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OPENING ATTRACTIONS in WASHINGTON
THEATERS
THEATERS

and the actress manager to pay court
to the wife. All of this is presumably
in Paris and, of course, very, very
French in feeling. The actress and
her manager take things into their
own hands and collide in the lady's
Louise QuinZe boudoir to make some
money by blackmail. The affair reaches
the divorce court but Nature has al
ready circumvented even the most
malevolent human doing in the melee,
and after considerable coy whisperings
in ears there is an amicable adjustment
Claude Gillingwater plays the terse
and Grabbed father. May McAvoy is the
wife and opposite her is Hallam Cooley
as the husband.
The Fox advertisement on the stage
is bright this week in number OF
spots, notably in the work of the Fox
cites. Their routine clicks nicely, illus
trating a considerable degree of re-
hearSal and flnesse. John Irving Fisher
is chief of the stage bill and does
piano turn which Sunday afternoons
audience enjoyed. The La Celise broth
ers have burlesque gymnastic bit.
which intrigued many; Doris Vinton.
quite recently of Lucky Girl" gives
freshness to song and dance solo bit:
Mario and Lazarin are pair OF singers
held over from last week. melodious and
popularity styled; Don Cummings COM
bines trick roping with dance steps.
The newSreelS offer a diverting
Movietone feature on Lloyd George. one
of series that the Fox people have
made with various celebrities.
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PALACE-"A Mans Man"

Given one youth, endowed by nature
with vivacious personality, but an
incorribly puerile brain, and one maiden
with a Greta Carlo complex and a
dislike for domestic routine, and you
have little chance for a successful union
in marriage.
"A Mans Man. showing at the Palace
this week. has the human ingredients
mentioned above. Whereas William
HaineS, as one of them, might ordinarily
be considered an inducement to seeing the
film, he plays in half-hearted fashion.
Even the most ardent admirers of his
characteristic flippancy will find diff
Guilty in accepting this current portrayal
of the gullible young husband. Sym
pathy, both actual and cinematic, is all
with Josephine Dunn, an appealing in
genue, who plays the wife. To while
away the patrons time the picture
offers divers scenes in which the young
housewife burns the roast, yearns to
go a-dancing and otherwise expresses
discomfort with her conjugal lot.
Haines, the waggish spouse, in the
meanwhile is engaged in a sequence
showing him as the too-bibulous guest
at a wet party, and another sequence,
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Theater Guilds Faust" last season,
doesn't add considerably to her reputa-
ton in a part that offers her little
chance. her debut to the talkies Is an
interesting one. She is type decidedly
new to the screen. Others of the cast
are chosen with an eye to types rather
than ability, and there is no little exag-
geration in several of the characters.
Beryl Mercer. who plays the mother,
does we'll enough in the earlier Sc
ouences, but is unable to cope with the
heavier moments.
The story itself is developed with an
emphasis on sentiment that goes dan
gerously near the maudlin. but the songs
and the singing of them are the most
important part after all. and these are
we'll done. The night club scene offers
in addition to Downey, sensational
dance team, some eccentric hoofing and
other acts that "go over big"
There is a lengthy but varied news
reel with every item of special interest;
a "Sportlight," in which the country's
leading swimming stars put on a thrill
ing exhibition, and comedy.
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METRoPoLITAN-"Noah,s Ark

AS might have been expected. Wash
ington moviegoers have reacted to the
spectacular production of "Noah's Ark"
with sufficient enthusiasm and patron
age to justify the Metropolitan Theater
in holding it over for a second week.
The management reports a gratifying
boxoff1ce, as have the impresarios OF
this Warner Bros. film in every large
American city where it has been ex-
hibited.
Indeed the producers, having spent
three years and a vast sum of money
in making "Noah's Ark" are reaping
now the harvest of their labors. 1t is
proving wise showmanship to have pro-
vided the public with picture which
so eminently satisfies the human desire
for spectacularism. Michael Curtiz, in
directing the film, spared nothing to
make it cataclysmic; the giant sets were
built only to be destroyed in a mad
chaos of Natures wrath; thousands of
people scurry about in hysterical con-
fusion; there are sound effects to
heighten the illusion. 1t is upon this
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Hauptmann's, "The weavers," is shows
ing in its second week. 4
Where the stage version Of this re-.
bellious play exhibited remarkable
concentration upon limited number
of scenes and incidents, the camera.
brings to us with greater poignancy
the drama Of the suffering human face, :
closely seen, as well as the wider pan
Drama of woe brought by Hauptmann
from the weavers' lives to the pages
of his manuscript. The camera, with
its inquisitive eye. goes deeply into the
details of misery and luxury.
To Frederick Zelnick. director Of
THE Weavers," must go most of the
credit for its intelligence and force.
To such actors as Paul Wegener. Will
helm Dieterle and Hermann Picha go
the honors for outstanding character
ization. To Hauptmann himself goes
the honor for the original spirit. the
imprisoned plea for mans justice to
man. The combination of all these
agencies. working in a mood of flaming
sincerity. created this picture as it Is
now to be seen.
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EARLE-"Careers."


