Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1930, Page 58

AMUSEMENTS. Variety of Attractions in The Capital Playhouses NATIONAL—National Players in “Brothers.” Romance, filial affection and the eriminal code are all compounded into the melodrama “Brothers,” which the National Players will offer for the new week beginning tomorrow night. On Christmas night, 1928, Bert Lytell, & screen star who before the screen was fully developed was a stage actor, began in this play what developed to be & phenomenal run. An entire season in New York was followed by a year on tour, the production closing last night in Philadslphia. The coincidence of the termination of the road tour and opening of the play here permitted the Players to purchase the Bert Lytell pro- duction outright and bring it here in begins with a prologue in- troducing three scientists who have firm {deas on the power of heredity and en- vironment. Twin boys, newly born, are allotted to wholly opposite environ- ments, one admitted to the home of a distinguished jurist, the other adopted by a sailor and his wife. Twenty-eight years later these (wins meet, one & bril- liant young lawyer acting as counscl for the otner on a murder charge. The dual role of the brothers will be played by Walter Gilbert, with Marion Wells cast in the same role in which she supported Mr. Lytell for several months in this same play. Not only is the male leading role exacting as tc length of the part, but absolute dex- terity is required for the quick changes necessary. POLI'S—“Journey's End.” “Journey's End,” the great war drama, has been held over for a second week at Poli’s, with a performance this eve- ning. The play started in England and New York over a year ago, and was not seen in Washington until the past week. The public here has approved it, and another week of big business is assured. Right after the war a number of war lays failed. Khaki scared off the pub- ic; drums drove people the other way. Paying taxes and eating war bread had dampened the ardor of patriotism. After a while the public again began to be interested in the war. Although “What Price Glory” made a tremendous hit, along with books like *“Three Sol- diers,” etc., decidedly war had become unpopular. “Journey's End” is not propaganda. It has the pathos of truth, that's all. ‘There is realism without nausea. It does not overflow with oaths and offen- sive things. Some may believe th's omission makes it untrue. But it shouid be remembered that the action takes lace among a group of officers, whose Eackground of education, habits and ideals are somewhat higher than the general run, or are at least assumed w be so. 3 GAYETY—"Get Hot.” A brand-new entertainment on the Mutual Burlesque Circult, “Get Hot,” is announced for the Gayety Theater this week, recommended as one of the fun- niest, snappiest and altogether worth- while features on the Herk wheel, ‘Topping the cast are Al Hillier, the droll Dutch-dialect funster, and Joe Forte, straight man. Others include Alice Duval, soubrette, featured among the feminine leads; Gladys McCormick, dancing ingenue; Joey Montague, pep- plest of juveniles; Artie Brooks, second comedian of the eccentric type: Alline Rogers, soubrette, and May Maiben, & number-leading miss of charm, with & lively dancing and singing chorus of girls dazalingly costumed, who appear in 17 numbers, Stress is laid on a spe- eial dancing finale. A riot of color, melody, action and ro- mance is being shown at Warner Bros.’ Metropolitan Theater in the mammoth outdoor Vitaphone and Technicolor mu- sical comedy drama of the Mexican border, “Under a Texas Moon,” star- ring Frank Fay and a quintet of the prettiest girls on the screen—Armida, Raquel Torres, Myrna Loy, Mona Maris and Betty Boyd. Also in the cast are Noah Beery, Tully Marshall, Fred Kohler, Charles Sellon, Georgle Stone end George Cooper. “Under a Texas Moon” is the story of Don Carlos, a Don Juan and D'Ar- tagnan of the border. Accepting a com- mission to capture a dangerous cattle rustler and bring back a stolen herd of steers to a Texas ranch, Don Carlos sets out with his two singing musicians, ‘whom he employs as serenaders for his numerous love affairs, Danger and ro- mance alternate in Don Carlos’ thrill- ing trip across the waste lands. He makes ardent love to every pretty ‘woman, swears undying affection and rides away into the jaws of mortal peril. His quest is victorious, but the manner in which he succeeds in his mission is a secret to those who have not seen the picture. “Under a Texas Moon” has many mu- sical numbers, FOX—“The Sky Hawk.” Heralded as one of the greatest thrill dramas yet created in the new talking gcreen, “The Sky Hawk” is announced as the new feature at the Fox Theater. It is a picture of the British flying corps during the World War, with a cast of English and Germon players, and concerns a young flight lieutenant who is about to be sent