New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 21, 1927, Page 5

TINTY 19 BG | DRAMA AT LYCEUM Stars Leatrice Joy—George Walsh in “His Rise to Fame” Headed by an all star vaudeville talking movie bill, featuring Billy lliggins and his “Darktown Fea- ares,” a comedy offering, Joseph Termini, noted variety musician with his banjo, mandolin, guitar and other instruments; and the famous Gavotte dancers, the Lyceum to- 10rrow night and through Wednes- offers a top notch program, \ith Leatrice Joy starred in “Van- iy and George Walsh in “His ise to Fame,” a famous prize ring story. The Lyceum also announces that it has booked for early show- Captain Nungesser in “The Sky a famous drama in which issing Trans-Atlantic flier took role. is a Cecil DeMille pro- i on telling the story of a girl reared along social register lines and arefully sheltered from the brutal orces of life and incapable of un- crstanding other standards. On the evening before her marriage, obeying a strange impulse, visists the captain of a steamer vhom she had met during the war ud while in his cabin sees a man in before her eyes. She then realizes that culture vanishes when confronted with fundamental’ situa- ions. This is a big story, superbly filmed with Miss Joy as th debutante and Charles Ray playing opposite her as her flance. In this part Ray has a role new to him. There is an ease and sophistication {0 him as the proud scion of a dis- tinguished family. Some elaborate interior settings and wonderful gowns add to the pictorial interest of the story. RIN TIN TIN AT CAPITOL THEATER Wonder Dog in “Tracked by Police” Next Week “Tracked by the Police,” Rin Tin | Tin's latest starring vehicle for War- | ner Broth at the Capitol for 4 days beginning Sunday, directed by Itay Enright, records the courageous t of a dog hero to save not only one of the greatest reclamation pro- cets in the United States but algo| hig friends engaged in building it With a splendid cast including Ja- won Robards, Virginia Brown Faire, fom Santschi, Nanette, Dave Morris. I'heodore Lorch, Ben Walker and | Witfred North, Rinty is said to de-| piet the most sympathetic and thrill-| ing role of his car: The story deals with the constric- tion of a great dam and desert irri- cation project. For the beautiful ‘xteriors the company journeyed to Yuma, Arizona, using the Laguna Dam and reclamation project acros: the Colorado river as a setting. [ On Thursday the program will | change and will bring a double fea- | ture program with Lewis Stone 4nrl| iiarbara Bedford in lady” and George Sidney and Vera | Gordon in * ng 0 announces | the showing soon of “Tillie the Toil- or” as adapted from the comic pa- | per. and with Marion Davies in the title role. CAPITOL PARK, HARTFORD Tonight will inaugurate the open- ng for tho season of Capitol Park, the finest amusement park in the state, This park. situated on Woth crsfied avenue, Hartford, has long | Ioen one of the popular outdoor re- sorts and from the number of new rides, swings and other pleasure ziving devices, Capitol Park will remain foremost in the hearts of musement s Within easy reaching distance of this o 511l i ox Gheloome announcement | to the people of this vicinity. To- night there will be free motion pic- tures presented in the newly erected outdoor theater which seats com- fortably two thousand people. There will also be free dancing in pavil- tion, the floor of which has been re- surfaced and repolished. Sunday ihere will be two enjoyable concerts hy the Capitol Park Orchestra, hoth ifternoon and evening. Monday night, & mammoth carnival of ama- teur hoxing. brightened by a pyro ehinfe display of fireworks. A card of the higgest favorites in the state ill be pitted against worthy op- PALACE HARTFORD ALL THIS WEEK Mat. Tues, Wed, Thurs., Sat. 2:15 Every Evening 8:15 Poli’s Players America's Organ Starring MARION GRANT and VINCENT COLEMAN Is the Great