Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1930, Page 22

What’s What and W here Attractions Soon to Be Seen in Washington Theaters Walter Hampden. “Free and Ea: Laugh Maker at Palace. OEW'S PALACE for the new week starting Saturday announces the Metro-Goldwyn - Mayer comedy, “Free and Easy,” to divide the honors_of its bill I‘“h Wesley Eddy and “Days o' Yore,” the stage presentation. Furthermore, Actors’ Na- tional Jubilee week will be celebrated. “Free and Easy” will feature a cast including Anita Page, Trixie Friganza, Robert Montgomery, Willlam Haines, Lionel Barrymore, Fred Niblo, Karl Dane and even Cecil B. De Mille in a rollicking entertainment of songs, dances and dialogue, which also intro- duces for the first time in :uch a pro- duction the inimi- table Buster Kea- ton. It's all about a girl from Gopher City, Kans., who is sent to represent that metropolis in Hollywood, and what happens when she gets there. “Free and Easy” also intro- duces a new dance which takes its name from the title of the pro- duction. “Days o' Yore,” Anita Page, the stage feature from the Capitol Theater, New York, will bring with it Wesley Eddy, along with the Three Kings, “monarchs of dance rhythm”; Chevalier Brothers, in feats of strength; Ten Tiny Tots, a beauty and fun combination; Edna Howard, Nat Spira and a Chester Hale ballet. The Hearst Metrotone News, ‘Walter Hampden Repeating at Polf’s. NUSUAL interest attaches to the appearance of Walter Hampden in Poli's Theate next week, starting Monday evening, in his modern version of “Richelieu.” He will give this play Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Fri- day evenings. At the Thursday mati- nee and Thursday and Saturday nights Mr. Hamp- den will play “ ponsacchi.” Primi- tive passions and tragedy, if not mel- odrama,* enough to supply even a mod- ern movie, may be found in this play of “Caponsacchi.” It is heralded as Mr. Hampden's best attainment since his unforget- table “Cyrano de Bergerac.” Cer- tainly, from the box office standpoint, wherever “Ca- ponsacchi” has been played this has been the case. For one performance only, the Satur- day matinee, Mr. Hampden will play “Hamlet,” which is looked upon as the one performance never to be missed by all lovers of Shakespeare and of super- lative acting. Attention is called to the early rise of the curtain for Mr. Hampden's per- formance of “Hamlet,” which he plays more in its entirety, without the usual “cuts,” than any other actor in this country or abroad. Mr. Hampden's “Hamlet” performance begins sharply at 2 o'clock and finishes at 10 minutes after 5. So, after all, it is not a “long” performance, and with it one is car- ried along with the swl'y and plot with- out awkward “breaks” that tend to de- stroy the supreme beauty of Shake- speare’s dramatic masterpiece, “Jerry,” a Comedy By National Players. MARION WELLS will be seen in a spirited role when the National Players, next Monday evening, offer t.he one-time Billle Burke comedy, “Jerry. The plece is by Catherine Chflholm Cushing and was fashioned especially for the Burkian talents when that lovely creature was at her crest 15 years ago. Aside from its lines, said to sparkle today as though there had been no appreciable lapse of time, the title Yole is one dear to the heart of any actress, for it calls for clothes in wige m;:etyh! e erry is & headstrong young miss, de- termined to steer her lun%'trom the shoals of a marriage that bodes incom- patibility. Her intentions go further; she has designs herself on her aunt’s dilatory flance. Her escapades in ma- neuvering this coup are fraught with inevitable situations that are the heart lng om‘x!! of farce. app} y. enough, Miss Wells is no lfl-nnger this role, having played it in Louisville a year ago. “Rarin’ to Go” At the Gayety. ARIN' TO GO,” Ed Daley’s black- and-white burlesque revue, will be presented at the Gayety Theater next