New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 31, 1928, Page 11

Ill "W"“I“!“ l"" ) Unless otherwise indicated, theatrical notices and reviews in tals column are written by press agencies for the respective amusement company. il TO3 ulm.. AT THE CAPITOL Ramon Novarro and Norma motion picture casts and one that| SheardF are starred in “The Student contains many “big” names. has| prince,” a film version of that fam- been brought together for “Beau| ous stage show, and now the featur- Geste,” Paramount's most Iimpor-|ed movie attraction at the Capitol tant ecreen undertaking WhICh | today and Wednesday. comes 1o the Palace on Wednesdays| “The Student Prince” 1s a delight- 2old hat oF \"&"‘m‘l’ :: “Beaw,” the | (Ul romance of Old Heidelberg, 4 de- cldeat of tho three young brother (UEMIU! love story that everyone will English aristocrats who sacrifice all | Ve for each other, Neil Hamilton is the| Beginning Thursday the program second brother, “Digby.” and Ralph | changes and offers a great double Forbes, playing his first screcn role| feature program Teaded by thosc KOUSSEVITZKY'S REMARKABLE |very f\mny and bacame famous. for SEAS 5. BEAU GESTE AT PALACE. One of the most carefully selected January Clearance eclals For A | their parts in “Hookie The Boston Symphony orchestra,< This time they are back together = is experiencing the most remarkable | in the film story of the noted farce | You see Mayor “Bossy” Gillis of Newburyport, Mass., in the center of this growp. He is re- seasop of its career, under the lead- | comedy “Baby Mine” and they are|ceiving the New York reporters. If the pose seems a bit unconventional—well, the photo was e nes ership of Koussevitzky, who is on|said to be funnier than ever. The | ¢oyen %490 0%lock in the morning, and “Bossy” is no early riser. Also, he had been up much of the night before “doing” Broadway. R ‘his fourth season with the orchestra. Mr. Koussevitzky is a magnetic per- sonality, and- his rcadings of the master works are of the very high- est type, he having been styled “a virtuoso conductor.” He is the busiest conducior we know of, leading upwards of a hundred con- certs with the Boston Symphony or- | chestra, having rendgred double bass molos at a concert in Boston for a fund for incapacitated Russian musi- cians, and in the summer conducts his series of “Concerts Koussevitz- ky” in Paris, and acting as guest| conductor in a series of Sir Henry Wood's orchestra in London, to- gether with reading and looking up | new compositions to be produced | in the way of novelties. This surely is strenuous enough with the amount of traveling to be done with the or- chestra. A fine program is promised for the Hartford concert, one that can be enjoyed by all classes of music lovers, the symphony being Beethoven's 7th, in A major, which | s considered one of the most im- portant of the great master. Byrd Lectures Here On February Fifth Leglonnaires of New Britain will welcome to this city next Sunday one of the most celebrated Legionnaires in the gountry, the aviator-explorer, Commander Richard E. Byrd, who first flew to the North Pole, who | crossed the Atlantic by air and who is now on his final tour before at- tempting an alr trip to the South Pole. He will lecture and show thou- sands of feet of motion pictures in what promises to be one of the greatest local moclal events of the winter, Duncan lluw is general chairman of the committes arranging for Com- mander Byrd's visit here and he has anmounced the program of the fa- mous alrman’s talk. It will be on “The Atlantic and Other Flights,” and will deal primarily with the lecturer's own Interesting comments on his trip to the North Pole with ¥loyd Bennett, his dash across the | ocean in the America and his prep- arations for an attempt to reach the South Pole. Commander Byrd has been de- scribed as a charming speaker whose words are niade more forceful be- cause of the extreme modesty of the man. He has sald so little about him- self that it is not generally