New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 18, 1927, Page 23

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 19217. 2 - 55 iy 7_ [ AT r" ?'-‘ Unless otherwise indicated, theatrical notices and reviews In this column are written by the press agencies for the respective amusement company. . - PSS AR A AR A AR RS A SRS GOOD PROGRAM AT CAPITOL An excellent double feature photo- | play program is now playing the (‘apitol today and Saturday. Con- stance Talmadge and Ronald Colman | AMATEURS AT PALACE 'm\l(‘n'r As an added attraction at the new Palace tonight, amateurs will be presented. Several local names have been entered into the contest which aro costarred in “Her Night of | Promises to be one of the most en- | Romance,” a delightful comedy-ro- | tertaining of the season. mance in which Constance plays one | The picture program for today s of the greatest roles of her carcer. | tomorrow consists of two cx :)ya 15 cast as the daughter and only | features. Clara Bow In “The Shadow eir of an American millionaire | of the Law” is a thrilling detective scrub brush king who goes to Eur- | giory with a pleasing romance intro- ops for a rest. Here she is chased | juo2q which Miss Bow by all kinds of fortune hunters much | o to the enjoyment ot all. The com- | .~ " " 5 panion feature offers “The Flaming | The companion Frontler.” a _thrilling epic of the | Program is Richard T early days of the west and tells the [ “The Mysterious nger.” A story vivid story of the hardships and |Which shoots along with the speed | trials of the early settlers. The story | Of an express train, rapid fire fun- is lald at the time of the Indian |making in many unusual comedy se- feature for this Imadge in m\\\'\\‘\\\\‘\\\\“‘, llent ! makes the — 4 NEW COMEDY GIVEN ITS FIRST SHOWING | “What Anne Brougln Home" Pleasing and Wholesome Play (By Herald Reviewer) of Characters) e o E (Cast £5 an Seavy | Stephenson Peggy Shannon w. Edward Mayo Willlam Lenore George H “What Anne Brought Hom comedy in three s by Larry Johnson, was given its premiere at Parsons’ theater, Hartford, last night before an audience which seemed to {get a great deal of enjoyment out of its amusing lines and situations, It |is a simple, wholesorye creation with |a wealth of laughable angles and | was ably presented, there being none ‘o( the usual rough spots noticeable in the average first night perform- | ance. The Mendelssohn Trlo Local Artists Will Take Part Fund I’rogram Sunday FINAL BLAST WILL l]PEN GREAT' TUNNE[ GOU] dge o Ofiicially Set O ° Charge Tonight Feb. 18 H. Mo Denver, Colo., reams of David mmml b between r shorten cast and ity today for as pile in Musical Club’s Scholarship ling to the Afternoon. W JERSEY GOYERNOR o'clock will bla | rated troubles and Custer's last stand is a fitting climax to a great film. Hoot Gibson, Dustin Farnum and Anne Cornwall head a cast that includes 1,000 Indians, frontiersmen, U. cavalry, scouts, etc. Stirring scenes at West Point in the early days also form a back- | ground for a great deal of the action. Taken both together movie fans will enjoy the assortment of enter- tainment found in this double fea- | ture program. “MEN OF THE NIGHT"—LYCE Gareth Hughes, a popular younsg leading man, a criminal-hero in thé Lyceum drama “Men or the Night”, which | also presents Wande Hawley, Her- bert Rawlinson and Lucy Beau- mont. This is a tense mother-love drama of the great fight made by a woman to save fer adopted son from prison. The companion feature is Miracle of Life”, in which Busch with her quaint girlishness is at her best. Others who hav “The go0d parts are Nita Baldi and Percy | of young | The story is one There's a Marmont. love triangle. married couple whose views are op- | The wife is a lover of The husband prefers home and (vnn vy and here enters the siren in her efforts to lure the wife from the fireside, On the same program is pr the serial “The House posite. nted KKe “McFADDE Charlie Murtay, stage sucess w7 teamed in the Mur bination for nearl lieves that he found unolhm sreat partner in the laugh making Chester Conklin. 