Show 1 w AT THE AMERICAN AMERIC N w 1 w trl r r ry I f I p F rw r 1 w r r i a PUI 4 j j w Yi Y 1 F r Mary Pickford II Americas Sweetheart never nevor had a a. play so suited to her talents as Rags a superb five-act five Paramount photoplay at atthe the American American Amerlean Amer Amer- I ican lean theatre today and tomorrow only starring t the e beloved ed Mary Iary RAGS Pickford and tho the chief feature In tho the Paramount program at nt the American today and Saturday may bo be accurate accurately termed one of or her greatest characterizations Written by Edith Barnard Barnar Delano the famous novelist and and 1 directed b by James Kirkwood I Rags is one of ot tho the most powerful screen portrayals In which Miss Pickford Pickford Pickford Pick- Pick ford has ever appeared Miss U s Pickford repents repeats In Rags tho the transcendent triumph she sho attained in Tess of or the tho Storm Country aJ and d The Tho ThoDa Da Dawn wn of or a Tomorrow n Always Alwa's inimitable Inimitable Inimitable table always human lovable an and impulsive Impulsive Impulsive Im Im- she makes the thc characterization of or Rags flags a a. living breathing Incarnation Incarnation Incarnation tion of ot all that Is sweet and tender The Tho dramatic situations are numerous and powerful and the sacrifices re renunciation renunciation renunciation re- re and ultImate triumph of ot the abused and oppressed title character character char char- acter are arc thrilling In tho the extreme Rags Raga Is a genuine Pickford classic The story Itself Is most moat unusual and includes every element of the drama from broad comedy to a a. suggestion ol or of tragedy But the tho basis of ot tho the entire plot is la humanity In its most familiar aspects I John Hardest Hardesty Jo Joseph ph Manning Paul Pau Ferguson and Keith Duncan comprise the principal support of Miss Pickford I and their assistance of ot her superb role i deserves less space only because her I Iown own characterization so far tar overshadows overshadows overshadows over over- shadows everything else The feature will remain at tho the American only until Saturday night |