Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-04
Coming Attractions in
Washington Theaters
EXTRAORDINARY oIson in "Say
IL with SOnRs,"

'"The singin'est picture I ever made"
Is how Al Jolson describes Say It With
Songs" his latest Vitaphone Warner
Bros. picture, which comes to the Met
ropolitan Theater Saturday of this
week, with a special advance midnight
show this evening, starting at 1880
o'clock.
The story of Say 1t With Songs"
tends naturally to a wide selection OF
songs. In the role of song writer and
radio entertainer the one and only AL
has a chance to sing many numbers,
news ones and several old favoriteS. He
Is sene singing at broadcasting stations,
at home to his Little Pal tplayed mimi
tably by wee Davey Leo, and from pris-
on. where he has been sent as the re-
suit Of the accidental killing of a man
who tried to break up his home.
Most of JolSon's songs are written by
himself or in collaboration. In a pic
Iture that has as many musical hits as
Say It With Songs" however, a staff
of qualified Tin Pan Alley musical ex-
perts were engaged to do the songs.
The story of the picture is by Daryl
Francis Zanuck and Harvey Gates. The
support includes, besides Davey Lee,
Marion Nixon. Holmes Herbert, Kenneth
Thompson and Fred Koh,er. Lloyd
Bacon directed.
COLUMBIA-Warner GLAND in 1.-THE
Mysterious DIR. Flu Manchu."
Paramount's talking production, a
perturbation Of Sax Rohmers story,
1.-THE Mysterious DR.. Flu Manchu," one
of the most thrilling of mystery adj
Saturday. The picture has cast
headed by Warner GLAND in the title
role Others include Jean Arthur, Neil
Hamilton, o. P. Heggie, William Austin,
Claude King and Tully Marshall.
The Mysterious DR.. Flu Manchu" is
the tale of a wicked, vengeful char
acter who seeks to avenge the death of
his wife and child on several English
families. For this purpose he hypno-
ties his beautiful ward and makes her
his willing instrument. How love out
wits the crafty villain in a series Of
exciting events is the theme of the
picture, which has horrors, laughs,
thrills and romance.
Added attractions will include Metro
Movietone Acts, the Fox Movietone
News, the M.-G.-M. International News,
short subjects and the Columbia
Orchestra.
PALACE Joan Crawford. in "Our
Modern Maidens."
The sequel to Our Dancing Daugh-
ters,' Our Modern Maidens" will start
its run at Loew's Palace on Saturday.
The cast of this Metro Goldwyn Mayer
production Is headed by Joan Crawford
and includes Rod La ROGUE. Douglas
Fairbanks, jr.: Anita Page. Edward Nu-
gent, Josephine Dunn and Albert Gran.
The story, set In glittering jazz pal
aces and gorgeous modernistic locales
purporting to depict the spirit of mod
ern youth, shows behind the tinseled
spectacle the immutable laws that real
~ govern life. It is story of a girl
caught in the midst Of the whirl of the
modern jazz age a girl led to believe
that anything is right that brings pleas
ure, and that one may bargain with the
devil and cheat him, too-for pleasure.
On the stage. AL Evans and the
Palace Syncopators will hold forth in
"Creole Nights" languorous presenta-
ton with a locale in New Orleans
Haley, Who's the Boss; the Three
Rolling Stones. CALIFORNIA; sons of pep;
the Chantal Sisters and two pianos;
Anita La Pierre, singer; Tom Green
in Southern songs. and the Dorothea
Berke Girls. The Fox Movietone News,
the M.-G.-M. International News,
Charles Gaige at the organ, short sub
jects and the Palace Orchestra will
complete the program.
EARLE-Dorothy Mackafl in Hard to
Get"
Now the love completes of a manikin
In one Of the very ultra New York
r1odiste shops has been probed by the
camera lens and vivified by the micro
phone, resulting In Hard to Get" a
new First National Vitaphone produce
ton, which comes to the Earle Theater
with the Friday midnight performance
this week.
Dorothy Mackaill stars In the models
role, with a bevy of other beautiful
men supporting her.
Among the latter are Charles Delaney.
who finally wins the GIRL Edmund
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