The Washington times., 1931-03-26
PROGRAMS FOR
NEW WEEK In
THEATERS

NATIONAL-Brock Pember-
tons comedy, Strictly Dishonor-
able" comes for a return engage
ment at popular prices, opening
Sunday night. The Preston
Sturges play will be offered by
the same company which has just
completed a ten-weeks engage
ment in Philadelphia. It in
cludes Elizabeth Love, Caesar
Romero, willard Dashiell, Rudolph
badaloni, Joseph McCallion, r. B.
williams, Leo Leone and Edward
Hartford.
EARLE-"Kept Husband" de-
scribed as the intensely dramatic
story Of a society girl, with Dor
Othy Mackaill and Joel McCrea,
comes as the main screen attrac'
tion opening Saturday. Others
IN the cast are Clara Kimball
Young and Bryant Washburn.
On the stage Grace Hayes will
headline in a singing act in
which she is assisted by Neville
Fleeson, composer. Other acts
are Conlin and Glass, the Vercell
sisters, the -Four Bards, Maxine
boyle and Freddy Clark's band.
The Universal News Reel and
short Vitaphone screen subjects
completes the entertainment.
R,K.O.KEITH'S-Pathe's sophis-
ticated farce comedy, Lonely
Wives" comes at the main screen
attraction opening Friday. The
cast includes Edward Everett Hor-
ton, Laura LaPlante, Patsy Ruth
Miller, Esther Ralston, Maude
Eburn and Spencer Charters. The
feature will be augmented by the
second of the Johnny Farrell golf
series, the latest issue Of the
Pathe news reel and other Sc
lected shorts subjects.
RIALTO-"The Drums>of Jeop-
ardy," a Tiffany production with
Warner GLAND, June Collyer and
Lloyd Hughes featured, comes as
the main screen attraction open
ing Saturday. The picture Is an
adoption of Harold McGrath'S
famous novel, and was directed by
George B. SeitZ. In the support
ing cast are Wallace Macdonald.
Mischa Auer, George Fawcett,
Ernest Hilliard, Florence Lake and
Hale Hamilton. On the supple
mental program will be the Uni
versal News Reel, selected short
subjects and an Otto Beck organ
9ogue.
COLUMBIA - Adolphe Menjou
and Leila HyamS in Men Call it
Love" will be the main screen at
traction beginning Saturday. 1t
is a sophisticated story made
from the Vincent Lawrence play,
Among the Married" and the
supporting cast includes Norman
Foster, Mary Duncan and Hedda
Hopper. Edgar Selwyn directed.
The Hearst-Metrotone news reel
and selected short subjects will
complete the program.
PALACE-Marion Davies, in her
latest picture, cts Wise Child"
made from the David Belasco
stage success, comes as the main
screen attraction opening Satur-
day. Robert z. Leonard directed,
and the stars supporting cast in
Cludes Sidney Blackmer, James
Gleason, Polly Moran, Ukele Ike
Edwards, Lester Vail and Marie
Provost. On the stage Ted Lewis,
''tragedian Of song," will headline
O revue bill in which a company
Of so will appear. The Hearst
Metrotone news reel and selected
short subjects complete the pro-
gram.
METROPOLITAN - "Dracula,"
the weird mystery thriller made
from Bran Stoker's novel, will be
the main screen attraction open
ig Saturday. Bella Lugosi plays
the sinister Count Dracula in this
chill-inspiring movie, with a sup
porting cast that includes David
Manners, Helen Chandler, Dwight
Frye and Edward Van Sloan. Tod
Browning directed. The Graham
McNamee news reel and selected
short subjects will complete the
entertainment.
FOX-Richard Arlen and Fay
Wray, in Paramount's THE Con-
quering Horde" come as the
main screen attraction opening
Friday. The story is an adoption
Of Emerson Hough's Western
tale, North of 63," and is said
to be an exciting narrative from
the pen of the Covered Wagon"
author. 1t is described as a pic
ture Of laundering hooves, of
cracking six-guns, of stampedes,
Indians and the United States
Cavalry. On the stage will be
the Fanchon and Marco revue
idea, Way Back When" intro
ducing many revue entertainers.
Leon Brusiloff's band, the Fox