New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 12, 1929, Page 9

" Beginning Sun, Jash.” the newest Fox #which Victor McLaglen is vl] bring to the screen of heater Sunday, ‘Mon- ayj Tucsdgy and Wednesday a ro. mantic drama in which the Captain Flagg of '“What Price Glory?" gives another characterization easi- ly comparable to-that of the hard- hoiled officer in Fox's noted war picture, McLaglen has .the title role "(\u-mu? ash* He is to be seen. as the fifth engineer,of an ocean hiner, 8 hard-holled seaman whose sobriquét comes from the fgct that he drives his stokers with a figu tive whip. - OF an element type who yet has shrewd intelligence, he 13 drawn into net of intebnational mystery iy which the leading fig- ure is & #irl of great beauly. Acustomed to women f an en- tirely different kind, as far as ap- parent refinement is concérned, Captain lash sces Cora Nevins (Claire_ Windsor) board ,his vesrel as it is"about to leave the Austrian port, Sydney. She is a new experl- ence for him; he had net believed such a creature could exist. Un- kriown to him, however, the lovely passcnger is involved in a scheme to obtain from a fellow pasgenger some pricel iewels, How the gap between the prom- enade deck and the boiler room I8 bridged to allow Captain Lash and Cora to mect; how she lures him into becoming a tool of a band ot fnternational crooks, and how, useq ar he is 1o solving all - questions with his fists, he discovers there ig at least one question which de- mands other treaiment, make up | the elements of a tense, thrilling yarn of the sea and great seaports, | with its conclusion at Singapor Claire, Windsor never has had a leading role in which she has been able to present more of her charm | and ability. The supporting cast | includes Arthur Stone, Jane Win- fon, Clyde Gook, Jean Laverty, T'rank Hagney, Albert Conti and Tloris Charsky. All are admirably titied for their parts. The vaudeville program will fea- | ture five high class attractions pro- | viding excellent entertainment and Maine and Co. in n | You Oughta See | On Thursday the program will change and will present the ama of the day, “Man, Woman " while vaudeville will he Girls of the Golden West” with the Six Whoopee Girls: and Co., in “The | icing Studio.” | Comig Sunday, Junus Clara. Pow in her lat Glyn's “Three Week Fnds. PALACE Columbi produced another winner in “fithe Wife's Relations,” | v 20, 8| Elinor | AT A hilarious .comedy of the compli- | cations of married life. The plot nd & young inventor | £¢é to.a beautiful heir- | ess, who ha$ ruh away from home | and hacome an elevator operator in | ordir fo avoid a union with & man, | who is distaslerul to her. Tnto the | action are gnfroduced a cross-eyed cools, a pennilégh actor, an unknown | author and.an avffst of uncertain | merit. They, alt. struggle along to- gethér off the estate of the hetoine's | former sweethea The wife's par- | ents visit their son-in-law and are receved in great style by the versa- tile quartet, who play chauffeur. | maid, footman butler and | They ate making a strong <ion when the former lover feturns and then the fun begins, The production. ndapted from & Mory by Stephen Cooper,. was made Pavalves ang) and his ma Marttord's EAST TIMES TODAY! : GINGER GIRLS 'NEXT W “LAFFIN' THRU” with Peaches Hersclf Laugh Center “WAGES COVSCIENCE” A Tense Drama under the dlrection of Maurice Mar- shall. Same beautiful scenic back- grounds, tacluding shots of Palm Beach and winter acenes, supposedly at Lake Placid, introduced for atmosphere, 8everal comedy thrills and chases, werked from a new and clever angle. add to the. mirth pro- ducing Incidents with which this picture is filed.- You'll like “The ‘Wife's Relations,” which is being | shown at the Palace theater Sunday and Monday. CAMEO THEATER, 'BRISTOL The Garrick Players, New Eng- land's finest dramatic stock com. pany, opened their season at the Cameo theater in Bristol last week, where they arc playing every Mon. day and Tuesday afternoon and eve- ning. For next week Monday and Tues- day, these capable players are offer- (‘uld(‘nl famous comedy from the pen of Ann Morrison and Paterson McNutt. “Pigs” is a homey comedy drama | chuck full of human igterest and a cleverly woven love story. It will be presented exactly as shown in New York city. Every role I8 in the hands of an unusually clever player. The Garrick Players are not new to DBristol, having presented their plays for 15 weeks last scason. Many New Britain stock fans were