette; Joey Montague, one of the dancing juveniles in Mutual cir- cles; Artie Brooks, eccentric comique; Alline Rogers, whose singing and step- ping will charm, and May Maiben, dapseuse, with a chorus composed of youthful, vivacious girls, who appear in 17 numbers. PALACE WILL SHOW “Benson Murder Case.” ‘ TLLIAM POWELL as Philo Vance will thrill the Palace patrons for 2 week, starting Saturday, with 8. 8. Van Dine’s latest mystery, “The Ben- son Murder Case.” Natalle Moorhead and Eugene Pallette appear in the cast. The story concerns the murder of Benson, who is killed in his own hunt- ‘!dlodze while many guests are present. lence is unearthed to prove that every guest had some motive which might have caused him to take his host's life. Philo persuades the district attorney to let him handle the case, and he finally discovers the murderer. On the stage Show and Lee, stars of musical comedy, will be presented in a Loew presentation, “Pearls.” Al Evans returns as guest master of ceremonies. Jerry Coe and Broth South American singer: Des] Sansone, “originators of the adagio plnuque and a ballet of Chester Hale girls comprise the remainder of the cast. The Hearst Metrotone News, short subjects, Charles Gaige at the organ and the Palace Orchestra will complete the program. EDDIE DOWLING In “Blaze o' Glory.” WITH his latest picture, “Blaze o Glory,” Eddie Dowling, famous musical comedy star, will make a per- sonal appearance at Warner's Earle Theater during the week beginning Friday. Mr. Dowling, who is credited with discovering Washington stage celebri- ties, will appear at the afternoon and evening performances in his latest song hits and a number of old favorites, It was Mr. Dowling who Eol.nud the way to stage success to ate Smith, giving her a role in his mu- sical comedy, “Honeymoon Lane.” “Blaze o' Glory,” his second venture in motion pictures, is a story of an actor who attains success after many le, and then leaves the am of years of stru stage to jol.n when war is declared. shifts to me battlefields of Europe, whence the actor returns wounded in body and spirit. The climax is laid in a New York court room, with the actor o Ther cat includes Bety Compue Prankie Darro, Henry B. Walthall ’ Ferdinand !humlnn-lmnx, son of the famous opera star. “LADIES OF ulsun' At R-K-O Keith's, ONI of the much tilked of mklnl ure production: of the ua’:totm blledunBehleot “Ladies Evening,” comes to R-K-O—Kelfll'l Saturday, featu Barbara Stan Stanwick, Lowell Sherman an j party girl serve in suggestion in the pic- A Sound Reason for a Comprehensive Stock EOPLE offen asked us, especially business men, why we carry such an extensive stock of fine furniture and decorative ac- ton and Johnnie Walker. The director was Prank c-pn “UNDER A TEXAS IOON" At the Metropolitan. “{JNDER A TEXAS MOON," Warner Theater for a week starting Frank Fay, stage and screen star, last seen here in “Show of Shows,” is said to put a new type on the screen in the character of Don Carlos, a Don Juan of the Mexican border. Love affairs galore follow Don Carlos’ cross-country course in quest of a dan- gerous cattle rustler. Among the beaut{ful girls whom- this D'Al of the desert meets in his travels are Armida, Requel Torres, Mona Maris, Myrna Loy and Betty Boyd. Song hits, vivid color and rapid-fire action ac- company the story. wm e;:t mcchelg:- Noah )oery. e Stone, Kohler, Tully Marshall, Chlrr!flhn, Bruce Covington and many others. ‘The story traces the adventures of Don Carlos and his two singing mu- sicians as they accept the job of bring- ing in the cattle rustler and the herd stolen from a border ranch. Don Car- 1os brings back the cattle, but the sur- g:h conclusion should not be revealed Te. cessories, And our answer is this: avoided. We, as trained buyers, find it difficult to pur- chase from portfolios and so make frequent visits to the furniture markets, bringing back what we deem the cream of the