The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-07-19
MURRE ETTE

latest Paramount picture, in which
she will be seen at the Murrette thea
tire next Wednesday and Thursday.
She appears as a quaint, high spirit
ed little scrub girl who works In the
opera house Of a middle western
town.
At first we see her with the cele-
brated Martin curls whipped straight
back and tied in two straight braids.
She is cleaning the floors in the opera
house when she slips and lands in
a pail of soapy water. She is rescued
by Teddy Lawrence, a musician at
the opera house, and there the ro-
nance starts.
Even without her curls and while
doused in soapy water pretty Vivian Is
as fascinating as ever, and as the
story develops and she appears with
her hair fiuffed out, and in better
clothes, she shows some exceeding
clever acting by the contrast in the
little scrub lady's character which
she presents.
There has been no little interest
aroused by the announcement that
Mary Pickford was to appear as Mary
MacTavish in the screen version OF
Captain Kidd, Jr.". Rida Johnson
Youngs exquisite little play which met
with such pronounced success on the
legitimate stage in New York two
years ago. Frances Marion wrote the
photoplay and VIM. D. Taylor directed
Miss Pickford in what Is claimed to
be the most effective Aircraft vehicle.
In choosing the cast, much care was
taken to select types who would fit
tingly portray the characters made
familiar by the stage production. Mary
.Pickford was ideal as Mary MacTavish
but 1t was not so easy to surround
her with just the needed types. How
ever, after much search these were
found and the choice in each indt-
vidual case has been admirable. Cap
tain Kidd. Jr." will be displayed at
the Murrette theatre Sunday, Monday
and Tuesday.
Douglas MacLean, one Of the most
pleasing Of Juvenile leading men, por'
trays Jim Gleason. That sterling
character actor, Spottiswoode Ait
ken, Is a wonderful MacTavish. 1t Is
said, while Robert Gordon, the Euck
Finn OF the Tom Sawyer pictures, Is
we'll cast as Willie Carleton Winter
Hall plays John Brent and Marcia
Manon, who played the role Of the un-
pleasant wife in Stella Maris." inter
tor Potel. tall and thin, is screamingly
funny, it is said, as Sam. the con-
stable, while Mrs. Moore gives a good
performance as Luella Butterheld.
Who hasn't grown a little weary
nov and then. Of the marvellous
Workmanship and other superhuman
feats that are displayed by the hero
Of the typical wild and woody screen
drama? A good laugh is the best cure
fer that tired feeling, no matter what
causes it; and that Is the remedy
provided by Fatty Arbuckle's new
eet Paramount -Arbuckle comedy. "A
Desert Hero" which comes to the
Murrette Theatre, Friday and Satur-
day.
Fatty arrives in Carbolic Canyon,
where sheriffs are slain every day,
and is elected to fill that extra haz-
ardous Office after he has demon
started his skill with six-shooter by
saving the life of the prettiest of the
dance-hall girls in unique way She
is an unwilling inmate Of the resort.
and Fatty undertakes to terminate the
proprietor's undesired attentions to
her
The uproarfous scenes which fol-
discriminating in a fight with box.
ing gloves, instead Of shooting
irons" between Fatty and the pro-
prietor, who Is almost seven feet
tall-make this, by long odds. the
funniest picture in which the chubby
comedian and his talented company
have ever appeared.
Tom Mix is coming to the Murrette
Theatre next Friday for stay of two
days in a brand-new thriller, The
Wilderness Trail" William Fox
photoplay from the book Of that title
by Frank Williams. 1t Is story Of
the snow bound fur region of Canada.
Tom Mix it is announced. performs
as many exploits in the snow as he
does in his well-known pictures of
the great southwest. One big scene
is a fight to the death in the snow be-
tween two men who really can fight
one Of them being Mix. The romance.
which centers about dainty new lead
ing lady, Colleen Moore, is absolutely
wholesome-as we'll who know the
book are aware.
MURRAY
Robert G. Vignola. who directed
Shirley Mason's new Paramount pic