The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-20

SMALL TO START WITH

rive collars week was the first
salary received by Robert Harron.
the d: w. Grifhth production which
is deiightins largo crowds 1t the
academy this week where Il u giving
two performances daily. Dolby
Harron has been In pictures since
1897. At which time the popular tuvs-
nile vas fourteen years Of ago.
was going to = parochiai
school" he says. and one day I asked
the brother to let me know tho next
TIME ne heard OF a place Tor a boy.
A little lister tho brother sent me
around to tho Biograph st,.dio. Tho
man IN charge was name McCutcheon;
nis son. Wailie. was recently . major
IN tho British army. He asked me
tho usual question, and theupshot Of
IT was that went to work In the
cutting room at a salary Of IS 4 week.
Mr.. Harron stayed At the Biograph
studio until d. W. Griffith took him
70 California. He has been with Mr..
Gf1mth ever since. appearing in the
great producers three masterfui f,lms,
The Brit Of a Nation Intolerance"
ana now In Hearts Of the World" in
which latter production ne liz seen
rs The Boy.
Other famous playerv TO be seen IN
Hearts Of the World" are Lillian
ana Dorothy Cish. George Siegmann,
little Ben Alexander, Josephine Gro
well, George Fawcett. Adolphe Iestina.
Kate Rrude. Robert Anderson and
many equally well known
"Oh, Boy
'Oh. Boy the musical comedy that
| found enormous favor at the New
York Princess theater and the fourth
musical comedy to score a decided
! hit at that small playhouse, will BE-
the offering at the Academy next
Tuesday and "Wednesday and wednes-
day matinee.
| The Comstock- Elliott company has
ssembled a special cast for this tour
which win include Zeiia Rambeau.
Marie Dilworth, May McCabe, Matte
Ed~ ards. Geo. Phillips. Harry Hoy
and Ed Settle, Phil Branson and Jere
MAcaulif Tho book and lyrics OF
| oh. Boy" are by Guy Bolton and
p. q. Wodehouse and the music Ia
by Jerome Kern. A feature OF the
production will be the dainty young
ladies OF the chorus Some OF the
most popular musical numbers are
AN Oid-Fashioned Wife" Rolled
Into One." It'll the Clouds Roll BY"
Gvapcwfn's "Poughkccpde.e
/ There are few stage personalities
so strong that Initiation Ia Impossible.
For this reason many plays or
sketches have died when the orixtna
tor found At TO discontinue the princi-
pal role. 1t has always been claimed
that no one could play a Grapcwin
part except Grapewin himself One
OF the best sketches this unctuous
comedian ever wrote or ever played
was "Poughkeepsi e" He had a new
vehicle. but still ne was unwilling to
let "Poughkeepsie" rest. Therefore
; he went out to find an actor who
could play Charley Grapewin's part
IN "Poughkecpsie." and he succeeded
Years ago when Grapew!n was star
ring In "Poughkeepsie' ne had an
understudy named Herbert Denton
II was no easy task to persuade Den
ton to return to the stage. but finally
Grapewin succeeded. The result Il
> the present Jed Harvey in Plough.
keepste" has all OF Grapewin's linle
.. tricks, but has injected lot OF his
own personality into the part The
combination brings about most pleas.
ant results.
: On the same bill will Be The Cab.
, aret De Luxe AS the title implies
: that Is 4 cabaret show transferred tc
, the stage. Miss Billie Richmond
,, heads the company Of entertainers
: Other features include Earl and Sun.
: shine, condolences and singers; Piste
, and Cushing in THE Stranded Min
strels'; Mack and Earl comedy duo
offering real novelty act. New NOV
, les supplement the vaudeville hill