The Washington herald., 1922-08-27
Belasco Offers
An Early Taste
Of Fall Drama
"The Exciters" Opens Pre-Broad.
way Run Seventeen" in
Stock at Garrfk.

Stock at Garrfk.
4 LTHOUGH the official fall and winter
~ opening of the Washington theater is
~ still chiefly in prospect the Belasco
offers taste of autumn drama in
The Exciters," a production which opens
pre-Broadway run here tonight. Seventeen"
the Booth Harrington comedy, begins engage
ment the Garrick.
BELASCO-"The Exciters." Martin Browns
new comedy of the faster set, produced under
the personal direction of Edgar Selwyn with
Alan Dinehart and TalulIah Bankhead in the
chief roles. will be presented for weeks
gagement at the Belasco tonight prior to its
Broadway engagement. In the supporting cast
are Erid Markey. Marsh Allen. Florence Blynn.
Roy Gordon. Echelin Gayer. Adrian Morgan and
others.
GARRICK-Booth Tarkington's comedy of
young love. Seventeen" will be presented for
weeks engagement at the Garrick tonight by
the Garrick Players. Percy HeIton and Ruth
Hoffman will appear in the leading roles the
Garrick production. supported by Constance
Brown. Edward Trushem. John Shepard. Mil
dred Brown. j. Elliott Joiner. George Henry
Trader Gertrude Augurde. Duncan Penwarden
B. F. KEITHS-The Broadway vaudeville hit.
''Yasmark. at the Carnival" will headline
the Vaudeville program Keith's this week.
beginning tomorrow afternoon, which will also
include the Meistersngers. William Halligan in
The HiGhlowbrow." Dave Seed and Ralph Aus
tin in Things and Stuff" Harry and Dennis
DuFour in Canoes" Rubini Sisters in music,
Trader. Gertrude Augurde Duncan Penwarden.
COSMOS-The vaudeville season of 1s22-2s
will open the Cosmos tomorrow afternoon
with The Dress Rehearsal" a laughable farce,
the headline attraction. The bill will also
include Alfred Farrell and company in "A Study
in Oil Painting" the Haymakers, harmonists;
Monroe and May in The Love Burglar" Var
don and Perry Joe Donohue and Kay Spangler
in dances. Betty Compson in always the
Woman" and other acts.
GAYETY-Cain and Davenport have assembled
three different styles of diversion in the pro-
gram of The Mimic World" which opens
weeks engagement at the Gayety this after
with a musical offering called Ming
Toy" The Morak Sisters in air feats Estelle
Powell, "the joy girl of jazzy songland" and
many other performers will appear in the un-
folding of this unusual song, dance production.
METRoPoLITAN-"on Clear Call" John M.
StahIs production for First National, featuring
Henry B. Walthall, Claire Windsor, Joseph ].
Bowling. Doris Pawn. Irene Rich, Edith Yorke
and others, will be presented at Crandalls
Metropolitan today for a weeks engagement.
The story is ramhed with many interests. but
IL never obscures its main theme, that resenera-
tion is always possible when the clear call
comes.
RIALTO-Marie Provost will be presented as
the star of the program at Moore's Rialto for
the full week, beginning this afternoon, in her
latest starring production, The Married
F1apper." a story which brings home the fact
that the modern girl Is not frivolous she
Is painted. The supporting cast includes Ken
meth Harlan. Philo Mccullough, Frank Kings
ley. Martha Mattox and other noted players.
PALACE-Clara Kimbar Young, the emotional
star. will begin a weeks screen engagement
Loew's Palace Theater this afternoon in THE
Hands of Nara" Harry Garson's Metro produc-
tion. based the story by Richard washburn
Child. the Ambassador to Italy. 1t is drama
of revolutionary Russia and luxurious New York.
with Elliott Dexter. Edwin Stevens, vernons
Steele and others In the cast.
COLUMBIA-Gloria Swanson will begin the
second week of her Washington engagement in
Her Gflded Cage" said to be her opulent
production. at Loew's Columbia Theater this
afternoon The story is by Anne Nichols, the
playwright. and was directed by Sam Wood
with supporting cast that includes David
Powell, Harrison Ford Anne Cornwall. Walter
HERS. Charles A. Stevenson and many others.
CRANDALL'SA deiishtful story of Ireland
and New York, The Man with Two Mothers
featuring Mary Alden. Sylvia Dreamer and
Cullen Lands. win begin . thpee-day premiere
1t Crandalrs today. Agnes Ayres will be seen
while the attraction at Crandalrs on Friday
s~raph's picturization Of divorce Coupons"