New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 28, 1928, Page 3

4 STUDENT PRINCE AT CAPTILTHEATER Heidelberg Universiy Romance| Stars Navarro and Shearer ' “The Student Prince”—Ramon | Novarro — Norma Shearer — Ernst | Lubitsch. 1 With such a combination, it would seem, the ultimate had been reached in the possibilities of thc drama of the screen. And to see the huge Metro-Gold- wyn-Mayer triumph, at the Capitol four days beginning Sunday night, is more than a mere entertainment, pping _and enthralling as that | may be. It is a life experience. | The play has thundered down the vears us one of the greatest dramas of the stage. It has been played in cvery land, It classic of classics. It_has helped to make the fame of Mansfleld, Bouciccault and other stars of the footlights. Ramon Novarro, in the role | Richard Mansfleld played, is to the screen what Mansfleld was to the stage, This 18 proved by the almost |other avenues of Jceme #rom"Jhe LONE EAGLE" A UwiEasas e Stor~ing RAYMOND KEANE WEL FRODUCTION LYCEUM — TODAY, SUNDA 1ONE FAGLE AT THE LYCEUM inr Drama Feature Picture : Starts Today Many will no doubt be attracted to fhe Ly m theater today, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, to see th atest of all great air pictures. The management can boast this pic- iure to the greatest extent, for it vas more than welcomed by the atest and largest crowds at the ew York theaters. It's “Wings" only rival. The late war furnished plenty of material for motion picture |stories, but at the same time it has {brought ubout an exactness in pic- itures heretofore unknown, according {to Emory Johnson, who directed the war epic, “The Lone Eagle," starring | /, MONDAY, TUESDAY week's engagement begitfning Jan- uary 30, Pilfering a line from Dexter Ful- lows, the good noise maker for ti Barnum and Bailey circus, Mr. White's bell ringer writes that ihis vear's Scandals is the biggest und greatest revue ever produced ::iy- where, anytime by anybody. s may or may not be a sound, un- biased criticism, coming as it does from a man who is paid to think in superlative terms about Mr. White and his Scandals, usually bat from | accurate | jinformation it is reported that this iedition of the Scandals is truly a Raymond Keane r picture such as | 'he Lone Eagle, explained John- . “every detail must be perfect. 4 |street scene in a French village, for | Harold Bell Wright's Greal;n: of,piace these men whe nave In the United States alone there are | instance, if there is one little thing | - Istamped in their minds, are bound Story Starts Monday close to three million potential mov- | {10 patrons who saw service in France | during the war. When we depict a out of place, these men who have 10 notice it. So it can be easily seen of that this picture is of no little means. One | written 1 the gre ever |played by Raymond Keane and Bar- i American novelist and |bara Kent, two of the younger school Explanation was made that pro- {exemptions of $1,000 which ex-service men are entitled to | ADJUDGED GUILTY assessed which th A comparison of the figures in the | Lstract for and the | ber of automobiles. 465 a Hartford in 1 !of these machin wae $9,1 . perty with a valuation of $1,258,276 is exempt because of a law under each in the valuations hey own. of property prepared by the assessors ng at the office of the town clerk indicates the )in the number of horses in Hartford steady decrease steady increase in the num- For instance, were owned in increasing to 24,- ssessed valuation in the 1926 lst 26,283, while the assessed utomobiles in 1926 927, The valuation in the present list is $9, 105,100, fact thas ‘was mad second-hand cars, machines, and also because of lower |shor. costs in list show assessed in the 1 |cluded, with an assesse | $45,675. Neat. cattle ssessed a decrease caused by the t in the 1927 list inclusion e of an increased number of instead of new many instances, In 1926 the cd 499 horses, with an valuation of $52,750, while 927 list 441 horses are in- d valuation of are given an valuation of $4,650. The main item in the classifica- tion of dwelling: of $1 is 1,287 b d n !the city list at 1,791 aci | ete., the as: 514,200, Idings, the grand list is 14,426 with an