New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 5, 1927, Page 5

'NOBODY'S WIDOW' NEXT AT LYCEUM 5 Stars Beatrice Joy, Charles Ray | seencs anosra & transport bound for | and Phyms Haver {mond Hatton have the major roles | creative Leatrice Joy, Phyllis Haver, David | Butler and Charles Ray! What a| lineup of stars! These all have leading parts in *“Nobody's Widow,” Miss Joy's latest starring vehicle | which opens tomorrow night at the Lyceum theater on 2 double pro- gram bill the other half of which | is a great action picture bringing Willlam Fairbanks in “A Fight to the Finish.” In “Nobody's Widow” Miss Joy, who had no smail part in bringing on the vogue of the boyish bob, ap- pears once more with her hair fluf. fed and marcelled. Charles Ray, who first won fame as the delinea- tor of hick roles, has stilled the cri- ticism as a one type player for in him | living death upon a French penal | stance. |isle and the escape made by Miss of those who have branded | wWould Not Die,” T of | Orchestra tomorrow afternoon under | the baton of one of the world's st conductors, Sergei Kou | during the opening sequence | “We're in the Nevy Now," spells the | audience’s final verdict. The whol gamut of the United States Na comlcal side is traversed in this su-| Lawrence Gilman in this week's it sweeps over the|New York Herald comments on the prize fight arena with a rush of | famous “Eroica” Symphony which laughter and settles down to clean | will be performed at the concert in exhilirating comedy in fun-infested | Capitol theater “Hearing the ‘Erolca’ we ed again over the mystery of the process in man — and thought what a mixed and heedless torrent it can be at times, offering us stones and dead limbs of trees | as well as clear, - unsullied waters and measureless depths. The tem- poral extent of the ‘Eroica’ is com- mensurate with its greatness of sub- The stream flows deeply, at times thunderously over its rocks and precipices, terrible in durk wonder- | France. Wallace Beery and Ray- and as two hapless gobs they score an even greater success than in “Be- | | kind the Front.” The second attrac- | | tion is “Devil's Island,” Pauline Frederick's latest starring vehicle which is almost entirely composed of thrills. It tells the story of a | Frederick and her son. Anotker | chapter of the serial as well as @ | heauty and its violent grandeur; but | comedy and news reel will also be | jt js never cluttered with dead -.at- shown. The program arranged for|ter nor does it flow shallow tomorrow evening 1s headed by | through a qull and flat-toned 'and. “Desert Toll,” an absorbing story of | scape. man’s struggle for life in the Great American Desert. It abounds in thrills and suspense, Tom Santschi | and Francis McDonald are slmh ‘1 in “Desert Toll" program is made up of '\x»n \\ hm ‘THE FIRE BRIGADE Nobody's Widow” he takes the part | of screen fare, an hilarious comedy of the Hon. John Clayton, an Eng- | lishman, in which he has ample opportunity for polite comedy. Miss Haver's part also is a| prightly one and in this plcture really he enacts a part that she enacted with slight variations in hur‘PA[AGE P[]LIEY own home. In the picture she is| entertaining Miss Joy and Charles ' the former having just return- | ¢d from Europe with a most har- rowing experience. Phyllis has re- tired for the night and hears a ter- | rible noise downstairs. Grabbing a little pistol, she creeps down only | to find Miss Joy and Ray trying to | declare their love under trying con- | ditions. The direct opposite of t! scene really took place but it was her two prize Persian Kittens kick- ing up a rumpus that Miss Haver discovered. “A Fight to the smashing drama of action, with| Phyllis Haver playing opposite Fair. | banks. When champion boxer and challenger meet on the street and | hate each other ail because of a| pretty girl