The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 320, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 18, 1917 Page: 39 of 50
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HOUSTON DAItY POSTSjSUNDAY MORNING FEBRUAfcY;i8 1917;
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Tha Veek'i xttrxctnjnsr
Todxy-Theax Bx Jn WtUlxm Fox
six-reel super Festure De Luxe rThe
" ; TJaw Wajnxo.." S
'". Monday Tha axme. "7 .
. TuesdayThe -nn i - ; .".
Wxto Uy gsorxe Walsh 'And 'Ann
J Luther In new Willi m Fox comedy
7
Mitels
na extra xl
nlmated Weel
r Hi new Vox ' mri
Cloud .Puncher." fexturinf
4 "an .nana ana carman rnuups; rTancis
IX. Bushman snd Beverlv Bay no In "The
.'-i Jlrgxm'i Deo" Chapter 7 of "The Great
; a Becex'. 'and x new -Metro comedy . with
j. 4 Mr. Imd'.Mr. Sidney Draw. . ;
X Saturday Tha aama.
the Many."
f.Theda Sara
8xlurdxy The aama.
Sunday Frances Nelson In her Initial
feature under tha Metro banner "One of
f.
Today 'in "the 'v Tlwr
Maman . '
Tha part -tXt' MlM Theda Bara jlor-
trayx InTha TJai Woman" the ;WH-
11am riltupec j)a Lux production In
Which ahe la to beaaen at the Islatart-
f ln today' ahowx thl marvelou;and 4n
com para ta. acreen artlit In a rote Xrailtht
with thrtM. myatacy and tanae ltuation.
(Herf. eJiaraotr4atlo(i of the' : Prlnoeaa
Petrovltch aa a cold hard cruel echem-
Inc titled viUaineat who healtxtea at
nothlnK to fain her own selfish ende out"
rivals any previous- vampire roles that
Miss Bara haa made famous. Fouowlnx
V - synopsis of several of the gripping
V tcenaa; '
It wean the Bussian prince and x Japanese
5 spy who In turn are spied upon by the
4 princes r' ..- - v-
The denunciation of her hueband by the
princess to the Russian secret police.- His
subsequent dramatic arrest and her hypo-
critical leave tjlnf.
The flight" of 'the heartless princess"
with her J-foer;..-.Count- Zerstorf ' for
Monte Carlo.- ' " '.
The' tense rambUna: scene In the Ya-
raoua Cxxino where the .count loses. their
money. -
s. Tha dflvllUh ingenuity shown in poison
ing ine count alien ne wax wring or ner.
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rnght to America and the meeting
on board ship of a millionaire' xwt nnd
uie nussian siren -j. . it-
Gagnori-Poltock
OfferjClihPlay-
' Mlnawr 8ertC. dagnon kl thx 'Cost-'
Oulf theater wll offer . a distinct novelty
at that playhouse today when ho presents
tha Qagnon-Polloofc players In a oomedy
with music enUUad " Charlla on the
Stage" founded on the adventures and
characteristic or me renownea unxrue
Chanlln'' ' ...-.;' ..-
Chaplin' caper xra familiar to svsry
one via nousion 9ia ana yvuna: nuu anvi
pool' '.Hi famous walk and-the various
Chaplin.
Chanll
onevtn Houston old and yeun
boor. ' His fanioua walk and-i
mannerisms'' which have mada t millions
laugh - have come to be . looked upon as
much a part of oar Hf today a our au
tomobiles or our dessert at meauv
' Karly In tne present season-1
wrote himself a nlay and called
on .the Stage." It Is distinctly a farce
comedy and upon a tryout proved such
a valuable piece of theatrical ' property
that the author-manager promptly put It
out on the one night stands with himself
lr. Oagnon
lt'CharUe
haadi nxr': the oomnany
v-nariie. -
In tha role ' of
After clavlnr four solid month in tha
Middle West the Jumps became tod-long
and the company was temnprarly. closed
to await mors favorable bookings. Then
oamt d Inslstsn call of tha Oaxnon-
lollock patrons In Houston- wlh 'the re-
suit hat Mr. Oagnon cams here and made
.a quiet Investigation ottondltlon. wUloti
resulted In his bringing his oompXny to
the Cosy-Clulf foran lndeOnlte saXsofl.
