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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1923
Page
2
The local theaters opened last night with new productions drawing mixed reviews. Critics praised performances by lead actors and noted staging choices, while some scenes drew lukewarm reactions for pacing.
Review of In the Moonlight at Poli's. Cast led by James Barton and Eve lyn Cavanaugh, with Walter de Lean Edward Delaney Dunn and Alfred Goodman providing music. Weak script, lively stage presence, and a standout Barton performance salvage an evening that otherwise aims for prewar melodrama and light entertainment.
Gloria Swanson stars in Prodigal Daughters at Columbia with a modern Paganism theme and bold performances. A notable airplane rescue scene and a clash with parental authority anchor a program featuring Clyde Cook comedy and an orchestral overture by the Columbia Siphon.
The Fourth Musketeer opens a four day premiere at the Central Yester day Age with Johnnie Walker in a breezy romance driven by youth and humor. Eileen Percy plays a fashionably poised wife who challenges his garage life to fuel the plot as Brien O'Brien acts devoted and in love.
The Gold Diggers, Avery Hopwood’s farce, enchants a large President audience led by new leading woman Kay Hammond. Cast including Smith Duffy and Miss Hammond deliver brisk, risqué bedroom farce while a parallel Belasco run, Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife, charms with Hazel Dawn and Alfred Sack’s wittier take.
A sweeping Trupert Hughes tale shown at the Rialto explores the lure of fame and the belief a girl must sell her soul to succeed in film. Eleanora Boardman drives the plot with a daring desert leap and a dramatic rise to stardom as fire and tornadoes reshape the drama, complemented by Ellis Breeskin’s concert numbers and a brisk comedy of action.
A Strand program features five acts anchored by Shirley Mason in Lovebound. Harry Abrams and company perform Shoe Echoes, a jazz dance novelty delving into romance of old shoes. Carey Bannon trio and Fox Kelly perform songs and comic bits. Marjorie Burton entertains with songs and imitations. The Antie Dias Monks open with playful monkey acts. Darwin is referenced in relation to Lovebound, Mason’s new photoplay romance praised for pathos and humor.
The Metropolitan presents Sure Fire Flint, a witty war era comedy with Robert Edeson and Doris Kenyon leading a strong cast. Johnny Hines plays a former doughboy turned taxi driver who rises to management at De Lanut steel, amid sharp dialogue and a comic Mermaid two reel.
A Hopkins era comedietta titled No More Blondes at the Garrick last night offered brisk comic pacing and clever puns. The plot centers on a newlywed whose wife misreads a business deal and a rearranged house that becomes a stage for misdirection in two acts, with a notable but unnamed actor and an unseen dramatic twist in the second act.
The film Dead Game opens at Crandall’s for a three day run drawing capacity crowds. Hoot Gibson plays a young Western cowboy who learns about love from an old man who has known many women. Tanta La Plante stars opposite Gibson with Robert McKim as the villain, and The Hallroom Boys in All At Sea complete the bill.
Gayety Theater Cain and Devon ports opens yesterday with Mimic World Four. Acts include impersonations of stage celebrities, a dance section by skilled performers, and the operetta Ming Toy set in Peking China. Jamis Coughlin stars with Estelle Powsli and others delivering lively humor, dance routines, and musical numbers.
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