New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 5, 1929, Page 9

e Oulase otherwiee (ndicated. theatrica) motices and reviews In this colump are w=Aen Wy prem agencler for the “FTHE AWAKENING” AT STRAND “The Awakening,® Samuel Gold- wyn's fisst starung vehicle for Viltia | Banky, which is at the Strand thea- ter today and Wednesday, is one of those pictures which prove again that simplicity of story and beauty of production are, after all, the bes 1ccipes for a good picture. It has all the romantic ardor, the thrills and the pictorial effect which maker it entertainment of the very first order. Vilma Banky's performance more than justifies Producer Goldwyn's decision to raise her to the rank of & star. The supporting cast, headed by | Louis Wolheim, ured as Le- bolt, the ruthless peasant suitor, and | _ Walter Byron, as Lieutenant Ka von Hagen, the gay young German cavalry oflicer, produce acting which would probably carry by itself with- out the star part. Wolheim's gro- tesque humor anl sinister presence have long been known as invaluable to any picture ha may find himseif in, and Bryon, handsome and dash- ing as heart cou'd wish, goes be- yond mere cleverness in a way that bodes well for the young inglish- man’s future. | The vaudeville Lill is headed by the Great Leon prezenting the Death tay Gun in which he offers the super thriller of shooting a human projectile through a solid picce of armour plate as his feature stunt with his mysterious death ray gun Other acts offer the Iive Speedy Steppers in “Pep Presonified”: Ray- mond and Gibbs in “Getting Him Told"; Venon Rathburn and Co., m artists supreme, featuring Master Vernon, America’s premicr juvenile saxophonist; and Anthon and Howland in *“Make Tt Distinct. On Thursday the feature movie will present Zane Grey's “Sunsct Pass” with Jack Holt. Beginning next Sunday Richard Dix will he offered in “Redskin” one of the outstanding hits of the year. CLARA BOW AT PALACE “Three Week Ends,” Clara Bow's new Elinor Glyn picturs which will open at the Palace theater for Wed- | nesday, is the latest thing from this studio and it js a new scnsation. | People are talking about “Three Week Bnds” as they talked about “It,”” the first one of the Clara Bow- Elinor Glyn combinations, and about the second, “Red Hair. It is a cyclone of love, laughs and legs with the Bow pe ality whirling all through it Why spend “Three Weeks” learn- ing about love when hree Week Ends” can teach “IL” in one eve- ning? Clara Bow snaps things up in this story of a little East Side girl who gets a job dancing in a cabaret and dances right into the hearts of a rich playboy and a poverty-strick- en salesman. She gets away with a lot on the playboy but she just gives and gives to the salesman, First Male Victim of Boston Coat Slasher Boston, March 5 (UP)—An em- ploye of the Boston police depart- ment today became the 39th victim of this city’s phantom ‘coat slasher.’ While scores of policemen con- tinued scarch for the slasher, Thom- as Ryan of Boston, an elevator or at police hradquarters, wa. attacked the Kknife-wielder in trolley car as he route work, Ityan's overcoat hore a six-inch cut and the sharp instrument also had damaged his jacket and vest. He told police he was unaware that he had been attacked until he dis- covered the cut on his coat on ar- rival at headquarters All other si been women. hy was en to victims have ORIOLES BEAT ASHLES The Oriole basketball teamn de. feated the Flashes in a fast game at erday by the score Wichan and Grolol the Orioles while Mec- was the big number for the losers. The game was marred through Manager McNamara of the Flashes walking on the roand taking his basketball he action failed to stop the summary: ire Orioles g, T Sullivan, If . Shea, ¢ Wiehan, Grohol, T8 a.eee g .. O'Brien Donahu Keogh, MeN McGuire, KING NOW WAL T Rognor, Eng.; March 5 (@ —King George walked from his bed- room to an adjoining sun room at | Craigwell hous tod. sitting all morning there in the warm sunshine, The incident is taken as indicating the much improved condition in his majesty's health. RIALTO THEATER BROAD STREET MON. and TUES. “The Law and || the Man” “WHEN SECONDS covnt” || News Reel and Comedy Mat. 10c Evening 15¢ i Susscx, Continuous 1:30 (o 10:30 lfl Immn {which is presented as an all-talking ‘A |l|l| D“ ! lul I espective amusemest eompany. “WOLF OF WALL STREET” Nancy Carroll, the titian-haired Irish featured player of Paramount, will be scen as well as heard in Paramount's, “The Wolf of Wall Street,” starring George Bancroft, picture at Wednesda Miss ~C the Capitol today and arroll i3 fast becoming | filin sweetheart. Brought NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERAID. TUESDAY, CUBAN GIRLS FREE e Reviews of Current Theater Offerings “YOUNG ALEXANDER® by HARDWICK NEVIN (Cast of Characters Parmenio and Clitus, Alexander's gen- erals—Edward Donnelly and Doar Borup Artistandos .. First Courtesan Second Courtesan . Alexan Themakales . Philotas . Statita Darius Iirst Persian captain Second Persian captain A young Greek boy A. E. Anson Gladys Lioxd Foter Parke Royco landis Second Macedonian soldier . E Janies W Edward Rigby Lawrence Zavell Matray Mewaith Henry Persian soldier Arthur West (By Herald Reviewer) to film limelight by her character- ization in Anne Nichols' “Abie's Irish Rose,” which was transplanted | 10 the screcn by Paramount recent- | ly. she has been rising in the film public's esteem in a manner which bids fair to sweep her to complete om in the very near future. > Wolf of Wall Strect” marks George Baneroft's entry into the talking motion picture field. Other players who have important purts | in the all-talking production are Baclanova, Paul Lukas, Arthur Ran- kin, Brandon Hurst and Crauford Kent, Rowland V. Lee directed the production. Beginning will present “The sound with Dolores Del Dane and Ralph Forbes. Beginning next Sunday “The Canary Murder Case” will be pre- sented as an all-talking picture, Thursday the Capitol il of 98" in Rio, Karl TER, HARTFORD This week's show at the Grand theater, Hartford, is by the so- called “Radium Queens”"—who wear very brilliant costumes, as far as they go, in some of the stage pi tures. The program features a star called Teresina and the chief com- «dy work of the cnfertaimment is en- trusted to Bert Rose Other performers listed are Gaby | ¥elds, Marie Collins, Bill McCoy and Sidney Ficlds and there are special | numbers in the program by Sue Turke and Ralph Smith, and Milt I'rankford. | Scouts report that an\ unusual | number of members of the fair mx‘ attended yesterday's performances— | though in the main burlesque audi-| nees are recruited from the ranks of the tired business man. USES TEN MAN TEAM | Connig Mack is Finding Trouble in GRAND TH Placing Old Regulars and Rookics in Games. Tort Myers, Fla., March § (P— With the training camp cluttered up with Athletes, Connie Mack is hav- ing trouble to find places for all the Athletic regulars and rookies in practice games. For the present he is using the 10-man team plan, thus making it unnecessary for any of the pitchers to go through the motions of batting. 1 yesterday's regular Yanigan as, which the regulars won 19 to | did all the batting for the | regular ]vl(l'ht‘l’! and Captain Eddie ! ‘ollins enacted the same role for the n fling Boley's throwing is not in shape and Hassle itute shortstop, looked after th afield. i regulars hammered Yerke imke, Walberg and Breck- for 23 hits, one of them a| by Simmons. ¢ Nick Borrelli, Muhlenburg football and ball star, wopked at third for regulars and looked to the rail- With Max Bishop still a hold- | and Ykes played second | the workout. fre work The Shore enrid homer former the birds. Hale during out, SECOND GAME its victol over the Celties, the Eagles basketball five | took on the Blue Juniors and ad- | ministered a shellacking by a 60 t0 17 | score. This made 11 straight wins for the Edgles.. The entire agles team worked niccly while Adams and | Dumin starred for the Blue Ite- The Kages haven't been de- cd this season. The summary: Eagles TARKL Tollowing serves, . fla fl s 14! Ierony. Stohl, 1t Colwick, . Parrett Dumin, 1f Dobkowski, Kenk, rg . Zeigler, Ig Totals . Referee, Crowley; timer, Scagliola; scorer, Councilman. ALL WEEK STARTS T0 Spectacular! ngly Funny and Galore! TERESINA and Her “Radium 12 Queens with BERT ROSE A Sure Fire Comic ¥ fna Thomes, Marle Collins, Gaby Fields, Sidney Fields, Bill McCoy and <pecialties by SUE BURKE & RALPH SMITH A SHOW THE LADIES WILL LIKE | something | a real pleasure to watch and 1 | Edward Righy as | plete remodeling of the interior, | trance { While Herbert Hoover { Hoover sian children after the Evidently hearing the new and better in the theater, Hardwick Nevin, son of Ethelbert Nevin, the distinguished American composer, wrote a play now known as “Young Alexander.” Whether his courage was greater than his diserction can be told only | after the romantic comedy—for that's what the program says it has been revised and has been seen by more audicnces. In its present state it is a diamond in the rough and its facets require diligent polish- ing. If its specd can be accelerated and more fire injected into the early moments, it may survive the gruel- ling punisliment that so many shows are receiving, and even prosper. “Young Alexander” is than Alexander the Great