THEATRE PHONE K 1501 RECENT T O N I G’H T William Gillette - In His Famous Characterization of Sherlock Holmes The World Renowned Detective Play A 7- -act Essanay Production Featuring the Great Star the First Time in Moving Pictures. THURSDAY SATURDAY Wm. F” “Wrath“ The Big Blue Ribbon Presents , I VIRGINIA PEARSON ‘ Feature . “KENNEDY SQUARE" Featuring An All Star Cast in “A TORTURED HEART" FRIDAY The Parmount Picture Corp. Present ‘MYRTLE STEDMAN and BILLIE BURKE in “GLORIA’S ROMANCE" 4th Chapter in "THE AMERICAN BEAUTY" Virgina“ PALACE T The Coolest Spot in Town. HEATRE Eve. 1 15 and 9 i Mat. Daily, 2:15 "Tammi-3 I Today Wednesday . Lillian GiSh IN THE QUAINT SOUTHERN PLAY "AN INNOCENT MAGDALENE‘.” Chester Conklin, in “His First False Step” A TWO PART KEYSTONE COMEDY ‘ l l " 'l'lll'ltsnAY—Maric lioro ill "DIPlAIMAi‘Y." -\ ». “TH I‘ IV“ END." “"‘ i‘ '«6‘1‘1‘1‘7m mi”? ”.3: 'V‘ l’lllll.\\'~\\'. ll Thompson in O SATURDAY—Mary Pickford in “PtMil l.lTTl.E PEPPINA." T‘W- evmmmw‘ ‘llilll lt‘l‘l THE REGENT THEATRE. When the new [can out that there . isaatrangbebyinmnctorythero The opening attraction at the Re- is an. indignation 309““ of the un- gent Theatre for the season will be married 1mm of the lamb. Imper- May Robafin in "The Making 01'?! 0' vious to their criticism. the minister Mrs Matt" which Will hold the boards insists upon keeping the child. He on Tuesday night August 15th and looks upon if 33 gn o'er-ins from his this might be said abOUt May Robson dead sweetheart. in this play which will be given a big The next day | woman‘s body is reception on Broadway in September found on the beach, thus carrying out During ”12- week of July 15th 3133' a threat contained in a note pinned Robson played Atlantic (‘ity to calls.- The ninister on the baby": clothes crook-s. hovevet. and his lieutenant es-i cape. Holmes then goes to Warsons house. where he sends a note for the ' woman who holds the papers to nice: i him there. His cab dliver who is waiting outside, Is the leader of he band of crooks Holmes has pene- trated his disguise although the crook does not know this Hui mes brings him into the house under a pretext, and there slips handcuffs on him 1'3" blhm‘fi‘i during her 3183’ ”WM" 3110 (bridging; the baby, naming her "Mgr H9 has also sen for ‘h: no deman from the reports of her piece and her gerv .. af‘er his dead love and 'An- ' me to Watson's h use he has company be whole aggregation i~ a us from the body of water in which Dr Watson plate the won an in a rear pronounced success from start to fin- isli “The Making ()ver of Mrs. Mat’ is from the pen of James Forbes the author of :0 many successes that very little need to be said of this play- wright as l.e only puts over good ones and they are only played by the best ofs ears and supported hi the very best of talent so the theatre going pro- ple of the Norwnlks are arbUrt‘d for the opening attraction to \vitneSs one of the best things that will be seen in the “By of theatricals this coming her mot'her was found. as ['1 all the parish there Is on y 011-) person who looks upon the min élel‘v.‘ act with sympathy. This is Lucille- Darrell lMiss Pearson,l wealthy and unmarried She offers her ser ices and her fortune that the girl might be brought up fitting to her station. \\‘hen Margery (Marian Swaynet is sexenreen years old she has acquired a good education She expresses a de ire to learn to speak French. The l b l m” minister aided bi Miss Darrell .sends 34:0“ it] fifiaa Ronsonnp :3]: ‘2 TNT to a professor of French. This a m" “I 0 ' r” ‘ d" ‘ l.ioug man is in reality a gambler and a the plot ir by no means a new one crook who has been mixed up in a shooting affair, an evolution of a card game, but has made his escape. it getting away he wounds a man. who swears revenge Leon refuses to take pay for Margery's French lessons, \\‘hen the girl returns home and tells this to the minister he calls upon Miss the play offers many opportunities for \li.