Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 13, 1920, Page 4

PICTURE SERIAL HAS A ROMANTIC ERWNG ‘Whether readers of books or lovers of motion pictures the majority of ple like a happy ending to their entertainment. They - anticipate it. ~‘"*his was the theory of the authors of Vitagraph’s adventure serial “Smashing Barriers,” starring Wil- f1am Duncan, worked upon and in ‘the fifteenth and final episode of the serial, which will be shown at the Grand theatre tonight, they have giv- en just such a desired ending. - The villains are vanquished, Wil- 1iam Duncan and his friends are tri- ;umphant, he comes into his own and ‘» to his father that he has the i ‘mettle and aléo takes, as part of his spoils after the fifteen- chapters of thrilling and dangerous adventure, a charming wife. SPEED KEYNOTE OF NEW RUSSELL FIIM Speed’s the middle name of Jimmy Clunder, the leading character in “The Lincoln Highwayman,” the new Wiiliam Fox feature by Paul Dickey in which Willlam Russell will be starred tomorrow and Saturday at the Grand theatre. During the whole action of the pic- ture Russell is moving at top speed. He 18 usually in a fast automobile which he always drives at the limit wp hill and down dale. Obstacles which would stop an ordinary driver ‘mean nothing in his young lfe. - Bven when he is making love Rus- sell is in action. The girl is finally won by him because she canhot resist . his speed. The heroine is played by pretty Lois Lee, a new comer to Fox feat- ures, although an experiences film actress. Other well known players in the cast are Frank Brownlee, Jack Connolly, Harry Epingler, Edward Piel and Edward Booth Tilton. The production was directed by Emmett J. Flynn, who also directed Russell in the adaption of Willlam McLeod Raipe’s “Eastward Ho.” INNOCENTLY INVOLVED Robert Warwick as an English sol- dfer of fortune in South Africa is‘the hero of a rather striking photoplay at the Elko theatre tonight, last times. It is called “Thou Art the Man” and .1s a Paramount Artcraft production. As Myles Calthorpe, the soldier- star leaves the employ of a couple of diamond smugglers when he suspects the shady character of their business, only to encounter another of the ~as- cals in the brother of the pretty girl whom he meets and with whom he falls in love. Innocently involved in -the thieving game, he serves a three- .~ year sentence in prison to protect the girl. After his release,” he passes through several disheartening adven- tures, but eventually wins his happi- Sy N Lois Wilson, heretofore- a light comedy performer, shows ‘unexpected talents as an emotional actress. J. M. Dumeont, Clarence Burton and C. H. Geldart are also in the cast. HOT UNDER COLLAR Would you let a six-dollar-a-week clerk fire your star. salesman. You probably would get just as hot under the collar about it as old Uncle Enoch does in “The Danecin’ Fool,” the pic- ture at the Elko theatre Friday and Saturday. Wallace Reid is the-star. Breezy Wallie is seen as “Ves” Tib- ble, the clerk with the munificent wage. However\"Ves" manages to ¢ombat the H. C. of L. by acting as Junie Budd’s dancing ‘partner. by night in a jazzy New York cabaret at i_.a paltry two hundred per. Strangely enough, business appeals to him more than the easy money he earns danc- ing, and he is able to put over a uni- que selling campaign that’ makes even crabbed Uncle Enoch hail him as a genus. e T, “The Dancin’ Fool” was adapted by Clara Kennedy from Henry Pay- ,son Dowst’s Saturday Evening Post serial. Bebe Daniels is' the leading woman, and the picture, which is a Paramount Artcraft, was directed by Sam Wood. NEW RUSSELL FILM FULL OF SURPRISES William Russell, the brawny screen star, plays the role of “The Lincoln . Highwayman,” the new William Fox feature, the stirring story of which was written by Paul Dickey as a stage play; which is the program at the Grand theatre Friday and Saturday. “The Lincoln Highwayman” is es- sentially a . photodrama of speed. my Clunder, the hero, is at top Eed all through the action. It i speedy wooing which enables him to win the heart of Marian Calyert,| played by pretty Lois Lee. What girl could resist so dynamic a wooer? The feature was staged with un- usual regard for realism. The ga- rage which - Jimmy acquires was specially buils on the Lincoln High- way. Many high class motor cars lend a touch of luxury fo the picture. The plot runs through many ex- citing incidents, from a pictorial his- tory of banditry, on to