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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10
Sanderson and Crummit.

THE cleverness which has made Julia
= Sarderson one of the stars OF the
musical and dramatic stages Is to be
transferred to the screen under the Vi
taphones banner, 1t Is announced. The
young woman first came into promi-
nence In i musical play produced by the
Shuberts, entitled 1.-THE Tourists" At
the close Of its run Charles Frohman
engaged her, and for Q number OF sea-
sons she remained under his direction.
She made q notable hit In an English
musical comedy called THE Arcadians."
Almost simultaneously with the AM
nouncement Of Miss Sanderson's con-
nection with the talkies comes another
to the effect that Frank Crumnit, her
husband and well known as Broad
way leading man, Is to appear In Vita
phone short subject, at the conclusion
Of which he win make another In joint
production with his wife,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10
RUTH HAMILTON ,
81 STRAND
Music Stars Coming.


THE unusual success which attended
the productions Of the Savoyards
at the Belasco Theater when Kate
Smith, guest star, was with them, to-
gether with the request Of the inaugural
committee to local managers to give
tions- from now on, is responsible for
one sof the. strongest announcements Of
the season. 49,
In quick response, Charles Emerson
Cook made q hurried trip to New York
and on Tuesday returned with con-
tract with Cecil Lean and Cleo May
field to appear with his Musicomedians
at the Belasco for limited engagement
Their FIRST offering will be in q revival
of their greatest success, mo, No,
Nanette," beginning Sunday evening,
the season Of the SavoyardS Is weeks
aeo, the company was new at that time
and naturally not as well established as
it Is now. While there have been hum
.dfeds OF requests for q revival Of this
most popular musical play, Mr.. Cook
was not willing to undertake it until he
could offer a. combination that would
so far top anything heretofore offered
In the line of musical stock production.
Those familiar with the early history
Of mo, No, Nanette," must recall the
enormous success scored in it by Cecil
Lean and Cleo Mayfield. who headed
the company which played for seven
months in Philadelphia and then re-
peated its triumph in various large
cities Of the country. Lean and May
field always had the reputation Of be-
ing one of the most potent box office
attractions before the public, COM
mandings joint salary that only the
vaudeville houses could pay. Because
OF the strong friendship between them
and Mr.. Cook. however, 1t has been
made possible to secure their services.
Since 1t became rumored that these
two stars win come to washington, the
Belasco Theater box Office has been be-
sieged with requests for reservations,
but 1t Isl announced that, with the ex-
ception Of mail orders and subscriptions,
no tickets will be sold until the open
ing OF the box office next Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10
Another Big Inaugural.

tsrTHE flowers that bloom in the
Spring, ira la, have nothing to
do with the case" never applied with
more aptness than in Manager Steve
Cochran's fifth annual announcement
that the time of the National Theater
Players is close at hand. Instead OF
the baImy air and the budding bios
SONS OF the loveliest time Of all the
year, there is the gray gloom of the
clouds and the whirl Of snow and sleet
in the ofiing. But nevertheless, the
National Players will appear In all their
usual glory at the old stand next Mon
day evening, rain or shine.
Not even the multilateral treaty, nor
the 15-cruiser bill, nor any topic within
the imagination Of man is likely to
supplant or to share time with the news
Of this years stock company and what
1t is going to do at the National Thea
ter until the chill winds blow again
next Fall.
First of all, let curiosity as to the
players, old and new, be satisfied. No
Cocl1ran's preliminary trips here and
there in frantic endeavor to make a
great showing at the fifth annual open
ing of his season. Washington now
wants to know what he has accom-
plished, what 1t may expect in the
months ahead.
To begin with, Mary Newton, whom
the dramatic critics of the great city
Of Cincinnati rate as without par In
the field of repertoire" comes as the
new leading woman OF the National
Players of 1929. She had to be good to
take the place Of Leona Powers, whom
Washington will always fondly remem-
Der, but who, with her talented huS-
band, Howard Miller, will head COM
pany of her own in the city of her first
love, New Orleans. at the Tulane Thea
ter. Miss Newton possesses youth,
beauty and exceptional talent, and ova-
lions are said to be her nightly play
mates.
with Miss Newton will come Wilfred
Lytell, replacing Mr.. Miller as the new
leading man. Wilfred is q brother Of
the famous movie star, Bert Lytell, and
an actor who has scored many triumphs
in the West and elsewhere throughout
the country. He comes from q theatre
cal family In which talent Is inherited
and cultivated to a high degree. He Is
well schooled in all the traditions Of the
stage, and Manager Cochran has no
fears that he will fail to fully meet
expectations.
There will be a new juvenile, Freddie
Sherman, replacing Billy Phelps, one Of
the most popular players who has ever
appeared with the National Players. to-
gether with Nancy Baker, . charming
and talented ingenue. . outstanding
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10
A New Mechanistic
Drama Developing
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

