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Evening star., 1919-08-31

Paramount-Artcraft feature,
The Miracle Man." is billed for the
opening of Moore's Garden Theater
today and for all this week:
The original story. written by
Frank l.. Packard, was produced as
a stage play. by George NJ. Cohan
The film drama is now being shown
in New York at a 81 admission price,
II Is said The screen version is
claimed to be even more absorbing
and thrilling in it's development of
the striking story which shows the
transformation. under the influence
of an ennobling environment, of four
notorious crooks of New York's un-
derworld. who hearing of the healing
powers of an old patriarch of the
hills determine on capitalizing this
power to make money for them
selves Elinor Fair. Betty Compson.
Lon CLANCY. Joseph Bowling and
others are in the cast.
Special attention is invited by the
management to its augmented or =
cnestra and a recently installed pipe
organ. also to exceptional supple
tai films which complete the bill
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strand Misleading
Widow"

Moore's Strand Theater will open
the season today with delightful
screen romance. The Misleading
Widow" starring Miss Billie Burke.
by a special arrangement between
the president of the Famous Players
Lasky Corporation and Florenz Zieg-
field. jr.
Miss Burke has the role of Betty
Taradine, who is married and later
deserted by her husband because of
her extravaganza. She lives in a big
house in little New England vik
lage where Col. Preedy, a wounded
army officer is cOnvalescing. Betty.
harassed by creditors and short of
funds, announces that her husband
has died in South Africa so that she
can collect his insurance. He turns
up. however, at time to make an
interesting story
Short features and an. orchestra
tion above the average will complete
two-hour program.
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Regular Girl" in Difference to the
stars wishes, it is said.

Regular Girl" in Difference to the
stars wishes, it is said.
Now that Basil King has been lured
into writing for the movies. he has
found chronicler who predicts "he
will hatch a new novel during a four
day trip to the coast The movie
press agent is so sociable-and so
daring.
Fatty" Arbuckle is such a prac-
tical joker. his press agent says. The
other day he lighted newspaper
which his foil" Buster Keaton. was
reading. and the blaze almost burned
Busters eyebrows. Funny? No, not
exactly. 1t was just an old bump
broken out in a new spot.
Goldwyn Pictures. having annexed
the Messrs. Shubert. A. H. Woods and
the Selwyns. has capped the climax
by taking over in their entirety the
Bray Photographs. three editions in
stead of one of which will be issued
every week.
viii Rogers is to perpetuate the
Billy Fortune magazine stories in the
films. There is to be no taking. but
the character will be portrayed by
the actors simple naturainess. it is
announced.
There will be special holiday mat
Itnees tomorrow in all Of the Crandall
Theaters in Washington. The photo
play programs will begin in the
knlckerbocker. Savoy and Apollo
Continued on Eleventh Page.)
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Photoplay Features.
PALACE-''The Valley of the
Giants"

Loew's Palace Theater, at o'clock
this afternoon, will offer the widely
ley of the Giants" an adaptation of
the story by Peter B. Kyne. The pic
ture will inaugurate the new Palace
policy of exhibiting no featured at
traction for less than seven days. THE
Valley of the Giants is a story of the
California redwood country, featuring
Wallace Reid in the role of John
Cardigan, the only son of a pioneer
logger. who faces host of enemies,
almost single-handed, in a fight for
millions. railroad franchise and
the beautiful daughter of his arch
enemy. 1t is a tale of deep forests, of
rough and lawless men, and of in
trigue and treachery, with love and
fortune as the stake, and no quarter
asked on either side. Grace Darmond
has the role opposite the star and Kay
Laurell, the famous "Follies" beauty.
also has special role. Special music
will be feature
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KNICKERB0CKER-'aThe Spite
Bride" .--.------

