The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-16
In The Theatres
POLES PALACE.

fOll'S PALACE.
 Speed, pep and thrill, is the demand of the American amusement seeker according to motion picture produc- CTS. who claim that the modern mania Tor something with a kick in it. Is responsible for the growing number of Helodramatic films which are on the market. To satisfy this youthful demand and at the same ,tIme pIease the critic and the educator who want substance as well as excitement Mau- rice Tourneur has deveIaped a special deld Of film production in which he stands pre-eminent. He has screened a number of classical novels and plays which not only supply the necessary thrills but are master works of artistry
 Even Iovelier than "B1uebfrd" or Treasure Island is Tourneur's' last production of Lorna DOone,-' which comes to the PoH Palace this Sunday night for 9 four days enga gemea,. tro-n R. D. BlaCkmore's beautiful trnghsh romance the director has eFolVed a picture that ranks with any great spectacular event play Of the season. While retaining all the classic beauty of the Devon moors, where the story is laid, he has repro- duced the countless exciting episodes Ot the famous novel in a fashion to make any youthful fan sign with complete satisfaction. Both story and picture are replete with romance and action and in the film the incr- dents when visualized, become even more enthralling. When John Ridd goes over the falls of the Bagworthy TiVer through swirling, roaring waters into the whirlpool below 10 save the lovely Lorna from a fate worse than death there is breathless | suspense as he fights hi way out or the water Then follow one of the greatest hand to hand fights ever , screened: SumptUous scenes rom the . London court; the burning or rNe outlaws village and the shooting of -I,e .,Ta .a4 AE tion is never allowed to falter and from this novel that has been a fa- Vorite with three generations of readers has been combined the beauty of an old world painting and me thrills of a modern meI2dran-a.
 Madge Bellamv- the new Thomas Ill. 1nce star, is an ideal fIorna.' She ears a striking resemblance to the handsome John risks so many perils. John Bowers as the con- queror of the terrible DOOne who murdered his father. surpasses any characterization he has done yey while the most picturesque figure in the play is that of Sir EnSOr DOone, stheexiled nobleman who has become the leader of the wild outlaws. Frank keenan, the greatest charac cter actor on the screen. plays this role superbly and the entire cast for that matter is 100 per cent
 Managing Director warde John
 
 a splendid musical setting and there will be other features on the same program including a comedy, weekly and travel picture with Palace Pre- sentations of a high order on the stage.
 POLES VAUDEVILLE THEATER
 One of the most hard-hearted win dictive and relentless mon that ever was seen in a motion picture is Noah Beery, screen father of Lila Lee in -,Ebb Tide" George Melford's new Paramount production. which will be on view at Polls Vaudeville theatre for four days. beginning Sunday.
 We have all heard of cold-heaTted fathers. with d resulting sympathy for the child; but d1d you ever hear Cf father who would not allow his cnly daughter to make herself pretty or follow the natural instincts of her what MT. Beery does in this produc- ton, and he does 1t with consummate artistry. . What circumstances induced the character realisticly portrayed by MT. Beery to become such unde- sirable parent? Was he naturally which he. as a man in whom the primitive was strong, believed de- neanded the severe treatment to be imposed. For an explanation of this a gravestone in his tropical garden as tho inscription, Here lie the bodies of a fafthless wife and a man who called himself her husbands friend"
 Of course you will wonder what l happened to the girl as well as to the father. And were you to see some | of the other strange characters as l they first appeared on the beach at | Papeete you would also wonder what l happened to them. It is sufficient to | say that besides Mir. Kirkwood. Miss 1 Leeand MT. Beery in the all star cast are such widely noted players as George Fawcett. Robert F@tton and | Jacquefine Logan.
 "Blazes'' is the title of the Educa- | tional medy, The Pathe News, Movie i