Show TO Td TONIGHT NIGHT FRIDAY rum running on a wholesale scale is shown in contraband Cont id 11 alan cro Blands newlest newest paramount production due lion coming to the american the theatre atre tonight to night friday the th e inside workings ot of the transportation por tation of contraband liquor an illegal industry which the government combats am bats at an annual cost of mil millions liong are faithfully depicted the featured roles in contraband clarence budington wellands Kel Itel lands story which jack cunningham adapted tor for screen use are played by lots lols ahson N noah 0 all B berry erry raymond hatton and raymond mckee miss wilson has the role of carinel lee a young girl who inherits a small to botn newspaper and uses it to repose a rum ring using a deserted hotel in the file outskirts of the town as a storehouse for the liquor which they smuggle over the border in motor trucks the ab sheriff erfft ot of the county disappears pe a rs and the girl is to told id to lay ott of f making any mention ov ot the disappearance disappear anca tn in her paper but she goes right ahead and gets out an edition headed what hap happened bened to sheriff churchill she Is made mada a prisoner by the rum runners from this point the picture builds build s to a real smash climax there are fights thrills drama draina comedy to see eee contraband abaid Is to be bd entertained SATURDAY realism with a capital R comes into its own in Par amounts latest cinematic tb thriller riller the top ot of the world a george ot of ethel M dells greatest biclon success the picture is scheduled tor for an early showing at the american theatre after a series series ot of tense dynamic situations in which th ethree leading characters become hopelessly in solved la in a lunique lovo love tangle nai j ture suddenly ln jn lets loose copse a couple comple of aquatic thunderbolts and solves the triangular problem with one of 0 the roost most exciting and awe inspiring fl cools evey put on oil the i i screen ac action acon on Is the keynote te ot of this production vivid compelling am action that grips the in interest terest lika a vise visa train the moment the falln begins to unwind its virile dramatic I story A specially selee selected td cast ot of popular screen players in interpret the respective spec tive roles the part of sylvia In eleton eton Is in the capable hand ot at anna Q nilsson and is a particular ly IY congenie con genil one to this 1 delightful I elight ful actress since it affords her an even wider dramatic scope than she has previously bously played james kirkwood that ot of the two I 1 a dual rol role e portrays cousins ins and ana rises t to 0 heights of 0 act I 1 I 1 ing that makes make Is liis ilits performance a memorable one ab sheldon eldon lewis has i I 1 one of the fiendish characterizations for which he is noted and R raymond d lintton impersonates an english cavalry cap captain tain with admirable effectiveness w v SUNDAY the ot of george barr ban i mccutcheons famous novel e erly of graustark is presented presente L by cosmopolitan as marion davies latest starring vehicle playing sunday at the american T theatre hearre the famous novel is filmed with characters that were handpicked hand band picked p icken t tj follow the spirit ot of the aut authors flors famous tale and thrills ro inanc comedy and the piquant tang ot at modern count court intrigue run through it miss davies plays a dual role one I 1 ot of the m ost difficult ever attempted tor for as the be heroine roine she Is required to masquerade rade as a crown princ I 1 and be the central figure in the boroda coronation she played to save a throne cut short like a a the role with hair bair mans and so thoroughly duplicated male mannerisms tb that althe the illusion is po positively uncanny i staged on a was th the production lavish scale with a 2 great throne remarkable settings scene some room m depicting european castles and ana other elaborate details Ge georgeous argeous costumes and uniforms and color to j the story and miss davies dadles appears in a number of oc magnificent parisian creations sidney franklin director of many 0 at the talmadge fcc successes ucc ases directed the picture at the metro goldwyn mayer studios V aoi MONDAY AND TUESDAY night shift matinee tuesday at p m rudolph rudolp n valentino in the son of the shiek at the american theatre returns via a last fast moving and highly dramatic story to tile the type ot at screen role which maids madie him famous as the shiek it must be said here and now that the muscular and romantic rudy is a greater lover than ever in his newest film vilma banky exotic hungarian beauty who played opposite valentino valentine in his last film the eagle Is here shown as yasmin dancing girl of the desert who wins the love and then the hate of ahmed son UL of the sheik the dramatic story tells ot at ahmedi determination to revenge himself upon yasmin for her aler alleged deceit at 0 him all the warmth and brooding languor ot of the th desert are in miss backys sterling performance there la is spark and flare in the contacts between vil VII 1 raa and genuine emotion Is beautifully portrayed in those scenes where in the cruel son takes his revenge the son of 0 the shiek is a sequel to the shiek having at also I 1 ben been written in novel by the same el 1 III hull it was adapted to the A A X mg z X R M 9 U ia I 1 I 1 1 11 1 V az af 2 ay 3 I 1 ai IV 1 I M A AV E ma q N K RA A with vilma darity screen by frances marion famous scenario writer and none of the sweep or fervor of the original has been lost in the film the speeding arabian horses carrying ahmed and his love across thi sands before pursuing robber bands the intense and convincing struggles between een the r robbers b b e rs arid and aha loyal follo followers w ers of the be chieks life s son on tor for possession of 0 the dancing girl and the dramatic scenes ins inside ide the tent all these aio in film to make it glow and throb although rudolph valentino has ha passed on and out of 0 this terrestrial sphere like caruso who still lives in our minds because ot of the phonograph record he made valentino leaves behind celluloid monuments ot of his greatness as a screen artist the son ot of a shiek is rated as one ot at the th best pictures and will be shown at the Ameir can theadra on monday and tuesday ai 40 0 coming to the Amre ican theatre on wednesday is hunt Strom bergs special production shipwrecked this Is one of the big sea stories and mr stromberg promises i us ais some thrills that are seldom seen on the silver sheet A felix the cat comedy and the raabe news fill out an entertaining program grogram that will be remembered w w w THURSDAY surrounded by Flor dias publicized beauty spots and show places bebe daniels at the american theatre axt thursday in a new and stimulating farce comedy entitled appropriately eno enough ugh the palm beadli girl girla supporting ing t this h is irrepressible co comedienne me dienne Js is a h hand a nd picked cast headed by lawrence gray and including in its personnel such film favorites as josephine drak marguerite clayton john patrick and armand cortes the palm beach girl la is based on the story by byron morgan and the play please help emily by H M harwood As the title sug j bests it is laid in the smart society atmosphere ot of palm beach but in mhd unfolding of the plot miami beach biscayne bay lake worth I 1 and other picturesque flordia backgrounds are glimpsed debes bebes role is that ot of a naive country 1 girl who comes to palm beach to visit her wealthy aunts and becomes involved in a series of tunny funny and wildly thrilling adventures much ot of the tun fun and excitement cit ement springs from her involuntary efforts to operate a speed boat speed peed boat racing being the principal outdoor sport indulged in by I 1 the social elect the sensational manner in which she wine the big boat race is the outstanding high spot in the film the spectacular wrecking of 0 a handcar hand car by a speeding seceding flordia train bebes fight willu the bootleggers her laughable experiences with the sheriff and her humorous all antics ties among g the society folk are other highlights worth mentioning an appealing little romance in which bebe and larry gray are the th principles runs through the story gray is the spiting society millionaire with whose speed boat bebe cuts up |