Motion Picture News (Mar-Jun 1920)

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32P.4 Motion P i c t u re News NEW YORK Rialto Theatre — ■ Overture— Allcssandro Slradella. Current Events— Biskra, Algeria, Pathe Review; Allied forces watch the restless Turk, International ; Paris celebrates Mardi Gras, Fox ; Mull and Jeff in Price of a Good Sneeze, Fox; Auto made of sugar at Seattle show, Fox ; Seven girls take pledge not to wed until Baptist drive is won, Fox; The rent question, Fox ; Envy the turtle who pays no rent, Pathe Review ; Grocery tanks bombard Peoria residents, Pathe; 10,000 cattle given immunity hath at Hanford, Cab, Sinograms; I ipening of the Philippine Fair 1 its destruction by lire the same evening, Fox ; Mining in Mexico, Pathe Review; Is this perpetual moti Fox ; Galveston sea wall extended, International; Whiskers and Jazz, (The House of David Band), Kinogratns. Programs of the First Runs REPORTS BY WIRE « . . . I " :V-,| ■Si ;7i /l ''• balomc. The display leas used hn the Sun and Moon theatres of Omaha Vocal— Voices of Spring, sung by Grace Hoffman, soprano, with special drop and side panels unveiled. Feature—" Jack Straw "—Robert Warwick, Comedy— "A Lightweight Lover" — Sunshine. Capitol Theatre — Topical— Topics of the Day. Aids to Cupid— Prizma. Current Events— Landlords routed at Albany, Kinogratns; Pi Eta Club gives show at Harvard, Kinograms; Paul Bartlett creating tribute to France, International; Georges Carpcnlier arrives, Kinograms ; Bonnie J , prize Hereford bull interviewed Kinograms; War that never ends, International; Science heats the hen at her own game, International; Ambassador to Mexico Morgcnthau, Kinograms; President Wilson leaving the White House, Kinograms; Moving exhibits from the Field museum, Chicago Kinograms; 10,000 cattle get immunity bath at Hanford, Cal., Kinograms; Galveston sea wall extended, International ; Grocery tanks bombard high cost living at Peoria, Pathe. Overture— Liszt's Rhapsody No. 1. Scenic — "The Tempest " — Robertson-Cole. Opera— Cavalleria Rusticana, con, densed into one act and sung before a setting showing the public square in an Italian village. Comedy— "The Fly Cop "— Semon Vitagraph. Feature—" April Folly "—Marion Davies. Rivoli Theatre — ( Iverture — Finlandia! Current Events — Japanese fleet visits Naples, Pathe; President Wilson leaving White House for an auto ride, Kinograms ; Secretary McAdoo does some cowboy stunts, Kinograms; Ambassador to Mexico Morgenthau, Kinograms; West Chester, Pa. man holds office 70 years, Kinograms; Interviewing Bonnie J., prize Hereford hull, Kinograms ; Science beats the ben at her own game, International; Getting there with and without speed, Pathe Review; Diving for a living at Hong Kong, International ; Quaint Places, not credited. Feature— "Dr. Jckyll and Mr. Hyde "—John Barrymore. Dance — Comedy—" Uneasy Feet "—Special Features, LOS ANGELES Kineuia Theatre — Overture — Zampa. Scenic — Mountain Travel — Chester Outing. Organ — Indian Moon— Played' by Leonard Clark. Comedy — Universal Letter Laughs. Vocal— Because — Tenor solo by Eral Alexander. Cartoon—" Loves Labor Lost " — Krazy Kat. Instrumental — Special number by orchestra introducing the laughing cello. Current Events— From Pathe, . Kinograms, International and , Universal releases. Special— Manager Jack Calicott is presenting a condensed version of the opera " Carmen " using eighteen people in correct costumes and with a stage setting representing the entrance to the bull ring. Feature— "The Inferior Sex"— Mildred Harris Chaplin. Grauman's Theatre — Overture— Love Tales of Hoffman. Current Events— From Gaqmont News and Graphic, Pathe Review and News, and International. Organ— Jesse Crawford playing " Mystery." Special—" The Heart of the West." Sid Grauman under above title is presenting a dancing number which is meeting with great success. The drapes open on a garden scene with apparently life sized bronzed statues and four marble statues placed about the stage. Later a statue as a fountain girl gives a dance and falls asleep. The marble statues also dance. A 1 ART1NC TODAY \ WH OS BOSS IN YOUR HOUSE? «mSC"a IF YOU ARE A WOMAN, DO YOU PREFER TO * "yj^g LEAD, IN CONQUEST, A. CAVE MAN LOVER? tiny marble statue renders a solo. The men impersonating the bronze statues present a contortionist act. All return to their original positions as they complete the part of the entertainment. Our West wires that it is one of the most artistic of the Grauman specialties staged. Cartoon — "Bone of Contention" — Paramount Magazine. Feature— "The Toll Gate "—William S. Hart. Presented with an atmospheric prologue prior to the screening. A slide announces Maleta Zarelli in grand opera selections. In the middle of the song the theatre is "held up" by a man in the make-up of "Black Deering" of the Hart feature and " Deering' s " g a n g. People paying admission are excused from giving up valuables -but the forty piece orchestra is " frisked," the singer is kidnapped. The " bandits " leave the stage on a hand car running on a " railway and carry the girl with them." " Deering" rides . off on a spotted o'&VEflLAND RED" HARRY CAREY mm passe «wnw<stcoLvm oreat orchestra oTMEg featupcc "S&JS £jj Detroit.' w!7rIoWrJ;;\^';XT*J{"7*^ "ic •*'<»»» theatre of Harry Carey gets all the head lines in tilts Jour column ten inch display of the Superha's ILos Angeles) . This cat also does not show up as well as we expected pony. A stage setting suitable for the locale of the picture is hung to mask the wings.' Next Week— " Treasure Island"— Maurice Tourneur. Tally's Broadway Theatre — Second week of "The Right of Way." Symphony Theatre — Second week of Tom Mix in " The Daredevil" with a program which includes a Fox news, and a Christie comedy. Grauman's Rialto Theatre — Fifth week of DeMille's "Why Change your Wife." Miller's Theatre— Current Events— From Kinograms, Pathe and International releases. Cartoon—" A Trip to the Moon "— Bray-Goldwyn. Feature—" Sinners "—Alice Brady. Superba Theatre — Second week of "Overland Red" with Harry Carey with new Universal weekly added. California Theatre — Overture— Pomp and Circumstance. Scenic—" God's Country "—Productions of colored scenics.