Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1933, Page 22

What’s What and W here Attractions Soon to Be See “The of the Crogs™ Opens y at National. ECIL B. DE MILLE'S “The Sign of the Cross,” will be the at- traction at the National Theater for éight days, starting Sunday. ‘The: will be - re W0 per- nces dafly, at 2:30 and 8:30, Sunday mat- 4 inees starting at 3 “The Sign of the Cross” boasts four of the most popu- lar stars in Holly- wood in its lead- ing roles, while the entire ensemble of the production numbers 7,500, The stars are Frederic fect of Rome; Elissa Landi, who is the humble girl of lowly origin with whom he falls in love; Claudette Clandette Colbert. Colbert, the lovely and wicked Empress Poppaca, whose passion for the Prefect is unreturned, and Charles Laughton, the half-mad Nero. The setting of ancient Rome affords Mr, DeMille opportunity for massive and colorful effects, of which he takes the fullest advantage. ‘World Premiere of #20,000 Years in Sing Sing.” $¢UT'WENTY THOUSAND YEARS IN SING SING,” the First National picturization of Warden Lewis E. Lawes" | best seller, will be presented for its world premiere on Friday. Spencer Tracy and Bette Davis head a cast which also includes Lyle Talbot, Sheila ‘Terry, Louis Cal- hern and others. “Twenty Thou- sand Years in Sing Sing” is a story of men without wom- en and women that waft for the men they can't live ‘without. The most dramatic and spec- tacular incidents in the career of a rison warden are rought into it ‘These include the humorous and_the romantic side of the prisoners as well as thrilling episodes Bette Davis. and the grim trag- edies in the lives of the leading per- sonalities which Sing Sing has housed. A program of specially selected short reel subjects, including the Paramount Sound News, will complete the program. *“The Death Kiss,” New Mystery at Columbia. TEE offering at Loew's Columbia Thea- ter starting Friday, will be “The n in Washington Theaters Loew's Fox Theater. The Great Nicola (“Master of the Impossible”) will head- line the vaudeville. Lita Grey Chaplin, motion picture star, will be presented as an extra added attraction. “Evenings for Sale,” from, the Para- mount Studios, set to music by Johann Strauss, takes place in modern Vienna against the background of ‘“nouveau riche” commoners and impoverished noblemen who now have to work fon a living. It is said to have the deft touch and sparkling romance of Lubitsch pic- tures, as well as drama that carries the story forward swiftly. Others on the stage bill will be those “Three Young Men of Manhattan,” Gordon, Reed and King, in a musical comedy act; the “Harmonica Stylist,” Britt Wood, who will portray a “rube” with his harmonica, and tor and Doreen, who will open the presentation, Phil Lampkin will conduct the Loew's Pox Concert Orchestra in a special overture. Comedy Film With Zasu Pitts at Rialto, REAL comedy features the new pic- ture that comes to the Rialto this Saturday with a special preview Friday night. Slim Summerville and Zasu Pitts play the fllm version of Cyril Harcourt's “They Just Had to Get Married.” H. M. Walker and Gladys Lehman have contrived the screen pro- | duction, which was made by Universal Pictures under the direction of Edward Ludwig. This is pure, undiluted fun, hinging on the affairs of two family servants who inherit a fortune and are beautifully manhandled by house full of relatives. In the supporting cast are such notables as Roland Young and C. Aubrey Smith, both legitimate theater stars, as well as Cora Sug Collins, Fia | D'Orsay, Robert Craig, D2vid Landau, | Vivien Oakland, Virginia Howell and | Wallis Clark. A short musical feature presents Art Jarrett and Jacques Re- nard and his orchestra, together with Nick Kenny. The Rialto concludes its second new year line-up with the last Universal News with Graham McNamee starting another big year as the talking | reporter. “Humming Hondes” At the Gayety. THE Gayety Theater will offer a brand-new burlesque showing, “Humming Honeys,” starting with the Sunday matinee. Held over by popular | Tequest will be Georgia