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"The Common Cause" Now
Showing at the Unique

Inc common cause NOW
Showing at the Unique
If, after reading the peace
terms of America and her Allies.
there remains in anybody's mind
any doubt as to what the Allies
fought for, it will be cleared
quickly and completely by ''The
Common Cause. j. Stuart Black
toms latest screen masterpiece,
which began a three days engage
ment at the Unique Theatre on
Wednesday,.
Here is screen production
which truly may be called a tri-
umph. Its splendid theme-the
cause of civilization upheld by
the fighting forces of America
and the Allied nations-is pres
ented in a spledidly convincing
manner, it's drama rich in viril-
ity and pathos, is portrayed by a
cast unrivaled in the history of
the screen; it's comedy touches
are unctuous and are artistically
handled; its war scenes, with
tanks, battleplanes, big guns and
masses of men in action, are
powerful and authentic.
"The Common Cause" comes
as near being perfect blend of
patriotic propaganda and enter
tanning drama as anything that
has ever been shown on the
screen. The production was made
under the auspices of and with
the cooperation of the British
Canadian Recruiting Mission.
and Commodore Blackton also
had the assistance of American.
French and Italian officers and
troops in the making of a mighty
subject. The result is a screen
feature not only of great time
illness now, but also one which
will live and endure.
The production is fitting sue
cessor to "The Battle Cry of
Peace" sWomanhood, the Glory
of the Nation" and "Over the
Top" three powerful war sub
iects given to the screen by Vita
graph, distributor of this latest
effort of Commodore Blackton.
The cast III The Common
Cause" is triumph in itself, be
cause it is doubtful if there has
ever been a screen production
which brought together such a
wonderful array of talent. Her.
bert Rawlinson and Sylvia Brea-
mer, the featured stars in a
campany of stars, arc both
known to screen fans because of
their work in big productions,
and the same thing applies to-
Huntley Gordon, Charles and
Violet Blackton, Louis Dean,
Mile, Marcel and Philip Van Loan.
In the prologue and epilogue,
which visualize "the common
cause" appear five of the most
beautiful and talented women of
the American stage: Marjorie
Rambeau, representing "Cc!um-
bia" Violet Heming Britannia
Irene Castle "France" Julia Ar
thur Italy and Effie Shannon,
Belgium"
The story of the "Comlnon
Cause" is a complete story of the
war starting out with a prologue
picturing the betrayal of Bel
gium and the entrance in their
order, of the Allies into the war.
The development of the romance
begins at a Red Cross fete in
New York City, with the intro
duction of the three principal
characters-Orrin Palmer, a sue
cessful consulting engineer;
Helene, his wife, a social butter
fly, and Edward Wadsworth, a
young bachelor, with whom she
is infatuated.
Gossip long has connected the
names of Helen and Wadsworth
and at the Red Cross fete Pal
mer discovers Wadsworth kiss
ing his wife's hand.
America has just entered the
war, and Helene, her husband
gone throws herself with ener-
gy into war work, and it isthru
her insistence that Wadsworth
enlists, after she tells him that
their petty Loves" should be for
gotten in such a crisis. And, at
the same time, in the Far West.
Palmer, unknown to his wife,
enlists and gets a commission as
a captain in the Marine Corps.
The scene changes to Chateau
Thierry, with the dramatic meet
ing there of Palmer and Wads-
worth as their regiments enter
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