Arizona republican., 1921-10-23
TIE TOLL GATE" WITH NM. s. HART |S
 AT R|ALTO MONDAY

William s. Hart is coming-and in the most thrilling picture he has had since The Toll Gate" This is the news conveyed in the announce ment that Big Bill will play an en- gagement at the Rialto starting Mon day, offering his latest Paramount picture. "Three Word Brand" This picture is playing Phoenix ahead of it's national release date, which means that Phoenix will have the op- portunity of witnessing the feature ahead of the Los Angeles run-ahead of any of the coast cities-in fact
 of the country.
 "Three Word Brand" introduces a new William s. Hart. Just as "The
 Toll Gate marked the first of his
 personally produced features, and in-
 cidentally marked distinct mile
 stone in the career of one of the most
 brilliant luminaries in the entire cat
 egorv of the silent drama, so Three
 Word Brand' brings Hart back to
 his legion of admirers in produc-
 tion as far ahead of anything else
 he has ever done as ''The Toll Gate"
 was the crowning achievement of his
 efforts that far. Three Word
 Brand" marks the first instance of where Hart plays more than one character. In this picture he is seen in three separate and distinct char acterizations-as a pioneer of the early west. as an enterprIS1ng cattle
 man of the pfesent generation. and as the governor of the state. Harts | charact terization is duel one-a fact | that has proven once again that he Is one of the most versatile of the male stars in pictures.
 Three Word Brand" starts at a time when the immigrants were bat ting the clements, the redskins, and the dangers of the West that the
 message of covilization might be car ried to the furthermost corners of the country. Among the pioneers is Ben Tregor, a traveller accompanied | by his two sons, twins, the mother | having succumbed to the terrors Of the trail. Finding himself surround ed by Indians, after making sure that the boys are started safely back. he engages the Indians in a desperate | fight Feeling that surrender is cer- 1 tain, he kills himself. The story then swings ahead several years, the twins have reached manhood. Several years before one has become Three Word Brand" successful rancher, 10 whom this sobriquet has been an
 nexed on account of his brevity in 1 speech. The other brother is Gov 1 ernor Mardsen of Utah. Neither l brother knows the whereabouts of | the other. It happens that Brand s partner has incurred the displeasure | of a gang of political grafters who l seek sthe passage of a bill which means the depriving of the ranchers l of the water rights. In retaliation, i the gang has fastened a charge of I murder on the partner and he Is ar | rested and convicted, without Brand I interfering in the least. His seem | ing cowardice has brought to the sis l ter of the accused man, a girl in whom, incidentally, Brand is vitally l interested, a feeling of disgust, and | she openly avoWs her feelings. But al the time Brand is working secretly Before signing the proposed water 1 bill, the governor decides to visit the l Tregor valley and see conditions first | hand. Brand, seeing the official noted the wonderful similarity tc himself. and a big idea strikes him ! He will keep the governor in the ! valley and he himself will go to the l capitol and assume the duties of the l governor He will veto the bill. sign | a pardon for his partner and then | trust to luck. This desperate scheme 1 gives rise to the thrilling suspense l which grips the reviewer as h. 1 breathlessly watches the unfoldment l of the unusual story. Hart plays the
 three roles-of the early pioneer. oi
 Three Word Brand and the gov
 ernor, and in doing so stamps him
 self an actor of the greatest versatil-
 ity.
 Jane Novak is the leading woman
 the balance of the cast being made
 up of well known Hart players.