The Washington times., 1929-11-07


ziegfelds highly tuneful oper-
eta and Hollywood has trans
formed it into a colorful spec,
tacle with Bebe Daniels surpris-
ing everybody by a marvellous
screen voice. Bert Wheeler and
Robert Woolsey play the COM
edy roles with Dorothy Lee,
Helen Kaiser, Georges Sena-
want and Don Alvarado in fea-}
tured roles. Harry Tierney com.
posed the score which is heard
with Cimini's grand opera
chorus of 80 voices and 100
beauties frolic in the Pearl
Eaton chorus. A short bill of
subsidiary screen features COM
pletes the program. NJ
Fox-Lenore Uric in her
first talking picture, Frozen
Justice" will be the main screen
attraction at tic Fox theater
beginning Saturday. It Is a Fox
picture in which the exotic
star of Iiulu Belle" and other
BelaSco dramas is seen in a.
far north locale, with pictur-
eSque polar backgrounds in a
story that invo;; es mystery and
excitement in the rough and
rugged gold country. On the
Stage will be al new Fauchon
and Marco revue, "FieSta,"
with. Eddie Hill, The Romeros,
Amanda ChirCt, Jose Mercado.
and June Worth. John Irving
Fisher will prcside as master
Of ceremonies. The Fox grand
orchestra with Ieol Brusiloff
conducting will offer an inter-
pretative overture and the
Movietone will complete the
program.
MBIA-Moran and
Mack in why Bring That Up"
will be held over for a second
week, opening Saturday. The
Two Black Crows" are seen
in humorous story by Octavus
Roy Cohen in which there are
inserted many of the side-split-
ting antics for which the burnt
comics have won a national
reputation. Evelyn Brant is
seen as the feminine menace
who causes havoc with the
partnership. Added attractions
will include an M-G-M color
tone revue Of unusual beauty,
Frances White in a Movietone
short, the Hearst Metrotone
News and the Columbia concert
orchestra under the direction
of Claude Burrows.
PALACE-Joan Crawford in
her latest Metro-Goldwyn re.
lease, The Untamed," will be
the main screen attraction
opening Saturday. The picture
adapted from the fictional
story of Charles E. ScooginS,
has South American and New
York locale and in the support
ing cast will be seen. Robert
Montgomery, Ernest Terrence,
Holmes Herbert, John MILAN,
Gwen Lee, Edward Nugent and
Gertrude Astor. On the stage
AL Evans and his Syncopators
will back up a new unit. THE
Song Shop" introducing Hal
Sherman, Carlton and Bellew.
Maureen and Sonny. the Foust
Trio and the Dave Gould girls.
The Hearst Metrotone news,
and selections by the Palace
concert orchestra viii complete
the program.
RIALTO--Mary Nolan, ap-
pearing in her first starring pic
ture, Shanghai Lady" comes
for weeks showing opening
Friday. Shanghai Lady" is
described as a colorful, dramatic
story of the Orient, admirably
suited to the dazzling beauty
and attractive personality of
the star. James Murray is seen
as the white derelict adrift on
the streets of Shanghai, and
others in the supporting cast
include Wheeler Oakman, Lydia
Yeamans Titus, Anders Ran
dolf, Yola D'Avril, Mona Roco,
Irma Lowe and others. Fhe
added attractions will include a
number of short sound subjects,
the Universal Newsreel and Sc
lections by the Rialto Concert
Orchestra.
METROPOLITAN - George
Arliss in "Disraeli" will be the
next attraction opening Satur-
day. The distinguished actor is
seen in a screen dramatiZation
of the stage play by Louis N.
Parker. The story of BENJAMIN
Disraeh, the famous English
prime minister, who triumphed
over the anti-Semitic prejudice,
is graphically told with Joan
Bennett, Ivan Simpson, Flor
ence Arliss, David Terrence,
Doris Lloyd, and a large cast as
sisting the star. In addition to
the feature the Metropolitan
will present its weekly news re-
view. Vitaphone Varieties and
other house features
EARLE-Colleen Moore in
her latest First National fea-
ture, "Footlights and Fools"
comes as the main screen at
traction, opening with the
special Friday 1880 p. m.
showing. Filmed in Technicolor
the latest Moore feature pre-
sents the star in a tale of life
behind the painted scenes Of a
gay Broadway revue. The pic
ture is said to be replete with
song hits, snappy dialogue