New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 9, 1922, Page 5

€ mean heel and to flounce a whirlwind * FOK'S ‘FAST MAIL RIOT OF THRILLS Ml Action and Adventure of Stage Melodrama The movie enthusiast who goes to Tox's theater tomorrow night, or at any performance through Wadnesday of next week, knowing what to ex- pect in the feature will probably get considerable entertainment out of “The Fast Mall;"” and if they don't know what to expect it s an unquali- fled certainty that they will get their| fill of thrills while sitting through fit. “The Fast Mall,” which is a plc- turization of Lincoln J. Carter's well known melodrama of that name, §s| the wildest, wooliest, rip-roaring mc-: tion picture that has flickered across the sllver sheet in many a day. If there be anything in the fleld of melodrama of the ultra-mellow | variety that was overlooked in the| filming of this picture, it has not Leen discovered. It begins with some fast “drammer”, speeds up in the second | reel and then goes on ever faster and | more furious until the final fade| away when ‘“They live happily ever after.” Just an inKling of what is in store | for those who are to see “The Fast Mail.”” The hero is a stalwart west- erner from that land ‘“where men are men.” In a steeplechase, he {s fouled and thrown from his horl'J by the brother of his sweetheart. He forces a confession, holds up the “frame-up” gang at the point of a gun and grabs the money they have won in order to return it to the loser. In the melee one of them 18 shot and then the merry suit of 'one of them as-the murderer begins. First there is the chase on horseback, during the course of which the hero vaults over some railroad gates just as the train ‘whizzes past. Then there is the pur- suit on steamboats, with the hero leaping from one to the other to get the hard-hearted villain, and battling hand to hand with the entire stoke | ing crew just before the boilers ex- plode. The villain escapes, reaches land and leaps into a fast motor car. The hero puisues, first in a hand car and then jumps onto the fast mail, from which he In turn jumps into a speed- ing auto. He races right into the heart of the villain's gang where he jars the entire place loose, lays out everybody in sight and in some wild- fire scenes saves his sweetheart from the top floor of a burning building ,and another villain. The cast includes Charles (Buck) \Jones as the hero and Eileen Percy as the heroine. Following ‘‘Just comes the last half of the week, comes “The Storm.” Another big feature booked for an early showing is Rodolph Valentino and Eugene O'Brien in “The Wonderful Chance.” The management at Fox's theater ill formally open the fall season on onday of next week with the re-in- Yoduction of vaudeville programs at )th afternoon and evening perform- fices. The programs. of four acts ‘ach, will be changed each Monday and Thursday and will be given in conjunction with a high class movie program. The opening bill high class entertainers which the management does not hesitate to recommend. As an opener, Fay and West, two men with a lively line of comedy chatter, some new jokes and antics, will make their initial bow here. Two girls, billed as Grace and Chum, with an ability to shake a Tony,” which presents several flounce, will dance their way into popular favor; while Cecil and Mack announce that they will give the pub- e “Bits of This and That." Their “That” is especially refreshing, they say. Wills, Winton and Wills, “The Three Fashion Plates” have a dis- tinct novelty act, embodying not only good clothes and a grace to wear them, but also ability as excellent en- tertainers. Al Lemons Wins Favor As a “Road” Comedian A recent edition of the “Billboard"”, | a theatrical publication carrles a leng story on the acting ability of Al Lemons, known to his New Brit- | ain friends as Lazarus Willet. Mr. l.emons has appeared in New Britain | with various musical attractions at| the Lyceum theater. | In part the review says “Al Lemons | iz out of the ordinary. To see him | on the road, in a cozy little com-| pany that travels light of baggage | and light of scenery, reminds us that an actor is an actor regardless of his| fame. The small town may often | see a better comedian than it would | find at the Winter Garden. “He has his own ideas about com- | edy that wear with the audience and | about shows that wear with the audi- | ence. Because Lemons intends to last with the public, he insists on| working with lightness of heart. Till| the big contract and vehicle offer lightness of heart, he is going to be| master of his own happy destiny on | erican plays which have been open- | ing and closing on “THE FAST MAI NOTES OF INTEREST Where Local Favorites Are Play- ingt-Broadway Successes New York, Sept. 9.