The Washington times., 1930-08-16
PROGRAMS FOR
NEW WEEK In
THEATERS

mammoth musical spectacle made
by Radio Pictures. comes as the
main screen attraction opening
today. "Dixiana" has q great
cast headed by Bebe Daniels and
including Bert Wheeler and Rob
ert Woolsey, Everett Marshall.
grand opera baritone; Dorothy
Lee, Joseph Cawthorn. Ralphe
Harolde, Jobyna Rowland and
the tap dancing Bill Robinson.
'Dixiana" story is set in New
Orleans and it has some spec
tacular scenes and a set OF tunes
fashioned by Harry Tierney. On
the supplementary program will
be selected shorts and music by
Freddy Clark's RK-Olians.
COLUMBIA-Norma Shearer's
latest Metro-G Goldwyn feature,
Let Us Be Gay" with Marie
Dressler featured. continues into
the second week beginning to-
day. Rod LaRouue, Gilbert
Emery, Raymond Hackett and
Hedda Hopper have prominent
roles in this film dramatization
of Rachel Crothers successful
stage play. On the supplemental
program will be an M-G-M Song
wraithers Revue. the Hearst
Metrotone news and music by the
Columbia concert orchestra,
Claude Burrows conducting.
PALACE-"Queen High" the
Schwab and Mandel musical
comety hit, comes as the main
screen attraction opening to-
day. The comedy introduces
Charlie Ruggles in the role he
played on the stage and pre-
sents in the supporting cast
Ginger Rogers, Stanley Smith
and Frank Morgan. During the
action Of Queen High" the story
is we'll punctuated with laughs
and a number Of musical hits
are heard. On the stage Herman
Timberg heads the Loew revue
Dizzy Daze," with Barbara
Blair, Sammy Timberg, Leo Chal-
zall, Oliver Harris and the Chester
Hale girls. Short subjects, the
Hearst Metrotone news and music
by the Palace SyncopatorS will
complete the program.
FOX-"Common Clay" the
screen version of Jane Cowl's
stage success. with Constance
Bennett and Lew Ayres, is
the main attraction now play
ing. Common Clay" by Cleaves
Kinkead, was the original Har-
ward prize play. It offers Miss
Bennett a great emotional role.
On the stage a new F'anchon and
Marco revue. Trees" tntroduc-
ing Jack Mcbride, assisted by
Flo Clark and Kathleen Goodwin,
Naynon's Birds, Alice Heller,
Navis and Ted Fawcett and
Thurston, Reicard and Levine
and the Sunkist Beauties. The
Fox Me 'otone News and q Spe-
cial overture by the Brusiloff
concert orchestra will complete
II program.
EARLE - Richard Barthelmess
in The Dawn Patrol" will be
held over for a second week which
opened yesterday. This feature,
considered by critics the best
Barthelmess offering since "T'ol
able David" and Broken Bios
sons" is a dramatic and excit-
ing story Of the war In the air.
It has breath-taking airplane
scenes and the star is supported
by a stellar cast which includes
Douglas Fairbanks, jr.. Neil Ham.
ilton, William Janney. James Fin.
layson, Clyde Cook Gardner and
others. Supplementary scree
items include Congo jazz a
Looney cartoon comedy, news
reel, an organologue and the
organologue and the Earle con.
cert orchestra completing the
program.
METROPOLITAN - A spicy
French farce, which aboundS in
mirthful situations, is promised
in "The Matrimonial Bed" which
is the main screen attrac-
tion now playing. The cast
which presents this frothy laugh
tidhit Is composed Of Frank Fay,
Lilyan Tashman, James Gleason.
Florence Eldredge, Beryl Mercer,
Marion Byron, Vivian Oakland,
Arthur Edmund Carewe ard
] a m es Bradbury, Sr. Michael
Curtiz directed. On the supple
mental program will be "The
Stein Song" q special cartoon
singing novelty with Rudy Vallee
and his Connecticut Yankees, a
news reel and other selected
short subjects.
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