Show iro N IGHT FRIDAY how the unconquerable spirit of a courageous fighting woman triumphs river over brute strength Is vividly depleted in the isle ot of retribution a thrilling adrams drams ol of the arctic lands now being presented through F B 0 at theamer acan in theatre bess bubert Billi ert lillian rich Is the secretary of godfrey cornet a wealthy american and when ned cornot cornet the wastrel son or of the elder man Is shipped by his bis lather father to the lumber camps in the north in a 96 desperate elfort effort to make maice him a better man bess bee joes oes with the party due to neds predilection tor for liquor tie be succeeds in so demoralizing the crew ol of the vessel that it is wrecked in a storm and only ned bess thi the mate and ana 1 lenore Har denworth and her mother are I 1 cast ashore alive on the arctic island lenore Is an all adventuress alter after neds money mildred harris and it Is here under the ing shadow ot of death and domination by Dooms dorf tho the embittered escaped convict who has made his liar on this forgotten spot of the earth that bess proves her courage and spirit dooros dooms dort dorf takes a fiendish delight in torturing and driving his prisoners As an overture he kills the mate on the beach just as the group are thanking the gods lor for their timely rescue he beats ned softened by dissipation li into unconsciousness ness several times and rules with an iron hand over their little society but basss spirit he cannot subdue she flaunts him openly lashes him with her tongue disregards his orders lives aln in supreme aloofness from his bis overpowering pr mastery m as t ery and Dooms dorf accustomed to slinking obedience conceives an overweening admiration tor for her miss rich in the role of bess gilbert plays her part with such elan with such fire and dash that her appearance in a scene is welcomed by a sigh ot of pleasure she possesses perfect screen poise and playing opposite victor ML aglen as Dooms dorf dort she achieves a character role which lends to the already worthy isle of retribution a deep measure of satisfactory performance 0 4 0 SATURDAY sky high dorral corral the feature at the american theatre saturday might be called an all western production for it Is lust just that everybody connected ta in any way with the making of this blue streak western is s a native a son eon of the west the star art acord Is a many time prize winner at the pendleton cheyenne salt lake and klamath falls roundups he was with buffalo bills wild west show and was reared on a ranch in lie he Is all cowboy from two gallon hat to boots cliff smith the director was brought up in the same town with acord it was stillwater oklahoma where they used to roping fence posts to gether smith has directed 45 or of bin bill harts pictures as well as pictures tor for such western players its as jack roxie roy stewart tom mix texas guinan and edythe sterling ralph cummings the author Is a son I 1 ot of the west having been born barn on a ranch he has a score ol of nov novels e Is about the great open spaces the cast includes many real cowboys taken irom from universals california ranch while the leading lady marguerite clayton Is a salt lake city girl whose big hobby has always been boi riding others in the cast ot of this knur unusual tal story of ranch life at a mountain top are duke R lee jack mower tom langham floyd shackelford tord brackle thompson and Alls missouri royer hoyer SUNDAY one ot of the most delightful well bal alced easy moving comedies the screen has offered lor for a long time Is the waning sex the metro goldwyn mayer picture s tarring starring norms norma shearer will which h plays at the american theatre sunday 5 with conrad nagel as leading man two girls and a man are the focal 1 points of the plot one ot of the girls wants him but love him the other the heroine lovea loves him but want him because ashes not quite quire sure ot of her own mind the menace in this case Is the girl who wants hina him but love hun bim she plots against him all ot of the fair plotters wiles are punctured however bythe cleverness ot of her rival and her frustration is just as complete and as satisfying as ae it she were the conventional ot of the story two romances are narrated byl byi the picture the second one being the background lor for some highly enjoyable comedy dy as the puppy love affair ot of the younger brother and sister ot or the adult romancers is adjusted mary mcalister Mc Allster has the role of the other girl and george K arthur C mchugh tiny ward and martha mattox are also in the cast robert 2 Z leonard the director has crammed the with whimsical and satirical little directorial touches that establish him a a master in this particular field norma shearer as the star has the role ot of a woman lawyer who beta her single blessedness against agul list the hero the district attorney that she can beat him in court and she does AND TUESDAY two ot of the most popular emotional credos credo sare are featured in the colleen moore starting starring vehicle it must be love running monday and tuesday at the american theatre they are laughter and tears both of course with capitals tor for colleen azre moore laughs and tars warrant only capitals and especially those elicited so BO willingly from the crowded audiences viewing it must be love T