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The Washington herald., 1920-10-04
Crandalrs Metropolitan-Ciara Kim
ball Young In .Mid-ChanneI.-

"Mid-Channel," in which Clara
Kimball Young was screened for
the first time at Crandall's Metro
politan Theater yesterday, where it
will remain the chief feature of the
photoplay bill throughout the cur
rent week. is not a comedy Of daz-
zling scintillance; neither is it a
roaring melodrama replete with eN-
ltravagances and overburdened with
artificialities. 1t is, on the con-
trary. an Intelligent. cumulatively
dramatic perturbation of the best
drama ever written by Sir Arthur
Wing Pinero upon the engrossing
subject of domestic incompatibility.
1t is produced with a painstaking
eve to artistic pictorial effect, and
acted with as full an appreciation
of its humanness,. its fidelity to life
and its power as was manifested
in the articulate enactment of the
play upon the speaking stage,
where it served as one of the most
effective starring vehicles ever af-
forded Miss Ethel Barrymore.
In Mid Channel" the story of a
married couple who have weathered
the disagreements of ten years of
married life only to approach mari
tai disaster at the end of the
decade, Miss Young offers a char
acterization that is more varied in
mood and more completely rcvela-
tory of the actress versatility than
any role she has had upon the
screen, with. the possible exception
of her varieGated part in Eyes of
Youth" To the character of Zoe
BIundell she brings the insouciancG,
the quick temper and the final hum
bio repentance of a woman who
revels in her power to attract ad-
mirers, flies into tcmpcstuous re-
sentiment at her husbands seem
ingly reasonable remonstranccs.
and eventually grasps, but not until
it is too late, the futility of the
effort she has made to efface the
conventionalities from her social
routine.
The picture at this climacteric
juncture sounds the same tragic
note that was a startling feature
of the stage version. but the crash
of doom sabout the ears of Zoe
Blundell as she is reflected upon
the silver sheet is happily miti-
gated by a device that provides a
joyful denoument without impair
joyful denouement of the authors
message.
The credit for a worthy revival
in new form of an old stage IA
vorite is not by any means en-
tirely Miss Young's. A support
ing company that includes ], Frank
Glendon. Edward NJ. KimbaH, Ber-
tram Grassby, Katherine Griffith
and numerous others contributes in
large measure to the perfect Wis
ualization of a play that permits
a succession of wonderfully artistic
settings and outdoor vistas with
out at any time violating either the
spirit or the atmosphere of the
drama.
One of the sprightliest single
reel comedies of the year comprises
tho foremost supplementary film Of
fering for the week. June Mad
ness" is a Hal Roach production,
in which the Vanity Fair Girls
a sort of glorification of Mack SEN
nett's W. k. bathing beauties-make
it reasonably clear why isolated
but eligible young ,snen go crazy at
preponderantly feminine summer
The Washington herald., 1920-10-04
CrsaasIrs ksickerbecker - CIars
kinball Young In sMiA-Ckspp~l.

The heart-breaking desolation of
group of languishing young
women marooned in a picturesque
summer resort peopled principally
by octogenarian gentlemen to whom
a moonlight night meant nothing
but another opportunity for a car
nival of snores and other noisome
denominations OF somnolent second
childhood, and the effect which the
arrival Of a single eligible male may
have upon the huttering hearts of
the pining maidens. is made the
basis OF Hal Roach's latest single
reel comedy, June Madness" which
was presented for the first time in
Washington as the principal supple
mentary film feature OF the bill ar
ranged for yesterday and today at
Crandalfs Knickerbocker Theater.
The single young man. who hap
pened to be a new clerk at the hotel
who was impressed into the role Of
guest to retain the hostelry's fem
inine patronage. was put upon all
the racks OF torture known TO adol-
escent womanhood until resSed
from his plight by an invading
horde of cake-eaters from an ad-
JdSenl ISsoIl-gOuhb men Win GIN
pire coats. directoire trousers and
permanently waved hair. who
seemed to possess weird powers over
the sirens of the veranda
To many in the audience the
laughsble events pictured upon the
1 screen seemed TO recall pleasurabIe
encounters of similar hazard expert
enced during the vacation now only
briefly past. To all il was delight
, fully amusing.
The usual news and topical short
| reels completed the subsidiary por-
| tions of a bill that was given a
happy touch by the enthusiastic
cally encored violin rendition by
Henri Sokolove of the popular bal
lad. IF You Could Care" offered as
! a special feature in addition to the
| customary orchestral accompani-
ment of the pictured subjects.
The chief feature Of the early
week bill at the knickerbocker is
Equity's splendid film version Of Sir
Arthur Wing Pinero's most noted
domestic drama, Mid-Channel," in
which the stellar role is faUltlessly
portrayed by Clara KimbAll Young,
The Washington herald., 1920-10-04
Gayety-.Powder Puff Reyu~.-

