New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 17, 1925, Page 5

’ » | ) "’ » R Al i \ AY ] '8 \ { | o IV l’;‘ i " v . ) 1 "/ | 1 | ’ > . | I 1 ~ L] A { R g 1 { ) N N ' i ) NEWS NEW YORK'S PLAYS | OF THIS WEEK Two Stand.Out More Prominent Than Others f Two new plays opend in New York this week which have occasioned niore than passing comment, pro and con, Marforle Rambeau in *The Valley of Content” was about the best that can be said of this bewildering pliy, according to those who saw it. in the “Third Chauve Souris” Parade of the Wooden Soldicrs' ind “Katinka” were pleasantly reviv- | ol One critic has s of Content.” In a play Which was maudiin when | it was not mawkish, put on Tucsday | evening at the Apollo theater, Miss | Marjorie Ramlcau, pretty and radi- ant, provided the only charm. I'rom simple “home-body” in the first act, 1o mistress of the opulent Benton “castle” in the rambling parts of the 1 of “The Valley place, she was the dominating note, I ¢ Nhe was likewise an actress, inter preting a part, Not always has sh been so much the mistress of her material, To he sure, the material is of no cepecial consequence, Not often does Lroadway see a play so disorderly as “The Valley of Content.” Irom a seene in the kitehen of a village ouse ft wanders clghteen years Jinee to a magnificent New York residence, and through »‘m'cu&l\l:‘ scenes (of. which there are six in | all), it covers two years more and “rikes an average by turning up in liarlem. People change from honest vitlage folk with bright dreams to so- phisticated New Yo rs with disil- islons, stealing wives, smearing reputations, shooting to kil (off stage) and driving broken hearted mothers from their homes—all to no purpose whatsoever. As Marjorie Benton, Miss Ram- v has a of tricks at her | posal, and she makes good use of | om all. The Chauve Souris f.overs of the old Chauve re relioved last nwal of two favorit the Wooden Solds Kka,” in their old gayety il There was one other number, oy bit as successful in the ivle and new v et Hecirar- « where the daughte of the 1 giment, sitting ly on a ich in the piblic square, awaits suitors. Oune by one they arrive, drummer boy dsplaced by the Sergeant Major, the Sergeant Major hy the lieutenant and so on to the fat general in his red coat, who walks off with the girl—an fronic number that was a great success. it of the rest of the program ther: were at least four numbers that une off with bright laurcls and handsome applaus; Of these the most stirring was the “sicnka Razin,” a legend of the \olga, with which the program 1 can. The river bandit has capt \ Persian princess of infinite 1 and abducted her on his fine ha Souris sanme 1dor: barge, Y OTAGE AND SCREEN' -..... I be o | January | Palace | will be the | Keep its verbal agres Plotting begins among the crew, set on to it by tho dit's mistress. They reproach him with treason and 50 rouse his manly heart that e throws the princess overboard. The followers at this point chant a re quiem to the dead lady, Stenka can- not bear the melancholy musi cand not bear the melancholy music and there was the old wildness of the Cossack and gypsy numbers of last 1, plus an added picturesqueness. ¥ Sulkin's Argentines, a 10-plece 2z orchestra with Margucrite premier dancer, will be one of the headline ucts at the Capitol Monduy, Tuesday and Wednesday. “Annie Dear” will end its engage- ment at the Times & e theater in another two weeks. The succeed- ing attraction will probably Le Wanted to Know,"” with George, b She Grace While gram, mention also must be made of a freak uct presented by Galotti ind Kokin, This is a and the company introduces the only dancing monkey in the world -— it is, 1his s a monkey such as Darwin theorlzed about. The annual anniversary we rved at this theater when 14 vaudeville will be shown. The pic- s will be “It Ts the Law” and ceth,” starring Tom, Mix, k will ng The usual vandeville program OF