The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-01
Screen Prospects
For the Coming
Week

tainment in quality and quantity
for next week. The film feature
viii be the young Fox star. Olive
2 Borden, in her latest production.
''PaJamas." and on the stage
Kary1 Norman. ''the Creole Fash
ion Plate" win vie for honors
with Blossom SeeIey, singing
coincidence OF revue and musical
comedy. The screen story II the
tale Of an up-to.date Adam who
tarnes his modern and flapper
Eve in good old.fashioned style.
Much of the action occurs In the
Canadian Rockies amid the can.
yons and glaciers OF that rugged
country. Supporting Miss Borden
Is the new screen ''shelk," Law
renie Gray.
blossom seeIey win be assisted
by Benny Fields and two jazz
pianista. Karly Norman will offer
songs and the feminine creations
that have made him famous.
Added attractions. a new Fox
movietone and an overture with
Muriel La France, operate 30.
prano, singing excerpts from The
Firefly.''
PALACE :. Metro. Goldwyn.May.
er's mystery drama, THE Thir.
teenth Hour" featuring Lionel
Barrymore and Jacequline Gads.
don. comes to Loew's Palace be.
ginning Saturday, az the principal
screen attraction. The stage Tea.
lures the first OF Z series Of
greater entertainment programs,
introducing the Palace Sync0.
pators. q poppy orchestra. ar.
ranged by Paul Specht.. with Jack
Waller as guest conductor and
master Of ceremonies. The sup.
porting bill includes the Irwin Sis
tiers, q dance sensation: Beemis
and Brown, the "Rah Rah" sur.
prise. Jerry Waller. sister OF Jack.
in banjoitis: the Palace Rockets,
eight dainty steppers. and the
Ballet Caprice. laughing riot Of
the dance. The stage program
will be further enhanced with a
special orchestral production, Peer
Gynt Suite" with q cast Of
dancers and singers. The entire
production will be staged under
the direction Of Colby Hartman.
M,.G..M. News. Aesop's Fables
and the Palace Orchestra round
out the program. THE Thir-
teenth Hour" opens with q muir.
der and then moves along at q
fast pace to the solution Of the
crime.
RIALTO-"She's a sheik," star.
ring Bsbe Daniels. comes to the
Rialto for the new week beginning
Saturday. The story concerns the
daughter Of an actual sheik, who,
returning to her home in Algiers,
after an education In the United
states, introduces some novel and,
startling ideas. She is something
of a Tartar, fighting a duel with
the man she hates, kidnapping the
man. she loves and saving him
from a firing squad. Richard Ar.
len, William Powell, Josephine
Dunn and others are in support.
The stage presentation brings La
Bernicia, dancer. assisted by Char
i0tte LeNay, Luella Hartman and
lie Roy de Mauriere.
COLUMBIA orrell and Son."
Herbert Brenon's production Of
Warwick Deeping's novel, comes
to Loew's Columbia Saturday.
The story Is that Of a British
war veteran whose wife deserts
him and his 6.year-old son. The
veteran. Capt. Stephen Sorrell.
M. c., struggles against ingrati.
tude.. poverty, vice and physical
exhaustion to rear and educate
his beloved son, In whom he is
ultimately well pleased. Inter-
woven with the story Of father.
And-son devotion are the sub.
plots Of Stephen SOrrell's friend
ship with Fanny Garland; Kit
Sorrell's love for Molly Roland;
Roland's kindness for Stephen
Sorrell: Sergeant Bucks enmity
for Sorrell; Florence Palfrey's
scorn Of her drunken husband
and angry passion for Captain
Sorrell; and Dora Sorrell's bitter
struggle to win from her hus.
band the love of their son.. Kit.
M.-G.-M. News, q comedy film
and q selected overture by the
Columbia concert orchestra round
out the program.
METROPOLITAN - Marie Pre-.
vost will be the pictured star In
the Metropolitan's new screen fea.
ture. 1.-THE Girl in the Pullman" q
farce on the order of up in Ma.
bells Room" and Getting Gertie's
Carter" ana which concerns itself
with complications in what was
once a happy household. Shorter
features will include a news sur.
vey, comedy and special music.
LTTTLE-"Moon of Israel" the
highly praised spectacle and no.
nance based on the Old Tesla.
ment story by Sir Fl. Rider Hag-
gard, has been playing to more
than capacity ut the Little The.
alter, and will be held over an.
other week by the Motion Pic.
ture Guild. Maria Corda and
Arlette Marchal have the lead
ing roles. The two continental
stars, now working in this coun.