something is bound happen and this is but one of the senes in the production. It has been said that love has ruined many a good fighter but love too, “made” this amateur boxer a champ and in the great prize ring scene | of this picture occurs a fight that s and action cannot be ex-|added attracti -ven a real professional | match. The news reels and selected com- adies round out each bill and, it will be remembered, the Lyceum now Is showing its double feature bills each evening at reduced prices. AT RIALTO TONIGHT If the laughter which rocked 11 Rialto theater last night may be tak- en as evidence the knockout landed | Old Timers Minstrels Tues. and Wed. Evenings 5th and 16th ! at Y. M. T. A. & B. Society’s NEW AUDITORIUM Feb. Curtain at 8:15 Sharp ... 50 cents Dancing Will Follow ‘ Music by Lynch’s Orchestra SYMPHONY Tomorrow Afternoon 8 o'clock AT CAPITOL THEATER (Hartford.) Most famous of the Orchestras. world's One of KOUSSEVITZKY kets available for this con at McCoy's, 89 Asylum Street, Hartford, until 9 o'clock tonight Phono Capitol Theater, Hartford, T‘ Box Oftice 2-0375 for tigkets after 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. Prank A. Sedgwick, Management. Prices $1.73, $2.30, $2.88, §3.4 the greatest conducto: Concert MME. MARIE SUNDELIUS of the Metropolitan Opera Co. and Wennerberg Male Chorus Capitol Theater Afternoon Feb. 13 2:15 o'Clock Sunday Admission $1.00 Tickets at Hultgren's Jewelry Store and Miller & Hanson Drug Co. Finish” is ajafternoon and fift to| being presented on Sund; has | Wednesda There will be se tryout and a news reel. eral acts of professtonal | vaudeville Tuesday evening. \Big Photoplay Featured, Be- ginning Sunday The scrcen has found a new me- | dium of expression in focusing pub- everyday heroes. “The Big Parade” e - | did more for the American soldier and for pacifism than all the lec- IOI\ Evemng tures n the world. Similarly “Tho comes to the .oy Capitol theater Monday, Rdmissions Hereaffer — |woteiay ana caneatiy, a3 ldwyn-Mayer production dirceted :I‘,\' William Nigh, immortalizes the hero of pea time, the fireman, and is a marvelous human document in the cause of fire prevention. | Twenty-Five Cents The new Palace policy goes into cffect starting tomorrow. The ad- mission prices under the new policy ! Will be ten and fifteen cents in the| The story tells of the everyday n and tweaty- | life of a fireman, played in this ca five cents in the evenings with these by Charles Ray. It has been di- evening prices prevailing on Sun- | rected by Nigh with a etraightfor- days. wardness and sincerity seldom There will be three changes matched, which makes for a realism program in the week, new that might have been turned into hokum by a less competent direc nesdays and Fridays. Every program | In fact, sincerity and will consist of two high-grade | strike the keynote of the w features, with select short subjects. and the most nights will be count store nights and Friday nights will | be amateur nights. There will be o advance in admission price for these principal characters a; to the fore. “The Fire Brigade” is the result of the co-oper: the Metro- Goldwy nd the In- nal Order of Fire En re always kept | The program selected to open up | the new policy tomorrow consists of ! | two excellent features. Tom Mix the peer ot all western in “The | as produced at the sug: Last Trail” and the picturization of | of latt The M-G-M the famous stage play “April Fool” | zation will give a large portion of with Alexander Carr. i t profits to the order for the Tom Mix starring as Tom Dane in | ct g on of its fire prevention | Zane Greys thriller, makes Ben Hur | Il turn over another {100k like an amateur horseman. Ben ' portion to various fir and si proved himself the best driver in ~1w | benefits*maintz depart- world on the most famous t the . | coliscum but Ben was in