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Show Priscilla Dean In 'Under Two Flags At Kinema Evry great artist, at ths threshold of a dream career, haa had a consuming- ambition to play some certain part. It la said that Charles Chaplin aspired to Shakespearean roles. Jtivcry young tnger has hoped to sing Cirmen. It probably W4i only a natural th'ng that Prlsclilla !cri, must dramatic persona per-sona lily of the picture world, should have coveted the part of "Cigarette In ouifla a Immortal story of me passionals pas-sionals love and supreme sacrifice, "ruder Two Flags. which Is the present pre-sent attraction at the Kinema. Hays M'sa Ixaii: "As a school girl the read-It read-It g of the Itook made in Melihle Im-pn-grton and no appealed To me tttat 1 could not resist acting the part of 1'lgaretto and. Isisted that all my playmates play-mates Hhould call me Cigarette. I would sit by the hour and dream thof 1 was actually the colorful heroine of Uulda's novel and lived In am lent, picturesque pic-turesque Algiers, or In the tent of -a savage Arab sheik. It seemed like the fulfillment of a wonderful dream when Mr. lkeinml said. tio ajtead, and l the expense.' " j Miss lean was given, therefore, every aid comeivahle to help In the making of her dream picture. The technical staff at I'ntversal City, a group of highly trained experts, spent several months of study preparing for the prod at Ion. Every interior setting, set-ting, every street scene, was constructed con-structed with faltful accuracy. Hundreds Hun-dreds of photographs of Algiers were obtained to gn:de them In their work. Not an unharmonlous note was allowed to creep In. - - t ' A portion of the town of Algiers, with a faithful reproduction of the French hsrracks there, was hullt at the big studio. There are street scenes which give a true Insight of the life of the tresses In this French province of northern Africa. All of the color, queer Streets and alleys and grotesque characters char-acters of this ancient city are shown, fieveral companies of French soldiers, properly uniformed and armed. Here recruited re-cruited by PI rector Tod Hrownlng for uae In the various scenes. The military mili-tary pomp of an army post la accurately ac-curately p resented. Hundreds of persons wars engaged for the spectacular undertaking, and the excitement with which Ihe film abounds wan felt by every member of the bug company. They all lived In Ihe atmoaphere of Algeria, and Mlae Iean heraelf became no accustomed to the costumes of the play that It was difficult for her to re:idjuat herself ,to habits of normal life, whea sot w or kin k before the camera Th 1nftnlt nt "Vn4r Tf yi IT"' I"- eludes the deaert w nates of northern Africa, as well as Algiers, and this requires re-quires the sending of the entire company com-pany to our own great desert foe the proper setting Tod Browning;, the director, commanded the expedition. A large amount of field equipment waa resembled. In addition to t ' ' e aopplle for a detachment of cinema grapfier A medical unit waa neceaaary, for a real baile was to be fought. In which miner caaualitlea were lntitahle. Ther were camels and field kitchens and , truck loads of ordinance. It would have taken little imagination tn plc-1 plc-1 ture-Browning as a French army officer, of-ficer, dispatched to quell an uprising of rebellious tribesmen. He was fully equipped to do It had there been any rebellion In the section to which he was going. A sandstorm, much deal red, hut totally to-tally unexpected, nearly brought death Into the ranks of the players. Urspslr-Irg Urspslr-Irg of a real storm, four wind machines, ma-chines, which had been set up behind dunes lo create a miniature storm, were wrecked In the first hlaats of what proved to be one of the woret stortna that section of the country had Been in years, band, lifted by howling winds from the thousands of dunes, drove Into the camp In a barrage that cut topes, tents, and faces. It tore dowr temporary hulUliugs wUh the fury of maddened elements. A battery of cameramen cam-eramen "set up' for action and Trls-rilla Trls-rilla Dean and her supporting pla er enacted dramatic desert scenes more realistic than they had ever dreamed of. Tnder Two Mage" Is one of the few realty great stories. A love epic Immortal, a tratcedy suhlfme, it captured cap-tured the heart of the world when It came from Ihe pen of ulda (Louise de la Karnes and Its growth In popularity pop-ularity waa heightened by Its presentation presenta-tion on the iing by many rfnowned art M. Including Hlanche Huten. It la one of the real tragedies of the world that the author died in ohacurltv and ; I overt y Just a few yenra before tbe j merit of "I'nder Two Flairs'" was re-I re-I cognized. It ia said that the story waf ; ftiken from rea) life and that there ,ic(iihUv was a wild young girl, half Fein n. hlf Arab. who had been adopted Uv a regiment -of French"" troops atat ioned at Alglef. and w ho gave her l;fe to save th- Frcij- h. ;i I he 1 'ntverajil-Jew e version. Mr I RrmmU spared no expt'iine in giving Miks len the greatest aupporMug rant, itltHinab). 8 veil years ago. Jarnea Kirkwood directed here In her firnl "itpi lefore the camera. In "l'nl"r Two Flags' he now pluys opposite her j hi one of the g rent -at irn person t Ion 1 of his well-known cart-re. Stuart j Holmes, hcMt known illlan f the: s ren, ila va the r-a a IK- M;irqnis de I ('hateauroy. and Kthe T-rrv. fumooa J !- nt v, is Ihe I'rinceps on'na John !: vluon glvs a mMwt.Tt interpret a-ticn a-ticn uf the subtle sheik, lit n All Hammed. Ham-med. r Mtae I lean, critics have slid manv ompiimt-ntat v- thlnaa. mr bavins' a lied her "The I enn of K tnot Ion tt." Her "OgareU-" ts lovable. liatefnt. piiS!!')atr, fiery, arid at t linen n I in opt n aci1t.ie, t but abuve all lovuMe and feminine. y |