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Show I "DIRIGIBLE" IS COMING TO RIVOLI SUNDAY "Dirigible, " one of the greatest motion pictures ever made is hooked for Rivoli theater next Sunday, Sun-day, Monday and Tuesday. Perhaps Per-haps no pieture has ever carried such overwhelming official puhlic sentiment as this great production. "The navy department is pleased to inform you that the photo play. 'Diiigihle,' produced" by your corporation, cor-poration, has been reviewed and passed. Tts release for public presentation pres-entation is hereby authorized." Thus John Halligan. rear admiral. ad-miral. U. S. navy, acting chief of naval operations, writes to Joe Brandt, president, Columbia Pictures Pic-tures corporation. F. B. Upham of the bureau of navigation, U. S. navy department, writes as follows to a number of commandants throughout the Unite'd States: "A feature motion picture entitled en-titled 'Dirigible' will be released through the Columbia Pictures corporation. cor-poration. This picture was made with the cooperation of the navy department, and it is desired that all stations mentioned, above cooperate co-operate wherever practicable with the managers of theaters exhibiting this picture in order that full advantage ad-vantage may be taken of the increased in-creased interest it will create in the navy. Cooperation throughout the recruiting service is especially desired." de-sired." ! The motion picture bureau International Inter-national Federation of Catholic Alumnae gives the following endorsement en-dorsement of the picture: "An air epic dealing with the lighter-than-air craft used in exploration. ex-ploration. It will give citizens of the country an intimate view of i what will constitute the first line defense in the event of another war. All of the aerial resources of j the navy and many of the huge ves- sels of the fighting fleet are ; brought into the picture. 'Dirigible' is a story of the South Polar regions." re-gions." j And here is what the better movies committee of Chicago has to say of the picture: "The moviegoer who is in search of suspense and the spectacular, ; will have his craving satisfied by j seeing 'Dirigible.' The ever-popular I theme, aviation, is given a new |