The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-02
IlJ THE
FRONT. ROW
HEADLINERs TONIGHT
Stock Productions

Stock Productions
Hippcdrone. ....... My Yankee Girl
PhotoPIays
Princess. .. The Human Target
Dixie y ......... End OF the Rainbaw
Grand ........... Each Pearl Tear
Nel8on..... NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. PasserSby |
Ideal !. Lass Of the Lumberlands
n hrs HELEN o'KEEF, OF Chicago.
MI was the winner of the ten thou
sand dollars offered for the
NEST suitable idea for the folr-chap.
TER. cighireel Sequel to the Diamond
ftcm the Sky" the final chapter of
which u showing at the Ideal today.
Thus concludes probably the great
est Is tiiario contest in the history I'll
the motion picture business and So 'ial
promotion. A few more than on9' hJp.
bred thousand persons offered sequel
ideas n the competition in when Mrs. |
Z ,Cskee1 won, This established q rec.
ord for competitions OF the knd-end
offered considerable assurance iol
exhibNors Of widespread inter9st IN
The stquei
The payment Of the prize an The
announcement Of the winner wciS co.
.iiciGtnt with the release of the fou.th
chapter OF the sequel which announce.
me winner on the screen. Mrs. Object
was photographer for this purpD5. by
m adrcit camera man for the a "eri.
can iiE company, who did not betTay
the use for which the pictures were IN.
tendsd. The winner declared me mon
wollG be used in the purcdaae al
home an dthe education of her two
children.
There Is good play at the Hipp.
No getting away from it. my Yankee
Girl Is hummer. 1t will be repeated
tonight and at matinee tomorrow
and tomorrow night, also.
Tonight is Pay Night at the Hipp.
Friday night will be Meat Markdt"
night OF Course, therell be a show,
too.
The Bushman-Bayne attraction at
the Princess yesterday proved the card
! Of the season. This elaborate $250,00O
production of Romeo and Juliet" is
far above any other presentation of
this Shakespearan love drama, and
the fact that It was produced here by
another cast only recently helped to
magnify the superiority of the Prin-
cess cast to those who saw both. The
Liberty series has an episode on
the screen at the house today. Each
part OF this thrilling serial may be
witnessed without any thought or
knowledge of previous chapters or
those yet to come. They are each
complete novelette, in themselves, and
a QAnnI6fn ha6tr ~ UNI al
Manager Carline had a real wild
west show at the Ideal yesterday and
II took we'll. House packed all day.
d Anovel feature about the screen pro.
duction was the barker who stood
up near the screen stage aII! announc.
ed each coming event on the screen.
To add to the interest this announcer
was himself" several times filmed in
the picture. Once he said: Here, is
where throw the steer and a little
fellow who had been to the news.
boys dinner at Anderson's restaur-
ant. cried out: "He means bull" any.
how 1t was a good show. Just like
Buffalo Bits" and 1t lasted long
Will nd you didn't have to sit out
In the cold to see it.
The Nelson's attractions yesterday
were the magnet for big crowd all
day. Probably one of the best drama. !
Tic Metro, productions OF it's kind that
has ever been on the screen here was
The Sword of Damocles." The lights |
were good and every scene had good. |
clear presentation. There is a tragic
end TO the story, but one gets wrought |
UP to a point of acceptance without
my additional disturbance OF feeling
utter witnessing the dramatic action
hat brings about the end.
Someone stole the latch string from
the Hipp box Office last night, or, rath.
en- II was missing.
The counting house and Lure" press
agent quarters was awful cold last
night Something the matter with the
gas pressure. maybe.
we meant to ask Dave Heilman last
night about the bills for the last half
Of the week. We got close enough to
his den PEE him come out. but golly
\ YOU'D fht 1t was ground hog day.
J9sl Ids His alternating specie-saw
his shadow and scooted back. Now
ven have to wait six weeks. Good
waiteri
The ticket salesman" has also made
new resolutions. The birth of a new
year never affected us like that!
NO, thanks!- good night
OLD STAGER.