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The Washington times., 1924-12-29
''WILDFLOWER" Is
BACK, BRISK
AS EVER

AS opulently tuneful and
sparkling a. on the February
night back In 1928 when 1t first
saw the footlight's glimmer,
"Wildflower" returned to, Polls
Sunday for It's second weeks visit
Of the season.
There are more than q score Of
things to remember "Wildflower"
by, once you've seen it: Edith
Day, for instance; "Bamhalina"
and the theme song, Wild
flower; the comedians Corey.
Higgins and Esther Howard, and
the dancing. What the casual
theatergoer will not appreciate,
however, is that "Wildflower" Is
in another class by itself IN that,
after two years, 1t still boasts the
same cast, without the slightest
individual change. Arthur Ham
merstein must be a wonderful boss.
We know he is in the first rank
Of producers for the crinkling
freshness in costumes and set
tings attest to their frequent re-
newal and upkeep.
49,
There is hardly, in the opinion
of this chronicler, n more exqui-
site dancer in musical comedy
than Miss Day. She has a
vivacious grace that makes her
every move a delight. Vocally.
she seemed troubled with slight
hoarseness last evening but her
stronger notes overcame this.
opposite her, as the singing lover,
is Guy Robertson, with fine
tenor voice and who is just the
properly exaggerated romanticist
who fits into musical comedy.
For the laughs, Bernard Gorcey,
no taller and hardly more rotund
than a sack of potatoes; Bobby
Higgins, of the shattered voice,
who leaves the impression that
he utters only one-half of the
funny things he and Esther
Howard, funny throughout but
particularly so in her feature
number with Higgins, Worlds
Worst Women" Jerome Daley,
Marjorie Bonner and Tyler Brooke
have important foil parts and
Marion and Martinez Randall.
dancers, again provide refreshing
interludes.-HAROLD PHILLIPS.
\ i
"Wildflower" is an operetta that,
while lighter in mood than "Blos-
som Time" nearly approaches
that composition in tunefulness.
The locale of the action is in
italy and the theme-a legacy con-
ditioned on the beneflciary's not
losing her temper for six months
and requiring her to live at the
benefactor's home - permits of
contrasting scenes, switching from
an Italian farm yard to a ball
room at Lake Como and back to
the farm yard again in apple bios
som time.
The play Is generously shot
through with comedy, tunes and
novelties. and for delightful eve
ning's entertainment there isn't a
musical comedy on the boards to-
day to beat it.
The Washington times., 1924-12-29
he AT PALACE
A CLASSIC OF
THE FILMS

The New Year wish of Loew s
Palace Theater is a hearty one,
made the more sincere by the
offering of a program Of unusual
merit, chief of which is a fascinat-
ing photoplay presentation Of the
Andreyev stage play, He Who
Gets Slapped" without doubt a
crowniEg achievement for Lon
CLANCY and Victor Seastrom, the
director.
The romantic life of the people
Of the circus lends itself nicely to
the camera, and its loves AMI
tragedies find picturesque express
sion through the story of HE
Who Gets Slapped"
"He" is a circus clown, whom
fate has kindly placed where he
may laugh at the world which
has treated him unkindly AMI
robbed him Of his love. But we
are told that life's greatest laugh
is the last, and when He mas
saved the little bareback rider,
whom he has secretly loved, from
marrying the men whom he hates,
he realizes his final happiness TOD
late, his greatest laugh.
To those who have doubted the
acting abilities Of Lon Chaney,
this picture is flung out as
defiant challenge. There are
times when, bereft of his famous
makeup, we see him as the con-
vincing actor that he really is.
Then, again, his genius fairly
radiates through the white paint
Of the circus clown, and beneath it
we see the expressions Of life.
Truly, Lon CLANCY is a star!
Norma Shearer is charming as
Consuelo, the bareback rider, and
Marc McDermott and John Gill
bert are the riders partner md
the Baron, respectively. The titles
are well written, due, no doubt,
to the excellence Of the original
script, and there is nothing but
commentator for the direction,
A really fine picture.
Harry Langdon. in another
Mack Sennett comedy, Feet Of
Mudd," is the laugh provokor.
This drol comedian may always
be depended upon to fill happily
such a niche in any program. And
there Is special interest attached
to the Pathe news reel and Il
Screen Almanac, which gives a
glimpse into the intimacies of The
screen world.
Happy New Year" says the
whole BILE. L. p.
The Washington times., 1924-12-29

