The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 4, 1928, Page 3

PICK O, LAST 2 TIMES TONIGHT “MARRIAGE CLAUSE” ETE —THURSDAY—— folleen TllooTe~ L < g “BEN L'oge seats r LT O T AT e T ER T LT T T A A STARTING SUNDAY MATINEE served for first show omly each night—on sale at box office now. OO TESOAO A OOOE LT T T T T T TR T T HUR” | LU Attractions || | At Theatres | & " “VANISHING AMERICAN" AT COLISEUM TONIGHT The new Kimball organ, Denzel Piercy, organist, will heard for the first time hy the| public at the premier opening to- night at the Coliseum theatre. Tom Parker, singer, will be the| added attraction and the feature will be “The Vanishing Ameri-| can” with Richard Dix, only one| show. | Whether Famous Players-Lasky | knew what they had in their hands when they decided to film this Zane Grey story, or simply discovered it after it was made just as the old prospector of the| ‘West happened to discover with be | tell | one's | others have faded away, aceording with | posed to live in pi pened to kick off an edge from a| goldbearing quartz vein, disclos-| ing the glittering gold, it is hard to tell. But one thing one c: that “The Vanishing Ameri s a picture that will live in| memory after hundreds of can” to critics. | “The Vanishing American” deals | the vanishing Red Skin. It start first, with the ecliff dwell- €.3, perhaps two thousand years! aro, who, because of the sense of | sceurity to their lives that came to them from dwelling in the in-| acceseible sides of the cliffs, be- come lazy, until the Red Skin In- dians, a more sturdy and warlike race of people, descended upon them, and exterminated them. Years later the White Race sub-! dued the Indians, the American nment putting them on res- ervations, where they were sup: e and securi- | But the greed of the Govern- agents as well as of other| ty. ment the | people robbed them and at times' screen. ‘most paying gold mine when the | murdered some of them. Among THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDN proud race was Naphaie, the son of a chief. He loved his people, and in vain endeavored to pro- tect them. This is the beginning of the story "STAGE STORY BEING FEATURED AT PA' \CE An unalloyed treat is for patrons of the Palace who “The Marriage Clause,” a Univer- sal-Jewel, now showing. For sheer interest and story value, we be- lieve that this picture marks one of the high 3 of the current cinema season “The Marriage Clause,” is a story of the mysterious life back- It concerns the career of lvia Jordan, an inexperienced sirl who given an opportunity by ¢ Townsend, a famous stage director. As he develops her career, finds that he is falling in with her. Unknown to him she reciprocates his affection but he believes that her heart is given to Ravenal, the producer. Gradually ber star rises and with her rise Townsend descends lower and lower in the spcial scale. He begins to feel thqt she' needs him no longer and he be- comes full of despair. Sylvia’s hig; night arrives, when she is to make her premier in a new play. She is unable to appear owing to| absence of her beloved Town-| but Ravenal deceives her hinking that the manager is present. Stimulated, she mak>s her appearance and achieves an outstanding triumph A Dbrilliant cast delineates various’ roles, with Billie and Francis Bushman in the leading par Warner Oland is: the producer in the photoplay and Grace Darmond is a jealous ac-| tress. Other members include Henri LaGarde, Caroline Snowden, | Oscar Smith, Andre Cheron, Rob- ert Dudley, Charles Meakin, Henry Victor and Robert Seiter. 0 stage. he: love send into the Dove COLLEEN MOORE COMES | TO PALACE IN “IRENE” me lilting Embellished by the score that made the m com- | edy version a great success on the stages of two continents for several successive seasons presented in picture form by McCormick and released by First National, comes to the Palace Thursday for three nights, with the sparkling Colleen Moore in the title role. “Alice Blue Gown” and a dozen ' other songs that have been wh tled and hummed by the thous- ands who have seen “Irene” on the stage will be heard again when the amplified story of the musical comedy flashes on the! Countless other thousands who have not had the opportyn:: burro upon which he rode hap- these remnants of a once ruling ty of seeing the footlight version ! per, | -Kootznahoo | equipment b win ' use will bscome first time with the adorable I when Miss Moore introdvces new characterization n screen, Lloyd Hughes, ( > K. Arthuy and Charles Mu are featurcd in Miss Moore's suppor acqaainted for the her the [ “BEN HUR” COMING F TO PALACE SUNDAY Among the wellkknown piayer: in the big cast of “Ben-Hu coming to the Palace Sunday s Ramon Novarro in the t T Francis X. Bushman Messala; Betty Bronson Madonna; Claire McDowell Kathleen Key as the moti and sister of Hur; Nigel de Brulier, and May McAvoy Simonides and his daughter Esther; Carmel Myers as Iras;, Mitchell Lewis a Sheik llderim, and Frank Curr as the tribune Arrius. Thegch ot race, the sea fight, the tri umph of Arrius, the Romans en tering Jerusalem, the Last Sup- and, Palm Sunday 7 be mentioned among the spectacular scenes. and as DONALDSON TAKING CREW TO ISLAND TO BEGIN CGAL MINING Robert Coal Company, will I company’s Inlet, with a wve at on Island for the W eight the Argo Imen and the supplies and equip- ment to establish a camp prelim- inary to installing the mining equipment and the beginning of mine operations. Evan Jones, who will be Super- ndent of the company and charge of installing the and mine Seward 14, and assume whh the Admiralty nd con- cern, accroding to Mr. Doaaldson. Mr. Jones has already severed his connection with the Healy River Coal Company at Suntrana The Admiralty Island Coal Com pany has chartered the motorboat Argo from Dr. H. Vance, and will it as a tender for the mine and to tow coal barges to Juneau Dr. Vance purchased the craft from Frank Bongard in February She is regarded as adequate for the work she is intended to do. for «June his work leave Ap: - eee NOTICE To Knights Rose Croix: Maundy Thursday supper ceremonies commencing 6:30 M. Thursday. Full essential. WALTER adv. and P B. HEISEL, Secretary. | ——————— A 014 papers for sale at The Emnlz: operations, ! attendance ! SDAY, APRIL 4, 1928. | COLISEUM- - TONIGHT SHOW 8:15 ONLY THE PREMIER OPENIN OF THE AUTIFUL KIMBALL ORGAN DENZIL PIERCY at the Console The picture that will memery live in one's after hundreds have passed away. B EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION TOMMY PARKER FOLKS—It’s a show that you'll be sori'y if you miss and one you will always remember— THE VANISHING AMERICAN \ | Another thing a young fellow Desire for Cigarette | i ) . |{will learn about his ;. Is Cause of Explosion imagination is that, w ! thing can imagine she is warm in mostly nothing all winter, after | they are married her imagination is not sirong enough to make her believe he is as wonderful as he thinks he is. VOTE FOR LEROY NOLAND LOS ANGELES, Cal, April 4 | Attempts water plumbers to (dispense with the services of gas company workmen in making re-| pairs in a store building this fore-| noon, and the desire of one of the workmen for a c rette, caus- ed a gas explosion which resulted |- 7 in fatal burns to Wesley DeWitt, Rl agdd 19, Tommy Kai, aged 16 and BILIOUSNLSS | Lekter Burns, aged 11 years. o | Toefths grocery store was the Pl R LS I'sodlfe. *The ‘explosion ‘blew out| g & .,,QUICKLY‘ A vote for him is a vote for Home Rule, Eeconomic | window in the store and Carter’s Little Liver Pills and Efficient Government. He pledges himself to every houses for blocks. 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