The Washington times., 1925-01-24

oramaLlC romance now III It's GOV
enth month in London, will take
place at Polls Sunday night under
direction of Earl Carroll. The story
was written by Ivor Novello, now
playing the title role abroad. in
collaboration with Constance Col
lier. For purposes unknown TO
investigators now working on the
case, they have chosen the pen
name of David L'Estrange. the
story deals with the love OF a
beautiful girl for her Apache COM
rade and her willingness to die TO
save him from the guillotine. Miss
Teddy Gerard has the chief feml-
nine role opposite Horace Braham'
who plays the Rat. Others in
clude c. III. Croker-King, Wallace
McCutcheon. Katharine Rtvner,
Ralph Stuart, FLORENCE Gerald,
Grace Stafford, Jeanne Wardley.
BELASCO - Baltimore critics
said highly complimentary things
this week about Grace George
and her new. play, ".She Wanted
TO Know" which comes to the
Belasco Monday night for its last
appearance before going into New
York Miss George is acting as
her own producer for change.
Indeed she has done the translat-
ing, producing and acts the CHIEF
role. Bruce McRae comes in sup
port Of Miss George. Sustaining
! her reputation as a discoverer OF
new talent, Miss George brings
also Barbara Kitson, a budding
actress who is also stage mana
ger. one Of three in captivity In
this country. Frederick Warlock.
husband of Elsie Ferguson, and
last noted here in 1.-THE Far Cry,
is also in the cast as is Charlotte
Ives,- who plays divorce role.
John Cromwell directed.
NATIONAL-With one of the
largest casts of any revue to
tour this season, Earl CARROTS
"Vanities'' opens Monday night
at the National after five
month run in New York, Joe
Cook heads the cast OF fun
makers, numbering more than
dozen, chief among whom are
Dare and Vail, Miller and Mack,
Frank and Eddie Leslie, Dave
Chaser, Charles Alexander and
Rome and Dunn. Kathryn Ray,
the Miss America" of the last
countrywide beauty contest, is
featured as the most perfectly
formed girl in the country and
has a beauty-brigade of support
of a dozen girls, in addition to
the large chorus which will be
augmented in. Washington by the
appearance of twenty-four local
girls trying for stage berths.
In all there are forty, scenes
KETTHS-A satire on the cur
rent taste for syncopation, called
"The Rebellion" shares headline
honors at Keith's, beginning with
Sunday matinee at 3:15, with an
other offering featuring Herman
Tinfberg in I" Little Bits" TIM
berg sponsors both offerings, pre-
senting his brother. Sammy. in
the first. and appearing himself
in the second. Following will
come Lily Morris, popular Eng.
lish coincidence: Ted and Betty
Healy, the napper and the philos- :
opher; Pepito, jester to King
Alfonso; Syncopating Toes, a
dance fantasy with two beauti-
full girls: Lew Murdoch and
Mildred Mayo, in 'tFootloose.'
and the Kismet sisters in teats
of skill and strength, with the
usual screen features, will COM
plete the bill.
EARLE-Shura Rulowa and her
Russian ballet take top honors
on the new Earle bill, COM
nencing with Sundays matinee.
She brings a company of as
sistants who have been with her
for many months and a number,
delightful in it's music and ex-
hibition of grace, is promised.
Other acts include Compliments
of the Season." styled a ''vau-
DRAMA with five capable play
ers in the cast. 1t is Paul
Gerard Smith offering. Earl
Cavanaugh and Al Lester present
musical farce. THE Love
Boat" and others are Viola
Rudell and Edward DUNCAN, in
Musical Comedy Reyuettes;" the
Texas Four" a male quartet, and
Meehan and Sheehan. a singing
and talking, act. The feature
picture will be Priscilla Dean in
'"The Siren of Seville" from the
program of the Stanley Com
pany.
GAYETY-This years version
Of the Irons and Clamage show,
"Town Scandals" which comes
TO the Gayety Sunday afternoon,
is reported TO be almost entirely
new. Harry "Hicky" LIE Van,
In the perennially popular Patsy
Bolivar role, has been supplied
with new gaggery. and his piano
logue turn. done in teamwork
with Lettie Bolles. has been ex-
banded into a fifteen minute turn,
the change being made TO &C
commOdate patrons who couldn't
get enough of this musical drol-
lery. Joe YuIe. "the suffering
eccentric" is lie Vans assistant
I'm the merry making. Joe Van is
still another comedian, and Johnny
Kane will be the straight"
Helen Curtis, cOmmedienne, Es-
telle Arab" Mack, half sister to
perpetual motion: Theima Harris.
sweetly pretty; Corinne Wilson,
the California Nightingale, and
twenty dancing cuties. are among
the girls. Harry lie Van and Let
tie Bolles in comedy piano and
song specialties: KOhn and De
Pinto. Jazz musicians; Harris and
Rooney, society novelty dancers.
and other vaudeville acts are
featured.
STRAND-Vie Quinn. former
Winter Garden dancer, heads the
rrritl In