Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS"


ropolitan for second week.
This film, in which Jolson assumes
one Of the happy go-lucky characteri-
cations that first brought him fame,
tells the tale of wandering minstrel
who reaches his rainbow after an event.
full back-stage career. It is a Warner
Bros. and Vitaphone production, made
under the musical supervision of Louis
Silvers, and combines all of the song
features that have made Jolson what
he IS today. The most popular black
face artist in the world, he brings spon-
taneity and good humor to a part that
might have withered with anybody else.
His songs range from such operatic
outpourings as Eyes, We Have No Ba-
nanaS,' to pretty Baby" and include
other well remembered selections. Fur
thermore, additional songs have been
specially created for this picture.
Lois Moran Is the girl In question,
and others In the cast include Louise
Dresser in one Of her famous nanny"
roles; Lowell Sherman, Mitchell Lewis
and Tully Marshall.
Besides the feature picture there are
short special selections and Graham
McNamee announcing The Evening
Star Universal News Reel events.
COLUMBIA-"Puttin ON the Ritz"
"DUTTIN' ON THE RITZ" is run
: ming o second week at Loew's
Columbia, featuring Broadway's famous
United Artists production, with a dra-
matte plot, song hits, dances and tech
nicolor sequences. Joan Bennett, James
Gleason, Lilyan Tashrnan and Aileen
Pringle appear in the cast, and the
music for the dlfn was written by Irving
Berlin.
Harry and James are fired from a
song publishing house and form q
vaudeville act with two girls, one of
whom has written song hit with
Harry. They start playing the small
time" but Harry's egotism costs them
all their bookings when telegram ar
rives offering Harry and Dolores part
in a Broadway show. They are reluc-
tant to 60, but their partners urge
them. In a musical comedy Harry and
Dolores prove to be big hit. but sue
cess goes to Harry's head. He snubs
his old partner and his wife and even
neglects Dolores, until poison liquor
temporarily blinds him and, paradoxi-
cally, he wakes UP. And then comes
the romance, the renaorse and the hap
py days at the close.
"Hot Dog" o Metro oldwyn- Mayer
short subject that employs q cast Of
dogs Of all descriptions which enact q
complete nelodrama, the Hearst Met
rotone News and the Columbia Orches-
ira complete the program.
RIALTO-"Captain Of the Guard"
FROM the Rialto Theater comes the
announcement that Captain Of the
Guard" Universal's mammoth romantic
spectacle Of the French Revolution,
with John Boles as its singing star and
Laura La Plante In the leading roles,
viii be held over until Thursday, when
1t will give way to the Washington pre-
nnsere of Paul Whiteman's much-talked-
Of production, 'King Of Jazz"
Charles Wakefield Cadman, the dis
tinguished composer, wrote the musical
background for Captain of the Guard,
and several Of the big song hits OF the
production are beautifully sung by John
BoleS. The production Is notable for
its battle and mob" scenes, in which
1t Is said 5000 people participated.
The picture has been attracting very
large audiences to the Rialto Theater
during the past week.
LITTLE-"Damaged Souls"
THE Little Theater, on Ninth and F
= streets northwest, announces that
Damaged Souls" the film featuring
Corliss Palmer, and described as frank
and straightforward story pertaining
TO the traffic in souls, will be shown this
week, beginning today, for men only.
In addition the management an
nounces additional reels for male au-
diences onlv