Show Laddie in Pictures I i 0 0 Out of the great flood of so called program pictures that flows steadIly steadily steadily stead stead- ily through the theatres of the country country coun coun- tr try there O occasionally appears a film so noteworthy in theme that it stands out far above the surface of the stream Such pictures unfortunately are alt all too rare but when the they are ale presented the they ar are e worthy of the fullest fullest full full- est attention of all theatre patrons j I 1 F. F O. O fl Bs B.'s s 's great screen version of I i Laddie Jaddie Gene Stratton Porters Porter's best known novel nO is such n a picture Produced Produced Pro Pro- I and directed by the famous novelists novelist's son law Leo Meehan who has cleverly retained all of the color lolor and imagery Imager of the book hook will be bl I sh shown at t the Thorle Thorley next Thursday i I ann ana r I The basic theme of the picture is I that a man is still a gentleman even thou though h he is n a farmer tr Ia die a true trueson trueson son Ion of the soil is in III love with Pamela the lovely daughter of an English rt It rt- rt cluse dust Pamela while hill appreciating himas him himas 8 as a friend cannot see sen him in an any other other other oth oth- er light us long as 81 he insists on staring staying stay star ing at the farm To further complicate complicate cate matters matteIs Laddies Laddie's sister is enamoured enamoured enam enam- of a man who turns out to be Pamela's brother and who has been disowned b by the stern lather father on t w It false e charge of theft The development of the two idyllic love love episodes to a triumphant conclusion forms one of the finest dramas ever lr shown on the screen I I John flowers Dowers as S laddie and Bess Flowers as liS Pamela give superb interpretations inter inter- interpretations i of their roles I |