Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-18
Bills for the Current Week

is made by = society man. who signs q
statement that be can win her In two
months time. Later he meets her and be-
comes honestly interested in her ambi-
ton to become a singer. forgetting the COM
pact as unworthy. In order that he may
divorce his wife and marry the dancing
girl whom he loves. he plans to let Is
wife secure the divorce on the grounds Of
desertion SO he goes to Europe, taking the
dancer with him, Allies official war e.
view and comedy complete the bill Wednes-
day and Thursday comes Mrs. Vernon Castle
in THE Girl From Bohemia" with q mys-
terry in It which has you guessing from
start to finish. Friday and Saturday Gladys
Brockwell will be presented in 1.-The Bird Of
Prey" Sunday and for five days comes
Rita Jollvet in q stupendous production
Lest We Forget"
Empress-virginia Pearson will be seen at
the Empress theater for four days beginning
today in THE Liar" which II described 8
tremendous photodrsma Of . young moth
er's fight to clear her name and that Of ..er
unborn child. Other pictures on the bill
include William 8. Hart in "Over the Great
Divide" and the regular Pathe weekly. One
Of William Fox's big slx' photopays !ill
be shown for the last half OF the week
starting Thursday. 1t is the 1918 version
Of '"The Plunderer." In which William Far
nuns Is the star. 1t Is a thrilling tale OF
fight for gold and the love of q beautiful
girl, and William Farnum makes the fighting
real. Harold Lloyd comedy and a Mutt
and Jeff cartoon complete the photoplay
program for the last half Of the week.
Alhambra-Margery Wilson In Marked
Cards." will be the lead on the program
here today with Sunshine comedy and
Pathe news included. On Monday and Tues
day will be seen william Farnum In Heart
q a nf Far ctr
Of a real man. Wednesday will be seen the
final eposide of the House Of Hate" with
Pearl White In the leading role, and there
will also be shown Gladys Hulete in Miss
Nobody"
Watches" will be here today only, in a
pleasing love romance and a play that is
full of action aud laughs. On Monday and
Tuesday will be seen Alice Brady in her
stirring drama, "At the Mercy Of Man" 1t
is a strongly dramatic production and one
in which Miss Brady carries the burden
Of the play herself. Thursday and Friday
will be seen Marguerite Clark in the pleas
ing comedy drama Rich Man. Poor Man."
play that Is built for everyone and one
that Is cleverly written and acted.
Grand-Alics Joyce appearing in "A
Woman Between Friends" will bs here
~' ." "1aeA0 oAposAtioh OF loVo
story involving the eternal triangle prob
lem. On Monday and Tuesday will be seen
Douglas Fairbanks In Say. Young Fellow"
one Of the funniest and best Of Doug's
rapid fire action pictures, and on Wednes.
day will be seen tho House Of Hate" No
IL. and Keystone comedy and Pathe
news. The feature of the week here will
be Nell shipman and Alfred Whitman in
''Baree-- Son Of Kazan"
Lothr0p-Wallace Reid in Nan O.
Music Mountain" will be the feature play
here today in thrilling story Of the noun.
tain country in the early days Of real ban
dts and real gun play. Pathe news will
also be shown today. On Monday and Tues
day will be seen Norma Talmadge In her
first play under the company she Is with
at present, "The Moth" and there will also
be shown Billie Rhodes and Mutt and
Jeff. The Lothrop management announces