Olive Thomas will be pictured at
Crandalls Knickerbocker Theater
also today and tomorrow in "The
Spite Bride" Miss Thomas is a noted
beauty of the "Follies." Tuesday and
Wednesday, a new Metre feature,
Easy to Make Money" will feature
Bert Lytell as. young spender who
made good despite the contrary
prophecy of his millionaire father
Thursday and Friday. Bessie Barris-
Gale will be pictured in The Woman
Michael Married" supported by Jack
Holt. The supplementary feature will
be The Dentist" Mack Sennett
comedy. Saturdays Offering will be
Rose of the West" starring NADIA
line Traverse.
The daily bill will include other
films, and there will be an extra mat
inee tomorrow at 2 80 O'Clock.
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CRANDALL'S-"The Woman
Michael Married"

The Woman Michael Married"
new photodrama featuring Bessie
Barriscale. will be shown at Gran
dalls Theater the first three. days Of
this week. beginning today. 1t is de-
scribed as a production not surpassed
in magnitude or beauty. Wednesday
and Thursday Tom Moore will be pic
tured in 'Heartsease," Charles klein's
memorable play which served to in
troduce Henry Miller as a star of the
speaking stage under the manage
ment of the late Charles Frohman.
IL IS the story of a struggling young
composer whose opera is stolen, but
whose melody, nevertheless, brings
romance.
Norma Talmadge will be, pictured
the last two days of the week in THE
way OF Woman" adapted from Eu-
Lee"
Ihe daily bill will be supplemented
accornpa n;neDt
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CoLUMBIA-'The Hornets Nest .
RIALTO-"T -"The Right to Happi
ness"

To inaugurate it's 1919-1920 season.
Moore's Rialto Theater announces
the photo play THE Right to Happi-
ness featuring Dorothy Phillips in
dual role. starting today and continu-
ing for a full week.
1.-The Right to Happiness is de-
scribed as one of the big pictures.
written and directed by Allen Hoiu-
bar, tremendous, dramatic and visual
izing an intelligent solution Of the
problem of labor unrest. 1t is claimed
it also gives a reasonable and logical
solution to the H. C. l.. problem.
The Rialto orchestra, under Daniel
Breeskin will offer an exceptional
musical program and short film sub
jects will complete the bill. -
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New Policy mt Palace.-Loew's Pal
ace Theater today enters upon it's
new policy of showing no picture for
less than seven days. The auxiliary
features and musical program will be
of the same long-run value
One of the biggest innovations at
the Palace to meet this change is the
augmentation of the Palace orches-
ira Director Cannon will begin the
season this afternoon with an or
chestra of IS men selected with the
aim of providing an accomplished
soloist for every instrument
evitable penalties of stage success is
ihe insisted exposure of ones private
life. Nothing gratife; the press agent
quite so much as free rein with an
actress past and nothing, be 1t said
with equal truth. is read with greater
avidity than bits of intimate gossip
about stage folk by those who dearly
love to show their superiority by al
ways being lin the know"
Probably one ever paid much
attention to the fireside activities of
Olive Thomas when she was a cash
girl in Horne's department store in
Pittsburgh at weekly wage of So.
nor yet when she was elevated to the
high station of ''saleSlady in ging-
hams" at IS per.
Nothing leaps to mind. in fact, even
remotely connected with the home
concerns of Miss Thomas when she
became a model for Photographic
art studies in New York. But when
she joined Ziegfeld's highly ornate
"'FollieS," the gentlemen of the sub
sidized typewriters began to peer into
the past
1t seems that Olive Thomas isn't,
or rather wasn't. Olive Thomas after
all Before this young woman had
been declared the most beautiful
model in Anrarica by Harrison Fisher
who ought to know-she was plain
Olivetta Duffy. an optimistic, unas-
Stunning little Irish girl with golden
brown hair and blue eyes that belong
only to the land of the shmrock.
Fame and BroadwayS generous
measure sof popularity did not spoil
Olivetta Buffy. When she decided
that Jack Pickford was the one she
accompanied him quietly over to the
Jersey side" and, with one witness
from Jacks company. became Mrs.
Jack Pickford. Neither her mother
nor Mrs. Pickford knew about it until
afterward. but both were pleased, it
Rs>said-at any rate Jack and Olivetta
are.
A Coming Tidbits.-Mack Sennett's
'broad-comedy film. Yankee Doodle
in Bersin," is booked for early show
ing in this city.
1t depicts the adventures of an
American aviator who is detailed to
go to Berlin and learn enemy Sc
crets. How the flyer disguises him
self as a ravishingly beautiful wom-
an and then goes to the German
capital, where he makes goats" of
the Kaiser and the Prussian war
lords, is said to be very funny.
Boutwell, Browne, one of the noted
female impersonators, plays the role
of the flyer.
A big feature here will be the per-
sonal appearance of group of the
famous Mack Sennett beauties on the
stage at each show.
Evening star., 1919-08-31

