The Washington times., 1928-03-10

English"-alI plays Of fine quality
as well as being admlrapIe
tings for the character lmpersona-
fed hv the star. In each or these
Mr.. Arliss originated the cnleI
role. Now. for the first Time
he appears in a character mat Is
fairly saturated with tradltlon-
ShyIo.k in THE Merchant OF
Venice" -.
The company assembled by MT.
Ames to support Mr.. Arllss Is
headed by Peggy Wood, some time
star in such musical plays as
Maytime'' and The ClinglnS
Vine" and more recently the
Imogen Parrott In the all-star re-
viyaI of 'Trelawaney of The
Wells" Her portrayal of Portla
in ..The Merchant Of Venice" has
established her securely among
the younger dramatic actresses
NATION NAL Tommy" the
story of love-making in modern
American home, produced by
George C. Tylor. comes to the Ma
\ tional Theater Monday. direct from
4 long successful runs in New York.
Boston and Chicago, with the orr
ginal cast intact, including Regina
Brown, Sidney Toler, Lloyd Neal.
Maidel Turner, Alan Bunce, Ben
johnson. William fancy and Flor
ence Walcott. 1t is from the pen
OF Howard Lindsay and Bertrand
Robinson.
..Tommy's' success has been
ascribed to its appeal and it's strict
integrity to American domestic
ideals. II Is one of those plays
that revives happy memories. The
young are interested in its story
of puppy love. because 1t Is their
problem of today or tomorrow.
while the old are taken back to
happy memories Of their youthful
experience. The tale revolves
around a pretty girl and two rivals
for her hand.
KEITH'S-Arthur Byron, who
will be remembered for his success
in Roi Cooper Mergue's Tea For
Three. will headline the bill at
B. F.. Keith's next week, with his
wife and daughters in a playlet
entitled. "A Family Affair."" ed.
ward ] Lambert win be featured.
assisted by James Clark. He
styles himself the Fashion Plate
of Vaudeville. Those Washington
favorites, the Three Giersdorf Sis
tiers, will be heard in a medley of
harmony. Serge Flash, the only
Occidental expert in Japanese Jug
Cling, will appear on his first
offer his latest dance creation,
artistic Moments. Jean Granese
will be heard in a song repertoire
and the Chew Hing troupe will
amuse with tricks.
The screen features. Aesops
Fables. Topics of the Day and
the Pathe News Pictorial will
complete the bill.
GAIETY-Carrie FinnelI and
her Red Headed Blondes are
carded for next week at the
Gayety Theater. Carrie herself
will adorn the program in mum.
Der of novelty dances. Benny
Moore. the ''wop'' comedian, viii
be in charge Of the humor, as.
sisted by Billy Gordon. Ted Les
ter. Russell Smith and Mickey
Dale. The auburn haired enter.
tainers will include Pearl Hender.
son, Pea Moore and Peggy Smith.
COLUMBIA-Dougl Fairbanks
as The Gaucho comes to the
Columbia Saturday. This photo.
play deals with the picturesque
Gaucho Of the pampas of the
Argentine, a type corresponding,
in a measure, with our American
cowboy. Here We have a beauti.
full shrine city whose wealth is
coveted both by a bandit chief
and a scheming dictator. So
once again we have Doug In
the guise of a rover. Conflict
reigns throughout the story
Conflict between saints and cut.
threats, between hundreds Of hard
riding plaisrnan and the soldiers
of an usurping General. between
the ambitions and hopes OF fair
heroines, Of hilly shrines and
robbers LARS. Never before,
according to all accounts, mas
there been utilized in a Fair
banks picture SO great number
of people and animals; and the
scenes of the pampas country
of the Argentina are said to
be of surprising loneliness.
EARLE-After two comedy.
dramas and four consecutive
melodramas Richard Dix returns
to the fields of pure |arce In
his newest starring picture
Sporting Goods" which will &c
a the Earle for the new week.
Whitley Kaufman and his or
chestra will be seen on the stage
for the sixth and positively final
week in college Days" Shorter
features will round out.
In Sporting Goods" Dix plays
the role of a happy-go-lucky golf
suit salesman. who is mistaken
for a young northumberland
and is forced to make good to
win the girl he loves. Dix is
surrounded by a cast which in
cIudes Gertrude Olmstead, Ford
Sterling. Phillip Strange. Myrtle
Stedman, Maude Gordon Claude
King, Wade Boteler and Ned
Sparks.
RIALTO-Sc great has been
the demand to witness the screen
version of Maurine Watkins SELF
sational stage play. Chicago" CO.
starring Phyllis Hayer and Victor
INDUSTRIAL