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THE BEE: OMAHA. SUNDAY, MAY 29. 1921.
Program for
The Week
Strsnd "The Oath."
Cast at Character.
Vlnna Hart Miriam Coopar
laraal Mart Robert Fiacher
Hufh Colman Conway Trl
Uarard Merrlam Henry Cllva
.Anna Caaaaba mcca Allan
Irana Lanalna; Anna Q. Nllaaon
"The Oath." which opens at the
Strand theater today, contains a
scene which has been hailed by
critics as being the most dramatic
that has ever been filmed or staged,
A series of fast moving, interesting
circumstances lias involved Hugh
Colman in a situation where his con
viction for murder is absolutely
certain unless he breaks an oath
given to his wife when he has se
cretely married.
But there is another woman
whom he has loved. Although her
love has been given to his clearest
chum, she makes the greatest sacn
fice a woman can make to save
Hugh from the gallows and sue
cceds. The scene is one of the
strongest ever put into a motion
.'picture production, and the tangled
net which results from her action
,ln the lives of four persons provides
most absorbing double love story.
Miriam Cooper heads the capable
cast which portrays the story and
supporting her are Conway Tearle,
.Henry Give and Anna Q. Nilsson.
"Mr. Walsh has provided sumptuous
-settings for all the scenes, and the
Jntire production has well earned its
distinction of bcingone of the ex
traordinary photoplays of the year.
Z Sun "The County Fair."
w , Curt of Chararten.
Sally Helen Jeronio Eddy
iael David Butler
Aunt Abllaall IMIth Chapman
Vulomon Hammerhead. . .William V. MonR
prime Hammerhead Arthur Itousman
?tia Tucker John Stcppllni
ommy Perking Wesley Barry
Z In the annals of rural and racing
Ijlays, no equine star of the Ameri
can stage was ever quite so well be
loved as Cold Molasses, who carried
Neil Burgess and his- play, "The
County Fair," through years of re
curring triumphs upon " the stage.
'Now Maurice Tourneur lias trans
ferred this fine story to the screen
and made it the outstanding hit of
the year upon the motion picture
roster.
; This play will be the chief cinema
attraction at the Sun theater this
week.
f The story is a familiar one of a
typical New England farm commu
nity, chuck full of plain people, living
their simple lives and pouring out
for its big climax to the county fair.
This familiar American institution
is reproduced in interesting detail.
The high spots are where Wesley
Barry, the famous freckle-faced kid
hi the screen, chases a greased pig,
Jplimbs the slippery pole and does
other stunts dear to juvenile hcail
iiof America on any sunny day at
jnc county tair.
v The climax is the great race in
'which Cold Molasses struggles
against crooks and schemers to win
the big purse and save the farm for
lionest Aunt Abigail and her worthy
associates, who have striven to bring
about this deserved and happy ter
mination. Tourneur has caught the
mote of the familiar play and en-
Jarged upon it in such a way that
I $is production spreads charm and
i mixed emotions and delights. Little
j Wonder that it is the talk of thj
i rountry and the outstanding hit of
t "the season in the big picture houses.
Buster Keaton in "The Hayseed"
i js the comedy attraction.
j Moon "A Ridin' Romeo."
j , t Caat of Characters
Jim nose Tom 511s
j J'alile Brentwood Rhea Mitchell
S Hlghlow, the Indian .' Pat Chrtaman
Jack 'Wgllera Pld Jordan
King Brentwood Harry Dunklnson
j Queenia Farrcll 7.'.... Eugenie Ford
'X Stunts, humor and thrills are on
j the program . for, this week, when
j Tom Mix plavs at the Moon theater
i in "A Ridin' Romeo."
j Mix, as a cowboy, invents many
j home comforts in this photoplay,
I some of which may be a help to
i those who hate to get up early on
I cold mornings. But he can't think of
j anything that will keep him out of
I trouble. He loves excitement, but he
I fails to see the humor in excitement
j pursuing him. His big heart opens
-wide when he finds a baby on a rock.
He thinks it has been. abandoned. He
takes it home to his cabin. The
next thing he knows the sheriff is
lfter him for kidnaping.
