The Washington times., 1930-05-31
ATTRACTIONS
ALL READY
TO BOW IN

the most 1aSClIldIllls laoC"i w
step from the pages of fiction 70
the films, will make his appear
ance at Warner Bros. Metropoh'
tan Theater next week, beginning
Friday, in THE Return OF DR.. Fu
Manchu." ,-
Fans who recall that the clever
doctor was killed-or apparently
so-at the conclusion OF his tlrSt
picture will be interested in wit
Messing his return to life, which
is fully explained in this halr
raising melodrama.
Charles Buddy" Rogers, ami.
able and popular talking picture
star, has a congenial role and an
amusing romantic story in his
latest picture, Safety in Num-
bers." coming to Warner Bros.
Earle Theater next Friday.
! Rogers is cast as a wealthy
youth, whose guardian uncle, fear.
ing his nephew too inexperienced
to handle the fortune to be his,
sends the young man to New
York to be taught the ways of
the world through the agency
of "three old feminine friends" "
Gary Cooper, the strong but not
silent man of the screen, comes
to Loew's Palace Saturday in
1.-The Texan" adapted from one of
/ OHenrys stories. Fay Wray ap.
pears opposite Cooper in the out
door romance. On the stage Ted
! Claire returns in "JapaniteS"
with Nell Kelly, the mad girl of
| Broadway.
A charmingly brazen but fu-
riously funny play is David Be
lasco's THE Bachelor Father"
which the National Players will
offer the opening week of their ex.
! tended season. beginning June 9.
With June Walker, Geoffrey Kerr
and others this devasting piece of
plot and dialogue ran nine full
months in New York The season
! just ended 1t did not tour and.
= consequently, has not been pre-.
. ViouSly seen here.
! The story occurs in the gracious
and lovelyl home of Sir Basil
Winterton at Surrey. England
Sir Basil. sentimental over past
amours, decides to take on some
bclated parental responsibilities
toward his three children. borr
Of mothers in widely separated
parts of the world. He gather
them under his roof, whereupo',
! Joyous, brittle and frequently
half-sad incidents string alonq
into grand play Edward Childs
Carpenter fashioned.
Clara Bow in a naughty nauti
cal romance True to the Navy
Is the feature screen attraction
coming to LoeW'S Columbia SatlIr
day. Fredric March, Harry Green
Sam Hardy and Jed Prouty ap
pear in the supporting cast. Clara
sings, dances and talks and gen
eIdIIy QlSpenSeS II.
Lowell Sherman and Alice
Joyce in He Knew Women
will be the next attraction al
the R-K-O Theater.
Dazzling Dolls" will hole
forth at the popular Gayetl
Theater, on Ninth Street, mex
week, a show that is in keepine
with the Mutual standards of fur
and frolic.
The New Movietone Follies o1
$780, is to be the next screen
attraction at the Fox Theater
beginning on Friday, June 6, the
new opening day for the Fo2
Theater.
This attraction, as with tn.
1929 Follies. is promised to Sc
the new vogue in film musicals
1t isn't a revue in the sense
that those preceding it have
been. 1t has a romantic story
with the musical numbers par
and parcel of the story.
Featured in the cast are E
Brendel, the funny Swede, an;
Marjorie White. Others include
Frank Richardson, the "Joy Bo!
of Song" as he was known il
his vaudeville days, and man!
other well-known musical comeC!
players. There is singing anC
dancing chorus of over 300, with
the scenic end of the production
stated to far exceed anythin;
that has gone before.