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Show CLEVER STARS AGAIN TONIGHT AT THE LYRIC Tho clover Morosco stars, Kathlyn Williams and Houso Peters, will bo seen at tho Lyric again tonight in a plcturlzatlon of Wlllard Mack's thrilling thrill-ing story, "Tho Highway of Hope," which was especially prepared for tho screen by Harvey Gates. Kathlyn Williams firmly established estab-lished herself as ono of tho leading emotional actresses of tho screen by her wonderful performance In "Out of tho Wreck" nnd nlso In "Tho Co3t of Hatrod." Those successes placed her In a nlcho all her own and, with Houso Peters, an nlllanco most pleasing pleas-ing to Paramount patrons has boon formed. Knthlyn Williams as Lonely Lou, tho drudge of a mining town, later transformed into a wealthy inino owner, presents a remarkablo characterization. char-acterization. In her first appearance on tho .screen in this production, sho Is seen industriously scrubbing n flight of steps with soap and water. Later, when sho has mado her fortune, for-tune, sho has a splendid opportunity to display a number of beautiful gowns, Tho sconos of "Tho Hlghwny of Hope" nro laid olthor In tho dosert or in desert towns, nnd tho Morosco company wns fortunate enough to find, for ubo In tho plcturo, ono of tho fnmous nbandonod mining towns In Death valley. This town, in tho early day of the gold rush, was tho homo of four or flvo thousand Industrious Indus-trious souls. Men lived, fought nnd died In Its streets nnd In Its gambling holes. Tho rush for gold swept on and gradually the citizens rushed away until now thcro Is nothing loft but row after row of nbandonod buildings, build-ings, which In tho dry desort air aro In a remarkable stato of preservation, nnd which aro occupied but occasionally occasion-ally by somo "desert rat," who with his pack burrow pauses over night In his Journey ncross tho valley to hunt tho gold hidden In tho distant Panamlnt mountains. Tho subsequent subse-quent scones of tho actlvo mining town woro taken on tho othor side of tho rango to which tho occupants of tho first vlllago fled. Tho cast supporting Miss Williams and Mr. Peters Is ono of unusual excellence, ex-cellence, Including Jim Farley and Harry do Vero. |