New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 4, 1929, Page 10

(mllm[ AT THE STRAND THEATER Mary Picklord‘ Starred in Her, First All Talkie Picture | | Three big photoplay events rolled | into one are scheduled for next week's most important filni enter tainment in this city, and anticip tion is at fever heat. ver has nn _theater-going public secmed so ca 10 see and to hear and 1o appr the ultra-modern achieyement prom- ssed by America’s foremost motion picture star in her newest film, Mary Pickford, so long a silent heroine on the screen, has her pre- miere in the ail-dialogue “Coguette at the Strand theater beginning Sun- gay for four days. In this Sweetheart” advaice in her lines. play porary flapper role bobbed hair. date Broadway great social ordeal traditional Pickford light, and in which si wrenching realism tes soul of the Pickford genius. With her adaptation of the way stage suceess, “Coquette her current venicle, Mary Pickford signalizes the first enry of film celebrity into the new field. of the all-spoken celluloid entertain- ment. Equipped for this pionecring | by talent already demonstrated in a | long career of “silent screen” tr umphs, and by her carly experience en the spoken stage, the s 18 to bring with her the gift of the per- fect voice for theater amplification. “Phis is announced as the verdict of | all critics favored with a luvnld‘ preview and pre-audition of the pic- ture. It is a final endowment o nature's riches with which this bril liant woman has been favorcd in her remarkable carcer. And from broader viewpoint her venture seen as a great turning point in the Listory of motion pictures, which a due to enter a tremendous upheavi if the unqualified success of Mary Pickford in “Coquette” is confirmed “Coquetie™ is the stuge play pro- duced by Jed Harris over a period longer than a year in New York. The vaudeviile: pragram will be featured by the noted headliner, Mr. Hopng the Charles Ahearn and His Millionaire an Band, a real novelty with a cast of | b brokers, financiers, millionaires, and s : hillionaire On Thursday “The | Dummy,” an all talkle, will be the 5 - the throne o feature attraction with Jack Oakie, | ¢y no o7 Ruth Chatterton, and Mickic Ben- | the carly period nett, In the sccond part of an and his three . Porthos and production “America’s s a triply radical art. She speaks her a witching contem- with alluring plays an up-10- drama in which a vies with the sweetness and nificant ieart very ner rast All Broad as - DOUG FAIRBANKS AT THE CAPITOL Sound Picture three more, and the ling once DAt mus- Keteers are gnan Fairbanks is with us onc mor I’Artagnan. “The Iron M a United Artists sound pic- [[vu\ coming to the Capitol Sunday | tor 4 of | he ma | Pairbanks s pl: | buckling hero of century, al Doy days, Three Musketeer g0. A ing Dun the which in M. swash le six years a of the picture is lakl X1 and the he regime of the NIV e story birth of the heir o France, and-carries rx of his boyhood to of his rulership. young |opens with the faithfyl Aramis, READ IILBAI:D CIAN@ TFOR REST: RE! Perfect Vitaphone House! CAPITOL ~Twice SUNDAY \ 6:30 — 8:30 MON,, TUES., WED. “One For All; All For One!” Ride Again With D’Artagnan and the Three Musketeers to Romantic Adventure! . THRILLING! MARY PICKFORD w COQUETTE “The Iron Mask” Is a Thrilling L mg is @ sequel to his story | seventeenth | latter part of | the pleture, | | srown older but still adventuresome, | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY Taik AT THF \TRANI) Bh( ! wicld their swords in defense of the young king s loyally as they serv- d his father. Months of were spent tail of the |ing the actual filming Mammoth sets have been built for this great film—exact duplications of the Palace of St. Germain, of the Carmelita Convent and of French streets and buildings as they d in the seventeenth century. er the personal supervision of Maurice Leloir, the world's authority on the customs, and costumes of that per- phase of the life of the is reproduced careful preparation i perfecting every do- production before sta of the picture. Ur B | greatest ner: liod, every |¥rance of that time [with historical accuracy. In addition to Mr. Fairbanks, sev- {eral members of the cast are play- ling the parts they created in the |first story of D’Artagnan and his fellows, Marguerite de la Motte is 1zain Constance, the object of 1'Ar- tagnan’s devotion. Cardinal Riche- lieu is being played once more by |Nigel de Brulier. I.con Bary has re- ernvd to the part of Athos, Lon Poff to that of lather Joseph ani 11 harles Stevens to Planchet. The rest |of the cast includes Gino Corrado us |Aramis, Stanley J. Sandford as