Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 24, 1920, Page 5

*tremendous situations and scenes ‘mm m which have ever been put upon the RS AN |screen. T Y o AT m mm" . Long before the story starts a w. 3 man in Australia has run away m: A : Tt Rl iy her cruel husband with another man ' “Rigoletto” was inspired by ‘a drama of Victor ng:i”, “Le Rois’ se.” This astoi ng opers, pro- :fl? in/ Venice, March 11th, lgsll'.v was far ahead of its period. Even today, there are pages which surprise one by their modern feeling and at- mosphere, Rigoletto, ‘the hunchback buffoon of the court,. insults Monte- he grows up a map @f perfect conduct and ‘morals, who. insists that all con- nected with himself shall . be & blameless as he. .First he learns that his wife has turned aside from her marriage; VOWS. Then comes: the secret of his own birth, and ha' puml thr;mgh a ;‘)n': . the Duke|[shaking emotional experience whic h”.:”':on:z“;lfl:::'u terone, 'terri-|ends by his :comprehension of the ble in his wrath: ,lays'a -curse on the|prevalence of human frailty, and the Jester. ' This curse is soon a-working. | power. and need’of’ forgiveness-rather Ri létto loves but one being in the than . condemnation. Mr. Warner ‘Rigo his dan di 3 gives a wonderfully done’portrayal, world, ! ‘woos her in the and'is supported by a competent cast. a student. The, courtiers conspire to Wi e gon oo b Y blindfold Rigoletto and make him an “THE CITY OF MASKS” ' . Suppose you were allowed to be unconscious party to the abduction your real sélf only once a week? Go of his own daughter.-whom they hand over to the aneh‘f One.of themgre-b- est passages in:the opera comes 1 the ]t,hird act: 'when Rigoletto: enters the ducal anteroom, trying to conceal Tis dismay under ‘a laughing exterior, ‘while his eyes search everywhere for the whereabouts of his lost child: At Iast, unable longer: to dissemble, he jmplores the courtiers to have mercy, ‘tp, speak. The ' courtiers leave, as Gilda, entering, throws herself ' into her father's arms and confesses a1l | yimoa’t cnieht atthe Elko theatre, [The last act of, the:opera, which €on-| " «wrhe City of. Maaks”'is New. York. tains the immortal q , (takes e masqueraders : are ' the folks of place in & lonely spot on the shores| nohlo birth: who;: George Barr Mc- 'of the: River Mincio.: On: one: gide| cutcheon, the' alithor, tells us, are is seen the hut of the assassin, ‘working in humble occupations in the fucile. With’ this man Rigoletto has|metropolis, conceal Heir, iden- struck‘a- terrible- . “Through]| fitfes. *Into this nov the sister of mfl§°’ e AR dellghtral romauce s addalena, the Duke.is to he:lured{ing adventures d there mv i body is to be delivered to Rigoletto, |. who will ‘'wait . outside at mid d Such is the situation when ‘the Dul sings the famous aria, “La donna ‘e| Mobile* “Woman were to. all' outward appearances chauffeur to.a wealthy New Yorker you were a British nobleman?. Very jmprobable? . Granted. But it's very interesting when unfolded as part of an’ absorbing ‘photoplay story. - It forms the central situation in Robert Warwick’s new picture, “The City of ‘Masks,”. which -will be displayed last Siver s RS Al s 4 d ver since; ‘The: Americano’ the Fickle). . Thete|y;ipitating public has waited anxi- are. few ensemble passages.’m 8. qysly for Douglas Fairbanks to dupli- opera which ‘equal in. dramatic POWeT cat0 it insofar” as_enlivened. action' the quartette. ' Here are four people,i;n g incident are concerned. And he each animated by a different emotion,| has come through’ with plenty to each part strongly individual, and alllpare" in . “The Mollycoddle.” While voices combining. to make:a viece of | yont:of his pictures are identical in heavenly harmony. - The. Duke. is|characterization, since they present casting languishing eyes on“hln him_ fighting his ‘way, to the top, his lena who is . laughing in . his ‘arms.