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Show r THEATRES 1 1 i j . aa -- 1 'J Betty Compson, Tom Moore Starring in Film Now at Alhambra Prohibition and the arguments for and against It, stories of bootleggers and their apprehension and punishment, punish-ment, fill the newspapers. The liquor I question is still one of the grave prob-ll prob-ll ma Of the day. It affords many opportunities op-portunities for dramatic treatment, and one of the best of these Is disclosed dis-closed In "Over the Border." the Pen-rhyn Pen-rhyn Stanlaws Paramount production : featuring Betty Compson and Tom I Moore, which opened at the Alhambra i theatre with signal success this after-j after-j noon. Betty Compson. as the daughter of th.- man who smuggles lliior In wholes!., quantities ;n r.'Hs the I nlie.l States-Canadian boundary line, and the sweetheart of a Royal Mounted policeman charged with enforcing the IgW, has a fine emotional role. whll. the part opposite her, that of a mounted policeman. 1s ably play.-. I by Tom Moore. The picture was taken In the mountains, amid th snows, and li plctorlally very beautiful. Individually, Individ-ually, every scene is n gem. and in Its sel.itlon for Inclusion In the picture, marks the artistic sense which made j Renrhyn staniaws a power in the ' artist world hctore becoming a director, direc-tor, The supporting company Is wholly adequate. on |