Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-19

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seeing one of the greatest exhibitions of
moving pictures which this famous
exhibitor has ever given. One OF the
features will be the operation Of the inn
mense tanks" which the United States
expects To use with great success IN the
war with Germany. There will be a NUM-
bcr of other features but this will be the
| most interesting one at this time because
| II Will give the public an insight into n bug
| war engine There will he some splendid
| travel pictures and every picture will be
| given with the effects which have served
! TO make the Howe pictures so remarkably
| life like
BEAST OF RTRIIN.
| The American Navy most auspiclously
Inaugurated the first public showing of the
| new American patriotic motion picture
| "The Kaiser. the Beast of Berlin, which
| appears Mt The Playhouse all the week oi
| March 25 at the Broadway Theatre,
| New York, with parade of the band OF
| the U, :. s Recruit from Union Square to
| the Broadway Theatre, where n special
| concert was provided Rear Admiral
| Nathaniel :. Usher and staff: Rear Ad-
miral Little Captain tshoro and stall OF
| the Battlcship Dcs Moincs, Commander
! Adams. l.. :. n, Major H. ii kipp, L. =.
/ Nliliilt OPS RifSs Nih Ehtiit' ,tt'b-
| packer. Commander Womcn's Auxiliary
| for Navy Recruiting Captain W. II,
Rudolph. u. s. n was detailed 10 make
special address. Threats have been made
IN letters and telephone calls to Director
Rupert Julian all Of which are prompted
| bv the bitter arrangement against tho
German Emperor cont aimed in the screen
story of his life and OF the present war
| which is based upon historical fac' and the
result Of more than q year 8 research into
the private life of the Kaiser There will
he four performances daily at The PLAY
house at =. 3 ~, 80 and 9 = y m and n
special matinee for children on Saturday.
~ 030 a m
CLEVER COMEDY At THE G,RRIcr
Everybody NJ the Garrick Theatre last
night appeared to enjoy the hill. which Is
new and somewhat extraordinary Sup
pressed Desires" " the great success If the
Washington Square players, WAS ad-
mlrably given Nv Effc shannon the Broad
way star. and good supporting company
Jean Sothern. the dainty moving picture
star. entertained beautifully with songs
dances and stories Gallandu. the clay
modcler, made lots of interesting things
with the dcNterity of the most accomplish
cd artist, with whom he must he clasqed
\ splendid connie opera number WAS gwen
by Charles Alorati. acharming singer and
his company, IN n MANNER which brought
them lots of applause novel act Of
ilusIon was given by the Mystic Hanson
THO, who proved good entertainers
Virginia Earl whose ability Is we'll known
gave a Vcrv clever comedy sketch IN which
she had the assistance of q good support
ing company Alcxandcr and Fields. two
f.vv
They are decidedly witty and quite origin
N Sandy Mcintosh ami hs scotch
lassics were very good They playod
Scotch music and sang Scotch songs.
while they also did a bit of Scotch dancing,
al Of which was highly entertaining
'THF " ,RRloR -,l,ToRA
"The Warrior. starring Maciste, tho
hero of "Cabirla. IS the chief attraction
at the Victoria Theatre this week. and
Judging from the reception which the
film received on its first appearance YES
terCav there ls little doubt but that
Macistc viii add laurpls to his name as
photoplay artist
During the first advance agal nst ltaiN
bv Austrian troops a large number oi
inhabitants are captured, among whom
IS Nacistc They arr All housed IN an
old stable Bv ruse Maciste overpow-
ers the guards and tho prisoners escape
They find refuge IN the castle Protn-
lungo. owned bv an old Italian count
The AustrIans follow and again by Tllse
MacIste draws the attacking forces
awav from the castle IN time to- give the
prisoners 8 chance to make their WAY
to the Italian side Of the frontier
MUCK ANn TOW MAJESTIC
Anot her one of those grand double
feature programs that are presented
from time 10 time. was shown at the Ma
jestIc Yesterday The current one IS
one of the most entertaining double bills
vet presented Tic big feature IN which
Jack Plckiord in "Huck and Tom. or
tho further adventures Of Tom SAWYER
is seen. is the livelest comedy drama of
the season. and for good measure. thp
king of al heavy weight comedians was
seen in his new offering. FATTY at Corey
Island
Thr very spirit OF youth and fun and
American hovhood arc Ia be found
throughout the presentation Of Huck
and Tom The producers. having found
there was too much material for tho
showing Of Tom Sawyer divided tho
subject matter IN two productions So
in fart, Huck and Tom is the further
adventures of Tom Sawyer
"A GALL TO ARMS QUEEN
Through no fault of the management
of the Queen Theatre there were many
people who had to bc disappointed YES
terday, due ia the n0n-arrival Of the
third story of "Ihc Son of Democracy
An error in shipping was The cause Of
the trouble and the picture did not ar
rive for the days showing Both pc
lures Of the double bill should be here
today and tomorrow. If YOU were dis
appointed by not being able to see -
Call to Arms the management hopes
YOU will u able to do 50 during the re
mainder ~ the run "Thc Turn Of a
Card" with J. Warren kerrigan is the
main feature and was enthusiastically
received.
''THE VOICE OF CONSCIENCE SAVOY
4 real ilallowe en- party III an old South
ern mansion Is one Of the novel features
in The Voice of Conscience. Metro
wonderplay co-starrlng Francis \ Bush
man and Beverly BaNne which is the at
traction at the savoy Theatre TO-DAY
The party. replete with unusual novel
ties, was staged in large ballroom set
ting at the Metro studio The room was
decorated with jack o lanterns, flags and
bunting With dominating prominence
in the centre of the room was mammoth
pumpkin, which provided the de luxe
novelty of the evening A little fairy
entered the scene and when she waved |
q wand the pumpkin separated into
sections and out flew a baby angel"