The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-04
ADJUSTMENTS.

AM USEMENIS.
Dustin Farnum in 1.-THE virsinian,' at
the Grand Tomorrow.
Another Paramount program will
be presented at the Grand tomorrow.
The Paramount company Is recogniZ.
ed as the leading producers Of high
class photo-plays from famous stage
productions. The feature for tomor-
row is Dustin Farnum in THE Vir-
sinian," in five reels. There will oe
two matinees at $3.50 and 4. and three
shows at night, at Z, s, and 9:15, There
will be no advance In price for this
great feature.
Runaway June" will be shown to-
night at Z, s and 9.-Advertisement.
DADDY Long-Legs."
Miss Jean Webster, author OF Dad
dy Long-Legs," In which Henry Miller
will be seen here on Friday night,
March IL, at the Grand opera house,
Is a graduate Of Vassar college, and
many Incidents in her fascinating com
edy are drawn from real life. In the
second act of the play, for example,
where Judy Abbott invites her guest
to occury the window seat" which Is
"a bureau with the back removed ana
the top upholstered, Miss Webster re-
produces we'll remembered detail OF
her own college days. Some OF the
windows in her room at Vassar were
lso high that it was impossible for
herself aSd her girl friends to see
out Of them except by resorting to
this clever expedient. 1t may be add
ed in passing that the second act OF
the comedy. laid in one of the girls
studies, Is the most realistic as we'll
as the cosiest college girls room ever
shown on the stage. Mr.. Miller's gen.
Jus for detail was aided by Miss Web
ster's Photographic recollections Of
her own school days at Vassar.-Ad-
vertisement
"A Pair Of Skies"
One Of the specially noteworthy at
fractions Of the theatrical season
comes to Keokuk when 1t will appear
lat the Grand for one performance,
Monday, March Is. This famous com
edy, "A Pair of Skies" enjoyed one of
the most unusual runs in New York City
ever granted to a comedy appearing at
la down town theatre. Just off OF
Broadway. in a theatre where the best
is always expected, there was doubt
las to the advisability of the presenta-
ton at the Longacre. However the
wisdom of Mr.. Frazee was again DEM
onstrated and by the end Of the first
week sell out was the regular thing.
Which goes to show that a farce will
draw just as strongly as a more SER
ious play If the comedy is well written
and produced and contains Just what
people observation-disclosures
Hlppodrome Tomorrow.
Splendid cast Of famous players In
the William Fox production extraor-
binary of "A Fool There Was at the
Hippcdrome tomorrow. Headed by
such famous players as Edward Jose
! and the notable Partisan actress, The
da Bara, the cast assembled for the
William Fox production OF "a Fool
There Was" Porter Emerson
/ Brownies powerful drama of sires.
and her victim, is in every sense re-
markably distinguished one. The
play, which is released in It's screen
form bv The Box Office Attraction
Co., calls for acting ability Of the
very highest order, not only In its
principal characters: but also in the
minor roles. every one Of which Is
important.
Edward Jose is known to theatre
goers all over the world. Starting his
stage career with Nine. Bernhard,
Mr.. Jose PLACED practically every
classical role in that actresses roper
toire. II was with Nine. Bernhardt
that he learned the value Of careful
attention to detail which has earned
him the name Of THE Warfield Of the
Movies
| Miss Bara is known to audiences in
Berlin and Vienna as well as in Paris,
where she was leading woman at the
Theatre Antoine and the Gymnase.
She is peculiarly suited by appear
ance and temperament to enact the
part of the beautiful heartless vam-
pire woman, who lures men to her,
only to destroy them. The gowns she
wears in this role, in themselves, cost
a small fortune.
Other important members OF the
great cast Of ga Fool There Was" are
Clifford Bruce, an actor of distinction
and ability, Victor Benoit. we'll
known juvenile man of wide expert
ence and authority, Miss May Allison,
known as the most beautiful woman
in the pictures" Mabel Fremyear, an
actress Of exceptional grace and
charm and little Runa Hodges, with
out doubt the cleverest child actress
in this country. Taken all In all it
can be said that "a Fool There Was"
is cast as few pictures have ever
been. 1t is not a case Of one big
name and the rest just filters" Ev-
cry actor and actress was selected by
Director Powell after a long process
of elimination. The fact that Miss
Bara was brought from Paris especial
ly to play the vampre-woman attests
to this as we'll as does the prominence
of the other players.-Advertisem ent'