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“Frisco Kid” at the Earle
Stars Cagney in Fine Role
Drama of Barbary Coast Well Acted by
Warner Bros. Cast—“Mutiny on the
Bounty” Continues at Palace.
BY E. de S. MELCHER.
THE case against the Barbary Coast and “the wickedest city in the world”
(San Francisco of 1854) continues to be plead m a blood-and-thunder
chronicle of those gold-mining days called “Frisco Kid.” now featured
at the Earle. Although Mr. Goldwyn and Miss Miriam Hopkins have
taken some of the wind out of its sails, this second treatise on those big bad
men of the city of seven hills, who shanghaied their sailors when they wanted
a crew, and hanged their enemies to*
lampoets, is a fast-moving story, well
acted and Im
measurably help
ed by the pres
ence of Jimmie
Cagney.
Mr. Cagney is
one of those
amazing young
men, brief of
stature and small
of face, who nev
ertheless can
make a role sing
with crime If he
so intends it. A
far cry from his
more Tarzan-like Jamt, Carney
brothers in Holly
wood, he can clip a man on the jaw
with greater accuracy, wrestle with a
meaner clinch and order a woman or
an army about with better results than
many a mightier film giant.
In "Frisco Kid" his rise from mere
aailorhood is accomplished by his
fists, his ambition and the twinkle of
his eye. The first of these light on a
guy who is about to shanghai him
aboard ship. The second gets him to
the top of Barbary Coast. And the
third wins him a wife and a future—
when the latter was about to be cut
ahort by a hanging.
Mr. Cagney's theme song through
out these salty adventures consists of:
•'If you do something for somebody
else, all you'll get will be a kick in the
teeth.”
This quaint philosophy seems des
tined to be true in his case at the time
when he refuses to stand up against
the Vigilantes and has most of the
Barbary Coast cut out from under him.
Nevertheless, in the end he is made
to see the error of his ways and
eventually Margaret Lindsay promises
to marry’ him—even if she is a lady
of the "haute monde" and he a reno
vated "mug”—and the dawn oomes
out bright and cheerfully as the cur
tains come to a close.
Director Lloyd Bacon has injected
plenty of fist fights Into all this, much
broken glass and furniture and a
whole bevy of mustachioed repro
bates. Donald Woods appears effec
tively as the righteous editor of a
paper; Ricardo Cortez isn't around
long enough, and Lily Damita is nice
too look upon as Belle—the belle of
the coast.
Not so good as “Barbary Coast,”
‘Frisco Kid” is still good enough—
and Jimmie Cagney continues to be a
grand little actor.
* * * *
'T'HE Earle’s stage show this week,
i after an excellent short called
‘Popular Science,” In which you are
shown San Francisco’s new bridge, is
headed by the Three X Sisters, radio
favorites, who put on an excellent
act. They sing about amateur radio
broadcasts and repenting sinners, and
their material is ’way above the aver
age.
The bill opens with seven skating
sisters, headed by Helen Reynolds;
continues with Edgar Bergen, in one
of the most popular of the “dummy
and Charlie” acts (the dialogue Is
swell), and has a further climax In
Cherry and June Prelsser, who are
well known ana extremely popular
both here and on Broadway. Their
last dance routine Is particularly
good this time.
* * * *
"TVi’UTINY ON THE BOUNTY.**
which continues at the Palace,
also continues to be one of the best
pictures of the season, as everybody
In town seems to know if you’ve tried
to get in to see it.
The damage done to the members
of the cast is slight, however, com
pared to the damage that has been
done some of the patrons. Last Sat
urday, for instance, so great was the
desire of a great big bouncing Bar
bara to see this film, that she crashed
right through the lobby (which hap
pened to be filled with people),
stepped on at least three Important
toes, jabbed one poor old man right
smack in the nose and was about to
overwhelm the doorman when Angle
Ratto, fresh from a good night's sleep,
caught her on the wing, gave her a
good poke in the eye and fixed her
so that she wasn’t able to see the
film when she got in an hour later
anyway.
