The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-16
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= new Shirley Mason picture ID
: theatrical event that may Be de-
pendsd upon to oause ! stir. This
dainty player II to appear 1t the
Colonial theatre tomorrow playing
the role "F1Ams .of YOUTH I WI
liam Fox production.
Shirley Mason pictures are dis
ttnctly Of the sort that may be en-
1oyed By old and youns-always
clean and bright and filled with
good. uplifting human emotion.
IN Flame of Youth" she has a
role very different from all those
she has played before, yet having.
this dainty freshness in common.
Shirley Mason IL the incarnation
Of youth and high spirits, and she
may Be expected to do wonders with
such . part a. that Of the little Bel
gian founding who il the heroine
Of Flame Of YOUTH The scenes
are laid in the Belgian countryside
and In the artists, quarter OF Paris.
Tho theme II love and romance and
art The combination arouses in
terest, and the name Of Howard M.
Mitchell q director adds assurance
that the production is we'll done,
for Mr.. Mitchell is celebrated for
his exactness in matters Of detail
and his almost uncanny krack Of
building up dramatic moments to a
climax-in other words, of telling q
story in the most dramatic way.
At the Capitol
/ Aspirants to screen fame had
best heed the words Of Maurice
Tournenr, famous French producer
whose new special picture. ''The
Last Of the Mohicans," opens Wed.
nesday at the Capitol theatre.
j 1t Is interesting to learn Of thu
experiences Of the actors in thi!
thrilling story Of early American
life, for they all had to endure ,
great deal to get the beautiful
scenes and the existing dram:
! which marks this big picture.
Tourneur himself says, "Conside
the life before you try to get in,
and to illustrate, he cites the sever
= weeks they spent in the big noun
!, tainA and the daily grind at hi
= studio.
For example. one Monday nigh
c the company toiled until 2 o'clocl
= filming moonlight scenes. At tina
s morning the entire troupe left b
i motor Tor the hills, over $50 mile
( distant in the fastness of the noun
s tains. There they remained tn
; seven weeks, sleeping in wigwams
eating rough food. and living tn
rugged outdoor life as the redskin
and early settlers did during tn
q period in the famous Cooper bool
II At the Columbia. :
r Sophie fuckers headed for th
l. tri-ities again!
h She's coming to the Columbia
y headline an exceptionally high clas
'. bill which opens at the Davenpol
If playhouse Sunday. And Soph
3 coming back. frees an old mai
3 cause she's been divorced and
n carrying NO excess baggage thes
s days.
e Sophie has 4 snappy big tin
) act. She's got q jazz band vii
II her to provide the syncopats
:. strains while she rips of numb,
l. after number. She does that, to
s, because she's hard worker. 81
In strives to please her audience al
Is she always succeeds. 1t would
an audience Of cracked lips wi
n couldn't enjoy Sophie. And. fu
b thermore. she enjoys herself on Il
re stage more than the audience. tt
o. harder they expect her to work Il
,e more JOY she gets out Of her foe
le light appearances.
al Sophie Tucker is b headliner
st the biggest show town of all, Ne
ne York, on the biggest theatre all
1t of all, Broadway. That she "