delight- ed with these players last season and will undoubtedly be glad to hear of their return. Seats for the cvening - per- formances are reserved. Reserva- tions may be made by calling the Cameo at Bristol, 1860. Special at tention will be given out of town pa trons. The Cameo also offers frec parking space for 500 cars. Tomorrow (Sunday) the Camco offers another of its famous five act vaudeville programs, consisting of the finest stage entertainment gath- ered from all the theatcrs in New England. AHOY, MATE! Vlc.tor McLaglen in Captain Lash—Fox Picture AT THE STRAND BEGINNING SUNDAY JANVARY 15 STLDIO Main Ntreet Buster Keaton in “THE CAMERAMAN” and 3 ACTS OF VAUDEVILLE 8 FEATURES AND MON, RIOUS COMI DOMESTIC LIFE THE OTHER Ill(i l"' A’"'l!l] NOAH BEERY and NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1929. "SUBMARINE T0 mghty Drama of the Sea Offered on Yitaphone for Entire Week “Submarine.” the De Luxe special, which is coming to the Capitol the- ater on Sunday for the entire week, is a composite of the most thrilling iucidents in all the groat submarine disasters of the past. It graphically pictures the conditions under which the rescuers work, the Mteps being taken by the government to safe- guatd the lives of the men in sub- marine service, the conditions of the | sailors entombed in & wrecked un- derwater craft and the efforts to et oxygen down to the vessel. The interior scenes were recon- structed from actual descriptions by survivors. They are tense, dra- matlc and pathetic. The captain trying to keep up the spirits of his men when he realizes that there is practically no hope of rescue; the efforts of Graves, us an officer to entertain the men with card tricks and by telling fortunes; the visions of hecoming an admira | writing a postscript on a card to lis mother “I guess I won't be an admiral now,” are a few lighlights in the production. Every newspuper the horror of submarine the interest with which I read descriptions | ness with which of the resc the suramar; mostdrimati convineing | eccurs under | The truged Ing in recent yeass and from which statisties were complled Columbia picture include: The 1-14, one of the co; the and breathless. it uwaite “Submarin of each of these iIn a de- PARSONS -THEATRE HARTFORD DIRECT N UASK ot \nulh—i HORUN —liven, Or 3 Bale. 4 3 rowe S1 . Clr. 0 S1.00; Gal. SALE JAN. 11 BE AT GAPITOL | pathetic scene of a youth, who had | of ‘the | 1t is real, | 5%0f this wort occur- | for the FROM % VEAR NEW YORK SAME CANT—CHORUS—ORCHESTRA Fifty Freshles—MUSIC e, 5200, next 4 vows SL3, next 3 rows $1.00; Fam. Cir. fense submarines of the Ttallan Navy sunk in August, 1928, The 8-4, with forty men aboard was sunk on December 17, 1927 off Provincetown, Mass. There will be Vitaphone acts fea- {turing “Under the Sea” with tha | Frollicker's Quartet; and Charles Rogers in the playlet “The Movie Man.* STEWART MAKES HARD CAMPAIGN Endeavoring to Get Proxy Yotes From Rockeleller Chicago, Jan. 12 P—The Tribune sald today that Lobert W. Stewart |had Dbegun a vigorous cempaign | among stockholders of the 8tandard Oil compeny of Indiana to retain his post us chairman of the board |of directors in the face of opposi- | [tion from tHe Rockefeller interesta. More than 16,000 employes of the | company, who also are stockholders, | |have received requests from Col. | Stewart, the Tribune said, to fill in proxies to be voted for him at the annual meeting March 7 when he comes up for reelection ta the exec- utive leadership of the company. The employe-stockholders, as well as thousands of other stockholders of the company, also have received letters from John D. .Rockefeller, asking them to depcgt their with his committees in the move 1o oust Col. Stewart from the |& The Stewart proxies, according to the letters, were o be sent to a committee consisting of Col. Stewart himself, Edward G. Seubert, presi- | dent of the company. and Feli Graham, secretary, The newsy iferpreted fhis to mean that Seu- | bert, heretofore taken a neutral | ground in the Stewart-Rockefeller | dispute, had alizned himself with Col. Stewart. The Rockefeller let- DANCING ' at the RIALTO BALLROOM TONIGHT IMPERIAL ORCH. JAN. 24-25-26 3 NIGHTS ONLY MAT. SAT, JAN. by Geo. Olsen's Hand rows nest 4 eows 52,00, next MAT. MAT, ¢ 50; Bale. 4 rows Gal, 58c. BEAT IT'S COMING JAN. 28, 29, 30 Get Seats By Mail Now Avoid the Line ll 50; ssed promptly? With an\Mi\l SE Taura Lee Helen Gilligan Walter Armin Bgn Doy “THE” CHESTER HALE ARNOLD JOHNSON'S