Arizona republican., 1919-12-27
"Are You Fit to Marry7"

"Are You Fit to Marry7"
 When Dr. Harry J. Haiselden re- fused to perform a simple surgical op- eration on the now famous Bollinger baby, several years ago, and allowed the child to die. because of its deformi- ties, he not only brought down on his head condemnation and praise, but he established the plot for a film drama which has rocked the sentiments of America. The drama Are You Fit to Marry written by Jack Lait, we'll known short story writer and newspa- per man, will be shown at the Colum- bia theater three days starting to- morrow.
 Are You Fit to Marry?', carries an appeal to the emotions possessed by few classics on the screen. The fact that it deals with a problem every thinking person is vitally interested in, shown in different sections of the country, magnets for throngs of peo- pie.
 Playwright have discovered that the greatest dramatic situations ex- ta.nt, occur in real life and no more thrilling picture has ever been pro- duced than this.
 The picture centers around Dr. Haiselden's refusal to operate on the Bollinger baby to save it's life, because 1t was deformed. The powerful story has been written around the momen-  sode This story is the theme of Are You Fit to Marry?'
 "The Firing Line" at Lamara
 Irene Castle. appearing in ''The Fir ing Line, finishes her engagement at the Lamara, with the final showings today "The Firing Line" is the Para mount -Artcraft special adaptation and presentation of Robert w. Chambers absorbing novel modern society life, of the same name. and brings Irene Castle to Phoenix in one of the biggest pictures she has ever made. Tremen- dous in appeal, and strong with the thrill of expectancy. the production will also delight as beautiful master piece from the sheer force of artistic conceit and magnificent staging and setting. The gowns worn in the pro- duction are claimed to be the most elaborate ever used in a motion pic ture. After witnessing the picture. this statement is at once reconciied for never has the art of the modiste been more emphatically displayed.
 The story centers around the exclu- sive society at Palm Beach, Florida, then swings to New Yorlx's fashionable district. and ends in the hunting lodge region of the Adirondacks, where the strange climax is screened.
 Gladys Brockwen in Chasing Rain bows"
 Harry Carey at the Hip
 Harry Carey, appearing in "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" will be seen for the final showinss today at the Hip.
 The picture was made from the we'll known story of Bret Harte's perhaps best known story. It is enveloped in the atmosphere of the early west, and depicts Harry Carey in the role of the gentleman gambler whose loneliness prompted him to adopt a homeless boy waif, and rear him to manhood The boy has SO wrapped himself around the heart of his foster father that the fathers life is actually centered in his sons" happiness. As the story un- folds, the pretty romance which en- tered the gambler life is given full sway. The girl, much younger than the man who loves her in sweetness and gentleness personified. Then comes the tragedy of the gamblers life. which he gladry accepts in the spirit of sacrifices, for the boy also loves this girl. and rather than de- stroy the boy's happiness, the father Dteps aside, that the call of youth to youth may be gratified-
 It is . Carey triumph which has proven a most enjoyable attraction during this engagement.
 Tomorrow starts the engagement of Enid Bennett tn s'Rartnars ThrsA"