Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
acknowledgements HoIme.


TIME last performance of Johr
Drew in 'Trelawny Of the Wells,
:. OF Joseph Jefferson in rip Var
Il Winkle"-those were great op-
.. portunitieS, for, the playgoer
for those great. players will never
return. William Gillette in Sherlock
Holmes" offers. another such opportu.
nifty on the stage in Washington the
week commencing tomorrow. night al
the National Theater, where he played
the great detective in this city for the
first time just 30 years ago. Only one
matinee is announced and that on Sat-
urday. 4-r@
Mr.. Gillette's farewell to the stage is
q real occasion in the theater. In
Springfield, where the, tour opened; in
Boston, the second city on the route
brought into the audiences. the most
distinguished playgoers OF two or more
generations. The New Amsterdam The
ater, the largest in New York, has been
taxed during the, engagement. The
night the play opened in Manhattan
the audience was so brilliant and SO
representative of all that is best in art
letters, civic and social attainment as
to inspire editorial comment in the
metropolitan newspapers.
William Gillette, the stage idol Of a
decade past or more and Of recent years
retired gentleman living on, his es-
tate in the lower valley OF Connecti-
cut River, is still regarded as one of
the greatest living actors Sherlock
Holmes detective story of his own,
done in collaboration with Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle, is regarded as one of the
most popular American plays.
Mr.. Gillette's farewell to the stage is
that of noted American gentleman, a
distinguished novelist. a dramatist, an
actor, theater manager and one of
the most gracious figures in American
life.
In the cast with. Mr.. Gillette are sew
eral actors who have been with him
in former productions Of Sherlock
Holmes" notably John Miltern, his IA
vorite Moriarty, and william Postance,
his favorite stage manager, now play
ing Sidney Prince. the safe craftsman.
Others are Wallis Clark. Montague
Shaw, Henry Lambert. J. Augustus
Keough, william H. Barwald. Burford
Hampden. Byron Russell, Alfred Ansel,
Donald Campbell, Fred TaSker, Herbert
Wilson. Peg Entwistle, Roberta Beatty.
Dorothy Peabody, Russell and Rose
Kingston.
The play is under direction of the
well known management of A. L. Err
LANCER and George c. Tyler.
GAYETY-"OrientaI Girls"
The Mutual Burlesque wheel" pro-
vides another new show, Oriental
Girls" for the Gayety Theater this
week. 1t is described as debut show
this season, which means that 1t will
be seen here for the first time. Also
it is unlike its sister productions, in
that it is what might this year be
termed progressive burlesque," which
means that old methods have been
abandoned, old jokes have been scrap
ped, but the best In old-fashioned
burlesuue has been retained.
The cast includes Jack La Mont,
comedian, the star; Joe Allen, second
comic; Chubby Drisdale, prima dom
ma; Alma Mack. soubrette, and the
Wallace Sisters, a lively speciality pair.
The show is rounded out by q chorus
of pleasing young girls.
R-K-O KEITHS-"LOve Comes Along"
Bebe Daniels in Love Comes Along"
is the current feature at R-K-o
Keith's
In this, Miss Daniels second radio
picture, a new Bebe flashes upon the
screen. She Is neither the lissom
charEner that she was in Rio Rita"
nor the all-American sports girl Of her
earlier productio she Is Peggy, an
American actress left destitute when
: her company disbands on q tropical is
J land, and her portrayal Is claimed to
be the most dranistlck HeHs has ever
4 given the screen since ske~as Seetf with
Rudolph Valentino In Monsieur Beau
Z caire"
The story is screen adaptation of
Edward Knoblock's play "Conchita," in
which, incidentally, Bebe sings four
new song hits, two Of them, Love
Comes. Along" and Night Winds"
written especially fore the picture by
Oscar Levant and Sidney Clare, Radio
Pictures composers.
Cast as q member Of q show troupe
which has been stranded at remote
port, she meets a staggering young
sailor from a tramp schooner and an
intriguing love affair results. Jealousy
/ causes an estrangement between the
two, but the manner in which their
love is revived is said to reach the high
point Of an unusually beautiful ro-
nance.
The supporting cast includes Lloyd
Hughes. for the first time in sound
film that discloses mot only a rich,
pleasing speaking voice, but also a tall
ent for song. Others are Ned Sparks
MONTAGUE Love, Alma Tell, Lionel Bal
more and Evelyn Selbie.
Short sound features and Freddy
Clark and his R-K-OlianS round out
the program.
PALACE-"Its a Great Life"
Rosetta and Vivian Duncan. the IA
nous sister team, are featured in ITS
a Great Life" at Loew's Palace in the
second hit of Loew's January festival:
Lawrence Gray and Benny Rubin OF
Marianne" fame also appear in the
production, as does Jerry Prouty
The story opens with the two girls
as clerks in department store and
with Gray in the music department.
The three team-up for number in the
stores amateur production and get over
so well that a vaudeville agent signs
them up. Parker, an executive of the
firm, loves Casey, one of the sisters, and
she returns his love, but she does not
want to injure her sister, and so she
sticks to the act. Jimmy is in love
with the other sister. They disagree,
flop by themselves, while Casey finds
that she is not so good without Babe.
Casey decides to marry Parker when
she learns that her sister is i'll, but
when the doctor says the sister Is out
of danger it Is decided that all hands
will join the act.
Al Evans is back again as the first
Of Loew's rotating masters of cere-
monies in the Loew production, direct
from the Capitol Theater, oddities "
It features Gordon and King, dancers
extraordinary: the Three Dennis Sis
tiers, human songbirds; Cole and Sny-
DER, unique comedians, and ballet Of
the Chester Hale girls. The Hearst
Metrotone News, the Palace Orchestra
under Harry BorjeS: short subjects ano
.Charles Gaige at the organ complete
-the program.
EARLE-"The Painted Angel"
: Billie Doves beauty, charm and grace