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“GREATER
THAN
A MARRIAGE”
An
Answer to
The Question
Of Today
with
MARJORIE DAW
LOU TELLEGEN
PEGGY KELLY
TYRONE POWER
DAGMAR GODOWSKY
MARY THURMAN
RAYMOND BLOOMER
EFFIE SHANNON *
TODAY
omorrow - Wednesday
he Novel Sensation
OW a film triumph!
31E of the dim past of his
ave-man ancestry came
heritage that made him
slave of love. Now you
up see this remarkable
cry on» the screen.
,fliiloanor Boardman, John
Gilbert, Aileen Pringle
From the Novel by
Cyril Home
3.“
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Adapted by Douglas Z. Doty -
Produced by
Louis 'B. Mayer
“HIM; VlDOR’S
production of the novel
Wife
of the
Wednesday, Thursday,
' Friday
THE BEST
that the motion
picture Offers——
A triumphant screen ver-
sion of one of the biggest
theatrical Successes of all
A romance that
will live and thrill for-
time.
ever.
GREAT DlVlDE
William Vaughn Moody’s
feature
1 AMPERED
YOUTH” .
Immortal American Play with
Alice Terry,
Conway Tearle
[Classes of society, from
Atwnter Kent. Ware,
Radioln. Stromb e r g -
Onrlto n, Sle oer,
Zenith.
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MAR 18 BEAST
HAIE THE TIME
Faith in Ideals of Gen-
tility Keeps Males
F r o m' Reverting
To Primitive Ways
“The natural man. the hulk of
muscle you see walking around. is
just a. brute, a fierce, relentless
creature; it is only the tutoring of
civilization that makes him take on
the garments of respectability, that
Innkts him the gentle lovable thing
that It lot of women deit'l'. ('lfhank'
God!) If it were not for civiliza-
iion's customs no would revert back
to elemental suvngory."
it is John Gilbert talking, John
Gilbert. the dashing romantic lover
of tho screen. The reason for the
conversation is Glibert’ a desire to
talk ohwt his newest role. that of
Jeffrey iiwyer in "Wife of the Con-
taur," King Vidor‘s Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer production of the novel by
Cyril liunIe. which opened today at
”it: l’lllacc theatre for a 3 days run.
.lei‘i'rcy is the "contour," the man in
whom there wages a continual civil
war between his idealistic. and ani-
inalistic desires.
flock to Savug‘ery. .
”People who talk of getting hock
Io natule are unconsciously think-
ing of getting back to stone age sav-
agcry," continues Gilbert. "Civili-
zation is man's conquest of nature,
a development away from the liniry
Ape. and it has taken long ccn-
luries of unwritten history to bring
this about.
“The whole scruciure of civiliza-
tion is founded on one thing—faith.
Faith in other people. faith in past
experiences. faith in God. and where
modern living conditions are con-
cerned. faith in the ideals of gen-
tlilty that lead away from the tan-
giowood of prehistoric brutality.
"However, you occasionally, much
too Often in fact. eon‘le across men
who are still only half t2lvill7md~
and thcy are to be found in all
the sub-
merged tenth to the upper minor~
ity. They are like the contour;
their struggle is the. struggle Of the
two natures of man, with their faith
in modern customs trying to over-
come their tendency to revert back
to elemental ideas and desires.
“That's why I liked the role of
Jeffrey Dwyer better than any 1
have ever played. Because he is a
living, breathing person: the some
kind or fellow you see around often
enough, and the same follow you
know is having a struggle. to come
out safely in the sun of modern eth-
ics and usages. Sometimes he falls.
sometimes he wins.
“SHE-WOMEN”
ARE RITAIE
RIjHE—HEH”
There are “she-women" as well as
“he-men" in Arizona. particularly
the part of that state which serves
as a background for Metro—Gold-
wyn-Mayer's “The Great Divide."
which comes to the Regent theatre
on Wednesday for a three—day run.
This remarkable and picturesque
country is the home of the Hopi
Indians and in this tribe is seen a
reversal of the Caucasian concep-
tion of things wherein women are
regarded as the "gentler sex." To
the Hopi there is nothing strange in
the fact that the women build the
homes and the men weave the
women‘s garments. knit the stock.
lugs and follow other ,so-cailed
feminine occupations.
Conway 'l‘earlo is the rough, un-
polished Stephen Ghent of “The
Great Divide." which was directed
by Reginald Barker, while Alice
Terry plays the part of the gently
bred New England girl. Wallace
Beery. Zazu Pitts, Iiuntly Gordon.
