Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 272, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 March 1922 — Page 6

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2 Famous Film Stars to Appear in Little Play Bushman and Bayne Will Headline Bill at B. F. Keith’s Next Week. MURAT BOOKS HODGE The 1921-1922 season on the local legitimate stage is drawing to a close. The season at English’s ends tonight when the curtain drops for the teat time on Ziegfeld’s Follies. Following the close of Lionel Barrymore's engagement in “The Claw" tonight, the Murat will be dark for road attractions until April 6, when William Hodge arrives with “Dog Lore.” The Hodge show probably will be the last touring show on view at the Murat this season. Mr. Stuart Walker and his players are impending joys. The season goes on merrily at B. F. Keith’s as Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne appear in person next week. The Lyric, a non-stop house, clips along with popular vaudeville at a merry pace. Agnes Reilly in "Irish Hearts” will be among those present next week at the Lyric. The Rialto swings into Its second week under the new management with a musical comedy, "Roger Beau.” The Park's season has some weeks to go before the final curtain. Next week, “Big Wonder Show” will be on view. -|- -!- -ITWO MOVIE FAVORITES AT KEITH’S NEXT WEEK. It seems to be quite the thing for stars of motion pictures to step from the screen to the spoken stage. This is the case at B. F. Keith's next week where Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne, who for years have been screen favorites, will headline the bill in a one-act satrical comedy, “Poor Rich Man,” written by "Edwin Burke. In the support of Mr. Bushman and Miss Bayne will be William Whitcar, a player who has topped the roster of many dramatic successes and Walter Armin, an actor of note. The scene of the playlet is laid in a millionaire's suite in a well known New York hotel. Ben Welch, a character comedian assisted by Frank P. Murphy, will offer a character study in the way of a sketch called "Pals." His story is that of the Ignorant type who pretends to be most wise and is contiually being fooled.. Last season Mr. Welch was stricken blind. Despite his calamity he bravely carries on with his act and only those in the know are aware of his affliction. Ernest Ball, the popular composer, who has to his credit "Mother Machree,” "Lov e Me and the World Is Mine,” “In the Garden of My Heart,” "Till the Sands of the Desert Grow Cold” and others, will offer a singing pianologue in which he will offer something new in the way of a dancing act. The quartette is composed of three men and a young woman who hides her identity completely until the end of the act when she doffs her wig. Connelly and Francis will contribute "Two Nice Folks.” the main ingredients of which are songs and comedy. Bob Snell and Ernestine Vernon in their act, "An Artistic Diversion.” do •t picturesque routine on the Roman rings. A feature of the act is when the man throws himself bodily In the air, turning a half somersault backwards and catching the rings with bis feet. The motion picture portion of the program will include the Pathe News. The Topics of the Day and Aesop’og Fables.

DRAMATIC PLAYLET HOOKED AT LYRIC. Next week's vaudeville bill at the Lyric will contain a dramatic playlet entitled “Straight.’’ presented by Frank B Dixon and Marguerite Murphy, and which was Written by Aaron Hoffman, author of “Friendly Enemies" and many other successful plays, and who, incidentally. Is the highest-priced writer of vaudeville material in this country. “’"-iraight” is said to possess the same skillfull blending of humor and pathos ua distinguished “Friendly Enemies,” as well as a streak of dramatic intensity that places it in the category of the unusual. Competing for feature honors will bo the Dancing Sextette, six talented terpischorean artists beaded by Muriel Prefer, who run the gamut from primitive dances to present-day jazz. The bill will also have Joe and Agnes Reilly in “Irish Hearts,” a musical eomediette of Old Erin: the Four Action Boys, a high-class musical combination: George M. Rosner, a brilliant character comedian in a strikingly original offering which he calls “The Anthology of An Old Actor;” Davis and Staley, in an assortment of mirth and melody, in which they entertain with violin and piano selections tlong with songs and humorous talk: Tallman and Kerwin, a versatile team, and Dura and Feeley, Icomedy acrobats. The screen portion# of the show will consist of several interesting short subjects and anew comedy.

