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Show HAZEL DAWN AT THE LYRIC MAYW--25TH Famous Players Star Celebrated Deauty Will Appear In "The Saleslady" Ono of tho New York City's greatest great-est department stores and her celebrated cele-brated lolin play Important parts In Hazel Dawn's latest Famous Players Paramount picture, Tho Saleslady, In which this fnmous beauty Is appearing appear-ing at tho Lyric Wcdnesdny nnd Thursday. This Is tho first tlmo that any of tho big New York department stores has over been used nn tho setting for a motion picture. In this case, over threo hundred employees em-ployees were specially engaged to act natural, for tho purpose of giving tho sceno tho proper ntmosphoro. Tho violin which Miss Dawn mado unforgcttablo In Tho Pink Lndy, makes Its motion plcturo debut In this film not that it can bo heard, of courso, but anyone who is familiar with muslo can seo at a glance that tho star Is actually playing her beloved be-loved Instrument. In tho Btory, tho violin Is Helen's only consolation when she flnos herself forced by pov. crty to como to New York in search of employment. Sho lives In a cheap boarding house and Is playing tho violin when sho hears the sound of a racking cough noxt door. 'Investigation shows a young girl who l suCfcrlnir from tuberculosis. The doctor stntes that tho patient's only hope of recovery lies In Instant remon! to tho country. Though It costs her every cent sho possesses. Helen manages to start tho girl on tho road to recovery. Sho obtains employment In n department de-partment store but tho attentions of tho lloor walker become so obnoxious obnoxi-ous thnt she Is forced to, snub him very flatly. In a spirit of rovengo ho has her dlschnrgcdr but she is reinstated rein-stated when she goes to tho matron and tells hor story. That Is only tho beginning of tho trials and struggles through which Helen goes. Sho marries n wealthy young chap who Is promptly disinherited disinher-ited by his father. Ho gets a position as an automobile demonstrntor but Is badly hurt and Helen is forced to go un the stage to earn a living Sho Is successful nnd there begins her ncqunlntnnco with n man who plays an Important part In her later llfo. Frederick Tliompson, under whoso direction Tho Saleslady, was produced, produc-ed, has accomplished remarkable results re-sults In tho handling of tho department depart-ment storo and stago scenes. In support sup-port of Miss Dawn, who Is unquestionably unques-tionably at hor best In this plcturo, thoro appear Irving Cummlngs, Clnr-once Clnr-once Handysldes, Arthur Morrison, Dorothy Rogers, Janet Flndlay and others who nro well known to tho motion plcturo public. In addition to Tho Saleslndy, tho Paramount Travel plcturo wilt be shown. |