n T. '-oi
poration has passed the
buck" in the better moving
picture" movement to the
exhibitor and to, the general
public-to the exhibitor, by the adop-
tion of "the seleetive booking sys-
tenn" whereby the exhibitor is free to
choose the good and to reject the bad.
TO the general public, by assuming
that it's patronage will clearly indi-
cate what it wants. The week begin
ming today has been set apart it is
announced, for the inauguration by
the corporation of a new era in screen
history, which guarantees the pubic
a new standard of film entertainment.
Under the seIective booking system
the exhibitor is free "to shop around,
purchase the pictures which he knows
his patrons want and rot be COM
PEELED to buy a lot of junk in order to
get pictures of merit. An arrange
ment has also. been effected whereby
TO motion picture theater is distant
more than twenty-four hours from
one of the corporations twenty-siX
film exchanges. thus assuring quick
service. The purpose of this is 10
give the small exhibiting center e
advantage of the big city and the
small-town theater perfect film i'm
mediately after it has been furnished
to the first and second run" theaters
TO meet this undertaking, it is OBJ
vious that the big pictures, which
will naturally be in big demand.
should be exhibited longer than a day
or so, and the larger theaterS, there
fore, will be obliged to retain them
for full weeks run. This is mani
festly fair, productions worth
while cost great deal of money. The
week run. also. will enable everybody
to see them who cares to do so.
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METROPOLITAN-''The Spite
Bride"

CrandaIl's Metropolitan Theater will
show all this week, beginning today.
"'rhe Spite Eride." a film version OF
tae story by Louise Winter, featuring
olive Thomas as song -and-dance
erformer in vaudeville who is in
duced by her more daring partner TO
marry rich young man in order to
secure money wherewfth the veteran
in the two-a day may secure di-
Vorce. The complications that follow
a midnight marriage are many. but
the ACTON of the story always stays
within bounds and consistently pur
-ues d romantic course that permits
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BEScIE
RARR1ScALE
g Tie Momaz
Mzch7ez Maxz-zed"
POLLS Daddy Long Legs"

POL1'S-"Uaddy Long Legs.
Today from 3 to II pm. with daily
showings thereafter from to II pm.
Nary Pickford's photoplay, Daddy
Long Legs will be the attraction at
Miss Pickford in the screen version
of the famous story by Jean Webster
plays not only the role of Judy Alb
bott. the little orphan who passes her
childhood in the John Grier Home,
but Shakespeare's "Juliet"si in Romeo
and Juliet as well. This comes
about in the latter part of the pic
ture. when Judy has been sent to col
lege by her mysterious benefactor.
On the college green. when she grad
rates, Romeo and Juliet" is played.
Mahlon Hamilton is pictured as Dad
dy Long Legs; Marshall A. Neilan.
the director of the picture, is Jimmie
Mcbride, a suitor: MilIa Davenport rs
Mrs. Lippett, the superintendent of the
orphan home, and Fay Lemport is An
gelica Wychoff, a spoiled little rich girl.
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porting Tom Moore in his new picture
based on a Pinero play.

