Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 244, 26 July 1919 — Page 2

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1919.

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seat at the Murray theatre next Thursday, pay your tare as you enter and in a very short time, you'll find yourself back in the years when r "love is young in springtime and all the world is before you. Lila Lee is the star of the Paramount picture "Puppy Love" which is guaranteed to transport you into the past. It is a story by Monte M. Katterjohn, directed by R. William Nelll. The latter calls "Puppy Love" a story of Youth and Summertime, and he has hit the nail on the head. It is delightful that's the only word to describe it. And as for comedy never anything better was done by Mark Twain or his successors. Charles Murray is the comedian you know, for you've seen him in ParamountMack Sennett comedies and he is simply a "scream."

The entire cast is good. The story is good. The star is wonderful, and you'll be simply carried away by the sweetness and the charm of the production.

Mary Pickford is coming back In "Daddy Long Legs" Monday and Tues day at the request of Washington theatre fans.

all-star cast" production

WASHINGTON Sunday Mary Miles Minter in "The Intrusion of Isabel." Monday and Tuesday Mary Pickford In "Daddy Long Legs." Wednesday and Thursday Madge Kennedy in "Daughter of Mine." Friday and Saturday Clara Kimball Young In "The Better Wife."

MURRETTE Sunday, Monday and Tuesday Jack Pickford in "Bill Apperson's Boy." Wednesday and Thursday Ethel Clayton in "Men, Women and Money." Friday and Saturday Dorothy Oish in "Boots." MURRAY Monday, Tuesday and WednesdayBryant Washburn in "Poor Boob." Thursday, Friday and Saturday Lila Lee in "Puppy Love."

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Inasmuch as besides Clara Kimball Young we have Lillian Walker, Kathlyn Williams, Barbara Tennant, Irving Cummings. Nigel Barrie and little Ben

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MURRAY VAUDEVILLE

Local vaudeville fans have a real

treat awaiting them in the acts which

are booked to appear at the Murray

opening Monday matinee. Headlining the bill for the first half will be Corse, Waddell and Clark, three men who

elng the kind of songs you like to hear. Aside from their excellent harmony singing they also dispense comedy which Is said to be of the entertaining variety. These boys have played all the big time Keith houses and no doubt they will be warmly received here. Another comedy act will be Denny and Dunigan, a man and woman singing and talking act which is heralded as being something different. Their act has been especially written to suit their personalities, and with their elaborate wardrobe, Murray patrons may look for something unusual from this talented team. The

sensational act of the week will bo The Lunetta Sisters, who bill themselves as "exponents of dental aviation." These young ladies are exceptionally beautiful and present an aerial dancing novelty which has been very, very succesful over the Orpheum circuit this season. The bill opening Thursday will comprise our old friend Bill Shewmaker, who is well known locally, and who will entertain his Richmond friends with his act which he has presented in all the leading theaters. The other acts will be The Thomas Trio, three men who are artists upon the trampoline and bars, and the Three Charming Girls, young ladies who will be heard in a musical and instrumental program. The picture for the first half will bo Bryant Washburn in his latest Paramount production, "Poor Boob," while Lila Lee will be seen the last half in the five-reel Paramount comedy drama, "Puppy Love."

Mine," by Hugo Ballin, is presented by Ooldwyn at the Washington theatre

beginning Wednesday, and ner novei picture tells a highly original story. Rosie Mendelsohn (Madge Kennedy) lives In the tenement district, but she has the Imagination of a Munchausen. She executes a plan that brings her everything she desires. Professing to have found the manuscript of a wonderful story, she induces her employer, Rayberg, a publisher, to let her read it to him. As a matter of fact, it is a wildly romantic narrative the girl has written from memory. It is an exaggerated version of a novel written by her erstwhile sweetheart, from whom Rosie is separated and is eager to find. The girl becomes the highfiown heroine. Lady Diantha, and everyone she knows becomes part of the thriller she visualizes. But she leaves the story unfinished and induces the conservative publisher to print it as it is and offer a reward for a suitable conclu

sion. Rosie knows that George will i recognize his story and come forth. What happens when this plan is car-j

r!ed out brings about a climax in keepIn with the melodramatic adventures

of the story within the story. "Uaugh- j

ter of Mine" i3 said to be replete wuu wit, humor and surprising twists.

