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Show i "TRAIL OF '98" i GREAT FEATURE j FILM IS COMING ,' . What "The Covor'fd W'un" was . i to tho west. "The hirih of a Na- lion" wr.H to the .south, "Way Down ICist" was to Nw Lniilr.nii, if-- jit'-' vhnt "The Pi ail of W is to the far north, i Ii i;; only once in a fcieut whil' I 1 hat film producers succeed in I Miming out a real epic Not .hat t.'.ey don't try; it's because there isn't rnor.gh material of the right kind to make many (.pics. ' ,.it W ro-G old v.".n-Mayer his t tainty hit on f story ol c) ic quri-ity quri-ity in "The Trail of '98" which I w.-is. directed by Clare'nce Blown j; nd is being shown at the Rivo.i ;thatcr rcxt Sunday and Monday. When you sen tJv-; picture you noi t-nly see the days of the' mad goUl ri.u:h to the Kkndike you live Ihein. The wi'iter of this review ha.l j i I'pected to wilno's.i a great tpec-t tpec-t if 'e when ho wen-, to se this picture. pic-ture. What he did see was a mighty !,i'e story set in a magnificent and spectacular franT Take the love story out of "Tho T. nit of '98" and yju still have a :narveloi:s spectacle put it back ' and you have an epic. Clarence Brown has succeeded in do-ug something which is seidom d- re. He has filmed mighty, spec-t spec-t iclar scenes but he shows thtm oi y to let you realize the effect tht.y have on .he individuals in his i jj.cture. . I You see t hoi sands of people r-a r-a single scene, hut that scene isn't crowded. It has square" miles of brokgro jnd background thav t ta;cs away ine spectaciuar and U.ives balance. The picture has real grandeur and magnificence, but it also has heart interest. The principals prin-cipals got their reac'ions from L;."..;! great scenes, these great numbers of po'op'e Whet you see is individual individ-ual reaction to what otherwise would be the spectacular. Maria. Corda, the beautiful European Euro-pean acticss vTo scored such a s?,c c:-s in the title' role of First Ns-tx.r.al's Ns-tx.r.al's "The Ptivate Life of Hele-rf Hele-rf Trey," makes her sccoik! American Amer-ican appearance in '"Love' and the Devil," Milton Sills' starring vehicle at ho Rivoli theater nfxt Thur.-dy. ' Phi pi; of th? Night," an intrigt:-inp; intrigt:-inp; title tnd a picture that is filled to the" brim with "he lure of the South S as is the feature offer. ng at htc Rivoli Tuesday ami one wh'eh w:ll citry you far from th? hiKii drum atmosphere of everyday life Romance and tragedy, with a goodly shars of ccmedy a:-; "combined "com-bined in just the right propo.1 ions to make rousing god screen. e:icr-ta e:icr-ta i'". ment. A Imirei's of Lois Moran, wh-: sew her play a slightly sophisticated r"!? ( ir. "Sharp Shooters'" will have an t'H-ortunity to see her go the: lin a j a a pampered little couquette who ; XAf become the dupo of a gang ..f high clasc jewelry thieves. She, comes to the Rivoli tho-.c:r Fn'urday in the Fox production "Blindfold." Inthi& picture she is a j.Iain little news writer in the beginning be-ginning ot the story. Later she &uf-fors &uf-fors a terrific mental shock and be-cc;res be-cc;res the victim of amnesia. "Pioux Blood," a vivid drama, of 1 the great plains ant Indian life is h? new Metro-Goluwyn-Mnyor rd-1 venture ft ram a presenting Tim M-:- I Coy in 'he stairing iole which w'H j be at the Rivoli 1 healer Wedensr-iv 1 |