The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-11-20

+ able Savage" the romance of the
South Sea Isles in which Universal
is starring Edith Roberts and which
is attracting so much favorable atten-
| ton as well as patronage at the Muir
ray Theatre, Is due to Norman Dawn.
the director who produced the picture.
Norman Dawn is one of the most
unique figures in filmdom-the man
usually selected when there is some
thing unusual to be filmed.
| Born in the Argentine, a kodak In
his hand ever since he can remember,
and a globe trotter from early child
hood, he has observed and photograph
/ ed the manners and customs of the
| four corners of the globe. Dawn knows
the islands of the South Pacific al
most as well as he knows the two
Broadways-New York and Los Ange-
les. He spent several years among
them, securing material for travel
ogues. That is why, when Universal
bought Ralph Stocks story. with its
scenes laid in the Fiji Islands, the
task of reproducing the romance on
celluloid was entrusted to Dawn.
MURRETTE
Again Elaine Hammerstein scores in
a Selznick Picture, and if she had
never appeared on the screen before
her artistic work in "The Daughter
Pays" now showing at the Murrette
theatre, would Immediately stamp her
as being star of exceptional brill
! lance.
Miss Hammerstein, as the heroine
of Mrs. Bailie Reynolds story, appears
as girl who has struggled hard to
keep up the family fortunes which
have been foolishly squandered by a
careless and frivolous mother. AS a
last resort she marries a wealthy man,
thinking thus to be in position to aid
her family, but only to discover that
the man has married her only in or
der to make her life miserable and be
revenged on her mother, who had once
| sighted him.
The outcome of this strange situa-
ton is shown in a most interesting
and novel manner, which offers great
emotional opportunities for both the
star and her supporting cast, which
includes Norman Trevor and Theresa
! Maxwell ConOver.
Robert Ellis directed and he also
plays an important role in the pro-
duction
RICHMOND.
Hunger the most primitive of all
emotions, according to psychologists,
is the motive that supplies punch to
many Of the important scenes in
Charlie Chaplins new $1,000, 900 com
edy, "A Dogs Life" which will be
shown at the Richmond Theatre, be-
ginning Sunday. At the opening of
the story, Charlie is awakened from
his outdoor sleeping quarters in d
fence-corner by the tantalzing odor of
steaming viands offered for sale by a
passing hOtdog vendor. This leads to
a number of spirited adventures with
the police, WHO resent Charles ambi-
ton to eat without paying the usual
fee. Later on, Charles faithful dog,
famishing for something to test his
teeth upon, digs up a well-lined pocket
look that some crooks have buried in
the ground. And when Charlie at
tempts to spend the money that has
thus been provided in a nearby cafe,
he meets the big moment of his ca
reer, for it brings him into contact
with a beauteous cabaret singer, who
is herself starved for love and kind
ness.
MURRETTE.
William Farnum, the Fox star, who
will be seen at the Murrette Theatre
during the coming week in his latest
western thriller, Drag Harlan from
the pen of Charles Alden Settler,
takes his hat off to nobody in the
business when it comes to the gentle
art of making arrangements, accord
ing to members OF his company.
Being a star, of course, Farnum al
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