The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 21, 1919, Page 4

Tonight and Tuesday You May See One of the Real Jolly Comedy Events of This Season TN IW al AINE AY A y y Anna Q. and Raymond Hatton support the star in this excellent play phony Orchestra : Coliseum’s News Service UP WITH SELZNICK Janis has signed a contract year in Selznick Pictures Pro- Miss Janis has been one consistently successful the history of the Amer- Beginning when she but, a girl, she made her ap- "anc in vaudeville, giving imita- r stars. Later she en- ‘the musical comedy field, and made her big hit in “The Cup.” She then went un- e ¥ ! der the management of Charles B. Dillingham and again scored in “The Silver Slipper.” Since then she has appeared from time to time in re- vues and has been one of the favorite Broadway stars for many seasons. Miss Janis is the fourth star to be signed up by Myron Selznick this year, the others being Olive Thomas, Eugene O’Brien and Elaine Hammer- stein. More than 60,000 persons are en- gaged in the match-making industry —not including mothers and meddje- some neighbors. <ON CA L ‘Will Be Here Tonight and Tuesday in BEST In which Kerrigan mar- | ries a girl he’d never # seen before, because he’s a Secret Service Man! RUSSELL) ON THE _ WURLITZER When Rich Men Crave What Their Money Won’t Buy, Something A ong) «any ey Now Here—a Stirring Vision of What Happens in the Case of a Com- pound Fracture of the Tenth Commandment. THE SEATTLE STAR--MONDAY, JULY Drama and Good Comedy | in Person | Week of omed \at Movies; Stars Here oe SE 4. Warren Kerrigan and Lois Wilson in a scene from “The Best Man,” which plays at the Mission until Tuesday night only. | Monday Reviews | | | —_—__-_____, TODAY'S PROGRAMS: | | LIBERTY—Anite stewart in “Mary } Regan”; News Events, CLEMMER—Fay Tincher, appearing in person; “Mary Moves In,” com- edy; Tom Moore in “The City of | Comrades.” | COLISEUM—Wallace Reid in “The | Love Butgiie’; “The Lady Mell omedy; Gaumont Graphic, ance Binney in “Opea her | 3 Strand News Week- COLONIAL—Frank Keenan in “Gates of Brass.” Mr. Keenan will ap- | pear In person. | eX—Sylvia Bremer in “A House | While in’the act of robbing a home| Melbury encounters Regina Barry. | jInstead of turning in the alarm the girl lets him go. Later, thru the in fluence of this girl, he decides to r form—he wants to leave the old life; Lovey does not; the contrast in their both comic and p: > situations thruout the unfold ing of the play Moore is splendid in his interpre tation of a down-and-outer, and Otto n is equally good as “Lovey.”| Owen is sweet and pretty as) rl COLISEUM n in| | “The Love Burglar is the fascinat Lieyd | jing title the comedy drama in | |which Wa the Coliseum this week. This is a lrapid moving story, with crooks, de- | | tectives, society folks, and a young | novelist in the limelight —————__—_—_—_———-a | rt is that of David Stron, clubman, who goes to a LIBERTY |disreputable slum saloon to find his | Following her impersonations of @/ erring brother and after taking all laughter of American arigtocracy of|of his valuables and money away| rs and a royal princess in Louis |from him sends him home. He finds| |B. Mayer productions, Anita Stew-|it a delightful novelty when the pro- art’s latest picture, “Mary prietor and the gang leaders welcome | is a screen version of Leroy Sc him ag the Colt Kid, a western bad| novel of today. The heroine &| man who has just been released from young girl whose mother married 4/ Joliet and whom they have been ex: | thief because she loved him and! pecting for some time. hoped to reform him. Mary's mother| ‘Then there is a pretty girl, who {s sacrificed a fine social position for| apparently one of the establishment. love, only to die of a broken heart) She flies into his arms and begs him |when her husband was taken by the|to protect her from the advances of | police, Coast-to-Coast Taylor, a criminal and The little girl inherits her mother’s | the gang leader. fortune and character. When she be-| David diplomatically avoids becom comes @ young woman she realizes |ing entangled in any of the crooks’ she belongs to neither the social nor | hold-ups and crimes, but finds it hard| the underworld, but occuples @ posi- to keep his reputation as a bad man.| tion between the two. It fs her ef-| His opportunity comes when Coast forts to win her true place in the announces that a wedding is to be world that make up the story told) held in a swell society ‘home, which, on the screen. it transpires, is the home of David Great credit ts due Lois Weber, | himself, and his sister is the one to under whose direction the film was|be married. He tells Coast he will made; Anita Stewart invests the|do the job jmame part with the fine type of wom-| ferewith starts a complication. anhood suggested by Mary's refined |The real Colt Kid shows up. The nature, Beautiful gowns add to her gang tries to double-cross Dave, but attractiveness, \the girl saves him. Incidentally, it Particularly noticeable in the cast|turns out that the girl is a young supporting the star is nk Mayo, | novelist who entered the underworld who appears as Robert Clifford, a po-|in order to secure data for a crook lice commissioner, and Carl Miller as | story, Jack Morton, whose wealth and a| ‘The Coliseum News Pictures dis- pretty woman cause his downfall. ‘play a splendid series of pictures cee showing the signing of the peace treaty and President Wilson's trip | home. 2 Ny Divided. MISSION—J, Wars on Kerriga 1" 1° Red Fairbanks in Educational CLEMMER The Clemmer has a double attrac tion this week. Miss Fay Tincher is appearing in person in conjunction with her comedy, “Mary Moves In,” and Tom Moore is the star of an in teresting drama, “The City of Com- rades,” a sereen version of Basil # popular novel. “The City of Comrades” tells us of Frank Melbury, a rich young man, whose downfall is caused by drink ing. He leaves home and in his wan- derings falls in with an old fellow called “Lovey.” The old man and young chap soon become inseparable. REX ‘he House Divided,” playing at the Rex, is a story of love, marriage and divorce. The