New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 16, 1929, Page 9

distinguished favorite, Frances Starr, %0 famous from her series of tri. umphs under the management of David Belasco. As a suitable vehicle for such an actress, the producers have provided a modern play from the Russlan of llya Surgucev, adapted for the American atage by Eugenie Leontovich and Elizabeth Freid. The title is of course saymbolic. The play deals with the repressed desire of a woman appreaching mid- dle age, who, apparently married, has taken for a lover & younger man, Victor, a triend of the family, per- haps as a protest againat the advane- ing years—the autumn of a wom- an's life, which so many are un- willing to accept. In a tremendous- ly dramatic but logical scene, the wife-is forced to read to her husband USIGAL REYUE AT THE STRAND Leavitt-Lockwood Co. Features 2 Fupmakers Beginning Monday the 8trand will | offer Leavitt Lockwood Revue with! & cast of 25 funmakers. Here is a unit production of guaranteed el tertainment, the best show of it type in vaudeville today. Included among the features are the Gloria- B G ntes J’:;I"‘"m‘(’;”‘:h :M‘;;?"‘h"m": ‘:'"’o" e‘: a letter warning him of what is go- and Teddy Edly and His Jazz Band, | ",“ on. To prove ita falschood. she a sterling musical organization. The ; 31most convinces him that Victor is principals of the cast is headed by | '™ love with their adopted daughter, Douglas Leavitt and Ruth Lock. | 2nd having gone so far, must plant wood who have been headliners in | the rather pleasing Idea in the vaudeville for some time past. daughter's mind. and then force her lover to accept the plan as the only Beginning Sunday night the pho- n lvplug feature for the first four ;’;" “"“l' even to his marriage with rl, by Contract,” a powerful mA RUBENS ls DRUG ADDICT, RELATIYES SAY thrust at companionate marriage. Screen Star, Hysterical for Several Edward Clarks' story coricerns the successive marriages, on the so-call- Mounths, Combats Narcotic Habit in Sanitorium. ed companionate or contract basis, Los Angeles, Feb. 16 (M—The for a year' trial, of a typical Amer- ican boy and girl. Their first dis- Examiner today said that members of the family of Alma Rubens agreement breaks up the contract screen star, had made it known and the boy marries again immedi- ately afterwards. The girl has some that she has been so hysterical that self from narcotic addiction. disagreeable experiences with men who seem to regard her compan- The newspaper quoted Misy Ru- bens' husband. Ricardo Cortez also fonate theories as copdoning uncon- ventionalities. After ~several years she marries a self-made man, the contract to hold for two years, and to be renewed or dissolved at the end of that time. This time she decides she would like to renew their marriage and have a real home and children, but |8 motion picture star, as having the man, complimenting her roughly | said: on having been a fine pal, decides| “I don't know how long Alma he prefers to end it. Her return to| has been using narcotics. It has her parents’ home is further embit- tered by the knowledge that their finances make her presence an c<m- barrassment, and so she marries a her been only in the iast few months that she has been so hystercial that thiere could no longer be any doubt.” It was said that investigation had been made by state and federal au- thorities and by the newspaper itself in determining that 24 or more nar- cotic prescriptions had been issued to the film star. Miss Rubens entercd a sanitarium [ #ecently after having figured in two involving complaints to the 8he fled from a physician and B assistant when they came ‘Ito taketiher to thc sanitarium but wag ca after a chase through the neen-d8y orowds of Hollywood boulevarda . e——— Gypsy Queent Buried With Grest Ceremony Belgrade, Jugesivia; Feb. 