Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-03

The King Of Kings" Cecil p. De
Miles recognized screen masterpiece,
is heing shown at Keith'S Theater this
week as the opening attraction OF the
season. Featured in connection with
the showing OF the great spiritual drama
Is the appearance Of the Florentine
Choir, which has lust arrived III this
country from italy and IS making
tour Of the Keith Alhee -Orphcum cir
cult incidentally. the screen feature
is being shown for the first time In
Washington at popular prices. with con-
tinuouS performances and with elabor-
ate musical accompaniment by an aug
mente6 orchestra under the direction OF
C. Frederick Clark.
There can be- no doubt that when
De Mile conceived the toes of picturiz-
tins the story Of the lite OF Christ h"
WAS n,otivated hy desire tn produce
work which WOULD add 10 the worlds
spiritual food, This sincerity Of the pro-
ducer's inspiration is manifest as the
gigantic film spectacle is unfoideo upon
the screen There is maintained
throughout reverence as complete and
as satisfying as is possible for human
mind 10 direct and man-made mechan-
ism "a portray the most sacred theme
in Christian life Yet the thought must
occur that theme has been approached
whose Sacredness transcendS mite ef-
forts.
The King of Kings" is a pictorial
story of the life of Christ. II marks
the first actual corporal representation
of the character of Christ in the his
tory az screen drama The Christ Is
denoted I'm the fesh and His life is
rictlrired in the complete story Of His
n,irac les and teachings. The sacred and
tragic story is climaXed with the ter
rible scene Of the crucifiXion. which has
been filmed With poignant realism.
great picture has been produced
which is aVe-inSpiring in its portrayal
of a sacred theme. The photography
has been done on 3 lavish scale and
thousands OF persons are included IN
the Aiming OF the huge mob scenes.
Among the stars appearing in i'm
rortant characterizationS are H. r.
Warner. Ernest Terrence. Rudolph
Schildkraut, Joseph SchildSraut. VIC
tcr Varconi and JacQueline Logan.
The Florentine Choir creates an at
n,osrhsre which carries one hack "a me-
Aiaval italy in the time when Florence
VAS the musical center Of Europe.
Dressed in the Colorful garb Of the
time of Dante. against the SettinS Of
sent striking picture, with their sweep
tnS plumed hats and costumes Of bril-
liant hueS Contrary 10 public suppo-
ALTON. the Flcrentine Choir is not
church organization Its membership
comprises both men and women and
their vocal offerings consist mostly OF
operate selections. among which they
are Offering during their current engage
meDt are selections from Carmen ano
other grand operas Their singing Is
rich in tonal quality and a fine stand
arc Of group coordination Is main
tanned. Several soloiSts are included
In the choir. whose fne voices we're
revealed in the rendition Of several we'll
known operate arias.
STRAND-"Dainty Dolls"
Lavish in appointments. rich in
melody and abundant in COMEDY.
DAINTY Dolls the Mutual Circuit at
traction at the Strand Theater this
week. is burlesque fare Of more than
comedians. Joe Moss and Frank Krs-
meT, are featured in the piece, and to
the latter goes the distinction Of hav-
ing written the dialogue.
The high point of the show comes at
the opening of the second act. The
scene is "Hades." and II that famous
Institution is anywhere nearly as pleas
ant as depicted on the stage. but
Aephisto himself is among those present
and there are bevies of dancing girls
who put on ballet or two to hven up
things But the real hot time comes
when the two comedians arrive and go
through . series Of side-splitting scrapes.
Other scenes 10 which the audience is
carried 10 see and hear hilaritv and
sons are a Florida beach. a Pullman
train. an art gallery, hotel. an apart
nsent house and a French village. There
is plenty OF poppy action at every turn
knc always the nfirth-provoking fun
ssers and the beautiful chorines.
Among those supporting the leading
pair are Nina Bernard. James Marsh.
Ruth Bradley. Herman Hyspp and
Jessie Arnold.
GAYETY-"H"
The Gayety Thsater opened its new
season Of burlesque Saturday night witt;
Tire first Of the "Gayeties OF 1928" &
eleve~. runeful musical revue bearing
the intriguing title Of 1T" The diS-
logue Of the opus IS from the pen Of
Al Golden. while the staging Of the
dances and ensembles is the work ii
Ben r Bernard.
TIE direction of the production Is
original in that the conventional bur-
issoue casting calling for prina
6orna Soubrette. ingenue. leading man.
Arst comedian and second comedian.
has been dispensed with Instead thers
are several female players who can b.
put definitely into none Of these
ele yses. and nc less than four leading
men Further. the comedians. instead
81 parryinS with each other. work in
sependently These striking innovation
contribute 70 making the performance
different from the usual run Of bur-
lesoie attractions
The outstanding feature is the CON-
edy work OF Charles Goldis, Whose
nut acts reap ample applause WAN
IA dc Won scored both for locks aiio
dancing, while some fine vocal WORK
vas presented bv the Bsln1ar Comeov
-Four Others whose performances are
worthy of mention are Ann Meyers.
Mae .JsneSe. Ruth Madison. Jean Nc
Coz. hrtie Leenains Bob Snyder. EDDIE
Alien ard Roy Cowans.
FOx-"StFeet Angel"
u seems useless N recommend Street
Angel" for II you have not seen II