a mcmz,,‘vlr'r‘ | chariot on a regular race track. Mg ‘ “Tom, in the race which conclud the scenes in “The Last Trail” drives Hunt Str v McAvoy heads the cast and turns of | mountain roads and the driver of brings to her her usual wistful| charm, { There will be two complete shows | on Sunday night with the second be- nning at §:30. On Monday, Tues- ay and Wednesday the perform- nces will be continuous and the ature will appear at 2: 4:50, :00 and 9:10, The showing will be regular Capitol prices and ool children will have an oppor- tunity to see the picture after school for ten cents. On Thursday the entire program will change and will bring another popular double feature program. One plcture will present Lon Chaney in “Flesh and Blood” while the companion feature will offer Everctt Horton in “The Whole Town's Talking.” STATE THEATER, HARTFORD The most extraordinary announce- ment ever made by any theater in the country is that of the coming of Vincent Lopez himself with h world-renowned Casa Lopez Orches- tra to the State theater, Main and Morgan streets, Hartford, Conn., for > days on Monday, Tuesday and day, February 7, 8, and 9. ere is perhaps no artist in all the world as well known as Vincent | Lopez Mr. Lopez owes his remark- | Dle rise to fame to many reasons— | chiefly among them—his natural | as a musician, the orchestra tions that he himself arranges; and | the special scenic and lighting ef- fects that he devises for each num- ber.. Mr. Lopez and his entertainers will appear three times daily durin his limited engagement of three days. On the same bill will be Lou ty Page and Co. in rt offering “Say It W.th i Besides there will be ofher stage attractiors and the over- ture, “Raymond” by the State Symphony of twenty-five with Bert Williams directing. The picture at- | tractions for four days starting Sun- | day, February 6 and sharing honors with Vincent Lopez, will be the| Gertrude Atherton story, “Perch of the Devil” Then there will bo one of the most entertaining pictures ever made, “The Collegians?” with George Lewls and Derothy Gulliver. The State management announces the presentation of the greatest ro- mance ever made, “Don Juan “.ith Jolin Barrymore, for one week start- ing Sunday, night, February 13. - STAGE AND SCREEN Anne Nichols now has three pla running on Broadway. “Sam Abr: moviteh,” an adaptation of a French play by Francols Porche, has co to join the ever popular ‘“Abic Irish Rose” and “Howdy King The story deals with the trials and tribulations of a Jewish immigrant in New York. Indications are that | it won't be a serlous rival for Abie’ record. Pedro de Cordoba has the leading role. John Barrymore" “When A Man Love: latest picture, i3 to have its (Continued on Page 12) iy 2 - ot | I A ! [ At Broad ana | | each of the other nine s s is a | 3\\..4, ton Sts. | ructions to finishing the race. | |It's a race which no one but Mix | could have driven for anyone else e | would have been ditched at the first {turn. Tom succeeds in giving the | crowd a real Ben-Hur finish. desperado awith in {vent To mfrom Do TWO FE LAST TIMES TODAY The Season’s Greatest Comedy 173 1 1SR ) | That however is not the last of | We re in the NaV}’I Tom's troubles. There is no end to 24 the action and with the finish of the | picture we still want more, The companion feature for the | = first three days is from the famous stage play “An April Shower” in | which Alexander Carr of Potash and Perimutter fame wins the audicnce from start to finish, Laughs galore are in this pictu but there are | | also innumerable heart touching in- | cldents which malies the picture one | of the outstanding ones of the years | output. with BEERY and HATTON “Devrl’s lsland; ] i BOSTON SYMPHONY A rare opportunity is offered to | TURES EVERY D. \Y \l' 10¢ and "U(' 'm\mmmw A Thrilling “\'s((‘r;lh “Desert Toll” with Tom Santschi— Francis M “Man Who Would Not Die” ‘\u unusual ln(lkm lnl('. Don | hear the famous Boston Symphony | The College Chb | Presents SUNDAY MON.