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RENE CASTLE. star OF the Par
amount-Artcraft special picture,
The Firing Line" which will
be shown at the Rialto theater to-
day. has an enviable war record as
entertainer and nurse. She spent
many months or the firing line in
France and as a nurse in British and
American hospitals in England, she
won the undying respect and grati-
tude of every wounded soldier to
whose comfort she devoted all of
her time.
After her husbands death Irene
Castle enlisted" as an entertainer
ana worked until her health broke
down On the way to England
| crossing on the Megantic full of
trocps-she found her first work,
singing, dancing, and telling stories
TO the boys as the boat plowed its
way through the submarine zone.
Then one night there came sub
marine warning, and an hour of
| terrible tension before the ship es-
capped unframed. BY that time it
was 2 a. m, and Mrs. Castle pro-
ceeded to give an impromptu per-
fc,mance' to make the boys for
get and cheer them up for what
was left of the night
Though she was commanded to
appear befor the king and queen,
and also had Marshal Joffre as a
spectator, the greter part of Mrs.
Castles work was with the
"blighted" Tommies and doughboys.
FRITZ Brunette, William Russell's
leading lady in his latest picture,
"A Sporting Chance which is
showing at the Sun today. says she
is only just beginning to live down
the nickname of Georgia cracker"
This uncouth label was pasted up-
on her when she first entered Pic
ture-Land, some years ago. because
of the broad dialect that folks who
are born and educated in Savannah
come by naturally. Since then, she
explained. daily assertion with hub
by Bob Daly-who is a Bostonian
of the Bostonans - has virtually
eliminated the "yall' from her vo-
cabulary.
Miss Brunette's beauty is as dusky
as her surname implies. and in her
role Of Gilbert Bonheur. the only
woman figuring in the cast of "A
Sporting Chance, she is said to be
more exquisitely charming than
ever.
Beauty, Truth and Love in the
persons of May Allison, Kathleen
kerrigan and Pell Trenton meet
again in The Uplifters," the latest
play in which Miss Allison is starred
and which comes to the Empress for
four days starting today. This ideal
trio appeared in "Everywoman." the
Henry w. Savage production in
which Miss Allison made her stage
debut. She was seen as Beauty,
while Miss kerrigan enacted Truth
and Pell Trenton the King Of Love.
Separated since then by work in
other productions, these three
friends meet again in this clever
comedy, which will be shown at
the Empress.
Beginning on August 3, the Muse
Iheater will offer one show each
week. The first of this series will
be the big stage success, "Oh Boy"
adapted from the Elliott, Comstock
& Gest road show. Albert Capel-
lni the screen genius who directed
Nazimova in The Red Lantern"
has evolved a perfect film musical
comedy The cast includes June
Caprice. Creighton Hale, Flora
Finch, Zena Keefe. w. H. Thomp-
son. Joseph Conyers. Grace Reals,
J. X. Murray, Lefty Finn and many
others, including a beauty chorus
which will present songs from ooh
Boy" Other attractions booked are:
Manning in The West-
H. B. Warner in The Man
Who Turned White" Mildred Har-
ris (Mrs. Charlie Chaplin) in For
bidden,' Zazu Pitts in Better
Times" (produced by King Vidor,
who was responsible for one of the
most popular successes of the past
season, The Turn in the Road"O,