Evening Star Newspaper, March 18, 1931, Page 25

What’s What and W here . Attractions Soon to Be See: ) |Willlam F. Braithwaite, will sing the “Cabaret Girls” At the Gayety Next Week. *(CABARET GIRLS" will be the at-| A traction at the Gayety Theater next week, with a stage equipment co- lossal and picturesque. Ann Corio is to be the guest star, among other shining luminaries, with crooning songs and marathon “hoof- ing” in keeping with the spirit of the day, and special features warranted to open wide the floodgates of laughter. | Frank X. Silk, clever tramp comic, | shares the stellar honors, and the cast also includes Frank du France, Eloise Dwan, Armond Monte, Dorothy Maye, | Johnny Baker, Paul Jerome, Muriel | Curties and Tereta Shaefler, with a | locally trained smart chorus and two big scenes “Ata Boy Horace' “Baggage Office.” ¥ Rachmaninoft Recital | This Friday Afternoon. | MRS. WILSON-GREENE'S 1930-31 concert season will be formally « brought to a close Friday afternoon at | 4:30 o'clock at Constitution Hall, when | Sergei Rachmaninoff, the great Russian flanist and composer, will make his only | these pla. s’ gala performance of “Ten aphone solot local appearance of the Winte Mr. Rachmaninoff has selected = pro- gram of brilliance and distincticn, | opening with the Tausig piano arrange- ment of Bach's “A Major Organ Chor- al" followed by Beethoven's “Sonata No. 2, Opus 31" (allegro; adagio; al- |eternal struggle for life in the jungles|Comes to Palace Saturday. n in Washington Theaters chorals in the drama. Members of various churches and choral groups in the city will assist in the music, which is under the direction of Gertrude M I . Nash end Walt droma. Colervia Players, Wardmax. b 3 ) nt when worn says the glam- ourous Miss Ryan, heroine of “Nellie, the Beautifv! Clcak Model,” which will be revive: by the Columbia Players at Warcman Park Theater next Tuesday evenin The production is promised with all g v and serlousness with which the author, Owen Davis, now a Pulitzer prize winner, endowed it when it was written .nd first produced in the early niz.:tes. Mrs. :oston, director of this group of players, also returns to the boards as the Jady villain to harass Neliie and put the poor girl's wirtue to the test A brilliant array of patronesses has promised 7 atte.d, and the function is expected to equal the success of Nights in a Barroom” two seasons ago. «Range” Op. s at Rialto Saturday. *'RANGO,” heralded as “an amazing picturization of man's and ape’s legretto) and a Chopin group. This |of Sumatra, comes to the Rialto Thea- latter group includes the “F Sharp Minor Polonaise,” the “A Flat Major Mazurka,” the “A Flat Major Valse” |mount by Ernest Schoedsack, maker of and the “C Sharp Minor Scherzo. There will also be three Liszt num- bers—*Funerailles,” “Valse Oublice” and “Voices of the Wood,” while Medt- | ner's B mincr “Fairy Tale.” Rachrhani- noff’s own “G Flat Major Prelude” and Balakirefl's Oriental fantasy, “Ishmel.” | Hampton Choir, Constitution Hall, Saturday. HE Hampton Institute Choir will | action in the picture “Rango” is con-|tjve. Tibbett sings one of his best ! sin: at Constitution Hall Saturday evening at 8:30 o'clock. under the di rection of Dr. R. Nathaniel Dett. The program will be: Folk anthem— “'Gently Lord, O Gently Lead Us" Dett (Based on a Negro spiritual from the Ba- | hama Tslands.) Classics. “Break Forth O Beauteous Heavenly Light ac “Sky So Bright," Ancient Netherlands spiritual “As By the Streams of Babylon,” Campion Negro spirituals— “Fare You Well.” “Were You There?" | “Walk Together Children.” Russian liturgical songs— Cherubim in C" +... Tschaikowsk s Waves of the Sea ! [ Gretchaninoft O Praise Ye God'.........Tschaikowsky N Neero motet— | “Don't Be Weary Traveler” . Dett | owdoin prize. Harvard, 1920.) { an composers. rce Was the Wild Billows™ Nohle ), Jo7ful Sound”..... .. 