Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-24
NATIONAL-"Wings."

wings" Paramount's screen epic oil
The American air service in the World
War, opened its second week at the Ma
tional Theater yesterday. A mighty
spectacle, with thousands of persons
and millions of dollars in war ma
chinery employed in its filming
Wings" brings wildly to the audience
the daring bravery and glorious achieve
nentS of the world heroes of the air.
Although secondary to the thrilling
scenes of aerial warfare, the plot is
strong and well enough developed to
inject into the picture dramatic tense
ness which adds strong human appeal
to the story. The story of the devoted
comradeship of two young aviators, both
in love with the same girl; OF their
loyalty to each other in the terrible
circumstances of wars hardShipS, cap
lures the heart. And this has been ce-
veloped with such careful direction as
to make their story an intensely real
and beautiful theme.
The outstanding feature of Wings"
is. of course, the spectacular air scenes.
These have been filmed with such
technical accuracy and with such con-
summate detail as to stamp them as
probably the most thrilling as well as
the most horrible Photographic repro
duction of warfare ever screened. An
important item which adds greatly to
the grllesome atmosphere of the air
scenes is the fact that all the scenes
are filmed amid the clouds. which
accentuates the ominous atmosphere.
Of the large cast employed, the out
standing featured roles are enacted by
young players. The outstanding parts
are those of Charles Rogers and Rich
ard Arlen as the two aviators, Clara
Bow as an ambulance driver and
Jobyna Ralston as the sweetheart. All
of them give fine interpretations. The
atmosphere of the picture is greatly
enhanced by an elaborate musical &C
compartment and by backstage repre-
santation of noises attending the
pictorial action.
KEITH'S-Frankie Heath.
An exceptionally entertaining pro-
gram is offered this week at Keith's the
vaudeville acts meeting with enthusi-
astic favor and the picture, Mani Made
Women" being good.
frankie Heath, always a big favorite
with vaudeville patrons, never appeared
to better advantage than last night.
Her descriptive songs were all new and
her manner of presentation being en-
tirely original Miss Heath has voice
finely adapted for her, talking songs,
while her gestures and grimaces created
no end of laughter and applause. Her
representation of mother trying to
sing her baby to sleep and at the same
time direct the movements Of several
children in the room. is gem of the
first water. AS an encore she presented
the neglected wife so cleverly in her
way as to create an uproar of laughter.
the lights being lowered to get her off
the stage.
The burlesque work of Harrison and
Dakin in "An Operetta for Two"
scored a big hit with the audience.
Harrison is very clever in the finer
points of his work and Dakin helps out
splendidly as foil. Several encores
rewarded the act.
Dave Vine, from "Just Up the Street."
comes back with large collection of
new stories and jokes. and even couple
Of old ones went over big. He is fast
little trouble keeping his hearers
laughing. A good dancing act is that
of Mayris CLANCY and Edward Fox, as
sisted by Earl PAUL and Milton Murray.
It was well received, the costumes were
unusually rich and in good taste. Both
the leaders are fine dancers and do their
steps in a clean-cut manner.
The Four Casting Stars opened the
variety turns with a sensational tossing
of two of the men through the air from
elevated bars, to applause hearty at
the end. Harry Delf's old sketch from
which 1.-THE Family Upstairs cropped
out is back in tabloid form as ANY
Family" Helen Beresford and Harry
Hanmill, who were in the original
presentation, continue their splendid
characterizations and the other mem
bers OF the little company are salts
factory. The audience rewarded the
act with hearty applause after laugh
ing throughout the presentation.
Leatrice Joy is always pleasantly re-
called for her work in the movies, and
in "Man-Made Women" she has an
other fine chance to display her beauty
and acting ability. The story is that
of woman who has become enamored
Of the gay life. She married COM
panion of her speedy days, but when
he wants to settle down to the hum