New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 4, 1924, Page 5

FAMOUS WILLARD TO GROW AT CAPITOL One of Vaudeville's Greatest Novelties on Local Stage The Kelth vaudeville bill at the Capitol next week for the first half will present an unusual novelty at- traction for the headiiner. It s Clarence Willard, “The Man Who Grows” A great many will read his title and wonder just what is meant, Well, Willard really grows, that is he can increase his height from six to seven inches at will and also extend his arms in length from 12 to 15 inches. Willard actually grows taller right before your very cyes and you will rub your eyes in amazement at this particular freak of nature. Willard employs no me- chanieal device or outside help in | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1924, NEWS OF INTEREST ABOUT THE SPOKEN STAGE, SILENT DRAMA AND MUSIC with speclul solos and duets arrang- ed by David L. Mathewson the di- rector, “THE THIEF OF BAGDAD™ It 1s evident that when Uongl.m Fairbanks produced “The Thief 01 Bagdad” which will be on view ul the Parsons' theater, Hartford, bes ginning tomorrow evening, for one week, he had in mind to make thL apparently impossible an acgom- | plished In every eity “hvru | this picture has been shown (lu same straln has b 4§ how—this or that- | When the redoubtable Doug | clambers up a rope that is poised in thin air port one bégins to {then he dives to the bottom of the | water, Kills an undersea monster, and when his sub-oceanic |18 finished, he calmly propels him- self to surface, He enters an enchanted wood whe tall tree, at the wave of a hand, comes to life and walks | about with uncanny disrespect to all accepted ideas of tree conduct. Later in the picture, the take notice the Thief wonder | With no apparent sup- | business | “THREE WOMEN 1§ .~ LYCEUM FEATURE May McAvoy, Mario Prevost Paulme Frederick Have Leads | Warner Brothers' famous sle [of the screen “Three Women,” a | pleture that still s in New York city, opens at the Ly | night, to |continue through Wednesday of next ceum theater tomorrow weck, Not only is “Threc a remarkable story, but it also, is enacted by truly remarkable cast for it has three leading women who {share stellar honors, These are | pretty May McAvoy, charming and |vivacious Marie Prevost, and the | world famous actress, Pauline Fred- erick. As an added specialty for Women" making himself grow as he claims |climbs a flight of a thousand steps |Sunday night, this theater also will | it is his development of his muscles that lets him grow at will. Willard | has demonstrated and performed his act all over this country and prac- tically every country in IRurope, where he was a sensation a year ago. |When as a climax, you see Douglas ' feature by a cast To everyone, this growing stunt may soem beyond reason hut Willard is ready at any time to demanstrate his growth before medical and profes- sional men, as he hag done many | times In most every city he has play- ed, elty and the only one of its kind on the stage today, and should prove interesting and he remembered for sgme time fo come. Other acts on the bill will include the Zelljas Sisters in “Aerlal El%- »; Stanley Chapman in “More To Be Pitled Than Scorned"”; thur Jarrett and Co., in *Cupid's Close-up,” and the Sylvester Family, mother, father and four clever ju veniles. this bill will offer “Thy Name Woman,” a Fred Niblo production, with Ramon Novarro and Barbara T.a.Marr in the featured roles. On Sunday evening two fine protoplays | will be offered, one presenting Jane Thomas in *“The Hoosier Schoolmas- ter, and the other offering J. B. Warner in “Behind Two Guns.” The Capitol orchestra will be a feature His vaudeville act is a real nov- | Ar- | The feature photoplay on | Is | ‘lh.n leads to the clonds and mounts | |a beautiful winged horse that grace- fully flics away with Doug on his {back. By now, you are ready to I believe that anything is possible and and the princess step upon a magic carpet it seems quite proper for the rug of its own volition to rise up, |sail out of