The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-02-10
The shiek

The Shrek
The following criticism of the Shiek
from a current magazine will be read
with interest by those who saw this
strikingly attractive picture at the
Temple this week:
1.-THE 9,9S4,521 odd people who are
scheduled to pay admissions to the
theaters where The Shiek is playing
will have the disappointment of their
lives if they think that this movie will
afford them any of the adolescent
thrills that were provided in such
abundance by the book.
For The Shiek in film form is as
clean as the virgin sands of Sahara.
Although it follows the plot of the
novel fairly closely, the sting has
been removed with great care and
precision. The affair between Lady
Diana and the handsome Arab has
been placed upon the same plane OF
purity with Ivory soap.
In other respects, however, The
Shiek is worthwhile entertainment.
The desert scenes are well staged
and beautifully photographed, and
there is some good action when the
forces of the Shiek do battle with the
henchmen of the bandit, OMAR. Ru-
dolph Valentino, in the title role.
strengthens the conviction that he is
one of the few fine actors of the
screen. He lacks variety of express
sion, but he possesses a sense of re-
straint, and he is graceful and well
poised to remarkable degree. His
only real fault is that he uses too
much shoe polish on his hair"
Quite a number of OcaIa people
have already had the pleasure of see
! ing The Shiek in Jacksonville, Tam
pa and other cities, and all, without
exception, pronounce it a most beau
tiful production, exquisitely filmed
and wonderfully realistic in its many
thrilling scenes.
or not, you want to see the screen
production of the Shiek without fail.
1t will be shown at the Temple next
Monday and Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. o. Harriss, whose
wedding was a pretty event taking
place on the first of February, and
who have been enjoying their honey
moon touring on the east coast, have
returned to their home in this city
and are receiving most cordial well
come from their friends.
Mrs. Jean Austin of New Bedford,
Conn, has arrived in Ocala and will
spend the balance of the winter here.
She has taken rooms at the home OF
Mrs. r. S. Rogers on Fort King ave-
nue.. Her numerous friends are de-
lighted to welcome her.
Miss Mary Burford left Thursday
afternoon for Washington, Georgia.
where she will spend a short while
with her cousin. Mrs e. B. Cade. and
from there she goes to Birmingham
and Troy, Alabama, for a visit with
relatives. She expects to be away a
month. In Birmingham she will be
the guest of her brother. Mr.. r. .
Burford, Jr., and family.
i Mrs. B. F. Condor Is receiving the
congratulations of her many friends
over her success in carrying OF so
many blue ribbons on her needlework
that she entered at the South Florida
Fair. She secured quite number of
blue ribbons and also a number Of
red ones.
The many friends of Mrs. c. w.
White will regret to learn of her con-
tinued illness at the Methodist par
|sonage.
Mr.. NJ. r. DeHon and his two
daughters, Misses Sara and Jess De-
Hon, have returned home from Tam
pa, where they went to attend the fu-
neral OF Mrs. Suarez, whose tragic
death was recorded in this paper last
week. Mrs. DeHon and her mother
and sister expect to remain in Tam
pa short while longer.