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THE SUNDAY BEE: OMAHA, NOVEMBER 19. 192:
Critics Laud Oliver Twist;
Comes to Omaha Next Week
"Under Two Flags" Unfolds Exciting Narratives at
Sun; Strand Also Shows Melodrama, "Pink
Gods;" Western Comedies at Moon and
Rialto; "Up and at 'Em" at Empress.
Critics who do not hesitate to speak their mind on the
rhortcomintrs of the spoken drama have dealt kindly with
Jackie Coogan in "Oliver Twist," cominsr to the Rialto next
week. The New York Times review, written after the pic
tured premier at the Strand in New York, the first of this
month, said in part that it was an excellent job and that
the theater was drawing crowds.. The critic continues:
"Whether it is Mr. Dickens of little Jackie Coogan that
is drawing them is, of course, a question.
It ! tirub.itly or suitably both, t
or?
both are gratlfylngly present In th
photoplay. Th picture la not'tinadul
. terated arid unuhrldged I'lrkene, but
there ara many genuln fragment of
JJlcken In It and not much foreign
matter. And Jackl Coogan' Ollvrr
Twist la true, somewhat less pathetic,
perhaps, than lh original Oliver, but
appealing, iievertheless, a characteri
sation you cannot resist and hava no
ibslre to. There's Ksglii, too, vlallily
present In tlia person of Lon Chancy
Hrnl Nancy Hykes a you hava known
h-r. In tlia person of filndy Brock
well. Meeting them on th icth, of
course, la not tha same aa mooting
them In tha book. It la aim ply Im
possible to do In tnovltig pictures what
I'lrkrna did In words.
Hut Frank Moyd, tha director,
should lie enthusiastically commended
for not spoiling tha part of Oliver
Twist with funny business thera la
only a little of It, and tha temptation
to una J.n'kla for IhukIis must have
been great nnd tho pictures, on the
whole, hava been feelingly directed.
Programs of tlie Week
Hun "L'luler Two Kings."
Klrand "l'luk Uod,"
lliallo "Tha Cottbudy and tha
I.aily," Sunday to Thuraday. lie
ginning Thursday, "Th glrcn
Cull."
MiMin "Tha flnowsho Trail,"
Sunday to Thursday, Beginning
Thursday, "Tha Long Chance."
World "Confidence."
Empress Hundny to Wednesday,
"Up and at 'Km;" Thurailuy to
Saturday, "Hotter Man Wins."
Muse Today only, "Under Two
Flags;" Monday and Tuesday,
"Top o' the Morning:" Wednesday
and Thursday, "fimurfge," Friday
and Saturday, "The Lone Hand."
Split Week at the Rialto.
Life In "the great open space" of
t Wyoming fallcil to reform tha city
end, although Mary Mllea Mlnter trlea
her hardest In the weatern drama.
"The Cowboy and the Lady," now
allowing nt the Klalto. Married to a
man of no a won at, aha haled him to
her ranrh. hut there ara too many
women nd too much good red llkker
around for the effect to be beneficent
and trouble follnwa. Later there
cornea onto the arena a real man,
who unselfishly shoulder the burden
of a crime to wave the wife, whom he
lovea. From then onwards thing
happen with awiftneaa, and tha out
come la ;ulte satisfactory.
"The Siren Call," love, gold or the
Yukon? Tou can see the picture at
the Klallo beginning Thursday and
tnk your choice. The gold rush In
Alaska la the motif and. tha advance
notlcea promised that thera waa a
Hew done hall In Alaska, something
which we had begun to doubt after
so muny year of tha same on on
the, screen.
Tha them of the picture la that If
In her heart, a woman playa tha game
square, no matter what others may
think, she will win out In th end.
Charlotte Woode, played by Dorothy
Dalton, 1 a dance hall girl, aecretly
married to the house gambler, who la
faithless to her, however, and who
wait an opportunity to desert her.
A stranger appears on tha seen and
then begins a romance. After many
vicissitudes, ehe Is rewarded with the
love of a real man.
At the Moon.
At tha Moon th double bill this
week Include "The Bnowsho Trail"
and "Tha Lon Hand."
Jane Novak, heroin of many an
outdoor thriller, Is leading woman
in the former, and Hoot Gibson, pop
ular horseman of th screen, star In
th latter with th able aaalatane of
Marjorl Daw.
Th tory of "Th Bnowsho Trail"
1 based on Edison Marshall' novel
woven around th experience of a
oclety girl who ventures Into th
ast silence of th snow-clad morth
in search of her missing flanc. Har
experiences were sufficiently thrilling
to mak a atory of tens dramatic in
terest Th big scenes, including a
struggl in an ice-Jammed river dur
ing a blizzard and a fight between a
bear and a woodsman that I calcu
lated to keep your hair standing en
end for several mlnuts.
