New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 21, 1928, Page 11

THE NOOSE 15 “Dick” Barthelmess i Story of Underworkd; Great Heart Appel Nickie Elkins, the young rum- runner, who so narrowly escapes the gallows, is assured & permanent place in the screen's role of honor us the resmlt of Richard Barthel- mess’ fine portrayal of this charac- ter in “The Noose,” at the Capitol theater beginning Sunday night. Barthelmess gives to the central figure of the story a vitality and sin. cerity that comes only from natural acting and his performance in this role is one of the beg he has ever done. . “The Noose” is the First National screen version of 'Willard Mack's sensational play of the underworld. It is the story of a youth who is ied into evil ways by bad companions, but who goes to the defense of his meother's reputation when it is as- sailed, and nearly gives his life in so0 doing, Richard lag{/u/en wThe Noosé “The Noose” is thrilling and in- teresting entertainment, and the star is surrounded by a fine cast of capable actors and aciresses. Lina Basquette, former ollies™ dancing star, is seen as “Dot, the cabaret girl, who sticks by the boy through thick and thin. Thelma Todd is the society butterfly, who deserts him in his hour of need. Montague Love portrays the ‘vil- lain” In a convincing manner, and the cast includes such clever play- ers as Alice Joyce, Ed Brady, Jay Eaton, Robert E, O'Connor and Rob- ert T. Haines. John Francis Dillon admirably directed “The Noose,” and made the most of the dramatic qualitics of the play. It is ideal entertainment, with suspense maintained through: out. Richard Barthelmess again dem- onstrates that he 1is one of the finest natural actorg on the screen, and handles a difficult roic with finesse and grace. Other films include a Big Boy comedy, “Shamrock Alley.” the Cap- itol News, and Aesop's Fables, and a new organlogue with W. §. Jefté at the organ. Beginning Thursday two features will be offered, one presenting Mar- fon Davies in “Quality Street” and other "Thulmor" the famous dog in “Wolf Fangs.' Some of the leading vocallsts in the city have parts in “Her Song,” but the role of Craig Randall, the JAMES SULLIVAN venile Jead, has been given to Jim- | 1 ie Sullivan, whose beautiful bari- 1cne voice will be heard to advan 1zge in “Love’'s Young Dream, *{eep on Humming a Song” and the « rcaming llting theme song of the +ow “Her Song.” “Her Song.,” will 1) presented on Monday and Tues. day evenings at the T. A. B. hall under the auspices of St. Mary's so- ciety and is one of the musical ents of the season In local thea- trical circles, R R . PARSONS 3 Days Com. Monday, Jun. 23 MATINEE WEDNESDAY The Mesors. Shubert Present Tax: £3.00, §1.50, S2.00. % \‘NEW | A CAPITOL FEATURE Sunday, Monday and Tuesday ‘CONEY ISUND [otndmsasitns AT THE LYCEUM Laura La Plants in “Silk Stock- ings” on Same Bil It was the high school class night | production. There were two mem- | bers in the cast who had taken part “Coney Island,” a tale of the world-famed resort starring Lois ‘Wilson and Lucila Mendez is the fea- |in dramatics throughout the four | years at achool and their associates believed that it ‘they weakened cither of these two would cover up ! because of thelr éxperience. There | was another member of the cast | who was making his first stage ap- ! pearance. He drilled at his part and ture plcture at the Lyceum theater. |memorized. He was to sit next to ! Residents of this city who have One of the experienced “actors” so | journeyed to New York to see|felt confident he would be carried | “Coney Island™ will resggnize many | through. |of the famous old Jandmarks of that On the night of the play, the two {international resort. | “stars” proved to be overconfident One of the largest and fastest rid- |and several times they forgot their ing devices In this country, *The parts, but the plugger was so busy Lyceum—Today, | istened attentively to the others so that he had every part in the show Giant Dipper,” known to thousands, was taken over for two days and * |nights when the proper atmosphere | prompting them he forgot his own self-consciousness and was the hit of the show. BRITAIN LON CHANEY STAR OF GREAT PICTURE Ghosts and Haunted House Mys- tery—Collegians to Play Not since his sensational role in “Phantom of the Opera” has Lon MARCELINE DAY /7 LONDON AFTERMIDNIGHT* | STARTS SUNDAY AT THE STRAND might be obtalned and a truthful | Both Forgot Their Parts | picture be presented to the people| In one of the old Y. M. T. A. & B. who have net had the opportunity | society plays two of the “leads” of sceing the great