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THE SUNDAY OBSERVER, SUNDAY, AUGUST 21, 1921 SECTION B tU W- ..... ? W- g. V- - r. kf rl ratty AitwcWe wi I . V.t ' ; ! IMPEWAL.WEIMHII " . - v V v : Sh if, i If 7- Itvjte . 5 I Norma fctaadd? Kr ! I rf vkte And UiunarnodLi v ? ) ' - jUSjAy IriPEMAL MON-TUE , ti V A?, Jw a SAM LUPO )pf j f' InirniiniiT nrrrrt ArJ fepHJ BRDTHUyT I ILUIllUll I Ul I LH y of rwi- riedrtio mmi-tuc nirninniiT niniin i . . ; 1 -iw W ' i-i I riLunium gidih THREE BIG STARS AT THE IMPERIAL Thomas Meighan Scores Big Hit in His New Play, "White and Unmarried" Is Sup ported by Two Leading Wo menFatty Arbuckle and Guy Oliver Have Good Plays for Two Days' Run tacn. Blond and brunette! That' the tile of an old love tory of bygone days, but It flt "White and Un married" In which Thomas Meighan tan and which wlO be ihown at the Imperial theater tomorrow and Tuesday. Two beautiful women Jacqueline ; Logan and Grace Darmond ap pear In the leading feminine roles. Miss Logan,- former beauty of the Follies, Is dark. Miss Darmond, who has been leading woman for num berless stars. Is blonde. ' They are so diametrically opposite in tree, complexion and stature that they make remarkable contrasts In the Dieture story. Mr. Melghan has a role that fits him to perfeotlon. He Is a croon who Inherits a fortune and then fra ternises Jwitb the lawless class he one preyed upon. In the end, of course, he comes out right and the love story winds up satisfactorily. Tom Forman was the director; John D. Bwain wrote the story for Munsey,s-JMBllly Kane White and Unmarried" was the original title. Will M. Rltchey wrote the scenario. ., Jacqueline Logan heads a capable They managed to manhanddle Out Oliver, a clever character actor, pretty much In a desperate fight scene for "A Cumberland Romance," but not having finished the Job they tried to separate him from his young life In his most picture, "Moonlight and Honeysuckle," starring Mary Miles Mlnter, that will open at the Imperial theater on Wednesday for a two day's run. "You see," said Oliver, "I was to be thrown from my horse Into a river and they picked out a spot about all feet deep for ma to land In. But somebody must have moved the spot, I guess, for where I landed there was only about two feet of water, with a very firm bottom. I 'But it might have been worse," he added. "I noticed after I gath ered myself together, that I Just missed a beautiful pile of rocks. Ho John Thompson Rod ey of Rook "Moonlight and Honeysuckle" shifts Its locale from a wild and wooly ranch to the hub of the coun try Washington, D. C. Those last two letters must mean "Do come!" for they Just couldn't keep Judith away when she set her mind on go ing there. And her cowboy sweet heart, too. with his gatllng gun and engagement ring! It's a wonder the senate could function while she was In town, because she sure did turn things around somel Can you imagine Rosooe (Fatty) Arbuckle as a famous surgeon T Well, that's what he is in "Crasy to Marry," his new live reel comedy which comes to the Imperial theater next Friday and Saturday. The plo- ture, directed by James Cruse, is based on an original story by Frank Condon and was scenarized by Wal ter Woods, who wrote the continu ity for several of Mr. Arbuckle's pre. Vious pictures. While they were taking the scenes In a clinic, the effect was most re markable because all the doctors, assistants. Internes, nurses, etc., were clad in pink aprons and caps. This was because pink makes a whiter color on the screen than whlte'lt self. Sometimes yellow or light blue is used also. The effect was ludicrous In the extreme, however. Someone observ ed that Fatty would be great is an operating room because if the ether had the effect of making the patient temporarily wild, he could hold him down without trouble. Llla Lee is leading woman, and one of the starring figures in the cast Is Bull Montana, who is well known to Paramount aucfences. Lester Richard's Popularity Crowds Theater Daily. Complete Change This Week. Many New Vaudeville Features. PATHE OFFERS BIG GROUP OF SHORT PLAYS 0 TTOWA Y MONDAY AND TUESDAY A Notable Production if Women Only Knew BASED ON BALZAC'S "MEDITATIONS ON MARRIAGE" No matter bow much a woman may mar a man there Is always another woman who really cares. The valne of a woman's sweet and nnselflrth love is deftly brought out In this picture. