Show Wilbur Gets New Friends With B g Broadway Broad way Feature F Old friends by the hundreds hundred met and renewed acquaintanceship with Crane Wilbur former leading man of the Wilkes theatre stock company when he appeared yesterday at the Broadway as the star in The Fall of the Barbary I Coast or The Finger of Justice a vividly told screen drama of the fight to rid San Francisco Francis o of its underworld district district dis dis- known from coast to coast as the Barbary Coast Mr Wilbur who was in pictures be before before be- be fore tore he came here as the Wilkes star again showed himself a highly talented screen actor and Jt t is doubtful if it the stage ever saw him to better advantage than he appears in the sensational drama of the San Francisco underworld The Fall of the Barbary Coast is a picture of real life in the underworld underworld- a story ston filled with tense moments and big scenes It culminates In the stormIng storm storm- Ing of ot Rev Paul Smiths Smith's pulpit by scarlet women who come to demand what is to become of them in case their resort resort- homes are banished The minister turns the t tabled ble on his opponents in the ti fight ht for reform b by taking the the women in charge and finding spheres for them to lead better lives Many scenes scones reveal the lurid life lite of the underworld and the story told proves a most humanely Interesting in interesting Interesting In- In one throughout The picture has scored big successes elsewhere and will doubtless prove one of 01 the local screen sensations of ot the season The fourth episode of The Adventures of Ruth with the charming Ruth Roland Roland Ro Ro- land in the name part is also on the Broadway program for tor today only A replaces two reel two reel replaces comedy replaces it tomorrow when a a. Hearst International News Weekly Week Week- ly y will ylI also be shown |