Bel where they had a toUeEy
time and killed the pirets and a
GLlGgGtor ate mp CGptin Hook,
the piret king, and after a 1Vhile
they all came home again NTH
lot Of the Lost Boys 1Uho they
made stay with them at their
house.
Peter Pan is very pretty
picture and 1t has a dog Ia 1t
Mister Filips, bat he is not a
real dog, because his name is
George Ali and he is very funny.
Wemdy Is a GaCfaL nice girl
named Mary Breen and Captain
Hook is named Ernest Terrence
and Herbert BrenoR directed
Peter Pan 1cho as I said Is
named Betty Bronson and is the
life of the party you might sag.
do not knoW If groom arp
people 1CaE enjoy Peter Pan like
little boy 10ould but most of
the people seemed to like it very
much except one old man q6ho
sat behind me and said 1Uhen
George Ali wGs going through
his tricks dressed up like Mana
the dog nurse, 4CeH, said the man,
that is a gerry a0eH trained dog.
Can you beat 1t, Mister FilLips,
/ ask you n01C. Yours truly,
LITTLE JIM,
The Washington times., 1924-12-29
RARE FLAVOR ON
KEITH'S NEW /
BILL

No court jester ever pleased
his regal auditors more complete
ly than his nibs, Eddie Leonard,
did the Keith audience yesterday
One could almost vision a tipple
of mead being engulfed in the
recesses of a paunchy feudal
baron, while the chamberlain
urged Eddie, Leonard's forbears
on to new heights.
Leonard is institutional and
constitutional, inspirational and
perspirational. And that isn't all.
He and his merry men provide
unique entertainment with their
feet, their fingers, their Threats,
and sundry other portions Of the
anatomy. Eddie joined hands
with forty-five minutes in his
act, and but for sheer exhaustion
might have spent the week.
What a sailor looks like on q
long deferred shore leave is pic
tured by Thomas F. Swift and
Company. This particular COB
was whimsically funny. And his
rapid gathering of lonely fem
mes" was an object lesson not to
be overlooked.
The agile Con CoIleano did a
thing or two on a wire that
cracked. His numbers include
some really worthwhile exhibit
tons. Edith CliffoSd,s songs
were nicely put over; so nicely,
in fact, that there was small
excuse for her choice of
rather uncalled for subject in one
of them.
OF the other acts, Wilson
Aubrey trio were the better. They
had a comedy wrestling match
well farced. Billy Hallen, in Its
All Apple Sauce" can be COM
mended for his singing; not for
his stories. Morton-Jewell Com.
pany. finalists, were eccentric
dancers Of merit. What they did
has been seen before. But their
hoofing was nimble and graceful.
Oracle DEACON and Jack Mack
had some well-worn, but laugh
able, patter to offer-Ross
The Washington times., 1924-12-29
TRIUMPH FOR CONNIE,
READ ON! READ ON!

ing to find a word to express
Connie" Talmadge in her latest
picture showing at Crandall's
Metropolitan Her Night Of
Romance"
The picture is distinct
triumph for Connie--so far above
her effort in 1.-THE Gold Fish"
that we say let's forget the past
and begin anew. 1t is guaranteed
to loosen up any tension of the
larynx and is recommended for
fat mems digestion and lean
mems appetites.
In the story Connie is a mil
lionaire heiress who has been
taken abroad by her father in
an effort to marry her to nobil.
ity. At the same time she is
supposed to be trying to regain
lost health. "A young lord, caught
in her glances. masquerades as
q doctor and captures her heart.
Complications ensue that makes
mlrth irrepresible.
Connie is at her best. Sup.
porting her is Ronald Colman
who deserves nothing but praise.
Albert Gran takes the part of her
father.
The Overture mo, No, Nan
nette' by Breeskin and his or.
chestra and a comedy of reck-
less racing complete the bill.
M. K
The Washington times., 1924-12-29

GAOA IL
"A dGrEened room. 1t is eVi.
dent from the faint lights of
dG1Un that creep IN through the
Wind0aO that 1t is a lGdy'sNbou-
DOR. The dead silence is broken
by a bell that rings loudly,
cLGmOrOusly, NnceGsingLv.)
"?;!!;?''-A lady's bare feet hit
the cold floor while the morning
breezes play havoc with pink
silk pajamas. Familiar sounds
ensue as she struggles with the
hair receiver and the perfume
atomizer in an effort to turn off
the alarm. A binding glare of
lights follow and when we have
accustomed ourselves to the brill
lance we find that the lady has
returned to her bed.
Alas! the death of ambition.
But no! She has before her
pencil and paper and a large
black book. An enhancing novel?
All no it is Webster's dictionary
and she is looking up synonyms.
A word in six letters that stands
for-bubbling, sparkling, effer-
vescent, irredescent, twinkling.
One guess as to the identity OF
the mysterious woman. A cross
word puzzle fan? Wrong.
1t is your humble reviewer try
The Washington times., 1924-12-29
"DANTE'S INFERNO,
GRIM AND GRIPPING

