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Show I AT THE LYCEUM H.' l' f iliiiiVI'i .Vli.t.1 iTT.r " "Pil'MiTllli iliTii'a- t'liif.itlf iii;xi;y waltiiall "the truant soil" is hexry walthall's kkst When Henry Walthall said that his role of I'r. John Lancaster in "The Truant Soul" was his best effort ef-fort we who remembered "The Avenging Conscience" and "The Hiith of a .Nation" smiled dubiously anil thought, it was one of those little lit-tle remarks that the press agent sometimes demands from even the most truthful star. But Mr. Walthall was too modest. For straight dramatic dra-matic value we cannot expect better on the stage or the screen. That sounds like a strong statement, but when an audience large enough to fill the Studebaker Theater sits tense and still for two hours and the voice of a little child in the balcony tells til of Ms to "look at the little mouse," we know that we have seen a masterpiece. Photoplays there have been with more beauty of par-cant ry, with more cleverness of dialogue dia-logue expressed in the subtitles, but for emotional acting there has not been anything seen lately that can compare with "The Truant Soul." Lyceum Saturday. advt. |