assessed valuation 29,549, Next in importance stores, shops, halls, office cte., which have an valuation of $127,919,430. t land, unused, is noted in $7,215,666, covering res. ssed valuation is $2 Machinery, tools, ete., are assessed valuation of $22, For 143 mills, factorics, | © to be the liquor found at Nesle's home was from another source, but prose- cution witnesses failed to identify it as such, iy RECORD BREAKING e | TR Y TRV OLD POP NESLE IS | . : i | Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas 'ellt]'Elght “wons to GOIH' Jan, 28 @ —Opening of international . N {nogotiations loomea today as o pos- | {8 0P Davis Cup This Year sible sequel to the conviction n | colonial supreme court of C. H. |“Pop"” Nesle, former United States Paris, Jan. 28 (—A record- | prohibition agent, found guilty of breaking entry of nations is assured |1eceiving stolen property—part of a ,for the 1928 Davis Cup competition, jrum boat cargo seized by American in which France will defend the |coast guardsmen off the Bahaman |historic tennis trophy for the first [ time, Although formal papers have not vet heen forwarded to Washington, |the total up to the unprecedented it was cpected tha extradition ' mark of 28. This is three more than would be asked for Larry Christen- | the previous record list of 25 chal- |sen, commander of the coast guard |lcngers, first reached in 1926 and boat which made the capture last |repeated again in 1927, when Amer- ptember. Chief Justice Beatty, in [ica met her first defeat in eight charging the jury vesterday, said it vears. had been “almost conelusively prov- | With the lists open until next cd” that Nesle and Christensen were | Tuesday, January 31, cleventh hour {“hand in glove in planning to ap- |challenges may put the total beyond ! propriate the boat's earg |the 80 mark. Canada, which is ex- | Christensen's surrender had been |1ected to play in the American zone, {asked before, but it was understood ; las not yet filed a challenge. !that negotiations were held in abey- | The official draw takes place next ance, awaiting outcome of the Nesic Thursday, February 2, at the Kly- o |sce palace, where President Dou- The last entry, from Cuba, brings levidence proved tho seizure was ner, adls stk British territorial |The leading roles in the picture arc |assessed for $9,545,492. Merchandise M2de Within the British tel limit, Christensen, now understood | ched to the coast guard| The chiet justice told the jury that |mergue will make the first pairing | : tions entered in the teurmament.. Of the challenges so far recelved 23 are in the Europesn and five in the American zone, R United States, China, Japan, Cubs and Mexico. ’ 3 Two South American nstiens, Chile and Argentina, as well as Auws- tralia and the Philippines have filed their challenges in the jzone. Finland and Norway _hjve | filed entries for the first time while Germany, which returned te the i1927 tournament after an absence jof 18 years is again a factor. Other challenges have been flled | by Italy, Greece, Great Britain, Ire- land, Poland, 8witzerland, Hungary, Czecho-Blovakia, Holland, Juge- slavia, Portugal, Belgium, Souta Africa, Spain, Denmark and Aus- tria. : Former Boston “Woman” Is Now an English “Lady” Seven Oaks, England, Jan. ' 28 (UP)Lord Backville died today from heart trouble after ten days' fliness from pneumonia. Lord Sackvillg is succeeded fn the barony by his brother, Major Gener- al 8ir Charles Sactville-West. The new Lady Sackville-West for merly was Mrs. Anne Meredith Bigelow, of Boston, Mass., at one time well known on the stage. ips totaling 72,000 tons we! launched for Canadian Pacific serv. ice during the months of Octobcr 4 November, 1927, | i i has an | than most the most widely of players who have made rapid ad- | Other items in the classified list | °T°°8 &t Fernandina, Fla, had re SHEARER in ‘THE STUDENT PRINCE’ inspired way in which he enacts the | role, Norma Bhearer as Kathie ve Novarro'’s Karl Heinrich “shows w new side to her artistry—a greater | gift of characterization than any- one dreamed. Lubitsch, master di- rector, buflded wisely when he chose these two as the foundation of his great cost. . The wonderfully sweet love story of the prince