Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-24
The Weeks Attractions in Local Thedters
Reviews of New Photoplays and Stage Productions

, fishers inveigIe him into permitting the
use of his name on q book on aviation
written by someone else, is is plunged
into complications so dizzy that many
persons with weak hearts had to turn
their heads from the stunning scenes
in the clouds yesterday. You see, the
author, being taken for a great aviator.
attempts to I'LL the part-and howl
Horton is ably supported by Patsy
Ruth Miller, Johnny Arthur, Lee Moran.
Armand Kaliz and Kewpie Morgan.
Robert L. Ripley, of Believe It or
Not" fame makes an entertaining stage
appearance, during which he draws one
Of his quaint cartoons and explains a
movie reel of others. Supplementary
subjects are Jack Osterman in song
skit Talking 1t Over" Bobby Watson
and Wilbur Mack in a novel comedy.
The Stand-Up," and the news reel.
The Earle Orchestra offers selections
from Victor Herbert's compositions.
re.
R-K-O KEITH'S He. HelenTwelve;
"The Grand Parade" Lillian Gish
with an added
dash of spirit and lovely voice, and
Fred Scott, concert tenor. score de-
clslvely in THE Grand Parade" the
f1rst talking film to center its action
about black face minstrel show. at
R-K-O Keith's Theater this week.
It's good minstrel show, too, of the
Tx that was famous 20 years ago. the
period in which the play is set, and
with careful attention given to details
OF dress and scenic background but
with one flaw, perhaps, that creeps in
to jar in its references to "detours"
and "one-way" streets, not so appro-
pirate In story of 20 years ago.
Miss TwelvetreeS, in the role of the
boarding house help" who reclairns a
once great minstrel star after his down
fall caused by a woman who holds a
strange power over him, proves herself
tradedienne who might easily hold
her own beside the famous Gish' Fred
Scott is the fallen star. His mellow
voice registers extremely we'll, and his
dramatic performance clicks They are
supported by capable cast, including
the beautiful Marie Astaire, Richard
carrie, musical comedy star; Russell
PoWell, Bud Jameson, Jimmy Adams.
Lillian Leighton, Epec ODonnell, Sam
Bum, Tom Malone and Jim Aubrey.
A comedy, THE Setting Son" heads
the subsidiary attractions, which include
the R-K-O and Pathe news features.
Freddy Clark and his R-K-Olians are
well received in their overture innova-
tlon including solo number Wherever
You Go, I'm Following You" and "By
tne Old Mill Stream" illustrated with
gestures. q p
COLUMBIA th The o golden m. silence
Anna Chrlstle. of the screens most
fascinating sphynx
is no more. Director Clarence Brown
has at last corralled the voice of Greta
Carlo and used it to supreme advantage
IN his MIN production of Eugene O'NeiIs
drama, anna Christie"
Miss CARLOS voice is Just what one
hoped 1t might be. Even better, it is
the low. vibrantly tuned medium of
speech OF an artist who has studied the
English language with care. Every
word seems to be a crystallized whole
which. polished and refined. Is made
all the more intriguing by its tint of
the foreign. Sometimes husky. never
coarse, 1t blends admirably with the
drab atmosphere that gives it its setting.
An actress whose words bring dis
tlnction to an already famous career.
Greta Carlo may now be said to have
dissolved the clouds Of Misrepresentation
that were suspended over her while the
doubtful world waited for her to speak.
She Is an actress whose words carry
weight. She has now doubly earned
the title of the magic lady of the
films"
The powerful story of "Anna Christie"
which has been produced twice before.
once by the meritorious Theater Guild
Co. and once by the silent screen. is
again as absorbing a study of the
seamier side of life as can be found,
With its coal-barge setting and its
liquor characters whose wax
ing and dreaming thoughts revolve
around the docks of New York. this
play reveals the grim symbolism of
that oil devil sea" with force and
vitality. No embellishments of the more
frivolous variety have been injected into
1t. 1t stands on the merits of the acting
OF four people who comprise the back
bone of one of the most perfectly
rounded casts on record.
Besides the subdued and thoroughly
distinguished performance of Miss
Carlo, who as Anna finds her paradise
amidst the sordid surroundings of
barge. Marie Dressler gives another one
Of her now famous Dickensian char
acterizations. This time. as the old
sea COW" Martha, who hustIes away
from the friendly home of Chris r,l,e,1