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has fine emotional fire. Here Miss Earrar reaches the most stirring mo- ment of her portrayal. But her whole conception-from the simple faith of the girl of the village of Domremy to the resignation and spiritual exaltation of Joan face to face with death-is ex- eellent in it's screen effectiveness. Is it historically accurate in physical as pect? We are only concerned with the screen effectiveness and whether Miss Farrar makes the girl of history under standable. Personally, we feel that she makes Joan astonishingly human, moved by human impulses and mo- tives. Her Joan wavers in her fear of death. She is no incomprehensible creature of cold spirituality.
 Joan the Woman" is big produc- tion on dozen counts-itS breadth of theme. which, despite sugaring for film fans, in a measure crystallizes faith and patriotism; the brilliant and intel ligent playing of Miss Farrar: the beauty of it's screen pictures: it's imag- ination of direction. Joan the Woman" is not mere historical pageant. It is not a mighty spectacle with a theme of slender consequence. It is history humaniZed.
 In word, Joan the Woman" is as thrilling as the "Marseillaise" and as human as a folk song
 "Twn Riddles" at the Hip
 Mary Sunshine as she is known on two continents from the title of her first picture is at the Hip today in what Seymour Tally of Tally's Broad way theater in Los Angeles thinks IS her greatest effort. It is called Twin Riddles" and shows to what extent this ss1 her title to the greatest little leading lady in the world. The story deals with two kiddies, sisters, who have wide ly different lots in life. One is a spoiled child of millions and the other the wonderful little sunbeam of poor family Marie Osbourne plays both parts and the double exposure work Tn l the five reeler is said to rival anything | that has ever been done by the camera l in moving pictures. With Twin Riddles" is the fifth episode of the | Francis x. Bushman picture. The mys- tery of the Secret Seven deepens with each installment and the great Master is intent upon the destruction | of the hero and the girl for whom he !! is fighting. Mary Sunshine in hel new play stays for two days as does l the serial The serial is simply offered
  l plete without the added dish.
 aThe Bad Boy" Has Robert Harron a: | Star
 l Robert Harron makes his first ap- pearance as an individual Triangle stai l in "The Bad Boy" which will be seer l at the Majestic theater today and to- l morrow.
 l The play is a comedy drama of lift l in an American town. Harron has thu | part of a boy with an unnecessarli, stern father and too indulgent moth CT, who falls into evil associations ant undergoes a severe lesson. Two of thu 1 younger actresses at the Triangle-Fin' l Arts studios appear in support of liar l ron. Mildred Harris and Colleen Moore this being the latters first appearance 1 The play has a strong cast, including Josephine Crowell, William H. Browl 1 and Elmo Lincoln.
 l Theda Bara at Lamara Today Only The Lamara will offer today for tn last time the William Fox Deluxe pro duction in which the worlds famou screen star Theda Bara is being starred entitled Her Greatest Love, a stor, of a girls love sacrificed for a moth
 CTS ambition.
 | Not since Miss Bara mas entered tn silent drama has she appeared in pic Il ture that has afforded her better op | portunity than the one which will hay
 its final screening today, record bus
 mess has been played to by the La
 mara during the past two days an'
 those who have been turned away vii have their last opportunity today t
 see this exceptional film offering. Tomorrow Louise Huff and .Iacl
 Pickford will be seen in Charles Dick
 ems, celebrated novel Great Expecta
 tions'' which promises to excel "Sev
 enteen" in which they last appeared.
 War Films at Empress Soon