INTEREST ABOUT noting the Capitol's pro- | comic sketch | acts of Keith | augmented with Mrs, Wallace Retd's “Broken laws,"” productions on the screen, is the first part of the Mhe Goldoen f week one of 19 weelk. Cocil DeMille last h Inability to make the company ment to come here next week is the reason the Lyccum is not presenting “Seven Come Eleven,” the negro comedy viety show which had been an- nounced. The management explains, cver, that the policy at the Lycetim is to be the very best photoplays presented at the curvent reduced prices and occasionally, or as often a8 possible, the bringing lere of a ol legitimate stage attraction. the ord Nothing but out of shows will be presented, it is stated. ong pictures to be seen at the Lyceum soon wiill be Warner Brothers' “The Ma 2 Circle and House Peters in “The Tornado." ‘This t named still 1s being shown at the Picadilly theater in New York, s Despite the siige of perfeetion attained by the mo men, the di- rectors still tax the credulity of patrons to limit. In one recent picture at a local playhouse the villain engaged in a fur- fight. After considerable battering, it was noted that neither had succeeded in knocking off the other's soft felt hat. PARSONS Matinee Saturday PRICES, NIGHT—Lower I 2nd Balcony . MAT. Lawrence Weber Presents One Solid Year in New York “Little Jessie James’’ WITH A PERFECT CAST “I Love You"—Joy Book and Lyrics by Harlan Thompson. staged by Walter Brooks, STHE JAMES GIRLS! and “THE JAMES BOYN (A Paul W1 hY WON OF THE FARM, FACTORY AND STORE At the Big CONNECTICUT JANUARY OVE Occup Progress in AGRICULTURE CONCERTS and FREL SAMPLES O MER ADMISSION 3 HARTFORD 3 NIGHTS BEGINNING THURSDAY, JAN, 22 Balcony ....eeeniaen HIGH - CLASS i ing 50,000 Square Feet of floor space, Depicting Connecticut’s . INDUSTRY. COMMERC] HANDISE, — THEATRE Mail Orders Now loor . $1.00. Gallery 50 0 to 50¢ (Plus Tax.) the 8th Wonder of Musical Comedies y, Jinger and Jazz Music by Harrey \rcier hiteman Band) DERS DALY SOUVENIRS. ENTLRTAINMENTS FRET CENTS how- | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SALUKUAY, JANUAKY 17, 1925 THE OKEN STA HISIC 1|erts Rinehart and starrin who is convineing as the husband of [ dramatic production, “Those Wha [ man, king of jazzland, has suppl Virginia | Wilson and Carlotta Harrison, whe EN lAWS Joan (Mrs, Reid); Jucquellne Saun- | Dance,” a 1irst National release | this group of accompunists, scleeted [Valll, supported by Per Armont ’\.wi come with Dr. Wilson as hie ders who does some very remark-| which comes to the Capitol theater | from the hest of his musical artists, |The selected comedies, news reels |special nurse, The compHeations able and varied work 1n the rolo of [ on Monduy, Tuesday and Wednes- [ Mr. Weber Dus engaged a most ex- fand usual serlals will not bo forgot- | that came into the lives of these men q the “jazz" wite; Arthur Rankin and | day. cellent cast to appear in this emart [ten, For tomorrow night two good |and women brought tiagedy, yel PA[A[;E 4 I]AYU Virginia Lee Corbin as the young-| Blanche Sweet, who plays a lead- | and snappy play pictures have heen secured in happiness sters and Pat Moore and Jane Wray | ing role in the production, is trans The principal ch it of [ing Hoofs,” starring Jack Hoxie, and — as the children, formed overnight from a simple|a dashing young damsel from the|*“The Barrier of the Law,” with Iicl-| Edward Kunneke, who arranged MFS wallace Reldvs vemcl t In addition there will be a \ml‘l‘-ihlw- country girl into an alluring | West who hus come on to New Yorkloy Holmes, the old time dare-devil | the Offenbach melodies in “The | ik, 6 8L vine show of four entertaining acts. | underworld “queen,” and she does| to find out what it s that put the|actress, and Willum Desmond, who | Love Song,” is remaining in this On Thursday, Friday and Satur- | it by means of a hair bob and darl-| “broad” in Broadway ouly to die-|.jways 14 at his best in rough and | country to work on gther operettas Popular Theater day the big featuro will offer Vir- | ingly chic frocks, which work such | cover that mttropolls Is not s |iumble parts. tor the Shuberts, ginia Valll and Lloyd Tughes in |a startling change in her appear-) much after all and that she can | “K, the Unknown," certainly is ! e —_— “In Every Woman's Life." ance that she scarccly looks like Just a8 good a time out in Kansas ad | picture unique and lovers of mystery Jeritza sang in “Tannhauser” & S i —_— the same person ¢ could on the Great White Way.