Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-21

stage, and the Offering Of syncopating
rhythm in place Of the classics. John
Irving Fisher, master of ceremonies
will officiate, and new dance routines
will be offered by the Gorgeous Fox
ettes."
EAELE-'His Captive Woman"
The exotic beauty of the South Seas
is brought to the screen in vivid man.
ner in First Nationals Vitaphone pic
ture, His Captive Woman" this weeks
major screen offering at the Earle
Theater. Adapted from the Dom
Byrne story, "Changeling," the story
has its locale in the night clubs OF
New York and on the dreamy islands
of the South Seas. 1t Is a George
Fitzmaurice production in which Dor
othy Mackaill and Milton Stills, whose
voices triumphed in the test in 1.-The
Barker" are co-featured. The company
spent many weeks on the more remote
islands of the Hawaiian group, with
only natives playing in the support
of the feature players.
The story deals with a jazz-mad New
York girl, who, in fit of temper, kills
an admirer and fees to the South Seas
on the yacht of another man. She
is pursued by a New York policeman
and the adventures of the two on a
desert island in the Pacific, when ship
wrecked, make a highly dramatic story
and eliminates in memorable court
room scene. Miss Mackaill Is cast as
the girl and Stills as the policeman
The supporting cast includes Marion
Byron, George Fawcett, Sidney Bracey
Frank Reicher and Gertrude Howard.
METROPOLITAN-"The Canary Muir
der Case"
For a second and final week Metro
politan Theater will present Para
mounts talking mystery detective pic.
ture, 1.-The Canary Murder Case"
Sherlock Holmes is one of the most
widely known characters in fiction. His
unusual adventures in the fiction world
of crime are familiar to almost every
one. But several years ago, when S. S
Van Dine created his master criminolo-
gist, Philo Vance, new character
loomed on the horizon, threatening tc
displace the wizard Of Baker street In
the minds of all who love battling mys-
teries. In a series of novels which Soor
became sensations the uncanny Vance
unraveled mystery after mystery after
exhaustive efforts of the police proved
unavailing. Paramount has made one
of these best sellers, the widely heraldeo
1.-The Canary Murder Case" into an all
talking picture with William Powell ir
the role of Philo Vance. Many consider
1.-The Canary Murder Case" the most
thrilling and mystifying Of the Van
Dine series.
There will be presented also an edu-
cational talking comedy, ASK Dad,
which features Edward Everett Horton
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COLUMBIA-"The Broadway Melody
1.-The Broadway Melody" Metro
Goldwyn Mayors talking, singing
dancing dramatic sensation, has start
ed on its fourth reco-d-breaking week
at Loew's Columbia.
The picture is an expose Of back
stage life and features Bessie Love
Charles King and Anita Page in a
story concerning sister act from 1.-THE
small time" that comes to New York
to get into Broadway production
After much trouble they secure part
through the efforts of the younger
and better looking sister. The boy
friend of the older sister falls in love
with the younger, although he does
not want to admit it, The younger sis
ter does what she can to discourage
him, but when the older sister senses
the situation she goes back to the
small time broken hearted but carrying
on. The picture embraces everything
from the silent picture to Broadway
musical production, especially in one
scene which is produced in color.
LITTLE THEATER-"Ten Days That
Shook the World"
"Ten Days That Shook the World,
epic drama of the overthrow of the Ke-
rensky provisional government in Rus
STA in 1917, is having its premiere
showing in Washington at the Little
Theater on Ninth street, under the au-
spices of the Washington Film Arts
Guild, with exhibitions this afternoon
and evening.
Ten Days" was directed by S. M.
EiSenstein, director of "Potemkin," and
more than 10000 Soviet workers were
employed as extras in the production.
Imperial statues removed by the new
government were replaced for use In the
picture.
John Reed, American journalist, fur
nished. by his book, the title for the
latest Sovkino production, which follows
in historical detail every turn in the
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days that followed Brest-Litovsk.
Regimental uniforms, discarded when
the Cars armed forces became the
troops of the Soviet republic, were once
more seen upon the streets during the
filming of "Ten Days" and whole Sec
lions of Petrograd were closed to traffic
while Eisenstein directed the move
ments of the army of extras, who, under
his commands, participated once more