The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-22

BELASCO-The Universal pro-
duction made from Victor Hugos
immortal story, 1.-THE Hunchback
OF Notre Dame" is breaking all
box office records at the Shu-
bert-Belasco Theater and will be
continued for a second and final
week beginning next Sunday.
The tremendous surge of in
cidents in Hugo's tale of the
turbulent times in Paris of the
fifteenth century provide dra-
matte material which inspired
the producers to the farthest
extent. The result is pictured
drama charged to the full with
Incidents, and is so admirably
done by Universal that the pro-
duction is generally credited with
setting the highest standard of
film achievement.
The Cathedral of Notre Dame
was reconstructed in replica for
the production as were eight
blocks of Partisan streets and
houses. Lon CLANCY as the
"hunchback" is the star of the
production.
PALACE-Buster Keaton, the
famous frozen-faced comedian,
who scored sensational success
with his first feature-length COM
edy, 'Three Ages" is back with
another seven-reel laugh-maker
called Our Hospitality" which
promises to totally eclipse all his
previous efforts, at the Palace,
beginning next Sunday afternoon
at o'clock.
In "Our Hospitality" the mimi
table Buster has screened a howl
ing travesty on the customs,
manners and social foibles of
America in the early '3O's, in
Guiding a hilarious glimpse of
what railroading must have been
in those days. AS the last male
survivor of a famous feud-family,
he ventures into the South to
claim an inheritance and plumbers
head-first into the old clan-war
that had wiped out the rest of his
family.
Just what part is played in his
salvation and subsequent romance
by a sweet young thing he met
on the railroad, enroute, and how
she saves him from certain ex-
termination at the hands of her
six-foot brothers are merely the
outstanding points Of one of the
finest comedies ever projected.
COLUMBIA - Jackie Coogan
will be presented in the first pic
ture he has made under his
agreement with Metro at Loew's
Columbia next Sunday afternoon.
Long Live the King" a drama
tization Of the story by Mary
Roberts Rinehart.
Long Live the King" has
just been completed at Holly
wood, and aside from the
fact that it is unquestionably the
greatest and most sumptuous
story that this remarkable lad
has ever brought to the screen,
it represents an outlay of some
thing like 100000, nearly two
thirds of which was spent on the
construction of a magnificent and
colossal series of settings which
serve as the background for the
story Of boy king and the part
he played in the unsettled affairs
of a Balkan kingdom.
The boys efforts to be a real
boy and also play the part of a
ruler call for fine acting, and the
story itself is tinged with a
strong vein of romantic interest
throughout that will endear it to
millions.
RIALTO-Backed by David Be-
lasco, whose endorsement it bears,
Warner Bros. perturbation of
"Tiger Rose" with Lenore Uric
in the stellar role, has already
been announced as the production
to follow the current showing of
Little Old New York" at Moore's
Rialto Theater. No positive word
has been received however as to
whether the showing of "Tiger
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