The Washington times., 1927-02-12
GOINGS-ON
AT The Thenters

; Eddie Dale heads the lineup OF
funmakers and is aided by Lew
Rice, Gertrude Beck, Jim Nc
Cauley, Robert Lorenzo, Emma
May and Billy Dale.
RIALTO-"The Lone Wolf Re-
turns" co-starring Bert Lytell
and Billie Dove, opens today
at the Rialto for the week. 1t is
taken from the Lone Wolf tales
OF Louis Joseph VSnce and con-
Germs the regeneration of the Wolf
who proves his desire to go
straight by cheating other cheat
ers to the laws advantage. A
second feature will be the De
Forest Phonofilm, almost perfect
in its synchronization Of picture
and voice. Opera versus jazz will
be the Phonofilm feature this
week. Newsreel. comedy and
special music by Rox Rommel and
his orchestra. will round out.
COLUMBIA-The world and
Washington loves 1.-The Winning
of Barbara Worth" holding over
luz 0CCOlIQ WEN dl lIG W.
lumbia and the holdover indicates
it as well as the heavy runaway
crowds Of the current week,
With two of the most youngsters
on the screen in the leads, Ron
aid Colman and Wilma Banlty,
unwinding a popular Harold Bell
Wright story that was read by
most everyone, the answer Is not
hard to seek. Samuel Goldwyn
produced it and has done an I'M
mensely fine job. The story il
laid in the desert West, with a
fine love theme running through
out. A Lloyd Hamilton comedy.
Pathe News and special music
will round out.
METROPOLITAN - "The Auc-
tioneer." famous stage success of
David Warfield's is translated to
the screen by Fox Films and will
be seen at the Metropolitan with
cast including George Sidney.
Marian Nixon and Gareth Hughes.
The auctioneer is a loveable fei
low who rises from street ped.
d err to undreamed luxury. A sec.
ond feature will be 1.-THE Gorilla
Hunt" taken in the jungles of
Africa. This thrilling nature
study shows the experiences of
hunters trailing the mammoths Of
the jungle thrilling episode being
a hand to hand encounter. Shorter
films and special music will round
out.
PALACE - The record-breaking
picture. Flesh and the Devil
which stayed four weeks al the
Capitol in New York, win lure
crowds to the Palace for the .om
ing week. 1t is based on Suder
mans story, THE Undying Past
and has John Gilbert, Greta Carlo.
Lars Hanson, Marc McDermott
George Fawcett and others in the
important roles. An elaborate at
mospheric prologue will precede the
him. featuring. among others.
Mooney and Churchill, dancers,
and Carlos Ferrstti, basso of the
Capitol Theater. John Gilbert is
seen as a young German whose
lifelong friendship with a youth
of his own age. is nearly shattered
oy the Wiles of q morally weak
woman. Shorter films will round
out. .
NATlONALl-The French For.
eign Legion is the locale for the
film, Beau Geste, which opens
Sunday night at the National
Theater. The story is frauglt with
romance and thrills and laudations
by critics for the work of Noah
Beery has been unanimous.
Among the principals are Ronald
Colman, Alice Joyce, Mary Brian,
Neil Hamilton, Ralph Forbes.
Norman Trevor, William Powell
and Victor McLaglen. Bean
Geste" is a mystery story OF the
Legion and concerns the disap.
pearance Of three young brothers
after sapphire belonging to
their aunt has been stolen. The
action leads to remote fort
on the Sahara where action is
piled upon action with Arab
assaults on the lonely for. culmi.
mating in defamation of the entire
garrison but one. Herbert Brenon
directed.
POLTS-So successful has been
the film engagement OF What
Price Glory" at Polls that the
engagement has been extended
another three days commencing
Sunday. Arrangements have been
made with the management Of
the Chicago Opera Company.
which had q prior lease on the
house. to let the film continue
from Sunday through Tuesday
with two showings daily. The
story Of the battling Marines in
Franco is humorous and patket,.
and mas heen eSca;Iently trans.
ferred to the screen by the Fox
corporation. An augmented or.
chestra supplies music and ef.
festS.