Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-26
ATTRACTIONS IN WASHINGTON THEATERs
PALAcE-"Bridge OF San Luis Rey."

PALACE-"Bridge OF San Luis Rey."
Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer prize
story, 1.-THE Bridge of San Luis Rey,"
win be the screen attraction at Loew'S
Palace for the week starting Saturday.
It is a Goldwyn-M Mayer talking
production, and its cast includes Lily
Damita Ernest Terrence, Raquel Tor
res. Don Alvarado, Henry B. Walthall,
Mitchell Lewis and Tully Marshall.
The story deals with the lives OF hve
people who plunged to death when the
bridge built by the ancient Incas ana
blessed by st. Francis himself fell.
Father Juniper, fearing that the catas-
trophe had injured the faith OF the
people in Gods love and mercy, set out
to inquire into the lives of these people
OF the bridge accident to see If he could
find evidence that God was really kind.
He traced their lives to show that those
taken were an old woman, happy in
her first unselfish act; a young girl,
happy for the first time in the arms of
the man she loved; a nameless child
and disappointed old man. who were
happier dead, and a youth with q
broken heart. Thus the priest showed
the people of Lima, God, after all that
had been kind.
ton of Jack Parkington's popular pres
erltation, "Rah, Rah, Rah," featuring
Art Frank, Helen Lewis and her col
legiates. the Foursome Quartet, Bar
bara Vernon, Marie PAUL. and Lew
Beck as well as the Palace Syneopators.
The Palace Orchestra, Charles Gaige
at the organ, the M-G-M and Fox
Movietone, short subjects and the usual
house features will complete the pro-
gram.
METROPOLITAN
George Bancroft's new talking pic
tare Of tense, suspenseful drama,
"Thunderbolt, will be the attraction at
the Metropolitan Theater for week,
beginning Saturday night. 1t Is said
to surpass Underworld in gripping
situations, and was directed by the
same director, Josef Won Sternberg.
Presenting the underworld of Harlem,
New York's Negro district, it discloses
Bancroft as a hard-fighting gang boss
in love with Fay Wray as the girl, who
turns from him to Richard Arlen, the
man he has sworn to kill. Later they
both find themselves together In the
death house at Sing Sing. facing the
electric chair. It Is tense, powerful
drama throughout.
FOX-"The Black Watch"
Victor McLaglen In his first talking
picture, 1.-THE Black Watch" will be
the screen attraction at the Fox for
week, beginning Saturday. John Ford,
who made 1.-The Iron Horse" -Four
Sons" and Mother Machree," directed
'sThe Black Watch"
The story is from the popular novel,
ssKing Of the Kyyber Rifles" by Talbot
Mundy. The cast In support Of Mr.
McLaglen In the picture includes Myrna
10y as the feminine lead, with Lumsden
Hare, Roy DARCY, David Rollins, Mitch
ell Lewis, Cyril Chadwick. Walter Long
and David Terrence. David Percy,
who will be remembered for his BARI
tone voice, will be heard in this pro-
dlction.
"The Black Watch" has for its theme
love that blazes, with its central fig-
ures a beautiful woman who absolutely
dominates her followers and a man
who had sworn to strip her OF her
strength, but succumbed. It is a pull
sating drama, now attracting capacity
audiences to the Gaiety Theater, New
York City, at 50 admission.
The stage. attraction will present
John Irving Fisher master of cere-
monies, with the Gorgeous Foxettes. the
40 Fox JaZZmanians and other
musical comedy and revue entertainers.
FOX Movietone News also will be on the
program.
EARLE-"WoIf Song"
s'Wolf Song" a romantic picture of
the old Southwest in 1910, will be
shown Friday midnight, starting the
new week at the refrigerated Earle
Theater
This story, from the novel of Harvey
Ferguson, is portrayal Of the lives and
loves of big outdoors men and large-eyed
senoritas in the days when q beaver
TRalf uvac the oaarlofe
Lupe Velez, yivacious, exotic and
spitfire all in one, plays the role Of q
daughter of the Mexican dons, who Is
wooed and won by Gary Cooper, q
rangy Kentuckian, who has come to
seek adventure in the Southwest terri
tory. But the story doesn't end with
the wedding, and there are numerous
thrills before the final scene whicf
brings the romantic pair together again
Wolheim and Romanoh are seen as tive
traDpers OF the mountains.
No effort was spared by Director
Fleming to get the fullest values from
the natural beauty of his location, the
high Sierras of California.
COLUMBIA-"The Cocoanuts."
The -Four Marx Brothers. gifted ans
Joyous Broadway entertainers. remain
for a second week at Loew's Columbii
IN their talking. singing. dancing ars
laughing musical comedy, THE Cocoa
nuts" The story has the usual must
cal comedy plot, but it is the four Mar
brothers who make the show.
Mary Eaton and Oscar Shaw. ais
of musical comedy fame, introduce tn
musical hits Of the production, which
we're written by Irving Berlin. Tn
picture Is layishly staged and intro
duces new ideas In camera angles ant
photography. Harpo OF the four broth
ers performs on the harp and IS also
panfomimest OF note. He has neve
been heard speaking on the stage
Chico plays the piano with his uniqu