Evening Star Newspaper, February 22, 1931, Page 45

AMUSEMENTS. COLUMBIA—Garbo in “Inspiration” RETA GARBO is seen at Loew’s Columbia this week in the Me ro - Golawyn - Mayer pro- duction, ‘‘Inspiration,’’ an original story especially writ- ten for the Swedish star by Gene Mar- key ana_airected by Clarence Brown. | Robert Montgomery has the leading | male role, and the supporting cast in- cludes Lewis Stone, Marjorie Rambeau, Baryl Mercer, John * Miljan, Edwin Max- i well, Oscar Apfel and others. Tt seems that in 1 this picture Miss | Garbo returns to | e exotic type of | e .which made R & . | her famous in silent | gy slims. She is seen B ¢ | #< an artist's model vho becomes the | t-ast of Paris. Sur- foited with the ad- miration of wealthy romirers, she falls in love with )!l Greta Garbo. young, provincial rident who is already engaged to be married. ‘The desperate strategies by | which the impassioned model attempts tn win over the voung student, together with a subsequent unexpected turn' of events, makes up the plot. 5 Inasmuch as the story is laid in modern times, Miss Garbo will be scen in luxurious present-day fashions, even a number of new Garbo coiffures. with- | out which no Garbo picture would be complets. The picture, incidentally. is staged with unusual splendor. the scenes ranging from a dazzling Be- hemian studio champagne party to se- quences in colorful cafe and garden Testaurants, EARLE—"My Pas‘,” Miss Patricola. EBE DANIELS in a screen version of the novel ‘My Fast.” is to be geen this week at Warner's Earle The- ater, with a program of stage enter- tainment headed by Miss Patricola, well known Broadway comedienne. “My Past,” a different title to that of the novel, introduces a new and trans- formed Bebe Daniels and is said to un- fold an intensely human story of a girl who falls in love with a boy already married. Miss Daniels plays the girl whose high standard of conduct will not permit her to deal unfairly with a man who is married to another. Others in the cast include Lewis Stone, Ben Lyon, Natalle Moorehead and Joan ‘Blondell Miss Patricola, sister of the famous Tom, is known as a scintillating melo- dist and will be heard in a cycle of character songs. Others on the stage rtion include the Stanley twins, well own dancers, in songs, dances and humor, assisted by th= Erhardt broth- ers; Joe Morris and Flo Campbell in a humorous skit. assisted by May Talbot and Phil Stivers; Rome and Gaut, ec- centric entertainers, and Maxine Doyle, mistress of ceremonies ‘The program also offers the Earle orchestral prelude, with Fred Clark conducting; the Earle News and the usual short subjects. PALACE — “Parlor, Bed Room and Bath.” USTER KEATON with his “frozen countenance,” cavorts, through a comedy of errors in “Parlor, Bed Room and Bath,” Metro-Goldwyn-Megqer's roduction, adapted from the fambdus arce, at Loew's Palace Theater this ‘week. ‘The new picture has Buster in the yole of a young man who is “touted” as a gay Lothario to such an extent that, he is in trouble practically all the time. He is suspected by his sweet- heart, caught in a compromising_posi- tion by a jealous husband, who has a gun; disrupts a fashionable hotel, wrecks a car and almost himself, and otherwise stays in hot water, to the in- finite relish of the audience. Charlotte Greenwood. celebrated come- dienne of “So Long, Letty.” adds her contribution of joviality and goes through all sorts of gymnastic stunts with tne attachments that made her famous. ‘The cast is further augmented by Regi- nald Denny, Cliff Edwards and Edward Brophy, who scored in “Those Three | French Girls.” | There is said to be no lack of pulchri- tude in the new Keaton laugh-maker, for the feminine roles are distributed between Dorothy Christy, Joan Peers, | Sallie Ellers and Natalie Moorehead. Edward Sedgwick directed FOX—"Don’t Bet on Women"—Irene Frankl | 'HE Fox Theater announces for this | week a galaxy of stars from the