The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-05


 | the last half of the week. The bill l on a whole is above the average and pleased the capacity houses last night. The playlet, Just a Thief" is a real gem and in the hands of the compe- tent actors who comprise the company proved highly entertaining. Joseph Totten, who is the author of the play let, has the leading role, and he IS ably assisted by a trio of actors The story deals with an incident in the lives of the Younger brothers and the action calls for much dramatic effort. Comedy and patnos are happily blended and the whole is very enter taining.
 Runing a close second to the head liner is Jim Reynolds, breezy mono logist. who won the approval of the audience from the start. He has an original line of comedy talk which he put over in great shape and scored a decided hit
 Some clever dancing featured the act of Ferguson and Sunderland, tho male m member of the team excelling in ecentrio dancing. They introduce sev- eral song numbers that pleased. The Belmonts open the bill with a classy aerial number, introducing clever stunts on flying rings and hand bal ancing.
 Wayne and Allen had the closing number, an unusual spot for an act of this kind. They present a comedy skit with songs which took well with the audience.
 The photoplay feature, "A Favor to Friend" starring the beautiful Elm my Whelen, is delightful comedy, well staged and full of action. The news pictures are of unsual interest.
 Bide Dudley, in the New York World, says: 'Tm going to stick close to Bill Page and his ice box. An actors strike is worth while in these days of prohi- bition.''
 Big Ed'' Sedgwck will be seen as Pcte, the colored trainer in active charge of Kendalrs racing stable in Checkers" coming to the Trianon next week.
 Ed Sedgwicl< is a Texan, born in Gal weston and educated in San Antonio. He mas had a stage career remarkably va rlsd for his age. He has been in vaude- ville stock companies, musical comedies and burlesque. He finally turned his at- tention to the screen and for two years was active in one or another of the va rious ends of the industry with which he is familiar. "Checkers'' is a production with practically an allstar cast. Thomas J. Carrigan well known leading man of the screen and stage, will be seen in the title role. Jean Acker plays Pert Bar iow Others in the cast are Ellen Cas- sitv. Peggy Worth, Robert Elliott. Tam many Young and Bertram Marburgh. Richard Stanton directed the production.
 Little May Park, leading lady with the Maddocks- Park Players at the Majestic has lost none of her popularity. which IS shown bv the hearty/a and prolonged ova- ton she receives at each appearance Of Love and Politics. This little lady came to the Majestic last season as stranger and in very short time had built up a following to be proud of. Miss Park is & very earnest little worker, handling each part to be best possible advantage. and through her really clever work is adding new friends and admirers to her lists daily. She will be seen to ad vantage in a number of splendid of ferings during the season, as Manager Maadocks has selected a fine line of plays for the patrons of the Majestic.
 The motion pictures projected at the Methodist centenary expo iition in Co., lumbus, O., were estimated to be 1,440,00o times larger than the actual film, which is about one and three-quarter inches high. The largest movie audience ever gathered together attended these per formances, numbering 40,000 people at a single performance. The pictures as a whole were easily discernible six blocks away, while the nearest seat to the screen was S25 feet distant. The screen itself. especially built for the occasion, measured 100 feet wide and 75 feet high. The screen cost SS00O and contained 100,- coo feet of lumber When the exposition officials first spoke of pictures this large