Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-17
In Capital Theaters

fare nd sings several songs in Sunny
Side u '",1ioh Is the current Fox
Theater screen attraction. Charles
Farrell sings, too. His III I Had
Talking Picture of You" is one of the
outstanding hits of the year.
Every branch of the Fox producing
organization contributed to the produc-
ton of Sunny Side Up" including Ell
Brendel, former vaudeville star; Sharon
Lynn, remembered from the Fox Movie
tone Follies; Frank Richardson and
clever little Marjorie White, musical
comedy star from Broadway who Jour-
Seymour Felix, Ziegfeld dance pro-
Queer responsible for the numbers OF
Sunny Side Up" staged Turn on the
Heat" sung by Miss Lynn, number
which Is said to be the talk OF Board
way.
time will be California Capers?" and
John Irving Fisher will be master of
ceremonies. Its featured players in
and Jones. Francia White, Ali Ben
Hassan's Blue Streaks," Alfred Brewer,
Frank Elmer and new bevy OF Sunk1st
beauties. The Fox Orchestra and the
Fox Movietone News will round out the
program.
METROPOLITAN-G Arliss in
"Disraeli"
The mature and proven dramatic gifts
of George ArlisS have served him so
well in the talking pictures that his
version of "Disraeli" in this medium has
been acclaimed everywhere as re-
markable sequel to his stage presenta-
ton of the old play. In Washington
the Vitaphone perturbation OF Dis
raeli" has played to such patronage at
the Metropolitan Theater that the man
agement has decided to hold 1t over Tor
a second week.
''Disraen'' is the story of the rise of
Jewish boy of talented bourgeois par
entage, who fought his way upward
through the obstacles of racial preJu-
dice, political hate and lack OF caste to
become one of the greatest prime min
listers in the history of Great Britain
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsf1eld.
:rhe most thrilling part OF the story
deals with Disraeli's plan to buy the
Suez Canal for England and thus give
Queen Victoria the title Of Empress OF
India. Opposed at every move, py bril-
liant strategy DiSraeli won his way.
A love story runs through this re-
markable picture, the principals OF
which are Joan Bennett and Anthony
Bushell. an English importation. Also
in the carefully selected cast are David
Terrence, Florence ArliSs wife of the
star; Doris Lloyd and Ivan Simpson.
Subsidiary features include the weekly
Metropolitan News Review, Vitaphone
acts and other home features.
PALACE-Nancy Carroll in "Sweetie."
A famous youthful triumvirate, Nancy
Carroll, JACK Oakie and Helen Kane,
hold forth at Loew'S Palace Theater
this week in Paramount's musical COM
edy hit Of campus life, "Sweetie."
Nancy Carroll sings and dances in the
role Of a chorus girl who suddenly falls
heir to boys college. Helen Kane,
famous for her boop-boopa- doopa sing
ing, wooeS a bashful foot ball player,
while Jack Oakie is wise cracking. VIII
liam Austin as an English professor
trying to learn to tap dance and STAN
ley Smith as the sweetheart Of Miss
Carroll appear in the supporting cast.
When the chorus girl acquires the
college. although her boy friend is q
student there, she wants him to give
up foot ball and join her theatrical
his alma mater. In retaliation the cho-
rus damsel makes the foot ball team
take an examination, and when the
boy friend fails she keeps him from
joining his teammates The big game
Of the year is in the off1ng, and some
one undertakes to tell the chorus lady
just what the school spirit is, so she
relents in time TO see dear old Pelham
triumph over its traditional rival. Many
song hits, much laughter and a good
time are promised in "Sweetie."
On the stage Al Evans and the Pal
ace Syncopators will be presented in q
race track revue, They're on" In
the presentation of long shots and
short ends George Dewey Washington
heads the cast; Forsythe and Kelly pro-
vide the mirth and merriment; Eddie
McKenna, the Fred Evans ensemble, the
Ben Hur ponies and others make I'D
the cast. The Hearst Metrotone News.
the Palace Orchestra, Charles Gaige at
the organ and short subjects complete
the program.
RIALTO-"The Sophomore"
College life, college love and college
romance play important roles in the
dialogue picture entitled 1.-THE Sopho-
more" now playing at the Rialto Thea
ter. Starring Eddie Quillan, Sally
O'Neill, Jeanette Loft and a host of
other youngsters, this humorous story
of modern college life has proved itself
one of the popular pictures of its type.
SIuuldIl III Vi Itle WISE-CTdCkl1B COL"
lege boy type-an exaggerated college
boy, to be sure, but nevertheless the
kind we are accustomed to see in reel
life.
There's q human romance In 1.-THE
Sophomore" and the foot ball game is
said to be different from those usually
pictured on the screen. The hero goes
into the game at the crucial moment,
but, instead Of making a sensational
play, he Is knocked out in the first
scrimmage and carried of the field. A
few moments later, however, he saves
the game in a sensational scene in
which he tackles his teams captain as
the latter is making thrilling run in
the wrong direction.
The Rooney family Of vaudeville stars
appear in a miniature musical revue.
The Universal News and other short
subjects will complete the entertain
ment.
R-K-O KEITHS-"RiO Rita"
Bebe Daniels and John Boles sing
their famous love duet from the screen
of the R-K-O Keith Theater for an
other week in Rio Rita" which dur
ing the first week of its presentation
practically taxed the capacity of the
theater, many being unable to gain ad-
mission for the evening performance on