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Show fc THE PROVO POST MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1923 AT THE THEATERS The Columbia The Strand The! Princess swe MYSTERY PLAY Human Wreckage Has Big Theme AT COLUMBIA FRIDAY S- Film Booking: Office Has Sound Dramatic Story of Absorbing1 Interest With Powerful Lesson Back of It NIGHT Builded frankly to create enter talnment, and, according to all re ports achieving that end and in large UMAN WRECKAGE is the most important motion picture ever made, says the San Francisco By MARTIN J. QUIGLEY Examiner. dra- To which the San Francisco matic. dents of. fine dramatic intensity. "Human Wreckage is a motion measure "Cat and Canary," has been The direction by John Griffith , described as the mst exciting play picture entertainment 'that is really Wray is .notable. It was far from in theme, and in execution and an easy Job to do and . ever written. Kllboiirn Gordon, Inc. big any directors in acting it is great. who did( not know what he was will present it at the Columbia thea In addition to being all of this, about might easily have turned out ter one night, Friday, August 24. and more, it is a film document that a sordid mess. But Wray to his So well did Cat and the Canary should be exhibited to every man, great credit- - worked out an intermeet up with the requirements of woman and child because if this is esting, dramatic and convincing subwill be put across a mes- ject that is really a big picture and the public as entertainment it gained don there a warning and an object lesson a big boj office attraction. sage, a run of 359 periormances in New that will be the most thrust York on one occasion and for nearly ever delivered against powerful The one phase of this picture, the tide rising three months returned to attract of drug addiction. however, which transcends all oththose who had not seen it on the This is great propaganda ers is the acting and in connection first visit. It proved equally as because picture it is not, actually a propa- with this., the thought naturally oc popular in Chicago, Philadelphia. ganda in any sense or in any curs that these actors who knew and London, Australia and the far east. detail. picture is a sound dramatic piece, loved Wallace Reid and who know It This is one of the three plays of the based on a theme of lifes story intimately really had absorbing in- his an particular type called "mystery ever terest and enacted throughout and an incentive for inspiration with to attract a wide public and the only an convic- their best'work in this picture which and astounding sincerity one that has made an emphatic suc- tion. could hardly be summoned up for cess in London. first reports of the proposed any engagement which did not have .The ' "Cat and the Canary" runs its , of this picture by Mrs. Wal- this background and the associacourse through three lively acts. It making lace Reid instilled in us only senti- tions. yarns of a young girl who inherits an ments of regret as' we felt it could' The principal actors, James Kirkestate through a will which provides result in mwlrirh sentiment, wood, Mrs. Reid, Bessie Love and she must be sane and of good health. only sensationalism and considerable bad This is revealed in the library of the taste. BuL happily, we were wrong; George H&ckathorne, give performhouse where the testator died at the picture is not what we feared but, ances that are entitled to the most enthusiastic praise. Kirkwood, a midnight on the twentieth anniver- on the contrary, it is a of never excelled his fine actor, great sary of his death. Another require- which the industry generallysubject and any work in this picture. Bessie Love, ment is that she must sleep the first theater in America may well be a girl who really knows how to act, room and bed where proud. night in the fixes a characterization that touches her uncle' died. Immediately the the heartstrings. Mrs. Reid, even will is read events that would tend THE CAST entirely aside from the associations to drive any lightly unbalanced perthat the picture calls up, is sweet son completely insane, begin to hap Ethel MacFarland and appealing and her efforts carry pen. The thrills are fashioned in Mrs. Wallace Held with them a sincerely sympathetic such wise that it creates a true Alan MacFarland James Kirkwood color that mightily to the sense of illusion in the audience who Mary Finnegan Bessie