Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-10

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At the Strand

Surprising in importance any pre-
vious moving picture event in the
history will be the engagement of
The objectionable SIM" Harry Gar
sons extraordinary epic photoplay,
starring Blanche Sweet, under he
personal direction of Marshall Neilan,
at the Strand theatre, began yester-
day and will be continued all this
week.
1.-The objectionable Sin" is mi of
the most p%retentious screen plays
that has ever been attempted, and
has been completed after months of
painstaking effort and with the -ex-
penditure of more real money than
has been enlisted in the aid of n
photoplay produced within the past
five years. 1t is q brand new pro-
duction. and just now is having its
initial runs in the important theatres
in the East.
Those who are familiar with the
important books which have been
published during the past couple of
years will identify the big Carson
picture as an adaptation from the
powerful story by the same name,
written by Major Rupert Hughes.
which first appeared in serial form
in the Red Book and was later pub
lished in book form to achieve a
reputation as a 'best seller" which
has been surpassed by few novels Of
fered the reading public. The story
has been spoken of as one of the
most powerful tales of love and adj
which has ever been written
and reviews of the picture made by
important critics throughout the
country pay high tribute to Director
Marshall Neilan when they say that
here is one of the rare instances
when the p~hotoplay version is even
more powerful and gripping than the
original narrative.
AT The Royal.
How Anita Adair, a film star whose
real name is KedZie Thropp, and
who halls from Nimrim, Mo-, won
James Dyckman. scoin OF an old
Manhattan family, is n of the most
interesting Developments of Cecil b.
De Miles special Aircraft picture
production, 1--WE Can't Have Every
thing" which will be displayed at the
Royal Theatre today.
According to the story, the couple
motored to Jersey City and were Wed
ded quietly. Rumor had connected
the name of the young multi-million-
aire with Charity Coe Cheever, whose
husband. Peter Cheever, 1t was also
rumored, had been finding amusement
in association with a certain beauti-
full dancer-and for a. time it was sup
posed that this would end in q d.
vorce and an alliance between Mrs.
Cheever and Dyckman, who were
childhood lovers. This new
ment, however, puts a different con-
struction on the matter. What will be
the result in the Cheever home? Echo
asswers-what?
At the Ditmas.
William ]. Neidig's widely read Sat
urday Evening Post serial 1.-THE Fire
Fingers" has been made into. a photo
Universal star, appears under his
direction. THE Fire Fingers was
shown last night at the Ditmas thea
tire, and it may eb said that 1T pleased
even those who went to see 1t because
they had read. the story-which is the
highest possible praise that can be
given to a screen adoption of a work
of fiction.
Julian makes his first appearance
since he was seen as THE Beast. of
Berlin" His is a dual role, for he
plays both an ex-convict, Hatton, and
a wealthy, though d~issipated business
men, dwell: The latter Is killed UNI
der circumstances that point to the
convict as the murderer, n to save
himself and a pal from the electric
the convict impersonates b
man of wealth, pretending that it was
himself who was killed.
This situation leads to many tense
Developments, which might become
confusing in less able hands. AS it Is
they are skillfully used to build up OF
a smashing big climax, which carries
the piece on to undisputed success.
An interesting c~ounter-plot revolves
around the adventures of a pair of
green-back sandwiches. dwell had
planned to elope with ar employee,
and had hidden the money he intend
ed to take with him by placing It be-
tween slices of bread. Hatton, In
impersonating dwell, does not know
this and It is not until the finish that
the money is found. and then in an
Ingenious manner