—There are 12 powerful arguments for the success of the many foreign plays which will open on Broadway within a few weeks. These 12 arguments for the translated drama are the dozen Am- Broadway since the beginning of the present season. With the exception of the musical comedies, some of which have been very good, the new theatrical bill-of- LT L b viabisrsmiis L WILLIAM FOX SPECIAL PRODUCTION & Fox’s Feature For 4 Days, Starting Sunday STAGE AND SCREEN shows the " Poiret twill and tricoti bound with the material |satin. They frequently | hem, panels or sleeves In the line of musical producers have done much better. We heartily recommend “Daffy Dill,” “Sally, Irene and Mary;"” those two brilliant revues “The Follies,” and “The Music Bok,” and the delightful hold-over from last year, “Blossom Time.” wit th or finish Copper Effects Silver, bronze and copper effe laces and beads are used ext on the newest hat models Rose Ludwig, leading lady with the |geason advances the more Joseph Payton stock company at the Lyceum in March of this spring, has accepted an engagement as leading lady with the Grand Players in Dav- enport, Ia. tarnishe | brilliant gold and silver ones. Many Siips This season many tunics are bhein made for one foundation slip, givin the effect of many frocks Phyllis Haver will be leading lady in Buster Keaton's next comedy. Rex Ingram has taken his company Satisfactory as fo to Miami, Fla., to film scenes for|£ive an opportunity “The Passion Vine." riety. foundations for for greater | “A Fantastic Fricassee” will be pre- sented for the first time Monday night lat the Greenwich Village theater as [the first play of the season there. Beaded Lining. A stunning white an unusual lining—pink in gold beads. They are | metal cloths are supplanting the very Black satin | or gold or silver metal cloth are most va- ermine coat has atin beaded | Gold embroidery also NEW THEATER ON WEST HAIN STREET lated Plan in Mind With the knowledge that |Fox's lease on the theater |Electric bullding on West Main street |expires a year from this month, there lis considerable speculation as to where Mr, Fox will move his play- house, since the proprietors of the |Palace plan to take it over next Sep- {tember. | It is known that Mr. Fox is loath |to leave New Britain and those famil- iar with the gossip in theatrical cir- cles, both here and in New York are confident that he will remain in this city, belleving that New Britain is large enough to support two or three |theaters, especially if his theater puts on a class of entertalnment that ap- peals. | Likewise, it has heen common talk |for more than a year that Solomon |Shurburg has been considering the |erection of a new theater building on | Main street on the former George M. |Landers property. He is known to [have offered the lease to Mr. TFox, |agreeing to build the structure in case |the latter agrees to rent it. Fox in- [terests are also known to have been William in the ceum theater, | The latest theatrical gossip how- |ever, comes from New York and has |a new site as its suhject. It is re- [ported that a New York firm, work- |ing through a local realty dealer and |contractor, has a half formulated plan |to erect a new theater on W Main |street, on the Raphael property, ad- jacent to the Professional building and {almost opposite Fox's present |Mr. Fox is sald to have been ap- proached on the matter and asked whether or not he would lease the playhouse in the event it is built. h he d The cast of “Peg O' My Heart," starring Laurette Taylor, includ | Mahlon Hamilton, Ethel Grey Ter; Russell Simpson, Lionel Belmore, Vera Lewis, D. R. O. Hatwell and Nigel Barry. { | | | g g - Mrs. Jeanne Trebaol has 12 chil- dren acting in the movies. Jeannette appeared in “A Poor Relation,” Yves in “Come on Over” and “The Wall Flower” and Edward is playing with Jackie Coogan in “Oliver Twist.” x e o. Harold Lloyd has completed “Doc- Jack." Now York Men Have Hall Form- dickering for the control of the L}'-‘ house | I | PIECING [ Frea retracing in THE the mind SCRAPS, serap of letter that had pondered his all BY ZOE BECKLEY., gaunchgg_tlzeMarriageSbip i] appened Saturday on his drive with| Hanna Fuller, Watkins, shrewd read- € of faces, sgaw the color mount sud- {denly In Fred's. He had just re. illed James Stelyard's pleading man- r as he to their table at Claremont—the game note that |breathed in the fragment of torn letter now in his hands. | “J.8." could mean only James Stel- vard. He, the head of a great and honored automobile corporation, was |the writer of this advice to buy Bar- ringer Motar stock! | Then, too, there Mre. Fuller's careless remark, so abruptly cut off: “Mr. Stelyard is buylng over a new make of car—" Of it was the good little car that nceded greater than the Barringe people had at their command to develop it And here was Stelyard, Fuller with a secret that would per- haps make a fortune for her! then, was the meaning of her nation: “A (Mrs. Fuller) is pursued and |wooed by B (Stelyard), but herself is scorned in favor of D—" | For an fnstant Ired p |who D" might be, on who: |the charming and efficient ler was scorned whom? |vastly more interesting meaning of |the scrap of letter drowned out all |other considerations. It was all plain new. He who hought Ba Mo- [tor stock at its then low price would make much money as holder of |Stelyard property. . . . | Should Fred share his | with the others? An instant later he was ashamed of his ungenerous thought. These chaps | were his fellow wor Mrs. Fuller | was only a “prospect.” He owed her [no vow of silence. Still—It would be |giving away a financial secret worth lalot of money to tell Watk all he knew-—and