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Show ALICE BRADY SAVED Bf HE "EVIL EYE" In "The Fear Market," a Realart picture starring Alice Brady, the "Evil Eye" protects the heroine from being assaulted by tho man who professes to love her. Not a little has been written on superstition sup-erstition and the part it plays Jn human hu-man lives. It is an historic fact that on account of a hen and a rooster a kingdom was lost. The different races have thoir pot superstitions. The fear of the number 13 is common with us. i Tho Evil Eye is the dread superstition of the Italian. Sickness, failure in business, love, or domestic affairs is laid to the "Evil Eye." One possessed with tho evil eye is avoided, spurned, spat at and in passing such uppers on a prayer is said or a sign made to break the spell. S , In "The Fear Market," which will be seen at the Alhambra theatre, starting today. Alice Brady appearing as Sylvia Syl-via Stone, is ardently wooed by an Italian tenor, Ettare Forni, who induces in-duces her to elope with him. Taking her to a tavern In a nearby town, Forni tries -to induce Sylvia to partako of some wine and when they will be married, mar-ried, is told that marriage was a cage and love a bird that will die when placed in bondage, Sylvia recognizes that Forui's intention is not honorable and attempts to leave the room. Forni For-ni whose passions are aroused, bars the way and makes a grab for her, when Sylvia informs him that she pos-esses pos-esses the "Evil Eye." Fear creeps into his heart; he makes the "sign of tho horns" to break the spell, opens the door and permits Sylvia to pass. But what are Miss Brady's superstitions? super-stitions? Her pet superstition is not to be superstitious. There is no more potency to number thirteen, Miss Brady believes, than there is to five or eighteen and she is in favor of starting a society lor the emancipation of this much maligned ma-ligned numeral. She points to the fact that before the advent of the High Cost of Living folks were glad enough to get the well known "Bakers'Dozen" thirteen, Instead of the round hard do-en do-en now offered. More than one director has torn his hair becauso some temperamental star has refused to do tlils or that because she, just knew that something dreadful dread-ful would happen If she did. Not so with Miss Brady. Should the scenario call for her to break a mirror, smash goes the glass. If the director deems it necessary for the sake of the picture that she place a pair of shoes on a tablo that's all there is to It Miss Brady puts them on. Walking under ladders, spilling salt, putting up an umbrella in the house, whistling in the dressing room, singing before breakfast break-fast and every other superstition known to stage folks means nothing to Miss Brady, who believes that superstition sup-erstition is the child of ignorance. |