Show i Rise of Picture Magnate Told in New Biography One Ole of ot the most fascinating ex exuberant exuberant ex- ex and thrilling biographical stories to appear in recent months is Will vill James' James The House That Shadows Built which is the tragic the and the quaint memoirs meat mem oils oil's of one of the outstanding outstanding- leaders lead lead- ers of ot the cinema industry Industry Adolph Adolph Adoph The rise of from a storekeepers storekeeper's storekeepers storekeeper's storekeepers storekeeper's store store- keepers keeper's apprentice in Hungary Hungary Hun Huh gary to to- toa a multimillionaire movie magnate nate is as absorbing as the most colorful novel and adds convincing convincing con con- proof to the tho contention that truth Is stranger than fIction WAS ORPHANED the orph orphan n boy was impelled im ion- by an Irresistible desire to sail across the Atlantic to the land landof of promise Finally he succeeded in convincing his guardian g that opportunity awaited him in America and he embarked on the great reat voyage The author traces career from the time he began beg working in shops and factories In New York and Chicago finally becoming a furrier and then branching out into business for himself motion picture career with a penny arcade In New NewYork NewYork York Yook and he clung clung- to the industry until he mounted to the top of the ladder In the amusement business It was 1904 that he lie became aligned with the first penny arcade and in 1913 he was hiring Mary Pickford and other artists who became stars of the film world From the first to the last latt chaPter chapter chapter chap chap- ter The House louse That Shadows Built should hold the interest of any reader Dorrance Co |