New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 13, 1926, Page 5

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1926. ‘FOREVER AFTER AT THE CAPITOL Mary Astor and Lloyd Hughes in Excellent Photoplay because a fortune-teller warned him | its possession meant bad luck. Miss | Costello refused to pose for a | photograph in a silk kimono origin- ally made for a member of the Japadese imperial family because of a certain embroldered design on | the back. | Gloria Swanson continues to ig- nore P’aris and New York styles. Not only does she wear her skirts down to her ankles, but her hair once more Is long. Miss Swanson has a - erson design vorking . personal designer who is working with with her in the development of new RALPH W. INCE modes for her private wardrobe and | and costumes, CLAIRE ADAM: T r changes and brings double features{ There are some excellent specta- presenting the great comedy of the cular scenes in this production, par- American home, “The Family Up-|ticularly one in the early part stairs” with Virginla Valli and J.'Where an ocean liner rams a ferry Farrell MacDonald featured. The boat and tosses a Charlestoning lother photoplay will offer Elinor crowd of merrymakers into the wa- |Glyn's new story “Love’s Blindness” ter. THE SEA WOLF AT LYCEUN ToMoRROw| DARKENOWNEIES BTy Gaze at Black Velvet Before, Rso “The Golden Web”, an ; Oppenheim Tale ;e light in color have taken to gazIng|paint, are the worst sufferers, and at black velvet before stepping onto | when the picture demands heavy a sct to darken their starry Orbs.|or tight costumes their woes are The dark color causes the pupil of [ doubled, the eye to expand. those sitting in the front loge seats which, by the way, are as about a comfortable theater chair as one could desire, Continuous Shows Daily TRAIN ROBBERY 1§ BASIS OF FILN Tom Mix and Tony in Palace Feature LYCEUM SUN.—MON.—TUES.—WED. WOW! WHAT A BILL! TWO BIG FEATURES “Young April,” one of the season's outstanding attractions, has been booked for early showing at the Ly- ceum. The cast is headed by Joseph and Rudolph Schildkraut and Bessie Love and among the old favorites is Bryant Washburn, This picture had a great premier at the Hippo- drome in New York. From the Story By Jack London Tom Mix the peer of all western stars of the cinema and his famous horse Toney will be seen at the New Palace theater tomorrow night in thelr latest and also their great- est film of thelr career, “The Great | K & A Traln Robbery,” which is one of the finest western thrillers ever made. A running gun battle. Bullets whizzing by and ripping through the sage brush of the Colorado desert. A beautiful girl in the saddle with him. This is the situation which confronted Tom Mix in the open- ing sequences of “The Great K & A Train Robbery.” Tom Mix is right in his element in this drama. Tom gots in his masterly work with the lasso, his guns and Tony the wonder horse during the course of his por- trayal of Tom Gordon the detective who has been assigned to nip the progress of railroad bandits. Experts who have previewed the film de- clare it to be the finest thing that Mix has ever done. It has as much actlon as a cyclone. The company was taken on loca- tion to the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River, Colorado’s lovliest scenic spot. Royal Gorge lends it- self nicely to the thrilling action of the picture and in addition give theater goes anopportunity to see one of the most beautiful spots in the world. The conclusion of this photodrama is as startling as the opening. The ever popular Mix has donned his blue togs for the film and his per- sonality shines forth to a degree heretofore unequalled. Dorothy Dawn plays opposite Tom. Considerable comedy is supplied by Harry Grippe who plays De Luxe Harry a gentleman who elects to bum his way from place to place by riding under trains. The picture as a whole {s a mas- terpiece of western films. The companion feature for this program ls the Fox production of the famous stage play “The Pelican” which on the screen is “Marrlage License.” STAGE AND SCREEN Al Jolson certainly is funny and many from this city got several good laughs during the showing of his “Blg Boy" at Parsons’ this week. But no doubt one of the big- gest laughs was at Al himself when he trled to explain how.reasonable he was in demanding $4.50 as top price. Al tried his best but his ar- guments were absurd and fell flat. Evidentally it was Jolson’s ambition to make