Humor, with tears that tread upon simles, is the keynote of "Daddy

Long Legs," screen version of the famous story by Jean Webster, in which Mary Pickford will be seen at the Washington. In this, the first of the productions to be made by her very own company Miss Pickford, as "Judy Abbott," easily has the best role of her career. As a poor orphan child, ever helping those about her and making the most of cruel treatment, she finally rises to wonderful heights. The picture was directed by Marshall Neilan, one of the new wonders

of the screen world. Mr. Neilan, Is foremost In the new generation of producers and a very young man, but already he has won the name of "The Mark Twain of the Screen," so human and humorous are his touches. The early part of "Daddy Long Legs" is especially full of laugh-winning situations of many sorts.

gold into currency and discovers a hotbed of crookedness. The star dancing girl refuses to enter into a crooked scheme to separate Fatty from his money and she is thrown out into the street. Fatty decides to pick this brand from the burning and after giving a wonderful exhibition of prowess, he is elected sheriff by acclamation. Molly is welcomed by the Salvation Army and while a band of Salvationists Is engaged in a meeting in front of the hall, the giant proprietor makes disparaging remarks which Fatty resents. The two have a terrific battle in which Fatty i3 victorious. He thereupon forces everyone in the place to accept salvation, employing his shooting iron to that end. In the closing scenes, Fatty wins the love of the pretty dancer and

they receive the blessings of the Salvationists and townsmen. The comedy is shown at the Murrette theatre for the last time today.

If you want to make an excursion backward in time, just climb into a

amount star, will next be seen at the ! puts himself well on the road to forMurray Theatre in "Poor Boob" which i tune.

is booked for an engagement starting next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. From advance indications this wiil be one of Washburn's best pictures to date. It is an adaptation of a stage comedy by Margaret Mayo. Donald Crisp directed the picture and the scenario was written by Gardner Hunting. In the cast are Wanda Hawley, Theodore Roberts, Raymond

Hatton, Dick Rosson, Guy Oliver, , Jane Wolff, Mary Thurman, Jay Dwig- j gins, Charles Ogle and others Of prom- j inenoe. j

The story deals with the fortunes of a youth who leaves his home town as a failure, and later decides to bluff the citizens Into believing he is a millionaire. Luck is with him, and he not only succeeds in his bluff, but also

An electric soldering device has been invented that can be operated with an automobile storage battery.

Four thousand women are included in the membership of the Saskatchewan Grain Growers' Association.

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As a gunfighter Tom Mix never has missed fire. Nor has any one of his photodramas missed fire; and the latest picture of this muchadmired Fox star, "The Wilderness Trail" Is declared to be the best yet. It is from the book of the same name by Frank Williams all about the Canadian fur-trapping regions-shown at the Murrette theatre today. Colleen Moore, who is the leading lady, and an unusually good cast are said to put the usual vim and sparkle into this play. Some of the features are snow scenery which, according to report, never has been rivaled on the screen; two fierce fights by Tom Mix, and a wholesome romance that should go home to every heart. The scenario is by Charles Kenyon, and the direction by Edward J. Le Saint.

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Clara Kimball Your? comes to the Washington theater on Friday and Saturday of next week in her latest Select Picture, "The Bettrr Wife." She appears in the role of Charm ian Page, an American girl accompanied by her father on a visit to Kngland and France. While visiting their friends, the Kingdons, at tiuir English estate. Charmian meets Sir Richard Beverly, whose wife is having an affair with another man. Charmian is captivated with little Dick, the child of the nobleman, ami

later, when Lady Beverly is Kiuea m , an automobile accident and the little boy is quite seriously injured, she nurses him back to health. I Sir Richard Is in financial difficulties and proposes to the American girl because of her wealth, and also knowing that she will make a loving and affectionate mother to little Dick. He has worshipped his first wife and does not know of her infidelity. And Charmian finds that although she loves her husband dearly she is a wife in name only. She bravely bears this for the sake of the little boy. And even when her husband taunts her with marrying him for his title she does not desert the ship. And finally her great love conquers and he Is thoroughly won by her consistent affection. But this is after a mutual friend tells him frankly that he has been -worshipping false gods and that his former wife was untruo to him. . , . m He then recognizes the gold from the dross and pleads with Charmian to accept him as her lover as well as her husband. This offering may truly

Any girl who has a lagging love affair on her hands and who cares enough about the man to feel like injecting a little fresh interest and spirit into things, should certainly see Mary Miles Minter's latest film, "The Intrusion of Isabel." A becom

ing evening gown, new-as-new, does wonders for Isabel's romance. The incident is likely to suggest the very treatment, needed to startle some other girl's sweetheart into a state of wakefulness. Miss Minter, as Isabel, is as bonny

a maid as any young "bach" might ; find in a lifetime of searching; and, j whin her mothering heart impels her ; to make sure that his vest buttons: are where and how they should be, j

you wonder how on eartn ne man-1 ages to stop at just a gracious smile ' and thank-you. Howsoever, there's j another woman in the case but that's j telling. 1 Go and enjoy this picture for your-! self when it comes to the Washington ! theatre Sunday only. Manager Gruen.

wald promises that it will give you one of the pleasantest hours you've ever spent before the screen.

