Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07


bevy of SunASist Beauties.
Bob West, featured organist, VIII pre-
sent an organlogue entitled School
Days" and the latest issue Of Fox
Movietone News win complete the pro-
gram.
PALACE-"Can Of the Flesh.S
p ANON NOvARRo. In d Metro-c Cold.
wyn-Mayer production. "Caii oe the
Flesh" win divide attention ia the
initial program Of THE Greater Fall
Opening" at Loews Palace this week
with Wesley Eddy, who viii appear In
the Capitol Theater revue, "Rubes and
Dudes" as the stage attraction.
Call of the Flesh" Is the story Of
the love of a cabaret singer and q girl
In a convent who has fallen in love
with the singer from hearing ais sof1s.
She leaves the convent to join him,
and he gives her shelter until they can
be married. His jealous dancing part
ner, however, implants a sinister sus-
picion in the heart Of her brother, and
the girl is compelled to return to the
convent. Given an opportunity to
make an operate debut, the singer
wins a great ovation, but is heart
broken withal at the loss of his sweet
heart. This so affects the jealous dane
ing partner that he confesSes the
truth, and new Joy is born in the
world.
"Rubes and Dudes" the stage at
traction, in addition to Mr.. Eddy, will
feature Sylvester and his midgets, lit
tie men who do big things; the Crack
cracks: Blanche Bow, who is suspected
as rival If not a successor to Helen
Kane: Geraldine, acrobatic dancer; the
Chester Hale Girls and the Palace
Syncopators. Short subjects, the Hearst
Metrotone News, organ music by
Charles Gaige and the Palace Orches-
ira under Harry Borjes will complete
the program.
EARLE-"The once Wife"
"THE OFFICE WIFE" Warner
Bros. and vitaphone production
based on the story Of Faith Baldwin, n
the attraction this week at Warmers
Earle.
This photoplay, which co-stars Doro.
thy Mackaill and Lewis Stone, ushers
in a new show season at the Earle. It
concerns the love affair between q
man, his wife and his secretary. In
stead Of making the wife the quiet, sub
an with interests Of her own and 1t is
she who neglects her husband, not he
who makes victim of her. The result
is that the husband turns to his secre-
tary for consolation.
To add to these complications, the
secretary Is engaged to be married to
young reporter although she loves
her EMPLOYER and is only considering
marriage because she does not want to
break up her employers home.
Dorothy Mackaill appears as the Sec
rotary and Lewis Stone Is her employer.
Natalie Moorhead appears as the wife
and other players include Blanche
Frederick, Joan Blondell, Brooks Bene-
dict, Dale Fuller and Walter Merrill.
Supplementary entertainment in
cludes Hello TeIevision," with Andy
Clyde; French Fried" cartoon COM
edy satirzing the airplane fad; the
Vitaphone Variety Lets Merge" and
the Earle News.
COLUMBIA-GarbO in Romance"
CRETA GARBO, in the Metro-Gold-
wyn-Mayer production Of "Ro-
nance" has made such a pronounced
impression upon the admirers Of the
Swedish screen star in Washington
that, naturally, the attraction has been
held over for another week, inciden-
tally giving q pronounced impetus to
the opening of the Loew Fall season,
which also is being heralded.
1t seems scarcely necessary to repeat
the story of the picture, an old one Of
the stage legitimate and rapidly being
made familiar through its screen re-
vival. 1t Is the outcome of the love
OF o young man for an actress, con.
fessed to Bishop Armstrong In his IL
brary and arousing a vital memory in
the bishops own life, which then be-
comes really the play that Is presented.
Lewis Stone, one Of the screens finest
actors, and Gavin Gordon imperson-
ate the other important characters In
the romance.
Supplemental entertainment will In
clude q Charley Chase comedy, DOL
lar Daze"; Fitzpatrick travelogue, thu
Hearst Metrotone News and the CO.
lumbia Orchestra.