The Topeka state journal., 1921-03-16
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Movies and vaudeville are doing their
own censoring just as fast as they are able
but they are hampered to Il large extent by
| the public. Nowhere is this more apparent
| than in the local theaters where the man
ngeFs are re on the alert for everyfnlng that
| they get a bad setback from their patrons
| who insist in applauding vociferously the
| ring.
| AT THE NOVELTY yesterday afternoon
while Manager Mack was keeping his pencil
busy recording suggestive and broad jokes
| that were to have been cut from the bill for
| the remainder of the performances, the
| tho same gags that Mack must be a cour-
! ageous man indeed if his first intent was
ever put into effect
| filled with buffoonery and dancing of
which the clowning was by far the better.
Nady, Comedian @ pTea team oy which ruf depended e
| almost entirely upol4 risque stuff to get
BY. The boys. apparently. have plenty of
| ability but prefer to loaf than to work. On
| third spot Morris presents MY Dream
Girl" an alleged tabloid musical comedy
| in which there is one real voice, that of the
girl. 1t has some good stage effects but
| the boys of the quartette are decidedly
| amateurlsh and one of their gags should
| me gallery Will get it and shout approval,
| no doubt.
| 1t takes good animal stuff to get by these
| days, but the combination acrobatic and
| trained dog act offered by Samaroff and
Sonia is really good and the dogs act
| stunts than anyone else.
! AT THE ORPHEUM Jay Tobias follows
| the news reel and ads with fifteen minutes
of limitations that would be better if so
| much time were not expended upon them.
| once or twice he got a ripple from last
nights crowd; His stuff was clean, but
| tlreSome, maybe tireSome because clean.
| Without doubt 1.-The Frontier of the
| Stars, starring Thomas NIieghan, is his
| run of stuff Mieghan has been pulling late
l ly and has a dramatic interest well sus-
| tanned and acted. Another feature of this
| play is in that it does not depend whole
| lot on the sub-tites to carry the thread of
| the plot, but let's the action speak for itself.
| Fa1re B1nney, sister to Constance, plays
her flrst lead role in this picture and by
far she is way above her sister as an
actress. She is the same type of beauty
but but shows T more brains in every bit of bust
| ness Toward the climax, where the lame
girl suddenly learns to walk, she fails, as
| many others have not done, to overact-
and that is saying something.
AT THE ISIS. Vera Gordon is played up
as the star in THE North Winds Malice
but really she has only minor role. But
just trust vera. She has made of that minor
role big hit of character delineation just
as she did in .Humoresque.' without
| Neras comedy and pathetic human interest
bits scattered thru this story, it would be
tiresome tale.
1t is an allegorical bit. something on the
order of Gaines "ManXman," and breaches
| a sermon on self-control that is really we'll
handled, yelled as it is and scarcely mem
toned in the sui sub-titles; Some Of the
is of the grade of super excellence. The
storm scene, especially, almost makes one
| reach Tor his Oyercoat. 1t would be n
stroke of genius to show this film along
some time next August.
| 1t is large cast that carries the parts
| OF this piece and for the life of me cannot
remember any of the names outside that
OF Vera Gordon. but there is one young
chap who plays the role of a weakling who
| later: He can act and does not try to shove
ms race into the camera at every oppor-
| AT THE CRYSTAL, ''The Daughter
| Pays" a novel which created a sensation
on two continents when first published.
furnishes the plot of Elaine Hammerstein's s
| SeIzn1ck picture at the Crystal the first
half of this week. Miss Hammerstein plays
| the part of the daughter. who gives her
mothers ancient debt. The Selznick forces
have given the production a presentation
| which is lavish in its splendor and artistic
settings.
DOWN AT THE GRAND the discovery Is
singular in more ways than one. To be-
gin with. there is only one wife but the
most singular thing about it is in thar
there seemed to be plenty of the musn
hunters and members Of the sob SQUAD
present last night at that.
| 1t is intended to be a sermon against ex-
ltravagance in dressing and coming in con
nection with a fashion show exhibit given
oy local merchants presents a rather In
congruous spectacle
The story what there is OF It tells of
uEedIu IasnlOn save mas after her hus-
band quoted some of Ruskin's philosophy
on dress to her. 1t is given in three epi-
sodes each telling of the tragedy that help
ed furnish her with her latest extrava gance
The last of these episodes in which a par
ticulariy revolving struggle ending in a
murder were depicted, gave the wife in the
story a nightmare and me. too.
The film furnished the local exhibitor
Is full of flaws, spots and derects, In places
actually eve straining. The orchestra helps
one wish he had not come by stresSing the
same music over and over until the monot-
ony makes one wish it were really ana