El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-06
NINE. PETROVA IN
4 GREAT PICTURE
This Peerless Emotional
Actress At Unique Tomor-
row in Extravaganza"


Are you extravaganza Are your eX-
peuses greater than your income II
the are. what viii become Of you and
your loved ones in the future
All OF these questions are strikinEly
answered in the great Metro-Popular
Plays and Players production. Ely
travagance." with Nine. Petr5va as the
star. which viii be seen here AT the
Unique theater Thursday. Friday. sat
urday and sunday
The play deals with father and
his daughter who fetter themselves by
their own extravaganza Tine father
commits forgery. The daughters suit
or an eetimable man, is dragged into
the maelstrom of financial ruin. From
beginning To end the play is a pow
erful lesson and II Is filled with dra-
matte situations
Probably no other star could have
thrown into the part of Norma russell.
the daughter more realism than mas
Nine PetrOva. who held a high social
position in England and there was en- =
abled TO observe the extravaganza OF
many titled folk. In America, too, she
encountered extravaganza among So
ciety people. whose real wealth PROB
ably could not be reckOned IN more
than four figures Yet these social
spendthrifts were struggling desperate
" 10 maintain what they considered "a
position of prominence among multi
aExtravagance-' is one OF the most
powerful motion picture dramas OF the
season Does the lesson touno IN II
apply 10 you, see IL and give your
own answer.-AdN-
THE DEVILS DOUBLE GRECIAN.
VIM. :. Hart held thousands Of peo-
ple in the spell Of his pOwerful person
atty yesterday and the day before az
the Grecian theater. and from the many
II
they were leaving, this picture Dlcs
fair to enjoy capacity attendance az
dav today and tomorrow. II IS a pic
lure that viii sink deep into the mem
cries Of those WHO see IL Ihoreo tI.
ID is picture that viii be talked about
"A picture that friend viii urge friend
to see of intensely interesting nature,
with the love element always dorllnat-
iuS, il has strong appeal 10 young ana
old alike-and IL contains that some
thing" that makes you think about u
long after YOU have seen H.
The Devils Double Is the most
original vehicle that Hart has had Like
most. Of his plays. IL presents superb
character study and at the same time
II sets forth a story that IS unusual
ia its conception and IN its develop
ments. The picture tells Of Van Dyke
Tarfeton. an artist. whose great ambi-
tion il 20 paint master dellneation
of LuCifer- He Is unable to find
model for the figure until, going west
Tor his health, he meets Bowie Blake.
the worst man in the worst town OF
the worst state in the union. Bowie is
not anxious 10 he immOrtallzed Oh
canvas and tells Tarleton 50 in no IN
certain way. but the sight Of the ar
lists wife. Naomi, leads him II change
his mind
When the painting was half done.
TarleJou IS Mortified 10 find that his
model. who has fallen in love with his
wife, is losing the satanic expression
OF his face and 10 bring the light OF
the devil into Bowie's eyes he deliber-
ately insults Naomi. When the trio
20 TO a lonely camp in the mountains
the story comes to climax From this
point the climaxes come fast-each one
more gripping than the others. untn
the picture finally ends in a way that
will leave nothing to be desired IN the
minds and hearts Of the spectators.
Capacity business on this picture the
past two days proves cOnclusively that
Fart is the most popular man in pic
lures tOday-he is loved alike by men.
IS omen and children. and wen he should
DE, for he represents a MAN in the
fullest meaning of the word
The Devils Double" viii be shown
al the Grecian today and tomOrrOW--iI
is the wish Of the management that
larts many admirers should have the
opportunity of seeing him in this pic
ture. However. this doesn't mean that
anyone can safely overlook the first
opportunity they have of attending as
all indications are that seats will be a
a premium during the entire engage