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Saturday-‘Taranmlaf’ with Edith Storey.
Billie Burke in “Gloria's Romance."
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‘ TUESDAY, AUG. 29—MARY PICKFORD IN “HUEDA
FROM HOLLAND.”
SlIMf0llll THEATRE
EMILY WAKEMAN HARTLEY. Mgr. HON”.
MONDAY and TUESDAY
AUGUST 21 and 22
At 8:15
The Modern Play Co., Inc.
Presents
America's Favorite Comedian
HENRY E.
DIXEY
In the Triumph of His Career
" Mr. Lazarus ”
A New Comedy That is Different, by Harvey O'Higgina
and Harriet Ford
With A Distinguished Supporting Comany
Prices .$2.oo, $1.50, $1.00, 75c and soc
Seats Now
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I AMERICANS EXPELLED FROM GREAT BRITAIN.
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chapter.
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Regent theatre today ,a big feature
production by the Blue Ribbon Feature
it‘ilrn Company and is said to be a
'i‘arutulaisthe'attraetiea stoic MMbeotummbetmi
wonderful picture with a strong. sup-V
porting cast to support Edith fiery
that. great actress of the Big 4 Film
Ccn party. it will be well remember-
‘ed thit Edith Story is an actress of
ratio ability having been featured in
all the big features that this great pro.
ducing company has ever attempted
and at all times has proven to be a
great big hit at anything she has tried
so it will stand that this picture ought
to be good from that standpoint of
‘view WILIHJUI saying very much about xplsodes In order to insure their be-
the rest of the cast. There will be
given 3 performances of this cicture
at the ittgtfnt theatre today and time
is every indication that the capacity
of the theatre will be taxed to Us Lt-
ntost to witness this feature and in
addition to this picture there will be
Billie Burke in Gloria‘s Romance and
this time will be shown ill“ 71h
There are so many that are
followint up this series that it will We
hcs' for them to see this chapter
as it is claimed to be of special inter-
P>I trading to some very interesting
scenes that are to follow as the series
goes along and ought not to be missed
, by all those who are interested in this
Million Dollar Picture.
"THE DEVIL AT His ELBOW."
Clifford Bruce and Dorothy Green
make their bow to Metro audiences
'ii the Popular Plays and Players pro-
duction, “The own at Illi Elbow."
which has been ably directed by Bur-
ton l.. King and supervised by Harry
Revier. Aaron Hoffman has provid-
ed the story for this gripping screen
masterpiece. and Wallace 0. t‘lifton
has worked out the details of the
scenario. The remarkably good pho-
tography of the production is the work
of Neil Bergman.
Strongly contracting scenes are
The sordid surroundings of the water-
front of a great city bring out the
more vividly, the appointments of rich
ambitious homes and for those who
like the sea. there are wonderful ocean
scenes both in storm and calm.
The devil at the elbow of John Ash.
ton, a young mechanical engineer of
Igmu ability, is drink. He becomes
lildtllt‘lt‘d to it not throngh any great
love of it, but to stimulate his tit‘cd
brain, when work on his ohms for
I Thom is lluglt Roll} and J05 pli Smith two .‘.:‘.‘.cricans went
EINOMI to distribute Ill Ireland lll' mm Iht\ hail collected in \mcii
It‘a foe suflcring lrislimcn but tlic liritisli goicritmcnt would not
.pcrmit them to enter Ireland. T-ht} were taken 40 an Atlantic
liner and there detained till she snilul for the _L nitctl States.
new submti incs must he finished in
Irccord ti Thrilling experiences
gthat come to him as a rcsuit of this
‘indiscrction change the whole tenor
‘of his life. He is plunged into hard
manual labor. he sinks lower and low-
I” into the mire incompctcnm, and
i goes through mutli degradation lwfnic
Ihe comes to his senses. The fart
Vl‘tIliI' most of these experiences cilat
ionly lit his! fcvcrctl brain take nothing
from the value of the lesson.
How Meg. the girl of the streets.
tclously told in "The Dull at his I. l-
DOW. "
screen public thus far this sea on.
PALACE THEATRE.
' HAZEL DAWN IN “THE SALES-
LADY."
Beautiful Hazel Dawn, who dererted
niusloal comedy to hcdnmc Minolta
Players star, returned to the foot-
lights for a brief time not long ago.
The result will he secn when the Parit-
mount Picturc. "The Saleslndy." is
shown at the Palace theatre today.
Theatagc was erected in the Famous
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Ved to is this picture More Helen,
shown in "The Devil at his Elbonfh
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'the canals vole cute orchstra play-l
ed one at the molar tunes that all
Broadm B vhistliaz
This, m. is not the only in-
stance the “I‘ll been resort~
the W M by Miss nawn. be-
comes a stage uvorite. she is a sales
girl in a big department store. For
teh scenes. one oi New York s most
far-tamed department store: was
placed at the duper-I1 of Frederick
Thompson. who directed the picture.
Three hundred ol the store’s employe-
es were engaged to take part in these
ing staged with just the right touch.‘
lt is the first time that a great de-
partment store has ever been used in
this way by a motion picture com-
pany the average producer prefering
to erect a little scene in his studio
which will give the general effect of
a dtpartments s.tore
in The Saleahdy" Miss
through many vicissitudes. She is a
young country girl whorri poverty has
drixcn to the city in search of work.
She goes to a cheap boarding houseb
but is econ divested of her last penny
in the effort to save the life of a con-
sumptive girl in the house.
Helen marries a wealthy young
chap who is promptly disinherited b.
lix father for wedding a shop girl. He
is injured and Helen is forced to go on
the stage in order to earn a living.
