METROPOLITAN—"The Amateur
Gentleman.”
At Crandall’s Metropolitan Theater
next week, beginning Sunday after
noon, the foremost screen offering will
be Richard Barthelmess in First Na
tional's "The Amateur Gentleman.”
adapted from the story by Jeffery
Farnol.
A specially engaged concert attrac
tion is promised to head the stage
presentations, and auxiliary features
will include a concert overture by the
Metropolitan Symphony, under Daniel
Breeskin; the Metropolitan World
Survey, a cartoon comedy and on
week days the Metropolitan Ramblers,
who will be heard from 10:50 a.m. to
1:30 p.m. and from 5 to 7:30 p.m.,
their numbers including “Barcarolle
Blarney Rythmodic l Classic” and
“Black Bottom,” from George White’s
“Scandals.”
In “The Amateur'Gentleman” Bar
thelmess is supported by a new lead
ing woman, Dorothy Dunbar, and
others, including Nigel Barrie. Bran
don Hurst and Edward Davis. The
story concerns the social activities
and romantic adventures of a youth
who is flte son in England in 1818 of
an ex-champion pugilist, in later
years an innkeeper, who upon the in
heritance of a large fortune decided
to be a gentleman and was dubbed
“the amateur gentleman” by his
father, who scoffed at the social con
quest which he achieved.
RlALTO—“Bigger Than Bamum’s”
The perennial lure of the circus, of
cracking whips, pink lemonade, the
“big top” and the sawdust ring, is re
vived as a background for this picture
of circus life, “Bigger Than Bar
num’s,” which is announced as next
week’s attraction at the Rialto The
ater.
Viola Dana is cast in the star role
as the little high-wire walker in this
version of Arthur Guy Empey’s story,
with a cast that includes George
O'Hara. Ralph Lewis and Ralph Ince.