Broadwny Success The BUTTER AND EGG MAN He's the Laugh of New York TONIGRT 8:15 1|Parsons’ # NIGHTS, FRL, SAT, MAY 20-21 Pop. Matince SATURDAY WILLIAM B. Hmn\m.m DER, INC. Presents 7 “Speakeasy with LD MEERK int Supporting Cast Mat. 50c ponents, matched carefully asto| their ability, thus providing evenly | contested bouts. The admission to | the park for boxing nights will be 25 cents, including a combination ticket to ride on the Coaster, Whip, Merry-Go-Round. The Runaway, With Clara | Bow, Is Palace Feature | A sturdy son of the Kentucky hill country teaches a daughter of the movie studio the A B C of liv- NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1927. ly brilliant figure in the gay decadent set to which she is introduced for the purpose of fleecing them. Marion Grant, leading woman of {the Poli Players, will have the title role. Vincent Coleman will be the young nobleman, who saves her from the police. Walter Scott Weeks will be the Qxford graduate, master rouge posing as a butler, and other members of the company will be members of the crook band and so- | clety folk upon whom they are prey- ing. STRAND T0 OFFER “The Old Homestead” Will Be| Shown Mon,, Tues. and Wed, of the Black the open air. The Black Kitten is located a short distance from N Britain, on the Plainville and Farmington | state road. Rescrvations may be had by phone in advance. Kitten Orche: OLD TIME THEME PARSONS'S “What Price Glory, | sensation in New Yor . where it is | now in its sixth month at the Sam | H. Harris theater and where leading reuewers a current | have pronounced it a| she | smart | | ing and loving. “The Runaway” wins in a walk crammed with speed even to the title. Never such thrills as the accldental killing, the flight to the hills, the mountain feud, mountain love and justice. A ro- mantic drama of the hill billy coun- try going the razz to jazz. “The Runaway” is headed your way. Shall arrive in a cloud of frills and thrills. Co-Feature Leo Maloney in the | “Out Law Express.” The old stage coach symbol of the west, the west that was, is waiting and rides into the setting sun where romance lives and a six gun is a man’s only in- | surance against sudden death. Go | | with Leo Maloney back to the days | when the old frontier was more than a name and the outlaws robbed the mails with all the dash | and running of a Jesse James. Do not miss our big 5 acts vaude- | | ville for today. We are sure you will | enjoy them. Also two features Ranger the Wonder Dog in Flash- | ing Fangs. The best picture you ever | saw. | The other feature picture Acord fn the “Scrapin’ Kid. great Western drama. Miss Canada MYSTERY DRAMA AT RIALTO | One of the tensest and most thrill- | ing mystery dramas ever seen will | be shown at the Rialto theater to- day. It is “Easy Pickings” with Anna | Q. Nilsson, Kenneth Harlan and Billy Bevan in the stellar ro Mystery, murders, hooded spooks haunted houses, and thrills that send shivers up and down your spine are | in store for you in this greatest of mystery dramas. The first chapter of a new serial | will_also be shown. Ben Alcxander {in “Fighting For Fame"—a hilarious | comedy “A Dippy Tar” with Bill Dooley and the latest issue of the news reel. In addition there will also he 6 acts of professional vaudeville, threc quarters of an hour of entertain- ment. ‘Tomorrow night, there will be two Vies For Honor of ing will be “The Old Homestead” a condensed vaudeville version of fa- mous Denman Thompaon classic. The vaudeville version runs minutes and retains all of the fa mous features of the grand old American character play, including the Old Homestead Quartette; the fomaus Swanzey Band:; the ol fashioned dances and famous Grace Church scene in New York Ci The cast is made up of 18 charac- ters headed by Henry Horton who | plays the role of Uncle Josh, the role created by Denman Thompson. It is an interesting sidelight on the Horton's