playground. |stood dumbfounded in the middle of Fyone @ 1 parts. Finally one of them said, * : 3 |but the other, realizin at he days and night canieras ground their | oyl l,,,o llr: alone, mq'u, “] guess monotonous chants, flaming are |y join you.” Both walked off the |lights flickered, assistant directors, | gea oo tognther. actors and employes scurried about ! A Belated Answer ;lala:;.:o":\“:or}\: mltghl x‘;l n('rn.m]phsh-‘ Duing/the dsya when mihstre) st oty peort visitors: might re- [ ghows were the it of the town, the 1™ i companioh feature ofters | IAteTioCUtor turned to the end mun | Laura La Plante in “sitk Stockings” | 309 8ald, *Tell me, Mr. Bones, how |In this picture Laura La Plante win | 00 ¥0U feel tonlght?" The blackface show you that her life 13 not all S | comedian looked. thought and look- | ed again, but he could not think of Stockings. i | the answer. The audience began to laugh, but stili there was no an- |swer. Finally after an awkward si- Ilence the endman said, “Oh, I feel 9 all right.” |Advises Two Sets of But Auii N .. | Brakes for Automobiles dien A | New York, Jan. 21 UP—A uniform I Il llIGe. ot m‘mr!amomobue law making it mandatory i |tor every car to have two systems Actors, Enjogs Stage Fright | ueancr cach spcrating mdcpen- — i ently was rccommended yesterday by the eastern conference of motor ve- Included in the large wudience|pjcle administrators. [¥mich had gathered to sce the eity'a| yfotor vehicle commissioners from o peoroduction | Were | " costern atates and two provinces Solier g, e, hunlot Canada attended the confereace. ; Loucy” and the | fons T entire neighborhood whero the boy |Commissloner Willlam T Dil, lives, They were sitting there con- tent, proud and happy anxiously New Jersey, was chairman, The uniform brake law, Mr, Dill waiting for the curtain to go up and the play to start, sald, should provide for two braking In back of the scencs is “Johnny,” systems o that fallure of any part of the mechanism of the machine shaking, nervous, knowing that dad and motRer are out in front waiting would not leave the car without brakes on at least two wheels, to sce Lim. A thousend things arc = crowding throug his mind: “Will T remember my cue? Will I make a bad break in front of the folks?"* It was within a few mifiutes of the opening and he wishes it. were three. A cold sweat is standing on his brow. I That is what happens more or lens to _every amateur as he i3 about to take his part-in a home town pro- duction, Forgot Her Line | In one of the shows produced tn this city several years ago, one of | Ithe “actors” rehcarsed the line, | “You can’t sce the king” for three months, On the first night it was to be produced he came out on the stage and forgot the line. | On another occasion in the *“old days,” one of the leading charaeters was supposed to he disgusted with |the world and the plan was to have Him go up to a high place and dive into water to drown himself. The !landing place was covered up by a supposed stone wall. Behind the wall was & bed spring and mattress which would break the fgll. When he landed two fellow actors in hid- | | ing would each throw pails of water | in the air. | The night arrived and just pre- vious to the scene someone removed the bed spring and mattress, and the hero landed on the floor with a | | clump that could be heard in the TAP DANCING CLASSES NOW FORMING! Emerson Studio 150 WEST MAIN ST, 13 or 1436-W Starring TIM_Mc(OY VAUDEVILLE REVUE ¥ Sullivan Xylophone solo- N SUNDAY AND MONDAY TODAY ONLY WHOLESALE MAN DIES Bridgeport, Jan. 21 (M—James {largest wholesale produce houses in {New England and one of the larkes lin the United States died at his home here last night. He had been Il for jabout a week. Mr. Musante was ithe oldest Genoese in the state. He | came to this country in 1870 with 75, cents. When his business went bankrupt in Waterbury many years, ago, he walked to Bridgeport and la- | [ter founded the business which to- | day ts known all over New England. | | | NAVY OFFICERS ORGANIZE | Nice, France, Jan. 21 (M—Retired | ofticers of the American ermy and | navy, living on the Riviera, have | formed a new post of the American | Legion at Nice. i Among the fifteen signers of the | application for a charter was Ma- jor-General John Biddle, seven re- tired colonels, - one former mavy | | commander and two retired majors. | Admiral Niblack, U. 8. retired, | and Major-General Omar Bundy are | expected to join. 1 DANCING SATURDAY NIGHT at the RIALTO BALLROOM Admission 50¢ IMPERIAL ORCHESTRA ) Molodrama of the Deep fea rolberm and Kathie, nicce Chaney scored such a distinct