The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-25
IHE IHEATERS


AThe Prince Of Tonight" which
gave performance this afternoon at
the Robinson Grand and viii give an
other there tonight. ranks as one OF
the most notable achievements Of
those prolific writer's of musical sue
cesses, Adams, Hough and Howard.
1t is production tastefulIy conceived
and deliberately executed scenic ideas.
Tom Arnold, popular actor and
whose artistic ability and splendid
baritone voice have long held him
fayorite, is the predominant figure
in the plot, which IS one of real sub
stance. The play opens at Palm
Beach, Fla, on the night that cen
fury plant blooms, when the air is
full OF magic. Mr.. Arnold, as young
coIlegian, in despair at being Tilted
by his sweetheart, is aided by virtue
of the century plant, to become
mythical prince OF Lunitania for the
night, at the end of which he is to
die unless he is kissed by the girl he
loves. Mr. Arnold is surrounded by
large cast OF well known principals
and large chorus.
Each of the three acts offers really
notable stage pictures, the first, 1.-The
Breakers, Palm Beach, then the beau
tiful Delft Forest n the mythical
country of Lunitania, the house-boat
at the picturesque water fete, scene
of kaleidoscope beauty and a banQeut
on the lawn in front of THE Break
ers."
The musical numbs-s possess a
merit which closely allies The Prince
Of Tonight" to comic opera. Among
the many sorg hits are Tonight VIII
Never Come Again. You Won't
Know Anybody There" Can It Be
Love-" Her Eyes Are Blue For Yale"
Follow the Rainbow Trail" Il Fell
In Love on Monday" 1T Is a Dear
Old World After ALL and Il Can't Be
True So Far Away"
A new play called so Much for So
Much is shortly to be produced in
San Francisco.
Commodore j. Stuart Blackton, vice
president of the Vitagraph Company,
blossoms out as an actor in Love,
Luck and Gasoline now being pre-
scented at the Vitagraph theater- In
all his tremendous stock company,
there was not one actor who could
drive his high-speed motor boat, which
races through the picture at fifty
mile-an-hour clip, so the commodore
played the part himself. He acquits
himself most creditably and handles
the racer with surprising ability.
Josie Collins is to star next season
in THE Pearl Girl
The greatest battles of the war be-
tween the British and Beers have been
reproduced for the motion picture pat
rons. In a five-part production, The
Boer War; just completed by Kalem
Company, these are shown with won
derful fidelity.
Wright Huntington has stock com
pan yin Indianapolis.
Messrs. KIaw and Erlanger are pre-
senting Elsie Ferguson in a brief
spring tour that will include st, Louis,
Chicago and Pittsburg in her very
successful play, THE Strang Won
an" by William Hurlbut.
A we'll known producer OF the Selig
PoIyscope Company, last week was
working on an out-of-door comedy,
which involved a game of tennis. The
pith of one situation was to send the
ball in such a direction, it would come
directly to the heroine on the other
side of the net in unusual fashion.
The ball proved so cratic In its dis
position that it took fifteen grindings
OF the Camera pOA " 80 90
actIy as the text demanded. This IN
dicates the extreme care for absolute
accuracy il. picture taking.
Doris Keane dedicated a new thea
ter in Boston this week
Ambition by Ashley Miller, which
has had a hearing and may get an
other in New York, has but one set
for its acts and has only four char
acters-three women and one man.
The cast includes Helen Royton, Mar
guerite st. John, Ethel Browning and
Charlie AIaude.
FLORENCE Roberts has Joined the
orpheum Players in Philadelphia.
Actors in a moving picture play
we're badly burned lately in New Jer-
sey. One of them had invented an