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SATURD-AY AF-TERNOON. FEBRUARY 16. 1924
“BLACK "OXEN”' IS
“BLACK OXEN” STARTLING REVELATION
OF SECRET OF.YOUTH AND BEAUTY
CORINNE GRIFFITH AND CONWAY
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RIVAL TO SHEIK
Norma Talmad’ge has stolen a
march on the makers of sheik pho
toplays by introidueing the Ouled
Nail dancing girl to Hollywood.
And those who have seen the
fiery scenes between Joseph Schild
kraut, in his Arabia nrole, and Nor
ma Tahnadge, as the Ouled Nailed
dancing predict that the sheik
will go down to ignominous oblivion
when both feminine and masculine
theatre patrons see Norma in the
sensuous dance of the mysterious
orient in “THe Song of Love,” her
very latest picture which comes to
the Rylander soon.
When Norma made her first ap
pearance as an Ouled Nail dancer
at the United Studios, there was
such a demand to see her in her
dancing costume that' the director,
Chester Franklin, was forced to
put tip three sets of excluding
• flats” to keep out visiting* actors
and actresses. <
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Pleasure
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At Night: the bubbling wine
and jazz— At Dawn: spark-
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■X screen version of Blanche Upright’s
sensationally successful novel, 'The Vai-
' ' ley of Content."
Huntley Gordon Mary Alden <)
Wednesday - Thursday
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looked through the angles of the
canvas screens, climbed up on par
allels, craned around cornrs and
pecked through knot holes just the
same.
It’s a new Nogina the world will
see in “The (rang. of -Love,” a
Norma Who tfispftiys all the fiery
emotion of which she is- capable.
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Coining- to the Rylander next!
Friday is “The Man Life Passed I
By,” written »nd directed by Vic-i
tor Schertzinger, the man respon-j
sible for Jackie , Coogan's “Leng I
Live the King.” For this produc- £
tion, which is said to contain many *
thrills, there has been assembled 1
a cast of favorites including Percy [
Mannont, Jane and Eva Novak; Cul
len Landis, George Seigman, Hob-1
Gertrude Atherton’s Novel With
Corinne Griffith and Conway
Tearle Here Monday
It has been said that there is
nothing new under the sun and
much of the criticism of motion
pictures has been due to the great
similarity in most photoplays which
have been offered. However, in
the case of Frank Lloyd’s produc
tion of “Black Oxen” by Gertrude
Atherton, whifh is the special at
traction at the Rylander on Monday
and Tuesday, it is said that one
motion picture at least can have a
decidedly original background and
<n climax which is unique and satis
fying.
“Black Oxen” deals with rejuven
ation, a subject little touched upon
heretofore, but on,e that merits
siderable thought and consideration,
and, from the first title to the final
fade-out there is a compelling some
thing behind all of the action, the
odd romance and tjie flapperism of
the dynamic Janet, that compels
one’s interest and' enthusiastic ad
miration.
Corinne Griffith, more beautiful
than ever, plays the dual character
of Madame Zatianny, a woman of
58 who appears 30, and of Mary
jOgden, who in her younger years
was the most charming member of
New York’s social set. The flashes
of Miss Griffith as an old woman,
whjch recall the period just prior to
her rejuvenation, prove a delightful
contrast for the regal beauty that
is hws in the other scenes and, her
make-up is a remarkable achievc
i ment.
Conway Tearle, as the cynical
i newspaper columnist who falls in
j love with Zatianny but is deprived
. of the right to marry her. when she
! decides thajt she is too old to marry
■ him, gives a splendid performance.
I Clara Bow, a newcomer to the
i screen, plays the part of Janet
I Oglethorpe, a flippant flapper,
art Bosworth.
enemy. But this happens only af
ter the girl’s young sister barely
| escapes the penalty of her father’s
I wrong against foe man whose in-
I vention he stqlo.
“The Man Life Passed By,” is
said to be a swift-moving drama,
loaded with action, and with skill
ful comedy touches. Tear-moving
and thrilling, with fun and fight
and punch and passion, it shows
scenes of rich luxury, and gay reck
less parties.
It is the story of a man whose
bitterness in heart against life is
changed by a- woman to love, and
the woman i s the daughter of his
PROGRAM FOR THE WEEK.
Monday and Tuesday—
‘‘Black Oxen” with. Corihne
Griffith and Conway Tearle;
“Kidding Katie,” Comedy.
Wednesday and Thursday
“Pleasure Mad,’’ special pro
duction; Aesop’s Fables.
Friday—“ The Man Life’ Pass
ed By” with' Cullen Landis and
Eva Novak; and a comedy.
Saturday—William S. Hart in
“Breed of Men;” “Obey ■ the
Law,” Century comedy; William
Duncan in the l<jst chapter of
“The Steel Trail.”
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“Pleasure Mad" Popular Story
at Rylander Wednesday and
Thursday
One of the most promising pic
tures of the year is said to be
“Pleasure Mad,” a Reginald Barker
production, which comes' to the Ry
land'er next Wednesday and Thurs
day. Much is expected of the pic
iture when if is recalled that Mr.
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Some of the Novelties Great
Bandmaster will Bring
Here
Here are some of the stunts
that the Sousa Band of 100
pieces, led by its famous direc
tor, will give in the Rylander
theater Monday, February 25,
matinee at 2:30 only.
“Mr. Gallagher and Mr.
