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Show Filled With Beauty Is the Forest For-est Set in "Her Husband s Friend" One of tho many Interesting incidents inci-dents of ' Her Husband s Friend," Knnl Bennett s new Paramount photoplay, called for a scenic background of weird and vivid beauty, and the set designed and by 111 b) the Thomas u luce Architectural department is one "i ihe most unusual ever constructed. It Suggests the depths ami mystery of the forest, and the shadowy crceplness of a oave, without actually bcliiR a literal photograph of trees and rocks. Indeed, it can more imiiiikIy bo ailed descriptive scenery than men background, it bears the same relation rela-tion to the actors as the music ot the orchestra iloes to the singers. It suggests sug-gests and carries on the note of sus-I sus-I i nss and awe. which Is tho keynote of tills particular incident. PVom both a pitcyresoue and scenic polnl of view, the setting Is considered one of tho most elaborate and vivid over produced in a studio It was built from ,i s i H s of charcoal sketches, and although it i a great structural achievement, being nearly a hundred feel in length, It la also decidedly noteworthy note-worthy ap an artistic triumph. Charles II Kvmoi and John lley-Wjod, lley-Wjod, art and scenic heads of the Thomas II Incs studios, are responsible respon-sible for Ihe richness of the setting "Her Husbands Friend" will be presented pre-sented at the Alhambra theatre next Saturday only. Tom I'hattciton plays opposite -Miss Bennett. |