There should be an injunction against
the audible weeping of women-even
beautiful women-before the micro
phone until some means can be devised
for softening and sweetening the effect
upon the ultimate listeners. Billy Dove
all but ruins her career as talking film
star in Careers" story Of French diplo-
matte intrigue featured at the Earle this
week, by her long, heart-rending sobs
coming across with such an over
emphasized, melodramatic effect that
they provoke laughter at the crucial mo-
ment wnen all should have been tense
interest.
Even had Miss Loves performance
been perfection itself, however, she
would have had a serious handicap in
the subject matter Of her latest vehicle.
Careers" a rather trite story OF young
attorneys sent to the Far East by the
French government as the first step IN
their careers, whose high hopes and am
billions die slow DEATH
In fearful climax, following the
murder of the resident. the young wife
of the particular barrister around whom
the story centers, confeSses that she had
been attempting to check the resident S
avowed intention of running her nus
band by pretending amiability, when an
unexpected third figure enters the scene
and commits the murder of which the
audience has been led to believe she is
guilty. Her story of the actual killing
leaves one in a confused state of mind
on some points, but since husband and
wife are reunited, and promise of pro-
motion seems about to materialize, just
how the villain was killed is of little
consequence.
An amusing short Vitaphone feature,
1.-THE Ninety-ninth Amendment" clears
the atmosphere of the last lingering
echo of sobs, and, together with some ex-
cellent music rendered by the house or
chestra, furnishes the best part of the
program. There's good cartoon COM
edy with sound effects. designed to en-
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G. poolroom brawl, in which at one fell
swoop he avenges slur upon his wife's
honor, wipes out the sting of the VII
lains Oil stock swindle and compen-
oates his own inferiority complex. Sam
Hardy plays the swarthy menace and
Mae Busch is his girl friend.
Upon the stage show must fall the
main burden of the Palaces bid for
entertainment. Whether by accident or
design, the management has combined
the picture with an unusually good bill
of features under Herbert Rawlinson's
guidance. Various singers. dancers and
other performers make of the Circus
Cabaret" an interlude of pleasant color,
sound and motion. The smart costumes
end graceful writings of the Foster
Girls especially in the trapeze routine
at the endD make good bit of revue.
Among the specific performers are
Waller and Dyer, Evans and Wolf, Fink
and Ayers and Vera Van.
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Eddie Bowling, trailing the path of
! other stage celebrities, goes talkie''
In exactly the way one might expect
him. via his own story THE Rainbow
Man: his own songs. and pleasingly.
This clever Broadwayitc brings himself
to the audible screen in a simple, SEN
timertal love theme.
Mr. Bowling. as might have been an
ficipated, wrote himself into the meath
est part that of name lead. which en-
/ :bleS him to put over his song numbers,
and which. after all, is what the GUS
toners want. However he has sur
rounded himself with an excellent cast
which serves to balance the piece and
10 save it from becoming altogether a
ore-man show frankie Darro. the
splendid child actor, nearly steals the
Stars laurels, keeping step throughout.
The veteran, Sam Hardy, we'll cast and
convincing. and Marian Nixon. more
appealing than ever and just as beauti-
1ul complete the principal roles.
Although Mr.. Bowling must be well
along in years. judging from his COM
paratively long reign on the Bright Way,
his charm Is lust as youthful and eX-
uberant as If he were indeed still a jul
Nenile. The "talkies" could well profit
by persuading him to remain with them,
to give lis some more OF his inimitaole
talent.
1t remained, and fittingly so, for
lowell Sherman. that veteran stage
star, who went movie" while the Gin
ema was still young and silent, to bring
about what is perhaps the cleverest
audible comedy short" so far. He APP
pears in Subtly. hilarious satire with
an English drawing room setting as
background, with two clever artists in
supporting parts.
The length of the bill requires that
the other subsidiaries be limited to the
usual noisy and silent news reels. which
in this case are international and inter-
esting, for which the orchestra, under
Claude Burroughs, furnishes the Incl
dental music.
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kAALIO-NIOtncFS hoy,
Several new songs strung on time
worn plot, with Morton Downey,
"Broadway's golden-voiced tenor" to
Groom them in his own sweet and senti-
mental way, are featured in Mothers
Boy" at the Rialto this week.
This is the story of the boy who had
the odds against him. but who made
good lust to show the folks" The
vehicle is decidedly Jolsonesque in plot
and sentiment; no opportunity is lost to
emotionalize, and the heart break is
piled on to the limit, only to have 1t dis
persed by the glad sunshine of success
and an apartment on Park avenue.
Downey, with voice that wavers sweet
~ between high tenor and pleasing
falsetto, and who has a wide vocal fol-
lowing, exhibits no little personal charm
in the leading role, for which he is ex-
cellently cast.
While Helen Chandler, the star of the
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FOX-"StOIen Kisses,