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY The Saphead For the past three weeks the Piedmont theater has enjoyed the largest, crowdlest and the most en- thuniastio audiences than during any nrevtous summer periods. The theater has been literally filled every performance for these three weeks since . the Lester Richards company opened their engagement and the management is holding the company over for the fourth and final weak because of this unpre cedented popularity. Furthermore, "Very Glad Lester" assures the management of the Piedmont that some new and novel surprises are in store for the vaudeville lovers visiting the theater this week. No company of vaudeville and musical nerformers have ever be come quite such favorites locally as I this oompany botn inamauauy mu collectively. - The secret ox tne success is mere ly the fact that leach and every mmhir of the agETegatlon is a versatile performer and has several different talents in the business of entertaining!. So far as making people laugh, "Very Glad Lester" is the boy that could stay in one town all his life and never do the same thing twice. He is even dif ferent in every pertormance ana his own company never knows what he will do next that wni written in the scheme or things. That's originality and an original comedian Is always funny because It Is part of himself. It Is an ex pression of his real personality ana characteristics. . "Very Glad Les ter" Is funny on the street and doesn't try to be and most of the time doesn't know it That's why he's playing his fourth consecutive week at the Piedmont and break ing house records for attendance. There's Bennie iteea uiai is performer from the word "go" and every time you see him on the stage he Is "going" and going good. R Ann la la versatility personified and nroves It In his work, one time you see him he Is the "Handsome Straight Man" ana tne nexi urae no i an Mv-antrle comedian with the audience howling at nis natural ability to chase the gloom mole cules from the very atmosphere. Then Bellamy and Leone Is a pair of soubrettes that lend a new mean- in to tha word "personality" ana as singers of popular songs, they are decided hits. As dancers they are still more popular and at tne head of the big singing ana aano ing chorus, a certain "pep" is In iftfttari that ia seldom seen locally. Ludo. Walsh. MUlien are an reai entertainers with voices that go to compose the "Very Glad Harmony Quartet" who at every performance are forced to respond to repeated encores. Among the other features la the "Famous Jazzbo Jazz Band" which has always proved a riot of fun and for this week is strenginenea Dy .Tn Million and his saxaphone During this concert, "Very Glad Lester" does some new antics on his ordinary Hall Tree (the bass violin.) . A pleasing musical act win oe another vaudeville specialty or merit Joe Mullen, "The Exponent of the Piano Accordian" comprises this feature and is sure, to reoeive repeated applause as he did on the opening bill last weea. Anoinor musical treat la the act of Mullen, Lupo and Mullen, a trio of instru- msnts-4n harmony. Announcement Includes Big Number of Short Subjects and One Serial Episode This Week. Day" No. 12S. furnishes a reel of wit, humor and wisdom of the day, culled from the presses of the world. THIEVES BREAK INTO OFFICE OF SHERIFF I""1 By WINCHELL SMITH ' - .' Co-starrlQf William H. Crane The dlstlntehed state player and Buster Keaton The Inimitable yonng comedian. One of the outstanding big phot od fa man of the year, produced under the personal aupervisloii of WlNdfEIiL SMITH, who haa been re ffponfllbie for the suoress of some of Boradwny'a nhenomlnal stage hits among them -UUHtSltc," TURX TO THK RIGHT," "BREW. STER'S MILLIONS," BOOMERANG. 'THE JXmTUNE HUNTER" and THE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY JACK HOXIE IN 'The Broken Spur" Special t Tha Obnrrer. GREENWOOD. 8. C, Aug. tO. With an audacity unparalleled In crime annals of Greenwood county, thieves broke Into the office of the sheriff at the courthouse last night and carried away a hundred-gallon caDaclty liquor still, captured by county officers during the afternoon. It Is supposed entrance was gamea through a window in the office. The door was the nunlocked an dthe still, one of the largest ever captured here. carried boldly out the front door of the courthouse. VARIED DILL T OTTOWAY Three Fine Plays Billed for the Coming Week Presenting Some Well Known Stars. rood story may be successfully ! transferred to the screen as far as ... ,i Anihv rlvlnff It the proper setting A poor story, with good settings may oe maaa mui ( through