The Washington times., 1929-03-09
FOR
NEW WEEK TN
THEATERS

weeks engagement under the
mano cement OF Mrs. Wilson
Greene, opening Monday night
with "Ned McCobb's Daughter"
II win be repeated on Thursday
evening. George Bernard Shaw's,
'The Doctors Dilemma" will be
given Tuesday, Wednesday. and
Friday evening, and also at the
Thursday matinee. On Saturday,
matinee and evening, st. John
Ervine's John Ferguson" will be
offered. The Guild company in.
ciudes Elizabeth Risdon, Peg Ent.
wistie. Laurence Leslie, Warbur-
ton Gamble, Alan Mowbray. Ed.
win Maxwell, Brandon Evans, p.
J. Kelly, and others.
.BELASCO - Dorothy Gish In
Samuel Raphelson,s play, Young
Love- comes for a weeks en-.
gagement, opening Sunday night.
The former movie star Is Eup.
ported by Tom Douglass, rated a.
England's greatest juvenile actor,
Catherine willard and Murray
Kennel. George Cukor staged
the play, which IL described as .
farcial treatment of a subject dear
to young and old-love. The play
comes after long engagement at
the Masque Theater, in New York,
and prior to its presentation In
London with the original cast.
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NATIONAL-The National Play.
ers will revive q sensationally pop
ular Tnelodrama Of the past,
Madame X,"s beginning with the
Monday night performance. The
play has not been offered In Wash.
ington since Sarah Bernhardt pre-.
scented 1t in her repertoire. Dor.
othy Donnelly and Pauline Fred.
erick found success with It as a
touring attraction. For the Wash
ington performances John Glynn
MacFarlane will join the company
to play Louis Floriot. Wilfred Ly.
tell will play the son with Mary
Newton as Madame x. There are
exacting parts for Charles Hamp-
den. Robert Brister and Freddy
Sherman. There viii be an extra
matinee Of the play on Friday.
STRAND-"Speed Girls of 1929"
is the new Mutual Burlesque
attraction which bows in with
the matinee Sunday. Fred FaIIs)
Binder and Nellie Nice are fea.
tured principals. Their associates
in merrymaking will be Millie
Kennedy. Joan Tanya, Guy Post,
Pat Mccarthy, Jim Pearl and
Dody White. A large chorus will
be heard in the melodious and
dancing moments and Speed
Girls" abounds in comedy slIits.
On Thursday night a wrestling
program supplements the regular
show.
PALACE ~ Ronald Colman in
''The Rescue" a United Artists
synchronized picture will be the
main screen attraction begin.
ming today. Lily Dalmatia, the
continental blonde IL seen op-
posite Mr.. Colman in this adapta.
ton Of a Joseph Conrad novel.
On the stage Wesley Eddy and
His Palace Syncopators will back
UP Harvest Time" a LoeW.
Publix unit featuring Fauntleroy
and Van, Ted Mark, the Varsity
Four. Stanley Twins and the
Gould Girls. Fox Movietone
news, M-G-M newsreel, and
selected shorts. with the Palace
concert orchestra completes the
program.
EARLE-The Earle will offer a
Warner Brother mystery thriller.
stark Mad" This 100 per cent
talker features Louise Fazenda, H.
B. Warner, Jacqueline Logan,
Henry B. WalthaIl, Lionel BeInore,
Claude Gillingwater, Andre Ber.
anger. John Milan, Warner Rich
mond and Floyd Shaclxleford.
The story of STARK Mad" is an
original one by Jerome Kings.
ton and recounts the adventures
Of an expedition sent to locate
q hunter lost in the Central
American tungles. A supple.
mental program OF Vitaphone
shorts with a news reel completes
the program.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Bar.
thelmess in Weary River" his
first talking and singing picture
has been attracting capacity bust.
ness and will be held over for q
second week, beginning Saturday.
Weary River" is the story Of q
singing convict. It was written
by Courtney Ryley Cooper and the
screen version directed by Frank
Floyd. Assisting the star are
William Holden, Louis Natbeaux,
George Stone, Raymond Turner.
Robert O'Connor and others. Two
Vitaphone short reels and the
Metropolitan Topical Review com.
plete the program.
FOX-Monte Blue will be the
featured star in the vitaphone
talking picture, Greyhound Lin.
ited," which win be the main
screen attraction beginning to-
day. It Is described as a n1elo-
drama moving with lightning
speed with love interests and
plenty of thrills. Edna Murphy.
Grant Withers. Ernie. Shields, Lew
Harvey and Lucy Beaumont
have the chief supporting roles:
TONIGHT i. $3.50