The Washington times., 1929-04-16
IGLEANINGSI
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SCREENINGS
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By ANDREW r. KELLEY

IS spring nefeI 1es. hAken-
backs Circus arrives May 6 and
z Then two weeks later along
comes Dexter Fellowes and the
big show, Ringing Brothers,
May 20 and 21. Get your park
ing space now out around Fifth
and Florida Avenue.
The R. B. & B. & B. show has
over a month Of playing before
putting up the canvas. Boston
IL now an under cover date, the
tanbark and smells being housed
in the new arena.
I mentioned yesterday that
Daniel Breeskin and his Earle
orchestra help out the Vita
phone this week down at Thir-
teenth and E Streets ''What
you're trying to say" phones
"Diggity Doc" OF the War Risk
Bureau, 'is that Mr.. Breeskin
refuses to be crowded out of the
picture"
.Leneta Lane, the pride Of the
National Players in the around
the corner past, hits Broadway
in a new play within a fort
night. It is Morgan Wallace's
comedy, Congratulations" and
Miss Lane will support Henry
Hull. The drama opens in Great
Neck, L. l., on Saturday night
and tries its wings for another
week out of town before brav-
ing the hard-boiled critics Of
the Big Street. Lawrence Shu-
bert, a nephew of THE Shu-
herts, is the producer. Leneta
has never had the good luck to
draw a fat part for the Gil
GABRIEL Percy Hammond crowd
to rave over. hope she has
better luck this time.
) Somebody whispers a voice
double speaks the lines for
Louise Brooks in "The Canary
Murder Case" at the Metro
politan. Difficulty with the let
ter rs" is said to be the reason.
The eminent DIR. Balm, who re-
viewed the flicker for these
pages, refuses to confirm it, so
you must decide for yourself.
Ramon Novarro, ranked by
Joe Brocator as second only to
Mussolini, has a voice Of grand
opera caliber, and right now is
on his way to Berlin to sing
with the best of Europe's golden
voices.
Why, then, doesn't he sing in
"The Flying Fleet" his latest
picture, at the Palace? Natural
question. The answer is that
it was made about year ago
when the sound technique had
not advanced to the point of
present day near-perfection, and
Metro -Goldwyn was still won-
dering whether the noisy films
were a fad. Mr.. NOvarro will
be heard plenty in his future
releases.
Fannie Brice left the cast of
Earl CAROLS "Fioretta" after
last nights performance. jose
phine Harmon replaces her.
Miss Brice has a date to make
another movie, this time for
United Artists. She must be
in California June Is. Mean
time she will play a few weeks
for Keith's at full salary. Mr..
Carroll wants "Fioretta" to run
through the summer and has
asked all hands around to take
a 20 per cent salary cut. Most
of them have agreed.
broadway Melody" cracked
another record at the Columbia
Theater last week, setting a
new high mark for two weeks
receipts at Manager Harry
Howe's film emporium.
Quinn Martin, cinema critic
of the New York World, has the
reputation of being the hardest
commentator to please on the
celluloid product. Quinn went
all the way for t'Melody," as
witness this belated posy:
Il have just seen "The Broad
way Melody" That it is the
finest thing in audible films to
be found in New York is be-
yond question. 1t so far out
shines anything in the musical
comedy motion-picture field
which has been turned out in
Hollywood that comparisons are
empty. In it Charles King,
Bessie Love and Anita Page
give brilliant performances; the
synchronization of voice and the
modulation Of tone are remark
ably good, the direction is expert
and the play itself continuously
on the move. So much has been
written of it since it's premiere
(an event which took place while
l was, as the saying goes, on the
other side) that an extended re-
port of its many virtues will
not be set down here. If, how
ever, you have been trying to
get seats to "The Broadway
Melody" and have failed do not
give up but keep right at it.
You will find an entertainment
at the Astor thrilling and en-
chanting and in every way mem
orable You may even take your
intelligent friends with you. All
the barking, cayernous, inept
stuff which has come to New
York in the name Of audible