The Washington times., 1927-08-13

MATHEMATICS euc MOlAAr IN
his lightest vein describes The
Swan." which the National PLAY
ers will offer for the new week
beginning Monday night. II may
be remembered that the comb.
nation OF Molnar, AZ author. and
Eva LeGallienne, as Interpreter,
made OF "The s . an one Of the
brighter comedies on the Amer
lean stage two seasons ago. Mol.
mar IL also author Of 'LiIiom"
and "The Plays the Thing" and
Is now preparing three new plays
at his Workshop In Vienna.
''The Swan" rips the formal
mask from royalty and makes Of
the crown and scepter crowd
such humans as you might meet
under ordinary conditions IL the
accident oe birth hadn't decreed
otherwise. There are ieaiousieg,
Screenings romancea and intel
llgent decisions made in the royal
household. q household In which
Is incubated the romance Of =
co.nfnoner for noble girl and a
house, in which, also, the ro-
nance terminates, and things are
left quite like they were az the
beginning. The interim, how
ever, is thoroughly well sand
wiched with comedy and with rO-
mantle leanings.
KEITH,So dette Myrtil, the
French revue star, late feature OF
countess Martha. will headline
the b. r.. Keith bill next week.
Not only ID the popular French
star beautiful to look upon, but
she plays the violin and sings
equally well.
Charles O,Donnell and Ethel
Blair will make merry In the fea-
ture spot with their comedy classic,
"The Plasterers." KhartUm, .
Persian pianist of note, will be
heard in "Momnest Worth While.
Other acts include the Julius
Schictl Marionettes, remarkable
little creatures who act and per.
form all sorts OF marvellous stunts;
Dault and La Mari. in 'Laffs and
Thrills" Several other acts will
be announced later.
The bill will be framed with
Aesop's Fables, Topics Of the Day
and the Pathe News Pictorial.
'Gossips Of 1871" q
pretentious musical comedy made
up OF several well.known yaude.
vile acts, will be next weeks at.
traction at the Earle Theater.
This will be the only vaudeville
portion of the bill 40 the entire
show consumes one and a half
hours Of time and Ia intended to
supply an entire evenings enter
tainment. Billy Dale. who wrote
the book. music and lyrics Of this
attractive unit show will also act
as master Of ceremonies. Leading
a cast of twenty-five are Marjorie
Moore and her ten June Bugs
'Vaudeville's Snappiest Lady
Band" Baron Emerson and Count
Baldwin In Nuts Pure and
Simple and Marion Wilkins and
the six California Peaches.
'Danceland's Fairest Flowers"
A satire on studio life. picture
which burlesques all phases of
movie life from the romances Of
extras to the temperamenta Of
stars High Hats" will to the
photo-play feature for the new
week, beginning Sunday after
noon. The leading roles are In
the harris Of Ben Lyon. Mary
Brian and Sam Hardy.
INTERCOLLEGIATE twin fea.
ture bill il announced for the new
week at the Metropolitan. Olive
Tell and Holmes Herbert win be
seen in Slaves OF Beauty" and
Harry Langdon will evoke the
huzzahs in His First Flame"
Abbreviated camera subjects will
round out and there will also be
q typical Breeskin overture and
accompaniment.
Slaves of Beauty" IL a Nina
Wilcox Putnam story concerning
a wife who uses every subterfuge
to appear younger than she il.
and manages an affair with an
other man. Earle Fox plays the
lover role. The Langdon film,
produced quite some time ago by
Mack Sennett, has Langdon in the
role of an ''old.womanish" swain
with the perspective and objective
of a grandmother. Natalie King
ston supports him.
PAI4ACE--Pola Negri in her
LATEST Paramount production