The Topeka state journal., 1919-06-07


So firmly did they believe in those prin-
ciples that they made photoplay based
on that theme, under the title, "Oh, You
Women. which will be shown at the Iris
theater the first half of next week Ernest
Truck, the celebrated comedian, and Louise
Huff are the principals of the cast.
The subject is one of the most absorb
ing that has come as the result of the
recent war. and is particularly timely, be-
cause of the recent return of the warriors
who served so well In France. With no
idea in mind that it would be post war
propaganda, Mr.. Emerson and Miss Loos,
made this spectacular production, and
most flattering manner from all quarters,
particularly by government officials: Pathe
News will complete the program for the
At the Orpheum.
The program at the Orpheum for the
first half of next week will be a notable
photo drama entitled The Turn in the
Road" a story full of interest and
dramatic moments
Love is the keynote of 1.-The Turn in the
Road" photo drama written and produced
under the direction of King W. Vidor, one
of the most talented of the young writer's
for the screen.
drama vehicle for teaching the omni-
potence Of love thru the medium of a child.
man who has been brought up in the
fear of God, loses his faith when his bride
| OF year dies in childbirth, goes down
| into the depths, and becomes an agnostic
and derelict. After years of vain search
for the truth he is regenerated by the
simple faith of a child, his own, whom he
| had deserted.
while pathos, wholesome humor and a
| tender love story combine to make the pic
| ture one of the most appealing screen
| dramas ever produced.
| Pictorially, the production is a master
piece of artistic beauty, and the realism is
| accentuated by a vivid storm scene during
a big dramatic climax.
] Pathe News will conclude the Orpheum
program for the first half of next week.
At the Novelty.
| No recent production in films has scored
ed Tempest and Sunshine" a motion
picture version of Mary ]. Holmes novel
Of the same title. The play is said to ex-
was prodigious. the sales of the original
novel since publication 100000 copies.
| The direction of the motion picture version
| attractive in many of its big effects, the
thunder and lightning storms that bursts
old Kentucky plantation at the very in
slant that Tempest" and her entrapped
swain. the New Orleans Beau Lacy, being
| among these effective realisms. The scenes
| take in all the principal incidents of the
i original Holmes story, the Middleton pam
tation, the scenes in and around the post
office leading up to Joe Dunne's theft of
| the letters from Lacy to Sunshine" the
plot Of Tempest" to steal Lucy from her
sister, the part that the northern school
the two girls. including his tragic death,
the drowning of the village nondescript
whose body is mistaken for Julia's and
the other successfully and cumulatively
| gripping occurrences that make up the
! drama are all included in the firm reflex.
| There is picture of Julia's return after
her flight from the wedding ceremony, fol-
lowing Joe DUNES denunciation, also a
scene OF final reconciliation, when Sun
shine forgives her erring and passionate
rival for Lacy's heart. This picture plays
the Novelty all next week.
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