New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 16, 1929, Page 11

‘ AT THE GAPITL Famous Play Now a Movie But With Sound Irish “Abic's movie. The world’s most successful play, the play which ran on Broadway, New York, for more than five year has been translated to the screen, and is scheduled to open at the Capitol theater on Sunday with Quality Sound synchronization for an entire week The story of “Abie’s Irish R which was written and originally produced by Anne Nichols, is one of tremendous theme. It tells of the love of a Jewish lad for an Irish girl, and how they overcome the in- tolerance of their orthodox parents. According to Miss Nichols, who personally supervised the filming of Rose” is now a her “Abic” love makes the world &0 round, and it can conquer all odds. “I have taken a popular situa- tion,” she sa “and about the intol- erance and racial hatred we find here and there in our lives, 1 have woven a love story entertainment ** *Abie’s Irish Rose’ is not a farce comedy, nor is it a heavy drama. It 1s a cross between the two, a cross section of lifc itself, told in a series of dramatic scenes, to which a touch of comedy lightness has been added occasionally.” Mcvannou.-c\ummwm RoGERs INABIES IRISH ROSE! A PARAMOUNT PICTURE Paramount transaction of o the silver shect, as well as equip- ping it with Quality Sound. A beau- exponsible for the tiful musical score was written for | the picture by J. 8. Zamecnik, who bas won world wide fame as a com- | poser. Mr. Zamecnik's composition entitled, “Itosemary” hids fair to be- come one of the most popular tunes of the day. 1t is the thmee song of “Abie.” In four of the important sequences the picture is featured with its talk- ing scenes. Hersholt, Rogers and Nancy Carroll are featured in these scenes. Stirring Sound effects also add thrills to the picture The unusual cast that was as- | membled for the various roles in- cludes Jean Hersholt, as Solomon Levy; Charles Rogers, of “Wings” | fame, roll ag Rosemary; .J Ma Donald, as the Irish fathe rnard Gorcey nd lda Kramer as the Cohens; Camillug Pretal as the rah- hi; Nick (‘ogley, as the Irish priest, | and Rose Rosanova s Sarah, the | deat houseicecper in the Levy home. CAMEO—BRISTON The Cameo theater in Bristol fs | offering for Sunday it's first unit | vaudevilic show in addition to other acts and feature screen fare. On the stage, Joe Phillips, Broad- | way's favorite jester is offering his | | that is full of | | omn the st: e | of Dance” with his own comedy turn assisted by Lola Plerce. The closing section is & comedy after- piece with a cast of ten which Mr. Phillips calls “Vanishing Maids.” Other acts on the program include Jack Fitzgerald in Odd Bits of Na- | ture and Ruby Latbam & Co. in variety offerings. The screen attraction is a James Oliver Curwood story, “Yellow Back” featuring Tom Moore and an all star cast. The Cameo offers three complete shows on Sunday at 3 p. m., 5:30 and 8:30. THE ‘NIGHT HAWK' AT PARSONS Will Open a Three Days Enage- ment Monday The “Night Hawk” which made New York gasp by the daring of its | theme and the grip of its drama, opens on Monday, March 18, a thre days’ engagement at Parsons'. There | is not an offensive line or situation | in it. Pity, heartfelt, and genuine, is aroused for the heroine of the play, a girl of the streets who wants to ¥rom a plane so degraded as to | beggar description, she makes the | heart-breaking climb to the light of | | respectability and rejuvenation. And through it all, her lightness of heart | and eternal optimism are so win- | ning that she carns and holds syni- | pathy from the start. In the play. | a woman of the strects, a burned out | hag at an age when she should be in the very bloom of womanhood, is brought back to health and given | back her youth by a doctor employ- |ing the Steinach