/ temperament, studies Of capaci-
ties for social repreSSions upon
which human Differences must
depend, are interpreted as meas
lprable by q series of established
rules which relate the brain and
nerve centers closely to the Joints
and muscles they normally gov
ern. Outside Of a rough song,
music is chiefly valued for the
stimulation 1t Affords the dane
ing impulse. The idea Of direct
force on physical terms has as
serted itself in supremacy over
the subtler arts OF intellectual
persuasion. q
It remained for Mr.. Belasco to
steer boldly into a new current CT
thought, as he has done before
with startling results. He outdid
all others in SCATTERING the poetic
ideals he was once regarded as
cherishing so devoutly. His adap-
tation for the New York stage OF
Molnar's Nina" seized upon the
mechaniStic influence now SO
uncompromiSingly in evidence
throughout civilization and made
a colossal piece of machinery the
supreme point of interest. The
machine expounds allegorical
mystery by reducing man him
self from a state of idealiSrn to
indifference to honor or self
respect.
~ ~ ~
The reception at first accorded
Nina" was frigid. Declarations
were freely made that it was not
understandable in the first place,
and not worth understanding
anyhow. The play has rounded
it's first decade of weeks, and the
David Belasco publicity depart
ment offers for consideration box
Office statistics to show that the
first six weeks brought a gross
revenue of $156, 900, with capacity
attendance established as the
rule. M
I II y ~
The European criticisms of 1.-THE
Red Mill" which Molnar used as
the original title of "Mima," were,
in many instances, warmly ap-
preciative and expressed in the
phrase Of discerning scholarship,
In New York it was believed that
the Belasco method Of employing
tremendous emphasis on a point
Of novelty had this time been car
ried to an impractical extreme.
The box Office figures indicate a
popular interest calculated TO
prove eventually that Mr.. Belasco
still knows his public and does not
start out on a seemingly perilous
Journey of the imagination with
out having q well chaEted course
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NATTONAL-"The High Road

NAIkONAL-Ino Hixn AOau.
Charles Dillingham; announces q
weeks engagement Of Frederick Ions
dale's comedy hit, ''The High Road" at
the National Theater starting tomor-
row night.
The original all-English cast will
come to Washington direct from its sue
cessful season at the Fulton Theater in
New York City, where the run was cut
short while doing capacity business be-
cause of previous contracts made by
several important members Of the cast
for an early Spring engagement In Lon
don. Mr.. Dillingham's sincere desire to
give washington New York hits with
the original cast compelled him to cut
the New York run short so local thea
tergoers could see this comedy with
what he thinks Is the greatest acting
cast ever assembled.
"The High Road" prior to its debut
on Broadway ran for over two seasons
at. the SALISBURY Theater In London.
The all-English cast includes Edna
Best, Frederick Kerr, Herbert Marshall,
Alfred Drayton. H. Reeves Smith,
lionel Pape, Hilda Spong. Winifred
Harris. Mimi Jordan, John Williams,
Mackenzie Ward, Edward Martyr and
others.
Matinees win be given on wednesday
and Saturday.
BELASCO-"Queen High"
In keeping with his policy to give
Washington theater- goers the latest
and biggest Broadway musical comedy
available at popular prices. Charles
Emerson Cook has secured Queen
High" the outstanding musical hit of
two seasons for his Savoy Musicome-
dians at the Belasco Theater, begin
ming this evening.
Queen High" introduces a new
comedian In the person of Jack Cherry,
who has achieved very definite fame
on the California coast as q laugh
getter. He Is q contrast to Robert
Capron and it Is expected they win
make q marvellous comedy team.
Of the popular Thelma Parker to the
fold Of the sSavoyards after an absence
due to illness.
The plot Of queen High" with its
proud record of runs In London, Paris,
Vienna. Berlin and its record breaking
American, Australian and African
tours, revOlves around q game Of poker,
played under amusing circumstances.
T. Boggs Johns and George Nettleton
belong 70 that class OF business part
ners who are always quarreling. In q
moment of acute evaporation. and at
the suggestion Of q fiippant lawyer.
they agree TO play q game OF poker |
with the understanding that the loser |
shall act as the winners butler for the |
period OF one year. Since part of the |
Is that no one should be |
let into the secret. including wives anu |
the situations which arise |
are very funny. The action Is fast and
the comedy often reaches riotous
pitch.
Renee Hamilton played the role Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10
Max Reinhardt Eur,o,nean STAGE im.

