Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-15
At the Majestic.


Fox super-production featuring
Theda Bara, which opened yester-
day at the Majestic for three days
4 is an unusual as we'll as intenselo
dramatic photoplay.
As the title indicates, the stor,
Is founded upon the proposition
that . woman of adequate wi.
power can scale any heights if sh,
Is hred by ambition. In this cas-.
Olga Dolan. the role enacted b.
Miss Bara, Is a girl Of the utmos
determination to succeed in order
to compensate herself> for a Vita,
wrong done her ~ Cyrii Ralston--
! played my william B. Davidson
7 whom she foolishly loved. ~
Miss Bara makes Olga Dolan ont
snf the most interesting of screen
e.heroines. She gives a wonderful
! representation OF the girl who i.
transformed from q trusting crea-
turs into woman of the world.
~ The photoplay is full Of gripping
/ situations from the time whei.
\ Olga Dolan, the stenographer. at
Tracts the attention Of Cyril Raj
aston, until Olga becomes the fian-
Gee Of the Duke OF Rutledgs--i
Rlrt played with much skill b.
'1hurslow Bergen. Others in the
cast are Amelia Gardner. Ida Wa
terman, Dan Mason, Robert Patton
Gibbs, Dorothy Drake and Tam
many Young-last seen here in
Checkers Edmund Lawrence
directed the picture.
At the Rialto.
A novelty in mystery charac-
ters' Is shown in Elmo the
Mighty" the Serial which brings
the star Of "Tarzan OF the Apes
Elmo Lincoln--back to the screen
Elmo" presents Phantom Men
ace cloaked in black, who rides
up on a motoscycle at opportune
moments to save the hero and he
roine from Death at the villains
hands. Elmo the Mighty" is now
showing at the Rialto theatre.
1, At the Columbia.
Three acts on the Columbia bill.
|Nhe nrst half. now showing, are of
the hrst water variety and worthy
and reserving Of particular men
ton. Theatre goers are certain -
he we'll pleased, as was the case at
last nights performances. Dave
Ferguson 4 Co. present an act en-
titled, THE Rounder On Old Broad
way which is intended to drive
home the moral of keeping away"
from the bright lights. Despite the
intended seriousness Of the act, it
Is full Of good comedy, dished out
mainly by Dave Ferguson, himself.
Dave describes through the med
ium OF song the characters one is
apt to meet at night on Broadway.
The dope field, the old actor. the
girl and the cop. all combine to
make the act a more than pleasing
one. Jack MacBryde and Marion
A. Day offer some clever acting in
presenting the "meanest man in the
world" His intentions are to show
no quarter as success in the COL
lecting is to give him the big
chance he seeks. When confronted
with the fact that it Is a beautiful
young lady who is the debtor, he
extricates himself In resourceful
fashion by borrowing the neces-
sary amount to pay 1t himself and
thus allow the girl the extra time
she needs. Rather than being the
meanest, he turns out to be about
the best man in the world to the
girls way Of thinking. Buch broth
Q RI appear in q bouncing act of ex-
ceptional merit. The smaller of the
pair has . mouth Of huge propor-
lions and turns this fact 10 good adj
vintage in producing laughs. Be-
fore the act concludes he has emit
ted about a pound OF beans in an
uproariously funny fashion.
Fred Sosman and Gladys Sloan
have . neat singing and comedy
chatter act. The Seebacks appear
as bag punching artists.
At the Palace.
For tunes laden with melody, for
comic capers cunningly performed,
for dancing that captivatea ION the
Mississippi" . tabloid Of the south
land, 10 noteworthy. Patrons OF the
Palace theatre, Moline. where the