factories. Isn’t there something we might show you this Spring? MAYER & CO. Seventh Street LIEETIM TFURNITURE == 5 & itan iday. We do not want to put our patrons to the necessity of making selections from photographs, if it can be Between D and E “ONLY THE BRAVE” At the Columbia. GARY COOPER and Mary Brian will reappear at Loew’s Columbia Sat- in their latest Paramount pic- ture, “Only the Brawv Capt. John and finds her in the arms of a civilian, and is so angered that he asks for an as- signment as a spy behind the Southern lines, feeling certain it will mean death. Lured by misleading information, he attends a ball and falls in love with as they stand him up before the firing line the Union forces attack and he is saved. The Hearst Metrotone News, short subjects and the Columbia Orchestra complete the program. “THE SKY HAWK,” Fox Thriller of the Air. [‘ 'HE SKY HAWK.” which comes to the Fox Theater Saturday and contin.es next week, is a Fox Movie- tone romance of the air during the World War. one of the greatest of thrill dramas. Throughout its story is a love struggle | between two men for the same girl, | handled humanly, with adroit twists, while the tempestuous life about them envelopes all three in many hazardous situations. The picture is notable for Braydon goes to visit his sweetheart | Barbara Calhoun. He does fall into the | hands of the Southern officers, and just | It is credited with being | its vivid and h‘lfih-mwm particularly in the climax. Emery, Joyce comphn, Billy Bevan, Lennox Pawle, Lumsden e and Daphne Pollard. Technical phases of the British flying flelds and of the Zeppelin sequences were handled by R. F. C. aces. ‘The stage will present Fanchon and Marco's “Kisses,” 'I!h Alexander Cal- lam as master of ceremonies, and a cast comprising Joe and Jane McKenna, Will Cowan, Wallan and Barnes, Mable and Mnch.. Dave Macker, Helen Au- brey and the E Flat Four. ‘The orchestra, with Leon Brusiloff conducting, will offer “Ballet tian,” by Luigini, and the Fox Movietone News will complete the program. “SNOW WHITE” OPERETTA, By Girl Reserves, ¥. W. C. A. “QNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS,” a musical fairy tale, in three acts, by Jessie L. Gaynor, will be given Friday night and Saturday afternoon of this week in Barker Hall of the Young Women's Christian Asso- clation Building, at Seventeenth and K meeu, by the Girl Reserves of Wash- ington. This will be the fourth annual Spring operetta to be presented by this big group of young Washington girls, with the idea of giving each year a de- lightful version of the favorite fairy tales in literature. Colorful settings have been designed by the girls themselves, under the su- pervision of Alice Sigworth Morse, Lucy Street and Mabel R. Cook. Original costumes, also devised by the Girl Re- serves, are a feature of this years operetta, and special dance numbers, ensembles and solos will play a leading +| part in the presentation. Tickets may be had at the Y. W. C. A. headquarters, Seventeenth and K streets. KEEFER RECITAL, Friday Afternoon. WAEHING'ION is showing & keen in- terest in the song recital at the Mayflower Hotel Friday, at 4:30 p.m., to be given by Flora McGill Keefer, assist- ed by Mildred Kolb Schulze at the piano. Both concert artists are Wash- WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1930. Spring Murln management of Mrs. n-Greene. All the boxes for the recital have been taken for many weeks, and a brilliant R A T ers is e: Mrs. Keefer's numbers will include two Handel arias, a group of German lkder, a modern French and Italian p and an mush rroup, ‘while Mrs. Echullze Wil be Heard in One group of planc numbers lnturlnx Debussy and Strauss, DRAMA GUILD PLAY, “Gas,” Saturday Evening. “GAs." a realistic, yet symbolic, ultra-modern drama, written by Georg Kaiser, will be presented Satur- day nluhl of this week, at 8:15 o'clock, at McKinley auditorium by the Com- munity