The Washington times., 1925-05-30
GOINGS-ON
At the TheGters

NATIONAL-Be Beginning Monday
night the National Theater Play.
ers will present as taeir third or
fering, the laughing hit, So This
Is London" which enjoyed exten-
sive runs in New York and Lon
don. Brothers under the skin are
Americans and Britons and the
play sets about. humorously. to
prove that this is the case. Two
families, British and American,
are thrown together in London
by business contacts which are
the more firmly cemented, though
against the will of the parents,
by a budding romance between
daughter and son of the oppos-
ing camps. The entire story is
told from farcical angle and
the laughs are frequent and
plentiful. Minor Watson. Leneta
Lane, Katherine Giveney. Billy
Phelps. Edward Arnold. Lillian
Dean and others are particularly
well cast.
KEITH'S-yan and Schenck,
billed ais. the 'pennant winning
battery of songland, who were
features in the F'ollies for sew
eral seasons, return to Washing
ton tomorrow to headline the
new Keith bill, beginning Sunday
afternoon. Popular songs, in the
same style so popularized by them
on Victor records, will comprise
their act
Twenty talented members of
Washington society will be feat
ured in "Keith's own second sum.
mer revue, presented by Donald
Macdonald Sd. Many new dane
ing numbers win be featured.
.Baby Maxine, Kindleberger, for
merly of Washington, win offer
eongs in the "Noranayian" style.
She is only six years cid. Other
acts win include Harry and
Emma Sharrock; Maker and Red.
ford in Rolling Stones" Ralph
Whitehead in character imper-
eonations; M. E. g. Lime Trio in
their novelty. .''rhe Gollywog.
and Bob and Lucy Gillette in
sCleverness and Clumsiness.
House features win complete the
bill.
EARLE-VaudeviIle has dis
covered a new Iuminary from
burIesuue just as vaudeville dis
covered Al Jolson,, Fannie Brice.
Clark and Mccullough and others
lin that productive garden of
talent. He is Joseph K. Watson
who will headline the EarIe's new
bill beginning Sunday afternoon.
Watson is a comedian and with
him win be collection of hand
picked chorines. Guy Rarick,
with Dick Tandler and Jane
Stone, appear in Who Did IT,"
and, in addition, will be offered
Eascha Piatov and Lois Natalie,
in their own original dance crea,
tions: Fred Reynolds and Alice
White, in a noVeI musical num-
Der, and other features Of usual
and high standard. The principal
photoplay offering will be Rich
ard Dix, IN Paramount's The
Shock Punch" the first showing
in washington.
METROPOLITAN-It is little
unusual to find Jack Pickford
supporting another star in a pie.
ture, but such was Nazimova's
insistence that a. leading man or
more than ordinary talents. be
selected to support her in My
Son. that the brother of the i'm
morta4 Mary was prevailed upon
to take the part. Beginning sam
day afternoon at 3, this picture
win be shown at Crandall's Met
ropolitan and Ambassador thea
ters. In addition to Pickford
there are in support Hobart Bos-
worth, Ian Keith, Constance Ben
nett, Charlie Murray, Dot Farley,
and others. Edwin Carew l.sLs
directed this story, that of q
mothers determination to save
her boy from the temptations
that beset him and threaten 10
mar his entire future. At the
erux of the boys fight to choose
between his mother and 4 siren
who has hypnotized him, the
mother takes drastic steps, which
prove a startling climax. Supple
mentaries VIII include Christie
comedy, "Sit Tight" added short
reels, including the pictorial
news survey, and special music
by the Metropolitan Symphony.
Norma Shearer,
the stately and beautiful star who
has registered sensational sue
7cesses within the last year. will
be seen at the Columbia tomorrow
and all week in Waking Up the
Town." a United Artists produc-
ton for which she was loaned by
Metro Goldwyn Mayer. James
Cruze, incidentally, is revealed as
eo-aIsfEoy ~ this story aman-
cipating the belief that a man who
could direct pictures SO well must
surely be capable of doing many
other things well. In support of
Miss Shearer are Alec Francis,
Claire Mcdowell. Anna May
Wong, Jack Pickford, Herbert
Pryor and others. Miss Shearer
is cast as :he attractive grand
daughter OF an eccentric village
type, who, believing the world
about to end, gives his fortune to
q small-town dreamer who is en-
amored Of the granddaughter.
Many things happen before the
two sweethearts are safe in each
others futures Supplementary
features To:l include a new AL st.
John comedy, 1.-The Iron Mule::"
international NewsreeI Of world
events, shorter reels and special
music by the Columbia SYM
phony.
RIAIITO-5Robert KeabIe, who
wrote "Sfnon Called Peter" has
written a sequel to that highly
diXerttng story and tomorrow it
viii be flashed across the Rialto