At the gentle hour of 4 or 3 in the
afternoons it is possible to get in to
see “Mutiny” without such a fracas.
But maybe after all If you have to do
a little end running or tackle a few
cronies, it makes the picture all the
more worthwhile.
Certainly once you get inside the
Palace you won’t regret all the fuss.
For here is a solid two hours’ enter
tainment, rough and bold and daring
and bitter—but withal the sort of
stuff out of which England’s better
navy lias been molded.
In it Charles Laughton reminds you
of a Stevenson villain, so accurate Is
he in his characterization of the surly
Bllgh; Franchot Tone does the best
acting of his film career—and Gable
Is there to make real love to a South
Sea Island queen on a South Sea
Island beach.
Most satisfying withal—even with a
broken nosel
--" ...
Capital's Drama Qroups
College Groups Preparing Fall Plays.
.Willard Players Reorganize.
HE college Doys ana gins seem
to be the hardest working of
the local amateurs right at the
moment, what with the Foot
light Club at the University of Mary
land, Dramatic at American Uni
versity and George Washington Uni
versity’s Cue and Curtain all busily
engaged in rehearsing thier first
offerings of the season.
R. C. Sheriff’s ‘‘Journey’s End” Js
to be done by the Footlight Club, with
Fred Has kin, well-known local player
and member of the Roadside group, in
one of the leading roles. C. B. Hale
is directing and the play will be pre
sented December 4, 5 and 6 at the
school.
The American University Dramatic
Club has set December 17 as the date
of its Fall play, ‘‘Is Life Worth Llv
Ing?” Rehearsals are being held every
Tuesday night at the gymnasium on
the campus under the direction of
Prof. Will Hutchins, who expects to
make his final cast selections soon.
The comedy was done here last year
by the Abbey Theater Players, under
the title “Drama at Inish.”
Cue and Curtain is whipping “She
Looves Me Not” into shape. Marvin
Beers is directing and the leading
roles are to be done by Betty Craw
ford, Charles Hoyt, Sue Slater and
Hamilton Colt.
The Willard Players are not going
to rest on their looney and melo
dramatic laurels this Winter either,
having gone into a deep brown study
not so long ago and emerged, solemn
of mien and serious of mind, with
scripts of Sidney Howard and Paul
de Kruif’s "Yellow Jack” clutched in
their hands. The play is in casting
now and will be done sometime around
viuaimiv,
In order to calm themselves down
from the wild and ranting vagaries of
“The Drunkard” and “East Lynne," it
has been necessary for the group to
reorganize, and it now is under the
guidance of a Board of Directors con.
sisting of Donald A. Bolton, chair
man; Elizabeth Pritchard, Walter
Studdiford, Hugo Inden and Rudolph
Watson.
Billboard handed the “Bertha, the
Sewing Machine Girl” revival, in
which Ted Tiller appeared in New
York, a merry old roasting such as
the trade Journals reserve only for
the choicest turkeys.
Jesse Veitch, Ada Louise Townsend,
Virginia True, Charles A. Bell, Kent
Dyer, Yerby Pannill, James M. Rawls,
William Milton, Esther Marshman, A.
L. Diket, Stanley Karmazin, Milton
Hirsh field, William Heintz, John Vic
tory, John Chadwick, Lawrence Glch
ner, William Victory, William Zeller,
Ray C. Crowell and Joseph P. Harley
are among the Shakespeare enthusi
asts rehearsing for “The Merry Wives
of Windsor,” to be presented Decem
ber 2 by the Shakespeare Society of
Washington.
The Blackfriars’ Guild Hall will not
be available for use by other drama
groups In the near future, according
to announcement by the guild.
The Little Theater of Alexandria
Is hard at work on Rose Franken’a
comedy-drama, “Another Language,”
under the direction of Bess Davis
Schreiner, which will be presented at
the group’s playhouse Wednesday, De
cember 18.
