The Washington times., 1929-08-29
BRIGHT BILLS
FOR NEW
WEEK

to Polls next week in a revival
of Harry James Smiths popular
comedy. "A Tailor Made Man"
He win be supported by a com.
pany of 2S people and comes here
after a weeks visit to Philadel.
phia and prior to a transconti.
mental tour of his successes.
The piece has been elaborately
mounted and costumed by w. r.
Kane, the producer, and though
the entire piece will have an
overhead equal to fair-sized
musical comedy organization, a
popular scale will be maintained.
Some of the company supporting
Mr.. Mitchell are Mary Vance,
Carol March, Maurice Franklin,
Thomas Shearer. Harry Green,
Kenneth Rowland, Anthony Blair,
Foster Williams and Leila Morey.
FOX-"The Cock Eyed World"
alltalking sequel to What Price
Glory" opens at the Fox Theater
Saturday. This story has the
same principal players. Victor Nc.
Laglen and Edmund howe; the
same authors. Laurence Stallings
and Maxwell Anderson, and was
produced by the same director as
What Price Glory" Raoul Walsh.
The only change is their newest
FLAME" Lily Damita.
The story opens in Russia with
the United States marines, and
finds Captain Flagg back to his
status of top sergeant and Harry
Quirt still his fighting buddy.
Their struggles for the love of
the fair danes carry them
through their stay In the United
States to the tropics, where the
marines are sent to quell an
uprising.
A Roxy prologue will precede
the picture.
COLUMBIA Popular demand
keeps Metro Goldwyn.Mayer's all.
talking screen version of Madame
x" at Loew's Columbia for a
second week. With such stars
as Ruth Chatterton, Lewis Stone
and Raymond Hackett, and
directed by Lionel Barrymore, the
picture has aroused wide praise.
The story Is that of a young
woman who leaves her husband
and small son. sinks down the
social scale and finally becomes
the prey OF a blackmailer. He
wants to utilize the information
he has Of her past to blackmail
her former husband and discredit
her son, now a young attorney.
She Is driven to murder the man
to protect those she loves.
Brought to trial, the State un-
knowingly assigns her own son to
aid her in the defense.
Raymond Hitchcock is presented
in a Metro Movietone act. Marion
Harris, the song bird of jazz, also
appears in a movietone act. The
M-G-M International News, the
Fox Movietone News and the
Columbia Concert Orchestra under
the direction of Claude Burrows
complete the program.
PALACE-William Haines ar
rives at Loew's Palace Saturday in
his classic of the track, Speed
way" It is Metro.G observation-disclosures
production featuring. in addition to
Haines. Anita Page, Ernest Tor.
renee, Karl Dane, and Polly
Moran. Bill is a fresh, smart
aleck assistant to veteran
driver. who has taught him all
he knows about motors.
On the stage. AL Evans, ''the
prince of good fellows" will be
presented in SNAP Into It." with
the Palace Syncopators. Val and
$Ernie Stanton are featured in
this production. Others in the
cast include the Collette Sisters,
the De Toregos, Ann Williams,
and the Serova Ballet. Added at.
fractions will include the M-G-M.
International News, the Fox
Movietone News. short subjects,
and the usual musical features.
RIALTO-The unusually large
demand for seats for the pre-.
miere performance of Carl
Laemmle's 100 per cent singing,
talking, dancing, screen version
of the famous stage drama
Broadway" assures the Rialto
of brilliant social gathering and
capacity crowd for the reopening
Friday night.
The story is q dramatic tale
of two young innocents, who be.
come involved in q gripping un.
derworld plot in connection with
rum running, hi.jacking and the
night club activities Of Broadway.
Most Of the action is laid in the
back-stage section Of a sumptious
Broadway night club, in the re.
hearsal rooms, the chorus dress.
ing rooms and in the private
party rooms.
The cast includes Glenn Tryon,
Evelyn Brent, Merna Kennedy,
Thomas e. Jackson, Otis Har.
Ian, Robert Ellis, Paul Forecast,
and score Of other prominent
actors and actresses.
EARLE-Jack Mu1hall, popular
First National player, portrays
the screens first dual talking
role in his latest Vitaphone of.
fering, Dark Streets" which
comes to the Earle Theater on
Friday midnight.
In this story, adapted from
Richard Connell's short tale, 'Pat
and Nike" Mulhall portrays two
brothers. one a cop and the
other a gangster.
Dark Streets" Is a stirring
story of the underworld. Lila
Lee appears opposite Mulhall as
the sweetheart of both the cop
and the crook.
An added surprise attraction
for the coming week will be the
personal appearance Of Kate