Love production;(contributes Hackathornes George iiv are the and theater Brown.. ..Geo. Hackathorne forget they Jimmy Is likewise notable. live the scenes with the players. So Mrs. Brown Claire McDowell work tense is the attention at times that Dr. Hillman Robert McKim It is a simple and candid story. Mrs. Finnegan... .Victory Bateman warnings are called from the audiThe propaganda that is in it is there ence. It is said that there is no Steve Stone Harry Northrnp naturally and because of this it gets n in the three acts, accept Dr. Blake Eric Mayne over most It does not when comedy provided by natural Harris Otto Hoffman attempt to effectively. or to frighten preach situations lines and well thoUght-ou- t Dunn Philip Sleeman anyone into a fear of the narcotic are worked in to relieve the tense The Baby George Clark evil. It merely takes a little nerves of the spectator. The play, Ginger Smith ....Lucille Ricksen group of characters whose lives In fact, is said fo.be so well balA City Official.. ..George E. Cryer have been touched by the menace anced between thd drama and comand carries them through the big in(Mayor of Los Angeles) An Educator.Dr. It. vonKleinSmhl cidents in their lives edy that it might best be described which are afas a comedy drama rather than as of University of fected by drugs. (President Southern California) a mystery play which it is generally James Kirkwood is a successful at- -' - called. A Jurist Benjamin Bledsoe torney viho'jields to allure of relief Kilbourn Gordon, Inc., have been (United States Judge) through drugs while under gieat, A Police Official careful to make all the companies apstress His wife, Mrs. Reid, of Martha Nelson McCan mental Canary pearing in "Cat and theThe Her is interested in social welfare. company Park Commissioner) (Los Angeles equal acting strength. with in touch her activities bring of Mrs. Chester Ashley, Educator to play here will visit every city drug addicts. The picture sketches during the John P. Carter, former U. S. InImportance in the west will the commercial system of drug pedthis do Collector it of playing ternal Revenue forty weeks that Parent-Teachedling and points out graphically Mrs. Chas. F. Gray, season. The cast will include Elsie evil must come first, the from escape Alma Association Kruger, Hitz, Robert Toms, through the determination of the adA Health Authority .. William Bonnelli, Bertha Lowe, to be cured and then through Roche, Dr. L. M. Powers dict Oldridge, Antoinette Harry of interested persons the sympathy A. Bennett. Los TVI. J. Commissioner, Briggs and Robert (Health science. of skill the and deevery The production will be in New Angel ee) e and York of the Worker The Salvation Army production is tail a reproduction adeare ..." C. R. Its Boyd settings Brigadier equipment. quately and effective. And it has, of course, a box office angle that is Oi . David StarU Jordan, president C. Gardner Sullivan, the author of to the trade. Junior Stanford Leland of emeritus any elab- very important "The bane of the story, did not resort to He an interesting and a is jit Because university, said: simply well-don- e orate plot complications. is the desire to m rhotion narrad picture and behigher educationand straight-forwara indrill for inspira- worked up the for a chance stitute system cause affords mesit tive which adequately tells his to assist in a splendid work, M tion, to develop methods and standand at the same time provides dustry unisage The intellect. of to see Human Wreckards in place we sensationexpect an opportunity for several versity, as such, does rot give opin- al moments of inci- - age become a very big success. a number and ions, but means to form them. It is fascinatingly Mrs. Reid has given the public something that is actually new, extremely powerful and unusually artistic. It is in a class by a most original dramatic itself hit. It is an entertainment that should be remembered as long as the screen exists. Call and Post adds: ... I j l i f r... 4 a. let-dow- -. .