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THP: ARIZONA REPUBLICAN. PHOENIX. SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1921.
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May Robaon and Margaret Borough in "It Pgy to Srrrile" at the Elks
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A vary appealing comedy-drama
tvhich the Strand will screen today
and tomorrow. 1
GEORGE M. Hi 5
'PRINCE THERE WAS'
COMING TO RIALTO
GoiT M. Cohan's popular stae
-jcoe.-s "A Prince There Was" serves
as the vehicle In which Paramount
mmflm Thomas Meighan back to the
Rtalto for an engagement starting
rut Saturday.
And 'A Prince There Was" In the
-.T.i r.f "the rood luck star" Is
i:inpd to become even more popu
lar with the theatergoers than was
th original speaking version and
this on account of the more elab
orate presentation; the greater detail,
and the more comprehensive treat-ror-t
msiit noEsible throuch the un
tiring efforts of Tom- Forman, the
director. It is a role different from
hnc in which Meicrhan is ordinarily
tarred, but that only from the point
f characterization, the reviewer will
. treated to the same high class en
tertainment that Meighan offers in
t!s every release.
Tk. .ton concerns a younff au
thores who. on the suicide of her
father Is forced to face the world
Uone. Her work has been refused by
a. magazine publisher, and through
the irony of fate the girl who was
used to almost everything she de
sired, was forced to seek shelter in.
the typical boarding house. It is here
It-..,, meets Charles Martin,
althy Idler who just seems ta be at
tfcTboarding establishment through a
roursa of circumstances. He lmme
Elatel falls In love with the girl, and
..t her bv posing as an
instant magazine editor The ruse
fe uses Is simply a mask for his as
isting her financially, and the un
lsuna. ,!,, her manuscript
f1"!!! i-,fdo oubllsher. But after
series of "Toby" plays that are so
popular Just at present. It is said
that In a very short time "Toby will
be one of the most popular sUige
characters that Phoenix has seen in
many days. - .
The cast Includes some of the very
best known repertoire players and
between the acts lively,, vaudeville
specialties will be introduced, Includ-
iug the popular male Quartet of har
mony singers. In fact the vaudeville
part of the show alone is a splendid
evenings entertainment and the big
double show at the popular prices of
50 cents "top"' should make a most
popular amusement.
There will be the regular matinee
at 2:30 and the evening at 8:15.
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s'ryWTHE FDUR HORSEMEN of Vie APOCALYPSE
The most notable picture event in Phoenix for years. It is the present
attraction at tire Rialto where it will be screened twice each day during its
engagement which lasts through Wednesday.
' ARMIDA VENDRELL
One of the clever team of dancers who are appearing in the atmospheric
prologue the Rialto is offering with "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse."
opment of the two families is traced
side by side, and the real Joys of the
less financially successful family Is
poignantly contrasted with the hol
low satisfactions that follow upon
the business success of their friends.
Itis noteworthy that in this picture
the tragic note was not side-stepped
to make a conventional happy end
ing; for, as in life, the tin-.e comes
when the wealthy husband feels that
he can afford to have children. But
It is too late; and the irony of fol
lowing the false God of gold instead
of the true guide of love Is brought
home to him with overwhelming
power.
The picture la told simply and
straightforwardly. It is splendidly
put together and shows the excellent
The setting prepared for this pic
ture by the Columbia orchestra has
greatly enhanced it3 value, the big
scenes being brought out very
strongly by the unusual music.
A Hall Room Boys' comedy and a
Ford Educational Weekly are the
augmenting features.
ARRJED LIFE
-THEME OF PICTURE
AT THE COLUMBIA
Nearly all are familiar with Gold-
wyn's wonderful pictures, "The Old
Nest" and "Dangerous Curve Ahead"
which dealt with the tragedy of the
neglected mother and. the glorious
comedy-drama of young married life.
Now Goldwyn has produced a third
dealing with a theme even more
-vital.
"Poverty of Riches," which comes
to Mauk's Columbia theater . next
Thursday for a three-day engage
ment, goes to the very source of life,
revealing one of the greatest prob
lems of civilization. Carrying a mes
sage that wings its way straight to
the heart of every man and woman
in the world this film has caused a
decided sensation wherever it has
been shown.
