THE BEE: OMAHA, SUNDAY. MARCH 27, 1921.
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Program for
The Week
Rialto "Tht Faith Healer."
(ul of Chsmrteri.
Mlchell. a ahsphard Milton Sill
l:ho1a Wllllama. n nrtilinn. Ann Knrrt
Mary Baaler, an Invalid Fontaine I.a Rua
Matihaw Itcpler..' Frederick room
Martin Urelcr Loyola O'Connor
Mttla Annla May Olrail
I'ncla Abf. a npgio .Jolwi 'urry
rr. I.lttUfiald Adolpo. Menjou
l'r. Xtnihri Kilward V'room
IT. Jlartin' lloburt Browar
A Mother Winifred Greenwood
The man's was a world of green
clad hills, where he lived with his
Hocks and his dreams.
The woman's a world of folly and
pleasure, where virtue and dreams
are lost.
And when their two worlds met.
A story of life on the primrose
path of broken hearts made whole
tells what followed. The "story is
woven in "The Faith Healer," which
opens at the Rialto theater today.
It concerns a youn shepherd who
goes forth to heal the sick. At his
greatest hour of trimnp'i lie falls in
love with a beautiful girl, but as
he yields to his passion, he feels a
loss of his spiritual powers. After
iiiany dramatic incidents the healer
nalizes that God does not deny
spiritual love to men and in. iantly
hi? power to heal is restored.
Milton Sills has the role of Mi
chaelis, the faith healing shepherd.
Ann Forrest plays the part of the
woman who was won over to the
love of the shepherd.
Sun "Billions."
""Cast of Characters.
Th Prinrena Trlloff Nazimova
Krakerfeller, multimillionaire
owen l arcy. poet I'harlea Bryant
Frank Manners William J. lrvlnif
l'ushkln Victor Potel
laao Colr.cn John Steppllng
Sirs. Colhen Marian Skinner
Matte C'olben Bonnie Hill
John Blancharcl Eininett Kins
Nazimova in "Billions," her new
est photoplay, is announced as the
feature attraction at the Sun theater
this week.
Advance reports credit this as lc
irg the most fascinating screen
drama that the incomparable Nazi
mova has ever appeared in.
As its title implies, billions lias
to do with wealthy people. It re'
lates the story of a Russian princess
v.-ho comes into riches and of a ooct
who also inherits a furtune. They
have loved as the result of his verses,
hut have never met until thev both
journey to a fashionable winter re
sort in California and are introduced,
Meanwhile frauds are endeavoring to
blackmail the poet-millionairc. and
he is saved from a scandal when the
princess, at the risk of her own rep
utation, gets into his bed in negligee
to thwaft the designs of the other
woman.
Many exhilarating scenes arc
shown m "Billions." It is- an
adaptation of a celebrated French
stage success. Charles Bryant wrote
the scenario and also plays the lead
ing male role oposite Nazimova.
Others in the supporting cast) arc
William J. Irving, Victor Polel, John
Steppling, Marian Skinner, Bonnie
Hill, Enimett King and Eugene H.
klum. Ray C. Smalhvool directed
the production.
Strand "The Price of Possession"
and "Passion."
Pola Negri. ' ' "
It is a name to fconjure with.
Dazzling, superb, attractive, ap
pealing! ' '
Such is the spirit in which Pola
Negri, the remarkable Polish actress,
is acclaimed in America.
She makes her debut in this coun
try in, "Passion," a historical
spectacle. : ;
The picture opens next Thursday
at the Strand theater for an engage
ment of 10 days.
It unfolds a thrilling story of the
lise 'of a humble French milliner to
a position where she is able to domi
nate a king. She is character re
plete, with a strange mixture of
virtues and faults, but, above all, she
possesses irresistible wiles and
smiles, such as easily ensnared men
of the highest rank.
But her strange triumphs prove to
be her great undoing in the end and
ihe 'sequence of events combine to
make a really appealing story.
Ethel Clayton plays the leading
lole in "The Price of Possession,"
which plays at the Strand the first
lour days of this week.
The story revolves around two
nephews, one of whom steals a
birthright and flees to Australia.
The picture is not without a touch
of romance.
Moon "The Mark of Zorro."
Douglas Fairbanks takes the
screen at the Moon theater this week
in "The Mark of Zorro."
According to press reports, never
before has the celebrity injected
such appealing action In a picture.
It is a dual role that Fairbanks is
- called upon to essay. As Don Diego
Vega, the young man, he leads a se
cluded life. He exhibits a fondness
for the companionship of books and
quietness and amiable irt disposition
upon all occasions. Anything of an
excitable nature was abhoraent to
him and never was he found min
gling with the populace in their va
rious festivities. But when he became
awakened to the oppression and per
secution without justification of the
natives by those in power, he felt
that the time had already come to
act,' Disguised as Senor Zorro. we
see him executing various exploits
practically unaided in the attempt to
free his people from the despot's
joke. He becomes transformed into
veritable dynamo of boundless en
ergy.
