New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 17, 1926, Page 5

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1926. et .JI" iit'!!{ Culeas otherwise indicated, theatrical no tices and reviews in this eolamp are written by the prees sgeneies for the respective amusement company. e T ) ’s 4 5 o/» “THE SEA WOLF” AT LYCEUM Lovers of red-blooded fiction place Jack London as among their favorite authors and one of his Pest tales, “The Sea Wolf,” now is being shown at the Lyceum. The cast Includes Ralph W. Ince as “Wolf” Larson, the brutal sea cap- tain, Theodore Von Eltz as the shanghaied sailor, Claire Adams as the castaway and Snitz Edwards and Mitchell Lewis in leading roles. Dramatic, with a punch in every foot of the reels, this is a picture not to he missed. The companion attraction is “The well the public taste in pictures as well as in fiction. The film, by the way, was produced by Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer from Mme. Glyn's |popular novel of the same name, {which was widely serlalized by news- {papers throughout the United States. Most pictures end up with a mar- riage, or with a gesture that would dicate impending marriage, but Love’s Blindness” opens up with one. Pauline Starke as Vanessa Levy, the London money-lender'’s daughter, and Antonio Moreno, as Hubert Culverdale, the Eighth Earl |of St. Austel, who enters the match Golden Web,” with Huntley Gordon |to save himself from bankruptcey, and Lillian Rich in the featured are the principals, and the elaborate parts. It deals with socicty life in |wedding cene might easily be con- London and wilder life in the Afri- ‘slilr»rw} one of the features of the gold fields. The story concerns a |film. Ithy miner who, just as he 15| mppe companion feature will offer about to make the hn\s}\\n&: financial the William Fox special “The Fam- coup of his career, is confronted o rpstairs” a comedy of typlcal with iy, merican home life with a cast that Gene Tunney includes Virginia Valll and J. Far- Plannslin g e rell MacDonald. It is a great and a selected comedy round out the |von o 1% O o "y oughly en- bill. {joyed by all. The Capitol orchestra Starting tomorrow the features | ; i tures {have a new program of music for will be William De Mille's " |the pictures. Alimony Only,” starring Leatrice | \Maca Nostrum”! Sunday v, and James Oliver Curwood's| mpe picture of 1,000 thrills, that's he'Walf Hunte |“Mare Nostrum™ the photoplay spe- in “The Fighting | latest news reels | |cial coming to the Capitol beginning | “LOVES BLINDNESS” AT CAPITOL gunday night for a four-day en- Elinor Glyn demonstrates by the |gagement. It is a Rex Ingram pro- picture, “Love’s Blindne which |duction .by Blasco Ibanez, was two is at the Capitol theater Thursday, |solil years in the making and had Friday and Saturday, that she knows ;:1 record-breaking run on Broadway STRAND ALL NEW TOMORROW! A Typical Strand Show! It Hits the High Spots! Surprises! Novelties! Galore! PHONE 230 A Superlati\.je Bill of VAUDEVILLE 6—STAR ACTS—6 “CHICK” HAYNES C(O. Count PERONNE & OLIVER Trixie The Famous Yacopi Troupe JIMMIE LUCAS C(O. Plus Other Vaudeville Hits! NAT TONIGHT—LAST TIMES! NORMA SHEARER in “Upstage;” Reed & Levere; Milo; | Honeymoon House; Les Klicks; Boardman & Rowland;| DeMar & Lester Evenings Orchestra . Balcony Orchestra Balcony Children 20c Loges Reserved —CAPITOL— New Britain’s Coziest Theater Perfect Screen Entertainment THURS.—FRIL—SAT. PICTURR Companion Feature You know these people; they're your meighbors. When the mother runs out of trouble shie hunts more. The father is the house- hold football — he absorbs more kicks than the land- lord. ie son is about as val- uable to his parents as a nail is to an inner tube. The flapper daughter's re- marks as cutting as a new razor. The eclder daughter is the target for all the wise cracks. VIRGINIA VALLI, ALLAN SIMPSON, J. FARRELL MACDONALD Capitol Orchestra at $2 prices. Alice Terry and Antonlo Moreno are the featured players in a cast of over one thousand. The Capltol showing will be at regular prices. Reserved loges for Sunday night are now on sale. AT THE STRAND Tonight the final showings of Norma Shearer In “Upstage” and the second banner bill of vaudeville hits, including Reed and Levere; Milo, Honeymoon House, Les Klicks, Boardman and Rowland, Demar and Lester. An entirely new program of vau- deville and films will be presented “Syncopating Sue,” with Corinne Griffith is the picture. The vaudeville portion of the bill will include several headliners. Nat Chick Hayes and his company is the | comedy sensation in *“Yes My Dear,” Count Perrone and Trixle Oliver have a singing offering and famous Yacoupi Troupe of Argentine teeter- board workers, Jimmie Lucas and the other hits will conclude what promises to be one of the strongest vaudeville bills assembled on one program. Theater-goers of New Britain and vicinity are apparently pleased with the reserved seat plan which the Strand management has adopted. Announcement is made by the management that the Strand park- | ing system, enabling Strand patrons to park their cars free in the space | acquired recently by the Hoffman Brothers under lease, will be 'Duti |into full operation the latter part | of this week. Definite announcement will be made corcerning this feature tomorrow. HOOT GIBSON AT PALACE Following Tom Mix in “The Great K. & A. Train Robbery” and the companion feature ‘‘Marriage Li- cense?” which ends its run at the Palace tonight, Hoot Gibson comes in tomorrow in his latest thrilling western “The Buckaroo Kid.” The companion feature with “The Buckaroo Kid” is Ralph Graves and Kathryn Perry .in ‘Womanpower.” Heading the supporting cast in Lou Tellegen. The management intends to con- tinue presenting at all times two big features at popular Palace prices | thus giving a big show at a price within the reach of all. The matl- nee price is ten and twenty cents. THE NEW PALACE ALWAYS 2 BIG FEATURES THURS.—FRI.—SAT. HOOT GIBSON the smiling star of the west in “The BUCKAROO | KID” ; Ephodc —*“Fighting Hears” Current News Sassisa SS i Companion Feature | RALPH GRAVES— ‘ WOMAN POWER' | Added Attraction | THURSDAY NIGHT | SAMMY WELLS | and his funny 1 { AMATEURS A Nightful of Laughs POPULAR PALACE PR!(‘FS MAT.—Orch. EVE.—Orch. Children Last Times Today TOM MIX in TK & A TRAIN ROBBERY” Last Times Tonight 7-9:10 “FOREVER AFTER” with MARY ASTOR and LLOYD HUGHES Continuous Shows Daily Mats. 25c¢, 1 | Thursday night, | composer whose The admission price for children after school is ten cents. The eve- ning price is twenty and thirty cents. As an added attraction every Sammy Wells will appear With his crew of amateurs| and a nightload of laughs is guar- anteed at every one of these per-| formances. There is no advance in | price for Thursday night. Colleen Moore has been lelec'cd' to open the four day run startin Sunday In “We Moderns” and m»| companton feature ‘“Valley of | Bravery” with Bob Custer. | PARSONS, HARTFORD At Parsons's Theater tomorrow and for the rest of the week, with a matinee Saturday, there will be | presented a new musical _comedy called “Miss Happiness.” It is the | work of George E. Stoddard, one of | the most prolific of musical comedy | writers, and Jay Gorney, a young | melodies in the | “Greenwich Village Follies” and “The Top Hole” are pleasantly recalled. | The sponsor of the new entertain- | ment, which is scheduled for an early appearance on Broadway, is| C. C. Wanamaker, manager of the historic Walnut = Street Theater, | Philadelphia. The scenes of “Miss Happiness' are all lald in Connecticut. Smith- | fleld Corners, a mythical commun- | ity supposed to be near Norwalk, is | the sctting for the piece, which de- | picts the adventures and misadven- tures of its citizens—or a certain group of them—on circus day. With | the circus ever in the background | and in the last act the circus lot itself being reached, opportunity is | presented for the introduction of | many novel features. A. G. 0. DANCE IN NEWINGTON | The Athletic Girls’ club will hold | a dance in Newington Grange hall | Thursday evening. Many - surprises are in store for those who attend | and music will be furnished by the | Midnight Sons orchestra. Railroad Brake Test Causes Bad Wreck Tiflis, Georgia, Nov. 17 (A—E periments intended to demonstrate the efficiency of the new Kazantzev | brake, which Russians hoped would replace the American brake, ended | disastrously near here yesterday when a train of 36 cars equipped with this invention toppled over an embankment while going at full speed. Seven persons were killed, a score seriously injured and some of the coaches were reduced to splinters| because this device failed to work. Iggor Kazentzev, the inventor, was at Tiflis while the experiments were being made. RALPH W. INCE in JA WOLF by JACK LONDON Also the GOLDEN WEB with LILLIAN RICH THURS.—FRI—SAT. LEATRICE JOY in FOR ALIMONY ONLY Also the WOLF HUNTERS Story by James Oliver Curwood SNOWED IN—Episode 2. CAPITOL BEGINNING SUNDAY (REXY ¥ |INGRAM'S production SEA) | S ICE TERRY ANT 'ONIO MORENO Years in the Making! Re- served Toges for Sunday Night Now Selling. _\ 5 M (OUR 2 PARSONS’ | HARTFORD Thurs., Fri., Sat—Nov, 18-20 Matince Saturday | Prior to New York Opening THE NEW MUSICAL CO; “MISS HAPPINESS” A Broadway Cast Including | WILLIAM A. GAXTON | MABEL WITHEE ARTHUR WEST and A Galaxy of Gorgeous (.lrllc< F § DY ‘SHILES AND TEARS | her B | with Tndianapolis the next stop. In | {any picture - |my | “Honey, | “shipmates O'Mine | “Sunset” | | Harold IN QUEEN'S TALK \Marie Emphasizes Love of Rumania at Chicago Chicago, Nov. 17 (A—Queen Ma- | rie camo to this country “to put | | Rumania on the ma The granddaughter of Queen Vic- | toria made that frank confession | in a speech that started with | as and ended with a tear when | she added, “and remember, thoso of | you who belittle Rumanla, that you are treading on the heart of a| queen.” There not only were tears in the queen’s eyes when she had finished her story of her love for her adopt- 1 country to which she had given < children, who speak Rumanian and are Rumanians,” but also in the eyes of many who heard her on the eve of her departure from the ing city by the inland sea. After a four day visit