Omaha daily bee., 1920-12-12
Sun-"It's !, Great Life

Fioise Randall .......... Molly Malone
Lucille Graham. ..;.....;, Cara Horton
This. Wop. 90. ......... Howard Ralston
Professor Randall. ....!., Tom Perrsa
Big Graham. .......... Ralph Bushman
Smali ..'.......'..... mex Gns.sy
"The imaginative powerstof six
teen year old boys mind along with,
his worship of fellow scholar are.
clearly shown in the Mary Roberts
Rinehart story, Empire Buildcrs,,
produced for the screen as Gold
wsn-Eminent Authors produetion
as "It's Great Life" which plays
at the Sun theater this week. : y
The Wop, played by Howard
Ralston, was the willing prep
school slave of Stoddard III. played
by Cullen Lands. his greatest
trouble being Stoddard's favoritism
for the girls. The Wop conceives
the idea Of an Empire, with .Stod-
dard reigning as king and himself
as prime minister, but is unable to
tempt his king.F The finding Of a
pearl in some oysters solves the
problem of bait to attract Stoddard
but Heeessitates moving the. empire
to asdesert island off the Gulf of
California, Inhabited by cannibals,
because of theapearl. fisheries there.
Visions Of the ex-king offering his
choicest-wives to Stoddard. the new
king, are conjured by the Wop's
wonderful imagination. Then his
tory repeats itself, an empire comes
to ruin because of a woman, The
coming sof Eloise, the professors
dauahttss .speils al plans: s 8
Rialto1.Dangerous Business :,
ESQ Cast Of Characters s ~.
Nancy Flavell ~. n Constance Ia linadge
MIR FiayeU Cher fatherl \. Georse Eaweett
Mrs. Fisxeli cher mother IS; /, y,
Mr. Brain Brailie = i1her 4iaace, ~ 5sek RamSad
Mrs, Brooks s6his n,oiherl .gs.:,, ;s,s.s. !. .
~ -. ~ 3. 6 Florfda gsley
Geneviste .,.....;.t Assayaiit
Constance. Talinadge III her own
inimitable way will be the, starring
attraction at the. Rialto -theater this
week in DANGEROUS Business"
According to advance reports this
GIdHld--sS QiilNi cit r lItdii tiiS 0Saat =
run. ItSdoes not follow the conyen-,
tionai lihessud the persecuted. heroins.
the villain and ahe rescuing hero.
Nancy FlavelI, the madeap society
girl who is alway s5falling in and out
Of love, is about to marry one man
when at the very altar in order 70
escape a distastefui marriage she de,
clares, she is already "a married
wornafi and the wedding is off.
But out of the~rying pan into the
fire Of ruefdl trouble. The alleged
bridegroom" turns up and the pair
are conducted to. the bridal chamber
by his. mother. Here he orders
Nancy to undress and get into bed.
She lis afraid to tell her family OF
her predicanrent and complies. he
bridegroom" sits, on the side of the
led and begins to disrobe. Now
always heretofore, someone has ar
rived OH the scene and rescued the
girl. But the night passes. The act
ing of Miss Talnladge portraying tn !:
terrible mental torture Nancy Flaye,l
undergocs in this unique situation IS
declared to be ,unequalled for its
sincerity.
Another trying situation which is
0Haandled with rare tact is when
Nancy pleads with the hero to marry
her and to- make her his wife before
the law. as she is supposed to be by
all their friends He. demsnds a
surety for her good behavior and she
shows him baby's shoe, promising
him that motherhood will have d
sobering influence on her penchant
for flirting and fibbing.
Moon-"The Scuttler' and Half "a
Chance" ~
Two remarkable stories OF ad-
venture in the open world are the
schief cinema attractions at the
Moon theater this week. Both are
stories OF love, heroism and the
sea.
William Farnum plays the lead
days of this week.
{ His position is difficult one from
the start. He is detective, trying
to gather scuttling evidence ag. ms
tie captain OF the ship on which
he is a sailor. He falls i'll love with
the captains daughter-piayed by
Miss Jackie Saunders.
The pulling of love against duty
gives skim an opportunity to show
varied emotions.
'"Half Chance a Hampton pro
duction, plays at the Moon theater
The latter half OF this week.
Lillian Rich and Mahlon Hamilton
are the stars.
The story is of prizehghter, bat
tered by fate, bleeding in body,
scared in soul. who gets half chance
by ayshipwreck accident, and comes
back to claim the fruits out Of which
he was cheated. -
The drama is replee with vivid
climaxes. ~
Muse-"Tt's a Great Life Sudden
linn" "The Romance Promoters
and "The Great Accident"
{ An innovation in the exploitation
Of motion pictures has been con.