Henry Otto. about whom great
deal hasn't been heard when the
names of the sacred cows of film
direction are mentioned, can toss
all the ribald and derisive moos''
in their pastures he cares to as a
result Of his direction Sf rDante's
Inferno this weeks brixs at the
sRialto Theater.
There are several morals that
might be made from this particular
version OF Mr.. Dante's wen known
tale. The one that Otto tries To
drive home is that yiliainv NAV
right its wrongs and start another
page If its punishment Is foretoId
beforehand. Others, seen throllgh
more flippant eyes, are-(1) IL YOU
don't like someone and desire him
to have perfectly wonderful night
mare send him COPY Of "Inferno''
or a ticket to the Riaito. and Or
Hell must be fairly decent sort OF
place TO pass the winter IL it's
peopled by girls as beautiful and az
seantlly clad as the picture would
have us believe.
Seriously, Inferno" is one OF
the best things Fox has done
since Monte Cristo." Al really
splendid cast has been assem-
bled--Lawson Butt, Pauline
Starke, Ralph Lewis, Joseph
SWickard-remembered for his
work in the -Four Horsemen',
Finland many more. The sets
constructed for the internal
sequences are marvels Of reals
tic and futuristic (no pun in
tended horror. The modern
sequence, however, is a mere
excuse to work in the Inferno"
tale itself.
The surrounding bill is excel
lent. There is a Music Master
overture, this time devoted to
Beethoven, the great deaf Teuton
composer. An international News .
reel proves of interest. A
novelty in the shape Of cross.
word puzzle film is entertaining
for those who've gone In for that
sort OF thing, while Will Rogers
new comedy, High Brow Stuff"
gets several laughs.
The main subsidiary entertain.
ment, however, is the visit of j.
Humbird Duffy, former tenor
star OF the DeWolf opera troupe,
and Alice Mckenzie, soprano.
The Washington times., 1924-12-29
MUTUAL
Burles0ue.

d ( p
The Hello Jake Girls ush6red
in the weeks gaiety with q good
program Of up-to-date burlesdue
at the Mutual Theater yesterday
afternoon before large and APP
proving audience.
Dixie Mason wins honors on
the bill with one of the best
voices heard at the Avenue play
house this season. Her number
is enriched with dramatic express
sion and magnetic personality
which stamped It one OF the best
things on an excellent program.
Harry Fields Is on hand with
new bunch Of nonsense that made
a big hit with those at the open
ing performance. He received
capable assistance In the fun
making from Harry Jones, Paul
McGiI1y, James Rooney and Tom
McKenna, quartet OF funsters
Violet FIilson won approval with
her snappy jazz melodies.
Among the noteworthy scenic
effects are a "Street in China
town." Christmas Night on Fifth
Avenue 1.-THE Pennsylvania
Railroad Station" and "A Street
Of Silver
Mr.. Fields has gwen his show
a clever little book and some tune
full music. The bill as a whole
will be found pleasing by those
who enjoy burlesque.-H. s.
The Washington times., 1924-12-29
ABOVE AVERAGE
ARE STRAND
ACTS

This weeks bill at the Strand
hits well above the average mark
all along the line. Five exception.
a acts Of vaudeville and a picture
that barely falls short of being ex.
cellent, make up program of solid
entertainment.
Bohemian Nights" the featured
number on the vaudeville program,
Is a colorful and we'll staged offer
ing Of dancing, signing and instru.
mental music. The act deserves
the headline position. This offer
Ing features young dancer who is
quite as good as anything seen
along this line for weeks.
Birdie KraeIner scores decided
hit in her limitations of various
musical instruments. Arthur Jar
fett and Company present a vaude-
Vile novelty that really is unique
and goes to show that there really
are two sides to every question, il
not three. Pinto and Boyle present
q comedy turn that is a treat in
addition to some trick music that
Is quite pretty. Hubert Dyer and
Company open the bill with a very
comical acrobatic turn. At yester-
days matinee they outranked all
the other turns in laughter scoring.
Shirley Mason stars in the fea-
tured picture, my Husbands
Wives" Aside from the fact that
the picture is built around a wholly
improbable situation, it is well
done and really gripping in spots.
Miss Mason does her characterize.
ton in her usual piquant, but al
together able way. Evelyn Brent
plays the second feminine role.
Bryant Washburn is the male lead.
II r
The Washington times., 1924-12-29
NATIONAL
Burton Holmes.