before the laurels of greatness were firmly fixed | on his brow. He has led his army to | Persia to do battle with Darius but | | has become obsessed with the idea | | that he is a god. In keeping with nis' policy of self apotheosizing, he or- | ders all women from his camp so that the soldiers, like their masters, may live chastely. On the opposit bank of the river is camped Darius’ army. Learning of conditions under | Alexander, Darius orders that fires be lighted, wine be served and wom- en dance. In this way he expects to lure from Alexander a great many of his mercenarics. Through a trick perpetrated by Aristandos, a necro- mancer, Darius is misled in his bat- | tle tactics and Alexander, irrev- ocably convinced that he is a god, defeats him in a test at arms, By far, the finest, sharpest charac- ter interpretation of the play when it wa’s presented at Parsons’ theater, Hartford, last evening, was given hy E. Anson. Charles Dalton was likewise exccllent as Darius. It was sten to Royce Landis portrayed the part of Statira, wife to Darius, deftly and in the modern manner. Henry Hull's voice was not in keeping with the | demands of his role as the youth Alexander. It is possible that th condition was temporary. This re. viewer thought that the effect of his acting was spoiled by a tendency to be theatrical although it must be admitted that he has a difficult task | to perform. “Young Alexander” will be repeat- | ed tonight and tomorrow night, wit} the usual Wednesday matince, |Lyceum Theater Changes Will Be Carried Out Through a financing arrangems Which has been made by Jo: Dziczek, owner of the Lyceum the ater, and Marcel Davidson of Hart- ford, a contractor, $123,000 has been made available to pay off obligations fon renovations already carried out and to complete the job begun scv- eral months ago. Included in the work is a com- and en- the old- will probabiy construction of a Main street Wwith .1 lobby through The theater, est pl.c\homr- in_ city, {open its doors in midsummer, the | lowner announces. Work will | resumed at once. Rqssmn Immigrant Wants Name Changed to Hoover | San Francisco, March 5 (B — was taking the oath that made him president ot | the United States, a Russian imm:- | grant stood in federal court here to- day and asked that his name be changed to Hoover. | The Russian, Vadim Alexandro- vitch Macareitcheff, said he liked | because of the executive's | work in distributing fcod to Rus- | World W PARSONS —— THEATRE H R TONIGHT—Tues. and W Nevin Clark “YOUNG ALEXAND A Ronantic Comedy By Hardwick Nevin and » east of 15 others ELEVEN 3 NIGHTS—FPOP. MAT. SAT. New Play by H. H. Harper THE DEVIL’S MISTRESS BRANDON TYNAN MARCIA BYRON And Dodson Hllrhll. rllrn Door, 1, Robert lllll. Howe, Charles Dalton | ery for | no other | Spithrides. Jessie | MARCII 10929, FROM GONVENTIONS :: Cast OIT Traditional Clothes and Manners of Spain Havana, March 5 (®—No louger does the Cuban woman hide her Leauty under voluminous mantillas, nor does she recognize the former rule that the home is her little circle culine members of the family. The Cuban woman is emancipafed Chic bats from the Rue de la Paix or Fifth avenue adorn her hea manton. Her clothes are no longer | subdued blues or black but are of colors comparable to the coat made famous by Joseph. Time was when Cuban | fled as men approached. Tt no longer. The emancipated Cubatn | woman receives men and entertains men, much to the apparent disap- women | proval of the die-hards who hold to | ancient customs. The Cuban girl is & prototype her northern sister, If she has more style, is smarter and, in ich as her clothes are often labeled with the name of a famous shop, she is a Parisienne from the tip of her dainty shoes to the of her small hat, This “Cubanita’—or tiny —goes 1o her clubs, often tracks her “duenna,” likes | movies served up with plen Hollywood kick and enjoys her cabaret excursions. She 13 Miss America, but she is more exotic, not =0 outspoken and inclined to a more serious trend of thought. Her mother more often than not appears to be her sister. Cuban ! matrons arc as religious in their | exercise and conditioning treatments as are the Riverside drive social leaders or the girls who tread the boards at heauty shows. I weight is countenanced no more |vhan man made rules, reminiscent ! of harem seclusion. This applies to the middle class as well as Vo the circle of “dons™ and “dam I It is not unusual to see roadster flit along one of the fashoinable drives of ¥ ana, filled to the rumble seat with keen, black cyed beauties. Whereas a few years ago this condition would have brought forth exclamations of dis- | may from parents and shouts of