to the front 24 hours before the time set for his wed- ding. He crashes after going in a stolen plane to bid the girl good-by, and is accused of having thrown his machine out of control because of not wanting to_go to the front. ‘What that young man does to prove he is not a coward is the keynote of the picture. “The Sky Hawk” introduces a new leading man to the screen, an English- man named John Garrick, thus ad- vanced after he had struggled along for several years in the silent pictures with but little success, but who was given a test that vindicated his ability. Oth- ers include Helen Chandler, formerly of the New York Theater Guild Co.; Len- noa Pawle, Lumsden Hare, Billy Bevan, Daphne Pollard and Joyce Compton. Fanchon and Marco will present as the stage production their idea of “Kiss- es,” with colorful scenic investiture and a cast of entertaining players featuring Joe and Jane McKenna, Others to be introduced by Alexander Callam, mas- ter of ceremonies, include Will Cowan, ‘Wallin and Barnes, Mable and Marcia, Dave Hacker, Helen Aubrey and the E-flat Four. The Fox Orchestra and the Fox Movietone News complete the new bill. PALACE—"The Benson Murder Case.” ‘Willlam Powell, who has won & bit of fame in the role of Philo Vance, a detective character created by 8. S. Van Dine, is now to be seen at Loew’s Palace in the latest effort of that thor, “The Benson Murder Case.” Nat- alie Moorehead and Eugene Pallette ap- pear in the supporting cast. A man named Benson is killed in his own hunting lodge where a number of his guests are assembled. The district attorney gives Vance his promise not to arrest anybody until Vance has tried out & theory he has as to the murder. Soon suspicion is fastened Pi ) in tracking down the real murderer. On the stage, Shaw and Lee, musi- cal comedy stars, are featured in the ntation, “Pearls,” which ‘Theater, New York, include: Jerry Coe ind Brothers, musicians; Coral, gt i kS A Dot “and a ballet ot Onester Hale plastique, al s al Girls. X ‘The Hearst Metrotone News dmbjects, short. Charles Gaige at organ and the Palace Orchestra complete the program, R-K-O KEITH—"Ladies of Leisure.” “Ladies of Leisure,” a talking picture roduction adapted from a David Be- asco play by Milton Herbert Gropper, is the current feature at R-K-O Keith, It has been brought to the screen on a pretentious_scale, with a notable cast including Barbara Stanwyck, Lowell Sherman, Ralph Grayvs and Marie Pre- vost in the principal roles. Others em- brace Nance O'Neil, George Fawcett, Johnnie Walker and Juliette Compton. It is claimed that Frank Capra, the director of the screen production, has adhered to the traditions of Belasco in the matter of minute detail. ‘The plot concerns an idealist, an art- ist, who becomes interested in a girl of the streets and asks her to pose for him. She falls in love with him and without being aware of it, she becomes representative of his ideal of woman- hood and he falls in love with his mind creation. Interference on the part of aristocratic parents, who will not accept the girl for what she has become but rather reject her for what she has been, separate the young people, the girl having been led to believe that she will ruin the young artist's future if she mairies him. Through a near tragedy the true state of affairs is revealed to the artist, who then decides to do things in his own way. The story is unfolded against back- grounds of cabarets, artists’ studlos, elaborate penthouses and_questionable boarding houses. Ralph Graves inter- prets the role of the artist and Barbara Stanwyck, that attractive young actress of “Burlesque,” the leading feminine role. Lowell Sherman is seen as a worldly gentleman. Short supplementary film novelties and Freddy Clark and his R-K-Olians complete the program. EARLE—“Blaze of’ Glory.” Eddie Dowling, celebrated Broadway musical comedy star, is making & _per- sonal appearance at Warner's Earle ‘Theater this week in conjunction with the exhibition of his latest film, “Blaze O’ Glory,” a dramatic story of post-war tragedy, Mr. Dowling, among other notable things, is credited with the dis- covery of stage celebrities, the most grom nent being Miss Kate Smith, the lues singer, whom he found in the ranks of an amateur show and gave a featured role in his successful musical production, “Honeymoon Lane.” Mr. Dowling will appear on the Earle stage in the afternoon in a program of his latest song hits, & number of his old favorites and his own brand of clean, wholesome humor. “Blaze O' Glory,” his second movie venture, although not a war story, has the World War for a background, and concerns the psychological effect of the hostilities upon some of the characters. It opens in a New York theater, where an actor, enjoying his first taste of success, abandons the stage to join the army at the outbreak of the World War. The story then shifts to the European battlefields, where the