ORCHI day, dan. MAIL YOUR ORDER NOW. E GARRICK in John Golden’s “PASSION SONG" A Story of Uw Eternal $1; Fam, Cir. at hox ofiice. "Outstrips Them All With Stars by the Dozen and Girls by the Carload 458 LAUGHS et Madcline & Hoyt Meredjith Eves, Orch, $3.00; Bale, 4 vows Next 3 $1.50; Fam., envelope for return of tickets Otherwise held until called for COUNT THEM! Blushing Birthmark Brigade! A Positvely no “Follics” tickets sold at the box office until Thurs- 24. Regardiess of demand, each show must take its tam. icose self-addressed, stamped en- velope with your check or money order. very MONDAY and TUESDAY Matince and Evening STOCK COMPANY Stevens and Dunigan Present Their PLAYERS Comedy Success “PIGS” Reserved — Call Bristol 1860 SUNDAY 5—BIG ACTS—3 Continwons From 2:30 ter to stockholders said Rockefeller objected only to Stew- art on the board, and that he had complete confidence in Seubert and other hoard members. er move contemplated by the Stew- art forces is the de stantial stock divident by the board. office from New York today. ‘G000 NEWS' AT (Will Be Seen for Three Days : cenception of the meaning of the slang word, stage performance, musical comedy which for the last | year and a half has been attracting | here to take capagity audiences in and which everyone agrees is tho liveliest, most refreshing show staged with- in the memory of the present gen- cration. from its long Broadway run, comes | to the Parsons' theater nights, beginning Thursday evening, | January goers will doubtless run out in full force to welcome it, | edy of youth. Its scenes are h football time and all its characters ! are youthful. Its musical numbers | that Mr. | are such #s can only be performed by youngsters for whom romping is a lark and its football atmosphere 18 supplied by a score of young men who have disported themselves on the gridirons of various universities. The music of “Good News' already captivated the entire world Such tunes as » Varsity Drag.” “(ood News,” “The Best Things In Lifc Are Free,” “Just Imagine,” and | “Lucky In Love,” arc being played in every country on the glohe, and the millions who have already secn the show have broadcast its praises cverywhere. Appearing in “Good News” ar Don Lanning, Holly Hall, Dorothy Pitzgibbon, Dorothy Daw, J. Grant, Anthony Hughes, John Phil- brick, Maurice Darey, rank Alexander, William Russell, Olsen’s “Good New: most clever and attractive chorus that ever left Broadway. RT EARLY Annapolis, Md., Jan. “Old Dbick” Gle of the Annapolis crews, has arrived charge of egrly train- |ing of the rsmen. The Middies face their most ambitious sehedule | ‘In years. The varsity will row in {the American Henley on the Schuylkill, June 1, and in the iInter- collegiate regatta at Poughkeepsie, | June 28, The Tribun: also sald that anoth- ring of a sub- Col. Stewart was due back at his PARSONS' THEATER Swansol Starting Janmry % No tiheater goer has a complete RAINING “pep,” as applied to a iy until he has 2 (UP) — the collegiate New York, cleverest, funniest and This famous show direct for three | READ HERALD (,LAMI! 1ED ADS 24, and Hartfoed theater. | k | * band and the | don, veteran coach | | has JACK WOLT ene RaLPs GRAVES #n @ gcene From * SUBMAR INE ° & coumti mervrs AT THE CAPITOL STARTING SUNDAY i‘For Onick Returns Use Herald Classified Ads. “Good News,” is a musical com- | id in | around coeducational college HARTFORD Begins A nsz SHOWING of WARNER BROS. Latest Achievement in Al LOIS WILSON H. B. WARNER MONTE BLUE ry- orful 8¢ priendshi® " of Dame ing - endoy this theilliy on mat Plus dra A Great Swirounding Chow Includ'ng Lewis Vilaghens W1 LA PLAZA ang JUANTTA " “UNDER THE SEA” turing Fea The Frolickers Qulrtet TWICE SUNDAY 6:30—8:30 FOR ONE ENTIRE WEEK! Now you caNn HEAR AS WELL AS SEE IT! ON THE VITAPHONI SUBMA A MIGHTY DRAMA OF THE SEA ~~ JACK HOLT~ Hear and See This Picture That Takes You to the Depths of a Man’s Heart and Shows You the Thrills of Life Beneath t||_e Sea: VITAPHONE ACTS CHARLE\ ROGERS “THE MO\’IE MAN”" A Vitaphene Noveity COMING! THE NEW 1009 ALL TALKING I’l(‘TlJRh NSATION “ON TRIAL® STRAND Twice Sunday ‘ 6:30—8:30 | and | MON., TUEs., WED. —VAUDEVILLE— 5 SELECT OFFERINGS 5 BILLY MAINE AND CO. Presents a Miniature Musical Comedy *“On Phil” HOMER ROMAINE CLARK LEWIS CO. “Kll‘ of lhe Air” Variety Stars “And So It Is” M The Popular Star of “What Price Glory” CTOR MIAGLE CAPTAIN LASH with CLAIRE WINDSOR ARTHUR STONE @ No Man—No Sea—Was Too Rongh For H But a Girl Was Too Smooth!