Switzerland, justly famed as
the possessor of the most beauti-
full scenery in the world, was
shown to matinee audience yes
terday afternoon by Burton
Holmes, famed lecturer, conclud-
ing his current series of lecture.
Mr.. Holmes showed scenes from
practically every nook and corner
of the picturesque little country.
Up and down the alps by rail-
way and motion pictures, the
lakes, snow drifts, lace-makers,
wood -carvers, tunnels, the Alpine
climbers and winter sports were
all a part of the panoramic pic
ture shown.
An entirely new series Of pic
lures and lectures will be brought
to Washington next November by
Mr.. Holmes.
The Washington times., 1924-12-29

nationally known Wardman Park
Orchestra and the internationally
known Johns is the most popular
entertainment that the young
manager of Wardman, Elmer
Dyer, has ever offered for the
public's delectation.
The above, however, are not
the only attractions at Wardman
Park this week. The decorations
OF the hotel have been exquisiteIy
done and are well fitted to the
holiday mood prevailing. A beau.
tifully lighted and very effective
Christmas tree has been placed
in the lobby from which mothers
are experiencing more than a
little difficulty in removing their
children and the front of the
hotel, not to be outdone, has an
even larger tree in the center of
the grass, the decorations >of
which are quite in keeping with
the season.
All in all the hofiday weeks are
emphatically not complete with
out a visit to the Wardman Park
Hotel.
The Washington times., 1924-12-29
AMBASSADOR
Constance TaImadge.

Cliff Bowes is instructed with the
task of affording the short.reel
absurdity at CrandalI's Ambassador
theater the first three days of this
week. He acquits himself well as
star of Watch Your Pep" the
comedy that occupies the position
Of chief supplementary feature of a
bill rich in merriment.
Added shQre-reels Of diversified
interest and Otto f. Beck's organ
music round out a program that Is
well calculated to engage the inter.
est of the holiday amusement
seeker.
Foremost OF the film offerings
is Constance Talmadge's latest First
National release, Her Night of
Romance"
A complete review Of this feature
will be found in conjunction with
the Metropolitan theater, where it
was also accorded first Washington
presentations yesterday.
The Washington times., 1924-12-29
CENTRAL
Roaring Rails"

Roaring Rails an expressing
film drama with the romantic
business of railroading for a
background, is the chief feature
of a duplex bill at CrandalTs
Central Theater the last time
today. The companion attrac-
ton is furnished by Lloyd Ham.
ilton, in Jonah Jones'" a two
reel affair packed with laughs.
The program is rounded out
by added camera subjects of
abbreviated length and charming
pipeorgan accompaniment and
solo interludes by Mesdames
Libbey and Thompson.
In Roaring Rails" Harry
Carey has one of the best oppor-
tunities of his career before the
camera. Assuming guilt which
he in nowise deserved, he was
doing a stretch in prison when
a crisis arose that called for
the most heroic self.abnegation.
The Washington times., 1924-12-29

tt ~ ~ X
For the dedicatory bill to run
through the week seven acts are
provided, as a sort of Yuletide
and Homecoming bonus. Here
after the schedule will be les
soned by two acts to allow for
presentation of feature film.
In the order of appearance the
offerings are:
First there are the Kanazawa
Japs-not lightly to be dis
missed by the term balancing
act. These boys are really more
than balancers; they are come
dians, and deft ones.
SIENNA and Weber do various
things, all of them fairly we'll.
They sing, and they dance, and
they spill a rather snappy line
Of talk that calls for several
laughs.
Senior v. Westony, aided and
abetted by one of the largest
grand pianos both as to size and
tone in captivity, follows. The
senior has virile and masculine
touch-something like the gentle
caress of a triphammer on ar
NOR plate. Sometimes he
g1esses the wrong keys, but
mostly he picks the right ones.
He was billed with Christine
Fonteyn, soprano, but the lady
developed an indisposition and
Olive Cornell was substituted
She did nicely.
Then there is Singing" Eddie
Nelson, who pretends to know
something about the ladies and
who whangs over his songs in
splendid shape and makes you
wonder where so much voice is
coming from such a small per-
son.
Harry Green is starred in a
short skit, "The Cherry Tree"
by Aaron Hoffman, wherein he
plays George Washington Cohen.
Very clever stuff, but played
with too slight audibility.
Arthur West and his company,
consisting of Jim Walsh, comic
and Lucille Harmon, an eye
filling blonde, pulls some funny
stuff. And the ever-popular
Meyer Davis orchestra from the
LIE Paradis came jazzes very
melodiously in the associate
headline position.
A splendid bill and a wonder
fully decorated and comfortable
theater-a house you'll find it a
pleasure to enter and a regret
to leave. Try and get down this
week while the floral decora-
tions are still in the lobby.
The Washington times., 1924-12-29
NeW Earle Theater
Opens Doors
BY HAROLD PHILLIPS.

