The Washington times., 1931-06-04
PROGRAMSFOR
NEW WEEK in
THEATERS

of the National Players sub
scription season and opens Mon
day night. 1t has never been
seen in Washington. It's about
an insurance agent-a sensitive
fellow-who becomes much dis
turbed because his friends fear
he married for money. Out OF
this plot many laughs have been
fashioned. It has the Conan
brisk dialogue and amusing &C
ton. Under the direction OF
Clifford Brooke the players hope
to make this the best comedy
Of the season.
COLUMBIA x Gloria Swanson
in her latest starring vehicle,
"Indiscreet," comes as the main
screen attraction opening Satur-
day. DeSylva, Brown and Hen
derson wrote the Swanson story,
which has a we'll defined vein
of romance and offers the star
a congenial opportunity to sing.
In the supporting cast of I'm
discreet" are Ben Lyon, Monroe
Owsley, Barbara Kent and Ar
thur Lake. On the supplement
tary program will be Para
mount news reel and selected
short subjects.
PALACE-Willard Mack's stage
sensation, "Kick In," with Clara
Bow, comes as the main screen
attraction opening Saturday. The
story has to do with the graft
of a big city police department
and the ends that are reSorted
to in framing an ex-convict. AS
sisting Miss Bow are Regis
Toomey, Wynee Gibson, Juliette
Compton and other stars. On
the stage will be Irving Aaron
sons Commanders Orchestra with
Jay C. Flippen. The Hearst
Metrotone news and Sc e C e d
short subjects with music by the
Palace Syncopators completes the
program.
METROPOLITAN Billie Dove
in '"The Lady Who Dared" comes
as the main screen attraction
opening Saturday. She is sup
ported by a cast which includes
Conway Tearle, Sidney Blackmer,
Judith VoSelli, Lloyd Ingraham,
Ivan Simpson and Mathilde Co
ment. The locale is South
American city with an American
consul and his wife as the CEN
trail figures in a romantic plot.
On the supplementary program
will be Adventures IN Africa"
the MacNamee newsreel and Sc
1ected shcrt screen subjects.
EARLE-Loretta Young, in big
Business Girl" comes as the main
screen attraction opening Satur-
day. The picture is said to pre-
sent in clever fashion the story of
girl whose boss wants to be her
husband and a husband who
wants to be her boss. Frank Al
bertson, Joan Blondell, Frank
Darion, Dorothy Christy, Mickey
Bennett and Virginia Sale are in
the supporting cast. On the stage
tn, headline act will be Broad
wa Affairs of 1884," featuring
Bobby Nelson, Ken Harvey, Joan
Pajet, Dorothy Morgan, Roy Sis
ters, Betty Bear and the Six
Friedland Beauties. Vitaphone
short comedies, a news reel and
Freddy Clark's band will complete
the program.
FOX-Janet Gaynor in Daddy
Long Legs" comes as the main
screen attraction opening Friday.
Jean Webster's play, which served
Ruth Chatterton and later Mary
Pickford has been brought right
up to date for the Gaynor tai
ents. In it she will have the
able assistance of Warner Bax-
ter, Una Merkel, Claude Gilling-
water, Kathlyn Williams and
Louise Closer Hale. On the
stage AL Mitchell, new master
OF ceremonies. makes his debut.
The Fanchon and Marco Icy-Hot
Idea provides the revue attrac-
tion with the Three LeGrohs,
Heras and Wallace, the Sunkist
Beauties and Helen MacFarland.
Fox Movietone and Brusiloff's
band completes the program.
RK-O KEITH'S-Mae Clarke,
Robert Ellis and James Hall are
featured in the Columbia picture,
1.-THE Good Bad Girl" Nance
O'Nelu and Edmund Breese are
prominent in the supporting cast.
With the underworld of New York
as its background, the story de-
velops a highly exciting series of
episode happenings set off inter-
eStlngly with smart dialogue,
Marie Provost supplies the COM
edy. On the supplementary pro-
gram is the Pathe news, Mickey
MCGUIRE" comedy, Aesop's Fables
and Screen Snapshots.
GAYETY-Billie Diamond re-
turns to the Gayety as the head
liner OF the new burlesque show
opening Sunday matinee. She
Will be assisted by group of
WelEknown burlesque comics and
q faSt-Stepping line of choriSters
for sparkling song and dance
numbers. The Gayety has been
the leadins' spot on the American
burlesque wheel this season and
the extra added attractions which
Manager Lake has provided for
the Washington programs have
all scored impressively.
FAMILY DAY