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Show AT THE ORPHEUM. For nearly two and one-half hours last night a crowd that almost Hlled the Orpheum Iheatro watched with unflagging Interest the unfolding of the moving picture version of Rex Beach's book. "The Spoilers." The drnrna is shown in nine reels, which makes it possible for the bringing out I ui many big scenes that could be onlv Bpokeo of in the ordinary stage ver- It is not often that a "movie" au-dience au-dience is demonstrative, but so pow-erfully pow-erfully were the big scenes in "The Spoilers" depleted, that time and again the theatre was swept with en-thusiastlc en-thusiastlc applause. The drama as JH presented last night in its splendid presentation o Bcenes of life and na- ture in a country always interesting. I rought out in an Impressive way the heights that may be reached ln the mbvlng picture field. There is not much of comedy in the , story, but virtually every picture is tied with Interest and it is probabl-j that none more dramatic than tbo fight between lllenlster and McNaran-ra, McNaran-ra, the scene in the gambling house, lowing up of the Midas and tho struggle between Helen and Struve, have ever been shown at the Orphe- j um. The successful presentation of tha drama In Its j"v' fonh is largely due t t0 tn, id cast of characters. DuBtln Parnum is the Glenister of tho I production; Thomas Santchi is Mc-Kamara; Mc-Kamara; Cherry Malotte la acted by Kathlyn Williams, and the role of Helen Chester is taken by Bessie Ey-lon. Ey-lon. The other principal characters are equally well cast and in a number num-ber of scenes, nearly 100 people are used The drama will be presented today and tomorrow afternoon au'J evening. |