the window, circle the |housetops of Bagdad amidst the | plaudits of the muititude, appear with its human |acrosg the rising room. | The magic introduced into this | film is so undsual that it would Iseem likely to be the dominating ine |terest, but very wisely Doug! | keeps everything subservient to the |story, and the beautiful romance of the thief and the princess, is both ompelling and dramatic with a well alanced admixture of thrills and urprises. Mail -orders necessary from New Britain patrons. I FOR FEE David Dunn and Thomas | McDonough, deing a law business under the name of Dunn & Me- | Donough have brought suit for $50 { damages against Nicolas Sidoti and Alfia Sidoti through Nair & Nair, alleging that the defendants them money for Ic work. Con- LAWYER! and dis- | freight | | as | r.| owe | in addition to the news reels | comedy features (Buck) Jones in “The Descrt Out- [law". The last three days of the | weelk brings another metropolitan headed by the beautiful Carmel Myers. Ior ear- (ly showing, the Lyceum also men- [tions “Find Your Man,” a thrilling story of the northwest mo lice, made more spectacul blood-tingling by the pr: the famous police dog, Rir Three Women" is an exceptional picture in many ways. Tt has an element of the eternal triangle, yet the theme is entirely new for it presents three women fighting for the love of one man. The three wemen are May McAvoy, Marie | Prevost and Pauline Frederick, while the man §s the charming lover of the screen, Lew Cody. The plot 1s made cven more involved and in- | triguing by the fact that two of the {women vicing with each the love of the man are daughter, by Ernst Lubitsch and its |tion Warner Brothers left | show, {and Charles mother and produc- being featured | | Scenes that beg other for |ces on the third floor of the The pleture was directed ! nothing | undone to make it one of their mas- | terpleces, Mrs. Wilton, the ‘hv Miss Frederick, a\\nk'\"l rcalization that she is growing older mother, played | Crowley Brotners, Inc., $1,500; to the | | Lamont, played by jew Cody, & man about town and in love with her nmney srather than herself, - When | Mrs, Wilton's daughter, played by May McAvoy, returns from board- Ing school, Lamont transfers his at- tentions upon her and inveigles sher Into hecoming his wife, Then comes months of great unhappiness when Lamont, having fuifilled his financial desires, finds himself another sweet- heart, Marie Prevost, and , neglects [l wite, \ The thrilling climax is | when Mrs, Wilton shoots Lamont when, he stubbornly refuses to re- lease her daughter. Then comes a sensational murd trial and the reached ! court seene fs exceptionally thrilling. Mrs, Wilton finally is acquitted by | the Jury and in the end becomes | reconciled to being just a Io\‘\m," mother and rejoices in the ultimate | marriage of her daughter to a young | fman who has heen a sweetheart sinee childhood days. Warner Brothers have the parts | especlally well cast and in addition to the stars mentioned there are | er, Willard Leuls and Plerre After Dark” which | opens Thursday, stars Carmel My- crs, Ann Q. Nilsson, Vera Lewlis, Jimmy Quinn and other scrcen not ables, Speed and zip, necking par- tles, studio affairs and the all night life of the great white way make | this an exceptionally timely picture. ar description, epi- sodes more hizarre than those found in other reels and above all a great and wonderful romance make this| picturestand out as a very great at-| traction. One of the higgest scenes | in the film is the famous Actors’| Fquity ball in which appear TFred and Dorothy Stone, Mary Eaton, Raymond Hitcheock, Elsie Ferguson, | Florence Moore, Jim Corbett, Frank | Tinney, Paul Whiteman, Trene Cas- tle, Buster West and a hundred others. lway PAINTING CONTRACT AWARDED A contract for painting new offi- | city by the city hall commission to Occupin & for $1,069, theirs being the lowest figure. Other bids were: John Manning Co. $1,- bullding was awarded yesterday Johnson Boyle Co. $1,32 163 It was voted to renew a contract | tion tor