week. Joe Yule, eccentric comedian, and Lena Daley, well known to burlesque fans. head the white lection of the com- pany, assisted by Louise Miller, soubrette; Sam Lewis, comedian; Sally Van, dances; Jack Spellman, Billy Harris and ® Soe Jordas’ and Tis “Sharpe oe. an an is and Flats,” a 10-plece jazz orchestra, have been the sensation of the colored sec- tion of the show with their solos and ensemble effects. Others prominent in the cast include Gray and Evans, Rookie and Joyce, Charlie Gray, Lonnie Fisher, “Little Willie,” “Bits” Turner, Juano Hernandez and Estelle Breniere. Colorful costumes and original scen- ery make the show a notable one. Miss Hawke's Carnival At the Belasco Theater. MISS MINNIE HAWKE will present p her dancing class in her annual Spring carnival at 2:15 o'clock Satur- day afternoon at the Belasco Theater. Among the numbers to be presented will be a novel tap dance by a group of 32 nrl.l a Hungarian peasant dance, respons! ble for the dramatization of the playlet. Roland Hayes Recital at Belasco. OLAND HAYES, the remarkable Negro tenor, will make his second recital appearance of the current sea- B his initial success in London, land. open whh & g ""Sg '.?.m.m b a group cen- w songs. A group of German leder follow. management of T. Arthur Smith. Now Every Home Can Afford a Modern Electric Sewing Machine $5 DOWN LANSBURGH & BRO 7th, 8th and E Sts~FAMOUS FOR QUALITY SINCE 1860—National 9800 short subjects, Charles Gaige at the organ and the Palace Orchestra will complete the program of entertainment “Ladies Love Brutes,” Earle’s Next Feature. EORGE BANCROFT, two - fisted, bass-singing giant of the screen, in his latest starring picture, entitled “Ladies Love Brutes,” comes to Warner Bros.’ Earle Theater Friday. Bancroft is seen in the part of Joe Forziati, an Italian immigrant who had battled to success as a New York bulld- ing contractor. Ambitious, he maneu- vers for social position, and begins a romance with a beautiful girl who is married but apparently on verge of divorce. The girl shups him, and he decides to make her come to him for help by kidnaping her young son. Un- derworld enemies hear of this pla: however, and trick him, obtaining pos- session not only of the girl’s son, but of Forziati’s own motherless boy. thrilling climax features one of the most spirited battles ever put upon celluloig In the cast are Mary Astor. Fredric March, Stanley Fields, Ferike Boros, David Durand, Freddie Burke Freder- ick, Paul Fix and Claud Allister. Additional features include the Vita- phone Varieties, The Evening Star- Universal and the Pathe News Reels, with Graham McNamee “newwuun;" for the former. “Such Men Are Dangerous,” An Elinor Glyn Story, at the Fox. | Avalon 2| Ga. Ave. & Queves THE EVEN ING STAR, WASLHL NGTON, DO, WEDNLSDAY, APlRIL 23, 1930. PHOTOPLAYS AT WASHING TON THEATERS NEXT WEEK |||From the Front Row AR Sunday Tge Banc Ambassador “Ladies z..five Brutes” “Ladies Lave Brutes. 18th & Columbis Rd. Monday Tnudly Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday T8e “Ladies Love Brutes.” TEe am Haines “The Girl Sald No.” William _Haines “The Girl Sald No." o ichard Dix i RIn Tip T the Ladles.” n Hunter.” me Vlllnnune variety. Vitaphone varlety. medy. che-m Morrll [ “The Gase of Bergt. rischa.” Cartoon. Apollo in “The Green Goddess. Come Comedy. Ufiu:_er llun'll E‘ fi n A;'E Oeorn Arliss Fmeyménron er 7 “The Green| “Honey. Vitaphone variety. Nancy Carroll in “Honey. Vitaphone .:uhn Boles in “Song of the West." Vitaphone variety. William Haines “The Girl Said 5612 Conn._Ave. No." Ruth chllunon 3 “Sarah and Son." Cartoon. Vitaphone yariety. Conrad Nagel in “Ship From Ruth chmemn m “Sarah and Son.” c haj. Comedy. Vitaphone. artoon. Vitaphone variety. Shang- Gary Cooper and Mary Brian in “Ouly the Brave Comedy. _Vitaphon: George Sidney and Charles Murray in ““The Cohens an Ealrs 1o aco Ave. Grand 645 Penns. Ave. 8.E. “Sarah