The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-15

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/ The Nelson.
! Shirley Jason. as seen in Very
Truly Yours" at the Nelson to-
! day is not quite as vivacious as
usual. perhaps because, in the
! very beginning of the story. the
| the loss of her lover, who Tilted
! her for 4 rich widow. Her rom
ance Shattered she resolves that
/ she too. will marry for money. 4
The first man who happened
along was the nephew of mill
l'lfonaire lumber dealer whose
! name he bore, and Marie, be1iev-5
ing him to be the owner of the
lumber interests married him
| haste, to repent at leisure, and,
i SO, second time she is dls1lius-
(, ioned AS is often true in real
/ life, each experience taught a les
son that was learned dearly, but
RELAXING her mistakes she tries
! "a profit by them, and make
! amends
For young people OF marriage
/ able age, it presents something to-
| think about and for others. it Of
i fers nothing particularly striking,
/ but it is clean entertain m ent,
that anyone can see and enjoy.
Allen Forrest plays opposite
Miss Mason as the young hus band,
! in his usual creditable manner.
Smoky the wonderful trained
humanzie. is the leading spirit In
a comedy thatfis quite out Of the
ordinary as to plot and acting.
The Dixie
! The featured attraction at the
/ Dixie today gives Pauline Scarke
ample scope in which to display
/, the strong emotional powers, for
! which she has won prominent
I place for her self, as one of the
most successful of the screen stars.
The story opens in Paris, where
A as Gabrielle Gautier, Miss Starke
is first seen in the life to which
/ she has come as an artists model.
and in the studio she meets an
4 American who has come to Paris
I in the interest of his art-m odel-
! ing-and she poses, for what he
I hopes will be masterpiece.
Later, he returns to the United
/ States and Gabriel1e's father dying
she is left alone SO she comes to
| New York and looks up the. man
/ she loves, TO find he Is married to
|! woman he does not love, but who
/ Will not divorce him.
i But he sends the lone friendless
girl to the home Of friend who
is to care for her, and on the way
she faints, and passing physician
is called.
This meeting later develops into
rom ance. and Gabrielle marries
and is very happy until situations
arise that wreck the peace of her
household
1t is a tragic story. but wonder
i fully enacted and it demonstrates
4 how lives. may be ruined by the
! subtle treachery of enemies, unoer
I the guise of friend ship.
It is picture that only adults
News and comedy are added
features.
The Princess.
A photopIay that is really de-
| lightful entertainme nt. is Ohm
| Smith" showing for the last times
today at the Princess and in Wnlcn
Eugene O'Brien is splendidly cast
in the title role.
This film. incur opinion STANDS
l out as among the best shown In
Fairnont in months. Not because
there has been any attempt to make
| of it a great production with elab-
crate settings and a great outlay
Of money, but rather, because It's
! characters seem to real, so human.
and not strange unnatural beings,
4 exaggerated and untrue to type.
They are ADJUST folks, such as
| one might meet in the every day
walks OF life, and their Characters
tics and problems are those that
anyone might have
/ The story is an intelligent one.
in which is comb ined fact and
fancy sympa thetically adapted to
the screen. and enacted by a cast
each one of whom has beense1ected
because of their peculiar fitness for
the roles they portray.
4 AS John Smith, Mr.. O'Brien first
| appears as convict who has been
4 releas ed on proba ii on. and proves
worthy of the #confid ence and es-
1 teen of the man who employs him
to the extent that he sends him to
the home of his mother, wealthy
but very irritable old lady, who Is
having difficulty in the manage.
ment of her servants. Through his
! diplomacy and pleasant manner he
works wondersiin the home, VIII ere,
until his coming. every one had
been. at -daggers points with each
4 other.
It is here that most OF the scenes
are laid, and opportunity is given
1 for some decidedly eleven bits OF
comedy in which some sof the best
! character actions Of the screen
are introduced. A pretty romance
/ in the closing scenes tragedy oc-
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