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Boardnian- and Conrad Nagel.
supported BY smart looking
east win be seen at the Metro
politan for the week commencing
Sunday afternoon. Al featured
attraction on the stage will In
tr0duce Jack Smith. the whisp,
erialg BARITONE, who REGARDS for
the plnonograph Further sup.
plementaries include q new re-
lease la the Helen and War
rem" series of domestic comedies,
news survey and special music.
Memory Lane predicates itself
on the ronlances Of two boys and
one girl. Mary married the
other boy because she thought
the one she really love didn't re
spond. a series Of events In
later years, fraught with comedy
and sentiment, convince her she
married the right one. The eli.
max OF the picture will split the
audience into thinking her way
and the opposite way. A picture
with novel twist William
Haines, Dot Farley, John Step.
ping and frankie barrow are in
support.
COLUMBIA-Norma shearer, the
beautiful young Metro-Goldwyn
star of He Who Gets Slapped
"A Slave 1of Fashion, = His Sec
rotary" and other recent hits,
finds a fitting role in another
story Of circus life, THE Devils
Circus" which, with Charles En-
NJ, aaI Lob
MILAN, Claire Mcdowell and
others will be seen at Loew's
Columbia next week. THE Devils
Circus" is the first American pro-
duction of Benjamin Christian
son, whose film drama is famous
abroad. Miss Shearer Is cast as
mother, who Is member Of
criminal banA Her innocence APP
peaIs to member of the same
gang; he shelters her until car
ried off to Jail, leaving her at
ion-tamer. The war intervenes,
and when the lovers are again
united, the girls miraculous re-
coyery makes possible their hap
piness. The juvenile comedy,
"Sea Scamps," International
Newsreei, overture Ind other
features will supplement.
PALACE-Alice Joyce, Conway
Tearle, Clara Bow, Donald Keith,
Dorothy Cummings, Elsie Law
son and Norman Trevor are fea-
tured in Herbert Brenon's YER
sion for Paramount Of the stage
success, Dancing Mothers.
which will be seen at Loew's
Palace for the new week. Dane
ing Mothers" is throbblng,
realistic drama OF modern New
York social life and its sophisti-
Gated society which reveals the
manner in which a charming
and beautiful matron, valrly
fighting to change the course
of pleasure pursued by her jazz
mad flapper daughter ana her
night-club-loving husband, is her-
self swept into the vortex OF
fast life and suddenly awakens
to discover herself in love with
the notorious divorce correspond
ent from whom she is trying to
ALLEVIATE her daughters affec-
tons
A Ralph Graves comedy, Take
Your Time" will be the added
feature of the bill, while Pathe
newsreel-Topics and orchestra
will be additional subjects.
RIALTO-A film version of
1.-THE Flapper Wife" by Bea'
trice Burton, comes to the Rialto
next Sunday for the week as
His Jazz Bride" AS those
know who read the newspaper
serial, it's the story Of a suscep-
tible young bride who meets up
with totally opposite type, a
female who's hunted and won
her fortune and who spend it
as such. The fast life results
with its heartaches resulting
from debts and weakened out,
looks. What the debt-ridden hus-
band did in the extremity, forms
a neat turn for the story. Matt
Moore, Margaret Seldom. John
Patrick, Mabel j. Scott and
others appear. The Peck-Miils
Orchestra will top the stage. pres
entation offering. Kate Smith.
now referred to as Washing
tons Empress of Jazz" will also
be heard. Further there will BIZ
brief comedy and international
Newsreeis summary of impOr-
tant events.