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Gl FITH PRESENTS NEW
PIGTURE AT THE RIALTE
A page from the book of life, “A
Romance of Happy Valley,” 18 the
classio, the one and only David Wark
Griffith contributes for the Rialto pro
gram all this week
Every hear of Happy Valley?
A quiet little place, just a cradle in
the hilis along the Ohio river, where
the Logans ran the boarding house
and the Timberlakes llved down the
road a bit.
It's about these Logans and the
Timberiakes and the old Auntie
Smiles and others that Griffith tells
in his “Romance of Happy Valley'
For the first time in five years the
great producer has wrapped his film
around homespun humanity: and he
has found a classic in its folds, vivid
in action, laughable in detalls and
tense in effect
Of course, It's sweet Lilllan Gish
and Robert Harron who have the
leading parts. And the picture bears
aill the touches of its great producer,
the one and only Griffith who pro
duced “The Birth of a Nation”
*Hearts of the World” and other im
mortal screen offerings
“A Romance of Happy Valley” gives
the Rialto a master production with
A charming theme delightfully han
dled, a picture that will be aeclaimed
as A pastoral olassie second to none.
Mt's thoroughly a Griffith pleture from
start to finish, the newest Arteraft
which is one that is superior In every
detafl, ‘
As 18 customary with Mr. Griffith,
be has supplled the best proenrable
screen players to Interpret the vnrionl‘
roles of “A Romance of Happey Val- |
loy.” Chief among these is Lillian
‘Gish, a charming Griffith player who
soored so notable a triumph In “The
Great Love;” Robert Harron, a prom
inent young leading man, and George
Fawoett, n veteran player of great
mhflt;. who created a deep lm
pression by his portrayal of the Ger
man-Amerioan In “The Hun Within*
have the leading mmle roles. Kate
Bruce, a talented actress, also has a
fine role. Others In the cast Include
George Nicholls, Bertram Grassby,
Porter Strong, Adoiphe Lestina, Lydia
Yeamans Titus, Andrew Arbuckle and
Wln o hins
in the along the Ohio,
1 lhppy%ulloy. where life is lived in
ealico gowns and denim breeches,
John L. Logan, a prosperous farmer,
runs a boarding house. His wife is a
nmm, while his sons, John
L. , Jr. is a growing lad, who
learns of the delights of eity life from
.mm%md who as a result,
‘wants to go to New York. John is in
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:::.:55:: He could “"smell™ a “turn” of the market, but he couldn't ‘
I oo down the smell of onions on his breath. '
i He could squeeze as close a deal on the Stock Exchange ;
44 as old John D. himself, but he never wore creased trousers. :
s He, like the untidy wife in “Old Wives for New," was !
S a matrimonial bankrupt. ]
T Did you see “Old Wives for New?"” Then you can have
- a good laugh on “hubby”™ when you see “Don't Change .
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5 Leila Porter, his wife, Gloria Swanson : i
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HH trotter ..............Lew Cody <LI T CNID IUE
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love with Jennie Timberlake, who has
metropolitan notions as regards dress
and who seeks to monopolize John's
attentions, Mrs, logan prays that her
hoy may be converted and his idea of
going to the wicked city be bhanished
forever from his mind. She is suc
cessful, for John accepts the faith
and beeomes engaged to Jennle. But
while plowing one day, he backslides
and defiantly announces that he is
going to New York and after one year,
when he hopes to have acquired his
fortune, he will return to eclaim his
bride. He goes to New York, and
vainly devotes his inventive genius to
the perfection of a jumping frog. He
fails to return home at the end of the
year, but nevertheless Jennie Is
primped up awaiting him. Bight yvears
pass before John returns, Mean
while affairs have gone badly at home,
but mother and Jennie are there to
{lv- him a warm welcome. Happy
/alley becomes happy once more, but
how, the pleture itself reveals, The
finish i 8 a remarkable one in every
respect and the story truly is filled
with thrills, expectancy and Irresist
ible heart appenl,
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Earle Williams Is 1
Big Alamo No. 2 Star
“The Highest Trump,” the third Karle ‘
Willlams release in his new series, is at
the Alamo No. 2 on Monday and Tues
day, Is a fascinating and most unusual
romance of the great war, the story
of an American aoe in the United States
secret mervice and, at the eame time,
winning the Imperial Cross in German
secret service. He leads a squadron
of German bombing planes over Paris
and on the same day downs three Hun |
rhnnu in battle, I‘¥|e girl he marries
n the battle region of France ducov-‘
ers his double role and determines to
kill him before he is revealed as ll
traitor. The mystery element I 8 sus
tained to the very last, when the hero
at the moment of ihs arrest, is shown
to be the man re ponsible for the Al
lled drive which ends the war.
Mr, Willlams hes a role in which he
always is seen at his best, that of a
detective or secret service agent, and it
Is of interest to note that he collab
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o story a splen action pic.