Jimmy’s ad- ventures as a pseudo-highwayman, down to the happy ending of his six- cylinder romance. phs The supporting cast contains many picture players who are well known here. Harry Spingler returns to the screen a8 Danny Murphy, Jimmy’s assistant. Others are Frank Brown- lee, Jack Connolly, Edward Piel and Edwin Booth Tilton. -. Emmett J. Flynn, who directed Russell in “Eastward Ho!” by Wil- liam McLeod Raine, also directed this production. This combination of director and star seems a particu- larly happy one in view of their second achievement. : POLICE OFFICER CHASES OUTLAW FOR MONTHS IN SNOW WASTES OF NORTH There is a wealth of wonder and scenery of the snow wastes of .he frozen northland in the picture “The River's End,” by James Oliver Cur- wood, a Marshall Neilan production that will be shown at the Rex theatre today and Friday. : PER | The snow scenes were taken far' up in Canada, where the snow lay‘'many feet deep on the grqund almost the year round. Thére are miles and miles of snow flelds, stretching to the horizon and beyopd to the land of the midnight sun: : Here there is only a chance white man’s hut, some one seeking a refuge ‘|trom the world of men, as outcast from his own people. Occasionaiy there will be the rude tepees of the north Indians and perhaps the 1gloos of the Bsquimaux. But mostly it is a dreary waste, wheie the wolf pack hunts or howls at the moon. In a long, long time there is seen a trail, and 2 white man on snow shoes traveling across the snow, or perhaps a sled drawn by huskies, white men on some unusual mission. In this setting is laid a story of tremendous action and of deep. heart interest, the story of a man driven into exile because charged with mur- der, of a thrilling chase which lasts for months—the . relentless . Royal Mounted Police on the trail, determ- iried that justice shall be satisfied by a hanging. % Then back to civilization runs the story, following the outlaw in a dead man’s garments and with a dead man's name. These mysteries and thrills are unfolded in a way that will both.startle and fascinate all. THRILLS. MYSTERY. LOVE AND IN “FIGHTING SHEPE An almost life-like story of how & simple, inconspicuous girl, through a strange series of incidents arose from the depth_of a western roadhouse and obscure and uncertain parentage to a position of wealth and power in her community is thé story of ‘“The Fighting Shepherdess” from the famous book by Caroline Lockhart, and’the latest Anita Stewart produc- tion” which will be &eén at the Rex theatre Saturday and Sunday. . | The natural inclination of the girl are against the surroundings “in which she was placed and it so tran- spired that by chance a recluse gheep- herder with a sense of chivalry ar- rived at the tavern to champion her cause against the advances of an objectionable character. It was through this man that Kate, played by Anita Stewart, was able to leave the tavern and take up a life as a hermit girl. An appealing romance enters the story shortly after Kate leaves the tavern. Hughjes Disston played by Wallace MacDonald, visiting the cat- tle country becomes enamored of the simple. shepherdess and an enagage- ment is effected. Little does the yvouth realize that when he revisits the sheep country after his years in college he will find a difference in his little shepherd girl and a difference that causes him much pain but makes for a very interesting picture. REVEALED GAS MASK SECRET Two Belgian Womén and Their Father Honoied for War- time Ald. London.—Awardr have just been » made-to two Belflan women, Mme. Clement and her sister, Mlle. Marfe - d'Have, and posthtmously to their fa- ther, Theophile d'lave, for giving to the Belgian general staff details of the first-German gas mask. Posing as_a pro-fierman, M. d'Have .was able to send ore of his daughters to Havre, then the Pelgian great head- quarters, with -a dnesign of the mask concealed in her dress. She went by way of Holland and at the Dutch frontler she was searched for four " hours in vain. Had the document been found she would.have been shot. Al- ~*together Mile, d'Have crossed ‘the " “frontier 50 times, until, at the end of 1015, she thought it would be safer to ‘remain in Holland. So :well. did the father pose as & “pro-German that his neighbors hated " him and their behavior to him hastened “‘his death from heart disease. ' At the Z7fime"of the armistice a ‘crowd tried to bura down liis house. Subscribe for The Plonier. . Eclipse for the Moon., A young couple were occupying the porch swing later than usual one moone light night. From a near-by window her mother inquired: “Mary, what are you doing up so late?” .