The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-24

NATTONAI-On Monday night
at the National Theater, A. i.
Erlanger will present Frank
Craven In THE 18th Hole. do
nlestic comedy written by Mr..
Craven. for 4 weeks engagement.
The play Is brought here from its
New York engagement. which has
been at the George M. Cohan and
Little Theaters.
Mrs. Craven, who is highly re-
garded throughout the country as
comedian and has also scored
brilliantly many times as a play.
wright. His outstanding successes
here IN recent years have Included
Too Many Cooks The First
s Year and New Bro0nas all of
which ne both ailthored and
pIayed iii. In The 18th Hola, |"
Mr. Craven introduces whim-
ieal and placid theme revolving
around the great game OF golf.
In the cast surrounding Mr..
Craven will be seen Dorothy
Blackburn. Kitty Kelly. Marion
Abbott, Robert Wayne, Homer
Barton. Roy Cochrane. Walter
Downing, Harry Lewellyn. How
ard Sydney, John HarWood. and
Jay Adair Young.
BELASCO Both from the stand
point of a well-written drama and
good acting, "The squall." which
comes to the shubert- Belasco The
alter for q five-day engagement
starting Tuesday night. merits
every bit Of the material success
that it is having.
The SqualI" comes to Wash
ington after more than q full
years run on Broadway. and the
large cast, with two unimportant
exceptions, is the same exactly as
appeared in the play at the Forty
eighth Street Theater. Blanche
Yurka Is starred, and Suzanne
Caubaye has the part of the tenn
pestuous gypsy vixen. NiIbi.
Others In the cast include Lee
Baker, Mervin Williams, Ida Mule,
Frances McHugf, Charles Bur-
rows. Dorothy Eliin. Willard To-
bias and Aristides di I.eoni. The
play has been staged by Lionel At.
will and Is presented by Al. i.
Jones and Morris Green. producers
OF Greenwich Village FolIies. !"
The local engagement, as al
ready stated. will be limited to five
days, and there will be matinee
performances on Wednesday,
Thursday and Saturday.
KEITH'S-WiIlian Boyd's new
DeMille production, THE Sky
scraper,D will be the opening pic
ture feature at b. r. Keith's Thea.
ter, beginning the new policy on
Monday, March rs. Manager Rob
bins announces that in addition
to this picture there will be seven
acts OF vaudeville
The popularity of Mr.. BOYD. the
star, the reputation of the
,featured player, Allen Hale. Sue
Carol, and Alberta Vaughn the
fine technique OF Edward Higgin,
the director-not to speak of the
excellent photography BY John
Boyle. make THE Skyscraper''
one OF the best boxoffice bets OF
the current season. A bill OF high
class vaudeville headed by SYLVIA
Clark surrounds the screen pro.
gram.
EAkl1E---Ile0n Navarro, who
last week made such a hit at
this popular Eighteenth Street
house. will be at. the same old
place beginning today. as master
Of ceremonies in a new Edward
q, Hynlan production Broadway
Reveis."
On the screen will be seen the
screens most beautiful woman"
Billie Dove in her latest First
National release THE Heart OF
a Follies Girl" in which she is
supported by Larry Kent, Lowell
+ sherman, Mildred Harris and
fifty of Hollywood's most attrac.
tive and gifted young dancers.
The program will be augmented
by specially selected short reel
subjects OF exceptional merit and
orchestral overture and musical
accompaniment for the pictured
screen subjects by the Earle Con.
cert Orchestra, under the direc.
ton OF Daniel Breeskin.
GAYETY-The BE Happy" COM
pany opens the week with a matt.
ness performance at the Gayety
Theater tomorrow afternoon!
Agnes Nichols. the dainty dancer,
will be seen in several numbers.