The cast, announced today, includes
t
Mary BAien uaiu, jarea nuuwn. Wini
fred G. Greenleaf and Marshall Bag
gett In the principal roles of the fam
ily conflict play, and Keith Wade,
Harry B. Caton, Katherine L. Bloom
er, Elizabeth Trueblood, Ethel Jane
Bunting, C. Fred Schreiner and U. S.
Lambert, Jr., in supporting parte.
Sets are being designed by Joseph
H. Orendorff, architect member of the
group.
Adele Gusack, Norman Rose, Sonje
Nordholm, Robert Duke, Pryor Mc
Fadden and Ralph Howe have the
leading roles in the Studio of Theater
Arts’ production of the crack Soviet
farce, “Squaring the Circle,” to be
presented December 10 and 11 at the
Wardman Park Theater. The play
has been running since 1S28 in various
parts of Russia and still is holding up
on Broadway, having opened Octo
ber 3. It is described as one of the
funniest pieces of writing that has
come out of Russia.
Others in the studio’s production
are Ethel Gottlieb, Jean McClellan,
Elinor Evans, Florence Morin, Louise
Shaw, Jehanne Burch, Dorothy Bol
ton, Consuelo Tellez, Margery Rice,
Frank Westbrook and Vernon Lyden.
The play is being directed by Con
stance Connor Brown, with Frank
Westbrook acting as musical director.
The Marjorie Webster Players will
present their first production of the
season, “Caste," by J. W. Robertson,
December 6 and 7, under the direction
of Miss Florence McCracken, dean of
dramatic arts of the Marjorie Webster
Schools. The play Is double cast and
all of the players, according to report,
are young women of definite dramatic
talent . . . T. C. Gardner, Charles C.
GiUman, Lois Alexander, Yerby Pan
nlll, Felice Lloyd, Mary Garretson,
Evelyn Schweizer, Edmund Evans,
Francis Koonce, Roy Poole, William
Austin Davis, Shirley Lake and
Charles A. Bell are in rehearsal for
the production by the Pierce Hall
Players of Frank Baer’s latest, “That
Guy, Winkler” . . . Vera Smith and
Jarvis Butler will have the leading
roles in the three-act play “The Lit
tle Clodhopper,” to be performed by
the Senior Dramatic Club of St. Paul's
Church, under the direction of Hilda
E. Smith, December 6, as a benefit for
the Junior choir ... the Blackfrlars’
Guild will do two plays for the Blessed
Sacrament Parish December 10 . . .
the children’s class of the Studio of
Theater Arts is working on “Little
Women,” to be done early next month
... Get one of the Roadside's “Murder
ln the Red Bam” cast to tell you about
the performance they put on In Bal
timore a few days ago. H. M.
MARCH IN GAS MASKS
MOSCOW, November 23 (,/P).—
Twenty workers, among whom were
seven women, completed yesterday a
750-mile march during which they
almost constantly wore gas masks.
Removing the masks only when they
slept and ate, they came from Stalino,
In the Donetz Basin, to Moscow In 25
“Annie Oakley” Coming
Barbara Stanwyck will appear as the greatest markswoman of all
time in "Annie Oakley,” R-K-O picturization of the riflewoman's colorful
life, which opens at Keith’s Theater on Thanksgiving day.
SUCCESSFUL CLIMBING
IS COMEDY FOUNDATION
Film at Metropolitan Puts Two
Plots Into “Personal
Maid’s Secret.”
A LL you have to do to insure success
Is to hire yourself a sagacious
maid, who will, without even being
asked, take over your affairs and
spread the contents of your bank roll
about in such a canny manner that
they will be returned to you a hundred
fold. At least this is the theory ex
pounded in "Personal Maid's Secret,”
a very pleasant little domestic comedy
which opened yesterday at the Metro
politan Theater.
The maid of the piece is Miss Ruth
Donnelly, and the family she cannily
brings to social and business success
is the Smiths, played by Miss Mar
garet Lin day and Mr. Warren ("To
bacco Road") Hull. When Lizzie
comes to the Smiths they are prac
tically poor white trash, what with
living on the West Side, not owning
any “best” silver, and all that sort
of thing.
