The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24

Mae Marsh and Robert Harron come
 to the Triangle tomorrow and Tuesday in
 "The Wharf Rat" The story tells of
 Polly, who, with her grandfather, runs
 away from her stepmother who conducts ludicrous school for child cuture and spiritual development. The old man be- lieves he has committed murder and dis guises Polly as a boy to prevent identifi-
 cation. Romance enters the girls life
 via Eddie Douglas, who hates women, and tells her so.
 Kathlyn Williams and Thomas Holding will be seen at the Strand Thursday, Friday and Saturday in ''The Redeeming
 Love" In this play Miss Williams takes the part of a girl who has become a professional gambler and Thomas Hold ing is a young minister, who is the leader of the crusade against her and her fol- lowers. In the conflict between these two ! there is developed an interesting and powerful drama.
 "A Gamble in Souls" with William Des- mond and Dorothy Dalton at the Tri- angle Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, is the story of a girl of the dance hall and a minister who are shipwrecked on
 an uninhabited island. Some of the chorus 1 girls common sense is absorbed by the minister and some of the minister's godli-
 ness goes to the girl, and they make about
 an even match. Though the minister falls
 in love with the girl, he remains fixed
 in his determination to maintain gulf l between them until another rival in the 1 form of another cast-away appears. It
 s then a fight to the death and the min | ister wins.
 The Colonial offers today and to-
 morrow Marguerite Clark in Miss l George Washington" Tuesday and
 Wednesday "The World Against Him. Thursday and Friday Wallace Reid and
 Cleo Ridgelv In "The Yellow Pawn;' l Saturday Edna Mayo and Eugene l O'Brien in ''The Chaperon."
 l The Trianon offers tomorrow Mme Olga Petrova in "Extrava gance, ! Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sat
 urday "The Conquest of Canaan" The Rialto announces tomorrow Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday ] "The Ninety and Nine;" Friday anG Saturday "The Black Butterfly" 1 Harry Pollard is turning out great 1 problem" play at his San Diego studios
 and Margarita Fischer is playing one 1 of the parts which made her famous
 with the American company while
 back. The feature deals with two big evils of social life and is handled with 1 Harry Pollards usual delicacy.
 ! The future plans of Charles Ray are 1 the subject of much conjecture at the l studios Ray says he is not ready tc announce whether he will stay witf MT. Ince or go elsewhere. It is knowr
 he has been in receipt of some good
 offers and it is thought he will accept l one of them. He will be missed on the l Triangle programme if he leaves it 1 His rise has been quite phenomenal. | It is unusual for an actor to appear 1 in two big successes running on tht
 one programme. This has just hap pened to that sterling actor Hobart Henley His Rluehird performance ir 1 '"The Sign of the Poppy was received 1 as a veritable masterpiece of intricate ] acting and now his charaote~.9 ton o' i the Italian in "A Child of NJ, stery,' 1 a Red Feather release. is 'o 'nr witt ! almost as much praise. Henley direct ed this and also wrote it Some yer ] satility. what?
 Bessie Barriscale has worn nearly 8 l dresses in the feature being made al | Culver City, in which she is starred Anyone who doubts this statement car l count lem when the photoplay is re
 leased. Miss Barrscale is playing two
 sisters and the constant alterations O