The Washington times., 1931-03-28
TURN VISIT OF COMEDY HIT---WHATS DOING IN RADIO
ATTRACTIONS
ON WAY TO
THEATERS

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ing number for the National
Theater Players new season, be-
ginning Easter Monday, April 6,
is Rachel Crothers' comedy, Let
Us Be Gay"
First produced by John Golden
at the Little ,Theater in New
York city in February, 1929,
Let Us Be Gay" proved itself
one of the most brilliant, witty
and sophisticated Of the modern
comedies. It is an amusing
story of modern marriage; Of q
wife who wins back her husband
after losing him in a very pc
culiar way. Originally, Kitty
Brown, about whom all the &C
ton centers, was played by
Francine Larrimore.
Miss Leneta Lane will have
the part of the fascinating Kitty,
who sees her debonaire husband,
Bob Brown, slip out OF her
clutches through a devastating
condition that might happen IN
any American home. =,
Since the opening scene is laid
some place in California, the
play lends itself admirably to
spring costuming and fine set
ting. so that the new season will
be sent off in quite gala mood
Laugh and Get Rich" Radio
Pictures latest feature comedy.
featuring Edna May Oliver OF
"Cimarron" fame, Hugh Herbert
and Dorothy Lee, comes to R-k-O
Keith's Theater Friday, April 3.
Ell Brendel in "Mr. Lemon OF
Orange" will be the next screen
attraction at the Fox Theater,
opening Friday, April 8.
"The Painted Desert" a whirl-
ing drama of love and hate, is
the attraction that returns War
ner's Metropolitan Theater to the
ranks of first run theaters in
Washington.
Helen Twelvetrees, who rose to
stardom in "Millie," and Bill
Boyd, the soft spoken blonde
star, have the leading roles in
this Pathe attraction which
opens Saturday, April 4, and con-
tinues for one week. Others IN
the cast include William Farnum,
J. Farrell Macdonald and Charles
Sellon.
"The Painted Desert" shows
how two partners who formerly
were Staunch friends become de-
termined enemies and are re-
united only through the romance
of their children.
Fifty Million Frenchmen," the
smashing stage show which for
months was a Broadway hit, has
just been completed by Warner
Bros. and will be shown at War
ner's Earle as the Easter week
photoplay, where it will be offer
ed in conjunction with a stage
show that includes Sylvia Clark,
internationally known singing
comedienne; Jerry and Her Baby
| Grands, a novelty musical pre-.
sentation; Keller Sisters and
Lynch, well known stage and
radio stars with the harmonic
voices, and the international
Four, athletic performers.
Olsen and johnson, the mad
maniacs of fun. and William
Gaxton, of the original Broadway
production, are to be seen in
Fifty Million Frenchmen." Others
in the cast include Claudia Dell
Helen Broderick, Bella Lugosi and
scores of others.
Thurston, High Priest of Magic,
opens an engagement at the Shu'
bert-Belasco Theater Easter Sun
day night, April S. Thurston's
program this Season-his twenty.
fifth-is the greatest and most
sensational in his long career
Coming next week to the popC-
lar Gayety Theater on Ninth
Street is Hello Broadway" one
of the most talked about attrac-
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The cast includes Harry Steppe,
Lee Hickman, Selma Carlton. Lou
Denny, Doc Alexander and Sonny
Kest.
Charlie Chaplin's latest and
first production in three years
"City Lights" will come to Loew's
Columbia Theater for an extended
run beginning next Saturday
Critics over the entire world have
hailed this as being the best ef'
fort of the comedian who refuses
to produce a talking picture, hold
ing that pantomime is the fort of
a comedian.
Joan Crawford's Dance, Fool,
Dance" will be the Easter week
attraction at Loew's Palace Thea
ter beginning next Saturday. Miss
Crawford's vehicle will inaugurate
the players and patrons week
celebration, which is held over the
entire United States during one
week of each year.
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