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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-16
OPENING ATTRACTIONS IN WASHINGTON
THEATERS


Fred Clark's Lets Go" company re-
turns to the Gayety for the second time
this season as the first company to be
presented by the new United BurlcSque
Association, with Harry Jarboe manag--
iag the local theater in the place OF
Ira j. La Motto.
This snappy production has lost none
of its popularity. as was atteSted by the
packed houses which greeted its second
appearance Eddie Hall leads II the
fun making. He has novel entertain
ment method. Tim Lester, his assist
ant. is good foil for Halls quips
Walter Pep" Smith and Jack Reddy
vie for male singing honors The
former is at his best with his speciality
songs. and Reddy pleascs with his yen-
dition of Ding Dong Bell"
The dancing is unusually good. with
Helen Flyn leading with acrobatic and
interpretative dancing. Annabelle ALI
son and Bebe Almond give song and
dance hits.
The Garden of Roses" Rainy DAYS"
Indian Reservation" and Lady Of the
Moon are the best numbers The last
song almost stopped the show. The
chorus of Let's Go is above par, and
the songs and dances exceptionally
good. Clark has one of the best shows
on the circuit.
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PALACE-"Quality Street"

The current attraction at the Palace
presents Marion Davies in Quality
Street" a screen version OF Sir James
BarrieS play of the same name. Con-
rad Nagel appears in the role OF DR..
" Brown.
All restless spinsters, secretly or
otherwise yearning for the romance
that simply does not happen. are in
vited TO go 10 the Palace and take
lesson in charm and social engineer
ing from the fascinating and resource
full Marion.
The scene of this story is laid in Eng
land In the early nineteenth century,
when feminine ankles were discreetly
concealed. manners were Stitfiy formal
and kiss was almost synonymous with
a bctrothal. DR.. Y. Brown Is the target
Of all feminine eyes in Quality street.
especially the fiuttering ones of Miss
Phoebe marion Davies) When Capt
v. Brown returns from the Napoleonic
wars the bcwitching Miss Phoebe has
developed into a charmless. nonotonous
school mistress. The captains ardor
cools, but the slow fire OF Miss Phoebe's
ambition bursts into fame. and-weli,
there Is plenty of suspense In the narra-
tive and plenty of fine acting on the
screen. Kate Price contributes her
usual share in the role Of Patty,
Phoebe's maid
The jazzy stage presentation of Jack
Partington's "Banjomania" is direct
contrast 10 the exquisite simplicity Of
manners and customs in Quality
Street" Margaret Ball displays much
agility in her dance numbers, Little"
Eddie Hill drives the audience into con-
WILSON'S of laughter over his Mono
lagues. and Mills and Shea do some
very creditable acrobatic stunts.
Radio fans are given the opportunity
70 see THE Sunshine Girls" Jerry and
Dorcy Byron, In person. and at the
opening performance they were received
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FOX-"Ladies Must Dress"

