New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 26, 1927, Page 5

‘THE DEMI-BRIDE AT THE GAPITOL Norma Shearer and Lew Cody Stars in New Film Hit One of the best pictures Norma Shearer has given us for some time. “The Demi-Bride,” a Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer picture at the Cap- itol theater four days beginning Sunday, in which Norma is again starred with Lew Cody, proves to be one of the real comedies of the season. { Miss Shearer feam, have been seen to advantage on the screen before, in “His Sec- retary” and “A Slave of Fashion,” but they have never before had a real opportunity to show their tal- ent for comedy as they have in this production, The story, which is from the pens of F. Hugh Herbert, well- known British novelist, and Flor- ence Ryerson, is an original and was written especially for Miss Shearer and Cody. The authors have seen to it that both artists are oftered ample opportunity to dis- play their talent at whimsical farce comedy and hoth Miss Shear- er and Cody have not let a chance slip. Carmel Myers, as the sophisti- cated Madame Girard, stepmother of the star, takes her defeat at the hands of her daughter in a very light but humorous manner. Her usual vampish ~ characterization seems to have been utterly aban- doned for a new and lighter vein of acting which proves most charm- ing. There will be two complete showings on Sunday night withthe second performance beginning at §:30, and continuous shows daily on Monday, Tuesday and Wednes- day. Beginning Thursday an entirely new program will be presented. Double features will be offered one presenting Anna Q. Nilsson and Charlfe Murray in “The Masked Woman” and the other Viola Dana in *“Bred in Old XKentucky.” The management announces the showing shortly of Wallace Beery in “Casey at the Bat.” CLART BOWS BIG ~HIT AT STRAND . 'Blinor Glyn's “It” to Top Film Bill All roads will lead to the popular Stra; sensational film hit, Elinor Glyn's t,” will make its initial bow to ow Britain. “It” will open a four day's engagement tomorrow. Its premiere showing here Sunday eve- | ning will be a gala one. The Strand management will present it tomor- | row at both performances with a| speclally augmented jazz orchestra. On Monday, of course, it will be shown with the usual vaudeville pro- gram. In order to facilitate the crowds vho will undoubtedly be on hand sunday evening to see “It” the man- igement announced that it will open s doors at 5:45 or a few minutes carlier than is the custom. The first COMING SOON to the CAPITOL PARSONS’ Hartford TONIGHT—$:15 POPULAR MAT. TODAY THE WORLD'S BEST MUSICAL COMEDY Eve. 50c-$2.88—Mats. 50c-$1.73 Emerson Studio DANCING 150 W. Main Street Tel. 613 or 1436-5 STAGE BALLROOM and Cody, as a| nd tomorrow evening when the | | | | ? | ROD!LA ROCQUE ax4 MILDRED” HARRIS /' Zhe CRUISE . { WLLERSED 8y WCER&M?;?/E(/”MY—% R, AT THE LYCEUM — SUN., MON.,, TUES., WED. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1927, times today and this evening are “The Live Wire,” Johnny Hines lat- est laugh provoker and “Man of the Forest,” a thrilling adaptation of Zane Grey's popular novel which stars Jack Holt. Another chapter of the current serial as well as & comedy and news reel will also be shown. A special event for the children takes place at this after- noon's matinee when seven pair of ball bearing roller skates will be distributed among the youngsters in the audience. Entries for Monday night's Black Bottom contest may be filed now at the box office. R0D LA ROCOLE 41 LYCEUM ON SUNDAY Is Star of Thriller “The Cruise of the Jasper B” Romance, thrill, drama and laughs ail are combined in “The Cruise of the Jasper B"” the Rod La Rocque starring picture which opens | tomorrow night at¢ the Lyceum the- ater in conjunction with “Fighting to Win,” the latest release of “The Collegian” series, and *“Wandering performance will begin at the usual time and the second will commence at 8:30. If ‘crowded houses are a sign of success, Clara Bow may well be considered the greatest drawing cArd this season. With her new triumph, “It"” she has