The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-10-01
NEWS OF THE THEATRES

,Dr. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde, in which
Sheldon Lewis, the distinguished
Broadway tragedian, will essay the
leading role. 81. s-.s@72. ,s.St
| Mr.. Lewis will be supported by
Large and Notable cast, which In
cludes Gladys Field, Alexander Shan
non, Harold Forshay, Leslie Austin
and Dora Mills Adams. " 49, O., .
This picture has attracted great
interest in New York and elsewhere
from the fact that just now there are
two claimants for the honor Of being
the best Jekyll and Hyde on the
screen. One.is Sheldon Lewis and the
other is John Barrymore. 4 ~.
-, Both, men present Very Interesting
|studies of.SteYepson'si great g cha rae
! ter, and, while. they differ in many
respects, it is extremely hard for even
a trained critic to say who Is. the
better. ~ III a.. s...c, z,,,.,- :.
In some Of the scenes, particular
ily those in which Mr.. Hyde has the
center of the screen, Mr.. Lewis seems
to bring out the distorted horror of
|Dr. Jekyll's baleful double with great
er effectiveness.
The production has been mounted
with an eye to making the rendition
of the story extremely dramatic, and
q fortune has been spent on the read
ing titles, which embody many new
and novel departures. DR.. Jekyll and
Mr.. Hyde will play at the Rex the
atre for two days.
A band of international pirates,
co,,v,o 80 thu xxy~>r1ISo rx,orof n,por.
tiers, has sent thrill of horror into
the heart Of American womanhood.
Ten brides of wealth and high social
position have been literally snatched
from the alter and have mysteriously
disappeared. Demands for ransom are
the only indication that they are still
alive. -; @.r.,> r.. ~
Edmund Storrow, millionaire,
gives a house party in honor of his
daughter Eleanor, f1ancee of Lieuten-
ant Morgan, an aviator of the U. S.
Navy. Despite the sinister cloud
hanging over the country there are
scenes of gaity at the Storrow home.
Stephen Winthrop, presumably a
society idler, Tut in reality a villain
in league with the bride snatchers,
asks Storrow for permission to marry
his daughter Ruth. Storrow consents
If Ruth is willing. Ruth, and Bob
Norton, a newspaper man and former
army officer, are seen together, OBJ
viously much in love with each other.
Winthrop asks her to wed and she re-
fuses, saying she loves another.
In. the midst of revelries at the
Storrow home neighbor PUSHES in
and cries that another bride-the
eleventh--has, vanished. StorrOw ad-
mits that he, too, had received a de-
mand for money, that very morning
The guests importune Storrow not to
| let Eleanor marry until the danger
passes.a-- e.. 70. 81 = n.
Ruth urges Eleanor not to. be-: IN
undated, saying: "No woman will
be safe If we let them terrorize us.
Ibis is a challenge to civilization.
Are we going to bring the scround-
rels to: justice or are we going to be
cowards?" 80
Eleanor decides to go on with the
wedding. ~ -
Near by In the harbor lies a pir-
ate submarine, the crew of which Is
commanded by the Mahdi, an arch
villain. lara, a dancer of the Mile,
in love with Winthrop, Is a member
of the band. - 49,.
One of the pirates is substituter for
a Secret Service man sent to guard
Eleanor on her wedding day. The
bogus detective drives E1eanor's car,
insisting that she be alone in it. He
races the car ahead of the others and
sends it plunging from a wharf into
the bay near the submerged subma-
rine.