The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-08
WASHINGTON

:omes to the Washington theater on
Friday. is Constance Talmadge's lat
sst Select Picture in which she is
presented by Lewis ]. Selznick. 1t is
! bright and humorous story OF Mr..
Ind Mrs. Leffingwell in which two
pairs Of handsomely embroidered slip
pers play prominent part and serve
10 make the jealous Mr.. Leffingwell
believe his wife Is carrying on an
affair with another man.
The trouble starts when Walter
Huntley purchases pair of slippers
.or his fiance. Mabel Brown, who
breaks off the engagement before
Huntley has time to give her the slip
pers. Having no other use for them
he gives them to his maid. Mrs. LET
'ingwell buys an identical pair, and
when Mr.. Leffingwell chances to pass
by the window of Huntley's apartment
and sees pair Of feet wearing the
slippers, he naturally thinks it is his
wife in Huntley's room, and he had
had occasion to be suspicious of Hunt
ley on several occasions. Later LET
ingwell gets peeved when he sees a
pair of slippers. But maid explains
he circumstance and the difference
Is patched up.
Tom Moore, now an established
Goldwyn Pictures star has surprise
production for his thousands Of adj
mirers in Thirty Week." the Gold
wyn perturbation of Thompson Buch-
anan's successful stage play, which
comes to the Washington theater be-
ginning Wednesday.
Thirty a Week" brings out, as no
other Tom Moore vehicle has, the
many angles of the handsome, rollick-
ing Irishman's talents.
It tells the story of love finding
the way to bridge the gulf that sepa,
rates the strata of a girl of wealth
and society and that of stout-hearted
American youth. Dan Murray (Tom
Moore) is a chauffeur for a millionaire
Wall Street operator, whose daughter,
Barbara Wright, is deeply in love with
Dan, despite his lowly station. Her
parents have arranged for her mar
rage with Freddy Ruyter. man about
town, but Barbara frowns upon their
scheme. Knowing Dan loves her but
fears to take the initiative, Barbara
smooths the way for him and they
later elope.
Later they become estranged but
make up when the facts become
known.
Patrons of the Washington theatre
will welcome Dustin Farnum in his
big United ~Nrfeature, THE Light OF
Western { y which will be shown
here Monday and Tuesday This fam
Gus stage and screen star will be seen
as Gene Stewart, ace cowboy Of the
southwestern border. With Dustin
Farnum's virile, convincing talent
and the most thrillingly fascinating
of Zane Grey's mastery stories, the
picture teens with exciting interest
. The plot deals with the adventures
which arise out of Gene Stewards wilt
wager that he would marry the frs
girl who blew into the little western
town. When he has carried out his
wager further than he knew, and the
girl proves to be the sister of the
rancher whose foreman Stewart is
things happen quick, and the audience
swings between hope and fear right
up to the final picture. In his stagine
of the production Charles Swickart
has caught the authors wonderful in
SEPARATION. The photography is magnif
icently beautiful in subject and in ex
ecution. Winifred Kingston is a fas
cinating leading woman and the sup
port is excellent throughout.
Montagu Love. the famous and pop
ular World Pictures star, will be seer
here here shortly in his latest WorlG
Picture, The Rough Neck" an I'm
usual. vitality interesting story Of {
great city aIvd it's politics. The Wash
ington has secured this gripping pro
duction for showing on Sunday only
and all those people who have admired
Mr.. Loves work in many other pic
lures will be more than pleased will
his work in this picture.
The story is intensely interestin.
and is entirely true to life. 1t show!
the inside workings of a big city,
politics and tells what happens whe,
the son of the boss takes charge o
affairs upon his fathers death ant
decides to make the gang who hav,
been stealing from the city, restor
that which they have stolen. AS tn,
young man Is in love with the daugh
ter of one Of the politicians whom
he is fighting, the dramatic situation
is very tense.