The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-18
Other Film Houses Bringing
New Screen Features for
Next Weeks Audiences.

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,COLUMBIA-Hailed by critics
and public alike as the outstand-
ing piece OF Douglas Fairbanks
robin Hood" Mr.. Fairbanks lat
est production, will be presented
as the featured attraction at
LoeW's Columbia for the week be-
ginning next Sunday afternoon at
8 o'clock.
Ranked on a dramatic par with
GriffitI's Birth OF a Nation"
and 9reRarded in many quarters as
even the. superior OF that record
breaking cinema achievement,
robin Hood" brings to life that
most romantic page Of all English
history-the daring exploits OF
Robin and his merry man in Sher-
wood F0rest-With q force and
fidelity that reveal in striking
fashion the incompatible ability OF
the screen to portray drama in Its
highest form.
Alan DWan achieves his own dt-
rectoral masterpiece in the staging
Of robin Hood" which, under
Mr., Fairbanks personal supervis-
pendous production scale.
METROPOLITAN A double
feature bill will be presented at
Crandall's Metropolitan : Theater
next week. The chief attraction
will be Thomas H. Ince's. pro-
duction for First National OF
"Skin Deep" in which the stellar
roles are played by Milton Stills,
Marcia Manon, Florence Vidor,
Winter Hall, and Frank Campeau.
The companion offering will be
Larry Semon's latest two-reel
comedy for Vitagraph, The Coun-
ter Jumper" ''Sxin Deep will
be preceded by an elaborate mu-
steal prologue which will utilize
both of the Metropolitan's pro-
scenium side stages: =,
Additional supplementaries Will
include new issue OF the Melro-
politan world survey, specially ar
ranged orchestral, accompan1m
and for the concert overture num-
Der the popular Northern Rhap"
sody," conducted by. N! Mirskey.
RIALTO-The- mere announce
ment' that George Melford, creator
of "The Sheik,"| THE Woman
Who Walked Alone" and many
other famous screen classics, has
made a new production for Para
mount Pictures should be a mat
ter of interest to all patrons OF
the screen. But when 1t is said
that his latest production, Burn
ing Sands" which will open a
weeks engagement at Moore,s
Rialto Theater, Sunday next, has
made a picture incomparably bet
ter than any he has hitherto
produced, the offering becomes
one Of real importance and UNI
usual attraction. Burning Sands"
featuring Wanda Hawley, Milton
Stills, Robert Cain and Jacqueline
Logan, is briefly described as "a
mans flaming answer to. the
woman who wrote 1.-THE Sheik!'
It is a beautiful Arabian romance
Of the great desert, filled with
love, thrill, tenseness, swift
dramatic action. heart appeal and
color Of exquisite charm.
A selected program OF sub
si1iary film features, the Rialto
Melody Boys and a special score
given by the Rialto Orchestra
are promised.
PALACE-For week beginning
next Sunday afternoon the Palace
will present Thirty Days" the
latest production for Wallace Reid.
Thirty Days. was written by
A. e. Thomas and Clayton Hamil-
ton and was first produced as
stage play in New York in 1917
where it had a long and success
full engagement, which was later
repeated during it's road tour.
Walter Woods has adapted the
play to- the camera while the d.
rection il by James Cruze, who
has surrounded Mr.. Reid with a