actor twice saves the life of a German sol- dier. After the hostilities, the actor returns home broken in body and spirit and the tale reaches its climax in a New York court room where the actor is on trial for his life, accused of mur- dering the German whose life he twice spared- and whom he suspected of at- tempting to steal his wife. Betty Compson heads the strong sup- porting cast, which includes Henry B. Walthall, Frankie Darro and Ferdinand Schumann-Heink, son of the famous opera singer. COLUMBIA—“Only the Brave.” Gary Coopsr and Mary Brian are ap- pearing at Loew's Columbia in the Para- mount talking picture, “Only the Brave,” & story of the conflict between the North and South, Capt. John Bray- don, home on leave, finds his sweet- heart in the arms of a civilian, and at once asks to be sent as a spy behind the Southern lines, feeling certain he will meet death there. The Union commander plans to have the spy taken through a trick. The captain arrives just in time for a ball that is being held in honor of Southern officers. There he attracts the attention of its belle, Barbara Calhoun. In spite of his ef- forts to have the Scutherners to recog- nize him as a spy, Barbara unknow- ingly apologizes for his actions, so that he is not recognized. Later she learns he 1s a spy, but cannot summon enough courage to denounce him, but he suc- ceeds, however, in having himself cap- tured, and when he is standing before the firing line an attack by the enemy saves his life. When peace is declared it is the Southern officers who act as ushers at the wedding of the captain and the Southern belle. ‘The Hearst Metrotone News, short subjects and the Columbia Orchestra complete the program. BURTON HOLMES—“The Mediter- ranean.” ‘The Mediterranean criffé2, a subject of endless fascination, will be the theme of a new and colorful screen interpre- tation by Burton Holmes at the National Theater next Thursday afternoon, Mr. Holmes has prepared a selective itinerary, which is to include, among other scenes, Madeira and her terraced gardens; Algiers, the Paris of North Africa; the Island of Malta, where St. Paul was shipwrecked and which is to- day, like Gibraltar, a great bulwark for England's naval supremacy in the Near East; Carthage, that anclent mis- tress of the Mediterranean; the Dal- matian coast of the Adriatic, with its fjordlike grandeur; old Ragusa and Cat- taro, with their massive battlements; Sieily, with her olive trees, rose gardens and orange groves; Corfu, that en- chanted isle of the Ionian Sea, and finally into the Balkans for a picture survey of those story-bookish capitals, Zagreb, Bucharest, Belgrade and Sofia, MASK AND WIG CLUB, Friday. “John Faust, Ph. D,” the Mask and Wig Club's forty-second annual spec- tacular travesty, will be presented Fri- day night only, at the Belasco Theater under the joint direction of Jasper Deeter and Francis C. W. Patton, with Chairles Gilpin—veterans all—as com- poser-in-chief for the show. In addition to original song hits and dance numbers composed by Gilpin, famous arias and marches from the have been woven into also measure certain old German folk songs. The and Wiggers make use of these treasured classics in Mepl les; Edward Johm “a teacher in the tional University of Wittenberg” rt_Sheridan Beaumont will don, Brander; Wi unroe French, Christopher; Joseph Saunders Eaton, Gertrude; Royal Gregg, Dante Allegheri; John Albert Palmer, Virgil; W. R. Swire, first witch, and Fred Sturewald, second witch. The Mask and Wig Orchestra will be conducted by Henri :e“hld Reserved seats may beginning tomorrow _ at ‘Wilson-Greene's concert “PONTIA, DAUGHTER OF PILATE” ‘Tuesday. girls of Holy Trinity High School present the sacred drama, “Pontia, e Daughter of Pilate,” under the direction of Miss Sue H. Murray at Holy Trinity Auditorium, on the evenings of ‘The will the. 5 c\l‘.l‘“l Dfl'l:,‘. lessons m#.la‘ 'IIC: {Phtings in’ log and tap. 1920 u‘n% April 8 and 9, be played by m}:‘: Dy Elizabeth Cu , Louise ters and Anne Lesieur in important role Others will include Henrietta Batch, Florence Crack, Virginia Darcey, Helen Donovan, Loretta Erhmantraut, Margaret Hutchins, Ruth Kelly, Mary Joseph Kelly, Marflret Mary Kuhn, Caroline Kloss, Lilllan Krouse, Mary Jane Schell, Hilda Mohun, Margaret O'Connor, Harriet Stanton, Teresa Mc- Clellan and Frances Sebastian, ‘This is the first time a Lenten play ;Im‘s:nve been given in Holy Trinity arish. TAKOMA PLAYERS—“The Brat.” The Takoma Players, who were re- cently awarded second place in - the Community Drama Gulld one-act play competition for their performance of “The Vallant,” have completed the se- lection of the cast for “The Brat,” : three-act comedy by Maude Fulton, which they will present April 24, 26 and 26 at Community Hall, Takoma Park, under the auspices of the Ladles’ Aid Soclety of the Takomsa Park Presby- terian Church, ¥ Rehearsals are now being conducted under the