She is successful after a time and wins
high laurels. It is during her stage
career that she meets a man whose
influence on her latter his is all-impor-
tc nt.
Mia“ Dawn is supported by lrving
Cummings, Clarence fiandysldes Ar-
tlllll‘ Morrison. Dorothy Rogers. Janet ‘70!
I-‘lndlay and several others of eqpai
. prominence.
“RAMONA” FAITHEOT NORTH lN
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What is described as “the farthest
North in motion pictures" will make
its initial local appearance when \\'.
ll. Clune. the Pacific Coast film mag-
nate. and his associate, Lloyd Brown.’
present the cinema spectacle “Ramo-
na" at the Palace theatre next Mon
day and Tuesday. I
“Ramona" is a picturisatlon oi llel
en lluntr Jstkton‘s famous love story
oi the same name and was eight
months in the making on the identical.
scenes related in Mrs. Jaeksott‘s clas-
sic romance of Southern California
during the Mexican erll. The vlihittll-
ration of the betel which was made
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:under the very competent direction of
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.the largest calibre to feature no indir-
Plavcrs studio and the members of idual whatever.
Donald Crisp. who first came to famej
through staging some of the great c. tl
arenas of “The Birth of a Nation."
will be presented with scenic. clcttri-
ml and llllll‘li‘fll ciiibcllishtiicnta of u
must elaborate character. \
"Ramona" will be found quite uniquc'
in several respects. Its-la the first]
while onh a figment of Ashtons inn-i inatancc at a product from a largeg‘ed “MS "I"? h
gintition. works his Ndctii lion r- x i .
p is ma lstudill d \Ultd 'mm‘l’ ‘0 ““9 “Impelllms shun Dirty stir-h ii cut-tom
“Ramona" was produced like any big
one of the most powerful plut- ”(up spectacle turned on: b) a (‘0n
todrauias ”‘3‘ 1““ hm“ “MINI the centratlon of energies on one thinLI
'In addition to being the largest flint
yet made. it is the first instance of atiI
entire picture plny being made without
scenario. as “Ramona"vwas taken di-
rectly from the book. Ascenario was
(prepared, but with the usual llcens“
which the scenario writer feels to be
his prerogative many liberties were
taken with Mrs. Jackson's book. This
proved so contrary to the purposes of
the promoters that the scenario writ:
discarded and the book was followed.
Furthermore. "Ramona“ has the dis-‘.
ttnctlon of being the first photoplay oi
"Ramona" depends
Dawn goes ,
ttle slavey of the New York lodging
; tcry plot.
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”—V‘" .t . uniuui‘ pageant. 73am} cease?
by Rudge," in England. The stage
lty to entertain as a “my' and not director is eGorge Henry Trader, who
upon the personality of any at “5 “.11" been responsible for a host of no
Free All Week I
H’. M. and 9 l’. I;
THE GREAT ’V
CALVERT
Kng oI lIIi High V i7};
'Naturalnals and humeaness are the
outstanding features of this creation.
the sensation of which is said to In"
its lack of sensation. While “le
mom" has the ‘punch' so much discus ,
sed by theatrical commentators, its}
'wallop' is delivered with a gloved!
hand, but its power is none the It‘sni
as cumulative and terrible.
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"Mr. uterus " the m w comedy com I
log to the Stamford theatre on Mon- V
day and Tuesday evenings August '1 ‘
and. "2.nd brings to us that eminent
comedian, nllt-iiry I: illscy. in :t I‘Olt'
of exceptional distinction. into
humorously human young lore story,
of the impecuunlous artist and the lit-
STAMFORD THEATRE.
Edith Story asV“‘Tarahtula." in.
"Tarantula.” at The Regent
Tonight.
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house. with its background cf “WWII
and tyranny. comes the tharutt r of
Laurus. with its touch of the super
natnural. Like some \' lsltant from n-
Iar lic motes lhrougl: tlic iiill\'1l)l'
who Iolin lJirnrus is and “l‘l m the
dlt‘cctor is a(iorgc llv'trv Trader, who
the authors arc no! telling
In all the comedies of whimsical cle-
mcnts Ill whitlt this in PM r of I't' p7,?
tle art of making laughter has cica-
its been no pla)‘ tho.”
and
Impncssive part, (if one with so wide
a range of tendernciu and humor.
"Adonis" Why is in fir torni thl<
season. and he in surrc .nd by n can
of unusual quality i Aiding that capl-
tal character is: man. Florine Arnold:
William T. Clarke. the ccmctlitin of
many succesies; Eva Lc naillcnne. tln- '
dainty ingenue: Marie Ascnraga the *- .
young Spanish actress; and Toni Pow l Kh— vhf-
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is Elbow,"
at The Regent;
era. a young American leading man Clifford Bruce in "The Devil at
who was chosen for the title role. of Monday.
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PALACE THEATR
TODAY
I Hazel Dawn in “The Salesiady’f
Two Days—Monday, Tuesday, Aug. 21-22
Matinee 2 P. M. MATINEE DAILY Nights 8 P. M.. Sim
Sweeping Through the Country Like Wild-Fira-Smashing All Previous Record: and EI-
tabliahing Itself as a Big Overwhelming Screen Dismay
1060 SCENES ‘ 5000 PEOPL ‘
Clunes MaSSive Production Of
I"! Historical and Romantic Story of California and the Misha Indians
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“WWW Brogan: ' by Califomia’atifa-
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a; "rim nova. s'roav‘or m AGES“
ids. in WAoongihe Actual Scenes ofthe Story. Macy: the
ed Characters of fire Bookof which Eight umpire-am boa-III. ah:
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