“Looking .at ‘the beautiful mogn- mother.” “Well, it's twelve o'clock. You had better send the moon home.”"—Every body’s Magazine. ! Something- to Fall Back On. “Bilfur “says. he s having a hard time keeping a roofigver, his head.” “I don't ;sympathize ‘with him. If he's in such straits, ‘'why doesn’t he give up his automobile,” 8 “He says 'he-'can't "think of ‘doing that. And, besides if the worst comes to the worst, it's, comforting to know that his automobile has a top.” Gatheriag a Navy of Hls Own. Shelbyville, Ky.—A man who opened what purported to be a navy recruit- ing station received 22 recruits and then disappeared, leaving behind many unpaid bills.. According to Louisville and Lexington recrulting officials, no] such man had authority:te sesk. e c;mp_.ign,,l..ml’;:a to Raise '| $2,500,000 for Great Monu- § : (By International News8ervice) San_Francisco, May 1 -With a monster mass meeting inm-Exposition Auditorium today, Saii ' Francisco formally launches a “ten-day’ cam- paign during. which $2,600,000 will be subscribed for ‘the ¥rection of a magnificent - monument-to the San Franciscans who fought and died. in the World War. g The monument or memorial will be fn the form of a magnificent group of buildings to be reared in lower Van Ness avenue, opposite Civic Cen- ter.- The buildings are to. be dedi- cated to the‘memory:of San Francisco fallen war heroes, to Americanization and to art. It will give the American Legion of this city permanent ‘assembly rooms and sociar quarters. The “art and musical societies will be housed here. There will be a large memorial court, where statuary and memorial tablets will commemorate the deeds -of the city’s heroes. Through the co-operation of a citi- zen’s committee the site for the group of war memorial buildings ‘has been gecured. The block . fronts on Van Ness avenue between -Hayes a%% Grove streets. It is 76 t in wid with a depth of 412 f 6 -inches to Franklin street. Preliminary sket- ches have been made by architects and a general plan and arrangement of the buildings ’ surrounding the memorial central court have been ap- proved by the American Legion. The ownership and title of -the property will be in the University of California, thus insuring perpetual use of the buildings to the people. One of the group of guildings fac- ing the memorial court a at the Van Ness avenue and Grove street corner will be devoted exclusively to|] the use of the American Legion and its posts. There are 15,000'members in San Francisco and a potential membership of 30,000. Thé California School of Fine Arts will occupy the unit of the memorial group ‘on the Van Ness avenue and Hayes street corner, where there will be suitable space provision for sculp- ture and painting galleries and print rooms. At the rear of the group buildings will be the auditorium, modern in every respect. Operatic and dramatic productions will be presented. here from time to time and during the Fall and winter months the San Francisco Musical asscciation will give * its symphony. concerts in this building. In the center of the group will be the memorial court, 150 by 170 feet in size and surrounded by arcades, in which ' will be placed. the memorial tablets and bas reliefs. This open, paved court will be decorated with suitable monuments, trophies, foun- tains, balustrades, etc.” 'At the west end''of ‘the-court’ will be the monu- mental entrance to the auditorium, for the production of. opera, -drama and syniphony concerts.. One Out of Many. Knicker—Burton surely: got & peach of a wife. Her father brought her up all right. ¥ 3 Bocker—Has she wonderful charac- teristics? Knicker—I'll say 80. . Knows a good box of cigars when she buys them. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE DAILY PIONEER BICYCLES Complete Iine of Tires and Sup- plies. Furniture Repairing and Upholstering. GENERAL REPAIR SHOP STAHL & JACOBS 811 Sixth St., Bemidji Phone 488 LOUIS B. MAYER p.mnu. oy - Anita Stewart ‘As Kate Prentice, H&o’he of Caroline'Lockhart’s - Famous Book . “The FIGHTING SHEPHERDESS” A girl alone, scorned and mocked for accepting the only protection offer-, ed, fights -unaided; her}} grim, merciless battle’ for / life, honor and love, using man’s weapons but not in man’s way. 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