The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-29
plays and Players
Mae Murray Cries
an Everything IN
Bull Fighter Chase
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Murray in the role which she enacts
in Fascination" Somehow Miss
Murray. in her previous pictures.
has always impressed as wishing to
be enrolled in the vampire class,
laughing over the sufferings she
caused TO others and failing to be
herself touched by the finer emo
tons. But in her new picture at
the Fort Armstrong she actually
sheds real tears, and proves
herself possessor of talent not re-
vealed in previous productions.
You'll probably like Miss Murray
better than in any other picture in
which you have seen her. OF course
she dances and devils, but she
leaves you with the thought that
girl may become venturesome and
depart from the conventional, and
yet come through unblemished and
with the sweeter impulses un-
soured, turning, after her social
spree, to the arms OF the only man
she really ever loved.
In Fascination" Miss Murray is
the daughter of a Spanish father
and an American mother. She bolts
the restrictions of her Spanish home
to join the crowds going to the
Easter day bull fight. There she be
comes enamored of a handsome bull
fighter. This fascination leads her
into a series of wild adventures,
and she carries them through as
only Mae Murray can. You also
are supplied unusual screen acting
by Helen Ware, long a star in stage
plays, who has the role of Span
ish dancer, and who seeks to entrap
in Matchmaking scheme the father
of Miss Murray. There are some
tense situations, in which Miss
Wares artistry stands out with a
conspicuity that explains the rea-
son for her standing as a stage star.
The acst supporting Miss Murray is
just about perfection, Creighton
Hale and Courtney Foote being two
of the best known players with her
in the picture.
The picture is not without its oc-
casional note of splendOr, for it
would hardly be a Mae Murray pro-
duction unless there was some
scenic lavishness, but there is no
attempt at exaggerauon, and you
can believe that the story could have
occurred in real life. That's what
makes the picture better than most
of those in which you have prev
iously seen Miss Murray. Director
| Arthur White and his orchestra fur
nish an atmospheric musical setting
that will delight music lovers, all of
| the music being of a Spanish flavor.
There is also present your old
friend, Buster Keaton, doing THE
| Haunted House" in which he pulls
stunts that caused some of the
youngsters in the house last night
to shrek with joy, and there were
some of the older ones who were
not ashamed to join in the chorus.
Manager Cummings this week also
restores the Pathe colored pictures,
a delightful contribution o any
program. Edward Stein, at the
organ, gives a screen song that will
please you. Altogether Manager
Cummings is offering a program
that indicates purpose of the Fort
Armstrong not to take advantage of
the summer season as an excuse to
lessen the quality or quantity of its
| entertainments.
Fort Armstrong Murray in
Fascination"
Spencer Square-"Silent Years.
with Rose Dione and Pauline
Stark.
Majestic-Norma Talmadge in
1.-The Safety Curtain"
Capitol-W S ey Barry in
school Days"
Garden-Mae Murray in 'Fascin-
alton"
Palace-Eric Won Stroheim in
Foolish Wives"
Mother Love Triumphs.
Mother love, something that
touches all of US, runs through
Silent Years" the picture now
showing at the Spencer Square
Rose Dione, a French actress of
splendid emotional strength, has
the leading role, that of 10 Morey,
otherwise Nam selle 10 The story
centers around her struggles, and
you weep with her and struggle
with her against seemingly insur-
mountable odds, and when she fl
nally triumphs you iubilate with
her. 1t is the kind of picture that
holds your interest without a lag
| ging moment. This is not alone be
cause of the continuity of the plot,
but because OF the intelligent in
depreciation given the characters
by the unusual cast. which includes
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