New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 19, 1929, Page 9

ON TRIAL 15 4T CAPIOL THEATER —_— There was promise of great things in the way of screen entertainment in the news issued by Warner Bros. that they were going to make an all-talking picture of “On Trial.” A Ereat many people remember *“On Trial” as one of the smashing stage hits of its time, and one which was made so by the daring of its auther, young Elmer Rice, in making use of one of the movies’ cherished effects, the “flash-back " It was the first stage play in which this effect was used and Rice felt justified in bor- rowing it inasmuch as the movies never hesitated to borrow what they wanted from the stage. It will be the feature attraction at the Capitol beginning Sunday. recall how, when the heroine is placed on the stand in the court room, and asked to explain certain things, the scene shifts showing her as a girl and the temptations which bestrewed her path, Added to the strength of the story is the rovelty of its treatment. Now it remains to be seen how much bet. ter use of the “flash-back” the movies have made than did the lléa‘c, which laid violent hands en “On Trial” has a great cast. The heroine is played by Pauline Frederick and the production s the means of her debut on the talking Acreen. Inasmuch as Miss Fred- erick had considerable legitimate stage experience before entering the movies, this debut should give her little concern. Rert Lytell is an- other member of the cast, which in- cludes Lois Wilson, Holmes Her- bert, Richard Tucker, Jason Reo- bards, Johnny Arthur, Vondell Darr, Franklin Pangborn, Edmund Bree: Edward Martindel and Fred Kelsey. Robert Lord did the scenario. Archie 1. Mayo directed. Vitaphone acts will offer Eddie White in “Songs,” and the Ceballos Revue, POPULAR PLAYS AT PARSONS Thoee of the Best Productions on the Road Will Be Seen “Good News" is coming fo the Parsons’ theater, Hartford, for three nights, beginning Thursday, Janu- ary The collegiate musical comedy “Good News” is a college play, the cenes heing laid dn e little coedu- cational institution, where all the old traditions arc still maintalned arund college life, which has not succumbed to the intricacies of modern life. And all these things are enlivened by the finest of music, sung and danced by & great dancing chorus which keeps the audience on tiptoe of expectation by its unusual activ- 1ty 00d News” was produced hy Schwab and Mandel, the 1wo young men who won fame by their pro- ductions of “Captain Jinks,” “Queen High" and “The Desert Song.” ait winners, but which have been eclip- scd in this latest production. The book is by Laurence Schwab, B. G. Desylva and Lew Brown, and the music wus composed by Ray Hen- derson. This alone should be suffi cient guarantee to the theater-going public, but to make assurance doubly sure, Bobby Connolly, who staged the “Desert Song,” and sev- oral of the Zeigfeld and Erlanger musical shows, staged the musical and dancing numbers for “Good News.” here's a lot of good music in this show, t00. Who hasn't heard “The Varsity Drag” or whistled “Good News" or hummed “Lucky in Love?” These cutchy tunes are all in “Good News" and come back sev- | eral times for good measure, Fresh, aglow from New York and Chicago success, “Greenwich Village Folies” will come to Parsons' Janu- ary 28, 29, 30. Comedy soars to e new high point in this year's Follies, while dance novelties, bizarre tab- leaux and scenes of exotic beauty are executed on the same extrava- gant scale of earlier editions. Stars by the dozen illumine this edition of “Greenwich Village Follies,” the MON. and TUES, (Afternoon and Evening) New England’s Finest Stock Company GARRICK PLAYERS —— An Oriental Romance “THE LOVE OF SU SHONG” Rescrved Scats, 60c¢ Call Bristol 1860 5 — Eve. SUNDAY Continuous From 2:30 5 BIGACPS 5 VAUDEVILLE and LOIS WILSON —in— “Object Alimony” Those who saw “On Trial" wiil som Seeley, Evelyn Law, Carlos and nie Beach, Bheila Barrett, Babe Fen- ton, Ben Dove, the Merediths and Arnold Johnston’s orchestra. The original Chester Hale Girls swell the | presentation. “A chorus that out- strips them all” acquits itselt with importance. ‘When the musical comedy version of Mark Twain's the first time Mark Twain has been stage in this city. Lew Fields and Lyle D. Andrews; producers “Peggy Ann,” are responsible Rodgers and Hart. “Mark Twain is a writer for all time,” declares Herbert Fields, au- thor of the books. “He has created a