The Washington times., 1926-12-30


with its glorious Friml music,
holds over for second week at
Polls, the engagement being ex-
tended under pressure of heavy at
tendance this current week. Easily
this Is the prize musical show Of
several seasons, as good as "Blos-
som Time and infinitely better
than "WildfIower." Carolyn Thorn
son, Edward Nell, jr., Max Fig
man, Will Philbrick, Jane Carroll.
Catherine Hayes and others are
featured, in addition to whom there
is the singing chorus.
NATIONAI--John Golden's pro-
duction of Pigs" following its
run of Al weeks in New York,
comes to the National Monday
night. Golden is an oddly in the
tlleater, the one producer who has
consistently capitalized cleanliness
and who has upset the theory that
a clean play must necessarily be
dun. 'Lightnin','' THE First
Year. and Seventh Heaven are
examples Of this. In the cast or
"Pigs'' are Una Merkel, Wallace
Ford. Gertrude Augarde, May
Buckley, George Henry Trader,
Phiiip harrison, Elaine Temple,
Emerson Treacy, Frederic NAL
colin and William Cox.
REIASCO-"The Arabian Night
mare" a new comedy Of sheiks
that hover in the witching hours,
makes its debut at the Belasco
Monday night. David Tearle ana
Doniinick Colaizzi are the authors
and the cast includes Marion
Coakiey. William Hanley, Helen
Lowell, Charles Millward, Cath
crime willard, Percy Moore, Ste
pflen Wright and Is others. The
locale is set first in, Boston, shit.
ing then to the Arabian desert
where love and comedy combine
into what the authors believe Will
be handsome entertainment.
KEITH'S-Will Malone, So.
preme among the clown comics,
leads the Incoming array at
Keith's, commencing Sunday art
er-noon. Mr.. Mahoney calls MS
foolery "Why Be Serious though
his antics by any other name
would be just as funny. Ann
Codee. French Coincidence, up
holds the feature spot with VII
and wardrobe. Other acts include
Demo and Rochelle, Apache dan.
GERS. assisted by Pepino and Dill
worth and the concert quartet;
carlton Emmy and his Mad Ways;
Florence Vernon and company In
= comedy and singing offering;
ssThe Four of U.s." one of Vaude-
viiIe,s best singing quartets; Ona,
lady rymnast. An extra feature
will be the afterpiece in which
Frank Orth and other members Oh
the show will combine.
EARLE-The Misses and Kisses
Revue. carrying IA singers, dane
ers and comedians, tops the Earle
hill for the new week, starting
sunday at o'clock. The added
attraction will be Delmar's Lions
in Fun at the Circus" WITH most
OF the fun supplied by Jack Grant
and Frank Patten. blackface Ia
mics, Other acts include Juva Mar
conf and company; Stan Kavan-
augh, juggling comic; Lillian
Roth, vocalist. The feature film
has Johnny Hines in Stepping
Along Shorter films and house
features will round out.
STRAND-The popular Hyde
Players will offer Around the
Clock" at the Strand for the new
week, featuring the Swede comic,
Irwin B. Hamp, the Follies Rer-
gere Girls and other principals.
Songs and comedy predominate,
though there. is something Of
book to boast Of The screen
will have Lew Cody, Marcelline
Day, Carmel Myers and others in
1.-THE Gay Deceiver.' a story OF
q Paris matinee idol enmeshed in
more situations than he can get
out Of Shorter films and house
features also.
GAYETY-Sliding Billy Watson
brings his show to the Gayety for
the new week and little else need
be said for information or bur-
lesque fans. He includes this
year in his production the Whirl-
wind Four. colored singers: Sen
orita CarIita, Dick Lewis, Benny
Plat, Oliver De Grant, Jack
Heath.
MUTUAL-Harry Jarboe has
considerable novelty for patrons
the new week in the form of the
Illuminated horseshoe runway.
Special numbers will take place
on this novelty bridge the coming
week in connection with the APP
pearance of Bright Eyes" Dolly
Davies and Harry Levine are the
featured players, supported by
half a dozen other principals and
the Greenwich Village chorus
RIALTO-Beginning Saturday,
New Year Day, the Rialto sponsors
the latest farce comedy for Regi-
maid Denny, THE Cheerful Fraud"
in which the star is cast as no
bleman who, meeting pretty girl
on the street, becomes plain M.
Simpson and eases himself into a
secretarial job in order to be near
her. Gertrude Olmsted is the
beautiful one. Other principals
are Gertrude Astor, Otis Harlan
and Emily FitZroy. The presenta-
ton feature viii bring Al Lavine
and his Broadway entertainers in
music and other forms of synco
patton. Shorter reels will round
out on the screen.
PALACE-Nora Bayes, billed
as "the highest priced singing
coincidence on the stage" begins