New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 7, 1926, Page 15

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1926. l[l iy ||||p] !|i "lf’ l,;‘nl A .l- 2 / \' K o ‘:. Unless otherwlis indleated, theatrica) notices and reviews In this column are # written by the press sgencles for the respective amusement company. [0 oo122200 0000002000000 000220222200 000m 0000 020022008002220020020200020203 50200 smb e e be rebo et o oL “THE KICK-OFF” AT LYCEUM |feminine role in “Mantrap”, proves Athletic George Walsh (in his (that both are more dangerous in createst play of its kind, “The [isolated communitics, where they Kick-Off,” opened this afternoon at |can appeal to the sympathies of | the Lyceum and on the same bill flonely men. !nu'x Behe Dan and her man, Charlie Paddock, the world's fastest “Lew Tyler's Wive from the | In the Tom Mix picture, ‘“No pular novel by Wallace Irwin. In | Man's Gold” action predominates | the latest episode of th and with the star' amou: Detective’” horse | serial is b ony in a clever role one may be| |assured of a good photoplay. | The Kick-Off* has an added| The shows are continuous daily! “kick” for New Brifain people |and the Capitol orchestra has a nev since some of the football scenes |10t of musical numbers that you will were taken with the Fordham var- | delight in, | sity team on the fleld and several | With the news that Dougl " | local athletes, ding Beloin and |banks' latest screen Johnny Grip are to be seen, | Black Pirate,” will be the feature at- | “The Kick-Off” is a dramatic |traction at the Capitol theater start | tale of life at college, its work, its | iNg Sunday, comes the added word fun, its- hazards and its rewards. |that this picture is entlrely in color Tt is full of the vim that dominates And ranks as one of the most elabo- youth and, of course, the hig cli- |rate cinema speetacles of the year. | max is the smashing foothall gan As was the case with the highly when Walsh gathers up the pig- |POPUlar “Robin Hood” and skin and makes a most spectacular | Thief of Bagdad,” the story run for a touchdown. The entire Dlack Pirate” is 1 picture is one true to college life | tPe Pen of Elton 7 as, It and not only is its athletic side [21aPted to the screen by Jack Cun- featured but so is the social side. |iN8ham, scenarist for “Don Q.” There also is a mother love theme R T T | running through the picture as | AT THE PALACE | well as a boy and girl romance, Fresh from a great success as the “Lew Taylor's Wives” was orig- | °nergetic and witty it in “Mile inally a novel written by Wallace | Modiste” Corinne Griffith turns h Irwin and first published in the j2ttention to decidedly more dr: Pictorial Review. Ruth Clifford, |Matic things in interpreting the role that talented young screen actress|©f Grand Duchess Tatiana which who has been so popular of late, |OPeNed foday at the new Pal has the ieading role. | Miss Griffith has never been given a character that demanded half so | much of her rare versatility, certain- {1y none of which might compare with its wonderful emotional mo- ments, and in accepting the tensc drama that portions of the plot de- | mand Miss Griffith gives her un [rivalled beauty a sovere test and and Percy Marmont In “Mantrap”, |looks as charming in the cape and and the other that popular western | calico o fthe emigrant and the plain star Tom Mix in “No Man’s Gold." |gray dress worn in the prison se- Don't think that vamps or flap- |quence as she does in the gorgeous pers are entirely confined to the big | court gown worn on the occasion of cities! | Tatiana’s ofticial presentation to Clara. Bow, who plaws the leading | the emperor. PALACE “MANTRAP” AT CAPITOL Double features are being offerad at the Capitol beginning today for the balance of the week. One will present that famous flapper, Clara Bow, supported by Ernest Torrenc Home of Sclect Vaudeville Continuous 1:30 - 10:30 NOW PLAYING | triends, labout the static, { have no troubls own snohbish medicine—and made | Rachel Crothe | have not had an opportunity to The vaudeville bill for the last half of this week is one that we are proud to present. Eva Thea & Co. present a decided mnovelty that fs extremely interesting. Howard and Bennet in Feminine Harmony are very pleasing. Lorita King & Co., present a sketch, “Higher Ups” that receives a great deal of applause which they well deserve. Barron and Barry in their comedy offering, “Shut Up,” keep the audicnce in a continual mood of merriment. The O'Brien Sisters and their Band clo; the bill with a galaxy of syncop tion. The managenment of the new Pal- ace announces the booking of two big features at the local playhouse | for the Sunday night performanc The feature which will remain for four days is “The Campus