BILL HODGE BOOKED AT SIIRAT NEXT MONTH. The Interesting announcement was made by Lee Shubert yesterday that William Hodge would appear in this city at the Murat for four performances commencing April 0. “Dog Love" as the title suggests, Is a comedy. It is told in three acts and the scenes are all laid in a suburb of New York. There in the country, Mr. Hodge in the character of George Oliver, a city bank attache, has acquired possession of a dog farm which went with the property. Unfortunately he knows nothing about dogs, but be learns rapidly, and not without a multitude o"f troubles descending upon him and all manner of complications developing. How he solves his many problems and wins a charming girl is told most entertainingly. The company supporting the star will include Ann Davis, Edith Shayne, Mrs. Charles Craig, Gwyn Tudor, John Webster. George Barbier, Leighton Stark. Philip Dunning and others. Edward Eisner is associated with Mr. Hodge in the staging of the new play. -i- -i----“BIO WONDER SHOW VEST WEEK AT PARK. Next week at the Park theater comes Joe Hurt'.g's “Big Wonder Show.” Thla organization has given special attention to Its makeup for this season. It Is full of fun and the many musical ensembles Introduced by the score of show girls in the rich gowns, together with some fancy ponies. The opening and closing skits are entitled “A Hot Tamale Hero” and serve to Introduce the comedian, George P. Mnrphy. The electrical and scenic effects are the latest in stagecraft. Mile. Babette, Bertha Btoller, Nettle Wilson, Clare Evans, Frank Martin Chick and Burt Hunter help furnish much of the fun. A novel and striking feature of the production will be a travesty on David Telasco's “The Gold Diggers,’’ which was •me of the biggest comedy successes of the past season. The travesty Is entitled “The Dough Diggers.” and was written and staged by Frank Dupree. -I- -I- -I“EOOEK BEAN” BOOKED AT RIALTO. “Koger Bean,” a musical farce comedy. Inspired, by Chic Jackson’s Bean family (Continued on Page Seven.)

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POWERS DOES REAL ACTING ON BROADWAY Frances White Bids for Favor on Rialto in ‘Hotel Mouse.’ OTHER STAGE GOSSIP By DIXIE HINES. NEW YORK, March 25.—The third and last of the Shaw cycle, devoted to that monumental dramatic tome, “Back to Methuselah,” was celebrated by the loyal and courageous •Theater Guild last week. In this epoch Mr. Shaw seeks to fathom the future, ar.d he doesn’t succeed very ■well. It is less tedious than the second series and likewise briefer, but it offers nothing particularly amusing or revolutionary, unless we accept his prediction that b"bies will be bprn in eggs nd will be full grown flappers when they emerge and that the human span of life will be about six years instead of 300, which he prognosticated in the middle cycle. He sets the time for his last cycle at the year 3100. and they are a deadly dull lot of people who live at this time. They manage to make a couple of automatons who speak and fight and act naturally, according to our 1022 views, but altogether they are an uninteresting lot of people living for themselves alone without animal friends, or in fact, anything that would be likely to appeal to ns Now that the cycle has been concluded, we still feel that the Theater Guild has been far more loyal to Mr. Shaw and courageous to Its artistic principles than it has been wise.

FRANCES WHITE AGAIN BIDS FOR FAVOR. Frances White and Taylor Holmes came into town this week with an amusing comedy from the French which had some attractive music. It is called “The Hotel Mouse," and the title role Is impersonated—and much ingratiatingly impersonated —by Frances White herself ns a hotel thief who robs a gfiod looking young man of his jewels and finally of his heart. She returns all the loot but the latter. In the unfolding of this amusing comedy there are many attractive dance numbers arranged, some very tuneful music by Arman Vecsy and the late Ivan Carry 1. The lyrics of Clifford Grey are not always equal to the music, but Guy Bolton has added some attractive lines and bright humor to the dialogue which he adapted from a French source. In the cast besides Miss White and Taylor Holmes is the amusing Barnett Parker and the stately ay Marbe, who dances and looks good. “The Hotel Mouse" will run up the clock of time for a long while.