18 (P— Thousands of Gypsies thom ematern Lurope dispersed to thejr homes to- day following burial yesterday of Cecilla Gartner, Gypsy queen, who attempted to unite the Romany clans into one kingdom. The funeral was accompanied by pomp such as might have attended interment of a crowned sovereign. She also was the author of several books of gypsy literature, history and music. ! On Thursday Ronal & N he featured in Joseph Contad's 3 Rescue” with five stellar vaudeville attractions, CONSIDER CHANGES IN COLLEGE GRID RULES Mcwmbers of Commibttee Continue Mceting Behind Closed Door, Studying Game, Absccon, N. J,, Feb. 16 (UP)— Members of the intercollegiate foot- Lall rules committee continued their annual meeting here today behind closd doors, studying possible chang- es in the game that might go into eticet nest fall, Although adhering strictly to the wnnounced poliey of keeping all news trom the public until the con- clusion of (he meeting, k. K. Hall, cisivinan of the committee, indicat- ed yer rday that no radical changes in the gridiron code were antiel- pated. 1t is cousidercd highly possible, Yowever, that the committee may net fo change the rule governing sml Are the recovery of fumbles. The foot- t ey na Lall coaches' association has indicat- ed its opinion that the present rule, which allows the man recovering the fumbled ball to run until down by an opponent, is too severe. The possible tonchdown and loss of game is too greal a penalty for the crror, they feel “Fallen Leaves” Coming To Parsons’ Theater At Parsons’s for three days begin- ning next Thursday with a special holiday matince ¥riday and the usnal Saturday matinee, the dyna- mic young producers, Gregory Ratoff and Herman Bernie, will present the Sunday Afternoon WATERBURY v 8. Announcing! OPENING DANCE COLONIAL HALL TONIGHT _‘t__ 37 W. Main Street Plainville, Conn. Dancing 8 to 12 Admission 50c Friday and Sat. Nights Special Mat. Washington’s Birthday $1.30 to 50c Gregory Ratoff and Herman Bernie present FRANCES STARR In a Superb New Play By llya Surgucev Adapted By Eugenie Leontovitch and Elizaheth Fried “FALLEN LEAVES” One of the Plays You Must Not Miss A truly remarkable cast includes James B, Fagan (Author of “And So to Bed”) Ardath Arbenz, Caroline Clark, Auden Chase, Bert Melville and others. “A Fine Vehicle For a Fine Star” —Drookiyn Eagle “Lavish is my praise but adjec- tives inadequate to convey my gen- uine enthusiasm”—T. A. B. in Brooklyn Times. PRICES—Eves, Orch. $: : Bal. $2.00, $1.50, $1.00; Fam. Cir 75c. BOTI A Mail Orders 13 Orch. $1.50; Bal. 4 rows $1.50, 7 rows $1.00; NOW e The. Seat Sale Opens Monday, Feb. 18, 9:30 A. M. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, VLA MAES ™ o o “Afils Jimm’ vflmfim" Fu- After Raid on Alleged In- tured for Pour Days decent Show, New York, Feb, 15 UP—Police vis- The stage's greatest play brought to the screen by the movies' most ited the play “My Girl Friday” and popular comedian. arrested the cast after last night's performance at the Republic thea- That is Willam Haines' new star- ring picture, “Alias Jimmy Valen- ter. The players were loaded into a tine,” which comes Sunday to the Capitol for four days, with talking patrol car and taken to the West sequences. 47th Street station where they were later releascd under $500 bail each. Haines plays another of the gor- geously human roles which won The raid followed complaints to Mayor Walker of attire, lines and him such great popularity in “Ex- cess Baggage.” The wise-cracking situations, The show opened Tuesday after comedian has added a dose of hu- manness and pathos to his char- playing in several towns under the name “Undressed Ki with a dif- acterization which lifts him into the forefront of acrecn acting. ferent cast. -Thousands of persons crowded The story is the old familiar one that has brought tears