-s Robsin to display her talent. She has the unusual ability of being able lo tug at your heart strings, and at the next moment make you double up with laughter The supportin', cast “ha: been carefully selected influiiinz such “a” as “(my Piney. “PM? llarrvll, who has been her guardian Hall Theodore A‘ Doucct, James " angel ever ‘slnce she had been found. Earhart. Percy Melton Pauline lord and consults with her upon the ad- visability of allowing her to go, out in- t0 the world alone. Miss Darrell dis» courages it. Bob Saunders tGeorge liarkinl. a voung fellow who livea in the same town, of good family and some talent its a painter. is in love with Margery. ; Knowing him since the time she was a little girl, she regards him as a brother and when he proposes refuses him as gently as she can. much to the regret of both the minister and Miss Darrell. Quite unexpectedly Leon Muller «Stuart llolmcsl pays a visit to the questioned and disapproved of by both With] His attentions to Margery are the minister and Miss lia‘rrell. nd a remaining large cast to com pleto this big production. It will be Well to watch the theatrical columns for further details about this play. The Making Over of Mrs Matt' which will be produced at this popular phi)“ house on Tuesday night only. August 15th. AT THE RECENT TOMORROW. "A Tortured Heart," starring \‘lr- giniti Pearson. the Southern beauty of ftlmland. supported by a strong cast of \\ illi tut Fox plavers under the direc tiot: of Will S. Davis tells the follow in: story: The Rev. Joseph lnrlmone (Stephen Leon, llritllttttl livcs alone in the ’rt't'ltfl'." . ... . \\.l'll his M‘Xltlll. Samuel (Puller Mell- ”‘d‘g'mm “‘ ””"k that “ strangn u" lr-‘lil who is also a sen-lint no haq Y‘Ift’rt’r'. ili'f's Hi Mll‘r liurrcll‘s home. While he is waiting for ht‘r lo come lllld'll he mitt-s ll letter front a private desk and pills it in his [lili‘kt‘l’ latter lttllldlc, ovt-r which he stumbles l‘ick- that m” “MW” L“ i“ mg it up he discover. it contiiins a ”"1“." ‘liirk'l‘l'l's mother. that small girl bl'ili). H0 (‘tlls into the m..- ln'i‘n drowned [‘5' her family for dirk trying to summon back “1“,,an lllllrl‘HnK Margery‘a father, and that it. .\'o one answers. The if~ “its ~llt‘ who left the baby on the minister and Samuel cart for the hall) ”Hm-““r" WW" "WNW“ WM“ be- its boét‘f‘oe‘y can. with lll‘ assistance ’0’“- ,1 “I“ a (“'0er mommy Lion, wit it this it lt‘r its a nicans of blitt kumil. liL'liln approaches Miss lhtr. .'rcll. holds her up for n large sum of illlollcy and torn; llt‘l' to knit silrltl it \t' stopped mounting the death of his fiancee. Hit in; potcli Mr. Lori'more finds it he lllhl‘lnt'r" bl”) J J “g, I \ \h ‘ ‘L‘Nlml” . *§>\3& «b \' To Be ‘ “ \1A\\.. gSS-l ag‘v \ ‘5‘ ‘ F\ r a m .- DF THE FAMOUS 1: BATH VALLEY . Donne: t on rrs mmwun nESEIU' AND MOUNTAIN calves PALACE THEATRE Afternoon and Evening THURSDAY, JULY 27th S. L. BENEDICT, Agt. lltllotil Mitrgt-ri and himself. Mttrgory i‘lopc-s with Loop. t \\'ttlt tho mom \' gotten from Miss liiil'lt‘ll. In on tutors ttpon it gum“ all: drinking dt'lll'illlll. Margery lit‘L’lt‘t‘lt‘tl and ill-treated. Margery. ignorant of Leon's violent death, writes to the nti'iistcr, pcnit-tnt and in sorrcw. and it‘ll? him to lllkt‘ ,llcr back. lob is sent for her. When the news of Leon's death is broken to ‘ilf‘r Margery turns to her mothcr. Afi . the love in her nature is litVlshed upon the woman who has sacrificed every- thing for her. Two years later Mur- . gcry marries Bolt. is F' ‘ 41..."