The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-08
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The last time Anna Held came
through Seattle. she had George Be
ban with her troupe. playing In o.
little sketch called THE Sign Of the
Rose
II was then no took his place
among my choicest favorites. II
saw him yesterday for tho first time
on the screen in The Italian" at
tho Liberty. think. and ! believe
that there arc thousands who think
George .Boban IL the greatest char
acter actor on tho stage today
barring mono. "The Italian" was
Just AS strong ms a great actor could
mako IT, Full OF action. love. and,
needless 10 say. pathos. there isn't
better film on tho screens this
week
They say when one II In love one
In silly. II II DO true. Just imagine
Charlie Chaplin in love. You know
Well. just add as much again and
you can imagine what Charlie IL
like In Those Love Pnngs." at the
Glass A this week. have often
tried 10 pick flaws in Charles act
ing. and I have tried 10 witness him
with face ms long as an undertak.
er's. but. gosh darn him. he has mo
gurgiing like a baby before five min.
uteu have elapsed-so give It up.
Then THE Better Man." very
good drama. woven around the days
of COW punchers and six-shooterH.
sobered mo up a little.
/ Fatty and Mabel Normand were
also seen in a very foolish comedy
that more than pleased tho audi
encc.
II Like all men. have for long
time secretly admired Annette Kcl
herman for her divine figure. but
when | saw her yesterday IN "Nep.
tunes Daughter" at the Clemmer.
had 10 add TO my admiration her
acting. AZ swimmer there In
/ hardly one better than Annette
and this Is easily proved In mum
Der OF incidents throughout the
! film.
Wa see her In n number OF fancy
| dives; Wa again witness her In
hRnd-to-hRnd struggle with one OF
tho Williams under the water. and
th@n again We see her being thrown
of a high cliff into the sea. with
both her hands and feet securely
bound. Such unusual Incidents as
these make the production a win.
nor all through the eight reels
/ Never once did the interest OF the
. large audience seem to wander. and
as | lef; the place people were
packed into the street.
With hundreds OF others. | fol.
lowed with the ke.nest kind OF In
terest tho chase for Runaway
June At tho Colonial last night
OF ooursa am not In sympathy
with June-in fact. have had a
dislike for her buli-hesdedness. a.
IL were, ever since the first story.
and would be more than pleased
II her parents would severely chas.
tise her for her actions. George
Randolph Chester has very cley-
erly kept n number OF his charae-
ters surrounded with mystery. All
one time you think you have II all
figured out. then something pops
up TO knock your plans in the head
This story 10 Just as excitlng-if not
more so--as tho preceding ones.
"a Lucky Blowout In good
drama. having 70 do with the usual
country girl who thinks the city IL
big song and dance. but finds out
otherwise.
Two very good comedies iokled
the funny bones OF the audience.
saw The Regenerating Love"
at the Mission. 'Tis strong
drama, dealing with the wreck OF
| happy home through the Grabbed
| disposition OF the father. and later
on the near.wreck OF his son. II
was one OF those productions that
stays with you further than the
exit. One OF that Kind that you de
light In telling In detail to the
family at the dinner table or ad.
wishing some friend 20 see and
thereby share in your good fortune
Il certainly did hate the villain
when he went East posing as our
hero In order 90 get his heritage.
But then when Dan Cupid stahs
him with his arrows. the villain
changes into a good Samaritan. I
was relieved and happy and left
the place feeling that maybe this
world was not mass OF crooks
after all.
/ In the first part OF The
Master Craftsman" now playing at
the Alaska. | disliked Harry Car
ney. | don't know whether II was
| because he was crook or not
Later on ! began to like him just
like the girl did. only mine was ad
miration instead OF love. The
cracksman was just such a char
acter as Jimmy Valentine. man
whose heart is bigger than his de
sires. When he catches the real
thief and forces n confession from
him that will save the brother OF
the girl he loves from the electric
chair, felt like patting him on the
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