smashed to smithereens attendance records not only in thea- ters of average seating capacity, but went a step further and smashed the warld’s record for attendance last week at the world’s most beautiful and one of the largest theaters in the country, the Paramount theater, New York. On Monday the vaudeville program | will be headed by Alex Hyde and Co. in the great novelty called “Berlin vs. Liszt.” Mr. Hyde recently re- turned from the principal cities of England and the continent where he scorgd a solid success with this aci that offers something altogether dif- | Other acts on | ferent in vaudeville. the program for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday include Kola Sylvia Co.; Crawford and Bannister; June and Irene Melva; ‘and Moore and Mitchell. The vaudeville will be shown daily at 2:45 and 8:30, while on Mon- {day, Tuesday &nd Wednesday, will be screened at 4, 5 and 9: PLAINVILLE THEATER Those who were fortunate enough to attend the grand opening of the Plainville Strand, the theater trium- | phant, last evening, were forcibly struck with the beauties of this new- comer among the beautiful motion | picture houses of the state, and the general public today is eagerly awaiting its opportunity to inspect She Didin’t Fall in Love—She Leaped! Aesop’s Fables Girls,” a story of restless youth and a small town girl with big-tow: ideas and Dorothy Revier as the rebellious young miss. Filled from start to finish tremendously effective scenes and laughs, Rod La Rocque's “The Cruise of the Jasper B” is a story that carries one across the mists of iccnturi(‘s, back to the pirate days on the Spanish Main. It deals with |a soft muscled young man, one o | whose ancestors was a pirate an who promulagates a law that ever: male descendant of his must marry aboard the Jasper B, which he had | captured from the Spaniards, on a certain day or forfeit his inheritance. | This condition brings about many serious and laughable complications. Some of the scenes are breath-tak- ing in the extreme and the pirate | episodes with which the story opens |are finely enacted. Mildred Harris, | leading woman, has an attractive role and others in the cast include Jack Ackroyd, Snitz Edwards and James Mack. In “Wandering Girls,” Dorothy Revier has one of the best roles of her carcer as the girl who ran away |the new photodrama palace. A fine | program awaits it. “God Gave Me | Twenty Cents,” the picture which |opened the huge new Paramount | theater in New York city, will be the |feature. It is a simple, sincere story lof two women—one good and one |bad—and their love for the same man. And “Our Gang,” a late Pathe |news issue, and a travelogue will complete the program. At the after- inoon show there will be a special |added attraction for the chidren, | Bill Cody in “King of the Saddle,” a | |smashing western thrill film with plenty of action, shooting and riding. Tomorrow night the picture will be “The False Alarm,” a stirring picture dealing with the heroes of the fire department. Mary Carr is featured. with “VARIETY” AT RIALTO “Variety” the German made film sensation heads a double feature | program at the Rialto theater to- morrow evening. The two foremost | European stars have the leads in | this gripping story of circus life| which enthralled New York for ) : | months and the settings are nothing | from home in fear ‘:" et short of magnificent. Emil Jannings | {Of & girlish prank. Bt Who has scored numerous hits in | SWeetheart and her friends watched in | i d | other pictures since the release of |and searched in a neighboring city, | “Variety” i cast in the role of a! trapeze artist and Lya dePutti is| ast in the part of his sweetheart. The second atteaction which will | be shown is “Martin of the Mounted | Police” a dramatic story of Can-| 1a’s Royal police which stars Fred | Gilman. ~ Selected shorter subjects {include a comedy and news reel. | IThe bill being offered for the last | CAPITOL House of Hits! is a Prescription for It kills the germs Twice Sunday Night Second Show at 8:30 And Mon.—Tues.