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Show Whole Town Buzzing About "Keeper of Bees" Movie trends come and go, but Hollywood producers know that whatever the current vogue may be, tho time Is always ripo for filming of a Gene Stratton Porteer novel. Mrs. Porter's stories are refreshingly re-freshingly simple, concern real people, and always afford a welcome wel-come relief from hard-hitting melodramas, brittle comedies and yarns about tho big cities. Her "Girl of the Llmberlost" j and "Laddie" have both been made twice, and each time were en-j en-j thusiastically received by movie- goers. j Now, a third and glowing new 1 version of "Keeper of tho Bees," j her most famous novel, has been I produced and will open on Friday ; at tho Rlvoll theatre. Advance reports say that all the rich humor I and warmth of tho beloved ro-1 manco la captured In this enter-1 talning Columbia production. , Tho screenplay for "Keeper of tho Bees," written by Lawrence I E. Watkln and Malcolm ' Stuart Boylan, tells of Jamie's arrival ln a small town, his decision to help the "bee master" when the old man suffers a heart attack, his meeting with Little Scout (Jo Ann Marlowe), friend of the "bee master," and finally romance with the lovely Alice. In this peaceful rural setting, Jamie, who had once renounced all art, begins to paint again. His new work is acclaimed by critics in New York, and the happy fade-out is completed when Jamie ind Alice plan to marry and to adopt Little Scout. |