Show I 1 at the theatre TONIGHT TO NIGHT FRIDAY P M was she a wise wife or was it merely that lie he was a s dumb husband arthur somers gomels roches magazine serial the wise wife which E mason hopper filmed tor for rathe demelle might just as well in have ve been entitled the dumb husband bandi on the other hand the former title may fit the bill in that the husband was wise but the wife was wiser phyllis haver in the title role first Is seen ceen as mrs blaisdell the domestic and settled down wile wife ot of john blaisdell played by torn tom moore along comes jac iueline logan in the portrayal of a sn snappy alPi up to date twentieth century flapper from the sunny bunny south and vamps bamps blaisdell BIa isdell then miss bliss haver gets busy and takes on flapper ways herself shortens her dresses and snaps up her appearance pe arance before many close ups have rolled by she has won her husband back again such buch Is the wise wife as prepared for the screen by zelda sears and T garnet william de mille associate producer at the de mille studio supervised the production the picture which will be s seen eu at the theatre tonight friday features in addition to miss haver and miss logan To and joseph striker the comedy la Is said to be packed with thrills and laughs 0 41 AY P 1 M I A spectacular orphanage fire which excels in magnitude and thrills any fire scene ever photographed Is one of the t thrilling hr illing sequences included in the fire BI brigade ag a de the metro goldwyn mayer special playing at the egyptian theatre sat arday dozens ot of motion picture stars and directors were present the night ot of the fire at the studio and all declared it the most perfectly handled big scene ever made director william nigh worked with fire chief ralph scott ot of los angeles a a nd chief jay W stevens Bt evens under whose supervision the blaze was staged in planning and filming the are more than fifty motion picture e cameras were trained on the scene to catch every possible movement of the names flames being a four alarmed the fire wag wa staged in tour four parts each one more spectacular tha than in the former in the las last blaze every window in the large five story building very u idin 9 Is flaming flam lne thirty two pieces of fire apparatus are working in the scene and more than five hundred people are before the cameras the spectacle on the screen is one of amazing beauty with twenty powerful streams of water playing on the blaze perhaps the most thrilling event in the picture comes when charles ray leaps ip from th the e the burning building into a nine ne toot net held by fifteen firemen on the ground many other spectacular jumps and rope rescues ate are i negotiated from other windows in the structure the cast of the big fire prevention spectacle includes may mcavoy and ray bay who do superb work in the leading roles holmes herbert torn tom obrien eugenie eugence besserer warner P richmond bert 1 woodruff vivia ogden dewitt jennings dart dan mason james bradbury jr and erwin I 1 connelly SUNDAY P if BI j exotically fascinating in urial beauty vividly human in its ang ing of the heart of youth gripping in its great dramatic appeal Is our dancing daughters which plays sunday lat at the egyptian theatre there may not be anything new I 1 beneath the sun but this ultramodern ultra modern production filmed by metro goldwyn mayer certainly brings something in new e bliver in c inema cinema entertainment to the silver sheet this startling glimpse into the lives of three very modern young women who choose different paths to happiness Is by I 1 choose tar ar the most unusual screen presentation given to an enthusiastic motion picture public tor for many months and in unfolding this daring tale from the pen of josephine lovett the unobtrusively clever hand ot of the director harry beaumont reaches into the homes of these girls and brings forth the parents to be judged tor for the misadventures adventures mis of the jazz age children are parents to blame one has good cause to ponder after viewing this clarion call to the defense of modern youth if indeed the present generation requires any championing As the three dancing daughters 1 joan crawford Craw tord the irresistible madcap of the screen dorothy sebastian the dixie darling and anita page ne newest W cinderella gives superb performances that completely justify the film which M G M has pinned upon them johnny mack brown the alabama university football star who Is rapidly scoring a touchdown in the hearts of screen enthusiasts appears in the leading role as 88 a young millionaire who throws his heart away to a blond gold digger only to find it in time to place it at the dancing feet he adores nils asther swedish player who won screen prominence in sorrel and son and laugh clown laugh Is seen been in another