The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-24
IN TIE
FRONT ROW
| HEApLlMERs ToNLeHr.
The Stage.

The Stage.
Hippodrome. "a Stitch In Time"
The Screen.
Nelson ......... .wanted-A Husband
Princess. Judy Of Rogues' Harbor.
Dixie. "A Daughter ofTwo Worlds
ave RS HADoWING all other
events at the Hippodrome today
Is the big event which the Amer.
lean Legion is holding there tomorrow,
the post unusual and the most costly
single entertainment that, had visited
the city in moons. The Columbia
Saxaphone sextette who have amused
the world with their clever work on
these most difficult instruments, Bar.
oness Rouskaya, the celebrated dancer
who set all New York talking with her
art, and the famous Yerkes Jazz Or
chestra conceded by all as the best
dance orchestra in the United States
viii make an attraction that has never
been equalled in this city, and ons
which would not be attempted by an
organization with less nerve than the
Legion Almost before the ink was
dry on the story announcing the enter.
tainment, the entire house had been
sold out for the evening, and the lie.
gion head Immediately began working
for matinee. This was secured after
y some difficulty, and there are some
good seats yet to be had for that per.
Torrance, but these are moving along
nicely. Perhaps the most talked of sin.
gle attraction Of the bill Is the Rus.
sian dancer wholhas in short time
achieved success that places her we'll
. toward the top as an exponent of the
art. A story vouched for by the in.
surance companies who carry the risk
is that the celebrated star has her
shapely limbs and dainty feet insured
In the snug sum of 100000. Sol Bur.
ka is in doubt as to whether this is a
sufficient sum or not, and has suggest
ed that the writer act with him as an
sppraisement committee. OF course
we refused, and will see the entire
program from afar. Some very badly
needed alterations are being made in
the front OF the theatre and these will
be made in time for the little house to
welcome the Columbia artists, all
blossomed out. The Casey Stock com.
pany becomes part of the audience for
tthe day, and open the house again Fri.
day with The Man of the Hour
Billy Burke Comedy Repeats.
Good and wholesome and yet lively
lis the general character of the comedy
which Billy Burke is giving out under
the title Wanted-A Husband" at the
Nelson today. From a pictorial stand.
point the entire production is highly
pleasing but ranks higher in produc-
lion than 1t does in story, and the star
is the prominent feature of the film.
Strong Dramatic Story.
Admirers OF the stories written by
Grace Miller White will be delighted
with the screen production of Judy
of Rogues' Harbor," made by Realart
with Mary Miles Minter as the perse-
cuted heroine, which the Princess is
showing today. Like Tess of the
Storm Country" 1t is filled with melo-
dramatic happenings, the good folk be.
ling very, very good and the bad folk
very, very bad. The dramatic com.
plcations supply the story with con.
slant physical action and include an
anarchistic, attempt on the life of a
governor OF an eastern state, and the
efforts of brutal young farmer to
force Judy to become his wife after he
has wronged her supposed sister.
There Is a mystery about Judy's birth,
which is one of the main props of the
plot, and her devotion to little Grip.
pied boy may be depended upon to win
her an unusual amount Of sympathy.
Some at the scenes of Judy's ill.treat
ment and Of Jim Shuckles, exhibitions
Of brutality might be toned down tri.
ne without hurting their effectiveness.
N There are two features of the pro.
iuction that will satisfy the most ar.
lent lover Of the beautiful: certain OF
The exterior long shots, tand several of
the close-ups of Mary Miles Minter. In
the language OF the circus poster:
These features alone are worth the