New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 30, 1926, Page 5

PALACE PATRONS PROMISED PRIZE No Otber Than Lon Changy in “The Penalty” “Blizzard" the character portray- ed by Lon Chaney in “The Penalty"” is a histrionic a seen v fevement that once This annals of the Blizzard the legless master of San Francisco underworld whose satanic hatred of humanity is tinged with the fantastic cruelty of an un- balanced mind is perhaps the mo: unusual hero ever pr motion picture producti marvelous charact be greeted as one of the finest pieces of acting ever done before the | camera, 1l never be forgotten. role is unique in the screen, dience. < ror of a surgeon. The discovery of this error turns Blizzard against all humanity. Perhaps the physical s fering involved in stumping around | on knee pads helps him in effec the demoniacal scowls that are nec: sary to his part for he is a thor- ough-going a human fiend as can be found in fact or fiction. In order to effectually disguise his lower bod completely hiding his legs from the knees, it was nec for him to have his legs , so that he walked on his knee pads. So severe was the pain that he could en- dure the tortures of the vice-like harness not more tha utes at a time. He had xnrn to get his legs out, restore nit to more s time. It is a tribute ful ability that so could be so cor The story of though intensely dramatic is &0 in- termingled a strange. romance that the grucsome gotten. Tt as po and original as anything th to hi difficult B * will be show! ng Sunday part of a double feature bill. There will be five vaudeville Monday, ‘Wednesday. The comy select and nion fe ly fun re for Sunday as “The I‘r n- dramatic. hte ¥rie compa nav tions are m ny and entertaining by th the co on feature. h ‘riend” is a satire on the book of d in this case : all the characters_opportunities for a. dis- Jlay of hufor. The story is that of « village youth lcarning the road to Love via the hook route and it sure 13 one of the routes one has ever traveled Marceline Day is_the girl in the case and Johnny HAtron is the boy There will b The sccond show uniest any Annowncement strand theater, seating and pronounecd one of modern and thoroughly playhouses in New on November 11 little interest in this city where the- ater patrons have long awaited definite news as to the opening da Indications are that . 0. sign will be out early that nigl )0 persons. the most delightful nd, cted no ons, New York 1 the Capitol, vised the i Studios, gned and s Strand and the Marg decorators of the Capitol, have done the art work. The policy of the Strand will be six acts of vaudeville selected under the direction of 1. J. Hoffman, head of the Hoffman Theatrical Enter- prises who, in this city, is in associa- tion with Contaras brothers and | Perakos. The latest fea tures likewlise will be sho; Strand orchestra will be featured. The m Daniel na nn, late Mr. 1 Finn ger of the New Palace, 5 been in the city several weeks and in that time has mapped out his future policies. Mr. Finn's pleasing personality, evident anxious- ness and willin to try to please is bound to make him a favorite with the theater goers here. w ha 1: man *“The at in Penalty” night Lon Chaney opens tomorrow n:llly Cha In it Chaney zard, master of Sa derword, legless, weirdest character ever presented on the screen. role of Bliz- ancisco's un- has the ¥ For Sunday only, the New Palace | [ JNIGHT PARSONS’ "sss HARTFORD Popular Matinee Saturday CHARLES FROHMAN Presents HOLBROOK BLIAN FE| mr\( "MorNAR's The_ Plgy s the Thing’ 288, Mat. 50c.-§1.73 Avallable for Parties, Dances and Weddings. Call Between 12 and 8 P. M. Tel. 2560 JOHN J. PETCHEKONIS e min- | opens | the New | cclaimed this | acter part. | deformed — the | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1926. also offers “The Boy Friend,” a znapny little comedy drama from stage success of the same name and enacted by a cast headed by | ROD LA ROCQUE N S G0 AT LYCELN Thursd\y brings “T! he of the | A T S h i (lTh [ sea o the e patnce ae wonaa | RS0 Tom Santschi in “The ;H\) usual vaudeville change . i . Pride of the Force | Coming attractions here include | Tom Mix in * Great K. and A Train Robbery” and Red Grange in Rod LaRoque in ‘Gigolo’ and Tom.