porting Tom Moore in his new picture
based on a Pinero play.
Wallace Reid's new picture, 1.-The
Lottery Man." puts him up as the
prize in a lottery that catches the
fancy of the marriageable girls.
Pauline Fredericks new picture,
Bonds of Love-" by Louis Sherwin is
near its release stage. 1t is described
as "a new twist of the eternal tri-
angle"
Edward Days famous melodrama
The Round-Up," which ran. as a
1907. is to be screened by Famous
Players -Lasky
Helene Chadwick and Rockcliffe Eel
loves have leading roles in The Cup
of Fury, Rupert Hughes story, which
will be the first of the Eminent Au-
thors' productions.
1t is announced that Goldwyn has
purchased large airplane motor
equipped. with an aerial propeller to
/, be used as "a WIND machine" when
ever winds storms are required for pic
lures.
William S. Hart has just completed
new. picture, John Petticoats."
which might indicate a new line of
departure in Characterization, and is
now planning some of the most not
able etc. etc, etc.
Jack Pickford has signed longtime
contract with Goldwyn and has gone
to Culver City. Calf, to begin work at
once. The young star celebrated his
twenty-third birthday anniversary
August 10. He began work ten years
ago as Biograph in Jack Smith.
The Famous Player-Lasky Corpora
tion announces that it is working
closely in harmony with progressive
exhibitors to raise the standard of
motion pictures. Its program of pro-
duction for this year is said to be
the most advanced and the most
elaborate that has ever been prepared.
An original series of Aim comedie IS
has been announced by Nathan H.
Friend head of the educational de-
partment of the famous Players
Lasky Corporation. called so This Is
of Ring W. Lardner. the humorist;
Arthur B. Reeve. author of the Craig
Kennedy stories. and John w. Grey,
the screen writer.
Elaine Hammerstein, with her lead
ing man, Walter McGrail. and Director
Alan Cosland. has gone to Coopers-
town. n. Y, in search of atmosphere
and scenic settings for her picture
version of Booth Harrington and Ju-
liam Streets stage play, The Country
Cousin"
&c c;a Ton to- f~C al
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Olympic.

~ Today and tomorrow. Clara Kim
ball Young, in The Better Wife;
Tuesday, Priscilla Dean, in 1.-The Ex-
GuiSite Thief; Wednesday, Bryant
Washburn. in "A Very Good Young
Man: Thursday. Emmy Wehlan, in
Fools and Their Money: Friday.
Dustin Farnum. in IA Mans Fight; /;
Saturday, Arthur Ashley, in. The
Praises Agent
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American.

Today. Anita Stewart and Earle
Williams, in The Painted World :;
tomorrow, Viola Dana, in Some
Bride: Tuesday. Pauline Frederick,
in The Woman in the Case; We'd
nesday, June Elvidge. in Coax Me-;
Thursday, Marguerite Clark. in
Girls: Friday, Elsie Ferguson. in
THE Avalanche" and Saturday,
Charles Ray, in "Hayfoot, Strawfoot."
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Savoy.

Today. Viola Dana. in The Mi
crobe"; tomorrow May Allison. in
almost Married.: Tuesday. Mabel
SNormand. in "Upstairs"; Wednesday.
Alice Joyce in The Spark Divine; !;
Thursday. "The Clouded Name; Fri
day Lila Lee, in Rose o. the River; !;
Saturday. Wallace Reid, in The Love
RurpIar''
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Carolina.

Today, Clara Kimball Young. in
Better Wife; tomorrow, Stuart
Holmes. in Another Mans Wife;
Tuesday, Olive Thomas. in prudence
on Broadway: Wednesday, Marguer-
ite Clark. in Girls: Thursday. Mon
tagu Love. in "A Broadway Saint;
Friday, Pauline Frederick. in "Sapho'; !;
Saturday, Anita King. in "One Against
Many
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AMUSEMENTS.
SEE THE
SWIMMING
CHAMPIONSHIP
OF THE DISTRICT
Decided at the
TIDAL BASIN BATHING BEACH

MONDAY. LABOR DAY. AT O'CLOCK
Silver loving cups awarded Monday TO man
and woman declared aquatic champion of the
District. Entries in the meets accepted one
hour before each event. Increased locker facil-
tiles make it possible to accommodate any size
crowd. Suits rented.
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Princess.