connection with the vau- deville version of *“The Old Home- i stead” that the late Mr. Thompson ibuggest(‘d Mr. Horton as his logical i successor in the role. “The | Homestead” will remain at Strand for three days only and will i be presented together with other | vaudeville acts and photoplays. The feature photoplay which opens Sunday evening will be “The Midnight Sun,” a colossal spectacle starring Laura LaPlante and thousands In its mighty cast, Other vaudeville acts for Monda Tuesday and Wedne Hunter and Percial, comics in Brothers and 1927; and Miller Grace and Figler. For next Thursday, the Strand announces as its feature photoplay | attraction Bebe Daniels in “Seno. rita.” This is Bebe's latest and she does an honest-to-goodness Fairbanks in it. ROOM spacious new | will epen tomorrow cvening at the | Biack Kitten Dance Salon, which | and | The Green | is located on the Farmington state Room offers to those who care to nee and dine amidst an atmos- phere of home like refinement, an Plainville road. | is the Boston o | the | Doug | een Room | | with daily matinee thereafter., What will probably prove to be | Strong contender for honors as the the most interesting entertainment | Pest motion picture of the year, at the Strand theater since its open- | | be introduced to local theatergor vls week | will | at Parsons's theater during the | beginning Monda: night, ) company presenting the picture here unit,” which has re- cently finished a record, thirteen weeks' run at the Majestic theater. The same orchestra, stage effc nd all will be offered here, ‘William Fox is responsible for the production; Raoul Walsh directed it and the picture has made a new star in the person of Victor McLaglen, brawny veteran of several wars, whose own adventures in various parts of the world ar to be used lin the scenario of his next picture. | Remarkable in many ways, per RIALTO TODAY Biggest Show in Town ANNA Q. NILSSON KENNETH HARLAN in “EASY PICKINGS” A haunted house — & crook — hooded spooks—a_paneled door— @ murder — thrilly — action — romance. Chapter One “Fighting For Fame” BEN ALEXANDER BILL DOOLEY A DIPP;: TAR” Fox Newsreel Johnny Goggin's Big Vaudeville Show | 6—ACTS—6 | "he | | neaded by “ jment of mystery shows, the second show commencing at 8:15. The attractions will he “risco Sally Levy” with Sally O and R . Also Ben Turpin, the cross-cyed comedian in “When a Man's a Prince;” an animated cartoon “Ko Ko Backs U'p” and the latest issue of the news of the world. POLI PLAYERS The Poli Players comp offer “The Last of Mrs. Ch at the Palace, Hartford. all week, There isn'st the slightest in the story; onr paddles along with it, as in a cano on placid waters, coming suddenly now and then to unexpeected water- | |falls. The central character in the ay Is an impostor masquerading as Cheyney.” She is the out { was in the chair opportunity to glide along to music | MeCardia, blond and 19, en from 21 girls to repre- monton, Alberta, in the adian pageant of beauty at Van- couver, where “Miss Canada” will chosen. The Jucky girl will rep- ent Canada in the International Pageant of Pulehritude at Galves- ton, Texas. i “ASSAULTED” London — Willlam Edwards, clderly man with long gray ind bushy eyebrows, applied to London police court for a summons for ass: wainst a hairdresser. 0y 1z shaved and while 1 he took his scis- rs and clipped off my eyelash LYCEUM Continuous Shows SUN.—MON.