and the girl in the inn, their love, the happy days In Heidelberg and the tragedy that tollows, are worked out as the same simple story of the stage play—but set n gigantic spectacle; in court ceremonies so huge that they op- press—as they did the young prince in the story. A " There will be two complete show- | itigs on Sunday night at 6:30 and | 8:15 and the shows will run con- fimoously on Monday, Tucsday and Wednesday, School children can see this , tale of student days after ! school for ten cents. | Beginning Thursday an excellent | double feature program will be of- fered, the main attraction being ! Karl Dane and George K. Arthur, {hose funny etars_of “Rookies” wha now a laugh hit in “Baby Mine. he co-feature will present Ed- mund ve in “The Wizard, a chilling, play. AT THE PALACE Red Grange has lost none of the spaed which has characteriged his | sensational gridiron performances, | the reaction of audiences to his | | | U =ens=ational portrayal of Wal- dron, motor maniac in “The Racing llomeo” which will be shown at the | I'alace thealer Sunday and Monday. | |good show, far better | home of “The Galloping Ghost of the Grid- ivon” has taken his role in “The | ltacing Romeo” with character | tie seriousness, and under the guid-, ance of I Lockhart, premier | race track i burns up the| ground in the great speedway race | spectacularly pictured in this tea- | tare, . /The, companion feature will b | Ken Maynard the “Riding Fool” of the western pictures. who will gallop on the screen in “The Red Raider.” “The Red Raider” adapted from | Marlon Jackson's story, “The Whife. Horse . Troop™ provides the dashing * westarn star with an ideai vehicls for his varid talents. The picture is crammed with pulsating drama, high action In riding and fighting and combines to make a superwestern, GEORGE WHITE'S SCANDALS Missing its annual four last sea.- | . som, for the sound and sufficient | reason that the show rounded out | exactly three hundred and sixty-five profitable days on Broadway, George White's Scandals comes to the Shu- bert theater, New Haven, for a e —— _ _ - = "0 PARSONS HARTFORD Fri. Nat—Jan, 20, 's Inémdtable Star wM, Thnes., 2, . . iont Dopalar N icces “STRAIGHT THRU THK DOOR” A Smart Mystery Comedy Seats Now MATINEE SATURDAY Best Seats $1.73 NIGHTS 50c to $2.88 (ine. taz) e S Y JAN. 30-31, FEB. 1. MON., TUES., WED. Mat. Wed. Anna Held, Jr., Presents First of the “Broadway Bound” Plays UICKSAND by Warren F. Lawrence withRobertAmes And A Notable Cast Nz tax: Gich, Eves, ! $1.73; Bal. $1.13; Fam. Ch shows in kind seen here or in New York where they originate. As an indication of the size of this show, the program lists onc hundred and twenty people, num- bers two acts and furnishes the readcr with descriptive matter on fifty scenes. Five baggage cars ai required to haul the scenery; half a hundred stage hands are employ- ed back stage; four cagle-eye men sit In the balcony and bathe the prin- cipals with huge spotlights, to men- tion only the surface items that help to visualize the magnitude of this production. The cast includes Ann Penning- ton, that dainty, dimpled kneed darling, without whom no revue complete, PRIEST ELUDES THOSE WHO ASK HIS ARREST n Bishop Remains in Hiding and Police Are Unable to Locate Him Mexico City, Jan, 28 (P —Mexican police continuing to round up thos suspected of breaking the religion law failed in an attempt to ar Mora, bishop of who has been in hid. mujority of prelates last year, successiully evaded arrest when he slipped out the back door as police raided ‘the Manuel Cortina Rivas in a few miles from Mexico ing since the were reported San Angel, City, The orders for De rest came after police Tette intercepted showing, they claimed. that | the bishop had kept in touch with persons engaged in seditious activi- | tie The bishop’s host and later released. The principal and teachers of the Catholic seminary who were arrest- ed Thursday as well as a fow stu- dents who were detained they were wearing c: the seminary, have The principal, Father Benigno ¥ auivel, and four teachers were fined heavily, was arrested because been rol 1 st your money then re-invest your interest, principal will double itself in as many yvears as