The main character of "Th Lone
Hand" I a thoroughbred eow
puncher, born and brought up n th
ranch, entirely ignorant of th way
of people who go about with starched
shirts, whit collar and aho un
hampered by spura. H decide to go
upon a well earned vacation and will
bear of no other place but the most
faithluiiuble summer hotel within
reach, lie saves a girl In distress,
outwits a band of crooks who try to
steal her father's mine, and goes back
to the ranch after his vscutlon for a
rest:
"Pink Gods" at the Strand.
The ugoold lure of diamonds, for
women, and the lengths to which
many women will go to acquire th
precious stones, is the theme of the
Cynthia Ftockfey story, "Pink Gods,"
now current at the Htrand.
The story deals with Lorraine Tem
ple and her husband, and Lady Mar-
got Cork, a widow, who go to South
Africa end meet John Quelc.h, "th
man who made Klmbcrley." While
Lsdy Mai-got feels the lure of
diamond, flio Is strong and well bal
anced enough to resist. Lorraine,
however, is fairly hypnotized by the
beautiful perns she sees, and allows
herself lo be drawn, during her hus
band's 'ib:ence, Into an Intrigue with
Louis Barney, a dealer in smuggled
stones.
The varied and Ingenious methods
of smuggling uncut stones used Hot
only by the native miners, but by
whit overseers and the Illicit dealers,
are graphically shown, Hebe Daniels,
Anna Q. Nllsson and Jame Kirk
wood are tha stars. ,
At the Muse.
Trlscllla Dean, In the long-heralded
screen version of "Under Two Flags,"
appears at the Mus today. Monday
and Tuesday "Top o' th Morning,"
an Irish drama, without hunger
strikes or reprisals, is hooked, and
"Smudge" is the mid week attraction.
Charles Ray as the hero is the editor
of a newspaper in a small country
town in California. Ha becomes in
volved In some dangerous adventures
when his policies run counter to pub
lic, opinion on "smudging" to protect
the fruit crop fromi frost.
"The Lon Hanl" will hold the
screen there on Friday and Saturday,
and Hoot Gibson has some amusing
experiences when he goes to a fash-
lonabl summer resort fresh from
cowpuncher' paradise.
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World Shows "Confidence."
"Confidence," Herbert Bawllnson's
starring vehtel now at th World
for a week, Is a production that does
not wear th cloak of a stereotyped
plot
In this picture, Rawllnson, always
a capable dramatic exponent of
crooks and confidence men, play the
part of a highbinder, who doesn't
know that he la one. When he doe
And out that he Is being used as a
tool for ono of the most notorious
confidence men in the country, he
seta about turning the tablea and for
the final thousand feet or so of film,
th swindler Is said to become a
model citizen and a credit to th com-'
munity.
Doris May at Empress.
A delicious little sub deb Is the part
played by Doris May, pretty star in
Up an At 'Km," which la the picture
at the Empresa the first of the week.
The breezy comedy reveals th ad
ventures of a girl who was convinced
that life was on long laugh. A
young lady who masquerades In chauf
feur' uniform behind a big black
mustache might well find Ufa amus
ing. We've almost all been In' cabarets
which we thought would look better
Screen Programs Today
Hun "Under Two Flags."
Rialto "Cowboy and th Lady."
World "Confidence."
Moon "Bnowsho Trail,"
Strand "Pink Gods."
Kmpress "Up and at. 'Em."
Muse "Under Two Flags."
Victoria "Broadway Rose."
Orand "Rich Men' Wlvca."
Hamilton "Alias Ladyflngers."
wrecked than a they wer, but un
less you are a movie actor you don't
have much chance to wreck one. Pete
Morrison does so most successfully in
"Better Man Wins," the attraction
for the end of th week. But then
ha is a film star.
The fight acene takes place at the
big Metropolitan cabaret during the
midnight supper show, when th big
chorus number is In full swing and
th plac packed with guests. Mr.
Morrison, th star, ride hi world
famous horse, "Brownie," right into
tha midst of th proceedings, in an
effort to take away his little country
sweetheart, who ha been lured to
the city by the villain.
unuer iwo I'lags at sun.
Oulda's famous novel, "Under Two
Flags," is now current at th Run
theater in it photoplay form, with
Prlscllla Dean 'as th entrancing and
spirited "Cigarette." "Dynamic" la
another of th adjective oftenest ap
piled to th lady and this romanc of
Northern Africa Is full enough of ac
tion to test out all her qualities.
Victor, a derelict in Algiers, shakes
dice with Cigarette, th daughter of
the Reglme'ht, to determine whether
he shall Tight with Franc or with
her enemies, the Arabs. Cigarette
wins, and subsequently learn to lov
the quietly forceful Victor, who is a
man of mystery. Princess d'Amagu
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Coveted by a Sheik
Ignored by the Man She Loved
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Version of
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Ethel Grey Terry Stuart Holmes
JAMES KIRKWOOD
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arrives fmm Enflsnd t tn tialght
of th Intrltfue against th Chasseur
promoted iy tha Arab lielk Hen Ali
llained, and It la revealed that Victor
la In reall'y a ISrltlah nobleman. Ilia
favor with th princes earns him th
hatred of hi colonel, who conspire
to hav him aht for treason. Cluarett
apparently accept I tiff th advance
of har ein'niy, tha Hlieik, learna of
this and riding wildly with a stay of
aeeutlon, arrive Just at th crest of
th Arab attack.
