The Washington times., 1928-02-18
Operetta
By Frinl Due
To Open

NAl1UINEA1[--- 1ne S#1HEGG I'M us
keteers.'' Ziegfeld's newest glitter
ing musical by William Anthony
Mcclure, p. G.. Wodehouse, Cliff
ford Grey. and Rudolf Friml
comes to the National, Tuesday.
February 81, with a cast headed
by Dennis King, as the star, sup
ported by Lester Allen, Vivienne
Segal, Yvonne d'Arle, Vivienne Os-
born. Reginald Owen and hun
dred or so others, including the
AIbertina Rasch girls. 1t promises
to be even mightier than Show
Boat" seen here earlier in the sea
son, and Resale. the Marilyn
Miller success in New York.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CorneIIas
the star in w. Somerset
Maugham's 1.-THE Letter" is the
Belasco event of the new week,
opening Monday. February 90.
Vaughan draInatized this Oriental
thriller from a short story of his
own, and the play comes highly
endorsed. Guthrie McClintock
staged it for Messmore Kendall,
and the supporting cast includes
Allan Jeayes, j. w. Austin, Eva
Leonard-Boyne, 500 Yongm, jose
Prime Morse and others.
KEITH'S-Miss Kitty Doner
will materially assist in entertain.
ing the Keith audiences next
week. topping the bill in Twenty
Minutes in Paris" Nick Altrock
and Al Schacht, baseball's famous
clowns. will co-headline with Joe
Engel. Next in line will be Mas
ter Jay Ward, The Typical
American Boy" followed by Elsie
Pilcer, Dudley Douglas and
Boots" McKenna: Harry Nor
word and Alpha Hall; Eltinge and
Vernon; Marion Mills and Marie
Goodwin; the Martell Brothers,
and the latest additions of Aesops
Fables, Topics of the Day and
the Pathe News Pictorial.
EARLE-Raymond Hatton and
Wallace Berry, comics de luxe, are
the Earle's bid for film favor the
new week, opening today, in
"v- life Savers" On the stage will
be Whitley Kaufman and his Vic
tor Orchestra lads. remaining at
the Earle third week. The pre-
sentation will be 1.-THE Earle
Gaieties." an Edward L. Hyman
production, with an ensemble of
20. The film is the latest effort
of this famous duo, noted for their
,Jmc antics.
PALACE-Romance breaks loose
at the Palace with the coming
of "West Point" the new Metro
Goldwyn- Mayer feature, starring
vehicle for William Haines, sup
ported by Joan Crawford, opening
today. On the stage Jack Par
tington's Steps and Steppers,
with Glenn jenkins, IlomaY
Bailey, Charles Huey, Bud and
Buddle, and the Manhattan Step
pers. Wesley EDDY, as usual, will
act as the ever personable guest
conductor of the Palace Syncopa-
tors.
METROPOLITAN-The Metro
politan attraction for the week be-
ginning today will be THE
Missing Link" which stars the
comedian of many accomplish
ments. s ! Chaplin. Once again
the screen feature of the bill will
be given Vitaphone accompani-
ment which has scored such a
tremendous success in Washing
ton, and THE Missing Link" pre-
sents something altogether "dif-
ferent." The short subjects include
several short reel Vitaphone items.
COLU Chaplin in
THE Circus" Peanuts, sawdust,
pink lemonade. clowns, tigers,
elephants, roaring lions, acrobats.
wire walkers and Charles Chaplin
in his brand new comedy, opening
at the Columbia todav. Writ
ten, directed and produced by
Charles Chaplin, 1.-THE Circus"
was two years in the making and
it is the first Chaplin comedy
since "The Gold Rush" Charlie
plays a wandering lad who is
mixed up in q series of hilarious
adventures. chases, arguments
and ovations that land him in
1.-THE Circus" as a very fine fell
low. Merna Kennedy, with red
hair and just five feet two, with
eyes of blue. is his leading lady.
In the cast are Harry Crocker,
Henry Bergman, Betty Morrissey
and Allen Garcia.
FOX-"Sharp Shooters" with
Lois Moran and George O'Brien,
is the feature film at the Fox on
the bill opening today. The
scenes are laid in Morocco, and
the story that of a hard boiled"
COB and a little French queen Of
the dance. The stage presenta-
ton is announced as novel syn