Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 30, 1921, Page 4

| | | | | I : § { { i i | i o e 5 T —— E 'NEWS OF THE THEATRES “YHE GREAT REDEEMER” AT THE REX THEATRE SUNDAY One of the biggest screen produc- tions of the year will be seen at the Rex theater when Maurice Tour- neur’s super-special, “The Great Re- deemer,” will be the feature of the Dbill for two days, beginning next Sun- day. “The Great Redeemer,” it is announced, is a tremendous drama of absorbing human interest. Ac- cording to the expectations of its producers, it is destined to be hailed as one of the really impressive photo- dramas of the year. Advance reports on “The Great Redeemer” dwell with especial force upon the unusual beauty of the pro- duction from a pictorial standpoint, as well as upon its intensely dramatic theme and the tremendous moral message it carries to all who view it. ‘Dan Malloy, as the story goes, has eluded a posse that pursues him after he has held up a train, and takes refuge in the home of a girl of the mountains. The girl, startled by his sudden and unannounced - entrance ‘into the cabin, shoots the bandit, wounding him slightly. Later, after hearing his story and falling under the spell of his dominating person- ality, she begins to love him. With Dan it has been a case of love at first sight, and he is soon contemplat- ing the abandonment of his career as & bandit for a fireside and respecta- bility. 3 ‘Temptation soon appears in the person of a former pal, who tips Dan off to the fact that the limited can be held up with ease if Dan will essay one more fling at his old game. Dan succumbs and attempts the hold-up, but is surrounded and captured after’ his pal has died fighting the forces of the law. Dan is sentenced to a long term in peison. It is within the grim gray walls that his heart changes and he :figins the long, long struggle for igeneration. The manner of h}S ac- complishing this reform is told in the plot of “The Great Redeemer” with a new and startling touch. For a latter-day miracle is ‘wrought that af- fects not only the life of Dan Mal- loy, but those of others in the prison and outside of it. "It is this phase of the story that contains the biggest punch of all. H. H. Van Loan, who wrote “The Great Redeemer,” as well as a number Aof other big photodramatic successes in- cluding “The Virgin of Stamboul” and “Vive la France,” got the idea for this situation from an incident that took place in a western jail. His original story was made into a scen- ario by Jules Furthman and Jaek Gil- biert, and the production was directed by Clarence Brown under the per- sonal supervision of Maurice Tour- neur. A notable cast appears in the pie- ture. It includes House Peters as Dan Malloy; Marjorie Daw as the girl; Joseph Singleton and Jack Mac- Donald. Charles J. Van Enger pho- tographed the production, which is distributed by Metro Pictures corpor- ation. The exterior scenes were “ahot” in the most picturesque por- tions of California and Arizona and are said to show this land of moun- tains and gorgeous sunsets in all its vast and rugged beauty. WHAT NEXT-- It may surprise you to know how many different articles of house- hold use we sell. We carry a complete line of Den- nison’s crepe paper and other products. Crepe papers for parties, cos» tumes, Lunch Sets, Doll Outfits, Tags and Labels for Shipping Trunks and Bundles. Get Your Fruit Jar Labels Here. They improve the looks of your work and are useful as well as in- expensive. Toilet 7-0z. toilet paper, 3 rolls for 25¢ 4-0z. rolls at 5¢ Dennison’s Lily picnic package 25¢ Thermos paper lunches, $1.00 PIONEER STATIONERY STORE BELTRAMI AVE, “THE BROADWAY BUCKER00” AT THE REX TOPAY ONLY On of. the most capable directors of Western pictures today is Mr. W. Hughes Curran, director of “The Broadway Buckeroo.” He is one of the youngest, it not the youngest, di- rector of motion pictures. He com- menced; his theatrical career at the; age of 11, having appeared Dbefore | the footlights for a period of six years| with various vaudeville circuits.’ Mr. | Curran was assistant director with Charles Ray for three years and for the past past two years he was with Wm. S. Hart. * He has also played roles in a number of Charles Ray pi¢-} tures produced) by Thomas H. Ince. Mr. Curran is a graduate of Fordham University of New York city, and is an expert player of baseball, football and most of the outdoor sports. * ‘Fred Burns, who portrays the role of “Smoke” Stack, was formerly the world’s champion broncho buster and trick and fancy . roper, having won that distinction-twice in succession at Cheyenne, Wyo., a few years ago.! | “SCRAMBLED: WIVES” AT THE REX THEATER THURSDAY “Scrambled Wives,” starringt Mar- guerite Clark, will ibe the attrac-| tion at the Rex theater beginning Thursday. This Is Miss Clark’s first production since her return to the screen and is also; the first picture to be madq by her own independent producing company. It is released through Associated First National; Piciures, Inc. The comedy was one of the hits of the spoken stage last season, during which it enjoyed long runs both on| Broadway in New York and in Cl cago. The play was written by Mar- th4 M. Stanley: and Adelaide Matt- hews. In the screen version Mar- |great emotional, |actors with human beings strong in theme that burns with the inspira- | emotion. | It is the theme of the big outdoors, /the great Maine woods, the roaring cataracts. - The interwining of these though inanimate, courage, or weak in cowardice, pre- ents a story temse and gripping in its majesty. The action of the story revolves about the efforts, by fair means or foul, of a powerful corporation to rob old “X K.” “The Rider of the King Log,” of his river rights. Old the.forest with a tender spot in his heart as big as all outdoors for his motlrerless daughter. Death overcomes K.” and he faces it as courageously as he faced lite, but is dauntless spirit lives on in his daughter, wuo fights to the fin- ish and wins through love. Frank Sheridah, Richard Travers, llrene Boyle, Carleton Brickert, Ar- thur Donaldson, Charles Slattery many others were chosen by Holman Day, himself, to portray the charact- ers he knows so well. "SUCH A LITTLE QUEEN" AT THE GRAND TONIGHT Royalty wouldn't have gone out of fashion in Europe, one feels sure, if all the crowned heads lately deposed or decapitated had been anything like Constance Binney in “Such a Little Queen.” This admirable Realart offering opened a two day run at the G | Theater last night, and made an in- stantaneous hit with a large audi- | ence. As a queen in exile from her pet- ty kingdom, “somewhere in Europe,” Constance Binney makes an appeal- ing and winscme little heroine in “Such a Little Queen,” which is showing for the last time tonight. When her throne totters and revolu- guerite Clark has the stellar role of Lucile Smith, a capricious young| lady who has difficulty in making| her idea behave. She participates in | an innocent boarding school escapade | which results in her plunge into a mesh of matrimonial entanglements. | Leon B. Gendron is seen as Miss, Clark’s leading man in ‘the role of| Larry McLeod, from whom: she en-| deavors to hide a *‘dark and terribl past.” Others in the supporting casf are such well known players as| iRalph Bunker, Florence Evelyn Mar-| tin, Virginia Lee, Alice Mann, Frank Badgley, America Cheddister, John Mayer, John Washburn, T. A. Brai- don, Harry Fisher, Wesley Jenkins, | Ada Neville and Emma Wilcox. | “Scrambled Wives” was produced | under the direction of Edward H. Griffith, assisted by A. F. Bernadac. “The vehicle provides the sort of part in which Miss Clark has enjoyed some of her greatest successes and which has endeared her to the hearts of countless motion picture fans in all’ corners of the globe. “RIDER OF THE KING LOG” AT GRAND---TOMORROW In modern moving picture produc- tions, it is rarely that one finds n suitable theme around which the pic- ture is built. When this theme is tound, it is accorded the success of| “The Miracle man” or ‘‘Humor- esque”’. “The Rider of the King Log,” the first feature production of Holman Day, presented by Associated Exhib- itors and showing at the:Grand the- ater, tomorrow and Monday, matinee and night, has found within itself a ———— Papers packs, for pienic tion disrupts her little country, she flees to America, with her dog and her bird and her very much bejew- elled crown, but no other practical assets, save that delightful perzon- al quality which Barrie termed ‘“that damned charm.” Of course, the darkest hours of her exile precede a very rosy dawn, and all ends well with the little queen reseated upon er old throne. tion ot “actual human- experience and.). “X. K.” is a mighty, rugged son of || | RS U TR e YHE BEMIDJI DAILY ED L 'KEEN, Manager, is the veteran _of the United Press for- eign staff. His ser- vice as staff cor- respondent on