Evening star., 1925-09-28
STRAND-"Gilbert and Avery Revue" "

The Gilbert and Avery Revue"
miniature musical comedy, is easily
the feature at the Strand this week
The act offers good music, dancing
and comedy, and it won laughter and
generous applause from the audience.
Frank Clark and Danny O'Neil,
"Melodious Harmonists," also won the
audience with their act.
A musical comedy skit, His Last
Dollar" was presented by Chapman
Ring and company. Other vaudeville
acts include George Wilson and Jean
Godfrey in Il Love Women" with
pleasing songs and good dancing, and
Winnie and Dolly in sensational act
entitled Daring Doings Aloft."
a good photoplay, The Triflers,"
starring Mae Busch, gets off to d live
l. start when Marjorie Stockton Mae
BUSCH invites Is suitors to a dinner.
tonight and l will give you my an
swer." Each arrives in ignorance of
the others having, been invited. A din
ner in which cocktails flow freely is
served, and as a climax to the meal
Marjorie makes an after dinner speech
in which she tells them all that her
answer is emphatically mo"
Then comes change Of scenery.
Marjorie goes to California, where a
ed. This at one time appears like a
disaster, when an old lover who has
gone blind arrives on the scene. From
this point the climax is rapidly reach
ed. Although Marjor pitieS her blind
lover she in reality loves the man she
had married only for convenience.
Finally both she and her husband re-
alize their love for each other when a
third and jealous lover comes on the
oh
of love grows into a huge bonfire
while the couple is in the hospital
recuperating.
COLUMBIA-"DonQ O., Son of Zorro"
Douglas Fairbanks again dons the
becoming costume of a Spanish cabal-
lero and thrills a vast audience at
Loew's Columbia with his dashing
audacity and his skill in performing
herculean feats with sword and whip
in the role of Don O., son of Zorro,
this week.
Fairbanks, as Don Cesar, radiates
the exuberant spirit of youth with
a joyousness that is contagious. After
following him through his perilously
reckless career, one feels as though
he had slipped of Ponce de Icons
long sought fountain and stepped
back into the work-a-day world, with
youth strangely renewed.
What If the irrepressible Don Q.
does accomplish the impossible with
his sword, holding at bay a dozen
swordsmen with but one masked fig
ure to aid him, and what If he should
exhibit superhuman qualities in elud-
ing the entire queens guard by
plunging hundreds of feet from a
castle window into raging torrent
~. n rlC
it couldn't happen in this twentieth
century of ours, but it did happen
TO the Incompatible. son of Zorro,
and even the most cynical realist
cannot doubt the evidence of his own
eyes as these featS are presented to
him with a fascinating plausibility.
This new role gives the much ad-
mired Doug" an opportunity to prove
his skill as a versatile actor as we'll
as an acrobat-and as usual he makes
the most of it. He plays a dual role
of father and son convincingly and
throws in an extra characterization as
the irascible, one-eyed colonel for good
measure.
AS a romantic adventurer, he has
no peer. His nonchalant assurance is
quite perfect, while his appealing
charm as a lover is one of the char
acteristics which has endeared him
to the public since he first made his
debut in the theater. A happier role
could not have been chosen for him
than the one in which he appears this
week.
An excellent supporting cast has
been ably directed by Donald Crisp
who also assumes dual role-that OF
director and stage villain, all in one
He is a cold blooded, detestable vii
lain, whom the audience heartily de-
tests, while the other characters are
equally vivid in their interpretations
which proves his skill in his other
role
Mary Astor is a bewitching dusky
eyed senorita, and carries her part
with a charming, ease and grace that
mark her as a rising star. Miss
Astor is exceptionally well poised for
her IL years.
An International News reel is add
ed, inspiring vigorous Kisses and
applause from the house as Won
Hindenberg, the debt commission and
Col. Billy Mitchell are revealed in a
series of close-ups. The applause was
for N1itcho1I