The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-02
HELEN HAYES IN
ONE OF BARRE'S
BEST

NATIONAL-"The Donovan AT.
fair" mystery thriller that
finds a murder in every act. due
10 the sinister influence Of a pc.
euliar ring, opens next Monday
night at the National. following
a New York run. The action re.
wolves around Jack Donovan an
off-stage character who never hp.
pears. while on the other hand.
the entire cast of II is on the
stage from the first act to the
last. Problem. who Is doing all
this stabbing and shooting. In
the cast are Paul Harvey, Flea.
nor Woodruff. Niles WEIGH.
Miriam Doyle, Dodson Mitchell.
Joseph Robson. Phoebe Foster
and others. Albert Lewis. who
sponsored THE Nervous Wreck, =
Is the producer of Owen Davis,
Owen the Prolific. is the author.
POLISH second thrilling
week of What Price Glory" is
promised at Polls continuing with
the Sunday performance. This
Fox perturbation of the Ander-
son-Stallinger war play is ex.
pressed in pictorial terms that
cannot fail Of thrilling any play.
gOer Of whatever tendencies. The
comedy is strong and broad and
the action scenes surpass. even
those of THE Big Parade" Vic.
tor McLaglen plays the hard
boiled Captain Fiagg whose feud
with First Sergeant Quirt ed
mund Lowe finds always
woman at the bottom, and Dolo.
res Del Rio plays Charmaine, the
village beauty over whom Flagg
and Quirt come to gun points.
Raoul Walsh directed and did,
what every critic agrees, is a
surpa ssing job. The film Incl.
dentally is named among the ten
best of 1926.
BELASCO-Helen Hayes will be
the next attraction at the Belasco,
opening on Monday in Sir James
NJ. Barrie's best comedy What
Every Woman Knows . Miss
Hayes comes back to her native
city as a new star in this piece,
which, by virtue of her help,
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plays along Broadway with a run
of 277 performances at the Bijou
Theater. New York.
With her will be the New York
company, headed by Kenneth Mac
Kenna. and including Lumsden
Hare. Selene johnson, Gwyn
Stratford. Eugene Weber, and A.
o. Huhan. Seats will go on sale
tomorrow.
KEITH'S-Nan Halperin, the
the tiny comedienne, co-headlines
the new bill at Keith's in
"Satires of Famous Ladies'"
Sharing top position With her IS
Charles Withers whose opery
house travesties have long been
sources of genuine laughter in
vaudeville. The feature act for
the week is offered by George
Choos' Ballet Caprice" with
three featured players and Il
number in support. Others Acts
for the coming week are: Carl
Mccullough in bits of Trav-
esty"; the Shadowgraph, a laugh
maker first introduced in the Fol.
lies; Boyle and Della in who's
That?; the Meyakos from the
Orient; Eileen and Marjorie in a
tumbling novelty and the usual
house features.
EARLE-Harry j. Conley and
his company top the new Earle
bill, beginning Sunday in VIII
lard Mack's trayesty, 'Slick as
Ever" Laughs are assured in
this one. An outstanding fea-
ture for Washington folk will be
the first local appearance on the
stage of the baseball clowns, Nick
Altrock and AL Schacht in 1.-The
Kids Last Fight" More laughs
here. Other inclusions are, the
Five Mounters in an equilibras-
tic number; Moore and Freed in
Grooming and Balooning"; Harry
Steppe and Richard Knowles in
"a Debate The film feature
has William Boyd and Elinor
Fair in Jim, the Conqueror,"
supported by Tully Marshall,
Tom Santschi and others. Shorter
films and house features will
round out.
GAYETY-What is heralded as
tense, pulsating drama of South
American life, comes to. the
Gayety next week in the form
Of RED Kisses" The piece is
people with such polyglot as dla-
mond miners, natives, half-breeds
and remittance men from the
States. Cecil Spooner is the fea-
tured actress and prominent in
her support are Willis Glare,
Eugene LaRue, Martin Noble,
Walter Cartwright.
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