The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-03
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FRONT ROW I
HEApLINERs TONIGHT.
Musical Comedy.

Hippodromc. ..............Tlc Ticket A
Photoplaya.
Grand. ............T he Slave Market
Nelson. ............ The Yellow Bullet
Princess. ........... The Great Secret
Dixie. 10000. The Bad Boy
~ EALIsM is the keynote of 1.-THE
Great Secret an episode OF
A y which is at the Princess today
and In which Francis x. Bushman and
Beverly Bayne are co.stars, and real.
ism explains the reason why Miss
Claire Lorraine, Of Riverside Drive,
New York, made her screen debut re-
Gently, receiving therefor record
Z price.
In one of the chapters Of 1.-The Great
Secret" there is sumptuous setting
& Of q Fifth avenue tea room. A famous
Z dancer is announced to appear. VIM.
Chrlsty Cabanne, who adapted the
story Of 1.-THE Great Sacret" for the
: screen, and also directed the produc-
i tion, called on Miss Lorraine and
made her handsome offer.
After she was assured that her real
name would not be dtvulged, and that
4 everything in the way Of refined en-
yironment would be furnished and In
stead Of pay for services, check for
certain amount be given to charity,
che consented to appear. And go as
Claire Lorraine, the society girl made
her first and probably only screen ap'
pearsnce.
We thought he was Fan. Arbuckle
as we hurried across South Side bridge
this a. m. AS we drew nigh to the
north end of the span there he was
supporting a huge telegraph pole that
was perfectly well planted and ap'
parently able to stand on its own bot
tom.
He (not the pole) was lost in deep
contemplation. A string Of big red
circus wagons, some partly covered
with canvas and big poles and sticks
and other Prerequisites of the tented
arena sticking out here and there.
He was thinking of the days ahead.
Soon, thought he, will be treking about
the Southland with caravan like That.
only ours will be more classy. We will
ride in flaming red autos, which Will
be quicker and more comfortable.
This looks like big circus, thought
he. Ours will not be quite so large,
but-the class! the class; that's the
thing!
Good morning, old top" said we'
as we whisked by the pole and its COM
panion, noticing at the same time that
he wasn't Fatty Arbuckle.
Hello, Old Stager," shrieked he'
with a sudden start like one in the Gil
max Of a dream.
It was our old friend Reno Fleming.
The Fleming & Fisher American
Minstrels will be ready on schedule
tima. The opening date has been t1xed
for Warrington on the twenty'eignth
of this month.
"The Yellow Bullet" a four'part
drama adapted from the short story by
Gerald Duffy, produced by Balboa un-
der the direction Of Harry Harvey, is
at the Nelson today. 1t is Fortune
q Photoplay, released by the General
( Film Company, featuring Robyn AGAR
and Lucy Payton.
y "The Yellow Bullet" is desert ta4e
Astounding in lost mines, treacnerous
bandits and noble cowboys. The &C.
tion takes the form OF q search Tor a
man which is hidden in yellow cullet
hurried somewhere in the desert. When
the man who knows the secret OF the
bullets location starts out 10 lnaKe
good his discovery, he is followed ny
another who overpowers him ana olnus
him in a shack, refusing to release hin
until he has delivered the bullet. the
shackled victim, driven to madness ~
his tormentors, drags himself to tne
hurled bullet, slips it into his empty
nistol and fires it pointblank at the
man who had demanded It,
The best work OF the cast Is done
s, bv Gloria Payton, who plays the part
ri "Faro Neil" with real dash anu
piouancy. Tie desert scenes ana tne
wild dashes over cliffs and preclp4ces
help to sustain interest
cricket Az" at the Hippodrome drew
we'll at all three performances yester,'
day, The 7:45 show, which staTteu
soon after eight was witnessed by q
nacked house. The comedy features OF
Inc bin are equally as strong as IN the
previous bill, which is saying some
thing. Both Mr.. Lewis and Mr.. MAT ,aE
Eert introduced clever dancing special,
ties, individually. Pauline GlenmaI
again delighted and created a mllo
sensation with her clever terpsicnGt'
can art, The song hit OF the ski IS ST. -
Hundred Years, fane rend ered by
Mr.. Osborne. o,or,oor
Girl" Company is giving Hippodromee
na a1 the class Of amusement that
Sy9 the management finds it diff
S tstics ~ Of this attraction that puts 1t be-
Hond the average popular priced Inusi'