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THE AUSTIN STATESMAN
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19. +924
MANHATTAN PLAYERS
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CLARA MORTON, OF IRISH
SONG FAME JO PLAY AT
THE HANCOCK THIS WEEK
LIFE OF MARY STUART
THEME OF CURTAIN CLUB
PLAY AT HANCOCK, MAR. 3
At a price that is a.
strong recommenda-
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Mayor Yett, J. D. Moore and
Manager Parsons Address
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unquenchable
AMUSEMENT
DIRECTORY
NEW LIVER TABLET
DIGESTS 100 TIMES
ITS OWN WEIGHT
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age of the Austin peo
members of Monday
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PAGE TWO
You’ve heard of the man
who never had a new suit
because he was continually
buying new trousers to wear
with his old coats and then
buying new coats to wear
with his old trousers.
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"Anna Christte," adapted by Thomas
H Inee from Eugene oNetirs staze
drama, which was a sensation on two
contnenta and won the 1922 Pulltzer
vrize for the beet American drama
at the year, stands ont boldly as the
most unconventional heroine ever
brought to the siver sheet. This First
National release is now being shown
at the Quee, __
The picture is an artistie triumph
it telis one of the most Ertpping storles
conceived by genius and acreensd by
a veteran master of showmanahp
it is one of these pictures that is
talked about in ovary feminine gath-
arias and dimcusmea in the candle slow
of formal dinners. One simply la out
of the running who hasn't epen it.
The twentieth century public studles
life fearlessly and can watch with *P
precauve ayaa tbs unfoldment of a
vowertu drama such as has been
pictured by Ince in "Anna Christie."
It is the story of a girl who is the
Qauehter at aa old bea captain. a
"The Country Kid,” starring Weslny
Barry, opened for a three--day run at
the Majestie yewtarday, and it does
not take a great oritie to cm that
thia pieturs la atari Ing entertainment
What with three boys Ilk. Wesley
Barry. "Spee" ODonnel and "Baby"
Bruce Querin, no pleture could be any-
thine al.- but a bit and "The County
Kid" ta no exception. The entir- pie-
Lure is truthfully and strong ehar-
ncterized by the most uncere and un-
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other member “ot the splendid cast.
If you missed "Blossom Time,' veu
surely won’t want to this time, 8o
don't procrastinate in ordering your
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Although it has played here for
three day. prevtously Inctuaing naverai
matineea, the Universal picture “The
Hunchback of Notre Dame" la atlll
comedy wituationa and proylding many
laughs. The Manhattan Flay ere will
give mattneba on Wedenday and Sat-
order afternoons each week durins
their engagement here. 1
an all-etar cast.
Majestic: Wesley Barry in
Kid.*
gtahbe4 ta death by the order of
Darnley, and Darnley in hie turn paid
tho Realt of that murder with his
own life Bwtneburne makes the poet
Chastelara, standtng in the shadow of
the an any to her--
"-men must love you in life's spite
For you will alwaya kill them; man
by man
Your Ups will bite them dead; yea,
though you would.
You ahull not apare one: all will die
of you."
In the Schiller verston of thle trage-
dy, the luckiess lover. Mortimer, moots
no better fate than that of hie prede-
cessors. Young, valiant, and a ran
"fool of love" he laid a plot ao dark
aa to make even Mary Stuart eh udder.
His is the part of youth; mad. dar-
ing and disastrous. Ie decelvea the
crafty Burleigh: Hlizabeth of England
he deceived, but destiny he could not
decelve.
About thia play of the laat days of
Mary Queen of Scota there clings an
atmosphere of the daring deeda of
youth, the eterna! witchery ot woman,
the fierce hatred of ambitigus char-
actera, the dark and desperate plots of
princes, the terror of Impendinig doom
and ever all. of century old sorrow.
she makes her way to her Cather, ths
captain of an old coal barge. And
on the barge the peat fadoe and she
feels herseit clean again, almost the
Madomna her father betieves her to
be. in a wreck, an Inah etoker la
picked up and nursed back to henith
by Anna. When they fall In leva with
each other there come, a tragic de-
father and brothers sacrinice to it.
