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The Washington times., 1922-03-28
Daphne Pollard
Welcome; Others
Good at Keith'S S
VIVA s II NGTON vaudeville
." followers are welcoming
DaDhnp Pollard tiny

WY NGTON vaudeville
" followers are welcoming
Daphne Pollard. tiny
English comedienne, for the Sec
ond time this season at Keith's,
and their welcome is so genuine
that Daphne is likely to think this
conference town is not such bad
stop-over. 1t Is only rightly so,
for Miss Pollard is quite genuine
herself.
Unlike many of her music hall
friends from the other side, she
has learned how to appeal to
American audiences. Her ad-
mirsrs get much OF their enjoy
ment OF her work through humor
of posture that almost amounts
to acrobatics. Daphne might be
labeled a Goldberg character ami
mated by a tall drink of crude
rubber and a needle full of electric
volts. She calls herself a Mad.
cap" Washington is calling her
a fast ball" that has no trouble
finding the plate.
Doc Baker and Polly Walker,
with Bud and Jack Pearson. &C.
centric dancers, are providing the
revue dish. Lightning changes of
apparel. already and always
tricky, inject a suddenness in an
act entitled Flashes" is gaspy
enough for even tired business
men. Ii In quite fair to say this,
for at last nights performance
President Harding and Rotarians
of this district were on hand-not
so full of business. but tired
enough to sit back and genuinely
enjoy everything.
For those who like good singing
and good violin playing, the bill
offers Vaughn comfort, tenor.
with an Irish repertoire. and
Hegcdus Sisters, excellent vio-
linistes.
Elsa Ryan. supported by Rod
ney Ranous. in playlet, Peg
for Short" appears as an excep-
tionally good looking girl reporter,
who in the language OF the bust
ness comes back with the pic
ture" in the style of a star. Though
repeater here. Elsa is an inter
esting person who makes good
use of happy asides whom the
eyes and ears do not object to
watch and hear a second time.
THE Clown Seal" presented by
Ray G. Huling. won worthy com
mendation. Bronson and Ed
wards, in an act of monstrous alb
surdities. close an honestly good
bill. The usual Aesop's Fable and
new pictorial are included in the
entertainment.
The Washington times., 1922-03-28

hero. the hero being the lover who
liked her in Quakerdom.
Now, II was no difficult task TO
admire Marion Davies in her cute
and most becoming Quaker clothes.
Inner worth be hanged. We all like
inner worth. or course-we've got
to.-but,we could do without 1t.
But the little lady went into $50
ciety' and there she came out In
the most scintillating garments
that artist ever designed.
II was then that the unworthy
lover. realized how wonderful she
was. Fine feathers made fine
birds, thought he. But the real
lover insisted that he preferred
her in her Quaker garb. and to
them she returned.
When YOU see "Beauty's Worth
YOU will understand my point
that IL wasn't such a sign OF heroic
value to adore Miss Davies in
Ouakery. Nobody could possibly
have looked more enhancing. But
later on-and. for goodness sake,
don't give me away-when MISS
Davies was seen with her mar
most alluringly enchained In ropes
of pearls and the most coruscant
gown possible to imagine, l admit
that | preferred her thusly.
The Washington times., 1922-03-28
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Lovely GirlS-BOth of EN-
'DIW> am

