The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 8, 1919, Page 4

SEATTLE STAR-—-MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1919. Elsie Ferguson, as Secret Service Agent, Rounds Up Gang of Crooks DIRECTION JENSEN G VON HERBERG Now—the drama of United States secret service agents in a stirring battle, the trapping of a band of counterfeiters, and 1 love romance—until Tuesday night only— ELSIE FERGUSON Always the Mest for the Liberty Guest body has either been here or is on his way down to see this exceptional bill of two favorite stars, each the leader in his line— The cleverest of character delineators as a down-and-outer who comes back— —IN— “CROOKED STRAIGHT” —AND— Fatty Arbuckle in his latest giant of guffaws— Elsie Ferguson, in a scene from “The Counterfeit,” the photoplay attraction at the Coliseum this week. ALSIE FERGUSON, during her |% -4 extensfe screen career, fas been lealled upon to do a variety of un usual things, But in “The Counter felt,” at the Coliseum thia week, for) | the first time, abe tries her hand at afe-cracking. it quite tn line with her past performances that ahe loos a very clever agd neat job. The ing that mare it ia the fact an she lovee hi been thous her knowledge, and is at a los to know her motive. he lovely Elsie begs him to have! | hb in ber, but her actions lead him) subt her, and the young couple! estranged for several reels| ot the pic Of ex story, he Cinds ence bas know la tn the emp d rot TODAY'S FROGKAMS LIBERTY —Charlie Hay in “Crooked Straieht"; Patty Arburkle ia “The Mayeeed”) Pathe News, CLEMMER—Tom Moore tn “Lord Viera aad Carter “Close te Nature,” Wisie Ferguson in “The Counterteit”; Cotleum News Ser view) Vivian Strong STRAND—Ceeil De Mi and Femain”; Mrand REX—Paatine Vrede: Loves of Letty”; Christie comedy; Mutt and Jeff Animated MISSION—Marguerite Clark in “Lock in Pawn"; News Pictorials | COLONIAL—Will Rogers im “The Eitermai Triangle,” re |) comedy before the end of the| | LITTL&—tes Beach's “The Crimson , only t [that © watching her “COUNTERFEIT” Adventure and mystery, with Elsie Ferguson in a new and’ dash- ing role, and some of the loveliest costumes in which she has ever been seen. Symphony Orchestra $1 Artists Under Reginald Dunn “THE HAYSEED” - CLARS A~Gitndye Laaile in “The / But even that isn’t all— eee ot mac | | Catten Ghewer.” LIBERTY EDUCATIONAL WEEKLY thé mate was a part| i MISS FRANCES DRAPER, Violinist ided her in round-| woman put one over on him he vol | LIBERTY PICTORIAL REVIEW 1" up & gang of counterfeiters untartly gives up betting and then Vivian Strong Hart, & splendid) there ts a happy reunion One-act Operetta—Prologue to “Crooked Straight” Vivian Strong Hart ote . Soprano, singing “From the Land of the Sky Blue Waters,” and Li’! Fellow.” OLIVER G. WALLACE Playing “Naughty Waltz” on the Wurlitzer |soprano soloist, sings, “From the| Comedy in added to the bill by the | Land of the Sky Blue Waters” and apsearance of Flora and Carter De | “Such a Lil’ Fellow,” as an added fea | Haven in a clever little picture en lture to the program. “Close to Nature. eee eee titled 1 | a sctentific prodigy, because of a val- uable theory evolved by him regard- i CLEMMER Tom Moore ts following Y | Lamenry NORTHWEST BOY IS A Plans for Bowl tab. tao] meneaee m tiatesadshia: Noort the | MIRIRON Man's devotion to women frequent : Hood’s Sarsaparilla | PRODIGY OF SCIENCE OAKLAND, Cal. Dec. & —Jack| 15, a senior at the Oakland | high school, and formerly a/ doy, Is being hailed here a» la Rheumatism and Catarrh are constitutional 4is- x4 require @ constitutional ‘. ig none better than ing the structure of atoma Sclentints importance. The same theory regarding atomic sity of Chicago scientist: several months preceding the samed iscov- ery by young Jakway, but the lad loses little credit because of that fact, for he worked unaided and alone f months, and without knowledge of the work of the Chicago man. ‘The boy Is the son of Bernard Jakway. He entered high school at the age of 1@ thorough! ifies the tang rakes co neke Strand consider the discovery of the utmost | | structure was evolved by a Univer.) to Go to Regents Plans for the $400,000 bow! to be gonstructed on the untversity