- j j , George Hackathorne, Robert McKim Cast includes: James Kirkwood, Bessie Lov rm rs -- well-mad- well-stage- d. T COLUMBIA J 1 NIGHT FRIDAY', AUG. 24 - Mail orders accepted now. Orchestra We refund after second act $2.00, $1.50; Balcony $1.00, 50c, plus tax. Seat' Sale Thursday, 10 A. M. to any patron who is not satisfied. KILBOBKN GORDON Inc., Presents The Most ExcitinS Play Vvev Written Tuesday Tonight Prices Shows 2:30, 4, 7:30, 9:15. Had to Learn Special Woodmen of World Smile for New Film Outing Wednesday Originality Keynote of Fools of Fortune Rov Stewart, hero of western The members of Provo camp 4 3 2, "Woodmen of the World and their screen plays, had to learn a new wives and families will hold their smiling angle in his latest Universal first annual outing at Geneva, Wed- feature, Burning Words, in which The day of the hackneyed motion-pictur- e plot is passing, according to the critical New York newspaper reviewers. Originality is what is demanded over everything else by present-day audiences; and if the story of a picture does not measure up to that standard the fact is quickly known to all who follow the printed critisms, if, indeed, it has not already become known through word of mouth. Coming to the Strand theater and Tuesday is a photoplay which has received high praise onty the score of its very uncommon of story content. August 22. he appears at the Princess theater Bathing, boat- nesday, ing, dancing, prize races and a prize tonight and Tuesday. Stewartsays that his most natural waltz comprise the program for the smile is on his right side. That is, occasion. when he smiles he shows the teeth on the right side of his mouth in3 'tfM stead of a full front view of all his d teeth. It isnt exactly a over as his all he smiles face, smile, but theres a decided angle to his natural smile. Chilis isssStfgpi ALL SEATS 10c To wight and1 Tuesday Put It Down! Great Thrills in your notebook that CARL LAEMMLE presents Of Ali Laughs BURNING WORDS Mystery Romance Plays Surprise starring ROY STEWART romance of its Northwest the rugged its hardy Royal Mounted sons its fearless daughA red-bloode- d ters! By John Willard Staged by Ira Hards t The Sensation of New York London and Chicago ' one-side- V M' 25c; Evening 35c, 50c ""S" ""v? i Wednesday Matinee With a Remarkable Cast and LARRY SEMON in THE SHOW But during the early days of the filming of Burning Words he developed a ver severe toothache in his right eye tooth and one tooth adjoining. The teeth were found to be infected with poison oak caught in some mountain scenes and the trouble necessitated having them packed in medicated cotton which 'left rather a'bad effect on Stewarts ( to-da- y EbY i, 'UOflV.'A : !f ' J m At thl. Princess, tonight and Tuesday ; 0 .020 there were more than children of school age who were not in school because of lack of facilities. All the Indians, are not Osagep, wealthy in oil lands. Others live en poorer reservations whose honiei- - are hovels, tents, shacks tesmile. In order not to lose any time in pees 'dnd houses with dirt floors. the production Stewart promised to Witjhin 100 miles of the Arctic cir- His is of a develop a new smile. Go ?, a smiles pleasant disposition and he raisftig as many as 3 50 lot, so the boys on the set, where he ceeded ini was working had plenty of opportu- bushels of potatoes to the acre. She has hufmesteaded a piece of property nity to jibe him about the new in Alaska in a valley containing hot smile. Just as he would get all set for springsibffand it is due to the warmth bythe springs that she is a scene an assistant director would given to maturity melons and raise t(i able Give Mr. Stewart. All holler, right, us a big, broad smile on the left tomaes. And then Stewart would side only. In Ijidia the money lender in many have to shift the right handed smile he had started to the other side. cases' takes two receipts, one for the exact; amount loaned and the other for sinetimes twice the amount. The Provo Couple interest charged is usually one anna 'on asfrupee a month or about 6 Hales Clerk By County per cnt a month. If the amount boryOjWed Is paid back by tbe borroware returned Jean Arvill Hoover, a local sales- er both of the receipts cannot to if he but pay and tbe afterhim', was married Thursday man, noon to Thelma C. Baker, the daugh- moneyi lender has to go,, to fcourt to the receipt ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Baker of foreclose, he $duces for the larger amount and collects Provo, by County Clerk Wallace on basis. tht. Hales, in the county clerks office. If left-hand- orig-inali- 20,-00- IijjdTkn ed Married !l STRAND Today and Tuesday . JACK DILL, RUSSELL SIMPSON, TULLY MARSHALL, FRANK BROWNLEE, .MARGUERITE DE LA MOTTE in I FOOLS OF FORTUNE I And LARRY SEMON in THE COUNTER JUMPER RUPERT OF HEN8AU Starts Wednesday |