The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-20

Innocence Is racing TO the prison In
an auto. A storm has destroyed tele
phone communication. IL also i'm.
pedcs progress OF the auto.
The district attorney Is in the ma
chine Az the machine passes an
electrical power station he rushes In
and has all the switches pulled. The
prison In without current. The in
noccnt man Is saved by an eyelash.
as II were.
This In the punch" in Mother o.
Mine" the Thomas Ince production.
at the Blue Mouse this week. II grips
the audience. II Is remembered after
the fade-out-
The innocent man Is willing to die
to save the honor OF his mother. lie
Is saved by his sweetheart Lloyd
Hughes In tho innocent man, Betty
Ross Clark. the sweetheart, Claire
Mcdowell. the mother. Betty Blythe
is the vlliainess.
CI.ENINfER
Evolves OF the NORTH the film
play at the Clcmmcr starring Eva
Novak. Is not a triangle play. but
1t might be described as a quad.
rangle with the Arctic circle form
ing the fourth dimension, for II h
in the Far North that the dramatic
problem Is faced and solved.
The story starts with q Girl who
teaches school in an Alaskan set.
tiement. Two men love her. One
Is a wcaklng: the other more akin
10 a brute, yet with n good heart
and the ability to take caro- Of
himself In a fr.seas.
Over tho love OF this girl tn
two men battle almost TO the death
and the outcome Is never certain
until the story reaches the fast pace
OF the finish-stretch.
Herbert Heyes. playing opposite
Of the two mon. plays the role with
understanding vigor.
STRAND
Filled with convincing appeal.
Deception" the big European pro-
duction. Is being presented for the
first time in this city at the
Strand theatre this week. This In
monstrous production in which
more than 1000 people appear.
The theme OF Deception deals
with the love OF Anne Boleyn for
King Henry VIII. England's royal
lover" whose amours all but split
Europe.
The settings are fine. They in.
cludc the procession and coronation
Abbey. the tournament. tho water
carnival on the Thames and the
royal tennis playing.
Henry Porten. lovely actress.
and Emil Jannings. a player Of
signal endowments. both famous
screen players Of Europe. enact the
leading roles.
COLONIAL
A masterpiece OF fiction made into a
unique film In Black Beauty" the
attraction at the Colonial this week.
II is what might be termed an ex.
traordinary production IN that 1t con-
tains two stories interviewer in such
a manner that they are always sepa-
rated. and yet the action blends 80
nicely the whole makes but one mar
rative. This is the work OF Lillian
and George Randolph Chester. They
left the story written by Anna Sewell
just as they found II. preserving Its
simple mastery style, and added to
II an inside story concerning the hu-
man beings. friends OF Black Beauty.
This is the story that Black Beauty
had no means OF knowing and could
not see. 1t explains the reason for
going to town on the rainy day in
which the bridge was swept away. II
emphasizes the importance of the
family being at the inn when the sta
BILE was burned and adds thrilling
spectacular race between horse and
locomotive.
The INSIDE story" Is portrayed by
splendid cast headed by Jean Paige.