The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-05
MOVING PICTURES
Colonial.


Although Captain Swift Earle
Williams vitagraph feature which
will be seen at the Colonial theat.c
on Sunday, has former highwayman
and bank robber as its hero, it Is
by no means a crook" play. The
bandit. has reformed, and it is the
efforts of police operatives, who
have followed him over goodly por-
ton of the continent and who meet
mp with him just as he has found
redemption in the love of a splendid
woman, to place him in prison that
forms the basis of the engrossin
story. A prologue with its scenes
laid in the bush country of Australia,
where he piled his nefarious trade,
give atmosphere and lay the founda-
tion of the story to come. Rather
than showing Captain Swift as a
crook, bandit, robber and thief,
he is shown with nothing but kind
ness in his heart. In making his
escape across the hot, sandy deserts
after a bank robbery he stops to sue
cor a prospector at the imminen,
danger of being captured. 1t was his
wont to rob only those who could
afford to lose, and most Of his i'll
gotten gains went to charity. He be-
comes real hero. No harsh Thoughts
are given to his unfortunate past,
and there is nothing but sympathy
and best wishes for Captain Swift
when it looks as if he must give up
his titled sweetheart and return 10
Australia for a term in yrison.
Grand.
Wallace Reid as breezy young
millionaire who is robbed OF all he
has and turns chauffeur to be near
his stolen car and a pretty girl is the
hero of Double Speed an amusing
picture comedy to be shown at the
Grand theatre tonight. The finn
offers the handsome star an oppo--
tunity to do some Of the fast auto
driving for which he is famous, as
well as demonstrate his talents.
Also a rioting two-act comedy, "A
Restaurant Riot"
1.-THE Copperhead
Persons well versed in history who
expect to see in The Copperhead,"
the picture at the Grand theatre Sun
day, Monday and Tuesday, a bloody
drama against background of civil
war battles will be disillusione1.
Director Charles Maigne, wlra made
the screen version of the great play
by Augustus Thomas. reduced the
war scene to the slight skirmish at
Tyler'e Ford. There are other indi-
cations of the great struggle that was
gripping the country, but only enough
to get the proper atmosphere ovec.
The recruiting scenes for the Mex
can war are interesting to compare
with the modern methods used IN the
late war The celebration at Mill
vile, Illinois, Of the fall Of vicksburg
is convincingiy shown. Mr.. Maigne
has built his story around the ire
mendous sacrifice made for his coun-
try by Milt Shanks, the role played
strikingly by Lionel Barrymore.
Hippod rome.
Frank Mayo tonight in THE Girl
in No. 20" One of those sparklingrY
clever photoplays that keep you flut-
tering between smiles and shivers-
mentally open-mouthed. wondering
and dreading what's going to happen
the next second. That's The Girl
in No. 90" to a dot--a mystery pic
ture bejewelled with giggles. But
its all mighty serious business to
young playwright and the girl who
made him think she was just awful.
That's why you laugh. That's why
you've just got to see this picture
Go today. Also Snub Pollard comedy.
The feature attraction at the Hip,
nodIDme theatre tomorrow is Olive
Thomas in new picture, "Out Yon-
der written by Pauline Phelps and
Marion Short and made under the
,iirection Of Ralph 1nce. "Out You
DER is novel drama in that prac.Ic-