Arthur PearsonS Powder Puff
Revue" new, smart, sprightly and
boasting of 4 feminine chorus far
point of numbers and the personal
beauty of it's individuals. made it's
first appearance in Washington at
the Gayety Theater yesterday.
This latest addition to Columbia
burlesque attractions. is a 'burles-
que comedy y-cock tall" the efferves-
cent spirits of its cast atoning for
might come in conflict with the
Nineteenth amendment. Those ever
popular disciples of fast, clean COM
edy-Jack Pearl and Jamie Cough
lin-are the featured members Of
the cast and have been provided
with lines that are rich with humor
Martha Pryer's melodious voice is
heard to particular advantage in the
role of prima donna, and introduces
a number of new and particularly
whistleable songs.
The other principal roles are in
the hands of Leona Earl, soubrette:
Florence Talbot. ingenue, and Ben
Bard. promising juvenile. The be-
aforementioned chorus, the members
of which represent almost every
type of beauty. is heard and seen to
especial advantage in the many mu-
sical numbers and ensembles. The
entire production has been staged
in a sumptuous manner, and re-
The Washington herald., 1920-10-04
Moore's Garden-Louisc Glaum IL
sThe Leopard Woman"

The Leopard Woman" ]. Parker
Reads latest Associated Producers
production. with Louise Glaum in
the stellar role. as presented at
Moore's Garden Theater yesterday,
the showing to continue through
out the week. springs at one with
all the vivid daring and color Of
its jungle namesake.
The production is inevitable in
its appeal and magnificent in its
scope. Stewart Edward White is
originally responsible for it. Lavish
settings, wonderful exterior scenes
and an unusually large cast of prin-
cipals and extra people are seen
throughout
Louise Glaum. whose histrionic
ability is already known to Wash
ington lovers. Of the cinema, never
appeared to better advantage. Her
genius is displayed at its best, her
role Offering her even better op-
portunities than were given her in
her most recent success, Sex" She
has always been a fine actress, but
as a polished artist she has ar
rived-as The Leopard Woman
The story concerns the elemental
conflict of a strong man with de-
termined woman against primi-
tive, inspiring, natural setting, both
losing in their fight against love.
Briefly, John Culbertson as played
by House Peters. scientist, explorer,
faced with the necessity of choosing
between love and duty, puts love be-
hind him. The woman sent to delay
him in an important diplomatic mis-
sion falls in love with him, but TO
her. the sense of duty is momentar-
lily stronger than love. But when
Culbertson has set at naught the
Vaccinations of the Leopard Wom-
an, as he calls her, love has its
chance.
a cast stated to number more
than 800, the principal members of
which are too numerous to men
tion. appears in support of the star.
Excellent short subjects, including
two-reel comedy, The Striking
Models" featuring inimitiable Fay
Tincher, and an exclusive showing
of the latest Fox News, together
with a 'well-arranged orchestration
conclude an exceptional two hours
entertainment.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-04
Moore's Rinlto-Anita Stewart in
Harriet and the Piper.,

