Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-15
Theatre News
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cans and appear only on the screen
but in their place will be real living.
breathing players appearing In person
and speaking the lines that now ap-
pear only In the captions. Today the
Jack x Lewis Players open their in
definite stock engagement with the
-melodramatic comedy In four acts
'sThe Girl He Couldn't Buy and the
already large advance sale promises
a capacity audience this evening. Mr..
Lewis has surrounded himself with
an exceptional company that includes
Miss Edna Grandin, Cecil Sequest,
Harvey Hays, Nell Walker, Harry
vickery, Helen Garland, Pat Carson,
Lillian Revelle, Charles Montgomery
and Leroy Calvert and in all proba-
bility each and every member of the
company will become big local favor
ties in a very short while. The first
matinee was held this afternoon,
starting at 2:30 and the first evening
performance starts tonight at S:15
and two shows daily will be offered
during the balance of the week. There
is a great deal of speculation as to
how the Jack Lewis Players will COM
pare with previous stock companies
that have played this city in former
years n those who know Mr.. Lewis
also know that he is a good enough
business man to not take any chances
dDOuL tno pen SOIll6l u the COIlpdu1
and that he has gathered together a
groupe of players superior to any
stock organization that has ever ap-
peared before In this city. A complete
dress rehearsal of 1.-THE Girl He
| Couldn't Buy was held at nine
o'clock this morning followed by a
scenic rehearsal at 1880 and even
Stage Manager Harry Vickery
couldn't find any fault which GER
N fnlV ~ an n chat q Vnnct oyan11onf
performance will be given.
Ditmas.
! One of the features of the third
Paralta-Barriscale Play, "Blindfold-
ed" which will be shown at the Dit
mas today and tomorrow, is the in
teresting introduction of q stetho-
scope as the most important too in
the kit of a band of safe-breakers of
which the leader is Bessie Barris-
Gales foster-nather, Patrick Null
doom in the story.
OF course, in the development of
the plot, deaths occur and Miss Bar
riscale's guardian has a weak heart,
but this particular stethoscope is not
used on humans in the picture. In
stead, 1t is placed against the steel
bosom OF the safe to hear the tum-
blers crack. Peggy" Miss Barris-
Gale, whose foster-father in the story
Is The Ear" a blind crook, whose
| eyes have been blown out by a pre-
mature explosion of nitro -glycerine,
has been trained from early child
hood to h gentle art of opening
safes by developing the s~ensitiveness
of her hearing. But 1t is not until
THE Ear" is attacked by violent
heart trouble and is obliged to call a
doctor, to be examined with q steth-
oscope, that they really work out the
efficient method she uses later in safe
cracking.
Just as the doctor would listen
anxiously for the faintest swishing of
blood through the heart valves, so
Miss Barriscale, as Peggy" listens
to the faint scrape. the barely audible
metallic click far behind the thick
steel wall as the tumblers of the COM
bination lock fall into place. The in
PRODUCTION of the ~stethoscope into the
underworld and the logical manner In
which 1t is done in "Blindfolded" adds
to the interest and suspense of the
production without making It in the
slightest degree u~nconvincing.
THE Hand at the Window" the
Triangle production, featuring Mar
gerry Wilson and Joe King, the added
attraction, is the screen adoption of
I'm the Spring" the magazine story.
II was written by the famous narra-
tor of detective stories. John Moroso.
Strand.
Beginning today, the magnificent
Cecil B. De Mile production of THE
Whispering Chorus" an Aircraft pic
ture in which an unexampled array of
cinema players are featured, will be
the attraction al the Strand theatre
today and tomorrow. The stamp OF
popular approval placed upon this
v4nAsx~A L. oil A-N. ~ ~ $3.50 -.
been most enthusiastic and its pres
entation at the Strand theatre prom
ises TO prove an epoch in the history
of that house. h picture is one OF
exceptional dramatic power and its
heart appeal is unusually compelling.
It's theme Is of the Zolaesque order OF
realism and the development of the
plot OF a high standard OF artistry.
Public interest in the presentation
equals. II 1t does not far surpass that
shown in any picture at this theatre
for many seasons. Manager Count
han has arranged to handle the big
gest crowds of the season, 80 that II
is likely that THE Whispering
Chorus will prove a record-breaker
in the way of attendance and receipts
at this popular theatre.
"wednesday and Thursday The
Royal.
"A thrill per foot" is promised by
Manager SNAPPER OF the Royal thea
tire. in "A Fight for Millions the
new Vttagraph serial which is SEIZED
uled for its first presentation at the
Royal on mex Tuesday.
Mr.. SNAPPER a seen practically all
of the serial which has for it's star
William Duncan and a supporting
cast including Edith johnson and Joe
Ryan, and he says that there are
more stirring situations and hair
breadth escape in this screen novel
than in any he has ever presented.
Some Of those which he remembers
are
A train wreck in which two passen-
ger trains are shattered.
A man being shot from a horse as
he rides across a high swinging bridge
and falling into the rapids hundreds
OF feet below
A girl forced u leap from a cliff,
using her skirt as a parachute.
A man set on fire by an exploding
lamp.
A nun driving an automobile across
two narrow planks spanning a high
r
A girl tied to the pilot of a speeding
locomotive.
A girl and two men drop from a
high trestle into a stream Just in time |
to escape being struck by a flying ex-