Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08
Photoplay Attractions

/ the screen comedy this week at Warner
Bros Earle Theater.
Kate Smith, 'Washington's own star, "
heads the festivities in the stage enter
tainment
sit Tight" a Warner Bros. and Vita
phone comedy, shows Winnie as the
owner of a health resort. The wide
mouthed Brown is her assistant, and
between the two they nearly wreck the
business. However, the two help a
young couple patch up their romantic
differences. They also see that the
Lightner- Brown love affair runs not
smoothly-but at least it runs humor-
ously Supporting Joe and Winnie are
Claudia Dell, Paul Gregory, Lott Loder,
Hobart Bosworth, Frank Hagney and
Snitz Edwards.
Kate Smith, who was the featured
star of George Whites Flying High"
comes to her home town for special
engagement. Miss Smiths success on
Broadway has reached such a point
that the slogan the Songbird of the
South" now is the promise and fulfill
ment of merry entertainment on her
part
Other personalities in the stage include
Signor FriScoe and his Guatamalan En-
Semble, group of eight tinkling ma
rimba tunesmiths; Burns and Kissen In
a presentation of comic interludes,
From the Sidewalks of New York"
and Irene Vermillion in speedy song
and dance offering, assisted by Helen
Kilb the Mississippi Misses and Ker-
NIT Dart Maxine Doyle, the thank
you" girl, Is mistress of ceremonies,
and the Earle Orchestra, under Freddie
Clarke, and the Earle News Events COM
plete the program
FOX-"Girls Demand Excitement"
IN Girls Demand Excitement at the
L Fox Theater this week, there is
promised not only a youthful array OF
stars, but a story which should bring
many hearty laugh.
This comedy boasts of Virginia Cher
rill as its star. Miss Cherrill, now
holding a long-term contract with Fox,
is the same young lady who had the
leading feminine role in Charles Chap
Inns latest picture, "City Lights" which
has not as yet been released. She is said
to be one of the youngest and most fin
ished stars of cinemaland of the past
year.
Marguerite Churchill pretty leading
woman of many pictures, and John
Wayne, romantic lead of The Big
Trail" are two others who help make
the picture likeable.
On the stage Fanchon and Marco
will present their Wild and Woolly
Idea" fantastic stage show that car
ries one back to the modern West, with
Bud Carlell, rope monologiSt Harris
Krazy Kats, Aussie and Czech in whip
cracking oddities, Davis and La Rue,
Ray Angin and the Bud Murray Dancing
Cowgirls
Bob West, at the organ, will provide
a fun fest of musical numbers, Leon
Brusiloff and his Fox Music Masters, a
request program, with Orlando Smith
as Soloist, and the Fox Movietone News
with short features will complete the
bill
A special Lincoln's birthday tableau
has been arranged.
COLUMBIA-"The Devil to Pay"
. ONALD COLMAN'S latest starring
~ vehicle, THE Devil to Pay" is the
current screen attraction at Loew's CO.
iumbia Theater. 1t is said to be a rad
ical departure from anything the Eng
lish actor has ever done. The Devil
to Pay" is said to be selling out at every
performance at the Gayety Theater in
New York at So prices.
Loretta Young plays the leading femi-
nine role, with Frederick Kerr, Myrna
10y, David Terrence and Paul Cava-
nagh in important supporting roles
AS an English gentleman, Colman
discards his dignity and goes in for a
good time at the general expense of his
family and friends. No one seems to
realize that he is simply playing a game
until the closing scenes of the picture,
when he naturally comes out on top.
A special array of short subjects have
been booked to round out the Columbia
bill.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Aunt
'Viennese Nights"
+" CHARLEY'S AUNT" a comedy of
life at oxford University starring
Charles Ruggles. is the attraction at
Warner Bros Metropolitan Theater to
Tuesday, inclusive.
The story centers about two oxford
students, who invite their swesthearts
to luncheon at their rooms, and then
find themselves minus the chaperon
they had counted on. One of the COL
lege friends is then disguised, pressed
into service and introduced as "Charley's
Aunt" The complications that result
from this are very funny. The title role
is played by Charles Ruggles.
'Viennese Nights" the first romance
created especially for the screen by Sig
mund Romberg and oscar Hammer
stein, I'd, will be the attraction the last
three days of the week, Wednesday to
and including Friday. The story is set
in Vienna and concerns the love of
girl for a young musician. Her faith
full love for him continues throughout
her life in spite of the fact that her
father marries hcr off to young officer.
Included in the cast are Vivienne
Segal, Walter Pidgeon, Bert Roach,
Alexander Gray, Louise Fazenda and
Jean Harsholt.
Graham McNamee newsreel round out
each entertainment.