Egyptian Impressions" featured this
week on the Fox Theater stage. offers
wide opportunity for the Fox musical
artists to display their talent. Pop
ular ariaS are combined in new set
ting. colorful and dazzling. The music
is of the highest order and the COM
bination attempted is executed har-
moniously and its Interpretation is en-
HANGED by an exquisite background OF
pagcantry.
For the past several weeks the Fox
has staged features of this kind with
rale skill. The patrons have received
this form of entertainment with wide
favor. However. some extensive COM
ment has arisen recently on what is
termed a program slightly heavy. The
general opinion seems to be that there
should be at least a number consider
ably lighter and leaning to the humor-
Gus to offset the heavinesS OF Seri-
Gus musical program and ofttimes
decidedly serious picture. The Fox,
however, is not the only one included
in this constructive criticism There are
others where a more diversified pro-
gram would be acceptable. But getting
back to the Fox:
The afternoon musical was well at
tended. the program was attractive.
Murlel la france gives pleasing Ielul-
ton of the bell song from "Lakme."
William Mitchell and Lillian Buchanan
sing from Samson and Delilah" and
Harris and Claire are featured in atll-
letic dancing Herman Timberg. his
brother and their company are we'll re-
ceived in a diversified program OF light
entertainment. The Fox Movietone
News and a piano solo reproducing
Paderewski are other features. The
picture. Ladies Must Dress" featuring
Virginia Valli Lawrence Gray. Hal
Cooley and Earle Fox. is an amusing
comedy. as the subject suggests, on
the things nearest the heart OF many
women, namely, clothes 1t offers a
humorous plot Of loves and disagree
ments among employees Of a large de-
partment store. The bill this week Is
more evenly balanced than usual and
offers a splendid evenings diversion.
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rival Of the mems wives and the mod
els boy friend" The latter challenges
the other men TO duel
On the morning OF the scheduled
fight the two Americans hire an air.
plane TO take them as far as possible
from Paris. but the plane breaks down
and forced landing is made on the
dueling grounds. In the meantime
the model puts Mrs. Cohen and Mrs.
Kelly wise" TO the fact that thier hus-
bands are about to be killed, so they
together with the children. hire two
airplanes and succeed in swooping down
in an exciting rescue effort. which pro-
duces the desired happy ending. The
film is packed with laugh provoking in
cidents.
A special overture consisting Of
medley Of Jewish and Irish selections
ending in harmony is played by the
Pialto Orchestra, under the direction
Of Rox ROmmell. A Revue Unusual"
featuring Buck and Tharien, Dorothy
Rogers and the Reno brothers. and the
news reel are included in the added at
fractions
LITTLE THEATER-"The Dark Angel"
The Motion Picture Guild presents
at the Little Theater. Ronald Colman
and Wilma Banky in their first CO.
starring production, THE Dark Angel"
This picture assured Miss Banky of
her success in the American cinema and
Colman. by his splendid acting, gained
the leading role in Beau Geste."
The story begins in England, where
Colman. playing the part of Capt
Alan Trent. is about to marry Kitty
the daughter of an English nobleman.
the part being played by Miss Banky
Before the ceremony can take place
Capt. Trent is recalled to the front,
where he is wounded and held prisoner
in a German prison camp. The news
reaches Kitty that he Is dead Sum-
mer passes and the war is ended Capt.
Trent returns 10 England. but because
Of his blindness will not return 10
Kitty He settles in the North of Eng
land and becomes an author of BOYS
fiction under an assumed name He
Is found by his old friends and Is united
with the woman he loves
Charlie Chaplin appears in one Of his
old pictures. The Immigrant" The
Motion Picture Guild also brings 10
Washington special feature, The
Sea OF Dreams fantasy from Holly
wood
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-16
POLLS THEATER - George Whites
Scandals.

The eighth annual edition of George
Whites Scandals opened at Polls Thea
ter last night before large and en-
thusiastic audience. which indicated be-
yond a doubt the popularity of this
type of entertainment.
AS sometimes happens. hidden down
In the list Of principals was one per-
former who stole" the show. Buster
West. lately Of Keith'S vaudeville. twice
brought the proceedings to lengthy
halt while the audience applauded him
for his clever dancing. His perform
anCe was the outstanding hit Of the
evening His sailor act. assisted by
John Wells and Georgia Lcrch. was
especially we'll done.
Ann Pennington. the featured star
OF the Scandals. danced the Black Bot
tom. the invention of which is claimed
for her. The dance was well received,
although the steps by now have lost
much of their novelty. Miss Penning-
ton also appeared i'll her other skis
during the evening,
Willie and Eugene Howard. for IS
years with the Winter Garden shows,
were in the leading comedy roles and
were we'll supported by Frances Will
liams. Tom PATRICIA and Harry Rich
man. One novel and humorous Skit.
walking Dogs Around, proved particu-
larry amusing. A graceful and difficult
solo dance was given by Jane Sells dur
ing the "Tweet Tweet' number. An
unusually fine voice was revealed when
Rose Perfect. the prima donna made
her appearance. The Seville" num-
Der marked the high spot Of her per-
Torrance. The famous Williams sis
tiers. blues" singers carried great
portion Of the burden Of the show and
were popular with the audience
Several impressive scenes were well
staged. notably the Birth CT the
Blues" IN which George Gershwin's
Rhapsody in Blue" was featured.
Others were the Seville" My Jewels"
"The Triumph Of Woman" and "Tweet
Tweet" scenes.
Taking it all in all. the show had
little in the way Of striking novelty TO
offer. The humor was inclined to be
@ bit shady if one chose 10 recognize
double meanings. However. the audi
ence was we'll entertained and express
ed its appreciation by frequent and
hearty applause
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kEITH'S-Nick Lucas.