A society drama, elegant in set
tings. picturesque in portraiture and
concerned with the power of a So
ciety scoundrel over an unsophis-
ticated young woman. comes to the
screen this week at Moore's Rialto
Theater in the presentation of Anita
Stewart in her latest production,
Harriet and the Piper" an adapta-
tion of the story of the same name
by Kathleen Norris.
The story portrayed begins with
lively wedding" in Greenwich
Village; the plan of wealthy
bounder to gain possession of Har-
riet Fields young beauty, eager for
life's excitement and innocently
yielding to the persuasions of those
surroundin her in the Village"
Her innocence tangles her in a web
of horror with the discovery that
the man Royal Blondin is a dis
Ciple of free love and that this is
but one of a series of such rela-
tionships that he has had with
women.
Through the years that follow her
escape from him, she continues to
pay the price of her innocent folly
those who dance to Folly's pipings.
Rapidity of action is one of the
capital points of the production.
There is never a moment when the
story does not command your in
terest. Scenes in the home of Blon-
din. who affects an Interpretation
of Egyptian manners and later of
Hindu philosophy. supply some. of
the most artistic touches.
Miss Stewart, gowned as an
Egyptian queen, being quite as
charming in appearance as in the
pretty modern costuming she dons
in the part OF social secretary to
wealthy family. in the latter part
of the picture.
A wonderfully capable cast is seen
in support of the star, Charles
Richman in the part Of Richard Car
ter is perfect in his role, and Ward
Crane plays the unpopular part of
the rascallv Blondin in a finished
manner Myrtle Stedman. Lydia
O'Connor. Margaret Landis and BY
ron Munson are all good.
The subsidiary features presented
in conjunction with the main at
traction are exceptionally interest
ing and amusing. Bobby Vernon.
the Christie Comedy star, in his
latest multiple reel production,
From the Farm to the Stage" gets
off to a laughing start and never
stops. Burning of the Town of
Sissons, Cal" latest Fox News. over
ture, Rossini's "Semirsmide" and
other hits complete the perform
ance.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-04
y SUNDAY THEATER OPENINGS y

| last night at the Shubert -Garrick
where he opened a weeks engage
ment Thurston. in the early stages
OF his performance, obstinately
maintained that he wouldn't de-
ceive his audience for worlds, and
then proceeded to do this very thing
in the gayest manner possible, to-
gether with displaying splendid
showmanship and a real line of "ad
lib" comedy that kept his perform
ance from becoming dull or COM
monplace.
Perhaps his most difficult achieve
ment is the levitation of his chic
assistant, programmed as Princess
karnac. Calmly and surely he ele-
waited her in the air, where she re-
posed while he expounded on Hindu
art, all the while supported entirely
and quite satisfactorily by the at
mosphere., A committee furnished
by. the audience was unable to ex-
plain the mystery after minute in
spection. and left the stage the
more dumbfounded after the lady
was made to disappear under their
very noses.
deceive the eye and center the in
feats requiring dexterous and agile
fingers, and the more pretentious
that call for cabinets, disappearing
individuals. defying the laws OF
gravitation,. and the like.
Another magic miracle was the
production of one of his assistants
from a trunk suspended high over
the auditorium of the theater after
she had been securely locked in a
movable cabinet on the stage. Trans
ferring the head of a rooster to the
body of a duck and vice versa also
brought forth a mad howl of ap-
proval. The Japanese water trick
with which Thurston concludes his
performance consists of locating
fountains about the persons of his
company and in various portions of
the stage. Locating rabbitc. pigeons
and other things from among the
audience was another of his methods
of provoking amusement
A great deal of merriment was
provoked when Thurston, in his do
the Spirits ReturnY' trick called
three gentlemen from the audience
to place a tambourine and bell in a
darkened cabinet occupied solely by
two chairs. AS soon as the objects
came in contact with the floor of the
cabinet, it seemed. the chairs would
automatically bound from the cab
met straight at the intruder. In
this same cabinet Thurston. putting
himself in a state of coma. caused
ghosts to float all around him.
Owing to an accident which hap
pened on the stage Thurston was
unable to so on with his phantom
piano feat. put promises it to his
patrons tonight.
II opening night can be taken as
criterion, Thurston bids fair to
pack the house for the duration of
his visit. CPS.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-04

and complete review Of which will
be found In connection with the
Metropolitan Thester. where this
sterling photodrama also was given
first showings yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-04
Loew's CoIumbin-"Thc Right To
Love"