—Wed. At 2:45—4:45—T7:00—9:05 She got her man—Then she found she was a Demi-Bride! What is a Demi-Bride? Come and See! Capitol News Jimmy Dooley Comedy Capitol Orchestira Vo U AL 6V e% 0] ) e AT VST BEGINNING THURSDAY ANNA Q. NILSSON and CHARLIE MURRAY in “THE MASKED WOMAN” VIOLA DANA in “BRED T.A.B. AIR COME SATURDAY NIGHT! MONDAY NIGHT! DANCIN OLD KENTUCKY” Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dengue, Bilious Fever and Malaria._ she was busy dancing with a so- clety thief, happily unaware of the net of circumstantial evidence which was about to enmesh her and land her behind prison bars. Robert Agnew, well known juve- nile, plays the rich son who forfeits everything when he finds that the girl hegloves is in difficulties. For the last of the week the Lyceum has booked Charlie Chaplia in “Shoulder Arms.” For the companion attraction the management has book *“The Girl in leading role. STATE—HARTFORD The picture attraction at the State Theater, Hartford, four days begin- ning February 27th, is “One In- creasing Purpose.” zation of the most alked of book in many years, which was written by A. 8. M. Iutchinson, author of “If Winter Comes.” Like the latter, Joe Cook, Frankie Heath, Jonnny] American affairs. Dooley and Smith and Dale (the| There is quite a difference, it was Avon Comedy Four) are the chief|pointed out, between sending a war- fun-makers in the company of over|ship for moral effect or for possibld one hundred people. cvacuation of foreign subjects and the more decisive action of landing y| naval forces to enforce debt or sim- |ilar settlements, which the Washing- | ton government has consistently op- ' posed in southern countries. The ! Madge Kennedy and Sidne Blackmer in “Love-in-a-Mist” is the attraction at Parsons’ next Thursday, Friday and Saturday. the Rain,” with David Butler in the | It is a pictun- | | Princess Troubetzkoy, who, as every one knows, was the Amelie Ri of Virginia and the| author of Quick and the Dead,” has written in collaboration | with Gilbert Emery a Victorian-age comedy of a modern girl who tells white lies. The theory is that white | lies don't count and anyway they| are sometimes agencies for good. | That at least is the young heroine's opinion, but in this charming com- | cdy of love, laughter and lies, she| { fin1s that it doesn’t always work out | so well. beautiful | {“One Increasing Purpose” promises | to be one of the greatest screen pro- ductions, parable power and originality. The cast is a specially brilliant one and |don, Mae Allison, Edmund Lowe, | Jane Novak, Emily Fitzroy, Holmes | Herbert, Joseph Swikard, and a host of equally prominent stars. “One in- creasing Purpose” is vital in theme, |ot absorbing interest and has been | directed by Harry Beaumont, one of the screen's outstanding directors. he other screen attractions are the |latest adventure of the Collegians, |the State News, other novelties, and |in addition to overture, an animated | musical slide numbef. In addition, {on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesda. Feb. 28, March 1, and 2, theumanag ment has arranged to present five of the greatest and most entertain- ing acts that have ever appeared on lany stage. One of the headline at- ractions is the marvelous, mysteri- us Eva Fay. | PARSONS, HARTFORD | One of the intriguing fe: | the Earl Carroll “Vanitie ! sons’ theater next Monday, Tuésday nd twice on Wednesday, is the ‘Canada Dry” girls. Attired in scanty but attractive costumes, these girls are in the theater as soon as the doors are opened. They usher the audience to their seats and_then appear on the stage in the open- ing number. During the intermis- | sion they distribute ginger ale to | the audience, a screen play of incom- | |is headed by Lila Lee, Huntley Gor- | 1LYCEU Corsets for girls are anathema nd hard derby hats and stiff col- lars for boys are an abomination, says D. S. Henning Belgrade, retary of the New Health Society | of England. 