Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-21
ORPIIEUNT

Thu, sday night. only, Aug. IS,
Frederick V. Bowers, in kiss Me
Again Friday night. only, Aug. 30.
watch Your Step"
MAJESTIC
High class vaudeville. Marion Weeks,
Naudeville's daintiest song bird:
Holmes and LeVare, lively comedy
skit; Mabel and Johnny Dare. com
comedy variety Offering, also the
first episode of the greatest stunt
serial ever produced THE Great
Gamble"
COLONIAL
To-day positively last showing OF
Mann" %" Toemorrow SenmaT !" and "G satMpdey Mpisst
virginia Pearson in The Bishops
t.meralds." one of the most unique
stories ever told.
VICTORIA
To-o day and all this week, Mary Pick
ford, Americas sweetheart, in her
first production from her own
studios. Daddy Long Legs" adapt
ed from the novel of the same name
by Jean Webster.
REGENT
To-day, tomorrow and Saturday, the
| Paramount-Artcr special, The
White Heather" and the Para
mount-Flagg Comedy. The lmmcv-
able Guest" Monday and Tuesday,
Dorothy Dalton in other Mems
Wives"
PAXTANG
Vaudeville and fireworks to-day
New York's bright musical success
of last season. Harry Bulger in come
Along" which play
Harry Bulger ed the Nora Bayes
In "COme Along" theater t W en-
at the Orpheum Saturday. matinee
and night. A wonderful comedian. a
bright. snappy comedy. catchy music
aud bevy of the prettiest girls the
theatrical profession yields. 1t is
claimed. go to make up the most en-
Itertaini1E musical attraction on tour
] this season. Tho seat sale is now open
The initial episode of the greatest
shown at the Ma
The Great Gamble jestic theater the
Starts ut Majestic last half of this
week starting to-
day. It is entitled THE Great Gamble
featuring Anne Luther and Charles
Hutchinson. Death -defying leaps from
one airplane to another: jumping from
the top of a 125-foot coming tower
into a lake and other perilous situa-
tions are shown galore. For the per
son who likes to see a real mystery
story hlled with innumerable thrills
this is 1t.
The Vaudeville bill is also excel
lent. The College Quintet present
some clever harmony and comedy :;
Mabel and Johnny Dare offer an un-
usual tlackface act
To-day is positively the last oppor-
tunity HarrisburEers have OF seeing
Frank keenan,. the
Frank Keenan, master actor in his
At Colonial first production with
his own company at
the Colonial theater. The title of his
first production is THE Master Man.
I Nrs n
of a large state. He was also the lead
err of a crooked gang of politicians
Whenever n man was elected to Of
flee. Blake man got II. Yet TINS man
Iwho controlled the destinies of state
llost his position, prestige. friends and
enemies through woman. It's one OF
the most stirring stories told.
Tomorrow and Saturday, Virginia
Pearson will be shown in what is
hailed by her own company. as the
most unique picture ever produced. 1t
is entitled THE Bishops Emeralds.'
For the first time in Harrisburgs
motion picture history it was neceS-
sary to stop SELL
At the Victoria ing tickets for
picture. owing TO
the enormous crowds. This occurred
at the Victoria theater. Tuesday night
and last night, where Mary Pickford
Americas Sweetheart is being shown
studies entitled, Daddy Long Legs
This picture has drawn the largest
crowds since its start on Monday than
any other motion picture that ever
Iplayed here.
DADDY Long Legs is adapted from
the famous novel by Jean Webster of
the same name. 1t is hailed as the
funniest. sweetest and saddest story
ever told The first two reels of this
masterpiece are two of the funniest
IrCels ever shown in any motion pic
ture. Women and children are urge i to
attend the matineeS in order to avoid
the enormous night crowds.
In addition to an excellent vaude-
willie show in the park theater there
Fireworks Tonight fireworks dis
mt PaxtanE Pnrk play at Pax
tang Park this
evening. It is assured by the park
management that the pyrotechnical
program will be one of the best OF
the season, and that several new fea-
lures will be added to the usual eN-
hibition. Tomorrow will be Mum
mers' Day and one of the biggest
days in the history of PaNtang is
expected. The program of events.
for which more than a thousand
dollars in prizes is offered, Will start
at o'clock in the forenoon and
from then until late in the evening
tion will follow one another so close
that the whole day and evening will
be one continuous round of fun and
excitement. Nothing seems to have
been overlooked by the Mummers in
their effort to have something in the
way of amusement to please every
one.