New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 30, 1927, Page 13

- e i A i |1k 1] - 3 (S “ 1] : L] > e x> \ A5 Unless otherwise indicated. theatrical wrigten by the pres agencies for the AAS A AR TARECRRAIR LI NA L AR A LA AR AAR AL TRRTR TN AT THE PALACE “Charlie’s Aunt” with Syd Chaplin is the attractien at the Palace thea- ter this evening. Syd Chaplin more than fulfilled everyone's ex- pectation in the role and with the added opportunities that the screen affords, “Charley’s Aunt” steps forth with new glory and an added ability to tickle the public's risibil- ities. We'll soon be alone to meet the old lady and see for ourselves. “Lone Star” with Fred Gilman and Barbara Worth will be the second picture, including “Fox” comedy. On Wednesday the double feature bill will consist of “Slave of Beau- ty with an all stay cast and Helen Holmes in “The Fast Freight” an- other of her rushing railroad thril- lers.! Wednesday night is country store at the Palace theater and you will spend an enjoyable evening. and have the opportunity of winning one of the prizes. AT THE CAPITOL Tonight is the last showing at the Capitol theater of ‘“‘Annie Laurie” with Lillian Gish featured, as the entire program changes on Wednes- day and brings a double feature bill for Wednesday, Thursday and Fri- day. Beginning Wednesday one of the attractions will offer the popu- lar little star, Jackie Coogan, in “The Bugle Call.”” The companion feature will offer Winchell Smith's comedy drama “Going Crooked" with Bessie Love featured. On Wednesday evening Mer- chants' Gift Night will be offered with many valuable gifts from the stores of local merchants free to patrons. Included in the many gifts are a Hart Schaffner and Marx suit of clothes for a gentleman; given by the Globe Clothing House: a 26 piecg set of lustre ware from John A. Andrews Co.; wool blanket from the D. Miller store: a bridge lamp from Spring & | Buckley: and numerous others. WHAT PRICE Beginning Satur an entire week New have an opportunity great photoplay as taken from the stage play of the same name by Laurence Stallings. “What Price Glory” has had a r ord breaking run in all big cities at admission prices up to $2.00 and it is hailed by critics’ and dramatic writers of reviews as “the world's greatest motion picture.” Chief among its thousands of pl Dolores Del Rio, Victor Mel. and Edmund Lowe. Its presenta- tion here at the Capitol will he at popular prices and with effects ex actly as prodiced at its Broadway showings. The loges will be re- served for the evening performance: and are now at sale at the box offic=. GLORY Sept. 3 for Britain is to of secing the Beverly Hills Home Surrounded by Detectives to Foil Plot Believed to he Pirccted Against Actress, Los Angeles aminer tod result of a se! rences during the last seven the Beverly Hills home of Bow. motion picture star, has been placed under a guard of police and private detectives. Aug. 30 (P—The y says that as the re- of sinister occu thought by Police Chief Blair and his Beverly Hills detectives to be a plot directed at the young actre was made a week ago when M Bow spoke to a young man loitering on the lawn of her home, Appealing to her for aid as low Brooklynite, the vouth had come to this city recently in an effort to find film work. Miss Bow fed the man and pro- vided him with a place to sleep in her home. When a couple of days passed and he showed no inclination to elther work or move elsewhe the father of the actress, Robe Bow, bought him a suit of clot! and paid his rent for a month at a downtown hotel. Junior Achievement Work on Exhibition The Junior Achievement Founda tion of New Britain through t Connecticut Ligh and Power Co. has on display o colorful window of articles made by achfevement club members on the playgrounds this summer. There are a large number of wooden toys made hy the club boy: and an unnsually good assortment o! dresses other clothing and em broldery made by the club girls. The exhibition will continne unti Thursday night after which many ¢ the articles will be taken to th: Connecticut State Fair in Hartforc at Charter k Park and the exhibi will be shown later at the F ter States Fxhibition in Springfiel’ Mass, The bhoys and girls hay samples of their handwork on di play may have their artieles returr ed after the exhibition by callin the achicvement office at the [ club, st Main street. The articles on display were made with the coope ion of the munici- pal recrcation commission and the Junfor Achievement he instructer: M elley, upe who Mies Loulse girls' clubs and Miss Svivia Adler, supervisor of the hoys' groups. The exhibition has heen the subjoct of much favorable c mment. were isor of the Genuine C.d Company’s Lehigh I'he SHURBERG COAL CO. Phone 2250 5 Franklin Street ll 1 iL’ Y ;4'{\'. has | the ¢ a Kenwood | ‘What Price Glory” | + |10 live at Oys {velt said The initial move of what is now s | uninjnred. Foundation. | ATW BRITAIN DAILY HERAPD. TUESDAY, AUG ——— Theater Reviews of . s A A ) . Current Offerings i I_mnln_!ll!n LK < T 'a- iyt o Lor “BURLESQUE” A Comedy By George Manke Arthur Hopkins (In_the order of their appe: BONNY, leading woman of “Pa Barabara .Paul Porter Hal Skelly . Brown Shea n Dee otices and reviews in this colump are Tewpective amusement company. AARARREEREKRRENRE N AT THE STRAND A new team of stars appeared on the horizan of the film firmament | when Lew Cody and Aileen Pringle opened a four days’ engagement at | the Strand theater in “Adam and | Evil” It is safe to predict that | there will be a succession of Cody- | Pringle vehicles for these two favor- |its who scored an instantaneous suc- cess in “Adam and Evil.” The vaudeville protion of the bill | has as its headliner, Harry Girard's famous ensemble including 14 golden voiced girls. This is one of i the most pretentious and incidental- |1y one of the most costly vaudeville turns that has ever been brought to this city. Others cast on the pro- gram include Winifred and Mills; Fred and Al Smith, Jimmy Farrell & Co., and Harrigan and Kent. Holden y DeVere Joseph Burton SUOTTY, a hoofer.... Jack B. Shea JACK, another hoofer......Joseph Spelvin Just as the prospectors in '49 look- ed above them and are reported to |have said “Thar's gold in them Imountains,” so the modern play- wright has gazcd at the stage and declared “There's gold in those hoof- ers”” A hoofer, in stage parlance, is a man who dances. The play- wrights discovered that he was a |gold mine and sold him to the pub- |lic. Now comes “Burlesque,” the newest contribution 14 of entertainment, which was presented at Parsons' theater, Hartford, last night to an audience which welcom- ed it warmly, in which the hoofer is again glorificd. “Could anything me dumber than a comic?” a question asked by a showgirl, gives the key to “Bur- lesque.” Comic is stage language for what the layman calls a com- edian. And around this comic and hoofer, George Manker Watters and Arthur Hopkins have woven an in- teresting story presented in an in- teresting manner Everyone is asking “Is ‘Burlesque’ as good ‘Broad S something “Broad lacks—deep emotional appeal but in d speed, it runs second to its prede- or. The first act should posi- tively be accelerated, The dialogue consists prir of back stage patter, a lirely separate and distinct English but which any English {speaking person can readily unde stand if his brain is not sluggish. o It is a queer jargon of slang, wise Excsident Busstinn OnlyiioEres {01 and sarcism, The auflen |at Parsons’ last night liked it im- mensely. It isn't neces: last chapter of the lrarn what the®climax is goir The | purchased Mortlake Inn, at Brook- | trend of the plot is obvious but that 1¥n, she does not intend to become ! does not d *t from its interest. innkeeper. | Briefiy, “Burlesque” tells the story My only reason in buying the inn [of & team, man and woman, which {was to proserve my ancestral home, | forms part of a burlesque show, The ! built by my great-great grandfathe nan, the hoofer-comic, is good, but ‘olonel Danicl Tyler, in 1765, she fails to appreciate himself. — His said today in denying reports that fe believes he can qualify for New |#he planned to conduct the inn on & York presentations but he is satis commercial basis. |fied to remain in “the sticks.” Fin- i “I have no intention of entering |2ll¥ he gets his chance and is sign- the hotel business and will continue | #4 for a New York production. Suc- Bay,” Mrs. Roose- | I his head with the !the meantime, back in n admirer has falien in Fire! Fire! what a passion! sents Harry Langdon in * s Flame.” Clang! Clang! Get behind the laugh lines, fol [the chief gloom extinguisher! Go. What a conflagration of joy in love. Figure out the fun your- selfi-—and him a fireman!—It hour's joy ride on laughte |and ladder! Clang! Clang! Betty Compson, starring in Bird"” has a long stage and screen |career. In this underworld picture she takes two parts which are very interesting. The cast, Malcolm Mc- Gregor, Ruth Stonchouse, Sheldon Lewis, Hank Mann, Leo White and Joscph Girard have important roles. WON' BE INNKEEPER | | Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Widow of Ha in love. Oh! Mack Sennet pre- ipally en- from serve Her Ancestral Home. to turn to the hook Daniclson, Aug. 30 | though Theodore Roosevelt, | widow of the late president, ha (UP)—Al- | usual result. 1In “the sticks,” Miss Marian Prentice Thompson, : love with from whom the inn was pu s wife. A divorce is pending. had heen retained by Mrs, DS i | plot hecomes more intrizuing. There said she M to have char of the I Roosevelt plac | come but there is a deal of studying the method by which : thors ked up to the clim they will in no conflict with the \A“‘}:“’l"qf“‘l‘f’ d«‘lf\'l ks plans of Mrs. Rooscvelt, who also | | Gonis 5 seing the whole SILIEDE o utat A0 (e i whenevar | cO sV s oy " show He. i she chooses. I sesme Mortlake Inn has a long and col- Ho e n g g t. His orful history. General Israel Put- |20 08 BUiCh G0 Tor nonsense nam was a froquent visitor fn the he program. carly day H is located | o1 the Prog nearby and the inn sometimes is {called the General Putnam Inn. As in the | “we will have gu past.’