The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-22

NATIONAI1--.sTh Last Warn
ing.0 oldest comedy. thriller Of Its
time. goes into q second week at
the National Monday night re-
placing the previously announced
production Of New Browns.
Capacity business all this week
and q heavy runaway OF anxious
patrons. decided the management
to extend the engagement or TINS
popular piece into a second week.
The National Players have set
one record so far this season.
that Of five extra matinees out
Of seven weeks The extension 0r
"The Last Warning, Is another
record attesting to the ability q
this troupe to get across to en-
audience.
..The Last warning Is melo-
drama, comedy. farce and mys-
terry all IN one. There Is no
other show quite like It for the
alton takes place in vari0l;s Larts
OF the tl1eater; the actors n1ingle
with the audience. a olay within
play, called '.The snare, is
presented on the stage until in
terrupted by 4 cIfma-tic shock
which sends the audience into
fever Of excitement. In add.
ton there are shots in the dark,
mysterious knocks and &roans
and adventures in mysterious
passagewaye The action IS 30
leaveDsd with comedy relief that.
despite the suspense, the audi
eIlce IL not subjected to nervous
prOstratfon
Kathryn Givney does her best
work this season as q chorus girl
who speaks inelegant English.
KEITH's Pat Rooney and
Marion Bent. after several sen
sons in musical comedy, return
as topliners at KeitFss for the
week commencing Sunday after
noon. With them comes 4 com
pany of dancers and singers. in
eluding 81 Layman and Helen
Killing. Muriel Stryker, Anita
Nieto, Mildred Burns. IA dancing
girls and Pat Rooney's Club Or.
chestra. under Andy Byrne. Leo
BILL ventriloquist from France,
viii feature for the week Other
acts include the funny acrobatic
team Of Dare and Wahl, last with
the FolIies; Josephine Harmon
and Georgia Sands in song
sisters, IN Music Hath Char ms'' ;
sisters, in Music Hath Charms:
Julius F1erst and company ir
EARLE with Glen and Rich
ards, Barry and Dunn and a sup
port Of eight, the Earle brings in
one of vaudeyiIle's dramatic nov
city hits III The Test for the
coming week. The act stats az
q mystery thriller and then
evolves into a surprise ending.
Ray and Dot Dean furnish the
added feature in a rube singing
act. Others include Bobbie Brooks
and Louise Phillips, with sTurc'
Duncan in melody and nairth;
Louis Broms, Brema, Fitz and the
Murphy Brothers, Just In Fun:
Lillian Morton, singing Coincidence.
The film feature brings Anna @.
Nilsson and others in The Splen-
did Road. Shorter features round
]. out.
STRAND In the last adven-
tIire which Samuel GoIdwyn and
Montague Glass saw fit to ex-
pose to the public in Potash and
Perlmutter, those WORTHLESS were
worrying through dabble IN the
motion picture game. In the
new episode in their hectic career
as business associates, Partners
Again, opening at the Strand
Theater tomorrow for a weeks
run, they are pooling their wits
and resources in the "0istribu-
ton of new automobile, the
Srhenkmann Six.
They distribute it, tooal over
the landscape. They find. how
ever. that carburetors, transmits
sions differentials and clutches
are much more complicated and
even more exasperating than tha
movie vamps and yes men.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Volga
Boatman. latest OF Cecil B. De
Miles special productions. is an
nounced for next week at Gran
dalIs Metropolitan. Into this
drama OF social unrest has been
poured all OF the De Mile ualr
for massive scenes and action.
The plot was derived from the
novel by Konrad Bercoyici and
traces the most engrossing de-
VelOpmenCS IN lue lives u q n ~
cess of the royal blood and
struggling laborer on the tow
path. The pivotal figures arc
PLAYED by William Boyd, in the
title part: E1linor Fair. as Princess
Vera, and Julia Faye. Theodore
KosIoff. Robert Edeson, Victor
Varconi. Charles Clary and Ar
thur Rankin, with a supporting
ensemble such as only De Mile
knows how to assemble and con-
troll.
'sThe Folga Boatman" Is Of
such length and dramatic content
that the supplementary attractions
necessarily will be minimized.
There will be shown a news reel.
and the metropolitan symphony
will be heard in fitting concert
overture. The Imperial Male
Chorus viii be heard from the
stage in Russian repertoire.
pALACE-Pola Negri is an
nounced as star at Loew's Palace
for next week in her latest, The
Crown of Lies" a Bimitri Bucho-
wetski production for Paramount
from an original story by Ernest
Va ida author OF "Fata Morgana,
"The Harem" and Grounds For
Divorce. Negri is supported by
q cast including Noah Berry, Rob-
ert Ames, Charles Post, Arthur
Hoyt, Cissy Fitzgerald, Frankie
BAILEY. May Fister and others.
In 1.-THE Crown Of Lies Poia