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Show THE PROVO HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 10. 1922. THE HERALD'S THEATRICAL PAGE Famous Old Stage Play Now On The Screen I "FOOL'8 PARADISE" i 'Place OJSe to Go mi The Only Properly Ventilated Theater in Provo. j - ; car ( V and Tuesday Tonight who have seen it! those Ask Prices. Regular OD 0 GAY PAREE! TO FOLLOW AND OFF WE GO IN MEXICO! 'TOOL'S PARADISr WE FIND AT LAST A Unusual Interest attaches to the owning of the coming engagement in this city of D. W. Griffith's great spectacle, "Way Down East,' "which will be seen for the first time at the Columbia theater. "Why Down East" will be presented here Wednesday and Thursday. If such be possible, this latest masterful production by the genius of the screen bids fair to eclipse even the enormous vogue enjoyed by iI'The Nation." Now being offerBirth of ed In the leading cities of the land, Way Dokn East" is attracting capacity throngs and seats are sought weeks In advance. This plcturizatlon of (he famous stage success furnished by Lottie Blair Parker and Joseph Grismer goes much farther than the original tale. 'Mr. Griffith has begun where they halted. He has not made Itex-a provincial thing; attempting to plain nothing he has welded a theory of eternal love and in so doing has removed his people from time and Possessed of a vision and period. mentality too great to be handicapped by anything, he has brought forth an epic far more than clever it has the ring of genius. The simple fun of plain people is brought forth in greater measure than the stage play version could ever hope to attain and offers keen contrats to the sufferings and woe of Anna iMoore, her hopes and struggles. Probably the greatest cast of capable players ever assembled for a motion picture production was engaged in the making of this work and it ends in a thrilling climax of spectacular scenes amid the veering flaws of a New England blizzard and the explosive breaking of a river all nr which enthrall as only a Griffith effort can move audi ences. The tender moments, the situa-tinntragls episodes, the laughable and thn atlrrlnff scenes are ac centuated by unusual orchestral accompaniment, pronounced the most ambitious yet attempted in the thea ter. role of young Lord Orelincourt, Is the son of Doris Rankin's sister, and therefore a grandson of iMcKee Rankin. Charles Coghlan who Is playing the part of Redwood, the detective which role has been entirely changed in the modernizing and Americanizing of the play is the nephew of the late Charles Coghlan. for many years one of the foremost of American actors. Young Rankin and young Coghlan are about the same age and extremely anxious to follow in the footsteps of their ancestors, but consider that today the screen affords better opportunities than the spoken stage. : JIM THE PENMAN Intimate interest attaches to the cast selected to support Lionel Barry- more in "Jim the Penman," which will be the attraction at the Princess theater, beginning tonight and Tues day. As practically everybody knows. Lionel Barrymore, the star, is the eld est son of an illustrious actor, Mau rice Barrymore, and his wife, Doris Rankin, who has a prominent role In "Jim the Penman," is the daughter of the celebrated McKee Rankin. Arthur Rankin, who is cast for the " "if - 5. k Mildred Harris ike Cecil D. DeMille Production (' 'Fonts Paradise A '-- Paramamt Picture a minion stitcnes tor twaive costumes! That's what it took to make the gorgeously bejeweled costumes of the Siamese dancing girls in one epi sode of Cecil B. De Mille's Paramount picture, "Fool's paradise," which will be shown at the Columbia theater to night and Tuesday. These costumes, perhaps the most ornately beautiful ever designed for the screen, wer created by Claire West, special costume designer for Cecil B. De Mille productions.