Paramount, | ater, is an absorbing, { if he uses it within a year, ‘FEET OF CLAY' AT PALAGE NEXT WEEK De Mille's Latest Film Sensauon Coming Here Cecil B, DeMille's newest produc- “I'eet of Cla adapted from the popular magazine serial by Margaretta Tuttle, featur- ing Rod La Rocque, Vera Reynolds, Vietor Varconi, Ricardo Cort I"aye, Kosloff and Robert Edeson, and which opens a four days' riun Sunday at the Palace the- timely story, opening with a yachting party and beach carnival at Catalina, -punctu- ated by a daring race by 20 beauti- tul girls on surfboards behind fas' speedboats, and brought to a perlod by the maiming of Rod La Rocque, ting a shark to protect Vera olds. Despite the Wwage of the wealthy Bertha Lansell, played by Julia I'aye, who s very interested in Ker- Theodore | ry Harlan (La Roeque), the latter is married on shipboard to Amy Lor- ing, (Vera Reymolds), Bertha's half sister. Robert Edeson s Doclor Lansell (Bertha's hushand) Back in New York, six months in a Harlem flat finds Amy, happy, quite ready for given by her half-sister, dance, Harlan has to be a wall-flow- cr. Ricardo Cortez, playing Tony Channing, a wealthy rival, dantes with Kerry's wife. At the encore, Harlan, unable to endure jt longer, takes the floor, dances and collapses. It deyelops that his foot has now been g0 injured that death may come 1t is now her a dance At the up to Amy Loring to support husband, Bendick, a modiste, cmploys her as {a model in his establishment, back and forth, we sece the | Then, play of two dramatic forces. Harlan, helpless, knowing his wife needs rec. reation, has a dagger driven into lns heart as Channing appears with his | invitations, Amiy, on her part, comes home at lunch time to find Bertha Lansell deluging the invalid with the things that money can buy. Anc Julia though | Theodore Koslotf, playing | | matic, DeMille cuts the knot and | brings the story to a striking end | Uuuum\ the introduction of a one act play by Beulah Marie Dix called “Across the Border."” ‘h.-u of Clay” Is Cecil B, est production to date, Un nunm.u. Friday and Satur- day, Richard Dix and Agnes Ay | will be seen in WOMEN PEP UP CAMPAIGN De- Meet At Democratic and Hear Talks On Issues—Man, Going to Bristol Rally Tuesday. g of the jon Held last night at party headquarters with Mrs, Laura Mangan presiding. A strenuous paign was drafted, the memb pledging themselves to work con- | stantly for the success of the ticket on November 4. Salvatore G. Casale, candidate for Thomas J. Smith, registrar of voters; Mra. Mary T. Crean, state central committeeman, and Iirst Se- lectman M. T. Kerwin spoke. Mrs. Mangan, chairman the women's org tlon, announced | that meetings will be held every Fri- day evening at headquarters. Tt is probable that Britain people will attend ‘in Bristol next Tuesday Miss Adele Murray of this city preside at the meeting. F. m- senator; of New a rally evening. will many JOHNSON ISSUES ORDERS artment Commander | Johnson of the U. 8 W. | sued general orders No, 3, announc- | ing appointments of district inspec- tors and aides-de-camp on the partment staff. A. E. Murdock of Hartford is appointed to inspect | Meriden, New Britain and Rock- | ville. The orders announce that the annual Inspection of the camps will take place before December 15 and |advise the posts to have their rec- ords up to date. Every camp s |urged to start a recruiting cam- paign, as there are still hundrads of Spanish war veterans who do not belong to the organization. Theodore V. has is- Knows the Road | “T think she intends to marry il | “Sinners In Heaven," Headquarters | Enthusiasm was the keynote of a | democratic women's | INCREASE CAPITAL STOOK The resolution submitted by the ‘rlm-vtou of the Fafnir Bearing Co. to Increase the capital stock of the | concern from $2,000,000 to $3,000,« 1000 was approved by the stockholde |ers at @ speclal meeting yesterday. The direators will meet next week 1o lssue tne new shares, He Rides ’Em PARSONS THEATER kulllulur SUN. EVE, k) \\I(.I. ll.\|[4! 