OCR Text |
Show by the troops. Once again newse! Abraham incoln's election to It' presidency arouses the country It i frenzy of excitement. And on agai a thousand and one stiringi:; dramatic events fish forth in their vivid realism. Intertwined with the more sper taculnr scenes is n wistful love ti-which ti-which serves to balance the all ing action of the plot with quiet-' moments of pathoM. tenderness at: genuine heart appeal. It takes experienced players t do justice to such a tremens story, and the presence In the (' of such film favorites as Be": Compson, Iticardo Cortea Era Torrence and Wallace Beery protr conclusively that Cruze was alive:: his responsibility in this respect. THE PONY EXPRESS. t i Acclaimed as a . monumental screen achievement and hailed as the greatest historical western since "The Covered Wagon " "The Pony Express," James Crime's titanic frontier production, p!ayK is local engagement at the Star next Wednesday Wed-nesday and Thursday. In this pieturizntlon of the story by Henry James Forma n and Waiter Wai-ter Woods, Cruze has opened another, an-other, chapter in the history of America. It is a chapter filled with the glorious romance, the authentic incidents, the thrillng episodes and above all the wonderful humor of the uncivilized west that hns gone molded together In a grent pictorial epic of our national iu,, ,ls (m,v Cruze can do it. Under the magic hand of ti,is ,-rectorinl ,-rectorinl genius, the davs of isi',0 spring to life. Once again the phantom phan-tom riders of the l'ony Express thunder out of St. Joseph. M ,, Sacramento, Cal.. carrying the fast mail. Once again sinister political forces pl.,t to g., ,,,.! (lf ,.Ml fornia. Once again the savngi. Sioux Idians launch a terrific attack" on .lulcsbMi'g. Colo., and burn pari of I he town lhtoiv I hey aic driven oul |