and Son." Vitaphone variety. Ruth Ohatterton Ruth Oha n nd Vitaphone variety. Marion Di “'Not. 8o Dum! “Sarah a Vitaphone variet. William Powell in “The Benson Murder Comeds. Marion Davies in “Not S0 Dumb.” Vitaphone variety. Cartoon. William Powell in *“The Benson Murder Case. Comedy. Gary Coope Mary Bl’lln in “Only the Brave.” Comedy. - Vitaphone. Cameo er, Md. Dark. “A Lady to vmu Ennky i, “A Lady to Love, Vilma l-n)u o, o Comedy. Comedy. “Happy Days.” Eomed William rnwell T ia, : D"hfl Mary Nolan in “Undertow.” Serial, Comedy. Conrad mrel and Charles Bickford Cuolma 105_11th St S.E. in “Dynite.” “Dynamite.” Conrad Nagel and Charles_Bickford 14 L Walter M “Soul of France.” Tail and Comeds Wi rall and ™ Resinald Denny “One. nmmcu Virginia Valll “Gullty.” Comedy. Central 425_9th St N.W. inia Vall Winnie Lightner in b “8he Couldn't Say 0. Comedy. _Vitaphone. Winnie I.Alhln-é in Comedsy." Vitaphone. in “The Green Goddess.’ o Twu\vemu. i and Circle 2105 Pa. Ave. N.W. Richard Arlen and Nancy Carroll ‘Dangerous Paradise’’ £ Brendel sh Vigtor Mcla “Happ. and .nmpn w-x afl, Marion Davies in “Not S0 Dumb.” Vs Go" Elaces Nancy Carroll Colon & l-lrlnl ‘Honey. _Vitaphone variety. Vitaphone varlety. Ruth Chatterton Nancy Carroll b “Sarah and Son."” Co Futh Chatterton in “garsh and Son.” Comedy. Comedy. Vitaphone variety. Virginia vall " Alice Day and Eadie Buzzeli in “Littie éonnny Jones. “Nancy Carroll and Richard_Arlen Dumbarlon Nancy Carroll d Hichard Arien “Dangerous P dise.” Helen, Moran “Applesauce.” edy. amon Novarr Rarn Haria h “Devil May Care.” _Comedy. et Ga; J or 1 “"Happy Janet Gaypor *Haooy Dave.” " “Bessie Love and Charles King in “Chasing Rainbows.” __Movietone s Gloria Swanson Ole.nn Tryon 1n “The Trespasser. Co omedy. es Anoy. ome: Cazroll in Nancy SE sty Ciawiord and Monteomery o Car Onmody cumn war y_Coo} well “Beven Dave Lasve: Whoited Heels.” Cologtols revue. Comedy. Revue. Maty mmmnh and Conrs Lt Feriormance.” Cartoon. _News. Ramon Novarro in Eric von Btroheim “Devi] May Care.” and Betty Compson medy. in"“Great Gab Eric_von Stroheim and Betty Compson in”“Great Gubbo " 3. Conrad Nai Kay Johni “Hiip From Shave- hai” Comedy. Conrad Nagel and Kay Johnsun in “Ship From Shange b Comedy. 0. Comedy. _Vitaphone. Dark. Winnie Lumnu i ‘She’ Couldn’ Cumdy 't Bay “A Lady to Love.” Vitaphone. __ Vitaphone varieiy. “A Lady to Love.” Vitaphone variety. Alice Day and Eddie Buzzell in “Littie Johnny Jones,” d in ] Hart 1 William Desmon “Burning the Tratl.” Nel “Nogth of 4. [ Evelyn Brent in, “Bligntly Scarlet.” omedy. Cartoon. Alexandria,_Va, Laurel Dark. ‘Wome! ‘Women.' Gang comedy. Gans comeds, ‘Act. Act.__» Yilma Baoky 1o “A Laay to Love.” coneds. comiedy. TR mfl.. 8 Fyach w53 Sudy show. Punch s ach, ang “Y ynch and Jidy ghow. Laurel, Md, “Happy Da! Liberty Comeay. Cartoon. Comedy. “Happy Days.” nlmongflonrm Cartoon. 3 Ramon Novarro in “Devil May Care. Colortone_revue. Lenore Ulric “South Rose.” ___Co “Applause.” al. Onmod.v‘ Cartoor lncv Ca ll I s YITY IR S{T] | S ————— ‘Will Rogers Princess Wil R o Compson, in “They Had to See Paris.” Bett “Btreet Girl.” Farrell and t Gaynor in “Lucky Star.” Betty Compton in “Htreet Girl.” Joseph Behlldkraut “The Misstsgioni Rod La Rocaue “The Delightful Rogue.” “They_Had to See 1119 A St NE. ‘Paris. Richmond Dark. arol and “Se Caroland B Lee Dixie. Lee'In “Lets Go Places ien Ohandler in Helen Ohandler “The 8ky Hawk.' ne Sky Hawk. Vitaphone act. Itaphone act. ‘Cartoon. Alexandria, Vs. Savoy Dorothy Reveir in “l(umu on the Root.” Vitaphone variety. ‘Comedy. Do *Murder on the Roo! Vitaphone variety. S Comedy. thy Reveir o Faer o e " Sagurday Night Kid.” “.Ian Keith in “Prince of Dia- e, moi Comedsy. "Acsop Fable. Ien Chand Wm. Collier, sr., 1 Hi', Sky Haw) “Harmgny at Homer" aphone act. Gartoon. Jack Perrin In “Qverland Bound.” Vitaphone variety. Comedy. Robert Armstrong in “The Racketeer. 