Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-20

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The Rosary" It treats a great and
powerful subject graphically and in
such a way as to grip the attention
every minute OF the performance.
1t deals with the lives and fortunes
of a little group of people living IN
the beautiful West Chester county
near New York. The husband Is O dis
believer in all religion; his wife a
woman OF serious conviction regard
Ing faith in the things of life unseen.
Strong in his belief and thoroughly
human, a priest moves through the
subtle story Of the play. When doubvs
come and the man and woman's lives
are shattered, seemingly beyond hu-
man power to repair, this priest anal
Yves the situation and by h power
of his faith brings both the people
whom he loves back to happiness.
Mingled with the darker colors of
human tragedy is q vein of natural
comedy evolved from the events which
occur during the action.
The stage settings are unique in
their way; the first act occurs in q
wonderfully beautiful grape arbor, the
second and third acts are laid In a
charming interior, showing the atmos-
phere Of serene home life, while the
fourth is a new church built by the
unbelieving husband for his friend. the
priest.
THE Rosary will be presented by
the Jack x. Lewis players at the City
theatre all next week.
Ditmas.
Brilliant Made Kennedy, whose
popularity Is spreading to every town
where motion pictures are shown,
comes to the Ditmas theatre Monday
and Tuesday in The Service Star" by
Charles A. Logue. From every stand
point this Goldwyn film play Is a dis
tinct advance over any of her previ-
Gus successes, not even excepting The
Danger Came" conceded to be Madge
Kennedy's most notable achievement.
The Service Star" Is a play Of the
moment, symbolizing by its title the
flag of all mothers. While 1t is in no
sense q war play-there Is not a battle
scene IN 1.-THE new production com
bines the hopes and fears and prayers
Of every woman who has sent a man
overseas. It tells the story of a hero's
waiting wife n the strange decep-
ton practiced on a draft board and
what discovery meant to everyone
concerned.
Replete with strong situations and
a wonderful low story, The Service
Star" would be a capital play even
IL II were not of extreme timeliness.
The fact hat It embodies q plot of
extreme originality and strikes a pow
erful note of patriotic duty adds to
the success which Is bound to come
once Madge Kennedy's admirers see
her in this dramatic production.
Belle Bennett in THE Lonely
Woman will be the added attraction
Monday and Tuesday.
Royal.
William Duncan, star and director
OF "A Fight for Millions" the new Vi
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Manager SNAPPER to start in the Royal
theatre on Tuesday m carer to
having a right to- the title of Strong
Man of the Screen" as any player be-
fore the camera today.
Duncan is a Scotchman and long
before he broke into the theatrical
business as a member of n Fore
paugh Stock Company in Philadel-
phia, he had earned a reputation as a
strong mar and athlete. He was an
expert boxer and wrestler and was
picked by the celebrated Sandow as a
perfect physical specimen to appear
with him in vaudeville. In addition,
Duncan gave exhibitions of scientific
wrestling. Subsequently, he was as
ISOLATED with Bernarr MacFadden,
high priest among physical culture
opponents, as an instructor in the
Bernarr MacFadden school. Later he
conducted a school of his own.
When he entered motion picture
work, Duncan's great physical
strength and athletic ability stood
him in fine stead and the stunts"
performed by him are said to ave
been copied by many other screen
performers. Duncan displays this
marvellous strength in many ways in
"a fight for Millions" says Manager
SNAPPER, not the least Of which is his
wonderful rope-climbing. Duncan
can climb a rope swaying from a
mountain top more rapidly than the
ordinary person a climb a tree. and
in addition to his rope-climbing abil-
|dty, his skill as a boxer and wrestler
he is a fine horseman, a powerful
swimmer and a crack shot.
All OF these accomplishments he
brings into play in motion picture
work, but his real strength is shown
In his endurance.
Strand.
'The White Mans Law" a Para
mount vehicle starring Sessue Haya-
kawa, the famous Japanese actor. has
been completed by Director James
on Missing" by Mrs. Mumphry
Ward. The latter production will be
supervised by J.. Stuart Blackton.
The picture will be at the Strand
Monday and Tuesday.
The White Mans Law" was writ
ten by John Barton Browne, assistant
director at the Lasky Studio. in col
laboration with Marian Fairfax. Mr..
Browne. II develops. may be in France
almost as soon as this picture, his
first important scenario, has been re-
leased.
Mr.. Browne received an appoint
ment from the u. s. Wa Department
last September. and has been await
ing orders ever since. He will be con-
nected with the ambulance service OF
Base Hospital No. IS. This will be
his second term OF service in France,
as he went in the American ambu-
lance corps TO the French front on
the opening of the war.
Friends Of Mr.. Browne r congrat-
ulating him on the success OF The
White Mans law" which he also
helped direct. His story is said by
the producers to be a drama that for
thrilling sensations and cumulative In