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ALLURING LINE-UP OF NEW MOVIES
Two Orchestras
Feature Week
of Concerts
Fritz Reiner, guest conductor
of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Will present an allßussian pro-
: gram Tuesday
, night at Con
' stitution Hall.
I when the fa
' mous orchestra
makes another
appearance.
I Following is the
program:
Overture to
“Ruslan and
Ludmilla.” by
Glinka; Classic
Symphony. Pro
kofieff: suite
from “Petrouch
ka,” Stravin-
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fritz kkinkk sky: piano and
orchestra concerto in B flat
minor, by Tchaikovsky.
The guest artist will be Vladimir
Horowitz, gifted young Russ
pianist.
D. C. Symphony
On Thursday afternoon at 4:45
Hans Kindler and the National
Symphony Orchestra will present
a notable program. It will feature
two compositions by Mary Howe,
Washington composer, and in ad
dition will present Percy Grainger,
sensational Australian pianist.
Mrs. Howe’s numbers will be
“Dirge” and ’ Sand.” The sym
phonic offering will be Tchaikov
sky’s “Fifth.”
Sunday afternoon, February 14,
at Constitution Hall the orchestra
will play again, the soloist to be
Yelly d’Aranyi, famous woman
violinist.
Spanish Dancer
Vincent Escudero, the gypsy
dancer, is in America for the first
time this year. He had his New
York debut January 17 which was
so successful that he appeared in
a repetition program the follow
ing Sunday. The critics already
have devoted columns to his artis
try and magnetic personality. The
demand in New York has been so
great it has assumed the pro
portions of a sensation He has
additional dates scheduled there
for this Wednesday. Friday and
next Sunday, just prior to his ap
pearance in Washington.
Escudero comes to the National
Capital for his debut here Tues
day, February 16. He brings the
two girls, whose dancing is re
ported ta complement his excel
lently.* with him. Also a guitarist
and a pianist. They appear at
the National Theater at 4:40
p. m. on that date.
The Spanish Embassy, the Pan-
American Union, all the Latin-
Amencans, are awaiting Escu
deros appearance here with keen
Interest.
Baritone Soloist
John Charles Thomas, brilliant
American baritone, will appear in
recital at Constitution Hall next
Saturday evening. He will be as
sisted at the piano by Lester
Music Notes
Folk songs, music from the
classics and works of American
composers are included in the
musical setting for Percy Mac
kaye’s masque, “Wakefield.” which
will have its premiere at Con
stitution Hall on February 21.
with Margaret Anglin in the lead
ing role'.
Penelope and Rebecca Tar
water will give a joint recital at
the University Club
night.
Louis A. Potter will present
Esther Spier, piafiist, at Calvary
M. E. Church, Tuesday night.
Miss Spier will be assisted by
Howard Moore, baritone.
The children’s choir from the
Church of the Pilgrims will sing
at the Y. W. C. A. music hour
tomorrow afternoon.
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FRED STONE and his daughter, Paula, who bring
the star’s latest musical, “Smiling Faces,” which opens
at the Belasco Theater on Monday night.
"Smiling Faces
With Stone
Monday
To the Shubert Belasco Theater
for the week commencing Mon
day evening will come the peren
nially popular Fred Stone in his
latest and what is reported to
be his biggest musical comedy
success, “Smiling Faces.”
For long Mr. Stone has not
only been one of the most beloved
figures on the American stage,
but one of the cleverest come
dians, and absolutely unique in
his lively, acrobatic method.
With this inimitable funster
will appear his delightful and
lovely daughter, Paula, matching
her famous father in his famous
dance steps, matching him in
quick repartee, and possessing a
delicious charm that is all her
own.
“Smiling Faces" is a match
lessly huge and extravagant pro
duction. and its action is studded
with a score of song hits and as
many alluring dances.
In addition to Paula, Mr. Stone
is surrounded with an excep
tionally fine company of musical
comedy artists, including Roy
Royston. Lotti Loder. Billy Tay
lor. Doris Patston. Hope Emerson.
Isabel O’Madigan. Adora Andrews,
Eddie Garvie and Boyd Davis.
Then there are the famous Al
bertina Rasch Dancers, together
with an ensemble comorising 75
expert and attractive singers and
dancers.
About Saville
Victor Saville, who directed
“Michael and Mary.” which is
now playing the Rialto Theater
with Edna Best and Herbert
Marshall in the pivotal roles, is
a young Englishman, who has
been accepted by Hollywood as
the best of Britain’s megaphone
toters. “Michael and Mary” is
considered his finest screen
achievement.
Buck and Bubbles
Stars at Howard
Starting today the Howard
Theater offers for a week’s en
gagement Buck and Bubbles,
those versatile comedy stars who
were a veritable riot 'with Zieg
feld “Follies” during the New
York run.
Buck and Bubbles have sur
rounded themselves with a com
pany of picked entertainers fcr
their new revue, numbering 60,
including Chick Webb and his
12 little Chicks, formerly a widely
known feature of the Roseland
ballroom on Broadway: Harriett
Calloway, the Dig a-Doo girl of
Lew Leslie’s “Blackbirds.”
