The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-09
AT THE IMPERIAL.

On Monday night is a war film,
The Tanks at the Battle of Ancre."
This is not a story. as defined by mar
rative-it Is just the eye of the cine
ma which happened to be in the field
at the time of a raid, and which
caught the great English engines OF
war in full career. The film was not
suppressed, because the British gov
eminent realized that 1t was a great
war advertisement-and they are
strong in the realization that adver-
Using is helping them get men in
winning the a 1t is the actual
photo of the actual machines in ac-
tual war. No mimic warfare here.
with men falling because they were
ordered TO fall at a given time or sig
nal. IL is the real thing. with the
great machines creeping irresistibly
ments and shell holes. Men fall be-
fore ii and resist its onward progress
without avail, their resistance only
resulting in death. There can be no
stronger endorsement of-the film
than to say that the film was taken
on an actual field of battle. of the
real tanks, and during a real drive.
But Imagination cannot picture the
results.
Tuesday night Mary Garden APP
pears in the principle role in That's"
highly dramatic and emotional
adaptation of the novel by the same
name. 1t is a story of ancient Alex
andria, at about the time that Chris
tianity obtained its first foothold. A
young man who has tasted the pleas
ures Of the world is finally converted
to the new religion, and becomes a
monk and hermit in the desert. Aft
er many days he decides that ii is
his duty to convert the woman-a
queen of the pleasures of the great
city. How he apparently succeeds
and leads here to become a nun is
shown, and her subsequent dissatis-
faction. She runs away. and is found
dying, but at last experiencing true
conversion TO the Christian faith.
Wednesday Eyart Overton is fea-
tured in The Bottom of the Well"
The hero Is the only one actually cap
tured of an American smuggling crew
and is taken to England. He meets
the daughter of a rich manufacturer,
but is known as the smuggler. Work
men In the factory plan to blow up
the owners house. who himself is in
disguise among the men themselves.
The hero rescues the girl. but a body
is found which Is supposed to be the
owner. The trial convicts many OF
the men. among them the owner him
self. At the conclusion of the trial
he throws off his disguise as one of
the workmen, and declares il TO be
his fault that the men had a griev-
ance.
w. s. Hart leads Thursday night in
"A Square Deal. On this evening
is also a Fox feature.
Reggie Mixes In. is the title of a
Douglas Fairbanks picture for Fri
day night. He is not wholly satisfied
with his girl anyway. and finds an
excuse for quitting her. The new
girl has another steady though.
and it Is necessary for Reggie to
fight. This is the feature of the
film. and is said to be one or the
worst scraps ever screened.
Saturday The Ten of Diamonds"
is the life of %depravity of a girl. and
how she came back, as shown by
Dorothy Dalton. Her life is of the
cabaret and music hall. But she
meets the man after a while. and
though her life Is rough, she is of
good instincts. withal. They are fl
nally happily married.