THE YEARS SEEM TO BOTHER PLAYWRIGHTS. It seems to be the desire of each succeeding playwright to do better than the one who preceded him. Therefore, when Frank Craven wrote a play called “The First Year,’’ depicting the vicissitudes which befall young married people, young Mr. Henry Meyers, new to our burg, wrote a play and called it “The First Fifty Years,” devoted to the theory that after the golden wedding anniversary has been celebrated the rest of married life Is relatively easy. The play is episodic and divided into sections of wedding anniversaries, opening with the advent of the young bridal couple fresh from Niagara Falls to their new home, and thereafter things begin to pall. In one scene he punches her on the nose, and In the nest he curses her as she retaliates by professing her love for his former rival. In another they do not speak to each other and np to this point this was the best acted scene of the play. Next we ! find her still silent but dutifully nnrs- | lng him back to health. In this act the> break their silence and finally, after fifty years they seek to rehabilitate their lives "and find the happiness which has eluded them. The play was acted by Claire Fames and Tom Powers alone, and after the first half they acquitted themselves admirably. Indeed, in the later scenes they gave really brilliant and effective performances. But It Is rather difficult for ns to accept the theory of the playwright that wedded bliss is altogether a myth, hence, without knowing the promising voting playwright, we are inclined to alibi him with his extreme youth. Wo are always pessimistic when extremely young. OTHER BROAJ>WAY NEWS. Another comedy from the pen of the prolific A. A. Milne of London came into view this week, presented under the direction of Wlnthrop Ames. It is “The Truth About Blaydes,” and it deserves and will Inter have proper attention. Arnold Daly is to l>e presented in a ( new play dealing with th- lit' 1 ' of Vol- | tairo. Arthur Hopkins makes the pro- | duetion and the magnetic little Marguer- ! Ite Forrest is among those engaged for the cast. “Just Because" will begin an extended engagement at the Earl Carroll Theater Wednesday evening. This Is the play • by Anna Wynne O’Ryan and Helen S. j Woodruff, for which Madelyn Sheppard ! wrote tbs music end Trank Moulan, Jane i

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1— William Hodge In “Dog Love,” comes to the Murat for three nights beginning April 6. 2 Francis X. Bushman, famous movie player, who will appear in person with Beverly Bayne In a sketch at B. F. Keith's next week. 3 Mile. Babette, who will be seen In “Big Wonder Show*’ at the Park next week. 4 George Sorrnes, who appears in the old morality play, “Everyman,” to be given at the Masonic Temple on the night of March 31 and the afternoon of April 1 by the Little Theater Society. 3 —Bessie Deno, who will appear in the musical comedy, “Roger Bean,” at the Rialto next week. 6—Agnes Reiley, who appears In “Irish Hearts” at the Lyric next week.

Richardson. Queenie Smith find Olin Howland are engaged as tlie principals, together with others. It is anew producing organization, and they nre making a most creditable presentation of it. The Players’ assembly, the new organ'zatlon which is presenting with mich

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1— Ethel Clayton in a scene from “The Cradle,” to be at the Alhambra next week. 2 Alice Terry as Elsie Tllllnger and Jack Mulhal sweet little love scene from “Turn to the Right,” which will te at t 1 io next week. S—Our freckle-faced friend, Wesley Barry, sis ho appears In "School Days,” to be it the Circle next week.

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uncommon success the French play of "Montmartre," is inviting plays for next season. Tills organization plans an extensive repertory season, thus bringing back to the stage the long desired policy of presenting many plays with a permanent company. .

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Harding Praises ‘Third of Century 9 Jubilee in Letter Governor McCray and Chamber of Commerce Cooperates With Keith’s. A letter from President Harding and numerous expressions of interest and approval from State and city officials, as well as from eminent educators, business and professional men, this week, gave surprising proof of the fact that “Third of a Century” anniversary week, being planhed next month in all theaters of the B. F. Keith circuit, will be something more than a theatrical celebration and will be mementously observed by local communities everywhere.

“Third of a Cjntury Anniversary Week” plans took on a now and nnusu.il significance, when local manager* everywhere, in response to Mr. E. F. Aibeo’s announcement of last week, reported that State and city officials and the heads of local i nsinesa and art organizations are determined to make the week an occasion of community celebration of the perrnan ent benefits which have come out of the year's activities in the various local Keith theaters The proposed celebration of anniversary week, beglnnig Monday, April JM. In Keith houses has thus become more of a community than a theatrical enterprise, snd as it will be observed simultaneously throughout the Nation, it will signalize the actual and enduring advantages developed by “The Keith Idea” during the third of a century of its development. CINCINNATI FLANS BIG JI'HILEE H EEIt. Tims In Cincinnati “Anniversary Week,” with the encouragement if May r John Galvin, is to be marked by local celebrations which will include civic mass (Continued on Fage Seven.)

