Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-29
SPECIAL FEATURE
PICTURE FRIDAY
Cyrus Townsend Brady's "Island
~, of Regeneration" At
Bismarck

"'Tle Island Of Regeneration" a
six-part adoption Of Cyrus Town.
send Brady's novel OF The same name,
produced under the direction of Harry
Davenport, is the weeks feature on
the Vitagraph Theatre bill. In its
entirety, The Island Of Regeneration
is an exceptionally satisfying produc.
ton, as a human interest drama and
as an artistic p%hotoplay in the matter
Of physical environment. Edith Sto-
rey is just the actress to portray the
varied life OF Katherine Brenton. first
the apostle of advanced IDEAS tina;
leave no oom for humdrum marriage,
next the scantily clad companion G..
a savage on a. desert island, and last
OF all an orthodox womail ready &c
become a law-sjoiding wife. Miss
Storey does a number Of things ex-
ceedingly well during the years on
the island when her character is IN.
der going the ~rejuyenating influence
of primitive life. She swims mWch e.
nature intended, without the hamper
ing skirts Of a modern bathing snit,
likewise she poses gracefully on a
rock-merely incidents, : !Oe sure,
but an audience will remember them.
It should not be inferred, however,
that, there is anything unduly startl-
ing in the picture, for, On the contra
ry, it's tone is perfectly healthful.
Katherine is a far better woman for
her experience on the island, and she
is the means of regenerating a man,
born in civilization, Developed as !
savage and drawn back among his
own people-because of katherine.
1t is picture marked ny carefully
staged scenes introducing plenty o:
exciting action. The "Nansemond"
is burned at sea and CnarnocK's wife
and son reach a desert island in a life
boat. The woman dies and John
grows to manhood, speeches. and to-
tally ignorant. Twenty years ate
the. destruction of the "Nansemond,"
the second thread of the plot is in.
PRODUCED, with an exposition of, the
character of Katherine, VINO airs her
advanced notions before the society
folk of San Francisco and finally,
Langford, seemingly a kindred spirit,
i]persuades her to test her unconyen-
.tional theories by accompanying him
on a cruise. ~
When. they are we'll out in the Pa
cific ocean, Langford reveals The bru.
tally Of his nature, and after a vici-
GUS fight in which much of the cabin
furniture is smashed, Katherine low
ers a launch and sets cut for nowhere.
Washed onto the shore of the lone,
island, she becomes the companion OF
it's one inhaioitant, and they have three
undisturbed years in which tc become
thoroughly acquainted.
Filen Langford. re%oentant, returns
to- find her and informs John, whom
Katherine has taught. to talk and
think, that the woman belongs to him
because, Of the two weeks spent to-
getlor on tle yacht. Katherine, COM
pletely in love with her Island mas,
hides in a secret cave and he thinks
her dead. Langford finds her but she
refuses to leave the island until Jolr
credits her innocence and comes back
to get iler.
An earthquake. is the most memorar,
BILE of the many excellent scenes ar,
ranged by Director Davenport. The
acting of Miss Storey is ably support
ed by Antonio Moreno, as the island;
er, and S. Rankin Drew as Langford
in the prologue! sincere performances
are given by Leo Lelaney and Naomi
Childers as Charnock and his wife.
bismarck and Grand theatres one
night only-Friday, Oct. list. "