Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-10

The play was adapted and staged by
Phillip Moeller who also directed such
Guild productions as Strange Inter-
lude," 1.-THE GuardSman," THE Camel
Through the Needles Eye" and Major
Barbara" Aline Bernstein designed the
setting.
GAYETY-"Jazztime Revue"
"Jazztime Revue" a happy offering,
Is the attraction this week at the Gay
ETY. Theater. 1t is distinguished for its
qualities Of fun, singing and dancin !,
and promises genuine novelties ami
agreeable surprises, with infectious
laugh episodes. In addition to the IA
nous Kitty Madison, the company pre-
sentS other big names in burleSque,
such as Jack Hunt comique, who Is
featured; Babe Abbott, dancer; Harry
Left, comedian; Gladys Lockwood,
Frank du Frame, EloiSe Dwan and Dolly
Ashton, with o chorus selected person.
ally by Miss Madison. The Monday.
Wednesday and Friday matinees offer
special inducements to women patrons.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Arliss in
'Disraen."
The story of the winning of an en-
pire is being told at the Metropolitan
Theater this week in q Warner Bros.
Vitaphone polarization Of play that
promises to live forever, "Disraeli," with
George ArliSs In the role he played for
i've years on the speaking stage.
"Disraef' is the story of the rise OF
q Jewish boy of talented bourgeois pa
rentage who fought his way upward
through the obstacles Of racial preJu-
dice, political hate and lack OF caste to
become one Of the greatest prime min
listers In the history of Great Britain
BENJAMIN DiSraeli, Earl OF BeaconS-
field.
The most thrilling part of the story
deals with Disraeli's plan to buy the
Suez Canal for England and thus give
Queen Victoria the title Of Empress of
India. Opposed at every move, by bril-
liant strategy Disraeli won his way.
A love story runs through this re-
markable picture, the principals Of
which are Joan Bennett and Anthony
Bushell, an English importation. Also
in the carefully selected cast are David
Terrence, Florence Arliss. wife OF the
Subsidiary features include the weekly
Metropolitan News Review, Vitaphone
acts and other home features.
R-K-O KEITHS-"RiO Rita"
AS. Florenz Ziegfeld has "glorifled"
the American girl, so Radio Pictures,
it is announced, glorifies Ziegfeld In its
spectacle of music, beauty and drama
Rio Rita" this weeks featured attrac-
ton at R-K-O Keith's Theater. All the
rich qualities which drew Broadway
crowds for 50 consecutive weeks to the
Ziegfeld Theater are claimed to have
been retained in the film production
and to these have been added mobility
and sAnagnitude which the stage, even
under the direction of Ziegfeld, could
not hope to attain.
Against some Of the most lavish sets
yet seen on the screen Is played and
sung the drama of the Mexican border
land, by Bebe Daniels, JOHN Boles and
a mammoth supporting company with
mighty vocal choruses, dance routineS
and beauty assemblies.
Among the performers are Robert
Woolsey and Bert Wheeler, comedians
of the original show; Don Alvarado,
Dorothy Lee, fiapper sensation OF
"Syncopation;" Helen Kaiser, Follies
beauty; Georges Renevant, Tiny Sand
ford, Sam Nelson and Eva RoSlta.
More than a hundred girls, the Pietro
Cimlni grand chorus Of eighty male
voices and the Radio Pictures symphony
orchestra are among the features.
The whole of the second part Of the
production is filmed in technicolor
aboard q SumptuouSly furnished galleon
In addition to Rio Rita" Following
the Sun Around" THE Kinkajou" and
other melodies from the original show,
two new songs are heard. These. also
composed by Harry Tierney and Joe
Mccarthy, are Sweetheart, We Need
Each Other" and YOU'RE Always in
My Arms
RIALTO-Mary Nolan in Shanghai