Today, Olive Thomas. in prudence
on Broadway; TOMORROW, Marguerite
Clark. in Girls; Tuesday, Montagu
Love. in "A Broadway Saint;
Wednesday. Pauline Frederick. in
"Sapho": Thursday, Anita King, in
'One Against Many, Friday, Gerald
inc Farrar, in Maria Rosa; Sat
'urday. Tom Moore, in Brown of
Harvard
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Avenue Grand.

stairs; tomorrow. Viola Dana, in
The Microbe"; Tuesday, Lila Lee. in
Rose % the River; Wednesday and
Thursday. Wallace Reid. in The Love
Burglar; Friday. The Clouded
Name; Saturday, May Allison, in al
most Married"
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Apollo.

Today. May Allison. in Almost Mar
ried"; tomorrow. Mabel Normand. in
Upstairs: Tuesday. The Praise
Agent; Wednesday. Viola Dana. in
THE Microbe"; Thursday, Alice Joyce,
in "The Spark Divine; Friday, Wall
lace Reid, in 'The Love Burglar;
Saturday, Lila Lee. in Rose O. the
River"
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Betty CoMRsoN and
JOSEPH DOWL1NG
"NeM Mz1aCh Non i"

the Introduction of .colorful scenes.
An escape from burning yacht, a
back-stage view of a variety per-
Torrance and a gorgeous charity ba
zaar furnish high lights in film
drama replete with surprises.
A new two-reel comedy, "Yaps and
Yokels.' the news pictorial Or
chestral accompaniment, with the
overture, ''The Mill on The Clif," COM
plete the program. -. j.
COLUMBIA-"The Hornets Nest. y
A brilliant story. by. Mrs. Wilson
Woodrow, THE Hornets Nest. in
picture form, with Earle Williams in
the leading role. will be shown at
Loew's Columbia Theater at 8 O'Clock
this afternoon and the, first half of
this week. 1t is the story of two men
thIown together in adversely. and OF
how the stronger will dominates the
weaker. turns It toward the good. and
brings happiness and love to both
from tangle of human destiny that
seemed impossible of solution. The
production will be supplemented by
the usual Photographic and orches-
tral classics.
The latter half of this week Lila
("Cuddles") Lee will be seen in THE
Hear nf Youth -
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Circle.

Today. Irene Castle, in The Fir
ing Line; tomorrow. Bryant Wash
burn, in "A Very Good Young Man:
Tuesday. Catherine Calvert. Eugene
O'Brien and Rubye De Remer, in
.Ejres Of Faith; Wednesday. Gather
inc Calvert, in 1.-The Career of kath-
crime Bush; Thursday. THE Woman
Thou Gavest Me-; Friday, Marguerite
Clark, in Girls: Saturday. Wallace
Reid. in "The Love Burglar.
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Lyric.

Today. Mrs. Charlie Chaplin: in
Home: tomorroM. Mary Miles Min
asx d Marearite Fisher. in "The Tiger
I.iivr: wednesday, Anita King. in
zone Against Many; Thursday. Bry-
ant Washburn. in "All wrong; Fri
dav. Alice Brady. in "The World to
Live In" and Saturday. Louise Glaum.
i. ..,uo.atUr.
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Liberty.

