Evening star., 1926-03-22
ANU Sc M E. N T S

The Untamed Lacy" does very little
to add to her laurels. AS is usually
the case with her pictures. this one
has many novel and amusing twists
and even one big thriller. but in spite
of all that has been done to make it
unusual, The Untamed Lady" seems
to fall short indeed. at times it actual.
ly lags.
II is the story of a spoiled daughter
of the rich. whose ungovernable tenn.
per and hatred of ''virile" men have
been the cause of the return of more
than one engagement ring. She finds
n chap who fails to assert himself and
all seems to he we'll But when. on
the advice of .Ioan's uncle, he tries
To break her. the fight is on and 1t
RACES To the bitter end.
Gloria herself deserves at least a
word or two of comment. Her ability
as an emotional actress has always
been a matter of uouht. This ability
is unqueStionahly lacking in The Tn.
tanned Lady" However. aS herself,
she is all there Her personal appear
ance is always a matter for discus.
sion. Her new bob is. to say the least.
different and she has the usual
number of gown creations. Her lead
ing man. Lawrence Gray, merits no
little praise.
Perhaps this is all that is necessary
to say of Gloria and The Untamed
Lady
A Lige conley comedy. the Inter.
national News and an Aesop Fable
supply the supporting entertainment.
RIALTO-GiIda Gray, "Hell's 400"
Gilda GRAY licked Washington's first
balmy Sunday to a fraZZle. A large
share of the National Capitals popu-
lation. as much as could crowd into
the Rialtn Thaetar. instea of taking
it's exercise in the warm sunshine.
went To see Gilda take hers In the
golden spotlight. The movie e1uiva-
lent of the s. X. q. sicn-ushers with
a "they.shal mot pass look in their
eyes--was out long before the
famous Gilda was scheduled to open
her act, which headlines the Rialto
bill this week
Gilda. aided by six clever dancers,
contributes Commute dance act of
unQuestioned merit particularly the
solo bits by herself and two others.
Gilda. of course. offers her own we'll
known variety of shivering. while
the other soloists Conf1ne themselves
to toe dancing and eccentric stepping.
The toe dancer wins applause honors
with a version of the Charleston that
made big impression.
The picture offering. "Hell's 400"
Is somewhat deficient in substance
1t is the story of a Broadway cab
aret dancer with decided leaning
for gold, who determines to get 1t. no
matter how hard she has to dig. She
is pretty lucky in strik hc vein that
runs through prominent family.
and the dissipation Of the younger
son makes digging an easier job than
she had anticipated. y Young dis.
trict attorney Of those upright
young men without 2 price-in
love with :he young hounder's sister.
and A villain who hates the young
district attorney and has the Younger
brother in his power are other props
that 20 with this variety Of film.
The cast includes Harrison Ford
Wallace Macdonald Mary Livingston.
Henry kolker. Marceline Day, Rod
ney Hildebra nd and Amber Norman.
They do we'll enough with rather
weak opportunities.
The Symphony Concert.
the theater at o'clock yesterday aft
phony concert. for which Mr.. Gutter
son provided an all l-Tschaikowsky pro-
gram. proving as sympathetic an inter
prefer of the great Russian as of Rich
ard Wagner's compositions. The
rhythms of the March Sav" We're
excellently emphasized and the drums
were unusually effective. In the
Flower Waltz" from the fantastic
Nut Cracker Suite" the piano pas
sages were especially we'll handled and
clean-cut in phrasinG. The strings