Entertaining qualities are in evidence
Throughout Keith's program this week.
Every act is a good one The house
management has assigned Nick Lucas
70 the headline position. This clever
Grooming Troubadour" had little
trouble recording decided hit. Nick
has one of the sweetest OF popular
tenor voices and is shrewd enough to
confine his singing TO pieces that have
become noted for their direct appeal
TO the public in general In addition
ne handles a guitar with genuinely
artistic effect. There was glow Of
satisfaction on the faces Of his many
listeners when Lucas started 10 strur1
"Blue Heaven and after he had
cTooned this latest number the applause
was something to wonder at
That popular entertainer from Rus
STA, Dave Apolon. is back again. with
q better company than ever DanZi
GoodeII and Lucretia Craig are his
supporting stars. Dave has been show
Ing at Keith's for several seasons and
he has grasped the details of vaude-
vile needs with the result that he has
become one OF the most popular en-
tertainers in the business. He still
carries his clever Hawaiian Orchestra
for background and every member
is clever IN interpreting TIE latest
Jazz steps, while Miss Craig does in
t-icate toe dancing. Il IS a wonderful
dancing and musical act and Mr..
Apollon had hard time getting away
from the uproarious applause.
That eccentric comedienne. Flo
Lewis. Who has been travelling with Al
Joison shows for the past Ave years
Is back in vaudeville once more and
received hearty welcome. Flo is
depicting the trials of a Gapper tossed
out of automobiles and is very funny.
She is battling with heavy cold and
her act had 10 be shortened, but
nevertheless registered finely. The
Three Londons opened the show with
q thrilling bounding and tossing act
that was well received. Broadus Erie,
exactly Z years old. played the violin
with real artistic ability and was given
o hearty welcome A sketch crowded
with thrills entitled "A Frozen Ro-
nance" presented by Chris Chisholm
and Viola Breen. went over with
splend.6 acclaim. the action being fast
with much comedy Olyn landick
fooled the audience by his makeup as
q beautiful blonde. Nine. Ella Bradna
and company put Oh q beautiful circus
act that was given hearty recognition
The long program necesSitated the cut
ting cut ct the Pathe pictures.
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METROPOLITAN-"The Patent
Leather Kid"

The seating capacity Of the Metro
politan Theater, was early taxed 10 its
limit and crowds waited in the lobby
to see the popular Richard Barthelmess
display his fighting ability in The
Patent Leather Kid love and war
romance by Rupert Hughes.
This First National production. thrill
ing with echoes OF the late war. opens
UP in Heil's Kitchen. New York's East
Side, with the Patent Leather Kid"
so called because of his smooth. black,
shining hair and patent leather trim
mings on his clothes. and Battling
Sharkcy in the ring. Haunted by the
eibes of pretty girl sitting near the
ropes, the Kid becomes interested and
demands TO see her after the fight. She
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is accompanied by Hugo Breen. a rich
mans son, who appears to be the VII
lain In this triangle. The manager,
Jake Stuke. is worried over Curley's
influence and the arguments he has
with her become amusing In their East
Side patOlS.
Then Good Friday, 1917. War is de-
clared, The Kid, autOcrat in his own
domain. concerned only with his own
fights. resentS Curley's attitude and
will not even remove his hat as the
flag goes by. Failing to arouse him by
her enthusiasm. she goes overseas as
entertainer IN the "Y' hutS until she
can qualify as nurse. The draft
finally gathers in the Kid and his
partner. Puffy, and fate ordains them
in BreenS regiment. AS PuIfy eloquent
lv shutters of all the Aa-armies. we
HI had to g-g-get in h-his." while
the Kid wishes he could fight this war
with boxing gloves.
His encounter with Curley at the
hut was unpleasant, and he grim!y
marches on. His fighting instinct is
not aroused until his buddy is killed
in the st. Mihiel drive. when he be-
comes a fiend for revenge and lands in
a field hospital. where Curley MOLLY
ODay) Is bravely carrying on. When
this emergency case is brougt in and
pronounced hopeless, she rises to
heights of passionate pleading which
will not be denied. The doctor must
operate even though the ether Is ex-
hausted Her courage and love saves
his life. but he is paralyzed. In his
wheel chair he and his nurse watch
the boys marching by and he means
When could salute my flag.
wouldn't; now l wanna, / can't" and
making tremendous effort. his hands
begin to tremble he rises TO his feet
and salutes the flag.
The music accompanying the picture
is stirring and appropriate-"Keep the
Home Fires Burning" Over There.
MY Buddy etc. When the Kid
saluated the flag the audience arose
with him TO the strains of our national
anthem, The Star Spangled Banner"
COLUMBIA.-"Sadie Thompson"
Self-righteous would-be reformers.
who consider but little the feelings OF
others, sometimes find that their own
armor is not proof against the very
temptations which they condemn
Thus the reforming Hamilton learned
too late the value Of tolerance, in the
philosophy story, Sadie Thompson" at
Loew's Columbia for its second week.
Page Page. buried IN the sultry
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with enthusiastic applause. The Thomp-
son Sisters and Morgan and Stone also
delight with several banjo numbers.
I. Y. Hoffman'S organ recital OF
Martha" by Flotow, and the M-GM
news reel are added attractions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-16
RIALTO-"The Cohens and Kellys In
Paris"

