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Show Wallace Reid Is Star of Bill at Paramount ytT ALLACE R KID has injected his breezy persona lily into another ; screen romantic comedy with the usual ' pi easing results. This time it is "Haw- ' t borne of the I. S. A.," adapted from tlie stage play In which Douglas Fairbanks Fair-banks appeared on Broadway. The picture pic-ture was shown for the first time at the 1 'a ru mount-Km press yesterday and will be the feature again today and tomorrow. Theie are several reasons for tlie increasing in-creasing popularity winch this young etar is wi uni ng, and all of them are in his latest film. According to the story, he and Harrison Harri-son Ford are two law clerks, not too well heeled with money, who are making mak-ing an economical tour of Kurope in a rented automobile. Down to their last five-franc note. Hawthorne risks it all at Monte Carlo and breaks the bank. Intending In-tending to visit Venice with their wealth, they are misdirected to the little kingdom king-dom of Bovima. Here Hawthorne follows fol-lows his breeze-blow n cap over a wall and meets tlie Princess Jrma. The country is in the throes of a revolution, revo-lution, but by a lavish display of greenbacks green-backs and a few honeyed "words the hero nueils the revolt, injecting American pep and business methods meth-ods until a year later finds Bo-vinia Bo-vinia a thriving land. Thereupon the old king decide;; It is time to d iscard aristocracy altogether and proclaims the country a republic. So Hawthorne's charmer, the princess, becomes merely a M iss and they a re free to marrv. Li addition to Miss Lee and Air. Ford, the supporting cast also Includes Theodore Theo-dore lioberts. Guv Oliver, Charles Ogle h nd Kd win St evens. Tlie other features on the new bill include news pictures, scenes In Canada and a comb; cartoon. Ldward I'. Kimball is hak as musical direci.or. following his New York trip, while David Hoes.?, the Utah tenor, adds to the enjoyment of the performance. |