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Show AT THE LYRIC TONIGHT Hashlmurn Togo, In reality young Baron Katiu, the hero of Wallace Irwin's Japanese schoolboy tales, familiar to magazine and newspaper renders of America, makes his screen bow tonight at the Lyric Theater. Hashlmura Togo, Is a Paramount picture. Scssue Hayakawa, celebrated Japanese Jap-anese screen actor, will Impersonate tho amusing young Jap under the ablo direction of William C. DeMllle, sccenarlo -writer and director who has been responsible for many of tho screen's greatest productions, such as Carmen, starring Geraldlne Farrar, and many others. Driven from his native land by the wiles or a treacherous brother) the young Baron finds himself compelled com-pelled to take a position as ship's boy on a boat bound for America. Ho does this partly In order to be near a wonderful young American moon maiden a.9 he calls her and. partly to seo hie friend, the honr-able honr-able George Washington, whom he fondly believes will welcome him with a small ax In his hand. His fldvohtureii In America are unique and much hits been added to their charm by the clever acting of Mr. Hayakawa and the excellent cast which Includes such well known names as Florence Vldor, Mabel Van Buren, Walter Long, Tom Forman, Raymond Hatton, Ernest Joy, Margaret Mar-garet Loomis, nnd two Japanese actors, ac-tors, Kuwuhara and Konlshl. Imaglno a slender, graceful and well-bred Japanese count struggling with the Intricacies or American cooking; later studying the most reverend typewriter; making his debut de-but ns a writer of nowspaperly talk, or acting as a clever amateru detective detec-tive with his friend from headly quarters. There Is n very Interesting love theme Interwoven throughout his adventures, ad-ventures, both In old Japan, where there is a tiny cousin, O Noto San, waiting for him 'neath the cherry blossoms during his somewhat hectic hec-tic career In Amerlct; and also In this country where ho worships from nfnr at tho shrine of Corlnne Reynolds, Rey-nolds, a wealthy American girl, whom he calls his moon maiden. The treacherous brother and th wily old father nro at last brought to terms by tho aid of a clover young American reporter and Baron Katzu whom wo have known so long as Togo comes bnck to his own In fair Japan whero he finds little O Noto San faithfully waiting. n |