3030_14th ¢ “Let's Go Places.” “Lev's Beile Baker and Ralbh Graves “Bong_of Love.” Go Pla " Bglle Buke: and Gravi Greta Garbo in, R T nns Christie. Richard Dix 1n “Lovin' the La TIVOII Vitaphone varietr. Richard Dix o “Lovin’ the La V“llhflnl Vllh‘!. Comedy. " Ruth Chatterton in “Sarah and Son.” Comedy. Ruth Chatterton “Sarah and Son.” Oomedy. Evelyn Brent 1 Blightly Scarlef Vitaphone variety. Cartoon. lun 'nn-'nn n, O the Border RO L4 Rocaus in “Delightful _Rog: John Boles in “The Desert Song." Comedy. Greta Garbo in Christie.” 14th and Park Rd. omedy. Sl Bemes York “The Girl Said No.” Review. lowest of all in the scale of humanity, scarcely as intelligent as the apes, which each year, after an elaborate and hid- eously weird ceremony, give one of its number to the gorillas. 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When he re- turns—but upon that Miss Glyn m constructed her story. “The stage will offer Fanchon and Marco’s “Far East” idea. Alexander Callam will act as master of cere- monies and Frank Stever, Helen Pach- ard, Nee Wong, Cown and Gray, M. Sanami and company, Three Jacks and Two Queens, Ruth Kadatsu, Joan Jard- castle and the Sunkist Beauties will be featured. k) ‘The orchestra will offer “Echoes of '.hs Metropolitan Opera” as its over- and a new edition ot the Fox :gmum News will complete the pro- m. African Wild Life Shown at R-K 0 Keith's. ¢¢TNGAGI” promises something out ol the usual trend of thrills at R-K-O Keith's, starting Saturday. record of the expedition of the safarl headed by Hubert Win- stead_and cnpt. Daniel Swayne, into made | the humnn than any other living be: ‘The most startling feature depicud in this picture sponsored by Congo Pic- tures, Ltd., is what may be creatures that are half human, half ape. 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Comedy. “Mammy” Remains At the Metropolitan. «VJAMMY,” starring Al Jolson in a blackface comedy role, will con- tinue for a second week at Warner HEN you want squared up with new of tough live rubber. Vilma_Banky X tta Young and “A Lady to Love.” Comedy. Toret Grant Withers in ““Th Second-floor Mystery. Bros. Metropolitan Theater, beginning Priday. “Mammy” is & Warner Bros. and presents | pals in an unusual romance, singing his Vluphons m'!px'\'odm:tlun. which best-liked characterization, tlut nt a blackface minstrel. to look and feel your best, look to your heels. Lopsided shoes can take the snap out of your whole appearance. You know for yourself, run down heels ruin good shoes. 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NE of those slightly mad Russian plays, in which the characters burst into fits of unexpected laughter, fall in love where they shouldn't and conduct themselves generally in the fashion that Chekhov and ‘Turgenev have taught us to believe is to be expected of them, was present- ed last night by the Jewish Commu- nity Center Dramatic Society. “The Haunted Inn,” by Peretz Hirshbein, was its name and it seems to have been done previously by the New York Repertory Theater with Eva Le Gallienne and Jacob Ben-Ami in the leading roles. Even without the aid of two such profound actors, there was much last night that rang true. The climax of the second act, when Meta runs away from her own wedding, became a real climax, leaving the wedding guests with as much apparent sur- prise as the audience. And there were touches and flashes of genuine- ness, such as Hannah Stolar con- tributed when nrgufl;g.wnh her su- perstitious husband, t outweighed many of the minor evils. It is, of course, hard to believe duction by Irving Berlln and many old Jolson favorites as well. In the cast are Lois Moran, Dresser, Lowell shermnn. Miwhell Lewis, Tully Marshall and many other notables of the screen. “Mammy” is supplemented by the Metropolitan house features, including The Evening Star-Universal Newsreel with Graham McNamee “newscasting” current events. Loew's Columbia “Putting on