Lizize soon remedies all these defi
ciencies, however, spending Mr. Smith’s
money with enthusiastic prodgality,
causing him to entertain on a large
scale, to rent the proper East Side
apartment, to take an immense coun
try place for the Summer, and to do
other such things. She arranges all
this by first Insinuating the idea into
Mrs. Smith’s mind, and then letting
life take its own course, what with Mr.
omua using Mrs. omun very mucn
Indeed, and being inclined to listen to
her wishes, and it all is unassuming
and pleasant and entertaining.
There also is another story mixed
up in these light domestic pleasantries,
this being the tale of Lizzie’s daugh
ter Anita Louise, who is brought up
as a Miss Abercrombie, because the
Abercrombie’s son had married Lizzie
just before he was killed in the war.
This, it seems, is the ‘personal maid’s
secret," Miss Louise being kept in the
dark about the Identity of her mother
until it is necessary for Lizzie to save
Anita from a guy from whom she must
be saved. This interferes at times with
the other plot, but It does not get too
sentimental, so it’s all right.
The whole affair is performed in a
light and natural manner by Miss
Lindsay, Mr. Hull, Miss Donnelly, Miss
Louise, Arthur Trescher, Prank Al
bertson and some others.
The Metropolitan’s bill of short sub
jects is an extensive one. There are
a Paramount Pictorial, which is very
entertaining; a new piece by the Voice
of Experience, in which he deals with
an adopted baby and the question,
“Should the foster mother tell the real
mother?”; a Vitaphone short, which
displays some good entertainment but
mixes it with some typicaUy terrible
Vitaphone short material, and news
reels galore. —H. M.
burlesque’at gayety
“Rainbow Girls” to Open En
gagement Tomorrow.
‘TJAINBOW GIRLS” will be the
next Independent Burlesque As
sociation attraction at the Gayety,
opening at the Sunday matinee. It is
stressed in advance notices that not a
line, scene or situation from any pre
vious show, flaunting the same title,
remains.
Herby Faye, light comedian, tops
the list of imposing burlesque names
in the cast. The featured feminine
artist is the popular brunette dancer,
Lolita. Others in the cast are Mur
ray Barton, Lew Brown, Jack La
Mont, Jeanne Wade, Barbara Janls
and Zuleka.
As the extra added attraction, Man
ager Jimmy Lake has obtained a sen
sational Chinese importation, Princess
Chang Lee.
“Scandals” Coming
Announcement Is made by
Manager S. E. Cochran of the
National Theater that George
White's ''Scandals” will be the
attraction at this theater begin
ning the week of December 9.
The cast includes Gracie Barrie
and other well-known stars. This
revue follows "Anything Goes,”
and will in turn be followed by
Helen Hayes in "Victoria Regina,”
the new Houssman play which
had a successful run in London
last season.
M’KINLEY DRAMA CLUB
GIVES WODEHOUSE PLAY
“Leave It to Psmith’’ Offers Much
Comedy for School
Players.
'T'HE amusing lines of the inimitable
Wodehouse gave an enthusiastic
audience many a laugh last night
when the McKinley High School Dra
matic Club gave its Fall play, “Leave
It to Psmith.” Everything could be left
to him with complete confidence, even
a string of valuable diamonds, and it
was his effort to protect same or may
hap to swipe them, that provided so
many occasions for laughs.
George Hayes played the part of the
slightly mad Psmith. while opposite
him was Mary Anne Frazier, who was
just the proper balance to this slightly
‘ daffy young man. Librarians are sup
posed to be good balancers anyway.
The rest of the cast did their parts
with almost equal competence, par
ticularly John McNeil as the too, too
suspicious Baxter, who furnished a
good many of the laugh lines. Ray
mond Wannall played opposite Judith
Greenwood as that estimable young
lady’s slightly “useless” husband.
