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Show THEATRES j 'The Silent Call', Film Out of Ordinary, at Orpheum To those who have been saVlng that the screen Is surfeited with, society so-ciety stories, melodramas and other plots which reveal only a minor aspect as-pect of our modern life, It will bo welcome news to hear of tho Story depicted In "The Silent Call." which opened at tho Orpheum yesterday. Adapted front "The Cross Pull," Hal G. Evarts' story which first appeared in the Saturday Evening Post, this photoplay breathes vibrantly of the great outdoors. Never before have the mountain fastnesses of the Sierras been translated onto tho sliver sheet In all their glorious magnificence as In this photoplay where they serve as the background for a talo of human hu-man anil animal emotions. It has this twofold story' The dramatic dra-matic incidents In the lives of a nrroup of humans, and tho lovo story of a wonderful dog and a she-wolf. These plots arc connected by Strong-heart, Strong-heart, the dog. In whose heart there Is the ever-present combat between tho primitive instincts of the wolf horde and the love for man which has been implanted in him through his dog ancestry. It Is a tale of the golden daya of the old west, where every man was a law unlo himself except on those occasions oc-casions where Fate intervened and moved tho human chessmen about. In "The Silent Call" Fate's agent is Slrongheart. tho dog. His own story the depiction of hh almost human love for the female wolf Is as tenderly portrayed as 'h" emotional attraction between a boy and a girl. Tho animals perform with apparent freedom from dlrec- tlon and a high quality of natural-1 ness results. Again and aga'.n Strong-1 heart feels the cross pull of his wolf ancestry, but tlv- dog love for man finally asserts Itself and ho serves! his human masters. In this service, he saves the hero from disaster on several occasions and also rescues tho: pirl from the human fiend who pursues pur-sues her throughout the story. The emotions revealed In "The Silent Si-lent Call" are strong In their iirlml-tlveness iirlml-tlveness heightened by frequent touches of comedy and human lht -est. In this combination lies the universal uni-versal appeal of this pcture The comedy for the forc-woek's blil Is "Battling Torch)." The same show I skips tonight on account of the road! show, "Abie's rrlsh Rose," but will continue Tuesday with matinees. oo |