part of great strength and romantic interest as the husband who could forgive but not forget etwas like meeting an old friend to see kathlyn williams one of the screens first stars in the cast as the worldly other mother of anita page her performance was m splendid and those who loved her in the perils of kathlyn will admire her all ail the more I 1 there Is a new face in this remarkable C cast ast a good looking youngster youg ster who making his screen debut lets you know through a sterling character delineation that you will see very much of him he is edward J nugent former M G M p property r 0 boy who plays the part of N miss Se bastians brother others in the c elaborate cast include dorothy cummer cummungs huntley gordon sam de grasse avei evelyn hall bert moorhouse and fred mckay I 1 goodwin perhaps no recent film hasteen has been produced upon so lavish a scale as has this M G M triumph the ultramodern ultra modern settings created by cedryc gibbons are startling to an eye accustomed to the conventional design MONDAY AND TUESDAY P M there I 1 Is a touch of romance and a thrill in grip of the yukon the universal picture playing at the egyptian theatre monday and tuesday that will set the blood tingling through the veins of the most meet critical theatre goer it Is one of the most vivid screen ver eions vions of the great snow wastes of alaska i that local tans fans will have the pleasure of witnessing in many a day the story is from the pen of wm win mcleod balne noted tor for stories of action and the outdoors and has one of the most unique plots ever worked into a story of this type the direction has been perfectly mastered by ernst laemmle hitherto unheralded as is a feature director but considered one of the best outdoors megaphone wielders in the profusion prof eslon sion his knowledge tor for dramatic scenes and carefully worked out carea effects have made the picture one of the most outstanding photographic studies on the screen en one almost feels the intense c old cold of f the great glaciers and ice fields which form the background for practically the entire action of the story and into the cast of this great picture I 1 universal has placed some of the tore fore most men and women players of the screen in fact it might be termed an allstar all star cast june marlowe in the leading feminine role gives a sympathetic conception of 0 the character ot of shells onell oneil as the daughter of burr mcintosh who appears in the whiskered bewhiskered be role of an alaskan prospector francis X bushman once broadways idol portrays a real heman he man role as the buddy of nell hell hamilton and with the support ot of theodore lorch otis harlan and james farley makes one of the best screen appearances of his career it is worth time to see bee it WEDNES WEDNESDAY DIkY 15 P HI threet three ring marriage the new first national picture coming to the egyptian theatre next wednesday which co fea tures mary astor and lloyd hughes Is a genuine blown ln in the bottle circus story with the flavor of the sawdust ring red lemonade clowns bareback riders and wild animals it Is a genuine circus story for most moet of the cast Is made up of 0 performers and a real circus was staged intact from opening pageant to hippodrome races three ring marriage Is the of dixie Will sons gay r romance ot of I 1 the circus help yourself to ray hay 11 it wag directed by that master of comedy touches marshall bellan and it gives both miss astor and hughes ideal opportunities port unities for their talents in the roles 0 of f circus riders there are giants and ana fidgets midgets mid gets clowns and prancing horses blaring bandstand bands band sand and flying trap trapeze eze artists as the background tor for this interesting story miss astor aster portrays the daughter of a rich ranch owner who tails falls in love with a cowboy hughes the cowpuncher Is fired froni from his job ob because of it and joins a circus miss astor follows him also becoming a circus rider and the experiences perien ces which develop while the circus Is on the toad road make a fascinating story that holds attention from start to finish miss astor never appeared more beautiful than in this picture and hughes gives his usual satisfactory portrayal o 40 wint WILL PEOPLE THINK ls Is the title of the play which the hillman stock company will present on their return to the egyptian theatre next thursday night it Is a domestic comedy dealing with scandal monger A scandal monger Is a two legged animal with a corkscrew cork screw soul after god had created the toad the lizard and the snake he had some material lift and out of it he made the scandal monger when one ona of them dies the ang angels s Is in heaven weep and the devil bars the gates of hell to keep him out what will people think is a play that will make you think |