stage, the screen and the musical world. | Edmund Lowe and Jeanette Mac- | Donald head the list in the Fox Movie- | tone production, “Den't Bet on Wom- | en” a witty comedy of modern life supported by Roland Young, Una Merkel and J. M. Kerrigan | The story deals with the adventures | |and Leneta Lane; of a social lion and man about town who is drawn into a bet with attor- m‘}' that he can't kiss the attorney's wife. The picture is taken from a story by William Anthony McGuire undd was directed by Willlam K. How- ard. ‘The Fox Theater also presents Irene Pranklin, star of many musical shows, in a personal appearance on the stage. Leon Brusiloff and the Fox Music Mas- ters will present a special overture, “The Living Masters,” which will in- clude ~“Prelude,” by Rachmanino: “Caprice Viennois,” by Fritz Kreisle “Lady, Play Your Mandolin,” by Levant; “Menuet,” by Paderewski, and “Stars and Stripes Forever,” by Sousa. Bob West will be heard at the organ. Fanchon and Marco send to the stage “Gobs of Joy," featuring Arthur “Pat” ‘West, “Admiral of Jesters,” with the fol- lowing singers and dancers: Three Jolly Tars, Scotty Weston, Dolly Kramer, Treen, Wanda Allen, Moore and Moore, Curtis Coley, Johnny Jones, Rena and Rathburn, Ken Gatewood and Doyle Quadruplets. RIALTO—"Dracul: A STRANGE, weird motion picture that rivals all previous mysteries of the screen, “Dracula,” a Universal production, is' now going into its sec- ond week at the Rialto Theater. This story is distinctly in a class by itself, and its subject matter is uniq among film productions. For ‘‘Dracula, which was adapted from Bram Stoker's famous novel, deals with human vam- pires, which ancient superstition de- scribes as horrible “undead” creatures who rise from their graves at night. Whether or not you believe in this majer premise of the story, you are apt to be enthralled by its screen presenta- tion. The entire picture is done with | compelling sincerit?, and it is as power- ful in its effect on the emotions of the audience as any picture that can be re- called. The title role of Count Dracula is played by Bela Lugosi, who created the same part in the stage play. Helen Chandler as Mina Seward and David Manners as John Harker, her fiance, also are featured. Others who con- tribute outstanding _characterizations are Edward Van Sloan, Dwight Frye, Frances Dade and Herbert Bunston. Tod Browning, director of “Dracula,” was for many years director, as well as author, of many of Lon Chaney's most successful productions. Browning and Garret Fort prepared ths screen play and dialogue. Otto F. Beck at the organ, a comedy and the Universal News Reel complete the program. R-K-O KEITH'S—“Cimarron.” NEARLY a hundred thousand Wash- ingtonians, it is claimed, have passea judgment on Radio Pictures’ “Cimarron” and almost without a dis- sonting voice have indorsed the critics’ findings that it is a screen master- piece. Naturally the picture is being continu=d for the benefit of those who { have not seen it, at R-K-O Keith's The- ater. “Cimarron” is a thrilling, ephocal drama of one of the great episodes in American history. Universal has made it throb with heart interest and magni- ficent as a mighty spectacle, from Edna Ferber's colossal novel, including with the unfolding of a truly great drama, its uniquely beautiful love story. Richard Dix reaches the heights as Yancee Cra- vat. Irene Dunn more than justifies | her selection for the role of Sabra, his wife, and Estelle Taylor as Dixie Lee and William Collier as the “Kid,” con- tribute outstanding characters in a uni- | formly excellent cast. METROPOLITAN—"Illicit.” S JLLICIT,” the Warner Bros. and Vitaphone picture, originally shown at the Earle, is the attraction for the current week at Warner's Metr-politan. Barbara Stanwyck, who rcse to star- dom as a result of her work in “Ladies of Leisure,” has the leading role on an unconventional young girl with tangled theories of merriage. Supporting