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Show m MINI FILM PURSES J1QICES ai mi Well-cast and with fhe star in one Of the most appealing role? of her career. ca-reer. Sw eet Laven Jet " opened at the Alhxmbra theatte Lis; night It is i , Man MllfS Mlnter production forj Realart and a Beulah Marie Dl? ftdaP-l tatton of the famous Sir Arthur Wihgj Plnero stage success- Although n few necessary change- ! have been made to moke come of the oilginal F.nglish situations more un-j deratandab)e to Americans, the pro-; ducers have done wonders in preserv-i lug the exceptional appeal of Pinero'si hiasterpiece of human Interest. As Lavender. Mary Miles Mlnter shows to the full that art which has made her one of the most popular of feminine stars. There arc many fine emotional moments In the storv of a) girl whose own fulfier, not knowing her, forbids her marriage to his stepson, step-son, j Theodore Roberts scores one of the play's really big Individual hits. Hcj takes the part of Prof. Dick Phenyl, dow n-at-the-heels. sunnyhearted incompetent in-competent friend to everyone save himself, it la hi parts of this sort that j Mi Roberts shows himself as a master of c h a ra cterisatlon i Milton Sill- plays the lather who h.isj Cpjfgptten hit, first wife and her daugh-: ter, only to have his memory jogged! in D manner to stir the depths Of his nature Harold Coodwin Is excellent I a the yQUng college boy lover Other players who did excellent work Include-Sylvia Include-Sylvia Aehton, J M Dumont, Starke Patteson, Jane ICecklej and Flot-a iiol-llater. iiol-llater. Paul Powell directed the p!e e He. is one of the old David Wark Griffith! Staff and has produced scores of sue-! cesses in the past nine years. Ills most recent production of note was i'ollv-; anna" tor Mary Pickford. lieu la h : Marie DIx the scenarist, adapted tho play in a thoroughly satisfactory manner. |