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Show TO HELL WITH ' THE KAISER" 61 I ALU! "To Hell with the Kaiser" shows the tray in which Wilhelm II plunged the vrrorld into war. The fortunes of an American family are followed in the itory, and in revenge for the ghastly tfato of her little sister in a Belgian convent, Alice Monroe brings about ; the downfall and death of the Kaiser, with the aid of an American aviator. A Beautiful love-story mns through this powerful narrative. ; June Mathis supplied the scenario ' , for this feature. In compiling her data. Miss Mathis consulted every available authority on modern Germany. Ger-many. She Is one, of the best -known Writers for the screen. She wrote Mzlmova's feature, "Toys of Fate," and in collaboration with other writers writ-ers has furnished the original stories 1 or "Draft 258," 'The Winding Trail," "God's Half Acre," and countless other features, as well as providing the adaptations of famous books and plays for Metro stars. The cast is composed of stars, but the greatest interest naturally centers cen-ters around Lawrence Grant as the Kaiser, and beautiful Olive Tell as the American heroine. Mr. Grant is noted not-ed for his impersonations of the monster mon-ster of Europe, and on one occasion lie amazed Now Yorkers by walking down Broadway dressed as the Kaiser. He is a lecturer of international repute, re-pute, and has been associated with Anne Morgan and Elisabeth Marbury in their work of reconstructing French towns .destroyed by the war. Olive Tell is a favorito player both of stage and screen. She has appeared in "The Silent Master," "The Girl and the Judge," "General Post," etc. The scenes beggar description. Tho Kaiser's council-chamber is shown, Belgian villages are burned and ravaged, rav-aged, there are "shots" of the trenches, trench-es, and a fleet of aeroplanes Is shown in battle with rival aircraft. In the realm of fancy, tho Kaisor is shown going to his final destination, "the hot place." John Sunderland, who plays the aviator, av-iator, is also an aviator in real llfo, having fought more than a hundred air battles at tho beginning of the war around Liege, Namur and Ypres. Frank Currier, who plays Prof. Monroe, is a sterling actor who has appeared in countless Metro features. Betty Howe is a charming player who has been seen in "For France," "The Scarlet Runner," and other features. The cast of characters of "To Hell with the Kaiser" Kai-ser" is practically a "Who's Who" of the screen. It will be shown at the Alhambra tomorrow. |