The Washington times., 1927-01-15

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RIALTO-TOm Meighan in
s'The Canadian"
ances on Broadway during its
engagement at the Columbia Thea.
ter, Times Square, last summer.
This attraction has not missed a
single performance since its open.
Ing in 1925. The producers have
wisely kept the big company In.
tact and rejoice in the opinion of
critics that Lucky Sambo" Is the
fastest and best colored show
since Shuttle Along"
Happy Hours" a
success Of last season on the Mu-
tual circuit. under Sam Raymond's
banner, comes to the Mutual for
the new week with Norma ltoel
and Harry Stratton, the featured
players. Among the new faces are
those of Evelyn Butler, contr4lto,
and Freddie Walker, comedian.
And the usual atmosphere of
chorus, costume and setting.
Observation-Disclosures Smith,
Whispering Baritone" will be
the stage feature at the Metro.
Politan for the new week. He
needs no introduction here or
in any other city, for the phono-
graph records have widely popu-
larized him. The screen feature
finds Milton Stills in '"The Silent
Lover" the story of a young
attache Of foreign legation who
squanders his money and morals,
spurns a suggestion that he com.
NIT suicide to square accounts
and joins the French Foreign
Legion, where the pivotal scenes
occur. Supporting Stills are Ma
talie Kingston, William Hum.
phrey, Arthur Edmund Carew,
Viola Dana, William v. Mong,
Charlie Murray, Alma Bennett
and others. The comedy feature
will be Sennett's 1.-The Prodigal
Bridegroom" with Ben Turpin.
Added screen and music features
will round out.
PALACE syncopation froIic,
featuring a large troupe of
singers. dancers and comics. takes
over the Palace stage for the
new week. sharing honors with
Mae Murray on the screen in
Valencia" On the stage will
be seen George Silvers and his
entertainers. Sally Fields. blues
singer; Christine Marson with her
dance argument, BLACK Bottom
versus Charleston" and Joe
Termini, ''the mad musician"
Shorter films. orchestra and or
catalogue viii round out. "ValeIi-
cia" Is the story OF a Spanish
beauty who defies the governor
and wins her man through a
succession of mad escapades.
Dmitri BuchOwetski directed with
Lloyd Hughes and Roy Darcy
in support.
COLUNIBIA-Hailed as one Of
the greatest productions Douglas
Fairbanks has ever brought to
the screen, ''The Black Pirate"
Fairbanks thrilling dramatic and
romantic masterpiece of pirate
days on the Spanish Main, which
began Its engagement at Loew's
Columbia last Sunday afternoon,
has been held over for a second
week.
'"The Black Pirate" has been
filmed entirely In color-the first
picture of its magnitude to be
photographed in that fascinating
fashion, and its rich reds, hunter
greens and soft sepias make the
picture the modern counterpart
of an old Rembrandt from the
visual angle, while intensifying
its cyclonic dramatic episodes and
its heart-warming romantic Sc
quences.
The usual screen and house
supplementaries will round out.
Misunderstanding hot says the
RiaIto about next weeks picture.
1.-THE Night OF Love-" with Ron
aid Colman and Wilma Banky in
the lead roles. The story is laid
in feudal times. finding Colman
cast as a Gypsy bandit and Miss
Banky as a lovely young duchess.
stolen from her groom the day Of
their wedding but later avenger IN
no uncertain fashion. Montagu
Love, Natalie Kingston, Laska
Winter and others are in support.
The Marion Morgan Dancers are
seen during the screen action. The
stage feature calls for an atmos-
pheric prologue. the music written
by Miss Banky herself, and the ac-
ton spun out by Themy Georgi,
late Of the CINCINNATI Opera Com.
pany. Shorter films and special
music will round out.
NATIONAL - Naples and Its
Riviera" e. M. Newman's Travel.
talk at the National Theater
twice tomorrow. is wholly unlike
any other part of Italy. Naples
has picturesqueness all it's own.
In no other city are there such
streets swarming with children,
outdoor family life and innuner-
able intimate scenes peculiar only
there.
In new group Of motion pic.
lures and gorgeous color views.
a tour is made around the Bay of
| Naples to Vesuvius, which will
be shown in eruption: then q visit
| to the buried city of Pompeii;
then a motor trip over the Amalfi
drive. with stop-overs at Amalfi
and Ravello. and on to Sorrento,
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