The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-15
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History or fiction. facts or Imagination
which draws the public mostf One will
when the reports are made out on the at
tendance at the Grand and the Isis theaters
At these show houses there are two pie
lures, both of which started on week runs
yesterday
AT THE GRAND We. are introduced to
Poll Negri in Passion" By the way, that
title is Il poor one and was too evidently
written with an idea of drawing popular
attention to what was feared would be a
tSP t fhsS pet Shs not ougrhs
especially in the scenes which show the
mobs overrunning Paris during the days
| Of the French revolution.
| Negri as the little miller's assistant who
rises-or falls. as you Will have ito the
position of the mistress of King Louis and
| the real ruler of the French, is an actress
of the true Bernhardt type. She runs the
whole scale of emotion with perfect ease
and easily puts to shame some of the best
OF American screen actresses.
| This picture comes here with the verdict
of all critics as being the best production
of the year-German made tho it may be.
1t comes up to all expectations. 1t Is well
cast Its story is built up of facts of
history and its settings with the exception
| envelopes were not vet invented are ac-
curate- Yet the question rises, is it not
| too big, too historically accurate and will
its excellence be eomprehended by the
public. One has feeling that it is above
the heads" of lot of us.
AT THE ISIS, one finds the same story
done over into modern settings. ITO Please
One Woman is a story of a woman of to-
day who demands all from the moths who
| riutter about her and who SINCE their
wings by the fluttering 1t, too, is produced
on large scale, Lois Weber having spared
no expense apparently in making this
spectacle of modern extravaganza.
| The story varies from that of the i'm
ported film in that it has the popularity de
manded happy ending" possible only
When one departs from fiction into the I'M
! believed realms of fact and history. 1t is
not as straightforward in its development
| 40 N bov
help the main theme, but do have the effect
| of confusing the mind of the viewer
Miss Windsor who takes the leading role
Is truly good actress, but her "star" part
Is i.y rather oyershadowed by, that of the
| AT THE ORPHEUM. one gets taste of
real Wallie Reid comedy in 1.-The Charm
School taken from the Saturday Evening
some bit of extravaganza filled with laughs.
| tho bit overdone in Spots particularly
MMnere me swimming and gym suits are
| Wallis is really not at his best in this
on his part. Wallie does not thrive OF,
| dignity, you know. The story has a unique
enalhg' something different from the usual
ehnch at the fadeaway.
AT THE NOVELTY, one must work
hard to get up a whole lot of enthusiasm.
Tried to figure ont what was the matter
with this bill and was at sea until the
Little Lady Who Goes Along happened to
mention that there was not one dance stem
| on the bill. Ssep
"a = dog and cat circus opens the program
offered the frs three days of the week
| Usually do not care for animal acts, but
| this one seems to have eliminated the whin
on the stage at least. 1t got the best
hand yesterday afternoon. Izetta. with
her ACCORDION, filled fifteen minutes of the
time with music. For a part of that time
she made her bellows sound like an or
gan When she tried to sing, however, it
| was all off -
Fred Hughes. assisted by Raymond "a
her, offered several songs of the "pIugger''
type he has more volume than voice and
Ior encores got-nix. A company Of six
staged boxing bout comedy that would
nave gone bigger had there been more
boxing and less of the COMEDY" The
Irampoline brothers have a mighty novel
| opening for their acrobatic bill which fin
| lsnes the program. The remainder of their
| offering is too filled with stallipg to GET
whole lot of genuine applause.
At the Crystal.
dirty, grimy. fighting foreman of a
steel MILL Conway Tearle, is the hero in
The Road of Ambition" To see how ME-.
| Iearle. as Bill Mathews, becomes a finan-
| clai power and how he wins the love of a
! girl, at the same time defeating those who
nave set QUITO ruin him, is worth the ef-
| IorL. The settings of the picture are extra