The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-09

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Nelson. ......... Man and His Angel
IDEAL, !. ~. Lass Of the Cumberland
Grand .......,.......... The Big Sister
Dixie ...... The Measure Of Man
a. oMETIME ago when 1.-THE Girl and
the Game" was being filmed
Helen Holmes had to chase Leo
Malcney' who also appears with her
> in "A Lass OF the Lumberlands," at the
Ideal today, finally stopping him with
q shot from her revolver
That was all right SO far as the
I. plan went" said Director MCGOWAN, in
telling about the incident, but we
reckoned without Helen's insistence
on realism. When she had chased Ma.
s,loney into corner she stuck the gun
10 his head and pulled.
rSay! i was never so scared in my
life Maloney dropped as though stone
dead. His hair on the right side was
all trizzed up and when we turned him
over on his back the only motion
about him was the wiggling of the lit.
tie finger on both hands.
Helen was scared stiff, too. She is
a crack.a,jack with the rifle, good
shot with the trap gun and gunwise, as
rule, but she had forgotten that the
powder in one of those short.barreled
guns will scalp man II 1t gets him
close enough. Now you know why it
Is that Maloney's elbows go up when.
ever he's in scene with Helen and
she pulls gun" In the eighth chap
ter Of "a Girl Of the Lumberlands,"
which is being shown today there Is a
smashing fist fight, probably the most
desperately fought battle ever filmed
outside of prize fight reproduction.
The Hippodrome Theatre these days
is the scene of more than usual activ.
ity. With almost nightly change of
bill with its attendant quick rehear-
sal, the players are also getting ready
togo on the road next week. Manager
Heilman has started out his advance
man to do the billing, etc, and the lat
ter has been well equipped with pho
Geographic scenes Of the plays the COM
pany will have in its repertoire. The
first engagement will be for one week
at Barnesville, o., followed by two
week stay in GAINESVILLE. The best OF
the good plays presented here will be
repeated on the road, playing differ
emit one each night. The entire COM
pany, with the exception OF Charlie
Montgomery, will go along. All the
players are expecting to sweep every
thing in front of them and add to the
laurels gained in their long stay here.
The company will be known as "The
Patti Mckinley Players" Miss Nc
Kinley and Walter King will play the
leads Miss Pauline Leroy Is proba-
bly, the most outspoken of the com.
pany in expressing regrets at leaving
Fairmont. We've made so many
friends here and have. been SO royal
ly supported thatwblfeelgwe'd like to
stay here forever. but in our profess
sion ones personal likes have to give
way to exigencies OF our calling. But
we do all hope to get back to Fairmont
again in the future" Mr.. Heilman villa
divide his time between the manage
ment Of the Hippodrome and the tour
ing company, and will join the COM
paly at intervals for several days at
time. r.
The Measure of Man." with War
rem Kerrigan and Louise Lovely as
the stars, is at the Dixie today 1t is
a five part play by Norman Duncan,
scenario by Maude Grange and pro-
y duced by Bluebird under direction of
Jack Conway.
Strong-arm Christianity" the hero
of this play displayed, according to one
.of the sub-titles and the phrase, will
go far to explain the strenuous deeds
throughout. Norman Duncan, who
wrote the story on which the picture is
based, died recently. He was well
known for his strong stories of print
tive life in Labrador and other remote
sections Of the world.
The tenth episode of the Liberty
series, "The Human Targets" featur-
ing Eddie Polo and Marie Walcamp, is
= q Princess attraction today. II is in
two parts and furnishes an abundance
of thrills and startling scenic effects.
It begins by showing Pedro, who hay
3 ing held the band of MeXicans sent out
by Lopez at bay for sufficient time, he
thinks. to enable Liberty to make good
her escape, beats a hasty retreat, upon
which the Mexicans endeavor to scale
the cliff in pursuit, To Pedro's sur
prise, he finds Liberty lying uncon.
sclous upon the trail where she has
been thrown by her horse. Both are
without horses. and Pedro picks up
the girIand presses onward to Mexi.
can hut. The major receives instruc.
lions, ordering him to advance upon
chihuahua. He orders Marshall, the
aeroplane scout, to fly in that direc.
tion. This information is overheard by
Theresa and carried to Alvira, then
both mount and ride away. Following
swiftly are the fussi'ade of bullets by
the bandits, the burning of the cabin
and the concentration of all the bands
IN the hope of successfully ambushing
the Americans, Its close is as dra.
matte as the opening scene.
East Lynne" will be the Thursday
hight attraction at the Hippodrome
followed by Ten Nights in Bar.
room" the next two nights. On Fri.
day night there will be farewell"
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