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Enthralling Dramas Predominate in Week's Moving Picture Offerings THIS WEEK'S PMIWCHmm Alibi Before Octavua Roy Cohen began nrtu of "Bummln'ham coon character utorles, he wrote one 01 the creepiest, uncanniest, most thrilling mystery plays which wm ??er written by an American, and named It -The Crimson Alibi." This play was seen by Washing ton on6e, at Poll's and Washington ?? going to rot all thrilled up again by once more finding out who com mitted the murder, when "The Crimson Alibi" opens at Poll's to night. IVatloaal?"See Saw.** Henry W. Savage's glittering, gorgeous musical comedy de luxe. "See-Saw." which played to packed houses at the George M. Cohan K theater in New Tork, and the Tre raont theater In Boston, will open at the National theater tonight. One of the moat laughable incidents I of the play is a session of "African golf." participated in by a group of Ethiopian bell-hops. The cast in cludes Frank Carter, Dorothy Mac kaye, Jeanette Lowrle. J. Paul Cal lan. Charles Brown. Adele Hassan and an eye-opening chorus of de lectable damsels. Belaaeo bddy*s Sweetheart.'" New York audiences fell in love with "Somebody's Sweetheart," the musical masterpiece of Arthur | Haromerstein. Washington is ex pected to follow suit when the cur tain goes up at the Shubert-Belaaco theater tonight. The cast which threw the play Into the spotlight of New York's theatrical critics' praise remains practically Intact John Dunsmore and WINiam Kent* they of the wide ly varying statures, head the list of comedians. Others in the cast are I?uise Allen. Veronica, Ardelle Cleaves, Howard Marsh, Albert Sarkett, Eugene Redding. Edith Benjar. Royal Cutter and Mabel r Taylor; while over and above all. a chorus whose beauty is supple mented by both dancing and sing ing talent, will aid in the enjoy tment of the play. Sbmbert-Ga rrlek. Catherine Chisholm Cus h 1 n g wrote the book and lyrics, while Dr. Hugo Feliax supplied the music for "Lassie." the tuneful comedy drama which opens at the Shubert Garrlck theater tonight, for the first time on any stage. It is reported that the new play ofTers a novel theme, played by ar tists in character delineation. AMUSEMENTS. FRIDAY "W Alfred Cortot The Dl?t la xuishcd French Pianist Hans Kindler T\r N.tr< ?OIII?~ IX JOINT RECITAL. rirkrt., *~.00. $1.00. O(*<??? of T. Arthur Mnltk. 130S G St. Tilly Koenen The Fa?m Patch Coatralto Thelma Given C.Bll( , Nina Tarasoval HOFMANN PI AlfO RFCITAL Polf*s Theater. Friday, Jaauary SO, 4 u'O. *ieaU now ea sale at Mrs. Greene's Coaeert Bureau la Draop's, Thlrteeath and G Streets. M1SCHA E L M A N violiit recital .Vatloaal Theater, Friday, February 8. 4:3<). Seats now an sale at Mrs. Greene's Coaeert Bureau, la Droop's, Thirteenth aad G Streets. MARY GARDEN Natloaal Theater. Tuesday. February 10, 4:30. Heats aow oa sale at Mrs, Greene's Coaeert Bureau la Droop's, Thlrteeath and G Streets MME. TAMAKI MILLO MIURA PICCO may MUKLE POLPS THKATKR ? Postponed February 1?Mext Sua. E*en 8:30 mme. D'ALVAREZ TOSCHA Master Vlollalst, [a Joint Reeltnl. Belaseo Theater Wed- Feb. 4, 400 Pull's Theater MAETERLINCK Lcctare, ?The I nknonn Shore'* Tickets .W to 92JM). at 1221 F St. N. w.. Phones Mala 3054, Fraaklln 2HS9 , Foremost Premier Dnaeera FOKINE ? FOKINA February 12 Mall Order* for Tickets Received *OWL|MI to $5.00 February IS ?LESSAXDRO BONCI World's Fanous Tenor, and BLEASOR BROCK is WsilHI. w?tm Theater February 28 Poll's Theater DESTINW March 8 Poll's Theater ECr.EXF. YSAYE World's Greatest Vlrtaooo March 28 Poll's Theater TITTA RUFFO WorWa Faaas? Baritone February 22 Pell's Theater MME. LOllSB HOMER aad MISS LOIISE HOMER i h J.lat Rrvital l_r Ticket, at Bo* Offlc,. 