Evening star., 1927-11-06
FOX-"LOves of Carmen"

| FOX-"LOves Of Carmen"
The program at the Fox Theater
| this week offers Vivienne Segal, musi-
cal comedy star, as the featured stage
attraction. and Loves of Carmen"
the screen version of Prosper Meri-
mee's novel, as the photoplay.
| Miss Segal, who will be remembered
as the star of THE Desert Song"
THE Yankee Princess" 1.-THE Little
Whopper" and other productions, and
who is making her debut in motion
picture theaters, will offer a repertoire
of new melodies and some of those
which brought her popularity.
Also featured will be THE Runaway
Four" a comedy Offering, formerly
with "The Music Box" New Movie.
tone" subjects also will be included in
| the program.
| Loves of Carmen" is a William Fox
production, in which Dolores Del Rio
and Victor McLaglen, the stars of
| What Price Glory" have the fea-
| tured roles. The picture was directed
| by Raoul Walsh, who also directed
| the screen version of the Laurence
| Stallings war play.
| Walsh, it is said. has given an origi-
nal and an unusual twist to the famil-
lar story of Carmen" in this picture
| The Fox Symphony Orchestra will
| OhCL dS ONSIluIc.
METROPOLITAN-"Camille."
| The photoplay at Crandall's Metro
poltan Theater this week is Norma
| Talmadge's modern version of Ca
mille," directed by Fred Niblo, from
the familiar love story by Dumas. Her
rise from humble employment in
glove shop to undisputed reign over
gay pleasure seekers of Paris: her at
| traction of wealthy and titled ad-
mirers, who came to mean no more to
her than so many pawns in game of
hearts; the birth of her one real, all
consuming love for the youthful Ar
mand; her heart-rending sacrifice of
| happiness for his sake and the tragedy
of death which claimed her while she
was penniless and alone, longing for
the lover who returned too late. This.
briefly, is the story of Camille"
! Now this classic Is unfOlded in sur
roundings and investitures Of the pres.
ent day, in keeping with modern view
| points and conditions, with Camille
the Duke, Olympic, Prudence and lesser
characters all garbed in the height of
| current fashion.
| Camille" was produced by Joseph
NJ. Schenck for First National, and is
said to give Norma Talmadge in the
title role one of the finest characteri-
cations of her career.
! Opposite her appears a young Span
ish actor, Gilbert Roland, in the role
of Armand. and others in the cast are
| Lilyan Fashman, Rose Dione, Harvey
Clark, Alec Francis and Helen Jerome
Eddy.
Added features will be limited be-
| cause of the unusual length of the
! chief attraction.
Since Verdi's opera of La Traviata"
represents the operate version of the
story of Camille" the Metropolitan
| Orchestra will appropriately offer this
as symphonic prelude to the showing
of the picture.
COLUMBIA-"Ben Hur."
Gen. Lew Wallace's ben Hur, a
| Tale of the Christ" that was a stage
| spectacle % years, is this weeks at
traction at Loew's Columbia Theater.
Fred Niblo directed the production,
which begins with the wise men and
| the star of Bethlehem, pictures Je-
| rusalem under the Roman tyra amy
and the condemnation Of the Prince
| of Hur to the galleys. The battle be-
twixt the Roman fleet and the Greek
pirates was filmed with great Ben
Hur navy of antiquemodeled craft off
The Antioch chariot race, in which
Ben Hur and MESSIAH contest for the
! palm, occupied three months in the
making. Twelve quadrigas were
driven seven laps over a course facing
a Circus Maximus that holds nearly
100 900 spectators. The exquisite love
story of Ben Hur and Esther is inter-
twined with the thrilling action.
The final scenes deal with Ben Hur's
assembling Of legions in the plan to
establish kingdom of Judea, the dis.
covery of his long-lost mother and Sis
ter in the Vale of Hinnom, the process
sion of Palm Sunday and the healing
of the sick ones by the Savior, where
by Ben Hur and his beloved Esther
and kinsfolk are reunited.
In the principal roles are seen Ra-
mon Novarro in the title role, Betty
Bronson. May McAvoy, Francis X.
Bushman, Carmel Myers, Claire Nc
Dowel, Kathleen Key, Nigel de Bru-
lier. Mitchell Lewis and Frank Currier
The music for the production was
written by David Mendoza and Will
liam AXt, the composer of 1.-THE Big
Parade" The Offering is a Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer picture, made by spe.
clal arrangement with A. l.. Erlanger,
c. B. Dillingham; and F. Ziegfeld, jr.
M-G-M News and Loew's Columbia
Orchestra music. under Claude Bur.
roughs. are added features.
RIALTO-"Les Miserables."
lies Miserables," Victor Hugo's
great novel, picturized with a French
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