Gales Of laughter were the reaction
Of yesterday afternoons audience TO
The Cohens and Kellys in Paris" fea-
ture film at the Rialto this week. The
chief funmakers were George Sidney
and J. Farrell Macdonald. who were
supported by Vera Gordan. Kate Price,
Gertrude Aston, Sue Carol and Charles
Delaney
The story opens with the Cohens and
the Kellys. business associates in Amer
lea. having constant temperamental
clashes. while over in Paris the CohenS'
daughter is studying music and the
Kellys son is making a stab at art
Unknown to their parents, the two
young people get married and decide
to break the news gently to their fami-
lies by wiring that they are to be mar
ried.
kilograms received at the same time
send the COhens and the Kellys to Eu-
rope on the first boat. They soon find
out, the truth. and arrive at a time
when the newlyweds are about to quar-
rel over Partisan model. the wife be-
ing jealous. Mr. Cohen and Mr. Kelly
decide TO see this model. who Is also
a cabaret dancer. and the result Is a
boudoir scene complicated by the ar
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South Seas. is the destination of more
than one person upon the ship from
San Francisco United States Marines
eXiled there from white men and
women, greet with enthusiasm at least
one OF the newcomers, the gay Sadie
thompson GLORIA Swapson), who is
on her day to Apia TO take up job
Smallpox, however. has detained her in
Page Page for several days.
Oliver Hamilton does not confine his
reforming to the natives, but brings
trouble to Sadie by arranging with the
governor to have this bad woman"
sent back to San Francisco. He also
causes the arrest of Sergt. OHara, the
handsome Marine who plans to take
Sadie to Sydney where she can be
happy
But Oliver Hamilton falls into the
trap OF his own setting, and morning
hnds his reforming days over.
happy Sadie sails away on the
boat bound for Sydney.
"Monarchs of the Glen" presents
Oddities. the worlds side-show of
strange people and things. An over
ture. Memoirs Comique"; selections
from comic opera. Claude Burroughs
directing and M-G-M News complete
the program.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-18
WILLIAMS BACK FROM
 ICY STRAIT CRUISE

After a To-day timber cruise on the north sllofe of aIcy Strait. l. P. Williams, Land Examiner. cf the U. S. Forest Service, re- turned last night on the Ranger w., Capt. Dan Bayne, with q crew Of four men. Areas in Ex- cursicn Inlet, Swanson Harbor and Icy Straits proper were ex- amined.
 MT. Williams visited the Glac- fer Bay camp of Engineer Don Meldrum who with crew of 14 men is surveying the timber of that region for George T. Cana sron and associates. MT. Meldrum will move in about one week to the vicinity Of Hawk Inlet on the west coast Of Admiralty island starting a survey that will extend sonthward for many miles and occupy large part of the season.
 Early next week, MT. Williams, with six men, including R. T.. Lynt, topographer, will leave for the west coast of Admiralty Island to cooperate with MT. Meldrum. He, also, will be in the district most of the summer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-18

