The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-17
kid BOOTS And
OTHER STAGE
BARGAINS

Cantor. assisted by Mary Eaton,
win begin q weeks engagement.
in .Kid Boots" the big musical
comedy sponsored by Fl9icnz
ziegfeld. and the standing hit
OF this managers long and spec.
tacuiar career. 3
"TSld Boots is the joint prod
net of William Anthony Mcclure
and Otto Harbach. who are re-
sponsible for. the book, Joseph
Mccarthy. who wrote the lyrics
and Harry Tierney. who. supplied
fhe music. while IL was staged
under the direction of Edward
Rovce. the English stage manager
who performed a like service TOT
that other ziegfeld hit. Sally.
kid Boots is sometimes re-
ferred to as a play Of Pam
Beach and golf. the scenes oalngs
laid in that Florida winter resoFts
and the plot having much to, GO
with the universal outdoor sports y
The production is q big one
IN every way. There are eight
scenes. each Of them gotten up
in the lavish manner that dir
fingdishes a Ziegfeid offering,
with wealth OF gorgeous
costumes and hosts of pretty girls.
Among the list of favoTites who
win be seen in kid Boots" are
Jobyna Rowland. Ethelind Terry,
Beth Berf. Marie Callahan, Ear-l
land Dixon, Douglas Stevenson.
Robert Barrat, Kenneth Loanes
Paul Everton. Phil Ryley and
Horton Spur.
KETTH'S-For the week begin
ming Sunday, Charlotte Green
wood. the famous so Long Lefty
Girl" returns to- headline the bill
At Keitll's Theater. Hassard Short
is presenting Miss Greenwood for
this engagement in her comedy
from the Ritz Revue. Her Morn
Ing Bath" with songs especially
written by Martin Broones. An
extra added attraction brings the
eccentric comedian Jimmy Savo
with Joan Franza in q skit,
SLOW Motion"
The heavy music of the week
viii be offered by two famous
stars of the Chicago Opera Com
pany and the Czechoslovakian
National Opera, Mary Cavanova
and Ottokar Marak. George Dor
monde and his partner will en-
terrain and thrill with their
comedy Panto." Others include
Virginia Rucker IN -Four for
One, with Carl Shaw. Roberts
and Rose and Gene Jenkins;
Frank Funny and Ada Ayres, in
Hungry Love-; "Songlands Fav-
orite Sons. Hewitt and Hall.
offer a program OF new and old
favorites. The three Melvin
Brothers, gymnasts
EARLE-A t1ree-star bill 10 an
nounced for next week at the
Earle. Those promised are Juli-
cite Dika, the Franco-American
singing conedienne: Hadgi Ali.
the human volcano: the Nc.
Cushion Twins, assisted by Eddie
Franklin, with Dubow and Ross
and Chic Stanley in support, in
Let's Dance.
Others of prominence In the
vaudeville portion embrace a
group of seven burnt-cork COM
e(lians in Minstrel Memories"
Stutz and Bingham in an anus
ing comedy oddity: orchestral
overture and pipe-organ recital by
the Earle Theater Orchestra.
Floyd c. Wheeler, conductor, and
Alexander Arons, respectively.
The photoplay feature viii be
Metro Goldwyn's "Soul Mates, in
which the foremost characters are
Impersonated by Aileen PringIe.
Edmund Lowe. Phillips Smai1ey.
Edythe Chapman, Lucien Little
field and Ned Sparks. The film
comedy win be Universal's "A
FIivver Vacation"
STRAND-Next week the Strand
Theater ushers in the spring sea,
son with an unusual bill of
vaudeville and pictures. beaded
by the Zip Zip Yaphankers, -
with a military company of 10
singers, dancers and comedians.
Other numbers win include Joe
Young and Ethel Gray in a COM
edy and song skit, 'Forget-Me-
Not" Elizabeth Friedman's vari-
ETY. revue of dancing and sing
ing, with the ever charming Adele
Jenne as premier danseuse; a
wee bit of Scottish humor, with
Sammy Duncan in 1.-THE Bride Of
Bonnie Scotland" an aerialistic
exhibition by Bee Starr in 1.-The
Shooting Star of Spangled Land"
THE Other Woman's Story"
q domestic drama of divorce
that became a battling murder
mystery. is the feature screen
presentation for the week. with
Alice Calhoun and Robert Frazer
heading a cast Of unusual excel
lence.
GAYETY-Next weeks attraction
at the Gayety, opening Sunday.
will be "Burlesque Carnival"
This show boasts a large cast,
including Walter Brown, Dutch
eccentric; Walter Boob" Nc
Manus. character funmaker: Inez
de Verdier, prima donna; Esther
Lang, soubrette; Billy Harris,
straight man; George Monfred,
singer; Bernice Adair. ingenue,
and the Georgia Sunflowers, col
ored entertainers. Add to this
list of principals chorus Of
Is singing and dancing girls and
you have promise of a complete
attraction.
MUTUAL - Jessie Macdonald,
known fayorably as a ''burlesque
institution" though far from be-
ing that old. comes to the Mutual
for the new week with "AlI Set
to Co." With her comes Jack
Lamont and his bunch and a
score * other entertainers and
what comes under the head of a
good time in promised one and
all.