Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-18
OPENING ATTRACTIONS IN WASHINGTON
THEATERS
THEATERS

the Aim. However capable Miss Cor
don is in comedy roles, one signs TO
the days when she did great work II
serious and better things.
Kate Price, less fortunate than Mis-
Gordon in keeping husbands has thi
time as her hefty helpmate the elephan
tine Max Swain.
Swain is the Kelly of the piece, al
though 1t takes more than name {,
bring out the Irish that isn't there.
Two really charming people, Cornelius
Keefe and Nora Price, provide thu
heart-fiutterings and sustain the slen
der thread of what purports to be plot
The picture is of the part-talkie va
rietv with dialogue that consists Of rusty
or far-fetched wise cracks and sub.
titles that take aim but never reall,
! punch.
But. to say the least, the variety Of
the picture is bewildering, amounting
to little less than hodge poige, anc
having as its feature really spectacu-
lar beauty parade.
st. Patrick's day. touched on with un-
conscious significance in the picture, is
further observed by the good Irish med
ley of the orchestra There is also a
Vitaphone short subject for those who
like steel guitars and musical saws and
really clever sound novelty that makes
high bid for honors.
FOX-"The Sin Sister"
Nancy Carroll, Lawrence Gray and
Josephine Dunn are featured in The
Sin Sister" screen attraction at the
Fox Theater this week This picture
offers a very vivid psychological study
of the reactions of three men and three
women who are marooned in a deserted
Alaskan trading post and forced to en-
dure hunger, cold and one another.
The ill-assorted group includes Horn,
bloated old moneybag; his feminine
counterpart in the person of his spoiled
and snobbish young daughter: his secre-
tary. Sister" Burton, a religious fanatic
more intent upon securing comfortable
quarters for herself in this and the
next world than upon practicing any of
the recognized altruStic principles of
Christianity. and stranded vaudeville
team composed of an manufacturing
piano player whom fate seems to have
selected as an outlet for her sadistic
type of humor and Pearl. the "hoofer."
who is snubbed by the Horns and
patronized by the pseudo-devout sister.
Miss Carroll easily wins her way into
the hearts of her audience by her deft
and seemingly effortless handling of the
role of the humble little dancer who
refuses to desert a pal in trouble and
saves the party from starvation by her
willingness to sacrifice herself and by
her quick wit. Gray fits very snugly
into his role of the secretary, and Jo-
sephine Dunn impersonates the snobbish
little Horn heiress so well that one
thoroughly hates her for the time being.
Other very capable members of the cast
are Myrtle Stedman, Richard Alex
ander, AnderS Randolf and David Calls.
Charles Klein is the director.
Movietone reproduction of the piano
players banging out It'll the Sands
of the Desert Grow Cold as the Arctic
wind whistles outside and the racing
of Alaskan dog teams across the snow
add an effective touch of realism.
Bert Frohman is here again this
week as master of ceremonies, intro
ducing very able group of entertain
ers, besides contributing one vocal num-
Der of his own. The stage program
includes the Foxettes, who favor us with
very unusual dance that received
much merited applause; Buster Brown
eccentric dancer; Hortense Ragland
soprano; King, King and King. who re-
celved q most royal welcome from Sat-
urday nights audience, and Stanley
and Healy. who give a new and highly
diverting version of 1.-THE March of the
Wooden Soldiers Irelands patron
saint is honored with an orchestral
number. 1.-THE Shamrock" arranged by
Leon Brusiloff, conductor.
The feature of Fox Movietone News is
brief address by Andrew Mellon, Sec
rotary of the Treasury.
COLUMBIA-"The Bellamy Trial"
The jury has been selected. Tht
judge is on the bench. Excitement
hangs in the air. The first witness i.
called and the state, through its lean.
faced prosecutor, opens the case agains
Susan Ives and Stephen Bellamy, &C.
cused of the murder of Mimi Bellamy
whose blood-stained dress is exhibit A
for the prosecution. THE Bethany
Trial. is on.
The Metro Goldwyn-M Mayer pictured
version of Frances Noyes Harris move
is showing this week at the Columbia
Opening audiences, shrewd, we presume
from the reading Of many murder ant