direction of E. Clyde Shade, who will also play & role in the pro- duction. The cast will be headed by Miss Mary Alexander, Paul R. Mattix and Harry Richards. Miss Alexander has previously inspired favorable com- ment for her characterizations in Fortune Hunter” and “Kempy,” given by the Takoma Players, while Mr. Mat- tix and Mrs. Richards were both last seen in “The Vallant.” CHILDREN'S CARNIVAL, April 26. Saturday afternoon, April 26, at the Belasco Theater, Miss Hawke will give her annual Children’s Dancing Carnival, introducing the playlet, “The Sleeping gle‘::ly." dramatized by Mrs. Goring The dancing carnival will include a novel tap dance by a group of 32 girls, a Hungarian peasant dance, an Indian song and dance and many other group and solo dances, as well as an Oriental ballet. About 100 children will take part, their ages ranging from 3 years to 15 years. Tickets may be secured from Miss Hawke at 1731 Q street. Esmal Cantor Cantering. SAYS Eddie Cantor in the New York ‘Times: “This is to certify that I am in my right mind, white, free and rearin’ to get to Hollywood. I don't believe there is anything I will do in the talkies that will affect the industry. “I have many reasons for going, one being the fact that in October, 1929, certain things happened on the Stock Exchange which affected me consider-~ ably. Never mind the other reasons. “In making ‘Whoopee,’ which means playing the picture and not what you might think it means, it will be like putting & new coat of paint on an old home. Not that “Whoopee” is old, but having played it since November, 1928, I think T know the lines and situ- ations quite well. “With the abundance of relatives that I have found in the past few years, it has been a financial impossibility to send them all tickets, and so, in put- ting ‘Whoopee’ on the screen, it will save my problem of relativity. “Am bringing my family with me for protection. Lily Damita, Vilma Banky and Evelyn Laye all having seen my picture, I'm taking no chances.” Likes the “Legit" Best. ALTHOUGH George Arliss has blazed his nanle pretty thoroughly across the country via the celluloid medium, and has done more than his share as far as “elevating the talkies” is con- cerned, it seems that he likes the le- gitimate stage best, after all The star of “Disraeli” and “The Green Goddess” recently returned from England, Although on his wli' to Hel- lywood to make “Old English,” John Galsworthy's celebrated stage play, he insists that he prefers the stage on ac- count of the spontaneous reactions of the audience. Therefore, after “Old English” has been ground out, reel for reel, Mr. Arliss will return to Broadway in the Fall and transfer his talents to an as yet un- decided play. e Seven Leading Men. CHARL!S (“BUDDY"”) ROGERS was thought to have set a fecord when he introduced five leading women in his newly-made picture, “Safety in Num- bers.” Now Clara Bow sets a new mark by having seven leading men in her Paramount picture, “True to the Navy.” the fact that Miss Bow portrays a soda fountain girl with a sweetheart on every warship seems to be responsible for this profusion, At the head of this group of sallor suitors is Frederic March, stage and screen actor who was seen with Ruth Chatterton in “Sarah and Son.” Hils rivals include Eddie Dunn, Rex Bell, Eddie Fetherston, Harry Sweet, Ray €ooke and Charles Sullivan. Bng Music in Hol]ywood. "IP any one doubts the acquisitive- ness of the film industry, let him g0 to Hollywood and look over the roster of famous musicians now working in its studios,” says Erno Rapee, well known baton waver. “Engaged in making bigger and bet- ter motion pictures are Oscar Strauss, Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein, Rudolph Friml and Jerome Kern. And beside them are a thousand and one others whose names in a year or so will be bubbling over with importance.” Their importance seems partly evi- denced by the fact that their salaries are somewhere up in among six-numeral figures per year, and that such a per- son as Mary Lewis, Metropolitan Opera warbler, is to get $4,000 every time she opens her mouth. NATIONAL MATS. WED. & SAT., $+€-COCHRAN AND . JOSEPH EATON AND Who have prominent parts in the University of Pennsylvania’s Mask and Wig | at the Belasco Theater, Friday, April 11. | All the girl characters are played by men. Club production, “John Faust, Ph D, BENJAMIN TABOR, ** TOURNEY'S END,” which begins its second week at Poli's, is a play made from incidents experienced by the writer, R. C. Sherriff, during his service as a lleutenant in the great conflict. People with German sympathies have kept pretty well a from war plays, but Dr. Curt L. Heyman, correspondent of Berlin newspapers and the manager of the city of Berlin's bureau of infor- mation in New York, has written a let- ter, contrasting the Berlin production of “Journey’s End” with the American | production by Gilbert Miller. | “Journey's End” 1s being produced all | over the world with outstanding suc-| cess, which is credited to its peaceful | tendency. Consequently, pacifists claim | that the play, with its peaceful spirit, should be the best medium for anti-war | propaganda. ‘That Mr. Sherriff’s play | has partly served this purpose is said | to be proved by the fact that it was| produced in Berlin and accepted by the German stage immediately after its London success. “I saw the Berlin performance,” wrote Dr .Heyman. “Wonderful acting! Ex- cellent mise-en-scene. German actors and producers seem to have got the spirit of that strange milleu, pathetic and dramatic, heroic and cowardly, and with a_touch of humor at'the same time. 1In fact, after this performance in Berlin every one in the audience was convinced of the prevailing peaceful spirit and the anti-war tendency of the play. “Of course, In the Berlin performance the word ‘Boche’ is carefully omitted. A war time of hatred would not be I don't mind that. suitable. “Journey's End’ is a play with historical back- ground. History has to be true to fact, and the fact is that the pretty name of the Tommies, the Doughboys and the Poilus for their enemy was ‘Boche.’ “But I do mind the scene in which the German soldier appears after he has been taken prisoner in the raid. Owing, apparently, to the direction of the New York producer, the poor fellow does not know how to act. Generally one hardly knows how a prisoner un- der such awkward circumstances would act. He may go down on his knees and cry for mercy. That would not be heroic, but it would be human. It is| left entirely to the producer's imagina- tion to determine. But perhaps the heroic manner would answer better the intention of the play, and perhaps Sherriff had this thought in mind when | he wrote the scene. “Anyway, the Berlin production shows | how it could be done without offending | the peaceful attitude of mind. And| the Bei/ production of this scene, whiah certainly is not pro-German, shows the correct way a soldier of the old German army, even in an emer- gency, most probably would salute. At | attention or overcome by fear, he would | not salute at all. But he certainly would not click his heels together and make a bow in a favored civilian style, as if to say, ‘So long, colonel’ The producer must be under the impression that this is the usual way of bidding farewell in Germany. Even if it were 80, 1t is ‘deplace’ in this scene. It takes the whole effect away. The audience does not know if it should be sorry for the poor fellow or cry or smile. Occa- | sionally one laughs.” Schumann-Heink Romance FmDINAND SCHUMANN-HEINK, son of Mme. Schumann-Heink, who for years has been one of the most pop- ular as well as the greatest grand opera stars, is playing the role of a German war veteran in “Blaze o' Glory,” Eddie Downing’s picture, at the Earle Theater. ‘This film, which combines talk, songs and dances with a war background, is said to recall to young Schumann- lH“eml & peculiar situation in his own e. Along with some other members of his family he was born and brought up in Germany, but at the outbreak of the war both he and his famous mother were living in this country and had been for some time. Feeling more than grateful for the benefits they had re- celved over here, when war called, the boy decided to enlist with the Ameri- cans. His brothers, however, who had remained in the fatherland all this while, for their own patriotic reasons joined up with the German forces. Thus, these brothers fought on opposite sides in the great war of the world, although hagpuy they never came face to face in the front-line trenches. Now, In “Blaze o' Glory,” Ferdinand Schumann-Heink plays the part of a German soldler whose life is spared by an American, in this case, Eddie Dowl- ing. In talking about it, the son of the opera diva says: “While nobody can accuse me of trying to be on both sides of the war, I have at least worn both uniforms,” ' whereupon he flashed the buttons of his German uniform under the arc of a Kleig light and smiled good naturedly at Eddie Dowling, who was just about ready to burst into one of his Broadway “Moo" songs. Has the Get-There Germ. MARION STERLY, Manager Steve Cochran's new ingenue, who near- ly ran away with the show Monday evening at the opening of the National Players’ season, is one of the live wires of the stage and has covered much ground in her brief career. Incidentally that career includes a spurt in the talking movies with Lester Allen, one of the most amusing of comedians. ‘The picture, “Leave it to Lester,” in which Marion plays a pretty Swiss mald, is one of the treats ahead. After all this, however, the fact re- mains that her real name is not Sterly, but Stierly, for her father was one of the famous Twelve Jolly Corks, who founded the Elks’ lodge. Marion simply knocked an eye out of Stierly for stage purposes. Marion originated