The Washington times., 1929-08-31
PROGRAMSOF
DC. THEATERS
THIS WEEK

TO Polls next week In a revival
OF Harry James Smiths popular
comedy. "A Tailor Made Man."
He viii be supported by COM
! pany of % 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 deliberately
mounted and costumed by w r.
Kane, the producer, and though
the entire piece will have an
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-"Thc Cock Eyed World"
all.talking sequel to What Price
Glory" opens at the Fox Theater
today. This story has the
same principal players, Victor Nc
Laglen and Edmund Lowe; the
same authors. Laurence Stallings
and Maxwell Anderson, and was
produced by the same director as
'tWhat Price Glory" Raoul, Walsh.
The only change Is their newest
'sflame.' Lily Damita.
The story opens in Russia with
the United States marines. and
finds Captain F'lagg 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 viii precede
the picture.
COLUMBIA - Popular demand
keeps ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS all
talking screen version of Madame
x" at Loew's Columbia for
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
ana 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 I'm.
knowingly assigns her own son to.
aid her in the defense.
Raymond Hitchcock is presented
in Metro Movietone act. Marion
Harris, the song bird OF jazz, also
appears in a novietone 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 today in
his classic of the track, Speed
way" 1t is Metro oldwyn-Mayer
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, t'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 Rialto Theater re-
opened today with the Universal
Guperproduction of Broadway"
The story is a dramatic tale
of two young innocents, who be-
come involved in a gripping I'M
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.
Evelyn Brent, Merna Kennedy, +
Thomas E. jackson. Otis Har.
Ian, Robert Ellis, Paul Forecast,
and score of other prominent
actors and actresses.
EARLE-Jack Mulhall, 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 today.
In this story, adapted from
Richard Connell's short tale, pat
and Nike" Mulhall portrays two
brothers, one a cop and the
other 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
smith, Washington's Sophie
Tucker. Miss Smith has Just
returned from a very successful
vaudeville engagement and will
appear at the Earle for one week
only starting with the Friday
midnight show.