The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-22
AT THE THEATERS
Unusual Number of Stars in
Films Here Next Week.
News and Gossip of Stageland
and the Movie World.

| Iris-Motion pictures.
! Experimentation pictures and
vaudeville.
| Best-Motion pictures.
Cozy-Motion pictures.
Gem-Motion pictures.
| Capitalization pictures.
Grand-Dark.
Apex-Motion pictures.
Aurora-Motion pictures.
| MULTIPLICATION pictures and
vaudeville.
Princess-Motion pictures.
Orpheum, Kansas City-Naudeville
| At the Iris.
Little Marguerite Clark, the idol of
motion picture fans, will be seen at
Tuesday in her latest production,
Molly Makebelieve.' The play is an
adaptation of the celebrated story by
Eleanor Hallowell Abbott. John
| Barrymore, famous motion picture
comedian, in THE Red Widow" has
been booked for Wednesday. The PEN
dulum swings back to the heavier
productions Thursday, when The
objectionable Sin" will be shown.
Francis X. Bushman in THE Wall Be-
| tween" will be Shown Friday and
| Vivian Martin in "A Modern Thelma''
closes the weeks booking Saturday.
Additional features during the week
are: An episode of the Mary Page
serial, Monday; Jungle comedy, Tues
day; Bray cartoon comedy, Wednes-
day; Paramount Photograph. Thurs
day; Burton Holiness Travelogue.
Friday, and Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney
Drew in one of their popular come
dies, Saturday.
At the Orpheum.
Jane Grey and William Desmond in
the Ince-Triangle production, 1.-The
Waits" will be shown at the Orpheum
theater the first half of the week.
The bill for the first three days in
cludes also the famous laugh maker,
Fatty Arbuckle, in His Wffes Mis-
| take" and an act of vaudeville. Will
liam Desmond last appeared in Topeka
playing opposite Billie Burke in
For the last three days of the week,
Douglas Fairbanks, the best known of
Triangle-Griffith comedians. will be
seen in The Habit of Happiness" The
bill also will include THE Bath House
Blunder'' and vaudeville.
At the Best.
Marie Doro in the F'irt Arts produc-
ton, THE Wood Nymph," and Harry
Gribbon and other Keystone stars in
THE Peri1s of the Park will be seen
at the Best theater the first three days
of next week. Features of the pro-
gram for the last half of the week at
the theater are Willard Mack in the
Ince production, THE Conqueror," and
Mark Swain in the Keystone comedy,
"a Movie Star"
In addition to the regular program,
the following features will be added:
Monday and Tuesday, Bud Fishers
cartoon comedy, Mutt and Jeff"
Wednesday and Thursday. The Red
Circle" and Friday and Saturday,
Charlie Chaplin cartoon comedy,
: Charles Jungle Dream
AT the Cory.
ID
production, Concealed Truth will be
shown at the Cozy theater, Monday
and Tuesday. wednesday and Thurs
day, Kathleen Williams in THE Ros-
ary'' and episode seven of THE Iron
Claw will be shown, while Hobart
Bosworth in 1.-THE Yaqui'' will COM
plete the weeks booking Friday and
Saturday.
At the Orpheum, Kansas City.
The Orpheum announces a big Eas-
; ter festival for the week commencing
Sunday matinee, April 23rd, with two
big novel features on an unusually
varied bill of excellence. THE River
, of Souls from the pen of John L.
Golden, author of 1.-The Clock Shop"
lover the River" and many other
pieces presents a vivid Chinese picture
on the stage. 1t is a most engrossing
and interesting one-act play, hardly
theatrical creation but more of an act
ual thumb nail incident of the Orient.
The cast is headed by Felice Morris,
daughter of the late Felix Morris, and
Harold Hartsell.
George Damerel of Merry Widow"
! fame, offers a fantastic comedy with
music entitled Temptation Mr..
Damerel is supported by Myrtle Vaile,
Edward Hume, and a bouquet of
beautiful girls The little play, which
is in three scenes, is adequately staged
and the musical numbers catchy. The
story deals with the quest of Mephisto
I to find a man who can resist the wiles
of his chief temptation-woman-
! his adventures in his search of the
man.
The Mirano Brothers daring gym
nasts offer a routine of feats bor-
dering on the sensational.
Tom Smith and Ralph Austin in
musical comedy and Moore, O'Brien
and Cormack have been unusually sue
l cessful with their melodies and hum
orous vaudeville offering.
Caliste Conant a "Tuneful Tale
Teller" and offers various dialect
characterizations to her own piano ac-
compartment.
A novel offering is provided by
! Billy Bouncer and his famous bound
ing contest, which is open to all ath-
letically inclined young men in the
city. The tricks look very easy, buc
the efforts of the amateurs keep the
balance of the audience in paroxysms
: of laughter.
| The Orpheum Travel Weekly COM
pletes the bill