The Washington times., 1929-03-28
PROGRAMS FOR
NEW WEEK IN
< THEATERS

Good News" has met with record.
breaking success. In the large
company which presents the musi.
cal are Don Lanning, John Grant,
William Sully, Anthony Hughes,
John Philbrick. Maurice Darcy,
Evelyn Kinder, Dorothy Fitz-
Gibbon, Dorothy Daw, Edwin
Michaels, Holly Hall, Neil Col
Inns. William Russell. Dorothea
James. and George Oleson's
Good News" Band. Lucky in
Love-" VARSITY Drag" and Best
Things in Life Are Free" are
some of the tuneful hits.
BELASCO-Theodore Dresier's
absorbing novel, IAN American
Tragedy" transformed into a play
by Patrick Kearney, will be the
Easter Week attraction, opening
Sunday night. Howard Phillips
heads the company which comes
from Baltimore after four weeks
of turn-a business. The story
of the play follows the tragic
chapters in the life of Clyde Crit.
fiths, who pays for indiscriminate
romance and folly with his death
in the electric chair. The in
cidents are graphically shown in
three acts of compelling drama.
NATIONAL-Easter week in
National Theater will mark the
revival of a celebrated classic OF
the stage, Kate Douglas Virgins $
and Charlotte ThOmpson's New
England idyl, "Rebecca of Sun
nybrook Farm" 1t Is a clever
blend of pathos and comedy with
the New England rigid Jisci'
pline and stern realities over.
come by a girl of charming mood
and manner. Betty Kent will be
be the Rebecca and there will be
other appropriate roles handled
by the National favorites. The
opening performance will take
place on Monday afternoon as
tribute to Easter theater goers
and the regular matinee will oc.
cur on Wednesday and Saturday.
STRAND-"The Bohemians" Is
the title of the Strand Theater
Mutual burlesque attraction open
ing with the Sunday matinee.
Art MAYER, eccentric comedian
and frankie CRed) Moore hold
the place of honor as top liners
Of the cast. Other featured en-
tertainers include Dolly Lewis,
Emelie Billings. Johnny Gilmore
Paul Ryan, Mickey Kane. Belle
Greeley and a big chorus OF sing
ing and dancing beauties. On
Thursday night the regular pro-
gram is supplemented by finish
wrestling bouts.
PALACE-william Haines and
Joan Crawford, in the latest
Metro oldwyn release, THE Duke
Steps Out" is the Easter week at"
traction opening Saturday. tea-
tured in the supporting cast are
Karl Dane, Tenen HoitZ. Eddie
Nigent and Jack Roper. The pic
ture blends the life Of the ring
and college campus, with a rapid
fire mixture Of comedy. On the
stage Wesley Eddy returns to lead
his Syncopators. backing up a
Loew Publix revue, RAINBOW
Trail" Featured performers are
Jean Boydell. Bud Carlell. Marie
White. Ossman and Schepp, Bach
elor Four, and the Gould-Sorrell
girls. Short screen features and
the Palace concert orchestra COM
plete the program.
COLUMBIA - Metro-Goldwyn's
super.special broadway Melody.
will be the main screen at-rac'
ton beginning Saturday. This film
which is now being shown at the
Aster Theater, in New York, at
So prices, has set the motion pic
ture industry on a musical COM
edy spree. In it Bessie Love does
the greatest work Of her cinema
career, ably assisted by Anita
Page, Charles King, Jed Prouty,
and a big cast. Singing, dancing,
fast comedy and spectacle fea-
ture the action of fast moving
back-stage story. A one-act drama,
directed by Lionel BARRYMORE,
"The Confession" supplements
the main screen attraction.
EARLE Jack Mulhall and
Dorothy Mackaill are co-starred
in children of the Ritz" the
First National feature made from
a $4,000 prize contest story. 1t
opens with the midnight premiere
Friday. 1t starts with the ia
miliar theme of the wealthy girl
in love with the family chauffeur,
but it develops entirely new
angles when she loses her money
and he becomes rich. James Ford,
Katheryn Mcclure. Doris Dawson,
Edward Burns and Lee Moran are
in the supporting cast. A sur
rounding program of short Vita
phone features, newsreel and the
Earle orchestra completes the pro-
gram.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Grit
fith's latest feature and heralded
as the finest she has ever made,
"The Divine Lady" is the main
screen attraction beginning Sat
urday. Made from E. Barrington's
novel. the story tells of the ro-
nance of Lord Nelson and Lady
Hamilton and introduces tremen-
douslv effective sea-battle scenes
depicting the historic naval vic
tory at Trafalgar. Frank Lloyd
directed the feature. which has
sound and dialogue sequences A
program Of supplementary short
Vitaphone subjects With the Pathe
sound and a newsreeal complete
the program.
FOX-"Hearts in Dixie" an
all-talking, all-signing, all.dancing'
feature made by cast of 200
and assisted by the Bill Brew
chorus of so, is the main screen
attraction beginning Saturday.
The picture has been showing at
the Gayety Theater in New York
at 81. 1t is a story Of the old