characters are in- | teresting and jntelligent individuals | prominent fictionally in the social | and political life of London. The novel was brought to the at tention of J. uart Blackton some Months ago, and, feeling it offered | exceptional screen possibilities, he |immediately acquired the picture | rights, | The story has no suggestion of the | up the home jrest |the part of the your has never « © Reid is appearing at)” | | which runs until 21, 1919. Men's Wives at the Strand this week, Cynthia, an orphan, {4 forced by necesslty to agree for a stipulated sum to try to compromise a married man so that his wife may have evl+ dence to get a divorce, thus permit: ting her to marry the man whom she loves The unsuspecting husband wins her sympathy, then her love, and she ig brought to a realization that she is about to injure a noble man, wants to retract her agreement, but other man, he who would break has the whip hand over She the her How to escape the predicament is the trying situation with which she ts contr 1, Her womanly courage agserts itwelf at the critical moment and she solves the problem Picture lovers will remember a few rs of the most popular men of the screen was For. He de 4 the cinema to return to the speaking st He ec ck to the camera in support of Miss Dalton’s leading. He plays s husband whose with another, “go one youn anley wife falls in love . MOORE Ax may be surmised, “Open Your which is showing at the Moore k, is of the variety known x play,” but it bears no claim ntertainment. Its purpose ts mic, and as such ft Is i by the United States public health board, and {is being shown with thelr co-operation as a part of | their health propaganda campaign, | The story follows the lives of two girls and the influence of their early training and home { The film cannot but make a deep impression, as it carries a message of enlightenment to old and young alike, MISSION j J, Warren Kerrigan is proving a popular drawing card at the Mission in “The Best Man.” rigan plays the role of a youn t service pagent who is mysteriously fort 4 young woman he en before. Then follows n rapid sucer routine of ex citing adventures which end in our | hero really, falling in love with the girl he married Lois Wilson, who has 4 a number of Kerrigan pretty enough to make any man fall in love with her, and Kerrigan's role is particularly suited to him. here is a Harold Lloyd comedy Bray Pictographs on the bill, uesday night. . marriage with sion a peared in pictures, r nd COLONIAL Frank Keenan ts the big attraction at the Colonial this week. Mr Kee nan appears in person and gives an interesting talk on his experiences on the stage and in silent drama, Be. sides possessing a very pleasing per-! sonality Mr. Keenan has a splendid cas drama tells of “Jim @ successful gambler. ‘This man had known poverty and résolved that his motherless daughter should possess the comforts and attributes! which money could purchase, He went on swindling person after per son—tho the law never discovered | his crooked dealingshis daughter| did. Blake then discovers that nll| the money in the world, if gained dis honestly, can not compensate for the Joss of his daughter's love and re- spect. Frank Keenan appears as Jim Blake. The title of the picture is “Gates of Brass. L “Financing”? Dems war, and tho the adaptation brings it | up to date and sets its action in Lon don and France, the war does not en. ter into the development. The only hint of the conflict is in the closing scenes, when the heroine and her hus band are reunited inthe ruins of their French home after the former had been found by “the other wo- man,” who has been a canteen work er, and a friend who has served as a British officer ‘The cast includes Sylvia Bremer, | ‘ert Rawlinson, Lieut. Lawrence Grossmith and little Charles and Vio- let Blackton, STRAND Dorothy Dalton an unusual part as Cynthia, Brock in “Other | has | A Personal Endorsement —READ! | To Whom These Greetings Come and Concern: The Screen Production— | “Open Your Eyes” | is true to title: Tells a truth in a truthful and ‘tactful way. In my judgment it is advisable for parents to take their children to see this picture. (Signed) JOHN B. ANDERSON, M. D. | Commissioner. NOW PLAYING MOORE THEATRE Continues 1 to 11 p.m. Afternoons 25¢ | Nights, 25c and 50c Sure, when women entered politics | she'd get her hand in the pocket that held the cash, Miss Parks is largely | responsible for the work of the finan-| \e partment of the Democratic National Committee, Before she en. tered politics she studied law, Would Have Week Without Accident! In an. effort to lessen the number | automobile accidents and safe. guard the lives of pedestrians, the| Careful Drivers’ club opened a. two| weeks’ campaign Monday The club proposes the week of July 27 as “the week without an accident,” and co-| operating with Thomas J. Murphine head of the municipal street railway, will urge auto driv and street car | employes to employe safety-first| methods in driving “Let's. Drive Carefully” slogan for the two week Nearly Ready for Big Civic Pageant Plans for the great civic pageant to be held in the University of Washington open air auditorium, August 3, are complete, ding to the committee in he choice for a queen has narrowed down to six contestants, The university is backing the stunt and will make its ehief contribution in the production of the educational episode. SIDECAR BREAKS OFF AND. WOMAN IS HURT and Mrs. Harry Shuck, : Westlake ave., were thrown to the pavement at Second ave. and Pine st, Sunday night, when the connect ing bar of their motoreyele and side car fell out. Mrs, Shuck was bruised and cut about the face, Schuck was not injured, is the Mr. \ } authorities Sunday, | served | and. if there is no interested friend to | | this famous root and herb remedy has Wallace on the Wurlitzer Home of 100% Pictures ANITA STEWART As a Woman of Brains, Beauty and Nerve, EGAN” A Screening of the Sensational Novel of Real New York Life —When Big Business Relaxes and Squanders Its wollen Profits, |women’s swimming —_|SEATTLE. 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