campus will be iald before the board of regents’ meeting Decem ber 15, says Gradua anager Darwin Metenest " J “We want to build the best ath letic field in the world,” he said then bulld the seats by unite as fast as we can get the money A porous plaster is often & great! drawback to an enterprising man. | A merry comedy about & pretty maid who Aly footsteps of one of the world's great | eat actors, His newest picture, “Lord and Lady Algy,” at the Clemmer this week, in the pleturized form of the play of the same name which served William Pavershbam as 4 starring ve hicle for several of his American tours And Tom Moore, with the brated Tom Moore «mile, puts ole of Lord Algy acrom tn a da manner racing romance. All the trouble starts when himzoner, Lord cele the ng It's a has to choome between keeping 4 playing the hornes. He wen the latter. But friend wife ad a little trick up her sleeve and Algy the family for ine on a and lont, he re clved the startling news th wifle had played the “dark horse” and won. Algy is #0 chagrined at having a tin wife a hen staked ‘wure bet eaniest thing for m young chap who has been an orphan «ince he was a |ind himeelf, At least Charile Hay doesn't neem to think #0, in his new comedy, “Crooked Straight.” which ls one of the features of the Liberty bill this week. In this pleture, Mr | Ray has to teach a bunch of young store how to wash their faces and take in the ears, how to comb their halr and put their clothes on This happens when his mother ¢ widow) dies and leaves him sole heir to a flock of litte brothers and six ters } The story in along the lines of “The Busher,” and gives the young star plenty of opportunity for sore good comedy work. Of course there is a girl in the story, and she is a very pretty one, too. She helps Charli back onto the straight and narrow |‘ }Path when he falle in with a gang of crooks, and is about to become a safe cracker, Mr, Ray i sharing comedy honor with Fatty Arbuckle this week ! Don't look for anything profound | or thought-compelling In. “Luck and! Pawn,” at the Mission this week. It offers no cure for Bolshevism or sub- stitute for the League of Nations. It t justia w al little low story, for entert rpones | only. And, best of all, the star play: | er in dear little Marguerite Clark. | Annabel Leo (Mine Clark) is a ountry girl, with ambitions to be an} artist. She goes to a fashionable summer hotel to ask a noted paint er’s opinion of her work. He gives her very little encouragement. How ever, nhe receives the sympathy of a wealthy young man, who ees in her a contrast to the sophisticated folks who are pursuing him (or bis money A pretty romance springs up be ween the two. Aided by a kind-hearted . pawn broker, she becomes the guest of her imirer and his mother at the hotel, nd, despite the efforts of a design. dowager to dincredit the girl, she Ball Rosie for Movie Fans Is | Promised Here A motion picture theatre, bracing as one of its unique features 4 magnificent ball room where wait- ing patrons may dance, will be built before next fall at a cost of $1,600,000, according to announce ment made by John G. Von Herberg, treasurer of the Greater Theatres ‘The proposed thentre will include | eral features which promise to make it distinctive—Escalntors, or | moving stairways, to carry patrons from the street level to the balconies, | heating and refrigerating apparatus that will make It possible to main. em in Seatt ly arouses her feelings—of the tired kind. f Registered ist | 5 ot tLe high rent district, service and moderate 3 eretyiing tain any degree of temperature over the entire house; “agitators” washers of the air that will permit any form of perfume or incense, thus establishing the proper “atmos- phere” for any film, a loge smoking section, rest rooms built of glass so | that waiting patrons may keep track of the picture action In addition to th Orchestra Playing “Mile. Modiste” finds happiness in the end. rotund comedian is appearing eee rural comedy, “The Hayseed,” in which he has the role of a village mail carrier | For a go00d clean comedy bill Liberty ls way over the top. eee but her nerve— COLONTAL A hobo with supposed to be a rarity. rm proves that he is In hia