The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-15
In The Theatres
MAJESTIC.

MAJESTIC. 1h ose who like swiftly moving mar ratlVe, coupled with a good crook theme, will get their fill a. the Ma JeStlc next week when "Slippy Me Gee, the most popular of all crook stories, comes to town in drama form, and will be presented fer the first time in Bridgeport by Ihe PoH Play CTS.
 "shppy McGee," as most of YOU probably know, was first a sensation OF the printed page. The story was told in the Saturday Evening Post and when it later appeared in book ! form, that book became one Of the best sellers of recent years.
 McGee is known far and wide as the cleverest crook in i1he country. When the play opens he is making his getaway after pulling another big job, and he is forced to hon onto a
 nassing freight to escape arrest SEppy falls from the freight and is ! horribly mangled.
 When he comes back to conscious ness, he finds himself in the home of I priest in a little village in South i Carolina. Then Sippy is made to re- tllZe that no longer can he pursue his. nef1rfous occupation, for he has . been so badly injured that it is i'm possible for him.
 His one piece Of luggage, a bur
 lars kit, has vanished. and he does not know until long afterward when
 , great emergency arises, that Fa"her
 le Rance has hidden it inside the
 tatUe of St. Stanislaus in his church
 How Slippy, with the aid of Mary Virginia. becomes '1he Butterfly Man. Q the whole community and how he and the pries foil a blackmaiI plot and nail the vil!ains-theSe are some of the high lights of one of the most absorbing and human crook" nlsys ever written.
 Tomorrow's your last chance to
 zee 'Ne' phenomenal helart interest drama success, Dreams For SaIe,'' which has made such a sensa tionaI hit at the Majestic all week
 PLAZA
 The Blessed Sacrament Four, an n-Bridgeport quartet of singers, as an extra added attraction at the Plaza theatre and were greeted with a tre-
 nendOus ovation. As singers they measure up to any of the profession Drstin Farnum in his latest feature DO hbOund," contains a. supporting cast of notables including Kid Mccoy, "X-champion prize fighter. Maurice vtar and others It is full of thrill ing situations, romance and contains T. ore thrills ger foot than any film offered here recently.
 An entire new revue with new songs, dances, comedy and a pretty chorus of vivaciOus girls, scored on the new program yesterday. Like the feature picture, this is fast moving Drettily staged and withalI delightful " entertaining.
 As special added attra action for Saturday matinee and first evening performance Yerke's Original Happy Six, the famous singing orchestra whose records you have played often on your vic'trola, will present a vaude- vile speciality that vii be a most pleasing addition to the already big program.
 Lon Chaney in his greatest photo- dramatic feature, -'The Trap" is as signed for a four day showing at the Plaza beginning Sunday. PALACE
 Quite the most novel and appealing Palace Presentation yet shown at the big playhouse was the Mid-Winter Fashion Show staged for the first 1 time yesterday with a company Of eight people hea ded by Eileen Van Biene and Melvin Stokes and with six models the entire company offer ing quite a boost to Rrid geDort ana it's merchants for the entire wardrobe
 shown was furnished hy local mer- chants includ ng the Hudson Store, i J. c. Neuhoff, Inc. the John Irving Shoe company and others. The dress l parade was staged with special l scenery and lighting effects with in 1 cidental numbers by the principals 1 and the production in it's entirety ! was staged by Warde Johnston and ] Melvin Stokes.
 1 The Fashion Show is being shown ! n conjunction with the new Gloria
 Swanson picture "The Impossible
 Mrs. BeIlew' which has a uu:te bril- | liant gown display on the screen with | Miss Swanson wearing a number of ' neI cre,3 tions.
 | There is a hilarious comedy on the i same program together with the usual | attractive short fes7 lures and the i overture with Warde Johnston con- 1 ductirg his brilliant players Ys 1 ''JubeP' by c. M. Von, Weber with | the national anthem America" as a | finale. The Fashion Show is an- nounced for today and Saturday at 1 3:06. 7:25 and 9:26.
 | Sunday night VII bring Maurice | Tourneurs massive production of | Lorna Doone," the most widely read
 and loved story ever written.