The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-14
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The artist in you just purrs over pic
ture like this Girl from Outside If the
devil should ask you is 1t art!" tell him
it Is. 1t is art in acting; art in photoG-
raphy; art in direction; art In subtitles.
1t IL as exquisite and complete thing as
have ever seen on the screen; AGains ia
tale Of The Girl from Outside"
| there is no better supply base than the
Rex Beach novels. This author takes real
men and women with real problems to
ground of Wilderness and silence which
throws out in has relief their graphing
with the fates. OF such is The Fri from
Outside" The cast is composed of peo-
pie not often soon on the screen. which is
a pity. That is in the case of the men.
n surprise like Cuilin Lands. Here is n
comparative unknown. who brings TO the
sense Of the dramatic He's one of those
homely chaps whom children and dogs
break their necks to be with. whom men
swear by and to. His "Curley Kid is II
powerful bit of character painting. Per-
haps there are times when the picture
drags little. On the. whole. tho. 1t is
wildly and satisfactorily enacted. The
cold and the silence chill You. too. anal
there is the snow that makes you gasp
for breath as you sit safe and warm in
your seat in the theater.
Orphcum.
Welcome. Houdini.
That is, welcome. in the future is he
is going to wake us us up and Ike. keep our
Game" Here is a regular 1919 thrillers
that keeps you guessing from start to fin
ish. The question is-who did it? And
never do you guess until in its own good
time. the screen unfolds its secret. One
of the worst things about the critics-and
Is that they tell you everything that you
shouldn't know. ching reformed charac
shall you have as to the story of the Grim
Came Just take my word for it that
it is good, red -blooded melodrama with
punch and point. 1t Is well acted. we'll
photographed and directed. and in the
course of events Houdint extracts himself
from bolts. bars, handouts. straightiaekets
and the charge of murder. Maybe Won
don't like that kind of a picture. But If
you dots the best of the kind I've seen
In some time, ~ove,tx
As usual choice standing room was hard
to locate last night, with corking variety
dominate. This Is abonr the best balanced
bill we have had in Topeka this season
Every act went over. for a hit and it was
We had the usual thriller in the serial to
start the show and Ruth Roland rung in
they have to go thru all that tormenting.
DAVE & LILLIAN: Coupla n,fties.
Opened the session with smart routine of
and sings equally rs well as she dances
and that is saying a lot both ways. Dawes
his efforts he walked awav with solid
hit. He sure is loose Hmbed thing.
This act makes wonderful opener. in as
humor. making the going easy for the
following turns.
Folks. This pair of entertainers have n
little offering that abounds with exclusive
ness. While several of the staples are
turning a bit grey. the routine is so vel
delivered and so graciOusly handed to you
that YOU know you sitting thru won
derful offering. Both man and woman
are such elean-cut. pleasing performers.
And their little offering was well received
by the scat sitters last night.
VENETIAN -FOUR: Four men. playing
violins. harp and q sgueezer thing. II nav
be said Mt once that the four plarerS
proved cOnciusiVelv and enioyably their
artistic worth and the program was so
varied that its scope Kept both high-brOw
and simp interested. The four men pay
with p perfection Of technical precision
that tells Of Icing and diirent nrep ration.