Dorothy's, went into the theater
TO hear Griffith make a sparkling
little talk before the show began.
The great director said he had
filmed old stock company standbys
like Way Down East" and "The
Two Orphans" and almost every
thing except Bertha. the Sewing
Machine Girl" because they We're
built on the greatest theme OF all
Love.
Love" repeated Griffith. and
told all about Love in its various
manifestations. The great audi
ence was vastly pleased by the di'
rector's stage presence and melodi-
Gus voice and applauded vigor-
ously.
The interview was continued in
the meZZanine box, where the In
terviewer and the interviewed sat
the cynosure OF all eyes, as the
subtitles have II.
When we were in France. film
ing Hearts of the World" said
Lillian. my mother was attacked
by shell.hsock. The illness passed.
but last May IL recurred, and until
Infte days ago size was uHhDit "
go out. AT one time we thought
we were going to lose her.
Lillian displayed a clipping from
a London newspaper. reviewing
the premiere of Orphans of The
Storm" in that metropolis, in
which Griffith was said to be a
Shakespeare and a Wagner rolled
into one. with a little p. T. Barnum
thrown in for good measure.
And he really is" said Lillian.
you probably think l am preiu-
diced in his favor. but you have
had opportunity to judge for your
self. He works like a slave. You
should see him handling great
crowds of actors at one minute.
and perfecting one infinitesimal de-
tail of a picture at the next"
The Gishes were scheduled to
make a personal appearance at the
end of the performance and went
to the rear of the stage.
Here the interviewer met Mr..
Griffith. who signally honored the
former by borrowing the last ciga
The Washington times., 1922-03-28
DDIGGERS' MINING RICH VEIN OF APPROVAL AT NATIONAL
Gayety Offers
: Danny Murphy In
Peppery Company

A ROUND Danny Murphy ana
~ Pearl Hamilton. two out
standing figures In bur-
lesaue. Irons q Ciamage have
built show that il winning fame
for the stars and dollars for the
producers. Garden Frolics" In
the title given the production,
which is in two acts and dozen
scenes. II is designed TO drive
away dull care and the action is
so swift at times that II has
everybody on their toes.
Danny Murphy Is the type of
comedian who can get a laugh
every minute. His climb up the
burlesque ladder has been rapid
and his quaint dialect and funny
expressions are never-ending
source of laughter. Pearl Hamil-
ton does not possess much OF a
voice, but as a dancer she Is su-
preme in her field. Her Egyp-
ton dance was a gem.
The best looking girl in the
outfit is Dot Stewart, and her
songs and dances were gener-
ousiy applauded. Mindel Kingston
sang a number of songs with rare
charm, while Lillian Frier. Jack
Shutta, Joe Lyons and George
Elmer contributed materially to
the success of the show.
Ed Holder and his educated
comedy mule. with the assistance
Of two colored brethren, mSde a
big hit. The mule had all the
bucking proclivities of Western
broncho, and the efforts OF the
two colored boys to stick on his
back were laughable in the ex-
treme. Juggling DeLyle manipu-
lated tennis balls, Indian clubs
and silk hats. while Synco pre-
scented an interesting musical act.
A first-run picture, Amy
Night" featuring Robert Edeson
William Courtleigh and Tully
Marshall was enjoyable. II. w.
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rette in the interviewer's package.
He took the cigarette not as n Re
were entitled to IL. but as a man
who needed smoke very badly.
Whatever the public impression OF
David :Wark Griffith may be, ho
most emphatically Is not up-stage.
He borrows cigarettes with cheer.
full. amisble abandon. He has prac-
tically cleaned out the Rialto
staff of cigarettes.
The girls powdered their noses
and went on the stage. to the tune
OF great hand-clapping. Lillian
acted as spokeswoman for the paii
holding the nervous Dorothy by
the arm protectively and lovingly.
Her little talk was dainty and deli.
cate. but totally belied the warm
earnestness of her nature.
Gifts Pour In.
Two large baskets OF flowers
were handed to the girls as they
left the stage. They took them
back to their director and acted as
II they had never seen flowers be-
fore. They began to act, then, and
Mr.. Griffith helped out.
Holding his cigarette nesligently
his borrowed cigarette-he re-
marked, in his full. rolling tones:
Children, you have had great
deal OF fame and flowers today"
Aren't they charming" gush"d
the Gishes.
And then they prepared to get
out to their limousine through the
crowds that waited in the theateI f,
in the lobby and all over Ninth
street.
The Gishes are more beautiful
than they ever we're on the screen,
and have much brilliance on the
side.
The Gish girls, we repeat. are
different.
The Washington times., 1922-03-28
Decent, Says Wife,
But Villain Gets
Fen MASH Notes
LTHOUGH he has been on the

