The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-29
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AT THE NOVELTY, there's a mystery
act that even puzzles some of the wise
guys who always know "just how it is
done" 1t also includes dancer who in
PRODUCES few new wrinkles in the wriggle
line. The act is bolstered up, front and
rear by two others that are even stronger
making the program for the first of the
week far better than a good many that
have been here in the last week or two
Time and Ward open with something new
in the bicycle line. The male of the duo
keeps quiet but does lot while the. better
half does all the talking and actually does
little. 1t is one of the best openers We
have had for some time Rottack and Mil
Ter form the song team which comes sec
ond. Outside the fact that the tenor is
one could ask It is DR.. Nixon with his
company of three who puts on the mys-
teries mentioned at the start of this
the ordinary to get hand these days and
Dock Nixon got his yesterday afternoon.
The bill finishes with the Keno Fables,
cIeverly staged bit of animal taking that
| is sure to please the kiddies and is worth
| several looks by the older vaudeville fans.
They are preceded by Powell and Adair,
| two of the best black-face boys who have
shown here in quite a while. Their patter
| is snappy and well handled and the eccen-
| trio dancing of one of the boys is far above
par.
AT THE ORPHEUM, Thomas Mieghan
| is shown on the silver sheet in one of his
| best roles and without doubt, in his
has all the human interest, the gripping sit
uations and intriguing plot of Les Miser-
out of the ordinary and the attention to
| detail shown by the producer has made this
one of the modern picture masterpieces.
Mieghan needs no comment for his act
| ing He has become one of the strongest
and best screen actors of the day If not the
| best. He is supported by cast that is
ally surround a star, each of them not only
being particularly fitted for his part but
actually living and looking 1t. 49,,
mine role, is quite adorable and shows more
ability playing with Mieghan than she has
| yet shown with any other star. Paul Ever
of the piece and gets his laughs just as
readily on the screen as if he were there in
person. George McQuarrie as the detec-
| tive strikes the high note in '.heavies'' or
villains. AS the man hunter who develops
a. soul, he is prototype of 'Jarrat' in
| Victor Hugo's masterpiece.
| No one who saw 1.-THE Handicap" last
week and who sees 1.-THE City of Silent
was of British manufacture and the latter
| is one of the most excellent examples of
trast and detail have been handled with
| an eye to the ultimate perfection that has
| been obtained. 1t will be long time be
| fore another such bit of good work will
| be surpassed.
AT THE GRAND, 'The Servant in the
House" in its screen version proved some
what of a disappointment to those who
had seen it in its original production, ten
years ago. 1t is the words that make 1.-THE
Servant in the House. the soul stirring
theme it is and words cannot be pictured
| as well as spoken.
The story, however, does not lend itself
readily to the screen and the scenario
writer had to do with it as he had to do
with "Black Beauty" elaborate it. The
| elaboration, adds new scenes and a pre-
i lude but has not taken away the big
| thoughts. The theme is one of the biggest
sermons that has been preached by the
| theatrical world. AS shown on the screen
interpreted in just the wrong way, from
| that the original author intended it should
| be.
The acting thruout is the best that has
been put into similar play. Jack Curtis
l as "The Drain Man., did a job of work
| just as good as the fellow who played the
| original part-and he did some mighty
good acting, making out of what had been
1 intended for minor role, the strongest
character of the piece.
| Ninona the Little Girl with the Big
Voice." did not greatly please last nights
| crowd. The big voice was all she had.
AT THE CRYSTAL. How sardines on
one hand and Paris gowns on the other
may break up two perfectly fine homes
is made plain in $50 Long Lefty" at the
| Crystal theater for a run of three days
One husband is fed sardines when he longs
for a real home cooked meal and the other
husband is fed home cooked meals and he
| longs for something else. It's a queer com.
| bination and would have ended in the di.
yorce courts had not the wives of the two
fled husbands.