known | he was in charge of navigation ar- rangements for thq N-C plane flight across the Atlantic, the first suc- cessful transoceanic flight completed 1919, In 1925 he went to the ¢ in charge of the navy planes used in the MacMillan expedition and through that work he gained the knowledge which enabled him to make his successful trip the follow- ing year. ‘The public does mnot generally know the facts of the private life of the coming speaker. He comes from one of the long-distinguished families of Virginla and his brother 1s now the governor of that state. The entire membership of the local Legion post is behind the move to Il the Btrand theater for Com.- | mander Byrd's lecture and his thrill- ing motion pictures next Sunday and | several enthusiastic meectings have | been held to discuss the aviator's coning. E. K. Burr at the Globe | Clothing Company is in charge of the | ticket sale. . 0. 8. W. V, CARD TOUURNAMENT A. G. Hammond Camp, United Bpanish War Veterans, will hold a regular meeting in the camp meet- ing room at the state armory to- morrow night at 8 o’clock. Hadsell Camp of Bristol will attend this meeting and the two camps will play setback. This will be the fifth game of the setback tournament, the two camps have played during | the winter. Hammond Camp is five points ahead of Hadsell Camp. The tournament will end in March, VATICAN IS MOTORIZED Rome, Jan. 31 UP—Transportation | at the Vatican, including the Apos- tolic Palace, the grounds and gar- dens and other Vatican holdings, has been motorized. All horse-drawn ve- hicles have been replaced by smart cars, of both Europecan and Ameri- can manufacture. PARSONS HARTFORD JAN. 30-31, FEB. 1. MON., TUES., WED. Mat. Wed. Anna Held, Jr., Presents First of the “Broadway Bound” Plays QUICKSAND by Warren F. Lawrence withRoberfAmes And A Notable Cast WIS ATIRACTION 29 * takiawe = Deat Scals g Prices ncluding tax: Urch. Eves. $1.98; Bal. $1.15; Fam. Cir. 75c. Seats Jan. 20.. By Mai#l NOW. about | co-feature will offer Edmund Lowe in *The Wizard,” a chilling, thrilling, mystery play, and a tale of a maniac | who trained a large ape to commit| |a crime for revenge. Edmund Lowe is cast as a detective. Beginning Sunday night the Capi-| [tol will offer Greta Garbo in “The Divine Woman” with Lars Hanson. AT THE LYCEUM \ If you have not yet scen the Ly- |ceum’s show for the first part Of [the week and you want to sce a| |fine photoplay bill, see {t! The main | attraction offers the greatest air| pleture ever before produced. It's| |the great air picture, “The Lone | Eagle,” starring Robert Keane and | {Barbara Kent. The companion fea- ture offers Leatrice Joy in “The, Angel of Broadway. The fourth |chapter of the “Colleglans” s also |shown. | | Wednesday night fs * “Blanket |Night,” when the real and only | woolen blankets are given awa each and every weck to lucky pa- jtrons. The two plctures starting |this Wednesday are “The Cheer | Leader” and “A Woman Agalnst the World,” two very entertaining pic- tures well worth secing. Theater Reviews of Current Offerings | ANNA_HELD, JR., | Prosents By F. LAWRENCE with ROBERT AMES Cast of Char | Mary Epgncer | Mra. Morse Doctor Shaw Chuey, Clayton Robert Clayton John Austen . Parker, Austen's | Roger ‘&pencer . Tony Angelo . lnounr William: Policeman WARREN ty Utmore ewer) Warren F. Lawrence, in writing i"Qu!clisand." has used for his basic theme a series of incidents in two | |lives which reaches a point pro- verbially referred to as the “irony of fate” and has produced a mtlo- drama which is decidedly interes in the face of structural ment, it may survive the strenuous | competition of the present day theater eituation. It is the current |attraction at Parsons' theater, Hart- ford. i Robert Clayton, a young lawyer, | finds on his hands a male client who s charged with murder. He takes the case at the instance of the alleged slayer's wife convinces | {the jury that the man is innocent. | But his victory is ashes in his mouth | because he has fallen