The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-03
MOVING PICTURES.
Colonial.

Colonial.
| please Get Married" the Screen
Classics, Inc, production of the sue
cessful Broadway stage comedy of
honeymoons, starring dainty Viola
Dana, has been booked as the attrac-
ton at the Colonial theater today
and tomorrow, and the management
assures its patrons of entertainment
of the most amusing kind. please
Get Married. by James Cullen and
I'swis Alien Browne, was one Of the
hits of the season when it was pro-
duced in New York by Oliver Mo-
: rosco, and all Of its mirth-provoking
qualities have been transferred to
the screen.
Miss Dana is ideally suited for the
role of Muriel Ashley, the timid
young wife in Please Get Married" ID
In the delicious situation Of wife.
but not a wife, she distils every drop
of comedy and clever naughtiness
with which the play is surcharged.
Among the spectacular scenes pro-
vided for the production are the burn
ing of the hotel, a chase by auto
mobile and many beautiful and strik-
ing bits Of photography. John E.
scenario by Finis Fox.
Grand.
Blanche Sweet, whose many admir-
ers have been complaining about the
infrequency Of her screen appearances
during the past year, will be the fea-
ture attraction at the Grand theatre
tonight "A Woman of Pleasure" is
the title of Blanche Sweets newest !
photoplay which, incidentally, marks
her debut as Jesse d. Hampton.
Pathe star The picture is special
feature seven reels in length. It's a
corking melodrama.
Tomorrow and Friday, "The Mys-
terry of the Fellow. Room" Thrills,
surprises, amazing climaxes-in short,
all the elements that made THE Mys-
terry of the Yellow Room" the favor.
tie with lovers OF detective fiction,
coupled with the additional dramatic
Qualities which the screen affords, Of
fer two hours of unalloyed enjoyment
to Grand audiences this week, where
Castor Leroux's internationally IA
nous novel is presented in picture
form. The picture, produced by the
celebrated French director, Emile
Chautard, is supported by an able
cast and is excellent entertainment.
You're bound to see it so be there
early. No advance in prices.
Hippodrome.
It is an appealing bit of girl-psy-
chology that Marguerite Clark unfolds
in her new picture, "a Girl Named
Mary" which is being shown at the
Hippodrome theatre. She has the
role of a stenographer living in
humble flat with a woman whom she
has always called mother. A 81
widow has been searching for fifteen
years for her daughter who was car
ried away, involved in a train wreck,
and never heard from again The
widow suddenly discovers that Mary,
the stenographer is the Tong sought
for girl and she pours out her heart
to her, offering her ease and luxury
instead of her humble life of toll.
Mary's heart is torn with conflicting
emotions. She hardly knows her real
mother, and she has learned to love
her foster-mother dearly. At first she
rebels at the elegance and lofty tastes
of the widows household and runs
away. But finally a certain young
man. the sweetheart Of her less pros
porous days, clears up the difculty
bv asking her hand in marriage. Also
Pathe News. Tomorrow and Friday
Anita Stewart in new picture, Hu-
man Desire" with Conway Tearle.
Don't miss it.