A LTHOUGH he has been on the
~ stage so many years that he
does not wish to talk about
them. Herbert Grimwood says he
has never received a note from an
admirer crouched in complimentary
terms. The reason for this is that
he is always cast for the part Of
the william and his reputa ton as
an actor in England and the
United States establishes him as a
good" william. Mr.. Grimwood has
E been cast for the heavy in sonny"
in which Inspiration Pictures Is
starring Richard Barthelmess.
Although my wife" says Mr..
Grimwood, says that I am a tame
cat at home, / am always picked
out for the william in all plays.
When | came to the United States
I had no intention of renewing my
professional career, as the war had
left a distaste for that.
"I went west on a ranch but the
venture was unsuccessful and then
l found myself in Los Angeles.
Douglas Fairbanks was casting for
a new picture and he saw me. Mr..
Fairbanks, who did not know me,
Just looked at me and then inform
ed me that | was just the type he
wanted.
THE part was that of the
william. That was my introduction
to the motion pictures and in that
respect it was not unlike that OF
the speaking stage"
The Washington times., 1922-03-28

/" HE "vamp" Is due for a re-
turn to screen popularity.
and the 1922 model has been
found.
William Fox has decided to make
a super de luxe down-to-the-minute
production of "A Fool There Was"
which, as you we'll know, was the
basis of one of his greatest sue.
cesses in the past. 1t presented
as a photodrama the stage play by
Porter Emerson Browne. which
was inspired by Rudyard kiplings
famous poem.
A cast Of featured players has
been selected to fill the important
roles, and, of course. there has
been considerable interest concern.
, ing who would be chosen to play
the vampire. More than fifty
prominent actresses were consid.
cred, and the rest of the entire
cast had been selected before
Director Flynn was able to put his
finger on the one woman who
could fill the bill for 1922 model
vampire.
Word has just been received
from Los Angeles that Miss Estelle
Taylor is the fortunate girl. Miss
Taylor is a beautiful brunette, who
is remembered for playing various
roles opposite William Farnun,
and more lately in while New
York Sleeps" and Blind Wives y
She was a decided sensation in the
last two productions: and was
selected for "A Fool There Was"
in the belief that she possesses all
the qualifications that the treat.
ment Of the subject requires.
There will he no display Of pas
sion in the new production that will
meet with the objections of the
censors. The 1922 vamp will treat
her victims with naughty indiffer-
ence. and at the same time lure
them with her physical beauty.
The Washington times., 1922-03-28
I'm Fathers PLAY.

DUPERT HUGHES son, Rush
Hughes, makes his first screen
appearance in his dads picture,
THE Wall Flower" Rush was
visiting his family at the coast
during a college vacation, and THE
Wall Flower" happened to be in
product at the same time. There
was one small part untitled. that
of a college student. and Rush,
after a severe screen test, finally
got II.
The Washington times., 1922-03-28
BIG-TOWN
TOPICS
Relayed From
GOtham's RialtO
BY Alan Dale
Cosmopolitan News Service.

NEW YORK. March 2S.-There
were two lovers. Both loved a de-
lightfully pretty little Quaker girl
named Prudence. One was an
artist and one wasn't. The former
loved the girl in her wonderful
Quaker clothes; the latter simply
adored hers when she was arrayed
like Solomon in all his glory-and
then a trifle more.
This was the substance of the
picture called "Beauty's Worth
at the Rivoli. The trouble with
the problem was that Marion Da-
vies, who wore both the Quaker
and the non Quaker clothes, look
ed so gorgeous in either attire
that you really had TO toss for the
The Washington times., 1922-03-28
Local Boards
Present These
Plays for You

N I'll o N AL-"The Gold
Diggers,' comedy with
the usual Belasco kick.
Gayety-"Garden Frolics,"
burlesaue that keeps EN-
moving all the way.
Keith's-Daphne Pollard is
the headliner of An excep-
tional bill.
Capitol-"Baby Bears"
snappy, entertaining show.
Belasco Charles Purcell,
with a setting of other good
acts.
Strand-Gilbert brings own
songs and Gilmore her
dances.
The Washington times., 1922-03-28
Pictures TEEN
With Novelties
All This Week

