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NAZIMOVASUPREVE N THE
ED LANTER 41 CHTRDN
Nazimova, the distinguished Rus
@ian star, is telturea in “The Red
Lantern,” a super-feature picture
which will be the offering all this
week at the Criterion.
The expenditure of a guarter of a
million dollans, costumes wonrth a
huge sum and the services of 1,200
persons, from director, scenariq
writers and art designers to an en
semble that embodied a small army
in size, represent but a part of the
great outlay in money, time and effort
that went into the production of this
gorgeous spectaele.
“The Red Lantern” #s truly colos
sal when it is judged by the combi
nation of the supreme artistry of its
brilliant star and by the sumptuous
environment provided for her and her
atlntuubed cast. It has the added
lue of being based upon one of the
most talked-of novels of the decade,
“The Red Lantern,” a romance of
the ancient city of Pekin, from the
pen of Edith Wherry., |
\ The total cost of producing this
" picture was, in round figures, $250,-
000, The time required to.make it
wag three months; eight weeks in ac
tual production and four weeks de
voted to elaborate research work car
ried out by June Mathis and Albert
Capellani—who made the screen
adaptation and scenario—in order to
insure absolute accuracy in the mat
ter of Chinese life and customs.
Nazimova’s gowns alone—the splen
did robeg of state worn in the impe
rial court of the Manchus and. the
fantastic habiliments of the God
dess of the Red Lantern among them
—were worth $75,000, and the cgs
tumes worn by supporting principals
in the large cast and those of the
hundreds of ‘“extras” figuring in the
palace scenes and in the street fight
ing scenes réproducing the Boxer up
rising in Pekin at the time of the
siqge of the Allied legations in 1900,
were worth §550,000. Real Chinese
rugs used in the production repre
sented a huge outlay.
Nazimova is generally regarded as
one of the screen’s greatest emotion
al artists, and she will be remem
bered for her wonderful portrayal in
‘The Blinding Trail’ and Jake’s
Jazz Band Are Tudor Features
A gripping tale of the North W«
is unfolded in that big production,
“The Blinding Trail,” which has Mon
roe Salisbury for its star, and which
"fll be seen at the Tudor all week.
The picture opens Monday.
Jake's Jazz Band, which appeared
at the Tudor all last week, wil be
heard again this week, and will play
regular programs daily. This band
* a great outfit, and its work last
week was received with the greatest
enthusiasm. Jake Matthessen is the
bead of this band, and his musicians
are of the highest order. The Jazzers
have a new set of pieces this week,
and the added attractions is expected
to draw record crowds to the Tudor.
There will also be a Lyons-Moran
comedy, a comedy that promises to
be one of the very best laugh-provok
ers these comedians have yet given.
The Lyons-Moran comedies are
rapidly pushing themselveg to thg
forefront of things that are funny in
this world, and have achleved quite
a vogue in Atlanta. There is no
denying the fact that they are skill
fully made and cleverly acted.
M¥>nroe Salisbury has anotgar of his
&;rcetul characterizations In ‘““The
linding Trail” a Universal special
attraction.
Salisbury has become noted for his
virile impersonationg of men of the
open places—so much so that an oc
casional relapse into “society” drama
is resented by his admirers. These
will have no cause for complaint in
the present instanoce, for “The Blind
ing Trail” is a story of the North
Woods, with Salisbury enacting the
;0019 of “Big Jim” McKenzie, a lumber
SB,
McKenzie is blinded tn saving from
death the daughter of his employer,
whom he later marries. His blind
ness is thought to be only temporary,
and he does recover his sight for a
time, but with the birth of his first
born, blindness sets in again.
‘ His wife, a fickle, pleasure loving
woman, becomes infatuated with Du
*, Brey, McKenzie's assistant and the
climax of the story is a thrilling fight
Topg Fine Bill
Jazz music, cubist art and all the
strenuous pastimes of modern life
‘play a conspicuous part in Thomas
H. Ince's latest photoplay, “The
Homebreaker,” in which charming
Dorothy Dalton will be featured at
the Vaudette Theater for two days,
commencing Monday next,
It is the story of how a clever
young girl, who had learned to
‘know lite because of her experi
ences as a traveling saleswoman,
undertakes to cure her erstwhile
lover of pleasure madness thal has
estranged him from her,
To do this she enlists his aged
father in her services, and the old
man steps out to the musie of
youth, even though It cOKts him
sore feet and an ndnn{;:nr-k. Miss
Marbury, played by lothy Dal«
ton, succeeds in uncovering a plot
by designing crooks to‘rob the man
she loves and his father. Shrewdly
gshe turns the plans of the crooks
to her own use #o that she brings
them into the hends of the police,
and her lover to her own feet,
For this picture Miss Dalton has
been surrounded by an exception
ally strong cpet. It includes Done
ald Mac Lean, kdwin Stevens, Frank
Leigh, Mollle MeConnell, Beverly
™ Travig and Nora Johnson.
