The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-18
D|j0U PERMANENT
HOME OF TR|ANGLtS
High Glass; Pictures VIII he shown
Richmond Being One OF Fav-
ored Few Cities.

Triangle Feature Plays and Jake
Wells are the absorbing topics in
Richmond today wherever amusement
seekers are gathered. The efforts OF
Jake Wells in attempting TO secure
the rights for the Griffith-IncesSen
nett combination of features for
Richmond. having been crowned with
success, and the announcement hay-
ing been made that beginning with
the performance Monday night the
Bijou would become the permanent
home OF Triangies, Richmond. or,
moro correctly, perhaps. amusement
loving Richmond. Is Joyous
In large cities they are getting SO
= ticket for Tr!angles--getting II be-
cause they are worth 1t. but in Rich
ment, Mr. Wells has determined upon
: scale OF prices that at matinees will
range from ten TO twenty-five cents.
and 1t night will be ten. fifteen, and
twenty Ave cents. with just few sea Is
At Atty cents. You can't beat that,
can you? And all of this in spite OF
the fact that the Triangle Plays will
be presented here in just as magni-
dcent and just as lavish a style as
they are being presented at the Knick-
erhocker Theater, New York. their
original home.
For instance. there will be an or
chestra OF fifteen pieces. fifteen recog-
njked muGi1ans especially selected
playing the scores selected by the
musical department of the Triangle
Film Corporation for the various plays
to be offered. There will be all OF
the mechanical effects needed to make
OF motion pictures the most Intense
and the most attractive OF all forms
Of amusement. Nothing will he lack
ing from the screen to the neatly uni
form ushers, 1t will be big time pic
lures with vengeance at a price
within the reach of all.
David GrifIith, the Goliath of the
pictures. the man who accomplished
almost the impossible In his Birth
Of q Nation" which thouea nds OF Rich
mond people are still talking about. Is
head Of the Triangle Film Corpora
ton. Associated with him are Thomas
Ince, second only to the incompara hle
Grimth as a producer and by some
regarded as his peer. and Mack Sem
nett. who made Of Charlie Chaplin a
world famed star. On each program
which has been supervised by one Of
this trio.
For the opening entertainment Mr.
Wells has selected my Valet" with
RAYMOND Hitchcock and Mabel Nor
uaand, Sennett productions; The
Iron Strain" with Dustin Farnum and
Enid Marley. an ince production;
Hss.s ~. .4atab." with Dougles Fair
ssH.ss a4,d .ss.s,a Owens Griffith
masterpiece. There VIII be no matt
nee Aoa.s~. ,sss. or %ecs succeeding
Mcrda. rlst,ne1s vsSi IS tc'd
The Bijon Is the oaly taeatcr in
Richmond G.; whica the Gviffith- Ince-
Senrett Triangle Feature Plays will
ever be presented,
'FsvcrywOman"
The puzzling nature of the dramatic
spectacle. ''Everywoman," with i,s
vast display OF scenery, its specia /
symphony orchestra. and Its dramatic
ensembles OF one hundred and fifty
people, will be made clear at the
Academy Monday and Tuesday. and
Tuesday matinee. when Henry W.
Savage will offer his massive produc-
ton 1t partakes as an entertainment
Of the form OF grand opera, musical
comedy and drama, but II Is clever
adrn.xture OF the whole, and while It
amuses 1t has a deep moral lesson
and instructs as we'll Many people
who seldom attend the theater have
flocked to see "Everywoman'' The
success the piece achieved in Amer
tea was duplicated In London in the
big prury Lane production. Over
four million people have witnessed