|yhould not miss this. Misa Valll In |,‘ @ opera last night, instead o Aaws,” Mrs, Wallace The Sunday night program pre- Mail orders reeel now. Thefcigentally has the most charming | “Jenura,’ which postponed s | Reld's stirring drama of mother | sents an all star cast in “lLoving | S°at eale opens Tuesda role of her carecr—that of a young (week by sudden indisposition of love and the law, will be at the b Lies” and Al Wilson In * Air S e trained nurse with whom two doc- | Kapin Branzell, TG e S nans Hawk tors are in love, Those who have | e Palace four days Leginning Sunday inning Monday Mid- ot read this novel by Mrs. Rine { James Kirkwood, who plays the night, Carnival week pre- hart Wil find it a very entertaining | male lead in “Gerald Cranston's In her latest velicle Mrs, Reid sented at this theater with big ey Page, the young and | Lady,” the Willlam Fox screen ver- has one of the onee in a life- — attractions featuring 14 acts of 1 beautiful nurse, awakes one day to of Gilbert Irankau’s celebrated time"” pictures, Ior oken lLaws” Keith vaudeville. E M find that she i the object of affec- | yovel, has just opened on Broad- is ot onty an intense, nterestine | O0CHES( 15 Only Ong of the At tion of two men, She had been | way in a naw David Belasco stage and convineing drama, hut it has a PARSONS THEATER, —_— conside the belle of the small | play, “Ladies of the Evening.” message and it gels over : writtle ] TR man oy fown in ich she lived. “K" Le i, e S R fractions, However vedy whioh was the out-| “K_the Unknown” Thursday- | osne. tre aitinguisiea” bt mss- preachy nor interfering with the hit” of lust season in Ne terious man whose presence in the thread of the story, York, having run there for a whole Vel city baffles everyone, intrigues her Such films v and far be- | Heading the Keith vandeville Lill il s e s P]‘IS(‘]”a Deafl Ope]]s Moflday internst, Dr. Max Wilson, recently PARSONS, tween but Mrs and her co- | of five acts at the Capitol the first ' theater for three nights and arrived at the town to take charge t workers seem o have hit on the | half of next week is Sulkin's Argen- matince beginning Thurs- e |of the new hospital, swept her off HARTE! happy medium of un.-mumnrm}nmv orchestra, a wonderful re- 5 Continuing its policy of the big- |her feet by his ardent wool As & and education, in which neither de- | gation of ten clever musicians and Jessle James” is something | geet pictyres at the lowest prices, the | *he Was studying to become a nu TONIGHT racts from the other, Margucrite Macy, premler danseuse, nt from the usual musical|: e it i 4 was thrown much in his com- || Lawrence Schwab and Frank Mandell troken Laws” fulfilly two pur- [ who have rounded out a musical cn- Lyceum starts off Monday with Pris- | 0oy she was in that of LeMc Present neses. Tt provides a wonderful eve- | tertainment that is par excellent, In the first plac cre is no sen-[cilla Dean in “The Siren of Seville” | who Loaried at her home, It was|| ¢§ ” ning of enterfainment and It can- | The jazz orchestra is certainly the | timental mush in the story in which this «%ir plays the part of | jer interest in LeMoyne that caused THE s R not but make better citizens. Tt is heard around these parts in| cical 1o the extreme with L tempestuor” norita, reflecting all | her to break friendship with two of 3 3 the story of two ordinary, every- a day