1 "Charlie on tha Btaxe" will b4 en
starting today fhatlnee with Mr. Oagnon
In his original role and with Miss Pol-
lock a Mabel while In tha play for food
roeasura will also be found Fatty. - Many
.musical numbera. will be Introduced and
xll In allilt looks a If tha Oas-nox-pollock
follows ra xra In for a very merry Week.
be given on' - Tuesuxy
may.
Matinees will
Thursday and Bxtw
Elman Has a ;';
Big Repertoire. i
Concerning Mlschx Elman thesvio)n-
lst Vho come" for the Treble Clef x fourth
oonoert on March 10 there are now
Sany. notices In the musical papers for
i 'Is meeting with enormous sucoess In
each of his appearance.' He hxX been
enawrfed for many of tha symphony or-
chestras of the country and la now xp-
I
Houston
wtrmrmAriif
jyiuuiiuijy
it
Orchestra
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HJISfllKfiTOi'S BIETC3ST Feb. Una' S f. It
RrlAJEST Itj THEATRE.
Ticket V25c0c75c and $1.00
ox Of fic Opens Washington Birthday 9 A. M.
Osorfts Wslsh 'In "Melting -fctllllons."
j Anna isomer will tie seen-xt tne isis
on 'VVednesdas' apd Thursday in-a won
derful new Fok-eomedy dramx . entitled
"Meltinx Mlllloni. A naJXmx introduc
tion Is. the means of the hero meeting
tha heroine- and this Is only-one of the
novel Incidents In this new photoplay
which shows Mr. Wslsh at - his best.
Extra with the feature Ford Animated
.Weekly. . y
;'"Tha Cloud Puncher!" Flraf-of the Fox-
4 fjlm Comedies."
' Onfrld ay and Saturday the Isis will of -fer
the last word in funny films when
f'The Cloud Puncher" the first of the'
inew Foxfljm comedies is shown -with
Sclever Hank Mann and Carmen Phillips
)in the leading roles. The Fox film com-
bed lex will be a regular feature of the
lsla program hereafter. Each is in two
J reels. In addition to the comedy the
J Mil. .'HKa . Cmu .
.with Francis X. Bushman and Beverly-4
Bayno'wtll be shown btartlng Sunday
Frances Nelson in x new Metro wonder
pixy "One of the Many."
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Here I Am!
!
SUrtMi Today
MATINEE
Th3
Gagnon-Pollock
Playsrs Offer
I
on the
Stage"
A Geniiy Will Musio Faundeg o Hm
JUvMtaras of the World Renowntd
CHARLIE
CHAPLIN
COZY
GULF
Matinees
10c and 20c
Nights
10c - 20c - 30c
14 w k
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- j . pimcrioN wrLtLA NT tent
' Ji aXtxirrlna? TAdavWandrful
4
in
In William Fox y
uper-Ftature
DeLuxe
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EXTRA " ADDED ATTRACTION
81
World'xOraatest Hypnotist" '
" THE LAUGH KINQ
Wlth His New end Larger Band xnd Spectsculsr Scenic Produc
: tlon Bigger xnd Better Thxn Ever.
CENTS
PAUL PETCHING & CO.
I n
"THE MUSICAL FLOWER-BARDEN"
Vaudeville's Greatest Novelty
- Musical Act
TAKITA TROUPE
Jspanese
Equilibrists
ALLIE LESLIE HASSON
Chxracter
Comedienne
VERA and WILSON
Comedy Singing Talking
Dancing " ..'
"PEARL OF THE ARMY"
Sixth Episode
LONESOME LUKE
Comedy and Drama
THURSDAY-FRIDAY-SATURDAY
MARINELLO QUINTETTE
SINGERS AND INSTRUMENTALISTS
Refined Music and Singing '
20.
