Show W TO 10 ugilt niday first nationals robert kane production bluebeards Blue beards seven wives issell Is scheduled c ailed to be shown at the american theatre for the first time tonight to night friday this Is something different in the way of feature comedy 0 a L dy it Is promised the pilli cipal mal male e r role ole is portrayed by ben ly lyon on th the e story of the comedy relates of the manner in which bank clerk Is catapulted pul ted to movie stardom by the clever manipulations of a press agent it permits mits lyon to show his ability in tour four widely differ different nt phases of characterization za tion at first he Is seen as the bank clerk cleric second as a flery fiery latin lover third a as a presumably spanish actor of renown and fourth as romeo in beautt beautiful scenes from Shake romeo and juliet during the course of the story many int interesting er esting back stage views of the moton motion i picture studio are projected on oil the screen the comedy centering around the press agents eferts to get the young star married as often as the original bluebeard Is said to belill be hilarious arlous in the extreme SATURDAY coupled with the magic name of stewart edward white one of 0 the few literary figures who have lived in and written of the old west in an immortal way fred thomson comes to the screen of the american thea t e saturday with the me two gun man first of the thomson prod productions u chions to be made I 1 from or I 1 th the works ol of th this Is noted author an and it th the current attraction Is any criterion the next two white stories will establish fred at the very pinnacle of the kopul allty ladder which he has been climbing so co ste steadily 11 dily during the past year or more th the two gun man Is the story ol of 9 a cattle rustler who Is hired to apprehend himself and tor for the real atmosphere c of f the far flung western frontier ol of which c h mr air white wrote it is tar far and away the best western seen in a long time abounding in realistic touches and illumined InU mined by highlights ot of strong characterization 0 n the inimitable comedy which g goes 0 es to make up so much of the entertain entert entertainment aln m ent value of mr Thom sons pictures picture s is present in ili intoxicating doses while L a cast which includes olive hasbrouck fc sheldon lewis frank hagney I 1 i ivar mcfadden joe dowling william courtwright arth arthur r minet willie wulla rung 9 and little billy bu butts t t 3 enact the featured roles splendidly SUNDAY bunday although a score ot of excellent pictorial efro efforts although t have e come m e t to the screen describing the per perils alco 0 ot f c crossing rossin g t the vast t western wese L plains not a sing single e story has ever v er been filmed showing that a I 1 large a rge majority ity ot of the seekers alter after gold in the calt california fields came to sacramento by boat via the horn taking advantage ot of this fact flank I 1 bloyd has vangle E roes boes story 0 ot f early california the splendid road introducing the sea voyage from the east to the ne new w country and has also introduced for the first time the romance and adventure of a woman woma n pioneer the splendid road enjoyed extraordinary success as a novel and magazine serial transformed into a living S tory story on tile the screen it bids tor for western dramas in filming this colorful tale of 49 mr lloyd lias has employed the technique which has made him famous as a pro ducer director instead of going into the technicalities of the california gold rush he makes romance and adventure the splendid has to do ao the struggles and success of sandra de hoult hault who set out from boston oil ona the colonial dame to find fortune and happiness in the new country alone anna Q nilsson whose popularity as countess courteau ta in mr lloyds winds of chance was marked assumes the character of sandra in the splendid road and featured with her are robert prazer frazer and lionel barrymore the splendid road head Is barrymore s first erst first national picture in over live five years included in the supporting cast are edward earle earie edwards davis pauline garon gladys brockwell marceline Marcel lne day george bancroft and benitz edwards at the american theatre sunday aw MONDAY AND TUESDAY matinee tuesday at p in when a worlds champion boxer Is a s spectator pec at a fight and be says the fight Is a wow it must at least be gohm the conclusion drawn from fidel la barbas barba enthusiasm over the vicious cious screen battle in battling butler the new buster keaton comedy at the american theatre monday and tuesday is universally recognized as K kea tons biggest picture la barba as all readers ol of the sporting pages know is flyweight champion of the world hes a los angeles boy and during the filming ot of battling butler he be was invited to witness the sensational sat ional battle which climaxes the adventures of 0 96 rich youth who masquerades as a pugilist keaton and his opponent francis mcdonald well known actor athlete fought tor for ten minutes without rounds seconds or a referee the real reel display of 0 fisticuffs ended only when buster lost his temper and knocked mcdonald stiffer than a frozen A checkup on the revealed two black eyes a swollen jaw and a dislocated arm tor for buster and a cauliflower ear a dislocated jaw a black eye and three teeth missing lor for mcdonald la barba only one of the celebrities who witnessed ased the scrap from vantage edrid points be behind the cameras leaped to his teet feet several times and shou teil encouragement coura gement to keaton and his irish foreman buster keaton would make it plenty tough for most of the lightweight boxers today said teddy hayes famous famous fight trainer buster Is a natural lighter fighter declared hayes he would have gone tar far very far if he entered the ring instead of pictures his strenuous life in vaudeville before he won fame on the screen and tile the marvelous condition he has kept himself in since then prompt me to say that he would be a dangerous opponent for most of the boxers of his day battling butler was made under the joseph M schenck banner for metro goldwyn release 0 40 4 WEDNESDAY ILY athe honeymoon express the warner picture that comes to the american theatre next wednesday depicts with ith u realism a condition which Is prevalent in thousands of homes today d ay it Is a startlingly true portrayal of american family life mother lambert Is as entirely out of the running she Is still tolerated from the tact fact that she has not quite outlived her usefulness she still is willing and eager to serve her children and her husband they find her quite a convenience a sort of doormat doorman she has grown gray and ft EL trifle bent with the years of unselfish til tor for them she Is no longer even decorative her husband in sheer desperation has sought outside diversion suddenly the truth dawns upon mother she Is stunned at first hurt to the quick she has neglected her own interests intel ests and her personal app appearance earan c e for all these years to serve her farill family 1 y she must start all over again she was only forty five not even the ahe top of the hill of life I 1 she still loves the things which tor for so long a time have been crowded out I 1 she will enjoy them I 1 walt wait you will want to get up and shout at the royal rebellion of mother I 1 at its royal success at her transformation at the astonishment of father of daughters and son I 1 but dont tor for a minute think that the honeymoon express preaches no it breathes it lives and makes you feel that you really must have known the lamberts all your life long they are Manh attanese and madison square homes broadway beauty shops and studios of the washington square district make colorful backgrounds tor for a a dramatic and unusual story all aboard the honeymoon express THURSDAY hell bent for heaven opening or on thursday at the american theatre la is an outstanding picture adapted from hatcher hughes stage drama of the carolina mountains that won the 1923 pulitzer Pull tzer prize it was produced for the warners by J stuart blackton who after twenty five years as a director has this time turned out his roaster master piece patsy ruth miller plays the role of 0 jude lowry the mountain girl who while her sweetheart Is away in france attending a war has fallen under the spell of a young camp meeting convert the sweetheart comes back and finds the backwoods religionist a tough competitor tor for the girls affections young toune rute rule Is hell bent fer heaven anything he wants to do he thinks heaven has commanded him to do and under that obsession he promotes a quarrel between the sweetheart and judes brother that revives a year old feud the climax of the picture where rule explodes the dam end and the hood flood breaks loose was something that was left to the imitation imi gatlon gation in the play in the picture t u e it flims one of the great scenic c climaxes U of f screen rel history g gayne 1 W whitman h itman is in the cast as andy lowry the part that won stage tame fame for glenn anders james marcus appears as the eighty year old fighting grandfather and wilfred north and evelyn selbie as the parents |