The Washington times., 1924-11-29


row. signed to appear in this
new production, he, for several
weeks. made a close study Of
the characters of New York,s
East Side. while / have been
portraying. Hebrew characters
for years, and in these roles
have made my greatest hit, :"
said he, yet / felt that the usual
accepted type as seen in the
West was totally different than
characters familiar to Eastern,
ers. My idea is to present IA
Hebrew that will nor give Of
Tense to the most sensitive and
! have found that the time /
put IN looking around was well
spent =
s."'T Love You's the song
hit of L. Lawrence Weber's
musical comady Little Jessie
James" coming to PoH's Sunday,
has been translated. into sixteen
languages on talking machine
records, and is being played in
nearly every foreign land. This
is said to be the first time that
an American song hit has been
transferred on foreign records
In so quick d time.
$50 Miss Gladys Clark is
the singing star of Mike Sacks
Speedy Steppers' which opens
at the Mutual tomorrow after
noon. Miss Clark started in as
q church singer in New York
City and within a short time
was one Of the highest salaried
soloists of that city. Her voice
was heard by ii. N. HerlS of the
Mutual circuit and after several
weeks OF effort he secured her
to appear with the Speedy
Steppers's aggregation.
1t is the boast Of Thurs
ton, the, famous magician, who
comes to the Belasco beginning
Sunday December Z, that he is
able. to present the newest and
year. For his program this
season, features from the remote
places Of the globe will occupy
prominent place.. as well illu-
sions which deal with life in
the afterworfd, such as the man.
Hesitation of spirits and the
naturalization OF ghosts.
So" Marie Reichardt, who
plays the part of Clara Milgrim
in ''Milgrim's Progress" when
but a mere child, made her pro-
fessional debut as a dancer with
an opera company which toured
South and Central America and
Mexico. After two years with
this company she returned to
the States to devote time to
studiesl, Re-entering the pro-
fession she joined a touring
melodrannatic company which
played six pieces. The following
season she played in the yarie-
ties, doing an act in which she
featured a Spanish dance.
80 Beautiful French manni-
kins, famed for their loneliness
as well as their leadership in
style, who were appearing in
a French style show in New
York at the time, appeared in
the elaborate ballroom scene in
Janice Meredith" Marion Davies
latest starring production, at
Loew's Columbia Sunday after
noon. The famous Hall Of Mir
rors at the Court of Versailles, :
which was especially reproduced
for this picture, forms the scenic
background of the episode.
%"* Cyril Maude has the rep
utation Of being one of the best
story tellers in the theatrical
profession and his curtain
speeches in Aren't We AIR." in
which he will appear at the
National, beginning Monday, will
be especially enjoyable because
OF the amusing stories with which
they will be interpreted.
$50 A new orchestra baluS-
trade greatly enhances the APP
pearance of the front of the
Rialto Theater. It has the as
pect of a garden rail and is
interwined with rambler roses.
The orchestra also derives con-
siderable benefit from 1t since
the curtain that had formerly
been on the orchestra rail helped
in some degree to muffle the
tones Of certain instruments.
$50 As an added attraction
at the Rialto the new week the
Guarneri Brothers viii be fea-
tured in a vocal interlude. The
prologue from I'Pagliacci will be
sung to the picture which has a
theme similar to that of the
little opera, and as THE Lover
of Camille progresses there will
be incidental singing from time
to time.
sa = Through the courtesy Of
the Cosrnopolitan Corporation,
students Of the course in photo
drama at Columbia University,
were permitted to witness the
filming of scenes showing the
retreat of the British at Lexing-
ton for Marion Davies latest
picture, Janice Meredith" which
will be given its first local pre-
sentation at Loew's Columbia to-
morrow afternoon. The pictures,
by q curious coincidence, were
filmed on the 149th anniversary
of the real retreat at Lexington:
ass On Friday night OF this
week Harry NJ Crandal was
rendered surprise party at his
palatfal home on Sixteenth street
in honor of his birthday anniver-
sary. The Crandall executives
and their families, relatives and
close friends of Mr.. Crandall
were the guests. A buffet sup
per was served and dancing en-
loved to music by Happy"
Walker and his melody boys.
80 Lew White, the Hebrew
comic and featured comedian of
Happy Moments" at the Gayety
next week, has been engaged for
the past five seasons in Pacific
Coast attractions. He was such
a favorite in Seattle that the
Cordelane Theater engaged him
for three seasons. IN
-"s Robert Williams, with Louis
Mamm at the Belasco Monday,
first starfed in commercial Life.