The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-27

COLISEUM
Maurice Tourneur--creator Of The
Blue Bird sporting Life" and
Tho white Hcather''--hss scored
again. His latest production. The
Lisc Line" . Drury Lane meiodrama.
IN being shown NJ the Coliseum this
week.
Jack Hoi, II tho romantic hero OF
this production He IL tho half.
brother OF an English lord. cheated
OF his estate by the present owner.
Hc has taken up tho life OF the
gypsie~. and Ia their leader when the
story opens.
However. meeting the girl Of his
heart. makes him determined to Sc
euro his rirhtfui heritage. and he
sets out 10 do IL. lie goes thru sew
erai exciting adventures. being near.
~ burned TO death In a theatre fire.
thrown bound and gagged into the
Thames. and rcscuing his sweetheart
from a sinking vessel by means Of
brooches buoy before he accompiis,ie-
his purpose. Hut II all ends happily.
II you like melodrams. you'll en-
Joy this production from beginning
10 end
A selection from The Sprinrman."
Caprice and Dear Old Gfri of
Mine" furnish the musical program
played this week by the big Coliseum
orchestra under the direction Of
Reginald Dunn.
STRAND
Marguerite Clark Ii dellghtIng au.
dlences at the strand with her clever
portrayal OF a little proxy widow"
Webster says that proxy means to
net for another. And acting for an.
other Is just what Gloria Grey CAfiss
Clark undertakes to do. The AN.
other In this case happens to be a
war widow and good natured little
Gloria wanted to sec that she was
treated right ny her late husbands
family. 80 she goes TO see them ms
the Widow by Proxy.
Everything might have worked
fine. But--the late" husband turns
out 20 be not late" at all and Gloria
finds herself falling In love with her
husbands" brother. This Is a stu
alton she has not bargained for.
How this unusual plot Is worked
out IL told In n humorous and charm
ing manner in widow by Proxy at
the Strand this week.
This week the Strand orchestra
under tho direction OF s. Il. Wine
land Is playing the ''Pasliacci'' Sc.
lection and Paderewski's "Minuet."
COLONIAL
Sessue Hayakawa. the talented
Japanese actor. II at the Colonial In
The Man Beneath"
DIR. Chindi Ashutor Utnyakawa)
was n high-castc Hindu with centur-
les Of Oriental thought behind him.
Kate Erskine QIeien Jerome Eddy
n bonnie Scotch lassic with genera.
tons Of hardy ancestors as her fore.
bears.
The Hindu loved Kate and the
girl had to admit TO herself that she
reciprocated: that love recognized
neither caste. creed nor race.
Around this theme revolves n
story OF back-hand intrigue, Oriental
IVY o't'isth uiu tAtlti1R ufhUfutlC ln~
cidents.
The japanese star does some fine
acting especially in the final scene
between the Hindu and the Sotch
girl. In which the Oriental comprc-
hends that his love Is hopeless. and
refuses 90 allow the girl TO wreck
her life for him.
Miss Eddy is an appealing Kate
ErslSine.
CLASS A
Just as they were about to start
on their honeymoon the newly wed
Mrs. James Emerson discovered her
husband looking at photograph of
another woman. On the back of Il
was written. with love to my hus-
band. Grace" This incident Is the
beginning OF n series OF unusual
events filmed In wives of Other
Men" which Is the attraction ut the
Glass A with Florence Reed In the
role OF Mrs. Emerson.