The Right To Love" George
Fitzmaurice's second great inde-
pendent production, released as a
Paramount Picture and featuring
Mae Murray and David Powell
which has been the attraction of cx-
traordinary interest at the Column
bia during the past week, began
yesterday the second week of its
brilliant Washington premiere en-
gagement. with public demand for
further showinGs continuing with
out sign of abatement.
The Right To Love" was adapted
to photoplay form by Ouida Bergere
from the British adaptation OF
Claude Farrere's famous French
novel which had sensational runs
in Paris and London as a stage pro-
duction and it has been personally
directed by Mr.. Fitzmaurice with an
all-star cast that includes, in ad-
dition to Miss Murray and Mr.. Pow
ell, Alma Tell. Holmes E. Herbert
Macy Harlan, Frank Losee, Marcia
Harris and others.
Miss Murray has the role of an
American girl who leads a wretched
life with her husband. Sir Archibald
Falkland, director of the Ottoman
Debt at Constantinople. In an ef-
fort to compromise his wife so he
may marry another woman, Sir
Archibald installs a Prince Stanis-
lau in his home. Colonel Richard
Loring, an American diplomatic at
tache. played by David Powell, has
already fallen in love with the tor
tured wife and she secretly loves
him, also. When Lady Falkland ap-
peals to the diplomatic attache, he
arrives in time to rescue her from
the prince, although in the result
ing fracas, Loring shoots Falkland
dead He is acquitted in the trial
that follows and he and Lady FaIk-
land find happiness in America.
The story is one that abounds in
gorgeous backgrounds and settings
and it's costume investiture. is par
ticularly opulent., 1t is supplement
ed by compelling array of diversi-
fed added attractions of both
screen and musical variety.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-04
A JAIL,
FUGITIVE
Peasants Oppose Iron Rule
of Soviet Sokolov
Declares.
Cwashinston Herald-Publfe Ledger
serytce-Specinl Cable Dfspatchl

'
service-specinI Cable Dispatch.p
Paris, Oct. S.-All Russia is moth
ing but one vast prison.
That was the first impression which
Borsi Sokolov, former member of
the Russian Duma, gave to the Paris
journal, LInformation, after his
sensational escape from Russia. So
kolov was thrown into prison, and
after being condemned was re-
leased, because the authorities could
use his knowledge of medicine in
fighting typhus. He was again
jailed in Moscow and released when
the English mission started for
there.
Sokolov traversed Russia for three
months and was imprisoned again in
Samara because he had photograph
ed the execution of seventy-two
striking workmen, but he again es-
capped and is now in Paris.
In his interview Sokolov said: .:
arrived in Russia and soon found
that the masses of the peasantry
were dead against communism,
whose methods are so violent that
1t is hard to comprehend why they
still exist. The government uses
the most cruel repressions against
the people to prolong it's regime. In
the prisons there were men of all
parties-Bolshevists Socialists, Rev.
Olutionariss of the Right and Left,
Menshevists and Cadets. "One must
live as the people live and eat the
bread they eat at the present time
to see that the blockade Is not in
vain. But without the blockade
they would not live much better.
AT this moment in Boutyrskaia
prison, at Moscow, almost all of the
central committee of the central
revolutionary party are being held.
There the situation is growing
worse, especially in Central Russia,
where, on account of bad crops, the
peasants are quitting the villages
and fleeing to Siberia"
Copyright, 1870, by Public Ledger Coz
The Washington herald., 1920-10-04
Loew's Palace.-Dorothy Gish In
"Ltttle Mias ReheIliou.-

