Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-23
LOCAL TALENT IN
MOVING PICTURE
a Tangled Romance" to Be Staged
Here and Presented at Colon
ial Theatre Four pays.
ROMANCE OF DANCING TEACHER
Mary Pickfords aud Charley Chaplins
to Be Given Opportunity to
Make Good Before Screen.


a moving picture with local talent
as performers is to be presented at
| the Colonial theatre Oct. g, g, 10 and
/ H. The production is TO be staged by
the Metropolitan Motion Picture COM
pany Of Chicago. If there are any
/ Mary Picaords or Charley Chapins
in Rock Island here is their oppor-
tuuity 10 establish their right TO shine
/ on the screen. "a Tangled Romance"
is the name Of the play to be staged.
I 1t is q terpsichoreau c0medy-drama
based upon the arrival in town of a
/ very charming dancing teacher Miss
/ Gwend0lyn Morgan.
Upon her arrival Miss Morgan IS
/ seen lacking up her sign in front of
/ her studio Some Of the young people
+ Of the town chance to be stroling by
and see her 1T SO happens that the
! young people are sweethearts desper-
1 ateLy in love but in spite of this fact
. the sight of Miss Morgan with her de
[ Iightfu manner, rather upsers the boys
from their devoted train of thought
/ Miss Morgan has a very winning
smile. indeed
The following scene shows a gather
+ ing Of frolcsome young people ON the
lawn At the home of one oil the girls.
+ Some oE the girls are dancing around,
trying new steps. Joking and playing
But sad to relate the three desperate
/ sweerh6arts are wan flowers. The
. girls try to get them to dance, but the
. boys protest that there Is no use The
girls playfuIy pull them into d dance
step The young men are very awk-
ward In attempting TO danCa-step on
the girls feet and display to good adj
vantage tine truth of their statements
chat they could not dance.
Ono Has an idea,
/ One of the girls has a brilliant idea.
however She is determined that the
boys shall know how to dance before
. the lawn party dance TO he held On the
following day. So she tells aII Of the
boys and girls that the boys must 20
to the new dancing school for lessons
The boys readily assent to the plan
for Ebey already have seen the teach
or and know her winning way.
OFT they run To the school. all
laughing. and the girls pulling the
hcvs. The boys take TO the dancing
with remarkable aptitude and an
. hours lesson works marveIs III their
! technique
When the girls get home they decide
Inc invite the teacher to their lawn
party An invitation is sent which The
dancing teacher receives i'm the course
Of time and which she accepts with
+ delight
When Miss Morgan arrives at thr
+ lawn party on the following day tht
, boys are So overcome with her charm
. that they forget the former objects o
j their devotion. and each one makes an
J. engagement with the new dancinG
teacher uubaknaWn 10 the others. Miss
, Morgan. Of course, appreciates the hu
3 nor of the situation and agrees tr
: meet all Of them-at the same tim.
. and place But here is where thu
trouble begins. One of the girls over
s. I hears her beau making the engagement
and she tells the others. After a coun.
eli of war they decide that they viii
. be there. too.
. Introduces Her Husband.
AT the appointed hour the boys ap
pear one by one. nervous and anxious
watches in hand. but become some
: what embarrassed when they see eacF
r. other. Still each one thinks the meet
ing accidental and SO tries to hide
p his anxiety. But they all remain II
the meantime the girls appear on the
: scene and peek from behind a cor
p ncr awaiting developments.
Presently Miss Morgan appears bal
there is q big man with her They stoT
in front Of the bows and Miss" Nor
gan introduces her husband, needless
to say, to the chagrin and sorrow oi
the boys. Then the girls appear add
4 ing insult 10 injury, pointing their I'm
\ gers at the boys.
Mrs. Morgan and her hubby say
/. goodbye. The boys pIeadingly hold
their hands towards the girls. but to
use a slang expression. there is moth
ing stirring The girls haughtily walk
away throwing back heads. Life has
no further charm for the boys.
\ But somehow Cupid arranges mat
ters and the last scene shows the
sweethearts all seated on the brow Of
/ g beautiful hill in each others arms.
and il is presumed that they lived
/ happily ever after