Sothern, in all | new songs, and Carmen, in new dances. | Both these young women have estab- | lished a following here and are adding | new laurels each week. Monday is gift | night, Wednesday is money night and Friday amateur night. Grace Borroughs, Dancer, To Appear Friday in Recital. GRACE BORROUGHS, one of the foremost interpretative dancers who have specialized in the art of East In- dian dancing, will give a varied program of dances under the auspices of the | Death Kiss,” a World-Wide production, starring Bela Lugosi, David Manners #nd Adrienne Ames. | This latest murder mystery has| scenes which are laid entirely within | the setting of a motion picture studio. | David Manners, Adrienne Ames carry | the love scenes, while Bela Lugosi is| seen in a “straight” role. Others in| the cast are John Wray, Vince Barnett, Alexander Carr, Edward Van Sloan and Harold Minjir, A Lloyd Hamilton comedy will also zon\.hemubulnndtheweekly of the Paramount News will the program. “Strange Inieriude” Held Over Second Week. * Eugml‘l O'NEIL’S Pulitzer prize-win- ng play, “Strange Interlude,” will be held over for the second week at Loew's Palace Theater, where it is now playing at popular prices. The prin- | cipal roles in the talkie on of this Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production are played by Norma Shearer and Clark G.hl:d (s sr:emr enacts g;xel'mle ' e s version ntanne, while G-mm le has the myn; the young doctor. ‘The role of Nina Leeds is believed to hthemoetdgmuinyedbyum “The Devil ¥§ Driving” < wfllsg;m.rhmh T in the season and that tickets % Musical Artists of America in the small ball room of the Willard on Friday eve- ning at 8 o'clock. The atmosphere of India will be projected not. only in the dances themselves, but also in the use of East Indian costumes and by au- thentic music played on nagive musical instruments, the tabla, a, tambour, flute and drums. Miss Borroughs, who has come on from California to present this program, has lived in Indis, where she studied | the forms of the classic Hindu dance. She created her dances after studying the workers in the fields, the water car- riers, street dancers and worshipers at prayer. As a prelude to her program of dances she will give a brief talk, ex- gaumng the significance of each num- Lily Pons’ Recital Postponed, Due to Iliness. ANNOUNCEMDTT is made by Mrs. ‘Wilson-Greene that the concert scheduled for next Wednesday after- noon, January 11, at 4:30 o'clock, at Constitution Hall, with Lily Pons, sen- sational French coloratura of the Metro- politan Opera, as the attraction, has been postponed owing to the fllness of Miss Pons. Although no date has yet been set, it is understood that Miss Pons to the January 11 concert will be honored at the postponed con- cert. Miss Pons’ {llness, it is under- stood, has necessitated a complete can- cellation of all her concert activities Coming to Warner’s Earle. FOR the new week’s program whic! opens Friday at Warner Bros. Earle Theater Edmund Lowe will be | seen in “The Devil Is Driving,” a Para- | mount comedy-romance. Headlining | the stage nortion of the bill will be the | romantic singing stars of stage, screen | and radio, Alexander Gray and Bernice | Claire. Others are Jack Pepper, Walter Dare Wahl, Stone and Gibbons' Revue and Maxine Doyle. und 1 and the Earle archestral pre- lude, “Evenings for Sale” | At Loew’s Fox. | Hmm’r MARSHALL, Sari Maritza, | Charlie Ruggles and Mary Boland are featured in “Evenings for Sale,” | the new film which opens Frid: at ' NIGHT BEFO for the present. Escudero Dance Recital Friday at the National. ' ICENTE ESCUDERO, spectacular Spanish exponent of the gypsy dance, will be seen in Washington on Friday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock as the third attraction of Mrs. Wilson-Greene's philharmonic concert series. The dancd | recital will be given at the National ‘Theater. !'awudero will be assisted by dances on his Priday afternoon pro- gram, notably four Basque dance num- bers which have never before been seen ital in Washington. 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