Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-04
ADJUSTMENTS
The Week Mt the Thca,re,.

Nv heth Nv inc THcatrcs.
Except for the brilliant melodrama.
Alias Jimmy Valentine" which the
HrsEcc Scott Company Will present at
inc Btjou, and vaudeville ut the Lyric
the week st tho theatres Will be de-
voted entirely to pictures But, at
'h't, there Will be entertainment
enough and to spare
ALIAS Jimmy Valentino" is ono of
the most thrilling of all the plays tina
! touch the underworld. yet, I'm addition
/ 10 IFS thrilling quality, there is All
! abundance OF heart interest, using tho
mr. TO Indicate romance. and II
Also contains An element OF sacrifice
mat clevates ii in tone far above sim
liar crook plays. Leaving aside the
personal appeal OF the members of the
/ GraEce Scott Company, the play alone
shouiu attract large audiences
throughout the week.
II the Belgian Battlefield Pictures
which will be shown ut the Academy
or Music o-dny, Tuesday and Wednes-
day, with matinees on Tuesday and
Wednesday. prove AZ fine as reports OF
them from other cities declare them
to be, the very real interest that their
coming has aroused will he Justified
II the personal will he pardoned, | hap
pen TO know that the statements OF
house managers in other towns OF the
circuit decided the management OF the
Academy in the matter OF booking
them.
Howe's pictures, which will be ex-
hihitcd ut the Academy later IN the
week, speak for themselves. They are
so Invariably good that they. equally
invariably. fill the house.
AS the home of>the Paramount pie
lures. the Strand Theatre, formerly
the Empire. stands as the local branch
so TO speak, of one of the richest and
most powerful motion picture organi-
cations in this country. and therefore
doubtless, IN the world. The pictures
produced by the allied interests that
. form the Paramount concern must be
good-othcrwise neither the individ-
ual producer nor the general organ-
zation will permit them to be put on
( their market. For the first part OF
this week the Strand offers Cameo
( Kirby" with Dustin Farnum in the
title role, which he created. IL is TO
he noted also that the Pathe daily is
advertised. Remembering the Pathe
weekly, one assumes that this feature
will present the very last cry in tho
I screening of current events.
The Colonial. too. offers an interest
| ing program for the first half OF the
week. IT has been number OF years
since Wilton Lackaye scored his sem
sational success In The Pit" but his
performance Is we'll remembered by
those who saw it. In picture form it
is possible to see production. includ-
ing The very essential mob scenes,
that not only could never have been
presented on tho road. but that could
not even have been staged in metro
politan theatres. The war pictures Mt
that theatre have also been extremely
interesting.
Mention OF the Lyric is postponed
merely because that theatre has be-
come thoroughly we'll established ms
Il house where a comparatively small
number OF acts. many of which are
big time" turns. may be seen at pop
ular prices. TO many OF us the fact
thai the show isn't as long rs those
given in the houses commonly known
us big time theatres increases its at
, traction. And, without any partic-
ular apologies to anybody. the state
mcnt is made that the quality of en-
tcrtainment offered at the Lyric, as
distinguished from the quantity, Is jus.
about as high as 1t was when more
than twice the admission fec was
charged. We have no moro trcmen-
dously expensive dramatic acts, which,
by the same token. is n matter for no
profound regret since about half OF
them were hivvers. or to he q bit more
chaste in the use of English were
boomers; but we get 1, lot Of tip
top turns. which are paid for on nc
count OF their merit and not because
Of Ihe big names that are programmed
with them. Remember the Blanche
Walsh act. for instance? T.. G..