in the city which had been described to her by her son, Prince Carol, as the most beautiful in America, the queen and her entourage prepared today to | conti their journey eastward, | | | | | she carries away the| weather will play a prominent part. | portable schoolhouse at the Center | the Congregational church | 5. Norman King of | fessor of economics and sociology at | cert. During intermission, home- made candy was sold by the young people of the church. Walter Cedar of Home Gardens has been taken to the Norwich hospital by the town authorities. During the storm which struck this state late yesterday afternoon, the wind raised the roof from the about six inches. The roof scttled back in such a position that the rain came into the building. The pupils had already been dismissed and no damage was done. Herbert L. Welch, a member of the school committee, will make an inspection | today in an effort to determine what damage, If any, was caused and what | repairs will have to be made to the building. The call which was extended by to Rev. Hartford has been accepted by him. He has al- ready assumed his duties as the new pastor of the church. | Rev. Mr. King comes here from | Bluffton, Ohio, where his family is now residing. He expects to bring his family here probably by next spring and live at the parsonage on Maln street. coming to Hartford, Rev. Mr. King was a pro- Bluffton college and at the same time held a pastorate. He is now doing post-graduate worle at the Hartford Theological seminary. Leaden skies, almost continuous | rain, with a touch of snow and cold | weather have marked the royal visit, but have failed to quench the { queen’s ready smile, except for that | moment of tears when she spoke in | the drawing room of the League club yesterday. “It is true that I have come to America to put Rumanfa on the | map,” she said in one of the most | candid addresses ever uttered by royalty. *“I am here and every- where to defend my country, Which s Rumania. In it my life, Iwork, my love, my children, my| tamily, my all—the very essence of existence. Remember, \whan‘ Iyou belittle Rumania, you are |treading on the heart of a queen.” | n«mumz her attendance at the| Y’ conference, she con- | lnlfln‘ t | /hen T went there—and shoc e world, perhaps—they asked | me why I had come. And I told| |them this very country needs a| iface. So when you gather for your| deliberations, T want Rumania to |have a face. Tam to be that face. | | . “And I have come to America. for | [the same reason. I hope you like| my face here.” } She then sketched a bit of Ru-| manian history. | “We were a little people in Ru-| |mania, mistreated and suspected some years back. We chose our| princes much as you select your | presidents. But there was nothing| bout our government. So |we decided to choose a king and {have a permanent dynasty. “0ld King Charles was brought over from Germany. He and his , Carmen Sylvia, were childless |and the throne descended to the king's nephew, Frederick, and, of | course, he had to ha.e a wife. | “Perhaps Rumania thousht it a | guarantee to have a granddaughter |of Queen Victoria on the throne. \\n\ ray T was chosen by the prince, the king, the people. o ended with a plea steners to love Rumania. The queen’s last full day of ac- | tivity here ended last night with a visit to the Chicago Clvic Opera. ‘ Long before the start, the 3,700 |seats were occupied and great | crowds waited outside for a glimpse party. NEWINGTON NEWS fi pleasing by the Clet Male quartet of to her ! Britain last night at the Congrega- | | tional church under the auspices of |the Christian Endeavor soclety. The | quartet was ably assisted by Miss | Dorothy Roof, dramatic soprano, and Miss Signe Peterson, reader. | The program follows: fy Love is Like the Red Red .. Bishop “Because” . D'Hardelot “Miss Root |“Doan Ye Cry Ma Hone . Noll { Quartet | Experfences of a Clerk at a Soda ntain— Miss Peterson I want You Now” Quartet | Sanderson c W. Tatham 1 RMISSIO “Jerusalem Morning” O'Hara Frederic W. Macomber Dutch Lady At the Theater Peterson SR Robyn Winship Quartet The quartet is composed of Charles J. Stuhiman, first tenor; S. Winship, ond tenor; Frederic W. Macomber, baritone, and Frederic W. Latham, bass. The quartet, Miss Root, and Miss Peter- son responded graciously with en- cores, Much credit for the success of the concert is due Mrs. E. LeRoy Pond as accompanist. Despite the inclement weather, over 100 persons attended the con- | plete plans. | Laura Camp, Miss Mary Camp, Miss |all ava Mrs. Elford B. Eddy will give a| benefit bridge at her home at the Center tomorrow afternoon. The proceeds will be used for the re- decorating and reconditioning of the parsonage In preparation for occu- pancy by Rev. Mr. King and his fam- ily next spring. M Eddy expects {to have 20 or 25 tables. The com- mittee in charge held a meeting last night at Mrs, Eddy’'s home to com- The committee i Miss Mrs T. H. Cogswell, Mr. udman and Mrs. William T. \\cl'= Mighty Military Tribute For General Summerall New York, Nov. 17 (®—Major General Charles P. 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