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Show I Hi TtLUDGE II I "1 WH" COMES I 10 UMBRA W Wednesday, For Three Days. From a would-be modern Cleopatra x trifling with Fate and forever in pur- suit if pleasure to an unselfish and J devoted woman wrapped up in her two vAlBSk-cmall children that is the character vBgyfansition portrayed by the versatile 7k$tsrorma Talmadge in her screen impersonation imper-sonation of the heroine of "The Moth," her newesl Selznick-Picture to be seen at the Alhambra Wednesday, l-- Thursday and Friday. Abounding in " - emotional possibilities and dramatic incidents, the plot is calculated to give the charming young star an opportunity oppor-tunity to add one more artistic interpretation inter-pretation to her already amazing list of successes. The story of the scenario Is one i that will focus the attention and de-; de-; light the imagination. Lucy Gillam, the Moth, is a capricous heiress still '.' in her teens and without parental guid- ance when she becomes fascinated by the subject of the Egyptian Cleopatra . .. who "flirted her way to immortality." A passage in one of her textbooks; .-.f;". about the famous queen so excited' Z-gi: Lucy's imagination that she imme- diately started in searcn of her An-thony. An-thony. 'V'; At this psychological moment the 'J " ' young girl's attention is turned to A. ' Valentine Spencer, blue-blooded spendthrift, spend-thrift, who though infatuated with an-' an-' other woman, Nita Wilbur, marries jBBl.Lucy because she provides a solution I for his financial difficulties. From the j day of her wedding Lucy's married life fails to give her either happiness or contentment. On the contrary, as soon as- she is set adrift upon society ,Jt-h as a matron she steers toward the dan- I serous course, aided by an insatiate desire to love and to be loved, the swift set with which she become identified, iden-tified, and her husband's continued friendship for Nita, who has married Teddy Marbridge. The only redeeming influences In Lucy's life are Ned Cunningham and his wife. Lucy coquettes with the young lawyer when he tries to pilot her affairs into safer channels by good advice, but he persists in believing that her life holds something bigger and higher. He suggests to her that her two little children, Larry and Babs, to whom Lucy is practically a stranger, may solve her problem and prove the key to the happiness which she seeks so feverishly. Unfortunately, Unfortunate-ly, when Lucy pays a belated visit to the nursery to become better acquainted acquaint-ed with her babies, they hide behind their nurse's skirts in fear and the young mother decides that even Ned's .Sd advice was not the secret of happl-jSjPriiess happl-jSjPriiess for her. So life drifts along for the discon-wL discon-wL tented Moth, fluttering constantly Hg ' about the flame of her own folly, until Rp the appearance of Captain Auchester, Wjk a dashing Englishman and mysterious soldier of fortune. One evening H Auchester, whom Vallie as Spencer is HI called has Introduced at the excuslve IDj Badminton club, brings Spencer home H intoxicated. Lucy, still pursuing the BH elusive phantom of happiness, at once HR '. becomes interested in the stranger. Auchester is frequently a guest at the HH Spencer home and becomes devoted to H little Larry, who immediately adores Vat the captain who plays soldier with Wm im. Sgl Auchester's attentions bring Lucy p5j nearer and nearer to the danger mark, although he also succeeds In making her children love her as they never have before. And it is the instrumentality of these two new influences in Lucy's life, her children to whom she wasj before as a stranger and the roman- j tic Auchester, who learns to love Lucy for her true worth, that the moth-wife eventually finds peace and the road to happiness. Advertisement, nn Big Two-Gun Bill Hart in his first Artcraft, at the Alhambra, Al-hambra, starts tomorrow. I; S Lyceum Rex j IpPjj TODAY Tomorrow and Monday j "TOe American Girl" Charlie Chaplin ! p' I Tomorrow . m I Helen HolmeS in "BEHIND THE SCREEN" 1 M I "THE LOST EXPRESS" g M- I "STiNGAREE" M I "MUTUAL WEEKLY" " Also 1 I: GeorgeOveyina "TJE SECRET 1 LmSZT-u ' KINGDOM" 1 shown every Sunday. I Wkj 5 c ALWAYS 5 c ALL TICKETS 5 c J ; i SILL IT IT THE MAIM! SUMY, MOISITM? William S. Hart's famous Pinto pony, Fritz, has been given an important impor-tant role in the first Hart picture, "The Narrow Trail," which Thomas H. Ince has released through Artcraft, and which will be seen- at the Alhambra Alham-bra tomorrow. There are a great many scenes which really hinge on the ability of the horse to carry through tho thrilling situations. Fritz's first entrance in the pjeture is dramatic. Hart, in the story, is the leader of a band of outlaws, and needs a horse that will be swift and cunning onough for the exigencies of his daring profession, which consists mainly of holding up stage coaches. Riding through the mountains with his companions, he spies a herd of wild horses, and notes that their leader is a beautiful pinto. Strangely attracted i t0 the animals, Hart vows he will capture cap-ture him for his own. There is an ex- citing chase as the wild pony, maddened mad-dened by fear, makes a dash for freedom. free-dom. Hart succeeds, however, in lassoing las-soing him, and later a lasting friendship friend-ship springs up between the two, which continues through five long reels and is replete with thrilling adventures. ad-ventures. Fritz, in the story, is Avell known as the outlaw's pony, as there is no horse so peculiarly marked, or which equals him in speed ' and staying qualities. And so, in a way, throghout the storv, on Fritz depends the life of his master. mas-ter. Advertisement. uu Bob Greenwell sings at the Alhambra tomorrow evening, "Because You Love Your Flag, Your Girl and Liberty," by Jack Salden. I j Also William Duncan and Carol Holloway in "The'Fighting Trail' Douglas , Fairbanks in.Trianj' Harry Carey in "The Soul Herder," and Geo Madison 'in "The 1 i Slo,E.lay,v "The Habits , ' I JM Happincss. Voman Who Would Not Pay 1 VM VittV i Ullll Ml til II i I KWfcKi?aS WW MMB j Read the Classified Ads. I ji (alhambra last time today I l l HE LUST OF THE. I ,1 ! First l t3 Continuing Monday, BHpi HEWSTOFTHE AGESl Tuesday 0j0 P'""RP0R ! NORMA TALMADGE COMES WEDNESDAY, THREE DAYS in . I H ,,,,E, r I |