The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-21

} ter in New York. shorter films
and house features will complete.
STRAND-The Strand will pre-
sent, beginning with today's matt
nee and running for three days
only, a revue entitled STRAND Re-
view of Revues," with Irwin B.
Hamp and the Strand Players, Lew
Lewis, Earl Root, BiIee Lamonte,
Rene Vincent, Bud Brewer and
Tom McTwiggen and the beauty
chorus still being led by Mary
Deery and Tereta Sheaffer.
On Tuesday only, which marks
the day for the closing engagement
Of the players, the Strand Players
will offer benefit special perform
ance and an entirely new show
will be put on for that day only
with the admission proceeds being
divided equally between the play
ers. A reception will be held after
each of the three performances on
that day.
The screen attraction will bring
Richard Dix in "Quicksands,
which will be continued for the
entire week, ending on Saturday,
when a new picture will take the
screen on Sunday, marking the
starting Of the picture policy for
the Strand summer season.
PALACE-Loew's Palace intro
duces an all-comedy program for
the new week beginning Sunday.
The film feature has Adolphe
Menjou in a farcical piece, Eve
ming Clothes" On the stage will
be those perennial black-face
comics, Mcintyre and Heath in
their latest skit, The Jail Break
ers." The film feature, Eve
ming Clothes" was adapted from
the French play by Andre Picard
and Yves Mirand, concerns the
antics Of two who married and
early developed a champion spirit
of incompatibility. In support of
the star are Virginia Valh, Louise
Brooks, Noah Berry and others.
INSTRUMENTATION Stone
and Doris Kenyon will be. seen in
a new story of romance abroad
when "The Blonde Saint" opens
at the Metropolitan for the new
week beginning Sunday. Vita
phone, as usual, will introduce
short EYE and ear" subjects in
the persons Of Beniamino Gigli,
supported by two members of the
Metropolitan Opera chorus. and
the Jewellers, probably the best
quartet of close-harmonists now
before the public eye. The feature
film narrates the tale OF widely
lionized author who takes stock
of himself when young beauty,
with will of her own. refuses to
follow the pack. Eventually they
get along famously because Ger.
tain events so arrange themselves
that he is permitted to demon.
strate a great, glowing worth.
Shorter films, too.
MISUNDERSTANDING and that
sort of romantic love which takes
desperate turns to achieve it's
aim did not die with the Middle
Ages. History doesn't teach this
but the films do. Thus for the
new week beginning Sunday, the
Columbia will present Ramon
Novarro and Alice Terry in a
dramatic story OF modern Spain,
Lovers" A thrilling duel pro-
vides the clinactic excitement
though lesser sequences boast of
their ability to quicken the breath.
Supporting the two stars are
Edward Martindel, Edward Con-
nelly, George X. Arthur and Roy
darcy. Shorter films and spe-
cial music will round out.
RIALTO-sHeld by the Law,
starring Johnnie Walker and Mar.
guerite de la Motto, is the feature
picture at the Rialto for the week
starting today. Write by Bay
ard WELLER. it is said to be a
worthy successor to his other ia
nous mystery stories. "The Thir.
teenth Chair" and within the
Law" A particularly mysterious
murder is committed in the first
reel Of the picture, the wrong
man is sentenced to be executed,
and all manner of exciting things
happen in the ensuing episodes,
with the parties involved conduct.
ing race to save the condemned
man from the electric chair.
For the first three days of
the engagement today. Sunday
and Monday the special stage
presentation will be the personal
appearance of .Snookuns, the tiny
tornado, who plays the stellar
role In the ''Newlyweds and Their
Baby comedies. He will appear
at the 8. z and 8 p. m. perform
ances,