The Washington times., 1929-08-06
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Is rowdy. rollicking, close 70
profane, red-bIooded, frank and
boisterous adventure which may
make you blush like a SUM
burned flapper. but, man, boy Or
girl. it is going to make plenty
Of money for the Fox Oaganiza-l
tion.
They screened it at q private
Fox theater showing in the early
hours Of this morning, and
while the comedy throughout Is
Of the barroom type, and the
language is hardly drawing
room, it Is chuck full Of laughs
and entertaining from first to
last reel.
Victor McLaglen II again the
roustabout soldier, Flagg (nOw
reduced to q top selgeantl and
Edmund Lowe is the Sergeant
Quirt, the two famous charac-
tiers Of "What Price Glory"
These hard boiled marines com
tinue the armorous pursuits be-
gun ii the first Maxwell Ander-
son-Laurence Stallings story. It
Is audible throughout and 1t can,
be here reported that MeLag-
lens voice hardly matches in
lusty quality his huge physique.
His English accent is 8 handi-
cap, and altogether / should say
the main honors accrue to Mr..
/ Lowe.
Don't miss this one when it
comes @along to the Fox very
soon. It's not Sunday School
movie, and it may cause some
censors to 90 into conference.
! but if you're grown Up and can
stand q session with lusty sol-
diers playing at migratory rO-
nance, tab "The Cock Eyed
World for a visit. / can
assure you again you will not
be bored.
With the new season less
than a month away not q peep
has issued from the Messrs.
Shubert or from the offices
OF IA. L. Erlanger as to official
bookings for Washington.
However, anxious producers
have let this much leak out
anent attractions listed for the
Lafayette Square Belasco. Kath-
crime Cornell in the Gilbert Mil
ler production of "The Age of
Innocence" will be an arrival
shortly after Labor Day. Viii
liam Faversham in new play,
''her Friend the King" by A.
E. Thomas and Harrison Rhodes
will be presented here by Tay.
burn productions in mid Septeni-
Der. Prior to an opening in
New York the first week in
October, Lionel Atwill III q new
play by Jane Murfin called
Stripped, stops off for q week
at the Belasco.
The new producing firm OF
Erlanger and Tyler will offer
its first play at the National
the week of September 16. 1t
is called Sweet Land of Lib
erty" (sounds as thought it
might be concerned with prohi-
bitionl, by Phillip Dunning.
From the District of Columbia
it will go to Pittsburgh and
then to the Liberty Theater in
New York where the premiere is
scheduled for October z.
Two producers in New York
| are scrapping about Glenn Hunter
and which will have the honor
of presenting him IN new play.
Myron G. Fagan announced Sat-
urday that Mr.. Hunter would be
the star of the new play which
he has written and will produce,
called "Peter Flies High" He
says it will be given a try out
at our National Theater the
week Of september 8 and then
be taken directly to New York.
What complicates the matter
is that Producer Murray Phillips
announces he has the Hunter
signature on a contract Tor q
! new play by Irma Kraft called
Second Sight" He says it will
open in Baltimore on Labor Day
and then come to the National
Theater in Washington for 9
week.
Who wins and which is right
Equity has refused to arbitrate
and has told the producers to
adjust their differences. Mr..
Pagan is relying upon a verbal
contract which he contends is
legally binding. Mr.. Phillips has
4 written one. The courts may
be called upon to decide the
issue.
At any rate as this is written
the chances are good that Mr..
Glenn Hunter will be in our
midst the week of September 8.
Ethel Bafrym ore turned
down $250,O00 in cold cash and
a healthy slice Of the profits for
making three talking pictures.
They are still gasping about It
in the West. where everybody
knows the movie stars but
where little Clara Bow, queen
Of the Paramount lot, intro
duced to Dame Ethel, observed:
"I've heard Of you, Miss Barry
more; what have you done
Well, Ethel once made movies,
among them Margaret Deland's
"The Awakening of Helena
Ritchie." But the typewriter
of Ray Henderson can best tell
the rest. Says Dame Ethel: