The Washington times., 1926-11-10
THE FILM PARADE
GETS BIGGER
! AND BETTER


opening next Sunday night. There
viii be daily matinees and seats
for all performances go on sale
today. Laurence Stallings set q
new pace for all makers of NOV.
ing pictures when he created the
story OF 1.-THE Big Parade. and
King Vidor, the director, win the
able assistance of John Gilbert.
Renee Adoree and the other play
ers made good the idea which
Stallings had conceived. The re-
suit was an intelligent and enter
tanning story OF the activities OF
the men who went over with the
expeditionary forces. This viii
be the last opportunity for local
playgoers to, see 1.-THE Big Parade"
with its values enhanced by the
excellent symphony orchestra and
all the effects and setting devised
for the road presentation Of the
picture.
PALACEL GiIda Gray in, the
film. 'tAloma of the South Seas.
win supply the screen feature at
the Palace next week. On the
stage viii appear the Joe Thomas
Saxotet with Betty Hale and an
atmospheric prologue, Hawaiian
Nights, with Betty Marvin. Usual
audible features such as the
organlogue and special orchestra
music.
s.Aloma'' has definitely hall.
marked Miss Gray as an actress
as wen as a dancer. She APP
pears here as a native dancing
beauty embroiled in a fiery ro-
nance for a young white man.
TIE cast in support includes
Percy Marmont. Warner Baxter,
william Powell, Harry Morey.
Julanne tombstone and others.
Briefer features win round out.
RIALU-First American show
ings Of michael strogoff." Jules
verne's famous tale Of the
Cars courier, will be seen for
the new week at the Rialto
Theater. commencing Saturday.
Weekly changes Of bin at the
Rialto wiz hereafter occur on
Saturdays. The Rialto stage,
under enlargement and recon
struction for the last six weeks
will also be dedicated at the
Saturday performances with pre-
sensations Of an ATMOSPHERIC
novelty entitled. Bacchanaile,
featuring Stafford Pemberton and
his dancers.
Michael Strogoff' seems to
have justified, from all accounts,
the daring Of its producers, and
their lavish expenditure Of time
and money. More than eight
months was sent in filming the
picture: more than 5000 people 7
were employed In the cast which
included Tartar trfbesmen. Cos
sacks. Russian cavalry. and hum
dreds Of people who dance the
national "Krakowia' at the
Grand Ball in the Palace Of the
Gar. A large part Of the picture
Is in natural color, which Is
especially effective In the scenes
OF barbaric Oriental splendor.
michael Strogoff Is the story
OF a Courier OF the Gar" who
carries a message 5000 miles
across the Siberian Wastes. Ivan
Moskine heads the enormous
cast.
COLUMBIA = Richard Dix in
ssThe Quarterback viii gloss the
Columbia screen next week as
the heroic figure OF college
story. Esther Ralston, the blonde
beauty, continues in Dix's sup
port as she has in several previous
pictures. The. story is odd and
has q delightfully."- humorous angle.
Dix IS cast as Jack Stone, son
of a former gridiron hero, who
has vowed he will never leave
Cotton until the team ticks the
State University squad. That was
In '99 and '26 finds him praying
that his athletic son VIII deliver
him from a life sentence on the
campus. He does and wins a
pretty girl for himself, too.
Shorter films will round out.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Stills
In Paradise" Harolds Lloyd's
reissue of "I Do" and the Three
Giersdorff Sisters, singing on the
stage. comprise the Metropolitan
bargain lineup for the coming
week. Paradise" is the story
of a young Englishman, disin.
herited for his escapades. and
forced to drive taxi to make
living. This disgfaceful gesture
causes the father to relent and
bequeath a South Sea island to
his son. His adventures on the
island are thrilling and funny,
eliminating in a thrilling battle
between Stills and Noah Berry.
LIoyd's picture is a two-reeler
and one of the funniest Of his
short ones. The Giersdorff Girls
had the honor of opening Club
Carlton. They have melodious
voices which they mix in appeal
ing harmony. Shorter film fea-
lures and orchestral music will
round out.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS after
noon at the National Theater
Burton Holmes inaugurates his
thirty.fourth season Of Trav-
eIogues with what he describes az
O "Land Cruise" of America.
Collecting these interesting
views Mr.. Holmes first Land
Cruise" sailed" from the Grand
Central "Pier" Of New York on
the first OF June aboard the fin
est fleet" OF Pullmans that ever
''navigated" the transcontineptal
"channels" Of the great railways
Of North America.
In rapid and unbroken success
sion nearly all Of the famous
sights Of this great continent
were photographed in colored
views and motion pictures. within
twenty-nine days of this cruising.
TTVOLI-Bills for the new
week, commencing Sunday after.
noon at the Tivoli, are as fol.