Evening star., 1926-10-13
Attractions in Washington Theaters
Next Week

OF band of youngsters on a baby
farm with Miss PickfOrd as Mama
Mollie,'' the little girl who mothers
the forlorn children on the farm, pi.
lots her small charges through all
sorts of adventures in which laugh.
ter, thrills and pathos are literally
mingled. The locale of "Sparrows" is
in the swamp country of the South,
wheDe, on an island farm, the little
scraps Of humanity are kept by a
cruel keeper and his wife, but finally
overcome the obstacles placed in their
paths and find their way to a happier
| life through Mama Mollies'' guild
ance.
A group of added subjects will in
clude the Pathe news reel, Aesop's
| Fables, Leon Brusilof's music and
other features.
PAI4ACE-"YOu'd Be Surprised.
,, Loew's Palace Theater next week,
s.arting Sunday afternoon. will pre-
sent Raymond Griffith in his latest
photoplay Comedy, You'd Be Sur
prisedY and as the principal stage at
traction, Albert De Courville's inter-
national musical revue, "Zig-Zag."
Raymond Griffith, one of the out
standing comedy screen stars in
You'd Be Surprised" offers serio-
comic mystery, which is said to be
as fast and furious as The Bat with
as many thrills as Ben Hur.' in ad-
dition to it's laugh-provoking ele-
ments. Dorothy Sebastian and Earle
Williams are in the cast. Arthur Kos
son directed the picture.
Zig Tag" Albert De Courville's in
ternational revue, is the first produc-
by the man who is regarded as the
Ziegfeld of London. 1t is fast-moV-
ing and melodious and features Max
Cunningham and Hazel Clements, as
well as the Tivoli Girls, the Zig-Zag
Girls and 25 more of the worlds pref
tiest. Music is by Dave Stamper. Fol
lies" composer, with stage scenes by
Larry Ceballes. There will pc other
supplementary features also.
RIALTO-"One Minute to Play
One of the big picture hits Of the
year comes to the Rialto next week,
beginning Sunday, in "One Minute 10
Play" starring the great foot bail
player, Red Grange. 1t is described
as a gripping, thrilling romance of the
campus and gridiron, pulsating with
youthful love and youthful ambition,
sparkling with humor and vibrant
with life, and vivified by the marvel
Gus foot ball playing of 'the Illinois
flash"
The story revolves around boy
who goes to college with the purpose
of making a foot ball record for both
himself and for his alma mater, which
to date had never won a game. This
theme gives Red Grange a great op-
portunity to display his flashing
speed and remarkable technique, and
also offers picture patrons a glimpse
of the "gridiron ghost in perfect
form. 1t is said to be replete with
splitting humor and has a charm
ing romance of youthful love.
The cast supporting Red Grange
includes Mary McAlister, Ben Hen
dicks. jr.; Lincoln Steadman, Lee
Shumway, Charles Ogle, Jay Hunt,
Edyth Chapman and George Wilson,
famous all-American half back.
Another breeze from the campus
will be the Introduction of comedy
entitled "The Collegians."
METROPOLITAN-"Subway Sadie"
An interesting and handsomely
mounted comedy drama is announced
for Crandalls Metropolitan Theater
next week in First Nationals produc-
ton of Subway Sadie" featuring
Dorothy Mackaill, Jack Mulhall,
Peggy Shaw and Charles Murray.
The stage attraction will be Chief
Caupolican, the Metropolitan Indian
baritone. Supplementary offerings
embrace the usual short reels. the
Metropolitan World Survey and or
cheStral embellishments by the
Metropolitan Symphony, under Daniel
Breeslin, and by the Metropolitan
Ramblers, led by Milton Davis, on
week days only in alternate hours.
subway Sadie" is the story of a
SaleSgirl in d fashionable modiste's
shop Of Fifth avenue, in New York,
who almost made the fatal blunder
of marrying the firms Paris buyer
instead of the young man whom she
mistook for nothing more than a sub
way guard, who, however, turned out
to be the son and heir of the owner of
the subway. The Fifth avenue aspects
Of the story make it possible to intro
duce fashion shows and artistic pho
tographic effects.
Chief Caupolican, unique among
American concert artists, has a rich
baritone voice. The concert overture
will include "reminiscences from kid
Boots" by Harry Tierney.
TIVILI-"The Marriage Clause"
Billie Dove, Francis X. Bushman,
Warner GLAND and Grace Darmond
are in the cast of 1.-The Marriage
Clause" which is to be presented at
Crandall's Tivoli Theater the first two
days of next week, beginning Sunday
afternoon, with new Aesop Fable,
the Pathe Review and pipe organ
music by Otto F. Beck and Ida V.
Clarke; Tuesday and Wednesday,
Richard Barthelmess will be shown
in THE Amateur Gentleman" the
screen adaptation of the story by
Jeffery Farnol, directed by Sidney