|jatest feature is so different in treat- Gilda is desperate with the discovery|ment of its theme and central figure, of the Duke’s infidelity, and Rigo-|that it really carries marked origin- Jetto, crouching ‘outside: the; door of raljty. In/dissécting the plot one will the hut, is plotting vengeance. find that it belongs to the hackneyed storm rages, the hour of midnight brand. But the majority don’t strikes. A body enclosed in a sack search for plots in"a Fairbanks "pic- is thfown through the door, Rigoletto]ture because they 'are too busy keep- is exulting in his vengeance when he 'ing track of the athletic star. *'' ™ hears what seems to be a ghostly echo,|. It is going to surprise many. to see the careless song of the Duke “La Doug sport 2 .mustache and give. life Donna e Mobile.” He opens the sack | to a spineless individual who is called and. beholds .the. face.of his a mollycaddle, through his desire to daughter. Gilda has offered her life|be at the heleht of fashion and to save the man -Who betrays insult, :ltlt:er né it £ e . [ v : : 2 t:li'g'effl?:“' he vahrieh,fi he star coring; easily and su; + SQUATTER’S “GAL” HOLDS " | the ‘¢oncluding . reels. FATE OF RICHIN HAND AT ' |of fighting’ Americans, he has been . REX, T0: AND FRIDAY |brought ‘up in tné environment of Y Monte ‘Carlo for so_long that there ple- lttle girl from ajisn’ta red corpustle left in him. . But . humble squatter’s cabin was entrust- the girl awakens the manhood in him. _ed by Fate with .the holding. in her|and then the fum begins, =Great in- power of the life -and happiness of [cident accompanies the action which the wealthy *hill-toppers” who mis-|transpires, before ' 'he reaches the treated her is’a poignant thought in Painted: Desert of Arizona where the “Polly of the Btorm Country,” 'in'{Hopi Indians live. And all of it is which Mildréd ‘Harris Chaplin ‘will[sure-fire. For example, his attempt be seen at the Rex theatre commenc- to fire the boilers on the yacht and ing today. K A ‘. //his_adventure with a school of fish. As Polly Hopking, Mrs. Chaplin is|; Make up your mind that the thrills seen in surroundings that'threaten to|are running neck and: neck even he- throttle the strong love for life and|fore the terrific finish. & Once he sets humanity which she'has instilled in foot in Arizona he reverts;to type and her heart as a resuli of the teachings |becomes a fighting Ma 1. Humor of ol granny Hope. 'Many-eventsdominates . the action uring: the canspired to t ke the’ love out “of | scenes on ‘the India; Polly's heart. Her grandmother dies, shimmies: with the ws and cuts her brother-in-law is torn from'the lup high"jinks withthe braves. And #1dé ‘of his. wife and new-born babe,|the spectator is wondering what'is her father is jniled-on:a false charge coming next." Yes indeed, .the subject and fnally the anthorities ‘are sent|is rich in surprise he \big punch to.take from her;little crippled Jerry, | packs a ,tremendous Ilop when he her tiny. brother. It is. then' that|is seen fighting. with the villain on hate'js implanted in the heart where the top of a mountain, Together they, love once_ruled. s e 'roll down ‘the side, sHoot through the And an, entire community becomes | walls of a shack %%%up in a pond spellbound under-the ‘tetrible torture|at (the bottom: @} even 'pro- _that Polly desiens for the woman who |pelled over a‘water.fall.. And Wal- "betrays her:faith. Buf! ftion for risk- 1 ‘réglistic man- fggest thrill “’How a sim i never inflicted for a‘lov “fuses the clouds abou cou try,” and the .rainbow of'-peace and contentment is discovered ST A TOM MIX COMING 'y 05510 | - IN BIG PHOTOPLAY A1~ ¥ REX THEATRE SATURDAY Tom Mix, ‘one of ‘the greates ponents of the real life ‘of :the. ol west, will appear at thé Rex theatre 3 next Saturday in his latest William % - Fox photoplay,. “The Coming of they Law,” based on the book by Charles} Alden Seltzer. Mr. Mix has selécted; a fine cast for this play. He has Brownie Vernon for his leading lady‘I “The Coming of the:Law” is" aj story of Dry Bottom, New Mexico, to; which town Mix, in the character; of| Kent ‘Hollis, comes to succeed his; : am father, who was