The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-19
REX


REX
"Riii- Desmond. who n playing the
star role In Tho broadway Cowboy"
showing at the Rex this week. sure
does show In the picture that he can
DO regular Western cowboy when
he wants 10.
II lie has the role OF Burke Randolph.
an actor. in tho play. who meets and
falls in love with Betty Jordan. whom
he met In New York where he was
acting and she was attending school
soon after. tho. Betty goes back
TO her homo In Montana. and Burke
has to 20 with his road show.
Later they meet In Montana. but
when tho sheriff OF winsiow county.
where Betty lived. and who was In
love with BETTY. heard that she cared
more for Burke than for him. he In
sued warrants for tho actors arrest.
but he pulled thru them all and final.
iy won tho only grit
Ci.ESNrER
Tho Wonder Man.. win famous
Georges Carpenter In tho leading
role. II the pleasing play showing
at the ciemmer this week.
Carpenter has tho role OF Henri
D'Aiour. . member Of the French
secret service. In this picture. who
Is sent to Washington 10 round up
q gang Of crooks who have stolen
some bonds from his government.
In Washington he meets Dorothy
ssoner and they both grow TO like
each other very much. Ono Of the
thieves whom D'Aiour In after 10 his
rival for Doro,hy's hand. Later.
when he has all the evidence he
wants. he gets the men he L. after
and wins Dorothy.
COLISEUM
Mary Burke was . pretty and CAP |
tivating young miss who all her life /
had always gotten what shc wanted |
By = process all her own-'vamp
ing"
When Mary heard James stan
hope. who was a woman has~r and /
. junior partner In largo shlpyard.
y
tho Working Girls club. 90 which /
she belonged. she determined TO
get" him
Tho fir-< step was 10 got . Job at
hts office. but she Ii turned down be |
cause she 1. too pretty. and her
~vamping- didn't do her any good |
She then went home and made up 70 |
she looked altogether different APP
piled for = Job and got II ~ his sec
Rotary. at his homo
Later. however. Jim finds out her |
deception. but Mary IL out TO win
him. u being leap year ana all In
tho end she succeeded and REFORMS
tho -woma nhater.-
Constance Taimadgs has the role
cf Mary Burke In this play. The
Perfect Woman showing a. tho
Coliseum this week.
LIBERTY
r. Roy Barnes. the noted come
dian with the big smile In prov.
ing 20 be . favorite with Seattle /
movie gcerx by the crowds which ar.
daily packing the Liberty 10 see him |
in his latest comedy. the famous Ru-
pert Hughes play. Scratch Ny
Back"
Helene Chadwick and Lloyd whit
lock assist Barnes in this picture
Roy Barnes has thu role OF Val ]
Ronncy. who always does what he |
wants to do Sometimes this gets /
him into lot OF trouble and No he
expected something would befali |
him. when. at an opera he scratched |
a iady's backl No. he didn't do this |
out OF fun The iady's shoulders |
were twitchine and he knew that she |
was suffering from an itching back. |
lie knew how II felt. too. when your
back itched- lie had been thru the |
same experience before IL was. you !
see. purely out OF pity that he
scratched her back.
II did get him into some trouble. |
and the experiences he had were
enough to satisfy him for . long
time after.
STRAND
| Go and Get Tt the famous Mar.
shall xeilan newspaper play, IL stiii
continuing 20 draw large audiences
at the Strand. where II 10 showing
until Friday night.
| Tho story tells OF two rival news
papers and n man known AS shut,
the-door" Gordon. yember Of the
staff Of one paper. who IL In a con. !
spiracy with the owner OF It's rival TO
so neglect the paper that II can be |
boughten cheapiy.
| When Katherine Omen comes TO |
take control OF her paper after long /
absence. she having left tho care of /
the paper with Gordon. business then !
| starts to increase.
Kirk Connolly IA q very ambitious /