Evening star., 1928-12-23
Coming Attractions.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Kimono. |"

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS KimOn0."
The great mystery thriller wooden
Kimono" will be presented at the Ma
tional Theater next week, beginning
Sunday night, with matinees on New
Year day and Saturday.
Wooden Kimono" from all accounts
promises to be one of the most baf-
fling of the thriller school of plays yet
offered for solution and the manage
ment's taunt to prospective patrons,
Guess your best to clear up the nys-
terry and it's 10 to 1 you're wrong has
all ready provoked wide interest.
The author of wooden Kimono" has
brought its action right down to the
minute, using all the latest scientific
information in the development Of the
plot, but by legitimate and logical
methods.
Conan Doyle and Mary Roberts Rine-
! hart did not have the aid of radio in
their mystery stories and plays, neither
did they have the chance to use talk
ing pictures to cause creeps for their
audiences.
Realizing that the most terrifying
situation may yet have its laughs
| wooden Kimono" abounds in up
roarious fun to overcome the gasps and
shrieks that are sure to accompany
some Of the almost unearthly doingS
of important personages in the play.
| The authors slogan has been "A smile
for every thrill and hearty laugh
when danger seems closest"
BELASCO-"Lady, Be Good"
Lady, Be Good" said to be the
most sparkling and smartest musical
comedy by the great master of jazz,
George Gershwin, will be the New
Year weeks bill of Charles Emerson
Cooks Savoy MusicomedianS at the
ming, December 30. In addition to the
regular Wednesday and Saturday mat
ineeS, there will be holiday matinee
New Year day, Tuesday.
Lady, Be Good" was the outstand-
ing stage success in London and New
York only a few seasons ago, running
| for over 18 months in the British
| capital and more than year on Broad
way.
Robert Capron will be seen in the
Walter Catlett role, which he played
| in Canada. One Toronto critic said
of him that he out-Catletts Catlett
-,
Renee Hamilton, Thelma Parker,
Helen Ault, Frank Gallagher, Carrie
Reynolds. and the gorgeous garden of
| girls-are all happily cast in this in
| ternational musical hit.
| This will be the Hrst time that LADY,
Be Good will be presented at stock
prices.
| STRAND-"Parisian FIappers."
The Strand Theater will present next
week everybody's favorite, Flossie De
We're, in the big show with a punch,
Partisan Flappers." The cast includes
Frank Anderson, Harry Left, Dick
Richards, Gladys Lockwood, Jackie
Ryan and Stella Morrisey. The chorus
OF tantalizing happers is said to have
unusual ability as we'll as good looks.
One OF the high spots in Partisan
FlapperS" is burlesque of the recent
Tunney-Dempsey fight. The scenery
and lighting effects as well as smart
costumes are in keeping with the best
| traditions of the Mutual organization.
| A special midnight showing of "Pari-
sian Flappers" will be presented New
| Year eve.
ANGINA ENTERS. January II.
The ever changing art of dancing
has witnessed many innovations since
| the day when formal ballet was the
only recognized Classic" but never
has it changed its form and meaning
SO completely. 1t is declared, as when
Angina Enters, who is to appear at the
National Theater Friday afternoon.
January II, at 4:30 o'clock, under the
joint auspices of the Bryn Mawr and
| Wellesley Alumnae Clubs of Washing
ton, took New York and it's critics by
storm. For Miss Enters is the one
dancer Of recent years whose work has
been Judged as purely and entirely
original"
Her programs show some of the
quality OF this uniqueneSs, for instead
OF adhering to standard dance num-
| berS, Miss Enters offers compositions
in dance FORM" Whereas most dancers
| aim to interpret the music of their
| choosing, Miss Enters has made music
entirely incidental, confining herself to
the broader Interpretation of life. In
such numbers as her Der RoSenkava-
| lier," "OdaliSque," Feline" it is claim
ed, she has succeeded in bringing out
the full charm of her own personality,
and giving a quality to her perform
| ances which is quite independent of its
setting.
Part of her art lies within the realm
Of pantomime, so the music only forms
an incidental chorus off-stage. Some
times she dances" without any music
| at all, and sometimes. as in her "Moyen
Age" one of her most famous numbers
her whole Interpretation lies simply in
the continuity of her changing poses