and the direct 12 donna, 1o he r|the tempes’ 4 of the Latin race. | jer chilhood friends. Joe, one of o R e T day homes in which at lcast one | from a big hit in the big Broadway | and the tunes are frar the [Changing on Thursday, the bill Will [the youths, was deeply affected Ben Hecht. parent disregards the law as a rou- [ theate Mr. Sulkin, the originator | “jazz" order. In fact feature that greatest of all movie fyjme committed an act of de: il With a Distinguished cast, o tine thing. of this style of orchestra, hus pret- | principal feat mystery dramas, “K the Unknown,” | Leration that had vital consequences | | EVE. 50 X . 50c.-$1.50. There are children in each fam-|tily staged and costumed the offer- f,- i6 the taken from the story by Mary Rob- |in the lives of the girl, LeMoyne, Dr. SEAT SALE OF! TOMORROW ily. They see this wholesale flodting | ing and it is assured that they will l'of the constituted law and the pic- | muke a big Lit with local audiences | ture tells the eftcet of this contact [ Other acts incinde Jeanette and | with lawbreaking on the part of the [ Har hiclds in “Serving Terpsi- ehild, and later the young man and | chore a la Carte,” They are splendid | due regard to the woman. versatile dancers with The story, by Adela Rogers St, | tion of new steps; Galettl and Ko- John, easily lends itself to sereen | kin should be big purposcs. It is sincerc, compelling | their comedy nov and with the plot. 1 background of a re: is nothing seminiscent { ing monkey plays you wen in [ he?” | They car have roke ws." It is fresh material, | after seeing Lang Volk. Here is a good material and Interesting ma- [ neat comedy set with terial. mings, leaves one A Mrs. Reid herself, and a highly | this a competent cast of players, evident-| offer ¥ chosen with great ca a with | purts they were Norma Gr: y being to play Surrounding Reid are such Marmont, Perey a very able po husband of thn * door; Ramscy of a girl or a man by nhas been capitalized w serions wife next JACK HOXIE—in FLYING HOOFS h favorites Ity my d the story Is ably interpreted | thoroughly entertained after seeing Riy POSSESSO] HELEN HOLMES—in BARRIERS OF THE LAW combina- with surpriscs, 1d use the only da in the world is the question onc will ask song trim- | of an ex- nt voice and Miss Bell an ex- pert accompanist and concert artist. The amazing transformatio can be wrought in the appes style of dress 1 telling ef- t by Thomas k. Ince in his latest anee but Sunday Night, Mon., Tues., Wed. 4 — Days Only — 4 “The greatest photoplay that we have had the honor to present on that | our screen for the past five years!” That smashing emotional drama dedicated to humanity by an actress who has given so utterly of her soul that others may see and understand the stupendous lesson she presents to a MON.—TUES.—WED. Story Written Especially for MISS DEAN by the Eminent Author H. H. VAN LOAN THURS.—FRL—SAT. with VIRGINIA VALLI LADIES’ SPECIAL MATINEES SEVILLE K —The “UNKNOWN?” "AT REDUCED PRICES Mat. !59 20c — Eve. 1§g, 2§c, 309 This Coupon and 10c will admit any lady to best seats CIVILIZATION JAZZ-MAD, HELL-BENT Cast Includes Supporting MARMONT RAMSAY WALLACE 1 EE CORBIN PAT MOORE PERCY VIRGINIA Mothers-Fathers-Children Was This TPhotoplay Made FOR YOU! All V AUDEVILLE A ENTERTAINING ACTS- Means See It! EVENINGS—I10¢ - 25¢ CAPITOL SUNDAY NIGHT—DOUBLE FEATURES “LOVING LIES” | with Evelyn Brent Mo nte Blue “THE AIR HAWK” with AL WILSO KEITH VAUDEVILLE Marguerite Macy—Premier Danseuse MON.—TUES.—WED. Featuring the Greatest Jazz Orchestra in Vaudeville Today SULKIN’S ARGENTINES 10-WONDERFUL MUSICIANS-10 — and — Galet “Comedy Surprises” ti & Kokin ' Gray & Bell “1925 Song Ripples” Lan “Who is he?” of Robert A Thrilling Tale with Blanche Sweet Warner Baxter \gnew Bessie Love g ? Volk Hijackers Jeanette and _ Harry Shields “Terpsichore a la mode” MID-WINTER CARNIVAL WEEK 14-KEITH ACTS-14 COMING—WATCH—WAIT ENTIRE WEEK JAN. 26TH