The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-20
IN THE
FRONT ROW
HEApLINERs TONIGHT.
Stock Productions.

Stock Productions.
fitpponrome. The Lure
Pictures.
SLincess Segregation
1NeiBon..... Gun Runners
usai................ WoTan's Law
iNie..............Be Behind the Screen
Grand. The Selfish Woman
rN,GE OF the most sensational fights
with two men against one. 80 far
witnessed in a motion pictur"
play wtls seen at the IDEAL yesterday
n which Quabba, the gypsy chief, III
rFhe Sequel to the Diamond from the
Sky" is pitted against De Vaux ami
Blair, the two Williams OF this remark.
able chapter story.
Quabba, who is William Tcdmarsh.
9 has plenty Of opportunity 10 mix things
with his enemies In this second install.
ment Of the play, and he has wiling
workers for his antagonists. on" of
them being "Big Bill Russell, who is
Blair Stanley, mortal enemy CT littI"
4 Arthur Stanley, heir to the diamond
and an earldom. There are twO NOR"
\ chapters Of two parts each to this eX.
4 citing Sequel" one of which will be
shown at the Ideal next Tuesday night
and the final one the week following
The Lure" again packed the Hippo.
drome to the doors last night and the
publications are that a much longer run
than three days would have met with
4 extraordinary success. The Hippo.
drome Players are seen at their best
in this play, and tho immense dramatic
3 moments and startling climaxcS at last
4 nights performances had the audience
& in a high pitch Of excitement The end
Sing Of the second act was greeted with
such yociferous applause that Pauline
iReLoy, Miss Mckinley and Mr.. King
were obliged to respond to curtain
calls before the audience would be
diieted.
Tonight will be the last performance
Of The Lure" MIR. Holman who had
been asked to extend its showing the
Balance of the week, declared it i'm.
possible to do SO, not only because It
would upset his program for the future
but mainly on account Of his inability
to induce the owners Of the piece to
permit it. He is under cash bond to
4 give the final performance tonight and
IS therefore compelled to refuse the
requests.
"The House of Mystery" will be put
\ on Thursday and following It on Christ
Il mas day "The Travelling Salesman
will be staged.
Clara Kimball Young, whose most
recent vehicle for the screen, THE
Common Law" set record for the
4 lowest number OF titles" ever used in
"a seven.reel feature, believes that the
n silent drama can never attain its high
est form until all wording Is eliminated
from the screen.
According to Miss Young, tho use
of titles is rapidly dying out and her
4 greatest ambition is to produce the
first real silent drama" in which the
Z only wording matter shown on the
screen would be the cast of characters.
1.-THE silent drama does not literal
" fulfill its function--is not really 81.
1ent-so long as any captions remain"
she asserts.
8 Miss Young will be seen in The Com
mon Law" photoplay at the Princess
on Christmas Day
Earl ,Suffrain is trying to hide a
I bandsged hand and also to forget two
painful injuries to the same member,
received in THE Lure" His efforts
to- obtain realistic effects know no
hounds, In the second act he is re
8quired to quickly grasp a vase which
he uses as q weapon in the thriTing
fight that ensues. Miss Mckinley il
her struggle with the same vessel put
$50 much strength into the act that the
piece of glassware was broken by her
grip. Suffrain grabbed it later, regard,
less OF consequences. without the least
hesitancy and Il doctor is now taking
care of the digits OF the right wing.
In addition to Charlie Chaplin in
one of his late creations, "BChind the
Screen" the Dixie is today showing
Edna Mayo as the star in The Re
turn of Eve" tale OF an unusual al.
venture brought about through an cx
pertinent.
Believing that over-CiviizatioN was
destroying the race. Eli Topper. an &C.
Il centric millionaire, took two unrelated
orphan children, boy ana girl. and
placed them in wilderncss--thcrc in
care OF an old tutor, David Winters,
ito grow up as new Adam and Eve,
.sRnd boone pathbrcaliers OF better
race. In delightful simplicity and Cdu.
Gated as much as they could be with,
out, contact with the world. the chill
dren attainsthe age of 10 years. 1t is
Ssthen that circumstances bring them
A IN touch with "higher civilization" Eve
is carried away with its glim2Cr. but
Adam, thoroughly disgustcd with tie
tshafns of society, is taken to Paris to