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Show Superlative Film Is "Nomads of the North" Showing at Orpheum Theatre James Oliver Curwood has more than repeated he has surpassed the mastery he achieved In "Back to God's Country" and has given the lov-j lov-j ers of the cinema art perhaps the ' greatest animal and human Interest j story ii has ever had in the latest ( Associated First National feature. I "Nomads of tho North." which opened I a three days' engagement at the Or-I Or-I pheum thoatre last oveninK The ex-: ex-: traordinary spectacles projected in thi3 picture certaln'.y beggar description descrip-tion the remarkable performance of I a bear and a dog. acting rrfore human than brute, and the realistic forest fire which one could never forget, j Another outstanding feature of this production is the quite unusual pho-t togrraphy. many of the scenes being undoubtedly the zenith of pictorial perfection As was the case in "Back to God's Country" the locale of Nomads of the North" Is In the far north whore one man's intense love and another man's hot hate combine to mako a piece-de-realstance all the most confirmed con-firmed lover of ihrillln; suspense I could possibly ask Tho vvhnlc ttory concerns a villainous opposition firt to the marringo and then to the happiness hap-piness of that married life of i virile northern trapper and a beautiful orphan or-phan of a wild trading po.it. Indescribable Inde-scribable hardships are placed in the way by the hand of fate and It la not until the very laat that the dark cloud of punishment for murdr la lifted from the hero's life through the mtn-ly mtn-ly sacrifice of a dashing and Altogether Interesting member of the Canadian mounted police. Lon Chaney and Betty Blythe. in the two leading character.,, shure honors hon-ors and each gives a perlormune.3 In which high silent art dominates Lewis Stone runs the leading duo a close second race by giving one of the best haraeter studies of the real Canadian in'.nlon of the law in regions v. In ro it Is difficult for the law to reach. Tho animal fictors in the picturo deserve profuse praise and it Is a foregone on-cluslon on-cluslon they make this play ono of the foremost matinee hits of the season sea-son since its appeal to women and children Is so great To supplement the feature Manager J P. iuss presents the first of the famous "Toonervllle Trolley" come-' dies, which are based on the well known cartoons by Fontaine l'ox The skipper, the tiny street car. powerful Kairinka and even Tomboy Taylor are all there The show will run through Tuesday niKht. " ' |