in the State of California, and at the age of 12, while still in the high school at Oakland, Calif, she was playing llke’ a real trouper with the Henry Duffy Players. At 17—she is only 20 now— Duffy took her with a selected troupe to Australia and New Zealand for a six months’ venture, during which she played in “The Best People,” “Meet the Wife” and “The Patsy.” She has had lots of other experience, but it won't do to tell it all in one story. ‘Those who saw the precocious young lady in “Holiday” last week doubtless know that she knows her business and has the grit to put things over, even if her more experienced associates did yield to “first night stage fright,” a not uncommon affliction, to which even the Coming Attractions. “NANCY’S PRIVATE AFFAIR” to Follow “Brothers.” Myron Fagan, author of some 38 plays which have made him a fortune, is represented on the National Players’ calendar the weck of April 14 in his latest thesis, “Nancy's Private Affair.” & comedy hit of the season still run- ning in New York. Hilarious, gay and saucy, this expose of how a loyal yourg wife recaptures the affections of her husband—without _deliberately see to do so—should set the laugh record the 10-week season. Nancy has allowed herself to run to domestic seed, thus unwittingly encour- aging Husband Donald in the delusion that he is in love with Peggy Preston, gold-d'gging daughter of a gold-digging mother. A divorce is agreed upon and Nancy’s destinies seem settled at the end of the first act. Something within her snaps taut, however, bstween two curtains, and the bespectacled spec- imen of plain wifehood blossoms later into a captivating creature who almost stuns her. husband by the transforma- tion. The addition of & bogus noble- man in the second act, where the con- testing groups are gathered, invokes wide Tl\.luld! for comedy, with a par- donable urge among auditors to anni- hilate the Prestons totally and speedily. “SCANDALS"—For .Poli’'s, April 21 George White's tenth annual edition of his celebrated “Scandals,” which is sald to set a new standard in revues for originality and the gorgeousness of its scenic and colorful costume back- ground, will begin a week's engagement at Poli's Theater Monday evening, April 21, “Scandals” invariably brings with it & new dance creation, and the current extravaganza, contributing further testimony to the terpsichorean genius of Master White, will bring a new dance known as “Bottoms Up,” which has been described as unquestionably one of the high lights of the musical season on Broadway. William K. Wells, Lew Brown and George White are responsible for the sketches and Cliff Friend and George ‘White wrote both lyrics and music. ‘The cast features, in addition to Willle and Eugene Howard and_the “queen of revue singers,” Frances Wil- liams, Mitchell and Durant, Evelyn ‘Wilson, Marietta, the Abbott speclalty dancers, Carolyn Nolte, Florence Rob- inson, Fred Lyon, James Carty, the Elm City four, the Scott sisters, Arthur Cardinal, Harry Morrissey and a com- pany of 50 “Scandals” beauties. “TAKE A CHANCI at the Gayety. “Take a Chance” is the burlesque offering announced for the Gayety The- ater next week. It is one of the very latest shows on the Mutual Circuit and here for its first visit. It is sald to excel in novelty and to be thoroughly up-to-date, with rollicking fun, songs that are infectious and dances that play a conspicuous part. The company comprises many popu- lar burlesquers, and features Ina Thomas and Max Coleman, with a cho- rus of glorified girls. Discovere = ANGoev: WORD has come to this vale of the cherry blossoms that cinema land has snatched up the services of a real Gypsy. Her name is Carmen Sinaia and she is a member of the Karaim tribe of Rumanian Gypsies. In the Fall she will betake herself to the picture capi- :lllnnnd become starred in a Gypsy alkie. Miss Sinaia, who is at present study- ing English in New York, has had a varied career, which began when, as a little girl, she wandered through Ru- mania, Hungary, Turkey and Egypt. It seems ‘that when she was about 15 her Gypsy dancing_attracted so much ai tention that she was offered a col tract with a Berlin revue. At that mo- ment she bade good-by to her former hand-to-mouth existence, plunged into her new life with a will. She emerged as a star in such cele- brated places as the National Theater in Budapest, the Berlin Winter Garden, the Del Castro Revue and later in mov- ing pictures of the Sascha Film Corpo- ration of Berlin. Now at last she is tucking herself awsy in modest little village of Manhattan, preparing herself for the sunshine and fljcker-lights of Holly- wood. ! o The Movies Have It. THE all-talking version of “Journey's End,” produced by Tiffany in con- Jjunction with Gainsborough Produc- tlons and Welsh-Pearson-Elder of Eng- land. will later be produced in German , with German actors, in French with French actors, and in Italian with Ital- ian actors. These productions will be for the countries named. “Journey’s End” will have its world premiere at the Gaiety Theater, New York, tomorrow. The 77th Division As- sociation has bought out the house for the foliowing Wednesday. Seats Now on Sale for METROPOLITAN OPERA COMPANY FOX THEATER APRIL 23, 24, 25 Feb LA BOHEME' - B, clet. “ANDREA CHENIER” greatest of players sooner or later suc- cumb at the most unexpected times. $1.25, $1.00, 75¢ & 50c Monday and Week CLIFFORD BROOKE 35¢, 50c, 75¢ NATIONAL THEATRE PLAYERS IN THE MELODRAMA OF LOVE AND THRILLS ROTHERS .