Flirt” human as he has conclusively prov- ed himself to be on the track and in his guccessful pursuit for the hand of Bebe. “The Campus Flirt” fis | the story of a spoiled, pampered col- | lege girl, plunged into American miversity life, given a dose of her | to like it—Behe de es to show ‘em. With the result “The Campus Tirt” winds up with a slam bang, riotous climax. The Sunday night prices of ad- nission are orchestra 40 cents and balcony 30 cents. PARSONS', HARTFORD Central Pa and who doesn't know New York's Central Park—is being changed Into a regular 200 vith all sorts of animals that in- habit the most popular zoos. But | the zoo is going to be transported | | next Monday, October 11, and con- | | tinues the 12th and 13th, with a spe- | cial matinee on Wednesday, to Par- sons' Theater, with the advent of musical version, “Spring Magle,” of her popular drama “39 Ilast”” as presented by Mary Kirkpatrick. MISS LAMPONE'S CLASS For the benefit of parents who o Miss Lampone's work, a pro- gram of finished dances will be ed by advanced pupils on afternoon at the Y. W. C. auditorium. These dances will show what can be accomplished her methods, and will give new pupils an idea of the results which | can be attained after the prelimi- | nary exercises and foundation | technique, which are taught in s, have been mastered. D them broadcasting back Through the Static which alarming at times reached proportions and Static then died away to almost nothing, | only to reappear again, carried nv\" a gnappy conversation with itself on the air last evening. As the news- j papers say in their editorial columns, | “Startling reports were heard.” But, | in. Slight fading and there Was nothing alarming | itions seemed to | coming through and that's what we were interested that dainty buzz were with us, too. | PRPEEN At WRZ the Twlilight Sing trio furnished an interesting program of | songs of Dbygone days. This group nuunng Fomantic Drama of the Tove of a Royal Princess ably demonstrated its voeal powers | and the presentation was admirable. | othing high faluting, just easy, vell modulated singing. The station | behaved itself and threw away the CONTINUOUS i SHOWS ; DAILY | I'EA'i'l'RIZS TODAY, FRIL, SAT. The Flappiest Flapper That Ever Flapped! Daring Adventure in the Hills of Danger! ERNEST TORRENCE PEROY MARMONT With TONY —in — No Man’s Gold THE GREATEST THRILLER TOM EVER MADE! —f — “MANTRAP” A Tale of a Little Siren of the Timberlands Twice As Dangerous As Forest Fires OAPITOL CHILDREN ORCHESTRA AFTER SCHOOL RESERVED ) CAPITOL NEWS 10c LOGES Continuous Shows Dnflv NOW PLAYING 2 BIG FEATURES—A GREAT SHOW “LEW TYLER’S WIVES" With FRANK MAYO From Wallace Irwin's Great Novel of Marriage See Lew and His Three Wives Produced and divected b WESLEY RUGGLES PICTURE~ With Two Former B. High School Boys in the Picture RADIO DETEOTIVE—Epis. 8 v Children After School 10c | were “Auld Lang the old day tin pan for the evening, or while we | were listening in at any rate. Among | the mumbers tackled by the trio| Syne,” “Long, | " “Sleep, Ago,” “School Days Sleep,” and “Gypsy's Warn- * Sort of a weicome change from Black Bottom, Beilhop Blues,” wid the like, of course, taking m(o‘ onsi fon that we're not knock- ing dance musi But there's so much of it no ays that it rather palls at times. Wo remember back in when the air was not THE NEW PALACE Home of Select Vaudeville Four Days Starting SUNDAY A Riotous Comedy of —— College Life —— with Oharlie Paddock SUNDAY Co-Feature PETER B. KYNE'S Latost Western HILL” Jack Holt - Florence Vidor Mary Bria ah Beery Parsons’ Theater HARTFORD TONIGHT—S8:15 CHARLES DILLINGHAM Presents The FIRST TIME Hero and Prior to k Opening. F RED STONE in “Criss Cross” with DOROTHY STONE and Company of 100 SEATS NOW. POSITIVELY NO TELEPHONE OR WINDOW RESERVATIONS Eve. $4.03 OPENING OF Armand’s Tenor-Banjo School BANJO and UKULELE INSTRUCTIONS R. J. AMENTA General Director LOUIS VERILLO, Inst. 209 Matn 8t 3 Tel. 4431 Room 7 | thank, and then the orchestra played |another number and the audience | thunk some more. Each number w crowded and there was no interfer- | ence other than static now and then. Back in those times we used to scour the programs to find out when a dance orchestra was golng | on the air. There weren't many of in 1928 Then we really enjoyed music by £00d band. But now good bands are the rule, her than the exception, | and we greet them all with a ra d boredon unless they hap- ve unusual combinations or deeming features. New num- few nights and | | | | then they, too, sink into the well of | the ordinary. Foas o WEAF, New York, came in with fair volume, striking an average. Because sometimes the station faded ‘mn 0 far that we despaired of ever ring it again, while on other oc- | asions