The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-01
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THE THEATRE CALENDAR

TIE THEATRE CALENDAR Il
MOTION PICTURES
Z DOWNTOWN
epenees Squars-Char.es Ray in Peace
i full Valley"
q Msysase-Allan Dawn in The Forbid
den lhlng" sail,
rsieaial-"rhe Country That God For
got
An,,iesn-Eddie Polo in Walls OF
Doom,
OUTLYING
Desi-Thirty-eighth street. Fourteenth
svenne.
RHck Hswk-1103 Twelfth avenue
Robert Warwick in The Mizzoura."
erstmsn's RiaIto--624 Ninth street
Ruth Roland in Ruth Of the Rockies"
No. 2. "a
firth Ayenue-2532 Fifth avenue
= Illinois Theatre.
Dec .. 3 and 4-Amoo Grotto Min
st-eA
Burtis Theatre.
,Davenportl
pec 2-"Round the Town. tbur-
De. 4 and 5-"Take 1t From Me-
Dec THE Bro of Paradise.
Coliseum.
tDavenport.l
Dec. 27-Pavlowa and ballet.
VAUDEVILLE.
tDayenportJ
ca1unbln Theatre-Change OF Dill tWice
week
tMoline)
rslsee Theatre-Change Of bill twice
AT THE PALACE.
Manager Scharnberg announces double
feature bill for Thursday at the Palace,
xaline. The general store that Ospehses
'gosip as well as merchandise and Is 10
b found in every rural community, mas
iren used as Locale for {: D. saaddoca
ls61pction. "RuthviIie. Here they have
hfopSht together around the old wood
Gpss oil of the characters commonly
kno>fn as "sod-busters' and enliven the
psoesedings by introducing the advance
aeeDt of an itinerant wagon show. Inc
chair warmers comprise a silver clarinet
bant which is the pride and Joy OF every
far1ing community. and aiso mae quar- :
te(fwhich no husking bee or qulltiny party
vSud be complete without. HuDeViite
II ii conglomeration OF ruraii,es that Is
soine to contribute materially 10 the join
Nation of all urbanites. In engaging ms
a.. the producer has selected Harry b.
Watson and r. b. MarWlle Tor the steiler
trak. Mr.. Watson is seen as the proprietor
/, of De general store and hotel and he con-
tnhAfes fine bit OF character actlng'
\. B. Merville, who has Just returned from
tvo years' service in France plays the part
Il ihe constable. which part be created.
Hh, too, is characterization OF merit.
Ite importing company of 10 are all men.
eaah OF whom sing. play and make merry.
Acond feature on this bill Is Johnny
.nnEhe. who has been away from vauce-
m for few years. During the time his
taeAts have done much toward helping
various musical comedies to score. His
{ hst arrangement outside of the -two-a-day
was with The Passing Show. lack
Anfn in vaudeville he Is continuing his
military burlesque idea. When he went
away Johnny Burke was known as The
hAg aime Soldier and now his vehic,e
Is called drafted" but on the stage one
nevW expects Johnny Burke to be serious.
Re il there TO contribute to the mir.h oil
rAlions and he is a big factor.
0ther acts on the bill are Ray Emma
pean in an original comedy skit entitled
rAipheas''. Peggy Bremen and Brother in
.The lmp's Playground: Strauss Sisters
musical novelty: Miss Paula, the
eueen OF the air. and as usual late kino-
GAns.
= AT THE BURTIS.
Nh Florence Rockwell takes the part
sLuana" in The Bird of Paradise. :"
ma % to be seen at the Burtis on Dec.
- announcement of which calls forth
Sspsal from all who have seen Miss
Aeekwsll In this role and those who have
~ eeen her have missed more than they
g. 3ossibly realize. This is Miss Rock
80 third season as the Hawaiian
.Qss Il which exaeting part she has
pronounced success. playing TO the
business in the history of this re-
10y profitable drama. The Bird of
- 10 something which never grows
~ out OF date. Each season many OF
yeople who have seen it before avail
S-... dscs OF the opportunity OF seeing it
+ ~ wen though the play is 10 years
~ plays upon the heart Just as much
ona or third time one sees il as the
SsH me same supporting company in
S aooert Brtster. Brandon Evans
a 124 es1 s5s.s waithers, Leo Curley. Rose Wat
saS me native singers and players.
At THE COLONIAL.
tpE, l.. Packard is the author Of
nov on.' the big Fox production
| ~ rss george Walsh which comes to
NJ "A. ~ eniA theatre tomorrow.
rackard is probably the foremost
ss.S q stories for the screen TODAY He
4 Gs.r man who wrote The MIRAGE
= SPECIALIST in tales dealing with
Ez<,le@4s4czworld. he brought all his
- s.;.;E o. this phase of life To bear
he From Now On"
- Euanr interest is the fact that no.
q y Ismous author had spent years
~ SS-sss.1s work did his latent ability
49, man burst forth. Born OF
parents at Montreal, Canada. he
oaassd with honors from McGill
jS~ and took a post graduate
q engineering at Llnstitut Monte
III - sssity Of Iiege. Belgium. gradu-
+ =. -cso. Not until 1906 did his
tx e nnally result in coutribu-
Ss " -. nla pen. OF his stories. those
1IS M0vod most popular are The
!5:|s 49, and From Now On"
|3l3g ~. sn, the star who enacta the
y 3. - 10 this Fog production, is
e athletic actor. The play is q
81 ;a.. q thrills from the moment the
|f5 X ~ y, y shrown upon the screen until
- T rsports Of the succeas Of
fsNs N nave come to hand from
= vners The picture has been
~ fuE Majestic
thea,e Of The forbidden
Dawn's ilrst Offering under
r. Associated Producers, which
teaturs attraction 6 the Ma