The 1 new Buck and Bubbles
show is said to be a revelation
of contagious rhythm, cackling
comedy, dazzling dancing, scorch
ing band syncopations, torch tunes
with vocal and muted melodies,
and Buck and Bubbles driving
the blues away with their original
and wisecrac/.ing comedy versatil
ity.
Anticipating a large demand I
for the special midnight perform
ances on Tuesday and Friday,
the management announces the
reserved seats will be placed on
sale today.
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Chatterton in a
Philip Barry
Film Play
Ruth Chatterton’s hail-and-fare
well to Paramount must have
been a bitter affair if one is to
judge from her immobile expres
sion and lifeless interpretation of
Eve Redman in the screening of
Philip Barry’s “Tomorrow and To
morrow.”
As a play it was an unhappy
experience, suggesting as it did
O’Neill’s strangest of interludes.
As a screen play it serves two
great purposes: it gives the late
Robert Ames an agreeable char
acterization which he handled
with creditable ease and it gives
Paul Lukas opportunity for his
finest performance to date.
Interesting Plot
You will remember that the
young Redmans, childless, grow
ing further apart for lack of mu
tual interests and understanding,
play hosts to a visiting celebrity,
a famous psychologist from Vi
enna. With his insight into ill
ness of the mind the doctor ap
preciates and understands Eve’s
bitterness at her futile existence,
that they should love, deeply, is
inevitable, but that tragedy
should stalk such passion is also
in the scheme of things. The
woman is called upon to make a
grave decision several years later
and whether her choice is wise or
not is a matter of opinion; the
situation is an interesting one.
The tenseness of the story is re
lieved by the doctor’s secretary, a
brief spoken young man with a
tendency toward keeping his eyes
open and his mouth shut. This
role is played by Harold Minjir
who does an excellent job. The
role of the child is handled credit
ably enough by Tad Alexander.
Gay Stage Show
The stage is in a much lighter
vein, titled “Get Gay” and offers
every inducement to live up to
its name. Bert Frohman, popular
with Washington audiences, in
troduces the featured players who
make up the unit and also does
some clowning in his own be
half.—K. Y.
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ETHEL BARRYMORE, who
arrives with Sheridan’s “School
for Scandal" at the Belasco
Theater on Monday night, Feb
ruary 15,
"Husbands Holiday" Has Clive Brook, Charles Ruggles in Ernest Pascal s Story
About a Husband Strayed and Sorry
“Husband’s Holiday." at the
Metropolitan, is a woman’s pic
ture and will make the opposite
sex a trifle uncomfortable, because
mere man is not given the bene
fit of heroics.
He will feel a bit vindicated,
however, because here is one
woman who has not wrought a
hue and cry over his philander
ing nature. Woman alone is |
capable of fidelity and man must
ever stray and, regardless of your ,
point of view on this old adage, >
this picture does present a prob
lem which is pertinent.
Should a woman overlook un I
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Ruth Chatterton, James Cagney, Lionel
Atwill Starred in Latest Features
faithfulness and a cheating mate?i
Are the home fires worth the
heartache of keeping them burn
ing while hubby warms his ardor
at someone’s else hearth? “Hus
band's Holiday.” Ernest Pascal’s
adaptation of his play and novel,
“The Marriage Bed,” gives one
wife’s answer.
Wife Sacrifices
Vivienne Osborne, the wife, has
seen her mother suffer the tin-
I happiness of divorce, to find little
i solace for her act of righteous
ness. She has seen a father
i doomed to homelessness for one
I night’s folly. With remarkable
SATURDAY—FEBRUARY 6—1932
j insight and fortitude, she refuses
to have her future and her home
wrecked by an “infatuation."
With stout heart she sends her
husband, Clive Brook, to his new
! love and carries on. Circum
stances defeat her and she con
sents, in the end, to divorce, only
to find that her sacrifice and
love have saved her home.
The picture suffers from an
underlying unpleasantness that is
difficult to place. The subject
matter, despite its evident truth,
is trite and lacking in the |
strength and power to develop to
the greatest advantage, the l
HAMPDEN, STONE ARRIVE
highly dramatic possibilities
There is, however, a human Jle
ment and a naturalness that
score much toward merit and
overcome some of the apparent
weakness.
Cast Is Excellent
Clive Brook does much with
the role of husband and though
a bit out of character as the
lover, he overcomes it with some
of the most convincing panto
i mime seen on the screen in a
i long time. Vivienne Osborne
I shows restraint in an exagerated
1 part and Juliette Compton, the
lady of the triangle, is convinc
ing. Charles Ruggles contributes
his individual brand of humor but
with little opportunity to un
loosen. Charles Winniger of
“Show Boat" fame is good in a
minor role.
As added attractions. Fanny
Watson and Thelma White in
“Her Wedding Nightmare," an
animated song cartoon and Para
mount Sound News complete the
program.—H. W.
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