Arizona republican., 1921-09-16
Larue Advance saIe at Elk.


 That the playgoers of Phoenix and vicinity are deeply interested in the opening of the new stock company at the Elks theater next Sunday is evil denced by the heavy advance sale for Turn to the Right which will usher in the theatrical season. It is doubt full if the management could have than this great comedy drama, which had a run of more than two solid years in New York. The scenic beauty of Turn to the Right transcends anything to be transplant ed from Broadway to the smaller cities for many, many years. Peach jam plays an important part in the story and the action takes place in and about a cosy new England farm house at the edge of a peach orchard. In the second act bumper crop of the blushing fruit is seen on the trees, with vista of rolling meadows in the background. Autumn and winter have passed between the second and third acts and the warm spring sun shine has clothed the trees in blos- soms. The pink petals are seen to drop lazily from the branches upon a group of happy lovers beneath the trees and about dear old Mother Bas- com, maker of the magic peach jam which eventually brings to the prin cipal characters of the story. The play opens with the matinee Sun day afternoon and runs for the en- tire week, with the regular matinees on Wednesday and Saturday.
 Ethel Clayton at the Strand
 The Strand offers for two days engagement starting today Ethel Clayton. appearing in Paramount's s adaptation of Cosmo Hamilton's novel-"The Almighty Dollar'-re- leased under the title of Wealth. !" Ethel Claytons recent success at the Rialto starring in sham estab- lished this girl in society dramas as most appreciated star. Wealth is another story of society circles, l combining the element of Greenwich 1 Village, in the environment of the early part of the story. William D Taylor's deft skill has again made l itself felt in the direction end of the production. Wealth is the love story of young girl artist, an in habitant of the Greenwich Village who, in cafe is attracted to Phillip l Dominick,, a wealthy young fellow whose escapades are the talk of the l village. A subsequent meeting on 1 a train starts the romance which cul- | inmates in the marriage-a matcF looked on with disfavor, but tolerated by the snobbish mother of the groom 1 The mother. beneath the smiling ex- terior, is planning secretly to break off the match to marry the son to | woman of her own set, but the com ing of baby changes the woman. view of life. But the girl wife can not become used to the parasitica conditions of the home, and a .mls'
 understanding at time when thu husband starts on a hunting triI plants the active seed of discontent
 The child dies from actual lack O
 mothers care-being subjected to th'
 tender mercies of nurses, attendant
 and servants, and the husbands re
 turn finds his baby dead, his wifi
 gone, and his happiness wreck
 His manhood awakened, he starts tn
 search for his wife, realizing at las
 that not gold but love and work ar'
 the only worth while things in life
 The cast includes Herbert Rawlinson
 J. M. Dumont, Claire Mcdowell
 Jeane Acker, and Richard Wayne
 The program is augmented by ;
 comedy and the News reel