timeless story in ‘A Connecticut Yankee' We had always wanted to musicalize it and indeed have been thinking of doing so for the last five years. However, it was not until last season that the opportunity present- ed itself." (LARA BOW 1§ ATSTRAND THEATER “Three Week Ends” Is a Very Popular Vebicle She’s done it again! Clara Bow the “madcap of the screen” has everybody gasping with her latest Sscreen sensation, “Three Week Ends.” at he Strand Sunday for four days, Cla: Ends. Bow in “Three Week "A Paramount Picture Clara Bow in “Three Week Ends,” A Paramouut Plcture Clara Bow startled the motion pic- ture world and motion picture audi- ences with he daring picturization of Elinor Glyn's “It. t" seemed to be the climax for dashing screen per- formance, And it was until “Threc Week En burst upon the scrcen. The Bow personality sweeps one off his seat and sets thousands of little nerves tingling that never tingled be- fore. Clara spends many days in a bath- ing suit winning the penniless in- surance salesman whom she, mis- takes for a “big shot.” Just watch her snub the “big butter and cgg man” for a look from this Romeo. It's & wild and witching comedy from romantic Broadway. Neil Ham- ilton, Harrison Kord, Julia Swayne Gordon and a bewitching little “new’ girl, Lucille Powers, are in the cast. On Monday a five act Select vau- deville program will be offered with the Bonta Troupe in a novelty sur- prise; Mary Zoellner and Co. will of- fer a radio xylophone offering; Mer- roster including Dr. Rockwell, Blos- Valeria, Benny IFields, Jans and Whalen, Laura Lee, Helen Gilligan, | sddie Shubert, Walter Admin, Jen- | “A Connecticut | Yankee at the Court of King Ar-!Pprograms tomorrow starting at 2:30 thur” comes to Parsons' theater on Monday night, February 4, it will be interpreted on the musical comedy of for the production, which is by Fields, cer Templeton Co. will present “You'd Better Dance;" Winifred and Mills, very funny comedians will be heard in “China;” and Lou Walters and Ce. will present a series of songs and patter. On Thursday the Strand will offer the screen's greatest mystery thrill- er “The Last Warning” with five vaudeville acts. CAMEO THEATER, BRISTOL The Cameco Theater in Bristol is offering another of its vaudeville jand running continuous throughout the day. The feature picture is “Cb- Ject Alimony” with Lois Wilson and an all star cast. For Monday and Tuesday after. noon and evening the Garrick Play- ers, present as their third offering a dramatic' romance of old Chinu, “The Love of 8u Shong” starring Franqui Colburn, Dick Bender and Bob Stevens. “The Love of Su Shong" is a beau- tifully gresented play similar to “East 13 West." It will be presented {in a splendid production. S:ats for evening performances |may be reserved in advance by call- {ing the Cameo Theater, Bristol 1860. The evening performance starts at 8:15 but is preceded by photoplay subjects from 7:15 to 8:15. The Garrick players provide an ex- cellent evening's entertainment. They are worth while seeing. Free park- ing for 500 cars is an added induce- ment to come over to the Cameo, AT THE PALACE Two splendid pictures are being offered on the double feature pro- gram at the Palace theater Sunday and Monday. In a film characterized by divers clements, among them a beautiful man-and-woman romance, a pathet- ic man-and-boy love, the rough- and-ready life of Marines, 2 smash- Ing heavyweight prize-fight, social lesson in Americanization, and o on —probably the greatest active ele- ment in “United States Smith,” the Gotham picture. v Particularly good work s done by the director, Joseph Henabery, who will be remembered as the man who shaped the destinies of *“Hellship Rronson,” another Gotham produc- tion on a large scale. “United States Smith” is from the story by Gerald Beaumont. The co-featurc on the program is of the most famous of European screen star—Lili Damitas—a film player of remarkable beauty, charm and talent is presented in “Forbid- den Love.” S IN BRISTOL Public concert and dance to he held at the new state armory, Bris- day evening, January 23, at 8 o'clock. Edward J. McEnelly and his Victor Recording orchestra of Springfield will furnish the dance | music. Edward J. McEnelly's orchestra at present consists of 13 picked men, it is not only one of the best known musical orgenizations in the east but also a combination of individual artists that represents a country- | wide sclection of talent. Natlonally known radio