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Show LILLIAN WALKER 11 "THE GRAIN OF DUST" Opens at the Alhambra Tomorrow To-morrow With a Two-reel Paramount Comedy. The Grain of Dust is the second picture pic-ture made by Che Ogdcn Pictures corporation. cor-poration. New York Review Jn presenting David Graham Phillips vivid and dramatic dra-matic story. "The Grain of Dust," as a motion picture, the sponsors for it arc entitled to the highest praise. The screen representation should go a long way in establishing them as a power to be reckoned with in the film industry, for it is a picture which bears the stamp of artistic merit in every detail. Being a study of the peculiar affinity affin-ity that exists between an intellectual machine and a "grain of dust." the picture is rich in dramatic contrast and conflict. The picture is rich, too, in its revelation of the minds of men and of women's souls. Ambition, passion, pas-sion, lust, Jealousy, hate, sacrifice and expiation, put up in the accepted form, compose the ingredients. The scenes attending the story are alive with emotion, and rivet one's attention throughout. The acting is placed in capable hands. Lillian Walker Walk-er as the stenographer, who unconsciously uncon-sciously transformed a man's soul, gives the best performance of her career. ca-reer. Ramsey Wallace's interpretation interpreta-tion of the regenerate is a superb piece of acting. Others who stand out in their work are Ralph Delmore, James O'Neill and Edith Day. oo |