The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-02-02
WASHINGTON STOCK


One of the greatest hits in the past
20 years ''The Storm" will be the at
traction at the Washington all next
week by the Jack Bessey stock play
ers.
For solid year "The Storm" play
ed at the 48th Street theatre, New
York city. Six months at the Olympic
theatre, Chicago, seven weeks in
Brooklyn, New York (Which establish
ed record for the latter city, and six
weeks at the Manhattan opera house,
New York city.
No matter where 1.-THE Storm" has
been presented it has created new
records for theatre attendance This
play, Will a melodrama, is one of the
most convincing and human melo-
dramas written and produced in the
past decade. The curtain rises on a
forest primeval, and it is in this beau
tiful spot that the action of the play
takes place. The story tells of a
young girl, Manette Packard, an ap-
pealing young French Canadian. who.
because of the death of her father
and terrific bliZZard-which is one
of tue big scenic effects of the play
| IS forced to remain shut up in a cabin
American and an Englishman. Both
profess love for her, but she realizes
| II she admits love for one the other
will kill him. Her problem is to keep
these men apart and maintain peace.
! Affairs develop to such an extent
! that she realizes sooner or later the
storm of emotions in the breasts of
the men will burst all bounds. She
| mans he
! circumVents her.
How she solves her problem is best
! left to the author who has written a
t clay tense with thrilling situations, re-
lieved by delightful scenes of bubbIing
humor.
| RICHMOND.
| This is a most perfect English
room'" exclaimed Elinor Glyn, noted
British novelist, as the finishing
| touches were put upon a setting which
had been prepared for scenes N
| The Great Moment Gloria Swan.
sons first Paramount starring vehicle
which is showing at the Richmond
! theatre.
! The setting represents the boudoir
of an English girl played by Miss
Swanson, in an Old ancestral home.
The author, who wrote the story es-
pecially for Miss Swanson, rendered
valuable assistance to the director in
other angles of production, and es-
! pecially in the dressing of the English
| settings
| In this story Miss Swanson is seen
as the half gypsy daughter of an En-
glish lord, whose father rears her in
I strict seclusion, fearing that her
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sert themselves over the subdued En-.
glish culture. Later, however, on a
| trip to America, the girl falls in love
with a young mining engineer, is bit
ten by a rattlesnake and taken by
him to his mountain cabin. There
intoxicated from the whiskey which
ne had given her as an antidote, she
feels the gypsy spell and brings about
a situation which results in many
dramatic and highly emotional cpl
sodes.
Milton Stills plays the leading sup
porting role. Sam Wood directed and
the story was picturiZed by Monte NJ
Katterjohn.
MURRAY.
James Kirkwood, who plays the role
of Abel Blake in The Forbidden
Thing, produced by Allan DWan
playing soon at the Murray theatre
fel lin love with the character assign
ed to him in the production 1t wa;
the most Iovable, human and sincere
, character ever given him, he says
and this is the way he describe;
Abel Blake, rugged descendent of tht
Mayflower colonists:
abel is Just a plain American
: young man. with a mother, littl'
money and a sweetheart. Abel woult
suffer death if it would save eithc
his mother or his sweetheart an.
worry or trouble. In this resolution
he has committed himself fully.
"But Abel is also human. That
why he may be lovable, or why h
might bring down the wrath of TIL
community upon his head. In spit
of his fine resolutions. he goes astray