RIALTO-"Orphans of the
Storm" a play of incom-
parable beauty. its creator
and stars here in person.
Columbia-"The Sign of
the Rose" the seasons nov
city, with Beban and COM
pany Of stage and screen.
Metropolitan "Her Mad
Bargain" Anita Stewart at
her best. A Larry Semon
comedy follows.
Palace at the Stage
Door," wherein stage beau
ties show New York's CLAM
orous night life.
Crandali's-"l'wo Kinds of
Women" with Paulin, Fred
erick portraying the double
role.
Strand "The Red Pea
cock" Pola Negri in her own
play.
The Washington times., 1922-03-28


M to an excess Of brainy mat.
ter. An ail-compensating
law of nature seldom endows one
with everything. and their beauty.
a more or less effective weapon
in this day OF f!ickers and flap
pers. has to serve them for both
offense and defense
The Gish girls are different.
Each bearing bouquet of flow
ers from Mrs. Warren G. Hard
ing. Dorothy and Lillian entered
the lobby Of the Rialto Theater
yesterday afternoon, accompanied
by their director, u. w. Griffith,
creator OF "Crpnans OF the
Storm" the massive phtooplay in
which the Gishes are appearing at
the Rialto.
The interviewer dogged the
steps of the distinguished party
into the theater's general offices
on the second floor, was present
ed to the Misses Gish and ushered
into a private office, where the
interview would be safe from in
terruption. The door Of the office
was closed upon the trio and then
the fun began.
Hardings Charming.
"Oh, the President and Mrs
Harding are perfectly chf-ming."
declared Lillian in response to a
timid inquiry" You know we
come from Ohio. too, and felt like
home folks in the White House.
Mr.. Harding has a most charming
personality, and Mrs. Harding
she's very charming. They're
both so charming and unaffected!
Dorothy - dnI eat a thing for
lunch; she's so nervous.
Dorothy smiled in reply. The
interviewer perceived. with the
acuman of interviewers, that the
conversation was drifting into
the channels of the usual movie
interview and attempted a diff
ferent track. Then out come the
innate brilliance of the Gishes.
putting to rout the theory of low
mentality among motion picture
stars.
Lillian conversed pleasantly on
opera. psychoanalysis, women $
clothes, the French Revolution
featured in orphans OF the
Storm"-and the genius Of Mr..
Griffith.
Dorothy disposed with ease Of
modern literature, natural history.
the improvement in motion pic
lures during the past decade.
Flappars-and the genius of Mr.
Griffith.
Mr.. Rennie Helps Her.
Il have an idea that ! may go
on the stage,' Dorothy said.
1--WE been studying voice culture,
and my husband, James Rennie.
whom you may have seen in
Spanish Love" here, is helping
me along. I've wanted TO do
serious drama sometimes. but I
seem to be doomed to comedy.
This part OF mine-Louise. in the
'Orphans'-is the most serious
role I've had for years"
You know" said Dorothy, wax
ing philosophic-and she has ideas
on philosophy" the reward for
comedy Is much less than the
reward for drama. Motion picture
audiences would rather cry than
laugh that's demonstrated
fact. They remember dramas, but
comedies are just something to
pass the time away and be for
gotten within a week"
When Lillian left the office a
minute later, to autograph some
pictures of herself. Dorothy con.
fided to the interviewer that her
sister was, in her Dorothy's)
opinion. the greatest tragedian in
the photoplay world.
The Gishes and the interviewer,
shortly after this revelation OF
The Washington times., 1922-03-28
Sapes Time.

COLLEEN MOORE always puts
on her makeup in bed. This
process takes at least a half nour
and delays her arrival at the stu
dio. But her director doesn't
worry. for he knows she is ready
for action when she finally arrives.
The Washington times., 1922-03-28
To Write Book.