4 Wanda Hawley just loves to look at the fashion magazines in “The Love Charm,” at Mister Smith’s next week. 5 Jack Holt and Agnes Ayres, in scene from “Bought and Paid For,” to be at Loew’s State next week. 6 Dustin Farnum aa he appears In a scene from "Iron to Gold,” at the , Isis next week*

In The Land of Make Believe By WALTER D. HICKMAN

Worthy stage endeavor deserves hearty support. That is ftie reason that I am devoting nearly all of the space of this department today to the forthcoming production of “Everyman” by the Little Theater Society at the Masonic Temple next week. I am relying upon data as prepared by a representative of the Little Theater Society concerning "Everyman.” True to Its policy of observing communally the various seasons and celebrations of the year within its limits is the forthcoming production of "Everyman” by the Little Theater Society on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon of next week at the Masonic Temple. The play ig so well known through Us scholastic standing as well as the production of Ben Greet in this country that an introduction seems hardly necessary. Simply stated—it is a characterization of the fact that every creature in this world is summoned sooner or later by Death, and to make an accounting of their lives to a Higher Power. In this play Death, through the command of God (Adonal) goes to Everyman telling him that his day is come and that he must prepare his account imme diately. Everyman, true to form, pleads for a respite that he may make his book of accounting balance, but there Is no res pite. He is sarcastically told by Death, though, that if ha can achieve their consent he is at liberty to take any of his friends with him to comfort him on the way.

So "Everyman” first goes to his fellowship (Friendship), begging his company—and then to his cousin and kindred and finally to his Goods (Riches,) that he loved best, only to be turned down by each—in turn —each refusal more definite than the preceding. In despair ho goes finally to his Goood Deeds —but she Is so weak that she cannot move through his neglect of her.

She offers help though In the person of Knowledge—who gives "Everyman’ this counsel —that be go to Confession. This ho does, and after making his penance and receiving the Sacrament and Extreme Unction —he with his friends. Beauty, S rength, Discretion, Five Wits, Good Deeds and Knowledge, starts on the Inevitable Journey to the tomb. At the brink of the grave, however, they all desert him except his Good Deeds, who goes with him to the grave. The play closes with the promise to “Everyman" that In true penance and spiritual knowledge ha shall find redemption and peace. Although the play ha* essentially a scholastic appeal there Is i.o denying its essential and profoundly moving human appeal. Man is shown In his temptation, in his selfishness, in his lusts—and then In the desertion of all that he holds dear and real (the material things) but the achievement of a possession j more real—that of spiritual calm and charity. In this production George Somnes has departed from the traditional presentation in which the stage was decorated to represent either a portion of the nave : of a church or a part of a cloister. He i has endeavored rather to realize the spirit of the play and to make the inspiration of the lines take form in the background. As the whole tendency of the play la transcendent, tha' feeling has beeu sought after in the stage setting and achieved by a scries of narrow columns typifying the aspiring struggle of roan s better nature to the higher reaches, i The same idea has beeu carried out in the lighting and i:i the coloring of the costumes —most of the designs and ideas having been taken from the paintings of tho Flemish nml Dutch masters, especially thus- of Albrecht Durer. The varying moods of the play will ba ;

