The Washington times., 1931-01-29

weeks engagement Sunday
night. An entirely new score
and new sketches are promised
with a cast of sepia stars which
includes Ethel Waters, the
Berry Brothers. Manton More
land, Dusty Fletcher, Blue Mac
Allister Mimic Cato and Nella
Justa besides a large beauty
chorus. The Cecil Mack Choir
will also be heard in melodic
harmony with Ruby Blake as
soloist.
NATIONAL-The New York
Grand Opera company comes for
a limited engagement of four
days next week, opening on
Thursday night. Five operas will
be given. Thursday night, "Rigo-
letto." Friday, "Vavelerria Rusti-
cana" and Paliagicci." Saturday
matinee Lucia di Lammermoor.
Saturday night, La Traviata
and Sunday night, III Trova-
tore" It is the New York Grand
Operas plan to offer grand
opera at popular prices.
RIALTO-"Aloah," a South
Sea island romance will provide
the main screen attraction open
ing Saturday. 1t was directed
by AL Rogell and the stars are
Ben Lyon and Raquel Torres.
There are IA in the supporting
cast which includes Robert EIDE
son, Alan Hale, Marion Douglas,
Otis Harlan, T. Roy Barnes, Al
st. John, Robert Ellis and Don
aid Reid. On the supplemental
program will be the Universal
newsreel with Graham NC
Nance, selected short subjects
and Otto Beck in an organa-
logue.
FOX-Janet Gaynor and
Charles Farrell are reunited
again in the stirring dramatic
feature, The Man Who Came
Back" which opens a weeks en-
gagement on the Fox screen Fri
day. Kenneth McKenna, Uric
Haupt, William Holden and Mary
Forbes are in the supporting
cast of this vivid screen version
Of the Jules Eckert Goodman
stage success. On the stage
another Fanchon and Marco ere,
alton called Gems and Jams"
will introduce Joe and Jane NC
Kenna, Will Cowan, Nee Wong,
Jean Macdonald, Jim Penman,
Beatrice Franklin and Florence
Astell and the Sunkist Beauties.
Bob West at the organ, Leon
Brisiloff's band and the Fox
movietone news will complete the
program.
R,K.O-KEITH'S-Ina Claire in
"The Royal Family Of Broadway"
will provide the main screen at
traction opening Friday night at
the 9 o'clock double-featllre per-
formance. This is the Paramount
version of George Kaufman and
Edna Ferber's great stage play,
and enlists Superlative cast
which includes Frederick March,
Henrietta CroSsman, Mary Brian
and Arnold Korff. AS is well
known by this time, the story OF
"The Royal Family" approximates
closely incidents in the lives OF
the famous Barrymore family.
The surrounding bill will consist
of selected short subjects ana the
pothe oewSreel
EARLE-"Il Illicit" described as
sophisticated screen romance, With
Barbara Stanwyck and James
Rennie in the lead roles, comes
as the main screen attraction
opening Saturday. In the sup
porting cast are Natalie More
head. Ricardo Cortez, Charles
Butterworth, Claude GillingWater
and Joan Blondell. Benny Rubin,
screen and stage star, in person
heads the vaudeville bill. Others
are Youngsters Of Yesterday, the
Dance Aristocrats, Jones and Hull
and Maxine Doyle, the Thank
YOU girl. Freddy Clark's band
and the Earle news completes the
program.
METROPOLITAN-"The Crimi-
nal Code" with Walter Huston
and Phillips Holmes co-starred, is
the attraction to succeed Little
Caesar" opening on Saturday
and running until Tuesday night.
This play, made from Martin
Flavin's stage success, is one of
the most graphic prison tales ever
filmed and is beautifully acted by
a cast which includes Constance
Cummings, Boris Karloff, Arthur
Hoyt and Mary Doran in support
of the stars.
PALACE-Constance Bennett IN
'"The Easiest Way" comes as the
main screen attraction, opening
Saturday. This talking picture
version of Eugene Walters great
play, in which Frances. Starr rode
to glory as a David BelaSco star,
is said to retain all of the dra-
matte highlightS of the original
story. A notable supporting cast
includes Adolphe Menjou, Robert
Montgomery. Anita Page, Mar
jorie Rambeau. Hedda Hopper
and Johnny Harron. A Loew re-
vue unit with Hearst-Metrotone
News completes the program.
COLUM BIA-Marie Dressler
and Polly Moran, in Reducing"
will be held over for a second
week beginning Saturday. This
high comic story of the Indiana
family, and their exciting adyen-
lures in New York has a bit of