The Washington times., 1930-12-27
FOR
NEW WEEK In
THEATERS

Christmas night. 1t treats Of .
gay theme, the marriage between
the gentry and the yeomanry. The
author-playwright directed Bird
in Hand" and personally selected
the cast which includes, Walter
Edwin, Daphe Warren Wilson,
Olga Slade, Frank Petley, Eliot
Makeham, John Warburton, Ro-
land Dare and Arthur Ridley.
The engagement is through New
Years week, ending January 3.
NATIONAL-David Belasco's
production Of ''It'S q Wise Child"
opens q weeks engagement, Mon.
day night. This Lauren johnson
comedy comes here after q sea-
sons run on Broadway with the
original cast which includes
Minor Watson. Sidney Toler, Har.
Ian Briggs, Mildred Mccoy, Helen
Lowell and others. There will
be three matineeS on Wednesday,
Thursday (New Year Day., and
Saturday.
EARLE-Otis Skinner in the
Warner Brothers screen produc-
ton Of "Kismet" comes as the
main attraction opening today.
The star has the assistance Of q
notable cast comprising Loretta
Young, David Manners, Mary
Duncan, Sidney Blackmer, Ed
mund BreeSe and Ford Sterling.
On the stage the headliner will be
the Charles Withers "Op'ry''
which Is a hilarious burlesque Of
the small town show. Other at
fractions are Sol Gould and Helen
Kay Booth, George Shafter and
AL Gould, the Betty Jane Cooper
revue and Maxine Doyle. Selected
shorts and music by Freddy
Clark's band rounds out the pro-
gram.
FOX-Mark Twain's juvenile
epic, tom Sawyer" comes as the
main screen attraction now play
ing. The picture marks the re-
entry Of Jackie Coogan to pictures
and he has the assistance Of Mitzi
Green and Junior Durkin, two Of
Hollywood's most precious young
actors. The stage show is the
Fanchon and Marco Hollywood
CollegianS" with Dorothy Crooker
and Guy Buck featured. Leon
Brusiloff and the Fox band viii
have a special holiday overture
introducing Helen Kearney. Ron
and Don at the organ, the Fox
Movietone news and selected
shorts round out the program.
RIALTO-George Sidney and
Charlie Murray in "Cohens and
Kellys in Africa" is the hilarious
comedy now occupying the Rialto
screen as the feature attraction.
Vera Gordon and Kate Price sup
port the comics in this amusing
film trip to ivory hunting land.
The newsreel and selected short
subjects round out the program.
R-K-O KEITH'S-Bert Wheeler
and Robert Woolsey in Hook,
Line and Sinker," Is the main
screen attraction now play
ing. In this feature the come
dianS revert to straight comedy,
having the assistance Of Dorothy
Lee, who has appeared in their
earlier releases, Jobyna Rowland
and other favoriteS. including Ma
talie Moorehead, Stanley Fields
and George Marion. On the sup
Elemental program will be a short
screen comedy, a news reel and
subsidiary features appropriate TO
the holiday season.
COLUMBIA" "Hell's Angels" ="
the spectacular United Artists
production which took four years
to complete, comes as the main
screen attraction opening to-
day. It has the most astounding
air sequences ever filmed and in
PRODUCES a cast headed by Jean
Harlow, Ben Lyon and James
Hall. This Is the first time "Helps
Angels" has been released in
other than two-a-day theaters. On
the supplemental program will be
the HearSt-Metrotone NewSreel
and selected short subjects.
PALACE-"War Nurse" a story
that appeared in Cosmopolitan
magazine written anonymously,
comes as the main screen attrac-
tion opening today. 1t treats
of women's sufferings in the
World War and offers some excit-
ing and gripping pictures OF
drama behind the lines. June
Walker, Anita Page, Robert Ames,
Zazu Pitts, and Hedda Hopper
play the lead roles. On the stage
Allan Rogers heads a new revue,
"Mexicana," introducing Barto
and Mann, recent stars Of the
Earl Carroll Vanities. The Palace
Syncopators and selected short
subjects complete the program.
GAYETY - "Girls from the
FollieS" will be next weeks offer
ing at the Gayety Theater open
ing Sunday matinee. It Is well
fortified with laugh-provoking ele-
ments, and the two big scenes are
Jewels Of the World" and ''Con-
CO." Walter Brown and Gladys
Clark are featured.
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