felt through the lighting arranged by Mr. Somnes, It Is said. For Instance, in the scene of “Good Fellowship,” the light goes to a tense red as Fellowship expresses willingness to participate in every worldly pleasure, even murder, but refuses to go a step toward the grave with his boon companion. In the “Goodes’* scene, the stage is lit by a hard brittle yellow or gold light, while the figure of Goodes is played upon by a series of colors, typifying the reflection of light on the facets of multi-colored jewels—and so in the last scene a calm blue of spiritual equanimity floods the scene—while upon the tomb and the descending figure of Everyman the soft white light of hope and promise of divine forgiveness gently falls. j The incidental music arranged for the* performance of "Everyman,” which will be presented by the Orloff Trio, is from manuscripts of the thirteenth century, and with one exception is unpublished. The following Is the complete program: Somata In C Corelli | Air on G String Bach i Pastorale Scarlatti Andante and Meiodie (from ‘‘Orpheus and Eurydice”) .... Gluck The cast for "Everyman” Is as fotows: Everyman Georgo Somnes Good Deeds Mrs. Eugene Fife Knowledge Mrs, R. H. Sherwood Goodes Herman L. Earnest The Bed Angel Jack Harding Kindred Mary Jane Walters Cosyn Ralph F. Thompson Confession Larry Fletcher Lethe Romney Willson Fellowship Norman Green Other members of the cast will be Areleigh Waltz, Stuart Walker, P. Harding Weer, Marjorie Chiles, Jane Jilison, Marjorie Oakes, and Helen Bedell. Because of the character of the play, no one will be seated during the numbers of the prelude, or after the play begins. The prelude In the evening performance will start at 8 and the performance at 8:30. Miss Dorothy Haines of Indianapolis, was a member of the graduating class of the American Academy of Dramatic Art in New York City. The graduation excercises were held last Monday at Carnegie HalL Miss Doris Keane and George Gaul were guests of honor. Mr. Gaul's remarks covered personal reminiscences of his experience on the stage after leaving tha school. Incidentally he took occasion to voice a criticism of one phase of the new movement in stage settings. “It seems to me that scenic artists are entering upon the day when the actor will be eliminated, ’’ he said. “It may be that one hundred years from now there will be nothing in the theater except beautiful lights and beautiful scenery; the actors may all be in the Salvation Army—they will be standing | on the street corners singing songs and I preaching religion. But if that day does ! come I venture to prophesy that the | Salvation Army will be a more popular : institution than the theater, i “Now, I want to say the thing I have earnestly come here eto say, and that is that I hope from the bottom of my heart that yon will never let anybody convince you that you have either made a mistake or wasted your time by coming to this school. You will hear the old-time cry that the only way to learn to act Is to act, but how are you going to do it if you don't know vvimt to do. “They will tell yon you should have gone into a stock company and played small parts; that may have been true in the old days, but In the modern stock company I hare seen young amateurs go from one dressing room to another trying to find out how to make up, and I have seen them turned down more thau

once. Not because there wss a lnck of sympathy, but a lack of time. “I hope your way will not be too ha-d. If It is true that struggle gives us a better knowledge of life then we will be better actors; if it Is true that struggle makes us better men and women that's really more important than being better actors,” Mr. Gaul said. Sues Hotel Company for $20,000 Damages A total judgement of $20,000 is asked in a suit filed in Circuit Court against the Hotel Washington Company and against J. Edward Krause, manager of tho Hotel Washington, by Sarah R. Donaldson, who asks that SIO,OOO damages against each of the defendents be awarded her. The complaint alleged that on .Jan. 2S, i!*2o, when the Donaldsons were guests at the Hotel Washington, an elevator in which they were riding fell to the first floor with such force that it caused a heavy peice of luggage to be thrown upon Mr. Donaldson's foot .causing complications which later developed ftato blood-poisoning which caused his death, March 23, 1920.

Screen Beauties in Pictures at Movie Theaters Alice Terry, Wanda Hawley, Ethel Clayton Are on the List. FILM DRAMA OFFERING Two plays which were pronounced successes on the legitimate stage have been made into movies and will be presented at local movie houses next week. “Turn to the Right” will be at the Ohio, and “Bought and Paid For,” a serious drama, will be the chief offering at Loew's State next week. The success of both of these plays on the stage is well-known theatrical history. Alice Terry, a screen beauty, plays one of the leads in “Turn to tha Right.” Agnes Ayres is the chief beauty In "Bought and Paid For.” The Circle will offer Wesley Barry in "School Days.” Ethel Clayton, another member of the beauty corps, will be seen at the Alhambra in “The Cradle.” Wanda Hawley will reveal her beauty in “The Love charm,” at Mister Smith’s. Dustin Faruum will be featured In "Iron to Gold.” at the Isis. -I- -i- -ILOEW’S TO OBSERVE NATIONAL FLOWER WEEK. A sceen version of George Broadhurst’* famous drama “Bought and Paid For,’* which is known throughout the entim world, was originally produced by William Brady as a stage attraction, and ran for nearly two years in New York City It has just been revived again as a Broadway attraction with great success. In movie form, it will be at Loew's State next week. The story Is one of domestic problems that confronts a young married couple. /Jack Holt the husband and Agnes Ayres as the wife.) Shortly after the marriage the wife discovers several weakness In her husband’s character, one, at which times the best in him comes uppermost and she finds that after ail she has become merely bought and paid for by him and he claims the right to demand whatever he wants from her. The great scene of the husband breaking the locked door into his wife's bedroom haa a tense thrill for all audiences. Walter Heirs is in the part of Jimmy and supplies some comedy. On the same program a pretentious stage presentation, “Flowerlnnd," a tribute to the Fifth National Flower Show. The orchestra sea-i ture will be “Raymond.” The balance of the program Includes \ Harold Lloyd comedy, Bathe News anil Loew’s News. ,

