The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-16
On The Screen
WASHINGTON

A storm at sea, with liner sink
ing beneath the waves, is one OF
many thrilling scenes in Hidden
Fires, Mae Marsh's newest Goldwyn
Picture, which comes to the Washing
ton theater, beginning today. The in
cident has a direct bearing on the
plot OF a story said to be greater than
any previously picturized to bring out
the many angles Of Miss Marsh's
famed talents.
Louise Parke, wealthy girl who
has been in Europe to complete her
musical education. is believed to be
aboard the Inflated steamer. The
scene depicting the tragedy at sea
fades into a newspaper headline re-.
porting the loss Of the prominent So
ciety girl. The news is withheld
from her mother and her friends offer
various excuses for her long absence
MURRAY
Miss Rhodes is California girl,
born in San Francisco. She began
her stage career on the Orpheum cir
cult and after that played the SOU
brette role in Babes in Toyland," and
then turned to the screen going with
Kalem, later with Universal and then
with Christie comedies. 1t Is probably
for her work with the last named
company that she became best known.
Her pictures were featured in most
OF the big theatres and she began to
attract great attention. Since then
she has appeared in Strand-Mutual
comedies and now has just finished
the first of her big features, 1.-THE Girl
OF My Dreams" at the Murray Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday.
That the race of the matinee idol
is not extinct is proven by the sue
cess scored by Lou Tellegen from the
time he came out to this country with
Madame Bernhard. 1t is just that the
matinee girls look for fresh fields in
which to let shine the sun of their APP
probation. Mr.. Tellegen will come to
the Murray theatre January %. His
play is called Blind YOUTH" and in it
he appears as young artist. With
| just that touch of romance and love
in his makeup to win the heart of
all the girls who see him, but primarily
Blind Youth" is good entertainment
for all the folks who delight in the
finer things Of the theatre.
In the principal roles Of Friendly
Enemies" which comes to the Murray
theatre on January 20, after phenome.
nal success in Chicago and New York,
will be found Karl Pfeifer, German
born American, who is drunk on Kais-
erbrau Kultur and bleak obstinacy.
In broad comparison to this double
dyer German is the thoroughly Yankee
Doodle Dutchman, Henry Block. who
Is with us because he is Of us and be-
cause we need him more than any
other kind Of ally in the world.
MURRETTE
Yesterday at the Murrette theatre
was shown an unusually strong photo
play, "Buchanan's Wife, in which
Virginia Pearson, a William Fox star,
portrays the struggle of wife to at
tain happiness Miss Pearson is at her
best in roles which call for tense
emotional acting and makes the most
Of repeated dramatic opportunities.
The story is taken from the novel OF
that name written by Justus Miles For.
man.
An elderly, wealthy man uses his
hypnotic ability to force a woman
into an unhappy marriage with him.
He disappears, and the woman mar
ries her girlhood sweetheart. Years
later the long-lost husband returns,
broken in body and mind, and appeals
to the woman's compassion. The in
evitable discovery by the second hus-
band ensues. and there are complica-
tions that only master story-teller
could have worked out logically.
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