Max Reinhardt, European stage Inn
presario. now In Hollywood directing
and producing his first motion picture,
has been asked to write an article on
the theater for the new Encyclopedia
BRITANNICA. Only two other cotem-
porary figures in the theater have been
similarly recognized, IL Is said. They
are Gordon Craig noted for his settings
as well as his critical comments, and
Constantin Stanislavsky, founder and
director Of the Moscow Art Thsatey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10

In mind and a perfectly secure
sense Of ultimate destination.
It is not easy to estimate sue
cess in the. case Of a lavish pro-
Queer on the basis of the ledger
balance. If a production can play
to capacity through a long series
of weeks, a managerial enthusiast
often forgets a small deficit and
satisfies himself with much pres
|tige attained, as well as personal
qualification in seeing a problem
cleanly demonstrated.
** n \
The ,lnechanistic drama has
been touched on in the films.
where synchronization dispenses
with human performances in the
exhibition of a picture. Even
more remarkable development
may be made popularity available
as experiments with radio in the
line of television are carried
further. Even the actor, much
Wanted creature of temperament
and personality, may find himself
supplanted by Mr.. Televox, me-
chanica1 man, who will, with
gestures appropriate though per-
haps a little jerky, recite Ham
let's soliloquy or execute a few
verses, with Eddie Cantorian eye
rolling, Of "Whoopee."
***
In the meantime, the Savoyans
will continue on terms of. purely
human relationships with a series
of guest stars scheduled, among
them Cleo Mayf1eld, who promises
to dress for the occasion, with
several thousand dollars worth Of
her own costumes. .... -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10


!, the 'up-to-date girPs over a hundred
times on an African tour just before
| joining the Savoy Musicomed ians;
Thelma Parker IS the little love-lorn
maid with q penchant for eccentric
Ault are the two young sweethearts.
and Beth Franklin is the mystified
wife Of the senior partner.
Lawrence Schwab and B. @. de Sylvia
are responsible for the book and lyrics
and Lewis B. Gensler composed the
score.
WARDMAN PARK-"Robin Hood"
Robin Hood" as a drama by Owen
Davis. IS the play to be given by the
Junior Theater at Wardman Park, FRI
day and Saturday of this week, in It's
repertory season Of fine plays for
people who. like fine, things"
Bold Robin Hood, in days Of old.
roamed in Sherwood Forest and made
right merrie with the maids and lads Of
bonnie England. It makes a charming
play OF lords and ladies and hunters
and highwaymen. and in giving 1t the
Junior Theater will bring out quite
pretentiouS production.
4
Arundel, with his rich traditions from
Shakespeare roles done In hts native
England. win have the staging Of "Robin
Hood" preserving to the play its fine
romance and poetic language.
Five women and seven men will be
needed for the principal roles, with
quite a personnel besides. Music out
OF the de Koven opera will be interpo-
lated by Maxwell Davis, as Alan-a-
Dale, with rich baritone voice that
made him a winner in the Atwater
Kent contest. Mr. Arundel will be the
Robin Hood. Elizabeth Valentine of
Marian, and Gordon Kilbourne, the
Dorothy. That rascal, Guy of Gis-
bourne. will be played by Louis Cruger.
while Kay Conway, Leslie Kent, Shirley
Horton ana Edward Meade win have
important roles. In staging and Co.'S
tune. Ogle. Tinnin, Brown, Inc, prom
Use three effective performances Friday
at $3.50 pm. and Saturday at 2:30 and
BIS pm.
STRAND-"Flapper FoIlies."
Augmented by a special additional
show from New York. ''Flapper Follies"
makes its bow this week at the strand
Theater. This policy Of presenting two
shows each week was inaugurated some
time ago at the local playhouse and
scored hit with the fans.
Mae DIX Is the star Of the show.
which Is presented by Joe Catalina, and
IS described as an offering Of swift
moving. entertaining, popular buriesque
with many outstanding features. An
added attraction Is Sharli the Hindu
dancer, who Is seen in Oriental term
sichore. backed by the ensemble of song
ana dance sprites. Gus FLAG pre-
pared . special book and lively lyrics
as the basis Of Miss Dixs Offering Of
Continued on Fourth PsgeJ .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10

