The Washington times., 1929-10-19
PROGRAMS FOR
NEW WEEK IN
THEATERS

NATIONAL-A stirring drama
of the machine age will provide
the third offering of the New
York Theater Guild when Karl
Capek's "R. U. r." opens Monday
night. The title means "Rossum's
Universal Robots" The play was
first produced in Prague and has
been seen since in every theatri-
cal center Of Europe. The direc.
ton is by Reuben Mamoulian,
with settings by Lee Simonson,
and in the company which will
present the play, are Earl Lari.
more. Sylvia Field, Ernest Cos.
sart, Henry Travers, Sydney
Greenstreet. Helen Ti1den, Albert
Van Dekker, Theresa Guerioi,
Vincent Sherman. Louis Deva,
Frederick Roland. Sanford Meis.
ner and a large group Of super
numeraries.
BELASC0-sam n. Harris will
present Dread" new play by
Owen Davis. Mr.. Davis regards
"Dread" as being the finest play
he has ever written, believing It
to be a more vital drama than
even his two plays, 1.-THE Detour"
and "Icebound," the latter being
awarded the Pulitzer prize In
1928. 1t is an exciting and
swiftly paced play with a relig.
oius trend. In the cast of prin-
cipals will be Spencer Tracy,
Frank Shannon, Kathleen Come
Kys, Miriam Doyle, George Nee
ker, Madge Evans, Edwin Stanley
and Marie Haynes. Dread opens
on Sunday night with the usual
Wednesday and Saturday matinees.
POLpS:-"The Demon" play
by Howard Thurston. will hava its
first performance tomorrow night
and a dramatic thriller is prom
1sed. Things happen in weirdly
thrilling way and there is play
wright Thurston's word for 1t
the mystery is not solved until
the final curtain. Imposing set
tings are promised and in the
cast will be Frederick Burton,
Lee Millar, Donald Thompson,
Bruce Elmore, William Maxwell,
Frank McNellis, John Cherry,
Frank Dae, Joseph Carr1 Will
liam Morris, John GormaM Gath
crime Maison, Lillian Sands and
Ida Moore. "The Demon" will be
directed by Oscar Eagle.
FOX:-"The Girl From Havana,
a Fox all talking picture taken on
the island of Cuba Is the main
screen attraction beginning to-
day. Lola Lane and Paul Page
are the featured principals in a
story described as comedy ana IN.
trigue set in the Paris Of the
South" On the stage will be
new Fanchon and Marco revue
unit. Indian Summer featuring
Muriel Stryker acrobattc dancer:
Betty Lou Webb, Mcdonald and
Dayton, Chief Eagle Feather, Vic
tor Valentine, Lillian Price and
Sunkist beauties. John Irving
Fisher will preside as master of
ceremonies and offer a pianologue.
The Fox grand orchestra will Of
fer "Orpheus" as an overture and
the Movietone news will complete
the program.
PALACE-Bayard Veiller's lat
est mystery drama, The Thir-
teenth Chair" as filmed by Metro
Goldwyn will provide the main
screen attraction beginning to-
day. Conrad Nagel. Leila Hyams.
Margaret Wycherly and Bela Lu-
gosi have the leading roles In a
story which features capital
crimes. ghosts and duel between
detectives and spirit mediums. On
the stage Al Evans and the Palace
syncopators will back up q new
Publix revue unit. Painted Melo-
dies" introducing Harry Savoy,
the Two Kings. Irene Taylor,
Birdie Dean, Erwin Lewis and the
Dorothea Burke girls. The Palace
concert orchestra, Harry Borjes
conducting. Hearst-Metrotone news,
J a Charles Gaige organalogue ana
: select shorts will complete the
program.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. C..
Cooper and Ernest B. schoedsack
who produced Chang" and
"Grass" are responsible for the
sensational hit picture. -Four
Feathers" which begins a limited
engagement at the Metropolitan
theater today. William Powell,
Give Brook. Noah Beery. Fay
wray, George Fawcett, Noble
johnson and Theodore Won Eltz
are in the cast of a feature de-
scribed as an amazing plus thriller
with some epic scenes actually
filmed in the jungle. There is an
abundance of action and story
that is said to be full Of human
interest. The plot is derived from
a. novel by 4. Z. Mason. A supple.
rnentary bill of short Vitaphone
subjects will complete the pro.
gram.
COLUMBIA-Gloria Swanson in
what advance notices say Is the
outstanding picture Of her career,
"Tne Trespasser," comes as the
main screen attraction today.
In this story by Edmund Gould
ing. who also directed it, Gloria
has a chance to not only do some
great acting, but to sing two
songs revealing a splendid so.
pranc voice. In the supporting
cast of the all talker are Robert
Ames, Purnell Pratt. Henry B.
Walthall, and others of note.
The added attractions will include
the Hearst Metrotone News, the
Columbia concert orchestra under
Claude Burrows and selected short
sound subjects.
EARLE-"The Isle Of Lost
Ships" a First National feature,
with Virginia Valli, Noah Beery,
and Robert O'Connor heading a
long cast Of principals comes as