Evening star., 1918-08-05
Photoplay Features.

LOEW'S COLUMBIA-'Iess Than
Kim" shown yesterday. is the TO
nance Of Lewis vickers., who fees to
Central America after accidentally
killing q man and subsequently un-
dertakes to blot out his past by as
suming to be Robert Lee, to whom
he bears a strong likeness. and who.
after q somewhat unenviable career,
dies. Vickers returns to the United
States to find that Lee had a wife
and children that somewhat interfere
with his love for an adopted daugh-
ter, with whom, however. he finally
elopes. Wallace Reid is the picture
star. and Ann Lewis an attractive
leading woman. The picture is in
tended to entertain without inf1am-
ing the mind or morals.
KNIcKERBocKER-Alice Brady is
the picture star In The Death
Dance" posing as a cabaret dancer
who turns her back upon the atten-
tions of all men. only to fall for the
wiles of married man, who has a
wife of doubtful reputation. She
plans to elope with him and he is
killed, whereupon she again falls in
love only to face the intrigue of her
former lovers widow and an unscrup
ulous man. The Allies War Review.
which SUPPLEMENTS the picture, is un-
usually Interesting.
sTRAND-Ann Luther, a pretty
actress OF ability. is the picture star
OF Her Moment" assisted by William
Garwood- It is a story of the Bal
| kanSs opening in Rumania and grad
ually developing into a tour Of the
world. including China, Japan and the
United States. The young lovers are
separated by fate, the man to go to
America to complete his education
and the girl consigned to a life of en-
forced degradation. Her Moment
comes when. they meet again in the
Office Of a president of a vice society
in New York. 1t is a picture of thrills
with many elements Of scenic beauty
and also Of excellent acting by Miss
Luther.
CRANDALL'S-"shar Monroe" the
picture story Of q brutal master of a
sealing schooner who is transformed
William s. Hart as the picture star,
was shown yesterday and will con-
tinue today.
sAvoY-"The Safety Curtain" pic
turing Norma Talmadge as Puck. a
dancer. who marries a British ofiicer
and goes to India, only to have her
former husband, whom she believed
dead. return to plague her, shown yes
terday, will be shown again tonight,
its story and merit have been dis
cussed before.
LEADER-This week Jewel Carmen
is the picture attraction in ..The
Fallen Angel" adapted from a story
by Gouverneur Morris, entitled, You
Can't Get Away With It." It is the
story Of q girl who sacrifices herself
for her dependent sisters. Spencer
Tupman's organ recital, featuring Sc
lections from La Tosca, is a concur
fent attraction with the picture.
AVENUE GRAND-"The Safety Cur
TAIN featuring Norma Tallmage as
Puck. q luckless music hall singer, is
also the attraction at the Avenue
Grand.
terday introduced new Bluebird film
star, Edith Roberts, in a merry little
story Of, a waif adopted and educated
by society butterfly. to crafty a
whim, with disastrous results to the
foster mother. The Garden will be
closed the remainder of the week.
cRITERIoN-"Hear of the Sum
set is the picture of a Rex Beach
story, featuring Anna Q. Nilsson. in a
thrilling melodramatic romance Of the
American southwest Of days long gone
by. Aside from the story itself the
APoLLo-Mary Pickfor., in How
Could You.-Jean?" 10 being repeated
fnday