. Many other big, thrilling , and
laugh-provoking scenes are promised
in "A Ridin' Romeo," of which Mix
after him for kidnaping.
Rialto "Brewster's Millions" and
Z "The Devil's Garden."
t Roscoe (Fatty)' Arbuckle is the
i laugh at the Rialto theater the first
; lour days of this week.
! V He performs some : knock-out
I stunts in "Brewster's Millions" that
would make Fred Stone envious.
,". The story concerns a young man
t whose career is the hone of ronten-
iion between two wealthy grand-
others, one an aristocrat who be
lieves he should not have to work.
Shd the other a self-made man who
wants him to work for the salary.
The results are the many inimitably
funny situations in the play.
si Lionel Barrymore is the star in
SThe Devil's Garden." feature attrac
tion at the Rialto theater the latter
half of this week. It is said the pic
ture is the greatest cinema achieve
ment of Barrymore s career. , The
&tar plays the role of William Dale,
r man of violent temper and pas
sion. ;.He fights a groom who insults a
woman, throws a disturbing Britfsh
soldier out of a postorhce, and later
Chokes to death the man who bad
betrayed the confidence of his wife.
Empress "Pagan Love" and "The
.! Chicken in the Case."
J."Pagan Love," feature attraction
at the Empress theater the first four
days of this week, tells a story of
an oriental and a girl and another
man. The story revolves around Yu-
thing. "the honorable gentleman,
' young Chinaman of culture and
Character, who is sent to America
a an emissary -to spread the doc
trines of spublican China.
fin New York he meets a beautiful
blind girl with whom he falls in
love. Later rivalry springs op be
tween him and a college chum pver
the girl. The result offers some ex
ception dramatic situations m the
play. ,
..Owen Moore stars in The Chick
en in the Case," chief cinema attrac
tion at the Empress theater the lat
ter half of this week.
The storv is a lieht comcdv.
L U u aU afcojit & xojng sua. ytksui
Q Suburban Programs "'
Today, Tomorrow and Tuesday f 'j? ., SL VS
Charles Ray in "The Old Swimmin" if Jf ' gFl ffi
2 Hole," and Harold Lloyd in "Num- WVr f'8
' c, i. Th. ,i igfc. : '
- - ,rs (4M , Thursday and Friday May Alii- l t 0 ' .
V ' ' " ' 'M " son in "Held in Trust." EL f.
, - X;'W - Saturday William Russell in "The aPtsWlSk
M 1 Today Enid Bennett in "Hair- 'JpJ
tVr Tomorrow Ethel Clayton in "The ' " ;'l nTjm
j$r??X& Ladder of Lies." J&jf&: 1 .
$$AJV i Tuesday and Wednesday Wallace - , 'lf'. - .
WV:mV-Jj Rcid in "The Vallev of the Giants." A f.f -
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1?ocWif f e Fellows
-"EMPRESS', -i
Hamilton.
Today Enid Bennett in "Hair
pins." Tomorrow Ethel Clayton in "The
Ladder of Lies."
Tuesday and Wednesday Wallace
Rcid in "The Valley of the Giants."
Thursday Frank Mayo in "The
Blazing lrail.
Friday Bebe Daniels in "She'
Couldn't Help It."
Saturday Wanda Hawley in "The
House That Jazz Built."
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in order to secure an inncritance,
pretends he is married; the wife of
his pal, Percy Jones, being "the
chicken in the case."
The efforts of the young man to
kceD no the deception and the
strenuous efforts of his aunt to learn
the real truth, create a series ( of
comedy situation that would bring
a smile to the Sphinx.
Muse "The County Fair," "Silk Ho
siery," "Conrad in Quest of his
Youth" and "The Rookie's Re
turn." "The County Fair," a rural drama
under the direction of - Maurice
Tourneur, is the feature attraction
at the Muse theater today. Helen
Jcr&me Eddy, David Butler and
Wesley Barry are the stars.
Enid Bennett takes the screen to
morrow and Tuesday at the Muse in
"Silk Hosiery." The star in the role
of Marjoric Brown, the "best
dressed model" in a modiste shop
on Fifth avenue,., is afforded an op
portunity of wearing a number of
stunning creations, which she dis
plays so successfully that several
fat old dowagers are led to believe
they will look fully as attractive in
the same costumes.
