The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1922-05-18

used, and made famous, each will in
| clude in their offering, molding the
| whole into a vaudeville vehicle sure
to please the present generation, and
| just as certain to awaken fond mem
cries in Bridgeport "old timers
Ray Huling with his clown seal, a
former Barnum & Bailey feature, will
| be included a well balanced and
| well presented bill The picture fea-
ture will be William Fox produc-
| ton, FOOTBALLS" New York review
distinctly new idea. 1t is based up
on the story by Wilbur Steele, which
was declared the best short story of
| the year by the 0. Henry Committee
ton was directed by Charles j.
| Brabin.
| PLAZA
For return to it's regular vaude-
vile policy the management of the
Plaza theatre has booked a corking
| good show which starts today. There
| are two headliners on the vaudeville
dainty demsels, who offer twenty
minutes of music, song and dance,
and Harry Moneys Circus. Mr..
Mooney is a well known Br1dgeporter
who has been CONNECTED with the Bar
mum and Bailey Circus as animal
trainer. Mr.. Mooney has a comedy
circus Ill which he carries cats, dogs,
ponies and bucking mule. Frank
Scully doing a little bit iof everything
completes the vaudeville program.
William Farnun in his latest VIII
liam Fox Production 'tshackles of
STEMS big stage success Samson is
the feature picture to be shown in
conjunction with the big vaudeville
program.
Farnum battles his way to love,
though he ruins himself financially,
as well as the man who has tempted
his wife, so that the end Of the story
brings him the happiness he feared
never was to be his.
A two reel farce comedy and news
weekly will also be shown.
Tonight is opportunity night eight
local acts to appear.
PARK.
Everybody loves mystery, whether
1t be in real life, a play or in moving
pictures, but combine this with sensa-
ton of the exhilarating type with
breath taking thrills and highly dra-
matte situations such as is found in
THE Silent Witness next weeks at
traction at the Park theatre, a rush
for seats may be anticipated.
1.-THE Silent Witness is such play.
Replete with sensational c1imaxes,
dramatic dialogue and action that
will cause spectators to hold their
breath, this production has all the
earmarks of repetition of the sue
cess of the opening play which is now
scoring repeatedly. The story is by
Otto Harbach, a well-known play
cesses to his credit. Mr.. Harbach is
the Conan Doyle of the American
stage and his mysteries, solved in the
last act, have attracted almost as
much attention as the Sherlock
Holmes stories by Doyle.
DAWES.
Two eyes "smilin' Through" a
The black wing of tragedy brushing
by a quaint rose garden.
Here is the contrast of light and
shade that gives poignancy to ro-
The eyes danced. So did the smil-
ing little feet of moonyeen-
And Moonyeen, whenever she
sort Of golden haze (cast upon her
by moonlight and mist-and a clever
director that should surround every
woman in love.
And the mist is not all in the eye
of the camera, as those who see Nor
ma Talmadge in her latest and best
First National starring vehicle at the
Dave Theatre this week will agree.
EMPIRE
Scorned apparently by his wife, and
fearing that her GOODNESS was due to
his sinister personality and facial dis
fig1rement "a husband ostensibly kill
ed himself. His clothes and papers
identified a body that was washed
ashore by ocean waves.
The wife was grief-Stricken. She
discovered this man had meant more
to her than anything else.
A year later she was being strenu-
ously courted by a man strangely IA
nliliar and yet a handsome. likeable
young man, with all the finer points
of culture and refinement that her
-wi1led husband had lacked
Upon this weird theme John Flem-
ing Wilson and Mary AShe Miller
wrote a story, the last great screen
plot worked on before his death It
will be seen today at the Empire thea
tire as a Universal film play, THE
Man Who Married His Own Wife,
starring Frank Mayo.
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