Evening star., 1928-09-10
KEITH'S-"The King Of Kings"

- HE NtHE vi hIHES.
What, is perhaps the most discussed
photoplay of recent years. The King
of Kings" and one of the foremost
musical organizations of the world. the
Florentine Choir, which inaugurated
the reopening of Keith's, are both held
over this week.
The dominant note of the vivid and
spectacular perturbation of the life of
Jesus of Nazareth. is the utter sincerity
and almost holy reverence with which it
is handled. According to its brief
preface ii aims to deliver the great
message to all the people of the earth.
Such an undertaking, gigantic in scope
and worthy in purpose required au-
thenticity of script intelligent direction
and inspired acting, all of which are
In marked evidence.
In keeping with the dignified tenor
of the feature film. is the classical pro-
gram offered by the choir, in a simple
but beautiful setting The singers, in
colorful garb, limit themselves to oper-
attic selections which they do in solo
and group numbers. During portions of
the showing of The King of Kings"
the vocaliStS. unseen, add to its effcc-
tiveneSS by appropriate numbers. the
"Hallelujah Chorus" of Handel, in par
ticulsr.
Aside from the insertion of several
the picture. and played by the aug
mented orchestra under the direction
of c. Frederick Clark, is excellent.
STRAND-Burlesque
Hinda NASSAU and her Hindu Bellies
are this weeks burleSque attraction at
the Strand Theater. The show, piece
in acts and 16 coeneS. presenting
timely topics and happenings of the
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work of James Stanton, who is reSpon-
sible for the staging, and Sam Lewis,
Joe Young and Harry Askst, who COL
laborated on the words and music.
The outstanding feature is. as one
might expect. Miss NASSAU herself. AL
though she appears on the Sta~c only
on rare occasions. her speciality act and
her dancing brought down the house
Ably supporting her is Hap Freyer, the
leading comedian of the show.
Despite the Oriental name of the
piece. there is nothing Oriental in the
performance. not even one of the
harem scenes so common in burlesque
shows Instead we have a barnyard
act, street corner act an Irish act.
q magician act and several others, but
nothing suggestive of Turkey, Persia
= or Arabia
The chorus is fair. the music tune
full the action swift the dancing clever
and the whole piece snappy. All in all
the Hindu Bellies present rather good
burleSque entertainment.
FOX-"Street Angel"
Setting aside house rules, the Fox
Theater has yielded to popular demand
and held over for second week the
Frank Borzage production, street
Angel"
Thanks to the charm of perfectly di-
rected scenes and the rare ability of
Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell we
have here one of the most absorbing
and altogether delightful film dramas
of the season. Artistic photography is
combined with vivid characterization,
which nicely avoids the spectacular or
stagineSs.
Drawing inspiration perhaps from
Kipling's Madonna of the Streets" the
directors have woven into the theme
an absorbing story of youth. disillusion-
ment and renewal of faith. 1t would
be hard to choose between Miss Gaynor
and Farrell in the convincing interpre-
tation of their colorful roles Each
lives the part assigned and that tells
the story
To describe the many superb scenes
which feature Street Angel would be
to describe almost every foot of the
film. for it all breathes the spirit of
Naples under blue Italian skies-pic-
turesque. sordid, care-free Naples. One
scene, though. stands out above the
others for its effectiveneSS-that of the
water front at night with billoWing
fog wrapping itself about the ugliness.
leaving only romantic outline of mast
and Shadowy SAIL with here and there
light glowing through.
vitaphone accompaniment is used
effectively. carrying through the haunt
Ing melody of the theme-Song, Angela
mia
Owing to the length of the film, the
usual stage features have been omitted.
with the eS,eption of an atmospheric
introduction to the picture, featuring
the tenor SoloiSt, Eric Titus, with
Dorothea Palmer dressed as Angela. to
complete the picture
Fox movietone news features, show
ing Billy Sunday ION the warpath," and
exclusive shots of Newport society en-
toying afternoon tea, complete the pro-
gram.
EARLE-"The Lights of New York"
With '"The Lights of New York" Vita
phones first all-talking moving picture
as the feature, the Earle Theater this
week inaugurates its new policy of dis
pensing with vaudeville to show pictures
exclusively
ITO talk or not to talk?" 1t looks as
II the verdict will be ito talk" In THE
Lights of New York" many of the dia-
1ogue defects so pronounced in earlier
sound pictures are absent. With one
possible exception, the voices are clearly
understood, registering the different
emotions and receiving the same re-
sponse from the audience as in the sub
title or silent picture, or with the flesh
and-blood actor on the stage. The Shrek
of the police whistle, the sightseeing
advertiser barking the delights of trip
to Chinatown, the newsboys crying
"Extral Policeman murdered by boot