A BIG New York publishing
house has been asked bv Ce.
dric Gibbons. Goldwyn art director,
to write a book on scenic detora-
ton in motion pictures. At pres.
ent there is no authoritative work
on the subject. Mr.. Gibbons has
distinguished himself by the art.
istry of his settings.
The Washington times., 1922-03-28
Hopwood Farce
Here With Every
OId-Tir1e Charm

After an absence of two years
''The Gold Diggers," which re-
ceived it's initial performance in
this city, opened a weeks engage
ment at the National Theater last
night.
The Washington times., 1922-03-28

VIZ e confess to bit OF unoer-
" tainty which possessed us
last evening regarding the
possibilities of "The Gold Diggers"
as q medium Of entertainment for
one who had witnessed its initial
performance in this city, several
years ago.
Our recollections Of 1t, after a
lapse Of years, our memory being
not impeccable. were a bit hazy.
but we recalled that it concerned
chorus girls. susceptible men,
about-town. the tallest actress we
had ever seen. and Ina Claire. Also
that there was much in 1t con-
cerning certain predatory in
stincts associated in the popular
mind with chorus girls, and a
great deal OF snappy stuff about
marriage. alimony, diamonds,
limousines. and other topics pre-
sumably dear to the hearts Of the
ladies of the chorus.
On the other hand. we reflected.
there was the possibility that some
esoteric point or other might pre-
sent itself at our second visit
which had escaped us previously,
that some one of Mr.. Hopwood's
pungent aphorisms. eluding us be-
fore, might blaze upon us as
new planet swimming into our
ken.
Thus entered into the problem
the element of sinful pride
whether we could admit missing
anything worth while on that
first occasion-but here the cur
tain rose. In due course 1t fell,
and wiping the tears of laughter
from our eyes we decided. without
doubt or equivocation. THE Gold
Diggers' was decidedly worth the
second view, and that those who
had never seen it at all were OBJ
1ects for commiseration.
We are not certain that the cast
Of "The Gold Diggers" is the same
as originally appeared here, except
that we know Ina Claire is no
longer playing Jerry Lamar. After
the lapse Of years since we saw
Miss Claire in the part. 1t would
be an injustice to a really excellent
performance of the part last night
by Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt to
recall anything more of Miss
Claire than pleasant memories.
OF one thing we are certain:
Miss Jobyna Rowland was the
Mabel Munroe we saw before, for
surely there can be no two
actresses possessing the physical
and Observation-Disclosures of the
role. Bruce McRae, always a
favorite here, is the impressive
land impressionable) Uncle Steve,
and a very nice performer always.
If anyone be interested in the
story, here it is ut glance. 1t
concerns Uncle Steve's determi-
nation to break up a love affair
between his nephew. Wally, and a
very sweet little chorus girl who
doesn't smoke, drink or stay out
nights. Uncle won't believe that
she isn't a vamp, and goes to call
on her. Then he mistakes Jerry
for Violet. and Jerry decides to be
80 bad that Steve will be more than
happy to let Wally marry Violet.
Instead, of course, Steve falls in
love with her. and is keen to have
Wally marry her. That threatens
to gum the works until Steve de-
cides that he'd rather marry
Jerry himself So everything ends
lovely. j. l. b.
The Washington times., 1922-03-28

NEAST is WEST" has been
acquired for the next picture
OF Constance Talmadge after THE
Primitive Lover Connie will have
the same role which Fay Banter
made so attractive on the speak
ing stage.
The Washington times., 1922-03-28

A DELE RITCHIE is Mrs. Guy
Bates Post in private life. She
has recently joined the cast of
Good Gracious Annabelle" at the
Pasadena Community Playhouse.
The Washington times., 1922-03-28
Modern Vamp to
Be Coy and Cold

Il" HE "vamp" is due for a re-
turn to screen popularity
and the 1922 model has been
The Washington times., 1922-03-28
THE CAST,

IVY e confess to a bit of uncer-
" tainty which possessed us
last evening repa rtiinu the
The Washington times., 1922-03-28
Hapless interviewer Captured
BY Gish Girls Artesian Chat
Deep Stuff?-Yes, Lillian and
Dorothy Know Their Freud
and Darwin Despite the
Legendary Ignorance OF
Princesses of the Silver
Sheet.
BY JIM RING.