In 1927 between 1000 and 2,500 airplanes and seaplanes were pro duced by 103 companies, this number not including those built by individuals. Of this number 1853 were commercial airplancs, the rest being military craft. The figure for commercial planes showed an increase of 160 percent over previous years and q still higher figure is forecast for 1928. Considering that planes range in price from $2,000 to $50 900, 1t does not take a mathematician to figure out that flying is running into big money.
 The bureau of aeronautics of the navy estimates the planes and engines produced in 1926 and 1927 had a value of $24.1G1,752.
 The extent to which the nation has taken to the air is revealed in reports of 27 companies en- gagged in airways operations in 1927. There now are more than 30. These 27 flew 5.SO9. .999 miles on scheduled trips. carried more than $500 passengers at ten cents mile, carried 2,261.5 BOT pounds ef express and transported 1.654, 4,165
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-18
TAKU TRAPPER HERE
 TODAY FROM INSIDE

Bill Strong. trapper and trader of the upper Taku River and British Columbia territories, ar. rived in Juneau yesterday on his boat Nakina from several weeks trip to the Interior. dur ing which he acquired a large number of beaver skins.
 A trail from Atlin 10 the head. waters of navigation, or upper Taku River. is the main topic of interest in Atlin at the present time, Strong declared. The peo pie there are boosting for this he said, and they expect 10 go into the matter more fully this summer than they have in the past.
 Weather in the inside, accord ing to Strong, is warm. Snow has been off the ground for sev cral weeks, and the temperature has been up around so most oi the time since late in April, while practically no rain has fallen foi three weeks. One freak day was reported by MT. Strong, when the temperature was 23 degrees be low zero in the morning and rose to 45 above in a period of about eight hours.
 Since his departure early in April, when he made his last visit here, Strong has travelled to Atlin. the Dease Lake district and to Telegraph Creek. He re turned with between 100 and 20C beaver skins, which are being dis posed of here.
 Strong is leaving tomorrow ol Sunday on his return to the In terior.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-18
THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, MAY Is, 1928.

inc pre-war finery of now i'm poverished aristocraey than to at tempt to initiate it in the cos tune departments here, just as a real archduke can be hired for much less than a well known screen player would charge fo. portraying an archduke.
 When Alexander Korda, who came from Hungary to direct pic 'ures was given a Hungarian play .o turn into cellulaid as a star ring vehicle for Billie Dove, ht did net appeal to the studio re search and costume departments to ascertain and make the correct costumes for Hungarian court scenes of tho late Hapsburg era He got in touch with agents hl Hungary who picked up for hin at bargain prices a large ship ment of costumes and relics ol the Hapsburg reign and of Hun garian private life of the pre- war and postwar years.
 Among the most brilliant uni forms in the lot are the forma uniforms of the Kings Draban Life Guards, and one of the play CTS who will wear them is Pau Vincent, young Hungarian wh' was a EIussar cadet under tho Hapsburg regime and, as such was in training for promotion tt the Guards
 Had there been no revolution in Hungary young Vineenti. whose real name is Tibor Mindzenthy would have worn the same type of uniform he wears in the pic ture.
 IL happens that the particular uniform which has fallen to tho lot of Vincent was worn in req life by one Nicholas Kaltenbrunr of the Guards. His name is sti on the label on the inside poeket of the richly braided scarlet coat Where Kaltenbrunn himself ii now is mystery. Maybe he is in Hollywood, .oo. playing in tht movies under new name. Billie Dove, Give Brook ant other principals in the cast have been provided with seyera changes of costume from tho shipments. Several hundred oth CT costumes will be worn by ex tras
 And if some extras should lool rather uncomfortable in thei aristocratic outfits it might bl because these outfits remind then too powerfully of the day whei they wore them in real life.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-18
"BATTLiNG BUTLER"
 IS COMEDY TRIUMPH

Buster Keaton has taken his frozen face into the prize ring At least, he masquerades as 8 pugilist, gets himself involved ir peck of trouble and finally has 70 fight the worlds champion And what a fight it is!
 The famous comedians hilari ous venture into the realms ol fistiana forms the basis of the plot of Battling Butler" Keaton's latest picture, showing at tn; Palace Sunday.
 Battling Butler" is different it is said to have an absorbing plot and is invested with elab orate settings that would dc credit to the biggest dramatic productions. The supporting cast including captivating Sally C'Neil Snitz Edwards, Tom Wilson, Fran cis Mcdonald, Mary O'Brien, Ed die Borden and Buddy Fine. is ex. cellent.
 The comedy gives Buster the opportunity to again show his versatility. He portrays a rich young idler who falls in love and then has to pose as a prize-fight. CT ilk order to win the girl, whose family believes him to be a weak ling because of his fine clothes valet and luxurious surroundings