Show ALIAS COMING TO IDES the stages greatest play brought to the screen by the movies most popular comedian that Is william balnes new starring picture alias jimmy valentine which comes saturday to the ides theater with talking sequences balnes plays another of gorgeously human roles which won him such great popularity in excess baggage the wise cracking comedian has added a dose of humanness and pathos to his characterization which eltta him into the forefront of screen acting the story is the old familiar one that has brought tears and laughter to audiences in nearly every theater in america tor a generation balnes Is the wise crook who upsets the police departments of half a dozen cities and virtually defies arrest he Is aided in his nefarious assaults on society by two of the funniest crooks the screen has ever seen karl dane and tully marshall opposing them Is the detective played by lionel barrymore a grim and seemingly heartless personality that yet Is as natural and human as any role aba great actor has as yet enacted to hide outa after a bank robbery the three crooks come to the small town where balnes finds love and sweetness he resolves to go straight and indeed becomes a highly respected citizen before barrymore tracks him down then indeed he proves an alibi that he Is someone else than jimmy valentine and it Is only when the sister of the girl he loves becomes locked in the new vault that he shows his marvelous ability and opens the safe to release her jack conway the director has turned out a fast moving story which holds attention from beginning to end while leila hyams as the girl and howard hackman as her banker father are perfect in their roles |