The Connecticut labor news., 1921-03-25
Uhe Nn1ntt Theatren
THE BIJOU.

! Certain storics-in novel or play form
constitute an important part of our
! American civilization, as do the tele-
! phone, the telegraph, the incandescent
| bulb or the automobile; they are an in
) tcgral part of our life ONLY a small
! number can be counted among this high
| order: In Old Kentucky" "Thc Old
Homestead" Ben Hur," Way Down
East, and greatest Of all, East Lynne
And it is East Lynne" that is the big
attraction at the Bijou theater during
the first half of the week starting Sun
day night.
The greatness of East Lynne" lies
not alone in the five generations who
have known it, nor in the hundred mil
lion Americans to whom it has been
familiar; the basis of its universal ap-
peal as book, as play, and now as a
photo drama, lies in IT'S humaneness, its
sympathy its sweetness, and its moral
lesson. East Lynne" as it will be shown
at the BJOu theater, is clothed in the
manner OF the present day, so that none
OF the distractions of antiquated customs
or clothing can mar its telling, and in the
all-revealing imagery of the motion pic
lures.
East Lynne" was great in the book,
: greater on the stage. But greatest of all
on the screen. Don't miss seeing it dur
| ing its showing at the Bijou theater. 1t
truly is a world classic born anew.
| The added feature for Sunday night
is one that should bring hundreds to the
Bijou, for it stars that popular actor,
Frank Mayo in The Magnificent Brute
| one of the most striking pictures of the
/ northwest. All the critics have been
unanimous in their praise of this picture,
declaring that it is far and above any
thing Of its kind that they had ever re-
viewed. Presented against an awe in
spring scenic background of the mighty
Yosemite, the story deals with Victor
| Raoul, a fur trapper of the Canadian
! North who visits the haunts of civilza-
ton but once year. He falls in love
with the daughter of his partner, Yvonne,
Partisan bred girl who is strangely
out of place in the wilderness and who
toys with the big fellow for sheer
amusement. How he is accused of muir
der and escapes in the trackless forest.
later to be saved by the girl, is just one
of the incidents which leads to whir1-
wind climax.
A furious man hunt, a fight that
dWarfs the famous battle of the Brute
Breaker" for action, and a love story
that starts with a spark and develops into
an inferno, are additional situations
which will keep the spectators curious
as to the story's outcome until the last
scene.
Frank Mayo is said to be at his very
best in the role of Victor Raoul, the
giant of the northwoods, whose passions
are elemental and whose honor is pritn-
tive. Dorothy Devore plays opposite
hirn The fifth episode of Double Ad-
venture,' a Billy Franey comedy and
the latest international News complete
the big Sunday night program.
East Lynne" and Double Adventure"
will be continued for the first half of
the week, along with a big bill of excel
lent vaudeville, every act of which is a
feature in itself One of the big favor
ties will undoubtedly be Alfred Powell
and Joan VERNE assisted by Adele, in
live wire dancing revue. They work
with the precision of clock but hand
some clock in which the works are not
visible. In other words their offerings
are absolutely free from visible efforts
and this is one of the big essentials in
dancing.