New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 26, 1928, Page 9

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1928. THE DRAG NET 1§ AT THE CAPITOL George Bancrolt Is Starred in Underworld Melodrama Machine guus chatter fiercely as sworn enemigs meet in bitter con- flict in “The Drag Net,” the mount pictur ing at the Sunday n Bancroft ix sty voltage melodrama of the fight to the death between police and an organized band of murderous hi- jackers. Recalling Banerolt’s performar n “Underworld” and “The Show Down™ it was casy 1o expeet a virile and exciting vehicle of nenter- tainment in “The Drag Net.” It has all the thrilling qualitics which made “Unc " such a tre- mendous suc 1 all of the tensc drama of “The Down.” In addition ther: itrain of pathos | and an unusual thread of roman W .ich e entitle : Drag N to be classed as a really great pic- | t H The picture deals with the under- world theme but attacks the proh- lem from the standpoint of the men | who defend society with their lives, Tiancroft takes the part of a detec tive lieutenant who doesn't know the nieaning of fear. He is given o ders to clean out the gang of crooks who have been making law and order a mockery in a tou striet of the city. rort is superh i acterization of the detec ant and Evelyn Birent gives o wone derful performance as the girl who admirves sivength above all other tics. William Towell gives one “is usual masterly performances as the underworld gung and Vred | ceptionally convincing | K. one of the gang Leelic Ienton dias one of the best roles in the pic- ture as Shakespeare, the literary deteciive and plays it perfectly. There will he two complete shows Sunday evening ut 6:30 and 8:15 and on Monday, Tuesday amd Wed- nesday the shows will he tinu- On Thursday the managen nt great double featur as the atiraction “Hangman's Mouse™ with Victor Me- Jaglen featurcd, It Byrne's fascinating novel of Ircland | and a story of r. horses, pretty | colleens, and abiding lov. | The Co-feature will offer Aileen Pringle and Lew Cody in “Wick uess Preferred,” a farce comedy. his char- ve lieuten- show main is from Don | Tom Mix at Palace Starting Sunday Night Tom Mix and Tany appoar ut eir wstoin latest thrilling western pic- ire. “The Horseman of the Plains delightful live story colored ¥ exciting e which | opens at the Palace theater on Sun- lay night and continuing to Monday night, | Tom Mix gives one of the finest rformances of his ¢ his pres- ence in Triggertown for the Derby is the sigial for the combined eof- forts of his encmics to rid the town | of their only real competitor. ‘Triggertown Derby is which every means of convey known to the west is used. | Aside from the heautiful scenery, “Iorseman of the Plains” is one of the most gripping westerns cver shown on the screen. The cast one of the finest ever assembled. Sally Blane plays opposite the star. Heinfe Conklin, Lew Harvey, Grace Marvin and Willlam Ryno, he companion feature Wil off) “The Broken Mask” with Barbar Bedford, Cullen Landis, William Mong, Wheeler Oakman and Jame Marcus. o'clock £ GEORGE BANCROFT, WILLIAM POWELL AND EVELYN BRENT IN THE PARAMOUNT PICTURE “THE DRAG NET” AT THE CAPITOL — SU O Wi ENDS PRACTICR ing teams in the City Base 1 hold ¥ bl ¢ ¥ 9 " Britdin’s favorite tenor, Andrew \ & A Passo, who will sing a seric i Americin love songs including | e . SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUE! Willow Tirook park BIG SCREEN HIT AT THE STRAND “Ramona” Opens at Strand— ORES DEL | I ity |-t WA | | tion to until a woman oxercised her on the i womian b oother never waivercd The whole country iy singing, | U0 whistling and playing the sensational | Wilt song hit inspired by the great picture | Was Lola, who every way to | " which will open a four | Win A man's leve found the way gement at the Strand Sun- 10 Win David Stecle, he wils PR sure that he An added feature with ward in Mary, wa Sunday evening will be turn to home port jance for one evening