'S FLA’ whose attained v & Mack com- twenty v be- original The two will be seen together for i the first time in the leading roles o “McFadden's Flats,” ture at the Capitol theater beginning Sunday. Edward Small of the firm of Asher, Small & Rogers is respon- sible for bringing together the t celebrities, whose individual effo have been responsible for so much nment in the past ly showings of the picture in Hollywood resulted in many predic- tions that the two would become one of tha famous fun affinities of ti creen, Tomorrow night marks t ng of the mammoth T. A. [ their new auditorium on street. The public a B. PAIR 1in is presenting to novelties and society line of has also gathered together a number of | worth while articles which will b displayed on their booths. An excellent dance floor with dance music is also offered to ¢ lovers. zood tance THE STRAND. was heralded as the prize show of the season at the Strand really proved to be just that when the spectacular vaudeville program and feature were unfolded to the great erowds who witnessed yester day's performances. ainers give every in lication of heing one of the mos costly novelty acts ever seen here turn is composed of eleven en- tainers who perform in front o backgrounds of some of the mc spectacular seenic ts ever witnes: The comedy prize went to Morris and aw in their skit called “The Mos- quito Trust.” The vaudeville portion of the program was given a light- ning start by the Ni Larry's B d Rose and Bunny Brill in a turn full of fast repartee and songs. The fea- ture photoplay which was intermit cntly applauded is “Lov test *lyn Brent. is film was adapted from the sen- sational story now running in the Liberty magazine. LYCEUM TONIGHT AND SATURDAY 2 BIG FEATURES “MIRACLE OF LIFE” MAE BUSCH and PERCY MARMONT and “MEN OF THE NIGHT” with HERBERT RAWLINSON House Without A Key—Fpi. with THE COLLEGE CLUB Presents Wesleyan Glee Club, Saturday, Pebruary 19, 1 15 p. m. Camp School Auditorium o has a stellar role as; Mae | T Without a while | the comedy fea- | at! Trio in a | inique novelty offering followed by i quences, and the hair breath, hair brained stunts combine to make | “The Mysterious Stranger” an ex- | | tremely Amuelng and entertaining S. | picture. The stunts for which the star is {most famous are very much in evi- | dence, and the humor of the fro- [duction makes it the high water {mark in this series of pictures | The management announces the roturn of Harold Lloyd in his fun- niest comedy Kid Brother,” at popular Palace prices, 10 and 15 cents in the afternoon and 15 and 25 at night. | AT THE RIALTO Said by leading critics to be one of the most dramatic stories of the sea, ever written that has been pic- | turized, Jack London’s powerful film | “The Sea Wolf,” will head a doubl feature program at the Rialto thea- ter today and tomorrow. Theodore von Ltz and Clai ve the leading roles. The scco | feature is a highly diverting comedy “The Show Off.” with Ford Sterling and Lois Wilson in roles. The att ture lics in the fact that it is excep- nmmn.v true to life. The remainder ¢ the program is made up of select- 0 A subjects, which include another chapter of the current serial Seven pairs of roller skats will cen a to as many lucky boys and o hold the lucky coupons at tomorrow afternoon’s