Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-05-06
THRILLING ACTION in
FINE FILMS NEXT WEEK
"Heliotrope" And Behold My
Wife" Among Screen Hits To
Be Shown AT Empire.

The Empire Theatre has about got
ten back to normal following the fire
and the managers illness, which so
disrupted it's schedule, and for next
week several fine photoplays are Of
fered the patrons of this popular
theatre.
The attraction for Monday will be
an adoption of the stage play, Cali
Souls Eve" featuring Mary Miles
Minter. 1t tells very pretty story
built around quaint old Irish legend
ct ,nother-love which comes true in an
American home. Besides Miss Minter
and Jack Holt, leading man, the case
includes Mickey Moore, Carmen Phil
lips, Lottie Williams and Clarence
C,eldart. Chester Franklin directed.
It is a Realart picture.
One of the principal attractions of
the week will be "Heilotrope," Cos
mopolitan production, which will be
shown on Tuesday. Like it's popular
predecessor, "Humoresque," this is a
stirring story of a parents love for a
child. But while mother love is the
primal motif in "Humoresque," it is
the sacrifice made by a father to in
sure his daughters happiness that
makes the chief appeal "Hello-
trope." The picture is an adoption
from a story by Richard Washburn
Child. The cast includes Frederick
burton, Diana Allen, and Julia
Swayne Gordon.
Ethel Clayton, popular Paramount
star, will be seen Wednesday in a pic
ture that has elected much favorable
comment, entitled, "The Price of Pos
session" 1t tells a sympathetic story
Of love and romance in rather unus-
ual way.
Although she gained her first fame
as one of the gorgeous Follies girls,
and is noted for her ability to wear
smart clothes smartly, Justine John
stone sticks to her role of a needy
aristocrat in "a Heart to Let" which
will be shown Thursday, and does no.
wear single gorgeous costume, as
she has done in all her previous pic
lures. The appealing story of the
young heiress who runs 4 down town
mansion and proftless plantation,
a marvellous family tree but an empty
pocketbook, is said to offer her one of
her best acting opportunities.
Hailed by the critics and motion
picture public as one Of the finest pro-
auctions of the current season, Geo.
Melford's "Behold My Wife!" will be
shown at the Empire on Friday. The
story was adapted from Sir Gilbert
Farker's novel of the Canadian North
west, ''The Translation of Savage"
The story centers around the re-
generate son of an aristocratic Eng
fish family who, in moment of rage
against his folks, marries crude In
dian girl and sends her over seas to
disgrace them. But she turns the ia
bles upon her husband in most novel
and dramatic manner. "Behold My
Wife" has been filmed against
background of snow-capped mountain
peaks, bleak Canadian trading posts,
and luxurious English country homes.
The action is interpreted by disting
uished cast including Mabel Julienne
Scott, Elliott Dexter, Milton Stills, and
Ann Forrest.
Maurice Flynn, in "Smiles are
Trumps," is the attraction for Satur-
Gay. Flynn is one of the few screen
actors who made good over night. His
pictures are always thrilling and his
style of "stunts" are out of the or
binary.