The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-23
ADJUSTMENTS.
Special Program Grand Tonight


Paramount Nevspictures this week
are especially interesting, containing
events of importance over the world,
in commerce, science, the war and
something Of the new styles in wom-
ems wear. from the fashion centers-
With the weekly today and tomorrow
is shown one OF Paramount's best sub
tects, Mr.. Grex OF Monte Carlo" an
elaborate picture made from e. Phil
lip Oppenheim's thrilling and we'll
read noyel OF the same name.
To doubt the quality of Lasky-
Paramount production is to waste
your time. but tonight's subject al
most exceeds the customary excel
lence, so finished is it, handled with
such perfection of acting, photog-
raphy and all the essentials that go TO
make up a great picture.
Mr.. Grex OF Monte Carlo" Is a
tale OF European diplomacy, with
dash Of love, a princess and young
American in it, the picture even more
entertaining than the book.
There Is a remarkable timeliness
about the play which lends addition
al interest. Several diplomats meet
at Monte Carlo, as il by chance, TO
arrange an International pact, and
draw q new map of the world The acS
ton revolyes around the efforts OF
an English secret service operator to
learn the details OF the meeting, md
a young American who falls In love
with the daughter of the grand duke
OF Russia Many thrilling episodes
occur on land and sea. until the en-
ergy and ingenuity OF the American
wins him beautiful bride and the
undying gratitude OF his English
friend
It is an unusually good picture and
should be seen by all lovers OF the
best in screen drama.-Advertise
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Orpheum Tonight
Neal of the Navy Episode No. g.
THE yellow PeriI'-Two parts
Panama films AFTER being rescued
from a frightful death at the hands
of the sun worshippers by American
sailors from the cruiser albany" on
which Neal Hardin is gunner. An
nette rejoices over the recovery OF
the. map of her inheritance, Lost
Isle"
The Hardin party, in their trip
southwark, land at Tortuga, mos
quito ridden island, where the ships
doctor finds a couple of cases of
malignant yellow fever. The Ameri-
can party are Immediately quaran-
tined in their hotel and an attempt
made to cure the sufferers and check
the advance Of the disease. Annette ]
and Mrs Hardin volunteer as nurses, |
and the first step made is to warn !
the ignorant natives against the dis l
ease carrying mosquitoes. Annette, as !
nurse, comes to be known as the I
little white angel" so tenderly and \
sympatheticalIy does she go from i
cabin to cabin to help the native suf- /
ferers.
Hernandez, Ponto and the brute, |
following the Hardin party see in the I
mosquito pestilence a chance to rid l
forever of Annette and l
Neal Annette and Neal are lured to
hut by lying native.
begging their assistance for his sick
child There, after a tremendous /.
night, they are made captives. and let
out to dismal swamp, where, with Z
the coming Of night the voracious !,
will make short work of
them How they fare during the
long, formidable jungle night is sub
iect for this, the most thrilling cpl /.
sode yet shown in this rem arkabIe 4,
serial.
The next episode will be called !
The Rolling Terror.
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