Evening star., 1928-12-10
OPENING ATTRACTIONS IN WASHINGTON
sa<.., THEATERS Il.
THEATERS

comedy honorS although Will and Gus
run them close second In really funny
hooflng.
Others In the stage offering are
Mildred La Sale, "held-over" song
stress who should really give more than
one song; Addie Seamon, star OF many
roadway revues: Eton Rich from the
English music halls, and Loe Peski.
Jazz harpist The dancing chorus gives
peppy finale against background
that is glitterfngly effective.
The "TannhauSer" overture Is played
by the Fax Symphony Orchestra against
a setting richly beautiful and suggestive
of the ."Venusberg" atmosphere, and
yet the musicians new location on the
stage, and perhaps the heavy drapes.
tend to give the music a muted and
somewhat diSjointed effect.
A Movietone news reel, In which
Nicholas Longworth speaks, President
Coolidge shoots clay pigeons and group
of little German children marvel at the
fascinating Christmas display In Ber-
lin shop widow, proves to be one Of the
best and most varied in long time.
There is also a fashion reel in which
favoriteS of the screen wear frocks
which are explained in full in the sub
titles.
COLUMBLA-"Some One to Love-"
An all-comedy program is offered at
the Columbia Theater this week, fea-
tured by the breezy little sketch,
Some One to- Love- with Charles
Buddy Rogers, Mary Brain, William
Austin and James KirSwood thrown
together in a hodge-podge of romance,
youthful pranks and humor. Some OF
the humor might have been more subtle
perhaps. but on the whole the picture
is amusing. 1t makes no pretense at
greatness, but the directors have sue
ceeded in presenting some charming
scenes with the nice attention to photo
graphic effects that marks all of the
up-to-date film productions.
In brief, the story runs: A young
clerk in a music store falls in love with
an heiress (Mary Brain), not knowing
that she has any money, and the ac-'
ouaintance of the two, begun across
the counter, ripens to love. Following
her acceptance of the clerks proposal,
the news Is broken to him of her true
estate, and he leaves her with the dec
laration that he will make enough
money to marry her If she will wait
for him. In the meantime, his two
pals. Austin and Kirkwood, who are
GInplOycQ dG Tie SHItle SIIOp, AdVc GULL
cocted a scheme for getting rich quick,
one of them agreeing to marry off the
other to rich girl if the latter will
divide the spoils with him. Caught in
the act of trying to rope in" rich
widow. the two plotters dump all the
evidence" Tin the form of contract
and pictures of all the local heiresses)
into the desk of the innocent third
pal who is already engaged. Unhap-
PLY, the girl and her father discover
this evidence and Bill (Chsrles Rogers
is accused of being the instigator of
the plot and a fortune hunter himself.
OF course. the engagement is broken
and fate later brings the two young
people together
Auxiliary features all of which are
pleasing, include the, Movietone ap-
pearance of Joseph Regan, Irish Amer
ican tenor, in @well-chosen numbers: a
delightful Interpretation of Johann
Strauss waltzeS. with instrumental and
pictorial features combined; the usual
news reels and two extra laughs in
short comedy skits, one featuring Hal
Roach and -'Our Gang" in School
Begins" and the other Movietone Of
fering of Miller and Lyle. concerning
the Mayor of Jimtown." Claude Bur-
rows conducts the house orchestra.