The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-22
WASHINGTON

III
OF a screen comedy are gagged by
the laughter 1t provokes, then RIP
and Stitch" the new Paramount
Mack Sennett comedy which will be
next Wednesday and Thursday, is one
I of the best of its class ever produced
:, on the screen. Every situation de.
= veloped by the story is humorous and
the various characters interpreted by
such artists as Harry Gribbon, Alice
Davenport, Hughie Mack and Myrtle
Lind, stand out conspicuously because
of their mirth-provoking qualities.
This is highly realistic comedy
which all may see with profit. The
story is a good one and being logical
with exceptional continuity of idea
and treatment, 1t should fill the house
at every showing.
Shadows" is Geraldine Farrar's
new Goldwyn picture. 1t comes to
the Washington thatere, starting We'd
nesday.
Pitched in a high dramatic key 1t
tells the story of a woman who has
found happiness out of misery ana
who fights for that happiness when
disaster seems about to overtake her.
Her life in Alaska, when she was
known as Cora Lamont, the plaything
of brutal Jack McGoff, is almost for
gotten in her life as the honored wife
of Judson Barnes, a conservative New
Yorker.
Her house of cards comes tumbling
down, however, when she is recog-
niZed by a man, who tries to induce
her husband to enter a spurious min
ing proposition She warns her huS-
band against him. whereupon the Eel
low telephones her that she must per-
suade him to invest or the full story
of Alaska will come out. Just how
terrible that part of her life was, Mrs.
Barnes knows too well.
1t all comes back to her as she
sits, dry-eyed, clasping her child to
her. She forms daring plan where
by McGoff, who is coming to the house
to claim her, should have the tables
turned on him. What this plan is and
how strangely it works outfits COM
prises the play.
Select Pictures announces a great
special attraction, THE Midnight Pa
troll" at the Washington theatre on
Monday and Tuesday. This is SEN
sational and thrilling story OF Chinese
underworld life in one of the big
western cities. 1t was produced by
Thomas II. Ince.
The sensational figures in the story
are Terrence Shannon, sergeant OF the
Chinatown police squad, WI Fang,
Jim Murdoch and Patsy O'Connell,
young lady who has charge OF the
Chinese rescue mission.
Patsy is held captive by WI Fang
and his gang. Murdoch, who is aiding
WI Fang to smuggle in shipment of
opium, notifies Shannon that Patsy
will be harmed unless he keeps the
police away on the night the ship
ment is expected to arrive.
The call of duty comes first, how
ever, and Shannon prepares to raid
the den and at the same time rescue
Patsy from the clutches of the Chi
nese. In oder to gain entrance to
WI Fang's den, Shannon gets "Chink'
Ross to help him find the secret pas
sage. In the meantime Shannon has
left word for the reserves to follow
him unless he is back at certain
hour.
When Shannon breaks into WI
Fang's den he is overpowered in the
fight that follows. When he regains
consciousness WI Fang tells him that
he is to be thrown into pit filled
with live rats. Patsy, in the mean
time, is held captive in another part
of the den. Just as they are about
to throw Shannon into the pit, Pa
trolman Michael O'Shera arrives with
the reserves. WI Fang is killed in
the fight, while Murdoch, the corrupt
politician, is captured and placed I'M
der arrest.
Hit or Miss" is the title of the
latest Carlyle Blackwell-Evelyn Gee
ley World Picture and 1t is scheduled
for showing tomorrow at the Washing
Il theatre. 1t is another of those
deIfghtful comedy dramas in which
this famous team has been making
such an enormous success during the
past year.
Hit or Miss" is the fascinating
story of press agent and of the pre-
dicament he gets into through fol-
lowing the girl he has become infatu
ated with, to colony of scientific
bug hunters, where he loses all his
money playing poker. Mr.. Blackwell
enacts the role of the press agent in
his usual inimitable manner. Miss
Greeley appears in the role of the
young lady with whom he is in love.
Many of the scenes in "Hit or
Miss are laid in the outdoors in
settings of great beauty and these
add much to the interest and attrac-
tiveness of this unusual feature.
The story of Hit or Miss" was
written by Harry o. Hoyt, who has
penned a number of the most sue
cessful features Issued by World Pic
lures and in this production he has
written one of the most entertaining
pictures of his entire career.
Hit Or Miss" is picture you will
thoroughly enjoy and will long re-
member. Be sure to see it and show
yourself a good time.
A delightful comedy which contains !
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