the Rits.” AB ‘WAS to be expected, “Puttin’ on the Ritz,” the United Artists’ pro- duction starring Harry Richman, the gay troubadour of Broadway, is to be held over another week. It is merry entertainment combining songs, dances and dialogue, and boasting of a support- ing cast that includes Joan Bennett, the beautiful; James Gleason, author of “Is Zat 80"; Lilyan Tashman and Afleen Pringle, with a notable collection of longu and music by the great Irving Berlin, ‘The story concerns a song and dance man who owes much of his success to a girl, but loses his head through the at- tentions of a soclety woman. It is a romance of vaudeville that wltimately reaches & hmppy solution of the prob- lems involve An ouut.g:’dldnx supplemental feature m Awry is s d with d only d snd it s Je ore laughable. 'rheo‘l-!Xunt Metrotone News and music by the Co- lumbia Orchestra round out the pro- gram. “Captain of the Guard” Held Over at the Rialto. JOHN BOLES will continue to charm the patrons at the Rialto Theater and one-fourth of all the world’s tires. Certainly, Goodyear can put extra measure of tough wear and buoyant comfort into rubber heels. Goodyear makes twice as many heels as any other rubber company. There’s proof of value! No wonder millions more people walk on Goodyear Wingfoot Heels than on any other kind. Get yours today, and see how they give and lift and help you on your way. WINGFOOT HEELS MADE BY THE MAKERS - / OF THE FAMOUS ~ that such childlike people still exist —people who say that they have never been to the city and burn down their own house for the benefit of a nnk"n;elplrlt And yet such & man was Bendet, who, goaded by tormenting superstitions, set fire to the “haunted inn” as well as his own home before he could realize that it was quite natural for his daughter, Meta, to have run off with her lnver In this case, too, there was no chance for balm from an insurance agency; Just plain superstition tore Bendet's hearth to bits and turned him into a near madman. Through the four acts of this dif- ficult drama Kate Shapiro, in the role of the eloping bride, Meta, passed with much distinction. Given to trifling doses of mannerisms, she ne gnheleu gave indication that study and care had gone into the creation of her part. Dr. Charles Gordon seemed at his best when amidst the convivialities of the wed- ding, and Aaron Rosenthal as the gay lover, Itsik, was convincing enough. Fluency in diction was not one of the major assets of these players, but apart from the mistreatment of cues course of the play ran smoothly enough. E.de 8. M. with his rich baritone volce in “Cap- tain of the Guard,” in which Mr. Boles plays the role of Rouget de Lisle, the French composer who wrote “La Mar- sellaise,” until next Thursday. Boles has Laura La Plante as a co-star and is a\;ppomr by other well known screen ari One of the longest battles of film his- tory was waged at Universal West Coast studios during the filming of this pic- ture, it is said. The action on the screen takes place in a single dly, but 80 vast were the armies engaged, and so spec- tacular the battle if.sell l,hlt it took al- most & month to photograph it. The dramatic battle scene between the King’s guards and the revolutionist troops, in- cluding the historic march of Men of Marsellaise, who arrived in Paris just in time to turn the tide of battle, is the climax of the picture. Tinting of the picture in the battle scenes and th torchlight processions lend much in way of realism to these colossal scenes. Boles also sings seven songs in the icture, some of them rendered during is romantic love scenes, Others are sung during the dramatic sequences of the film. A new type of cemedy, ‘The Evening Star-Universal Newsreel and the orches- tra conclude the Rialto program. LURAY CAVERNS by BUS Spererville. " Valley ‘connec- des Chariered for Special Tours. hington-Luray Bus Line Georsia 3782, GOODYEAR TIRES