method. The stage trick, revealing the pitiable woman before and after her marvelous comic ! back. | The story concerns an old harlot in her doctor's office, who is being told that as the rate she is going she has only two more years of life in her. She reads in a medical maga- zine that an operation can be per- formed which will bring back the | bloom of youth again. She asks the doctor if he can do it. He replies that he never had, but could. “Do it to me" she begs of the doctor. He hesitates, he reasons with her. | “T should be crcating another hurlot | in the world to do the irreparable mage and harm that your kind | does After promising that if the doctor | does perform this operation 1o her | she will go straight and seck a job and turn respectable, the operation is performed and she leaves the doctor's office with his caution ring- ing in her ears “Get yourself a good | young man, do not tell him what you have gone through and be mar- ried.” She meets the doctor's hroth- | er, they fall in love and plan to get | marricd. The doctor when he finds this out is furious. He calls them | to his office and proceeds to rage i and fume. “Do you know what yon are marrying?” asked he. She an- swers him, “Doctor, you yourself | | told me that the secrets between a doctor and a patient should never e revealed. “You harlot.” he [ screams, and continues to tell his | brother what his “sweethcart” was, The boy scarcely out of his 'teens | is bewildered. | What would you do? What is the answer to this problem? The answer will be given on the stage of the Pursons’ theater for three days starting Monday, March PALACE own unit show with a cast of fifteen TODAY stellar performers in a series of | ‘(Th M F novelty offerings | e an rrom The first section of Joe Phillips’ | entertainment is the “Realm of | H d | Dance,” with a cast of nine girls ea quartel's and one man. with abundance this offering introduces leautifully presented of color and speed Mr. Phillips BROAD §’ TODAY and SATUR “TWO ARAB KNIGHT! — also — “THE FIGHTING REDHEAD” PATAL WARNING™ Chaj " See and Mear “Me aud the Mun in (he M, As Sung By H N KAN ROLLER SKATING St. Patrick’s Carnival Tenight Oh, Boy! What a } Fun For All Jester’s Hall Night Private EMERSON ~ 462 Main Street. er Class 1 mo, Dickective. Slocy ar 3 ACTS of VAUDE Y and MONDAY “The Ware Case Sercen's Wost Murder My Mystery N-Star cast Wateh for our A erary Week MOONLIGHT DANCE ODD FELLOWN HALL SA AY NIGHT | thousands of new admirers in {left alone the doctor. William Faversham, Jr., will be seen at Parsons’ next Thursday, Fri- day and Saturday nights in the new farce comedy “Emergency Lover” by Arthur W. Stern.. This play which comes to Parsons’ as a “Broadway Bound” attraction playing at popu- lar prices prior to its New York premicre, is described as hilarious | in the extreme. Modern in its theme, and with a plot that might lead to the discus- sion of serious problems, it dodge the werious side of all questions and | plays lightly upon its subject. imergency Lover” like “Little Accident” which came here as a “Broadway Bound” went to a great York, promises an e lightful entertainment. With Mr. Faversham in the cast are Lucille Scars, niece of the well- known playwright Zelda Sears, F | Wilson, Knox Herold, Eustace Wyatt «mn many others. ERETA AGARBOSTARS ATSTRAND THEATER atfraction and success in New | ening of de- “Wild Oncids” Featares Nils Asther Also Greta Garbo, who is undoutedly ore ot the most fascinating person- alities cver to appear on the silver screen, has a part that should de- light her fan following and win her “Wild Orchids,” ‘new M-G-M film at the Strand theater beginning Sunday for four days. