The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-30
AT The THEATERS
At the Grand.

The beloved American actor, VIII
liam H. Crane, has passed the fifty
mile mark as a public entertainer. He
enjoys the proud distinction of hav-
ing been responsibility identified with
the original production of more native
plays than any other actor. His only
departure from the record was during
the golden reign of Robson and
Crane, when the firm appeared in
elaborate productions of Two Gentle
men of Verona 1.-The Merry Wives
Errors Even in this long ago they
alternated their program with the
gingery comedy emanating from Bos-
ton, Our Boarding House." He will
be seen in 'The Henrietta which will
be the attraction at the Grand to-
night, with William Crane in his
original part and a star cast including
Thomas w. Ross, Maclyn Arbuckle,
Amelia Bingham and Mabel Talia-
ferro, all of whom are leaders of the
acting profession.
Edward Lynch and associate play
ers will enter upon their third week
of stock at the Grand tomorrow af-
ternoOn, and the bill for the matinee
and the balance of the week will be
Eugene Walters greatest dramatic
triumph, Fine Feathers"
This play enjoyed a long run in
New York and Chicago, and the orig
inal cast included such we'll known
players as Robert Edeson, Wilson
IIChdy6 MAX 1OllIa robert
son and Rose Coghlan
Mr.. Lynch will appear in the Edeson
role, and Diana Dewar will have the
leading emotional character. Others
prominent in the cast are Grace Dale
Carrie Lowe, James L. O'Neill and
Jack Garrett.
At the Novelty.
Music dominates the program at tho
Novelty this week, the Three Lorettas
while not topnotch musicians-aro
able TO put fire and snap into their
playing and entertain with a remark
able versatility. Their imitation of
Charlie Chaplin approximates the real
thing. The act features the bill "a
Limb of the Law a sketch by Ar
thur o. May and Sunny KiIdiff is
better than a thousand others of the
same class and the makeups are good.
Martini and Maximillian, magicians,
give a series of tricks and cleverlv eN-
pose them one by one. They are prob
ably the only tricksters on the
American stage who do not try to
keep their tricks secret Other acts
are Fern & Zell in n Southern Hon
eymoon," and the Cevena, Troupe,
"Maniacs of the Double Wire
II F. B.
Triangle Films.
If the succeeding Triangle films
measure up to the standard OF pictur-
esqueness and human interest set by
THE Iron Strain" Topeka movie en-
lHuSldSlS cdu ne sure OF a new mecca.
The first of the Triangle releases
which was shown last night at the
Orpheum theater, gained immediate
favor. There were expressions of
pleasure given freely by those who
saw Dustin Farnum in the fascinat-
ing picture of the north and this
after all, is the final criticism: for if
the picture pleases the majority moth
ing more is needed.
When the rain came down in tor
rents, in the small Alaskan village
and the people tramped knee-deep in
mud one Immediately thought of
The Spoilers" the wonderful filr;l in
which william Farnum, Dustin's
brother, starred. From this scene
which is shown at the start of me
picture, to the very last. the audience
seems more beautiful than the one
preceding One thing is certa in: the
director, Thomas H. Ince. had an eye
for beauty and the photogra pher the
power to get the effect with his cam
era
The story of The Iron Strain" is
not a complicated one. It deals with
the passionate desire of man, rough
and ready, who lives in that northern
country that produces the iron strain,
to have the girl he loves. In order
to get her he carries her away and
marries her. The struggle of the girl,
who hates her husband at the start,
furnishes the motive for the entire
action in the latter part OF the pic
ture-
The film play is entirely pleasing in
every respect and its artistry is fault
less.
In addition to the picture two acts
of vaudeville are shown. This makes