in love with the young woman hut more because | |he discovers that his client, y before, was responsible for the| | greatest bitterness of his life. { |” Robert Ames, formerly of Hart- | ford, appears in the role of the la |yer and adds a new plume to | growing collection. Anne Forest, |the woman in the case, interpre |her character faultlessly lest 1s an engaging actr fistron: personal appeal exactly suited to her Scth Arnold came very {ing the show from the princip: | Dr. Shaw. His laconic, choppe reading of his lines, provided lamusement which acted as a leven [in an otherwise serious drama. To say it in a fow words, the entir cast assisted pleasingly in a produc- {tion which was warmly reccived. But the ghost of the pla |rangement will insist on coming | back to spoil the banquet. The first lact is an episodic structure, pre- | sented in four scenes, none of which {is very long. It is difficult for an audience to retain its continued in- terest and the waits during which scene shifters enthusiastically lash |the sets together are distracting. A |rebuilt first act will go far toward making the play more intensively nating. “Quicksand” will be repeated to- |night and tomorrow night with a matinee tomorrow. | FORTH HEARING Tho case of Paul Papenforth of |this city, charged with having as- |saulted William Williams, an elderly {man, of Newington center, will come up before Justice Barrows in the | Newington court tomorrow evening. Papenforth was arrested early Mon- day on a warrant issued by the New- | lington authorities on complaint of | | Williams. ‘Washington, Jan. 31 (UP)—Har- | ry Brooks, pilot of the Ford “flivver | plane” left from Bolling field at 8:55 | a. m. today on a non-stop flight to Detroft. Brooks had been snow-bound here “|for the past three days after falling in an attempted non-stop flight from | Detroit to Miami, Fla. Brooks hoped to cover the di: {tance to Detroit in six hours. “QUICKSAND" | ing. ’X(‘y had entered with 3 With a certain amount of rcarrange- | (GILLIS GETS RAZZ BY MAYOR ¥ WALKER New Ymk's Chigf Executive| Laughs “Bossy” Out of Office | New York, Jan. 31 UP—Mayor “Bossy” Gillis who has brought much publicity to his home town | of Newburyport, Mass, was home- ward bound tod combat to wisceracks with Mayor James J. Walker. “Bossy” had called at City Ihll! to pay lis respects. | York's mavor, champion, kept his opponent ner- vously awaiting his arrival, then took the offensive from the start. “Do T observe yo! rtourage” Mayor Walker inquired, referring to | the halt a hundred reporters and | | photographers. “Bos countered it we * continued Mayor Walker, The Newhuryport mayor didn't even couater, “You lu\m\ Mr. Curley who used to be mayor of Boston and who will be mayor again?" queried Walker, obviously feinting for another open- Former Mayor James M. Cur- and acted as unoffi “Sure,” countered “Bossy body knows that up my way. 't your last dollar.” \"" at this point, momentar- | ily took the offensive. “Yesterday be sparred casuaily, “while T was in | my tub at t otel Mayor Diver of | Malden, Mass, ca upon me." Walker, seizing the opening, tried over a knockoat. “Ah,” le Wking a bath, ch. Now we | know what brought you to New * sensing defeat, final lunge. ‘Where,” he said, Grover Whalen?” “Grover Whalen,” came Jimmy, “is alway ere to welcome but you're one of the in a fast one, alker “an l throw those thousands of men out of work victo JAPITOL/ TODAY and WED. COME! Sce this Romance most delightfal? “The STl.