The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-22
IN THE
FRONT ROW
HEApLINERs TONIGHT.

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Drama.
Htnnodrome 80. Manhattan Players
Photopiays.
Nalann The SQuaw Man
Tixia Common Clay
PRINCESS. Goddess Of Lost Lake
-, SCAR PRICE. who was editor OF
q West Virginia weekly news
~ paper not 80 long ago, having a
weekly at Ronceverte, has impressed
New York evidently. He first came
into national prominence through De,
tnH advanced to assistant director VI
railroads under w. G. McAdoo. Wne1
tl,at snap came to an end he carried
McAdoo into moving pictures: me
nrouosition is something new lot tue
Tim world. It is mutual" AT least
that is what Oscar styles the plan;
The proposition means the mutual
working of famous picture stars. Inc ne
project expects to begin making le'
releases by September. inc conSes a.
4 caIled the UNITED Artists ana 1usl
Il present It has been nicknamed Inc
PIC Eonr" Mr.. Price, in an interview
nnblished In New York, says: our
Hoiicv is primarily not to see now
.nanv nictnres We can turn out but
HOW good we can make them. THIS
Is q very laudable ambition anu Inc, snes
tregoers who are tired OF orulnSis
films will welcome such resolve
Some one out in Chicago cast JOKE
shout the organization. Referring TO
he "Hie Four" in films 1t was OBJ
,erved: "Ah-the inmates running the
asylum"
ucommon Clay" Strong Drama.
Today the Dixie is giving IT'S second
showing of Common Clay" thor
ouehbred photoplay, presented by some
~ the hest that can be found IN movie
casts. Fannie Ward is the leading
lady. In short, the story recites now
Ellen Nea, waif, is brutally abused
BY her supposed drunken father; sne
rebels against the drab and unlovely
SIDE Of life, aspiring to something bet
ter. After fighting temptation she
obtains q position as housemaid IN an
aristocratic family, and Is ruined by
the son. who leaves for the war. the
naughty mother intercepts his letters
int Ellen fights for the rights OF her
child. At the trial she discovers net
legal father is Judge Filson. Wnen
education has developed her for so
cial position the lovers are united py
her father.
Il is a big, powerful story, amazing
IN ia frank delineation Of life, and
VIII add laurels to Miss Wards
wreath Of fame. There Is an unde'
niabie appeal attached to the career
OF the girl who is buffetted about os
such cruel tate. and the interest IN
.creases as the writer skilfully and IN.
diligently presents tense thrills and
intricate situations in the plot One
n unable to recall a more tragic Gil
max than that In the court room scene
Louise eiaum 10 the Star.
After taking its own time IN getting
underway and letting the spectator
know the reason for being 'The God
dess Of Lost Lake." q fivepart picture,
produced by the Louise Glaum Organ
si1ation, and showing at the Princess
today, develops an interesting TO-
nance IN q picturesque setting among
the mountains OF the West.
The grandfather Of the heroine Is
married to q full hlooded Indian WON
a. IN the early days, and daughter
ID born 10 them. She in turn marries
. white man. an English prospector
who Is searching the region for gold
ana hears legend about the treasures
of. Lost Lake. An Indian Prince was
killed and robbed by white men who
were anxious to find out where he
procured the nuggets he brought to the
settlement in payment for goods. Since
that time an Indian has stood guard
over the piece Of shore IN which the
gold was found, the old chief having
decreed that the blood OF the first
white man who tries to take any Of the
treasure away must pay for that OF
the murdered Indian.
Mary Thone, the part played by
Louise Glaum, is sent to college by her
father, and returns home an accom-.
plished woman. She meets wealthy
young Englishman while away. He
comes to Mary's home on hunting
trip and the girl receives him DISCUS
ed as an uncivilized Indian. Her OBJ
iect Is only to play trick on Ham
ilton, but friend Of his speaks SO
slightingly Of her to him that Mary
leaves the camp where her uncle and
the two Englishmen are staying and
returns home. Her father is killed
when he discovers the gold Of Lost
Lake. and Mary and Hamilton become
man and wife.
Lasssy Attraction at Nelson.
Nelson is playing 1.-THE Squaw
Man" on his popular screen today, a
drama of human interest filmed in
4 brilliant appeal. 1t is taken from one
sof Edward Milton,s famous stage sue
cesses, and is filled with pathos, hu.
NOR and charm, with enough quick &C
ton in string frontier situations to
keep one thoroughly alive to the
scenes before him. According to the
story, Jim Wynnegate loves Diana
wife Of the Earl OF Kerhill, his cousin
For her sake he assumes the crime
Of the Earl and goes to America, where
/, he eventually marries Naturich. Di
ana and her husand 90 to America and
find Jim, whose life for a second time
Is saved by Naturich, who kills the
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