latest picture, “Jub show ng at the Colonial this week, he is knight of the road who locates a ain nd saves him from Not that he had any pa but this man young daugh a sense of loyalty But Will st that Now Playing to Capacity the STRAND ‘ s rast has much t i Mille’s latest ature Male iT " Sir James M. Barrie's famous play ‘The Admirable Crichton,” forms the basis of the story, which reld s experience of a auperir nt English butler, Crichton A mere menial in England. n becomes a man of t master robber new theatre for i Seattle, Von Herberg announced the | \§ proposed construction of a new | i playt at Great Falls, Mont, at} te i The production thruout ts produced a cost of $600,000 and another at | E on a lavish scale | Yakima to cost $250,000. | n sheriff, accused of a| Von Herberg said he expects to Thomas Meighan ts a great actor 3 | His portrayal of the butler is splen. ry. Jubilo (Bil Rogers) 5 theatres in operation on the crime upon himeelf ast before the end of the year 19: Hardy's young daugh - - - — from disgrace. Ls cumstan lead to cay lid. Gloria jaughter of the idle rich ttle Lila Lee is a dell rr lance of thi oe Lone ai “anit r love for the man ad & Very charming ter. Jim Hardy the to eer PEE | a ee In placed under arrest A little pathos; a wealth of smiles; a picture you'll surely like. Crich . he hour, whe ® yachting party is wreck He «of the group, and wins the eart of his master’s beautiful daugh only to refuse her for a litte erving maid. The sumptuomness of the Engli home, where th ed with the primitiv a the magnificent Lady Mary and humble serva T woe who finally wins Crichton’s heart butler, and Crichton, cellently brought out tor ure of self.sac a desert inland rules the the real bandits, and the rificing Jubilo ts freed. The is filled with many humorous incidents of farm life, and Rogers gets a lot of good comedy out of his scenes with the girl An added attraction to the Colonial bill, which is particularly pleasing for the children, Is the showing of The Eternal Tiangile,” acted entirely by dogs She loved a titled man— ie loved many— Pretty badly mixed, we'd say, JEE— PAULINE: FREDERICK|: at p- ve iy ter story TRUSS TORTURE Can be eliminated by wearing Lundbe Rupture Support. : give free trial to prove its superior- comedy a . LUNDBERG Co. ton, the the monarch, a by the direc Swanson is a beautiful i and pretty ghtful Twe cast is good * Fast Horses! Fast Society! And a Thoroughbred Hero! TOM MOORE In the Famous Play of Sporting Life “LORD and LADY ALGY” A Goldwyn Picture WILL ROGERS }) © a t : London fogs CECIL DeMILLE’S «nite” J, Magnificent spectacle, now here, excels by far his previous pictures, “For Bet- ter, for Worse,” and “Don’t Change Your Husband.” Its wonderfa® story runs the gamut of all human emotions, mists and the cus iF y downpour of rain are all pic din “The Loves of Letty," which |stare Pauline Frederick at the Rex | this week The story concerns characters who operate in British finance and an e the Royal Exchang » appears in the photoplay y \8 @ poor girl who works in a little shop near the great London Exchange, She meets and falls in love with Nevil Letchmere, a wealthy |man, who pays her marked attention |Just when she believes he ts on the verge of proposing to her, she learns that he is a married man Miss Freferick, as usual, does very fine acting. Lawson Butt, THAT POPULAR SATURDAY /ENING POST STORY. $ " Barga‘n Ma’inees Until 6:30 p. m., except € Saturday, Sunday and Bison the ale ey eo eee Holi- 13 c caper thru a lively animated comedy, days... — Mr. Ford Owner— Why crank your head off these cold mornings, when I will guar- antee to make your car start easy? Bring your car to 2015 Third ave. See Mr. Atwood. <a eed NIGHTS, AFTER 6 Lower Floor and Lower Baicony Upper Balcony « Children . Loge Seats All Prices Plas Tax DAILY AT 11, 1, 3, 5, 7 and 8 AFTERNOONS ower Floor . Balcony CHRISTIE COMEDY AND MUTT AND JEFF Too MR. AND MRS, CARTE —IN— “CLOSE TO NATURE"—a Comedy GUTE) 'S ORCHESTRA She goes sleuthing DE HAVEN among the elite, foils some thieves and captures a lover! General Admission Adults ...........22¢ Children ...........9¢ PLUS TAX Se RUSSELL ON THE WURLITZER ALL THIS WEEK co eanrnisurnac aceaai