The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-09-18
WASHINGTON

tifully before company" generally for
gets all about her career" and be-
comes good wife to the village gro
Ger or undertaken. With Mabel Jul
ienne Scott 1t was different. From
childhood she wanted to become an
actress and, strangely enough, she is
one!
Whenever the Ladies' Aid of her ma
tive village put on an entertainment,
little Mabel Scott was Communicated
to speak piece" So insistently did
she din 1t into the ears of her parents
that she wanted to become a great
actress that finally they began to be-
lieve her and sent her to a dramatic
school, hopeful that 1t would cure her
of her ambitions. But it didn't. She
came out seasoned actress, despite
her youth, and her first venture in pic
lures was as "Necia" the half-breed,
in Rex Beach's 1.-The Barrier" Her
choice to portray the role Of MAUD
Brewster" in the George Melford Pro-
duction, "The Sea Wolf" which is
coming to the Washington Theatre
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, is re-
garded as a particularly happy one.
RICHMOND.
Eva Novak. the young and pretty
blonde, who appears as Alice Spencer
in Tom Mix's latest Fox Film corpora
ton thriller. 1.-The Daredevil" at the
Richmond theatre on Saturday, is a
young lady of II years, who has a
brilliant future on the screen. Her
ability to meet every situation is con-
spicuous. no matter whether it be the
feats of daring which she is called
upon by the Observation-Disclosures, Tom
Mix, to perform, or the tense moments
fthe photoplay when she must use
of the photoplay when she must use
Miss Novak is always at ease. None
of her work is forced.
She is splendid foil for the athletic
hero. Her unfailing nerve in the
scene where she is required to throw
herself from train running at the
rate Of 80 miles an hour into the arms
of the cowboy star, who is gallOpipg
alongside of it on his horse, won for
this little lady of the west new dis
tinction and world of praise.
MURRETTE.
If you were an honest young prize
fighter and your best pal wired you
to come to New Rochelle, at once,
from your home on the east side of
New York city and when you hit New
Rochelle a lot of fluffy society women
mistook you for your friend and the
townspeople gave you a huge-but
Neutrality-suspicious., what would
you do?
This is the predicament Kid Burns
finds himself in, at the beginning of
"FortyFive Minutes From Broadway -
Charles Ray as Kid Burns in the pic
turization of this delightful play, ap
pears for the first time as an indie
pendent producer, having established
his own studio in Los Angeles. /,
comes to the Murrette, beginning Sun.
day. "Forty-Five Minutes From Broad
way" is one of the most popular pieces
ever written by George M. Cohan, and
was first produced in 1904 with Victor
Moore in the title role. 1t ran for
over year at that time, to tremen-
dous business, and was later revive d
in 1912, with George NJ. Cohan him
self playing Kid Burns, and duplicated
its former success. Mr.. Conan claims
that it is the best play he has ever
written
MURRETTE.
Eugene Palette enacts one of the
leading characters in "Parlor, Bed
room and Bath the Metro picture
adapted from the New York stage
comedy hit from the New York stage
comedy hit by c. w. Bell and Mark
Swan
Mr.. Palette before this portrayed
Red" Jocelyn in Alias Jimmy Val
entine," Bert Lytel1's perturbation
of Paul Armstrong; play; and still
previously was May Allison's lead
ing man in Fair and Warmer" play
ing Billy, the model husband. Ir
ri pDfl l., h.
have the role of Reggie, also a mode
husband. and one who gets himself
into some amusing scraps.
"Parlor, Bedroom and Bath" is 6
hilarious boudoir comedy by C.. w
Bell and Mark Swan. 1t was frs
staged at Atlantic City and later
went to the Republic Theatre in New
York City, where it had a successful
run. In the film production Ruth
Stonehouse will be Polly Hathaway
society reporter on scandal Sheet
played in the original stage produc
ton by Florence Stone "Parlor
Bedroom and Bath will be shown
Saturday ct the Murrette Theare
MURRAY.
The Neil O'Bricn Minstrels are tc
be seen at the Murray, Thursday
Sept. Is. matinee and evening 1t i.
promised mat every DIT OF the pro
gram is entirely new and there will
be novelty enough to please the mos
eXacting. There will be an entirely
now setting for the first part and The
richness of the scenery and costume.
will overtop anything previously of
fered and the promise is given b,
Manager Oscar F. Hodge that til,
company is larger in point of mum
hers than ever before
There will be a large coterie o
comedians among which will b,
found Lew Wilson, Davis Gaffney
Jack Amick. Steve Berrian, Bobb.
Gossans, Roy Allen, Bobby Davis, Al
thur Watts, Charles Nellis, Henr
Maher, and Major Nowak. The lis
of vocalists includes Danny Roche
J. Lester Haberkorn, Joseph White
Walter Sherwood, Lea Laird, Ra.
Parsons, Dan Marshall, Charlie
Wright, Herbert CHM, Jack Edwin
Mosser and Edward O'House.
The olio will consist of all new
features and acts. Mr.. O'Brien hav
ing written and produced three TO
fo,y All