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Show GRID HI J IT THE SHU, STARTING TOSyiBHT "Lafayette, We Come," Cast of 350 Act in Film Cost $125,000.00 to' Produce and Sennett's Two-part Two-part Comedy. I Tho producers of the great motion picture spectacle ' Lafayetio, Wa Come!" spared no expense to insure the production of a motion picture tli.it. I -would long be remembered by those! who witnessed it. Its setling-s and , exterior are truly elaborate and a cast of over three hundred and fifty i support E. K. Lincoln and Dolores Catsinelli, tho principal players. Leonce Perrett who prjdunjd "Lafayette, "La-fayette, We Come!" personal'y supervised super-vised the selection of the types 10 enact en-act the roles of all of the characters, of the play and it is said that their efforts contributed to the uccess at- ! forded this magnificent proaucrlon. i Some of the playeis included in ihisj monster cast will be recognized by photoplay lovers, for in addition to the featured twq arc, Emmet C. Kills. Ethel Eth-el Winthrop, Ernest, Ma.ipain, Valen- i ..tine Petit Ferret and many others loo I. numerous to mention. "Lafayette, We Come!" which vns enthusiastically received elsewhere -n the United'States should undoubtedly prove a great attraction in this oil v. I because of its timeliness and intense I heart appeal. , Dedicated to the soldiers of America ( who have sacrificed their all" on the I . . soil of France. f Many years ago a soldier of France and Freedom came to v.s at. the time of our greatest need. He won for us the Liberty and happiness wo now en-When en-When General Pershing arrived in Paris with the first continent of tin: ; American Expeditionary Forces on B June 16, 1917, he visited tho tomb of Lafayette and addressed it in words i that have been indelibly written into J the pages of American history. His 1 speech consisted of three words. Thry told of America's payment of her debt to Lafayette and to France. An humble, hum-ble, yet dramatic and impressive declaration dec-laration of true faith and allegiance, back of which lies the typical American Amer-ican spirit and determination to fight on to victory to fight for Democracy to build for posterity. These words have re-echoed to every ev-ery corner of the globe and went thundering thun-dering at the gates of Berlin. -The walls of the Potsdam palace trembled, then, fell, at their significance. |