“TURN TO THE RIGHT” AT THE OHIO NEXT WEEK. “Turn to the Right,” a popular comedydrama of the stage, whose appeal was testified to by many theater goers, has been transferred to the screen and will be seen next week at the Ohio theater. Asa stage play, “Turn to the Right” made a fortune for John Golden who presented It and for the authors, Winchell Smith and John E. Hazzard. Keeping up this financial record a half interest in the screen rights was sold to Metro Pictures Corporation for a quarter of a million dollars, top price for any motion picture production. The screen version is presented by John Golden and Marcus Loew and is a Rex Ingram production, directed by the creator. for the silent drama, of “The Fonja norsemen of the Apocalypse” and Conquering Power.” H It tells the story of a country bojß who. while serving a prison term unjust* ly, becomes acquainted with two crooks. Returning home he finds the mortgage about to be foreclosed by the village skinflint With the aid of his two crook pals a way is found to beat out the miser while the influence of the aged mother leads the two crooks Into love and a better life. It is presented by a notable easrt headed by Alice Terry, who won an enviable reputation in “The Four Horsemen” and "The Conquering Power.” Playing opposite her Is Jack Mulhall, known on both stage and screen. Others in the cast are Harry Myers, who was the Yankee In “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court;’’ George Cooper, Edward Connelly. Lydia Knott, Betty Allen, Margaret Loomis. William Bleteher, Eric Mayne and Ray Ripley. “Turn to the Right" was adapted by June Mathis and Mary O'Hara and photographed by John F. Seitz. The technieal direction was by A. .T. Myers and Harold Grieve. Starett Ford was production manager.

DRAMATIC MOYIE BOOKED AT ALHAMBRA. Ethel Clayton comes to the Alhambra next week in another big drama of domestic life. "The Cradle.” which has for its theme the fact that the bond of parentage is stronger than man-made mar. riage. The story presents Miss Clayton as the wife of a busy, prosperous physician who becomes infatuated with an attractive patient to such an extent that his eyes are blinded to the shallowness of her character. He gives up his wife, child and home, and, as soon as his wife, is granted a divorce, marries the other woman. In time the wife. too. harkens to the plea of a former admirer and marries again. The child is assigned to the custody of each parent for alternate periods of six months each. Within a short time both stepfather and stepmother resent the child's presence in their home, and estrangement disturbs both households. Then the child is suddenly taken seriously ill while iii its mother’s home, and the father is summoned to use his professional skill. During an all-night battle against death the father and mother are both brought to a realization that the life of tlieir little one links them in an inseparable bond. The climax is somewhat of a surprise, but withal one that Is wholly satisfactory, and the story is brought to a close with two more di. vorees and one remarriage in prospect. Among other program features there will be Larry Semon in a lavishly mounted farce, “The Show," and the ever interesting Fox news weekly.

HAWLEY MOVIE OFFERED AT SMITH'S. Wanda Hawley will be seen at Mister Smith's in "The I.ove Charm,” an original story written for the star by Harvey O’Higgius, well known author and dramatist. Miss Hawley is seen as Ruth Sheldon, a “poor relation,” who is used as a household drudge and dressmaker by her aunt and cousin, with whom she lives. By her old fashioned charm and woman, liness, which remind him of bis mother, she wins the affection of Thomas Morgan, a rich young man whom the Nasts have decided would be a good match for Hattie, the cousin. The Nasts are furious with Ruth, and Ihev make her promise that she will try to kill Tom's love by appearing as coarse and vulgar ns she possibly can, in contrast to her real self. She makes a spectacle of herself at a noisy party, and Tom is very much disappointed. Ruth leaves, but Tom finds out the motive for the change in her, and hunts her up to woo her all over again. Warner Baxter 1 seen as Tom Morgan# . (Continued on Page Seven.)