The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-12-02
The Theatres
WASHINGTON

The absorbing story Of THE Mir.
acle Man," which was staged by
George NJ. Cohan to the delight Of
thousands of New York theatre-goers,
has been adapted to the screen and is
showing at the Washington Theatre
today and tomorrow. 1t is a Para
mount-Artcraft picture Of the finest
class.
The central figure in the story is a
patriarch in a little village who pos
sesses the power to heal the sick and
manned. Tom Burke, a New York
gangster. and his pals scheme to use
him as a means Of enriching them
Nselves. With this view, they visit him
.1and are astOunded to discover that
his power to heal is absolutely bona
fide. How the good that lies latent in
the crooks is brought out, is the theme
of the drama, which is one of the most
striking yet produced. Prominent in
the strong cast are Thomas Meighan.
1Ilinor Fair. Joseph J. Bowling and
Betty Compson.
Bayard WELLER. author of THE Thir
teenth Chair" which has just been
made into a screen drama and will
be shown at the Washington Theatre,
has been called the Sardou of the
American drama. Neiller's great sue
cess with THE Thirteenth Chair"
which many have termed the greatest
mystery play ever written, justifles
this title. The photodrama contains
all the thrills the play offered, and is
a refutation Of the oft-heard assertion
that the transfer OF a play from tn,
stage to the screen always results il
a loss of its value. The Thirteenth
Chair" Pathe predicts, will establish
a record which few other motion pic.
lures ever attained.
MURRAY.
"Fiddlers Three" which comes to the
Murray theatre, Thursday, Dec. 4, mat
ineo and night, has received the high
est commentators. Full of humOr
end romance, and teaming wonderfully
clever lifting tunes, "Fiddlers Three"
i an Offering that is unsteady and de-
lightfully entertaining. John Cort,
the producer, has supplied a company
Of unusual and capable players. In
IaTic Beige he has an artist with
voice Of rich quality, valume and pur-
i'y and illuminatcs the musical COM
edy stage in no uncertain manner.
Tom Dinglc with his unctuous turn OF
- comedy, lends re touch of gaiety to
tle piece as he is comedian who
Iync&3 JhC value of comedy. Edna
Morn, whose graceful dancing has
brought her into the limelight Of sue
cess, Kathrin Ward, Ethel Dwyer, Leo
FrankOl, J. Rabilno, the master Of the
violin. Thomas Conkey, with his rare
baritone voice, and Layman and King
with their sensational dancing, fill out
a cast of versatile players. 'FiddlerS
Three" has much charming music and
a chorus of equally attractive. girls,
that makes it thoroughly good enter
tainment and it has been catalogued
as one of the real hits Of the year
MURRAY VAUDEVILLE
1T is to laugh may be approprl,
ately applied to the new bill at the
Murray, for these acts are built for
Laughing purposes only, and kept the
house last night in near Mysteries
Jack and Eva Arnold came close to
stopping the show" in the first posi-
tion, with their songs and comedy
and then came Baker and Rogers, two
Strand comedians who fairly wrecked
the show" These two boys are the
biggest hits ever seen at the Murray
1Carman'S nlinstrelS close the bill with
a first part offering which many con
,cede to be better than Nell OBrient
MINISTRIES. The comedians are funny
while the QUARTZ scored a tremendous
hit. 1t is to be regretted that Thu
bill only plays today and tomorrow
as 1t is supreme vaudeville in every
respect.