The Washington times., 1931-02-05
FOR
NEW WEEK In
THEATERS

NATIONAL-Basil Rathbone ir
D new Reginald Pertwee drama
'Heat Wave" will open weeks
engagement Monday night, priol
to Broadway. The cast will in
clude Selena Royle, Henry Daniel
Betty Lawford, Hugh Buckler
Lionel Pape, Enid Raphael, Nc
Kenzie Ward, Frank Henderson
Arthur Stenning, Wanna Singh
K. Andrew Fernando, Fred K
Chandrasakera, and VILLA n
Cooray. Stanley Bell, distin
guished British director and de
signer, has staged Heat Wave
BELASCO-John Drinkwater';
"Bird in Hand" which holds the
seasons record for popularity al
the Belasco, returns for a weeks
engagement on Monday night
The same cast which presented
the play during the holidays will
be seen 1t comprises Walter Ed
win. Daphne Warren Wilson, Eliot
Makeham, Olga Slade, Frank
Petley, John Warburton. Ronald
Dare, and Arthur Ridley. BIRD
in Hand" enjoyed 500 per form
ances on Broadway before be-
ginning it's long tour.
Resurrection" the
Universal talking version of Tol
stoi's immortal love story with
John Boles and Lupe Velez co
starred opens a weeks engage
ment Saturday. Edwin CareWe
directed this picture and in the
supporting cast will be found
Nance O'Neill, William Keighley
Rose Tapley, Grace Cunard
Michael Mark, Sylvia Nadina, Ed
ward Cecil, Vivian Winston and
others of note in Hollywood. The
Universal news reel with Graham
McNamee announcing, selected
short screen subjects and Otto
Beck at the organ will complete
the program.
EARLE-Winnie Lightner and
Joe E. Brown in "Sit Tight" ap,
pear in the main screen attrac
ton opening Saturday. "Slt
Tight" shows Wild Winnie as the
owner of a health resort, with Joe
Brown as the trainer. The sup
porting cast in this comedy in,
cludes Claudia Dell, Paul Gregory
Lotti Loder, Hobart Bosworth
Frank Hagney and Snitz Edwards
On the stage Kate Smith, Wash
ington's own hallelujah shouter
will headline. Other acts, Signor
Friscoe and his Guatemalan En-
Semble, Burns and Kissen, Irene
Vermillion, Helen Kilb and
Maxine Doyle. Freddy Clark's
band and the news reel round out
observation-disclosures
the sensational screen version OF
Edna Ferber's novel Of Okla
homa's early days, opens with a
special showing at Friday mid
night. Richard Dix, Irene Dunno,
Estelle Taylor, Roscoe Ates,
George Stone, Nance O'Neill and
William Collier, jr., play the most
important roles in this spectacular
and exciting story of Western
pioneers and land rushes. On the
supplementary program will be
selected short subjects and the
Pathe news reel.
PALAC E-GraCe Moore and
Lawrence Tibbett in the screen
version of THE New Moon,
come as the main screen attrac'
ton opening Saturday. The pic
ture has just completed 81 run
on Broadway. The two Metro
politan Opera stars have glori
Gus opportunities with this Sig
mund Romberg score which con
tains such outstanding hits as
"Lover Come Back to Me" and
"Stouthearted Men" On the stage
will be JAMS and Whalen head
ing a new Loew revue-vaudeville
unit. The HearSt-Metrotone News
and a Laurel and Hardy comedy
with the Palace Syncopators com
p1SIcS G116 pIOSldI1.
COLUMBIA-Ronald Colman's
''The Devil to Pay" comes as the
main screen attraction opening
Saturday. Reports have it that
the latest Colman production is
a radical departure from any
thing the English actor has ever
done. A notable cast is seen in
the breezy comedy including Lo
retta Young, Frederick Kerr
Myrna 10y, David Terrence and
Paul Kavanagh. An exception
ally intelligent dog plays an i'm
portant part also. On the sur
rounding program will be selected
short subjects and the Hearst
Metrotone news reel.
FOX-"Girls Demand Excite
ment," fast-moving screen com
edy which introduces Virginia