Taking up the questions, "Which Is
more desirable success or child
ren?" and "Which should prevail the
husband's lust for power or the
wife's sacred demand for babies and
a home?" and dealing with them in
a forceful fearless manner "Poverty
of Riches'' has done It's bit for the
betterment of the race.
The cast is an all star one and In
cludes such names as Leatrice Joy,
Richard Dix, John Bowers, Louise
Lovely. Irene Rich and Frankie Lee,
"Poverty of Riches" is a photoplay
version of Leroy Scott's story, "The
Mother." It is a simple tale of two
families, life-long friends, and the
Joys and sorrows that their different
attitude toward the facts of life
brings. One fcf the young husbands
is ambitions for power, beyond all
thought of rearing a family. Al
though he and his wife love children,
he Is always afraid that he cannot
give them every luxury that he
missed in his youth. Their friends do
not wait until they become wealthy
in order to find their happiness. They
find it In their youth in their love
for each other and for their child
ren. ,
In "Poverty of Riches." the devel
GLADYS WALTON H
THE ROWDY' GOMES
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TODAY
Gladys Walton, versatile, pretty
and accomplished, so much so in fact
that the favorite expression of the
reviewers in referring to her is "the
big little girl winner," comes to the
Strand for an engagement lasting
over Sunday and Monday, presenting
her latest Universal feature The
Rowdy."
"The Rowdy" is another of those
always wished for but sometimes
woefully missed combinations of
perfect adaptations of star to story
and story to star.
Gladys Walton appears as the little
foster daughter of an old sea captain.
She is a harum-scarum, happy-go-lucky
sort, a smile for those is trou
ble, a spirit of resentment for those
who needed it, a ray of sunshine in
the drab lives of the villagers of the
little fishing settlement where the
story unfolds.
There is one. Black Kincaid, bo
tough that the title "Black" was hung
onto him by his associates. Now the
rowdy did not know that she loved
Black. . nor did the husky seaman
realize he had met his tamer In the
little wisp of a girl who had laughed
and danced her way into his heart.
But that's one of the strange pranks
Cumd sometimes plays.
The awakening of the affection
these two held for each other came
with the arrival of a couple of elder
Iy wealthy ladies at the village, to
claim the rowdy as the child of a
etster lost years before at sea. The
little waif cannot reconcile herself to
leaving the people with whom she
has lived but the visitors are insist
ent, and torn between what she be
lieves Is duty and what she knows
is desire, she leaves for the city. Th
strange contrasts made evident In
the ensuing chapters of the story
serve to emphasize the charm of the
appeal, and mark "The Rowdy" as
one of the strongest features this
delightful star has yet had.
The intense dramatic scenes and
the many surprise twists given the
plot keen one on the keen edge of
excitement to the very last scene of
the picture, and even in this se
quehce, the surprise element en
ters in.
The augmenting features will be
the Mutt and Jeff comedy and the
Pathe News.
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HORSEMEN
FEATURE OF SEASON
AT RIALTO TODAY
Yesterday was the day of days In
local theatricals.
For It brought forth the event of
events at the Rialto theater the
opening of the five-day engagement
of Metro's masterwark, "The Four
Horsemen of the Apocalypse."
And the hundreds- who packed the
Rialto at both performances yester
day came out thoroughly convinced
that Henri Behoteguy, ' Ed Stephens,
Con Cronin and Mayor Plunkett were
right when they classed this pic-
turization of Vicente Blasco Ibanez's
widely read novel as the crowning
achievement of either stage or screen.
And an indelible Impression was
also made by the presentation of this
spectacle by the Rialto management.
Not content with being able to offer
to their patrons the worlds greatest
picture, the enterprising management
of this cinema palace established a
new era in local theatricals by offer
ing a program of added novelties that
will go down as the outstanding fea
ture of 1921s brilliant theatrical his
tory.
A colorful prologue, that conveys
the atmosphere of the feature, is be
ing presented each showing of the
film by the Vendrell sisters, the
youngest yet one of the cleverest
dancing teams in the theatrical pro
fession. Their appearance alone Is
well worth the price of admission, as
their offering is colorful, dainty and
appealing. Special costumes, import
ed from Los Angeles especially for
the occasion, mark the prelude to the
feature as an attraction which, on an
ordinary program, would be head
lined as something worth going miles
to see.
