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Show Charles Ray at the Ogden Today in '45 Minutes Frcm B'dway' CAST OF CHARACTERS. Mary Jane Jenkins, the housemaid . Dorothy Devorc. Flora Dora Dean, a footllght favor- ite Hazel How. It Mrs. David Iif-m, her mother Eugene Eu-gene Besserer. Mrs. Purdy. a resident of New Ro-chelle Ro-chelle May Fostei Tom Bennett, the heir at-at-law Donald McDonald. Kid Burns, his secretary CHARLES RAY. Daniel Ctonln, in the mining business busi-ness Harry My rs Andy Gray, the butler William Court riht Charles Ray's version of "Forty-. Five Minutes From Bt oadvv.i ." the George M. Cohan classic which he has adapted to the screen, is being kept close to the original form which had such tremendous success during the years of its stage vogue. The wide popularity of the original Cohan play and the star's recognition of Its value In the form known to a vast public. 1 has convinced its producers that the biggest success would attend a screen I version following Closely the lines of popular staeo piece-. "Forty-Five Minutes Min-utes From Broadway," is the first of' the star's new productions I7 be pre-1 senled by Arthur S. Kane, for First National release. It will be shown at the Ogdcri beginning today The sponsors of Mr. Ray's Initial picture stressed the point that a too greatly altered photoplay adaptation of the Cohan piece was contrary to the country-wide value of this well known comedy-drama. The needs of screen adaptation arc very often sufficient excuse for radical changes in tho form and story of photoplay pho-toplay vehicles. In Spite Of the gen- ' eral criticism that meets sonic film versions of well-known stories, the fact remain sthat In order to attain the greatest perfection in the art of the I cinema, screen possibilities must take I precedence over the desire to retain the vehicle's perfection in play or story form. |