1 sec- CO0LIDGE UPHOLLS | " BRITISH ACTIVITY ‘Sees No Reason for Offense in . Nicaraguan Situation | Washington, Feb. 26 (A—Mindful that British and Itallan subjects, as well as Americans, have suffered pro- perty losses in the Nicaraguan dis- | turbance, President Coolidge bel there is no room for protest ag: the British action in sending a war- | ship to Corinto as a possible refuge | for English nationals in that coun- | Iry. | The president's position, made | known at the whitc house yesterday, | s that under the present circum- | ances the British step can be con- | dered as no more than an ordinary | precaution that might be taken by | any country, although it is unusual | for a Enropean nation to adopt such‘ ! | measures in connection with Latin- CONTINUOUS SHOWS SUN., MON. ANOTHER GREAT DOUBLE FEATURE BILL " , TUES., WED. RAH!—Cha; pter 2—RAH! COLLEGIANS Don’t Miss This One! CO-FEATURE v ‘“Wandering Girls ‘ With i DOROTHY REVIER . What’s Wrong With the Modern Girl? Why Does She Wander? LADIES’ Best Seats, Except on SPECIAL! LUNCHEON MATINEE! This Coupon and 10¢ Will Admit Any Lady to Saturdays and Holidays. Home Made Fresh Bitter-Sweet PEPPERMINTS 39c Ib. CONTARAS SHOPPE (Strand Theater Bullding) SERVED AT ALL HOURS 2 MORE NIGHTS OF ENTERTAINMENT Fun Galore For Boys and Girls From Six to Sixty —— TONI WATERBURY AND GHT — TORRINGTON T. A. B. MINSTRELS | British government has advised the United States that no such landing operations were contemplated in Nicaragua. | President Coolidge regards the re- cent extension of American landing operations in Nicaragua as an effort | to insure foreigners generally against | turther damage to their property. | No estimate of the foreign prop- erty loss wag made at the White House, but President Diaz, conser-: vative, who is opposed in a war be- | ing waged to unseat him by Juan B. | Sacasa, liberal, in a communication | to the Nicaraguan legation here, | said claims of foreigners and Nica- | raguans for such damages would reach between $3,000,000 and $4,-| 000,000, One of the suggestions| | contained in the Diaz proposals for | a new treaty with the United| States i that loans be made by the latter to meet this as well as oher ! financial needs, The proposed | treaty has not yet reached Wash- | ington, and officlals here have re-| fused to indicated their attitude, | Dr. T. S. Vaca, eral faction representative here, last night described the dispatch of the | British cruiser Colombo to Corinto as “quite a departure” from th Monroe Doctrine, and said it w unnecessary since “there are hard- | ly a dozen English subjects on the | Nicaraguan west coast.”” ! The senate forcign rclations com- | mittee had only one more witness CAPITOL YOUR LAST CHANCE TODAY TO SEE “McFADDEN'S FLATS” Shown at 2:00—3:45—5:40—7:15—9:10 ) T to examine today before closing fts hearing and voting on the: Berah resolution to send the commiftes to Nicaragua during the congressiozgl recess for a first hand investigation, Continuous Performance 2 13 ROLLER SKATES Given Away Free! To the 'Children This Afternoom. Two Features Shown Today [{ Lt e - 99 “The Live Wire Starring JOHNNY HINES Zane Grey's Thrilling Novel [ Man of the Forest” with virile JACK HOLT COMEDY—SERIAL—NEWS SUNDAY EVENING ONLY! The German Screen Sensation “ 2 1 Variety’ with a splendid cast of Europe’s foremost screen stars headed by Emil Jannings and Lya De Puttl. “Martin of the Mounted” Gripping drama with Fred Gilman. : CTTD SHORT SUBJECTS BLACK BOTTOM CONTEST Monday Night—Entries Now: BIG DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT February 26. Rialto Ballroom 8 o'clock sharp. Music by Rixito Syncopators 50c. to AlL Cor. Broad & Washington Sts. THE NEW Continuous l.)aily GALA BANNER WEEK Begins Tomorrow Sunday, Monday, Tuesday 2—MIGHTY FEATURES—2 EMIL JANNINGS FAUST A $2.00 PRODUCTION AT POPULAR PRICES Also TIM McCOY “WINNING OF THE WILDERNESS” Comedy Weekly Novelties Sunday Prices ...... 25¢, 40¢ Daily Prices ... . 10¢, 20c¢, 30c ENTIRE NEW Twice on Sunday FEATURING JOE COOK FRANKIE HEATH (Avon Com ORIGINAL THE GREATEST COMEDY EVE.—50c.—$3.45. PROGRAM WEDNESDAY SMITH & DALE Four.) . PRODUCTION CAST ASSEMBLED WED, MAT.—50c.—$2.88. COME . AND BRING THE ENTIRE | FAMILY, YOUR RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS, BUY COME!