Porthos, Ulrich Haupt as De Roche- fort, Rolfe Sedan as louis XIII, Willlam Bakewell as the young [1.ouis XTV, Dorothy Revier as lady de Winter, Vera Lewis as Ma- DARTAGNAN (L] THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF THE dame Peronne and Otto Matlesen 25 The Conspirator. On Thursday Wallace Beery and Florence Vidor will ‘be featured in the all talkie *“Chinatown Nights,"” ‘udux\lvd from the story “Tong War.” | AT THE PALACE “ “Synthetic Sin,” regarded as the | most entertaining and exciting com- edy-drama in which Colleen Moore has ever appeared, has been booked at the Palace theater for two days only—Sunday and Monday. Miss Moore, always a favorite with | Palace theater-goers, is said to have wurp.nmcrl anything she ever done |before as a comedienne with her lportruyul in “Synthetic 8in." 8he ! will be seen as an innocent little Southern girl, who goes in search of “experience” in the underworld to {obtain a dramatic background that will enable her te become a great |actress. Her hilarious and melodra- !matic adventures are interwoven with an unusual romance that pro- | vides an exceptionally amusing plot. An onio Moreno plays opposite Miss |° Moore in this First National picture. The cmpanion feature is a mighty drama of the sea. “After the Storm | featuring Hobart Bosworth in one {of the greatest roles of his brilliant | career. Krom the first flash to the final fade-out this mighty eplc of the sea will hold you in its power. Don’t miss this show. AWARD COMPENSATION At a hearing before Compensation Commissioner Leo J. Hartford yesterday Harry Larson, Station 5 ewington, was awarded $5.23 a we Insurance Co. and $7.50 from the Travelers Life Insurance Co. in his claim against the General Roofiag Co. of this city and the Ansurarce companies. The compensation was awarded for disability following an he is unable to return to work. l.arson has a knee-locking condi- tion, 800 miles in three days. Noonan in k from the Aetna Life | operaticn and is to last as long as | A shark has been known to cover ‘BLOSSOM TINE COMES MONDAY New Presentation of Musical Glmes at Parsons’ Theatergoers who have never seen “Blossom Time,” one of the out- standing musical trlumphs of all time, and those whe annually await its appearance will have cause for de- light in the announcement that this year's presentation which comen fo Parsons for ene week commencing Sunday night will be all new and superior in every character, with the same production and company fully intact that has broken all its own previous records this season and | was the hit of Chicago a few months ago. y While other operettas alld big musical productions are steadily be- ing produced and almost as quickly | tade from the horizon, dear old “Blossom Time” continues merrily on its way increasing in popularity every year. This year the famous operefta celebrates its eighth scason {on tour in this country while it now is in its fourteenth consecutive year in rope, where it is being looked upon as one of the modern musical of the theater. | “The tour of *Blossom Time" this season is highly significant for it is | being made in conjunction with the ¥Franz Schubert Centenary. In case there are some playgoers who may | not know it,- this popular success is | sed upon the life, romance ‘md| of Franz Schubert, the g | composer. Tn view of this the Mes Shubert, under whose direction this | year's tour is being made, have built 'a super production this year with | all new scenery and costumes and | have supplied it with a cast which is | said to be the best that ever has played in “Blossom Time."” Genevieve Naegele, Herbert Lyle, . | church tomorrow. rles Gilbert, Robert Lee Allen, Ivan Servais, Nancy Sheridan, Elsa Lang, Erba Robeson and Jb- seph Wilkins are among the out- standing personalities in this year's super *“Blossom Time,” Miss Naegele. Allen and Gilbert have been in it for the last three years, while Miss Robeson and Servais were in the original New York company eight years ago. Lyle was the outstanding hit of the record-breaking mid-west- ern company of “My Maryland” last year. LAKE COMPOUN Residents from New Britain and vicinity are expected to attend the concert and dance which are to be held at Lake Compounce in Bristol tonight. Despite inclement weather, during the first part of the sea there have been large crowds pt t dances and it is now thought, with the season well pnder way, theré may be a record attendance when the program is opened by Bill Tasillo and his Foot Guard Society orchestra at 7 o'clock todight, The outdoor concert, i weather conditions afe favorable, will also be started at 7 o'clock. All the amusement thrillers, in- cluding