The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-04-05
AT THE THEATERS
Powder River.

Powder River, the Signal Corps Official
motion picture Of the World War, was
shown at the Columbia Thcater to pack.
ed houses yesterday afternoon and even.
ing. School children Of Columbia flock.
cd to the show yesterday afternoon and
many Of them were unable to get in the
theatcr. They will be allowed to attend
this afternoon al the matinee.
Probably the outstanding feature of
the show for the general public is the
first two reels that show the depraditions
Of the German submarine, U-35. These
pictures were captured from the Germans
and show the sinking Of a number Of
allied and neutral ships.
The pictures taken by the Signal Corps
are unusually clear and show good &C.
tion Of troops in all phases Of the war.
None Of the pictures are faxed; all are
actual scenes Of the war. One scene
taken Of the Thirty-Fifth Division is par
ticularly good, said a member of that
division this morning. 1t shows the at
lacking troops being held up by shell
FIRE and wire entanglements. Pioneer
troops are shown cutting the wire while
a group Of the attacking party take shell
ter in a large shell hole. After the wire
is cut they stream through and advance
up a hill. The shell FIRE is heavy and
many men can be seen to fall. The
work Of the first aid attachments is es-
pecially well shown in this section Of the
film.
Powder River is given as the name
OF the picture because the battle CRY of
the American troops was, Powder Riv-
er, a mile wide and an inch deep, let
'er buck" The yell came from the west.
ern troops and was adopted by the en-.
tire army. 1t is said that the wild yell
destroyed more than once the German
defenders morale and allowed an attack
to succeed where it seemed bound to fail,
The film is being sponsored by the
Veterans Of Foreign Wars. Prices are
Is and so cents. Tonight is the last
time it will be shown in Columbia.
Hall.
Tonight Only-Mary Miles Minter.
supported by a cast including Allen
Forrest, the leading man, Noah Beery.
and Carmen Philips, appears in a Real
picture, "The Heart Specialist" Here
Miss MINER departs from the sweet.six.
teen type Of role with which she is fam.
iliarly associated and interprets a more
mature character. The story deals with
a young romance writer sent out BY her
editor to gain a new insight into the
heart romances which she is writing. She
finds j. in a surprising manner and in a 4
more surprising place. But not until she
has fought with crooks, matched wits
with a halfcrazed doctor, and been
thrown down a well and generally treated
in such a way as to make the young man
ultimately wins, proud of her.
Pathe News, Aesop's Fables, Topics
the Day and Movie Chats are the
other features of the program.
Tomorrow Only-"Peggy Puts 1t Oy.
err with Alice Calhoun playing the stel-
lar part, is largely a rural comedy with
a touch Of seriousness here and there |
to add variety and stimulate interest.
1t deals with the adventures of a young
girl who is graduated from a technical
school with the degree Of civil engi.
neer. Her father is much interested in
building up an old town which has3
fallen into decay. He has not been suc- j
cessful in his attempts, and leaves for
Washington just before Peggy returns
from school. The girl. hoping to make
up for her fathers disappointment at
having a son, starts to wake up thet
She meets with opposition, es-
from a young doctor with whom
is in love. By a clever ruse she
the doctors plans and wins him
for q Lr-l.-l I