to tell Watkins would shouting it to the whole of Auto Row. “Let me think the thing out, Wat- kins,” decided Fred. “I'll talk it over with my wife and “Good NIGHT!" Watkins broke [out involuntarily. Then he apologized. “Sorry, old scout, didn’t mean to bhe rude. But I do think women know lless about a matter like this than we do. She's a splendid little woman, Mrs. Dale, but suppose she talked—" | “Neverth I—I want to talk it over with her first.” came was course Barringer, a sonrces rumi- ed as to account Mrs. Ful- ? Then the ger knowledge be This, | T wooing Mrs. | WHOLB MY AD- P OF THIS THAT'S Fred knew Watkins felt half con- temptuous, but he stuck to his guns and that night he excitedly told Con= nie the Connie listened, but her verdict was to reiterate her former words: “I don't like that woman, and never did, and never will. I can't explain why I don't trust her, but I distrust her more than ever now. Keep out of this whole thing, I'red, that's my ad- vice.” No amount of whole story. argument, heated though it became, could budge Con- nie from her view. Fred began to wish he had taken Watkins’ plea bete ter to heart, and told Connie nothing. Her attitude was silly and unreason- able. He determined to act on his own judgment, not on Connie's “in- stinct.” When he had a handsome re- turn on his speculation it would be time enough to tell her—prove to her how unfounded were her fears. | (To Be Continued). (Copyright, 19 Service). | Flowers used in Louls B. Mayer | pictures are raised in his hothouse. Pola Negri's first picture to be made |in Ame is reported to be “The | Wanderer.” George Fitzmaurice will | direct. Production will start at the ll,muz Island studios of Paramount | The Kid will leave the dope and auto- | fare is a sad thing. One point is in its favor. These new American melo- dramas, serious plays, comedies and | farces have developed a startling and | encouraging characteristic in the au- dience. This characteristic, of which | we heartily approve, is the ability and willingness to snicker during the so- called high points in the plays. Up to the present, the gentle art of snickering is more or less restrict- Because Natchez, furnished ed to the first and second night au-|theé background for the motion pic- diences who are present on reviewing |ture “Slippy McGee,” which Oliver | tickets and complimentary passes. |MOrosco has just finished, the first Those who have paid money are us-|Public showing of the film is to be in ually too mad to preserve their intel-|that city. The decision to show it lectual respect by taking refuge in a|there instead of in New York was| derisive titter. |at the request of players in the cast. | Two pretentious plays, well staged, | Who had been there eight weeks and competently cast and at times excel- | Vanted to remain as long as they| lently acted have produced snickersrm"l,‘" Colleen Moore appears in the | in the past week. These two are | €ading role. “Wild Oats Lane,” a melodrama with VR T Macklyn Arbuckle, and “The Endless Chain,” the latest play by James| Forbes, author of “The Famous Mrs. |*® Fair.,” And despite the pretense, the staging, the cast and the acting, these plays deserved a scoffing. Both were flat, uninspired, lazily written by au- thors without original ideas. Both reeked with the theatricalism of 1905 and a maudlin sentimentalism and emotional spouting that is out of place in this year of Our Lord 1922. Macklyn Arbuckle and the excellent cast work their hardest to take the curse of mediocrity off “Wild Oats Lane.” As Father Joe, the Catholic priest whose flock is spotted with the black sheep who herd on Wild Oats Lane, this veteran actor does a fine bit of character work. But when the villyun walked off with a diabolical chuckle, after| threatening to disclose that he is the father of Father Joe's niece, the au- dience merely smiled. When the "Up and Down" Kid attempts to kill the villyun and Father Joe steps between | and takes the bullet in his arm, the audience politely yawned. But it was the spiritual rejuvena- tion scene that really gave the audi- | ence a chance. The “Up and Down" Kid and Sweet Marie have reformed. Four two-reel comedies written for the screen by A. A. Milne and pro- duced in London have been sent to America. Mary Pickford is supervising the editing and titling of “Garrison's Finish.” Jack Pickford's last picture. |§ Miss., Marie will leave Where shall they matics and Sweet her life of shame. go? “Out to my ranch in the west” says Father Joe. “There are the wide, open places—" And then came snicker. Irene Castle. Her cu elease {1s “Slim Shoulders.” She will not make another movie for a while, since she was hurt in a fall with her horse. the cruel, deadly . .0 | Ot the many openings, only the‘s the road. SAVE —and still be fashionable terial is good, and yoa can make it /ike new with SUNSET. FA’: ZMc:aakes vagy and % cake Black and makeit a Midnight Blue, or—use 2 cakes Navy only and Black use 2 cakes Black and Y% cake Orange, IT'S FAST! Get SUNSET at your Dealer's, or write enclosing 15c for each cake required to the NORTH AMERICAN DYE CORPORATION, MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. 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