The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-04
IN THE THEATRES
PLAZA.

 ii.ance as vivacious lassie. It may be i said, in fact, that from every stand lSpoint this is the best photoplay Olive
 Thomas has yet appeared in. Pro i John J. Lynch and Laurence Trimble, and superbly directed by the latter. Miss Thomas has made the most of 1 every oportunity to fit vivaciously i throuhg situa tions ideally selected for 1 romance, comedy and touch of dra- i ma. Many wonderfully picturesque
 settings are included, and the thea1ri- l cal costumes of Miss Thomas are delight. A capable company assist Miss Thomas including Walter Nc Grail, Betty schade and J. Barney Sherry.
 Melody Land" is the feature act
 for the first half of this week. It is ! a redition of carefully selected tink- 1 ling tunes and features the famous l jazz drummer. Hilbert and Mailey, I the inimitable b1ackface comics have been scoring a hit everywhere Sax l ton and Farrell a clever couple in i their original slSit Lights and~many others complete today's bill. Eddie Polo in ''The Vanishing Dagger and 1 international News are also shown. PARK
 All the world loves romance, | likewise all the world loves the sort l of music which clings so consistently | to ones memory that it is inevitable 1 that it will be whistled by everybody
 who hears it. These are perhaps the two best reasons why the SeIwyns l production of s'tBuddies'' ran for l twelve consecutive months in the ] Selwyn Theatre, New York. before l these producers had an opportunity 1 to offer other cities the chance to l see it. At last the time has conie
 when we shall see this appealing mu- l sical comedy, for "Buddies'' will be l the attraction at the Park theatre to- | morrow and Wednesday with a We'd 1 nesday matinee.
 l Miss Madge Kennedy, the beloved l and beautiful young screen star, will l be seen for the first time in three
 years on the speaking stage as star | of new play by Dodson Mitchell en- | titled "Cornered.''
 | pearance on Broadway was as 1 heroine of 'tF'air and Warmer" in l which she won great popularity as
 an ingenue comedienne of a type she 1 Little Miss Brown and developed I with much charm and subtlety in | Twin Beds," also in many of her | film vehicles.
 In 'Cornered," which MT. Savage | announces mystifying comedp- I drama, Miss Kennedy will have her 1 first opportunity. in spoken play, | to thrill her audience as well as win l their smiles. She will be surround ! ed by a company ot unusual distinc- uon, which includes such well known | | season with Ethel Barrymore; Anne | Sutherland, Amelia Gardner, Chas. | Brown, Morgan Conan, Tom Walsh, 1 Robert F'orsythe, Natalie Manning, l cia Abbe, Therese Quadri, Joseph 1 Fuller, Tom Morgan and Frank Pat ! ton.
 The action of "Cornered" takes l ent day, with scenes that shift from l the Bowery to Riverside Drive. Ro-
 nance, adventure, thrills and fun are | promised as the plot unfolds. In | withholding details of the story it. | self, MT. Savage hints at suspense and ] surprises which might be spoiled if I not kept secret. The production, | however, will be one of the most com l plete ever presented by MT. Savage, I with perfection of cast, costum es
 and settings. to make the return to the stage of Madge Kennedy a fit 1 ting f'twe1come home.''
 Beautiful gowns draped on hand some, stately models will be the out standing features of that highly hu-
 morous comedy production, ''Lom-
 bard Limited,'' which is the attrac-
 ton at the Lyric theater all this week.
 The display of fashion will be some
 thing that no woman can possibly
 overlook. Through the kindness of
 Meigs 6. Co.,, Manager George Arvine
 has been successful in securing an l Paris valued at $25,O00 which will be worn by ten of the most beautiful
 and shapely models that New York affords
 Lombard Ltd" is in class by itself. The story of the play is woven about a. young Italian whose hobby is the finest womens wearing apparel He is an expert at this, but poor t'business man and also a decided anna teur at the game of love. Through an inconsiderate and deceitful sweet heart whom he adores he is on the I brink of financial ruin but is saved q .by one of his models whom he has 5 scarcely noticed until she comes to llis ] trelief.
 The play is one of the best tha P has come to the Lyric so far this sea
 dramatic productions that have beer
 here. The role of the Italian tailor
 Lombardi, will be portrayed by Ar
 thur Chatterdon and the character O - the model who assists him will be in
 terpreted by Miss Ruth Amos.
 I EMPIRE
 n An interesting question is raised b, an unfaithfu1 wife in '"The Woman \ Gives" starring Norma Talmadge, a y to whether religion has lost it's gri
 through a rigid condemnation o i- cepts. Miss Talmadge, playing tn n part of Inga Sonderson, goes to tn ts wife to get her to join in an effor n to save her husband from 8 life o of dissipation. Inga's appeal to he l. sense of righteousness brings the re
 tort from the wife that she wants t i'll spend the hereafter with her friends Il This is one of the many dramatic sit n nations which go to make up tn t. story unfo1dcd in ''The Woma .., Gives" which will be the atractio IT at the Empire theatre, beginning to ,e day.
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 a WEST END.
 f. Tonight Go1dwyne and Rex Beac, n present Rupert Hughes great move l. "Ssratch My Back,' in seven acts. l
 has made a tremendous hit whereve L. shown We warn you not to com 5v and see Scratch My Back if yo