The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-17
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AT THE NOVELTY, yesterday afternoon
Arthur Terry paused in his rope swinging
act to say when they asked me to come
here. told the manager that l wasn't any
actor. He said that was all right, they
hadn't been any actors here for some time.
The first and only unanimous and spon-
taneous burst of applause which followed
showed Terry that the house agreed with
him.
Terry who did fair imitation of Will
Rodgers big time act came fourth on the
bill Casad, Irwin & Casad preceded him
with what is billed as a novelty musical
act. There is a lot of novelty in it and
about as much hokum. Perhaps there is
some music but loud brasses don't spell
enjoyment to man with headache and
that was me yesterday afternoon
Donahue 4 Fletcher fill fifteen minutes
with little bit of everything tho the best
they have is the acrobatic dance they use
collins & Hill have another bill of vaude-
vile hash. the best part of which is the
dancing aud buffooning by the male of the
duo. Can't see where it would hurt the
ing act has hard time in any but the
largest vaudeville houses But the Cran-
dalis were skillful enough in arranging
their bill that the clumsiness usually
seen in such acts was limited. :.
AT THE ISIS, "Brewster's Millions
made hit as novel. 1t scored again
on the stage and on the screen revival with
Fatty Arbuckle in the leading roll, the
biggest score of all has been registered.
Barr McCutcheon has been put in the
screen play and the stage production has
been elaborated that no one would Know
1t for the same piece
Some skillful directing is shown in this
production; The trick photography used e
part of himself at two years old and again
ut five scored extra laughs yesterday.
There were seoffers when it vas vas an an
serted the one and two reel comedies and
was going into five and six reel features.
Just can't help but wonder what those
"Brewster's Millions"
AT THE ORPHEUM. real flesh and
Straight Is the way dramatization of
Ethel Watts Mumford's story THE Mani
festations of Henry Qrt" 1t might be
is more. of a satirical comedy based upon
the Ouija craze
There is nothing meIodramatic or de-
pressing in the story which has moments
of spontaneous mirth scattered thru its
action. Gladys Leslie and Matt Moore,
were eventually reformed. are practically
new in stellar rolls but their work in this
picture is creditable.
is advertised being a movie without
sub titles. have raved and stormed
There are no sub titles all right-that is
to say, there are and there are not. 1t was
quite some time before l realized how
1t was clever. AS the boy in school, he
writes notes to his comrades. These notes
1laSneu on IQe screen Keep lHe community
moving. When Ray is not in the school
room and notes are. otherwise impossible,
he writes in his diary. There you are,
folks simple, isn't it? But it can only
be done in this one picture and the sub
title problem is still unsolved.
AT THE CRYSTAL, Dead Men Tell No
Tales is a Installation of the famous
novel by f. w. Hornung author OF
'.Raffles.' An all star cast made the story
into an unusual picture. 1t is the burn
ing and blowing up of ship at sea The
story that follows the explosion is excit-
ing battling and mystifying: Beautiful
scenic backgrounds lend charming at
mosphere to an intensely dramatic tale.
AT THE GRAND there's another of those
screen revivals of old time stage sue
cess in "Officer 666." AS a farce the thing
was good enough to stay on the ROAD for
a nice long term of years. Tom Moore
finds in it one of the roles that is best
suited to his type of acting and is almost
as good as he was in "Canavan."
AS a screen production this play is about
on par with Fair and Warmer and several
other such comedies which have been filmed
with no original novel to assist the
scenario writer and director. It's an aw-
fully hard job to get spoken drama or com
edy on the screen where all the speaking Is
done in the sub-titles.