It is unfortunate that the Tech
stage reverberates as it does, for some
of the lines come near to being lost in
the echoes, but more than enough
comes through to give the audience a
most pleasant evening.
The Tech Symphony Orchestra
played several numbers before the play
and between the acts. The Glee Club
quartet also contttbuted to the en
tertainment. R. D.
Traveltalker
E. M. Newman will speak on
"Italy,” the first of his series of
three traveltalks, at the National
Theater tomorrow afternoon.
The Marxes Arrive in Best
Picture of Their Careers
“A Night at the Opera” a Superb Comedy,
Supplemented by Good Fox
Stage Bill.
*
AFTER polishing up all the superlatives that may properly be applied to
a screen comedy, preparatory to using them on "A Night at the
Opera,” we have decided to toss the book of adjectives to the fellow
in the next cell and adopt instead a simpler policy. Well merely tip
you oS that this Is the best of the Marx Brothers' cinemas, perhaps the best
vehicle ever supplied those bemussed sanies in all the years they have roamed
■mt.mad nv0T th. rlf*h nf MIatv ■ 1 -
It should be marked “must” and
“double-must” on your list of Aim ex
cursions for November.
The picture at the Fox this week
presents only three of the original
Four Marx Brothers. The fourth has
become an agent In Hollywood, where
he gets jobs for actors by threatening
to rejoin tha fraternal troupe U hla
clients are not favorably mentioned In
fat contracts. The absence of Zeppo
Is no loss, particularly since his cus
tomary role as the romantic lead la
Ailed by a personable young man
named Allan Jones, whose singing
voice Is one of the major pleasures of
the season.
Groucho, Chico and Harpo continue
to be collectively and individually
three of the really first-rate comedians
of today. Their only peers are Mr.
Charles Chaplin and Mr. W. C. Fields,
and there are certain moments, par
ticularly those which cause Harpo to
be seised by that gleefully demonalc
expression, when we’d almost trade
In both Fields and Chaplin on another
edition of the Marxes.
There are wild rumors rampant that
certain people do not like the Marx
brothers at alL Well, there Is no
use in arguing with that belligerent
sector of the public. Some people
also do not like Brahms, Moliere,
Salvlnl, thunderstorms and salt on
potatoes. Since the Marx brothers
represent all those In one way or an
other, it i« inevitable that they should
likewise have enemies. Personally,
the only disappointment we ever suf
fered at their hands was the realiza
tion, at the end of one of their pic
tures, that we were not going to be
able to take them home with us and
have the nonsense keep on forever.
The Pox stage bill this week la also
particularly pleasant. We long ago
reached the conclusion that tumblers
and acrobats know more about their
business and pracUee what they know
better than any one else in the show
racket, and the program opener this
week lends strong support to that
theory. The Five Jansleys present a
really superb divertlsement. There
follows a dizzy fan dance by June
Carr, the Allen Kent foursome, an
invariable show-stopper at any house,
and the fine, frantic antics of the
Three Slate Brothers,, who also brought
the show to a dead halt yesterday.
This Is not a new turn around town,
but it seems in better shape for this
appearance than ever before. Ed
Lowry Is the master of ceremonies, and
he joins In a pair of rather aimless In
terludes with Miss Carr and Norman
Prescott, who lampoons the stage
psychics. The finale of the show Is not
to be recommended, or even coun
tenanced for that matter, but with a
few deft eliminations the vaudeville
portion of the card could become one
of the best ever offered at Mr. Loew'a
P street emporium. R. B. P., Jr.
“RENDEZVOUS” RETURNS
FOR WEEK AT COLUMBIA
Most Polite and Intelligible Spy
Story of Recent Times Is
Powell Success.
THE spy and Invisible Ink business
X has a Pleasant outing in “Ren
dezvous." a uebonair tale of intrigue,
which reveals Mr. William Powell, the
parlor Pinkerton, In the role of a
brave and somewhat harassed decoder
of Indecipherable messages.
