The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-15
The Theatres
THE VICTORIA

George M. Cohan's comedians in the
latest musical success Mary" will
open their engagement of one week at
The Victory, at Dayton, Sunday even
ing, Dec. 10. The piece is a combined
work of Otto Harbach, Frank Mandel
and Lou Hirsch, and the staging was
done by Julian Mitchell. The pretty
love story of the book, which, is by
Mr.. Herbach, is interviewer in the at.
tempt of a young man of meagre
means to acquire a fortune through
the sale of portable houses The
hero's scheme although a good idea,
does not prove profitable in itself, but
becomes rather a stepping stone to
success and enables him to return
triumphantly to his sweetheart who
bears the grand old name" of Mary.
The lyrics of Mr.. Mandel and the
music Of Mr.. Hirsch are in their best
vein which guarantees that whistle
able melodies abound in Mary" In
the cast are the following prominent
players: Edna Morn, Guy Robertson,
Sherman Wade, Lois Josephine, Mar
garet Dumont. Arthur Lipson, Leo
Henning and George E. Mack.
MURRETTE
According to Johnny Hines, the cele-
is starred in "Torchy In High" third
of the two reel comedies made from
the stories of the red-headed office
boy. the "shimmy' dance which has
stirred so many protests got it's origin
from watching dog shake and shiver
after he had been in the water Wheth-
err that is true, dog actually does the
"shimmy" in "Torchy In Hig" which
comes ITO the Murrette theatre We'd
nesday.
But the dog who provides this bit of
laughter has stage reputation all of
its own, for he Is "Spooks." a diminu-
tive fox terrier who commands a high
salary for his master with a vaude-
vile act, where he is billed as 1.-The
modern dancer"
"Spooks" gets more laughs through
the comedy when he essays the role
of bloodhound" in tracing the stol-
en- automobile for Auntie's French
chauffeur.
MURRAY
When Frank Mayo was five years
old and played little Davy on the
stage with his famous grandfather. al
so Frank Mayo, in "Davy Crockett"
he little realized. if ne thought about
it at all, that he would some day act
before millions on the screen. There
wasn't any motion picture screen then,
for one thing.
That was little Franks only stage
experiences just then, but as he grew
older and went TO school and some
times was taken to see his egrand
father act in other plays, ambitions
began to run around inside his sleek
little noodle. The older Frank Mayo
was playing in "Puddin' Head Wilson"
and the lad used to wonder IL the
time would come when he could dress
in clothes like those and be acclaimed
by audiences.
The time has come so far as the
clothes are concerned, for in Hitch
in Posts" Frank Mayo wears some of
the very garments that his grand-dad
wore on the stage in the famous
dramatization of Mark Twain's novel.
The young star had preserved his an
cestor's costumes carefully, and was
able to take them from the attic trunk
and bring them to the studio when he
filmed Hit chin Posts" This story
by H. M. Shumate is showing on the
Murray screen Thursday.
: Although young Frank appeared on
the stage at five his real debut &C.
CURED in England when he was
eighteen. He was in an American COM
rany playing the role in "The Squaw