Comedy is king at Loew's Palace
Tfeater this week, that theater in
augurating yesterday a program in
which hilarity is paramount. Doro-
thy Gish, easily the greatest screen
farceuse of the period, who emerged
as comedieLne of the first rank in
D. w. Griftith's Hearts of the
World" and who followed up her
success in that medium with a long
string of comedy hits of shorter
length, is the featured star of the
Palace program in Little Miss Re
beilion," her latest starring product
Ion and picture which sets even a
new mark for Miss Gish in its high
comedy values, tinctured with the
saving touch of real romantic drama
that marks so many of her screen
works.
Little Miss Rebellion" is by Harry
Carr, editor of D. w. Griffith's
scenario department and the author
of that other distinct Dorothy Gish
hit, Til Get Him Yet" 1t was
scenarized by Wells Hastings, and
directed by George Fawcett with a
splendid and unusually talented sup
porting cast that includes Ralph
Graves and George Seigman, both
prominent in d. w. Griffith produc-
tions; William Riley Hatch, Marie
Burke and others.
Although Little Miss Rebellion
is production which depends. upon
comic characterization for it's most
intense appeal, its plot concerns
lonely little duchess of a mythical
European duchy dorothy Gish)
who escapes from her palace guards
and makes the acquaintance of some
baseball playing American dough
boys, among whom is Sergt. Dick
Ellis, to whom she loses her heart
forthwith but gets the sergeant s
affections in return. When a rev.
olution topples the duchess from her
throne. she flies to America with a
faithful old grenadier and becomes
the chief flap-jack mixer in quick
lunch place. The manner in which
Sergt. Ellis, once more in 'civvies.
discovers her and takes her to his
heart, makes one of the finest COM
edy-romance clirIaXes Miss Gish has
ever appeared in.
The extra added attraction of tho
program is Don't Weaken" actual
ly one Of the biggest comedy sue
cesses Mack Sennett ever made, fea-
turing an all-star Sennett cast OF
funmakers in an inimitable Sennett
tale of hilarity and Mysteries. This
production ran for three weeks con-
tinuously on Broadway. The Palace
Symphony Orchestra contributes a
splendid overture selection and in
c!dental score to the program and
the short length subsidiary attrac-
tions are of distinctive and ire
sistible type.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-04
CrapAalrs - Nerms TsImadre in
aPaufk~s-

Capacity crowds yesterday greeted
the reappearance upon the screen OF
Norma Talmadge in her greatest
photodramatLn vehicle, "Panthea.-
at Crandall's Theater, where this
great polarization Of a great drama
will be presented as the fore
most feature of the photoplsy bill
throughout the current week.
In the film version Of the play
that introduced Nine. Olga Petrova
20 the srticulate stage OF America.
Miss Talmadge has the most force
ful role OF her career, that Of Pan
thea Romor, the young Russisn
pianiste who, suspected OF Nfhilism.
made her escape TO England, mar
ried a struggling composer and
finally settled in Paris. where TO
save her husbands life she pledged
herself TO a wealthy baron in order
that her husbands opera might be
produced. The discovery by her
husband in his hour OF triumph
upon the overwhelminE success or
his work. OF the snner in which
IL happened TO find ~>~Yay TO the
stage, payes the way for one Of the
most dynamic climaXes the screen
has ever produced.
As notable as the brilliant acting
of the star. perhaps. is the Caliber
Of the supporting cast selected by
Allan Dwsn, who directed the pic
I ture for Select. Included in the
roster Of leading players are many
whose names stand for highest at
I tainment before the camera OF
these the most prominent are L
! Rogers Lytton, George Fawcett.
Earle FoXe. Erish Won Stroheim.
! Eileen Percy and Frank Currier.
Supplementing the chief feature
! of the bill and affording a needed
comedy relief from the tense drama
of "Panthea" is shown Suub Pol
lard's latest single-reeI comedy.''Do-
I ing Time" in which the star is aid
ed in his funmsking by Marie Mos
quini, Hughey Mack, Picksninny
I Sammy and other reliable laugh
manufacturers cavorting before the
camera under the pay Of Mr.. Hal
Roach.
The bill Is comrlated by other
abbreviated camera subjects and eN-
cellent pipe organ accompaniment.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-04

Garrick-Thurston, the Magician.
Thurston, the one and only ma
gician. was greeted by a crowded
house at his initial appearance
The Washington herald., 1920-10-04

fleets the most modern tendencies
in latter-day burlesque.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-04

resorts. Other subsidiary features
include the Topics Of the Day, Pathe
news, and a special subject, stunts
OF the West" all of which are ac-
corded exceptionally tuneful or
chestral accompaniment under the
direction of Mr.. Vioni. The over
ture Tor the week consists of a
potpourri from Leslie Stewards inn
perishable "Florodora."