head of .fhe Circle- Bar Ranch. He finds his father has ‘ died; also finds that ciittle rustlers are running the town. Althoughl Kent is a tenderfoot, he jumps in to} clean up the town and bring law and ! order to the place. - He does so many ~wezine things that the rustlers are beaten by astonishment rather than by gun play. As 'usual, Mix does some stunts in this' picture that take one’s breath, away. . : ./ THE WHITE DOVE That we should not judge the weak too sternly, especially before we are sure that we also have not sinped, is the lesson of “The White ve;” ‘Robertson-Cole special in which H. B. ‘Warner ‘appears at the Elko theatre Friday and Saturday. ' There is no. ralizing in thepicture, but its mes-. e i3 sent home in some of the most!! every \Wednesday night. ‘beyond belief! By Georg & 5 one better than that.®. Suppose you in L and. underneath your trim uniform. & Fairbanks to dupli- acenic back- \truly pfe- era-work is excellent, Victor Fleming has-turn- ed out a production which entitles him' to.the highest 2 |GLASS OF SALTS of finer clay. They have a child andy’ {In’1918 ‘and 1919 the territory near the.delta of the Rhone suffered. greatly from swarms of. the Morocco crickét, which multiplied ‘so excessively as to be of great Injury to the crops. recent meeting of the French Acsademy of- Sclences a:report ‘was made by ‘M. Vayssiere ‘ol ‘whe of the tflame throwers,” ployed in the war for tirowing liguid 'fire,’ to 'extermina these ‘pests.. ‘With an‘apparatus hol ing ahout twelve liters of petroleum an extent.of 200_square meteé| ; he. g0 thoroughly swept with'flames as to kill | all_the, Insects. - Asphyxiating -gnses had but little effect but -applications of ‘powered - chlpropicrin: were ‘much more satisfactory, ~ While vegetation suffered. somewhst the _effects were. only. temporary. Lastly,.M; Vayssiere made use of poisotied bait with a basis ‘of arsenic like that employed in Italy and in the United States and obtained good results. 'He proposes to.utilize all’ ‘three methods—first; the flame throwers to exterminate the hordes of young larvae in all cases where their use does not involve danger of fire; secondly, ' chloropicrin- powder - where the flame throwers would be danger- ous; and thirdly polsoned bait in irri- gated meadows where no cattle are He Looked Iquulcq!. An officer of the reserve. was tirel after a hard day’s work, and thought he would like a cocktail, which he or- dered. ' Then he bethaught himself of the breach of discipline inyolved in serving a drink to a:man in:uniform. Pretty soon the darky returried with the cocktall neatly *‘dolled” up” in a cup surrounded . by cracke@d ‘ice, as orange juice i served.. ‘The office looked sternly at the waiter and asked . him if he did not know. better-than to serve a drink to an officer In_aniform “Is you an officer, sah?!‘sa darky, innocence oozing ftom every. pore of his face, “Fo, thought ‘yon was one of d |, band.” ¥ : ly and vividly as a comedian as when| :|he.gives emphasis to the punch in A rescendant A soul stding "drama of love and' Forgiy{g‘%ss ATy — H FRL & SAT. R Masks” 47 With MISS LOIS WILSON j Under false colors! 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With a Big' Company. of Fifty Artists, including BEATRICE PIZZORNI . ENRIQUITA PALMA - CONSUELO MEDINA. :. SPERIA CASTEL ALFREDO GRAZIANI ' CARLOS MEJIA EDUARDO LEJARAZU- . SOTO-MAYOR FRANCISCO CRUZ. .ROSA DI CARLI ol e PATRICIA DORIAS ' “RIGOLETTO” Tharsday Evening, June 24 “JL TROVATORE”’ Frlda_y Evening, June 25 Splendid Chorus—Special Grand Opera Orchestra . Ignacio Del Castillo, Conductor Seats on Sale Tuesday, June 22nd at | Boardman’s Pharmacy .. How to Secure Tickets by Mail — Address letters, make _checks, postoffice money orders; payable to Grand theatre. In-° clude self-addressed, stamped envelope to help insure safe return.” S ——— PRICES INCLUDING WAR TAX-$1.65-$2.20 Note—Owing to limited éeating capacity for this big production, positivel ). free list, no phone orders received, no ‘seats laid asige. B i o