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

HEApLINERs TONIGHT.
Musical Comedy.
ippcdfome. .......... The New Boy
Photoplays.
and .es9sss..t.N..... Camille
IIcisons s............ The Second Shot
0ixie q, s....... Heart Of Texas Ryan
'rlnceH8 !. sSs.. The Promise
ALMOND LEWIS cut loose last
night at the Hippodrome and for
= nearly an hour kept the house in
continual uproar. How comes he
do like he doH is no secret. He was
made the star in the sldt called 1.-THE
New Boy and he simply made up his
mind 20 shine, and shine he did. Some
ol the part he played was according
Ito the script but whole lot more OF
wasn't Many Of the lines and big
srt 81 the business" were spontane.
Gus. From the rise Of the curtain till
the drop he wasn't absent from view
moro than twelve seconds at time
Ee was 80 much in evidence that some
other rather excellent features OF the
show we're dwarfed in the appreciation
81 the audience. Pauline Glenmar, an
extremely. clever dancer, essayed q
child character in pleasing style and
also danced her way into the hearts vi
her auditors. Both the Ziegler girls
ses int the spot light with vocal num-
bsrs and Charlie Markert az "Sir Ed
WIN Boots did very we'll in serio-com'
fc stunt and an eccentric dance.
Dfthe three good bills presented by
the American Girl" Company the
present. one exceeds in comedy, but
lacks the tunoful operate character OF
'FrOics of an Evening" The chorus
has less to do than usual, but 1t is
pFettily. costumed and introduces a
neWnember.
The final performances OF 1.-THE New
Boy will be given tonight and If we
we're physician with any patients
bordering on melancholia we would
recommend visit to the Hipp as the
first step In our course Of treatment
Doctot" Lewis would make a wooden
Indian laugh.
Helen Gibson's thriller at the Mel
eon Il .sThe Lone Point Feud." This
littie5 heroine Of the rails seems utterly
lacising sense of danger. Her hair
raisitig stunts are apparently unlimit
81. Each succeeding reel has a new
one that seems more risky tnan us
predecessor.
taThe Second Shot" featuring Ormi
aaygiey and Earl Metcalf, is featured
headliner and Kate Price is the
Star ina comedy called "The Family
Picnic"
itThe Promise" with May Allison
ana Harold Lockwood as stars re
beats at the Princess today
screen version Of Dumas famous
sseamillet has been released for the
second time by the World Film Com
nany and is being shown at the Crane
fnday. The film is introduced as a
Modern Camille" and the hectic old
story has been cast in modern set
fms Clara Kimball Young makes q
beautiful appealing Camille in tne
Snitist6 al her incongruous surrounding
nd Paul Capellani has added an et1ec'
rvs Interpretation of Armands cnar'
acter to the hundreds Of Armands VINO
,sye loved and rayed through this mas
terpiece Of sob.sister drama.
Preceding the performance at the
ippodrome a huge American nag Is
S5TrsWn on the screen, while the or
chestra, plays an appropriate hymn
siId he audience gets on its feet. An
81 which is altogether fitting an ano
nFoper with Just one exception. Inc
III the flag is not red, but II was Il
nIained to us last night that II
6onidn't be made any "redder" because
"a Germans have all the dyestun'
" naive as the old,time yellow
Sclis Of a quarter Of century ago
ritten BY such famous authors OF our
n1tIi as Ned Buntline and Edward 3
;ieefer. is "The Heart Of Texas
Ryan a selig Western film with gun
ehting, cattle rustling, puncher trlcks
IA Kindred characteristic events OF
Sjisssort many have come to regard as
rt and parcel of the wild west
H n Showing at the Dixie today
There is plenty Of opportunity Tor fine
iding roping. and some free-for-all
sTaps which almost pass the limit Of
ataisty. There is excitement enough
cowded into these five reels to satls
tie most rabid fan and there Is also
iitfle touch Of love, wherein t9e
eart Of Texas Ryan, daughter OF q
nch.owner, is sought by Jack Parker
nnncher, and finally won. This sen
mental adventure and the capture Of
ttie rustlers form the crux OF the
story. ,.
rom MIX as the hero is as bold as his
niiTers would have him, while Bessie
yton as Texas, is es sweet as anyone
could wish. Both are excellent and IN
et everyone concerned, including
ofee Fawcett, Frank CamDeau and