The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-01
TN THE
FRONT ROW
HEApLINEae TONIGHT
Musleal Comedy.

flFsi9t3i tUqDlSut SSuUS6ys
Iiprcdrome. I. Tollies Of an Evening
Photoplays.
f7elson. see. Where the Trail Divides
Grand ........ The Redeeming Love
7gineess ~. ............ Passion
5ixie. I: !. =. Reward Of the Faith!ess
TjR. II. D. HARROW, himself, is
INA With his American Girl" COM
pany now playing at the Hippo
dfome. Mr., Zarrow should be proud
lof his company. and he undoubtedly
because we CLEANED from a little
cEiat In the lobby that he guards his
Interests well, and exhibited some
bride IN talking about his show. He
convinced US that he Is a man Of un.
isua1 executive ability and faculty
or organizing good theatrical COM
panies, which accounts for the strInG
bfexcellent organizations he controls.
The American Girl" is head and
sEfoulders above the other three which
he has presented here during the pres
Tent season. And they were good, to-
saylthe least. Last nights bill, which
will be repeated tonight, is called The
F0llies Of an Evening" and itfis such
h medley Of pleasing events, from tho
risa 81 the curtain till the fall, that
Revoked more enthusiasm from a wclI
fiIled house than Hippodrome avdt'
ehces are in the habit Of displaying
The opening gives one the impression
ribht from the start that il is different
from the average run OF musical com
edies. 1t starts Off in a medley OF
songs that are no. thread.bare, ant
rendered by a chorus of pretty girls,
I'LL with good voices, and none Of their
Bent upon breaking neck and limb. 1t
Is not the usual noisy beginning, but
rather a tuneful collection OF snatches
from Boardway song hits which sway
TIE, audience until it feels the stimulus
or the airy waltzes and is captivated by
the pretty setting before it. There Is
mo slap stick. But the comedy 's
great, and there are quite a few new
Jokes. There is good dancing, a nice
variety Of it, and the repartee is rich
and exchanged in classy style. Before
the week ends we expect to say more
about the specialties OF which the SHOW
Is bubbling over.
One thing that must impress those
Who like the higher class performances
tis the closing. There Is cafe setting,
the company assemblies, but not VIII
rnsh and swoop like band OF Villa
outlaws making raid on a border
town, renders number OF pleasing
selections, and then drop Off one by
one, the girls taking their wraps and
departing in a perfectly orderly way,
giving to the whole an air that IS
worthy Of any two dollar show eXtant
But this impressive part OF the pro-
gram is only in keeping with the rest
pf one Of the best tabloid creations
ever presented in this city.
Once upon q time there was prom
tnent young Fool who burned joss
StssSs before a comely young womar
"come-hither" look in her eye.
les a vampire, but he didn't know
y z and he wouldn't have cared a whoop
he had.
The Fool was a statesman and the
bvernment Of his fair land appointed
am plenipotentiary, or sometnlng, 10
italy, AT that time the Fool was all
cluttered up with affairs OF state ana
Z he had no time for foOlishment, DL'
tlie3yamp had his number. She found
out what ship he was sailing on ami
rented the cabin across the corridor
from him and he fell with splash. He
forgot all about being plenipoten!i-
ary or whatever it was, and spent all
his time being yamped,
So his country called him home and
\ when he got there his wife beat lin
up with an umbrella and the vampire
lost her charms and the Fool went
y back to work.
Thus runneth the Foxfilm comedy,
There's Many Fool" at the Nelson
today, featuring the bashful-eyed Hank
jlann and the sirenic Carmen Phillips.
There's Many Fool is a new forn
of screen comedy. 1t depends neither
on slapstick nor trickery to produce
laughs and the fact that it does pro
diice laugh every ten seconds or
Whereabouts speaks much for the value
of straight comedy characters and sit.
nations.
The Grand is today presenting Katf
1yn Williams in an Oliver Morosco Gre.
alton Of 1.-THE Redeeming Love-" To.
morrow at this same house Marguerite
Clark will be seen in five-part com.
edyS Miss George Washington"
Marguerite Clark is clever enough,
Enchanting enough to carry even a poor
picture to success. But in this instance
the delightful little star is provided
with a.vehicle that is as full of action
and ginger as French farce, yer
with nothing in the slightest degree CT.
fensiye. Furthermore, it is we'll direct.
ed, admirably cast and the settings are
wholly up to the mark.
The players supporting Miss Clark
IRE excellent. Frank Losee in a pair
pf startling sideburns, is all that could
lie asked; Niles WEIGH is most agree.
able hero; Florence Marten, Joseph
Gleason, Maude Turner Gordon and
others in the cast are all good.
The story is full of laughs legi.l-
mate, spontaneous laughs. There is
I no slap stick and no need of it, And
Miss Clark, with the vivacity of girl
of sixteen, makes the character dis.
tinctly loYabNe. The plot is all con-
cerned with her misndventures, in tho
role OF Bernice Somers, when she be-
gins to prevaricate and finds herself
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