The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-08
e st As It Wuz
AtRe heayter''
BY II.

The public wants comedy and the more
It can get of the laugh stuff the better:
there is good comedy to be seen or heard
and the theaters which last night offered
well known comedy stuff were recipients of
good business despite the. threatening
AT THE oRPHEUM, Douglas Maelean
performed almost as well in 1.-THE Rockies
Return as he did some time ago in '.231a
war stuff now and Thos. Inee, who pro-
dGeed this film L clever enough tb to knSw IT.
etc, as was needed to create the atmos-
phere. 1t is story none of us ever out
grow liking-the blood and thunder of the
Diamond Dick variety. This is done over
into modern setting and trimmed with
comedy until one has hard time recog-
plays opposite Maclean, in this film, almost
takes the honors away from him.
The Santa Fe double quartet is singing
program of jubilee numbers that take well
at least they did with last nights crowd.
George Smith, formerly custodian of the
city hall, is leader of the aggregation and
has gathered together some of the best
negro voices of the city. He has one tenor
voice in the organization that can really
AT THE ISIS one can deduce as the
moral of THE Branding Iron" the motto,
Treat 'em Rough, They Like It." 1t is
it is, tho the problem in most peoples
minds would be. Gould any woman go
DaCk TO Sucn q man as LQdC
For a wonder the scenario writer who
adapted the book for screen use, did not
think he knew more than the author. In
other words the film version follows the
printed one whole lot more closely than
is usual. Miss Castleton, who drifts into
our range of star vision, really does some
good acting part of the way, but poses a
whole lot toward the finish.
AT THE GRAND we find rough neck
skipper, mutinous sailors, desert islands,
ship, some fights and ooh-la-la some girls
who go in swimmin' while they think we
are not watchin'.
time came to go to the Grand last night
old Jupe Pluve was doin' his darndest and
SO took the taxi home instead. Jack Will
son who sees all that goes on at the Grand
told us about 1.-The Brute Master" this
AT THE NOVELTY, there is a big line
of hokum. some. of it well done but the
best by Baron LIGHTER, an honest to good
ness" nut who I does a single with the as
plain foolish but how he does connect with
the folks out front. THE Jazzirimbo Trip"
zylophone and narimha that fill the place
with sound. One of the boys does the
kiss Me Again. waltz with some ability
Christopher and Walton have a line of
chatter that. oecasioned a ripple or two
beyond the footlights, but neither of them
and Blakeney have a similar act and just
about the same thing can be said of them.
Ihe Wind-up is one OF those tab -slows"-
you know, tabloid musical comedy stuff.
For some reason the comedian got away,
tho, cannot see why, his gags. were aIl SO
old; The girls are. not particularly bad
looking but they all need a few lessons
in dancing. And gosh, what a lot of
flats and breaks the so-called prima donna
perpetrates when she tries to make the
AT THE CRYSTAL. We have "The
Riders of the DAWN done over for the
films from Zane Grey's novel 1.-The Desert
of Wheat" 1t was shown here at-the
Orpheum several weeks ago and made a
real hit. 1t is action from start to finish
and several of the situations of the novel
are most artistieally handled.