New Britain herald., 1922-09-02
BEYOND THE ROCKS'
 PALACE HEADLINER
Valentino, Filmdom's Idol, Heads
 Cast

It is safe to say that you have never
 witnessed the last word in the art O.
 e-making until you see the TO.
 nance that is most delightfully."- enact Ted by Gloria Swanson and Rodolph
 Valentino in Elinor Glyn's story Be. yond the Rocks" which opens at the
 Palace for a four day run on Sunday night. The veranda of the Cafe Ritz in Paris affords one of the many in tensely interesting scenes of the pic ture. Here at the customary tables are grouped exactly the types that one would find in this exclusive es- tablishment for satisfying the inner man and also pleasing the eye and ear.
 At one table is seated a couple of the bourgeoise, as is plainly discern able by their appearance and dressed in their expensive attire, over clabo- rate; their way of eating and talking But between them sits the daughter of the house-and the excuse for their presence in the Ritz select confines for she is lovely and refined and as sweet as rare flower. At another is typical continental woman in per feet taste, with a gentleman, appar- eptly of some foreign court; at anoth- CT table sits an elderly man with startling whiskers who laughs and in :, dulges in repartee with his compan- ion.
 Over there is Rodolph Valentino looking his part of the young English baronet with Spanish ancestry. He rises as Alec Francis, playing the father of Theodora. enters. accom- panied by Gloria Swanson, who has the stellar role of the last named character. They meet and Valentino takes them to his table, It is all cor rect, all in perfect taste as Miss Glyn and Sam Wood the director personal ly supervised this scene. Then un- folds a wonderful romance of love that takes you through several coun- tries and finishes with a thrill that nearly takes one out of his seat 9th CT photoplays on the bill and featured as extra attractions include Buster keaton, the smileless comedian in his new comedy, My Wife's Relations" It is a comedy of screams for it's en- tire length and should prove one of the bright spots of the bill. Then s a decided novelty, Jesse Lasky, of the Paramount company, presents "A Trip to Paramount Land" which shows the actual home and studios of the Para mount photoplays at Hollywood, Cal. All the famous Paramount stars are shown at work.
 The Keith vaudeville bill for the first half of the week will feature four high class attractions for the fall opening and will feature ''Leona Halls Revue" a classy offering entitled Bits of 1922" It is timely com bination of minstrel and musical com edy With Miss Hall as the interlocu- tor and mixed quartette of merit providing the melody, harmony and dancing, with bits of novelty intro duced very cleverly, the act should prove very entertaining. Minstres are generally blackface organizations, but Miss Hall believes in originality but doesn't believe in disrupting tra- dition, therefore, her company is a combination of black and tan The men appearing in blackface and the girls in tan.
 supporting this production will be other acts of high calihre. For Sun day night only in conjunction with Beyond the Rocks" William Des- mond will be offered in the first chap ter of his new serial. The Perils of the Yukon" a thriller with a wealth of interest and story that is very exciting. George Chesebro in Tine Love of the Service is the other pie ture, and should be well liked as it Is story of the famous Northwest Mounted police. MT. Chesebro was a sergeant of this noted police for sew eral years and gives mighty fine characterization in this picture.
 For Thursday and Saturday of next week as the second big production for Paramount week, Wallace Reid, film dom's popular idol, will be offered in The Worlds Champion" a story that calls for an entirely different role than has been ever cast for Wally
 The above productions are the first big bookings for the new fall season.