The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-21
FAIRBANKS is VICTIM OF HOLD-UP
WHILE MOTORINC--BUT, TFIEN-WELL, READ 1T

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style, while motoring to lara.
mie, a distance OF 30 miles,
from a Wyoming ranch, where
he was staging a Western Art
craft play.
| The night was pitch dark and the
machine had covered half the trip
when suddenly some Que from the
roadside flashed a searchlieht into
his face and yelled Hands up" en-
forced with two steel 1880 guns.
Sorry. pard." said the gunman
To Fairbanks. but I've run short OF
tobacco all | want In bag of Bull
Durham.
! Luckily. Fairbanks Tad large
supply OF Bull Durham on hand.
which saved the day. As the auto
mobile started on It's way to Lara.
ME. Douglas remarked that this
was one time when throwing some
Bull" helped n fellow In distress
Had II come TO n showdown, Doug,
las douhleaction guns would have
come In handy.
The many readers who have FOL,
lowed tho doings of such characters
rs Doc MacNooder. The Tennessee
Shad." Tho Roman" and Tho Var.
mint" In Owen Johnson's stories
will more than enjoy seeing The
Varmint" AT the Liberty.
Jack Pickford as The varmint"
cannot be improved upon. How
Dick slower entered the Lawrence
Vile school with the express pur-
pose OF making things hum. and
how THE Roman" took all OF this
ont OF his makeup and made a man
OF him forms the basis Of the story. |
Douglas Fairbanks has another !
hit 10 his credit in Down 90 /
Earth" at the Coliseum. BIN |
douglas Fairbanks) and Ethel 1
eileen Percy have been play.
mates since childhood Rtn In a
regular fellow. and. after leaving
college. starts right ont tn make a
name for himself Ethel has t.rn.
per. and. unfortunately. thinks she
r. In love with an afternoon tea
hero. She begins n round OF pleas.
ure. so that before long she has 10
10 20 n socailed sanitarium. Bnl.
out on his Wyoming ranch. reads OF
Efhel's breakdown and hurr.es Eaat
TO see her He finds a doctor In
charge Of tho sanitarium who nj.
lows hts patients 10 do as they like.
and. Ethel no, improving. he buys
the place and puts all tn. guests on
his yacht He tells them a Wild tale
about being Lost At sea and finally
lands them on what he calls a des-
ert island. Here he puts them thru
a course OF sprouts that mRtea
them regular people again. Ethel
secs tho light and agrees
that Blll In the man she wants, aft.
or all.
In The Pinch Hitter" n the
Mission. Charles Ray has act a high
mark for fine comedy roles IN his
portrayal OF joel Parker. q bashfni
boob from the country. who became
the baseball hero OF tho college and
The man OF tho hour. ITO story
concerns u mulberry farmers boy,
who incites the Efbes Of tho dappcri
college men when he arrives on tho
campus. They consider him a spcc-
lmcn Of the prehistoric are. as his
clothes would Indicate. He meets
Abble Ncttieton. who sympathires
with the Eawky youth and encour.
ages him TO try out for the baseball
ieam- At first hc Is put on as mas
rot. but his chance comes. and he
wins a spectacular victory for the
school Incidentally. he wins tho
owe OF = Girl and the respect OF his
rusty father. Sylvia Bremen IN
In her role OF Abbis Net.
Teton.
The production % The Hypo-
rites" at the Rex. sets new
standard for plays which combine
he art OF ailegory and the thrill OF
'ure drama.
The actual capture o. German
prisoners Is shown in Heroic
france" official French pictures
" the defense OF verdun. now be.
ng shown at the Strand.
In one scene. Germans with
heir hands up are shown running
oward the French. after having
,een forced 10 surrender.
When THE Whip" NOW AZ the
'lemmer here. was first shown
privately In New York 10 a little
,roup OF leading film mon. the yer.
iict was unanimous that here was
! wonderful picture.
1T has everything that a motion
picture should have" said one
nan. and mono OF the things that
! motion picture should not have.
{ has snap. dash, fire. romance.
Touth. thrills, excitement, big
Genes and splendid actors. II is
tagged on a lavish scale. II has
,ecn superbly directed and the
IL perfect. This is n
wonderful production"
N you have ever done" New
fork-or II Now York has ever
done" you--if you have ever ca.
eened from Claridge TO Shanley's.
o Bustanoby's. 10 Reisenwebers. TO
fealy's. to Rector's with high
lie on and the muffler open-if
gu have ever watched 42nd 1T.
pin on it's axis ut 500 n. m. and 4
hen turned into Jacks for break.
asst. the five reels OF The Girl