Evening star., 1927-10-23
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. at
Sunrise"

METROPOLITAN at
Sunrise"
This week until next Saturday
Crandall's Metropolitan Theater will
present First Nationals production of
Breakfast at Sunrise" starring Con-
stance Talmadge: new Bobby Vernon
comedy. wedding Vows" and one of
Will Rogers pungent travelogues, with
contributions by the Metropolitan
Orchestra under Daniel Breeskin.
Breakfast at Sunrise" is described
as a breezy Partisan comedy from a
French play by Andre Birabeau,
adapted by Gladys Unger, with
scenario by Fred De Gresac, noted
playwright, and made under the di-
rection of Malcolm st. Claire. The
story concerns two young couples who
find the road to romance rocky. One
of the couples is Madeline, a beauti-
full Parisienne, and the Marquis de
Cerisey; the other Pierre Lussan,
bankrupt for the second time, and
Loulou, a cabaret dancer. On a gala
night at the Hotel Splendide in Paris
Madeline seemed to be abruptly aban-
doned by her betrothed and sim.
liar fate obviously had overcome
Pierre, deserted by his dancer sweet
heart. Thrown together in the noisy
dining room Pierre and Madeline de-
eide that the smart thing to do Is to
be promptly married in order to teach
the renegades an apparently much
needed lesson in fidelity. From this
situation is built a series of episodes
which are said to abound in good
humor.
Bryant Washburn Is seen as the
marquis, Alice White as Loulou, the
dancer. and Don Alvarado, a new lead
ing man, as Pierre, the real hero Of
the story. Others in the cast include
Marie Dressler, Albert Gran, Burr
Mcintosh and Nellie Bly, Baker.
Will Rogers lends his Tour OF
Switzerland and Bavaria" note Of au-
thenticity by the excellence Of the
pictured scenes and incisive humor In
his subtitles. The Metropolitan World
Survey will feature the weeks news.
RIALTO-"The Chinese Parrot"
1.-THE Chinese Parrot" which Is the
feature at the Rialto this week. was
filmed under the direction of Paul
Leni, from Earl Derr Biggers' serial
novel, and is said to be replete with
adventure, suspense and love theme
of strong human appeal.
The story has to do with Sally Ran
dali, daughter of a rich Hawaiian
pla inter, who marries Phillimore, the
lifting Phillip Madden, to whom she
had sworn her love. Tearing from
her throat the priceless pearls that
are Sally's wedding gift from her ia.
ther, Madden declares that he will one
day buy her at the same price.
Twenty years later Mrs. Sally Phil
limore, now a widow in financial
straits, returns to San Francisco to
offer for sale through her jeweler the
last of her possessions. the pearls.
Accompanied by her daughter, she
goes from the ship to meet the pros
pective purchaser, who turns out to
be Hadden. From this point the story
moves with tense interest. culminat.
ing in an unusual climax when the
widow follows Madden to his desert
hacienda to deliver the jewels.
The cast includes Marian Nixon,
Hobart Bosworth, Edmund Burns, K.
Sojin, Anna May Wong. Albert Cont,
George Kuwa. Edgar Kennedy, Fred
Esmelton, Dan Mason and Slim Sum.
merville.
The stage presentation features
Lockett and Page, in a novel diver
tissement entitled Say 1t While
Dancing"
The overture by the Rialto Orches-
ira, under Rox Rommell. is Strauss
"Tales from the Vienna Woods" and
the Collegians' comedy, Dazzling Co.
eds" and international Newsreel are
added attractions.
COLUMBIA-'The Magic Flame"
Henry Kings production of "The
Magic Flame" for Samuel Goldwyn is
now showing at Loew's Columbia The.
ater.
Throughout the entire length of the
film, the characters assumed by Ron.
aid Colman and Wilma Banky. are in
constant pursuit of their own dream
of happiness achieved in their own
manner and in their own sphere of
life. and through a constantly rising
empo Of thrills and dramatic climaxes,
they finally attain their desire.
A hair-raising balloon ascension and
parachute jump by Wilma Banky, a
double murder by Count Casati and an
amazing rough-and-tumble. fight be.
tween Tito. the clown, and the count,
which ends in the death Of the latter
when he falls from the window Of his
hotel room into the sea below, are out
standing thrillers.
There is tense moment when Bi.
anca waits. pistol in hand. for the
royal procession to pass her hiding |
place that she might shoot the prince. |
Added features are M-G-M News, a
comedy presentation and the Columbia |
Orchestra.
LITTLE THEATER-'The Birth Of a |
Nation"
This weeks program at the Little /
Theater will feature d. w. Grifith's |