‘DENTv PRINCE’ with RAMON NOVARRO NORMA SHEARER THURS,—FRL—SAT. 2—GREAT FEATURES—3 Here are the Funny Stars of big laugl KAQL GEORGEK. DANE _ARTHUR, Iirilling. Chilling Mystery. GRETA GARBO in “THE DIVINE WOMAN" like a ring! with a grin. | | “Surrounded by your prosclytes, as made a | “is | back | he put over the one that | won the bout. Adam Zuck, aged 85, of 114 Put- "! den ! think we'll finlsh New |nam street, stepped off the sidewalk d, “until we annex and struck a crate which was hang- \c\\ burynort ol |ing over the end of a truck owned And “Bossy” Gillis departed for | by A. D. Lipman and driven by |the old home town where there is Myer T no Jiramy Walker to crab his style. Longer Working Hours At Parker Shirt Plant The Parker Shirt Co. has Cronxfld its working hours and th in-| < 0f 525 Main street, yes- | terday emont and North | | streets. v .uilvred scratches about | !he face. Officer Walter Malone re- ported no cause for police action, MEET HOLYOKE TEAM The “¥' wrestling team is sched- | plant is now operating until 6 p. m. | uled to meet Holyoke in the latter | dof 5 p. m, it was announced\tl!y this Saturday. today, | The Corbin Screw factory, [the working hours last defeated in a |Which some departments increased | week, has | Plete its team, namely 126 pounds, | Matches with | | Springfield college and Yale Fresh- fn|man are pending. The “Y" team | lacks only three weights to com- | added other departments to the new | 175 pounds and heavywelght. In schedule. ON POLICE BLOTTER. Constance Dolongoroski of 84 IBroad street complained to Officer | William O’Mara that four panes of glass were broken In a door by men who congregate in the hallway at night. Empty bottles have been [found in the hallway, according to !the complaint. Ernest Davis of 100 Chestnut |street reported to the police yester- day the theft of his bicycle from bis yard last Saturday. | Frank Rozanski of 212 Curtls street reported to Officer Willam |0'Mara yesterday that his home was | |entered and a gold watch and e \pncket Xknife stolen, vor W .\ll\cr ‘Wed. Night “Blanket Night” LYC \ Last Times Tonight | | Crowley and Nimro the “Y" depends {upon its 118 class, Casalengo-Coval- | ski are in 135 pound class, David !and Aldrich in the 147 pound class, | Baldarsari and Canzellanirni in Ihc 160 pound class. STEALS JAIL LOCK Buffalo, Jan, $1—Police quarters of this city Is liked so well that prisoners often take away souvenirs of their temporary resi- dence. The latest souvenir to find its way out of the prison walls is the lock from the cell door of one of the prisoners. He removed the lock | |before he was taken to court, ar- rnignod and liberated. York, Pa., served as the clpltll of the United States in 1777, Fri. Night “Amateurs” EUM| WEDS.—THURS.—FRL— “THE LONE EAGLE” Starring { Robert Keane amd great cast, RALPH GRAVES “THE CHEER LEADER” Co-Feature | “THE ANGEL OF ‘ BROADWAY” | \d them with the smile of | “A Woman Against The World” with Harrison Ford and Groat Cast. LADIES' SPECIAL MATINEE This coupon and 10c. will admit a lady to matines best scata BOSTON SYMPHONY NEXT SUNDAY At Capitol Theater, Hartford-3 o’clock KOUSSEVITZKY CONDUCTOR The finest form of music is the Symphony. Ticket sale at M " Music Store. $3 plus tax. Excellent locations may he secured. Tickets may be also sccured at Mc- Prices (.o) s New Brflam Store, 246 Main street. TONIGHT “Blanket 'thhl" —PALACE— TOMORROW Meclodrama Tinged and Colored by the Finest art Motion Picture| Has Yet Revealed “BEAU GESTE" A Joyous Vi mlcdlle (lrnh'lll Variety! Music! DeMar & l.ester Their Be.llllhll Girls Comedy? Presenting “Vaudeville Bound” TONIGHT “Blanket Night” TONIGHT ‘THE SHEIK OF THE MOJAVE’ —Al0— “SALLY IN OUR ALLEY” with Ronald Colman, Alice Joyce, Noah Beery and Others. head IT WEBB'S ENTERTAINERS In a Gorgeous ENSEMBLE POLA NEGRI A Woman on Trial EXTRA 1! CARDO & KNOIA, Songs De Luxec” PURDY 1 & FAIN Tom ROMAINE “What 18 Minates Can Do.” Thursday Night 8-ACTS-8 THREE *“DISCOVERIES” Reserve loges Now | RECKLESS RECKLAW Ray Third Floor Women’s and Misses’ SPORT and DRESSY COATS g Values to $25 Girls’ Coats Three Special Lots 83_36_3 FINAL CLEARANCE PRICES SILK and WOOL DRESSES Values to $15 Women’s and Misses’ COATS Special Lot— Millinery Two Special Lots 50c =d *1.00 FINAL CLEARANCE PRICES All Our Silk Slips FINAL CLEARANCE PRICES 50c-1.00-:2.00-:3.00 All Our Silk Underwear FINAL CLEARANCE PRICES *1.00-'2.00-3.00-4.00 “Virginia Lee’’ Silk Hosiery First Qua.llty-—Full Fashion Regular $2.00 Grade MAIN FLOOR