1. Bchlierder ar folk Songs— jwansea Town' ..Arranged by Holst | (English Sea ¢hanty.) “Shenandoah” ... ... Bartholmew (American’ mountain white.) “Water Boy’ --‘Robinson | icars " conviet ) Hiens Chovse. | Eran” BHT Jordan” (spiritual) | e APranges by Johnson s i Arranged by Diton isten to the Mabbe' ” Tt | ‘Let Us Cherr the ry Traveler”..Dett “Galahad ” March 25. At Lutl - Memorial Church. { fTHE dramatic legend of Tennyson's | 1 “Holy Grail.” visualized in tableaux | and nantomimes, interwoven with music | fr-1_Wagner's “Parsifa { th. Bibl- and the Tennyson lesend,| wi® make up the presentation o th‘(: 1 Lenten religious spectacle “Galahad March '25, 26 and 27 at 8:30 p.m. 1 Luther Place Memorial Church, Four-, teenth and N streets. A cast of 100 plavers, chosen from churches throughout the city and vici: ity, will ; Jrtray the various Bible cha acters and legendary roles in the drama, under the direction of members of the " texts from (P! ter Saturday. It is a tense, dramatic, thrilling picture, produced for Para- Chang” and “Grass.” The idea behind “Rango” is an un- usual one. As & matter of fact, it is unique in the annals of motion picture Schoedsack went to Sumatra s of the orang-outang “rango”) tut to contrast the life of this man-like ani- mal with man himself; that is, the na- tive man o Sumatra. So that the c..ned with e lives of an ape and his son and a native man and his son Th 'r struggle for existence, their bitter fight against their eternal enemy of the i .gle, the tiger, has been realistically and imaginatively transcribed to the screen. The amazing parallel in the |{lives of man and ape in the Sumatra | rected. jungle is said to be astounding Selected short reels, Graham Mac- Namee with the Universal Newsreel and Otto F. Beck at the organ round out the program. “Beau Ideal” At Earle Saturday. *“REAU IDEAL” Herbert Brenon sequel to “Beau Geste,” along with the ‘personal appearance of Lij Grey Chaplin, whose crooning of popu- | lar songs in & husky voice has brought {her fame as an entertainer, will be the screen and stage attractions at War- ners’ Earle Theater for the week start- |ing Saturday. Once again John Geste is seen riding under Morocco skies, bent on adven- ture, romance and love. The_story shows how he joins the Foreign Legion because of e stigma that besmirches his brother’s name and how he is de- termin=d to forget love and country Tsabel, b’ childhood sweetheart, pines for him and Jchn's best friend deter- miaes to bring him back to her. The thrilling adventures that befail the friencs and their eventual success in helping rout the Arabian hordes is said | lr; make a thoroughly dramatic photo- a v Ralph Forbes, who apneared i: “Beau Ceste,” has the leading role, while Lorett.. Yor is the sweetheart. Others n |In the east include Irene Rich, Lester | lier, jr.; Blanche O’Neil, Roscoe Ates. Vail and Myrtle Stedman. Lita Grey Chaplin, who headlined at the Palace Theater, New York City la:: week, is said to have blossomed into a full-fledged entertainer. Her voice, hev “owns and her style of sing- 'ing have met with approval from both Committee on Religious Pageantry and | CTitics and public Dr:_ya of the wWashington Federation ©f Churcl.es. | Symbolic characters will be in the hands of the Caroline McKinley group. assisted by members of the King-Smith | “Charlie Chan,” At the Fox Friday. COTLAND YARD, collective “hero” of many a mystery, both in fact Nash, organist for the production. Bess Davis Schreiner is general director of the THEV EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1931 a wealthy o.l man is found murdered in his Lo:.don hotel,-the tension con- stany increases. Just when the “Yard” thinks it has the murderer an- other killing completely discredits its careful skein of evidence, and before long still another plunges the story ot still further depth of mystery. Not |until Charlie