matinee. NEWINGTON NEWS Suit for £5,000 has been brought ainst Theodore L. Monier of Maple Hill by H. A. Tellar of Franklin avenue, Hartford, for damages al- leged to have been caused by Mon- er Tell on x‘ rorning inuary Dept Martin H. Horwitz of attached Mr. Monier's pro- Hill yesterday a <h itz of Hart- s returnable in Sheriff Britain perty at Maple noon. Tellar is |lawyer S Tolk V ford. writ | perior court t of March, | The suit arises from Monicr's .as- sault upon Tellar after the latter had n argument with the former's aughter, Jean, on a New Britain bound trolley. Monier s charged with {also fined. He appealed the nd the case is now pending. Tellar's complaint states that cause of the alleged assanlt he spent much money fc ) and among other thir ated at the ti use it was v ers on the Iso s vicion month, | work w teeth, be- bills mili- ation complaint received terrific blow in the causing damage to expensive ch he had had done on his | White 1e | window of his |ye sterday morning, }Old son of Mr., and Mrs. | White losg his balance and the ground. The child was not seri- ously injured Mrs. White was in ”Y!‘ pooI atihe me, but the child pped at a moment when he w ot watched. e second story house on ( the CHIN T RETURNING Manila, Feb, 18 (® - Abont {Manila Chinese, them dents, left for the last days to join the ( tonese forces. Many others | paring leave. The r | Whampoa military jtionalist West Point | g | READ HERALD CLASSITE FOR YOUR WANTS 100 most of - have Canton few “an are pre- going to school, th RIALTO | Performance 2 to 10 Cont. Today and Tomorrow Two Featurcs “The Sea Wolf” Jack Tondon's thrilling & with Mr. Ince, Claire ,‘l‘"lll*.k and Theodore Von Eitz “The Show Off” A diverting comedy of American life with Ford Sterling and Lois Wilson. " Several pair of ball bearing Roller Skates Given Away Tomorrow afternoon to the children. ma Selected Program—sShort Subjects If it's Entertainment We have it you want SWEPT 600 MILES @ be | to The scene is laid at Bennet's Mills, | | Indiana—how jealous Long Island | ! must fe el—in a typical ;\n\rrl\’m | | home where a father wre: | with a discouraging financial r\ro'\-‘ pect, in addition to the problems created by the presence of three daughte in the family. Two of the | young ladies have strictly modern |ide while the third, Anne, is the | honsehold drndge, although a.very | willing one. To the surprise of the family Anne brings home a husband, who, in the estimation of the others, has a mental altitude of 10 mile; below sea level. He is a nice chap | but is obs ed with the idea that )h‘ ‘“.'\V\N to oy te a sh farm" supply Indianapolis with fl:-h. | Ann father owns an old saw mill | which, he declares, he would give | away to anyone who would pay the | t How Anne's husband dispos- | es of the property to the satisfaction {of all concerned is the part of the story which must remain untold, ex | cept to those who attend the show. | | The cast in “What Anne Brought Home” is well chosen. Edward Po- land stands out for h remarkable impersonation of cranky uncle. | Erman Seavy is very good as Anne's father and Marion Stephenson as her mother. William Hanley, playing the lead, gives a very ac ‘cptable account of himself in the role of Anne's hus- band. Mayo Methot as Anne, is also pleasing. Secrest was true to life alesman with per- sonality’” who was continually spend- ing commissions before he received them. “What Anne presented by Brought Home" is arl Carroll. It has Ul the earmarks of a George Kelly | show but is from the pen of Mr. Johnsoa, as has been stated before, Tt will be repeated tonight and to- morrow night with matinee tomor- row. " PRIEST SEEKS PERMIT FOR $260,000 SCHOOL Father Bojnowski Takes