Thomas Meighan, in "Conrad Jn
Quest of His. Youth," is the feature
attraction at the Muse theater next
Wednesday and Thursday. The story
is a romance of a world-weary bache
lor who tried to journey back
back to the old home town, the old
love, the old, old thrill of life's
springtime.
"The Rookie's Return," which
shows next Friday and Saturday at
the Muse, offers Douglas MacLean
unusual opportunity to display his
versatility as a comedy star. The
story deals with the trials of an
American doughboy, who, on his re
turn from France, finds it difficult
to adjust himself to his new environ
ment, especially after he comes into
a fortune and has to deal with the
servant problem.
Thomas A. Edison would substi
tute motion pictures for textbooks
in the elementary schools, believing
that in 20 years it would bring about
an advancement of 10 centuries in
civilization.
Letters of a Father
To His Son
(Continued From Page One.)
left o' the gallent fleet was hauled
up in back yards an' planted with
geranyums.
Fcr a time there was little on the
high seas 'ceptin' sea gulls an' a few
empty bottles. Then, accordin to
histcry, in 1868 Harry Louder -discovered
the Bonny Banks of Giyde
an' got a few o' the bank presidents
interested in shippin'. A few months
later a new kind a boat made the
Statue o' Liberty turn round an'
stare. It was made out o iron in
stead o' wood. The. Old Tar had
gave way to the Old Coal Dust.
Job fcr the Reformers.
It caused quite a stir fcr about a
week, but after writin' indignant let
ters to the papers most folks fergot
all about it. The U. S. Merchant
Marine, was handed over to the re
formers. There bcin' so little of it
nobody cared hov much they im
proved it. It gave 'em a good chance
to let off steam an' always came in
handy fer an after dinner speech.
Everybody agreed that boats was a
fine thing, but not bein in the boat
business they left the buildin' of 'em
to George an lived happy.
The system worked fine till the
war came along. Then everybody
got very indignent.
"America must have bottoms," rose
the shout. We had plenty of uppers,
it seemed, but the bottoms had com
pletely gave way.
"Andy kind of a boat would do;
wood, concrete, gutta percha rubber
or tin. As long as it din't fall apart
while they was gcttin' it out of the
dry dock it was stamped 'Boat' by
the government inspector an' piled
with the rest a' the fleet."
Of course there was bound to be
flaws. Here an' there a steel plate
had been left out of the bottom, by
a rivctter who was try in' fcr the
world's record. Here a rudder had
been put on upside down in a rush
of patryotism. There a careless
workman had fergot to put on the
propcllor. But the folks what com
plained o' these things didn't have
no vision. The main thing was that
at last we had a merchant marine.
"Now," says I when the war was
over, "we'll take our place on the sea
once more an' carry flags to the four
corners o' the earth like they been
talkin' abotit fer the last 25 years."
Was I right? Certainly not. They
began arguin' instead whether it
would be cheaper to sell the boats
as scrap or give 'cm away. An'
now folks are beginnin' to make
speeches again about the cryin' need
fer a merchant marine. Force o'
habit's an awful thing, as the old fel
low says when he poured o'ats in his
gasoline tank.
The trouble with our merchant
marine is that there ain't enough
folks opposed to it. I always found
that when everybody's agreed on a
subject you can be pretty sure no
body's going to do anythin'about it.
What's more, it's hard to make a
duck swim when he's been livin' with
chickens all his life.
naughtycally yours,
Amos H. Amesby
Path.
Mix Didn't Elope With Squaw Work-All-Day,
Just Kidnaped Her to Care for Squalling Babe
The baby that Tom Mix found abandoned wouldn't stop crying.
. And what did Mix know about babies?
He had to feed the squalling thing, so he kidnaped' an Apache squaw
a la Indian fashion and induced her to feed the babe.
All this happens in "A Ridin' Romeo," Mix's latest production, at the
Moon theater this week.
Clever idea, eh? Tom thought so, too.
