The Washington times., 1929-07-25

scenes with MISS Wnlte, anu lHS
splendid Vitaphone Orchestra,
directed by Louis Silvers, pro-
vided the music.
The story is adapted from jay
Gelser,s novelette, Broadway
Musketeers,' and tells the ex-
perience of three little dancing
girls on the Great White Way.
broadway Babies" was directed
by Mervyn Leroy, graduate OF
the musical comedy AMI vaude-
yiIla 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 on Saturday. is
the second Vitaphor1e 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 a
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 a girl
and, after marrying her, finds
himself supporting a whole fam
fly of parasitic ''in-laws." He
eomposes a musical show called.
.The Love Prince" for the local
women'a guild; it's success en-.
courages him to go to New York.
sell his play, and find that hap
piness which so eluded him in
the small town.
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 is
headed by Lila Lee. Alice Day
Katherine Ward. Margaret Field
ing. Lucien Littlefield. and Tom
Dugan. Drag" is q hundred per
: cent all talking picture.
FOX-Another Fox Movietone al.
talking production, Masquerade"
viii be the screen feature at the
Fox next week, beginning Satur.
day. The featured players are
Leila Hyans, Alan Birmingham,
J. Farrell Macdonald and Clyde
Cook.
"Masquerade" is comedy drama
dealing with complications which
arise when wealthy young New
York clubrnan falls in love with a
lady burglar" and a notorious
society bandit discovers he so
closely resembles the rich young
man that he can impersonate him.
Alan Birmingham, 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
will find John Irving Fisher. mas.
tering ths ceremonies with the
now Is gorgeous Foxettes and
Leon Brusiloff's 40 Fox Jazzman.
ians backing him up, while the list
of imported stars will contain many
well known in the musical comedy
and revue fields.
Fox Moyietone News, Fox silent
news and other subsidiary feature
will round out the program.
COLUMBIA - Clara Bow. in
Dangerous Curves" /" is the screen
attraction at Loew's Columbia,
starting Saturday. In this Para
mount all-taIEing picture, Miss
Bow is supported by Richard AR
len and the new female menace
OF the movies, Kay Francis.
Clara gives portrayal OF a
short-skirted and spangled bare
back rider who is in love with
Richard Arlen, a tight-rope per.
former. She decides 10 learn
tight-rope walking herself, so that
she can get a place on the. circus
program near to her beloved.
She finally learns the wire bal.
ancing art, but finds Arlen spurns
her for Kay Francis.
In spite Of repeated irrespon.
siveness, Clara continues to dem.
oi1strate her love for Arlen and
finally manages. by a desperate
move, to save him from disgrace,
bringing him to a realization Of
love for her.
Metro Movietone acts, M.G.M
News, Fox Movietone News. Sc.
lected short subjects and the Co.
lumbia Concert Orchestra, under
the direction of Claude Burrows,
win complete the program.
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Rogers, Mary Brian, June Collyer,
Wallace Beery and Henry B.
Walthan comprise the list of stars
in Paramount's all-talking pic.
turization of Booth Harrington g
famous story, Magnolia" which
arrives at Loew's Palace, Satur.
day.
Buddy" appears as soft
hammered youth who returns to
his paterna1 home on a Missis-
sippi plantation to be confronted
with the bewildering code of duels
and feids. Refusing to fight a
duel, he is branded a coward. On
q river boat he accidentIy bests
a well-known killer and comes
back to the plantation where he
finds his true love In the sister
Of the girl he thought he loved.
On the stage, Herbert Rawlin.
son will guide the Palace Syncb.
pators and introduce the artists
appearing In the C. A. Nigge.
meyer production, Lets Co."
Featured in this presentation are
Heller and Riley, The Five Brachs.
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