Chan, inscrutable detec- |tive of the East, is called upon does the problem begin to clarify. When he |gets on > job things happen, and happen quickly. With all this, how- ever, the clew ent of credibility is main- {ta...ed throughout” It is a story that thrills because it can be believed. | The principal supporting roles are in the hands of Marguerite Churchill and | Peter Cawthorne, who supply a ro- mantic interest; the comic Warren Hy- mer as a tough but humorous racket- eqr: John Carrick, Marjorie White, C. Heary Gordon, Willlam Holden and | Jason Robards. |770f p.. fcular interest to Washing- {tc.. will be the United States Indian Eand, which comes as the feature of the Fa .chon & Marco stage show. The | be-" composed of 14 accomplished musicians and led by Chief Shunetona ( harging Buffalo), is the same that | particirated in the Hoover-Curtis in- |aigurs ceremonies here two years ago.| Its personnel also includes Chief Roar- in “hunder, who has become famous |as a baritone soloist. Along with the |Indian Band will be Brengk's Golden |Horse anc Belle Donna, Marian Bulett, | |Gil Lamb and u realistic stage finale, ! c.lled “Days of the Covered Wagon.” | Trusiloff’s Music Masters have ar- |ranged a special overture, featuring the already very popular Bob Rollins, meg- At _the .organ as guest | artist will be Bob Hamilton, who comes |from the Fox. Philadelphia. ~Hamiltou | replaces Bob West, who goes to the Fox, Brooklyn. “The Southerner” | ¢T#E_SOUTHERNER," Metro-Gold- | wyn-Mayer’s latest picture, star ring Lawrence Tibbett, will begin an engagement at Loew's Palace Theater | saturday. In this picture Tibbett forsakes the ‘period drama’ to play his first strictly modern role. It is said to be, in many | ways, the most interesting of his screen | | career. The famous opera singer ap- pears as the prodigal son of an aristo- cratic Southern family. The songs, as n the case of “The Rogue's Song” and | “New Moon,” are woven into the narra- | known concert numbers, “The Glory | Road,” as well as love songs and South- | ern_melodies. | _The cast " includes Esther Ralston. | Roland Young, Cliff Edwards, Hedda Hopper, Emma Dunn and Stepin Fechit, |the colored player. Harry Pollard di- Mary Pickford's “Kiki” At Loew's Columbia Saturday. A RARE treat is promised Mary Pick- - ford’s admirers Saturday at Loew's Columbia Theater in “Kiki,” her latest United Artists picture. Playing a hoydenish chorus girl with extreme vivacity, she indulges in up- | roarious comedy and reveals unsuspect- | ed_capabilities as an actress. Reginald Denny has the role oppo: | site, and the cast also includes Mar- garet Livingstone, Joseph Cawthorne, Fred Walton, Phil Tead, Fred Warren and Edward Maxwell.- The ensemble | numbers several hundred. “Cimarron” | Coming to Metropolitan. **(CIMARRON,” the picture adapted from Edna Ferber's novel will follow “My Past” at Warner's Metro- politan for the week commencing Sat- urday. Richard Dix and Irene Dunne have the leading roles in this epic drama of the settling of Oklahom: ‘The story shows Dix as an adven- turer constan! searching for new thrills and always demanding action— | even to the point where he leaves his family in order to find “something stir- ring. { _Others in the cast include Estelle Taylor, Edna May Oliger, William Col- | The ‘usual select short subjects and the Graham McNamee Talking News complete the entertainment. i ENTERPRISE SERIAL /| BUILDING ASSOCIATION 7th St. and La. Ave. N.W. 1 | 65th Issue of Stock Now Open for Subscription WOODWARD & LOTHROP 10™ 11™™ F anD G STREETS ‘Time to Choose Your RusTiC CEDAR FURNITURE Rustic cedar furniture adds charm to outdoor settings, lawn, garden or porch. Every piece is fashioned by experts, of the finest selected Barnegat cedar—and, though rugged in con- struction, is built to afford the utmost comfort. 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