Evening star., 1932-05-22
Novelties on Screens
Of Downtown Theaters
And the Outstanding One Is Foot Ball Picture
in Springtime-" Grand Hotel Goes
Into Its Second Week.
KEITRs-"Cain," /" "Roadhouse Murder" !"

KEITH'S-"Cain," "Roadhouse Murder"
D-K-O KEITHS Is showing during
~ the current week as an exceptional
feature and billed above its regular fea-
ture attraction. Cain" a story Of
white man who turns his back on civili-
zation, sets up his own kingdom on a
lonely South Sea island and there
fights the battle for life. He meets and
defeats a group of savage invaders and
in that victory captures woman OF
the party and takes her to his self
made hut, there to build his home.
His opportunity comes to return to the
white mans mode Of living, but he re-
nounceS it to remain on the island
with the native girl and the home he
has created there.
1.-The Roadhouse Murder" also comes
to Keith's after highly successful run
at the Mayfair Theater IN New York
City. The story concerns the happen
ings behind newspaper story ot a
classification seldom printed. The
leading roles are portrayed by Dorothy
Jordan and Eric Linden. Linden, as
the young reporter Of the story, who
takes the responsibility for a murder
in order TO provide copy for his paper.
Linden formerly was a member Of the
New York Theater Guild.
METROPoLITAN-"The Blonde
Captive"
IF you doubt that white woman
could "go native" among primitive
savages Of northern Australia and pre-
fer cave existence TO life among civil
hzed people, The Blonde Captive"
now current at Warner Bros Metro
politan T'heater, may prove . startling
surprise.
1t was this discovery that turned the
camera record of the Northern Au-
stralia Expedition Society into drama
of truth that was stranger than fiction
and resulted IN the picture The
Blonde Captive" DR.. Paul G. Withing-
ton of Harvard and now of the Uni
versity of Hawaii vouches for the au-
thenticity of this discovery, for it was
he who Travelled 10000 miles by water,
hand and air from San Francisco to
the lonely northern shore of Australia
to find living human replica Of bust
OF the Neanderthal man of $4,000 years
ago that stands in the Museum of
Natural History in New York.
But before the blonde captive" and
the Neanderthal man were found. the
travellers had many great adventures
and witnessed many interesting sights,
all OF which are pictured on the screen.
Karl Dane and George K Arthur
comedy. Summer Daze"; a song car
toon, "BoSko and Honey" and the latest
issues of the Paramount Sound News.
COLUMBIA-"Grand Hotel"
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER'S cine
A'A ma of the Vich Baum story and
play. Grand Hotel" Is the attraction
at Loew's Columbia Theater.
Grand Hotel has In its cast such
Hollywood stars as Greta Garbo, John
Barrymore, Joan Crawford. Wallace
Beery. Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone
and Jean Hersholt. The picture was
adapted directly from the novel by
Vicki Baum and is said to be a careful
and studied transposition. Edmund
Goulding was the director
All seats are reserved. Showings are
given twice daily during the week days
and three times on Sunday. The week
day afternoon schedule Is 2:30 o'clock
and the evening, $50. The Sunday
showings are given at 8, 6 and $50 pm.
Grand Hotel" according to Metro
Goldwyn- Mayer officials, positively will
not be shown in any other theater in
Washington this season.