Step for Ercction of New Parochial Educational Unit. Lucyan Roj mit strect 1owski has ap- to build a new at a cost of work will be done by Torrell. The building, ns for which were announced sev- al months ago. will be hree stories h rooms and t} community building and ch for both men and for women the layout. house Offers to Sell Stolen Automobile for $30 . Ieb. 18 (P) - Stolen in vesterday, an automo- was offered for sale to Erskine, an automobils repair man in this city, last night for $30 by a young man. The truck owned by Gordon Cowles of Wood- reported stolen to the > by the state police at Meriden Woodbury bile truck Russell H. local e Hartford rused by the of the police but {he young man left before the rival of the police, leaving truck behind, ar- the RIALTO BALLROOM Corner and Another Big Dance SAT. NIGHT, FEB. 19 Music by Rialto Syncopators Prof, Ahlberg, Conductor. 50c. Broad Washington. to all. Washington's Birthday FEve. Monday, Feb. 21st. Big Midnight Dance and Frolic 8 p. m.until 1 a. m. Unusual Noveltics—Lots of Noise. Selected Orchestra, RIALTO BALLROOM Ovér Rialto Theater. Gentlemen Ladies 50¢. — PARSONS — | HARTFORD /13 NIGHTS BEG. TONIGHT MATINEE SATURDAY EARL CARROLL “WHAT ANNE Presents | Swept in an open | pulled thelr canoe IN ARCTIC OCEAN Six of Eight Walrus Fishermen Finally Rescued Sevoonga, St. Lawrence Isl Alaska, Feb. 18—(By Radio WXY 1t Nome to The Assoclated Press)— kin canoe for 300 miles across Bering Sea fr to this island under the lash of an Arctic storm, six survivors of a party of eight walrus hunters today were recounting a story of hardship, peril, suffering and tragic di s and legs frozen, their and n, their s ing in tatte six men finaily reached the village of Gambell, on the norther. part of the island, whence the story of their ill le with the ele- f voonga hy ra- eyes swoll dio. Driven by appr to seek food, the village on 1 o aching starvation eight men left a Max Bay, Siberia on February 2, to hunt . Ven- turing farther onut on the fcy fter they had failed to find walrus ar shore, the party in the frail lkayak was caught by the full fury of an Aretic gale. sea After being lashed about on t1 waters for several days, the hunte onto a floati e ice pack. There, st without food and fire, the little ba spent the fourth ! storm raged The next day, carried them to rence Island, know their the northern s avant island, the hu eds for the night i ne foraging for turn. They seen, Tive of t straggled United States Bureau of has a school for the I3 READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS FOR YOUR WANTS Your New Car Is at the Hartford Prosperity Auto Show State Armory Capitol Ave. & Broad St. Open Until 10:30 P. M Saturday Night Auspices of the Hartford Automobile Dealers’ Association “BRING YOUR FRIENDS" REBUKES YALE TEACHER Moore west \ere, a nore than 9,000 ents Criticlsm of F main tun for "own, Jersey City, In Book of Essays J., Fe Moore R. hool for 5 railroad between 173 miles. e ly miles in in the country. Adams of Colo- through the east| Mayor C. Clarence Lake City, who will | the western portal The explosion s will be broad- b. 18 (P today re- Brown of writing in ently with e route b: approxim longe W. H. Ver Divinity s six st book printed, that he sy hize Governor 1 with the necessity of rado will 1 his 1 as un- ' bora to sting as Jers nyone curse m en of ollowing foittne here, Men's club of 1 and it rolast which Harry W. IDING 18 (B—The of the U. S. squadron loft here 8 o'clock this morn- 900 miles to the plancs ¢ Goodwill “fars Coquimbo, assured the or would write the etting him 1t rights Answering hir right of any ( ke such a e to jsm | which > tramp of an t of a TODAY and SAT, Washington's