Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-05
Big SHOWS At :
ALL Th[AT[RS
Unusually Big Week in Lo-
cal Play Houses-Nli1nber .
of Fine Attractions.

This will be a week Of interesting
things" said the venerable Peter Hig-
gins yesterday. in discoursing upon
motion pictures. For instance, we
a,e to see Ethel Barrymore and Mary
Pickford on the same days. Miss
barrymore. who, next to Maude
Adams Is perhaps the most popular
actress on the legitimate stage, and
Miss Pickford, most popular of screen
slars. And both come in great plays.
The White Raven" is Miss Barry
more's vehicle, and critics declare 1t
ls the best thing she has done. "The
Pride Of the Clan," in which Miss
Plckford appears as a Scotch lassie,
is the second OF the Aircraft dramas
to be seen here.
Let us. take things in order.
though" continued Higgins. "If we
do this, then we come to another big
feature. Douglas Fairbanks in The
and Tuesday. In this play Doug is
given every opportunity to display
those lightning-like talents that have
made him so popular in films. He ap-
pears as Blaze Derringer. a young
American engineer, who is sent into
rehel-ri!den Paragonia to open mines.
Wnen ne gets there, he finds the
ed and in prison. and things being run
in high-handed manner. Blaze had
had filtration with this presidents
daughter, and when he learns how
things stand, he proceeds like a real
athletic hero to free the old man.
How he does this provides some real
exciting moments. OF course. he
leader from giving the girl he want
ed to some one else. By doing this,
you see, he wins her himself.
Then, we come to Miss Barry
more. She is seen in one Of the most
picturesque and varied roles of her ca
reer. The play deals with a girl who,
'lissusted with her surroundings in
the Yukon. offers to sell herself to get
back to civilization. The man who
wins her in the card game frees her.
she goes to New York. becomes a
famous prima donna. and then the
man who won her calls to claim her.
He had told her that he would appear
IN the hour Of her triumph. and he
does. What happens after that makes
one Of the most interesting and
strongest situations filmed for some
1T for you. Suffice to say, that it will
give you all the excitement and enter
tatnment you desire.
Chicken Casey" the Ince-Kay-Bee
picture for Friday and Saturday, pre-
sents Dorothy Dalton in one OF her
finest roles. She really plays a dual
role, for she appears as a successful
actress who plays a clever trick on a
Young author to convince him that she
is fitted for role which she desires
She disguises herself as q girl of the
slnms, becoming Chicken Casey She
nndergoes series of startling adven-
lures, but she is game to the end.
Then comes the premier Of the play,
and as Mavis Marberry, visualizing
Rags she scores her biggest triumph.
Tie author is hurt when he discovers
the trick played upon him, but Nav
VS. finally manages to straighten
things out"
Mary Pickford has tried almost
every other nationality. Peter, and
now. suppose, we get her as Scotch
lassie,'' an, =.
"1ouf ANA spe thankful for that:
for. tits one of her best characterize
tions. Mary does everything real we'll
bur she. has done this Scotch lassie a
bit better than anything else. Matt
Moore, her brother-in-law, plays op-
posite her, and his Characterization is
the hest he has given. Mary said re-
Gently that no story ever meant so
much to her, and she seems to have
entered into the spirit Of the picture
with this in mind. She has the part
death OF her father. becomes the head
of the Clan MacTavish. The expert
ence of the 18-year-old leader of the
clan and her love affair with q poor
boy. who, it later develops, is the son
of a countess, make an interesting
picture. The reproduction of many
quaint Scotch scenes are we'll done.