The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-22
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| heroine is the same in each case, will
be seen at the Washington theatre
next Friday and Saturday, when Lew
is j. Selznick presents Constance Tai
madge in Romance and Arabella.'
Mrs. Arabella Cadenhouse Is a
young widow, who has decided that
her second husband, il there is to be
any, must supply her with thrills and
romance. Bill, proasic young man
who has known Arabella all her life,
has determined that he will marry
her some day, despite her demands
for a romantic husband.
When Arabella shows signs of be-
coming too deeply interested in an
other man, Bill decides it is time for
him to act. He furnishes one counter
irritant after another, including a fad
dist, an unsophisticated young boy, a
Westerner and a eugenist, until Ara
bella has lost all the illusions she
ever had about romantic men. 1t is
then that Bill fulfills the promise
he made to himself and makes Ara
bella Mrs. BILL"
MURRAY
Seldom in his picture career has
House Peters been given the oppor-
tunity to rise to the heights of inspir-
ed emotional acting he reaches in
The Forfeit" the Frank Powell pro-
duction for Sunset Pictures, which
will be shown for the first time on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at
the Murray theatre. Repressed, yet
throbbing with the outraged emotions
of man whose love and faith in life
are torn by the revelation that his
wife, though innocent, has sent his
young brother to criminals grave,
the popular star portrays the role in
gripping manner.
The story concerns jeff Masters,
who assumes his mothers maiden
name when disinherited by an unrea-
sonable father. goes into the cattle
country, and in time, amasses for
tune. A weak brother, Bob, is also
cast out when he marries against his
fathers wishes.
Sessu Hayakawa, the Japanese star
who appears in Bonds of Honor" pro-
duced by the Haworth Pictures cor
poration, and released through Exhib-
itors Mutual, was originally destined
for the Japanese navy. Like most
Japanese families of high caste, his
vocation in life was planned when he
was still a young lad. and it was his
fathers ambition that he attain dis
tinction in the navy.
But inherited artistic talent is the
strongest urge in the human makeup.
Mayakawa's uncle was a famous actor
and stage manager and the boy be-
coming fascinated with the stage, OBJ
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company. His rise was phenomenal,
and for six years he appeared in sup
port of the famous Japanese actress,
Madame Yacco. His mind was always
grasping out for the big and the I'M
known things, however. At the Muir
ray Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
MURRETTE.
The Murrette theatre, which has
been closed for a week to be redeco-
rated, opened Saturday afternoon.
Frank Holland, manager, said that
the Murray acts would be transferred
to the Murrette for the opening of
the theatre and because of the fact
that Margaret Anglin is playing at
the Murray Saturday.
After today one act from the Muir
j dy Will Dt put Oh DIT the MuIT6tIe.
A tunnel has been made from the
Murray dressing room to tth Murrette
SO that actors may go on at either
theatre. A stage has been built in
the Murette
The theatre has been beautifully
decorated in an Opaque design in blue
and gold. On the blue panels are
green figures so that one entering
the theatre is in doubt as to whether
the panels are blue or green. The
plan is very effective This work is
done by Wolfe and Dessaeur of Fort
Wayne. The theatre is now like the
Liberty theatre in Terre Haute, which
is also house of the Peoples The
atre company, Manager Holland said.
A four-piece orchestra will be new
feature OF the house, in addition to the
vaudeville and feature pictures.
Government restriction on the use
of railway passenger cars caused no
end of trouble for Director Fred Niblo |
of the Thomas II. Ince studios while
he was filming the latest Enid Ben
nett picture, Happy Though Married.
to be displayed at the Murrette thea
ire Friday and Saturday. The action
of the story called for railway pas
senger train. Unable to secure a
special train, it was up to the company
to use regular passenger train while |
1t was at the station. A lot of COM