Show 1 American Showing howing ays ay's f Over e the theA e Hell 1 m mJ J f A theatrical event of much more morl than I. I ordinary Interest t and Importance Is the forthcoming forthcoming engagement of the WI William UI om Fox production Over the Hill which today opens a solid week run at the tha American theatre Over the Hill Hlll Is one of or the most remarkable remarkable reo re- re o attractions ever shown on Broadway whore It haa has b been en playing for tor over a ye year rev u The theme of ot Over the tha Hill Hili Is mother love and the story ia is based upon the work of r Will Carleton the poet The Tho action is II drawn drawn from an n Incident which occurred during the boyhood of or Carleton who lived on a farm fann and end knew Intimately the characters characters char char- A tors that have havo been mode made Immortal upon the screen The incident of or Carte Carlo him vividly tona tone early life Impressed eo 80 that he never forgot It and when he had Brown own to mans man's estate he made mado It the theme of at two of ot his best loved poems The poems In question eventually found their way to the motion picture screen of lof toda today because of or tho the appreciation and foresight of Mr J Fox ox Like many many another aft aft- other eat cat theatrical production It ap- ap v roared red to Just happen along until along until the peo people woke u up to Its Us greatness Over the tho Hill Hm owes owes' Its existence to a simple homely bomely Incident In the early 11 life Ie of ot a farmer boy For more than a 0 year car It provided provided provided pro pro- vided wholesome holesome and substantial entertainment entertainment entertainment enter enter- for tor the Now York playgoer To a young oung writer was entrusted the task of or gathering up the threads of Carloton's Carloton's Carloton's Carlo- Carlo tons ton's famous stor story and weaving them Into 1 ix substantial fabric for tho the screen creen The success Paul H. H Sloane scored In this asS asH as- as S H Is apparent from the first moment moment moment mo mo- ment of or tho the storys story's unfolding Harry a director of at note not has contributed one of ot the most artistic and efficient examples of stage direction ever beheld upon the screen The central figure In the story that of ofA a A little little self sacrificing mother has been made one ono of r the most delightful charActer character char char- acter after studies of the present resent day b by by- Mar Mary Carr whose finished Interpretation of or the the thet lending leading Part is a l constant joy t The 4 The picture In Its man many sl edness hasan has hasan hasan an irresistible Irresistible appeal l for for every member member of 01 of the tam family I It has heart Interest swiftness and and action delightful hum humor or orAnd And t a sweet and wholesome story tory so pimply Imply told and so human that It already has bas IllS taken Its Ita place among among- the classics of the film Urn |