The Washington times., 1916-10-15

the second installment of "The Shield
ing Shadow" an exciting mystery story
by the author OF THE Iron Claw"
These features will be shown on
Thursday. Friday. and Saturday. Sew
eral one-reel comedies and the latest
"Pathe News" releases will round out
the weeks programs.
Loew's Columbia: Fannie Ward
In "Witchcraft." Films.
- ANNIE WARD will be seen on
- the screen OF Loew's Columbia
Theater the first four days OF
this week, starting this after
noon at 3 o'clock. In an elaborate pic
turization of "Witchcraft," the Column
bia University prize play. which was
written by DIR. r. Ralston Reed. and
selected as the most finished and pow
erful piece OF work done by the class
OF photodramatics at that great uni
veEsity during the past year.
In the stellar role. Fannie Ward is
seen as the belle OF the village in the
New England colonies during 1928.
when hundreds OF innocent persons
suffered persecution through the horri-
BILE delusion of witchcraft. The story
which pulsates with thrilling cllmaxes
tells of this beautiful girl, who is In
love with Richard Wayne: ward OF the
Wayne out OF the village on a mission
and then succeeds In convincing the
girl that the only way she can save
her mother from persecution as a witch
Is to marry him, and, horrified though
she Is at the idea. she consents. Just
after the wedding her mother dies.
Shortly after, during an Indian upris-
ing. the old miser dies, accusing the
girl of having become witch and
cursed him. Her sweetheart returns
with men to save the colony from the
Indian attack just In time to save the
girl from a most horrible death as a
witch.
The last half OF the week. beginning
on Thursday. owen Moore and Mar
guerite Courtot will be seen as co-stars
In "The Kiss" a story by Elizabeth
Frazier in which kisses and aeroplanes
vie for the honors.
Strand: "The Wolf
Woman" Films.
r oUISE GLAUM. Charles Ray, and
Howard Hickman. will be seen
In "The Wolf Woman" the CEN
trail feature OF the program at
Moores Strand Theater Sunday. Mon
day. and Tuesday.
In "The Wolf Woman" the story 10
constructed around a siren whose
charms and wiles lead to destruction.
Three men worship at her shrine of ma
teriality. One is pitiful wreck from
narcotics, another Is sought by her as a
new victim because OF his wealth, and
the third seeking In vain to rescue his
brother, escapes the destroying flame
only because there is another woman
in his life. who knows how to fight evil
with good. -,
The comedy section OF the bill will
include "a Lovers Might" featuring
Fred Mace and other noted funmakers.
On Wednesday and Thursday, by re-
appearance, on the screen OF Douglas
Fairbanks in his greatest photo success.
the comedy dramatic classic, The
Lamb. The secondary section of the
program will include Raymond Hitch
and Mack Sennett in my Valet"
LILLIAN Gish, remembered for her work
In ''The Birth of a Nation" will head
the double feature program on Friday
and Saturday in Diane of the Follies., :"
/ Fay is screened also In She Loved a
| SAILOR personally directed by Mack
Sennett, the keystone producer. The
Strand Symphony Orchestra will render
appropriate musical accomplishments.
Garden: ''The Patriot"
VIM. s. Hart. Films.
NV TLLIAM s. HART win be the
| M headline attraction at Moores
w Garden Theater from Sunday
to Wednesday. inclusive in
1.-THE Patriot" The play deals with an
ex-soldier. who. robbed OF his mining
claim on the Mexican border, through
cheap political activity. driven to an.
archy through the death OF bis mother.
less boy. joins the Mexican forces in a
crazy hunger for revenge. Using his
tack upon a nearby camp OF American
soldiers. In a dream he sees the Amer,
lean nag trailed In the dust Upor
awakening comes the old love for hi.
native country, his United States, The