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matic nltu'ntlm Mr. Willlams ‘{- sup
gm.oa by Grace Darmond Robert
yrem. John Cossar. C. H. Geldart, Rob
ert er and Miles lc(hr:x.
On %:dnudu and Thur a{. Con-~
fimn Image will be offered in “Mra.
zvoll‘u lm; and on Friday
u:‘h turday Keenan, the old
Atlanta favorite, comes in “The Mid
night Stage.' 3
HEARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN — A Newspaper for People Who Think — SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1919.
.W. Griffi aS New r'eature
‘Happy Valley’ Is Its Scene
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tom, Robby Harron and Lillian Gish, the two big Griffith stars, in D. W.)'s
latest master film, “The Romance of Happy Valley.”
Grace Cunard’s Novel
Marriage Proposal
Miss Grace Cunard, who will appear
In “After the War,"” a five-reel Argosy
feature of a woman's sacrifice for the
man she loved, at the Tudor Theater
next week, has received one of the most
novel marriage proposals on record,
.Ite-nobylottertromapeuomge
known as AN Kazin Bula in Tripoli,
worded as follows;
“Ah, beloved of all women, whose
smile is like the glint of the goiden
sun, come out of the screen to me.
I would take you In holy wedlock
and make of you favorite of all my
twenty-seven wives. I would heap
upon you all the wealth of the opu
lent East*-and so on.
There are sSix pages of the letter.
When Miss Cunard finished reading it,
she smiled:
“Well, his intentions are good, any
way.”
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AFTER THE WAR, TUDOR FILM
One of the most perplexing prob
lems arising out of the great war has
been made the basic theme of a pho
torlay in which Grace Cunard, known
from ecoast to coast as “The Serial
Queen,” will appear at the Tudor
Theater next week, the engagement
beginning Monday.
The feature is called “After the
War” and was prepared for the
screen by Harvey Gates from Kings
ley Benedict’'s story of the same
name,
Gerve, prima donna of the Orn
Comlique in Paris after the war, lived
a life of mystery. Beautiful, cul
tured and ‘kind, she was the idol of
the patrons of opera, but of her pri
vate life they knew nothing. The
presence of a child In her home add
ed to the mystery. [ayolle, the
} French Minister, proposed marviage
Lo her, but she refused him. Signor
Benoito, the [tallan Ambassador, sug
gested that Gerve probably was
mourning her soldier lover, Phillipe
Sardonia, whom she had not seen
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WEEK, BEGINNING JANUARY 27,
Sealed Wives!
MEET THESE MYSTERIOUS WOMEN IN THEIR OWN
ADAMLESS EDEN.
William Farnum
WILL SHOW YOU THE WAY :
In His Stirring Dramatization of ZANE GREY'S Thrilling
Western Story,
Rainbow Trail
SEQUEL TO “RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE.”
Zane Grey writes of ‘““Sealed Wives” in ‘‘The Rainbow
Trail”’ as women living apart in a hidden city of the wilder
ness—as occupants of an Adamless Eden. Shefford, the prin
cipal character in the remarkable story gains access to the
city and there finds the dream girl—‘‘the Sago Lily’’—for
whom he has long searched the plains, the deserts and the
mountains of the great West,
Mr. Grey was asked for.a statement explanatory of the
‘term ‘‘Sealed Wives.”” This is his answer;
“Sealed Wives Are the Extra Wives Mormons Have in
Secret.”’ v
since the days of the war.
~ One day in Paris, at a benefit for
‘war orphans, the secret came out.
Gerve met Phillipe again and, at the
same time, came face to face with
Karl Wetz, a former German officer,
and his wife. Phillipe told Gerve how
the years of carnage had falled to kill
his love for her, and begged her to
become his wife, Gerve loved him
still, but she refused him.
In a room in her apartment, Gerve
showed her child to Phillipe and told
him how she had sacrificed herself
one day during the war to Wetz, in
order to save him (Phillipe) from a
firing squad. Phillipe refused to be
lieve she had done this just for him,
and left. Phillipe had always be
lieved Wetz had procured his reprieve
merely as an act of friendship.
Vyera, wife of Wetz, who had be.
come jealous when she saw the flash
of recognition in the eyes of both her
husband and Gerve when they met,
determined to learn whether there
had been an affair between them. She
called at Gerve's apartment. While
she was thers, Wetz, who had felt the
old desire for Gerve returning, called
to see Gerve. Vyera hid in an ad
joining room.
When Wetz attempted to force his
attentions upon Gerve, she showed
him her child. Even this failed to
shame xgx Then Gerve took her ro- |
volver.from a drawer, At that point
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Vyera rushed into the room, took the
revolver from Gerve and shot Wetz,
“1 killed him,” she told the officers.
She was not permitetd to suffer for
Vyera's deed, however. The conclu~
sion of the play depicts, in an ap
pealing manner, the means by which
she was absolved of blame and how
the barrier, to her love for Phillipe
was, removed,