The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-12

Pastime Sunday.
Anita Stewart a. "Mary Regain"
Miss Anita Stewart in Mary Regain"
which will be shown at the Isis to-
morrow, has the part of a beautiful
girl who, aided by detective. saves
from a coterie of society blackmailers
and intriguers a dissapated young man
whom the plotters are running to get
his money.
The picture takes the movie lover
through that fascinating region, the
Broadway white light district" where
the profiteers of big Business" spend
their blpated fortunes. watched vul-
ture-eyed by genteel cut-throats.
In this setting of hollow splendor.
where hearts are broken as the painted
women dance, and the champagne
corks pop, Miss Stewart appears as
Mary Regan, daughter of a society
woman, and of notorious criminal.
Her mother is dead. but her father is
serving time for a crime which put
his name on every newspap er's first
page. The disgrace is keenly felt by
Mary who is determined that she will
never marry and force a man to help
her bear the shame.
This is her reason for refusing Rob-
ert Clifford. young detective who was
present at the arrest and conviction
of her father, but who has seen enough
of Mary to satisfy himself that she is
sincere in her desire to live worthy
life. No sooner has she turned from
Clifford than she is surrounded by the
society 1eeches, who knew her father,
and whose leader, Peter Loveman. rec
ognizes in her the making of a splendid
bait for prospective victims.
Loveman invites Mary to aid him.
She refuses, but still bent on using her,
Loveman sends Jack Morton, the son
of wealthy man, who has been rep
rimanded by his father for following
the primrose path" of Broadway. to
a mountain hotel where Mary is stay
ing. Young Morton is in charge of
lieutenant of Loveman's, who is to
reform" the young man.
Mary, sensing Loveman's intention
of robbing the young man who is to
dertakes to watch over him. He makes
love to her and she consents to marry
him, out of a desire to protect and re-
form him. They are married, but are
separated when the elder Morton finds
them, and cannot get a proper explana-
ton for their presence together at
hotel
These events and others which rap
idly follow lead to the capture of Jack
scenes of the picture come when Cliff
ford the detective and his plain clothes
men break into Broadway cabaret,
where Jack is being held in private
ROOM to rescue him. The place is
completely wrecked the blackmailers
are arrested, and then comes the pic
lures biggest surprise.
Seven Out of Nine Husbands Jealous.
The attention of the Smithsonian in
stitute and the Foundation for the In
vestigation of Elemental Desires is re-
spectfully called to the report of the
Dorothy Gish research department that
out of every nine husbands and sweet
hearts in America. seven are insanely
jealous. The report is based on re-
marks following the preview of Doro-
thy's latest Paramount picture, 'TH
Get Him Yet" which comes to the
Isis theatre today.
The husband in the picture is one of
the breed who sees cause for suicide
every time his wife speaks to another
of the male species. And such action
calls for much comment on the part
of the audience. Now it happened that.
several of the company visited the
theatre at which the premiere was
given and they were seated in various
parts of the house, SO that the COM
ment was reported in full and with
variations.
The statistical expert, more COM
monty called the figure NUT" talked
to each and every one of the company
present, and reported sixty three bits
of conversation overheard during the
performance OF that number. forty
nine left no room for doubt as to what
friend husband thought Of the leading
mans actions. Thus it is decided that
in Alhambra, California, the figures of
seven and nine are correct. What the
ratio is in Pensacola may be figured
out locally after the picture has gone.
Incidentally. the research department
recommends that all wives keep still
during the performance and let the
husbands do the talking as the figures
will be more accurate.
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