‘ “One Minute to Play.” | Santschi in “The Pride of the Force" | | |are the two top notchers offered at | | The coming of Red Grange in|the Lyceuw. tomorrow night an ‘One Minute to Play” rounds out a | through Wednesday. .Each is a sure- series of three great football pic- |fire hit. LaRoque is gupported by t that the local theaters have Jobyna Ralston and Louise Dresser presented this fall and, fortunate and Santschi, star of “Three Bad for the respective managers, each of Men,” Is supported by a cast which the three theaters had one. The Ly- | includes Edith Chiapman, Gladys Hu- ceum has shown George Walsh in lette, James Morrison and Francis X The Kickoff.” The Capitol has Bushman, Jr. The usual news reels shown Richard Dix in “The Quarter- | and selected comedies will be shown. back"” and now comes this one at the In “Gigolo,” written by Edna New Falace! Ferber, LaRoque scores a distinct | hit. This is the story of an Ameri can aviator in the war, whose face is | rebuilt through plastic surgery after | 'he had been horr.bly mutilated. He | becomes a gigolo, or dancing man in the Parisian cafes to earn a liveli- hood, deriving his Income from fees aid by wealthy women patrons. en his boyhood sweetheart, tour- R A ing Europe, arrives and dances with ?z}.\u ‘:;’l’l"i‘:"ff’T"lfle“l‘f,’i‘?‘".f“’; p‘r;;\‘l?im without recognizing him things - ”» e begin to happen. Fozce,” a thrilling police story with | Tom Santschi in ‘the leading role. f{-‘; "‘;_ umo ;"“{”‘”1 Sants long a favorite, reached a |Of the Force™ Is a ) new point in his dramatic art re- |Tom Santschi has the role of the cently when he starred as one of the |04 time cop. Danny Moore, who on {hree bad men in the Fox special | the day of the announcement that he Bad Men.” Inciden has been promoted to the rank of ¢ Bush : > 'a sergeant, loses that promotion ancis X. Bushman, Jr., son of the T ot o e is noted screen idol of a decade ago . e e instead demoted to desk duty. Later, Who still plays leading parts, has a | (1o, e hegs for a chance to go out part in this picture. jon a dangerous raid and obtains permission to go, he rises to real dram c heights. The Gene Tunney “The Fighting Marine” serial starts Monday and the last three days of the week brings the usual releas ‘!al, “The Radio Detectiv MEN OF STEFL ‘Tomorrow night the Lyceum | oft with Rod lil’ocqup m (: cr's famous story of the dancing men. In this picture an Amerlcan war hero is the king of | the gigolos. “The Pride police picture. | Thursday's chan brings “Dancing Days" Rich and Helene Chadwick, with Forrest ey as the leading man. Miss Rich has the part of a jazz mad young girl, while Miss Chadwick's part is that of a faithtul wite. “The False Alarm” also comes to Lyceura Thursday with Mary rr, Ralph Le and Dorothy vier, supported by John Harro I “ostello and | Priscilla Bonner. This is a fire i ik EAPITIL FEATURE Colossal Ailair e at the Lyceum with Lillian wng and the themo 1»’ the question of whether or not ev y’ | man is afraid of something. | | | First National's big steel special, ! Men of Steel,” which has just been released after having beeing in pro- duction since last November 2, is one of the biggest pictures yet filmed and will be offered at the Capitol 4 day: beginning Sund For not only is | the story an unusual one and the settings significant, but Sills has done the best work of his screen career, acording to those In e llls wrote the story from which | Yukon,” with nold Gray, Matthew Betz Ter Man o' War". named Jedda Goudal Boyd, rs of “The | man” have the leads. In the last and Willia st Volga Boat- W. 8. Jeffs and the Capitol