big world news in foreign parts dates back to 1898. In that year, he cov- ered the Phillip- pine uprising fol- lowing the Span- ish-American ~war for the Scripps- ... McRae Press Asso- ciation and ‘was one of those on hand when General Funston captured Aguinaldo. In 1900 Keen went to China with the American contingent of Allied troops which went over to suppress the Boxer uprising and which cap- tured Pekin. For nine years there- after he was U. P. manager in Wash- ington. After a year as news manager in New York, Keen was transferred in 1911 to London as General Euro- pean Manager where he has re- mained since, Keen’s part:in covering the World War of 1914-1918 is a part of the history of the war. He was directing genius .of the large United Press staff at the various fronts and at the peace conference which, followed the war. During his service as a United Press staff correspondemt he has been in nearly every country in the world. There is probably no living man with a wider acquaintance among public !men of the greater powers than Keen. He was born in’Ohio. THIS TIME LAST YEAR Ruth madd his thirty-sixth homer off Van Gilder in St. Louis. The Giants took a four-game se- ries) from the Cards,and: went intof third place. Hollocher, CI on for append: The White from the Athleti Cincinnati took a three-game se- ries from Brooklyn and went into a tie for first place. icago Cubs, operated S, iSox bought Strunk PIONEER ~(General - European{- THE PIONEER WANT ADS| BRING RESULTS [REX THEATER SHOWING TODAY ONLY WESTERN FEATURE S‘ CENE From “THE WM. Presents W. M. (Bill) FAIRBANKS in— AND AN ALL-STAR CAST “The Broadway Buckaroo” Story and Direction by W. Hughes Curran. A Drama of the East and West Full of Pep, Action and Thrills : ; SEE—The big fight for life SEE—The fall of the fighters from the cliff. / BROADWYY BUCKAROO.” 1BJ11." FAIRBANKS < PRODUCTIONS, INC. 3 e — Featur: 25 g FOX Matinee 2:30— i “Scrambl Educational Comedy in qu Parts NEWS Rex Orchestra Evenings 7:1 0-9:00- —COMING— ed Wives” Just Beginning Screen Career Now, Says Marguerite Clark Who Starts Her Own Company New York, July 30.---Awannoying mother-in-law is no e for biga my. So ruledi Juige ¥ ing against Victor A. Hurst, of Brooklyn, who had scen fit tosdrown his troubles from a first marp plunging into a second. -jul ly is entirely willing to he, Sympa- thetic and to consider any extenuat- ing circumstance jwhatever, but he demands consistency oa the pari of those seeking mercy. Mr. Hurst's counsel hgd defended hig client’s ac- tion on the ground that the mother of his first wife made the trouble in the ‘home. “1 cannot understand,” said the court, “why the prisoner was driven, as he claims, to take an- other wife because of the attiture of his first mother-in-law. ~ He not only took a second wife but a second mo- ‘This ther-in-law. does not seem congistent.” Rubber tires are playing an.im- portant part at New York beaches this season. Skating on the beach is one of the most popular amusements. All smartly costumed in fetching bathing suits. the flappers don roll- er skates with high rubber wheels and glide across the sands. It's good exercise; it’s tremendously good fun; and the{ bathing costumes show off to much better advantage than when in the water. Then for those who insist on going into the surf, there is the new sea-wave tea-table. Rubber tires once more! Bathers are taking an auto tire, well inflated, stretching a piece of rubber cloth across it, and' there it is! A 'fine floater to hold their sandwiches and tea to-refresh themselves without - getting out of the water.” On a quiet day, the sea beaches is ‘thickly . speckled with these tires. No roof ‘show or musical revue FIRST SHE SHOT HIM— THEN SHE LOVED HIM And as for Dan Malloy, when the Girl Entered His Life— Learn What Happened to the Wickedest Man 'in the World. THE HAND OF DESTINY —Reaches down to-turn the life of Dan Malloy, two-gun “stick- up” man, into paths of decency. A pure young girl stands by and sees a miracle performed! Tells a story that will pull taut the heartstrings and capture the imagination. | From the pen of H. ¥ . e 4 Letter by > Iucy Jeanne Price L at one of the popular Long Island, ' SATURDA ¥ EVENING, JULY 30, 1921 that has Lew Field in it'is'in danger ¢ being jclassedi just as ‘“one more revue.” + And so thd fact that Lew to dintroduce 2 new . travesty in “Snapshots of 1921 when it opens late thfs month takes it out of the| general ranks and puts the “Snap- shots” in a tlass quite by themselves. 