only 1or 1o wind- itself ‘ g@fi?fis’% e e AMONG THEMSELVES d Conley Revue in - “Syncopation and Steps;” Mantilla Trio in “Bits of SUNDAY: MONUAT: WMRERY |Yerw ward Seoon Muroels s Thetey of Buolution | and Company in “The Squir ‘ I nd management also an- it it will present a copy | the song, “Ramona” to the first adies who purchase tickets Monday matinee. Up Again (BY ISRALL KLEIN) (Science Vditor, NEA Service) New York, May 26— Evolution Lagain has from the ¢ o 18 recent only to get into the path nother, ani more serious | trary, it threatens to disrupt the I ranks of science itself. “The Scarlet Dove” Also Fea- | oe'"sx"oor 00 born, president of the i tured, Starting Today ; rting today for four days the ceum theater has a promising double feature photoplay program that will by far beat cverything in perhaps RESERVE FORC n attraction offers “Stormy zlon, May The suggested by the Jack Lon- of an enlisted veserve army doh story “Yellow Handkerchief,” | b ngth of 70,000 men to be starring Malcolm McGregor, Eve | for instant call in case of an Southern, Roy Stewart, Shirley | By is proposed ina bill intro- | Palmer, Olin Francis and many other by Rtepresentative Wain- |noted artists. A power drama of DOLORES DEL RIO in*RAMONA" .\'l}:l).\Y‘ EVENING Itheory, held since the days of Dar- | man came off the tree. | | dared Jceept- | man, Ac- | from an wndent of than a mil- g trom pirtly tre rhoreal), partly ground- 1 hi pri- » kind known as ot their nearer n than to the! i lemurs,” | ancestral | brond and separated, thumb well veloped, with | = power; the of the | stral foot contrary, was slightly Thus in the hand and foot these pro- mthropoids were adapted | o ground progr 1on. Neither hand nor foog was so pectalized tor oxtrer 1boreal an early poser of the hand and carly bipedal and eursorial power of the limbs and feet “Similarly, the vro-human conserved the o Her primates. This is parated hoth 1o tree and be disabled for brain ertness of all fonary and dar- estahlished NDAY NIGHT and 8:30 | some carly Wwin. (hat both man and ape came | from the same trunk of “primates” | h and merely branched off into two | a dircctions—one class remaining on | h trees, while the other took to the | zround, Prof. William K. ¢ of the American ural History and a close friend Dr. Oshorn, s one of the leading | exponents of the carlier theory ’ “I'rofessor Oshorp's / says, “relate only chapters in th discover 10 the clos- | Listory of man. nee 1916 1 have defended the view that s an offshoot of mher of the anthro- | pold stock and that his nearest ex- | isting relatives arc the chimpan- E nd the gorilla. 1 prefer not to quibble whout whether the long- | . tree-living pri- o with 1 nd and fe ned as : note an- | P P jc o « I t snouted, lon n or. should called by som than monkey terres- to my hiatin (hraneh-swin "oy nearer on th panzee than dway ha mind, 10 Lomo sapiens, . hut without the extreme ahory spe- | cializations of the orang.” { el by most of the 1t evolutionists of the world, il Oshor Gregory s | Umost alone in his the hodily fo ~ which the man theo rather than contrast “locomotor oreans,” says Kk to compare as in the Oshorn e sees lifferences in the mbryonic pecially of th foot adult structure, es- human h, and “These prenatal locomotor or- giuns says Oshorr ford evi- il of aboreal antecedent ptation far to the highly specialized brachiating or finb-swinging ind limb-grasping foot of the thropoid apes.” In other words meestor, far from co © to the ground. to remain creet adapted himself to the tree for de- ‘nsive purposes, long hefore the e when the Darwinists beliove | stages short and gory, also|*lage do they give any evidence of Muscum of Nat- | the clongated hook-like form chars of | acteristic of the anthropold apes. .. | vation “The developing human bhand,” e says, “does not appear to lend ny support 1o the ape-theory of uman descent. From the earliest observed, the fingers are “preading and at ne No one watching the marvelous