The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-25
Variety Looms In
New Theater
Bills

ruary 26. This famous picture
bv Jeanne Mcpherson, based on
New Testament narrative. with a
musical setting by DR.. Hugo
Riesenfeld. has q cast OF over
5000 with the chief pivotal roles
in the hands of II. 3. warner
Dorothv Cumming. Ernest Tor
renee. Joseph Schildkraut. Jacque-
line Logan. Montague Love, VIC
tor Varconi, Julia Faye ana
others.
RELASCO - Gilbert & Sullivan,
a. winthrop Ames knows 80 well
how to present them. viii rule at
the Belasco the week beginning
Eahrnarv ~. "The Mikado" will
ha- the first opera, with repeats or
Wednesday matinee and trlday
s,,ioht .sIolanthe" will be given
T,1asdav and Thursday nights and
saturday matinee. Wednesday anc
Satnrday nights THE Pirates OF
panzance" will be the attraction.
,ns , BENNETT, Vera Ross, John
IasrFlav. I. Humbird Duffey. VIII
liam G. Gordon and George
LenrlAu AIS u0
cipals.
KEITH'S - Sessue HayakaWa
with q noted company Of players
headlines the bill at Keith's for
the week OF February 26. He VIII
be seen this season in 9 new play
LET "1,he Man Who Laughed.
new feature Is offered with the
annearance Of Eddie Conrad, the
noted comic. who will appear with
Marion EDDY in WHO'D Ha.
others on the bill are Adela Verne,
Marie walsh and Frank Ellis IN
sRoadside Idyll." Jay Velie, Revei
brothers and Red, the Three
Lordens, and the Brazilian Won
der, Miacahua.
EARLE - "serenade. with
Adolphe Menjou as its star is the
major screen attraction at the
Earle, opening today. Kathryn
Carver. soon to be Mrs. Menjou in
real life. is his leading lady. On
the stage, Whitley Kaufman ana
his Victor Orchestra are the Lean
ing artists in the Edward 4. ny-
man revue. ''Im the Army" The
usual short subjects and orches-
fral overture will round out an
exceptional bill.
RIALTO With revivals tho
thing Of the hour, the Rialto -
bringing back. for limited en-
gagemenf, THE Hunchback OF
Notre Dame, in which Lon
Clancy. the greatest character
actor of the screen, made the
reputation that has since preceded
his every film appearances. The
Victor Hugo story has been trans.
ferred TO the screen with great
care and splendor --truly, THIS y
CLANCY at his very finest. The
picture opens today.
FOX-olive Borden in Come to
MY House" is the flicker attrac-
ton at the Fox, opening to-
day. She is supported by An
tonic Moreno, Ben Bard and
Doris Lloyd The stage end of
the Fox bill presents Florence
Hurley. Washington soprano. in
Tally Ho," a colorful study of
Old England-the England OF
tayerna and hounds. Movietone
and newsreels will complete the
program.
COLUMBIA-As might have
been expected, 1.-THE Circus"
Charlie Chaplin's newest comedy
STAYS a second week at the
Columbia. beginning tod ay,
Merna Kennedy supports the
famed comic in the first funny
film he has made in two. years.
Crowds have stormed the Column.
bia in an effort to see this snort
feature Of the big top, and critics
are agreed 1.-THE Circus" is the
funniest screen comedy OF the
season.
METROPOLITAN = odd Iron
Sides" by Laurence Stafings, dl-
rected by James Cruze and pre-
senting great epic OF maritime
brilliance with Esther Ralston,
Charles Farrell. and a dozen other
feature players in the cast. comes
to the Metropolitan. opening
today. Short film subjects viii
complete the program. Stallings.
it will be recalled wrote What
Price Glory" in collaboration with
Maxwell Anderson. and 1.-The
Big Parade" singly.
PALACE-Ruth Taylor, the
new screen discovery. comes to
the Palace for the new week,
opening today, in Gentlemen
Prefer Blondes" picturized from
the Anita Loos book. Frank
Cambria's "Highhghts Of 1925"
featuring Wesley Eddy. IL the
stage attraction. There are, Of
course, the Palace Syncopators,
the Three Ritz Brothers, De Pace
and other New York favorites.
Harry Borjes conducts.
<CLUB LIDO--An unusually
heavy schedule has taxed Lido
bands to capacity during the past
fortnight. The center of the ac-
tivities has been, of course, Club
Lido, the gingery Hamilton Hotel
night club. Here, Emory Daugh.
erty's crack Lido unit has been
adding followers nightly and has
drawn favorable comment from
members of the casts of 1.-THE
Three Musketeers," the new Zieg.
field musical show, and THE Let.
ter" the dramatic opus starring
Katherine Cornell, who. as guests
at the Hamilton, are frequent
visitors at Club Lido.
Lido Band engagements have In.
cluded the Georgetown University
prom at the Carlton Hotel last
Friday and a Masonic dance at
Wardman Park the same night:
the Alexandria Episcopal High
School dance, with the Johnny
Slaughter unit officiating, last
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