Show I I Fools Paradise Packs Paramount Spectacular thrilling and novel Is Cecil B. B De Do Mines Mine's new and massive e prOduction tion Fools Paradise which opened a weeks week's run at the Paramount-Empress Paramount yesterday esterday to smashing smashing- business Briefly It is a magnificent picture and it may be maintained that it is one of the best this famous director has thus far presented presented presented pre pre- to the public The theme as han han- dIed by Beulah Marie Dix and Sada Cowan and suggested by Leonard Merricks Merrick's Merricks Merrick's Merrick's Merricks Mer- Mer ricks rick's notable story The Laurels and the Lad Lady Is ts one of absorbing appeal while the production In point of direction tion setting setting- and acting Is far above the average motion picture as the tropic sun Is different from the arctic moon It is isa isa isa a succession of ot surprises dramatic moments moments moments mo mo- mo- mo ments that grow in intensity as they follow each other on the screen and the character portrayals are veritable gems The story deals with the love of an American soldier for a French dancer He later meets an American girl in a Mexican cantIna whose love he spurns spurn's spurns Through h blindness which later comes to him because of a silly act on the part of the latter girl he marries her in the belief that tha t she is the French girl He recovers his ls sight ht annuls his marriage and In his search for the French girl is led to Slam where she proves her w worthlessness and forces him to seek his former wife with whom he finds happiness Dorothy Dalton Dalton Dal- Dal ton Is the American dancer Mildred Harris Harris Har Har- ris the French girl and Conrad Nagel leading man Other Important roles are in the hands of ot Theodore Kosloff Koslo John Davidson and Julia Fa Faye e Altogether Fools Paradise is a lengthy absorbing screen story splendidly presented by a com company pan of screen favorites Pathe News and some excellent music go to make up one of the best bills seen at the Para Para- mount-Empress mount for some time |