Allan Forrest. Ford Sterling. Wil-
llam Orlamond and George Cooper
are also included among the play-
ers.
“Pampered Youth”
Shows American Life
"Pampered Youth." which comes
to the Palace Theatre on Thursday
for a 3 day run is a. clean American
picture depicting the life of a. youth
who has been catered to and 'spoiled.
He goes on uncurbcd until he brings
his family to poverty . The action in-
cludes a spectacular fire sequence. a.
thrilling horse race and a sensation-
al runaway. The cast includes Alice
Calhoun, Cullen Lnndis, Allan For-
rest, Walace MacDonald. Ben Ales:-
ander. Charlotte Merriam. The story
is an adaptation of Booth Tarking-
ton's Pulitzer 'prize novel, “The
Marnificient Ambersons."
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Scene from.
Tuesday commencing today.
Featuring George O'Hara, Alberta Vaughn
“The Pacemakers”
I'Irue
PACEMAKERS"
‘3‘
d‘AOtlIers‘ to be shown at the itlalto every other Monday and
I
0 .
,gmuo THEATRE
mfifir‘i’fifi’ronoasd”
EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION
“The Pacemakers”
.——-—with-—~:
George O’Hara, Alberta Vaughn, Al. Cooke
andKit Guard
R. R. STATION: “
lN PICTURE E0R ‘
THE EIRSTHHE
Grand Central and Its
Great Crowds Photo-
graphed in “Greater
Than Marriage” '
The interior of the Grand Central
station in New York was used as a
location for motion pictures for the
first time during the making of
Victor Hugo llalperin’s "Greater
Than Marriage." which will be
shown at. the Regent. Theatre today
and tomorrow. Owing to the ex-
tremely heavy traffic in the station
and the delays liable through the
placing of wires and lights the em-
elals of the railroad have refused
permission to make pictures in the
station.
Mr. liaiperin was originally a
newspaper man and has learned the
instructions to reporters to [not a
story and not return to the office un-
til it is obtained, lie follows the
same rule in making pictures. lie
wanted to use the Grand Central
station and nothing else would do. It
was no easy matter to convince the
oillcials that it would not delay traf-
fic to bring a number of extra play-
ers and a. number of lights into the
depot and rope. an‘ space enough for
them to work. liowever. Mr. Helper-
in kept at the task until he finally
succeeded and several sequences
were shot in the station during the
busiest hours of the day with no con-
Iusion or delay. Few of the many
thousand persons using the depot
knew that a picture company with
Marjorie Dow, Lou Tellegon. Ray-
mond BlooIner and Mary Thurman
were. at work close at hand. .
Those who heard the rumor of a
picture company at work were di-
vorted. by a group of New York
newspaper men who were at work in
the station at the some time taking
flashlight photographs of the licpub-
lican candidate for Vice President,
who arrived in New York at the
same time.
The. story of “Greater Than Mar-
riage" is an adaptation of the novel
“Joan Thursday." Louis Joseph
Vance.
DAVIDSON Is
AGAIN GIVEN *
PARENT ROLE
Takes Part of Hebrew
Father in “Welcome
Stranger” at Rialto
Dore Davidson, foremost portray-
er of Hebrew father roles on the
American stage or screen interprets
the role of Isidore Solomon in “Wel-
come Stranger,-’ the Balance Produc-
tion now being shown at the Rinito
theatre for a. two day run. _
During thirty-five years on the
stage, Davidson became known to
practically every theatre follower in
America. and England. Twenty or
these years were spent in legitimate
stardom. the actor often appearing
in his own productions.
His first appearance on the screen
was as the father in "Humoresque."
This was followed by his father role
in “The Good Provider.‘ He '11“
just completed one of the principal
roles in Coemopolltan's
Mable." starring. Anita Stewart. ‘
The feminine lead in “Welcome
Stranger" is Florence Vider. who
has recently completed such produc-
tions.“ “The Marriage Circle" and
{‘The Virginian" and "Barbara
Frietchie."
Lloyd Hughes has the romantic
role opposite Miss Vidor. ‘
adapted to the screen by Willard
Mack. was directed by James Yount.
assisted by Clifford Baum. Al I. lexi-
"Cntn and
."Welcome Stranger," which was
timnte play from the pen at Aaron 3 *
Hoffman. ' "Welcome . Stranger" on:
NEW YORK. May 21.——-\\'ar is
raging in filmdom. Independent
producers (Warner. United Artists,
Universal) are battling to break
the control the "lit; Three.” (l’nraw
mount. First National. Metro-Gold-
,wyn) has on the motion picture
theaters of the nation.