broadcasters from sta- tion WB? League Asks Cadman To Deliver Sermon | . Jan. 19 M—The Rev. 8. Parkes Cadman, pastor of {the Central Congregational church, Brooklyn, said today he had been linvited to deliver the sermon at the | (opening of the League of Nations | confernce at Geneva on Aug. 25, | Dr. Cadman is a former president of the Federal Council of Churrh"u‘ of Christ in America, Dean Inge, | of 8t. Paul's cathedral, London, preached the scrmon before the league last year. New Yor inr, We are convinced that Herald Classified Ads are the best. Lili Damita's “Forbidden Love” one | lance out. | LOWER CALIFORNIA RISING FROM SEA An Example of Frequent Changes in Earth's Geography Washington,” D. C., Jan. 19.— Lower California, the long, narrow peninsula of western Mexico, which stretches southward from the United States-Mexican bord =, '~ reported to be slowly rising from . the sca. Surveys show the land a.ea to be growin; wider, while the elongated Gulf of California, between the peninsula and the mainland of Mexi- co, is steadily becoming narrower and shallower. “This rising of a considerable area of land is not some strange | portent of 2 world cataclysm,” says a bulletin from the Washington, D. C. headquarters of the National Geographic Society. “It is & per- fectly o " rly process of nature that, together with the sinking ofeother areas, has been going on fot hun- dreds of millions of _ .ars. The World's Ups and Dowas “Poets may talk of the “everlast- g’ hills and ‘terra firma, out ence must take ‘these terms in a most Plckwickian sense. The ‘eve {lasting hills' arc washed away vromptly; and the ‘firm’ earth, if one considers It over periods of geologic time, rises and falls as though riding on some cosmic scesaw, “It is fortuni'e for man and his development that the solid earth has not been 3 st unmoving “thing. | Had it not reacted to the prinding of |the waves and the jce sheets and| to {.c burdens thse forces placed upon it, it is high’ probable that there would not be a square foot of |dry land today; but that instead an |ocean, two miles deep would cover the whole globe. he lalest geolezical thought sces in the continent's masses of relatively light solid matter which float on hot, gla: sy, material some 40 or more miles below, much as ice- berzs float in er. The basins a:e looked upon as under by heavier sod matter which does not float as hizh as the light land. {There is a balanced condition: but e constantly tend- s balance, To re- nce the land must re- warping u,. here and s bit vertically at and sinking somewhat at or perhaps shifting a little ntally. 0siy | in | adjust dcvn there; one plac anothel horizol On2 of Chicf Causes 1 forces, operating usually over very long perigds, n | readjustments necc ary. 7 | contraction of the carth, because of | cooling, can queczings at certain points. The very slight slowing down of the earth’: specd of rota- tion ndoubtedly causes other {changes in pressurc, even though |th: loss may amourt to only a few | scconds in millions of years. One of tl: mest potent of the forces, how- ever, Is more casily chserved at | work, anq operates over shorter pe- |riods of Yime. Tl is erosion. Heavy burdens of rock are washed | y from one rlace and denosited at another, thus throwing' the bal- "2 region whic" has its DANCING at the RIALTO BALLROOM TONIGHT IMPERIAL ORCH. Admission 50c of Mad-Cap Clara Does More in a Week-End Than STRAND C'mon Folks! Pep up with some The Flaming ‘I Girl Is Back Clara's “IT.” Again! 2 TWICE S| Big Shows — ON., TUES., ™ | of wood upward against a saw mov. rea | looks forward some day to be nee ed to keep order in Russia in c of @ new change of regime. congress .and P tends to sink. Later this situation s changed, for when the lower } >rtion of the sinking m ‘erial is forced into the hot, plastic material for down, it melts, and owing to cxpan- sion and the : neration of _-ses, it rises scmes.hat as broad dough rises when it is cookel. This is one ot t* fact rs » mountain buildi.g. “With all the evidence of past ris- ings and sinking (or uplifts and sub- sidences, to put it technically) before successor, it is declared by reliable [ leaving it to Russians in close touch with the sit- | dircctors of tl | vation, because he uever consented ! Foundation. | the throne as was often reported. | | Grand Duke Cyril, who declared him- self head of the family, is looked up- on as the most legitimate pretender and remains the only one. He was | opposed for