chestra have ar T sical score to be played in con- nection with Milton Sills fn “Mcn of which opens tomorrow Iy, this is the first shown in Doris Sills in leading man. in the history of Mills of the Ten- Iron company at women were al- | 1 for impres- or. a suggestion received in R. G. Kirk’s short story, “United States Flavor.” No one knows better than Sills what Sills can do, and In the writing of story he worked knowing person who was to play each part— Lnowing their ability ty. the start. The United States Steel corporation has cooperated from the beginning with First National in the making of the pictur The great nessce Coal & Iron Co. were turned over to the film company for filming of the steel mill scenes. The open red iron ore mines of the same com- pany were also placed at the dis- posal of First National, and scen 50 big, 0 powerful and smashing as to take one's breath away are the re- sult nyon, now M 1 life, is t Tor the first ti the great Ensl Coal and gham, Ala., lowed In the yar the filming of sive scenes. thousand omen took part as extras in this incident which shows a ‘steel funeral.” Going to the Yale-Army game to- Neither are we, but you can get a thrilling second-hand view | of it tomorrow night, Monday and through Wednesday at the Capltol re the U News will show It as part of the news reel. The news reel not only will show high spots of the game, but also the parade of the West Point Cadets at the New Haven green and at the Bowl. feel that we have a great pic- is about all he will say. But the way he says Director' George Archainbaud For the last h of the week ever popular Colleen Moore will be n in “It Must Be Love,” and the companion picture will be “Bigger a story of the big »m with George O'Hara and Ralph | Lewis and Viola Dana starred. Return of “choice cards™ the Capitol indicate that many want e Four Iforsemen” to play here again and if enough request it the gement will bring this picture e soon, HALLOWE’EN DANCE TONITE Prizes for Best Costumes First Prize: Silver Loving Cup Hats Streamers Noisemakers ADM. 50¢ Free Palkmg HHLLLLEHHHH HEHLL LG H Y MM&- PALM GARDEN EAST HARTFORD, CONN., on Main Springfield Road Presents the Famous LONDCN NIGHTHAWKS Direct from Keith’s Circuit and Famous Record Artists Nightly 8:20 to 1 For HALLOWE’EN NIGHT RAYMOND FELLETTER Piano Entertainer and | MATTY CALLAHAN | The Boy with the Silver Voice | Both direct from New York | Streamers, Worns, Masks and Other Favors DANCING ALL WINTER to 2PLLLLLLLLBLILLLISLLSOW fvcryfwmné HartfordRoad Wew Britain of the ser- | the | the | nd personali- | This made for a great vehicle at | sley Mills of the Ten- | it tells the story. | is | ’l’ou((ry Association To Hear E pert Raiser giving the | assis- Brought into Oklahoma from the Southland and placed on the beauti= ful hills of the Osage country, the Osage erected his tepee and raised White men settied among hills. Land was allotted by the ment to the Indian. Then ofl duced and the Osage tribe the wealthiest in the worlds blood began to mix with and at present but 600 full bod Osa ians are enrolled on . the agency here safdy of a total of 2,000 whose signa< s or marks appear. Mary Astor in “Forever Aftert coming to the Capitol. commer- best ex- the gov Ranks of Fuil I}Ir,ndud ges Being ')““ld(‘d 0. b md vo Shows Sunday Two Big Features > {"ROD LA ROC UE GIVES VIVID i DEMONSTRATION OF ART OF MAKE=-UP IN GIGOLO"™ LYCEUM — SUN.—MON.—TUES.—WED. highly enthused. He has put heart and soul in it for months. Earl Hudson, under whose management it was filmed, is among the most enthusiastic. either Mr, Lewis or Mr. Woods. I t is passed from f Stanisla to son, Hug In the supporting cast are Doris Kenyon, Mae Allison, George Faw- cett, Frank Currier, Victor McLag- len and John Kolb, As an added attraction the Capl- tol News will offer scenes of the football game in the Bowl today, including the parade at the New Haven green and the drill at the Bowl by the Cadets. Other films include Al St. John in ky Bound,” a novelty film; hapespeare,” and Aesop's Fables. On Thursday the entire program changes and brings as the feature attraction, capti & Collcen Moore in her new plc “It Must Be Love.