The Republican journal., 1918-07-04
Colonial Theatre.

List of Photoplays to be shown f~e~' &c"
Days.
In addition to the feature picture pro,
Gram, matinee and evening at me CUionidi
on Thursday evening, at 8'sO Cnari e ,
Hammons will sing, III ne can r1gh'
Like He Can Love, Good Nleht' yer
mapy." one of the best OF recent populal
songs The pictures include b9snm aart e
Rrsss Check" Mr. and Mrs. Sidney
~ in a Metro comedy and a Paramount
P;otoaranh and Cartoon. In 'The Brass
Check" Francis X. Bushman and Beverly
Ravne do some of the finest work OF their
brilliant careers. The story revolves
around the adventures of Richard Trevor,
son of crooked financier, who imprlsons
an inventor in an insane asylum to obtain
his formula for a rubber substitute. The
inventors sister, Edith, hires detective
agency to help her free her brother. The
detective meets with an accident, and
the note of anguished appeal and lnstruc-
tions on his person, from Edith, together
with brass check for suitcase which
is at the Grand Central Station in New
York falls into the hands of Richard
Trevor. Unaware of his fathers part IN
the case. Richard claims the bag and goes
to Editb's aid. What befalls the young
adyenturer and Edith, who supposes MN
to be the detective, makes one OF tne
most sparkling, spontaneous picture COM
edies of the year.
Sessue Hayakawa, the popular Japan
csc actor in Paramount pictures is appear.
ing Friday in '"The Honor of his House, =,
a Paramount picture in which several OF
the scenes were taken in Hawai-. The
story is supposed to develop in one OF the
smaller and more remote OF the lsianos
of the Pacific. Florence Vidor, who re-
Gently appeared with Hayakawa IN "lne
Secret Game" is the leading woman in
this photopIa while others in the cast
are Jack Holt, Maym Kelso. Forest Sea-
bury and Tom Kurahara. The story and
its screen version were written by Marion
Fairfax, while William C. DeMille was
the director The island scenes are par
ticularly beautiful, aud the gowns worn
bv Miss Vidor in the latter part OF the
photoplay will appeal to feminine love OF
inery One of the James Montgomery
Flaee comedies Of ''The Girls You hnoW'
series and the Animated Weekly will be
included Friday.
Billie Burke's next appearance will be
Satprday in the Paramount picture
1.F,Ie,s Daughter from the play by
Alicia Ramsay, which was originally pro-
1nced starring Grace George. 1t depicts
o;rl. Irene Simpson Bates, who chates
at the calling restraint placed on her by
her wealthy father from whom she inner
its strong will, and who, at his death,
+ates all the small fortune he left her and
Sonanders it in zone good time" How
she is very nearly Iured to an elopement
ana saved By her fathers old lawyer VIII
has always loved her, makes thrilling
story, Miss Burke wears some gorgeous
frocks and has added many new and
charming touches to her work, always SO
full of "Burkeisms, such as the quickly
lifted chin and birdlke toss OF the mead
which has endeared her to thousands.
The supporting cast, including THOMAS
Meighan, William Riley Hatch, Florence
Flvpn and others, is worthy OF belng
called "all-star," and does some excel
lent work in support of Miss Burke.
With the forthcoming presentation at
our theatre Monday next OF believe Me,
Xantippe," the perturbation of the Ia
NOUS stage success OF i've years ago,
starring Wallace Reid, with Ann Little,
we do not hesitate to assure our clientele
that this is one of the finest photoplays
ever SilONI DIT Jul ploy iiou'S'
The story of "Believe Me, Xantippe"
is based upon the famous play of the
same name by Frederick Ballard and it
has to do with the adventures OF a
wealthy New York clubman who makes
wager of $40 900 that he can commit
crime and elude the police for year. At
the end of eleven months he is captured
nv a Young woman, the daughter of
he hoH
chance remark in response to her question
whether he is hungry, "Believe Me Kan
Time | am" What happened thereafter it
would be unfair to you to reveal at this
time.
Tuesdays feature attraction will be
the yirile star William S. Hart in his
most recent success, "The Cold Deck"
which will add greatly to his popularity.
Also on Tuesday will be shown Mutt
and jeff cartoon and the Current Events.
"Blue Jeans" the seven-reel Metro pro-
duction in which Viola Dana stars, is
regular country life story replete with all
the characters familiar to the farm and to
the small suburban village. 1t carries
with it the atmosphere of David Harum
with the quaint Hoosier speech immor-
talized in the titles. The picture brings
out the tones of the entire keyboard of
human nature from the ridiculous to the
sublime A genuine old-fashioned county
fair and political rally is shown in "Blue
Jeans" The members of the "village
band" with their antiquated instruments,
are led by Miss Dana as June, dressed to
represent drum major, baton in hand.
When Clifford Bruce, as Ben Boone, the
political rival of Perry Bascom, Robert
Walker begins his speech, the little drum
major gives the signal for ''blare of
music to drown his words and give her
favorite a better chance. The exhibit
hall of an old-fashioned county fair is
shown, fitted with booths, platforms for
the rival candidates, bandstand, and cider
booth, and decorated with American flags,
ears of corn and other farm products.
With farmers, village bellies, and awk-
ward country pumpkins, the scene is
most picturesque one, and contributes
largely to the quaint effect of the screen
version of Joseph Arthur's famous "thril-
ler" Blue Jeans" is the big attraction
for Wednesday next.