'llll'.l( AFTER ‘ Py ' ppiness ; muyf'be earned | P BOVGLAS FA(RBANKS heaving back of U- (L] , e endeion (Vo) rosnacu. TH(EF of BAGDAS has been presented with the Roosevelt trophy of Roosevelt Hotel in New York by virtue of his formance at round-up and the Cheyenne Days cele- bration. Haveyou ever seen a Magic Rug soar above the city bearing a Thief and a Princess? Have you ever seen a White Horse with wings fly through the clouds? Have you ever seen the Magic Rope, live dragons and bats as bigas elephants7 Have you ever seen an “Invisible” cloak? This plrlodue- tion will posi tively not be shown any- where else in this city, this yan rode into fame on <'Em, a last day the IFrontier grola Given Leave To Withdraw Claim Negrola, proprietor of 4 at the corner of North Main Beaver strects, presented a pe- | on to the claims committee last | asking damages for a window broken when the Joscph store and tit nig! wheels of a pass- ing automobile hurled a stone from the road. It was voted to recom- 1d that he be given leave to with- | | Action was deferred in the claim John Cookish for damages to an automobile alleged have been caused by a manhole cover on Gold |street. Actlon was also deferred in the claim of Theodore F. Inman who petitioned for compensation for infuries sustained when he fell on a sidewalk in front of 387 West Main street, of to Original N. Y. Production and Orchestra of 20 The Safest Thing Iy dear, surely you havén't spent | the afternoon at the Scandell's?” PRICES Mat. k0c, $1.00 Night, 50c, $1.50 Plus Tax Mail Orders Received 1| again. It will be the third time she | in the background is the husband. |has been led to the altar.” | “Yes, auntie. They said such The young couple come to an ab-| «“red? Why, she could find her |things about everyone who left that | solute impasse. Disaster impends. |way there blindfoldcd!” — Kasper |T didn't dare come away."—Leices- | And then in a manner novel, dra- | (stockholm). lter Chronicle. PALACE , Only DeMille can make a “Feet of Clayt” Sunday evening, offering a program |stable Fred Winkle has attached an|and will soon lose her attraction*to ! for heating the Lyceum theater at that should meet with the approval | automobile. The writ is returnable | men and thus, as the picture opens, a cost of $1,300. Secretary W. G. of the audience. They will render in the city court the third Monday [she makes her decision to marry Dunn was authorized to purchase 28 a speclal attraction “June Night” [of October. lagain. She chooses as her subject, | floor covering for the third floor. —LYCEUM — “BUCK” JONES—IN THE DESERT OUTLAW—SUNDAY ONLY SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY WEDNESDAY BLASE AND A HOME 2. WRECHER = ~+ SUNDAY NIGHT MON.—TUES.—WED. Our personal guarantee of one of the GREATEST photoplays you have ever seen goes with this picture! The newest Paramount picture by the greatest producer of them all—an ultra- modern, pell-mell action-romance, loaded with thrills. Warner Brothers Done after the usual DeMille standard for novelty, luxurious gowns and sumptuous settings, And the cast! Take a good look at this linc-up of featured players, Palace Wonder Orchestra George F. Tourtelotte, Director Special Musical Features “Feet of Clay” Is Cecil B. DeMille's first production of Paramount’s Famous Forty. LUBITS CH Productlon WILLARD LOUIS, ' Directéd by ERNST LUBITSCH Ny JAMES 'FLOOD HENRY -BLENKE CHARLES VAN ENGER SVEND GADE ‘( U-w e Yy Tl = |1BIG SUCIHYSL‘ANBAL Mg _. WABNER BR()S_ lassics of theScree dysistant Directors ADOLP:!NDZUKOR JESSE L. LASKY PRESENT ) FE Sunday ] WILLIAM /l1LlCJruL"hd by . WITH ROD LA ROCQUE VERA REYNOLDS RICARDO CORTEZ JULIA FAYE THEODORE KOSLOFF ROBERT EDESON - VICTOR VARCONI MATINEES EVENINGS Thurs., Fri., Sat. ALL SEATS | ORCHESTRA d0c Richard Dix and Agnes Ayres Balcony NIGHT” 20c 20(‘, WORLD SERIES RESULTS ANNOUNCED EVERY INNING A PICTURE WITH SITUATIONS WHICH FOR SHEER DRAMA, HEART INTEREST AND THRILLS HAS NEVER BEEN EQUALLED ON- STAGE OR SCREEN. ONE SUCH YOU HAVE OFTEN WISHED FOR BUT SEL- DOM FOUND. AR 2NN Night ()nl,\' FARNUM in OF THE “WOLVES “\I\\H{\ l\ HEAVEN”