The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-11-02
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R|DGEB|LL TODAY
Loray Mental Marvel, Held
0ver..-New Acts Prove
Worthy Of Note.

There are plenty OF laughs and
plenty Of mystery in the bill
which opened at the Blue Ridge
Theater for three days this after.
noon. The program is we'll balanced
with touches OF slap.stick comedy,
interesting monolog and an abun.
dance OF mystery staged by the
famous Loray, whose work has daz-
zled many audience at the local
theater this week. The acting is
swift and smooth IN all of the four
acts, and there is sufficient variety
to satisfy the most discriminating.
Loray, Of c0:ree, continues TO
hold the spotlight despite the fact
that her act is the only one that Is
not new on the bill. With her part
ner, who goes among the audience
to relay the questions to her, she
works fast, keeping up an uneuding
flow Of conversation about her
predictions for the questioners.
Her work has baffled everyone
who has seen the performance, lie.
cause the way she gives the cor.
rect answers to the numerous ques-
tions is seemingly supernatural.
AT one show this week her part.
ner noticed lodge emblem on q
watch fob worn by a newspaper re.
porter standing in the rear of the
theater. In answer to the questions
her partner shot at her, she gave
the name Of the organization and
the number Of the lodge, which was
4S2. 1t was indeed remarkable how
she picked up the number from
the intonation of the words in the
questions asked by her partner.
for intonation 1t must be, unless it
is supernatural ability, and this Is
not exaggeration.
Loray, however, is far from be.
ing the whole show. Maggie Cliff.
ton and her partner in their clas-
steal posing and balancing act
stage an entertainment that really
abounds in original stunts.
i was Percy Chapman and Elsie
Ring who kept the matinee crowd
fairly noisy this afternoon in their
Greece From Musical Comedy"
They start the laughing with some
slan.stick comedy OF a refined ma.
ture and manage to keep up u
rapid.fire exchange OF talk calcu-
lated to get the audience in good
humor regardless OF the weather.
Frank Salero, who has Q mono.
log all his own, is clever fellow,
and he proved quite q capable en-.
tertainer this afternoon. His par
odies and grotesque recttations
threatened to delay the show schnd
ute for time.
Well acted, we'll directed and
with q particularly apropn5 theme,
Wealth." Ethel Clayton's new
Paramount starring vehicle, com.
pletes the bill at the Blue Ridge.
Herbert Rawlinson Is seen as q
wealthy idler who has grown to be
parasitically dependent on his
mothers money. When Mary Nc.
Leod marries him, a crisis is reach
ed, for the young artist finds the
life OF the idle rich decidedly con'
trary to her training. Miss Clayton
shows in the offering q grasp Of
her roles requirements that is lit
tie short OF genius.
Mr.. Rawlins0n is artistic in his
part Of Phillip Donliuick. The other
parts are cast with the care charac.
teristic liz William D. Taylor pro.
duction. Included >arH ]. N. Du-
mont, George perioIat, Claire Nc.
Dowell, Jean Acker, Richard
Wayne, and other noted players.
The picture is based on Cosmo
Hamilton's story "The Almighty
Dollar"