Lloyd Graduates
from Two ReeUrs
, Tha day of two-reul comedies from
Harold Lloyd are virtually nt an end.
Units ho runs out of lds, th
future will find hltn producing only
pictures of socalltid featur longth
four and flv reels,
"llrandma's lioy" Initiated him Into
th reel of flve-reelcr.
Now ha has followed this notahl
production with another five reel f
fort, "Dr. Jack."
Lloyd d(H nut di'tormlii the letiKth
of a picture befur h start produc
tion. Ha dues not hav a footage goal
to aim at. Ill story alon determine
th number of reels.
Homely People Abound
in This Picture
In MiirHluill Nellnn's forthcoming
picture, "Minnie," ther will be
noted an ubseni of hiindsomo
people.
L'ven Lealrlce Joy and Matt
Moore nmks themselves homely fur
this plcturljitlon of small town
Ufa suKK-sti'd by Ucorge I'attulo's
story, "Jlcr Mun."
Warls, freckles, prominent ear
and nil tha unbeautlful mark of
nature abound anion if th charac
ters of this story, which according
to advance reports, la th most
hiirnun tnle yet told by th park
ling "Mickey" Nellan.
Mack Sennctt to
Feature Pathos, ,
Fun and Drama
Thos theater goer who deslr In
terestlng, clean and laughabl crn
entertainment, lntrjct4 hr and
ther with a dash of patho and
drama, will recelv with delight th
announcement of Mack Benntt'
forthcoming productlona.
A coiidnnatlon of th recent an
nouncement regarding th quality and
quantity of his productions, Mr. Ben
nett is co -operating to th fullest with
hi staff of acvnarlo wrltera, that h
may hav a reserv supply of material
snm which to draw for featur pro
duction contemplated for next sea
son' release, Bennett will also per
sonally supervise every foot Of Him
produced in his studios.
Th new producltiir campaign will
begin next week. I'hyllla Haver will
start with tha production of her first
starring vehicle, an original story
tnken from Ufa as It Is livod by the
small town and unsophisticated girl.
The atory hue been adapted for tin
screen by Mack Bennett. Kuppnrtlng
Miss Haver In this comedy dmnm will
be una of tha most notable casts of
all star artists ever assembled.
Bennett announces that Hen Turpln
two reel special comedies will hold an
Important position In. hi future pro
ducing plans, his Intention being to
make as many as, consistent with
quality, can be produced within the
year. Jtoy pel Iluth, heretofore Iden
tified with the direction of Hilly
Ilevnn and Mildred June comedies,
will dlrsct Turpln' next picture.
Following closely after the comedy
king will begin a new series of com
edies featuring Hilly Jievan. These
picture will vary somewhat In style
from thos previously mad by this
popular nilrth muker, In that Ilevnn
will appear without tils moustache
and baggy clothes. This depart urs is
th result of nmture deliberation on
th part of Benntt, who aeuma
He van tru character and pronal-
Ity hould not hidden behind thl
odd and old fashioned "get tip."
Whll preparatory work for thl big
program I progressing, Bennett' at
tention la also centered on th da
tall attendant with th rleaa of
"Butanna." Thl latest comedy
drama, starring Mahel Normand, la
representative of Bennett' uprm
ffort. In th opinion of thoa qual
ified to Judge, "Buianna" give prom
ts of being on of th outstanding
picture of th year. It them, th
artistry of th player, numbered
among whom are som of th most
prominent character of both th
flag and acreen, hav created most
lavorabl comment.
Explorer of Note
Goes Into Field
of Movie Producing
Dr. Oscar Ilennlng, prominent ex
plorer, who recently brought Duka
Kahunamoku, the Hawaiian champion
swimmer, to this country, ha ntered
th motion picture field and the film
producing business under guldunc of
Marshall Nellnn.
Dr. Ilennlng, who Is holder of the
world championship won at thn
Olymplo contests of 1900, 1U04 ami
196 a tha foremost breaststrok
swimmer, hns hud a most colorful
career. At one time h waa on or
th richest men In Russia. During
th war ha lost practically lit en
tire fortune and wa compelled to
f'.ee with his wifo and children to thisj
country, He ha elided th glob
flv time in the company of vari
ous noted explorers. On on voyag
with Jack Lundnn to th Bolomou
r.nd FIJI islund Dr. Hennldg nearly
lost his Ufa twice.
Dr. lfcniilng began tils ctmrs of
Instruction at th Ooldwyn studio by
making up fur an "extra" In Nellan'
"Th Htrang'T' Hanfjuet," appesr-
Ing before' th camera with soverul
hundred fS-n-dny players.
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scenic grandeur of the gVcafc
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A COMEDY OF MISUNDERSTANDINGS
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