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New Drama Opens at Belasco A charmingly so p h i s t i cated comedy-drama, at once glittering ly daring °nd sparkling in its in triguing appeil, is hidden under the altogether disarming title of “Jewel Robbery,” this week’s fare at; the Shvber.t-Belasco and the sole ' theatrical attraction of the week.. ' Adapted, the program tells us, by Bertram Block from the Hun garian of Laszlo Fodor. which means little to the casual theater goer, unless one takes into con sideration the added statement of the publicists that it is a proven European success. In>a Jewel. Shop But it fes no tax Oh the patience of the audience to await the un folding of the plpt— not that by any meftns this may quickly be summed^'up in such trite forms as melodrama, mystery draina or such—wj certainly said .“sophisti cated” in the first line! The cur tain rises on the interior of a jewelry store ir Vienna, such a jewelry store as one might find in Fifth Avenue. Nothing garish, but tasteful displays of • necklaces, tiarras, rings and such with plate in the background. • Teri, we are told, wife of Franz, a Viennese banker, is soon to ar rive with her husband to claim an internationally famous diamond, of almost unbelievable karatage (can one say karatage?), a sort of peace offering for certain peca dilloes on the part of aforesaid husband whose armours are ap parently typically Viennese. She comes, late as usual, shortly fol lowed by Franz and in turn by Paul, member of the Hungarian cabinet, and latest admirer. But there is no clash for apparently Viennese husbands are accustom ed to that sort of thing! Comes .the Robbery Just as the sale is consumated, other customers epter, the ..fore most shortly produces a gun and calmly announces that he is a robber, not a tljief: there is ap parently a fine distinction. With a savoir faire quite admirable, he quickly clears the establishment of its entire stock, keeps proprie tor and patrons quiet under the spell of his brilliant small taik. even induces the unsuspecting watchman to help his ac complices carry away the loot, locks the men in the safes, and prepares to take his leave—but there’s Teri. She just won’t be locked up, she Won’t be gagged, she won’t go with trim antt eyen when he takes the much-coveted diamond, she lets him escape, for she’s Teri—and he’s different. Teri Is Accused With unheard of bravado, the charming stranger turns up in Teri’s apartment four hours later. As a detective calls to question her concerning her strange .part in the robbery, she hides him, but she is accused as an accomplice, he is discovered and both are taken away—but not to a police station, after all, but to his apart ment, for the master crook has succumbed to her charms and she, with her inherent love for jewels, greater than her love for love, coquette that she is, finds herself at the point of capitulation when —but why reveal more of a plot that is at once so sparkling and so daring in its dialogue? Mary Ellis as Teri finds herself cast in a role in i which she seems to fairly revel. Without her, one hesitates to think just what might happen. She has charm and L'itte: and comprehension. And opposite her. Basil Sydney, gives an interpretation that lends perfect understanding to her eventual solution, broadly hinted, at the least, of her dilemma. Both acquit themselves brilliantly. Fine Direction Tasteful settings naturally accompany a production of this sort and splendid direction is demonstrated in the work of the cast, that of Cora Witherspoon. Clarence Derwept, Stuart Casey. Liqhel Braham. Robert Vivian and Eugene Powers being out standing. But the title “Jewel Robbery” seems altogether too simple not to be masking under a dual entendre. Had there been a fourth act. laid in Nice two days later—ah well, these Viennese! k FREE DENTAL EXAM IS HEALTH PROTECTION A small cavity may seem un important. but badly decayed teeth can cause troubles that strike at the very roots of health'. Why not have your teeth exam ined free at Dr. Freiot’s today. - sio Wfflw sls S2O Gold Crown and Bridge Work Per ‘tool h. $6 and SB. Guaranteed All Grarlnate D.nti.t. Oral Hyrlenl.t and Maida in Attend ance. "rain Hrrvrntlvc Method, Used. l.artte Comfortable Offices. Term, of Payment May Be Arranged. DR.FREIOT Phone NAtional 0019 407 7th St. N. W. Btitranee NSit to Kav’a Jewelry Store SOOKY AND HIS LITTLE PALS *•***>* i IB Wn i A'V| fl JACKIE SEARLES. BOBBY COOGAN AND JACKIE COOPER, all romping in Percy Crosby’s juvenile comedy, “Sooky,” which opens on the screen at Loew’s Palace Theater on Friday. Clark Gable Is Striving for $200,000 By HARRISON CARROLL (Copyright. 193-1. King Features Syndicate) HOLLYWOOD. Dec. 29.—One of the screen’s greatest matinee idols—and he wants to be a rolling stone. Sitting on the set, Clark Gable admitted to me he still can't be lieve his good fortune—fortune that has enabled him, in one year, to play opposite Joan Craw ford, Norma Shearer. Greta Garbo, and now Marion Davies. The strangest part of it is. he doesn’t want to go on with this glamorous life indefinitely. What he really wants, he confesses, is $200,000 and a chance to travel in the out-of-the-way places of the world. “I signed my five-year contract against the advice of my agent and even mywifeA’ he told me. “My object was to get enough to retire on. And I was willing to devote five years of my life to it. Maybe I won’t last that long on the screen. I'm not a great actor and I never will be. But I believe I know my business. You can’t work for ten years with veteran stage stars and not absorb something.” Already, Clark is laying plans for the future. “I own two cars, which I paid cash for,” he ex plained to me. “I rent my apart ment—but for six months, not a year. I don’t even own my furniture. I’m saving my money.” This actor, who has set film fans agog the world over, doesn’t know much about Hollywood social life. Marion Davies has introduced him to most of the stars he has met. But he is a purposeful man. one who is likely to realize his ambitions. 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Sir Philip Ben Greet and his company of Shakespearean play ers wlil begin an engagement of six performances at the County Centre. White Plains, tonight with “Julius Caesar.” The Greet com pany has just completed a tour through the West and Southwest. Did You Know That Joel McCrea was an em ploye of a cement company and helped build the sidewalks and curbs on Hollywood Boulevard? PLEASANT NEWS and SAD FACTS Read Twice THE PAN-AMERICAN NEW ENGLAND DISPATCH (MONTHLY) Thr Only Spanish and English Newspaper In the U. 8. Out Shortly Advanced Student*. Professor* and Other Authorities: If you ar© interested in Fan American entan glements as disclosed by news paper editors of North and South America, watch the news of The P. A. N. E. I).—“Pleasant News and Sad Facts.” Subscribe in ad vance. Regular rate. 52.00. Address money order to Boston Bureau. 74 India St.. Boston. Mass. (Special student rate. $1.50. .Address 1492 Yale Station. New Raven. 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