The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-11

NA11O9NfAAF--NeX WEEK. DSBlLl+
ming Monday. the National Play
ers journey to the land of OPP
tin1sm. Eleanor Porter's Polly.
anna the play of the glad girl"
will be the attraction.
'tPollyanna" has demonstrated
an almost universal appeal with
play goers. 1t ranks with peg
o. My Heart" as one of two
plays which have earned record
stock company royalties and this
year will be produced in SIS
cities by repertoire organizations.
1t presents Leona Powers in
role which she has been par.
ticularly anxious to play. And
the little glad girl" whose chronic
optimism and refusal to look
at life through drab glasses Of
fers many fine moments Of
laughter, also has her brief lapses
where the collective audience eye
is inclined to moisten.
Exceptional opportunity in the
casting is also provided for j.
Glynn MacFarlane, leading man;
Kathryn Givney, Adelaide Hib-
bard. Dorothy Tierney, Romaine
Calender, Billy Phelps and other
National fayorites.
KEITH'S-Rae samue1s, "The
Blue Streak of Vaudeville" will
hold down first line honors at B.
F. Keith's for the new week.
This popular artist whose sue
cess is built on personality and
popularity will offer a new act
with the assistance of Mildred
+. Land, at the. piano.
A varied assortment Of songs.
music. dance and humor will be
offered by Dave Apollon and his
company in "An Apollonian Re.
vue." assisted by Marjorie Lane,
Dorothy Charles and the Manila
Orchestra.
Who is who becomes "Hoos
Hoo" when used to describe the
pot pourri of mirth and melody,
presented by Hal Jerome and
Gloria Gray. Other acts include
Franklin Ardell, the well known
comedian in his up-to-the.minute
laughing comedy. THE Man
From Miami with Sonia Swan;
Senator Murphy, THE Peoples
Choice" and a popular monol-
ogist will follow: music from
a harmonica to an old fashioned
saw by Ted and AL Waldman;
Les Ghezzi, equilibrists; the Take
tas from the Land of the Cherry
Blossoms in feats of dexterity.
Framing the bill will be the
screen features. Aesop's Fables,
Topics of the Day and the Pathe
News Pictorial, from B r. Keith's
Theater.
EARLE-The headline attrac-
ton at the Earle next week will
be supplied by Wanda Hawley,
the film star and a supporting
company in playlet. Willie West
and McGinity in "A Million Build
ers Blunders," comedy of errors,
which long has been recognized
as one of the laughing hits of the
stage will be featured. In this
subject the three stars appear as
artisans engaged in erecting a
house who manage to make more
mistakes than any other three
people in the world possibly could
devise. The result is an interval
Of unbridled hilarity.
The added attraction in the
vaudeville portion of the pro-
gram viii be supplied by Tommy
Reilly in 1.-The Wife Hunter" a
love episode expressed in song
and dance. Other acts include
Ervel and Del, harmony singers
and tap dancers, and Bayes and
Speck in novelty number.
The photo-play feature will
be Paramount's production of
Ritzy," a new Elinor Glyn We
hicle for the ebullient talents of
Betty Bronson, James Hall, Ge--
trude Short and other youthful
players.
METROPOLITAN ~ Getting
Gertie's Carter the peppery
farce by Wilson Collision and
Avery Hopwood, has been trans
lated into silent drama, and will
be presented as chief feature Of
next weeks bill at Crandall's
metropolitan with Marie Provost
and Charles Ray in the pivotal
roles. 1t will be recalled that the
action of this rivolons bit Of
tomfoolery centers in the attempt
OF a young millionaire to regain
possession of jeweled garter
bearing his own picture, and that
OF the recipient after an engage
ment has been broken and each
OF the principals has become be.
trothed to another. It is amaz-
ing how elusive a garter can be.
come. The remaining members
of the cast include Harry Myers,
Sally Rand, William Orlamond,
FRITZ Ridgeway, Franklin Pang.
born, Del Henderson and Lila
Leslie.