the medium of an excellent I east However, tha Ideal "movie" is the one which combines excellence in cast; story and settings. This is exactly the situation with regard to "If,. Women Only . Kaew." which opens for a. two-day engagement to morrow. . In addition to the above. It mast be remembered that cast, story and settings may be ruined If the direc tion is not all that it should be. Ia this new photoplay E. H. Griffith, who has long been identified with screen successes. Is the -director. Mr. Griffith is of the type of director who places are above monetary consid eration, and hence his success. An exact reproduction of the New Tork stock exchange is seen In "The Saphead." Several hundred people are plotured in the scene represent ing a Wall Street panto, which will be shown Wednesday and Thursday. The stock exohange, even in nor mal times, is one of the most inter estlng sights in the country, with Its quotations affecting the life of the world. - In panlo times, It la thrilling, and this thrill is reproduced in the picture. It is heightened by the sus pense of the drama, in which the ex. travagant young man about town, played by Buster Keaton, fights to save the fortune of his father, the arrogan financier, played by WlHUwnj H Crane. I To the majority of people It M difficult to be other than Just what we are, although we do read irom time to time of a "Raffles" or a "Dt Jekvll and Mr. Hyde." .An aotoil who take the part of two characters In a play or motion picture always! nroves h i real ability in nis an Jair . Hnxie. who eomss to the Ot toway theater on Friday and In hid latest western feature Tne aroaen Spur," provee his ability to accept a dual role, for he Is both the big good natured cams foreman, beloved by his men, and the roving bad man of the Canadian wilds who ngnts quickly with his fists as with his re volver. THIS PHONOGRAPH WILL CHANCE ITS OWN RECORD ' ANDERSON, 8. 0., Aug. SO. A phonograph which changes Its ewnf needles ana recorao automatically and, one after another, will play any number of records, has been bull' and pAtente dby Arthur W. Wilson, a local barber. Not only U the ma chine automatic In its ohangtng oil records, but It Is selfwinding, and will play Indefinitely without being! The bill itself is a double black face concoction of everything that goes into, a successful program ana is built around the the comedy eruptions of "Very Glad Lester" and Bennie Reed. -v. -, . . The management or tne riea- mont announces that the programs for this week are new in every as tall and' a complete change from that of last week. ' Tho screen attractions lor Mon day and Tuesday Is "JacK" the f!hinanee Star in 'The , Evolution of Man." This is a picture In which a real Chlpanzee plays the leading role and Is novel In the extreme. Dorothy Dalton will be the feature on Wednesday and Thursday In "Back of the Man." The uaual weekly amateur vaudeville contest will be staged as a special added attraction on "Thursday night. f RUSSELLVILLE. ALA., Aug. 20. Fred R. Hall, , charged with the murder of Miss Martha Henderson of Dallas, Texas, today was found guilty and the jury fixed life Im prisonment as the punishment. But one vote was taken by the Jury.- it was stated. The verdict was ren dered 'at 8:20 o'clock. Manager Heller of the local Pathe office announces a strong group of short subject features and one epi sode of a new serial are announced as scheduled for release by Pathe for the week of September 4. Prom inent amogn the week's releases Is "The Wolver," the second of tha new series of Tom Santschl western dramas which were contracted for following the enormous success all over .the country enjoyed by the first Santschl aeries. Cyrus J. Wil liams, producer of the aeries, has not relied entirely on the capabili ties of his star, but has surrounded Mr. Santschl witji an exceptional cast of players. Among them are Ruth Stonehouse, well known wher ever pictures are shown, Jay Wor- ley, and Clark Comstock. The of fering also boasts of a wealth of beautiful western scenery, showing the rugged mountainous country and the wide vistas of the western plains. The Hare and the Frogs - is me next animated cartoon or tne "Aesop's Film Fables" series, pro duced by Fables Pictures, Inc., and created by Cartoonist Paul Terry. In animated form the well-known fable is more humorously brought out and given a more modern set ting than when It was first told by Aesop, 2,600 years ago. The ani mals in the story are the stars ot the offering, and