He decide, to outwit it and mave hle
daughter from the fate Of other women
of his family who have married sail
ora and shed bitter tears when they
waited In vain for thetr return So
he sends bar inland to coumins In
Minnesota, where she will never hear
of the oceans or know A sanor.
Anna. forced into farm work tar
Migs Clara Morton ta with Han-
cook audiences this week ianen-
tirety new role She shares atellar
honors with her father and mother,
a sister and brother. She seoma hap-
PX. toe, for she never gave belter
performqances than ahe le giving this
wek n will be remembered that sea-
won before last ahe headlined the act
singing her Irish aonga and playing
on the yarlous instrumente she hanales
ae wen.
Hancock: Lan Chaney ee "The Hunch-
back of Notre Dame."
Labor Temple Theater: Manhattan
Players in "The Oliphant Case.”
Crescent: “Blew Your Own Horn,
qcomnedy.framchriatia,» presented by
>nda many
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here is a list of the most extraordinary
Despite the inclement weather pre-
vailing Monday night, several hundred
people were In attendance at the open-
ing of the Labor Temple Theater at
Tenth and Brazos Streets with th.
Manhattan Players under the direction
of John L. Persona playing as their
opening stock production "The OU-
phant Case,” a mystery play which
rivals The Bat" for tense altuations.
Preceding the actual presentation of
the play, the audience gathered for the
opening of the new theater ware ad-
dresse by J. D. Moore, attorney for
the Labor Temple Association, and
Mayor W. D. YotL, Mr. Moore bespoke
On March i at the Hancock Opera
House the Curtain Club wi present
for the approval of Austin theatre-
goers a play dealing with the fortunes
of one of the most greatly loved and
bitterty bated women of all time.
Compounded of beauty so rare that
men gladly gave their lives for her
smile even her most bitter enemies
have invented for her no more truly
descriptive title than that of "Divine
Devi." For her cake Pierre de
Cheat.lard tasted death by the axe.
because of her David Rizzle was
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It is hardly necessary to dwell on
the merits of either ths play or the
company, simply the announcement
that the Messrs. Shubert have been
able to arrange to send back their in-
comparable "Blossom Time" to Aus-
tin for a return engagement at the
Hancock Opera House on Thursday
night, Feb. 21, is sufficient to assure
capacity houses for the single per-
formance in this city. No musical
play or Indeed any other play in many
years has been as successful as this
matchless musical, play, and in ar-
ranging the return date, the Messrs.
Shubert were complying to popular
demand, for many people waiting un-
til the last minute were unable to se-
cure seats during, the initial engag-
ment.
The same cast whch played here
a few weeks ago returns on the
return engagement here, including
Greek Evans the famous baritone.
Margaret Merle, whose beautiful so-
prano voice has elicited unstinted
praise. Fenita de Soria. Robert Lee
Allen, Robert Rhodes, William LillIng,
Cliff Whitcomb, Edward Orchard,
Alma Keller, Bee Brady and every
W
pole with a pair of cllppers, onto the
wire and swing to matety, uninjured
by the tremeqdou current which 1.
flowing through the wire. For phyni-
cal punch thia *c«n. l. th. most
breath-taking to be .bown in a long
time
Th. vlrll. yet whtmiscal tmpersona-
tion of th. pennilesa doughboy by
Warner Baxter, tho marv.loualy
human characterization of tho girt's
tather by Ralph Lewia, and tho dainty
appaal of th. newly disoovered »taf,
Dereieye Perdue, are outstanding too.
tures of thia d.llrloua comedy. Th.
reet of th. cast, however, la ao ex-
cellent that it hardly meeme fair to
aingle out any one for apeclal eulogy.
everything, even
thirat, on the nea
The New York stage success, "Blow
Tour Own Horn," that la playing at
the Crescent Theater. Is a good ex-
ample of what a first-class director
can do with a corking good comedy.