the rate of intercst gocs into 72, ana the D CLASSIFIED ADS T RESUL READ NERAL FOR B \ N Come (o the Mag, Orc 20¢ Bal. of American backwoods vancement during thc past year. book having had a reading public The companion feature offers Lea- estimatéd conservatively at 10,000, [trice Joy in “The Angel of Broad- The Shepherd of the Hills,” by |way.” The fourth chapter of the 1d Bell Wright, comes to the “Collegians” will also be shown, rand theater for four days start ing Sunday evening as the main n attraction. All of the beauty, | | i Hartford, Jan. 28. — Based on changes made by the board of as-1 ors, and including deductions of 512,000 made by the board of relief. the completed grand list of Hartford are: Wa, watches, boats $1 { merchants, bonds, notes credits, Raymond *:sln-«(, Berlin, reported the theft of la vacuum cap, tire, tube and it it |from is car while it was parked in | Nesle's home on Cat Cay, a British |the rear of Rogers Recreation huild. |151and. The defense pieaded that the gons, carriages, ete, jewelry, ,320; ete., $133,655; | libraries, furniture, ete., 3].’!&0,103,‘ 54,200; excess of credits of and other other taxable 00; all ‘ property, $5,160, Matson of Hudson rim ing on Church street last night. Rudolph Brown of 156 Columbia |N¢8ress, servant of J. R. Clark, Mi- -|a street reported to the police yest day the theft of his bicycle from | Main street, Cyril Luddy of 312 |street reported to the evening the theft of a blanket and | pillow out of his car, South police Main which w last | vorted the capture made five miles | from British waters. Coast guard -officers in Washing- | [on last night were quoted as say- | ing they believed Christensen en- tirely blameless in the affair. In yesterday's trial, charges of ceny against Nesle were dismissed and his sentence for receiving stolen roperty was announced as one year. | [ beginning with his original arrest, |shortly after the capture of the rum ! cargo, The lquor involved, exhibited in | ; Now—Starting ,_.AN D LINDBERGH, _ All Three Created Air Thril NDAY, MONDAY, TUES| and BYRD! ; Today—Now DAY CHAMBERLIN : Is 2s Shown in This Pietus: {the trial as evidence, was found in quor was stolen hy Mary De Var CARL LAEMMLE mi, owner of the island. Defensec evidence also attempted to show that | Second Church of Christ, Scientist Hartford, Connecticut He Laughed at [screen by the master hand of the motion picture produccr in all its stark reality and vividness. The | cast includes o1 i |ent by the Strand orchestra. On { Mond: it will be shown together with a udeville bill of five acts lincluding the Demar Lester com- | O'Neill. | Coming attr include the extravaganza, able Wu" with the color, the action and the ‘“‘HARTF"R[]S [iRANl] mendous climaxes of the famous | book have been wrought for the | LIST IS E"MPLETE | A ranc s ana Matnew |Shows Tax Increase Which Betz. “The Shepherd of the Hrlls"} 0W§ ented Sunday evening A samm I musical accompani- mounts to $340, v with a bevy of beautiful girls jin “ udeville Bound Tom and I#ay Romaine; Mi nd Marlin; Gaudsmith Brothers; Clarkson and actions at the Strand vaudeville a company of Chinese Kramer and Boyle and the 8. an orchestra; Emil Janning ast Command.” sta us of July 1, 1927, aggregates $3564,- el lation | PAarked on Main street near the John 549,27 according to a tabulation !-\' N hrans Friday at the office of the as- | The final figure of the as- | = Countess Gets Title | From Osage Indians ! excluding the deductions of | Jan. 'ihe ard of relief, is $354,361,273, | lin comparison with a grand list of | Countess Hillyar de Caen of Orlean: France, who won the hearts of 0 in the preceding year, | thousands of doughboys for whom | made | sess gain of more than $15,500,000. » farm list shows a decreasc. Announces Free Lecture on By Paul A, Harsch €. §. B, of Teledo, Ohio | La Mora's ar- socks inside | fPor this list, the final figure for 1927 lis $431,¥90, in comparison with a total of $433,514 in the preceding PARSONS'—HARTFORD “Quicksand,” the first of the popu- lar priced B dway-bound plays y Ithat comes to Parsons’ next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, litial performance ear. Using the presfent tax rate of 20 + had its in-{pgyps, the increase in the grand list the Shubert jpgicates an increase of about $310.