Broad farce and low comedy char
acterization in a Paris atmosphere are
on view at the Fox this week in
Stolen Kisses" starring May McAvoy
The picture is synchronized with music
and has about so per cent Vitaphone
dialogue, recorded and reproduced with
excellent emphasis and infection.
The plot drags Unfortunately and
never really gets anywhere; what there
il Of it concerns an iraScible old gen.
tleman who desires grandchildren and
he sets about to make his son and his
sons obstinate wife jealous of one an
other. To do this he hires French
actress from Chicago to vamp the son
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courage a little community singing on
the part of the audience. The usual
news reels round out the bill.
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LITTLE THEATER-"The Weavers."
One of the few instances in which
it may be said that the screen demon
strates an unequivocal superiority to
the stage in the presentation of a spe-
citic dramatic work is presently open to
consideration at the Little Theater,
where a film adaptation of Gerhart
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achievement of disorder on mon
strous scale that the pictures interest
must chiefly rest. Its story content is
negligible. the handling of its narrative
a weakness rather than strength. AS
must be generally known by now
among the fans, the producers have
drawn a parallel significance between
the flood of waters in the Biblical story
of the ark and the deluge of blood in
the late war, both sent, so the movie
moral goes, to cleanse the earth of
wickedneSs.
The principal players in "Noah's Ark"
include Dolores Costello, George
OBrien, Noah Berry, Quinn Williams,
Paul McAllister, Louise Fazenda, Nigel
Il Rriilinr aud manu- Of hers
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The Washington times., 1929-03-26
MRS. RUTH NJ. MAY

Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth
Matilda May. So years old, widow of
DR.. Edward Stillman May, Union
Navy veteran, who died at her
residence, 3641 r ST. n. W.. Satur.
day. after an illness of several
weeks, will be conducted Wednes'
day at 1890 o'clock.
The Rev. DR.. George F. Dudley
will officiate. The burial will be in
Arlington National Cemetery.
Mrs. May was born at Ann Arbor,
Mich, in 1S47. She was al member
of various organization of the
Church OF the Advent. Episcopal,
for 10 years being president OF the
Ladies Aid Society. She was well
known as an artist in this city
Her husband. DR.. May, was. for
number of years in the Uhited
States Treasury Department
She leaves daughter, Mrs
Dania NJ. Woods, and two sisters,
Miss Mary l.. Hall and Miss Grace
d. Hall, of Cincinnati.
The Washington times., 1929-03-26
MARRIAGE LICENSES