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer evidently had a happy inspiration in commi sioning John Colton to write original story for Miss Garbo. Col- ton, author of “The Shanghai ture,” and co-author of “Rain.” two to the biggest hits in theatrical his- tory. sclected the island of Java, off the Malay Peninsula, as the locals for his plot, which is replete with action, thrills, love, suspense and picturesgue glanour. Coming to Ja the young bridc of an American business man, Miss Garbo attracts the roving eye ol Frince de e, who thereupon tries tactics fur ahead of anything ema- nating from Araby. Carefully laid plans result in the young wife being with ¢ while a storm ke the hushand tropical s away. Developments follow rapidly and furiously. The deception is dis- covered and John Sterling (Lewis Stone) plans a frightful revenge as the toll for the younger man's inter- ference with his wife, St mp ties t from de e's gun when the latter goes tiger hunting, then, at the last moment, when the prince is faced by a hungry animal erling has a moment of contrition i’ Kills the beast. Then his wife is forced to choose hetween the twe men. Miss Garho's upusual personality. her irresistible ffmininity and her mobility of expression find an ideal setting in this intensely dramatic charg, HARTFORD LAST TIMES TODAY BURLESQUE REVUE ALL NEXT WEEK Commencing Monday Burlesque’s Brightest Bit of Nonsense “MOONLIGHT MAIDS” A Veritable Mirthquake Featuring ANNA TOEBE BILLY HAGAN And a Bevy of Beauties Reservations Now St. Patrick’s DANCE —at— “The Colonial” Plainville MONDAY, MARCH 18 by Geo. Oleott's (Trinity) BACCHANALIANS of \1~u Brita Music COME ARLY SUNDAY BIG UNIT SHOW (« COME LARL 3 Big Shows p. m, 5:45 8:30 VAUDEVILLE JOE PHILL AND H Free Parking 0 Cars Always A Good Show | Co. in "The Follies Girl;" acting perfomances that stand out for a long time after one has seen the picture. Lewis Stone is excel- lent in his part and Nils Asther has the best screen role that has been given him since he came to Holly- wood a couple of years ago, from Miss Garbo's native Stockholm. Ior all those who like tense melo- drama coupled with a thrilling and out of the ordinary love story, “Wild Orchids” is a dish not to be passed up. Monday the will be GRAND THEATER, HARTFORD Only four more performances of the “Burlesque Revue” will be of- fered at Hartford's popular laugh center, the New Grand theater. The show as & laugh getter hus proven 10 be a fine attraction and Ray Read and Charlotte Rae in the principal roles have earned applause, The | production boasts one of the mnost attractive choruses on the wheel and offers a brand of humor that is original. Special numbers by a tal- ented supporting cast, lavish cos- tuming. catchy songs and unusual stepping all contribute to make “The | Burlesque Revue” an exceptionally | worth while show from an entertain- ing standpoint. Billy Hagan, a delightfully eccen- | tric comedian and Anna Toebe an ingenue of many charms and graces | On gram Countess Sonia Revue Intimate, fea- vaudeville pro- featured by the | turing the latest dance mensation “Missing Link,” one of the mo»l’ orgeous acts in vaudeville. Othe offerings include Kranz and Kauf- man in “Songs and Fun:" Wally and Zeller in “Speed Styles;” Lucy Earle and Rus- “ATTRACTION EXTRAORDINARY” HARTFORD — Popular Price Matinee Wednesday — A Tense, Gripping, Human Drama ENID MARKEY in the and the Perfect N. Y. C. Cast Played Ninc Months Frolic Theater, N. Y. C. Return Broadway Engagement After Hartford. atest Comedy Dramas That Ever Graced the [ g Journal. Y., Evening “Delightful Cha World. “An Authentic Character Hit.” me at These Low I £1.50. Bal. $1.00. lhIL $1.00, Virst and Last T MGHTS—Eative Orch, WED, MAT.—Orch. $1.00. 