What a mass of new feats of skill
he performs. There is a girl in the
story who really furnishes the strong
love interest.
With Xoah Beerv, Robert McKim,
Charles Hill Mailes and Marguerite
DeLaMotte, his leading lady, collect
ed in his cast; Fairbanks has left
nothing undone to assure the public
the best obtainable in motion pic
ture. Muse "Billions," "Lady Rose's
Daughter," "Restless Sex" and "The
Jailbird."
Nazimova in "Billions" opens this
week's cinema program at the Muse
theater today.
The picture will te shown today
cnlv at the Muse.
"Lady Rose's Daughter," which
plays tomorrow and Tuesday, re
veals the love life of a woman who
found that her "blue blood" was red
and followed her heart to things not
blazoned on the coat of arms. Elsie
Ferguson has the leading role,
. "The Restess Sex," featuring Mar
ion Davies, unfolds a romance around
a young woman's ambition to ; be
mnr. than a wite and achieve a niche
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Downtown Programs
Strand Today until Thursday,
Ethel Clayton in "The Price of Pos
session;" 10 days beginning Thurs
day, Pola Negri in "Passion."
Moon Douglas Fairbanks in "The
Mark of Zorro." ,
Riolto "The Faith Healer."
Sun Nazimova in "Billions."
Empress Today until Thursday,
Bare Knuckles; latter half of week,
"The Dwelling Place of Light."
Muse loelay, Billions; tomor
row and Tuesday, "Lady Rose's
Daughter; Wednesday and Thurs
day.'he Restless Sex;" Friday and
Saturday, "Ihe Jailbird.
for herself in the world of art. The
picture will he shown Wednesday
and ihursday at the JMuse theater.
Douglas MacLean in "The Jail-
circi, will be the feature attraction
next Friday and Saturday.
Empress "Bare Knuckles" and
"The Dwelling Place of Light."
Patrons of the Empress theater
may well expect a highly interesting
cinema program this week.
The management of the theater has
arranged an appealing bill; that
speaks of outdoor adventure, ro
mance and human interest
William Russell takes the screen
the first four days or this week in
Bare Knuckles, a western drama.
The picture tells of a mart who
conquers others and the biute in
himself. A touch of romance is ent
to the story.
Winston Churchill's book, "The
Manila Youths Part
Hair Like Wally Reid
That Wallace Reid is Americaniz
ing Manila is the report brought to
his country by Luis J. Palmett,
owner ot numerous motion picture
theaters in Manila, who is complet
ing a tour of the United States for
the purpose of familiarizing himself
with motion picture production and
presentation methods. .
Mr. .Palmett was a visitor at tne
Lasky studio in Hollywood recently
and was shown around the huge
plant by officials of the company.
Everv factor instrumental in mak
ing motion pictures was pointed out
to the visitor and the genuine sur
prise and enthusiasm shown by him
was plainly evident.
He was first shown on the Thomas
Meighan set, where Tom Forman
was directing the popular star irr
"White and Unmarried," his latest
starring production. The set was a
cafe scene, an imitation-of the fam
ous "Devil's Punch Bowl" in Paris.
He was then shown the other sets
j including Gloria Swanson's, William
DeMiIIe s, Roscoe (ratty) Arbuckles
and others, but was most keenly in
terested in the work of Wallace
Reid.
"You know." said Mr. Palmett,
"Reid is the most popular-star ap
pearing in pictures in Manila. When
one of his pictures plays at a local
theater, the crowd lines up for
blocks to get a glimpse of its idol. .
"Boys and girls alike are Wallace
Peid , 'crazy.' You may not believe
it but the boys at Manila college
have adopted Wally as their fashion
plate. They all part their hair as he
does and copy as nearly as possible
his style of lress. No hero was ever
more popular than Wallace Reid in
my country. He and your company
have the best wishrs of Manila
motion picture fans. We like you!"
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Dwelling Place of Light," is memor
alized on the screen and the pic
ture will be shown the latter half
of this week at the Empress.
The story tells of Janet Butler,"
secretary to "Claude Ditmar," who
is the general manager of the huge
Hampton mills. How she struggles
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What you will see in this wonderful Masterpiece:
You'll see Pola Negri, the toast of Europe's gay capitals and soon to be famous
throughout America. ,
You'll feel her strange personal magnetism, which in women opens all doors, levels
all class distinction, makes all men vie for her smiles.
You'll see her first as little Jeanne, a friendless waif from the country, who finds,
work in gay Paris as a milliner's KDDrentice.
You'll see her radiant beauty and audacity carry her past
jealousy and greed to the pinnacle of place and power.