Today, Charles Ray. in "Hayfoot,
Strawfoot': tomorrow. Bryant Wash.
burn in putting 1t Over; Tuesday:
Marguerite Clark. in Miss George
Washington.; "Wednesday. Pauline
frederick. in. "The Peace of Roaring
River": Thursday. Olive Thomas. in
Loves Prisoper"; Friday. Irene Cas-
dav The white Heather"
Evening star., 1919-08-31

Bryant Washburn. having finished
why Smith Lett Home" has about
started ut Pays to Advertise" as his
next picture
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Basil King is reported to be now at
Culver City supervising the filming of
his story, "The Street Called Straight
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Olive Thomas IS to be starred in a
film version of the stage play. The
Girl From Out Yonder," by Selznick.
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ADJUSTMENTS.
PHILHARMONIC COURSE
SECOND SEASON, 1919 1920
COURSE OF FIVE CONCERTS-RY
WORLO.RENOWNE ARTISTS

WORLD-RENOWNE ARTISTS
POLLS THEATER-4:30 O'CLOCK.
Tues. Oct. 2s-GERALDINE FARRAR,
Prima Donna from The Metropolitan Opera
We'd, Nov. 5-METRoPoIuAN oPIRA
QUARTET.
Grand Operc tic sConccrs. Nine Frances Aida
soprano; Giovanni Mart.neli. Tenor; Gu s.ppi
De Luca, Esritonc, from the Metropolitan Grand
Opera; Caroline Iazsari. Contraljo, from the
Chicago Grand Opera.
Fri. Nov. 14-FR1rz KRErsLER, violin;st.
Tres.. Nov. sS-RACEAANINoFF, Pianist.
We'd. Dec. 17-J0HN MCCORMACK. Tenor
Season Tickets-Orchestra. $3.50; BALCONY.
First Five Rows. $3.50; Balcony. Remaining
Rows. $40; Boxes. $3.50. Gallery seats all sold
Mail orders. accompanied by check. may be
sent to Mrs. Wilson, reene. 26O1 Connecticut
ave lCheck must include war taxi
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The name of Elsie Janis first Selz-
nick photoplay has been changed
from ''Everybodys Sweetheart" to "A
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Empire.

Today. Irene Castle. in The Firing
Line; tomorrow and Tuesday. Marion
Davies. in The Dark Star; Wednes-
day, Catherine Calvert. in The Ca
reer of Katherine BUSH; THURSDAY.
Sessue Hayakawa in THE Man Be
meath; Friday, Priscilla Dean. in
pretty Smooth" and Saturday.
George Walsh, in Putting One Over
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Home.

Today, Stuart Holmes. in Another
Mans Wife; tomorrow, olive Thom-
as in "Prudence on Broadway" Tues
day. Marguerite Clark. in Girls; (;
Wednesday,. Montagu Love. in "A
Frede rick. in "Sapho"; Friday. Anita
King. in "One Against Many: Sat
urday. Geraldine Farrar. in Maria
Rosa" -
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Filnograns.

Legisla tive effort is to be made to
remove the tax on moving pictures.
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New Photoplays Next Week.

His Majesty, the American an
eight-reel Douglas Fairbanks por-
duction. including Marjorie Daw and
Frank Campeau in the picture cast,
at both Loew's Palace and Columbia
theaterS, all the week.
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1t is announced that Will Rogers has
devoted his life to producing and pre-
serving the life-likeness of true
western characters.
Kathleen Kirkham and Henry Miller,
jr., have been added to the cast sup
Evening star., 1919-08-31

Selznick has purchased the photo
play rights to Eugene Walters play,
Just a Wife"
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= THE Perfect Lover" featuring Eu-
gene O'Brien as a. film star. at
Crandalls Metropolitan all the week
and at the Knickerbocker next Sun
day and Monday.
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BE a Little Sport" featuring AL
bert Ray.and Elinor Fair, next Sun
day through Tuesday; Ethel Clayton,
in "a Sporting Chance" Wednesday
and Thursday. and Emmy Wehlen,
Friday and Saturday of next week,
at Crandall'S.
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Paid in Advance" featuring Dor
othy Phillips and Priscilla Dean, and
Cheating Herself" featuring Peggy
Hyland, the former Tuesday and
Wednesday of next week. and the lat
ter Saturday of next week, at the
KnickeroOcker