- : I/ “My; l es. “SHERLOCK HOLMES" AT THE REGENT TONIGHT. Sherlock Holmes, while out for a sr‘oll with Dr. Watson. meets a beati- gtiful woman. They are mutually al- Itracted but pass without recognition. . later. Holmes. is engaged by a noble ; family to recover papers involving the ‘family in a scandal, and which are in .7110 bands of R woman. whose sister 3 was ruined by one of the members of ‘- tlie noble faintly. She l§ holding them i in order to get revenge. Shown At Holmes discovers that the woman ' who holds these papers is tile one that the had passed in the street. and‘fi)‘ l whom he was so singularly attracted. rHe tricks her out of the papers, but return; them to her, tcllbg her that ‘lic believes that she will eventually .r- give them to him of her own accord . He points out to her how much better it is to let the ratitter rcst ihan to connect her own name with scandal in order to get revenge, not only on the man who caused her sister's un- happiness. but on the innocent mem- bers of his family. A band of crooks also are cognizant of these papers, and are'trying to ob- tain them in order to blackmail the noble family. The crooks discover that Holmes is after the papers and concoct a plot to murder him, both to prevent lfis getting the papers and to get revenge for previous times when he outwltted them. They lure him to a basement of the crcToks’ headquai’t- era, where there is a gas chamber. isuflocafis him and then drop his body 1 into the Thames. which flows tinder. i neath the rear of the building. Holmes, however them', and locks three of the crooks themselves in the death chan‘ier me- pared for him. He then tur. t them over to the potion. The leader of the , [II— iL'_ room so that she (”01 overhear his comersatlon, He the-t. turts t-er a package of blank paper» it) the no ~le- man. pretending he thinks hey are the right ones The nobleman be- rates him for having been dup“ - :her- locks admits it. and cm s that he is ruined. The woman then pu: hes into the room and through her love for Sherlock gives up 'he real papers The nobleman leavc: satisfied and 'd.‘ \\‘a' son shows him to tha door Holmes slips his arms about the woman and tell her of his love. PALACE THEATRE. EXQUISITE MAME 008.0 STARS IN “DIPLOMACY_" If you had married 'lie most tit-atl- tiful girl that you had ever seen in all your life, after a romantic court- ship in which you never even stopped ’0 ask her who she was or where she? came from. and if. after you had be *ni married. only a short time: eve‘r’y bit of ‘ evidence that you could find pointed to? the fact that she had betrayed you and. ,stolen war plans with which you hadi been entrusted for a foreign spy-' would you believe hepfiiilty" I That is the situation in 'Dlplomacs'fl the adaptation of the great Sariou; drama in which Marie Doro is being starred by the Pamou~ Players-Chas: Frohman company on the Paramount‘ Program. it is the a traction n' th° Palace Thursday. This is not the first time that the exquisite Miss Doro has played the role of the mysterious Dora for she co-s'arred with William Gil- lette and Blanche Rates in the cele- brated revival of the play at the Em- pire Theatre last‘year, when she was declared to be the star of all s‘ars iii the production, Dora has met Julian neauclere, a newly nppomted mctnbcr of the British diplomatic service. at Monte t‘ttrlo and slit-v ltavc becn married lif‘f’f‘ very brief courtship, "Stillan's older broth- cr llvnrl. is attached to the Putts Ic- gation. \whcre the bride and groom conic lwforc departing for“ Spain. where Julian is to be stittlonednlle is to 'akc with him the plans of ill! Rock of Gibraltar, which niislcrlotl ly diartp pear on the day of his dc parturc. Tip 1‘. only’ available cluc poin's tlirt‘ctly lo' llortt as the culprit lt suddcnlc dawns upon .ltt’inn tltzt‘ ‘ M' t l l l i l i. WHICH? Will you be satisfied to use your coal range this Suin- mer, with its heat and discomfort, dirt and ashes, or will you take advantage of out i 1,; Easy Payment Offer and install a modern gas range and enjoy some real comfort in your kitchen. ' Which Will You Do ? .t*)« ‘fo‘l “W1. .2... .1“: 39:22 9 i The United Electric Light & Water 00.5 37 WALL ST. PHONE NO. 1330, ‘ l YUI‘O lie lilt~ boon swep' awai- ll) ‘lto dnzzl- inc bounty of this radiant crcztftirc llll'l that he does not rt':!ll)' know thing about her cva! whn‘ sht- chosen to icll him. .illlillt‘ll :Iritl ribly distresscil by his own suspicions Hi.