Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-15
FILM VERSION
OF KISMEY ON
WEEKS BILLS
MOVIE VERSION OF 'KIsMET"
OPENS SUNDAY AT THE CIRCLE.
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MOVIE VERSION OF "K1SMET
OPENS SUNDAY AT THE CIRCLE.
Interest on the movie screen here cen
ters upon the first local showing OF Otis
Skinner IN a movie version Of "Kismet,"
which was 4 splendid achievement for
Mr.. Skinner on the stage several sea
sons as
The movie version OF "Kismet" opens
Sunday afternoon for a weeks engage
ment at the Circle.
It is the story OF Hail, the beggaTs
day OF days. that is found in "Kismet."
the telling Of what befell him between
the rising and going down Of the sun
the day this heir to the throne Of a
king Of mendicants walked with the great
ones OF the earth and tasted the luxury
that is bought with q purse OF bright
gold.
Awakening with the dawn at the door
way Of the Mosque OF Carpenters, his
rapid changes of fortune until the night
is come again and his adventures have
gone full circle is an Arabian Nights
tale. Within those few hours Hajj seems
himself the recipient Of his bitterest
enemy's bounty and the proud wearer
Of the finest rslment of the bazaars.
Strutting before his daughter and his
servant IN his own courtyard, he is ar
rested by the chief of police OF 4 charge
Of theft and given his choice OF murder
ing the Caliph or having his right hand
cut of. Unaware that the ruler Of the
city is IN love with his only child, the
beggar king agrees to remove the Just
and gentle AbdGIlah from the path Of
the dishonest and cruel wazir, who has
been notified that his term Of Office ex-
pires that day.
Attempting to stab AbduHah during a
fete, Hail Is betrayed by the chief Of
police and thrown into prison. Here he
finds Jawal, his enemy, and once a no
toTious highwayman. who robbed the
beggar Of his wife. and slew his infant
son. Jawan Is almost helpless from
age and inhrmity and he comes TO Bag
dad 70 repent before he dies. Haiti
strangIes him in the cell and takes his
place on the stretcher when he is par
doncd by the caliph, and hires the tailer
to have himself carried from prison.
Once free, Hail goes TO. the palace of
the wszir 10 keep an appointment with
the chief wife OF the master Of the house.
Kut-U Kulub, who has learned that her
husband has promised to wed the daugh-
ter Of Hail, and make her his favorite.
and that the beggar has helped the wa
Eir's servants to drag the girl TO the
home of the chief OF police just before
tho caIiph came to take her 10 his own
palace.
Finding out that both the wazir and
his wife intend to betray him. HIATT tries
"a escape and is discovered by the gen
tleman Of the house. There is q brief
struggle. Hail stabs the wazir. throws
him into the marble bathing pool in the
center OF the room and holds his head
under the water until the last bubble
comes to the top, Hajj's delight being
increased by the knowledge that the man
he has Just murdered is the son Of the
repentant highwayman.
Captured and brought before the ca
liph, the beggar learns that his daughter
is to marry the ruler and that he him
self must go on a pious pilgrimage to
Mecca. Shut out from the good fortune
OF his Child. Hail snaps his finger ut
fate, returns phiIosophically to his stone
at the door Of the mosque, wraps his
ragged old cloak about him and goes
contentedly to sleep, at peace with him
self and the rest Of the world.