Drama Guild of Washington. William F. Baker, the producing di- rector, has been assisted in staging this new tyre of drama by Ralph Gallagher, formerly of the Goodman Theater in Chicago. The lighting, largely in the hands of Mr. Gallagher and Harold Snyder, associated with the drama ac- tivities of the Community Center De- partment, will present unusual effects. ‘The play is in four parts, all the scenes being in and around the factory owned and operated by the Billionaire’s Son, an idealist and a philanthropist, whose ideals are torn down by his work- men, led by the Engineer, the mechani- cal genius of the present day. ‘Tickets may had both at the Drama Guild ofllce. Franklin Adminis- tration Building, and at T. Arthur Smith’s Concert Buruu. 1330 G street. MASK AND WIG SHOW At Belasco April 11. TH! forty-second annual “Mask and ‘Wig” show of the University of Pennsylvania comes to the Belasco ‘Theater Priday nl(ht April 11, for one performance only. It is titled “John Faust, Ph. D.,” and is presented by one of the finest singing an° dancing or- ganizations assembled by the university players. Its authors, who choose to be name- | less, are said to have consulted all the| versions and stories concerning the Faust legend in writing the book of the| to mmmmmh “Ballet. The plot concerns the efforts of one Johannes Faustus, a teacher in the co- educational University of Wittenberg. to win the hand of the fair Marguerite, a sophisticated juate. The romance is beset with sorts of dif- culties, complicated, of course, by the timely appearance of Mephistopheles " Tickets may be pad beglnning M ckets may 3 g Mon- g:y. at Mrs. Wilson-Greene’s concert reau, NATIONAL SYMPHONY Concert Next Tuesday. ‘HE third and final concert in the series of three 1930 Winter-and- Spring concerts to be given by. the Na- tional Symphony Orchestra, the co- operative group of 80 or more local musicians who plan to give Washington its own symphony by nexc Autumn, will be given next afternon, April 8. at 4:45 pm, at conluluthn Hall. Hans Kindler, famous concert cellist, conducting. Mr. Kindler recently scored an emphatic success as conduc- tor of the National Symphony's second concert last month. ‘The program selected opens with Beethoven’s overture to Goeths “Eg- mont” and includes Tschaikowsky's Shakespearean fantasy, “Romeo and Jullet”; two of Brahms' ‘“Hungarian Dances,” No. 5 and 6; Maurice Ravel's “Pavane,” Jarnefelt's “Preludium” and ‘Wagner’s overture to “Rienai.” The concert will be under the man- agement of Mrs. Wilson-Greene, “THE THIRTEENTH CHAIR"— Business High Tomorrow. TH'E Washington Business High School will present as its annual | Spring play “The Thirteenth Chair,” | tomorrow and Friday evening. This mystery comedy which ante- dates “The Bat” and has had perhaps | just as blood-curdling a career as the latter, is to be presented in the school auditorium. For those who need re- minding that this is one of the most successful thrillers ever written, a trip the school on either one of these nfihfimmnavmm Jdn w Listed 7 Hall Tomorrow. wonxs of master composers will be in the joint recital to be mud by Mme. Gilda Sansone, coloratura soprano, and Guiseppe Bruno, baritone, with Elizabeth Harvard streets, tomorrow at 8:30 pm. Mme. Sansone is a new coloratura to ‘Washington, having recently come here from New York. Mr. Bruno has been heard in recital many times and Mrs. Coombs is likewise well known here. _ Mr. Bruno will follow 'nh the equ;lly famous “Largo al Factotem” from the same opera. Liszt’s arran, nt of the waltz song from Gounod'’s “Faust” will :: Mrs. Coombs’ introduction to her au- jence. 3,000 Tourists Visit Russia. MOSCOW (#)—The State Tourist Bureau announces that last Summer Russia was visited by 3,000 foreigners, two-thirds of them being Americans. It was reckoned that they spent $400,000 on souvenirs, caviar and vodka. 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