So with "The Four Horsemen" and
the Vendrell sisters, together with
special music, prepared especially for
the occasion by Louis F. Gottschalk
and Ernest Luz. two of the country's
foremost composers, and special
lighting effects and other novelties, a
program is being offered to Phoenix
show shoppers that could invade a
metropolis and run for months at
sky-high prices. Yet the Rialto. in
keeping with their policy of dispens
ing only the cleanest and best at mod
erate prices, is offering this mon
strous program at a very nominal ad
mission fee. Those who are discrlm
mating In their amusements can not
go wrong in making a pilgrimage to
the Rialto, for the show surely de
serves the public support It was
eriven yesterQay in the form of a ca
pacity audience at both the afternoon
and evening performance. The re
served seat sale indicates that ca
pacity houses will be the rule at ev
ery presentation of this mastadonie
program, and prove that Rlckards &
Nace are right In their contention
that the acme of perfection Is the
only standard of entertainment to of
fer to Phoenix, regardless of the ter
rifle expense that is required In
ringing such road show attractions
here.
SI has purchased them he must find
outlet for his wares, and so he
'hn-s the very magazine which
KSrfE ' to buy the writings. This
uea more than one complication
hTne .S-follows the unfo
r rlea!n. wholesome. "'
rv n the unreeling of this feature.
tory that
Meighan even
more firmly as one of
"t brilliant stars in the great
mo
Vnt im-rtj ca8t has been ex-
Th'11v eel chosen and includes
c-.wn"y V -Peaches" Jackson,
Wam" Svlvia Ashton. Guy
JC1scI furred "Huntley.
will the Rialto offer a
iJe, Pne of added attractions in
P'f '; ' the feature, which
9?M ie the International News
Always T appreciated Tooner
t?ile comedy.
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"THECL
- . AT THE ELKS TODAY
. Tironson Metropolitan
J;,vers OP" iks theater, starting
fi-nt h' "today at 2: HO in the
S!h roatin?Jf.iv-drama. "The Clod
TnYartiinS SHTco-npany comes in as
Lew'" 1 tVt popular of the rep
"n, cf the ''-"f'f the coast and
re -TnsaVement will offer a
sarins tne"
Just a girl and a little one at that but when it
came to a battle either with wits or fists she was
equal to the best of them and she proved it too
when the time came.
GLADYS
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She was as "bad as the devil"
and yet "as good as an angel" a
girt of whims and romance and
fancy a tomboy a rowdy but
when tragedy came to the little
fisher village
Come it's the story of youth and
romance of happiness and joy of
brave hearts and clear minds-
drama that thrives on thrill
edy that feels cn laughs.
A Universal Picture
Comedy News
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MUSICAL COMEDY
COMPANY IT, NEW
BILL AT
The Broadway Musical Comedy
company Jpen their seventh week at
the Rainona with a matinee today at
3 p. m. and an entire change of pro
gram offering a new musical com
edy creation, which is taken almost
in its entirety from one of the late
Broadway successes and which Pro
ducer McGreer assures us has not
been reproduced in local stock the
aters heretofore.
The new bill in addition to being
replete with wholesome refreshing
comedy is also equipped with good
vaudeville and musical specialties In
which several new song hits will be
introduced to the Ramona audiences.
All the popular favorites of the
Broadway Girls company, as well as
the beauty chorus in new and dainty
wardrobe, have excellent special
numbers in which they are shown to
good advantage. The big feature
orchestra, which la regularly main
tained at the Ramona will accom
pany all musical features.
Dorothy Dalton, the popular fav
orite, returns to the Ramona screen
today in "A Gamble In Souls," one
of the really strong, gripping photo
plays, which depicts the cave mar
Instincts in the human family, and
one which contributed greatly to the
success of this popular actress. A
select Max Sennet comedy completes
the picture program for today.
MUSICAL REVUE AT
AMERICAN TOD
The popular American Inaugurates
a new policy today starting with a
matinee at J p. m., and two shows
tonight. The American Musical Re
vue which scored so heavily with the
patrons on Friday and Saturday
nights, and augmented by the addi
tion of George Banta and Marie P.lch,
two of the most popular musical com
edy favorites that ever struck Phoe
nix, will give musical entertainments
assisted by the popular American or
chestra.