—TUE —WED. 2 —— GREAT FEATURES — 2 AN ABSORBING PHOTOPLAY PACKED WITH THRILLS LEATRICE JOY “WAN I TY” WITH CHARLES RAY THE 3 — BIG DARKT PREAC )E TERMINI Banjo Guitar GEORGE PHONOFILM ACTS — 3 with Billy Higgins TALKING PICTURES 'OWN HER GREAT GAVOTTE Dance 'WALSH “HIS RISE TO FAME” 'l'“l‘ fi’l‘fln\' l)l' A MAN WHO (O\Ql FRPD Installation of new apparatus in ou brightest screen projection of any t G% LADIES' SPECT This Coupon and 10¢ will admit an except Saturday. Week of JUNE 6 T —NOTE r Ih('fll(‘r insures the clearcst and heater in the city, AL iy lady (0 best scats at matinees, The I New Britain Scandals The STRAND Wwill Present A Wealth of Staged of 1927 With 100 Local Boys and Girls A Musical Comedy Extravaganza scenery and Wardrobe. By Victor Hyde. Applicant May Apply to th Salaries Paid! Costumes Furnished ! Manager ! Register Now ! CAPITOL PARK WETHERSFIELD AVE MONDAY, A MAMMOTH CARNIVAL ——HARTFORD MAY 23 OF' AMATEUR —BOXING— Brightened by a Massive Display of Fireworks. A Card of ¥ NEW YORK — HARTFORD ~— ) ADM N K INCL TICK] vorites Ina — NEW BRITAIN OY THE F LUDING COMBINATION TONIGHT—FREE MOTION Pl Open Air Theater Scats ('l:I'RI-ZS and FREE DANCING 00. ADMISSION TO PARK——10c. fuct about ¥” is that it has screen as an out-and- | out To be sure, there are | still moments of high tension and 1 s of camp and battlefield in the | | Great War. But it is the hard-| boiled humor, the rough-and-tumble | rivalry and the red-blooded prank of Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt | that provide the picture with its | strongest appea Laughter is ai- | most continuous from th | There will be two performances aily after night, at and $:15. All scats will be reserved. the opening | Leominster Boy of 12 lulled m Auto Crash n May 21 (UP) [ Loulh T, of Leominster, died in a hospital here today from injuries received last night in an aceident in which three | companions were hurt. | Kiuse Carison, driver of the | car, and his sons, Lester, 12, and | Walter, 9, were still in the hospital today but were expected to recover. The accident occurred at Onarch | street crossing when the automobile was struck by a New York, New il{u\'rn and Hartford passenger train. *Phone 1268 TOMORROW Two complete shows- show at 8 “Frisco Sally Levy” with LLY O’NEIL & ROY D’ARCY the grentest Irish-Jewlsh com- dy vou ever saw. And how she Inck-hottom? It's a mirth. uake. Yow'll rour with laughter. BEN TURP The cross-exed comle “When a Man'’s a Prince” “KO KO BACKS UP” Clever Cartoon Kinograms—News Reel BEGINNING MONDAY AFTERNOON Come to The Matinees and Avold the Night Crowds Ask DAD-he PLAY! He saw it! TOO will love it!! BRING DAD and knows ask him about the GRAND OLD He loved it. YOU MOTHER to see DENMAN THOMPSON'S stage clas- sic! vaudeville!! Condensed to 5 minutes for AMERICA'S GREATEST PLAY® ENMAN THOMPSONS THE OLD All the ongmal feat + res of the’past yea HE PLAY NOT.A PICTURE A CAST of 18 PEOPLE SEE me HEA A OLD FASHIONED DANCE THE FAMOUS SWAN NIGHTS LOGES RESERVED |MERRILL BROS. and SISTER “Oddities of 1927" MILLER-GRACE and FIGLER “Detail Steps” BEGINNING SUNDAY “THE MIDNIGHT SUN” with LAURA LA PLANTE THE FAMOUS GRACE CHURCH SCENE, N. Y. THE “OLD HOMESTEAD QUARTET.” ZEY BAND. OTHER VAUDEVILLE AC TS HUNTER and PERCIVAL “Wopology” —_— TWO BIG FE. Today—Saturday Only. Your last chance to see the screaming comedy “ROOKIES” CAPITOL Screen Entertainment Continuous Shows Daily TWICE SUNDAY NIGHT SECOND SHOW—S: 15. MON.—TUES.—WED. 2:45—14:50—7:05—9:05. The Wonder Dog in His New Wonder Picture With VIRGINIA BROWN FATRE—TOM SANTSCHI—NANETTE 1) n An Epic Drama of the Winning of the Great Southwestern Desert! ALSOP'S FABLES—COMEDIES—CAPITOL NEWS THURS.—FRL—SAT. LEWIS STONE GEORGE SIDNEY . BARBARA BEDFORD VERA GORDON 0 ey THE NOTORIOUS LADY “MILLIONAIRES” —in— COMING—"TILLIE THE TOILER.” TOMO )RRU“ TURES BEST SHOW IN TOWN a WILLIAM de MlllE 9wdu th with CLARA BOW \ WARNER BAXTER \ GEORGE BANCROH WILLIAM POWELL COMPANION FEATURE LEO MALONEY in “THE OUTLAW EXPRESS" —TODAY— 5 Acts of Professional VAUDEVILLE Come and enjoy the fun. —TODAY— Double Feature BM RANGER ‘The Wondar Dog” —in— “FLASHING FANGS” Co-Feature ART ACORD —in— “THE CRAPPIN’ KID” ADMISSION COMING MONDAY TH McDONALD in BOB REEVES —in— MBUSHED"” SUNSHINE ALLE # COMPOUNCE DANCING TONIGHT SUNDAY, MAY 22 Concert 3 to 5 P. M. Veterans of Foreign Wars Band All Concessions Open For Patronage Take a Ride on the Wildcat