The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-06

bill next week in playIet writ
ten by Eddie Cantor, Getting a
Ticket = Hussey is remembered
for number Of appearances here
In reYues and in vaudeville.
Also. there Il that other arch
comic, Jack McL.allen. the roller
skating zany, accompanied BY
Sarah Others include Dave
AppoIon and company in q revue
assisted BY Emily Fitzgerald and
the Manila Orchestra, Harriet
Rempei in Broad asting Of 1925;
Lois Bennett, soprano, assisted by
George Mckay; the Riffenbacn
family, circus riders; Potter and
Gamble, I'm d Nursery" Worden
Brothers in Juggling novelty.
Also unusual house features.
EARIE-Beginn Sunday at
8 o'clock, the Earle will offer
bill headlined by Gladys Darling
and her Charleston Syncopat0rs,
featuring the iazziest Of steps with
musical embellishments. Other
portions of the vaudeville bill In
clude THE Novelties. a dance
revue with seven people: Eddie
Mennetti and Betty June in
Blessed with Nonsense; Nee
hans Leaping Hounds, a striking
canine act, and Nick Lucas, phono-
graph artist, who will Groom Irving
Berlin's latest Always. The film
feature will have Marguerite de la
Motto in Fifth Avenue.
WARDMAN PARK-aThe Lady
Next Door, a comedy written
by Elmer Rice and Dorothy
Parker, both of whom have sue
cesses to their credit, will be
the offering at the Little Theater
of Wardman Park by the play
ers there. 1t tells tha story of
a misunderstood and neglected
man who becomes involved with
a woman next door who Is also
getting had deal from life. It's
funny. they say.
GAYETY-George Stone and
Eta Pillard, two popular bur-
lesdue leads, return to town at
the head of their company.
.'FIappers of 1925" at the Gayety
for the coming week. Both have
been temporarily absent fron1
burlesque for season or two,
Stone n vaudeville and Miss PHI
lard with Artists and Models.
STRAND-Walter Fehl tops
the new Strand vaudeville and
picture bill with his miniature
production, His Magic Wand,
which carries cast of eleven.
Fehl produces this piece which
he also originated and will
further demonstrate his versa
tility by appearing in it. Others
on the bill include Olive Briscoe
and Al Rauhn in song number
called Conquered" Elizabeth
Kennedy and Sister in ebay
acter Impression" Allen Calm
and Charles Gale in a dance turn
labelled Two Ex-Gentlemen"
Gladys and Venus Portia, con-
tortionists. billing themselves as
1.-THE worlds greatest flexible
The feature photoplay ]
brings Betty Compson in ''Coun-
sci for the Defense" the story
of a modern woman who matched
her wits against, as the press
agent has it, dollars and deyiltry.
House Peters supports. Also the
usual mouse features.
MUTUAL - Frances Farr, q
well-known in burlesque realms,
heads the Make it Poppy" com
pany coming into the Mutual for
the week beginning Sunday. Sup
porting her are Jack Shutta, come
dian; Evelyn Fields. ingenue; Ed
Nj. Johnson, Jeanette Buckley, Ed
die Lloyd and Frank Damsel.
PALACE-Lon CLANCY in his
latest release. 1.-THE Blackbird,"
will hold the Palace screen for
next week. beginning Sunday at
3, Owen Moore and Renee Adoree,
the latter distinguished for re.
markable work in THE Big Pa.
rade are, prominent in support
of the well-known facial gymnast.
The piece is grounded on events
n London's underworld and finds
CLANCY cast as a notorious crimi-
nal who masquerades Swhen away
from his villainies as a. benevolent
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