The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-29
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AT THE GRAND Topekans passed up
good thing last night Only a poor
very poorEhouse greeted The The storm storm.
gets so few good shows When they do
come, Topeka stays away. In these days
of hard times for road shows, and con-
stantly decreasing number of them on the
road, one can bank on it that the ones
staying out are good ones and that It is
did not play 1.-THE Storm howezer and it
is a shame too seldom has such we'll
produced bit of drama made Its appear
The cast was one of the smallest. but
because it was also one of the best down
to the least character, it was also one OF
the best The story is melo-drama of the
big north woods kind. 1t is full OF hui
man~passions and human emotions rang
to raging hate and deepest sorroW, ali
depicted by n half dozen artists VINO wrap
themselves up in their work until they ac-
tually live the parts they are playing.
Mr.. Broadhurst has staged the storm
for its road tour. just it was shown to
the New Workers and just as 1t made its
theater in Gotham. By the way The
Storm" turns about at Topeka and starts
opens with the same cast in New York
for another run there. That should tell
Some Topekans what they missed Had a
two-day engagement been booked here, 1t
is a safe bet that tonight's performance
would have been done before packed
house.
There are two characters in the play that
stand out far and above the rest. They
are that # Burr Winton." done by Ben
Taggart and Manette done by Miss Mildred
Seals. 1t was the magnetic smile of Tag
CART that made his acting get over so we'll,
while 1t was that adorable French Canad-
ian 'patois" of Miss Seals that carried the
audience with her
As a senic production, 1.-THE Storm is
complete triumph. The theme of the piece
was carried out not only in the name, the
thread of the love story ana the acting,
but in the scenery and the atmosphere ere
that all-prevading odor of cedar that filled
the Grand. Mr.. Broadhurst is as much
of an artist in his production as ever David
Wark Griffith at his best, and that means
something.
AT THE NOVELTY, Honest Don't
know what to think of this bill. The
Gang AMI disagreed ON so many
points. There were two really big features
the bill, I thought excellent but they
hardly caused ripple out front yester-
day afternoon. The voices and program
offered by Marian Beauclaire. formerly of
the Royal opera at Brussels, were as good
as many we hear at the auditorium The
were almost of the same class, yet it was
the almost smutty stuff put. on by Ernest
applause of the afternoon.
The bill was started by lie Fevre,' who
seems to have lost partner and who is
He gets bust at the finish and does some
really worth while cycle stuff in whirlwind
fashion. The Byron and Price duo have
one of the dressiest and at the same time
the best written skits of its nature one ever
gees in vaudeville. Gosh how handsome
that fellow is. It's such a pity he iB mar
ried to his partner.
At THE ISIS they are getting close, to
movie perfection in The Sheik,' an Arab
ian story that lives up to all that is claim
ed 7for 1t. The perfect acting, the fine
scenery. the remarkable realism and the
plot of the story all combine to make this
one of the best pictures ever shown in the
RudoIp Valentino. who starred in 1.-THE
-Four Horsemen,' plays. the part. of the
ApRtel' fame takes the part of the young
English girl seeking adventure. Neither
of, these players. have ever been seen to
better advantage than in this production.
Not in 4 single instance does the acting in
this play appear forced or overdrawn.
Tho filmed in a sandy waste of Los
Angeles, the photography is of the best
and the depictions of Arabian life are eX-
duction. The spectator forgets he is watch
ing mere picture and not once does any
thing happen to jar him from the illusion
The show opened to a packed house Mon
day and there is no doubt that this feature
will go big.
AT THE ORPHEUM the admirers Of
Thomas Meghan will find him playing
up to standard in 1.-The Conquest of Ca
man." a picture by no means above the
ordinary run. The realism that may be
is ruined toward the last by improbable
happenings. Altho there is some sense to
the theory on which the story is founded
the acting of Meighan and boris Kenyon
are its chief redeeming features. Human
nature is pretty well depicted 1T the start
but il don't hold true to form
AT THE CRYSTAL-Priscfla Dean Is
the life Of the story in "0utside the Law
ably supported by Lon Clancy VINO played