Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-24
FOX-"BIiniifold."

The age-old clash between law and
crime Is said to reach an acute stage
IN many of the scenes in "Blindfold, -
the William Fox production at the Fox
Theater this week.
Four highly respected citizens, tax
payers, with grand larceny as side
line, manage to bamboozle judges,
jurieS and prosecutors for a while, but
fail to intimidate nemesis, perSonified
by George O'Brien. Single handed
this parsonage fights the ring, not only
to bring them to justice, but to win
the love Of the girl Of his choice, Lois
Moran.
In addition to these players the cast
includes Earle Foxe, Maria Alba, the
Spanish imported beauty; Fritz Field
and others.
The stage portion Of the program
viii be a musical comedy revue,
"Gayeties Of 1929" This also will be
the second week for Buddy Page, the
newly imported master Of ceremonies.
Others will be the Mississippi Misses;
Ruth Hamilton, the dancing Foxettes
and others of equal prominence.
The overture will be in the Spanish
motif, 'ESpana," by Chabrier, with
''b'' number introducing Marian Lax,
recent singing star of Princess Flavia."
who will sing Song of Songs" Fox
Movietone News will round out the
program.
EXTRAORDINARY Man."
Fannie Brice in her first vitaphone
picture, MY Man." will be the fea-
tured screen attraction at the Metro
politan for the second week, including
today.
Fannie is shown as the oldest Of
three orphans in a tenement house.
Her sister is brazen and unappreci-
alive, but Fannie's time is devoted to
caring for her and for the little
brother She works in theatrical
coStuming factory, and one day, on the
way to work. is fascinated by husky
youth who is demonstrating an exer-
ciser In drug store window. He later,
out Of a job and half starved, forages
in the icebox at Fannies home. She
forgives him, invites him to share the
meal with her small brother and falls
desperately in love with him and he,
rather reluctantly, is led into pro-
posal of marriage. The wedding is
about to take place when she finds
her sister in the arms of the man she
Is about to marry, and in sudden fury
she drives them out. She has often
entertained workers at the factory with
her songs, and now, through the inter-
vention Of a friend, she gets chance
to appear on the stage, and 1t is out
of her grief that she sings as never be-
fore.
COLUMBIA-"Trail Of 49,"
An epic of the North, the gold rush to
the Klondike, as written by Robert w
Service and as produced by Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer under the title Trail
of 49," is the feature picture at Loew's
Palace this week. 1t boasts of an "all-
star cast" which includes Dolores Del
Rio, Ralph Forbes, Karl Dane, Harry
Carey, Tenen HoltZ and George Cooper
Thousands of people are seen in single
scene which has miles of background
It is one of the most spectacular pic
lures ever produced.
A love story Is woven into the gigantic
spectacle, concerning a beautiful CIR
and young man who has come u
Alaska, as did her family to find gold
notorious gambler makes advances tx
her, which she of course does not en-.
courage. Her young lover finds only
disappointment in his search for golC
and leaves for the gold fields for the
second time without telling the girl
She is lured into the dance hall to carr
a living, through the efforts of thu
gambler, and when the young man joy
fully returns to her with part of thu
gold he has discovered she throws it a
his feet, because she feels he did no
consider her welfare when he lett. 4
fight between the boy and the gamble
ends with the gamblers clothing catch
ing fire and ultimately setting fire Il