Mizs Stanwyck are James Rennie, Natalie Moorehead, Joan Blon- dell, Charles Butterworth and Claude Gillingwater. The short subjects on the program include “Compliments of the Season,” a Vitaphone comedy with Eric Dressler “Modern Fairy ‘Tales,” a humorous representation of things that never happen, and _the Graham McNamee Talking News Reel. STRAND—"Birth.” IRTH,” the Swiss-made film, is being shown this week at the Strand Theater, at Ninth and D streets. The picturé is said to have been made by surgeons and nurses in the Frauenklinik, at Zurich, Swite~rland, to give an intelligent insight on a subject important to all humanity, healthy. happy motherhood. and is not to be confused with the trashy sex pictures. There will be no segregation of au- diences. both adult men and women, married or le, being permitted to attend at all times. Children, unac- companied by parent or guardian, will not be admitted Tribute to Woman. [ ARRON" is essentially a saga | of the pioneering woman, notonly | of the age dramatized so vividly and entertainingly by the picture—the birth of civilization in Oklahoma — but of the ag-s in which the moral reolute- ness of women marched apace with the conquering spirit of men | The picture is great because we ad- | mire the people it pirades befcre us, | particularly the women whose corirage and fortitude in adapting tk Ives | uncomplainingly to the barren vindy | stretch of the primeval land that was Oklahoma. Leaving comfortable homes in the | East, mothers and fathers and memo- | Ties, they followed their adventurous mates into a traditi-nless wilderness, | with unflinching devotion, to raise their | children in a doctorless country: to ad- vance civilization’s outpost 2nd to hu- t symptoms of commu- nity conscience by cenverting fa'o into chirches and end'e: %o rid the ng towns the wantcn and unp: e Cimarron” 1s really the first pitture to memoralize the cou | the pioneering wom 3 T | films have sentimentalized t of man as he made history. but this picture gives woman her rightfui place 85 the partner of man in his most mon- umental achievements It is significant that this epic dra- R'KO KEITH'S DOORS OPEN SETTING NEW RECORDS ORATTENDANCE ACCLAIMED Greatest Picture of All Times SCREENDOM S | picture adapted from the fam-us matization of the Oklahoma period was conceived by a women—Edna Ferber— in_her memorable novel from which the | motion picture comes, not only to re- | create the colorful past. hut to em- bellish its immensity with the tears and the laughter of life. — o Here's the Dog! LMER BUTTS is at last tures, Elmer is a great St. Bernard d-g, the property of Buster Keaton and named | by Keaton after one of his favorite characters in “Free and Easy.” The dog plays in the country estate scenes of “Parior. Bedroom and Bath,” the straight-faced comedian’s newest stage | farce Keaton, also gave over his house and | grounds for lIocstion, and Charlotte | Gresnwood. Rez'n"ld D-nny and CLi Edw-rds heip in making the laugh! this week at Loew’s Palace in pic- Rose Hobart has been signed to play the feminine lead opposite Douglas | Fairbanks, Jr., in “Chances.” The story | is taken from a novel by A. Hamilton Gibbs. Miss Hobart met with success in the stage plays “Death Takes a Holi- day,” “Liliom” and “A Lady Surrend- ers” Allan Dawn will direct, 215 PMm [ Hollywo>d extra girls, | flappers of Broadway and Main street, | 1922, excepting only s | he spent in the Unit THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D WFEK OF FEBRUARY 22 Sund: Monday Tuesday Wednesday FEBRUARY 22 Thursday 1931—PART FOUR Friday Saturday Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon in “My ‘Past.”’ Vitaphone subject. Ambassador 18th & Columbia Rd. Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon in “My Past.” Vitaphone subject Marion Davies in Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon } he Bachelor Marion Davies in “The Bachelor Father.” Vitaphone subject Dorothy Mackaill in “Once s Sinner.” Comedy. Vitaphone subject. Evelyn Brent “The_Silver Horde." Boy Friend comedy. Charles Farrell and G et nor_in *The Man Who Came Back."”" Short_sub Apollo 624 H St. N.E Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor in “The Man Who Came Back."_Short sub. Richard Bartheimess Vitaphone ‘short Dorothy Petersofl in “Mothers Cry.” Comedy. Myrna Loy and Paul Page in'The Naughty Flirt.” Vitaphone subject Lue, Vele n “The Storm.” * Comedy. subject ect Dark. Arcade Hyattsvile. Md. na Ol Frederic March in_ oyal Family.” Sub; ler_and sev in ne and Ina Claire and Freceric March in “The Roval Famiiy. Comedy. Subjec Robert Wo “Hook. __Sinke; Bert Wheeler an Robert Woolsey 1 “Hook, d n Touls v siheim and Jean Arthur in “Danger Lights. Comedy. Berial Francis and er Huston in ““Virtunus Sin."" Comedy_Subjects. Ashton Dark. | Clarendon. va. Gary Coover in “The Spalers.” Constance Bennett & Grace Moore in Eric von Stroheim *'A Lady's Morals.” n “Three Faces East." Clara Bow in “Her Wedding Night " Conrad Nagel, Rod La Rocque and Marie Dressler in ‘One Romantic Night " Constance Bennett in “Common Clay." Bert_Wheeler and Robert Woolsey in “Hook., Line and Sinker."_Sh't sub Avalon 5612 Conn. Ave. Bert Wheeler and Robert. Woolse: ‘Hook. Line and Sinker.” Sh't sub Walter Huston and Phillip Holmes In *The Criminal Code.” Vitaphone subiact Walter Huston and Philllp Holmes in Conrad Nagel in Free Love." Vitaphone short sublect Grant Withers and Mary Astor in “Other Men's Women." Comed Bert_Lytell in “Brothers " Laurel-Hardy come Marie Dressler and Polly Moran in Reducing " Vitaphone subject Ave. Grand 645 Pa. Ave. S.E. Marie Dressler and Polly Moran in Reducing Vitaphone subject Walter Huston and s in “The Criminal Code." Cartoon. Myrna Loy Paul Page in Naughty Flirt Vitaphone subject. Fay Wray and r Varconi in Charles Farrell and Maureen O'Sullivan in “The Princess and the Plumber.” Com. Dark. Cameo Mt. Rainfer, Md. Conrad Nagel and Josphine Tobin in “Free Love Comedy. Act. News Jack Oakie in “Gang Buster.” Comedy. Act ne Tovin in ‘Free Love ' Comedy. Act. News Jack Gakie in “Gang_Buster." Corred Act. El Brendel in “Girls Demand Excitement Comedsy. Ken Meynard in “Fighting Thru. Cgmeds. Touis Wolheim and Lewis Avres in “All Quiet_on the Carolina 11th & N.C. Ave. Louis Wolheim and Lewis Avres in “All Quiet_on ¢ Western Front George O Brien and Myrna Loy in Last of the Duares.” Cyril Maude in “Grumpy Trene Rich and §. B. Warner in “On_Your Ba Robert Armstrons in “Danger Lights." Comedy. Central 425 9th St. N.W. Robert ATmstrong in “Danger Lichts.” Comedy James Hall and Ben 13 . James Hall and Ben Lyon in “Hell's ‘Angels " Befty Compson in The Boudoir Diplo- El Brendel i Maureen Sullivan Dorothy Mackaill in “Once a Sinner.” Comeds. Vitaphone tubject Vitaphone subject Genevieve Tobin, Conrad Nagel and u Pitts in ee_Love.” Circle 2105 Pa. Ave. N.W. Touis Wolheim, Robert Armstrong and Jean_ Arthur in “Danger_Lights " Jack Oakie and Jean Arthur in ‘The Gang Buster.” Gomedy. mat Com._Short subject Vitaphone subject. Eddie_Quillan, James Gleason and Miriam Seegar in “Big_Money." Bert Wheeler and Ropert Woolsey in “Hook. Line and Sinker.” Bert_ Wheeler and Robert Woolsey in “Hook, Line Sinker.” S Colony Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey in “Hook. Line and Sinker. sub. John Boles in “'One Heavenly Night Comeay John Boles In “'One Heavenly 5. ‘Other Men's Wome: Vitaphone subject Mary Nolan and Edw. G. Robinson in “Outside the Law." phone subject Evelyn Brent in “The Silver Horde.” Charles Chase med Ga. Ave. & Farragut Dumbarton 1343 W sin Ave. Ed Wyn, Ginger Ro; in “Follow_ths Leader.” gers Ed Wynn and Ginger_Rogers in “Follow_the Leader." Ann Harding and James Rennie in ~Girl of the Golden West.” Jack Oakie and Jean Arthur Harding and es Rennie in of the Golden West. Jeanette MacDonald and Reginald Denny n “Oh. for a Man." Joe_Frisco and Lila Les in “The_Gorill Constance Bennett in Sin Takes a Holi- dey con Fairlawn Anacostia. D. C._ Fifi D'Orsay and Reginald Denny in “Those Three French Girls."