ibility and the lightning inner- of the fingers of a great janist like Paderewski or Horo- Witz, in which cach finger and each int move independently of every ther. can conceive of the descent of the wonderful adult human und from the hrachiating type of he ape.” NEW CONN Kovno, Lithuania, M. 5 4 ©W constitution for Lithuania was roclaimed today. Its provisions in- cluded ction of 4 president for a term seven yea Election of parliamient f five years, for a term Turkey is considering an cxtensive auto highway program. CAPITOL PARK “The Hagpiness Center” Official Opening Tonight and Tomorrow ATTRACTIONS, SPECIAL NEW RIDES, FEATURES Admission to Park Sat. Night and Sunday and Night FREE TONIGHT DANCINC IREWORKS, ENTERTAINMENT Special Opening Days and Entire Week Following O'Dars Kiddie Circus Follow the Crowd STARTS TODAY AND SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY 2 BIG PICTURES MON.—TUES.—WED. Contiiuous One of the Great Entertainment Treats of 1928! HETRS WAS A DESPERATE ROMANC He was Nolan, Licut. of Detectives, sworn enemy of Gangland— She was “The Magpie,” beautiful queen of the Underworld, yet he CAPITOL PARK Capitol Purk has its official open- | ssms afternoon new candidates wishing ry out M. republican, N York, & soulsand scas in tempest. 1t tells the story of two brothers whose devo- | 112 tonight and tomorrov and night und the big amusement park on Wethersfield Avenue, Hart- ford has prepared an claborate en- tertainment for this occasion. To- | mizht, ‘ireworks, froe dancing, | eoncerts and tree acis HI]L he the hill of fare and tomorrow afternoon and night concerts and fre < will L put on. rons new features | have heen s oy the park man- ment couson and it is s to predict that a capacity ance will throng the gates on the opening days and go happy. | The entive decorated and vides an attractive exe. Al the old operation A and pro- icture to the vides will be sell as some new ones. BOTH MACHINES DAMAGED Antoriohil driven by rank Makoski of 1 Concord street and Trank Buchicre of 96 Winter sireet collideq Tast evening at 7:05 o'clock at Troud and High st imaging hoth machines. Supernumerary Of- ficer William Sullivan reported that | Buchicre was driving north on High | strect and Makoski was driving wost on Broad street when the cars col- lided. { \ . Maguire siolst of the sistine Choir, o be given at .MT A& B. HALL Tuesday Evening MAY 29TH AT 8:15 Admission free, but a collection will be taken to endow a school of volce culture for poor children xreatest dramat N. Y. Evening with the Ststine wonde 1 fmpression, the whole audiince At the pisno. 4 il of I piana uscd in this recital from dohn A. Andrews & Co.. Inc. New ain's Favorite Tenor ANDREW BASSO SING “RAMONA™ ON SUNDAY EVENI ONLY FREE! I love you! “—1 press you, caress you and bless the day you taught me [ to care! Romance that will live in your heart! Incomparable DELORES DEL RIO “RAMONA” Helen Hunt Jackson’s American Love Classic! TWO SHOWS SUNDAY—6:30, 8:30 JNDAY PRICES—1j¢, 30c, 40c MANTILEA TRIO “Variety” HARVEY & CONLEY REVUE “Syncopation and Steps” SELECT JAS. KENNEDY MARCELLE and Partner A Copy of the Song “RAMONA" Will Be Presented to the First 50 Ladies Who Purchase Tickets Monday Afternoon. loved her—and she was mad about him! Acsop’s Tables—Bill Jef's Organlogine—Comedics—Capitol News . THURS.—FRI.—SAT. VICTOR McLAGLEN AILEEN PRINGLE in Don Byrne's Novel of Ireland d “_":2"‘ “HANGMAN'S HOUSE" WICKEDNESS PREFERRED COMING SOON TO THRILL YOU — “BEAU SABREUR" With Malcolm McGregor i From Hell— Eve Southern Who ~Held Mon's Souls Captive to Her Woman's Will, Lowell Sherman Margaret Livingston SPECIAL MAT. This Coupon and 10c will admit a lady to mat. best seat. Always 3 Feature Shows Including Comedies and Other s PALACE TTOPAY oMLY - Gladys Brockwell, Gaston Glase Vaudeville Revue TP —in - Fine Entertainment ' “My Home Town” Co-Feature BUDDY ROOSEVELT fa “THE COWBOY CAVALIER" “HORSEMAN 0! Co-Feature BARBARA BEDFORD fa “THE BROKEN MASK"