Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 10, 1920, Page 4

~He -undertook to get ’. #0 himself, but the girl thought dif- 2 well are prominent T the large cdst \ “In the quiet of a college room three 8 were talking over their pipes, nd its problems, discussing nd . debating the thousand nd questions that absorb and fasciliate ‘youths about to go forth into- the world.. . Twb of the threc finally put upon pér the creed upon which they a-creed which was to " regul The " third: man, Tefused to subscribe! . “No God, no sin, no future life; nothing but, the survival of the fit- test,”and every man fof himself.” 'his lereed was signed by Nicholas guburuuzh and James Rittenshaw nder their signatures the third man of thé trio wrote his opinion of it: “All tommyrot,” and signed his name, Harvey Breck. ‘Wigh ‘the creed as their guilding 2ight the two chums entered the ‘business world. Materially, they were “wery successfully. ,The creed seeme to have brouglt to them all that men could ask, of comfort, reputation worldly goods, achievement. Prol aply it was not applied as extrem 1y as it was written; until Nick en- tered; into an affair with Jim's wife, aisy. Then it hit home. “Byery man, for himself--no sin— the survival of the fittest-—'' cnese Principles were part of the creéd which Jim and Nick had agreed up- ‘Jon; but when that creed struck at the very’vitals: of his happiness, Jim brushed it aside—and killed= his friend. How the soul of a man wins, thru ‘agony and tears, to a wonder- ful redemption, is the theme of the Goldwyn _Picture, “Earthbopnd,” ‘which comes .to the Grand :theatre three'days beginning Sunday. ° YOUTH TESTS FAITH OF HIS SWEETHEART 1f you came upon the man you loved taking bomds that di§ not be- ‘long to him trom his employer's safe would you -consider him a thief? ‘That is the situation that confronts the heroine in ‘A Master. Stroke, 2 Vitagraph. production starring Earl Willlams, which will be sedn at the| Elko theatre tonight, also Saturday matinee and evening. Mr. Williams, as Yale Durant, raises an interesting question. Just when is a ‘man a thief? ‘There are ¢xtenuating circumstan- ces' that would seem to make the aét of stealing necessary. Suppose your father had a friend who had backed him when he needed help. His friend- ship for your her at that:time had meant your vation also. Your vouth had been made a bed of roses because -of..his .backing.. And then years after your father's friend had come to you in need and reminded you of what he had done,-would you re!u? to help him, even though thru foolish prodigality you had waslcdi your patrimony? 1 | _Mr, Willlams portfays convincing- 1y what the youth .who, .with. full sense! of his dead father’s opliga- tions, but at the end of his own re- “.sourgeg, felt in that dire-extremity. the securities nd that was what the girl saw when | e found him kneeling before the safe. Was he a thief? He bel:eved ferently when she understooa. The two-part Century comedy “Uncle Tom's Caboose,’ is al3o on the Elko program for tonight and tomor- TOW, - “THE RESTLESS SEX” AT THE ELKO THEATRE SUNDAY | ‘The colorful love story and Javish settings ir Robert W. Chambers sturj ies lend themselves well to presenta tion on the screen. The picture ve sions of “The Danger Mark,” “The! Firing Line," “The Dark Star,” and| “The Fighting Chance™ have already met with great success...Now comes the photoplay adapted from one of Mr. Chamber’s most brilliant recent novels, “The Restless Sex.” Plquant Marién Davies isithe heroine, and the picture will be on view at the Elko theatre for three days commencing Sunday next. é ““The Restless Sey deals with fem- inism, but not in a ‘political way. It portrays the insatiable desire of the modern young woman for excitement and a place of importance in .the world. The story portrays the ro- mance of a pretty girl of this type. Ralph Kellard and Carlyle Black- supporting Miss Davies. Robert Z. Leonard directed the picture, which i8 a Paramount super-special. VAUDEVILLE I8 FINE. SAYS BRAINERD MANAGER | In a_letter received yesterday, Frapk Workman, manager of the Park theatre at Brainerd, where the foug acts of vaudeville which are to appeir at the Grand theatre tonight, were playing, said Just saw the first show and every, one was pleased people who were never here before went out and said ‘Fine’. Four nice, ¢lean acts as good as you see any- ‘where.” . ‘With the Four Harmony JMalds, all | artl on the saxaphone, in “Dainty Musical Moments,” as the headliners, Ed and Grace McConzell in “Fun the Piano”; Bunny Martin as the Novelty Girl, and Murry and Irwin, stlers from Birdland” on the! program, the bill is certain to please | the most exacting. Mr. McCounell | 18 ‘personally known to the manage- ment as an able pianist, and a song ‘writer, who has several of the most * popular .numbers being sung today, to°his credit. This will be the first show in