con- sternation from police, the Cuban woman driving her own car is now accepted. The foot of a Cuban girl | proves to be as heavy on the gas as it is light_in the circlings of the danzon. Miss Cuba is a speeder! Emancipation of the Cuban wom- an does not stop at discarding old Spanish styles nor at the right to | pilot their own car. Tt extends to of Cuban side- her of a trim beaches where the one-piece bathing | ! suit is adopted and heach pajamas are worn with European indiffer- | ence. Now the Cuban woman is seeking suffrage at the polls, the right to hold political office and to share equally with men the responsibility of selecting the island’s governing bodics and serving as legislators. The bill for the ballot lacks only the signature of the president to be ratified. Values T9c— Regular Pure Silk Japanese Pongee WEDN Regular §1 10 in. Silk ('lurnn nse VED) $1.00 81190 T $1.29 Crepe Regular Fast Color Kiddic Cloth ang WEDNESDAY Prints $1.00 Regular $1.50 and $1.95— Long Ruffled Curtains WEDNESDAY Pequot Sheets, WEDNESDAY EACH Regular $2 40 in. Washable ¥ WEDNESDAY YARD T Regular 3 4 YARD: Regular 29¢— Underwear Crepe WEDNESDAY YARD Regular 59— Double Face Lincn Cretonne WEDNESDAY YARD NEW! TILLYER LENSES Accurate to the Very Edge et us explain this latest achieve in Optical Science. A. PINKUS Optometrist 300 Main St. Suite 201 Up One Flight to Better Eyesight. o | and the outside world only for mas- | | placing the old custom of trailing ' anything | gYale Gets Hunt and | Griffin Scholarships | New Haven, March 5 Pr—Istab- | lishment of 1wo schol ‘1 .u. nom I:nlmm «C riffin, was nnnoumul Law school. The gift represents an annual in- come of $20,000 from the two Yale | graduates. The scholarships will be awarded annually 1o eligible students and will be known as Corbey court | scholarships, in honor of the Yalg chapter Phi Delta Phi, the na- tional legal fraternity, of which the donors are both members. Mr, Hunt nd Mr. Griffin were classmates and graduated in 1908, " iips of 3500 . Hunt and Wil- bot h of New York today by the Yaic| Limit on Gas Stations Will Be Considered adjustment, meeti » of the mayor on Mirc ler restoring to the zon ordinances, rejected The hoard of at the ofti 13, will eol ing a provisio by the common council when the re- strictive act was created and now | recommended by that Lody for re- consideration. Tt involves the inclu- sion of industria 1s in the grou | of districts in which gasoline fiiling permitte At the time the zoni Y- fore the common council for adop- tion, that body had the protest of Iranklin property own stations are square top TODAY and WED. Romance With a Thuill VAUDEVILLE THE GREAT LEON esenting the Super-Thriller “The DEATH RAY GUN” Shooting a Human Projectil Through a Solid Piece of Stecl VERNON RATHBURN & (0. RAYMOND and GIBBS ANTHONY and HOW 5 SPEEDY STEPPERS JACI( HOLT | a GQaramount Qicture BEGINS NEXT SUNDAY 4 Days Only RIGIIARD PIX in 'REDSKIN' G Quramont Picture The Outstanding Hit of the Year All in Beautitul Technicolor! | MYSTERY THAT AMAZED ALL T.\LKII\G > 4 E and HE | against allowing a “ga station on the plot at IFranklin Square and Pear street. The ordinance as recommend- ed pefmitted stations in residence 13 and C, and in industrial zones, but the bloc in the council opposed to the Franklin square filling station vas successtul in having industrial zones excluded, the plot under ques- tion being one of these. DR. HEUBNER TO SPEAK Hartford, March § (U'P)—Dr. Sol cmon 8. Huebner of the University of Pennsylvania, rcputed on life insurance, will be chiet speaker at the aunual “insurance @servation here March 1 cording fo an announc Connecticut Chamber of Commerce. authority Perfect Vitaphone House! CAPITOL TODAY and SAT. SEE and HEAR Ihis Womdlerful 1007, Al Talk: THE WOL F 0F WALL STREET “EACLANCOV A NANCY CARRCLL PAUL LUKAS W Caramount Gt o VITAPHONE ACTS THURS,, FRL, SAT. SEE and HEAR The Amazing Epic of the Klondike Gold Rush With DOLORES DEL RIO KARL DANE RALPH FORBES HLEAR—The roar of the nche—the thunde: of White Horsc rapids! avs wrrn NEIL HAMILTON " in scanties! Step Clara on with all the Bow app: ail” finds she pay- « ! with loy And more love! PATROL” With WILLIAM RUSSEL! VIRGINIA BROWNE IAIRL Also “THE DANGER MILLIONS NOW ON THF 'REEN a Guramount AR IT at the CAPITOL arting SUNDAY ojordan’s. Glorious Spring FROCKS 750 2 for '14 and Also s1 Zi each A glorious exhibition of w Prints d beautitu, plain colored Frocks—for ali occasions. The new styles, new materials and all sizes for Misses ard Women. Unequalled values. WHAT’S NEW IN SPRING COATS? Made to Sell for $22-- Offered at 19.50 What is New? 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