Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-01

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Handsomely colored programs for an
niversary week at the Overbrook have
just been issued and they are receiving
much comment from the patrons. Billie
Burke, in Peggy" will be shown on
wednesday and other good features are
also listed
The request of many patrons for an
other showing of Clara Kimball Young, in
Camille" will be granted on Tuesday at
the Jefferson. Triangle pictures will be
shown here.
Although not one of the newest sub
jects, THE Typhoon," with Sessue Haya-
kawa, the wonderful Japanese actor. in the
leading role. is one of the best productions
for showing the famous Basky lighting
effects, and patrons of the Bluebird will
see IL on Saturday next
Blanche Sweet, coming to the Apollo
on Friday. in THE Ragamuffin," wears n
sweater and cap as part of her slum cos
tune. Her appearance is such a contrast
TO the past subjects in which she wore
evening gowns that many who have al
ready seen this picture can hardly realize
IL is Miss Sweet.
The showing of frst-run pictures every
Saturday has gradually met with a
hearty response from the patrons of the
Eureka. This week the Red Feather play,
"Brigadier Gerard" with Lewis Waller, Is
the feature.
The policy of two-day showing of pic
lures is beneficial for publicity as well as
financial reasons and the Germantown
is we'll attended on the second evening
of each attraction,
Announcement will be made in a few
weeks about the new organ at the Tioga
II is rapidly nearing completion at the
factory.
The crowd at the Savoy was so great
at the noon hours last week that II took
a half hour to secure a seat from the time
one entered the place. This time was
consumed by the gradual moving toward
the rail.
House Peters, who was former member
of the Lubin Company, has just completed
a picture. THE Hand of Peril" for the
World Company, and 1t will be shown at
the Liberty on Tuesday.
Some excellent comedy is furnished in
the Pullman car scene in Excuse Me-" at
the Park on Thursday
The Victoria will show "The Moral
Fabric" on Wednesday and Thursday.
This picture has created unusual com.
ment by the daring way in which the story
is handled, for it Is another version of the
perpetual triangle" situation. 1t is, incl
q Triangle DrOduptiOn.
Hop, the DEVILS Brew" at the Broad
Street Casino. on Monday. is an educa-
tional subject, as we'll as an interest
ing story. 1t shows to what extent the
great evil of opium smuggling has been
carried on and the methods employed in
1t into the country.
The surrounding pictures shown before
the feature each day at the Fifty.sixth
Street Theatre are all selected with the
same care as the main attraction.
The outside walls of the Fairmount look
like picture gallery, for they are covered
with artistic posters of the current and
coming shows. Every Tuesday and
are Paramount days.
A return engagement, by request, will
be the Mutual picture, "Silas Mariner"
with Frederick Warde, at the Susquehanna
on Thursday.
The popular serial "The Iron Claw" is
getting better each week. and the Plaza
patrons are following it with great inter-
cts. 1t Is shown on Mondays,
Violet Mercereau is looking for a hus-
band, and it is possible that some of the
male members of the Century audience
will apply for the job after seeing her on
Wednesday in THE Path of Happiness"
Feature photopIays from the best pro-
ducing sources are included in the daily
bills which will be offered the patrons of
the Great Northern Theatre during the
week. on Monday Tyrone
Powers will be presented as the star in
John Needham's Double" film version
Of the same play, in which +. S. Willard
scored one of his most notable stage sue
cesses.
The Ruby will show on next Monday a
Paramount presentation of Marie Doro,
in the film dramatization of Victorien
Sardou's immortal drama, Diplomacy"
Another play with a wartime flavor
will be seen on Tuesday, featuring Bessie
Barriscale, the Triangle screen star, In
Bullets and Brown Eyes"
James ]. Corbett heads the vaudeville
bill at the Alhambra, This feature act
will be supplemented with Mae Murray
and Wallace Reid, in ITO Have and To
Hold" the first three days, and Francis
x. Bushman, in The Wall Between" the
asst half
Some of the most striking examples of
double exposure that have appeared in a
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