Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-30
Attractions in Washington Theaters
RIALTO--"Big News"


Speed, excitement, suspense and hu-
acteristics of Big News" a dialogue
Aim, which will open at the R1alto
Theater Saturday, November 2.
big News" has been described as one
hectic day in a newspaper Office. With
a time lapse of IL hours, the story is
said to be crammed with more thrills
than are the lot of many lifetimes Nor
are they hung on loosely, but developed
as part of the efforts of reporter on
big metropolitan daily to get the
"low- down" on a band of liquor and
narcotic dealers.
Robert Armstrong has the featured
role as Steve Banks, who has plenty of
personal pecadillos as we'll as a keen
nose for news. The combination of
geniality with a light touch of cynicism
which have helped Bob along the road
to fame in former pictures is said to
have plenty of scope in Big News"
Carol Lombard, who plays the feminine
lead opposite Armstrong, Is a girl whose
gorgeous blond beauty is augmented
with real dramatic ability. Sam Hardy.
Warner Richmond, Tom Kennedy and
Herbert Clark, with other stage and
screen stars, are in the support.
AS a special added feature the Rialto
will present Grantland Rice's latest
"Sportlight," entitled buffers and
Champs" which enables the popular
national sport writer to be seen and
heard in this novelty on golf. With
Willie MacFarlane collaborating. Mr..
Rice discusses the fine points of the
game, warning buffers how not to play
golf and following his remarks with an
illustration by Mr.. MacFarlane OF the
proper method to be followed. The
Universal-Star News Reel, short sub
tects and the Rialto Orchestra will help
to round out an entertaining program.
FoX-"Big Time"
"His brains we're in his feet" as have
been the brains Of many hoofer in
the old-ttme four-a-day vaudeville
shows. That is the hoofer that Lee
Tracy, stage star of Broadway" and
1.-THE Front Page" portrays In big
Time" the william Fox talking drama
of back-stage life, that comes to the
Fox Theater for next week.
In it will be presented a story Of not
only the Joys and sorrows of the small
time vaudeville performer and the girl
who sticks to him through 1t all, but
also of the studio life behind the scenes
in Hollywood, where the hoofer gets his
big chance and makes good.
The feature, which has had highly
successful showing at the Roxy Thea
ter, New York, has an excellent cast,
including Mae Clarke, Daphne Pollard,
a headliner in vaudeville for years;
Josephine Dunn, and Stepin Fetchit,
the colored comedian who has scored at
every appearance.
The stage program will present the
Fanchon and Marco idea, Bows and
Shapiro and O'Malley, Gale Quadrup-
lets, Eight Dancing Feet. California
Warblers, Stephen Moroni, Betty Wayne
and the Harmony Sweethearts. John
Irving Fisher, master Of ceremonies, will
introduce the players.
The Fox Orchestra will offer Span
ish rhapsody, "Espana," by Charbrier,
as the overture and the Fox Movietone
News, with sound and sight pictures,
will round out the bill.
PALACE-"So 1nis Is College,"
Loew's Palace Theater will resemble
a stadium next Saturday for the show
| ing Of the Metro GoldWyn- Mayer pro-
duction, $50 This Is College" It Is a
sparkling collegiate picture which has
caught the spirit Of youth and flung 1t
into the naicrophone and cameras with
def aim. The director, Sam Wood, Is
said to have scored touchdown.
The cast includes Elliot Nugent, Rob
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Star, Max Davidson, Polly Moran and
a host of poppy, youthful actors.
The story concerns two pals who
share everything from razor blades to
girls until they meet the campus vamp
The result of contact with her is their
poor showing in the big game of the
year. When they see her with some
one else during the halves they have
change OF heart and go in and wir
for their alma mater. Special nights
it is announced. will be designated fol
the various high schools i'll Washing
ton for the picture.
On the stage Al Evans is presented
in Shanghai TESTERS" with the Palace
Syncopators. Astounding in Orienta
atmosphere, the unit features Seed anc
Austin in Success" Others are the
Williams Sisters, the queens of synco-
patton; Bemis and Brown, Electa Have
and the Nine. Serova Chinese Rose
, buds The Hearst Metrotone News, thu
Palace Orchestra, Charles Gaige at thu
organ, short subjects and comedies vii
complete the program.