Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-22
ADJUSTMENTS
About the T'h~ntcr..

vaudeville Mt the Lyric. amusement
seekers will seek in vain this week for
anything other than motion pictures
OF these. however, there will be
quantity. quality and variety enough
to satisfy the most Unsuitable patron
of the movies.
Throughout the week. with daily
matlnees. the Academy OF Music pre-
sents the Bosworth feature picture
"Hypocrites." which, from all accounts.
is one OF the most startling products
OF the film studio ever exhibited in
! public. Tho Atlanta journal says. in
| part: 'lINpocrites is II nlm sermon.
| Plenty OF good pictures have been In
| Atlanta before. hut none that can excel
I this master Offering. IL Is pre-
faced by m rpilogue In which "a monk
| is stoned to death for Introducing Truth
! in Its nakedness TO his people The
drama rerolres around Il minister who
scores the hypocrisy in his congrcga-
! ton. and dreams OF his conception
! or Truth. an ethereal Young woman who
strolls about from place to place In
nothing but her personality His
| dream ends IN death. in which n, is
discovered with ~ SUNDAY ncwsrnrer
! III his hand-h'ms.lt a suspect OF the
hypocrisy he denounced
More than n little curiosity has been
excited by Manager Newings announce
men. that every member OF the Graycr
scott Company will have to hecorn. n
vaudeville actor in order 10 nut over
l"Mam'aslle" successruilv. since h,r,l,.
an outline az the piece has been drawn.
1t would seem that full scopc FOR what
Ia known IN "ad lih stun Viii II.
siNon each member OF the company. in
oiner words. that they will All he
allowed. or required. TO inject a lot Of
original lines and business into IN.
PLAY. -And this certainly sounds in
icrest,nc
With TWO unusually good bills to
serve "a n basis for com pa r.son, Man
aver Rex Will DE compelled. In the
language o. the man In the street
or III the iohHN--to go some in order
10 satisfy the patrons o, the Lyric
however = he doesn't. he will al least
die game. !or ne has announced that
ne mas particularly inviting array OF
acts booked FOR both bills this week
George AIDES piasle,. The Mayor ana
the Manicure" IL the healthier for tho
hrst halt OF the week. while the cleverlv
'rHnsposed name OF tho clown seal
Daniel Josephus, who Is himself an act
prcdis0oses one 70 laugh
referring 20 Rule O." the strands
feature photoplay for the nrst three
days Of the week. Manager Shield saws
that II Is tho very latest OF film sensa
tons. and. further. that I, is tho mos,
eNtraord!nary 81 all screen productions.
l being one OF the finest and most sn.c
tacnlar offerings that the Strand has
yet presented and ne predicts that II
VIII prove 20 DO The talk OF the city
ana score as notable success here as
IT has scored in New York. Ph!ladelphia
and Washington. The Motion Picture
Worlds review OF Rule @" reads in
part. as follows This feature e.t,b-
l!sh"s til" right or a new company 10
class Itself with the best producer. n,
either side OF tn. ocean Few ., no
had heard OF the Blazon Film Com.
panE. but II Is safe TO predict that We
"iii hear the name on ,nanI- Inns I'm
IN" course Of III" next r"w months II
, VIII cause sensation in the film world
/ Consisting OF i've fun reels and deal
ing with "A subject which REQUIRED skim
Of the very hishes; order. there is no,
a ia" whcrc-at least. non. have
been able to detect" For the las, three
days OF the week the Strand viii shov
/ The caprices OF KITTY" the photoplay
IN which that favorit. star Elsie J,pI.
makes her debut In the Elm world
The management Of the Superior
heater announces that. beginning to-
haF. when Carlyle Blackwell. In The
High Hand" viii! he introduced FOR ,ba
hrst part OF the week. special ,nusic
VIII be furnished during the nigh, n.r
formanc"s By four-oioce nrch,s,
VIM" music during the day will ha
supplied by one of tho best n,apIs,s an,
tainable III the city. The High Hand ..
product OF the Famous Players' Film
company, IL adapted from the story nv
Jacques Futreile, whose brilliant car..r
AS snort story writer was Gu, short
"hch inc Weil-ren"ubered Richmond
newspaper man went down In the IT,
TAME disaster The story Is described
as AN inspiring romance OF love nou
ties, capital and labor" IL IL said ,b,,
IN" plot IL carefully constructed and
builds up to 81 logical conclusion with
OUT failure or anticlimax while IN.
play iS unusually we'll staged and we'll
acted. For the last three days OF the
week the Superior announces Dorotbv
| Donnelly. In Henri Bernstein's ramous
| drama Of love, sacrifice and restl,u
! ton. The Thief"
| one OF the most thrilling Of all the
underworld plays produced within the
! iast few years-and there have bcen
7 many--is The Deep Purple" which In
, p!cturlZed form. VIII be presented nj
! the colonial for the first two DAYS OF
This week. with Clara Kimball Young
! in the role or the heroine.
COTTON MILL EMPLOYEE