The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-09
Empress Theater Exhibits
Pictures Of American
General Overseas.
OLD PLOT REAPPEARS
In THE Heir to the Hoorah"
Scheming Mother-in-Law
Is Villain.

First motion pictures Of the arrival
Of General Pershing in France are
now showing at the Empress theater.
in program rounded out more or lass
well with a good drama and an absurd
comedy.
The photography Is good in the
Pershing picture when II Is taken into
consideration that the pictures were
taken. shipped. and finished for show
ing at speed probably greater than
that with which newspaper extras are
issued on the night Of presidential
election. Pershing landed in France
less than three weeks ago, and now
have come to us pictures of that land
ing across miles Of sea and land.
Evidence Of Action.
But the best thing about the picture
Is the concrete. visual evidence that it
gives that we are now definitely lined
up against all things German. They
show you pictorially that the United
States at last has begun to pay the
debt she has owed to France since the
founding of the nation.
soldier Keeps Seat.
Patriotic music accompanies the
picture. At the first showing OF them
Sunday afternoon the crowd was not
large. I noted one soldier in the an-
dience and he was the only man there
who did not rise to his feet when the
Star Spangled Banner was played.
"Ths Heir to the Hoorah."
Stalwart Thomas Meighan plays
with Anita King in the perturbation Of
| the well-knOwn drama, "The Heir to
the Hoorah." The persons who have
not seen the play or the picture here
shown have no doubt seen the same
plot worked out before. It Is the old
story of the penniless and designing
mother. the attractive and dutiful
daughter and the whole hearted man
of wealth.
| Bill. Bud and Joe. the last named
part played by Meighan. are partners
in fabulously rich mine. They cast
the dice to see which one shall marry
to provide an heir to the mine. and
Joe is selected as their victim. In due
time. out OF the east comes Geraldine
Kent played by Miss King, and her
designing mother. Joe proposes and is
accepted. and Joy reigns with the other
two partners who boisterously inform
Joe that he done his duty NOBLE
| Mother. in. Law Starts Il.
Mrs. Kent, however. soon breaks
with her wealthy son in-law and in
forms him that her daughter only mar
ried him for his money. Joe thereupon
leaves his bride and goes to New York.
In due course, action for divorce is
suggested to the wife, who spurns the
idea, until she is informed by one OF
Joe's partners Of the fact that they
cast to see which would marry. Then
she agrees to proceedings.
Heir Saves Situation.
Service Of the divorce papers on Joe
in New York tells him for the first
time of the birth of the heir to the
Hoorah." Instantly he straits for the
west. arriving in time to fire several
servants. send his mother-in law
packing for the east on the next train,
and reconcile his wife. who has grown
to love him as he loves her.
This is a good picture, and well
played by the principals. The worst
thing about it is that the theme is not
new, though 1t is developed along
somewhat different lines. Charles
Ogle and W. B. Carpenter do well in
the playing Of Meighan's partners, ana
Edith Chapman liz a perfectly un-
lprincipled mother.in -law. The pro-
gram will be repeated this afternoon
and tonight. ID. C. b.