_Comedies “The Roval Family of Broadway." Comedy. “The Love Bar trich in ; Angel." __Aesop_Fable Bert Wi Robert Wool in Horz. Line and " Einke. Hippodrome “Tngagi Comedy Biltmore Trio. “Betty Comp: She Got W Wanted Betty Compron in “She Got Wha! She Wanted Colortone Feview she 808 K St N.W._ Home 13th & C st NE. Ben Lvon James H “Hell's Angels Ben Lyon and James Hall Hell's Angels Dorothy Mackzill in Once a Sinne: Laurei-Hardy The Royal Family of Broadway. Comedy. “The Love Bargain " ___Comeds. n Cha-les Farrell in The_Princess and Edmund Lupe Velez and Frederic “The Roval Family." __Comedy. News._ Talmadge in adame Du Barry." Robert Armstrong in Danger Lights." Vitaphone short subject Ingomar Dark. Alexandria, V Bob Custer in m Comedy. Serial Bob_Steel In “The Land of Missing Ton Comedy _gerial Comedy. Subects.__ Gary Cooper and Marlene Dietrich in Moracco Jesse in Pit." “Lightning.” Cartoon Joe E. Prown and Cna Muni Victor McLaglen in A pev akie and Jean Arthur in “The Gang Buster.” 3100 18th St. Cartoon. News Laurel Dark. y “Once a Sinner.” Comedy. News. d Lowe and Hyams in Time Wife.” . At Dorothy Mackaill in ‘Once a Sinner Comedy. ~ News. Act Edmun L Laurel. Md._ Helen Kane in “Reginald Denny “Dangerous Nan MeGrew. Edmund Lowe and Leila_Hyams in “Part-Time Wife Comedy ~Werner Baxter and Ken Maynard in “Fightin' Thru.” Comeds. O - John Waype and BP nicode] i “The Big Trail"” Comedy. Serial_News Victor McLaglen in “The Devil With Women Comedsy. _Snapshot. Mste Loy In “Renegades.” Comedsy. Comedy. 'Act Novelty. News. _ Ed Wynn and Ginger Rogers in “Follow the Le; Novelts der.” “Fast and Loose.” Dogville comedy. Arsop Fable Johnny Brown and Kay Johnson in “Billy_ the Kid." e Johni nd Kay “Johnson in “Billy_th~ Kid." Serial. Gaithersburg, Md. Palace Warner Baxter and J Myrna Loy in “Renegades. Comedy. ohn McCormack in “Song o' My Heart." Comedy. Act John McC k in “Song o My Heart.” Comedy. Aok “New York Nights." Gomedy. ~ Act. w York Nights.” Comeds. ~ Act. Ronald Cclman and Ann Harding in “'Condemned.”" Comedy. Mary Brian and Frederic March in Marriage Play- nd.’_Com. Act. Princess 1119 H St. NE El Brendel in “Just Imasine. El Brendel in “Just lmagine.” Marlene Dietrich in “The Blue Angel Dark. Richmond Alexagdria. Va Savoy 3030 13th St. N.W. = John Wayne and Marguerite Churehill in *'Girls Demand Ex- citement.” Comedy. i Polly Moran and Marle Dressier in Redveing Comedy. Subjects John Wayne and Marguerite Churchill citement.” Polly Moran and Marie Dressier in Reducing ___Comedy. Sub.ects. Betty Com) in Be! ‘Subject y_Compson in e Got What She Wanted 5 biect Vitaphone subject Wanted phone s . Subjects Harry Langdon and Slim Summerville in Bee America Z Robert Montgomery and Anita Page Buck Jones in “The Dawn Trail." Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey in “Hook. Line and Sinver.” George Sidney Charles Murr: “The - Cohens Kellys in Afr' Charies Bickford in “The Rivers End." Vitaphone short subject’ and Seco Silver Spring. Md. “All Quiet_on the Western Front.” Grant Withers and Mary Astor in Other Men's Women.” orma Shearer in “Let Us Be Gay.” Naney Carroll in “Laughter.” Jackie Coogan and Mitzi Green William Haines in 1 ““Remote Control.” “Tom Stanton Comedy. News gerous Nan McGrew. ~Jeanette MacDonald Paramount comedy. “'Oh! & Man.” Lil “Madrme Satan. mount com: “'Weak But Willing." inie Lightner in Victor McLaglen in “The Devil With Women Serial.News. Rin-Tin-Tin_in “The Man Hunter." Universal comedy, “Go_to_Blazes.” 