The Washington times., 1929-07-27
FiDe Fine Films For
Capital Fans

EARLEThe day scenes in q
musical comedy theater on Broad
way: a gang fight to death on
side street in New York; the re-
hearsal hall where big productions
are born: q theatrical boarding
house-all these are brought
vividIy to the screen In Broad.
way Babies. q singing, talking
and dancing picture which stars
Alice White. the feature attrac.
tion at the Earle Theater.
Broadway Babies Is q First
National Vitaphone production.
with dialogue and music through
out. Special musical numbers In
clude Broadway Baby Dolls"
the theme song; Jig, Jig.
Jigaloo," q snappy dancing num-
Der which Miss White sings. and
wishing and Waiting for Love-
A chorus OF SO dancing girls il
seen In the musical comedy
scenes with Miss White, and the
splendid Vitaphone Orchestra,
directed by Louis Silvers. pro-
yided the music.
The story is adapted from Jay
Gelser's novelette, Broadway
Musketeers, and tells the sx-
perience Of three little dancing
girls on the Great White Way.
broadway Babies" was directed
by Mervyn Leroy, a graduate Of
the musical comedy ami vaude-
vile stage, who was ideally fitted
for handling the megaphone on
this story Of theatrical life.
METROPOLITAN-"Drag, the
new First National vitaphone
feature, starring Richard Barthel.
mess, which comes to the Metro.
politan Theater today, is the
second Vitaphone feature with
dialogue and sound in which
Barthelmess has appeared. The
first was Weary River" which
became an instantaneous hit
throughout the country.
Drag" presents the star In q
dramatic narrative concerning a
young, ambitious newspaper man
who goes to small town to edit
the local weekly paper. While
there he falls in love with girl
and. after marrying her. finds
himself supporting whole FAM
lily Of parasitic ''in.laws." He
coInposes q musical show called
"The Love Prince for the local
women's guild; its success en-.
courages him to go to New York.
sell his play. and find that hap
piness which 30 eluded him In
the small town. b
The story Of Drag" Is based
on the novel by William Dudley
Pelley and was directed by Frank
Lloyd. who also made Weary
River. The supporting cast In
headed by Lila Lee, Alice Day
Katherine Ward, Margaret Field.
ing, Lucien Littlefield, and Tom
Dugan. drag" Is a hundred per
cent all talking picture.
FOX Another Fox Movietone all
talking production. Masquerade,
will be the screen feature at the
Fox for the week, beginning to-
day. The featured players are
Leila Hyarns, Alan Birmingham,
]. Farrell Macdonald and Clyde
Cook.
Masquerade is a comedy.drama
dealing with complications which
arise when a wealthy young New
York cIubman falls Ia love with
lady burglar" and q notorious
society bandit discovers he 80
closely resembles the rich young
man that he can impersonate him.
Alan Blrminghang recruit from
the spoken stage, plays the dual
of gentlemen-crook, while Miss
Hyams here scores as a talking
star. Clyde Cook is responsible
for many laughs. The story is
from the novel ''The Brass Bowl"
by Louis Joseph Vance.
The stage portion Of the program
viii find John Irving Fisher, mas.
tering the ceremonies with the
now 16 gorgeous Foxettes and
Leon Brusiloff's 40 Fox Jazzmai1.
ians backing him up. while the list
of imported stars will contain many
well known in the musical comedy
and revue fields.
Fox Movietone News. Fox silent
news and other subsidiary feature
win round out the progfam.