Show The Virginian On Victory Screen The Virginian current offering at the Victory theatre where this new feature photoplay opened yesterday yesterday yesterday yes yes- to large and a appreciative p pp pre r e cIa cla- tive audiences Is not only re reviving re- re interest in what was wasP P pro r o b a ably b ly tho greatest r e a t e S t tw w Western e est a t e ern r a To Torn noi rom ro- ro i I m rn a n c e ever written but Is isI I I giving a a. mw nw 1 con conception c e of ot the manner In I A which a notable i film production t car can vivify and F tl hir Wy faith faithfully t fully rew re- re produce the best w E features of ot a av v good story Kenneth th harlan Owen Wister an author who vho lived l his stories wrote The Virginian sev several ral years ago an and 2 It sprang into Immediate popularity speedily running nto many editions and leading the best bestsellers sellers for tor several seasons Its production as a stage play followed and for tor ten years was one of 01 the outstanding successes Now comes the photoplay and It Is safe to say that it is greater than either the book or the play Kenneth Harlan Is an Ideal Idea choice for tor The Virginian often otten referred to as IlS the most moat noteworthy Western character ever given to literature Harlan has the advantage of being very talented versatile to toan toan toan an an unusual degree and a thorough out doors man Florence Forence Vidor was the happy choice of the producers ers for tor Molly the d mure New England school teachers who finds herself In the midst of ot a raw Western West West- era ern settlement e t where most argUments arguments UThe U- U ri ments n t are aro settled by six shooters S The story of 01 The Virginian is familiar to a great majority of ot readers read read- ers era but for tor the benefit of those who vho have not had the good fortune to o read this tale tae it may b. b be mentioned mentioned mentioned men men- that the setting Is southern Wyoming and the time about twenty- twenty five or thirty years ago The Virginian Virginian Vir Vir- ginian is a high born native of ot Virginia who becomes a cowpuncher er on the ranch of ot Judge Henry His Ills pal Is Steve another bucl buckaroo bucka- bucka a- a roo but Steve has not the stamina of ot The Virginian and decides Its It's I easier to to steal cattle than to tend them for tor someone else The Virginian Virginian Vir Vir- ginian as head of ot a posse catches Steve red-handed red and ord orders rs him hanged The moving spirit of the rustlers is Trampas a thoroughly bad man man manot of ot the plains and the conflict con con- filet between the Virginian and Trampas Is continual continua resulting at last In the death of ot Trampas In a gunfight on the eve of ot the Virginians Virginian's VirginIans VirginIan's Virgin Virgin- ians ian's wedding to Molly Tho The love story Is exceptionally sweet and the I episodes throughout are plausible I and dramatic a t The settings e I for this picture are unusually beautiful it consisting con con- I slating of ot inspiring mountain and pateau scenery Ralph Pollock I and d hi his Victorians i rr 7 a appear in a surprise p prologue 0 which furnishes excellent atmosphere for tor forthe forthe the feature a picture u Mr Pollock i and his I associates cl are featuring rl nt this cl week a a. anew new ballad entitled The West a Nest and You A cartoon comedy and Path PatTe News complete the offering |