Mr. Terry, by means of his marked skill, has giv en his pen and Ink actors all the attributes of human beings In their capers on the screen. "Over the Fence" is the new re Issued Harold Lloyd one-reel com edy, showing the spectacled come dian's prowess as a baseball player. Lloyd has for his leading lady Bebe Daniels, now a' star In feature pic tures; and "Snub" Pollard, now featured In the Hal Roach come dies la Harold Lloyd's running mate In the offering. The comedy shows the difficulties of Lloyd In getting his girl to a baseball game on some one else's ticket, and how Pollard beats him to It. Lloyd finally sneaks In and is mistaken for the new pitcher. He accidentally makes a hero of himself and loads his team to victory, winning the girl as well. "The Jail Bird" Is the title of the latest Hal Roach comedy featur ing "Snub" Pollard. , The moust ached comedian plays the role of a Jail bird; Marie Mosqulnr Is the warden's daughter "Sunshine Sam my" is a diminutive colored wearer of the ball and chain; and George Howe, the "wall-eyed" gink, and Noah Young are prominent among the Hal Roach comedians in the offering. The laughable stunts of Pollard to win the good will of the Jail officials in order to secure his freedom, and the' manner lnwhich he Is Initiated into the "Jaif Club" by the members who have preceded him, are among the laughable fea tures of "the" comedy. ' "The Price of a Throne" Is the twelfth episode of "The Yellow Arm." Ibe new-PBthe eria!.Juani Ita Hansen Is starred In the chap ter play, with Warner Oland and Marguerite Courtot prominently featured In the large cast. A fea ture of the current episode Is the magnificent and exotic setting used" In depleting the throne room of the Imperial temple In Pal-Shul, where a coronation, followed by a grim tragedy , takes place. Pathe Review No. 119 is the cur rent Issue of the screen magazine, presenting Interesting and widely diversified' subjects, Including: "The Little City of Dreams," the current capltol travelaugh by Hy Maver, showing places of Interest in New York's Greenwich village; "DancV Ing Alias Hard Work," Is a nova graph slow-motion Bturty of the terpslchorean art ; "The 8ea-Plg Hunt" shows Lord Waldorf Astor harpooning the wily porpoise oft the isle of Bimlnt, and "Where Wil liam Tell Made His- Mark" is a Pathe-oJor travel-picture taken in Altdorf, Switzerland. Pathe news No. 72 and 73 shows goings-on of topical interest throughout the world, photographed and collected by the larere staff of Pathe cameramen. "Topics ot the i I I I I J I I I I I I I Charlotte' Only Vaudeville Matinee I P. M 10c-25c Night, 1 20c-35e A A The Week's ATTRACTIONS mcMAms And Superb Company LAST BIG WEEK ALL NEW FEATURES LESTER RICHARDS "The" Comedian MULLEN & MULLEN Plano-Accordlan Musical Act MULLEN, LUPO & MULLEN Instrumental Harmony "VERY GLAD" QUARTET Harmony Singing; JAZZBO JAZZ BAND A Positive Riot BELLAMY & LEONE lSnglng and Dancing -'A WALSH & LUPO , Singers BENNIE REED. n The Versatility Man A BIG BEAUTY CHORUS ON THE SCREEN - I 1 I Thursday Night Amateur Night a MONDAY and TUESDAY . Jack i The Chimpanzee Star . 'in . "EVOLUTION OF MAN" WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY , Dorothy Dalton li ' "BACK OF THE MAN" ALL NEW THIS WEEK II: St IHPEMAL t: HONS The Coolest Place la Town Malta SO MONDAY and TUESDAY Thomas v! ml n Falling heir to a fortune, ho graduated from burglary Into society. . And net the girl whoso photograph be had carried oat at second- story window. Whlrh started something In Parte that toe Apache under world tried to finish! Love and deviltry, dash nod danger! You'll say the Good Lack Star hasadoDe- it again 1 .ALSO . INTERNATIONAL JTEWS TOPICS OP THE DAY WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY Minter Mary Miles .... - ' V "Moonlight and Honeysuckle" Whichever of her suitors Judith had accepted would have made . hit rfrh Judith's Ilnrt- you see be was in love hunself, and the charming widow who had won bla elderly heart couldn't see him as long as daughter Judith, r the efficient manager, was on the horizon. When it fame to bossUta; Dad, the widow preferred tn nnrlln tha fob alone. ' Now Judith smiled on Dad's romance, but she bad plana for her own young lire tha. Dad never suspeoiea. wnen una aiscover. ed what that minx was np to . Well, come see for yourself what happened. - 7- ' , ( I .ssBsssrasB FRIDAY and SATURDAY V J..M L. Laakv eresenU Hocoo (Fatty ;,jrat TV M f "tl f 1 ' x
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