The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-07


guardian that has been his through all
his dangers in this great man hunt. inter
vencs again and saves him in a daring
manner.
Ar THE COLONIAL.
Lightning Bryce" the new wonder
serial at the Colonial theatre starting to-
morrow. is said to have cost more money
10 produce than any other serial. The
National Film corporation of America is
said to have spent quarter of million
dollars on this serial. No expense was
, spared in carrying out the wishes of the
author. Joe Brandt, who was determined
to make q feature serial.
Lightning Bryce was produced on
lavish scale. There is splendid cast
of players supporting the two big stars.
Ann Little and Jack Hoxie. Both Of these
stars were secured from the Paramount
| Aircraft program. where they recently play
\ ed in Told in the Hills The successful
| serial director was secured in the person
Of Paul Hurst, who has directed some
Of the most successful money making
| serials on the market. In every other
way. Lightning Bryce secured the best
\ talent TO the end that this serial would be
: big and successful as serial could be.
| In the filming of Lightning Bryce.
1 the company was taken over great deal
of ground. The story opens on thet plains
of California and later is taken TO the
California beach and to Chinatown. The
/, cost Of transportation alone was enormous.
/. The scenery is new in ma1y cases and all
the other details, such as photography and
technical direction are OF the hest. The
| finished product has been pronounced by
critics everywhere as the greatest. serial
ever made.
AT THE SPENCER.
Maurice Tou-neur has a penchant Tor
I ~ J, YIzn
'.The Life Line he demonstrated his I'M
usual ability to produce thrilling scenes
! OF the OCEAN in its varying moods on the
screen. Now he has taken one of the most
famous stories of all times. Joseph Con
RAIDS Victory and used il as the basis
of motion picture that portrays IN vivid
detail the tale of love. adventure and re-
venge in the South Sea islands. II Is
Paramount Aircraft picture and viii be
shown the latter part of the week at the
| Spencer Square theatre tomorrow, FRIDAY
| and Saturday.
kind in the rough. His faithful reproduc-
ton of life in the Sums and low dives
on the wharyes OF London are we'll known.
| Victory has given him the opportunity
of making picture exclusively with char-
acters who love passionately, see red when
they hate and are quick with the trigger
and knife. Life among the European
yraiths who have drifted to the South Seas
reyerts to the raw eiementals and these
are the materials out of which Joseph
Conrad weaves his gripping stories and
Maurice Tourneur his entertaining pic
lures Jack Holt. Seena Owen, Lon Chan
ey. and Wallace Berry are In the excellent
cast.
AT THE MAJESTIC.
When Stanley Olmsted sat down before
his typewriter and wrote My Husband
Other Wife" he created a fascinating story
with a complicated situation. When j.
Stuart Blackton took the scenario and
transferred it in action to the silversheet
1 he gave the story the master touch OF
pathos and humor while Sylvia Dreamer
Robert Gordon. Warren Chandler and May
McAvoy portraying the four principal
characters made the story live.
MY Husbands Other Wifi" takes you
behind the scenes in a theatre and shows
you the private life of popular stage
star who submeTges her husbands per-
sonality in that of her own. After the
divorce. she realizes too late her husband s
worth and tries to win him back. In spite
of the fact that her husband has another
wife.
1t is said MY Husbands Other Wife y
at the Majestic theatre tonight, untangles
, this interesting knot.
Closing out guaranteed Spark
Plugs, IS cents. at Beardsley's.