Show Gene Stratton r J Porter Picture f S Playing at t Gem tAta ACa time when romance on n the screen creen n Is either Ignored or sentiS sentimentally senti senti- S me mentally tally overdone it is a relief to see a film production hi iri which ro romance ro- ro fiance mance is the chief theme and yet et which it Is never carried beyond logical bounds And this too wi with th the subject treated In an ethereal and idealized fashion that makes It one one of the really unusual and outstanding outstanding out out- standing es of the year The film flInt in question is magnificent screen v version of the 1 late te Gene Stratton Porters Porter's last lastS S novel ocel The Magic Garden which I 1 Efran lin n its Us local premiere Friday at atthe atthe atthe the Gem theatre The story which was completed was completed only a few days be beI before before be- be I fore the Authors Author's tragic death has been running s serially In McCalls McCall's Magazine and the picture is js a re- re n example of fidelity in re reproduction reproduction re- re Prod production of at t the theme and characters characters characters char char- through the medium of the silver enver sheet Margaret l Morris Is an ideal heroine heroine herome hero hero- ine me and gives a marvelous perfOrmance performance per per- In a difficult role RayS Raymond Raymond Ray Ray- S mond Keane is thoroughly the yb- yb t hero hoist and support is furnished by a splendid cast Including such suchS S well known char character ater players as William V. V Mong Charles Clary Allen Cesare Cesaro Gravina Pau- Pau I leHe leU t Duval and Hedda Hoppa Joyce r Co Goad d and Phillippe de Lacy as PS the childhood lovers are especially ex ex- c |