the public “dig down” to see him and then “malke them like it.” He failed to convince anybody, as far as can be found out, that his prices were not exorbitant and his box office returns ought to be a good reply to his harangue. Another great stage success has been turned into a moving picture of exceptional appeal. “Forever After,” which First National filmed | from Owen Davis' play of the same | name, which will be at the Capitol Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wed- nesday. Chock Another big attraction booked for the Lyceum is ‘“College Days,” one of the latest and best of the lively, jazzy tales of college and campus lite, with its athletic side played up with a view to the spectacular. Studio workers are glad when winter comes. On interior sets un- der the hot lights, the temperature often rises to a hundred degrees. full of. vivid action in The players, in their heavy grease scenes of childhood games, foot- ball clashes and the even more thrilling combats of French battle- flolds, the picture is woven around a tender love affalr between the son of an impoverished lawyer and the gentle daughter of a New Eng- land plutocrat. Mary Astor has taken the role of 'Alice Brady, made famous on the stage, and leavened it with a charm and be.uty which, aided by the limitless range of the camera, makes an even more Intriguing character on the screen. Lloyd Hughes makes a fresh, at- tractive hero who plunges through life with the same gay abandon in football games and hand-to-hand engagements In No Man's Land that marked his daring as a boy in the little New England town. David Torrence and Alec Fran- cis, both of whom scemed to be favorites with the Capitol audi- cnce; Eulalie Jensen, whom this reviewer found charming in her noted author who Wrote “The Sea |DOlse and bearing; Hallam Cooley, | Wolt” which opens tomorrow at the | John St. Polls, Lila Leslie and a [Lyceum has put her stamyp of ap-|&Foup of football players from last ar's championship team at the [2e ) & . ) complete the cast. No, there wa ngle handed figh's his mulinous |, 6 on” character — an unnamed SERT: |goat which shared the starring honors. Other films will include Aesops Fables, “Film Facts,” and the Capi- tol News in current events. W. S. Jefts and the Capitol Or- chestra have a great musical pro- gram to offer and will present a novelty saxophone specialty with Mr. Squillace playing *“Saxophobia.” On Thursday the entire program Leatrice Joy and Clive Brooks have the leads in “For Alimony Only” which opens Thursday at the Lyceum. It has as unusual twist in that wife No. 2 goes to work to help her husband make good on his back allmony payments to wife No. 1 who had been divorced. Baid by leading ecritles of the |country to be one of the most dra- matic sea stories ever to reach the screen, Jack London's powerful drama, “The Sea Wolf,” will be one |ot the features at the Lyceum to- morrow night. This red blooded ad- venture novel which made the late author famous was filmed by Ralph W. Ince with a cast including Mr. Ince himself, Claire Adams, Theo- dore Von Eltz, Snitz Edwards and Mitchell Lewis. As a companion feature but of a diffcrent type, there will be “Tho Golden Web,” featur- ing Huntly Gordon and Lillian Rich and written by that master of flc- tion, I. Phillips Oppenheim. “The Golden Web,” lavishly stag- ed, featurcs among other things, |an earthquake, a murder trlal, a midnight attempt to rob a district | attorney's office of important evid- ence and a thrilling third degree |scene. The locale of the story is lin London and South Africa and the plot deals with the circum- stances surrounding the transfer of a gold mine to a blg corporation. The lure of gold changes the char- dcters of many otherwise respect- abl: people and the result is dra- matic in the extreme. “The Sca Wolf” is bound to ex- cite and thrill. It is a primitive, brutal yarn of a tyrant of the high [seas with a shanghaled crew. This {man takes a demoniac delight in | secing people sufter, particularly an intellectual weakling whom he had kidnapped to fill a vacancy. But | when a girl vietim of a wreck is |picked up at sea, he treats her with some consideration but one is at all times wondering what he will do next. the » play John St. Polls who created role of Frederick in the st E " o, 4T “The Return of Peter Grimm,” with | L2 Keaton's pleture, “The | g warsield firteen years ago General” In 1t a locomotlve of | o0y p1avg the role of “Dr. McPher- Civil