The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-05-06
aThe spanisIa Iade"


AT the Isis, Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Whoever delights in what is quaint
and novel and far removed from the
well-trodden path will be greatly
charmed and entertained BY this fea-
ture which has been acquired by the
Paramount Pictures Corporation from
a newly formed producing company
called the Fiction Picture. Inc.
The film is based on a book entitled
THE Spanish Jade and written by
Maurice Hewlett. The novel has been
dramatized by Louis Joseph Vance
and the filmed version closely follows
the lines Of the original dramatization.
Few films have q stronger, more
consistent and more gripping plot than
"The Spanish Jade" If the pr0duc-
ton had no other merit than the
strength Of its plot il would deserve to
rank high, but the strength Of the
plot is not its only point of merit.
The types and the atmosphere ii the
film story measure up to the highest
expectations.
The elements, mystery, adventure
and pathos have been most skillfully
woven into the, story which is bound
to hold the interest of the spectator
every part of the way from start to
finish. The Installation of the char
acters is perfect in every detail. This
means first that the acting is brilliant
and second that the spectator is able
to understand the character almost the
very instant it appears on the screen.
William Elliott in His First Screen
Characterization in when We
Were Twenty One
William Elliott, who distinguished
himself several years ago in Henry
w. Savage's famous production,
MADAME X, and who is starring in
the current dramatic achievement.
Experience" now making tren1end-
GUS impression on the New York pub
lie, is simultaneously making his debut
on the screen at the Isis Theatre in a
powerful five-part film adaptation Of
HV Esmond's human drama, when
We Were Twenty One" produced by
the Famous Players Film Company
and now released on the Paramount
Program.
The full worth of this superb film
production will be appreciated BY
those who enjoy the inward feeling of
real play. 1t will appeal to thought-
full men of middle age, to young peo-
pie, and particularly to women of all
ages. Little more can be said Of a
drama.
Dick Carew, the character inn
personated by Charles Waldron, CO.
star of another current dramatic sue
cess, Daddy Long-Legs, is a batch
elor far older in years than in heart.
He has for his nearest friends three
men of his own age and temperament.
To each age has come stealthily and
though to others they appear to have
passed beyond the sorry line that
separates youth from middle age;
among themselves they keep Up the
habits, manners and thoughts of their
younger years. These four staid
friends were called the quadrity" dur
ing the days when they were 81. Car
ew becomes the guardian of Richard
Audaine, nicknamed the Imp" is car
ed for by Carew as though he were
his own son, and in educating him
he spends more money than he car
well afford. The Trinity his three
friends, from time to time contribute
money towards the expenses, but this
money Carew has kept aside, making
a fund to be handed over to "the Imp
when he shall marry. Carew and 1.-THE
Trinity planned in their early days
marriage between "the Imp" and
Phyllis Ericsson, a daughter of an
other friend of their youth, who died
leaving a widow and two children.
These also have been wards Of Car
ew's, and have had the assistance and
affection Of "the quadrity." Phyllis
and "the Imp" look upon their mar
rage as a matter of course, though
neither has cared especially for the
other Carew, believing Phyllis TO be
in love with the Imp has eonscien-
tiousiy srnothered the love that lies
in his own heart for the girl He has
sacrificed everything for the happiness
of the children of his two dead COM
rades. ''The Imp" engaged in sowing
his wild oats. falls in snare of an
adventures called "the FREELY" and
nearly marries her. This provides
the greater part of the drama of the
subject. THE Trinity" learning OF
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