Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-17
BIGGEST PICTURES OF YEAR
CROWDINGR RICHMOND SCREENS
Six Beautiful Women, Stars in Plays Worthy of Their
Best Talents, Offered by Leading Houses-Smiles
and Tears Are Evenly Balanced

Nazimova. Pauline Frederick and
Louise Glaum are arrayed against
Viola Dana in the list OF ,irst-rank
screen plays with which Richmond
Will have to content itself this week
during tho temporary luli in the lc-
Gitimatc theatrical season at the
Strand.
Each one of tho six famous and
beautiful stars might righ,fully he
accorded the leading place on this
weeks cinema list. Lacking the suf
iicient power OF discrimination to at
tempt this, we will consider the We
oddly enough the offerings are evenly
b n an C Cd between the heavier
dramas and the lighter comedy
Harriet and the Piper" in which
Anita stewart Will grace the Broad
way screen for the entire week.
makes use OF that favorite myth of
our childhood about the Pied Piper
OF Hamilin. TO teach 4 lesson of COM
pei!ing truthfulncss on the present
day. struggle for artistic leadership
as II is carried on in that much dis
Kathleen Norris wrote the story and
dashins Charles Hickman plays in
MISS Stewards support.
From this Offering proceed 10 the
B!Jou Theatcr, where Viola Dana and
oiirc Thomas will appear. the for
ner tomorrow and the screens most
pelONeu uduSntcr on IhurSuay for the
remainder OF the week. The Chorus
Girls Romance" is Miss Danas pic
turc and IL rcvolvcs around SHIN
myinE. Now he fair about this and
would a pest or make a stamped"
thar Will cause some poor unfortu-
maze TO lose his chance Of bchoI,linr
the .bew!tch!ng Viola
L. Scott Fitzgerald, author of 9TH c
SIDE OF Paradise" now being widely
read by the younger generation.
wrote the original story. Head and
nHouIders' from which this picture
5"Eyerybody's Sweetheart" is pozi-
Lively the last picture which Mas
.iLG made before she went
abroad TO meet an untimelv end,
William Collier. Jr.. is her LEADING.
man in II and together thev create
y decided sensation as a pair of or
mans on county poor farm who
lind their dream OF riches unexpect-
edly come true
Now the Deep STUFF.
iae nave finished with the lighter
I.Gs OF wi, me ec weeks KS program. the
incompatible ALA NaZimova. star OF
such successes as "Rcvclation.' and
TIN. Brat in Madame Peacock. :"
NichNond lately has seen on both
stage and screen several products Of
The same woman who wrote Madame
Peacock for the Saturday Post. Sh.
Is Rita Weiman. whose stories OF
stage iilc ana people arc making a
profound impression upon ali classes
OF American readers.
Pauline Frederick finishes the wecl,
az the Lyric in "Playthings of
NH;anitE," taken from Sir Arthur Wing
10 thousands of dcvotccs of the
emotional drama.
j. Parker Read, Jr.. who has been
producing LATELY the pictures IN
which Louise Glaum has been star
red AZ the Isis, declares that his
latest effort, "Txovc Madness" in
which Miss Glaum returns this week
10 the Isis, is both good and clean
c. Gardner sullivan. 40 whose credit
stands sahara" and SEX" wrote
this story. Matt Moore plays with
Miss Glaum In il.
Tom Mix easily ranks first among
the male stars who Will be on local
screens this week. His latest. Three
sold Coins, VIII be shown for four
Gays ~ The B!ueb!rd Thcater
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