said that n for criticism 1 in industry, S House of Hits! 20 ion, possessing 2 GREAT PHOTOPLA historical and cultural : : BN The dean is all ¥ Constance Talmadge he has been over here.” with Ronald Colman “Her Night of Romance” A Delightful Comedy-Ro- | mance! STR AND]| e Frs yow rLayinet || Frontier” A @lorious Epic of the| Early West! ’ he m ipt of Joseph and ¢ writing. Anuscri A's first rom ged him to pe The Prize Show of the LARRY’S ENTERTAINERS PECTACULAR CENIC ENSATIONAL With Music Season Cast of Thousands MORRIS and SHAW LORRAINE and MENTO 169- Broadway welght, 132 second ith 129 pour likely starter. e e | Resolutions Committee “the On G. M. Landers’ Death by the handicapper| is considered an| Mayor Weld has appointed Alder- annae may be out| men Willlam H. Judd, John F. Maers of a cut on and Davil L. Nair as a committee to prepare resolutions on the death of George M. Landers, former coun- | cilman and mayor. iton, Cotlogo- Blue Pencil, 3abe, Hunts tor, Devon, ( ind Peter Peter. start about five tim idered as READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS TODAY — SATURDAY Richard Talmadge 'The Mysterious Stranger® Ep.. o'clock Reads He Is Missing, He Then Hunts 1'p His S Stamford, Feb. 18 (P)—T bulletin board a loc bee missin k Wiener, this morning to t cen on al paper of n 2 “BUFFALO BILL” CLARA BOW “The Shadow of the Law"” | TONIGHT ] AMATEURS his way act hict vhom with to liv the son home This €Coupon and 10 Cents admits a lady to any seat Monday Afternoon country was to make his = i e : Starting Sunday HAROLD LLOYD in “THE KID BROTHER BEGINNING The House That Laughs Built! Here's a Comedy You'll Never Stop Talking About! CUETER CONLI N‘FADP ¥ ,,A . 2 \ BENEFIT M'OR SCHOLARSHIP FUND New Britain Musical Club Announce CONCERT CAPITOL THEATER FEB. 20th SUNDAY AFTERNOON 3:30 o'clock Including: Mendelssahn Lois Phelps, Trio Concert Pianiste Mrs. Tuttle, Contralto Soloist Anderson, String Quartet Concerted Vocal Number Tickets 81.00———Children 50c. Tickets at McCoy's Inc., 246 Main St. and Miss L, P. Farrell Plano Store, 33 Arch St. The Dickinson Drug Company 171 MAIN STREET “The Revuette Francaise™ “The, | Mosquito Trust” | Rose & Bunny BRILL On the EVELYN — in “Love's Greatest Mistake™ The “Liberty's” SPECO SALAMONIAC 3lc The Nito TRIO Screen BRENT MILITARY BRUSHES 1/ 2 Price Sensation CONTINUOUS SATURDAY Bargain Matine: Saturday Until Come Early e B R ) Opening S BEN LYON — I — “THE PERFECT SAP” And a ( at Show of VAUDEVILLE ON MONDAY Prices 3:30 Pond's Cold Cream 29¢ Pompeian Night Cream 31¢ Lava Soap 6c Lifebuoy Soap 6e Pamona Depilatory She \rmand’s Face Powder 3lc Armour's Face Powder 31c Wv.mm s Talcum 17¢ Note 17¢ and 3¢ Continuous Washi Birthday nzton's BORDEAU) 2] Ih. MIXTURE Emerson Studio Pibo DANCING 150 W. Main St Tel, 613 or 1 STAGE BALLROOM 5c ABDOMINAL SUPPORTERS Y.M.T.A. & B. SOCIETY FAIR 0dd S S SHOULDER BRACES $1.00 New Auditorum February 19th to 28th Tuesday PEANUT CLUSTERS 39¢ Ih, Stationery | Exceptional Values 59c and 79¢ {COUNTRY LIFE CIGARS ;‘ Box of $2 50 Wampole’s Cod Liver | oil . s 67e Scott's Emulslon. 38¢, 75¢ Marsay Cod Liver Oil 75¢ Atwood Bitters ...... 19¢ Pluto Water, large.... 3le Lash’s Bitters ....... 69 Zinz Oxide Ointment tubes Brook's Baby Barley. . SCIENTIFIC Tosth Brushes 25¢ 15¢ {ELLE BORE 4 oz. 8 oz. 16 oz. '15¢ 25¢ 50¢ CORK: - Coleo Soap 5c 3 cakes 17¢ 1 RAT CORN 15¢ 35¢ Stae AMERICAN LEGION BALL Music By Si Yaffe BROUGHT HOME” A New Comedy by Eves, 50c-§ INTERTAINMENT BURE. 24 Washington Street Tel, 2336. ——— e\ Armory Adm. $1.00 Evening Feb. 22nd < Entertainment and Dancing Each Evening Johnson 50c-S1.73 Larry sat. Mat. $1.00. at door. Tickets Admission 25¢ From members or