and laugh- Forty Seccond strect while the raid was in progress and reserves had to be called to open traffic, Among those arrested author, William A. Grew, i were the who also | SNOWBOUND TOWN | WRESTLER DEFEATED Elforts to Get Supplies to Colo- off from the worid by snowslides for two weeks, 385 miners at the Sun nyside mine and mill north of the isolated town of Silverton, near here. today had only enough food to last three or four days. communicaiion with the outside. tie miners sent word provisions meat. butter and eggs would be ex- hausted in a few days, they said. sions to ‘Silverton and Eurcka, an- other isolated town, on a mule pack train b between Silverton and Durango have SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1929. 7 | F ACES Mv ATI"N THEN FIGHTS POLI(JEi Forgets He is Under Technical Ar- rest and Makes Dazed Resis- tance to Officers. Las Vegas, Nev., Feb. 16 (P—Pour deputy sheriffs furnished a thrilling | end to & wild and woolly wrestling | match here last night when they leaped into the ring and arrested S, 1% Vanerman, Salinas. Cal., heavy- weight, after he had been thrown twice by “Bull” Montana, Hollywood | movie-grappler. ‘ Vanerman, dazed from lbeing| thrown to the canvas on his head by Montana, attempted to fight off u..»| officers while the crowd of cowboy real estate promoters and miners, roared approval. Suddenly he re- membered he had been under tech- nical arrest all afternoon and was to | go to jail immediatel after the! match on a warrant from his home | town charging grand theft ! He quit fighting, apologized and | accompanied the officers, who had | rado Miners Fail Durango, Colo., Feb. 16. #—Cut By telephone, their only m-ans of last night that low. A supply of were Efforty_to move mail and pravi- e failed. Great snow slides ter to audiences in nearly every|played a prominent role in the buried the railroad tracks under 5 Tee | theater in Amorica for ~genera- | Lusila Mender witc or “u“,..p\ {snow that in some places reaches a ‘f""!“"d'!"" h‘S, :"”f";' “f”"';' 108000 ton. Haines fs the wise crook who|lnce, motion picture dircctor and |depth of 200 feet. An army of shos- | Ve e g upsets the police departments of | producer, and Gerald Bacon, pro- |clers has been at work 10 days cut.|Nad purchased tickets for the bout. | half a dozen cities and virtually | ducer. . rrests totalled 14. ting through the blockade and it| ., Y 5 | defies arrest. = was estimated that it would take| Fitzmaurice Has Left | T“'O Fliers Escape (h::rtwmuth !'onger L.o get lhrm‘x‘h. i Free st.te All‘ Servnce 1P | o snow shoe runners have been| pupiin “Trich Free State, Ieb. 16 In Collision Aloft siven a contract to attempt to carry |z Comnet T Fitzmaurice, one | Selridge Iield, M. Clemens, [mail into the snowbound settlement. | ge the throe men first to cross the | Mich., Feb. 16 (P—Flying in “ele- — north Atlantic in an east-west flight, | ment formation” with 16 other pur-| We get all the sugar essential to suit planes, Licut. W. L. Morgan, [our necds from bread, starch and 22, and Lieut. Robert 8. Scheenlein, came together in mid-air yesterday, but escaped death by skilfull hand- ling of plane and parachute. Morgan jumped about 5,000 feet and landed safely. Scheenlein, -the tail section of his plane damaged, righted it and brought it safely to the ground. OV MOty 57 \aadar DHOG SHOW, b/ he e nan 55 [ WILLIAM HAINES He is aided in his nclarious as- saults on society by two of the funniest crooks the screen has ever scen, Karl Dane and Tully Marsh- all. Opposing them is the detee- tive, played by Lionel 1farrymore, & grim ad geemingly heartless personality that yet is as natura) and human as any role the great actor has as yet enacted. To “hide out” after a bank rob- Lery the three crooks come to the small town where Haines finds love and swectness. le resolves to