The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-13
WASHINGTON.

A shop window style form dissolv-
Ing into beautiful girl wearing the
gown 1t displayed makes q novel and
interesting incident In Tom Mcore's
second Goldwyn starring vehicle.
Thirty a Week." from the successful
,-stage play by Thompson Buchanan,
which is shown at the Washington the
atre the last time today.
Dan Murray, (Tom Moore). q chauf.
feur for financier. has eloped with
his employers daughter, Barbara.
Her father vents his wrath by having
Dan dismissed from several positions
In the hope that his daughter will
como back to him. Good fortune
comes to the Murrays in the person
OF Larry Spencer, one Of Dams former
employers. who engages Dan to pilot
his car In q big automobile race and
promises him $500 II he finishes
among the first five racers.
On the way to the Sheepshead Bay
racetrack, Dan passes q fashionable
shop, in the windows of which Is
beautiful dress on a form. Dan sees
visions of the $500 reward and also
barbara Respondent in that gown.
Here the dissolve comes into view
showing the form changing into Bar
bara. looking her prettiest in the new
attire. Dan earns the reward, but
gives It to friend to save the life Of
her husband, who is critically Ill.
MURRAY
The engaging personality Of Fred
Bowers carried I'm So Happy" at the
Murray theatre last night, through the
reefs. and achieved a performance
that went over big with the audi
ence
Bowers is entertaining and likeable
as the young married man who is in
volved in the mesh Of his own lies,
and is discovered" by his mother-in-
law. His skirmishes with his wife's
mother, although "old stuff in the
way Of situations, affords some enter
tanning comedy.
Jackson and Larson, a dancing
team, provided one of the best fea.
lures Of the production. The princi.
pals carried their parts we'll, and all
Of them had good voices and pleasing
stage appearance. A number Of new
songs were introduced
Large audiences attended both tho
matinee and evening performances.
The story Of "Flo-Flo" appearing at
the Murray Saturday. is concerned
with a matchmaking mother; a schem-
ing count; Angelina Stokes, in love
with Billy, her childhood sweetheart
from Oshkosh; the hero from Oshkosh
and various others. Angelina Stokes
Is brought by her worldly mother to
Mosher and Simpsons Bride Shop for
her trousseau. She is to be married
tn the hOQus CDanish count About the
time Angelina orders her trosseau Bill
ly secures q position in the Bride
Shop and there meets Angelina. Mrs.
Stokes orders him discharged when
she finds him with her daughter and
Billy browns his hopeless love in a
filtration with Flo-F1o, the vampirish
corset-model. Angelina is heart brok-
en- at this turn in her romance, but
the theft Of her trousseau and the
determination Of Flo-Flo to give up
the idea OF marrying Billy finally
unites the young lovers. Silvio Helm.
1t Is said has created a new standard
for himself by the score he has sup
piled to "F1o-F1o." Some Of the hits
are, Would You Love Me?" ION the
River Nile; "A Wonderful Creature;
Good Bye Happy Days; Don't Trust
Them" and the "Ziegfeld Girl"
For his cast Mr.. Cort selected Ivy
Scott, who will be recalled as the
print donna OF Henry w. Savage's
Merry Widow" and Girl Of the Gold
en- West" and more recently of the
Century Opera Co. Jere Delaney.
Jack Fried, Mildred Beverley, Angus
tus Buell. Grace Renard, Burns and