The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-18
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At the Novelty.
There's everything but dancing on this
| bill It would be little better for q few
dance steps, but you can have everything
been here in quite while opens. Marco
tricks; The Company" part of his act
Don't fnow for sure but bet that
Morgan ana Ray. are brother and sister
male Of Of the He duo is tn comedian of parts
The lack of few steps and team WORK
hurts this act.
gram ls the musical skit presented by
well put together and has three able sing
good comedy. Charles Kenna in an i'm
personation of street faker gets away
b DIST ssf sts rS odd f anf
cilities. The Ellis Nowlin Troupe wind up
the bill with whirlwind of acrobaties
split" stunt that will some day cause
| register kick, directed at the Morgan
and Ray team. They spring that, What
do you want;-what have you got?" joke.
1t has been used here for at least forty
eleven times this season and should be
posted az a ringer Hope they read this
folks down the line need some considera-
ton.
At the Isis.
| Behold Ny Wife" drew packed houses
when here just a couple Of weeks ego, but
who did not gee 1t or who wanted to see It
again. Its return engagement for the first
repetition of tbs first success.
The producer who demanded happy
inai story as It came &c out in novel form. but
| that has not hurt it with the screen IA
MATES. The production contains a large
order or human interest stuff and despite
| the fact that there is not a great deal of
action one can remain interested all thru.
At the Orpheum.
The best program the Orpheum has Of
| fered for@evera1 weeks started a three days
the feature film. Nj. Hooper has booked
for the week pair OF musicians who are
Of unusually high class Francis and
so don't Know which is which, but the
woman can really sing, plays the violin
is st an exeellent aceompanist and does s some
| superlatiye work as a cello soloist. Last
nights audience could not get enough of
Heretofore, Thomas Mieghan has not reg
istered heavily with this critic. but wheth-
Quest Of e H 4n'e Youth pTroped somethtng
more than worth while. It is a very poorly
titled piece, but that is alt of it that is
fade-out it. is full of heart interest and
| carries plot that never loses its forward
progress. William De Mile, the producer
He is also to be congratulated in that he
has brought out once again kathlyn VIII
| liams, one Of the screens best looking act
resses, but who for some reason has been
! kept in the background for far too long
period. May we see more of her.
At the Crystal.
| Will Rogers is a new conner in the field Of
film stardom, but in water Water Every
where" he gives ample proof that he will
make q good successor to William S. Hart
| if the latter makes good on his announce
! ment that he is about to retire from the
SCREEN. sThis film story is based on one
of the billy, Fortune stories, that made
suchr.a nit in the Saturday Evening Post
some months ago. Will Rogers as. Billy is
real Billy as well as a reel one.
! The scenario artist must have been aw-
fully dry when he wrote the continuity for
this picture however. and about the first
five reels are TRADE against prohibition
with several attempts to revive old Jokes
on the subject. The last two reels of the
picture show some wonderful acting on the
part of Rogers, who in our opinion has
| lots more histrionic ability than Hart him.
self. 1t Is western picture of the typical
Hart style.