go straight and ndeed becomes o highly respected citizen before Barrymore tracks him down. Then indeed he proves an alibi that he is somcone else than Jimmy Val- entine and it 18 only when the sister of the girl he loves becomen locked in the new vault, that he shows his marvelous ability and opens the safe to release her. Vitaphone acts offer the three Brox sisters in “Harmony” and Wil- liam Demarest in “When the Wifce's PALACE TODAY KARL DANE and GEORGE K. ARTHUR in “BROTHERLY LOVE" TOM TYLER and 'RANKIE DARRO in “TERROR MOUNTAIN" And 3 Acts of VAUDEVILLE SUN. and MON. The Dramatic Spectacle Famed the World Over} “NAPOLEON” The workl's greatest story, made into a screen epic! Spec Dramatic! Astounding! like in pictures! Perhaps never Again! g Mon MORE MIRTH THAN Ir loc Years in the making! Thousand» of actors! Vast battle scenes! Tender moments of passion! Un- believably fascinating! —Co-Feature— “UNDRESSED” with VIRGINIA BROWN FAIRE ‘Uit Bits 213 MAIN STREET AMERICAN and GHINESE RESTAURANT was re-opcned for business Wednesday, Febiuary 6 Special DINNER 40c served from 11 a. m. to 2 Me SUPPER 50¢c 5to8 p. m Special Sunday Table d’Hote Dinner $1.00 served from 11 a. m. to 3 :VERY WED., FRL, SAT. Music for dinner will be fur nished by Israel Rcsenberg and Wagner, two widely known iclans. Dinner music from 5 to 7:50 Dancing from 9 to 12 NO COVER CHARGE other natural foods. Tues Wed MONEY’S WORTH! DOUGLAS AVIT RUTH KW0O0 R[VIIIE @Tfl“flj"e’s Production of Guaranteed Perfect Vitaphone House! CAPITOL TWICE SUNDAY Roller Skating Every Night at JESTER’S HALL Ladies Admission to Hall Free YOUR —_—— has resigned as chief of the army air force of the Irish Kree State. His resignation accompanied resignations of 12 other Free State Officers, among whom was Colonel (’'Higgins, chief of medical service. | ine were others retired to the re- rves, tin Brennan and Major General Cronin, who recently was in the United States studying American military college methods. Dispatches from Dublin did not indicate the reason for the resigna- tions of the officers. TROTZKY VERY SICK Exile’s Health is Occasion for S Some Concern; Under Guard ac Coustantinople. London, ¥eh. 16 (P—A picture ot l.eon Trotzky a very sick man is drawn in a dispatch from Cons tinople to the Daily Mail today The dispatch says that Trotzky is still confined in the Soviet consulatc at’ Constantinople while the consul e e —— ce——— BIG MOONLIGHT DANCF. SATURDAY NIGHT FEB. 16th ObD F G ;,.au./xll" i If you've Never has THREL BROX SISTERS in “Harmony” | “While 1929° rity A\’l'l‘Al’H“Nl: ACTS [ WILLIAM DEMAREST i The Powerful Katrinka the Wife's Away” WHE DAD“PAINTED HIMSELF INTo A CORNER " THE POWERFUL KAT.INKA HAD To BE CALLEP To LIFT HIM OUT. (®Pontaine Pox, 1929, The Ball Syndicate, Inc.) o e oo ShL 2 RS M e S S G P el SR R L L these included Colonel Aus- | HAINES Watch out for Jimmy Valentine! He’s in town, and he means business! And if you have a girl, he’ll steal her heart! that of the gallant cracksman! awaits his vecovery befere seading kim to Angora. Both he and his family are kept in strict seclus..m in their rooms. v Trotzky's health suffered meverely at Alma Aata, his place of exile in Russian Turkestan, it is said, and the trip across the stormy Flack Sea further aggravated his condi- tion. He found the 1,000-ton SBoviet steamer most uncomfortable, ! Plotter in Portugal ; Lisbon, Portugal, KFeb. 16 (M—An engineer, Veiga Lima, was arrested teday by police on information given by thw interior department. He was c¢harged with distributing subversive propaganda among provincial gar- risons and persuading officers to join lin a plot against the government, The police also seized a quantity of hombs. W AL BOHEMIANS” with NG iIcTURE got gold, he’ll get that! Bill Haines had a role like SEE IT! with LIONEL BARRYMORE KARL DANE, Hli'ElLA