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Show Pauline Frederick in "Bella Donna" Lyric, Jan. 14-15 The Famous Players Adopts a Great Book and Play by Robert Hlchent , Tho attraction at tho Lyric for Filday and Saturduy January 14 and 15, will bo a spectacular ami faithful aduptntion of tho celebrated novo', nnd Play, Bella Donna, by Robert Hlchens and J. B. Fngan, which lias been adopted by tho Famous Plaers Film Company with Paulino Frederick Freder-ick In tbo tltlo rolo. As a best seller tbo novel created creat-ed n stir n few years ago und was tho basis of tho play "Bella Donna" In which Alia Nnzlmova, tbo distinguished distinguish-ed Russian actress, won her first Amorlcnn triumph, and an oven greater great-er success than she won in the Ibsen roles which mado her famous. By hor wonderful work in "Zaza," Miss Frederick, who Interprets the same rolo which tho Ruslan actress played, has moro. than prepared her friends for a Buporb performance. Hers Is a powerful personal magnetism which dopends upon moro than mere beaut) ror 'its charm;lt Is a fascinating, Indescribable In-describable something that Is as clus-ivo clus-ivo as It Is effective. When tho book appeared It was balled as a mastcrpleco of description. descrip-tion. Tho play was declared to bo a triumph In tho art of presenting desert des-ert atmosphero on tho stage, When this leading film company decided to inako "Bella Donna" Its contribution to tho Paramount Program, Edwin S. Portor and Hugh Ford, who were selected sel-ected to supervlso Its production, realized re-alized nt onco that they facod the difficult di-fficult task of competing with tho realistic re-alistic descriptions of a mastor painter paint-er of word pictures and of eclipsing tho realism of tho stage presentation of tho play. They thereforo decldod o tako the- entire company, which In tddltlon to Miss Frederick Included lullanL'Estrango and Thomas' Hold Ing, who also appeared In "Zaza" with tho samo star, to the sand, jlrdlcd waterways of Florida which with their troplcul vegetation, formed tho most perfect substitutes for tho far-famed country bordering thn Nile. This gictU dramatic feature Is ono of the films which escaped destruction destruc-tion when tho studios of tho Fumous I'luyers wore recently swept by fire. It was a curious coincidence that tbo, players should have returned from Florida only two days beforo tho conflagration con-flagration nnd it was only by tho greatest good fortune that fruits of their labors were saved from the flames. "Bella Donna" is tho talo of an adventuress ad-venturess who poisons her English hiiBbaud In order to bo free to go to nn' Egyptian with whom she has fallen fal-len in love. But beforo tbo poison can accomplish its deadly work, a doctor dlscovors what Is being done und ho saves tho Intended victim Her plot frustrated, Bella Donna reviles re-viles her husband and gives herself up to her lover. But tho Egyptian casts her off and when sbo returns humbly to her homo, sbo finds the doors shut In her face by tho doctor. doct-or. Albno In tho world, sho passes out into tho black night across tho grim desert into tho great unknown. |