Shean,” with 50 Mr. Gallagh
ers and 50 Mr. Sheans.
The echo of the Gallaghers and
Sheans .will persist in a series
of instrumental duets while the
band plays “Three O’clock in
the Morning.”
A saxophone octet. Saxo
phones playing with xylo
phones.
“Yes, We Have No Bahanas,”
as only Sousa’s brasses and
winds can play it, with some
startling innovations.
“The Victory Ball,” a remark
•able playing of Schelling’s
weird composition which nas
held some Sousa audiences
rapt.
“On With the Dance,” a med
ley of famous dance songs of
the Nineteen Hundred, Nine
teen Tens and Nineteen Twen
ties, which will bring back
memories and moonlight thrill
ingly.
A new Sousa Humoresque,
“Look for the Silver Lining,”
from the great musical comedy
success, “Sally.”
A solo by George Carey on the
largest xylophone in the world.
Solos by Rachael Senior, vio
linist, and Miss Fuuchald, so
prano, Sousa’s band playing
“The Stars and Stripes For
ever.”
The list of features fill
a book. San Franiisco was car
ried off its feet a few weeks
ago by "The flue Danube,” as
Sousa plays it, according to
the critics, while th e “March of
the Wooden Sodiers” proved a
sensation.
Baker was responsible for “The
Old Nest,” “Hearts Aflame” and
“The Storm.”'
Mary Alden will again appear in
her favorite role of a mother, tho
kind that won her fame in "The
Old Nest.” Huntley Gordon, fam
ous for his sterling characteriza
tion in “The Famous Mrs. Fair,”
will play opposite her. Others in
the cast are William Collier, Jr.,
Norma Shearer and Frederick
Truesdell.
“Pleasure Mad” wdf adapted
from Blanche Upright’s novel,”
“The Valley of Content.” Dealing
with the fortunes—and misfortunes
—of a happy family of moderate
which is split up by the af
fections and indulgences which fol
low sddden acquisitions of wealth,
this book has proven a most-popu
lar novel of last year.
On the program with “Pleasure
Mad” will be shown the latest is
sue of popular Aesop’s Fables.
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The story of a woman’s rejuvenation—a woman,
who, passing the prime of life, regains youth and
beauty and the power to love—a brilliant, expert- »
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a combination that brings every man to her feet—
a picture, bold, vivid, masterly, one that makes the. ... ’
3Mb*? heart leap to its pulsating revelation.
‘BLACK OXEN’
, Gertrude Athertons Sensational Novel
CORINNE GRIFFITH and CONWAY TEARLE
RYLANDER TUESDAY
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Orchestra, 35c Balcony, 25c; Children, ,10c
' JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
MARCH KING BRINGS NEW
“FANTASIA OF THE FAMOUS"
Sousa’s Band to Give Matinee
Performance at Rylander
Monday, February 25
What would you reply if you
were asked, from all the lunes
which time has tried and found
not wanting in inspiration and vi
tality, to name the ten best? In
what quality, for example would
you regard Handel.’s “Largo,” say,
as the “best” of three, the two oth
ers being, for example, Bizet’s
great bolero in “Carmen,” known
«s the song of toreador, or the
Song to the Evening Star in “Tan
haeuser”? Would you regard “It’s
a Long Way to Tipperary” as a
great tune? Or “A Hot Time in the
Old Town Tonight”; How wou d
you choose as between the great
waltz in the Kirmess scene of
Gounod’s “Faust” and Musetta’s
lovely waltz in Puccini’s “La Bo
heme”? How about Miserere in Ver
di’s “II Trovatore” and the bolero
in the same composer’s Sici
lian Vespers”? which tune do you
think will “live” the ' longer as
between, says Sousa’s own 'THe
Stars and Stripes Forever” and the
well-known Serenade by Rich ard
Strauss? What would you do if
asked to make- a preference be
tween Strauss’ waltz of ‘The Blue
Danube” and Oscar Strauss' waltz
of ‘My Hero in ‘The Choclate
Soldier?” How about the chorus of
pirates in the second act of ‘The
Pirates o f Penzance” and ‘He’s Go
ing to *Marry Yum-Yum,” in ‘The
Mikado,” both operettas being by
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the same composer, Sullivan?
These, doubtless, are among the
million problems in tune which ’
John Philip Sousa faced when he
undertook his new fantasia, called
“A Boquet of Beautiful Inspira
tions.” It is his medley and
characteristic instrumentational ar
rangement of what he regards as
the world’s “ten best tunes.” You
will hear his list of ten when, on
Monday, Feb. 25, he and his famous
band comes for a matinee only
concert in the Rylander Theater.
The new fantasia is but one of a
number of novelties in the program
he has arranged for the visit.
“THE HUNCHBACK” COMING
Announcement has just been
made by the Rylander Theatre cf
the booking of “The Hunchback of
Notre Dame” for a one day engage
ment in Martjh. This is considered
one of the greatest picture produc
tion of the year and is being pre
sented on a lavish scale as was “The
Covered Wagon.” A fifteen-piece
symphony orchestra is being carr’ed
and there will be reserved seats
at the performances of the picture
here.
TODAY’S PROGRAM
-Today at the Rylander. is 'being
shown Harry Carey in a feature pic
ture of the west, “Desert Driven,”
“Baby Pfeggy in one of her famous
two reel •comedies, “Hansel and
Gretel,” and William Duncan i t
next-to-dhe-last chapter of “The
Steel Trail.”
