The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-18
WEEK ON
STAGE AND
SCREEN

with Venice as a background, thus
affordinx opportunity for pic
turesoue costuming. In the sup.
porting company are Phillip Mer'
rivale. Sir Guy Standing, Harry
Davenport, Hale Norcross, Joyce
Carey. Leo Stark and Lionel Ho-
garth.
Wagstaff
Gribble is author of the new play
ssRevolt," which opens the regular
legitimate season at the National
Theater, Monday night. It is des-
cribed as a. remarkable drama Of
an American family and comes
highly recommended as a play
with pathos and tragedy well
blended with delicious comedy. In
a long cast Of principals are Hugh
Bucker, A. G.. Andrews, Grace
Fikins, Eunice Stoddard, Char
lotte Denniston, Paul Gilfoyle,
Ackland Powell. and Roberta Will.
lard. Cleon Throckmorton executed
the settings.
PALACE-Lon Chaney's latest
picture, with sound Trimmings,
while the City Sleeps" will fur
nish. the main screen attraction
at the Palace beginning Saturday.
Thrills, sensation and mystery are
promised with CLANCY playing
staisht this time as q plain
clothes detective. Anita Page,
Polly Moran and Mae Busch have
important roles. ON the stage
wesley Eddy and his Syncopators
will back up a John Murray An
derson presentation unit, blue
Grass" in which will be seen
Coleman Goetz. George Griffin,
Rosette, the Slate Brothers, Irene
Wolf and the Foster Girls. Added
attractions are the M-G-S news
reel, an organalogue and the Pal
ace Orchestra.
RIALTO-Anotl1er 100 per cent
talking picture comes to the Rialto
beginning Saturday. It is the
Universal special. Melody OF
Love-" described as an afterfwar
story OF tender romance. with
Walter Pidgeon cast as a young
song writer who loses hand in
the great strife. Mildred Harris,
Jane Winton, Tom Dugan. Victor
Potel and others. On the stage
will be Johnny Slaughter's Revelers
in a new program and supple
mentary talking pictures with
news reel and selected shorts
rounding out the program.
METROPOLITAN - The fourth
and final week Of AL Jolson In
1.-THE Singing Fool" begins Satur.
day. This Warner Brothers spe-
cia1 has taken down all records at
the Metropolitan. Al Jolson is
heard in eight songs and there Is
a dramatic story or the night
clubs with Betty Bronson and
Josephine Dunn prominent in the
action. Little Davy Lee, a 3.year.
old child actor, contributes q re-
nlarkable performance. and his
appealing voice il heard in some
OF the highly emotional scenes
concerned with the career of the
singing waiter.
FOX-WilIiarn Fox presents an
other John Ford Production,
"1Iother Machree" as the main
screen attraction, beginning Sat
urday. Victor MacLaglen has the
lead role with Belle Bennett,
Ethel Clayton and Neil Hamilton
featured. It comes after a So run
on Broadway. Supplementary
screen features are Chic Sale in his
latest film talker. "The Star Wit
ness" Movietone news with the
Zeppelin arrival, and selected
shorts. On the stage the La Scale
quartette, and other entertainers.
The second of the symphonic-jazz
concerts with an augmented or
chestra of so musicians will be
given Sunday at 2 p. m.
KEITH'S - The screen version
Of George KeIIy's Pulitzer prize
play, "Craig's Wife" with Irene
Rich in the star role, will be the
main screen attraction at Keith's
beginning Sunday matinee. In the
supporting cast are Virginia Brad.
ford. Lilyan Eastman. Carroll Nye,
George Irving, Jane Keckley, Mary
Van Buren, and Raida Rae. On
the stage viii be condensed YER
sion of Texas Guinan's revue.
'Padlocks Of 1925" featuring Mar
torie Leach, Charles Taye, Ed
West, Harriet TIiIhard and others.
Supplementary CT n features
complete the program. which Is
continuous.
EARLE-For the week begin
ming with the midnight premiere
Friday. Billie Dove will be seen
in her latest First National pic
ture, 1.-The Night Watch" Almost
the entire action of the screen
story takes place In a single night
with a. modern battleship as its
unusual background. Donald Reed.
PAU Lukas and Nicholas Sousan-
min play featured roles. Alexander
Korda directed. The supplementary
program includes Vitaphone short
reel presentations, the Earle top.
icaI news and selections by the
concert orchestra under the dlrec.
ton of Daniel Bresskin.
COLUMB A--'our Dancing
Daughters" which has broken
every Dox-office record at the Co
lumbia, establishes another prece~
dent by remaining three weeks.
The final seven days begins Sat
urday Joan Crawford, Anita Page,
John Mack Brown, Dorothy Sebas-
tan and Nils Asther are featured
in this gin and JAM story or
modern wild youth. Two Movie
tone short subjects, the M.-G.-M.
newsreel with pictures of the land
ing of the Zeppelin. a color classic
and music by Claude Burrough
concert orchestra complete a two
hour program.
STRAND-"Girls from Happy.
land is the title of the neU
Mutual burlesque show which
opens Sunday matinee. Irving
Selix is the featured comedian
ard other orincinals Include Ben