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Show I "THE SILENT COMMAND." ; The history of mclodrnmn shows that the best examples of this form of entertainment have always combined com-bined the strength of story of the drama of serious purpose with the direct and continuous action of the more popular form of play. Since the advent of the screen this style of plot building has been steadily developed. "The Silent Comand" the William Foxx spectacular melodrama melo-drama which is booked for Wednesday Wednes-day and Thursday at the Star theater, thea-ter, is said to be a leader in this branch of photodramatic art. Foundded on a story by Rufus King and directed by J. Gordon Edwards, it has a an unusually fine plot in which international intrigue, unswerving un-swerving devotion to duty and a powerful love motive play important import-ant parts. The sensational episodes of the story are many and include an attempt at-tempt to blow up the Panama Canal a fight in the wireless room of a steamship during a tempest and the most realistic wreck at sea ever shown on the screen. |