- liheater, New H Thursday nigb! |00 gy the amount to be received in lof this week, TIn tommenting on the [axes assessed on the new list, pay- | (performance, the reviewer of the laple jn July, 1928, sw Haven Journal-Courier said: | Tt o) Maiivve tor nune | ‘Quicksand')” a threc-act drama | qreds of property owners to file lists | by Robert Ames opened Jast night at {of their holdings within the time the Shubert theater with a splendid 'Jimit preseribe addition of cust headed by Robert Ames and |5y 653 was made to the grand list, Anne Forrest. Anna Held, Jr.lug g penalty, For each case of de- | daughter of a famous mother, has 'linquency, 10 per cent Was awe u 10 | done well with her sccond play and (e assessed valuation. In regard {1l things point to her ultimate suc- o the 1926 list, this addition lcoss among the younger Broadway ' amounted to $2,740,000. Iproducers. One tense moment fol lows anothe orhing play SATURDAY NIGHT at the RIALTO BALLROOM Admission 50c. t [ REAVERS DROWN BULL | Republ Kas, Jan. 28, (2» { Beave ned by George Perk- + drowning of a valuable nd bull in the Republican viver. Mr. Porkins, owner of the animal, gaid that the beavers unde; mined Jand on his farm, close to the river which eaved in un- der the animal, | | ST P H ‘The bubonic plague, black death, | Which swept Europe in 1348, caused the gr t loss of life ever traced | nanls, PERIAL ORCH. e n the Astor Theater, N. Y. at $2.00! The Romance of 1001 Thrills! CAFPITOL Sunday Night B MON. TUES. WED. Ramon Novarro Norma Shearer Student days—carefroe, footloose—replete with 1ife and laughter Golden days when Youth—glorious youth — binds Prince to peasant maid with the honds of lovel Ramon Novarro and Norma Shearer bring the mad, glad hours of first love back to us in this beautiful picturiza- tion of the famous play. Capitol News Aesop’s Fables “Live News Original Score of “The Student Prince” with Song Hits F ured By W. S. JEFFS at the Robert Morton Organlogue—“Opera Singers Wanted” KARL DANE and GEORGE K. ARTHUR Who Made You Laugh in “Rookies” Now & Hit in “BABY MINE” EDMUND LOWE in “THE WIZARD” Coming—Greta Garbo in “The Divine Woman” she sang while they were in the A. E. W, no whas a title of Ameri- can “nol The of *“Mu-! “the who gr and a ris bility. wealthy hi-ki-he-ka; reat lady. ch-hued blanket, Ozage Indians nd»‘ mitted her to membership in their fribe and confarred on her the title which means The countess, is touring the United States, also received .an Indian head-dress Member of the board of lectureship of the mother chureh, the First Chureh of Christ, Heleatist, in Boston, Mawsachusetty To be delivered in Foot Guard Armory, 165 High Street, Hartford, Conn. Tuesduy evening, Jamuary 31, 19%8; at eight-itteen’ o'clock The public is cordially Invited to attend 4 DAYS STARTING SUNDAY 10,000,000 READERS CANT BE WRONG WHEN THEY SAY It Is the Most ALEC FRANCIS JOHN BOLES MATTHEW BETZ TOM & RAY ROMAINE “Just Eighteen Minutes” Beautiful Story Ever Told i MILLARD & MARL “College Capers” Vaudeville's DEMAR and Girl Snappiest Extravi & LESTER in “Vaudeville Bound” aganza! CO0. GAUDSMITH BROTHERS *Rollicking Gents” CLARKSON and O'NEILL CO. “Original Jesters” th RAYMON D ARLEANVSL BARBAR AN ALNT A £ W™ wi 'CHAPTER NO. 4—“COLLEG CO-FEATURE LEATRICE JOY “THE ANGEL OF BROADWAY” LADIES’ SPECIAL MATINEE This Coupon and 10¢ will admit a Iady to mat. best seats. RED GRANGE if RACIN' ROMEO ——TODAY — CLARA BOW in “GET YOUR MAN" “THE DESERT OF THE LOST” and VAUDEVILLE SHUBERT e e ] One Whole Week Com. Mon., Jan. THE GREATEST AND BiGGEST REVUE EVER PRODUCED ANYWHERE, ANYTIME, BY ANYONE ' Original Cast: Ann Pennington Willie & Eugene Howard i Harry Richman Tom Patricola ! Buster West & John West NEW g Frances Williams Williams Sisters Rose Perfect Direct From One Solid Year in New York 75--BEAUTIFUL GIRLS--75 AND THE GEORGE WHITE BALLET Boston and New Haven the only two cities in New Engiand playing this attraction. Eves. Orch. $1.03; Bal. $3.45, $2.38, $2.30. Reservod Gollery, $1.73. Matinces Wednesday and Saturday—Orch. §3.08; Bal, $1.73. Rewervod Gallery, $1.73. 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