New Britain herald., 1917-09-22

DOUBLE BILL MAGNET
 AT EOX'S THEATER

A capacity crowd thoroughly en- loved the meritorious show at FoN's last evening, every feature of which is extremely entertaining. First honors, of course, go to Ethel Clayton and her brilliant co-star. Milton Sills. who make their appearance in new World picture that is far from ordl- nary, Souls Adrift.' It is the unusual tale of a girl who, after the wreck Of her fathers yacht. is cast away on desert island in the Southern Pacific with the man whom she hates, and who had been financially ruined by her father, He calmly informs her that he will eventually take ven geance upon her for the wrong her father did him, but in the meanwhile he sees that she is well taken care of. Things are moving along at rapid pace when their hut is discovered by a band of pearl thieves, who add to the castaways' misfortunes by set ting fire to their abode. The scenic element is as realistic as could be, for the picture was photographed on an uninhabite island of the Bahama group.
 Charlie Chaplin, in 'The Tramp,
 drew forth the usual rounds o1 near ty laughter with his slde-spntt1ns antics. No matter how often this brainy little comedian is seen, he al- ways has something new and unsus- pected up his sleeve in the way of fun-making tricks, and he manages to make two laughs flourish where only one grew before. Pearl White is an- other banner attraction on the pro- gram. The present chapter of ''The al SilV be S3ld to De one of the most interesting up to date, and some startling develop ments are brought out. funny Vitagraph comedy, and the latest Pathe News, which shows timely views of the cantonment at Aver, Mass, where the New Britain boys are quarters, are also shown.
 Among tomorrow's features will be Harold Lockwood's latest success The Hidden Spring." a five-part Me- tro mystery picture. Mondays feat ure will be When False Tongues Speak," which is the new Fox picture in which Virginia Pearson, the south ern beauty, is starred.
 At last that big William Fox Riddle picture, Jack and the Beanstalk,' is coming to FOX's. It will open it's run on next Wednesday and remain for four days, so that all the kiddies, young and old, will have an opportu- nifty of seeing it. Never in the his- tory of the movies has a picture been so talked of as this dramatized fairy tale and from the hearty endorse mentS of all who have seen it, it will certainly live up to it's reputation. It has been aptly called by a wel1- known New York dramatic critic, ''The Peter Pan of Pictures" and the tremendous success it is scoring in every city where it has been shown is a wonderful tribute to the perfec- ton with which it is staged. There are in the picture, thirteen hundred children, whose ages average between five and six years, and practically all of the leading parts are played by them. And then, by way of contrast. there is big Jim Tarver, who plays the giant. Jim, by actual measure ment. is eight feet six inches tall in his stocking feet and weighs some thing like four hundred pounds. This is but a small instance of the Won- ders that are represented in the film, for there are a thousand things that will carry you right out of yourself l and into the enchanted land of the l fairies, where hens lay golden eggs, beautiful princeSSeS are held CaptiVes 1 by horrible ogres, poor boys are made 1 kings by their fairy -godm others, and all sorts of splendid things transpire. Whole cities in miniature were built 1 for the production, hundreds of an- | imals carefully trained, and-but | youll have to see Jack and the Beanstalk" for yourself, if you want
 to know tenth of the wonders that | arc there.