- - The twelve dancers appear in reproduc tions of the famous Temple Dances The weight of their costumes 4s con siderable as each garment is deco rated with at least two thousand set jewels: sapphires, emeralds, rubies and rhlnestones. Counting fifty stitch es to each, jewel, 100,000 to the gar ment, it can be seen that the original estimate of one millions stitches for the twelve costumes is conservative And these costumes were for danc ers only and to gain a, special effect Going into the costumes of the princi jals is another story. Marvelous sable cloaks and ermine negligees, startling Javanese costumes and a succession of interesting Spanish, gowns place this newest De Mille picture at an ex ceptional point in feminine investi ture. Playing the principal roles are Dorothy Dalton, Mildred Harris, Con rad Nagel, Theodore Kosloff, John Davidson, Julia Faye. The support is adequate. CHAPLIN'S LATEST CARKTH HUGHES That Inimitable team, Charles Chap in lin and Mack Swain, have done it "LITTLE EVA ASCEND- asraln. In "The Idle Class." Chaplin's At the Strand tonight and Tuesday, latest attraction which comes to the 1 li if I S T Whitman Bennett's Presentation of Lionel niiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiii" liillliiiiiiiiiiii 1 WNMl m7 xinut w i m MsT . JSased on (Sim. JJ RmAifc by CottiQ J3lak Parker and Jb&2. (frismoi A imple. A itory of love Man and Woman Mother and Baby. A great bell tolling Humanity. ," A rtory of laughter Rabelaisian horseplay. Love, springing, gay bam. dances . sleigh belli and lowtrons and tender-ac- ross fragrant fields and twilight streams. In the end. amazing scenes, March storm, ice break-up- . Anna and David carried with blinding mas. of ice down the roaring river. iW voice-e- weet . WEDNESDAY and fa- L. Young. THURSDAY in A powerful melodrama of a man who wins to the highest pinnacle of financial success through his clever pen and , ' tV)0 !1C' nlld cuu.1 a climax invYuouJC Matinee Daily 3:30, 15c, 35c. Evening 8:15, 15c, 35c, 50c: "Little Eva Ascends" m 1 From the Saturday Evening Post Story by Thomas Beers. A human, humorous story of a boy who was tired of being a girl. that will startle you. Direction of Kenneth Webb. SPECIAL The first of a series of pictures portraying the lives of Great American Authors. WASHINGTON IRVING the "Father of American iLterature," and his famous story, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," brought to life. V.v ViO.W.WV.V.'.'. AND NEWS WEEKLY NTIQNALXXJ ATTRACTION ::: i WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ALSO COMEDY WEDNESDAY story of plain people, embracing the four ed e&son Jim the Penman FIRST rr:Diii5i?Biyi Tonight and Tuesday America's Greatest Actor in From the internationally mous story by Sir Charles f1 WW ajlllgiuig. J 1 j Presents Quaint absurdities y. 4 II U 1 H Tonight' Tuesday , IMS GREATEST PHOTOPLAY THRILLING SCENE IN "WAY DO WN EAST." a A DE ... I THEN UNDER SUM'S STARRY, EYES LOVE AND- THURSDAY Charlie Gutylin ETHEL CLAYTON in "HER OWN MONEY" LUE. F. VERNON Who "Plays the Pictures" at the Piano I In 'The Idle Class" Strand theater on Wednesday and Thursday, Mack towers as ot yore above the diminutive Charlie. The fun begins from their first meeting. There have been comedy teams galore in moving pictures but Chaplin never had a better foil than Mack Swain. Mack is six feet, three inches tall and weiKhs In the neighborhood of 240 pounds. When Charlie falls Into his clutches, an appealing expression In his eyes, there is no human being who can resist the contrast. "The Idle Class" is in a class by itself. Although not as long as "The Kid" it packs more fun to the reel than any film Chaplin has ever done. LITTLE EVA No longer au orphan, tin youth who desplued the parts he was forced to play In the mediocre troupe of barnstormers, when he learned that his father had a farm snd wanted the boy whom he had not seen since he was a baby, determined then anu there to quit the show business tor good. He did and quit in a manner that caused a terrible uproar. What he did and how he did it is pictured by Gareth Hughes in "Little Eva Ascends," which will be shown Monday and Tuesday at the Strand theater. Mrs. Lillian ft. De Loery ANNOUNCES HER lummer School of M mm TO BEGIN APRIL PRIVATE 15 AND CLOSE SEPTEMBER 15 LESSONS-CL- ASS LESSONS BEGINNERS ADVANCED STUDENTS Mrs. DeLeory is an exponent of the Dunning Method of Improved Music Study, which Includes the Faelten Principles for Cencentration and Leschetizky Technic. This new teaching method makes music instruction intensely interesting and insures results in half the time that old methods secured. Studio 160 South First East. . Phone 449-M- |