the Wildcat roller coaster, the airplane swings, “spced boat, whips and other popular contriv- ances will be in operation Saturday and Sunday. Two programs, consisting of care- fully chosen musical selections cal- culated to have an appeal to all the patrons of the park, will be present- ed on Sunday. The concerts will be held in the afternoon and evening. VISITING PASTORS COMING ev. Dr. C. G. Erickson, presi- dent of Upsala college, Orange, N, J., will preach in the First Lutheran Rev. Henry W. Muaier, of Cape Cod, pastor emeritus f the Iirst Congregational church will speak in the local church to- morrow. The average haul in 1927 was $30.75, it is estimated by Warden Lawes of Sing Sing prison. 4 DAYS ONLY! EAR the NEW Mary Pickford —STRAND— Twice SUNDAY Night At 6:30—8:30 AND MON —TUEh.—WED '‘coQuU “The Perfect Screen Voice!” 4 DAYS O} ETTE’ for a robbery | Rocco Armento, a passenger in the Begretto car, but it was nelled, without costs, today. John Hichwa of Stafford avenue, was fined $25 and costs for speede ing, $15 of the fine being remitted. He was arrested Thursday on Farme ington avenue, after an accident. He admitted operating the autemebdile 56 miles an hour before the celli- sion, S ‘The case of Frank Urso, charged with tampering with an automebile owned by Oliva Roberge, was con. tinued one week under a cash bond of §50. He was arrested by Patrole man Thomas McCarthy, last night, in the rear of Roberge's store on North Main street. “The policeman found the lugs on the aspare tire | loosened. FINE TRANSPORTER IN BRISTOL COURT Sogreto, Canght With Load of Alcohol Assessed $850 (Special to the Herald) Bristol, May 4.—Rocco Segretto of Dudley street,- charged with transporting liquor, was fined $250 and costs by Judge William J. Ma. lone in police court today. A jail sentence of 30 days was suspended. Segretto was arrested Monday by Scrgeant Henry Jeglinski and Pa- trolman William Thompson at Park and Tulip streets, #5 he was about to drive into the street leading to his home With a load of alcohol. A similar charge was lodged against ADSUN WSS DRECTON OF LB & J.T- ST When Dr, James K. Weatherford of Albany, Ore. refires July 1, he will have completed 44 years of continuous service on the beard of regents of Otegon state college, MONDAY, TUESDAY aml WEDNESDAY NIGHTS May 6-7-8 POP. MAT. WED. $1.30 to 50c Flaborate Anniversary Presentation of the World’s Greatest Oparctia o B, SUVEQB COMPA"Y & SYMP INY #Kfi?fl‘ . Orch. $3.50; Bale, 4 rows §1.00, nest u. next 3 rows $1; Fem. Cir. 8.t \m \IA’I‘ Orch. $1.50; Bale. § rows $1.50, mext T rows $1; Fam. Cir. i8c, Hy Mail NOW. Seat Sale Thurs., May 2. MAIL YOUR ORDER NOW THURSDAY, NIGHTS 3 ONLY Choice Seats By Mail Now THE INCOMPARABLE ITZI AND AN ENSEMBLE OF 100 FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS May 9-10-11 % MAT. Prices, Eves. Orch, $3; Bal. 4 rows #2.50, next 4 rows 82, next 3 rows, £1.50; Fam, Cir. $1. SAT. MAT. Orch, Bal. 4 rows $2, next 4 rows $1.30, ext 3 rows $1; Fam. Oir. 75c, DORIS PATSTON JACK SQUIRES PIERCE & HARRIS 60 Ritzy Dancjng Girls and the Internationally famous. 'ALBERTINA RASCH BALLET In the Saucy ificent MUSICAL COMEDY “LOVELY LADY” MAY 13-14-1 MOST IMPORTANT DRAMATIC EVENT OF THE YEAR WALTER HAMPDEN and his Gompany of 70 direct from Hampden's ’Ihealre, New York Cily in, EDMOND ROSTAND'S Great Heroic Comedy 'CYRANO De BERGERAC" | As presented over S00 times by MR. HAMPDEN in New York ORDER SEATS BY MAIL NOW POP. MAT. SAT. $3.50 to 780 NIGHTS ONLY y » 8250, next 4 rows §2, mest m, Clr. $1: WED., MAT. Orch. $3.50, Balc. 4 rows'$3, : Fam. Clr. 81 DANCING TONIGHT THREE MUSKETEERS ON THE VITAPHCNE With Marvelous SOUND! NMASK A marvelous, modern, chic, Mary Pickford with a charming bobbed head and the loveliest voice imaginable, in the most appealing drama of her career. A FASCINATING LITTLE FLIRT WHO GAVE HER KISSES WITH MODERN FREEDOM AND WHOSE LIFE WAS A GAY ADVENTURE IN ROMANCE with JOHN MACK BROWN — MATT MOORE v VAUDEVILLE MR. CHARLES AHEARN Presents *THE MILLIONAIRE BAND *# Brokers, CLAY CROL (i{ CO. Musical Farce At the LAKE COMPOUNCE CASINO Connecticut’s Most Modern Park Ballroom NEWEST DANCE NUMBERS By Bill Tasillo’s Foot Guard Society Orchestra EVENING OUTDOOR CONCERT SUNDAY, MAY § Concerts Afternoon and Evening WORLD’S FINEST MUSIC By the New Auditorium Reproducing System RIDES! THRILLS! FUN! MUSIC! Billionaires LOUIS LONDON “Characters™ Financiers, Millionaires, SMITH and AUSTIN “Red Hot” BERRENS and RENARD “$10,00 a Icsson™ MOVIETONE NEWS “It Speaks For Itseif” THl —-\\allace Beery, VITAPHONE | coMEDIES | MOVELTIES “Florence Vidor in the All Talkie “Chinatown Nights” lking Picture “The Leatherneck™