- SEEN HERE-FOR THE FIRST TIME DESPITE ITS PHENOMENAL RUN OF ONE' YEAR. (V4 IN NEW YORK AND ONE YEAR ON TOUR- An Unusual Treatment of an Unusual Théme Wherein the Two Lead- ing Mal Love, Roles Are Essayed by the One Actor—Walter Glibert. nteres. and Thrills Dominate This Trenchant Tale of Twin Brothers, Separated at Birth and Later Reunited. " NEXT WEEK BEG. MON.—SEATS SELLING Myren C. Fagan's Relgning New York Comedy Success “NANCY’S PRIVATE AFFAIR” M'whwinmntmmhnm.m!. L BURTON OLME Thurs. Mat. APR.10 .5 THE MEDITERRANEAN New—New Pictures—New Impressions—New Ports of Call— da Lucta. New Iniand Tours—Golden Days at Sea—Madeira—Terraced Gardens— Ox-sleds—Glorious Panoramas Fro; m Terreiro HCIUIIID VIVIDLY—-DESCRIBED DRAMATICALLY “SEATS SELLING—§L.50, $1.00, 75¢ and 50c. [poLr §-2 latinees Thursday and Saturday - KEVES, 50c, 31, $1.50, $2, $1.50. THUR. & SAT. MATS., 80c, $1, d BIG f BEGINNING WEEKe TONIGHT THE SENSAT'ONAL DRAMA OF THE WORLD WAR Gilbert Miller (By Arrangement with Maurice Browne) presents JOURNEY'S s thatls warld END o R.C.Sherriff “As great as all the critics have said it is; perhaps greater” “No one should fail to see it —Washington Post. now”—Evening Star. WEEK COM. MONDAY, APRIL 21st MATINEES THURSDAY AND Eves, § Thr! SATURDAY $1.50. 82, 8230, 83, $9.85, 34490 L3 Mt i Orders Mail Now BIRECT FROM BROADWAY GEORGE SCAN WHITES DALS AMUSEMENTS.. - In the New York Theaters Stage Attractions of the Season HE invasion of New York by Fritz Leiber and his Chicago Civic Shakespeare Soclety company was nothing if not able-bodied— most of the better known Shake- speare plays and some not so well known and a different bill every night—and if not precisely thrilled by the perform- ances, that portion of the metropolitan herd which cherishes the Bard has been duly grateful. A good deal was made in the advance notices of the sanguine, not to say joliy, air with which Mr. Leiber approaches Shakespeare, and one was assured that he came not to “revive” or “inflict” & classic, but to play dramas which were written primarily to be acted and to en- tel . Something at least of this re- freshing attitude got into the perform- ances, although not as much as might have been expected. They moved briskly, were not topheavy with scenery, and there was an evident attempt to keep the story moving, but in general the presentations are those of a capable stock company reciting the famous lines ather than making them live, with Mr. Leiber's personal contribution standing well above that of most of his support- ing players. But, taken all in all, the perform- ances are interesting and sound, and a real opportunity for young people and those more familiar with Hollywood than with the master of English theatri- cal eloquence, as well as for old Shake- pearean hands to see in action and hear again lines that can scarcely be heard too much. * x k% “TH! OLD RASCAL,” a comedy by and with William Hodge, in which he leaves his familiar “man-from-home" sort of role for a rollicking and rather | daring entertainment more in the rougher Broadway manner. Mr. Hodge plays with unction the part of a genial liquor-loving “hick” from Martinsville, Calif,, in revolt against the Puritanism of his overbearing wife and her family. Funny, but not exactly for those with thin skins or tender years, * ok % % Um muffiny old Lord Tottenham began to fall through poor; dear Lady Shoreham's furniture, in the sec- ond act of “Dear Old England” (which played for a year in London), the piect seemed both bewildering and rather awful. When Lord Tottenham leaned on a chest of drawers and it promptly tipped over, and, tried to sit down on the sofa, only to crash through it, Mr. Maltby's satirical farce began to look up, and by the time he tried to drink from one of Lady Shoreham's patched tea cups, only to bite out a slice of china which he extricated with some difficulty from his mouth, the audience was won over, quite convulsed, and the act ended in a gale of laughter. A strange piece, certainly—farce, sen- timental comedy, burlesque and parody, touches of melodrama, all mixed with- out any particular rhyme or reason. A foreword, spoken by an eighteenth cen- tury gentleman before the curtain, warned the audience not to try to take it too serlously. But even with that Warning one was hard put to know how to take the thing