The "Big Three" either
or through subsidurlcs, controls
about 65 per cent. of the motion
picture theaters of the country. in-
cluding in most cases, the "first
run" houses in the largest cities. A
producer outside this group. there-
fore. faces a. steady diminishing
outlet for his films. while the small
independent exhibitor faces absolute
extinction. This is the story the in-
dependents tetit
0n the other hand. the “Big
Three" holds their control of theat-
ers eliminates middleman. makes
for efficiency, and insures the film
fan greater value for his money.
The Opposing lmulers.
Which the independents answer
this way: This controi'does not
Siva the film fan greater value for
his money-«rather. it enables the
film companies to make more than
they should and. since they con.
tI'ol most of the theaters. they can
give the public what they, and not
the public, want.
The opposing leaders in this War
are Adolph Zukor. president of
Paramount, and II. M. Warner, pre-
sident of Warner Brothers, and in-
dependent concern. although these
are not the most powerful figures
in their respective forces. Marcus
Woew. through personal ownership
of hundreds of vaudeville and film
houses. and the presidency of Metro
Goldwyn, looms quite as large as
Itir. Zukor. and in the independent
ranks are Joseph Schenck. head of
United Artists, and Carl Luetmnle,
president of Universal.
The “Big Three" has the advan-
tage in power and in theaters. the
independents have some little ad
vantage in big names, for the pro-
ductions of Mary Pickford. Douglas
Fairbanks. Charles Chaplin, Wil-
liam S. llart. Norma Talmudgc. Con-
stanco Taimadge and Buster Kent-
on are among those made by the in-
dependents. Cecil B. DcMille has
joined them.
Hayes Accused.
The indedendents accuse Will II.
Hayes, ex-poetmuster-general and
movie czar, Of being partial to the
"Big Three" and are seeking a
leader of their own. Charles E.
Hughes, former secretary of state.
can have the post if he wants it.
The independents are also pre-
paring to build theaters oi! their
directly
Filmdom at War as independents
Fight “Big 3” Theatre Control
own in the larger cities. But it
“-111 be some months before they
cunvhnve enough theaters to as-
sure them a steady market for
their product. and in the meantime,
they must accept. the dictates of ex-
hlbllion chains largely in the con-
troi of the "Big Three."
.——__——-
SPORTS ARE
EEATHRE 0E
HEw SERIAL
“The Pacemaker,” Is
B a s e d on Fights,
Football Games,
Races, Etc.
Fights, football games. new races,
hockey matches, yacht races. water
polo contests .ade any number» at
other sports enter into the make-up
of the new i". ii, 0. series entitled
“The Pacemaker-s." Alberta Vaughn
and George O'Ilarn. who gained
fame as co-stars in “The Go-Getters”
are again seen together in these new
featurcttcs. with many other mem-
bers of their former cast. Al Cooke
and Kit, Guard play his comedy
parts and squeeze every bit of fun
out of the doligthful situations into
which they are thrown. Iiurry C.
\Vitwer wrote the stories and they
have been adapted for the screen by
Beatrice \‘an. and prove highly en-
tertaining. All the ingredients of sure
fire successes are contained in “The
Pacemakers," the first episode of
which opens today at the Rialte
Theatre for a. two day run. The
others will follow. While a. fight fea-
tures the first installment, the series
is not the adventure of a ring idol,
as was "Fighting Blood." A great
football game is one of the outstand-
ing thrills of the second episode. for
instance.
WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY - FRIDAY
1 EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION
“THE PACEMAKERS”
THE TRINITY DRAMATIC GUILD
PRESENTS ITS SECQND ANNUAL PRODUCTION
“THE LOVE GARDEN?
A COMICAL MUSICAL ROMANCE
Wednesday Night, May 27, 8:15 P. M.
I PALACE THEATRE
RESERVED snare NOW SELLING
special Attention .
Given to .
Bridal Pictures ,
-and-—
Wedding Groups ,1? .
v
IN THE STUDIO on All“
run some
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FOR MUSICAL EXTENSION
(FORMERLY PEOPLE Is CHORUS)‘
So. Norwalk M. E. Church
Tuesday, May 26, 1925
8:15 P. M.
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