tri- ! umph as he does in his new picture, |“London After Midnight” |opens a ~four days' engagement at the Strangd theater on Sunday eve- ning. In this pleture Lon Chaney abandons the fantastic role and plays a natural one that is even more fantastic, as & Scotland yard | detective, ferreting out a mystery amid ghosts in a haunted house, {day, the Strand will present in ed- dition to the feature picture, the | Meniphis Collegians, the South- |land’s greatest contribution to the {vaudeville stage. The twelve.Col- legians offer one of the most ver- satile exhibitions in present day vaudeville. Other acts will include | Lottie Atherton; Dare, Stanley and Helen and Harry L. Cooper with Ed Lawlor & Co. Coming attractions for the |include, George Choos ¢ vaudeville offering, Gown” which comes next Thursday: Adolphe Menjou in “Serenade” and Pola Negri in “The Woman on Trial.” Next Thursday evening the {8trand will present its second *Dis- covery Night” when it will present three extra acts of vaudeville in ad- dition to the regular five act pro- &ram and photoplays, rate PARSONS, HARTFORD “The Student Prince,” which plays an engagement of three days at arsons’ theater, Hartford, by ning Monday evening, January * with the usyal Wednesday matinee, is unique among stage offerings, i that it is both spectacular and pre |story in the engrossing romance of |Prince Karl Franz of Karlsburg as |a student of the University of Hei- of the landlord of the inn where the prince Musante, 79, foynder of one of thelis domiciled. Three of the acts are laid at the University of Heidelberg and the prologue and third acts are taid at the Court of Karlsburg, so naturally there is abundant opportunity for COME! to LYCEUM Great | 5 Blazing Diama and Wondel ynam| 1L OF THE ; i dane Novak in ‘Substitute Wite* Tuesday Nizht Many Beautiful Bicnkets Wil Be ¢ which | | On Monday, Tuesday and Wednes- | Strand | “The Wedding | isents to lovely music a tender love| COME! STARTS TODAY ! and ! INDAY, MONDAY, DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY * CHANEY and spectacular effects and brilliant cos- tuming. There is also ample oppor- }lunlty for brilliant singing and in | this respect nothing musical short of |erand opera has ever approached “The Student Prince.” ! ' THE PALACE A double feature program is again vlanned for the Palace theater on | Sunday and Monday when “Spollers |of the West” with Tim McCoy and “The Slaver” presenting Pat 0'Mal- ley with Carmelita Geraghty. There will also be 2 comedy and some short subjects. | oilers of the West” is said to | be the most perfect American fron- | tier picture ever filmed. The picture |is based on authentic historical data | regarding the Laramie treaty with | Red Cloud, famous Indfan warrior, nd was photographed in the gtate | of Wyoming on the very spot which iran red with white and Indian blood in the carly seventies. “The Siaver” is a Cresent Fen- ture, an adaptation of a story by James Oliver Curwood. The theme | is that of a girl, willful, headstrong, who wants to see life before she marries. In spite of the warnings | and pleas of hor mother Natalie has | her own way—and things happen. St. Mary's Scity | ' Presents “HER SONG” A John B. Rogers Musical Comedy at T. A. B. Hall Monday and Tyesday Jan. 23 and 24th Reservations Sat, Jan. 21 at M. J. Kenney's Oppesite St. Mary's Church You've read about it! You've heard ahout it! Now see you it! COME! the THEATER | Always Two | Features | TUESDAY < of Coney 00 TR LOIS WILSON aad Great Cast Also LADIES® SPECIAL MAT. This Coupon and 10c¢ will admit any lady to mat. best seats, 48 21, 1928, Twice Sunday Night €:30 and 8:15 The screen’s greatest drama! Mon.,, Tues., Continunous 3 Broadway as you have never seen it before—bootleg kings and their gangmen of the underworld—and a brave kid who was willing to give his all—love, happiness and even his life—to protect the good mame of his mother} Thurs.Marion Davies in “Quality Street” FANGS” with Thunder “BIG BOY” ‘SHAMROCK ALLEY” CAPITOL NEWS AESOP’S FABLES STARTING SUNDAY Who killed Roger Balfour? For five years the mystery baffled the keenest of master man-hunters. And then Burke, of Scotland Yard, detective, hypnotist, psychologist, tackled it on a plan of his own, Exciting? You won’t be able to sit, still! Never such a part for Chaney! Never such a breathless drama! You'll simply love it! His Greatest Since ‘Phantom of the Opefi’ TOD BROWNING MARCELINE DAY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY The Sensational Southlaad Entertainers! MEMPHIS COLLEGIANS Presenting a Surprise of 1928! 4 Other Big Acts! Novelties! News!