—TUE BRUNETTE The Wesleyan Glee Club, Saturday, February 19, 19 8:15 p. m. Camp School Auditorium Tickets $1.00. From members or at door. New RIALTO BALLROOM Over Rialto Theat Big Prize Fox Trot and Dance Two big priu ;.I\(n away. Music hy Orchestra. Admission 50c. HARTFORD ] RN PARSON Next Thurs,-¥ POP. MAT. SA TONIGHT Albert Lewis and Sam M. Prosent THE “SPIDER” PLAY OF THE VARIETIES and Lowell alliday of the Year Harris THE STRAND PRICES MAT. 20c, 25¢, 35¢ EVENINGS All Orchestra Seats ... Boxes and Loges Res. . Bal. Children | DANCING EMERSON STUDIO W. Main St. 613 or 14 Open 10 a. m.—10 STAGE —WED. ADOLPHE MENJOU in “BLONDE or 1 Dr. Pauline will put in a trance a young lady Monday at 2:30 in the window of John Andrews Co. ’ in public view until 6:45 P, M. 3 DAYS STARTING MONDAY PA SEE Pauline break a rock weighing 500 pounds over the chest of a young woman whose weight is not over 125 pound is. SEE Pauline make the blood circulation and flow at his command. AMAZING, Continuous Daily LYCEUM SUN.—MON.—TUES.—WED. A GREAT DOUBLE FEATURE BILL! Make a date with her. a good time. She will show you CHARLES RAY, PHYLLIS HAVER ano DAVID BUTLER Avarreo sy CLARA BERANGER. ano DOUGLAS Z DOTY~ From THE stace LAY sy AVERY HOPWOOD Directen sy DONALD CRISP PrODUCED oy DE MILLE PICTURES CORPORATION Also WILLIAM FAIRBANKS in A FIGHT TO A FINISH LADIES’ SPECIAL MATINEE This Coupon and 10c¢ will admit any Lady to best seats. MAIN SMORGAN uARTFORD FREE PARKING ENGRGEMENT €x IRDORD(NDRV THE mg{gf T4E vE4R-MONTUE VD5 ‘ w. E gfg" Qs L CHESTRA fl//?f('f FfiW CASA LOPEZ MW YRk CITY IN ADDITION TO REGULAR AICTURES R 6 STAGE ATIRACTIONS SCENIC EFFECTS 3 4000 SEATS NOAPVINEE WARICES r 25040 DOUBLE FEATURE PICTURE PROGRAM SUNDAYS nateeed "DON JUAN Sackiivore WITH ALL HIS SPECIAL LIGHTING & GREATER VAUDEVILLE SEAS She will remain J. ROBERT INE stop in the human body ited to witness this test. THRILLING! Doctors in hl\TFRl‘AI\I\(x. Zeck & Randolph Phoebe Whiteside &VCo. (‘l(mmlm' the Groom” “Fantastic Revue™ Burt & Lehman STRAND COMEDY THURSDAY First in Connecticut JACKIE COOGAN in “JOHNNY GET YOUR HAIR CUT” Fred Hooper, 54 Greenwood St ana friend are invited to be our guests. New Britain Will Blaze Bands Will Play! Sirens Will Sound! Excitement Will Be in the Air! Join the Gay Throng That’s going to see the higgest photoplay that ever came to town !— The greatest story of love, romance, and thrills the screen has ever given! SUNDAY NIGHT Second Show Beginning at 8:30 and MON.—TUES.—WED. AT 2:45—4:50—7:00—9:10 REGULAR PRICES Children After School 10¢ Aesop's Fables For Fun Special Musical arrangement and effects for “The Fire Brigade” by W. S. Jeffs and the Capitol Or- chestra. Capitol News Events Thurs.—Fri.—Sat. Another Popular 2 Feature Program! — Lon Chaney || Everett Horton “Flesh and Blood” “The Whole Town’s Talking” Popular Price Policy SUNDAY 15¢—25¢ SUN. — MON. — TUES. (Two Shows Sunday) The Ace of all Western Stars TOM MIX and Tony in Zane Grey’s Whirlwind Story of the Plains “The LAST TRAIL” Tom—TLittle Jerry the Giant and Tony will keep you thrilled for days. COMPANION FEATURE Chuckles and Heart Thrab: Tears of Joy and Sadness! ALEXANDER CARR in the well-known Dramatic Comedy of N. “APRIL FOOL” From the Stage Play—“An April Shower” POPULAR PALACE POLICY MATINEE EVENING 10c¢ 15¢ 15¢ 25¢ SUNDAY 15¢—25¢ New Shows On SUN. — WED. — FRL Two Big Features On Every Program WEDNESDAY FRIDAY NIGHT NIGHT COUNTRY AMATEURS Local Talent Starting Wed.—The famous cast from ‘“Fighting Hearts” in the first episode of “BILL GRIMM'S PROGRESS.” Starting Fri.—The first episode of “FIGHTING WITH BUFFALO BILL” from life of Col. Cody. REMEMBER THE PRICE Matinee 10c, 15c — Evening 15¢, 25¢ SUNDAY 15¢—25¢