Returned to the Columbia Theater
yesterday to begin its second week on
P street, the picture outlines Mr.
Powell's droll adventures In breaking
up an espionage ring, getting some
American transport ships safely past
a lot of horrid German U-boats and
pacifying the amorous yearnings of a
niece of the Undersecretary of State.
In each of these divers and devious
endeavors Mr. Powell exhibits the
same laconic suavity which has made
him the favorite hero of today’s
civilised whodunits, and if “Ren
dezvous” is not another “Thin Man,”
it is at least the .most polite and
intelligible spy story in recent history.
Occasionally the plot is wont to be
come laboriously Involved In the
Intricacies of secret codes, Invisible
handwritings and the complicated
psychology of trained spies, but In
general It moves along swiftly, humor
ously and with agreeable good sense.
Miss Rosalind Russell, a young lady
whose diction Is so pure she was once
threatened with a cinematic career
of high-minded sacrifice, exhibits a
surprising talent for light comedy In
this film. As a meddlesome, pert and
slightly scatter-brained Washington
lass, she adds Just the proper dash
of romantic spice to Mr. Powell's
slightly grim career.
The old flicker tradition of beautiful
lady spies receives due attention here,
with Binnie Barnes cast as a hand
some and inimical sort of Mata Hari,
but It must be said that while Miss
Barnes looks like a million dollars,
she acts like minus 10.
The others in the cast are better
favored, particularly Lionel Atwill,
Charles Grape win and Cesar Romero,
one of the few heroic villains of this
or any other age.
The Columbia also features short
subjects. R- B. P, Jr.
Sullivan Beats Dempsey.
SAN JOSE, Calif. 04*).—Jack Demp
sey lost to John Sullivan—In the court
room. Dempsey and Sullivan are law
yers, no relation to the famous
fighters.
BAND CONCERT.
By the United States Soldiers’
Home Band Orchestra at Stanley Hall
at 5:30 o'clock. Jhon S. M. Zimmer
mann, bandmaster; Anton Polntner,
associate leader.
March, “George Washington Cen
tennial” _Sousa
Overture, “Vaudeville”-.._Koppitz
Suite Chinese, "The Willow Plate,”
Herbert
1. The mandarin’s garden. 2. The
little garden house. 3. Chang the lover.
4. Kong Shee. 5. The wedding pro
cession.
Excerpts from musical comedy “The
Vagabond King”_ Friml
Two old-timers:
(a) “When the Swallows Home
ward Fly”_Abt
(b) “When You and I Were
Young, Maggie'1..Butterfield
Valse, "Valse des Fleurs” (Walt* of
the Flowers)_..Tschaikowsky
Finale, “Good Luck”.Vleth
“The Star Spangled Banner.”
“PRINCE CHAP” PLAYED
IN GEORGETOWN DEBUT
Good Acting Gives Promise of
Useful Work by Members
of Organization.
JF THEIR initial effort of last eve
ning constitutes a reliable barom
eter, the Georgetown Players may
be counted upon to assume a promi
nent position among local amateur
groups. Essaying "The Prince Chap."
poor-art lst-makes-good drama by Ed
ward Peple, the new aggregation of
thesplans rendered about as pleasing
a performance as one could wish.
Ted Field executed a facile delinea
tion of the young American sculptor
not quite eking out an existence in a
squalid London apartment. He be
friends a former model, from whom
an unfortunate marriage has snatched
beauty and health, and finds himself
promising to care for her baby daugh
ter as death takes the mother.
Another pledge, this one of traas
cendant affection to .the orphan,
Claudia, loses for him an American
fiancee. The girl's growth to woman
hood brings a transition from parent
child affection to ordinary man-and
woman love. The sculptor marries
liu naiu.
Individual panegyries must be di
rected toward Jane and Betty Padeley
and Catherine Freeman, who por
trayed Claudia at the ages of 6, 8 and
18. The refreshing spontaneity of the
tiny Misses Padeley merits the adjec
tive, ''remarkable.” while Mias Free
man is an ebullient and promising
Ingenue.