CENTS
I HOGUE xnd HARRISON
Comedy
Muslcxl Rube Act
DE YOU NO and NORTON
Comedy
Singing Xnd Tslklna
THE BURTINOS
Ssnsxtlonal Slsck Wire
Equilibrists
"THE SECRET KINGDOM"
Fourth Episode
Comedies
Two ood
i.vj CHILDREN'S CANDY MATINEE WEDNESDAY
PHONE PRESTON 4966
Opening Matinee Today at 2:30
DALLAS CRITICS CALLED IT THE BEST BILL III
YEARS EVERY ACT IS A SMASHING BIG HIT
tfjfTJ- mVmm xX xxm mmmMMLm sx. xxt sm
Ralph Dunbar "Belasco of Vaudeville"
PRESENTS
The blaiyland Singers"
IN S Q UTH ERN SON OS "OF THE SIXTIES
UeKAYfi AnDIHE
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S; x C6rn4dy Knoek-Out ; .
fH 'BROADWAY. ' ;
HERBEItT CLIFTOn
Julian Eltlnge
J of VaudavllU.
Jlouston't Two Fondest Favorites.
S0LIVERc'.OLti
Ire TheirFniou$ Playlet' of Reality' "DISCONTENT"
CafiyCLorcsze
"Antiseptic Lovx
x"By Pr. Duffy.
Utdilli-Cshill
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In a Mo Gam-' of .
.Hawaii.
i '
Riliro Drcthors
nxationxl Jxp
wondara..
BADQAIN 2S-CENf I MATING E .' EVERY WEEK . DAY
Uxd!' .'"iver fuvenlr ' ' Every Wec!ne!sy - f-jtlnee.
bexrlna with the Chicago organisation.
Later na' fills an enticement with tba
Bt Jouls symphonjc which la latsr oorn-
Inx; to Houston a .v .1 ..
- Tha Ixymxn would be stactered If ha
ware faoed with the necessity of mens
oiislnx 10 or lJ plsoes of poetry xnd
even the avernxe tine musician finds it
quite Impossible to IfXep x rerxjTtolr
RumWlns Binra than It or 111' nieces that I
rtlee. haw I
he can nlay at x moment s m
then Ix It possible for tha bi artists like
Vllscha Eaman Zimballst. Josef Hofmanh
tnd -other famad Instrumentalists to re-
iln 100 100 or even more solos In their
mind T . What'' strance gift of memory
masxaiieli feata noiilblaf .
.vi Therx Is of course no wxy to explxln
It" Genius can rtot be under tood. Hera
mortals can only marvel. Mlschx Elman
for Instance hxa' xt bis flngersVends no
less thxn II eoncertox (I sonatas 76 con-
cert numbers with either orchestra or
piano and US smaller niece such xs
enoore number and tha like. ' This rD-
I resents his aotual worhlnx material the
works thai be can xoa doe pixy; orrnxnd
-f-f. frr-t
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ADMISSIOn
Matin 10c j
Nlht.;;i29c
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1. ; t ''. '. '.
i-rtl V.l Jl Hr:-Ier
THE BEST
MUSIC IN
theSOUTH
. TODAY ONLY
l-xj
"TIioDLAGII
LOUTELLEGEN
TOMORROW
M ( .ridijiniaday
. DOUBLE PROGRAM ;
.nr&Veriion
CASTLE
".-.UPATRIA" in '
"CoubleCFossed"
rmi if
uuLr
ALSO
Paramoml
Phy
SUrrinf
TODAY NEW
PATH E NEWS
' AL80
ROBT
THE-BAD BOF
Triangle Play.
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ZOE
l WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
THEODORE ROBERTS
IN THE LATEST PARAMOUNT PLAY
"THe American Consul"
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
ALICE JOYCE
VITAQRAPH STAR IN
"Courage of Silence"
ZOE
iorV. .
beilev that the human brain can rett
27 compositions. ' - 1 - .. ';
Looklna xt ailsohx Elman one Is I
mediately Impressed with hlx remarkai.
head; It -Is Wax xnd extremely bro
xcross tha forehead. Over tba temples
very noticeable 'bumps'; certainly xuc.
x head must contain xn unusual brain.
