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Show I THE WOLLEK.S I . "The prime requisite of any great motion picture Is n great setting. Great books, great paintings, great songs, are Inspired by great events," declared Jesse D. Hampton motion picture producer in explaining why he chose as a photoplay theme. Rex Beaches novel, "The Spoilers," which comes to (he Star theater next Wednesday and Thursday. "The Klondike gold rush," Mr. Hamilton went on, "was one of the greatest events in American history. It developed a seel ion of the United .States hitherto almost forgotten. It( developed powerful figures and produced pro-duced untold fortunes. Thus it is logical tint the event should bring forth one of (he most powerful stories in American1 literature. 'The ;S pollers.' "Rex Beache's novel is one of the best written in recent years. It is based on an histoiical incident and it portrays as does no other work, the great Alaskan gold rush. Fur-, Fur-, themore it did mare Iran any other things to stop the political 'spoilers' from wresting the rich gold mines from their rightful owners. 'The Spoilers' was Re-x Beach's first and most successful novel and it deserves de-serves a picture where modern day equipment, technique and photog- |