But the sheriff was serious, almost vicious, about that kidnaping stunt.
Downtown Programs
Rialto Today until Thursday,
"Brewster's Millions;" latter half o!
week, "The Devil's Garden."
Sun "The County Fair."
Moon Tom Mix in "A Ridin'
Romeo."
Strand 'The Oath.
Empress Today until Thursday,
"Pagan Love;" latter half of week,
"The Chicken in the Case."
Muse Today, "The County Fair;''
tomorrow and Tuesday, "Silk
Hosiery;" Wednesday and Thursday,
"Conrad in Quest of His Youth;"
Friday and Saturday, "The Rookie's
Return."
Baby Contest
The Rialto theater will observe its
third anniversary this week by hold
ing its annual baby contest. The
contest opens tomorrow at 3 p. m.
The babies were registered last
week in the infants' department of
Brandeis stores.
Babies between the age of six
months and one year will be judged
by audiences at the Rialto theater
tomorrow. Contestants between the
ages of one to two years will be
judged on Tuesday afternoon; from
two to three years on Wednesday;
three to four years on Thursday;
four to five years on Friday.
The most popular baby will be
adjudged next Saturday afternoon
among the babies who won daily
prizes. The winner will be given a
silver loving cup.
The contest is open to any baby
in Omaha between the ages of six,
months and five years.
Jack Holt's fancy horses have
been winning ribbons at fashionable
horse shows on the Pacific coast.
The popular leading man is a lover
of blooded stock and owns several
top-notch jumpers and three-gaitcd
horses.
The Latt of the Big 5.
The Other Four Being
"THE KID"
"PASSION"
"MAN, WOMAN, MARRIAGE"
"SOWING THE WIND"
. All This Week
NOTE On account of the lanfcth of faature,
performance will b 11, 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9.
Compaq Tearle, t Anna. Q. Nilsson, Miriam Cooper
In an adaption of Uhn. J. Locke's "IDOLS"
A First UaHonal Production
PRODUCTION which we believe will
lA cause an unending amount of dis
cussion on a rather delicate question.
A question as old as time itself the intermar
riage of creeds, and in this particular instance,
a Jew and a Gentile.
H
OWEVER, it is not the object of -this
photoplay to solve a problem, but to
present one.
PatHe New
Christie Comedy
SILVERMAN'S ORCHESTRA
playing the Overture "
"BOHEMIAN GIRL"
THE story aside from this angle is an ab
sorbing drama full of life, love, hate,
jealousies and every element that con
tributes its quota to life.
SWEEPING before you are scenes of sur
passing strength, wherein the live3 of two;
men and two women are bound and shat
tered by two unbreakable oaths one of love,
one denying love. From them spring emotions
undeniably true, and drama of virile power and
exquisite charm.
Today rlR5 Today
Wed. aV h!bi a ri"i. lWf W.
Bfalto Symphony ' J If JT Kr. Harry KesseU
yers. ;4 Singing
Harry Brader, fj!!,m - , HS. Tm Nobody!
Dir. OTerture rSfc IStV Babj' and
I Bohemian Girl" jgjP "Cherle."
He had to squander l - - "j tSwf jr 9
a million .in a year! I 'L J I . S H
Easy? Try it t . V Tft?f , :A ' A 9
some timet Mean- , ''-"jW Y f R 1
wtiile, come and roll V4 - Wf 4'5 f Y I
in laughter while V V Q
Fatty rolls in " l x I taimrix 9
wealth. A whale of - - I WEEK 9
a star in a whale of jV ' ' I
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N - Laughs and Thrills ' ffiLl
1 X ROSCOE (FATTY)V
IrArhorkle
in 9
"Brewster's Million
Special Added Attraction
ANNUAL BABY CONTEST
Every matinee this week, beginning tomorrow at 3:00 p. m. Prizes given
daily to the most popular baby and a beautiful silver loving cup to the most
popular baby of the week. Register at the BRANDEIS STORES Infants'
Department and get a silhouette picture made of your baby free of charge.
Coming Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week
WANDA HAWLEY in "THE HOUSE THAT JAZZ BUILT"
And last three days of the Baby Contest.
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