. The program for today will be en
tirely new. New songs, dances, cos
tumes and effects and at an admis
sion price that makes you wonder
how It can be done for the money.
Look over this cast of principals:
George Banta. Carie Rich, Florence
Cidgley, Eddie Young, the Snyder
Sisters, Dorothy Kelley and that
shapely, snappy and peppy singing
and dancing chorus, dressed in the
latest smart and chic costumes that
would do credit to a two-dollar at
traction.
Of course, there will be no dancing
by the patrons.
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The Concert club Is finding Wag
ner's "The Masterslngers of Nurem
berg delightful material for study.
At tomorrow's meeting at 11 o'clock,
st the Arizona School of Music, Franz
Darvas will take up the second act
of this masterwork.
The coming Wednesday even three
members of the faculty of the Ari
zona School of Music are to present
a program for the Musicians' club of
Mesa. Mrs. Dight Earl Easley, head
of the expression and dramatic de
partment; William Orth, of the staff
of piano teachers, and Walter Hast
lngs Olney. head of the vocal depart
ment, with his accompanist. Dick
Wagner, will give the club an Inter
eating and most pleasing evening.
Mrs. C H. Wlldermuth, pupil of
Walter Hastings Olney, sang Tues
day evening In Glendale for the East
ern Star entertainment given there,
and Wednesday afternoon for the Os-
born Woman's club. Mra. Wllder
muth Is the possessor of an unusually
clear and sweet quality soprano voice
which will, no doubt, place her among
the popular oung singers of the city,
T.IMln T.nfn Oushln. nnntl of Cor
nelia Luscorab, played a violin num
ber for St. Cecelia club's program
Monday afternoon at the Woman's
C1UD. utner cniiaren appearing n
the program were Irrna Bay less, WI1
ma Roberson. Halvar Starck and
Scene from "Kingfisher's Roost," featuring Neal Hart, which comes to
Mauk's Columbia theater Tuesday and Wednesday.
Maurice Hotten, pupils of Mrs. Luther
Steward of the Arizona School of
Music, who played exceedingly well
a two-piano arrangement of a Haydn
minuet.
The first play of the present sea
son to be given by dramatic pupils
of Mrs. Dwight Earl Easley will take
place on the evening of December 19.
when "Miss Doultan's Orchids" will
be given for the benefit of the Yeo
man's lodge. Members of the cast
will be the Misses Mariott Fields,
Alice Chapman, Betty Palmer, Will
McFee, Orley lies and Phillip Max
Harvey. Preceding the comedy a
sketch will be presented by the above
named gentlemen and the Misses perl
Marston, Novie Taylor and Winnie
Hoopes, entitled "A Wcman'a No."
A number of pupils of E. Paula Re
vs re, the popular dancing teacher,
have appeared upon public programs
the past week. Little Mary Louise
Maris danced for the Osborn Wom
an's club; Helen Hanley, Bernard
Funk, Dorothy and Frances Hamil
ton for the Parent-Teachers' benefit
program at the Columbia theater Sat
urday afternoon: Sarah Etta Ray for
the Musicians' club program Monday
afternoon, and at the D. A. R. meet
ing at the Woman's club Thursday
afternoon a dance was charmingly
given by Dorothy Stauffer and Ker
mit King, and a colonial dance by lit
tle children Martha DeSouza, Doro
thea Jean Garrett, Mary Louise Maris
and Jane Shepherd.
Little Doris Mason, pupil of Kath
ryn Ludden of 'he Arizona School of
Music, gave a reading for the Musi
cians' club program Monday after
noon. Lurene Tuttle, a very gifted pupil
of Mrs. Dwight Earl Easley. gave her
services for the Parent-Teacher asso-
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Eva Stewart, dainty and petit
soubrette, with the Broadway Girl
company at the Ramona today in
"Why Grow Old V
ciatlon's benefit at the Columbia the
ater Saturday afternoon, giving a
splendid reading. Miss Bess Barkley,
the popular singer and pupil of Wal
ter Hastings Olney also sang delight
fully upon the same program.
Another young pupil of the piano
department of the Studio club la
Miss Mary Gregg, who recently
played on the St. Cecilio club pro
gram when her work wag very en
thusiastically received.
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DOROTHY DALTON IN "A GAMBLE IN SOULS"
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