The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-20

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adapted ffom Tie " knoWn stor1.
ALEC Lloyd, Covpuachef,7 b. El,
| eanQf Gates. Tho xrowinr aemsnd
for . WIN Rogers tictufs laid IN
ths West led to the selection Of thil
happy tale fromsa formidable lat.
II has all the elements Of .. perfect
plot-ecmedy, thrills, color. : 70
nance and complications.
1t ~ Cslea6l.
"0irl Of Ny Heart the FOX pict.
ure In which Shirley Mason has
won golden opinion 1t the Colonial
theatre. ends its engagement there
tonight. The ,1lAFy 70 .. most in
teresting ONE and Miss Mason's
performances II 91elight. Joan. the
orphanags girl, iithe sort. Of char.
aster In which the dainty FUx star
chines her brightest. Edward J.
LeSaint's staging Of the produc-
ton 10 wholly 4admirable.5A
+ The latest Thomas H. fnce pro-
duction. starring William g. Hart
and released by Aircraft, ID BLUE
Blazer Rswden." . tale Of the Can.
adians northwest, which. will be ex.
hibited ct the Colonial theatre be.
ginning Friday. During the film.
ing Of this picture the entire Jflool
space Of the HIATT studio was bccu.
pied by q massive structure solid.
! ly built Of rough-hewn. logs. The
story IS laid In the Canadian north.
west, and the building represent.
Ia combination -hdtel, gambling
house and 3 dance hall that sup
piled all the requirements Of goot
shelter and amusement for tn.
lumberjacks.
~ At the Capitol.
At the age Of 20 years Gertrud,
| Claire sang Captain links" at {
Sunday school sociable by mistake
and then and there her theatrica
career beganA> That was way bacl
In 1873, AZ years ago. Miss Clair,
has the mother role in Altar
Dwan'e picture, 1.-THE Forbidden
Thing" which is playing at tn
Capitol theatre.
The part assigned to her is tn,
best she has ever played in all he
long career of motion picture work
Miss Claire's Interpretation of tn
: part is human and sincere, ant
eniists the sympathy Of all who SCI
the picture.
cit was at lockwood. ILL.,, tina
I began my theatrical career" sh
said reminiscently one day Will
waiting to be called to the "set.
i, II was visiting relatives. The goo
!. people Of the little town had ar
ranged a Sunday school sociablt
!, or something Of the kind, and il
those days 1 was considered\ on
of the bellies df the village. I ais
. entertained ambitions to study elo
cution.
There was theatrical ma
from Chicago visiting in Rockwoo
!, at that time. and on this particula
: occasion when startled the com
!, munity by deviating from the pre-
gram and singing Captain Jinks
. It seemed to make an impressio
4 on the Chicago man. Later he OF
I ganized an amateur stock cOmpan
in lockwood and presented TIE
/ Nights in q Bar, Room / was 81,
en- q leading role, and from ths
beginning I later enjoyed my shar
=? of fame and fortune on the stage
ii At the Ma estic.
y William Russell. the popular wi
I liam Fox star, who will appear |
] his latest production. "The Cha
! lenge of the Law" at the Majesti
I theatre tomorrow, for = two day
! engagement. is planning walkin
"Trip Of several hundred miles b.
:: fore he begins his next productiO
;. FIN the Fox studios in HOLLYWOOD
Calf.
Mr.. Russell, who is a model I
:, physical perfection, Is an athlet
- and while he is not without h
= motor cars and his mounts at b
beautiful home in Hollywood, he
, an especial devotee Of pedestrian
Ism, often taking long hikes wit
Ills friends.
:. The handsome star insists. al
:. with much wisdom, that man vi
= created to be an active animal. n
=, = that unless he continues some for
= of activity to which he has bet
~ !. accustomed for many centuries.
); will deteriorate physically. and tn
= means consequent mental deter1o
!. alton. Mr.. Russell has determi
u ed that nothing shall interfere wi
= his success on the screen, at lea
10 a. far ~ keeping physically ut
concerned. Hence the walking tn
which will take about week. Al
for which Mr.. Russell has plann'
z an elaborate itinerary,
10 AT, the Columbia.
=. Word from the Headquarters
~ the Orpheum circuit today a
- nounces the early appearance
y: the Columbia thestre, spavenpol
~ y. d Vera Oefdon, who played Z
=, =, roe Of Mamma Kantor In Humid
10 esoue," ! motion picture recent
seen 1T the, Spencer Square the
y tire. The possibilities Of Miss CO
IN don's stage tour appealed to Ma
\ tin Beck, managing director OF I
circuit, with such force that
n engaged her for . seasons TOT
1.-THE exact date Of her personal .
pearance' ct the Columbia will
announced later.
Miss Gordon, like Nazimova .
Bertha .Kalich. began her work
the lower east side in New York
: member Of . stock company.
the Yiddish stage, she found =
rul.ar ability along lines Of inteu