Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-14
Newsy Jottings of Theater and Screen
ORPHEUM

Tonight and tomorrow, matinee to-
morrow-"The Bird of Paradise" :"
presented by Oliver Morosco and a
typical Morosco cast.
Moros,co presents the Broadway
comedy success. Civilian C!othesi'
tuesday. matinee and evening. Nov.
aaS-"o'Brein's Minstrels." featuring
SSugarioot Ganney and Bert
Wednesday night-'Dark Rosaleen."
a David Belasco production.
MAJESTIC
High Grade audeville-"Concert Re-
Vue'; Jean Southern. one of vaude-
ville's greatest favorites; Greenlee
ana Drayton, colored dancers;
Aer,aa etoraa L,eyds Stis and one other
episode of The Fatal Fortune"
VICTORIA
To-day and o-morrow-Last show
ings OF "Eirtuous Men supreme
triumph featuring i. X. Lincoln
and Clara Joel. who appeared at the
Orpheum only last week.
MONDAY and Tuesday of next week
William Russell in Sacred silence"
Brockwell. in Chasing Rainbows. !
Friday and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS en-
easement of Mary Pickford in
Daddy Long Legs"
-. COLONIAL
To-day and tomorrow onlv-Earle
Williams in his latest VitaEeaph
produetton. The Black Gate"
Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday,
Eugene O'Brien star of the "Perfect
Lover" in Sealed Hearts," another
great triumph.
REGENT
To-day-Ethel Clayton in Men
comedy. "Salome vs.. shenandoah.'
To-morrow only-Bryant Washburn
comedy, "salome VS.. Shenandoah .
Broken Blossoms" and and sennett ]
comedy. His Last. False Step"
OZARK ROsALEEN"
Rosaieen" is THAI that Of 9e'coTD cer1y pioSeG Sed
by Henry Duffy. Corny is an Irish
country lad, filled with all the mys-
is, capitally portrayed by Mr.. Duffy,
who, by the way, was the young actor
who achieved such q marked success
in THE Eyes of Youth" when Mar
New York.
Where did I get the conception, of
the character of Corny" echoes Mt
Duffy when questioned recently, :.
,
not. To begin with, T am of Irish
parentage. myself and the charac-
teristics of the race are thoroughly
familiar to me. When the authors OF
the play explained the nature of the
character. the whole portrayal came
to me like q flash. At once, l visual i
lied CorDy. The character seemed 20
stand before me. incarnate. Several
times in my boyhood days l had met
similar characters and they rose ui
before me. | played Corny as one OF
them and the authors pronounced the
portrayal correct. j.
There are thousands of lads N
ireland who are counterparts oi
Corny. They are not so numerous IN
the larger cities. but in the smaller
will find them Corny is shy as girl
In fact. he is more shy than Moya
his sweetheart. He is dreamer. t9a
like most Irish counary boys; ne Is u
always surrounded by the fairies ano
be lieves in that wonderful Tir-na,n n
Og, the heaven of the pagan Celt. a.
most as strongly as he does IN the
Christian hereafter. lie reminds me
of q, youth of whom Il, ! heard aano9 my geTir n
an Irish country place. The young
man had reached an age when his ell,
ders deemed it time that he shoulo
take unto himself wife, SO tnss ,s
made a match for him with Int
nearby. on the wedding day tht
bridegroom got scared and hid away
but his hiding place was discoVette
and he was dragged forth TO ms Iase s,s
They bound him, hand ana foot' an an
brought % to '', the church in this fashioI
and the knot was tied in due ,ane
ancient form. How he got alone
after that, 1 never heard.
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