1JI1 F ?treet N W.. at Theater,, and at til Ouray Building. Reaar Tatlon, by Phone rVa.ii Fiaafclla 1'J? Mala 5 OFFERINGS UufhUr and p?thos woven in the plot. The U said to be a novelty l? both con ?traction and setting. B. F. Krltfc-m. Joseph E. Howard and Kth?l>T Clark. In their new musical romance. "Chin Tor." With Maurice Diamond In an added relation, and supwted b* Jack King, late of Btw. and King; Ruth Reed. Gee Sun Kin. Helen Smith and other be the extraordinary offering at a. ? Keith's Theater this week commenc ing at the matinee tomorrow. "Chin Toy" la'a brand-new I>rod<> Ition. and has registered a hltalong Broadway. It la a departure from the usual Howard-Clark revues. Ills de bribed an a riot -*?*??? > laid In the Qoartler "?""? I l^r^lir. Howard plays ??*??* | lean artist attempting to ESHSr hnsz aTthe^Sui'thii:.. Eoi? ^ the Bohemian leanings. paiarf?Ethel Cl?y??? One of the truly noteworthy film offerings of the season Is The Thlr runht-A~' pC w^h wlU bx ptauSTt. ???*?? ton to the screen of Loe* s M.ia | Theater for the full week beginning this afternoon at S o clock. Extra (promise of rare entertalnment value I is held out by the authorship of tfie ! gtory. It having been written by Rupert Hughes. Under the capablo | direction of Robert Vignola. and with the sterling work of a screen luminaries as Monte Blue. Anna Q. Nllsson. Irving Cummings. Charles Meredith and others of prominence. The Thirteenth Com mamlmenf is a screen drama of un usual appeal. I Craadalt'a Metro n?llta??"The Broken Melody." * 1 I "The Broken Melody." a masterly i effort of the screen wiH be ~ , ture of the program at CrantlaHs Metropolitan theater thia week, oe ! ginning tonight. . _ . Eugene O'Brien, who. alreadya star, attracted even wider attention In his last *reat picture. "The Per fect Lover" is the star of the pro duction. In The Broken Melody he will enact the strongest role he lhas yet assayed. Harold Lloyd's two-reel comedy. Captain Kidd's Kids." will be the (principal supplementary picture. I Moore'. Rlalto?"Shepherd of the Hills." Harold Bell Wright's novel. "The Shepherd of the Hills." will be given its premiere filming tonight at Moore's Rialto theater. The motion picture was adapted from the book by Wright himself, who transported a company of film Dlayers to the Oxark mountains, where the story is laid, for the pur pose of imbuing the picture wKh the spirit in which the story was written. The special musical score, written for the picture, will be played throughout the week of Its engagement. Loew'* Colombia?Douglas Mr Lea a and Doris May. Douglas MacLean. the Washington boy who achieved?practically over night?fame through the superior ex cellence of the first screen comedy | In which he was co-starred with Doris I May. "3 1-2 Hours' Leave." returns to Washington this week in a new | screen comedy. "What's Your Hus-| band Doing?" Pretty, lovable Miss| May is again seen opposite ebullient I Douglas, and the two will entertain | at Loew's Columbia theatre for the four days beginning this afternoon: at S o'clock. Those who saw their | first picture know already that this I second will be great; those who didn't see the other, heard of It, and know the same. Beginning Thursday, and continu ing for the remainder of the week, the Columbia will show "The A. B. C. of Love." the latest feature starring saucy Mae Murray. This is a most ??6*rt?e//y $eriia ftsnn <a The C#/won Qubi ooua EMS /V//? 2?