r 7 AVING departed some years
- ago from the ground floor
of common sense and pro-
= ceeding from one stage to
another on flights of arti1ciality,
which soon abandoned the re-
straints of reasonable decor,lm,
the theater resembles an elevator
lacking safety devices, which not
only hits the roof, but goes on
through until it plunges into the
Intangible and sometimes terrify-
ing realms of universal psychol-
ogy, in which the dramatistS APP
pear to be struggling with some
thing on which EinStein himself
might be tempted to formulize.
EinStein might not be able to
make the drama, as it now plays
numerous Broadway engagements
limited to one week only, any
easier to understand. He would
at least soothe the average con-
Sciousness by relieving it of any
sense of obligation to make the
effort.
It has been an 1xiom among
students of the theater that the
playhouse is, from generation to
generation, a reflection of condi-
ditions both social and CONNER
cial of the era in which it finds
itself. The reading public has
progressed through all the
pSycho-analytic variations deal
ing with urges and represSionS
until no dramatist can hope to
tell a public capable of under
standing his ideas anything it
does not already know. A GER
tain element of earthineSs in all
human nature has been dwelt
upon and magnified until there
is nothing in particular to be
shocked at and only the highest
art in play acting can serve to
create the emotional tremor,
whether of sorrow or gayety,
deemed essential to genuine
expression of art in the theater.
The shows that are in demand
are magnificent SpectacleS, with
the only literary experiences in
evidence a topical song which re-
duces fun to its very lowest terms.
The sentimental ballad gets very
little further than vociferous
variation on some such phrase as
'She's my baby girl" or MY
1lapper is a beauty and she sure
is my cutie" etc., etc.
X X
AS the tendency to romance
subsidies the mechanical spirit of
the age asserts itself with star
ting dominance. The theater
/ takes up an enormous grist OF
Eideas and rejects them. Ideas OF
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Attractions in Washington
Playhouses This Week
IN LOCAL THEATERS THIS WEEK

NATIoNALThe High Road" Lonsdale comedy. Opens
morrow evening.
BELASCo queen High" musical comedy Opens evening
POLLS" Manhattan Mary" musical comedy Opens this
evening.
WARDMAN PARK-"Robn Hood" Owen Davis play Opens
Friday. Ft83ss
evening. 49,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10

AS the tendency to romance
subsidies the mechanical spirit of
the age asserts itself with star
ting dominance. The theater
takes up an enormous grist Of
ideas and rejects them. Ideas OF
New Britain herald., 1929-07-12
CAPITOL PARK

Capitol Park, Hartford's mammoth playground has added a special fea- ture to their program for amuse- ment seekers, and that feature is one that should attract widespread attention. Starting Sunday, July 14th, the Flying Renos, a particular ly brilliant and thrilling miniature flying and return act will be wit messed twice daily. This act. con- sisting of three men and one woman, was imported direct from Europe for a limited number of weeks and they will make their first bow to the American public at Capitol Park They arrived today by s. s. Paris and are coming directly to Hartford.
 A beautiful lady, two athletic young men and a comedian who Is like Charlie Chaplin in appearance and in gesture, comprise this re- markable troupe, the routine they go through is made all the more sen- sational due to the fact that they do not use a net or a trampolin De- meath them in case they should fall.
 The work of the comedian is ex- ceptonally clever and original and he never fails to put over some funny stunt even while doing his most dangerous work. His is the type of humor that never fails to elicit hearty roars of laughter in any counts in the world.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-12
"NOAH'S ARK" SUNDAY

"Noah's Ark" the long heralded epic of the Flood. with sequences both modern and ancient, and a cast of over ten thousand. is scheduled to come to the Strand theater Sun day next for a run of four days only.
 Dolores Costello is starred with George O'Brien, and the cast in cludes Noah Beery, Louise Fazenda, ,Guian Williams. Paul McAllister, Mi gel de Brulier. finders Randolf, Ar mand Kaliz, Myrna Loy, William V. Mong, Malcolm Waite, Noble John son, Otto Hoffman and Joe Bono- mo. The moving and tremendously human story was written by Daryl Francis Zanuck. Michael Curtiz, in |ternationally famed as the director of huge spectacular pictures, was in charge of production. Vitaphone gloriously triumphs in voices of play ers-in sounds-and in symphonic accompaniment. See, and hear the worlds greatest picture.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-12