From the moment the first reel of
this hilarious comedy begins to un-
wind with its amusing tag scene be-
tween the tenderly-raised city boy
and the roughneck farmer child. James
w. Horne, the director, given a con-
tinuous successton of chortles, giggle,
and downright laughter. Than, of
course, there are big momenta of
drama, and the contrast of bplenaia
emotional acting against the rollick-
ing background of comedy brings
ready respofise from the audience
There is one especially spectacular
sequence toward the end of the play
which is an example of superb direc-
tion The heroine and tho young in-
ventor are trapped in an electrified
house, where the radio invention of
the latter is located. Their lives are
imperiled by the self ish stupidity of the
girl's father, who, to discourage his
rival investors from putting money in
the boy's invention, had tampered
with the apparatus. As a result,
showers of electrical sparks and
supercharged atmosphere surround
the couple and threaten their lives.
The hero, chancing to remember that
to tell their friends of the new under-
taking that union labor has started
hers. Mr. Moors stated that the labor
men recently purchased their temple,
formerly the First Mothodist Church
for more than forty years, at a cost
of 128,000 and have dedicated it to the
cause of labor. He stated tho men are
now endeavoring to clear it of encum-
brance in order to provide a perma-
nent homo for tho Trades Council and
the Austin labor unions.
Mayor Yett stated the Manhattan
Players and other entertainments that
may bo given in tho new theater had
the stamp of approval of the city gov-
ernment. The mayor congratulated the
members of tho labor unions on se-
curing thetr own home and making
improvements on the building that are
a credit, not only to labor, but to the
entire city. Ho told tho audience that
good government and itlzenship de-
pend in great measure upon intelligent
and dignife labor and that the scrip-
tural quotation. "By the sweat of thy
brow shalt thou earn thy bread,” will
be applicable through all tho ages.
John L. Parsons, manager of the
Manhattan Players. Informed the audi-
ence that it will bo the policy of his
company to give only clean, wholesome
plays that may be seen by every man.
woman and child without the slightest
offense to morale He announced that
only the very best and latest releases
on tho market would be shown In the
new theater by his company. Among
the plays that the Manhattan Players
will present during their season of ten
weeks here will be "Twin Beds," "The
Hypocrite," "Camouflage," "It's a Boy."
"Gertie's Garter" and "Parlor, Bedroom
and Bath.” Mr. Parsons also an-
nounced that a number of improve-
ments will be made to, place the newest
Austin theater in tho front rank with
other amusement houses of the city,
where the people may assemble for
clean, wholesome entertainment.
Mr. Parsons then Introduced the
members of the Manhattan cast, which
are: Miss Una Adams, Lorin Crimea
Robert Brewer, Miss Lolabell Godfrey.
Richmond Kent, Miss Ruth Hall. F.
Buck Howard, Miss Blanche LaDell
and little Miss.Una Boll Howard.
Mr. Parsons himself needed no in-
troduction to Austin theatergoers since
he has played hero five or six times-
since his first appearance at tho Han-
cock Opera House twenty-two yars
ago. He also assisted Bobby Warren
last summer at the Bell Airdome for
several weeks. Miss Lolabell Godfrey
was also a member of the Bobby War-
ron Stock Company last season for a
time.
As to tho play preoented Monday
night as the premiere of the Manhattan
Players, the promise of Manager Par-
sons that only clean, refined shows
would be given was faithfully carried
out. Deep dramatic action, with un-
usually tense situations, coupled with
dignified and rollicking comedy, were
the elements of the mystery play that
held th© audience Interested to the
very last line, when the mysterious
murder that occurs during the prog-
ress of tho play is cleared up.
Tho setting for "The Oliphant Case"
is in the home of Bob McIntyre, a
bank president, who stages a little
party to inform the directors of the
bank that he is celebrating for the last
time, since ho is $600,000 short in his
accounts. He also tells them that ho
has taken out life insurance amounting
to $800,000 to cover the shortage in the
event of his death, but each plicy
contains a sulcie clause and that
murder is the only means of getting
the Insurance money.
That night Wilbur Oliphant, vice
president of tho bank. is killed through
mistaken identity for McIntyre, the
president Andy Burko and Colonel
Bangs, directors of the bank, learn
that they are Incriminated in the cir-
cumstances leading up to the murder,
and they furnish quite a bit of clever
comedy as they try to get out of their
tense situation.
To make tho plot all the more in-
teresting. McIntyre married his ward.