/oise ]Jcrj I COS/fOJ Jl/ff/10 <Scenefrom r77>* J/iep/rerc/ofthe entertaining production, built upon an unusual plot, and one which can be counted on for certain diversion. Moore'* Garden?Tke Copperhead." The first production in a series of pictures to be made by all the great film companies of the country and presented in the great fight now being watred under the direction of Secre tary Lane, to bring home to the citizens of the United State? just what their country stands for and just what being a true and loyal American means. v in brief the thorough and complete American! ?ration of each and every one of us. "The Copperhead" Paramount-Art - craft's superb special film version of Augustus Thomas' celebrated play of the same name, an .adaption from the book Frederick Landis, with 4 Lionel Barrymore in the title role, j opens its second consecutive week of showing at Moore's Garden Theater ( today, the attendance for the past week having been ?o Urge that the I management was forced to ma.Kie : hurried arrangements for an exten sion of the booking. Mwrf'i Strand?-"Jubtlo." Will Rogers, philosopher, com-' edian and rope-slinger extraordi nary. will play the title role in! "Jubilo." the Saturday Evening Post , story by Ben Ames Williams, which, i ?. ? i ill film form, will open at Moore's Strand theater today. 1 . In his previous adventure? Into shadowland. Rogers has taken only pure, broad-comedy roles. In "Ju bilo* he will have an opportunity to display much of the dramatic abll- j ity which, critics say. is latent in him. Cosmo* ? VaudeTille. "Father's Daughter," described as a comedy romance, is the feature act at ?the Cosmos this week. The act is pre sented by Dan Simmons & Co.. and one of the features is a novel stage illusion representing the rear end of an observation car in continuous mo- 1 tion during the action of the playlet, j This is similar to the effect produced in the "Honeymoon Express," and is by the same author. Mullally. McCarthy * Co.. hare a* new sketch said to contain more than laughs with a setting of a hospital in I which a humorous bent is given a very human situation. "The Girl in the Basket," Mile. Eloise Vera, with a wealth of electrical effects, is said to climb out over the heads of the au CONTISCED ON PAGE FOCH. AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. -CRANDALL'S METROPOLITAN FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK ?F STREET AT TENTH BEGINNING TODAY AT 3 S?l?2fK EUGENE INI c&eBRQKEN MELODY By OUIDA BERGERE A lyrical Romance Played Upon the Heartstrings of the Girl Be Lotxd. , *nnwn ATTRACTIONS HAROLD LLOTD tar a Ceaiedy Masterpiece, "CAPT. KIDIW KID8"?Cirrrat Bve?t??T?plc* af the Day ? Martia Jahaaaa'a "Sarin* Sava*e?" ? Selected Ortrtare?MetrapaIItaa Caacert Orchestra, Aae4ea Vleai, Caadaetar. ? ? t i i ? 9 ? t PALACE LOEWS LOEW'S COLUMBIA i Today?Monday?Tuesday?Wednesday THE WASHINGTON BOY DOUGLAS McLEAN ' ?Supported by? DORIS MAY AtiD AN ALL STAR CAST IN A Laugh-Crammed Successor to . "23 V* Hours' Leare" What's Your Husband THEATER -ASOBD reiTCUB You know the Ten Commandments Do you know the Eleventh? Twelfth? And do you know the THIRTEENTH? TODAY AND ALL WEEK Ethel Clayton "The Thirteenth Commandment" . A MODERN SOCIETY STORY OF NEW YORK UFE Next Week?D. W. Griffith's Scarlet Days AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. THE PHOTOPLA Y EVENT OF THE SEASON A Masterful Pirtmrieatiom of FAMOUS AMERICAN NOVEL. ^ rroaucM UiracM oy u>? xainor in rtrMOi A love romance tremendous in it* appeal, gripping in it* tula in which all the famou* character* of Mr. Wright* dehghtful from "Preackin' Bill" down to "Little Pete" art portrayed wit markablc fidelity to lift by a teleeted out of exceptional ability. BRILLIANT ORCHESTRA TlOW SBLECTED AVmU ADOLPH ZUKOR PRESENTS LIONEL BARRYMORE TO SEE THIS PRODUCTION IS TO BE BORN AGAIN AS AN AMERICAN *ECIAL ORCHESTRATIOW ADpED ATTRACTIOlrS SAMUEL GOLD WYN Preeent* ? WILL ROGERS JUBILO BEN AMES WILLIAMS AO.UPTCD PROM TUB ??ATTHOAT KVKWIJIQ FO?T? rrORT OF THM SAME KAME. Orchettral Feature*. Short Subject*