Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04
From the Front Row
Reviews and News of Washington Theaters.

ing upon famous operate air when
he began the famous soliloQuy, ITO
be, or not to be-" and again in the
pleading with his mother in the
third act, one sensed the particular
ly tense attention of the audience
upon every word. Surely the thea
ter cannot be doomed when there
are men like Hampden, young, sin
cere and inspired to carry on in the
masterpieces by the Bard Of Avon.
~" - ~ ~'-'7' H. r.
young Eagles"
Thrills Palace Patrons.
A T the Palace this week, amidst
"A the roar of airplanes and the
bursting of bombs in air, that pop
ular young actor, Charles Buddy"
Rogers, appears In a thrilling war
picture, with pretty Jean Arthur
playing the leading feminine role.
Those who still enjoy scenes from
those frantic, battle-scarred days of
the great World War, will be genu-
inely thrilled at young Eagles" in
which there is shown some flying
and actual battle scenes as remark
able as those which caused senSa-
ton In the picture, wings"
A rather interesting plot TO the
story lends a bit of originality to the
picture which is showing at Loews
Palace this week. Lieut.. Robert
Banks ("Buddy" Rogers, on leave
in Paris, falls In love with a girl
whom he presumes to be an Amer
lean. Later she disappears with a
German, whom Banks had previ-
ously taken as prisoner. Dis
hal rwlW ~ 10
be O German spy, the young lieu
Ii about to undergo an operation
after a crash, which the doctor
feels will be fatal, due to the young
mans attitude Of mind, when he
learns that his sweetheart is, In fact,
one Of the cleverest spys In the
American service.
An excellent vaudeville IL offered
in addition. Teddy Joyce, as master
of ceremonies, returns from the
Capitol Theater in New York to pre-
sent O skit entitled, "All Aboard"
The characters in the act, including
the ballet, personify passengers or
personnel of q ship. Joyce intro
duces an amusing and original
shadow dance before q specially
spread curtain. Hilarity is aroused
by the two funny men, Seed and
Austin, introduced as stowaways on
the ship Of fun" Excellent sing
ing Is offered by q colored quartet,
-Four Emporors of Harmony" cos
TUNED as the chefs of the ship, in
GLIDING the spiritual, "All Over Gods
Heaven" Josephine Davis Is very
funny as a stammering Coincidence,
also proves to be an agile dancer
despite her awkward appearance.
Good dancing by the Chester Hale
girls in pretty costumes rounds out
, the program. An International
are included in the picture program.
G. s. 8.
Temple Tower"
Mildly Amusing at Fox.
THIS weeks picture at the Fox
= has o strangely familiar tang to
1t. Entitled Temple Towers" 1t
purports to relate the further adven-
lures of that estimahle gentleman,
Bulldog" Drummond. Whether 1t
is because his former ramblings have
worn him out or because Ronald
Coleman isn't in 1t, or because the
present vehicle smacks of everything
on the face of the earth that has
been pounded out a thousand times
before on the screen, the result, to
say the most, Is only moderately
amusing entertainment.
Once upon a time, SO goes this
supposedly mysterious yarn, there
was a dismal house known as Temple
Towers, in which stolen emeralds,
worth q young fortune, were being
stored. It was one of these weird
houses which was always being
rained on and around which dogs
howled and lights flashed as strange
signals. To this abode of the human
devil came a young girl--you know,
the sweet tender thing, niece Of the
man from whom the jewels had dis
appeared-who applied for q job
as secretary to the old fiend and who
was, of course, Immediately impri-
soned.
To this house also came the clever
Bulldog" Drummond and his fright
fully British friends, who during the