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to succeed against the obstacles that
her .sex impose and how she strives
to reclaim her little sister who has
been lured into the wrong sort of
life make one of he most enthrall
ing stories . ever screened. And
through it all runs a singularly ten
der love theme.
bthel
Clayton
"Jfie Price
of
possession
"What I have I hold and heaven help those against me"
All her life she had noth- Fought like a tigress for
Now her chance had
ana sne iougnt to
her
family motto
true
Beauty, love, luxury and adventure, and
half around the ivorld.
The intimate love itory of a strong man
and wilful woman. The true story of the
little French milliner whom the whole
world came to know as Madame Du
Barry,
Patrons
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Suburban Programs
Grand.
Today Catherine MacDonald in
"Curtain."
Tomorrow and Tuesday Alma
Rubens and Gaston Glass in "The
World and His Wife."
Wednesday Gladys Walton in
"All Dolled Up" and "The Diamond
Queen," No. 7.
Thursday and Friday Sylvia
Breamer in "Not Guilty."
Saturday Harrv Carey in "If
Only Jim" and a Century comedy.
Hamilton.
Today Enid Bennett in "What
Every Woman Learns."
Tomorrow Bryant Washburn in
"What Happened to Jones."
Tuesday and ' Wednesday "The
Miracle Man."
Thursday and Friday Mae Mur
ray in "On With the Dance."
Saturday "The Market of Sou's."
Apollo.
Today and Tomorrow William
S. Hart in "The Cradle of Courage."
Tuesday and Wednesday Charles
Rav in "A Village Sleuth."
Thursday and FridayTreasure
Island."
Saturday Dorothv Dalton in
"Half An Hour."
Maryland.
Today and Tomorrow Walhce
Reid in "Excuse My Dust."
Tuesday and Wednesday "On
With the Dance."
Thursday and Friday Marguerite
Clark in "Luck In Pawn."
Suburban.
Today Enid Bennett in "Hair
pins." Tomorrow and Tuesday Bryant
Washburn in "Putting It Over."
Wednesday Ethel Clayton in
"Crooked Streets."
Thursday and Friday "Male and
Female."
Saturday Bebe Daniels in "The
Fourteenth Man."
Besse.
Today and Tomorrow William
S. Hart in "The Testing Block."
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day "Behold My Wife."
Friday Enid Bennett in "Her
Husband's Friend."
TODAY
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
home and happiness. And
after a struggle that goes to
your heart, she won !
a trail of romance blazing
Pathe
New
Christie
Comedy
SILVERMAN'S
AUGMENTED
ORCHESTRA
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Big Days
Thrilling Beyond
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the barriers of poverty
Lonely Shepherd of Green-Clad Hills
Teaches Love and Faith to Afflicted
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Flaming with holy zeal, he came from the hills to flay society's sins.
His world was the green-clad hills where he lived with his flock and his
dreams. His faith healing properties attracted the populace from far and
wide.
His testament was love for humanity.
He placed his hands over the a..icted and cured them through
prayer.
Children loved him sincerely.
Thus was the life of Michaelis, the shepherd boy, played by Milton
Sills in "The Faith Healer," which opens today at the Rialto theater.
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Grand Opera rf
Adapted From
Picture Play
For the first tne in history a
grand opera has bei-n adapted from a
moving picture. This unusual dis
tinction belongs to the Paramount
picture, "The Cheat," by Hector
liirnbull, which was directed by Ce
cil R. DeMille, with Fannie Ward a
the star, and was first released ia
December, 1915.
The premiere of the opera, the
music of which was composed by the
late Camille Erlanger, was given at
the famous opera Comique, in Paris,
on the evening of February 7, the
work bearing the title, l-ortaiture.
The French libretto was written ty
Paul Millet and Andre Lourde, and
the principal male role, that of a
Japanese, is being sung by one of the
most celebrated stars of the French
opemtic stage, Vanni Marcoux.
It was about the time of America's
entrance into the war that Erlanger
saw "The Cheat" at a Paris cinema,
and he was so impressed with its
striking and unusual story that he
immediately sought to get into com
munication with its author. It so
happened that at that time Mr. Turn
bull was in France as a member of
tlit A. V.. F. and as soon ai he was
located a meeting was arranged with
the famous composer of "Aphrodite."
Plans for the conversion of "The
Cheat" into opera were at once
formulated.
"The Cheat." at the time of its
fu appearance on the screen, was
acclaimed "the perfect picture" set
ting a new standard in originality of
plot, direction and acting. TJie story
involves the extravagant wife of a
rich stock broker, who, having mis
appropriated $10,000 of a Red Cross
fund entrusted to her keeping, be
comes involved in an intrigue vith
a wealthy Japanese, who advances
the money on the promise that his
price be naid. The death of the
Japanese at the hands of the husband
and the saving of the wife from
tragic fate furnish the climax
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