Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-22
Fine PICTURES
ARE TO Be seen
Motion Picture Houses Of
fer Splendid Programs
For the Week.

II heard = man say the other day
that he didn't like motion pictures,
began Peter HiGgins yesterday. 1T
rather surprised me, for I knew the
man to be Of sound mind, of good
Judgment and excellent education.
But when he made that remark, / fig
ured that something was wrong.
They are crude. course and far from
artistic he said. Can you beat that
several of them this week--that
were az artistic as anything the legiti-
mate stage claimed. Art Why they
have created a new art and they are
spelling It with capital A. The art
OF directing has taken on q new signi-
hcance and the art of acting has been
greatly enhanced, for. after all, MINI
ing is the real secret of. the Thespian' S
art.
But that's not all. Motion pictures
have been wonderful help to the
legitimate drama. Witness the revo-
luton It created! New York is sim
ply seething with 1t! The drama Is
undergoing change and is being i'm
proved and developed. Actors have
gone to the screen and secured new
vision. They have gone back to the
footlights and producers have been
forced to change their tactics. with
creeping into the wings. Then, mo-
ton pictures have provided artistic
entertainment to hundreds of thou
sands who heretofore had to go with
out It, Picture plays crude? inar-
tistic7 Never! But enough Of this!
Let's get to the business before us.
Around at the Royal they are go
ing to have a big picture Wednesday
and Thursday-'Whom the Gods De
or N y,1o f,r In,
three stars Alice Joyce, Harry T.
Morey and Marc MacDermott. 1t is a
beautiful story Of Irish insurgency. Of
a struggle, which has been seething
for ages. Of freedom. Miss Joyce ap-
pears az an irish lass, whose heart is
wrapped up In the cause of insurgen-
cy. She is loved by two-a loyal Eng
ltsh ofticer and an Irish rebel. Comes
the awful rebellion, in which the girls
heart Is torn again and again and in
which many men are killed and many
women and children made to suffer.
After 1t is all over, the rebel Is SEN
fenced to be hanged, but the loyal
Irish maid works hard for his par
don. The Englishman, who had lost
his sight. prepares to give up the girl,
but her love is too strong. and both
are made happy. The revolt scenes
are remarkably strong. while the de-
tt6"LA w A0NC oAo9y tAuuo CdI1y " tAAS
film.
Richard Bennett. another famous
Broadway star, who has been before
the screen for some time. will be seen
Monday and Tuesday in AS the Law
Says The play is a strong argument
against capital punishment. Bennett
plays Judge Kirby, who once, in his
youth. posed in college town under
an assumed name. He had a love af-
fair with young woman, and, when
it took on q serious aspect, he de-
parted. Years after, he sits at the
trial Of young man accused of mur-
der. He Is convicted on circumstan-
tial evidence. Then, the Judge learns
that the man is his own son. He
tries everything to free him. but to no
avail The lad is electrocuted. But
think you 1t ends this way? Not at
all! The ending is too good to give
away.
For Friday and Saturday we gel
The Child Of Mystery a lurid melo-
drama. 1t is story of beautiful
young Italian girl. who makes her liv.
ing by dancing on the streets. She is