Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-11
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strand-Sunday and Moncay Robert Har-
ron in 9 delightful characterization, THE
Bad Boy" holds forth at the Strand. A
story that deals with the American boy
of today. his mischief, his temptations and
his problems. this feature is bound to
please everyone who sees It because It
strikes such q natural note. OF course,
there will be comedies galore, as well a.
the very interesting Pathe Weekly. Tues
day till Saturday comes Clara Kimball
Young in "The Price She Paid" wonderful
filmization Of David Graham Phillips novel
OF the same name. Manager Thomas of
the Strand personally recommends this pro-
duction as being even better than The
Common Law" which made such favor
able impressio here few months ago.
during the engagement Of this production.
March 20 to ~ marks the appearance Of
Douglas Fairbanks in The Americana"
v lille at the same time the old original and
long -ssked-for Keystones will again be
shown. All - g.. =-F- ',s'
Empress--Be. .inning today the Empress
shows tho first OF the new Essanay Max
Under comedies entitled MAX Comes
Across" The story Ii about as follows: As
Max boards the ocean liner to cross to
America newspapers get out extras that
submarine has blown up another vessel.
all aboard being drowned. Max persuades
the captain to make believe to his friend,
Ernest Maupain, that their boat has been
| torpedoed. MaupAln has already persuaded
| the captain to- play tho same joke on Max.
A vessel really rams the big liner. Passen-t
/ gers, In terror, rush to the life boats. Max
hears the oommotion. but believes 1t 10
| his joke on Maupain taking effect. Ditto
Maupain. Tho truth finally dawns on them.
Maupain grabs Msx's life belt and PUSHES
| out to save himself, Max is desperate.
Sure death faces him, he thinks. Then
h. ha nta
danger IL over. Max quickly shakes off
his terror. Calmly seating himself at the
plano he Is playing rastime tune when
| the passengers rush In. He 10 proclaimed
Q hero. Tho girl to whom Max and Maui
| pain have been paying violent love. de-
clares she will marry Max. In addition to
the Max Under comedy the Empress will
offer Nat C. Goodwin in "The Marriage
| Bond" a five-act drama.
sun--wonderful dancing scenes, In which
an entire Russian ballet participates, with
Alice Brady as the central figure, constitutes
one of the features Of THE Dancers
Peril" with Miss Brady az . star, which ID
/ shown at this thehter today and Monday.
Tuesday and Wednesday Lionel Barrymore
in THE End Of the Tour depicts graphic-
| ally the life Of travelling players who are
not oyerburdened with success, ME-. Barry
more excels as Buddy Bennett. leading
man Of tho company. and Is supported by q
great cast. This feature. In connection with
Francis X Bushman and Beverly Bayne.
in "Ths Great Secret" and q new Sidney
Drew comedy, THE High Cost Of Living"
completes an exceptionally ans program.
| Thursday. Friday and Saturday the Sun
shows the second Of the William Farnum
super do luxe features. "A Tale Of Two
Cities" the screen version Of Charles Dick
ems immortal classic. Mr. Farnum plays the
dual role of Charles Darnay. the elegant
French sristocrat who rencunced his coun-
try to wed the girl he loved, and Sidney