2 Hespitality to Rabert Dillon, 432 East 159th street, means hospital- iity. None of this cold ‘‘Glad to see iyou. Sorry ‘I'm so busy” stuff for 'him. When a friend of: his comes to town, he sees the town, inside and cut, if Robert Dillon has anything |to say about it. Consequently---The other day a friend: come from far away. He econfided to M= Diltan that the wish of his life had been ito see the New York Fire department {in action. He wished it would hap- ipen that they might see it. *‘Hap- Ipen!” snorted his host. ‘“Happen nothing! We don’t wait for things to happen when we're entertaining visitors.” And he up and pulled the key in a fire alarm box. Everything took place with sufficient haste and excitement to satisfy the most wish- ful visitor. Three engines, three hose carts, everything---all at once and in fine fettle. ‘But coluplicationsy |ensued for the hospitable Mr. Dillon, "and as the patrolman led him away, his interested friend from far away faded out of sight. Craps and “put and take” have given way to a more intellectual medium down in New York’s finan- cial district. A store on a busy cor- ner there has had copies printed of | tlie Edison, questionaaires and is sclling them at a_quarter each. The stenographers and clerks bet their emall change on the ability of them- selves and new ccmers to answer the questions, which are printed on a re- | | purchase of drinks over his country he queés~ volving disk ot ring at slits tions and anew o1t OppositEsid One more post-prohibition change! The Grillroom of the Astor hotel is being) rebuilt into small shops, fac- ing on Broadway and on 45th streéts, with about 13 feet front and not much depth. And those little places are to rent for just about $7 day! One hardly weeps about the fate of the poor hotels with their lost grills at that.rate. The singer who “would have been world famous if he ever had =& chance” will have little opportunity to voice his grievance around this city for several months to come at least. One produccr announces that he would hold open house last week for every person who could sing or theught he scould sing; that lack of introduction would be no bar; every voice which applied would be heard There was a fair deluge descended upon him, although:not as many aw . he had expected after hearing of the tragic lack of opportunities for poor cingers ‘to get hearings. Anyway. come of the voices: were-—-not bad ‘That was about 'all.. He heard 60 tenors; and not one was good enough to be given a part. iThink of it! It's just possible that there aren’t as many great voices going to waste as we had been told. Some enterprising soft-drink sales- man has hit upon a clever plan of putting semething of a kick into the withcuti encrouching upon either the liquor or anti-gambling law. It’s a Jittle roulette wheel with names ot the drinks on them, from the simple sarsaparilla up to “maiden’s delight.” “it does attract pecple,” he said. “They like to spin to see what to drink. And it's funny the way they’ll drink whatever it hits wheéther they like it 1or not---just for the sake of the gamble. Luck is with me when the expensive drinks are struck, of course. But it's an honest wheel, and it doesn’t win or lose anything for anybedy except ordinary pur- ‘chase money. It docs, however, con- cede a little scmething to the gambl- ing instinct and so they like it.” THE PIONEER WANT ADS BRING RESULTS SUNDAY AND MONDAY OPENING 2:30 MATINEE - ON THE WALL OF DAN MALLOY’S CELL —was SOI\IETHING that brought hope to the doomed murderer across the tier—that stilled the curses on his lips as he walked, una;frai_d, to the waiting Gallows. On the Wall of Dan Malloy’s Cell —was Something that filled with wonder even the hard- ened jailers and finally brought Dan Malloy his freedom. What - Was You Can Find Out By SEEING / THE SUPER SPECIAL i “The Great Redeemer” THE GREAT MAURICE T‘O(.‘JRNEUR PRODUCTION i With HOUSE PETERS ‘and aNctable Supporting Cast H. Van Loan, creator of innume: screen. Adapteéd by Jack Gilbert and Jules Furthman. 1 ence Brown under the personal supervision of Mr, Tourneur. by Charles J. Van Enger, with special effects by Floyd Mueller. : THE MOST IMPRESSIVE PICTURE OF THE YEAR! i CLYDE COOK COMING IN TWO-PART COMEDY ENTITLED “THE SAYLOR” REX ORCHESTRA MATINEE 2:30—10c ‘and 30c . EVENINGS 15¢ and 30c It? rable successes for the Directed by Clar- Photographed