The Washington times., 1930-11-08
ATTRACTIONS
COMING TO
THEATERS

MIN ana Bill starring MArle
Dressler and Wallace Beery is
the next attraction scheduled for
showing at Loew's Columbia The
ater. The story is laid in q New
England fishing village where
Beery is supposed to be a fisher
man but instead he seems to pay
most of his attentions to Min.
For a long time this pair have
been the basne Of every stars life.
When 1t became known. that one
Of them was to appear in a pro
duction it was generally known
that the star was in for trouble
II he, or she, intended to walk
off with the honors. M-G-M
studio officials finally hit on the
idea to see which was the better
''picture-stealer," hence the assign
ment in this production.
George Bancroft in "Derelict"
Is the next attraction coming to
L,oew'S Palace Theater. The pro-
duction Is based on life in the
underworld and reports have it
that it is far superior to anything
Paramount's two fisted actor has
done in the recent past.
On the Palace stage will be q
special production to welcome
the return Of Wesley Eddy. Eddy
Is well known to Washington
theatergoerS. A riotouS welcome
Is being prepared for his return.
"The Gorilla" the First Ma
> tional and Vitaphone version Of
the successful stage play by
Ralph Spence, Is the attraction
that will hold forth at Warmers
Metropolitan Theater for the
week starting Friday, November
IA. This play, which concerns
the efforts of two dumb detec-
tives to track down the criminal
called '"The Gorilla" is declared
to be a combination of thrills
and comedy. Lila Lee is the
threatened beauty in the play
while Joe Frisco and Harry Crib
bon. are the two gumshoe men.
Others in the cast include Walter
Pidgeon:
"ToPable David" first time as
q talkie comes as the next screen
attraction at Keith's. Richard
Cromwell, an unknown, was
chosen over ITS contestants to
play the title role. Others in the
cast are Joan Peer. Helen Ware.
Raoul Walsh's epic, "The Big
Trail" comes to the Fox Friday.
Twenty thousand people and
$4,000 horses, cattle, buffalo, oxen
and wild animals, make up the
cast of this mighty Fox Movie
tone spectacle, which moved
through the seven original States
Of the Oregon trail in 1880, in
the same manner the rugged
pioneers did in this great mile
stone in American history.
"The Big Trail" was several
years in the making and its pro-
duction cost ran into several mil
Lion dollars.
Notables in the cast include
John Wayne, Marguerite
Churchill, Tully Marshall, Ell Bren-
del, David Rollins and Tyronne
Powers.
On Monday, November II. at
the Shubert Belasco Theater, Miss
Katharine Cornell, popular young
star, will begin a weeks engage
ment in "Dishonored Lady" by
Margaret Aver Barnes and Ed
ward Sheldon. Miss. Cornell and
her play come here direct from
sensational engagements in San
Francisco, Los Angeles and Chi
cago.
'Dishonored Lady," which ran
all last season at the Empire
Theater, New York city, tells the
story of girl who sought to es-
cape from the taint left in her
blood by a profligate mother.
Miss Cornell brings all the
vivid charm of her personality to
the central role. It is, in fact,
the most colorful and moving
part that she has had to play
since her Iris March in "The
Green Hat"
"Speed and Sparkle" is the new
Mutual burlesque and vaudeville
offering which comes to the
Gayety Theater next week.
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