War days plunged from a|"o%, 2 : son” In the zation of the burning trestle into the river below, | Son T with 1800 extras dressed as Union | RS and Confederate soldiers on elther bank of the river. The cost cover- ed the reconstruction of the loco- motive, the salaries of the extras, the cost of thelr uniforms, and the etrection of the bridge. Months of rescarch and $40,000 | e spent for a one minute scene The companion feature the last of the week at the Lyceum s “The Wolf Hunters,” from the story by James Oliver Curwood with the usual virile tale of the Northwest Mounted. pic T A motion picture actress can’t “die” effectively when she can look {out of her hospital room jnto a | big cabaret and hear jazz music and {see nearly 200 people dancing. Lya do Putti was attempting to portray a death scene but she enjoyed tlie music from another set too much, so the Director decid d to postpone her “demise” unutil the following day. | “The Golden Web,” at the Ly- ceum tomorrow night, i by E. Phillips Oppenheim and like all of his storles it keeps the spectators in suspense until the last. There are powerful dramatic situations and some real thrills running through this love story of real emotion. Hunt- ly Gordon and Lilllan Rich are fea- tured. Medium shots, close-ups and long shots of a harvesters’ dinnmer in | Thomas Meighan's new picture took four days. Irish stew and corned beef and cabbage were on' the table all the time and Meighan and the cast had to take frequent mouth- fuls. Mention of the dishes now cause Meighan to wince. A town was buflt, a county popu lated and 3,000 stampeders equipped with livestock and vehicles in the Jackson Hole country of Wyoming for “3 Bad Men.” The Royal Gorge in Colorado, Jasper Park, near Banff in the Columbian high moun- tain ranges, Mount Ranier and the San Bernardino mountains are set- tings for other recent productions Pola Negri “emotes” to the of classical music and permits no popular airs to be played by her studio orchestra. The trio, vlolin, "cello and organ, is in great demand at Hollywood. The musicians, one a compiser and onother vio- lin, are with the Los Angeles Phil- harmonic orchestra, but always drop all other engagements to pl for her, Mrs. Jack London, widow of the A bit of movie realism was had when W. H. Whythe, warrant offi- cer in the British Navy for four years, and at present an operative with a New York detective agency, was engaged by Herbert Brenon to act the part of a sleuth. Superstitions that long have n- fluenced the stage folk have been wrried onto the movie lots. Among |those who are carefal of their luck are Walter Merrif, Dolores Costello, | Louise TFazenda and Syd Chaplin. | Merrill disposed of an antique ring he had purchased In Miami, Fl W. 8. Jetfs, leader of the Capitol orchestra, has started an innovation | |that should prove popular, insofar as it is possible he is to feature re- {quest numbers an1 the first of next | week one of those usked for by many is “Just a Cottage Smali.” Another musical specialty will be the saxo- | phone speclalty number “Saxopho- bia,” played by S. Squillace of the orchestra. best GENE TUNNEY—FIGHTING MARINE Epis. 9 T Children After School 10c first “Forever After, which opens at the Capitol tomorrow night, is the screen adaptlon of a stage play and features Lloyd Hughes and Mary Astor. It runs the gamut of life from college days and the football field to the world war and ehattered romance. 2—Performances—2 SUNDAY NIGHT Second Show at 8:30 Orch. 40c Bal. Reserved Loges Hoffman Brothggra' ¥ Elinor Glyn's rew story ove's Blindness” and the greatest Willlam TFox speclal “The Family Vpstairs” are Capitol features for the last haif of the weck. 25¢ Coming attractions at the Capitol {include “Mare Nostrum' and Wal- llace Beery and Raymond Hatton in | “We're in the Navy Now.” - SUNDAY NIGHT MON.,, TUES., WED. The Strand for the first of next week presents as the feature photo- play, Norma Shearer in “Upstage,” one of her latest successes. There will be the regular six acts of se- lected vaudeville, changed on Thursday. The Most Human and Intense Photoplay Drama the Screen Has Ever Given! By All Means See This Photoplay — Youw’ll Re- member it Forever After! Parsons’ theater announces the coming of the following shows short- ly: “Pigs,” “Tip Toes” and ‘“Miss Happiness,” the last named being one of the new musical shows. Already popular, is the Strand parking place in the rear of the Y. M. C. A. A recelpt