The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-17

This is q Warner Brothers Vita.
phone film called .'TenderlOin,
with Dolores Costello and Conrad
Nagel featured. / found 1t a
most exciting underworld drama
with an absorbing story, though
its finish was q trifle flat and
implausible. The actual dialogue
is confined to q sequence wherein
the sad faced Dolores is subjected
to a hard police third degree. A
tear-stained visage and heavy emo
tional acting WAS accompanied by
the stars voice of q sympathetic
quality and convincing enough
when contrasted with the near
shouts and roaring OF bull-headed
detectives.
The second and final use OF
the Vitaphone comes at the close
of the picture and Is notable
chiefly because 1t reveals the ro-
bust and manly voice Of Conrad
Nagel and the fact that he war
bies q mean tenor in Sweet
Adeli1e. To sum It up. one
would call the talking adjunct in
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city and an innovation that adds
considerably to the entertainment
value Of the screens program.
understand that washington
Is witnessing q .deIeted version Of
Tenderloih" and e picture that
has been improved imnleasurab bly,
by eliminating certain dialogue
which registered unsatisfactoriiy
in the initial showing.
As planned and voiced in the
studio. Dolores Costello In 4. haras-
sed moment uttered such bron1ides
IS You Beast" or Surely Not
That. to express her Mortified
emotions. As run off on the open.
Ing night before d sophisticated
Broadway audience these suppos.
edly tense moments were met
with everything from suppressed
filters to inpolite outlaws. Then
The cutting scissors went to work
and the result is q picture with
less dialogue, but what is heard
reacts as intended.
As an incidental Vitaphone film,
the Metropolitan Is showing q
rowdy comedy done In the best
slapstick mood with Harry ].
Gonley featured. The dialogue in
this abbreviated drama goes over
with bang and last night, had
Mr.. COnieY been present In per-
SON. he would have been rewarded
by hearing capacity house en-
Joy1ng itself at his antics seeming
ly as much as If he were Harold
Lloyd at his best.
dropped into the National
Theater last Tuesday evening to
observe Billy Phelps handling
his big opportunity. only TO find
every available seat occupied by
q cash customer. The PLAYERS
are doing swell job with "Mer-
ton, and the mellow voice of
Leneta Lane penetrated to the
far corners Of the orchestra rear
without straining On the mez.
famine floor OF the theater, Just
outside the elaborate offices of
Messrs. Erlanger. RapIey and
Cochran, the artists under the
baton OF Chris Arth were turning
out hot tunes for dancing. This
proven SO popular that 1t win
be continued as a between the
acts feature.
Anne Nichols, author and pro-
Queer of "Abie's Irish Rose"
doing nicely. thank you. at Polls
this week. Is convert to
Catholicism. She was received
into that church with due cAre-
mony at the Madison Avenue con-
vent Of the Sacred Heart in New
York City
This column finds nothing but
rhythm and blare in George
Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue"
barring, of course, the melodious
passages right in the middle Of
his Iong-winded piece. However,
I urge you to hear the number at
the Fox this week, tricked up as
it is by some of Alexander Gu.
mansky's dancing establishment.
with excellent piano interludes
by Richard Singer at the con.
cert grand. Your eye will be
entertained and possibly your
aesthetic sense, IL any.
De Wolf Hopper IL conducting
the rehearsals for his Poll season
OF comic opera. in a New York
theater. He will arrive with his
company on Saturday. This in
formation, / hope, will satisfy, or
at least prove informative to a
number of budding young stage