75¢. Gal. d0c, MA] SAT. ™mins, o YRIL L MARCH 21.22-23 7th Broadway Bound Attraction EVES. SAT. MAT. ENTIRE ORCH. ENTIRE ORCH. $1.50 $1.00 PRIOR TO N. PENING THE RKLING FARCL COMEDY EMERGENCY LOVER By Arthur K. Stern with WILLIAM FAVERSHAM Jr. And A Splendid Cast ETHEL WILSON 2 wyarr MISS THIS RIOTOUSLY » March 18. . $1.50; Bale., $1; Fam. Cir. 75¢. , $1. Fam. Cir. 50c. MARCH 25-26-27 Wi PRICED MATINEE WEDNLESDAY $2.00 TO 50 (Directly prior %o premiere at Efhel Barrymare ThealreNY0) MR. LEE_SHUBERT Y COMEDY MAIL NOW, SAT. MAT. Eatire roruvran SETHEL BARRYMORE i 1//( Second Play of her repertory. o Love A MODERN QLAY B LILI HATVANY SEATS BY MAIL Bale. | rows, & 1. MAT. MARCH 28-29-30 MATINEE SATURDAY HERMAN GANTVOORT Presents THE. NEW VIENNESE OPERETTA THE SILVER SWAN AURICE JACQUET Book by Alonzo Price and William S, Brady. Alonzo Price. Dances by LeRoy Prinz. COMPANY OF GO0——SINGERS—P NTED ADAPTED Yy Z0E AKINS NOW. PRICES—Laes. Orc llr‘l 4 rows, $2; next A rows, $1.7 PNt l rows, NMGHTS SAT. MAT. POPLLAR PRICED 50c. TO $2.00 MUSIC BY H Staged by AND SCENES . $3. Four Rows Bal. $2.50; Next I.Jul ‘l‘hm Rows, $1.50. Family Cir. § ire Orch, Four Rows, Balcony, $2. Last Three, $1. Family Circle, OF at. Matinee. | PRICES Next Four, $1. MALL ORDERS NOW., ment at this playhouse next Monday. | There will be a altractive chorus of girls, who also the musical numbers standing feature of ing production. P and dance will add ensemble of lovelines: “Moonlight Maids.” Backing all and brightening every scene there will be an effective display scenery and brilliant those with a flair added attraction should prove to b talented line-up of associate principles in the ca sing harwoniously ctly g ber leaders and as spes with their plaintive music und are | the cent expected to evoke encore after en- steps to | . An core during their stay in this city. ton. He dancing | Performances are at 2:15 and $:15 | 000 fanine daily. The box ofice opens dauily at | /00, and K 11 a. m agile will be an out- the fortheom- Is as num- ists in song charm to the Millions in China Starving to Death | The hig e suff 18 ent of the NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SA: unwwAY, MALon 16, 1929, 1t = and gives him an opportunity for)18. Miss Enid Markey will be secn |story of the tropics, Her screen sell and Marconi in “Little Bits from | will be the featured oncs in “Moon- |00d news. This foursome has re- | Ihs irip was mude to investigate s "“3" R“sE “clowning.” He follows the “Realm |as the harlot, Mr. Henry Crossen as | characterization is one of those rare | Big Hits.” light Maids” which opens its engage- | galed audiences all over the big time | roports of distress 1here and advise 1l government as to the hest taken to meet the found Shensi had 6, ituias Honan 17,50 500,000. E—aao—— 1 | Special Notice season, St, and mmstre announced in Chins, Sardh " 14 U | T SWek's Jove dn brovinces have 16. |Show. will take place tonight at *he 250,000 people suffering from | Y- M- To A & B.osociety hall. A ©Of appropriate rinine conditions, the minister of | Mission Will be 50 cents and costuming. 1'or puplic health reported today on his | the show is over dancing will be en- for superlative yorurn from the provinces of Shensi, |joyed until midnight. Tickets may IKansu, and Honan, be bought at the door advt. Perfect Vitap | Entert for The Love | That Set the World Afire Begins SUNDAY 6:30—8:30 Mon.. Tues. Wed. at the KRA “Little RU \\H L and MAR('()\I one House! SOUND anment 0 — 8:30 all For One Singing, Talking, Sound! with BUDDY ROGERS NANCY CARROLL Jean Hersholt J. Farrell " MacDonald Story a Garamount Qicture And Then VAUDEVILLE Countess Sonia Revue Intimate FEATURING L. \Th.\T l) \\( E \h. ATION NZ and I\\ll-\l\\ “Songs and Fun “V" .\l\(. LINK” Bits From Big Hits" in “STRONG BOY" THURS.—VICTOR McLAGLEN i e S s ee ! gear . e/ year! A PARAMOUNT QUALITY PICTURE TWICE SUNDAY Entire Week ! du) A Wife Starved For Love — Lover Offering Her the ssion and Romance She Missed in Marriage! a Climax You'll Never Forget Smashing \\\IIY and /HlI'R