Anne Macauley, just prior to the shoot-
ing. and Mrs. Oliphant a moment later
confeeses her ardent love for him and
voices hatred of her husband. Th©
coroner, Mrs. Louton, arrives and be-
gins an investigation. The maid,
Charlotte, begins to act suspiciously
A detective. John Carrigan, arrlves on
th© ecene with tho nows that Me-
in tyro's bank has boon robbed. Th©
homo is also burglarised. A police
officer is busy investigating tho shoot-
ing and burglary. Everything takes
place all at once, but in tho end the
whole affair untangles itself when tho
real murderer of Wilbur Oliphant con-
fesses.
Lorin Grimes, ne Andy Burk*, nhow-
ed that he in * comedlan or hirt rank,
white John Paraon. took two roles,
that ot Colonel Bang*, th* rich old
fehow who imbibed rather freely, and
that of John Carrigan, the Inalatent
detective. Miss Ruth Hall, aa Anne
Macauley, la a splengia leading temi:
nine actor, who la cleverly supported
by Mice Blanche LaDell aa the coroner.
Mice Una Adame an the maid and
Mis Lolabelle Godtrey as MFS. Oli-
phant
Richmond Kent Monday night show-
ed unusual ability *e a leading man
In the role at Bob Meintyte. Robert
Brewer also ganyed two roles, that of
Wilbur Olfphiant and the pollceman,
while Buck Howard capably handled
the part of Harry Burka the youth
who waa In love with Anne Macauley.
Beginning Tiursday and continuing
through Saturday, the Manhattan
Player, will prenent The Go-Getter"
plea* to her father to let her return
to him, but he le deaf. The girl la
betrayed by a brutal ceustn;, rune
away from the farm in terror and ta
ected acting.
What a hapvy little family they
ike, the three Applegate boya, Ben
> oldest, Joe and Andy, m they elt
wn to a plain but mubetantiai brenk-
N. The fact that there le little be-
een them and deetitutton does not
im to interfere with thetr appetites
the teast.
Ben le at once father ana mother to
ta orphan brothera, ana it ta a long
rim fight that the young fellow must
at up to keep intaot the old home
nd impoverintjed farm that abetter*
There are many touching ecene* that
Hing out, now emiles at Indutgence
iat break into unsuppresned iaughter;
*w tears that come out in eplt. of
arseives a* we watch the youhgntera
great atory by Vietor Hugo are meeing
the picture to order to compare it with
the book, end many have commented
favorably on the nccuratenem of de-
tail in which the atirrine events of the
acre of Louis XI in France ar pie-
tared The production has been
changed la places sufficiently tc elim-
inate the more «rewaome features and
make the picture more ptenaing to view
ead yet retain the story to practically
its entirety.
Lon Chaney ta at hie beet In the
role of Quasimodo, the hunchback bell
ringer of the cathedral of Notre Dame,
which is the scobs of maar stirring in-
cidents of that time
The picture Itself is a vivid portrayal
of tbs venta that happened to Franee
during the reign of Louie XL a period
of tyranny and oppression which the
French people atrove to shake off.
Louie XI had cunningly nchered to
collect burdenmome taxes from the peo-
pls with the result that beggary and
thievery Increased until the masses
planned the overthrow of their tyran-
nleal ruler end his cohorta.
The setting for the picture is as so-
curate ss plctars production can msks
IL one sees the great cathedral of
Notre Dame reproduced in every de-
tail and the wtreeta of Paris are
brought into visw with such realtsm
that one cannot but have the feeling
that the ecencs were photoeraphea In
France rather than pietures at faithful
reproductions of the same metuing at
Uniyerral City.
Thone who have not already done
eo are srged to eee thte picture, said
to be the mestorpt.ee la the einema
world for 102a,
tre
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way co that he may buy the farm for
htmselr at a price considerably lees
than its real value.
He decides that It would bo a good
stroke of business to ship off Joe and
Andy to the orphanage, and save the
expense of a hired man by forcing Ben
to work for him. Then the road would
be clear for him to get the fkrm.
But Dame Fortune does not wish
it so. And ths scenes remaintng show
how Ben works out the saivation of
his little family.
beyond her strength.
ager Leals Novy, of ths Hancock.
Where the picture le now ta its second
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