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Show HEMtlK ISHEX I'ASSES THE ACII) TEST Tilnnglo I'rmluction of "Pillars of Soclotj" n Complete Vindication of Xorvvegian Dramatist. To bo seen again tonight at tho Oak. Was Mr. Ibsen n high brow? That Is precisely what most folks think of tho grent Scandinavian dramatist nnd a good many would run a mile to got out of Bitting through ono of his plajs ns a conso-quenco, conso-quenco, Bu tho great Isbon hn3 been put to tho nowest and surest test for hlgh-browlsm, If you know what that Is. Ho has at last been put on tho screen. Tho play chosen Is "Pillars of Society," So-ciety," soon to bo released on the Trlanglo pragrnmmo, with that extraordinarily ex-traordinarily ablo actor Henry Walthall Wal-thall In tho leading role, supported by a picked Flno ArtB company. L'. ."Utae&a222a Honry B. Walthall and Olga Gray In ' "Pillars of Society," Latest Trlanalo Play. Not many modern stago plays havo stood tho test of photodranmtlzatlon ns has this ono. Tho screen has punctured largo holes In many n dramatic idol, but this powerful story of tho fate of men who build high places for themsolves In their community com-munity on a lie, grows In strength and directness as it proceeds. It is not flashy or catchy, but It is tremendously tre-mendously human, and It slowly builds to a quick series of terrific climaxes. Dono in -what might almost bo called tho classic technique of the photoplny It is in every respect the "different" picture, and a most stimulating stim-ulating revelation of the material still untouched by the makers of film classics. |