The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-08-16
Theatres.

RANCH IoI, AT MOUNT HOLLY THEATRI
Without exception, the greatest stor,
OF western life is the one taken from Mil
ler's famous IoI Ranch. This great ranch
show has been the sensational feature o.
Coney Island for several seasons, The
reason for its remarkable popularity /:
that 1t is reproduction of true ranch
scenes The Millers own the Io1 Ranch
IN the great west and they simply brought
their own ranch life into the east. 1t wa.
an instant hit. Ranch IoI has now beer
reproduced in motion pictures taken OF
the ranch In the west and are absolutely
exact pictures. There is nothing harmful
in the show-it is real life.
Ranch IoI is to be offered at the Noun,
Holly Theatre, Thursday, August IS, in
all its completeness, and should prove the
leading attraction since this amusement
house was opened several years ago. T,
is the first time in Mount Holly' The
picture shows the daring riding of the
Millers, rounding up the cattle. bull
wrestling and every sort of ranch life
Jack Miller, lack Miller, Mabel Mile,
and 9th ers are introduced in these darino
feats.
CHESTNUT STREET THEATRE
''The Fighting Hope" is being present
ed at the Chestnut Street Theatre, Phila.
delphia, this week. 1t is one of David
Belasco's great productions.
''The Fighting Hope" is vital drama
it is play of to-day; of contemporary
life, natural in story; not overdrawn in
its characterization intensly powerful in
plot and so absorbing in interest that one
hardly realizes that the play is ended
when the final curtain falls on the third
act.
The play, written by William !. Hurl.
burt, scored a tremendous hit in Philad'a.
when originally presented last year with
Miss Blanche Bates in the principal role.
It was the biggest sensation of the season
IN New York, and caused no end of talk
In Boston and Chicago. For a long while
the management of the Chestnut Street
Theatre has been after the rights to 1.-THE
Fighting Hope" and only few DAYS ago
negotiations were completed with Mr..
Belasco.
incidentally it may be of interest to
note that the Orpheum PLAYERS have
always been first to secure and present
the famous Belasco productions. Patrons
of the Chestnut Street Theatre will re.
call such notable Orpheum successes as
''The Girl of the Golden West, Sweet
Kitty Bellairs, ""The Rose of the Rancho. -
"The Warrens of Virginia" and 'The
Heart of Maryland -
1.-THE Fighting Hope" is a different
type of play from any of these. 1t deals
with modern subject-on the same order
as 1.-THE Lion and the Mouse, y ssThe Man
of the Hour" The Third Degree" etc.
1t is gripping play; its story holds you
at high tension, and there is no relaxa-
ton until the last word is spoken. The
action of the drama is rapid, the scenes
move swiftly, the story is developed
without any waste of time or dialogue
and the climaxes are reached by natural.
though dramatic, process.
"The Fighting Hope" is the story of
brave woman's determination to avenge
the wrongs she believes have been done
her husband, and to save the honor of
her family. In the language of a dis
citizen, Anna Granger is no
mollycoddle. When her husband, Robert,
treasurer of the Gotham Trust Company,
is convicted and sent to Sing Sing prison
On charge of misappropriating the
banks funds she proceeds to prove him
innocent.
The Orpheum production of this fine
lrama will easily be one of the most
splendid offerings of the year. In inn
1ortance as a dramatic event it should
ank with all the other Belasco produc-
ions.
The play will be staged under the per-
'onal direction of MIR. Percy Winter.