IBI5 MEREDITH
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V) J!ll:5Thc
in
J
k PICTURE FOR EVERY WOMAN
FORCED TO FIGHT HER OWN WAY
... ..' ... ..... . ' i. ..1 ..
IN
SOLD AT AUCTION"
charming heroine of "Peg O' My
Starting Thursday
"CHARITY"
With LINDA A. GRIFFITH
(Mrs. D. W. Griffith)
Heart" ''Help Wanted' etc as a modern
Cinderella in a jwerful story of today. J
TODAY AND TOMORROW
TUESDAY-" WEDNESDAY
CHARLOTTE UJALKEn
lirt " PARDN ERS
REX BEACH'S FAMOUS NOVELL 1 :
..'-. -'.- x' C .t:-J
BEST MUSIC
Tjllp?i.rYi
BANNER WEEK
Today and Tomorrow
BW1
HART
IN
in
Ths
Patriot"
MUEIIITE
1 CLARK
Tuesday and Wednesday t
cum ants rascirmting - ' - j-
IN
it
This Triangle pixy is one of un.
bellevsble psthos lesdlng to x oulet
xnd besutlful -conclusion.
Thursday apd Friday
CLAM I.
YOUNG
One of the
meat Inter-
esting plsys
ever screen-
ed d e s 1 1 n g
with the
"other tide of
Ufa." Itaoea
not eneour.
x g e wrong-
doing xs oo
so m x n y
other stories. Here vice la punished
endSdrtus emerges from Its trials
trlumnhsntly rewsroea.
MUSIC BY LA N G
George
Washington"
It 1 ;
1. :
A wholesome end humorous Psrs-
mount plsy of s little girl thst
could not tell the truth.
Saturday-2 Big Features-2.
CHAPLIM
..is..
The Pawn Shop
A 8ure Cure
for tne Blues?
Also on the
ima bill
Cleo Rldgley snd Wsllsce Reld In .
"THE YELLUW KAWW-
A Pxrxmount Pixy
' S O R CHESTRA
k d lloae of the Ladies Matinee
Today and Tomorrow : : Wednesday and Thursday
("IS i
PDRo inY DALTON
and WILLIAM DESMOND
h GAMBLE U SOULS"
In thla lata Triangle pixy tlarx i Is
a primal battle of twa xoulx lr th
wlldarnesx with suspanxa. vlalanca
and xlf that goae to make up 'X
virile story of prhnltlva life '
riUinh TTPlv III
and f ;r Bnd8
MARBERX d
'A Triangle drama of tha Old South.
A mystery play with the suspense
held ta the very and bold power
ful original xnd convincing with
Kmihh'i meat Imbreaaiva ihirie.
terlxxtion.
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FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
Here He Is Again. The Inimitable
Doug Fairbanks
" Flirting' vith Faic"
Whan we tall you that this Fslrbsnks Pic-
ture la better than all hlx others combined
wa know you won't xtxy xwxy .f t t ...
I IjSf ' aW xaaafaaBdjpaxxxjjBjxxjjxj PSr 1 1
1 J7$
Proper rcsentation of Photo Dramatic Arthrine of
Music and Allied Arts
Today and Today Only-Your Very Last Chance
ffu!Ul AI3iII (11? rPfUl
rv
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IN
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EASY; STREET
n
Opening Here Monday the New Triangle Star '
MISSEUID
BENNETTT
-IN-; V ;
"THE PdinCESS
OF THE DARK"
An enchanting tale of the
Virginia hills as sweet and
whole-souled as Mr. Ince's
"PEGGY" and you witt
likev it just as well.
We Also Have a New Comedy Made by Triangle . .
TJIIE HEARTS COLLIDE"
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F f Starting Here Thursday the one youX
IV lited and asked so much about You
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I DOUGLAS. rAliiUHU Us
-IN-
t "THE AMERICANO" U
Ah... a-r-'.ti
GOOD CEW5 ITS
HERE LITTER THAI
Our Wondsrful Organ EscJc;:::
in Pcrfsct Conditisa g t!:h:3 1" :
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Johnston, R. M. The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 320, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 18, 1917, newspaper, February 18, 1917; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth608711/m1/39/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .