Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 179, 10 July 1915 — Page 3

PAGE THRE3 XT WEEK IN THE LOCAL PLAYHOUSES

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1915 . .... . . . . . .. ... .....

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TONIGHT. "This; Little White . Violet" Don't fail to see beautiful Mary Fuller in this remarkable character of a novice in a convent. It will make all the boys love ber even more, and the girls will envy ber and feel sorry for, her. This is the first of Miss Fuller's remark able aeries of "Flower Plays," in each of which she portrays the characteristics of a flower. SUNDAY. "The Crown of Death" In this, the sixth and last adventure of the marvelous "Under the Crescent" series, the beautiful Princess Hassan, after many hairbreadth escapes is condemned to death. How she is saved and the beautiful - love promise that follows, makes this one of the most remarkable adventures of the series. MONDAY. "Betty's Dream Hero" Can't you imagine the sweetly wistful face of darling, little Ella Hall framed in tf quaint bonnet of a southern belle cT war times? Can't you imagine handsome Bob Leonard as her northern lover in the uniform of a northern officer? TUESDAY. "Souls In Pawn" A strong drama of the passions. A boy's love for an unworthy woman, the beautiful story of a friend's sacrifice, a crime, the saving of an Innocent man from an awful fate; these are the elements mingled in a plot that .moves swiftly forward in every scene.

WEDNESDAY. "Copper" Here is a play that will give you every sensation, touch emotion and satisfy you. to the very end. Rivalry in love and in business; a battle of wits, a woman's devotion, a foiled plot these are the incidents that make up a plot that moves with a swiftness that brings a thrill, a sob. a gasp, a smile or a tear of relief every second for two full reels. THURSDAY. "The UJBter Lass" Lovers of old Ireland will see in this beautiful play some of the most beautiful Irish scene settings ever shown on the screen. It is a true Irish tale, told as only Gene Gauntier and Jack Clark can tell it. FRIDAY. "The Closing Chapter" Murdock MacQuarrie's play are always throbbing with heart interest, and in this story of how an orphan won her estranged grandfather's love and brought peace and happiness is one of the best.

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COMING ATTRACTION. "Four Grains of Rice" The leaders of the Sons of the Brazen Joss, one of the Tongs, or Chinese social organizations, is murdered by Moy Wong the cunning leader of the Four Grains of Rice, a Tong of higher class, and bitter enemies of the Sons. Sworn to vengeance, the Sons await the opportunity to get even. A slumming party happens Into Chinatown at this time, and Ruth Grinnell. fiancee of Sidney Ranee, insists upon exploring the interior of Moy Wong's little store, the beautiful display of which has attracted her attention. The leader sees her and Is fascinated by her beauty. He is blandly agreeable, and quietly slips a ring of peculiar design into her bag.

WORKING ON "MIZPAH."

The work of preparing for "Mizpah" is growing in importance. The "Walls of Babylon" are to be, constructed many miles from Los Angeles and a fmal army of builders and workmen is to be employed. At another location the ' Streets of Jerusalem" will appear. As these 'props" are to be constructed solidly and in replica of the same structures of the Holy Land the Selig forces at Los Angeles have

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unconventional things but the comment quoted above was well justified. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. "Frozen North" You recollect that old story about a certain editor returning home 14te one night after an evening spent about the festive board and, losing his bearings in his own front yard, circulating round and round a solitary tree and at last sinking to the ground muttering, "Losh! Losh! In impenerable foresh!" Well, leaving out the festive board part of it and all that, the same thing almost happened to Miss Maud Gilbert, who supports William Farnum in William Fox's Box Office Attraction Co.'s Production Extraordinary of Henri Bernstein's great drama, "SamEon," when she was playing in a picture in which she was supposed to be a gypsy girl searching for her lover through a snow-covered countryside.

Murrette MONDAY. "The Show Down" Benson his release from reform school, promises the chaplain to live straight, and goes to the city to find a job. In the boarding house where he puts up, he meets Annie Breen, a salesgirl. Billings, a libertine drummer, employed by the department store where Annie works, is attracted by the girl's prettiness and forces upon her his attentions.

