Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-06
At the Palace.

At EAhO Il 1A9CCs
Want TO take a peep behind the
curtain and see a real rehearsal OF
a real vaudeville show? Your
choice comes in THE New Leader, "
headIining the bill at the Palace
theatre, Moline. Jack Deliman &
Co. give u surprisingly clever in
sight into the life of the stage and
the offering bubbles over with COM
edy with just enough heart interest
to give it an appeal. Dorothy
Vaughan has personality and with
it a pleasing voice so that her
cheerful songs are put over with
telling effect. Lots of class and
everything. Then there is Bobby
Henshaw-he seems to have 'em
going the minute he gets on the
stage. Is a born entertainer and
knows when to quit. quite a rare
gift, we'll say. In Taking Things
Easy" George Degnow and Bert
Clifton have a unique athletic act
that has you guessing all the time.
Not what they do but the way they
do il. makes the work OF this ex-
ceptional team so popular. The
''Tidbits Of Variety" which Fred
and Dorothy Norman hand out. are
original and get a good hand. That
much talked OF serial, The Fatal
Fortune" in which Helen Holmes
stars. is attracting special atten-
ton at the Palace where Manager
Dunn has arranged It as an added
feature on Mondays. Tuesdays and
Wednesdays. II is overloaded with
action and thrills.
At the Spencer.
IThe Miracle Man" George Loan
fuckers wonderful production.
opened a weeks engagement al the
Spencer yesterday and hundreds
were turned away The story is
an absorbing one and deals with a
sober-faced. blind. deaf and DUMP
patriarch who reshapes distorted
crippled and paralyzed beings to
their previous perfection by mere
ly turning his visage heavenward
and stretching forth his arms in
the direction OF the afflicted pill
grims who journey to the crest of
the hill where he makes his abode,
for treatment.
Nor do his beneficent powers
cease with bodily disigurements
His influence over character is
equally as effective Four unre-
generated criminals from the
Sums of busy metropolis invade
the sanctity of the healer's home
to capitalize his reputation for
financial profit Unmolested they
take possession of the benign pa
triarch-sort of adopt him-and by
ingenious methods collect consid-
cradle funds and jewelry from the
gullible visitors.
Gradually all but their leader
mend their wicked ways, and be-
fore the fms is written over the
drama that worthy has accepted
the faith thus completing the
venerable gentlemans task before
he dies.
Briefly. the foregoing recites
what the play consists of. It's ex-
pert execution cannot be told adj
in limited space. George
LOane Tucker, who brought The
Man" to the screen, once
more reflects his genius as a pro
Queer in the excellence OF this pro-
duction. It has dramatic moments
rarely observed in the cinema.
When the youthful cripple discards
his crutches and totters INSTEAD
lily. then runs speedily uphill to
the arms OF the patriarch. the
looks real enough to be
accepted as fact
Such individual moments Of ex-
celience spot the production
throughout Lon Chaney's feigned
disagreement in the cutters OF the
sinms and his subsequent cure"
BY the divine healer is a brilliant
piece OF dramatic and acrobatic
display, while Thomas Meighan in
the role of the polished leader Of
he schemers is a consistent scot