The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-14
BURNING SANDS,
DESERT DRAMA,
PLAYS CAPITOL
Wanla HswleJ and MDten Sills
LEAD Excellent Cast In Flam-
lng Egyptian Romance.

Egbert Van Alstyne, composer OF
such song successes as your Eyes
Have Told Me So. -In the Shade
Of the Old Apple Tree and Some
Little Girl, is to be ct the Capitol
theatre beginning Sunday as
feature He will be as
sisted by Glen Dacy and the pair
promise to make exceptionally at
tractive the Capitol program which
includes az its film headliner.
Burning Sands, flaming desert
romance.
The extra numbers at the Capitol
will be songs by Mrs. Thompson.
soprano; Victor Herbert's THE
Fortune Teller, as the overture
by the symphony orchestra;
comedy, 1.-THE Pied Piper, Capitol
topical review and other screen
novelties.
A desert story which treats the
native Arabs as human beings, and
which is tremendously appealing
and dramatic, is Burning Sands,
a George H. Melford production OF
Arthur WeigalPs, successful novel
adapted by Olga Printzlau and
Waldemar Young. This Paramount
picture has as its central character
Daniel Lane. student and philos-
opher who lives among the Arabs
and who. by his insight and SYM
patty, learns to know them as the
ordinary man never does. and so
finds in them much to admire.
Lane is a splendid character, SYM
pathetically portrayed by Milton
Stills. The other featured part, that
of Muriel, was allotted to Miss
Hawley. Muriel is the present-day
type of pleasure-loving, material
istic young woman, who refers to
herself as an "emaciated," but who
is really a slave to her whims and
desires. She is an English girl,
the daughter of Lord Blair, his
majesty's "chief commissioner to
Egypt and the Soudan." Muriel,
petted and spoiled, accustomed to
admiration and flattery from every
man, meets Lane, and out of the
encounter Of these contrasting char
acters grows the drama. Lane
does not fiatter; he admires, but
in silence, because while he real
lied Muriel's great charm, he is
convinced that it would be a great
mistake for him to yield to it. Muir
iel is fascinated by this man, SC
different from any in her circle OF
courtiers.
AS time goes on. she finds him
"too good to be true" His apparent
Indifference to her, so unprecedent-
ed in her experience. piques her in
terest. She decides that he must
prefer the native women, and jumps
to the conclusion that he has q
harem in the desert. His enemies
maliciously corroborate her theory
Meanwhile, she is falling in love
with him. As a background to
this love interest, there is visual.
ization of the disagreement be-
tween the British government anG
the native leaders which looms sc
large in Egypt today.
The story rises to its climax as
Muriel, in love with Lane and baf.
fed by his Indifference, determines
to break it down by flouting con.
vention and going to him at his
oasis in the desert When she ar.
rives there and offers herself, Lane
is put to the supreme test. But he
conquers. himself, and proves t.
Muriel that there is no harem, ne
weakness in his character-and ne
woman in his life.
Convinced. she prepares to re
turn to Cairo, when she receive,
her surprise. The oasis is attacked
by renegade Arabs, led by tn,
sheik's traitorousz son, who seel
to kill Lane and negotiate with tn,
British government for the retur,
Of the oasis for a large sum. Ii
the fierce battle which ensues
Muriel reveals that she is at hear