The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-02
AmuSen1entS
The Ials.

ne 1879
Dustin Farnum makes his screen
debut on the William Fox program
in a story vibrant with the thrill and
vigor of life in the open. North of
Fifty three, the novel by Bertrand
Sinclair, was selected by Mr.. Fox
for Mr.. Farnum's first picture be-
cause it is a new tale. filled with
rapid action and tense situations,
and admirably fitted to the needs of
the big fellow. 1t is seen at the Isis
today.
Roaring Bill" wagstafG (Mr. Far
NUM- marries Hazel Weir (Winifred
Kingston) girl from the east about
whom there are ugly rumors. After
he has cleared these away, he begins
TO think that his wife has married
him on the impulse of the moment,
not because of any love for him.
He decides to- return to his life
among the SHOWS, but his wife gives
proof Of her affection. and he returns
to claim her as his own.
Klaw and Erlanger's production Of
the musical comedy, Miss Springtime,
which ran all last season at the New
Amsterdam theatre, New York, and
for nearly six months at the fremont
theatre, Boston, and which comes to
the Orpheum on Nov. z, is richly
endowed in both score and book. EN-
merich Kalman, composer OF Sarl,
has supplied swaying melodies, rich
ly scored ensembles and dainty dance
measures, while Guy Bottoms book is
Chockful OF legitimate laughs and,
unlike the average musical comedy
vehicle, tells q connected story well
be-sprinkled with surprise situations
and dramatic announcements. While
the ear is charmed by exquisite
ripples of fun, the eye feasts upon
the wildly colored scenic creations
of Joseph Urban, Americas master
designer OF stage settings and revels
in the picturesque chorus figures and
groupings arranged by Julian
Mitchell. Heading the company OF
75 people engaged in the presentation
Of Miss Springtime, will be seen
many musical comedy notables who
have already established themselves
securely in the favor of local audi
ences.
There is Frank Mcintyre, the COR
pulent comedian Of Travelling Sales
man fame; Zoe Barnett, who scored
tremendously when here with The
Red Rose; Harrison Brockbank, the
wei known English baritone; George
Leon Moore, who was the prince
charming lover in The Spring Maid,
when it played this city; Hattie
Burks, a prima donna Of rare vocal
gifts; Frank Doane, who created the
very original role Of the rooster in
Woodland; Mae Hennessy, a clever
eccentric dancer from tho London
Hippodrome Revue and many others
who have achieved individual success
in light musical productions. Also
Miss Springtime has q large and
exceptionally attractive chorus Of
girls, radiant in appearance and
costume, full OF grace and fresh and
sweet Of voice.
The attraction at the Orpheum
theatre, Nov. 8, will be Eugene
Walters powerful drama, The Knife.
In The Knife the parasitic gentry
are the abductors Of the heroine. She
comes from the south to New York
to buy trousseau for her approach
ing. marriage to a famous surgeon.
She believes in the efficiency OF
fortune telling as taught to her by
her old eolored nanny and she con-
suits a seer who has advertised in
the southern papers. That is the last
seen Of her until her fiancee and his
friend, an attorney, ind her drugged
and mistreated in a dive operated by
one second sight Jimmy and q
female accomplice.
The surgeon, set on killing the
perpetrators OF the crime, Is turned
from that determination and its at
tendant scandal only when he is per-
mitted to take the man and woman
alive to his laboratory and there use
their bodies in his experiments. In
this way ne will make them pay
their debt to society, and serve the
world in the cause of science.