Be- midji, on the new cirefit that ex-| tends from Chicago to the western| coast and back via the southern| es, and it will be noticed that a| infprovement in shows will once. i first show begins at 7:30 with stage play with’Eddie Lyons and Lee | Moran; the second show -at 9:15. {Only children with their parents will be admitted at the evenin‘g shows. “THE WHITE MOLL” AT REX LAST TIMES TONIGHT An event of Mvely importance and! great popular interest occurred last night at the Rex theatre. The sordid, the beautiful, the adventurous, thril- lingly blended—thesé furnish the tiavor of ‘“The.White Moll,” a power- ful photeplay \special in which Pearl White appeared for the first time as| 2 William F8Y star, and in her-first big production. Needless to say, a capacity house | welcomed this ‘popular screen star,) who has definitely abandoned serial pictures in which she earned world | fame. 1 In “The White Mo!l,” Pearl White/ surpasses anything she has previdu: -! !y done on the screen. She furnish in abundance of thrills in a role| which is intensely dramatic, framed | in a story which grips the heart} from start to finish. ¢ “The’ White Moll’ ’is from the pen f Frank L. Packard, author of the elebrated play, “The Miracle Man.” | In it Miss White has many opportini- ties” to utilize all the extraordinary magnetism which has made her the best known screen dctress in the| world. She possesses & most attrac-| tive presence, and in her strongly emotional scenes §s superb. The story is laid in New York’s underworld, and Pear] White has the role of 4 young 'settlement worker who, once a crook herself, aids the unfortunate and seeks to reform men and women’ who murder and rob for a lvelihood. The experiences she to satisfy anyone. The story car- euncounters in-doing this are aston- ishing and the action’is rapid enough ries a powerful heart appeal to all. There is a deligntful romance in which the heroine wins the love of a reformed gangster. A strong cast, headed by Richard C. Travers, supports the star. The scenario was written oy E. Lloyd Sheldon. and the direction was by Harry Millarde. P a—— “THE SON-OF-A-GUN” AT ; THE REX TOMORROW ONLY| G., M. Anderson, knowan to film fans | thruout' the’country for his work in | the character of “Broncho w.iy” uas! heen booked'as the headline attract-| tion’ at the Rex ‘theatre' on . Satur- day in “The Son-of-a-Gun,” the sec: cnd of his new five-reel “Western Classics.” ~With a story founded upon an act- ual incident in the life of a wel known character of the soeuthwest of | pioneer days, adapted to the screen by men thoroughly familiar with the whst ef those days and producea by ! a staff of men headed by Jesse J.| Robins, producer of the well known, ‘Broncho Billy” releases, this should | prove one of the most popular sub-, ects in which Mr. Anderson has ever ! ppeared, ' . L It is doubtful if there has ever been gathered together sich a star erew of prize-winning cowboys -as. {hose who appear in support of G. M. And-| erson in “The Son-cf-a-Gun”, the| <econd of his new five-reel *Western | Classics,” | Although there were more than fifty” of them in the production and of these, fully one-half were winners | of medals at the various round-ups| and rodeos which are held annually at different points in the west. Not only had they taken honors at these events prior to their work in the pro-| duction of ‘“The Son<of-a-Gun,” but, since then several have won addi- tional distinction at the recent Mag- dalena, New Mexico, and the Chey: nne, Wyoming, round-ups. “‘Tex’ Austin, “Slim” Riley, “Fat" Jone: nd “Windriver” Bill are a few of *he medal winners who did some of| the most diffieult riding In Yhe latest 3t the G. M. Anderson releases. A ‘D[NT’Y" AT THE REX THEATRE k SUNDAY AND MONDAY| An _unusual comb:nation of types is offered - in- “Dinty”. Marshall Neilan's newest production faor| First National release, whi¢h.will be| le attraction at the Rex theatre, be- | sinning Sunday. As‘three of the chief #haracters in the 'story Director| Neilan has used Wesley Barry, the freckled-faced kid in “Go It” and “Don’t Ever Marr; Mitchell, a pickaninny, and Walter Chung, an almond-eyed youngster of | Oriental extraction o Other widely contrasted types are| offered by Coleen Moore, as an Irish <irl; Julia Faye, as a grodern vamp; \nna May Wong, 4 behutiful Chin-| ¢_malden of eighteen summers in | etty Oriental garb; Noah Beery, as a Malay half-breed; FPat O'Mally.| Marjorie Daw and J. Barney Sherry a straight American:parts; Tom Wil- son, as an Irish cop; Jimmy Wong an 86-year-old. native. of theland of the Chee Chée bird, and Kate Price, | as a typical Bridget trom Erin. 1 ‘Relics 'of Famed Irishman. Hanging in _the great hallway of the | present mansion of ‘Sir Robert. Hod- gon; Hollybrook, Ireland, where Robin Adair lived, played, sang verses, is his | harp.” Robin Adair was a snccesgml wine merchant in Dublin. He it Was who built Hollybrook. where he enter- tained lavishly. . The original song of “Robin “Adair,” which. dates back to the year 1730, was written tq com- memorate a visit he paid.to some sporting friends st Puckstown, neat| | Dublin. In spite of his eonvivial hab-| 1ts. Robin Adair lived to a green old | age, and died fo Teublin, 1737. In ad | ditlon to his harp, two of his wine| glnsses, which heT1 a quart of wine | each, are stili preserved In this same | mpnsion. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE ¢ part feature comedy, “La La Lnellle s picturization of the fameus & -4 DAILY ‘PIONEER * statement ~ dreatly and deeply interested “in. Isincerely hope that every- 'ono who liked my production \of ‘The Miracle Man’ will go. R m,‘E’lrfhbo'u'nd./' S ) A ascinated — nthralled, not only be-' cause the story itself is in- ‘tensely interesting, but because. it is unfque. Nathing of the kind ‘Ius ever been done—a unique idea presenited with tho most i egrloctin‘ uu‘gtry_.’; 5 Gergrude Atherton —THE CAST— WYNDHAM STANDING well known in the legitimate ?:heatrg and leading man of many screen’ successes, plays the, difficult role of Dick Desbor- ough, whgse spirit becomes carthbound. MAHLON HAMILTON RlaysJim Rittenshaw, who, in his college . days formulated this creed: “No God, No ~ Sin, No Future Life.” A strong part, powerfully portrayed. | - FLORA REVALLES . Known formerly for her exqi:igite danc- ing in Diaghilefi’s Russian Ballet, who enacts the role ofDaisy Rittenshaw, the young wife whose spell brought Des- borough to his end. {f NAOMI CHILDERS " contributes to “Earthbound” what critics call the best performance of a splendid screen career. She play$\Caroline Des- borough, wife of th'e murdered man. LAWSON BUTT is another well known performer in Gold- wyn pictures. For him was chosen the role of Harvey Breck, the grave philoso- pher of “Earthbound” who has his own solution of the hereafter. ALEC B. FRANCIS plays the part of Dr. Galloway, rector and member of the Desborough house- hold. He is known as one of the finest character actors in motion pictures. BILLIE COTTON who plays Connie Desborough, deplctg the wistful little daughter of Dick Des- borough with an artistry that bespeaks promise of a wonderful career. KATE LESTER who-plays Miss De Windt, is noted in the photoplay world - for her distinguished work in elderly roles. @There is a message in ‘Earth-\ - {pound’ that the wide world is” N N B R s i v _ BASIL KING'S powerful story gt s of the : unseen world’ UR lives bound ‘together by a common’ creed—*No, < { God—no Sin—no Future Life.” loyélty and passion. #Then ineyvitable disaster—and plunge to death, . Two men and two women torn by the conflict between for one of tliem‘n'headlong'j . Is the spul swept from earth the moment it i freed from “tHie'old ingerests go on?,, . the body? Or, does it—earthbound—still share the violent, e:fiotipns which thelliving must endure? Does the personality. change with: death—how_long do’ Is there growth and progression”even after the shadowy, 5 +Basil King's “Earthbound” is a gripping story of pers, sanalities reaching back arid foith across this barrier., It is a subject to which Basil King has devoted years of) . . ‘intense personal study. - He brings to-this great narrative, % lan' intimate knowledge of men and women, of their wants; 3 3 w and emotional experiences. - “Earthbound” is a remarléable’liftihg of the"veil tfiafi 'Punda between- this life and the next—a motion picture’ endowed with a power and human gioignancy that can be; 4 found in no other form of art. The year that it hu,t‘akenjn_c:eation ‘began a_new era) { » ) THEATRE SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Matinee at 2:30 NIGHT SHOWS—7:30-9:00 Admission—All Seats—40c NIGHT SHOWS—7:30-9 Admission—Adults 40c Matinee at. 2:30 " DEC. 12—13—14 - stopped beating! < W . “That astounding diama which yesterday passed with unutters abledignity before our astound- ed eyes! Dignity, power, pase sion, drama—niy heart almost No_ great, work of art has ever held me :more; spellbound. 3§ g .., ““Never have I been-more dpirs itually uplifted by a closing,. scene and & closing ling—op” more comforted.” {Mausice Tourheur's “T'he most interesting subject that has. ever been: screened. The production of ‘Earthbound’ marks a-distinct advance in thd art of motion pictures.” A - -~ X . o ABSOLUTELY DIFFERENT FROM _ ANYTHING YOU HAVE ' EVER SEEN 73,12é paid $2.60 admission -the first week, of the five weeks “Earth- bound” was shown at the Capitol Theatre in New Yerk. ' FIVE WEEKS AT THE PLAY- HOUSE IN CHICAGO QT $1.00 24,562 paid 50 cents at the Blue "Mouse Theatre 1st week in Minne- apolis. “Earthbound” Wilg Hold You-Spellbound~’ N -3 play for children, On this agcount no admission price is annéunced. Howe‘ver, ;hildren who are.accompanied by their par- ents will be admitted for 20 cents at the MONDAY and TUESDAY shows only. The Management.