Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-24
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Acndcmy-"rhirty Leagues Under the
sen." nation picture, matinee and
CoionlaI--Grnycc scott Co,npnny In
''rhc College Widow" inntince and
night.
| In ANN lloyd" matinee md night.
/ Lyrlc-Iopuinr vaudeville. matinee
F., una night. tAau
iiIJon-"Thc Guy MIdows.. buricsquc.
inntincc aud night.
| Sec This Amazing picture!
| Anything like an ADEQUATE dcscrip-
! ton OF tho m mar OF ',rhirty Lsngmes
my OF Music for the first three days of
this week. would par,akc of the nature
Yernes Thirty Thousand Leagues
Under the Sea- and would. in any
ten by the press agent OF Il circus-or
| of Al amateur cntertainment--so i'm
/ possible would II seem.
Therefore. only the cold facts will
| be related, which the public may verify
for Itself. at the same time Witnessing
only by deep-sea divers. or Imagined
by almost prophetic noyelists.
,oi nor some , thirty years. a man Ii, in Nor
that might suppiant the helmet and
other heavy scar. with their cntangling
y
beneath the surface OF the water. Dur
ing the latter part OF the time. he
! tho idea Of the tube had been evolved
/, in practical form. the sons conceived
tnc further and more spectacular idea
OF utilizing IL in making motion pie
!, lures.
Very briefly: the idea proved alto
gether practical; the boys invented
| huge steel submarine studio. az II were,
which. when attached TO the perfected
tube. permitted me tuklns-throush
AZ great ms 100 feet: not long time
exposure pictures. AZ would be expect
cd. but motion pictures of scenes ut
the bottom or the ocean. in which are
shown, not only masses of coral. great
| spongcs and the ribs Of sunken yes
ssis H., but fast nyins, fish. mons, ste,
knives In their mouths. limiting the
man-hunters.
lures were taken in the waters OF the
! bahama Islands. which are wonderfully
clear. and which. further. offer to the
tions OF tropical sea For. when one
has, seen these amazing pictures, nc
Will realize to the fullest extent the
fact that tho ocean is simply another
world of living and growing things.
The party. or the operators In the sub
/ Salvador): found the lnxuriant foliage
and plants OF the islands duplicated
brought them home. to the wonder
ment OF the world OF science. and TO
the ediflcation and delcctation of the
| theatre-going public.
~ full page Of this newspaper might
| be devoted TO nm account of this, pic
ture without cxhaustlng. one half OF
| its possibilities as subject, but II
viii be here for two moro days. In
GLIDING to-day. with performances
every afternoon and evening. and the
itself But one episode cannot be
passed over: one OF the Williamson
boys goes diving down into the ocean.
! searching for a shark-think Of It! He
| finds one. fourteen-footcr: md.
armored in little pair of swimming
trunks and armed with IA short knife.
OF the audience.
And audience" IL the word for the
interesting by the lecturer. DIR. f.. NJ.
Glover. who Is that rare thing-a lee
turer who dcvotes his time to intelll-
instead of to comedy self-ex ploitntion.
Thirty Leagues Under the Sea" is
almost an education I'm itself: certainly
| no man, woman or child can afford to
| miss II. whether the man can afford it
or not.
Douglas Gordon.
Clever comedy Well Played. g.
Manager Newing, OF the.$:Grayce
made happier selection for Thanks
school days, THE College Widow" for
whatever may be the spirit that is
holiday, season; il is football. football
and again football that is It's dominant
| element, and '"rhe College Widow" is
| written around and about football
| But be IL understood that one needs
no knowledge, technical or superficial,
Of the game in order to understand and
appreciate the play. George AIDE has
! taken care OF that. Football happens
to be its theme. but. without under.
back and forward pass. any one,
every ono. will recognize The College
widow as one Of the wittiest spright--
\ Hest comedies that ever came OUT of
story is eomplete and plausible. but
humor OF which George AIDE is SO easily
master. and there is hardly a moment
In any one of the four acts into which
Told In tabloid form. "The College
Widow" relates the tale OF youth who
Is cajoled by the established charmer
OF one college into disobeying his
fathers instructions TO matriculate at
Z, rival institution, which the father
being 4 prodigy Of football yalor, helps
the charmer's college to win the
T Thanks h game 1e But this takes no
ondary love interest. and the numerous
characters that add to the interest and
supply the humor of the play.
/ There is plenty OF satire. an occa-
sional bit of caricaturc and more than
N little whimsical and altogether
human philosophy to be found in the
| piece. but. above all, the whole thing
permeated with bubbling good humor
and clean fun. There Is not a single
villain in the list of characters. and
not an unpleasant action occurs.
Further. Mr. Newing, Miss Scott and
their associates have abundant cause
for privately giving thanks on their
Individual and collective accounts after
last nights performance. The story
is simple enough. but the play requires
a somewhat elaborate production and
an undoubtedly large cast. For it's
success In presenting both SO smoothly
last night, tho management should be
congratulated. 1t was necessary to
augment the company materially in
order to provide for the twenty and
odd speaking parts, a fact which re-
quired the enlistment of several anna
tours. yet. all things considered the
performance was remarkably free from
Stumbles.
Mr.. Riddell, fine actor that he is.
faulted several times, and even Mr.