The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-05

InGTa Will U0 Two Pio-
grams each week at the Grand and
Monday and Friday will be known in
the future as Paramount days. A
selected licensed program will be
shown tomorrow and Sunday night,
with matinees tomorrow at 1880 and 4.
advertisement.
Henry Miller in Daddy Lons-Less"
at the Grand.
There never was more interest
shown by the public in an attraction
at the Grand than the present for
Henry Miller in Daddy Long-Legs.
Already the house is more than half
sold out, and the prospects are that
they will be greeted here with their
usual capacity business. A number
of theatre parties from out Of town
have made reservations for seats
While it is still week before their
appearance, the seats are being TAX
en- up very fast, and If you are going,
you Should MAKE your reservation at
once. ...
|; Henry Miller has found western
audiences just as responsive to the
lure Of Daddy LongLegs" as were
Chicago and New York playgoers earl
Ter in the season. The delightful
comedy registered an instant hit in
California where 1t was first produc-
ed with Mr. Miller in the title role.
and is establishing records for attend
|ance wherever 1t is presented. The
romance set forth In the original story
told in Judy Abbot's letters to the
mysterious Daddy Long-Legs, proves
even more fascinating in the drama
tizaticn, as interpreted by Mr.. Miller
and his remarkably fine supporting
company. 1t is not difficult to under
stand why the play has been for sew
eral months, and still Is, the reignlns
nit of the season in New York. NO
theatregoer no matter how seasoned,
can resist the appeal of Miss Web
Ister's tender love story. The occas-
ional moments of pathos in the com
.edy are entirely overshadowed by the
charming, whimsical, irresistible hui
NOR woven into the four acts of the
play.
Mr.. Miller comes to the city in
Daddy Long-Legs'' on Friday night,
March 10, at the Grand opera house.
advertisement.
Novel Effects In "A Fool There Was"
In making the screen version OF "A
Fool There Was the latest of the
William Fox, productions extraordin-
airy, which appears at the Hippodrome
tonight, Director Frank Powell has in
troduced several distinct novelties,
some of the most striking of which
occur in the ''introductions" of the var
iious Characters Quite noteworthy in
i deed are some of the Powell effects III
Porter Emerson Brownies drama OF
1.-The Vampire-woman," which is re-
LEASED through the Box Office Attrac-
I ton Co.
Miss Theba Bara, the leading wom-
ian of the Gymnase and Antoine thea
tres in Paris, and equally we'll known
in Berlin and Vienna, for her remark
able powers, is seen literally at first
as the rag and bone and hank OF
hair" of Kipling's poem. Gradually
the evolution of the vampire takes
rlace till Miss Bara herself is seen on
the screen, in a wonderful gown that
Iaccentuates the serpent-like charac-
ters of the siren, holding white rose.
The rose gradually becomes fiery scar
let and then dissolves into a splash Of
crimson blood.
Theba Bara, friend of Isadora Dun
can, owes a striking impersonation to
the famous dancer.
Miss Theba Bara, the Partisan act
ress. who plays the vampire-woman
in "A Fool There Was" admits that
one striking feature of her impersona-
ticn is due to the careful schooling
she underwent to adopt peculiar
serpentine walk which she uses with
great effect in her playing of the
part.
my idea has always BEEN" said
Miss Bara, that the gestures and
walk of a person must be influenced
by their character. My idea of this
woman is that she is pantherish in
her every rose and action as well as
in mind. Under the tuition of my
friend, Miss Duncan, I think / have
gained the effect desired to obtain,
that of a woman cruel and calculat
ing, fascinating her victim. as cat
fascinates its prey, by her movements
which in a measure reflect her nature"
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