The Washington times., 1927-12-15
Becky and Others
On the Movie
Horizon

the new Palace policy OF neavy
stage and screen attractions car
ries on. beginning Saturday, with
Anatole Friedland heading the
festivities with his night-club
revue, "Cluh Paddock" There are
20 entertainers in this aggrega.
ton. The Palace syncopatros will
also be heard under direction of
Wesley Eddy. guest conductor.
The screen feature has Pola Negri
in THE Woman on Trial." her
latest picture taken from the
Ernest Vajda story, Confession.
1t revolves about the sacrifices OF
a woman who enters a loveless
marriage with a second man to
obtain money to nurse her first
husband back to health. Shorter
house and screen features win be
included.
COLUMBIA-"Beclsy," Cos.
mopolitan production which, in
story form. enthralled thousands
of newspaper readers. opens Sat
urday at the Columbia with Sally
J O'Neil in the title role. Little
Sally plays the role of an Irish
Jewish shop girl with ambitions
to becor1e an opera singer. She
. loses hec job and meets up with
crook whose love for her leads
him to reform his ways. Owen
Moore Is the piekpocket. Others
in the cast include Harry Croker,
Gertrude Olmsted, Mack Swain
and Claude King. Shorter fea-
lures will include a news reel and
comedy presentation.
RIALTO-Norman Kerry and
Lois Moran are to be seen on
the Ria1to screen for the week
beginning Saturday in THE Ir-
resistible Lover" The story re.
wolves about a charming young
bachelor who is continually in
trouble because OF his promiscous
attachment for pretty young la.
dies Of varied complexions. Fl
nally. of course, he does meet
the girl, the daughter of a police
sergeant and the fact that she
is out Of his social sphere, only
increases his ardor. His fraiIties
pursue him even through this
crisis and an unexpected crisis
lends the big punch to the pic
ture. MacElroy and Minch, har-
mony singers. are on the stage.
Shorter film features boast com.
edy and news reel.
NATIONAL-This afternoon at
4:S0, Burton Holmes will pre-
sent his fifth and final illustrated
travel lecture of the season. The
subject will be The Heart of
Italy"
Observation-Disclosures vi
dor will be the pictured star at
the metropolitan for eight days
beginning Saturday in Honey
moon Hate" a story laid in ro-
mantle Venice and concerning the
experiences of millionaire's
daughter who meets a prince she
can't twist around the finger,
marries him to humiliate him and
discovers she is dequateIy
tanned. Tullio Carminati PLAYS
the prince. A two-reel comedy
and news reel and special music
by Breeskin's orchestra will round
out the subsidiaries.
FOX-Another OF Victor Her.
bert's most popular operattas.
Sweethearts," with the full Fox
Theater Company of seventy
singers and ballet, will be the
stage feature at the Fox next
week with John Gilbert as the
main screen attraction in a re.
vival of Honor First" one of
the earlier pictures that brought
him film fame. John Wenger
viii design the scenery and set
tings; Alexander Oumansky will
stage the ballet and other dance
numbers and Charles Sinclair, the
general production.
Another lavish overture offering
will be made in conjunction with
the main stage piece. 1t will be
THE Dance of the Hours" out
Of the opera LA Giaconda" with
the Fox Ballot featured. The Fox
symphony Orchestra under the
direction Of Adolphe 8. Kornspan
will provide the musical settings
for both.
The screen feature, Honor
First" and produced by Fox was
one OF the first pictures that
brought Gilbert to the front with
the fans. 1t has never been
shown here and presents q vivid
story OF two brothers whose char
acter and romance are tried in
the crucible of war.