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...play, translated from Spanish in- to Italian, in which language it will be given entirely, has never before been produced in this country. The plot opens in the home of Dr. Spinosi, a pompous professor of Philosophy who, has founded at the provincial village of Villatriste an "Academy" devoted to research of a ponderous and complicated nature...
...laides under her keeping, have boarded the wrong boat. At this discovery she tries to persuade the Captain (J. A. Sessions '21) to let them off at Savannah, Ga., whither they had meant to go. But he is firm and obdurate. From his obstinacy springs the development of the plot...
...famous "East Lynne" appears in photoplay form as the leading feature at the Park Theatre this week. In action and plot it closely follows the well-known theme of heroine and villain with the result that a true melodramatic production appears on the screen. Eva Novak in "Society Secrets" is the other feature...
...Witching Hour", a successful film adaptation of Augustus Thomas' well-known play by the same name, is the feature on this week's bill at the Modern and Beacon Theaters. Dealing with the theory of will power and the control of mind over matter, the plot is of interest, although not worked out very skillfully. In "The Little Clown" Mary Miles Minter cleverly interprets her part as the circus girl who falls in love with a wealthy young Southerner. It is a surprise and disappointment to find that this story, written by Avery Hapwood, author of many-comedy successes...
...Hale Points out, the play could be strengthened in many places. The audience might be made to understand a little sooner the feelings that influenced Dagmar to turn to the gross furniture dealer; they might be permitted perhaps to appreciate the character of the plot a little sooner. It is almost as if the author developed his conception of the characters as he wrote the play. The characterization is never inconsistent; the author does not contradict himself but he seems to be so afraid that he will that the characters remain unformed until well on in the story...