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abound. Other acts include Alice
Booth and Maxine Freeman in
songs, a piano and a wealth
OF pep: Bobbie Brooks and Edna
Rush In ''The Clean-Ups," in
which the principals assume the
roles of two scrubwomen with
theatrical ambitions: Moss and
Frye, who claim TO be the origi
majors of How High Is Up"
The photoplay viii be Para.
mounts production of Afraid to
Love-" in which Florence Vidor
is featured, supported by Give
Brook, Joselyn Lee. Norman Ire
vor and others
PALACE-s'The Callahan's and
the Murphys,'' Kathleen Norris
famous best seller" will be
transplanted to the screen at
Loew's Palace for the new week.
Isham Jones and his celebrated
recording orchestra will be the
stage attraction.
The Galatians and the Muir
phys" chronicles the hilarious
comhats, feuds, Quarrels and
reconciliations between two neigh
boring Irish families of the New
York tenements. Two lovable but.
belligerent Irish mothers raise
their broods next door. Wealth
comes to one family. romance to
both, then misunderstanding and
what looks like tragedy becomes
comedy Of the gayest type.
George Hill. the director, has
based the comedy on natural
situations and real life happen
ings. An unusual cast, including
Sally O'Neil, Marie Dressler. the
famous stage coincidence; Ger
trude Olmsted, Polly Moran, Law
renee Gray, Frank Currier and
others, have made the film one
prolonged howl of mirth. A Tilt
ing love story is woven through,
out the plot.
Other stage and screen features
will be provided.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Stone
and Barbara Bedford are featured
in 1.-THE Notorious Lady" at the
Metropolitan for the new week.
The film was adapted from the
Sir Patrick Hastings novel, The
River and deals with the subse-
quent actions of ALI English army
officer who finds his wife with an
other man and promptly shoots
the latter. The action is initia-
ted in London fashion circles,
moves to an English court and
then darts to the African jungle
where not q few o. the thrills in
els Mcdonald, Ann Rork and
others are in support. The ex-
ira film feature will have Mabel
Normand in one of her shorter
comedies, Zone Hour Married"
News review and special music
will round out.
COLUMBIA-Hailed as one of
the mile-a-minute type of come
dies that established Raymond
Griffith as a star. wedding
Bill?," his new Paramount pic
ture, comes to Loew's Columbia
next week.
The story opens up with Grit
fifth sound asleep at a friends
wedding. but from that point on
little sleeping is done, as Griffith
labors furiously and uproariously
to save his best pal from the
Vaccinations of a blonde vanp
and to win a charmer Of the
same preferred coloring for him
self.
A diamond necklace disappears
and nothing contributes so much
to the success of a Griffith pic
ture as disappearing jewelry or
other valuables, as those who
remember Paths to Paradise" or
Hands Up will testify.
Ann Sheridan. newcomer to
the films, who won her big
chance through her work as one
of the chorus girls in Casey at
the Bat" with Wallace Berry,
is the leading woman for Crit
fifth. Supplementary features in
clude a two-reel comedy, "The
Drawback" Pathe News. Scenic
and Leon Brusiloff's music.
RIALTO-The first American.
made picture by the alien, Lothar
Mendes. opens at the Rialto this
afternoon. 1t is 1.-THE Prince of
Tempters," from the pen, origi-
nally. of e. Phillips Oppenheim.
The story concerns a young
prince, reared in the seclusions of
monastery and introduced to
society as a duke, His clustered
youth has unequipped him for the
adventures that befall him. He
becomes dissolute and an associ-
ate Of evil folk. The sweetheart
who broke with originally comes
to the rescue.
An especial feature at 9 o'clock
each night will be the parade of
the first draft of contestants TO
be nominated as Miss Washing
toa for the Atlantic City contest.
The audience will judge by APP
plause each evening. Entries are
now being received daily at the
Rialto.
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