TUESDAY. "Silent Co-ed" The girls of Jones college are accustomed to seeing their basketball team annually defeated by Hartford college. On receiving a challenge, however, from a city settlement house, they anticipate an easy victory. It proves otherwise. Kit Donahue, the little gum chewing captain of the settlement team, outplays the entire college five and scores an easy triumph for the urbanitea. The college girls at last induce the little captain to stay at the college and play cn their team.

Scene from "A Gentleman of Leisure," at and Thursday.

the Murray Wednesday

sees an owl's nest, clambers aloft after it and finds the gleaming "diamond from the sky."

Murray SUNDAY. ..""Diamond from Sky"-r-Thev fight, though uneven, is superb. It seems going against Arthur, when at breakneck speed he rides his horse to the highest tier of the grand stand, jumps and escapes. Arthur comes upon a dead fox hunter, changes clothes with the bodv. and eludes his niirsnprs

Meanwhile Hagar's detective discov- j direction of Jesse L. Lasky. ers that the finger prints on the I "A Gentleman of Leisure," is so throat of murdered Dr. Lee are not!named because the hero is a society

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. "I don't see where the leisure comes in," said one of the first men to see the film version of "A Gentleman of Leisure," with Wallace Eddinger in the title role, which is to be the offering at the Murray on Wednesday and Thursday, as presented under the

Arthur's but those of Blair Stanley.. Hagar rushes to Mrs. Stanley with the evidence, and Blair strikes her into unconsciousness. Then he hides her handcuffed form in the Stanley secret chamber, and flees madly with the incriminating photographs of his

own finger prints. Not far away is a small colored boy driving a pig. He

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WEDNESDAY. 'The Old High Chair" In the attic

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of her home, an old lady comes upon the high chair of her children. The incidents of her life pass in vision before her. She recalls her home-coming as a bride, the happy years with her husband and growing children. The first great sorrow, the death of her only daughter, is lived over again. FRIDAY. "Mountain Mary" Hazen Doone and Giles Turell, two old mountaineers, are bitter enemies. Turell shoots Doone from ambush, severely wounding him. Doone resolves to be avenged. Ivan Doone, who has just returned from several years' absence at art school, is commissioned by his father to bring about the betrayal of Mountain Mary, Turell's only daughter.

tramp brig, Annabelle, fish up from the sea a sealed bottle, .which they take to the captain, John Gordon. The bottle contains a letter from Frederick

Keyea, who" has been shipwrecked with his daughter, Grace, on a email island. Keyes offers to divide a large fortune in gold, which he has found in a cave on the island, with his rescuers. Gordon shows the letter' to Merrill, the first mate. Merrill cares nothing about rescuing the castaways, but determines that the gold shall be his. .

PALACE

TONIGHT, 2-Reel Kalem

"The Secret Well

Vit. Comedy "Bunny In Funnyland.", COMING WEDNESDAY The World Film Corp. Presents in 5 Stirring Acts "The Builder Of Bridges" ' The Famous Shubert Feature

SATURDAY. "The Sea Ghost" -The crew of the

At Palace Wednesday

MARIE WELLS i(Try Who Appears In "The Bulkier of Brldf esM on the World Film Corporation Prosrnnu '

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In the new feature at the Arcade Wednesday and Thursday.

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SKY DOME Main Street, Near 11th St. TONIGHT Balboa-Pathe Offers the 3Act Drama "The Tip-Off" Also One Reel Comedy Coming Attractions "THE COVETED HERITAGE" "THE OLD THESPIAN" "FIRES OF AFFLICTION"

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Main St. Near 9th

Don't Miss This Tonight

BEAUTIFUL MARY FULLER In a Sweetly Tender 2-Reel Victor Drama

The Litfle White Violet"

ALSO ONE REEL "THE SKIN GAME"

4-ReeIs Tomorrow-5c The Startling "Under the Crescent" Series 6th and Last Adventure "The Crown of Death"

WITH H. R. H. PRINCESS HASSAN Oriental Magnificence tn Harem Life. 2-Reel Gold Seal Also 2 Reels Chapter No. 3. "The Broken Coin"