Lucy Allen did a fine job in her
brief appearance as Claudia’s mother.
So also James Oxenham in the role
of her repulsed artist suitor, who
continues to be loved as "Uncle Jack,”
and Marlon Hulbert, playing a chore
girl. Hilda Thompson and James
Buckler were not found wanting In
their bits, but the English accent of
Henry Rick as "gentleman's gentle
man" was somewhat sporadic. Ex
pert covering prevented a few in
stances of recourse to the prompter
from registering as appreciable de
traction*. The accomplished direction
of Mrs. Mary Belle Stelnbauer was
evidenced throughout C. A. M.
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.
Xittaai!—"Swing Your Lady," ai
2:20 and 8:30 pm.
Palace—"Mutiny on the Bounty,” al
11:10, 1:45, 4:16, 6:45 and 9:30 p.m.
Leew’s Fox—“A Night at the Opera,'
at 10:35 a.m„ 1:35, 4:15, 7:05 and 9:5!
pm. Stage shows at 13:15, 3:05, 5:5!
and 8:45 pm.
Earle—"Frisco Kid.” at 11 am.
1:25, 4:15, 7:05 and 9:53 p.m. Stag*
shows at 12:35, 3:30, 6:20 and 9:11
pjn.
Bdasco—"My Bong for You,” a
12:22, 2:24, 4:26, 6:22, 8:18 and 10:2<
pm.
Metropolitan — "Personal Mald'i
Secret,” at 12:05, 2:05, 4, 6, 8 anc
9:55 pm.
R-K-0 Keith'*—"In Person,” &
11:25 a.m„ 1:30, 3:35, 5:40, 7:45 an<
9:50 p.m.
Columbia—"Rendezvous,” at 11:1!
am., 1:05, 1:20, 5:15, 7:25 and 9:4<
pm. Miss Adrienne at 2:55, 7 an<
9:15 pm.
Tivoli—“Freckles," at 2:05, 4:10
6:15, 8 and 9:45 pm.
Ambassador—"O'Shaugnessy’s Boy,'
at 1:45, 3:55, 6, 7:50 and 9:40 p.m.
Little—"Whoopee,” at 10 and 11:5
am., 1:52, 3:48, 5:44, 7:40 and 9:3
pm.
Gayety—"Record Breakers,” at 1
noon, 2:15 and 8:15 pm.
Howard—“The Pay Off,” at 12:3C
3:15, 5:55 and 9:15 p.m. Stage show
at 2, 4:30, 7:15 and 10:15 pm.
AMUSEMENTS.
“POOR NUT” NEXT WEEK .
Players’ Club of Community Cen
ter to Repeat.
^ SECOND presentation of the com
edy of college life, “The Poor
Nut," will be given by The Players
Club of Central Community Center
In Roosevelt High School Auditorium,
Tuesday night of next week, Novem
ber 26, at 8:30 o'clock, because of
many requests for the repetition of
the play, following Tuesday night's
performance. *
The same cast of players will again
: enact the roles In the comedy, and
i John Mann, who was highly success
ful in the title role, will remain In
] Washington to appear next Tuesday
| in the play, canceling his own plans
to spend Thanksgiving week In New
England.
’ This play Is the first full-length
ever given publicly by the club. Lucy
Ann Rogers Is the director of the
[ group.
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FRED MacMURRAY In
"MEN WITHOUT NAMES."
_TIM McCOY In ’ FIGHTING SHADOWS ".
ACUTHN CLARENDON. VA.
Aon 1 UN EDMUND LOWE and KAREN
MORLEY. "THUNDER IN THE NIGHT. ’
_Serial and Comedy.__
CAROLINA ' ** Double Show
“CHAMPAGNE FOR BREAKFAST ' and th*
First Episode of “The New Adventure*
_of Tartan.”__
(NEW) CIRCLE Fhon”’\ve*t ^3*53
Mat.. Tues.. Thurs.. Sun.
