The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-05
Brighter Week of
the New Year
In Films

women live. He meets an Ameri.
can girl following q series of
desert battles and she, to save
her life, joins his skirmishing
party. His mission to obtain
peace treaty from the desert
sheik is frustrated by that wor-
thy's admiration for the girl.
How the young soldier gets the
treaty and also his girl makes
up an exciting climax. In the
cast are Evelyn Brent, Gary
Cooper, William Powell, Noah
Berry and many others, The
stage attraction is Oddities"
featuring the Palace Syncopators
with Wesley Eddy as guest con
ductor; Toots Novello, dancer;
Earl and Bell, singers; Lewis and
Dody, comedians and the Six
English Tivoli Girls. Shorter
features will round out.
COLUMBIA-The world pre-.
miere of sadie Thompson" with
Gloria Swanson, happens at the
Columbia Theater Saturday. The
story is adapted from Somerset
Maughams noted story which
served Jeanne Eagels on the
stage for several seasons. The
story is laid on the islands and
concerns the obnoxious meddling
of a certain type of man with
the life of Sadie, from San Fran.
cisco: Sadie the drifter who pre-.
fers the company of the Marines
to the hypocritical sniffings Of
Mr. IJaYrllfna a ~ lnfO
Walsh, director Of What Price
O'Hara. his first screen appear.
ance in eight years. Lionel
Barrymore is the officious oliver
Hamilton. Many others also
appear.
EARLE-Clara Bow in a French
comedy, Get Your Man." with
Charles Rogers, her leading man,
and THE All Night Club" the
third Broadway production by Ed.
ward L. Lyman on stage. are
features OF the Earle's program
the week beginning. Saturday.
''Get Your Man" is the best
Clara Bow feature photoplay yet
produced by Paramount, accord
ing to critics elsewhere, and The
All Night Club" is the biggest
production yet brought to the
Earle for a stage attraction. Russ
Morgan and his 16 syncopators
head the club presentation with
the three Night Club boys, Caffrey
and Miller, Madeline White,
Gypsy Byrne and Vassilu and
Kiister and the other featured
2
s The story OF Get Your Man"
is of an American girl who is
out to get her man" though he
has been betrothed to a French
girl since he was 5 years old.
The picture is one Of the comedy
situations which give Miss Bow
the same opportunity to score as
did TT" Rough House Rosie"
and Hula"
FOX-oyershadowing all fea-
lures at the Fox next week viii
be the John Barrymore screen
feature. When a Man Loves"
based on one OF the great love
classics. "Manon LescaIlt." Dol
ores Costello will be In Barry
more's chief support while others
prominent in the cast include
Warner GLAND, Holmes Herbert,
Sam De Grasse. Tom Santschi.
Stuart Holmes. Eugene Besserer.
Barrymore plays the role OF Chew
alier De Grieux. the youth who
is pulled from monastery into
unknown realms of grandeur by
a bewitching young vixen. Among
the stage presentations will be
prologue featuring the Fox ballet
and choral ensemble and special
overture number. Also FOX
movietone and other features.
Observation-Disclosures 10y
and Conrad Nagel are co-stars OF
the bill at Crandall's Metropolitan
six DAYS of next week, beginning
Sunday afternoon at p. M, and
continuing through Saturday.
'",rhe Girl From Chicago" is the
screen feature. 1t recounts the adj
ventures of a well brought up
girl of the Old South, who leaves
her father and braves dangers
OF the city to save the life of her
brother who has fallen among
crooks and is sentenced to death.
Exciting and swift as mad
horses is the action of the melo-
drama which whirls the girl. now
known as Molly, the Gal From
Chi" from one danger to another,
until she ut last accomplished the
task she had set about to do.
RTALTO-Conrad Neidt. Euro
mean screen star. makes his first
appearance in an American star
ring production. "A Mans Past"
which will be shown on the Rialto
screen beginning Saturday
"A Mans Past" IL a screen Ver-
sion of Emerich Foeldes' famous
play, Diploma"
The story concerns a physician
sentenced to prison for putting
to death one Of his patients SUI
fering an incurable disease. He
escapes and is well on the road
to rehabilitation in new surround
ines when he IL discovered by
a former officer OF the prison.
The love interest is strong in that
the officer and the surgeon both
love the same girl and it appears
that the officer will expose the
doctor in order to get him out
Of the way. He does not, how
ever. which sends the story into
an entirely different climax
which is both original and thrill
The stage presentation Is mn.
steal conceit called "An Evening
at Home" Rommell music and
other auxiliaries.
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