The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-19
AT THE
THEATERS
Coming to the Majestic.

Coming to the Majestic.
raymond Wells Stock.)
Week May 21-'At Piney Ridge"
Week May 28-"The Third Degree"
Week June 4-"Kindling."
Week June IA Fool There
Was"
Other Theaters
Orpheum-Photo features.
Iris-Photo features.
New Gem-Feature pictures.
Cozy-M otion features.
Capitalization features.
Best-Mo tion features.
The seasons vaudeville run closes
tonight ar the Novelty. Monday, the
Raymond Wells stock company will
open in stock. Wells himself has a
big part in the opening production,
AT Piney RIDGE" a story of the Ten
nesse mountains.
Wells. preliminary to opening here,
has pledged the production of the
highest class plays that can be pro-
duced at popular prices. His com
pany was rehearsed and whipped into
shape last week. Monday morning the
stage will be set for the first act of
his initial production of the season.
IN addition to the productions that
he has announced for the first four
weeks here, Wells today gave out
list of dramas and comedy-dramas
that his company will put on this
Next Door" alias Jimmie Valen-
tine" The Virginian;" Classmates"
The Two Orphans" 1.-The Country
Boy" The Crisis" QUO Vadis;"
and Shenandoah"
The cast for AT Piney Ridge" is as
follows: Dagmar, Miss Florence Isen;
Mark Braison, c. L. Prather; Israel
Stanley Nickerson; Azalia, Miss Edith
May Clarke; Gen. Deering, Ed. Beach;
Jack Rose, Raymond Wells; Cindy
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tree, Rupert Clark; Zeb Lane, Alex
GUN; Mrs. Lane, Eve Williams.
The bill at the Iris next week will
open with The Lonesome Chap"
featuring House Peters and Louise
Huff Monday and Tuesday. The story
of The Lonesome Chap" is out of the
ordinary and has to do with the soli
tary life and last love of a wealthy
young miner. Scenes were taken high
in the Sierra mountains. Then too.
there is a behind the scenes story"
in The Lonesome Chap" The stone
house used in the picture as the hero's
home is in reality the home of a miner
whose life has run thru about the
same channels as those of the Lone
some Chap. Some of the scenes are
thrilling in the extreme. Especially
so, are the ones taken at the bottom
of a 700-foot shaft in California. The
film is a Pallas-Paramount produc-
ton.
Marguerite Clark in THE Valentine
Girl" a Famous Players film, will
appear Wednesday and Thursday. The
story is of a little girl who has not
seen her father since babyhood. She
comes home to find him so engrossed
in gambling that no attention is paid
to the little figure at the door The
play has much humor and not little
pathos. A party scene and the splen-
dor and richness of a great gamblers
home #
This weeks bill at the Iris closes
tonight with Antonio Moreno and
Edith Storey in THE Captain of the
Grey Horse Troop
Toms Tramping Troupe" and a
two-part comedy will feature the bill
at the Crystal Monday and Tuesday.
The Grip of Love a three part
drama. and The Lost Appetite wiz.
be shown Wednesday and Thursday.
Friday and Saturday, "One Wild
Night" Bison two-reel western, and
THE Man With a Package" a joke
comedy. will be shown. The manage
Inent has reported considerable growth
in the clientele attracted by his pro-
auctions in the last two or three
weeks.
Manager V. c. Beeler's birthday
party, comprised of two free shows be-
tween ALB and $50 o'clock Monday
afternoon, will be one of the features
of the Best next week. Admittance
may be gained to the special program
booked by clipping a coupon from the
State Journal. The coupon appears in
the Best theater advertisement today
Any one holding one of these slips will
be entertained as a guest of the house
in honor of the managers twenty
second birthday.
Regular bookings include Maria
Sais in THE American Girl" Monday
and Tuesday. In addition a two-reel
Western will be shown.
Wednesday, the seventh episode of
THE Voice on the Wire" will be
shown. The serial features Ben Will
son and Neva Gerber. Thursday Char
lie Chaplin will be features. Besides
the comedian, two western pictures
will be shown.
Saturday Shorty Hamilton will APP
pear IN THE Adventures of Shorty"
or Shorty Goes to College"
In wid's review of Charles Rays
latest picture he says, You can safely
promise that this is one of the most
human characters Mr.. Ray has ever
done. and I would refer particularly
to the fact that he appears as an awk-
ward country lad up against the first
battle of life in a small college" This
picture, THE Pinch Hitter" was
shown at the Orpheum yesterday and
the last performance will be tonight.
One Of the favorites with the Or
pheum patrons, Bessie Barriscale is
the star in THE Snarl." the play
which will be on the Orpheum pro-
gram the latter part of next week fol-
lowing broadway Jones'" During
the days when Bessie Barriscale is to
be seen, a comedy, Teddy at the
Throttle will be shown.
william S. Hart in 1.-The Gun Fight
err" will play a return engagement
Monday and Tuesday of next week.
this time at the CoZy When this play
was seen at the Orpheum it was ia
vorably received and large crowds at
tended the performance.