NJ %v" 70 aa :ss.s. :s:: ':s'y Of s,asy sS ''s% %a'
fer An oll-co tin q
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-02
He SAW TOMMY
Search for Escaped Murder
Convict Shifts to Iowa.
Railway Porter Declares O'COn-
nor Held Up Train.

Chicago, Jan. 2.-Search for Tommy
O'Connor, convicted murderer who es-
capped from the county Jail three days
before the date set for his execution,
shifted to western Iowa today as the
result of a story told by Alex Porter.
brakeman on a Chicago, Milwaukee
st. Paul passenger train. Porter de-
clared OConnor was the man who at
tempted to hold up the train near
Hawarden, Ia. last Thursday.
Police of Sioux City and other towns
in that section, as well as special po-
lice of the railroad, began a fresh
hunt for O'Connor as the result of
Porter's story.
Porter. who prevented the robbery
by graphing with the bandit, declared
he recognized O'Connor from photo
graphs he had seen and was positive
in his Identification. The fact that
O'Connor was captured after the slay-
ing of Police Sergeant O'Neill when he
attempted to rob a train at st. Paul.
Mimi, last July. caused the police to
give some credence to Porter's story.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-02
Wife IS ACCUSER
Illinois Sheriff Charged With
Bank Robbery.
Woman Says Gang Bought
Husband With 500.

Hillsboro, III. Jan. 2 (by the A. P.)
Arrest of Sheriff John Wilson and
six other men in connection with the
$4,000 robbery of the Panama State
bank resulted from the disclosures of
a woman, it was announced by States
Attorney Raimey. Mrs. Jerry Brown,
the states attorney said, has made
a detailed statement of the alleged use
of her home as a rendezvous by the
robbers.
Mrs. Brown implicated her own hus-
band, Mr.. Raimey said, and declared
she determined to tell what she knew
after Brown had used the money the
robbers had given him to buy a new
automobile and skip out" Six men
not including the sheriff of Mont
gomery county, met in her home, the
house in the woods near Greenville," :"
she said. having made a previous
agreement with her husband and
when they appeared after the rob-
berry, gave him 500.
The rest of the money, according
to her story as quoted by Raimey, was
divided into seven parts and one part
was for Sheriff Wilson. Since then
until she told her story, to States
Attorney Raimey, not a word had
been said by her she declared. Sheriff
Wilson was arrested and then rear
rested upon the strength of her story.
He was released late yesterday upon
ten thousand dollars bond given by a
farmer. The six other men under
arrest are held in the county Jail here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-02
TO FREE HOWAT
Hearing on Habeas Corpus APP
pIication Starts in K. C.
Kansas Industrial Court Is
'Tnterested Spectator"

Kansas City. Jan. 2 Cby the A. P.)
Hearing on an application for the
release on a writ of habeas corpus
of Alexander Howat and August
Dorchy. deposed president and vice
president respectively of the Kansas
mine workers union serving six
months sentences in the Cherokee
county jail for violating the state in
dustrial court act by calling strikes,
was begun in federal court in Kansas
City, Kansas, late this forenoon.
Appearing for the state when court
convened were Attorney General Rich
ard J. Hopkins and John G.. Egan and
Dennis Madden, assistants to Mr.. Hop
kins and Leo Armstrong. prosecution
attorney of Cherokee county, Phil and
James Gallery of Pittsburg, and A. J.
Malotte and L. S. Harvey of Kansas
City, Kansas. appeared as counsel for
the plaintiff. The hearing is before
Federal Judge John C. Pollock.
Among the spectators were Judge
Jas. A. McDermott of the industrial
court and RaXter McCIain. counsel
for the court.
In statements the attorney general
and his assistants announced they
would vigorously oppose granting of
the writ