it swept in with all the fury a Florlda hurricane. We forgot to mention that Ray Smith, tenor sang “Calling Home,” or rawling Home,"ye haven't decided which. e oe A medley of old time songs was rd from WJZ w York, the Imperia Imps furnishing the where- withal. This group was different from what we heard from WBZ, in that it composed of popular songs of | 5 years ago, some of them later. although none ere popular within the last 15 years. “I Want a Girl, Just Like the Girl Who Married Dear Old Dad,” (two more lines and they would have had the entire ghorus in the title) “In The Good | O1d Summer Time,” and *Yankee Doodle Dandy,” with & snappy whistling effect which reminded us, v all the world, of a dyspeptie re- generative, were presented among others, WJZ got all twisted up. That station should do something for its indigestion or cramps or whatever its affliction i " e WIS, Chicago, in tones full and | strong, offered Maurie Sherman's or- chestra in a choice group of foxtrots, | while the WLS Cornhuskers also presented se al notahle features. latter band offered “Baby Face Bye, Bye Blackbird,” and others while the former fea rendition of “Moonlight on The Ganges,” a really delightful selec- tion. 1 E on kept a steady vol- ume throug t its broadeast .. Last ni rned out to be “0ld Timers' " on the air. We ran into WTAM, Cleveland, and the Blue Room orchestra, A “Guess What" | program was being conducted, in| which the radio audience played one of the parts. The game was really | quite neat. The orchestra played a | number and then the audience| ired a superh announced by numbe and the an- nouncer stated that the entire group would be made known at the co clusion of the program. All the se- lections were old timers, by the way. We remarked upon the presentation | by the orchestra and we might say that we almost marvelled at th manner in which the selections were offered, So—what shall we say—so individualistic? Is that all right? Well, we guessed a number of th including “Old Gray Bonnet," CAPITOL SUN. NIGHT MON. TUES. WED. 4 For Real Screen Fntertalnmen( i Don’t Fail To See Special Musical Setting By the OAPITOL ORCHESTRA - $2.00 In New York! Populag Prices Heret Children's Show After School, 15¢ Seeley’s Revue with the CARPENTIER SISTERS | Singers Who Can Danoce. Dancers Who Can Sing. SEELEY'S ENTERTAINERS 24 Washington St. Tel. 2336 ——ee \ nical studies, Blue and The Gray,” “Get Out and Get Unde “IU's a Long Way Tipperary,” and several that de us. The announcer always gave & nt to the title of each number, metimes waxing rather humorous. e station maintained a steady vol- | * which was just strong enough | I | 2 S S We hit upon WEAO, Ohio, for the first time in many| months. During the latter part of | the cvening we used an indoor aer- | fal, due to the fact that staitc was| ning to come in rather heavy. At the Ohio station Sullivan's or- chestra rendered, without mishap, omeone Is Losin’ Susan.” And to k we had to travel all that dis- Just to learn that fact, We brought our evening to a close WEBH, Chicago, signing off with hat station. The regular Wednesday it informal program was pre- ed, & g ant young fellow act- ing in the capacity of announcer. He told us all about this and that. An orchestra, incomple chimed in now and t with a selection or two i stra_scemed to work on t if any members of the group did not know the numbers at nd they were not obliged to work. So it was rather a question as to or not there would be a trio or a’ sextet or an octet operating | on the various selections. We en- joyed the program, thqugh, just be cause of the injection’ of this ele- ment of doubt. Volume aplenty, Columbus, | Il for today, thanks! - E. L. 16 1(‘a1' Old Boy Is Naval Design Winner Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 7.—P— Sixteen year old Albert F. Bird of Somerville has won a four year K(]ml‘.\} » in the department of | chitecture of the Massachu- sotts hv itute of Techonolgy by his | kill in building models of famous cli hips. | Bird's work ranks with the finest | cver done, according to naval archi- tects here, boy, who entered the instl- | tute this fall, was discovered by Harford Powel, Jr., editor of the | Youth's Companion. Mr. Powel, in order to help Bird, established | four year scholarship to be awarded | annually to boys interested in tech- Young Bird started making toy ships when he was only four years old. Prof. George Owen has pro- rounced his work as creditable as that of ny adult engineers, MURDER IN RHODE ISLAND Bristol, R . Oct. 6 (A — An- ton E. Mede ea, Massa- chusetfe, was ghot and Kkilled here last night and a companion was | serlously wounded during a fight in which scveral shots were ex- changed. 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