from the ticket seller is a receipt for parking with- | out extra cost. This place, lowever, is solely for Strand patrons and not a public parking place for a fee, Fay Bainter, who achleved great fame in “East is West” now is put- ting everything she has into Love,” now showing in New York and favorably commented on by those Wwho have seen it. Monday evening sees another new | Practlcally all of ths seats at the showing opening in New York when Strand are of the “rush” order. Edgar Selywn presents the charac- | Only the first 15 rows and loges are | ter comedy “A Proud Woman.” reserved each nignt. However, ar- rangements may be mads to secure the same seats for the entire eea- son, should any patrons desire such. A new serial opened at the Ly- ent demand that “The Big Parade” be brought here. Regarded by almost everybody as the greatest film of all time, this great movie drama of the war still is running on Broadway. There 15 an in: ANOTHER Typically Brilliant STRAND PROGRAM BEGINS SUNDAY SUN.—MON.—TUES.—WED. Norma SHEARER i Y St “UPSTAGE” Plus other features on Sunday Night! Strand Grand Orchestra! Noveltie: ceum this week, presenting Allene Ray and Walter Miiler in nowed In.” Tt is a tale of the Sierra Nevada mountains, CAPITOL ORCHESTRA W. S. Jeffs, Director Featuring a Saxo- phone Novelty “Saxophobia” Played By Squillace O'Nelll's “Emperor Jones” has been revived in New York. Next Tuesday night, “This Was a Man"” makes its New York premier. ‘The New Palace amateur nights every Thursday are to be continued all winter, so popular have they be- come. “Head or Tail,” which opened at ha Waldorf theater in New York this week is regarded by those who have seen it as “a wet blanket.” It was transported her from Hungary and evidentally suffered much in transportation. Tomorrow night the New Palace | presents Tom Mix in “The Great K | and A Train Robbery” and Alma Rubens in “Marriage License” from | the stage play “The Pelican.” Thursday brings to the New Pal- ace, Hoot Gibson in “The Buckaroo | Kid” and the Willlam Fox special, “Woman Power. hown Daily at 2:45—4:30 7:00—9:00 Shubert's new review “Gay Paree” (1326 edition) is given warm praise 28 one of the loveliest of the many revues. SUNDAY PRICES Orchestra ....... 40¢ Balcony eeee 30¢ CONTINUOUS ON SUNDAY EVENING 6:30 to 10:30 CANADA DMPORTS INSECTS Chatham, Ont, Nov. 12(® — | Exeristes roborator and habrobra- con brevicorus, two insects whose | predatory habits are as formidable as their names, are being introduced | by Dominion entomologists to prey | upon the European corn borer. | Resembling armored cockroaches | and bearing deadly stingers, the | forelgn parasites are natural foes Advance notices of the gatety and brilllancy of the Strand Theater ap- parently were not exaggerated, It| certainly is a beautiful, bright n.ndi attractlve house and the exterior, | with its gigantic marquee so bril- liantly flluminated, is comparable | only to those in front of the big metropolitan houses. MON. — TUES. — WED. On the Strand Stage and a Typically Fine Strand Bill of Hits! A number of additions and minor | changes are to be made in various | parts of the interior of the theater | to make It even more convenient and comfortable and among other | things it is understood that the! metal railing sumounting that en- circling the loge eeats in front is to be elther lowered a couple of inches or dispensed with entirely. As originally installed the top bar comes directly In line of vision of | mined, are harmless to crops. of the corn borer pests. They feed upon the larvae and adults of the borer, but so far as has been deter- Hordes of the inscct warriors are being cultured and liberated at regu- lar Intervals, The insects were imported from the corn-growing reglons of Hun- garia with the ald of the United States corn borer experiment station at Arlington, Mass. ——m. on Over the top for love—and a touchdown f o r drama and ro- mance! Mary Astor and Lloyd Hughes show why “For- ever After” never left New York as a play—until all New York had seen it. with MARY ASTOR LLOYD HUGHES Great Double Features ELINOR GLYN’S “Love’s Blindness” Companion Feature “The Family Upstairs® You Know Them! | R T TODAY! CONTINUOUS! No Reserved Seats On Saturday! Matinee Prices THE WORLD’S BEST VAUDEVILLE 6——STAR ACTS—=6 POPULAR PRICES RESERVED SEATS For Next Week NOW ON: SALE at the BOX OFFICE 1:30 TO 10:30! First Come! First Served! Until 3:30! Come Early! Come For the Time of Your Life!