DR.. Blaine F. Moore, "A, and Mary
N. Atkeson, 35. The Rev. G. F. Dud.
ley.
Joseph sinkfield 81. and Emma An
derson. 10. The Rev. Thomas Hall.
James w Miller, 43, and Dorothy L.
Smith, so. The Rev. B. A. Whiting.
Phillip Irwin. &c, and Viola Coleman,
"a. The Rev. c. C Williams.
Richard o. Marks, %, and Florence
e. Pool, 23. both of Spokane, Wash.
The Rev. Earle Whitley.
George R. Miller, %. and Rose Car
penter. IS, both of Baltimore. The Rev.
Algts l. Tuck, 5s. Richmond. Va.
and Marian H Woods. so, of Parkton,
Nd. The Rev. J E. Briggs.
Joseph Bellestri, 81, and Mary Capra-
rels. 49, both of Baltimore. The Rev
W. NJ. Hoffman.
Delporte, %. The Rev. G. W, Ditfen-
James R. Wheeler, 50. and Doris 3
Wilson, 81. The Rev c. o. Bullock.
Alexander ]. Demarr, 90, and Annette
r. crabtree, IS. The Rev. W. E. La.
Arthur f. Reyman. rs. and Ruth R
Ashford IS. The Rev. Kyle Booth
William H. johnson. "a. and Marior
Taylor. 20; The Rev Aauila sayles. -
Oliver F. Young. jr,. so. and Bessie c
10 The Rev. w. NJ. Michael
Beatrice Martin. "a. and Mary May
IS. Judge R. f. Mattingly.
William Barner, IS. and Martha Fair.
Douglas A. stotts. so. and Ethel Nor,
ris, 35 The Rev. Nehemiah Stotts.
Edgar B. Howes. 2S and Erma L
Neill. IS. The Rev. S. T, Nicholas.
The Washington times., 1929-03-26
Births, Deaths, Marriages
LAWRENCE V. GROGAN

Funeral services for Lawrence
Vincent Grogan. SO, of S420 Thirty
fourth st. n. w. vice president and
secretary Of the Peter Grogan and
Sons Furniture Company. who died
Sunday at his residence, after an
illness of several months were con.
Quoted in st. Thomas Apostle
Church today at $40 a. m. Inter
ment was in Mount olivet Gene.
terry.
Mr.. Grogan was a member Of the
Washington Board of Trade. the
Washington Chamber OF Commerce
and the Cleveland Park Club.
He leaves his widow. Mrs. Jane
Mcdonald Grogan: two sons. Peter
Grogan and Lawrence Vim C e n
Grogan. jr. a daughter. Miss Anne
Grogan; his mother. Mrs. Peter
Grogan; three sisters. Mrs. Richard
Knox. Mrs. Ernest Scholfeld and
Miss Nell Grogan. and a brother
Thomas Grogan.
The Washington times., 1929-03-26
DEATH. LAID To
DOUBLE HEX

ALLENTOWN, Pa, March 26.--
While a curious throng gathered
for the funeral OF Verna Octavia
Delp. supposed victim Of Hex"
murder. Lehigh county authorities
were apparently preparing to drop
the theory that the girl was
poisoned. The promised arrest in the
case failed to materialize.
The poison theory fell flat when
physicians announced they had been
unable to find any trace Of poison
in the girls viscera. Police an
nounced that another suspect was
wanted for questioning in the case.
Seen In Crowd
They stated this man had been
seen in the crowd which surrounded
the body when the victim was found
on the grounds Of the Catasauqua
Gun Club. At that time he gave no
indication of having known the girl.
"A new clue discovered today. will
if it works out, very definitely link
a pow-wow doctor with the young
woman's DEATH" said District Attor-
ney Ethan Allen Gearhart this after
noon. Police will probably arrest
him for questioning shortly"
That the girl thought she was
double hexed" was established by
Miss Anna Crowley. "Verna was cer-
tain that someone had double hexed'
her." She said.
Can't Dodge 1t =
THAT is very serious thing if
you believe in those things. as
Verna did. A single hex you might
escape, but 1t is impossible to escape
double hex which is usually put
on you by some enemy who hates
you very much" -.
District Attorney Gearhart said
h was convinced the girl had gone
to the gun club Of her own frAA-
will, in company with the man who
administered the poison according. to
pow-wow ritual. and after her death
carried her body to the back Of the
gun club. "
The Washington times., 1929-03-26
COL. MYRON NJ. PARKER

Private funeral service for Myron
M. Parker, SO years old, former
District Commissioner, who died
Sunday at his residence, 1920 Yer
mont Ave. n. W., after being i'll
for some time, were conducted
today at II o'clock at the resi-.
dence. Interment was in the
family lot in Rock Creek Cemetery.
AS a tribute to Colonel Parker,
flags will be at half-staff on
municipal buildings in this city. He
had been active in civic affairs
in Washington for so years.
He leaves four children, Mrs.
Spencer Blackburn, Mrs. Sidney c.
Neale, Mrs. Robert C. Dove and
Myron NJ. Parker, jr.. all of this
city,