The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-07
MOVING PICTURES,
At the New Colonial.

AZ tne New Colonial.
This is the opening day of the
New Colonial moving picture show.
An unusual and distinctive play, "Out
of the Fog" has been selected by
the management for the initial bill.
1t is new Nazimova drama and the
action of the play starts In a little
fishing village in New England where
Faith, the sister of Job Coffin, known
throughout the country for his mar.
row and harsh outlook on life, and
his bigoted religious tendencies,
falls in love with young fisherman.
Before they can be married he is
lost in storm and Faiths little
daughter Eve is born fatherless. The
wrath of Job Coffin is terrible and
he dooms the young mother and her
babe t. perpetual solitude on a DESC
late island lighthouse in the Carib-
bean seas.
In despair Faith commits suicide
and Eve is left alone with her uncle
Dressed always in boys clothes, and
without companionship she grows to
beautiful womanhood on lonely "Cep-
ton Shoals" until romance and ad-
venture, comes to her when yacht,
is stranded on the treacherous shoals
in a dense and binding fog. The
story is beautifully told and superbly
acted and the star is seen in the
best and most dramatic role of her
internationally famous career. "Out
of the Fog" is the screen version of
'Ception Shoals" the play by H.
Austin Adams, poduced on the New
York stage by Nazimova and which
was one of the theatrical wonders of
the season. f.ry
WaIIy Reid, Alias "Mike Moran"
With the capable and good-looking
Anna Little, Wallace Reid appears at
the Grand tonight in his latest Para
mount play, "Alias, Mike Moran"
Emory Johnson and Edith Chapman
are others Of a good cast. alias
Mike Moran" is the story Of a weak
ling who turns hero with a punch.
The Critical X-Ray" says:
This story has more depth OF
feeling than shown eh ftin tfeu,w
ease starring this popular actor, and
permits of a wide range of action,
sentimental heart interest and scenes
Of modern industrial achievements.
The shipbuilding plant was especially
interesting, depicting an army of
men at work, while the story threads
is way through the rushing, hustling
,rowd. A good bit Of human nature
has been picturized and for that
'eason the appeal will be genuine"
A highly entertaining Vod-a-Vfl
movie will tickle the little ones and
please their elders-also tonight.
Beautiful Anita Stewart, stunning
v gowned as usual, appears at the
srand tomorrow in Mary Regain" a
tartling story of metropolitan plea
ure, an element of crook-life In
form. MARY Regan"
S from Leroy SCOTS novel that ap-
,eared in the Cosmopolitan.
Hippodrome Tonight.
Shall there be uniform divorce laws
the United States? At |
resent each state frames its own !
avs. with the result that man or |
7oman may legally re-marry In one |!
tate, and in another be considered |
bigamist. The migration Of divorce !
eekers from eastern states to west ;
rn states where divorces are easier !
0 obtain is another situation arising !
rom this fact.
An answer to the divorce law ques-
ion may be found in "The Divorce
rap" the William Fox photoplay
Gladys Brockwell, at the
theatre tonight. This
icture tells a story full of human
ppeal, of an innocent woman who
|; caught in the tolls of a crooked
ivorce case. She has no redress,
pparently, because her husband
nows how to use the law plausibly
, suit his own ends.
Also Ben Turpin in "Hippity Hop"
good comedy.
Tomorrow William Russell. bright
nd shining Flying Az star, pre-
,nts himself as a perfectly qualified
,ndidate for the presidency Of the
nanias club Of the world.
Some Liar" is billed for show
q at the Hippodrome tomorrow.
To Frame Railroad Policy.
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