Elsie Ferguson, in “The Kyes of
the Soul” on Wednesday and
Thursday, and Charles Ray, in
“Gireased Lightning ' on Friday and
SBaturday, vomplete the program,
r"l'ho Revelation,” whicli was shown
at the Criterion some months ago, In
“The Red Lantern” she will be seen
in a dual role, which gives her op
portunity for the most powerful char
acterizations of her brilliant career.
The two roles which she enacts are
ag widely different as the poles—one
is atln:fi of ttlnh: Eurasian fl Mahlee,
an e other Blanche, English
half-sister.
| The story tefls of the Mfe of this
half-cast girl, who, born in a coffin
shop in the Chinese quarter of Pekin,
is at the death of her grandmother,
taken to the Christian Mission and
brought wuwp amidst Ruropean sur
roundings. The conflicting blood
which surges in her veins causes her
passéomate restlessness—she feels the
lure of China, the mysterious and
passionate land of “her mother, but
the inheritance of her English father,
the ideals and intellect of the West,
are strong within her and she ig like
a ball in the hands of Fate—flung
from one extreme to the other,
How she becomes the powerful
War Maiden of China—the Goddess
of the Red Lantern—is shown in this
play of remarkable and startling hap
penings where all the mysticisms and
gorgeousness of the vivid East 1s
woven into a powerful and fascinat
ing drama. The lure of the Purple,
Forbidden City—the customs and
superstitions of secret China—the
gorgeous pageantry and pomp which
gurrounds the Orient with golden
glamour {8 shown with a touch of
magic which brings romance to life.
The production §s one of clever
artistry with a star of rare genius
who is ably supported by such noted
players as Darrell Foss, Noah Beery,
Frank Currier, Winter Hall, Mrs.
McWade, Virginia Ross, Edward J.
Connelly, Amy Van Ness, Harry
Mann, William Bagle Bye, Yukio Ao
Yamo. The production was directed
by Albert Capellani.
The Criterion orchestra has pre
pared a special program of music to
be in keeping with the atmosphere
of this picture and the presentation
promises to be artistic in every re
spect.
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unhandicapped t.
“The Blinding Trail® is based on a
story by John B. Clymer and Stuart
| Paton. It was directed by Paul Pow
'en, and was produced with the aid of‘
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Top, Nazimova, as she appears in her most lavish produetion, ‘‘The
Red Lantern,’”’ at the Criterion. Belew, Monroe Salisbury, at
the Tudor.
an excellent east. A word of praise
must be said for the photography,
which ig superb. Some of the finest
snow scenes ever filmed form the
background for the action.
Salisbury’s impersonation of *Big
Jim” is fit to rank beside his “Hugon
the Mighty” and “The Eagle” as a bit
of forceful characterization.
There are two leading women—
Claire Anderson and Helen Jeromse
Eddy. The former has the rather
thanklesg role of the fickle wife. Miss
Eddy plays the part of Adele Grey,
who waits patiently, watching the
outcome of Claire’s flirtation, and who
is rewarded in the end. ‘
Others in the cast are Arthur
Maude, Johnnie Cooke, Alfred Allen.
Fannie Ward Has New
Drama at Alamo No. 2
Kindly old Judge Creighton, with 30
years' experience on the bemch, told
his friend, District Attorney Dexter,
that there is some good to be found
in even the worst of us. Dexter dis
agreed and voiced the opinion that
“Once a crook, always a crook.”
From a friendly debate over the
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The Man Who Turned White
ESERT Bandits Ralding a Caravan—A Beautiful Woman Kid-
D napped by the Merciless Outlaw Chief-—Scenes in the Oriental
Dance Hall at Mzab—The Camp of the Arabian Raiders at
Night—The White Quarter of an Arabian Hamlet—The Foreign
Legion in Pursuit of SBahara Outlaws—A Battle of Three Against
Fifty on the Sands of the Desert—
Also Gaumont Weekly and Christie Comedy.
chessboard their controversy is sud
denly and tragically transformed into
a story of real life, for the judge is
shot by thugs, Dexter's wife is dis
covered shielding and hiding one of
the desperadoes, and Dexter’'s whole
theory of life is overturned when his
wife confesses that she had been
dragged up in the underworld by a
modern “Fagin.”
Such is the theme of this vitally
interesting photoplay which will be
shown at the Alamo 2 the first two
days of the week.
Lillian Walker, in “The Lust of the
Ages,” comes on Wednesday and
Thursday. y
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“The Home Breaker”
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“THE LITTLE WIDOW?”
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“Eyes of the Soul”
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Also CHRISTIE COMEDY
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A thrilling story of the great out-doors,
where a North Woods Samson is betrayed
by a fur-clad Delilah.
A refreshing, pleasing and true-to-life pic
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ANTHRAX ATTACKS CATTLE "
MOUNTAIN VIEW, ARK., June 114-—4 . .
tdisease resembling anthrax has brokem &
out among the cattle in the Herple coms
munity, Some severe losses have been sufe:
sered by farmers,
FRIDAY-SATURDAY
CHARLES RAY
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“Greased Lightning”
(Paramount)
FATTY ARBUCKLE in
“The Butcher Boy”