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About The weekly banner. (Athens, Ga.) 1891-1921 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1921)
fade fix ATHENS ’BANNER, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, T921. OgiathtiTM At Athens. tribute to his hearing nnd appearance | that only the Occidental name on the credit title betrays Ills Impersonation. Ralph Lewis Is seen as the reformed criminal and square-playing" gambler who Is railroaded to prison. Wheeler Oakman is a dapper “gentleman crook.” Melbourne MacDowell, Wilton j Taylor and Stanley Ooethals complete - the cast. The picture Is one of the most realistic portrayals of underworld life and gangster activities ever seen on the screen. Browning, who wrote the story himself, unfolds the chronicle of "Silky Moll" Madden, darling of “Outside the Law" Is one of the filmed. Its realistic gang flghta alone stamp It ns one of the most thrilling pictures of the year. It has given to >M]lss Dean a chance to prore that she Is among the foremost emotional actresses of the screen. Constance Talmade as Mary Blake In the lateSt first’JIatlondl Attraction “The Perfect Woman," written by John Kmerson and Anita Loos,'has for a starring vehicle one of the most humorous and entertaining stories ever written for this Inimitable come dienne. The development of the plot. In which Mary finds herself In the homf of Jim Stanhope, the man she wat determined to vamp, and a thrill ing’ little episode In whlth four Bol sheviks have a prominent part, com bine to Blend the humor with the most pleasing kind of suspense. This picture, which will be showr at the Palace Theatre Saturday, In dlcates that the popular'taste In mo Jlcn picture comedy fs constantly de mnnding something light and refresh Ing lnrft|>oiit burlesqne or slapstick U Win laughter and approval. I May 7. Auburn at Athens. Mercer. At-the Palace Today. tisfaetion Lon Chaney Playing With P^scllla Dean In "Outside the Law,”; at Palace Todays I ' or write the Glidden Co., Cleveland, Ohio Hosiery. Modern Dry Goods Store ” Lewis Building River Street j Athens, Georgia MUM IMWM Georgia's Schedule Baseball Games .jr SMASHING MaSDRUMOFIM, INTRIGUE CROOKDBM AND REFORM SHOWING AT PIKE “Outside the Law,” With Priscilla Dean and _ Lon Chaney, closes bill today. With- Priscilla Dean as a stony- •hearted queen of the underworld and Lon Chaney as a powerful rat 111 whose heart lurks no slightest ray of loyalty or fear, and with half a dozen other actors whose presence alone may make a picture, "Outside the Law" is keeping the screen of the Palace Theatre the lurking place of romantic and mysterious drama Nominally a "crook play," Tod Brown ing has woven into his picture a wealth of human action nnd emotions against the warp of an intense Orien tal devotion to an Ideal. This feature picture appeared at the palace yes terday and is showing there for the last time today, with" the smashing corilPdy, "Haunted House," .with Bus ter Keaton. After Priscilla Dean endeared her self to ub as a wicked darling, a wild- caL a spitfire, an exquisite thief, some of t|s felt partway resentment at seeing her as a Turkish beggar maid In ''Outside the Law" Miss Dean has the part she was bora ‘for—that of Silky Moll Madden, sweet, wise and unsentimental. Lon Chaney plays “Black Mike” Silva, a product of San Francisco’* slums whose revenge Is only foregone when Death steps In. Chaney fascin nted us in "The Miracle Man;” he as tounded us In “The Tensity;" but In "Outside the Law” he reaches the zelnth (so far) of his dramatic art with a dual characterization that Is absolutely marvelous. B. A. Warren, a master of make-up and have gone atralght. flow lie first "frames” Madden and then tries to trap hit daughter, Molly, and how he la bested In bis fiendish plottings. Is told In tbrlllfyg climaxes. The pictur'd Is hot without Its hu morons and human touches. Principal among the heart-gripping incidents are those dealing with little Stanley Ooethals. a newcomer to t|je screen whose chubby arms and winning smile - do much to turn “Silky Moll" from appears as Chang IjO an old Chinese I^r llf „ of underworld vengeance, philosopher whose Oriental teachings - the m08t natural yoUngster sway those who know him. It Is a I „ 3 6 April 2. Yale at Athens. April 6. Furman at Athens. April 7. Furman at Athens. April 8. Mercer at Macon. April 9. Mercer at Macon. April 13. Alabama at Athens. April 14. Alabama at Athens. April 18. Michigan at Athens. April 18. Michigan at Athens. Synagogue Service Friday Night at 8 Services will be held at the Syna gogue tonight (Friday. April 1st! at l 8 p. m. The subject of Rabbi Llchten- j ■stein’s discourse will he. “How to I Dare." ! j The public is cordially Invited to be ; I present. April 28. Aldhanut, at Tuscaloosa. i 25, Auburn at Auburn. fiilrtl. April 28. Auburn st Oolumhui. •■*- - - S .- V 1 Mu-11 27. ^Vanderbilt;tt Nashville. WEATHER Athens and Vicinity: Friday fair; not much change In temperature. For (ieorgla: Friday fgir: not much chanke In temperature. Weather Conditions.—More or loss cloudy, threatening weather, with rain a( numerous places, continues to prevail over the states east of the .Mississippi river and the cotton belt, except In western Texas. An exten sive area of high atmospheric pres sure dominates the weather west of ts- Mississippi, where clear skies pre vail. Temperatures remain generally low in all sections, except along the Immediate Gulf coast and in Florida lit the west and .northwest tempera- •ares remain somewhat below freer- Ing. Clearing weather is Indicated for FYlday. D3B Hone/back without qu«i«ion I ETTKR co. REID ORU Georgia vs. Yale, Athens, Sanford Field} Saturday, April 2, at 2 p. m. Last Tax Notice of . s . Mallory, Tl C. There are quite a number of good size taxetTyet unpaid for 1920—Every person ought to know whether they have paid their taxes or not. The critical time is reached, and now 1 ask every person who has not paid to come and settle by or before April 1st. I do not think “you” should allow me io suffer by “your” fault. After April 1st I v/iil not have time to devote to the “de faulters,” for it will take every moment of my time to get my final settlement ready foY the State, and my reports for the coming Court. It is up to “you” to ho!p me And help me quickly. W. A. MALLORY Tax Collector ' Shop with Banner advert sers today and every day. . William Fairbanks, Playing In "Weatarn Adventure," at the Elite TodaA Thla la a Genuine Western Thriller. Nashville. April 29. Kentucky State et Lexington. April SO. Kentucky Bute at Lexington. May S. Auburn at Athens. May 11. Washington and Lee at Athens May 12. Washington and Lee at Athens May 13. Mercer-at Athens. 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