The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-28
'FRANC|SX. bUSHMAN AT R|ALTO THEATRE "A Million a Minute," Metro
 Star Latest Photoplay.
 Unto the Primitive" Tomorrow

At the Rialto theatre this week some excellent features are booked Including "'The Snow Bird" which Is repeated for today with Mabel Taliaferro in the leading role.
 THE SNOW BIRD"
 In this, the second of the distinctive photoplays on the Metro programme, Starring Mabel Taliaferro, those who en- joyed the sparkling character portrayal of this dainty little dramatic artiste in Her Great Price," will find an abun- dance to delight and thrill them anew Miss Taliaferro, as a madcap society girl. who meets her fate in the wilds of the Canadian north woods after host of sensational adventures, has registered one of the most notable delineations of her artistic career, and one that will vastly increase her already legion ad- mirers.
 INTO THE PRIMITIVE
 Into the Primitive, a Selig Red Seal play, with Kathlyn Williams, Harry Lonsdale and Guy Oliver, will be shown at the Rialto theatre on Monday and Tuesday. Wonderful scenic effects, beautiful photography, and series of gripping situations make Into the Primitive" written by Robert Ames Bonnet. an unusual drama in every de- tail. See the tropical hurricane, the herd of wild elephants. the lions attack. the leopards, the tigers, the attack Of the python, the shipwreck and "..saer spectacular effects versa....,. Kathlyn Williams again returns to her thrilling performances with wild beasts. Critics pronounce Into the Primitive, one of the best motion picture plays released this year. s
 THE SUSPECT'
 Miss Anita Stewart is starred in "The Suspect" a seven-part Vitagrapx-V. l.. s. E. feature, at the Rialto theatre on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. ''The Suspect is based on Russian I story of the plots and daring adventures 1 of the nihilists. It gives Miss Stewart many opportunities and she is adequately supported by an all-star cast, headed | by s. Rankin Drew, who also directed the photoplay.
 "A MILLION A MINUTE" 1 Francis X. Bushman and Miss Beverly
 Payne are co-stars in "A Million Min ute," five-part Metro subject, at the
 Rialto on Friday and Saturday. l The story of "A Million a Minute deals with an eccentric old bachelor, who dies leaving $10O00,0O0. He has been dis
 appointed in love as a young man when | his own brother won the girl of his 1 heart. Before his death he adopts a gir named DaSmar, whom he sends to Paris I to study music. His brother has diet and left son named Stephen. Before Stephens mother passes away she tells | how his uncle has persecuted her, be- 1 cause she would never marry him. 1 In his will, whimsical document, the | old bachelor stipulates that his forum, shall go to Stephen and Dagmar, provid ing they are married before midnight O. the following 31st of May. Neither Ina. ever seen each other, or even knows o' the others existence. He decides he vii not take a penny of the money, as hi!
 mother has taught him to hate hi uncle Through ruse he manages tt make it appear that he has beer drowned
 Meantime. Dagmar has met an unscru l pulous duke in Paris. and marries hin before she learns of her guardian. death. But a woman claims the duk, l as her husband at the altar, and Dag
 mar flees and returns to America Marl Seager, gun runner, has found wha
 he supposes to be the body of Stepher
 in South Africa, and. on reading thu
 letter notifying him of the fortune tha will be his, if he marries Dagmar, h, decides to impersonate Stephen Seagel hrrries to the states The duke alst seeks out his bride in America ant Stephen also returns to his native land but under another name.
 How stephen meets and falls in lovd