Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-11-24
ADJUSTMENTS
|Whopping Bill
at Colonial
For Two Days

oe6A' Laugh. Laugh
That Is what the people are 60
ing to do. today and Tuesday at the
Colonial theater for Uncle Tom is
going to be there. No, it is not I'm
Gle Toms Cabin" 1t is different from
that; it is Uncle Tom without a
Cabin" and it is upon that that the
story Of one Of the. most, delicious
comedies ever filmed is hung.
This is a Mack Sennett comedy
with Ben Turpin, Charley Conklin,
Marie Provost and the rest of the
greatest fun-makers in filmdom TAX
ing part. There is a theme to it, for
the two hilarious reels tell what be-
fell typical hick transforming COM
pany that attempted to play Uncle
Tom" and became stranded. 1. isn't
fair to describe the piece; as a mat
ter of fact it cannot be described, for
it is one of those productions that
simply must be seen to be appreciat-
ed. Only one showing will be given
in the evening and one in the after
noon.
Very different from this play is the
six-reel feature on the Colonial pro-
gram. This is the great Vitagraph
production The Lion and the Mouse
a wonderful screen version OF the
world-famous play by Charles Klein.
Alice Joyce, OF wondrous beauty
and marvellous appeal, one Of film
dom's greatest favorites, is the star.
In this great play, one of the most
successful ever given on the stage, a
clever girl, welding only a trenchant
pen. breaks the will of the most pow-
| erful financial genius in the world,
saves her own father from unmerit-
| ed disgrace and wins the only son
| Of the financier for herself. Miss
Joyce appears as this girl, Shirley
| Rossmore, and her Interpretation of
the famous character is living,
breathing one.
The picture was produced under
the personal supervision of Albert E.
Smith. president of Vitagraph, and
| was directed at vitagraph's Brooklyn
studio. under the direction of Tom
Terris. In the supporting cast are
Conrad Nagel. Anders Randolf, Hen
~ Hallam, T. w. Carlton, Mona
Kingsley. Jane Jennings. Templar
SAKE. w. H. Burton and Mary Carr.
Shirley's father is a federal judge
who issues a "ruinous'' injunction
against a railway, OF which ,onn
Burkett Ryder is the head. He makes
use Of the fact that years before the
judge had accepted from him zU,vO0
shares Of mining stock. with the I'M
Outstanding they were bonus given
all original stockholders. to bring
Impeachment proceedings in the Sen
ate against the Judge.
In Ryder's private safe are letters
from her father which prove his in
nocence and the plot centers about
the finally successful efforts Of Shir-
ley, through a novel she writes, to
obtain access to the safe to get the
letters and thus force Ryder to call
off the Impeachment trial. She Is
aided by Ryder's only son. who is
in love with Shirley, but who is for
even to communicate with her,
In addition to the afternoon pre-
sentation of THE Lion and the
Mouse" two performances will be
given in the evening, one at 6.45 and
the other at S.45. So great is this play,
that it is certain the Colonial will
again be packed by lovers Of the
best in pictures.
Other good things will also be Of
fered on the program. A Pathe COM
edy. "Rajah," is said to be one Of
the very best yet given by this SER
vice and the Kilograms for the first
of the week will be better than ever.
ADV.