the e motif ot of the entertainment Is de delicatessen Ica adapted from the brooke hanlon short story by that name the scenarist and director have admirably established an atmosphere in which limburger and onions vie with dill pickles tor for comedy honors through all this colleen moore rises to great dramatic aromatic heights As the daughter 0 of a german germ at delicatessen merchant colleen again displays p hys and makes much ot of a verve which has justly established her as the most vivacious of screen stars it must be love 1 I deals with the struggle ot of a middle class girl to live without friction in a distasteful environment viron ment because she lives in back bacic ot of her fathers delicatessen store the girl cannot invite friends home without a feeling of inferiority when she attempts to point out to her father that he is not giving her a fair chance lor for happiness in her social set he misunderstands der stands her attitude construing it as contempt for her parents this misunderstanding as portrayed by fiss fias moore and that inimitable character actor jean hersholt gives such an atmosphere of inevitable parental injustice J u stice that dry eyes are scarcely pos elble s ib Is with the average audience yet despite the pathos of this theme a flash of the moore eyes and a anerk I 1 perk of the indescribably noe cause the same sobs to be chakel oft off in gasps of hilarious I 1 laughter aughter i it Is delightful comedy drama at its best yet the most attractive thing about this picture Is its innate humanness the sense ot of nearness and reality it gives because it deals with such euch people as we all know and in n fact ere are and the love interest it is certainly well handled bandied with malcolm mcgregor as the suitor tor for COP coh leens leen hand the ithe future happiness of the two lovers Is threatened at more than one climatic point by the entrance ol of arthur stone hopelessly comical in his bit characterization teriza tion as a sausage manufacturer and the suitor chosen by colleens colleena Col leens father although there is comedy eternally mingled with the pathos of this feature the romance is never unrealistic when colleen as fernie meets malcolm mcgregor as jack for the r first L rat time when fertile quarrels with pop P 0 P 11 and he tells her to get out of his home when fernie femie finds that her father Is going to buy a bungalow tor for them to live in and she cant accept because she has almedy told jack she ehe would marry himi him anese are a few ol of the high points of the drama and hotop it allther all there eis is the most unusual and unexpected yet on second thought the most natural ending screened in many a day all in all colleen moore in it must be love Is more vivacious more charming more lovable and more fascinating than ever before IVED WEDNESDAY E DAY american girls have become countess es and clu duchesses chesses through marrying foreign tor noblemen but in the crown of lies which plays at the american theatre on an wednesday pola fola negri becomes a queen who ends up by wedding a likeable young american flivver salesman in order to rule his tiny cottage this new paramount production unfolds a story of colorful romance it shows gorgeous pola tri in the simple simple in garments of a boarding house maid I 1 in an amazing conspiracy she reigns as queen of a small balkan kingdom and her striking gowns seem to sound a new fashion note tor for the coming season folas amazing resemblance to the missing queen of a tiny nation Is made the basis of an intrigue by noah berry an exiled minister he plans to establish her as ruler while he makes millions for himself not of ulterior motive she agrees to the plan obsessed with the ides idea ot of freeing a nation from the oppressions oppress ions of its dictator robert ames Is miss leading man he Is the husky young yancee who pursues his quest of love across the seas hazarding many dangers in her behalf the crown of lies has bas powerful sequences laid in america as well as in picturesque foreign settings it vas directed by Dir altri Buchowetz kl ki th the story Is an original from the pen of ernest a famous hungarian playwright 41 RD JV love duty greed jealousy sacrifice are arc all powerful emotions find and with the thrilling features of a roaring forest fire an and d a relentless man hunt as a background glent GIen lster s ter of the mounted F B Os latest starting starring vehicle for lefty flynn which Is coming here on thursday at the american theatre presents a vivid v and memorable picture of the north woods few film dramas of recent years have llave such a wealth of scenic effects of tense situations of intrigue and complications of suspense and of electrio electric climax and when with all aels abis there Is added the compelling interest of a romantic love affair the result is bound to be a hundred per cent feature by sending his company to the north woods for the ex exterior scenes director harry try carson obtained accurate and realistic settings tor for the locale of the picture which was adapted from arthur guy empens original magazine story by william E wing the forest fire sequence was take immense diffin difficulty u ity and d danger but the screen results are r atai wel woith the effort an and d add remarkably to the pictorial a and nd interest value ot of the film |