Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-07
Bills Of the Week

Hamilton-sunday: May Allison in Peg
gy Does Her Darndest," face comedy
gripping story. Tuesday. Gladys Leslie
In The Fortune Child" story dealing with
the opportunities some children have
Wednesday, Theda Bara In The Serpent"
meiodramatic play. gripping. also the pop
ular Mutt and jeff Comedy. Thursday.
/ Virginia Pearson in "Buchanan's Wife" a
strong domestic drama Friday, Bessie
Barriscale in Tangled Threads" very
Great Gamble" first chapter, the most
daring ever made. Saturday, Frank Kee-
| nan in THE Bells" To miss this pic
ture Is missing treat.
sun-'The westerners," by Stewart Ed
ward White. The story is laid In the
Black Hills In the days of the gold rush
| and tells an an absorbing manner of the
| implacable revenge of Michael Lafond, a
| half breed Indian, against Jim Buckley,
| from a wagon train for insulting one of
| the white women. Lafond rises to power
In the hills, murders the white woman,
kidnaps her daughter and raises the child
as his own daughter, later using the girl
as part of his scheme of revenge against
| Buckley. How Lafond's plans are frus-
| loves while the half breed meets his just
desserts in a plunge down a steep EN-
; bankment In a blackboard, brings a smash
| ing climax to an enthrallng narrative.
Muse-''The Thirteenth Chair" will be
shown here all week. Can spiritualsm con-
Wet a man for murder? Can the spirit of the
| murdered man speak through the lips Of
a clairvoyant and accuse his murderer?
Edward Wales sought to avenge the MUIR
der of his friend. Stephen Lee. by holding
spiritualistic seance. hoping, by fear Of
the supernatural, to wiring from the guilty
person, whom he had reason to believe
was present. confession of the crime. In
stead. as he asked the question, who killed
Stephen Lee of the clairvoyant he was
killed in the same mysterious manner as
his friend. THE Thirteenth Chair" is one
Of the most unique plots ever devised by
skilfull playwright to BATTLE and enthrali
an audience Bayard WELLER. who wrote
within the Law" set precedent In muir
der plots when he wrote The Thirteenth
Chair"
strand-Eugene OBrien IN the Perfect
Lover" The man who has gained fame
lover'-the man who has a larger fol-
lowing OF women than any other male
star-the man whom women watch with
yearning eyes and beating hearts. wishing
Is holding so tightly that she looks as If
she were going to lose her last drop OF
breath any minute-th- same man whom
the men watch with eagerness. hoping to
becoming "the perfect lover"-now comes
to the Strand. Who could be the perfect
lover but handsome. charming Eugene
love maker! With his eyes that shine
love, his mouth that speaks love and his
hands that give the thrills Of love, he
sure Is the perfect lover"
Moon-Gladys Brockwell in Broken
Commandments" Love overwhelming
commandments and caste, flames In the
life Of Nela Barnard and then turns to
ashes, and out Of the ashes arises as
strange a fate as ever led young woman
to ultimte happiness. This Is the theme
Of Broken Commandments" The con-
Wet lover who throws dice for posses
sion Of the girl and then mysteriously
passes out Of her life just as strangely
comes back again. telling his love story
to her husband. The final situation. when
the wife, the husband and the convict
lover-father Of her child-come face to