The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-08
News and Gossip of
Screen and Stage

Thousands who have admired War
rem Kerrigan In the movies" will find
cause for great delight whom they see
his performance IN the Blueblrd photo
play a Son OF the Immortais," at the
Ofpheum theater tomorrow. In thls
piece Mr. Kerrigan has tho role OF
dashtng American suddenly elevated TO
a throne. Tho manner in which no
conducts his office sOems to BIO Inspired
by his Yankee bringing up and tho way
ne tears down tradition and builds Up
his own personal popularity with the
natives constitutes the motive for an
exceedingly entertaining photoplay.
Many tremendously spectacular scenes
are created by the use Of great mobs
of people in street riots and public
demonstrations in which tho king and
his enemies arc concerned; numerous
explosions of bombs, set with deadly
intent; and some stirring battle scenes
bring the Kerrigan photoplny consId-
erably above the average in spectncu-
lar outcomes The Princoly Bandit"
two act Universal drama, will bo the
added attraction.
Jesse L. Lasky Will present Blanche
Sweet In Public Opinion" by Margaret
Turnbull tomorrow at the Grand, This
newest photoplay OF Miss Sweet has
nm entirely new theme. 1t is a drama
Df social conflict. Miss Sweet appears
as q young nurse wrongfully accused
of murder. The hand OF Justice. un-
seen in the every day world but visible
in the film, stalks through the drama
to the climax, finally pointing tho way
10 freedom Of the accused nurse and
the conviction OF the guilty person,
Not the least distinguished feature
about Public Opinion" is the manner
in which the story keeps entirely away
from the sordid The added attraction
will be THE Grip Of Evil" with Jackie
Saunders and Roland Bottomley in the
leads. The Paramount Photographs
Will serve as an extra added attraction.
+ + 4
Jac1kson's To-day Girls" musical
comedy tabloid organization, will make
their first appearance at the Palace
theater tomorrow afternoon for a
weeks engagement. This is a strong
company Of singers. dancers and COM
ediRns with brand new scenery and
startling costumes. James j. Rice, the
famous coemdian, is with the company.
Three new bills will be presented dur
ing the week. The world champion
ship baseball games will be flashed
play by play on the 1916 model electric
baseball board every afternoon during
the series.
The Lord and Vernon Musical Com
edy Company, which played I'LL In en-
gagement the last three days last week
at the Odeon theater Will be there ull
this week, special arrangements to
that end having been effected between
the arrangements of the company and
the theater. Three entirely new bills
Will be presented during the week and
several specialties will be introduced
I. = &
TIL feature offering Monday at tho
BiJou theater VIII be "A Mans Max
ing" in five acts. II is story OF sue
cess won against terrific odds-a story
OF regeneration. inspiration, courage
and the power OF love, Its hero goes
down to the very depths of despair.
Ehe tastes the pangs of hunger and
knows the bitterness of utter dolce
ton. His pride and his heart arc both
broken Then, with the aid of a fish,
erman's little daughter, step by step
he rises, until the time comes when no
not only can face his rich and roleut-
less father, who had cast him on be-
cause of his wild college revels, US his
equal. but Is strong enough to saVe
that father from ruin.