The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-17
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WASHINGTON
THE Great Romance" the Screen
Classics, Inc. production, starring
Harold Lockwood. Is to be shown at
the Washington theatre today and will
present to the public an unusual
theme enacted in this favorite Of the
screens most virile and winning
%nanner.
\ The story is laid in a mythical
principality to which a young Amer
lean falls heir With his free and
democratic upbringing the idea Of
ruling by Inheritance does not appeal
to him-the pomp and glory Of being
a monarch does not seem as attractive
as being Just free, red blooded young
American in the land he loves. He
about decides to decline the throne
with thanks when he finds that the
girl he loves is involved In a deep
intrigue in that very countryside has
been taken there by scheming moth
er who hopes to marry her 10 an i'm
poverished member of the royal fam
lily. Determining to rescue her he sets
of for this remote corner of Europe
and encounters many strange and dra-
matte adventures and experiences
1.-The great romance" Brilliantly told,
the story is magnifcently acted and
the production is one which will hold
an audience spell-bound. The scenes
are very beautiful and many elaborate
sets show the grandeurs Of the Royal
Palace.
Osa Johnson, the pretty wife Of Mar
tin Johnson, explorer and adventurer.
lad hfc al oh
sand mile journey through the canni.
bal islands of the South Pacific. and
took an important part in filming
Johnson's remarkable spectacle of
savage life, "Cannibals Of the South
Seas"
The Johnson pictures have been &C.
quired for world distribution by Rob-
ertson-Cole company. and are releas-
ed through the Exhibitors Mutual ex-
changes.
Mrs. Johnson went everywhere with
her daring husband and his chronicle
(of the expedition is an interesting trib-
ute to the brave woman.
MURRAY.
Concatenated drama will be the dra-
ma of the mediate future in the Am
erican theatre. So predicts Sam For
rest. general stage director for Cohan
and Harris, and producer of Three
Faces East" at the Murray theatre
Wednesday What is concatenated
drama? ut has to do with the form
Of a play and not it's theme explains
Forrest The concatenated play is
developed by chainlike plot, strung
out link by link until the chain is COM
pleted, Three Faces East" may be
accepted as the prototype Of this new
dramatic form.
As stage director, Mr.. Forrest
considers form of the same importa.
nee that a dramatist holds theme or
motif Form in the drama is GER
tainly as variable as motif" he con-
tends. I'm fact, II is more so. Most
authors are convinced that there are
no new plots under the sun; but show
me the stage director that doesn't
experiment with form. Form has
given the one touch of novelty to most
of our modern plays. Consider On
Trial Romance The Eyes of Youth.
Consider any of the Belasco produc-
lions.
If all our army is billeted so COM
fortably in such charmingly sympa-
thetic company as are the two British
officers in Margaret Anglin's delight
full love comedy "Billeted." which will
be seen at the Murray on Saturday.
March %, those of us at home will
have battles of our own to fight, none
Pthe less serious because they are with
the green-eyed monster. 1t certainly
must serve to rob war of it's horrors to
be so ideally housed as the two Of
ficers are in f. Tennyson esse and H.
NJ. Harwood's play, which ran all last
season in New York, and extended
engagements in Chicago and Boston.
Miss Anglin has registered her great
est comedy success as the central
character in this comedy, which was
written for laughter purpose only, and
will be revealed here by the original
New York company which includes
Alice Colburn, Sally Williams, Harry
Barefoot, Phyllis Birkitt, Langdon
Bruce, Myra Burlington, Ralph KEN
met and Fred Eric.
MURRAY.
Don't try to be a photoplay star un-
less your eyes register perfectly. Mary