The Washington times., 1916-06-18


Richmond" Stock.
OVERS of romantic comedy drama
will be interested in next weeks
production Of the Pol Players
The Belle Of Richmond"
The play is in four acts. and will be
produced for the first time in WASH
ington by the Poll Players. Sidney
Toler was the. creator of The Belle Of
Richmond"
The locale is Richmond. Virginia.
while the period Is modern. the settings
are Illustrative OF the homes Of the first
families OF Virginia. sf
The story Of THE Belle Of Richmond"
particularly concerns Jerry Gordon and
Nellie Mason. the belle. Two friends are
suitors for her hand. Through a mis-
take In the delivery OF bouquets by the
family servant and the connivance of
thieving strangers In Richmond. there
develops unique dramatic situation
that has ben skillfully handled by the
author.
The Belle of Richmond" is a play
the Poll Players. A. H. Van Buren, will,
OF course, be the Jerry Gordon, and
Maude Gilbert will have the engaging
role Of Nell Mason.
Ben Taggart and the, other Poll Play
ers have capital parts in the cast.
Lyceum: Burlesque.
"Dolly and Her Dollies."
4 MOTHER funmaker of note has
N been added TO the Lyceum's
n cast Of principals this week
in the person Of Frank Muir
ply. who appears in Dolly and Her
pollies" as Patsy Branigan. a tough
Irish schoolboy.
Murphy is an eccentric comedian who
has achieved considerable success in
the art Of funmaking. and his addition
to the Lyceum company should
strengthen the cast a great deal.
The show, In two, acts and three
Harry Rogers as the schoolmaster to
Patsy Branigan and Isidore o'Brien
(Harry Levap). the simpler rules OF
speaking correct English. The trend of
the funmaking Is somewhat different
from that usually found. in burlesIuo
ises the 'Dollies" TO be a banner show.
Bert Leggett will take the part Of
l}erdi Sunfiower. while the feminine
roles viii be assumed by Hazel Grant,
Edith Kohnle. and Bessie Palmer. aided
by the popular Lyenum Beauty
Chorus. now larger than at any pre-
vious time this season.
Loew's Columbia: Films.
Victor Moore and Charles Chaplin.
A DOUBLE bill will be offered at
~ Loew's Columbia. beginning to-
II day and continuing until We'd
nesday. The leading photoplay
OF this double bill will be The Clown, I"
in which Victor Moore is starred. A
notable feature is the realism Of the
film. the producing company having
leased nm entire circus outfit for the
self tells how the clown, the children's
friend. risks his life for one of his adj
mirers and how he later sacrifices his
career to protect the honor OF another.
The added attraction will be Charlie
Chaplin In THE Fireman" Wing
hot coffee and milk from the. boiler II
the engine. eccentric sliding down the
CREASED pole, and rescuing his heroine
antics Of Chaplin in this picture. Judg-
,hy from Pdvance notices sent cut by
the manufacturers this picture will sur
paEa any of his previous et !o!:s.
hsa zs s9s Toexs A sar
will make her photodramatic debut In
a play entitled Susie Snowflake" a
story OF musical comedy life on Broad
way later shifting to the old town
hack home"
Strand: Dorothy Gish
And Owen Moore. Films.
MOUkE'S STRAND THEA.
i ~ TER on Sunday. Monday. and
| ~ Tuesday, the double feature
program will be headed BY
Dorothy Gish and owen Moore in ID
w. Grifriths sociological drama. "rh,
Path OF Regrets" story that fairly
breathes the atmosphere of the under
world. A millionaires daughter tires
OF her social environment and yearn.
to do something in the world-to make
things better than they are. With thii
as her set purpose she invades the un
derworld and In saving young CIR
from the maynard path gains the en-
nifty OF a notorious gang leader. Hei
woman's wit comes to her rescue nnC
aided and abetted by the youthful news.
paper scribe her mission proves to b