a time, however, by cer- The followi how the mon “It is my di us, it is only to be expected that |tain members of the family becaust places can be found in the world | he rallied to the revolution before where the processes can be observed | the advent of the Soviets. This party urged Nicholas to accept the title o head of the family, but he never consented and never accom- plished any act that could be inter. preted as a desire to become czar. 0 GIVE MILLION 10 BETTER LIFE | Makes No Restricton as to How Money Is Used New York, Jan. 19 (UP)— ‘uflusi Littauer will give away on his th birthday $1,000,000 to promote | etter understanding among all mankind.” at work over a series of years. Some- times the carth's ups and downs oc- cur very suddenly in connection with earthquakes. A part of the coast of Alaska rose 47 feet over night in 1899 as the result of a severe ear(h- quake. After the Messina earth- quake of 1908 a considerable area of the ‘toc’ of ltaly and the castern coast of Sicily was found to have sunk several inches. The Japanese earthquake of 1923 changed depths n Sagami Bay, south of Tokyo and Yokohama, by hundreds of feet, and some scctions of the shore were raised six feet. “In some parts of the world slow movements have been in progress for long periods without, apparently, be- ing accompanic* 'y serious earth- quakes. Portions of the upper Bal- tic region are rising at the rate of about one foot in 30 years; and at the same time sections of southern Denmark are sinking at the rate of one inch in 25 years. One“of the world's best examples of slow up- lift in the past is found in the re- gion of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. “Geologists explain the tremendous depth of the erosio: in this great gash by the gradual rise of the re- gion while the river cut its way, It is somewhat as if one pressed a block PALACE | ing at & fixed leve KOUTIAPOFF ASSUNES ROLE OF GRAND DUKE Will Keep, Technically Speaking, Old Russian Military Organiz- ation Erom Obliyi Paris, Jan. 19 (M—General Kou- tiapoff, most conspicuous Kussian || THE GREAT EUROPEAN SENSATION military officer among those in exile, in has assumed the role of the late technicaliy speaking, the old Ru sian military organization from be- L] LOVE Two Remarkable Features for Sunduy and Monday A Dram ure Vibrant With Grand Duke Nicholas has no othor! the income or prineipal of the gift, | 10’ take the attitude of pretender 1o | forthcoming from him, Littauer sa made by Littauer, however: 3 0 2 OF PRICES WILL PREVAIL DURING SELF-SAME NEW YORK CAST-CHORUS Eve. Pric |large the realm of humam mews ledge, to promote the general moral, | mental and physical improvement of | soclety 80 that the sum total of he= the discretion of the | yan eifare and wisdom may b he Lucius N. Littauer | increased and the cause of better Other gifts will be | understanding among all mankind id. | me promoted. ng suggestion as to| Littauer, previously made another cy should be used is &love maker will im u upon the usc of 1$1,000,000 benefaction—to establish | a memorial hospital to his father &t esire and hope to en- | Gloversvlile, . Y. RECORD RUN YORK WE HARTFORD WITH THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS ATTRAC LAR ), POPULA THIS ENGAGE- res $1.00 10 $3.00——Sat. Mat. $1.00 to $2.50, Drams Thrills and Deep Appeal, also Littauer, former representative in | ing forgotten. M d. 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ONDAY—TU AN. 28— LAUGH, THE CHESTER HALE GIRLS ARNOLD JOHNSON’S ORCHESTRA Positively no “Follies” tickets sold at the box office until Thursday, Jan. 24, Regavdiess of demand eac oW must take Hs tug MAIL YOUR ORDER NOW. Enclose stamped sclf-addressed envelope for immediate return of tickets. ve., Orch. $3.00; Balce, 4 rows, $2.: $1.50; Fam. Cir, $1.00. W§ ); next 4 rows, K1.; i mext 4 rows, $2.00; ). MAT. Orch. £2.00; Bale. ; next 3 rows, $1.00; Fam. Cir. 5c. BONTA TROUPE “You'd WINIFRED and MILLS in “China” [ | I | VAUDEVILLE 1 Better Dance.” s 1OU WALTERS 00. “Comedy Stars” AC ADAPTED NEWYORK CASY INTACT DINECT FR ONE YEAR AT THE VANOERDILY ONE W MARK TWAIN S ECTICUT Y 8y RELDS, 23 ONN NKEE HART EEK——FEB. {1 (0 9——MATS. WED. and SAT. e Tosocpk LOIS WILSON HOLMES MERBERT - JASON ROBARSS PACKED WITH DRAMATIC GUNPOWDER! HEAVY EXPLOSIVE RELEASED IN A COURTROOM VITAPHONE ACTS EDDIE WHITE CEBALLOS REVUE THURS.—The Screen’s Great Mystery Thriller “THE LAST WAR! N. 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