Show 21 i I 1 1 90 mom TO cigut FRIDAY what would you do it if you wore the last man on earth or it you are a woman what w would you do it there was only one male upon this entire planet this is the highly imaginative and tragically unique situation around which revolves the last man on earth coming to the american theatre tonight to night friday it is based i upon the story by john D swain and directed by jace blystone fil the story is set in 1950 when through a Jaff battling ling disease called the world Is denuded ot of all men tho the film story is a rather vigor ous test ot of the sincerity ot of that thoroughly feminine expression 1 I marry him it lie be were the last man on earth no girl who sees it will be likely to make the statement again 4 40 0 SATURDAY ben wilson a star who needs no introduction will appear on the screen saturday at the american theatre as the wronged husband but not so wronged as he thinks renegade holmes M D 11 an arrow great western introduces to the public ben wilson as the tha doctor ot of a small village in tact fact the ony doctor within forty miles As in such cases he is a busy man called upon to settle disputes to patch up married troubles and to the tha community at large the theme Is so real ehg situations so interesting the love story so enthralling that the audience GALLEY NO will forget torget that it is just a picture SUNDAY baby peggy the little 11 atle screen star who is known all over the world because ot of her remarkable ability as an ac actress tresi will be seen at the ameri can theatre on sunday in captain january a screen ot of the famous american classic laura E richards supporting her are such stars as hobart bosworth irene rich lincoln Stedman Sted mani 6 harry T morey and barbara tennant the story deals with a child saved from a shipwreck by an old sea captain jeremiah judkins who is the keeper ot of a lighthouse on the new england coast her mothers body washed ashore lashed lashe d to a mast has clasped in the arms the tiny infant which the parents perish ed to keep alive judkins revives the baby and adopts her as his own As she grows into childhood she takes the name ot of captain january and becomes a little mother around the lighthouse nursing the old captain in illness and cheering him while he attends to his duties villagers who are hostile to judkins try to have the child placed in an orphan asylum hot tail fail in their efforts I 1 then captain januarys Janu arys aunt appears identifies her and takes her away to boston to educate her judkins feeble in hearth health is pining away through griet grief tor for the child who he he had learned to 10 love ve as a father when captain january suddenly reappears she had run away from the luxurious boston home to rejoin her old companion how the satorv I 1 works out alter after that la is one ot of the most appealing p parts arts ot of the P picture i W MONDAY AND TUESDAY wil william aaa pox fox has produced adoth er picture from a notably bucce saul novel and stage play la in the man who came back which comes to the american theatre monday and tuesday directed by emmett flynn the picture was made by a talented cast ol of well known performers and it is said to be one of 0 the best pieces of 0 work ever done by the versatile director originally a novel by john fleming wilson the man who came back was dramatized by jules P ck ert godman and produced v ill iam A brady in 1917 mary nash and henry hull had the leading roles and the play ran on broadway tor for days in chicago it played tor for twenty one weeks in another production conrad nagel had bad tho the title role and his success was equally as phenomenal in the fox picture george obrien and dorothy mackaill have the priny mirml band Bart dand are supported b by a capable cast including cyril chadwick ralph lewis emily drolly fitzroy harvey dark clark and others well known to the american theatre going public the story deals with the neer do well son of a new york millionaire who eventually becomes a derelict in shanghai his tall fall and rise the latter influenced by a woman make a narrative which offers a wealth of at romance and all of 0 the action necessary to a first rate rata picture THURSDAY Curly top a drama ol of con conflict filet and envy starring shirley mason comes to the american theatre thursday night j li the picture adapted from one ot of the famous limehouse nights stories by thomas burke was directed by maurice elvey formerly one of the foremost english cinema directors shirley mason as Curly top Is a mysterious wait air of the london wharf district who incurs the em anity of bessle bessie diana miller in love wilh bill branigan wallace maedo maedonald macdonald Do a character of the underworld it is remarkable how bow intensely interesting and thrilling the story in which the destruction ot of a binns crowning crow nine glory constitutes the principal motif becomes on the screen I imet the other principal players aro are warner oland george kuwa ernest adams nora hayden and laverne lindsay i |