during most of the first act., A GENTLEMAN of Harvard-New Eng- land background, an engineer by profession, writing in to say that he disagrees with the popular view of “The Green Pastures” and that he “objects to having any man’s religion made fun dds the following comment: s & Unitarian, the Apostles' Creed, as you can hear it any Sunday spoken by sophisticated congregations in Epis- copal churches, is to me just as ‘quaint’ as anything these Negroes do in ‘Green Pastures’ What is the actual picture in my friends’ minds when they repeat ‘descended to Hell, the third day rose again from the dead, ascended into Heaven, seated at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty, when He will come to judge the quick and the dead. ... I believe in the Holy Ghost . . . the communion of saints . . . the res- urrection of the fl=sh’ . . . and so on? “Suppose I were to write a play be- ginning where ‘Green Pastures’ leaves off, and to put similarly into stage char- acters and a stage story such phrases as ‘descendcd to Hell! “seated at the right hand of God.’ ‘the resurrection of the flesh’ . . Would it be any less ‘quaint’ and ‘priceless’ than the fish-fry or the Lord's saying to Gabriel in the Connolly play, ‘Just keep those thunder- bolts, Gabe, w2 may want to use them again some time Happily for the peace of mind of the ‘Green Pastures’ spectators, the play stops short, histor- ically, of anything that could step on the toes of most contemporary audi- ences. I should like to ses somebody write a postscript to ‘Green Pastures’ in the same vein, bringing in the doc- trine of the redemption, for example, and see how long it would be beforc some of our orthodox sects would be heard from.” oo Movies and War Episodes. **THEY tell us now the talkie is one of the greatest things on earth as a civilizing influence. This is not to be wondered at, if it has gained such power that it is taking & hand in des- tiny and shaping life to its own ends.” Thus the press agent soliloquises. At any rate, a story has been evolved woven, not out of ordinary screen dust, but cut of life itself by those who make images for tie screen. The locale, of course, is Hollywood, and the players were men and women employed making the Fox film, “The Sky Hawk.” In order, as they enter, comes Lieut. Peter Ginter, former German Zeppelin pilot and bombing officer, engaged to give expert advice on the sport of bomb- in genemy cities, and next Capt. Ster- ling Campbell, late of the British Royal Flying Corps, who has contracted io supply the necessary technical data on ethics, tactics, etc., concerned with the ;hoolln[ down of Zeppelins over Lon- on. ‘These two, during the filming of “The Sky Haw became great friends, in spite of war memories, for in one of the episodes of the story it was neces- sary to show & German fighter put out by a squadron of British flyers. Lieut. Ginter accomplished this with appar- ent ease, and the director was so pleased that he asked him as to the whys and wherefores of his skill. Lieut Ginter replied that the whole thing | had been easy, because &ll he had to do | was to make a replica of a fight ex- | It occurred over | rience of his own. in Cambrai in 1918, when he had managed to bring his bullet-riddled | plane down at a point behind his own lines, almost at the expense of his life. The director was even more pleased when Capt. Campbell supplied the de- | tails of an engagement in which a squadron brings down a single-seater in | with equal ease. Questioning him—and this is one of these believe-it-or-not- - stories—he found that the captain had reproduced & scene out of his experi- ence which also took place over Cam- brai, in 1918, on the day and at the hour when Lieut. Ginter was put out of action. All of which made Hollywood won- der 1f the bullet in Ginter's shoulder came from the Vickers operated by | Capt. Campbell. " “It_All But Breathes” on and the ‘art | = The Sensati | Wonder of th Suchorowsky. Now on view daily at 1411 G 8. N.W. Admission 25¢ _“Its_realism_startles_the beholder.” t National Symphony ORCHESTR OF WASHINGTON. D. C. (80 Musicians), HANS KINDLER, Conducter STITUTION HALL, &, g 5 $2.00. $1.50, §1.08 Wilson-Greene,'s Concert Burea 1300 District 6493. Maska=Wig Club UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 42d Annual Production. “JOHN FAUST, Ph. D.” Belasco, Friday Night, April 11; Seats April 7, Mrs. W Droop's. | on-Greene's, fn | Willlam Pox Presents i\ THE THRILL OF A LIFETIME! You Will Be Held Breathless —THE STAGE— FANCHON AND MARCO present their latest creation “KISSES” with Joe and Jane McKENNA WILL COWAN WALLIN & BARNES MABLE & MARCIA DAVE HACKER HELEN AUBREY B FLA"Il“ FOUR Lensox Pawle Billy Bevan ™ You Will Applaud YOU WILL CHEER! ALL TALKING Fo; ApliaaTol Tove ank Tontaine with JOHN GARRICK HELEN CHANDLER GILBERT EMERY Lumsden Hare Daphne Pollard Joyce Compton FOX GRAND ORCHESTRA Leon Brusiloff, Conductor