The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-08
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At the Thentere:

will next week produce that
hilarious farce-comedy, Some
Baby, Z written BY zeliah Coytng-
ton and Jules Sfmonsol1.
There IS q humorous plot with
laugh in every line, sometimes
bordering on the risQue, but never
falling over the brink. a dOdder-
ing old general wants to marry
the young daughter Of q doctor
whose LIES work to discover
something astoundingly new IA
medicine results in the perfection
Of an elixir Of youth.
COLE;AIBIA--F'ou favorite film
players appear IN The Blind
Goddess, " coming to the Columbia
for the rev week. They are Jack
Holt. Esther RaIston. Ernest Tor
renee ana Louise Dresser. The
story emphasizes the danger Of be-
Iieving circumstantial evidence
where a life or q reputation Is at
stake. Holt IS cast as q young
district attorney, who refuses TO
prosecute the wife Of q political
leader who Is murdered. He loses
his post and reputation, but re-
gains all through d startling des
movement and secures the acquit-
tai of his client. For this picture,
Holt laws aside his usual Western
bravadO, 3 change his fans may
welcome. Al love interest theme,
OF course, runs throughout
the story. Al mermaid comedy,
"The Tin Goat, = international
Newsreel and special music viii
complete.
NET OPOLITAN- -Corinne
Griffith holds the Metropolitan
screen the new week in the film
version OF the Victor Herbert
operatta. Mile. Modiste. Nor
man Kerry and. willard Louis
lead the supporting cast. An
added attraction for the week
holds Gene Austin, recording tenor.
over for new group Of songs.
The comedy viii be o. Henry's
"A Social Triangle also q
newsreel and special music. In
Mile. Modiste," Miss Griffith Is
cast as mannequin at an elab-
crate banquet given for middle
west buyers by Hiram Bent. who
Is intrigued by the fascinating
Corinne. The film version em-
bodies brilliant style revue and
not little thrill eliminating
in the duel scene between Bent
and the Count de Bouvray. Dor.
othy Cumming, Rose Dione and
Tony Merlo are prominent In sup.
port. Orchestra selections win be
from Herbert operattas.
PALACE-Richard Dix stars Ii
a new comedy hit Let's Get
Married" directed by Gregory La
Cava and coming to the Palace,
beginning Sunday. The story -
adapted from the tale, The Man
From Mexico. The cast includes
Lois Wilson, Edna May Oliver
Dix is cast as a merry roisterer.
whose escapades in jail and out
chip the surface from his love al
fair. He is forced to invent a
story about travelling to Mexico
as a HYMN book salesman to ac-
count for an enforced absence OF
80 days in jail. The laundry
chute provides means of escape
for him, he proposes and is ac-
cepted only to find the police
again hot on his trail. From here
on the comedy comes fast and
heavy. A Sennett comedy, Trim
med in Cold" Patlne News, Topics,
and special music complete.
RIALTO-The life of q, fire.
fighter, with it's attendant thrills
and spectacular fire scenes, is
portrayed in THE Still Alarm"
which comes to the Rialto for the
new week with Helene Chadwick
and William Russell in the pt-
votal roles. The piece Is both
comedy and melodrama and man
ages to combine the scenes OF
firefighting methods OF some years
ago with the modern attacks OF
today. The horses run again,
novelty in itself. Because he
cannot provide his wife with the
Injuries she needs the central
male character loses his wife
while she seeks for happiness and
finds 1t only in the humble sur
roundings she deserted. The stage
presentation will present Guido
.Ciccolinf, lyric tenor who has
long been a favorite in vaudeville
and on the concert stage, and
Richard Gilbert and Ruth Wimp,
in blue and ballad numbers. An
Our Gang comedy, international
Newsreel and special music will
round out.
TIVOLI Rudolph Valentino
starts the first screen bill Of the
week at the TivoIi in 1.-THE Eagle"
with Wilma Banky and Louise
Dresser in support. It's the story
| OF youth turned bandit in re-