Washngon Great White Way emitted another efflorecent
Saturday, its doors
at Thirteenth and streets northwest first at 2ocock to an IN
vitation crowd o'clock clamoring publc.s
Two things distinguish this magnificent structure it the
ond largest heater in the city seating we'll 1000 people, and
is of the first the grandeur Of its arrangement and
appointments third distinguishing feature might be recognized
setting has to estate Of dignity and worth not approached
In the very largest cities =
Advance publicity quite adequately informed the public the
features of the uctues decorations byzannes it's da
pe and the studied comforts provided patrons The
agent has done his acquaint Washington with the refine
of the structure,
capacity crowds on Saturday verified The relmnares
Achievement has been eazed the achievement
there be and will be- and not to be pictured
In weak superlaives in print.
The highest compliments Of the due the
Messrs Brylaws for concevng projecting
the Capitals beautiful architecture, the
for such supervision it has rendered opening bill
The Washington times., 1924-12-29
TITLE CONTEST

Winners in The Times Cap
ton Contest, conducted on this
page last week, will be an
nounced in Tuesdays paper;
the winning caption to be re-
produced over the picture of
Edith Day and Bernard Cor
cey, featured folk in the mu-
steal comedy hit, "Wildflow-
err" now at Polls.
People were not so occupied
with Yuletide doings that they
couldn't find time to submit
more than 800 suggestions.
The ten-dollar first prize will
be mailed tomorrow morning
as will the next five prizes Of
ten pairs of seats for Tuesday
nights performance of the
show.
The Washington times., 1924-12-29
TIVOLI-
GA Sainted Devil"

Rudolph Valentino in "A Sainted
Devil opens the week at the
Tivoh Theater The popular star
is supported by a cast which in
cludes such celebrities as Nita
Naldi, Helen Daley, Dagmar Co.
dowsky and George Seigman.
The action Of Mr.. Valentino is
decidedly slow In the love scenes,
at times marring the effectiveness
of his performance. but aside from
this flaw, the play presents an in
teresting picture of the dangerous
South American customs and mode
of living.
The program is augmented by a
Pathe News reel and a Hodge
Podge feature undec the caption
"Crazy-Quilt of Travel
The Washington times., 1924-12-29
Nativity Players.

The Nativity Players of Bright.
wood, are now rehearsing for a
Minstrel and Vaudeville Show to
be given January 81 and 28 in
the church hall at Brightwood.
The show will later play in sew
eral other parishes after it's
premier. Tentative dates are
scheduled and several nearby 10.
cal churches have bid for the per.
Torrance.
The club is staging a Christ.
mas party and dance for its mem!
bers tonight
The Washington times., 1924-12-29

Duffy seems In even better voice
now than he was during his sum
ner stay here and judging from
the applause, Washington is glad
to hear him after his months
long absence.--L. e. 8.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-10-19
Lens in the Open.

0NE of the oldest cameras in the
" world is that installed at the
United States Naval Observatory. Its
purpose is the making of daily pho
Geographic records of the appearance
of the sun, and particularly the as
pect of sun spots. the strange solar
phenomena that appear from time TO
time.
The distinctive feature of this APP
paratus is the lens, which is mounted
in the open. Unlike the lens OF any
other camera, it is fixed and immoV-
able and behind it is an arrangement
which has the appearance of NOV
able reflector. save for the fact that
it holds a piece of clear glass instead
of a mirror However, il is in effect
a reflector. owing to the fact that the
glass is a prism, allowing the renec-
tions made by the two sides or the
glass to be separated by consider
able interval when transmitted some
distance. This reflector performs the
service of bringing the sun within
range of the camera. The lens used
is 5 inches in diameter and exposure
is secured by pulling the shutter
across a 6-inch opening as rapidly as
a man can work it. or in about one
twentieth of a second. Photographs
are made each day shortly after noon.
il the sun is visible.
The camera has a focal length or
40 feet, whereas that of most cam
eraS is a few inches.