The Washington herald., 1922-02-20
PALACE.
Viola Dana. In. Person and ., -rhe
Fourteenth Lover -

VIOLA Dana. In PersSn and g. srhe
Fourteeath Lover.' =
Miss Viola Dana, the Metro star,
has always been credited with a
high degree OF popularity among
photopiay enthusiasts Of washing
ton. but II required the first of a
series of personal. appearances at
Loew's Palace Theater yesterday to
really indicate just how spontane-
Gus and far-reaching 10 the public
interest in this charming young
princess of the silver sheet. The
grafton that was accorded Mis-,
Dana at her first appearance at the
Palace at 4 o'clock and later when
she left the theater for her hotel
left no doubt that Viola Dana en-
Joys q public" of. no mean .uropor-
tons in the District of Columbia
She Is making a series of personal
appearances in connection with first
washington showings at, the Palace
OF her, latest Metro starring produce
ticn. The Fourteenth Lover"
Miss Dana's appearance, were
timed to follow the showing of The
Fourteenth Love-" and her appear
ance was ingratiatingly introduced
by the showing Of a special reel
consisting OF scenes from her most
recent screen successes. All three
appearances were literally ovations
both within the theater and outside
afterward. When Miss Dana left the
Palace at the conclusion of her 4
O'Clock appearance. 1t was necessary
Tor special guard to push a way
through the crowd to her car and
TO hold back the hundreds OF en-
tnusiastfc admirersewho pressed about
ner attempting to speak with her
personally and shake her hand.
, VIOLA .Dana's personal appearance
mere Is made during the course of
long transcontinentaI journey from
Los Angeles to New York. during
which time she has visited and made
personal appearances in the nrom-
inent cities Of. the West and South
Her appearance in washinefo;, Is
made during the latter part of the
journey to New. York. Judred firm;
all previous standards of stellar ner-
sonal appearances at the Palace
Miss Dana's three appearances YES
terday were by all odds the great.
est .ovations ever accorded a star
at that playhouse. - :
-The Fourteenth Lover"'js Harry
Beaumont's picturisation for Metro
or Edith . Kennedy's story of the
same name. in which Miss Dana, h,
supported by Jack Muihall and a
notaoie' cast Of players in one of
the most alluring and insouciant
or = her many recent comedy. sue
cesses. The story depicts the. star
IN the role of. popular de-
butante who Is already gifted with
IL lovers and who is served with
a notice by her overwrought father
10 select one of the thirteen. marry
him, settle down and, end the social
expense that falls, on papa.
The debutante, unable to select
husband from the 10 suitors at
her disposal, turns her attention
to a college-bred gardener sof. her
fathers estate and while he really
loves her, he believes her highly
extravagant and by no means fitted
to a matrimonial career. 1t is here
shat the. society girl. madly in love
with the young cynic. undertakes
to prove that his opinions of her
inefficiency and extravaganza are
precopceived and .unfounded.r The
manner Sin which she changes his
mind, with the help Of the young
mans :. mother mates one off, the
most 4 fetching and saltogether sdet
liefitful pictures &that Viola : Dana
has ever brought to. the scyeen
and: one which, lis highly .appro-
priate:-to the personal appearance
OF the; little star for sthe first four
days OF this weekre 80" = g y