Show THE SEA A BEAST OPENS FOR WEEK AT PARAMOUNT John ohn Bar Barrymore Ameri Americas America's as a's foremost fore- fore most actor i U is appearing at t th theatre this ls week in his latest screen offering ottering The Sea Beast based upon upon the famous nov novel l by Herman Melville l Moby Dick a a. tale of the New England whalers of 1840 Whenever er Barrymore appears on the screen as on the stage it is n an event of ot importance to theatregoers theatre theatre theatre- goers His His talent talen t is well reco recognized recognized as being distinctly in a class clus b by itself His remarkable able versatility versatility versa versa- Was as shown to great advantage advantage advantage tage in the pictures Dr J yU and Mr 11 Hyde and Beau Brum- Brum me mel The Sea Beast is declared by many critics to be superior to the two previous productions while by all it is agreed that i it is equally as great Barrymore more unlike e many other players of comparable note does doe not have a fI definite schedule of ot productions productions productions pro pro- either onstage on stage or screen The Sea Beast for Instance is his only appearance this season and for several months the screen will not again flash his character character- The current attraction is basically basically basic ally a work of ot genuine literary merit merit merit-a a closel closely knit logical historically historically his his- accurate portrayal of of ot the stirring days of ot the New En England land whalers who roamed the seven seas in the old square riggers in search of ot their pre prey the sperm whale which in those days represented a fortune to its captor Moby Dick lck was the name of or a great white leviathan leviathan leviathan lev lev- that swam in all the seas It was a vicious whale and nd hundreds hundreds hundreds hun hun- huni i of lives had been sacrificed In Its pursuit Ahab Ceely Mr was a sailor before beCore the mast on a whaler Moby Roby Dick is sighted and Ahab as harpooner har- har sots sets off oft in a small boat His half-brother half and rival for a airl's girls girl's irl's love Derek Derei Ceeley is In the boat and crazed by je Jealousy lous pushes Ahab overboard The whale bites off Ahab's leg Thus disfigured and discouraged t et heart believing the girl he loves prefers the physically perfect Derek Ahab becomes a wanderer of ot the sea sea sailing as' as master of ot a whaler and seldom putting into port never port never into his home port of New ew Bedford After three years although still a ayoung ayoung ayoung young man Ahab has become becom a crabbed martinet bullying a crew of ot throats cut-throats and human misfits It mil may be mentioned in passing that the title Sea Beast does not refer to the nan nan but to the whale The story does not end a this unsatisfactory point however but progresses to a vet very affecting and thoroughly pleasing climax which It is safe to say cannot be forecast by anyone who has not seen seep the picture Thus the photoplay has one of ot the prime requisites of a cinema success in Its clever cleer concealment concealment concealment con con- of the end of the story The Sea Beast is not only fortunate fortunate fortunate for for- In its star but in the leadIng leadin leading lead lead- in Ing lady Dolores Costello the youn youngster ster who in the past few months has demonstrated clearly that she will within a brief period be one of the big feminine stars of the screen She will be remembered remembered remembered particularly for tor her work worl in Mannequin George OHara O'Hara former former for tor mer Salt Lake boy has the other Important role that of Derek Derele Ceeley half-brother half to Ahab and his resemblance to Mr 11 Barrymore Barrymore Barrymore Barry- Barry more is rather remarkable The Sea Beast is being shown a at t the Paramount-Empress Paramount at the regular regular regular regu regu- lar prices regardless of the fact that it is running currently In New NewYork York Los Angeles Seattle and elsewhere at unusually high prices |