Appointment of a committee of two members to engage club rooms was authorized, and a committee of three members on bylaws was also au- thorized.
 According to President Bordiere, there were about 30 men in attend ance and several others who were invited were unable to attend but have given assurance of their will ingness to become affiliated with the organization. It is planned to have a membership of 100 or 150 and the activities will include political, so- cial and educational work.
 Althought the organization has been founded by Italian voters. there will be no requirement. per taining to nationality in the bylaws the president said. It is planned, however, to recruit the membership among republican voters between the ages of 21 and 35 or thereabouts. the theory being that the younger men can attend to the affairs of the organization with better success than middle-aged or older group.
 Tentative plans call for a series of lectures on subjects pertaining to good citizenship and the organza- ton will bend every effort towards assisting prospective citizens in the preparation for admittance to the
New Britain herald., 1929-07-12
DOUBLE FEATURE AT CAPITOL


 Fancy Baggage" opened last night at the Capitol theater to the most hilarious approval that has been meted out to any picture Of the season.
 Warner Bros., in this, their latest comedy-drama have chosen a cast of real excellence-Audrey Ferris. Myrna Loy, George Fawcett, Hal lam Cooley. Wallace Macdonald, Edmund Breese. Eddie Gribbon, Burr Mcintosh and Virginia Sales John Adolfi has done a masterly piece of direction, blending sense and nonsense. thrills and horseplay in a way quite unique-and getting rush-andgo about the action which is one of the really difficult things to accomplish.
 Back of this he had the strength of the Jerome Kingston story, and the capable adaptation of c. Gra- ham Baker.
 The co-feature presents a thrilling drama in "Trents Last Case" with Raymond Griffith and Marceline Day.
 Beginning Sunday for four days the Capitol will offer Morton Dow ney in the all-talking, all-singing Mothers Boy"
New Britain herald., 1929-07-12
BILLIE DOVE AT STRAND

Billie Dove in her first talking picture!
 This is the event scheduled for the Strand theater when today and Saturday it will be the scene of Careers" Miss Doves first 100 per cent dialogue feature.
 Career" is 8 story of social and political intrigue in Cochin China, in the southernmost section of French Indo- China. It is based on the Ger man stage play "Karriere,' by Ro- senhayn and Schirokrauer, and was adapted to the scene by Forrest Hal sey.
 The vaudeville program offers five splendid acts with Delaney, Creedon and Clayton in an excellent novel song and dance offering; Lillian Nor ton, "The Pocket Edition Come dienne," Scott Bros. and Vernon in Good Time Charlie,' Pisano and Landauer in "Room Boom and the Balabanows in "A Night in Mos cow"
New Britain herald., 1929-07-12
CONFER ON FLOOD RELIEF

Alderman D. l.. Nair of the first. ward was in conference today with City Engineer r. A. Merriam relative to the plans for relieving the Wil- low brook flood conditions, the alf ing scribe, R. B. Crocker; financia[ mittee appointed to work with the public works department in the matr ter E
 The city engineer will offer a req vised estimate of the cost of the work shortly, and among the items to be omitted will be that of s4,- %50 for putting in cobble stones on the bed of the brook. It has been suggested by Councilman F. L. Con- derman being chairman of the com- that there be no cobble stone put in, and if necessary a steam shovel could be used from time to time to dredge out the brook.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-12
ITALIAN POLITICAL
 CLUB IS ORGANIZED
COlumbian Republican Planning
 to Open Own Rooms

At a gathering last night of young Italian voters at 800 Main street, the Columbian Republican club was organized and the following officers elected: President, James Bordiere; vice president, Albert Chiappini; recording secretary, Angelo Valente: treasurer, Joseph Taricani. The president appointed an executive committee as follows: James Spo- sato, chairman; Attorney J. Casale, pr. Vincent Mendillo, Nicholas Teti, and the president, and also named membership committee consisting of Gustave Battaglia, chairman; Nicholas Teti and Charles Nesta.