“ Ir gum: to flora and No -l‘ Willi it” to confess evcrything to ‘lm. Hi ill-t: he can shield her. "‘ . tied and he wildercd by John luck of faith in her. IT" is r‘ ,.r.-t llllntlllflfvd and then :l< the rcaliaztlcn of the full significance of her husband's wnrds are revealed to her, she givcs wit; to .t‘tind rage and n feelln: of utter loath- ‘ln: fcr him. This is one of the great =rcncs in the film which derives peculiar inter— est from the fact 'hat the man whom Miss Doro is forced to hate and di Hist is none other than her own husband Elli t Dexter. with whom she is an- pear .g on the scenes for the rst time since the announcement of their marriage. Like Miss Doro, Mr Dex er has also played in “Diplomacy" on he stage. as he also appeared 35 Julian in the same revival in which the Star played. in addl‘lon to Miss Dora and Mr. Dexter. the cast includes Russell Bas- set'. Edith Campbell Walker. Frank Lowe and George Majcronl. all of whom are well known in the amuse- ment world. I l SMALL TOWN GOSSIPS WORK HA- VOC IN “INNOCENT MAGDALENE.” Mischief wrought by slanderous tongues in a small town constitutes a large po’r'tlon of the story of “An In nocent Magdalene," the new; Triangle. feature starring Lillian Gish, which is to be shown at the Palace Theatre to- day, Wednesday. Dorothy Raleigh is a high-pirited Southern beauty who has been brought up by her father. Colonel Dalelgb, an unreconalructed Kentuckiah. to have nothing to do with the people of the little village of Norwalk. just outside of Louisville. She has no other com- panlons that the old negro servants, her pets and her boob. One day there comes into her life by chance, a young millionaire gambler named Forbest Stewart, He makes again outwlttwlove to her and asks the Colonel for her hand. Indignant at his presump- tion the Colonel orders him from the house. But the young people elope. When Dorothy meets her husband's till!" i l l ‘ .. _M '2 5 DRODUfiYION. in “A Tortured Heart,‘ at Thurs dav. \ 1 Virginia Pearson I t l t I l Scene from the big Blue Ribbon Spc:i21 Feature at The Reg Satu rdav. :.—'__.s__.___- L. _. __.- friends, she is grievously disappoint-Va change in the heart of the lathe: ed. He sees that she is right, and dc-: 1h“? ‘8 supremely “”3”"38- ' termlnes to give Up his fast life. but‘ Jennie be“. affectionately known a: a detective who knows something of the "3101119?" Of the Triangle F. A- sin- his past, tries to blackmail him. His dio. who plays the queen of the Pats defiance leads to his arrest; and he is apacbes in "A Child of the Path.- is sentenced to a year in the penned, Streets," has the part Of an 0” W nary. orothy is loyal to hlni at first, mammy in the new Llllian can but when another woman enters her vehicle, “An Innocent Magdalene_" home and seemingly proves that she is‘ __._ Stewart‘s wife bp an earlier mdrringe,’ she goes back to her father, But the. stern old man has disovv'ned her, and she is compelled to go to live in a SPEGIIL GHIBKEI . DINNER 75 GENTS cabin with her old negro Marlmy. Served Daily From 12 to 8 P M. . Dancing in the Casino For ; Guests Only Every Day »' When Stewart is released from the penitentiary. he hastens to his name to find his wife instead. be finds tilts other woman. an old flame who takes this method to win' him back again. He repudiates her. however, and 'ntir-, ries to Norwalk to see the Colonel, and demand Dorothy. The (‘olonel refuses to tell her whereabouts; out_ from an old servant. Stewart learns the truth. Dorothy. in the meantime. has been led to ‘helleve her baby iii- ,/ egitlmate; and the villagers. glad 10, Except sund‘y . see the proud name of the Raleighs. 2 to 4 :30 P. M. 6m 7:30P. ". dragged in the dust, make her lifel NO CHARGE Grace Bros. Orchestra FIREWORKS JULY a“ miserable. She is about to kill ber~' self, when Stavrnrt arrives. The out- coma reunites the lovers, and brings, _
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