™ Coming soon to the Capitol Is “Mare Nost the big produc- tlon on Broadway for the past six months at $2.00. | to Manhattan L the secret of the tremendous power exerted by Blizzard over everybody he met? Why did Rose, the secret service operative detailed to spy on Bliz- zard and ferret cut his secret, end by falling in love with him? Vhy did every crook in San Francisco tre ble at his frown did he hold- thoysar in p of their lives? Come and seel LLY rt, Oct a linotype ope port Post for 358 West aver INJURE] Pinnell, the Brid ng at ly inj “Glamour” at Parsons’ All Next Week Hartford has been particularly for- tunate this scason in the series of plays that have come to give per- { formances at Parson’s theater prior |to their New York city openings. | ‘Criss Cross,” “Loose Ends” and the | Molnar play all proved to be emi- |nently entertaining, and now in “Glamour,” the attraction at that theater all next weck, there is said ; | to be both in cast and play the nec- essary elements of success. This pro- | duction is made by Albert Lewls, in | association with A. H. Woods, and these two keen judges of stage val- | ies in a play each assert that “Glamour” will prove quite as big a | nit as did “The Donovan Attair “The Green Hat,” “The Jazz Singer” r “The Shanghat Gesture,” all plays | S the individual management of | s of o'clock last n 11:45 at St. Vincent" IS FINED $1 Bridgeport, Oct P and cos ury in erday $1 v.ndnr ins a .'\v\d wife real estate for the Capitol Fox special comedy « lo | | READ HER. \l D l’ \“\ll IED ADS this picture has been filmed from | | ————— Continuous Shows Daily 1:30 10:30 Pictures Have Come and Gone—But LON CHANEY fn “THE PENALTY” Will Live Forever Four Days Only — SUN.—MON.—TUES.—WED. You'li follow the er of Blizzard, legless king of San Francisco’s underworld athless interest. Lon Chaney THE PENALTY A TYPHOON OF EMOTIONS — STRONG AS LIFR RELENTLESS AS DEATH car with 1 If you were fortunate enough ta see “The Penalty” before, you still remember “Blizzard” as bizarre as a flash of lightning in a —and you'll want to himn again. If you have not seen ¢ Penalty” by all means Don’t Miss Itt COMPANION FEATURE » SUNDAY Meet “The Boy Friend” funny comedy of the Boy Friend who tried to fove by a Book! l Youwll hold your sides with laughter at what happened thent riotously MARCELINE JOIINNY DAY the Girl HARRON the Boy Friend Sunday's Prog; LON CHANEY “THE m Is Supreme PENALTY” a thrilling Drama and sparkling comedy—Two Shows. in “THE BOY FRIEND” a Don’t Miss Out Farewell Vaudeville Bill Next Week [i MON.—TUESDA Y—WEDNESDAY —— ACTS SELECT VAUDEVILLE Continuous Shows Daily LYCEUM SUN.—MON.—TUES.—WED. BIG FEATURES Two Complete Shows Sunday Eve. 2—SHOWS—2 SUNDAY NIGHT Second Show 8:30 “GIGOLO” Professional Man. Can latest steps? Meaning a Parisian i dance the See B So Desig o s ARG as steel—dr: \ J‘ FROM THE STORY BY EDNA FERBER wrn JOBYNA RALSTON & LOUISE DRESSER ADAPTED BY GARRETT FORT CONTINUITY BY MARION ORTH SUPERVISED BY C GARDNER SULLIVAN °"a7** WILLIAM K HOWARD DEMILLE PICTUR&S CORPNU\TIDN Also PRIDE of the FORCE With a Great Cast A Thrilling Police Story Children’s Mat. 10c N ONE Theater, Hartford WEEK PARSONS’ MONDAY NIGHT, NOV. 1 and ENTIRE Tor the Tirst Time on any Stage ALBERT LEWIS in Assoclation with A. H. WOODS presents ! pping Thrilling Play of Heart Throbs "4\\'/”/\,/\\, A1/ \I/‘h\~ (7 N SAS HER gk 2 -4 8 Aesor Al St & in Fables Delightful > 'B® R 5 Captivating TN IR By Hugh Stanisiaus Stange with RALPH MORGAN MINNA GOMBEL, ROBERT W. CRAIG, IRENE HOMER ROGER PRYOR, HARTLEY POWER and Others PRE-WAR PRICES PREV \lL EVERY NIGHT 50c to $1.; WED. and SAT. 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