6th & C Sts. Bethesda, Md. Bik. Walter Huston in Abraham Lincoin.” Mariene Dietrich and Walter Huston in Emil Jannings “Abraham Lincoln.” ene Dietrich and Emil Jannings in “The Blue Angel” Phillips_Holmes and Lew Asres in Helen Twelvetrees “East Is West." State : 5ylvan e Chevaller 104 R. L Ave. N.W. in “Playbor of Par Cartoon Comed: Jeanstte McDonald and Reginaid Denny n “Oh, for & Man." Joe E. Rrown and Ona’ Munson in Gotng wild." Comedes. Hair n Wost.” Charles_Bickiord in “River's End." Serial George Bancroft in “Derelict.” Sarial Comedy. News Jeanette MacDonald J and Reginald Denny Takoma in Takoma Park.D.C. __"Oh. for s Man." eanette MacDonald and Reginald Denny 1 n “Oh, for & Man" Jack Oakie in Jack Oakie in “Gang Buster.” “Gang Buster.” Charles Farrell in “Princess and Plamber. ““The Lone Rider." Norma Taimadse n “Du Barry. Woman __of_Passion.” Marie Dressier and Polly Moran in “Reducing.” Vitaphone subject Tivoli 14th & Park Rd. Vitaphone subject Dorothy Mackaill in “Once a Sinner." Vitaphone subject. Comed Dorothy Mackalll in Once a Sinner Vitaphone subject. Comeds E Doug. Fairbanks, Jr FLittle Caesar. sub. _Carf n Edw. G. Robinson & Doug. Fairbanks. ir., in “Little Caesar* Sh't_sub._Cartoon Lois Moran in “Under Suspicion.” Comedy. CTharies Ruggies 1n “Charley's Aunt.” Vitaphone short subject York Ga. Ave. & Quebec Charles Ruggles in “Charley's Aunt Vitaphone short subject Vivienne Segal in enne Segal in “Viennese Nights.” “Viennese Nights.” Walter Huston and Phillip Holmes in Criminal Code.” Vitaphone subject Myroa Loy and Richard Bartheimess Paul Page in “The Naugthy Flirt." Short subject. Com Garbo's Coiffure. O many Hollywood movie aspirants try to look like Greta Garbo that her director is said to have faced a discouraging task trying to select ‘200 satisfactory applicants for “sophisti- cated types’ for the Paris ball rm)m’ scenes in “Inspiration,” her picture | now current at Loew's Columbia. “If I had used half the girls who chowed up without at least ordering them to change coiffures the ball room would have looked like a convention of Greta Garbo doubles or a trick shot,” says Director Brown. ‘And the funny part of it was that most of them seemed jealous each of the others, each thinking she looked more like Garbo than the others.” It is the prevalent custom among as among the to copy the celebrated Garbo hair- dress. This, Mr. Brown said. wouldn't have been so bad. for Garbo has not worn_the so-called Garbo coiffure in her last four pictures. But now goes tack to that old hairdress, it wouldn't do at all to_have 200 wom- | en, all with the same hairdress, walk- | ing around at a ball. Created Great Role. HERBEET BUNSTON, who plays the role of Dr. Seward in ' racula,” | Universal's mystery drama, now at the | PRialto, was born in Dorsetshire, Eng- | land, October 21, 1870, and began his | theatrical carcer in 1896, remaining on the stags in his native country until x months, vhich States as juve- nile lead in “Drink Coming to America in 1922 to remain permanently. he has been s‘en in many prominent stage roles, including “Dra- cula,” for which he created the role of | Seward in the first production of the | play in 1927. Bunston made his_screen debut in “The Last of Mrs. Cheyn " Other | talking pictures in which he has been! seen are “The Lady of Scandal” and Old English.” | W ALAYING O LEWIS STONE and MARJORIE RAMBEAU INSPI b Wy MASTERPIECE wit) ROBERT-MONTGOMERY TION ‘Who, according AL JOLSON, t> present bookings, comes to the Shube; during the week of March 1 in “Wonder Bar. ARG makung love as only Garbe does . . .wearing clothes as only Garbocar . . . GRETA METRO-GOLDIVYN-MAYER meruRe WITH ALL PARIS AT HER FEET SHE WANTED _ONLY HER BOYISH LOVER Gohe Youse of Hits demght Show Tomght | MIDNIGHT show in honor of George Washington's_ birthday is announced for tonight at ‘Warner Bros. Earle Theater, starting at 12:05 o'clock, with the presentation of the entire stage and screen entertainment. | “Bebs Daniels will be seen in “My | Past,” supported by Lewis Stone and Ben Lyon. Miss Patricola, in addition to other personalities, will hold forth on | the stage. Popular prices will prevail throughout the entire house. Tickets | are on sale today. From Chorus to Star. | FROM the