The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-04

Majestic Offers
Picture Starring
aaY Beautiful Woman


1crsen or stage will be featured in
= great photoplay at the Majestic
Tor four days beginning. Sunday.
q 1iayes Il none other than Mar
ion Davies, Of whom 1t has been
said that vaudeville and legitimate
managers made her lavish offers to
appear on the stage. only to be seen
i for not other reason. They did
~ ask for talent because they
NAntSd q woman with Miss Davies
reputation for beauty to appear on
the stage. Miss Davies accepted
some Of these offers and then caused
surprise by exhibiting more real
talent than is shown by nine-tenths
OF the players today. The result is
now seen in q delightful combina-
ton OF talent and beauty and for
~ reason Miss Davies is now re-
ghrde4 as one of the biggest draw
i1gscards on the screen. Her beau
tyFfs remarkable and she screens
Wonderfully. In vaudeville, where
she 1ppeared for q time, she sur
prised metropolitan audiences by
her power in dramatic sketches and
her ability to sing. Now she IL in
the movies and creating q sensation
withsher decidedly adroit work.
The vehicle selected for Miss Da-
W@ and In which she appears at
~ Majestic Sunday is '~The Rest
ms Sex," by Robert w. Chambers.
the play deals with the woman who
= not satisfied to be just . wife
bat wishes to Gain . niche for
hGrSelf in the world of art
6tephanie Cleland, q pretty New
York society girl. 10 the central fg.
rre and her ambitions and romance
form the background to this re-.
lharkable story. Lavish settin g
Including a ball room scene that il
aid to surpass anything Of its kind
ever filmed. are featured. An auto.
mobile wreck forms one of the mos
thrilling scenes. More than siz
hundred persons were used in some
Of the episodes. Miss Davies IL
! said to do some truly wonderful
: acting in this picture. 1t is a Para.
Z mount feature and as such com.
= mends itself to the attention of low.
= 4ss Of the best in photoplays. The
= Importing cast Is headed by Car.
vie Blackwell and Ralph Kellard
Profteering. gambling and specu.
ltiOn is the basis for the plot oil
Ihe Prey" An Alice Joyce Vita.
= graph special production, which
. VIII be shown at the Majestic the.
!: atre on Thursday and Friday. Three
: men whose careers have been in.
{ AAenced powerfully by the rule Of
: take a chance" are thrown to.
: gether. and out Of the contact two
! pay the penalty with their lives
: while the third comes mighty neal
! to following them.
: alice Joyce. who stars in '.rhe
I Frey" takes the role OF Helen Rear.
: don. daughter Of one OF the men L
: die. and sister OF the one who sur.
: vtyes. She and James Calvin, I
ynung attorney, are the only two
: Who have not been netted by tn,
: lure Of chance, and they work to
! gether to free themselves from 1t.
! ettanglements and win happines.
: for Themselves
One thing about the devotees o.
gambling is strongly brought GU,
! In .The Prey" 1t is the fact tina,
mot only the gamblers themselves
. but those who are near to them In
relationship, are forced to suffer
because OF their activities. Miss
Joyce, related to men with the
fever strong in their
blood. rises to great dramatic and
emotional heights In portraying the
Sacrifices she must make in the ef-
fort to save them from ruin and
death.