The Washington times., 1928-12-15
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rba Indenendent Producing Com
pany will present Weh' e'
Well" a new musical COMEDY, 9.
Polls for one week, Deglnls
Christmas night, Tuesday, DeCe .ysl,.
ber 25, prior to the New AoiA
opening OF the piece.
With a book written oy tnIe
great authors of American humor,
Montague Glass Jules Eckert
Goodman and Harold Atteridge'
well, Well. WelP' has been elap'
orately staged and has an ail-star
cast featuring Jack Pearl ana m
Guiding Fred FIilIebrand, Ann Orr,
Lee Kohlmar, Noel Francis, FREDDY
Lightner, Virginia Barrett. Alan
Waterous, Edith Griffith. Edmund
Mulcahy, Harold Crane, Veloz and
Yolanda, George Gilday. William
Bonelli, Harold Stern and MS
radio orchestra. the ~ Jack Dona-
hue and John Boyle Girls and
large beauty ensemble.
.'The gingerbread Man" with
all his little friends from santa
Claus land, including Kriss Kringle
himself and his reindeer, Simple
Simon, Jack Horner, Margery
Daw, Wondrous Wise, the Fairy
Queen, King Bum, the Princess
Sugar Plum, the Wicked Orge
and-in the fresh--the original
Fiery Dragon will hold high
carnival at the Belasco Theater
Christmas week, impersonated by
Mr.. Cooks Savy Musicomedians.
The first performance Of The
Gingerbread Man. will be given
Sunday evening, December %,
and there will be daily natinees
to take care OF the kiddies who
are too young to stay up past
O'Clock 1t Ii promised that
grownups will find 1.-THE Ginger
bread Man. one of the most de.
lightful Christmas entertainments
ever presented in the theater
For Yuletide, week beginning
Saturday, December 20. the Met.
ropoIitan Theafer has assembled
a bill suitable for the whole
family. The featured attraction
VIII be First Nationals mystery
comedy-thriller, The Haunted
House, in which sound brings
out all Of the spoolsy noises
and affords q perfectly synchron-
lied musical score for the picture.
Added features will include
synchronized Our Gang comedy.
with the Hal Roach cut-ups fur
nishing many laugh in Spank
ing Age; q Vitaphone short-reel
presentation and many other COM
pllmentary features picked espe.
eialIv for the Christmas Joy bill.
For Christmas week william
Fox will offer story of glorious
youth at e. preparatory school,
prep and Pen which II con.
sidered rather timely for the Yule
period in view Of the fact that
most Of the youngsters are home
for the holidays. An all-star
cast of Fox players presents the
picture.
For the children special stage
presentation ID In the course OF
preparation depicting the circus
with the animals, the aerial art.
lists, the clowns. the acrobats, in
fact everything that goes to bring
to the theater the true atmos.
pnere OF the sawdust ring.
The next screen attraction at
Loew's Palace is the famous
Pola Negri In q Paramount sound
production. The Woman From
Moscow" On the stage il a Paul
oscard production. 'Topsy Turvy
Town
John Gilbert and Greta Garbo
come to town next week in their
latest Metro Goldwyn-Mayer pic
ture, Woman of Affairs" Vim
cent Lopez is featured in Metro
Movietone act on the same bill.
The show booked for Christmas
week at the Strand Theater, com.
mencing with the Sunday matinee
on December %, is said to be the
pet of all Mutual burlesque
lovers and bears the attractive
title of "DimpIed Darlings." The
cast IL headed by George Leon
and Fay Norman.