Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-11-23

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ing ground Of the superstitious.
During the entire week there will
be plenty % reels of good, clean
comedy and the usual excellent sing.
ing and musical numbers.
Friday and Saturday the feature
film, "The Wandering Folk full OF
scenes that are bound to entertain
the children, are billed as the lead.
ing attraction.
Wednesday and Thursday the big
feature of the week in pictures, "The
Honor of Lady Beaumont" will be
presented. This picture, a remark
ably attractive two-reeler, is present,
ed by the American Eclair company
in this production, with a great vari-
ETY. of color, tense situations and ar
tistic development. Photographers
ly speaking, it is almost without
flaw, and one or two silhouette
scenes of great beauty are matters
of special comment.
Barbara Tenant excels herself in
the rendition of the versatile role of
Lady Beaumont, and at several
points of the production is a startling
ly beautiful study, becomingly gown
ed, and casting about her the atmos-
phere Of delicate refinement that char
acterizes her screen efforts.
Guy Hedlund has played effectively
the role of Sir Dorian Mars, Who,
having been the toy of the heartless
beauty, meeting uncomplainingly her
numerous gambling debts, fled to
elude a false position of theft in
which she had placed him, to take
refuge in the Canadian woods.
Helen Marten plays the Indian girl,
Naturige, who became the squaw of
Sir Dorian, to whom, with her child,
he chung in the face of a message
from the %repentant lady, bidding him
return to her. "By Gods grace, no!
Listen, T%odhunter, and see il you'd
respond in my place. he cried. and
%thereupon recited the story OF the
picture to the solicitor of Lady Beau.
mont, by whom the message was sent.
GRAND.
A decidedly pleasing and most
marvellous entertainment will be Civ.
en- at the hey Grand theater, Thanks.
va 6etaoivb gkQshrdlcm fwypetaoi
giving afternoon and evening in the
Edison talking pictures.
Thomas A. Edison was the first to
present moving pictures to the world
and he has now demonstrated his abil.
ity to make those same pictures talk,
laugh and sing.
It a safely be said that never be.
fore in the history of the motion pic
ture business has anything met with
such generous appreciation and ap.
prevail as the Edison talking pictures,
Practically every publication of any
consequence in the United States has
devoted columns to this wonderful
achievement. Exhaustive magazine
articles have been written and the
daily papers from coast to coast have
given large space and prominent pc
sitions to this marvellous invention
The talking pictures are not limit.
ed in their subjects as are the pan
tomime pictures, for the voice and
other sounds are as faithfully repro
duced as the action.
In making up their programs the
distributors have provided subjects
that will cause the audience to over
look the fact that they are witness
ing a mechanical production. Many
theatrical stars have already been in
terested and will be shown; headline
acts in vaudeville will also be offer
ed at frequent intervals. Selections
from the big Broadway dramatic and
operate successes will be shown and
plays that are now produced by prom.
inent actors and actresses, in panto
mime, will be produced in the talk.
ing pictures with all the realism of a
genuine stage production. Notable
mel and women Of the world are
seen and heard as in life; sermons
dedications, political speeches and
conventions may be seen exactly as
they occurred and with every sound
and action produced. There seems OF
he no limitation in the future and
many people have predicted that with
the advent Of the talking picture
there would be fewer large compan-
les travelling on the road and pre-
senting shows in one night stands,
and fewer lectures and compaign or
atOrs going about making speeches.