chorus to the rank of 8 | ¥ star in Hollywo-d. marked the rise of Jeanette MacDonald the Philadelphia girl. who plays the leading feminine role in “Don't Bet on Women,” at the Fox Theater. | * Miss M2cDonald started as a member | | of on2 of the Ned Weyburn choruses in | New York. Fr'm revu> che went to mu- sical comedy, eventualy to a leading role with Mitzi in “The Magic Ring." In the movies she found immediate success with Maurice Chevalier in “The Love Parade’ and but a short time later Fox signed her up to one of those long term contracts. Miss MicDonald has one of the most delightful voices in the movies, and now | is rated as one of the leading beauties of | - 9th & D Sts. (N. W.) l NOW SHOWING THE PICTURE ‘ 50,000 BALTIMOREANS SA ® AND APPROVED & MADE BY SURGEONS AND NURSES IN THE FAMOUS FRAUENKLINIK AT ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, AND ! FREE ! EMBRYOLOGICAL EXHIBIT Showing human life from con- ! ception to the tenth lunar month. All presented CLEANLY AND INTELLIGENTLY ADULT Men and Women (Married or Single) ONLY Varlous Members of the Clersy — Medieal Professlon—FPress and Bar have declared “BIRTH" to be dseent, timely and startling film. | 11 A MtollP M 7 TR0 | Dori, jafter many weeks of scrutiny in the AMUSEMENTS, “THE WONDER BAR.” ORRIS GEST, inactive for the past two years in the theatrical world, due to illness, is return- ing to the ranks of Broadway producers, in association with the Messrs. Shubert, to present Al Jolson in “The Wonder Bar,” a conti nental novelty of European night lif said to be one of the most diverting musical productions in years, at the Shubert-Belasco Theater, for four nights only, commencing Wednesday evening, March 4. It is characteristic of Gest, the pro- ducer of “Chu Chin Chow,” “Mecca “Aphrodite” and “The Miracle,” and the American sponsor of Baliefl's Chauve Souris, the Moscow Theater and its musical studio and Eleanora Duse, that his choice for re-entry into the theater should fall upon such a novel and much-discussed project as “The | ‘Wonder Bar.” “ Mr. Gest says of his latest produc- lon : “In my 25 years as a producer I have always searched the world for things new and different. No production with | which I have ever been associated has | offered the opportunities for striking novelty in form and presentation that | ‘The Wonder Bar' holds. It intrigues my imagination as nothing ever has For many months I have been seeking | a play for my return to the producing ranks. In this great European novel I find the perfect medium. From now on until the day we open at the Belasco, with the New York engagement to fol- | low immediately, I shail devote all my energy and imagination to bring to Washington the most uncommon and | notable entertainment this city has ever seen.” | As the central character. Jolson will | once again weave the magic of his voice and personality over his audiences. His supporting cast_will include, among a company of 50, Rex O'Malley, Trini, Wanda Lyon, Patsy Kelly, Vernon Steel Stuart_Casey, Adrian Rosely, Adrienne | Dagmar Oakland, Alvira Trabert and others. | “The Wonder Bar" was adapted by | Irving Caesar and Aben Kandel from | the original of Geza Herczeg and Karl | Farkas. The musical score is by Robert | Katscher, the dances by John Pierce | and the’ settings by Watson Barratt. The entire production has been staged by William Mollison, a continental director of note. “MAKING MARY." *“M[AKING MARY,” which is to have its pre-Broadway showing on the stage of the National Theater Sun- day night, March 1, is described as a “grand specticle,” with “the fastest dancing. the most g-rgecus costumes and the best array of youthful princi- pals ever thrown togethe The girls in the chorus were selected | highways and byways of pulchritude, | and the greatest beauty of the day, “Miss Universal” (Dorothy Goff), in & | principal role, also are promised. The principals listed include Will | Ahern, Jun> Martell, Rcbert Pitkin, | Helen Patterson, Raiph Cook, Hslen Eley, Edith Davis, Tom Monroe. Billy Taft, Lew Parker and Ken Harvey Gordon-Lennox are the producers and “Making Mary,” it is announced, is being fashioned for the New Amster- dam Theater in New York. More than 100 pers-ns are in the line- up, and, further, the show will be pre- sented in Washington exactly as it will | be when se°n in New York. Eight weeks of preparation are thougnt to guarantee | a perfect entertainment, { Harold Orlob and Grace Johnson | wrote the book and Harcld Orlob and Horold Lewis wrote the songs. John Boyle, th» partner of the late Jack Donahue, staged the dances, and Ed- | ward Clark Lilley, remembered for stag- | ing all the recent George White produc- | tions, including “Flying High,” directed | the story. “Making Mary"” is said t boast of its youthfuln=ss, 20 songs and as many dances and every form of tap and ballet dancing 15 promised. | “THE JAZZ BABIES.” NO© sttraction on the M. B. A. circuit is faid to overtop “The Jazz Ba- bies,” which comes next week t» the Gavety Theater, with an entirely n:w and progressiva product'on, decidedly picturesque and originel. It is essen- Warner Bros. 18th and AMBASSADOR coi"Re™"%.w. TQDAY _and TOMORROW— that fact, ‘modernism’ shown in its singing and dancing fea- Gest, Jolson, "Wonder Bar." Ommmmmmmdmz theatrical news is that both Al Jolson and Morris Gest are to, return w the theater and togettwe. A7 as the shining star of “The Wonder Bar,” s continental novelty of European night life, and the famous M Gest, in assoclation with the Shuberts, to make and present the production at the S8hu- bert-Belasco Theater next Wednesday evening. Jolson for five years has been making motlon pictures in Hollywood, and Mr. Gest for two years has been suffering from f{llness and a nervous breakdown. In “The Wonder Bar” they will be sociated in the theater for the first time, although they have been firm friends for more than 25 years. o “The Wonder Bar’ is heralded as the most diverting musical production in ears. First performed Vienna, it was later presented in Berlin, Munich and London. In all four cities it proved to be a huge success. A complete transformation will be made in the stage of the Belasco in or- der to give it the aspect of a continental cabaret, for the entire action of “The g:‘:lder Bar” takes place in a night Against this bizarre and novel back- ground will be unfolded an engrossing and dramatic plot, which revolves around the luring away of the wife of a banker by the star male performer at the cabaret, the latter's lack of interest in the girl after a year, and the further complications caused by the theft of valuable jswelry. The threads of the story are siid to be skillifully pleced together between numerous numbers, specialty offerings, and it is climaxed in a surprising way. Chaplin a Song Writer, HARLIE CHAPLIN, author-director- producer-scenarist-actor-editor, now steps forth as composer. For his “City Lights” he submits these songs of his own composition, all of them played as accompaniment, but not sung: “Beautiful, Wonderful Eyes, “Tomorrow the Sun Will Shine,” “Hap- py Romance,” “Promenade” and “Ori- entale.” Arthur Johnston of the Irving Berlin organization arranged the synchronized score for the film, which will be shown in New York the first week of Febru: Ty. STARTING SATURDAY® Metro-Goldwyn, Mayer , who produced. CAUGHT SHORT" ‘REDUCING".and other great ccz‘;me nér present ) the outrts /zz%/u _ym:'. = O o .with a four siar comedy cast. . BUSTER KEATON DANIELS and BEN LYON in B Warner Bros.’ APOI.LO TOPAY 2r4 TOMORPOW_CHARLES FARFELL and JANET GAYNOR. in THE MAN WHO_CAME_BACK." Warne: Bros 621 B St AVAION w07 3% TODAY _and TOMOFROW—_PERT WHEFLER and ROBEPT WONLSEY in_"HOOK. LINE AND_SINKER." Warner Bros.’ AVENUE GRAND (% 2% TODAY and TOMOPROW_\ARIE DRESELER and POLLY MORAN in _“REDUCING." 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