COMING MONDAY COMING WEDNESDAY See These Two Popular Univer- Don,t Mi Big Play About sal Stars in a Beautiful Play rADDrD Bob Leonard and Ella Hall , . VlrrXiK T n n i it-. ou II enjoy the love-Interest In a 2-Reel Laemmle Drama too A 3-reel Imp. Drama with "Betty's Dream Hero" Vi0,et Mer,uoord wmiam COMING TUESDAY f COMING THURSDAY Beautiful and Tense 3-Reel Rex Tdff Hearts of Old Drama Ireland "SOULS IN PAWN" "THE ULSTER LASS" 2-Reel 101 Bison Drama With Ben Wilson and Dorothy With Gene Gauntier and Jack Phillips. Clark.

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"Nick Winters and the

Mysterious Bank'

Always Special Music by the WEISBROD SAXOPHONE ORCHESTRA ADMISSION 5 CENTS

STOP? Last Time Tonight

Don't Miss This Most Wonderful of All Silent Dramas Last Night We Played to Packed Houses "A FOOL THERE WAS" Is Presented by William Fox in 6 Big Reels of Motion Pictures.

5c TO MORRO W 5c Matinee and Night Chapter No. 7 in 2 Reels "THE DIAMOND FROM THE SKY"

Two Big Reels Full of Laughs CHARLES CHAPLIN IN "IN THE PARK" COMING MON. AND TUES. The Famous Players Film Co. Inc., Presents in 5 Big Acts a Love Play Full of Romance "THE LOVE ROUTE" A Real Western Love Drama That Is Worth Seeing.

COMING WEO. AND THUR. Jesse L. Lasky Presents Broadway's Favorite Star Comedian WALLACE EDDINGER In a most elaborate picturization of one of the most phenomenally successful farces ever produced 'A Gentleman of Leisure' By John Stapleton and P. G. Woodhouse. The story of a rich young society man who made a wager that he could commit a burglary without being caught. How he made a partnership with a real thief and tried to rob the police commissioner's house, together with a thousand diverting developments, all culminating in an exquisite romance.

COMING FRI. AND SAT. William Fox Presents the Celebrated Maud Gilbert In the Big 5-Act Drama "Sampson" As Produced by Edgar Lewis for the Fox Company. v

Murrette TONIGHT 2-Reel Thanhouser "CROSSED WIRES" Majestic Comedy "THE KID MAGICIAN" COMING SUNDAY 2-Reel Broncho Drama "THE SEA GHOST" Beauty Drama "THE MADONNA" COMING MONDAY Reliance Melodrama "THE SHOWDOWN" 2-Reel Keystone Comedy

Don't Fail to Come Friday E MURDOCK MacQU ARRIE IN THIS FINE BIG U DRAIV

The Closing Chapter

PHOTOPLAYS THAT PLEASE

TODAY E. H. Calvert and Lillian Drew in the 2-part feature.

"The Clutch of

Circumstances

It's an Essanay. Also a Lubin Comedy "OUT FOR A STROLL" Featuring Billy Reeves Next to Chaplin the funniest man in pictures. Wednesday & Thursday CHARLES CHAPLIN In His Newest and Best 2,000 Feet of Roars, "The Woman" It Will Be Released July 12th In Addition a 2-Part Vita graph "PLAYING THE GAME" THURSDAY Second Feature. Broadway Star Feature . "RECTOR'S AT SEVEN" Double Programs WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY

TOMORROW The Sensational Soul Stirring Selig Feature in 2 Acts "Letters

Entangled

Also the Essanay Comedy Chuck Full of Laughs "A BUNCH OF MATCHES" Don't Miss a Good Program Tuesday SPECIAL FEATURE ".WIFE FOR WIFE" In 3 Acts ' Presenting WILMUTH MERKYL Leading Man In "Sari" All Last Winter, and Charming REGINA RICHARDS A Production of John A. Stevens' Famous Drama. FRIDAY "Through Turbulent Waters" A 4-Act Feature A vivid emotion gripper A powerful picturized proof of the superiority of our features are "Strength Not Length." Splendidly acted by Gertrude McCoy, mistress of stormy emotions.