* she declared, ts at the inn, but | the Ve | FILH QUEEN IIURED Joan Crawford at West Point Mili- | ¢ n Howpital Suffering ns Result “THE LAD\;}Q&Q’_’_ of Autamobile Accident. e ANGDON n “HIS FIRST FLAME? B ey LADIE ats, West Point, N. Y. A 0 AL | —Joan Crawford, filn star, is in the ary Academy hospital suffering ¢ scalp wounds and result of an automo- \fternoon. in the mo- Pointer."” ¢ to location of the 15 struck by thrown | the (rpy from This Coupon lady to best e is here taking tion picture “The She was on her with William Hain picce, when the ear w o ier truck through the win and rendersd une Haines was b star ivld of necions shaken up but CAPITOL SN car iintertainment For Tonight Only—Last Time LILLIAN GISH in “ANNIE LAURIE" A Real Photoplay Treat! — THUR. — } The Star in His Greatest im? X JACKIE COOGAN %BUGLE CALL WE Little | | { Winchell Smith’s Comedy Drama “GOING CRUOKED Dolores Del Rio and Edmund Lowe with ssie Love In Willtam Fox's Screen Version of - - - e “WHAT PRICE GLORY" Valuable Gifts PREE Wed. Eve. Merchants' Gift Night | PARSCNS—Tonight HART & N —PALACE— TODAY Greatest Comedy Dver Sercened “CHARLEY'S with YD ( Barbara Worth in Wed. Mat. Arhur Hopking | | “BURLESQUE” A new play by ters and Ge Manker Wat- Arihar Hopking TLDNE DAY COUNTRY STORE NIGHT ivery Prize A Handy One. Also Two Great Fenture “SLAVE OF BEAUTY” All Star Cast und Hlelon Holmes i’ ‘"r.hr FRE| BiG n cing ¢ tiirty, Y o Bopicing i Mat., $2.00 ™ has | and lcess and the liquyor he drinks go to | The | isn’t much doubt concerning the out-! fun in the hoofer, | i a charming “Bon the 1 hoofer's wite who mothers him along | the road to success. In his few brief appearances on the stage, {Ralph Theadore made a very satis- | fying contact with the audience. | Others in roles essential to the movement of the show include Charles D. Brown, Eileen Wilson, Pauline Dee, Ruth Holden, Mitty | DeVere, “Burlesque” is scheduled to open at the Plymouth theater, New York, on Thursday evening. It should re- main there for a considerable length of time because it has strong appeal, is produced with inexpensive ; settings and probably has moderate overhead. Par- night, will continue at tonight and tomorrow with a matinee tomorrow. “SHE COULDN'T SAY NO.” (By Herald Reviewer) On the c Frances Will bility for the | this wee Players—"She ss or failure of offering by the Poli! Couldn't Say No.” Enough said, for Miss Williams is not found wanting in her difficult role and throughout three acts of light but highly entertaining comedy she carries the play along in high gear. It is the story of a veteran stenographer of a none too succ ful law who worships her em- ployer, vet realizes that he at least I does not know he.cares for her, | Then comes a big chance for the | lawyer but he is away. Rather than permit him to lose his golden op- portunity, the stenographer, aided | by two friends of the attorney, poses las a law partner, takes the difficult case and sees it through to a highly successful finish. Miss Williams, as Alice Hindale, | the stenographer, has long and try- ing lines to speak but gets them off | in her own inimitable way and in her more or less clowning parts she is likewise good. Vincent Coleman fs | ather blind young lawyer and Perry his friend. W s, another friend, is good this week in a breezy role and Ann | Merrick closes her Poli season as a ! little country lass of whom the law- | CAPITOL House of Hits! ! SATURDA Sept. 3 | For One Entire Week | i the Now Selling! THE STRAND NEW BRITAIN NOW PLAYING . LEwWCoDYy AILEEN PRINGLE NCOMPARABLE 5 ACTS 5 Harry Girard and His Famous emble liflp}den Voiced Gi-ls 14 Coming i | : Sterling Lyon “FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE" PALACE [IEVE FAREW WEEK STARTING TONIGHT POLI PLA K, ‘She C:)uldn’t Say No’ (A comedy in Thirce Aets as pis New York by Florence FORD Starring Ann Merri ed in Moore hrs, 2:15 Evenug. sat, LEWIS MORRISON RESUMES TEACHING LIN ! SEPT. 1st | while | who ge s and amored. Harry J. | i the | yer thinks he is e her's characterization of Alt town Shylock is exceptionally clever and no iess so is that of Patsy Ann O'Neal as the heart broken vil- lage gossip. Adrienne Earle has a minor role does John Burns R gives an excellent ! characterization of a drunk and Ed- | mund Abbey as the qggnified judge | “over the bay" also is good. | The first two acts of the play speed along amid gales of laughter while the final court room scene may be a bit overdrawn, the mirth it provokes in the audience more than makes up for it. This closing offering of the Foli Players is surely one that sends the patrons away with a smile, Next week the Palace theater is presepting Jean Bedini's road com- pany in a girl revue, Cock a Doodle Doo. DUKE AND BRIDE PART Hollywood Divorcee and Mack Sen- nett Bathing Girl Sailing on Mid- Atlantic While Titled Husband is Somewhere in America. New York, Aug. 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