CHESTER MORRIS and SALLY EILERS itt
i ’'PURSUIT.’’ Todd and Kelly Comedy.
DUMBARTON . budd?rck3e:rs* n'jj
BETTY GRABLE. "OLD MAN RHYTHM.*
“New Adventures of Tarzan.’* No. 12.
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EDDIE CANTOR in I
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SHIRLEY TEMPLE In "BRIGHT EYES."
JOHN WAYNE in "PARADI8E CANYON."
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_Continuous From 1:00 P.M.
SYBIL JASON and GLFNDA FAHFET L U
“LITTLE BIG SHOT.”
Added Attraction—
“WINGS OVER MT EVEREST"
“CALL OF THE SAVAGE." Chapter 3.
_Comedies. Universal News.
STANTON «itb and C Sts. N.E. '
Jlnniun Finest Sound Enulpment
___ Continuous From 1:00 P.M.
REX BELL In "THE TONTO KID." JOAN
CRAWFORD Ip. "NO MORE LADIES _
STATF “The Modern Thest.r"
k? 1 1 E. «970 Wise. Ave.. Bethesda Md.
U'TT T D/V-Pdo i _
"STEAMBOAT ROUND
THE BEND.”
Wifh Ann Shirley, stepln Fetchlt.
i __Also Comedy and Cartoon
TAKOMA
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Continuous From 1:00 PJI.
"Thun^e^mfe^ight.” i
ROBERT MeWADE In
Cappy Ricks Returns.”
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J3 SILVIA SIDNEY^
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72 Ted Lewis, "Here Comes the Band*
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•© LAUREL and HARDY in
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A PHI in «24 H St. N.E.
ArUL'.U Phone LI 3.yj»
Double Feature—Show Starts 1 P.M.
"AFFAIRS OF SUSAN." HOOT OIB
SON, "POWDER SMOKE RANGE."
52 AVAIONi Conn. Ato, * McKinley
DC AfALUIi St N.W Cl. "itoo
£ ‘,BOWNa
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W Matinee. 1:00 F.M.—Double Feature,
NORMAN FOSTER. "SUPERSPEED*
T* "CHARLIE CHAN In "SHANGHAI.*
J Popeye. ___
. CENTRAL Vtfftf&T
rJZ PAUL MUNI and BARTON MeCLANB
! mi. in "DR. SOCRATES." Cartoon.
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ev* tULUm st N.w r.« «.too
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BQ Dionne Quintuplets Short.
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flej nUlTlt Phone LI. 103IHI
W Double Feature—Show Starts 1 P.M.
GENE STRATON PORTE ft'#
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PORTER'S
Brendel Comedy.
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Double Peature.
£ IRJT Mi
« ZA8U PITT8. JAMES GLEASON.
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“Annapolis Farewell,”
SIR OUY STANDING. TOM BROWN.
Comedy. Cartoon. Serial.
DANCING.
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Simplified Methods—Reasonable Rates In
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THE NEW
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824 14th St. N.W.
Under Original Ownership
DINNERS 35C, 50C, 65C
Half Portions tar Children
Open Daily. 7 A.M. to Midnirht
The Original Brooke Tea Home
171* Blair Rd.
Near D. C. Line A Ga. An.
Under the management of Mrs. M. E.
Brooke, serving good food reasonably.
Thanksgiving Dinner
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Famous for Food
pNJOY tbe deserved compliment
H Of a “perfect host” by having
us provide the food and the service
for which Griffith Farms Is famous.
A magnificent i»»-acre ttanland
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milce from the District Line.
Regular Dinner* from 11 A-M.
Seafood • A la Carte Meals
OPEN DAILY AND SUNDAY
Phone Hillside 0112
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Buckwheat, $7.25
Smokeless Egg, $9.50
Bituminous Cos! Without Smoke or
ioot 80% Lu, Tom „ ,
Blue Egg, $8.50
75% Lump Coal, $7.50
50% Lump Coal, $6.75
Luma delivered In seoarute compart
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correct amount of lump.
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