MURRETTE. You have head and heard of London fogs, but unless you have been on

tne actual ground, you nave a very vague idea of what they really are. And because Dorothy Gish knew what London fogs were like, slie having been in London during the time she was working on "Hearts of the World," she insisted that the real London fog be used for her newest Paramount picture, "Boots," which comes to the Murrette theatre Friday for a reriod of two days. Nearly all of the first reel of the picture transpires during a cold, damp and misty evening when Trafalgar square is covered with a blanket-like mist that penetrates to every corner. Ol course, many of the scenes are in

side scenes, and there are others which could not be staged across the water at the time they were made. These have been taken and so cleverly woven into the foreign photography that it is impossible to tell which was made in the United States and which was made abroad. Modern motion picture making taxes the ingenuity of every department of production. "So," says Manager Geer, of the Murrette, "when you see 'Boots,' remember it's not all London. But

don't come and ask me which is Lon

don and which is Los Angeles, because I don't know. You will have to write to Dorothy."

MURRAY Elinor Fair, the pretty, dark-haired motion picture star, finds her greatest mental relaxation in detective stories. She is only 18, but has been reading sleuth tales since she was able to read at all. Poe's work first caught her fancy, but she likes Conan Dayle's rapid-fire Sherlock Holmes stories best. "While I read love stories," she said, "they do not interest me half as much as the tales of detectives. After a hard day's work I can pick up a detective story and in an hour feel refreshed." "Be a Lltle Sport," a William Fox picture in which Albert Ray and Miss Fair are starred, is showing at the Murray theatre.

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MURRETTE The scene of "A Desert Hero" is laid in a wild western town, where Sheriffs are killed every ten minutes by the boisterous population whose hangout is a dance hall of which a giant bully is the proprietor. Fatty has made a fortune in a desert mine and goes to the town to enjoy himself. He enters the dance hall to change

Zasu Pitts, a young actress who has gained a unique reputation in the depiction of comedy character roles, such as slavey, etc., has a prominent role in Ethel Clayton's new Paramount picture, "Men, Women and Money," which will be shown at the Murrette Wednesday and Thursday. Although she has been in motion pictures only two years, Miss Pitts has appeared with some of the most prominent stars and has attracted a great deal of atention. Her most important role was in "The Little Princess," with Mary Pickford. She also appeared with Douglas Fairbanks in "A Modern Musketeer," and with Miss Pickford in "How Could You, Jane?" Miss PiUs did not have the usual tad luck of the beginner in pictures, for although she started as an extra, she only worked in this field seven days, after which she played in stock. Her portrayal in "Men, Women and Money" adds much to the attractiveness of the picture.

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"Bill Apperson's Boy" A Pickford Feature Picture Wednesday and Thursday Ethel Clayton "Men, Women and Money"

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" BOOTS " Old shoes are a strange place to look for romance, treason intrigue, but Dorothy found them.

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Have you ever, in your fondest dreams, played or imagined your

selfplaying football on the beach i with a bevy of beauties who swim j and dive like mermaids? Would anyone want to wake up, under such circumstances? Anyway, I when "Hearts and Flowers" comes to j the Washington theatre on Wednesday , and Thursday your dream will come ' true to a certain extent. You will J at least witness on the screen the famous Sennett bathing beauties disporting in the surf after a swift football game on the sands. This new I Paramount-Mack Sennett comedy is j said to be the most delicious com-1 bination of pulchritude and ludicrous j mirthfulness ever conceived by the i

master mind of comedy Mack Sennett. Ford Sterling plays the role of a musician in a hotel Orchestra, who wins Phillis Haver away from Billy Armstrong. Billy makes Ford believe Louise Fazenda is heiress to a fortune and Ford transfers his affections and then comes a series of side-splitting adventures ending with Gord striving desperately to escape from the snare. Edward Cline direct

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Vaudeville Bill

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Cose, Clark and Waddel Three Men Comedy and Harmony Singing Denny and Dunigan Man and Woman Comedy Act Lunette Sisters Aerial Dancers. An act of feminine beauty and enchantment

THURSDAY AND LAST HALF

Thomas Trio Three men trampoline and bar act Bill Shewmaker "HOWDY POP." A real comedian and one you all know Three Charming Girls

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