The Washington times., 1931-02-12
PROGRAMS FOR
NEW WEEK In
THEATERS

night with the presentation of
Benn w. Levy's sophisticated
modern comedy, Art and Mrs.
Bottle" This will be played until
Thursday night, when Shake
speare's Twelfth Night" with
Miss Cowl as Viola, will be the
offering. In the company are
Andrew Leigh, Walter Kingsford,
Leon Quartermaine, Arthur Hohl,
Marie Evensen, Jessie Ralph,
Lewis Martin, G. P. Huntley, jr.,
Lucille Lisle, and Royal Beal.
NATIONAL-Brock Pemberton's S
production of the smashing hit
comedy, Strictly Dishonorable, "
comes as the attraction, opening
Sunday night. The play has just
completed an l8-month run on
Broadway. The cast, which will
present the Preston Sturges' play,
includes Flobelle Fairbanks, Limo
Manzoni, Lee Baker, Ralph Locke,
George Meeker, Guido Alexander,
Jerome Daley, and John Robb.
"Strictly Dishonorable" was
awarded the Roi Cooper Megrue
prize as providing the greatest
entertainment value of last
season"
EARLE-Bernice Claire in Kiss
Me Again." which is the First Ma
tional picture version of Victor
Herbert's Mile. Modiste," with
Miss Claire also appearing in
person on the stage are the fea-
tured attractions on the new
Earle program, opening Saturday.
Walter Pidgeon, June Collyer, Ed
ward Everett Horton, Claude
Gillingwater, Frank McHugh, Al
bert Gran, and Judith VoSeili are
in the supporting cast. The
stage program also includes Ana
tole Friedland's revue and other
acts, with Maxine Doyle providing
the thank yous." Short subjects
and Freddy Clark's band COM
pletes the program.
COLUMBIA-Ronald Colman's
latest starring vehicle, THE Devil
to Pay" holds over for second
week, beginning Saturday. In
this sparkling LonSdale comedy,
the star has the support of a
brilliant cast, including Loretta
Young, Frederick Kerr, David Tor
renee. Myrna 10y, and Paul Cava-
naugh. A selected group of short
subjects is on the supplemental
program, headed by Charley
Chase's comedy, THE Pipp From
Pittsburgh" and the Paramount
News Reel.
PALACE-Joan Crawford will
be seen in her first straight
dramatic role in Paid" the fea-
tured screen attraction opening
Saturday. 1t is made from Bay
ard Veillers famous stage play,
within the Law" in which Jane
Cowl rose to stage stardom.
Robert Armstrong, Marie Provost,
John MILAN, Polly Moran and
Kent Douglas are in the support
ing cast. On the stage will be
Benny Davis, song composer,
heading a new Loew vaudeville
revue unit. The HearstrMetro-
tone news and Palace Syncopators
complete the program.
FOX-George O'Brien an d
Marion Lessing are co-starred in
"Seas Beneath" the main screen
attraction current at the Fex. 1t
Is a submarine-romance said to
be packed with exciting incident.
Walter Hymer, Mona Harris
Walter McGrail and Walter c..
Kelly are in the supporting cast.
On the stage is the Fanchon and
Marco Modes of Hollywood"
Idea, opening Friday. 1t includes
Danny Joy, Sylvia Shore and
Helen Moore, the Hollywood
studio models and Haline Francis.
Leon Brusiloff's Melody Masters,
Bob West at the organ and the
Fox Movietone news reel COM
pletes the program.
RIALTO-"Dracula," the screen
version of Bran Stoker's sensa-
tional thriller, will be the main
screen attraction opening with a
Friday 1870 p. m. showing. Bela
Lugosi, who played the weird
vampire in the stage version OF
the drama, enacts the same role
for the screen, and he is assisted
by Helen Chandler, David Man
ners and Frances Dade. ORA
cula" is packed with exciting and
blood-curdling incidents and tells
q dramatic love story. On the
supplementary program is a Uni
Versal news reel, a two-reel COM
edy and Otto Beck's organalogue.
R-K-O KEITH'S - "Cimarron, -
the screen version of Edna Feb
ber's story of early Oklahoma,
has been attracting record-break-
ing crowds and will be held for a
second week beginning Saturday.
Richard Dix is seen in the appeal
ing role of Yancey CraVat and
Irene Dunno, Estelle Taylor, Ros'
coe Yates and Nance O'Neill have
featured parts in the picture.
The sweeping panorama of the
early West is marked by stirring
action and the land-rush scene
is called a triumph of directorial
genius. Wesley Ruggles welded
the megaphone on "Cimmaron. ="
Because of the length Of the
feature there are no supplement-
ary films.
METROPOLITAN - "VienneSe
Nights" the musical romance of