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"A TAILOR MADE MAN"
NEW CHARLES RAY FILM,
COMING TO THE GRAND
Noted Stars First Superfeature Fer
United Artists Booked by thu Grand
Theatre-One of Most Important
Productions of the Season. -

Charles Ray will appear on the
screen OF the Grand theatre Monday
and Tuesday in "A Tailor Made Man
his first United Artists production
This is one OF the most important pro
auctions OF the 1922 season and will
display Rays humaness and versatile
talents in an entirely new direction.
1t was only after considerable delib
Grafton that A Tailor Made Man
was selected as Rays initial vehicle
for United Artists release; the choice
was made over countless other stories
submitted because "A Tailor MaA:
Man" has been one of the most popu-
lar plays OF the last three stage sea-
sons
Albert Ray, author OF several
original photoplays in which Charles
Ray starred, adapted "A Tailor Made
Man to the screen; and Joseph De
Grassc, who directed Ray in The Old
Swimmin' Eole" and Forty Five
Minutes from Broadway" directed the
production.
The story is the eternal story Of
Youth clinging tenaciously to an idea
and enthusiastically seeing it through
the underlying motif is the belief in
the cffectual,ty Of good clothes Re
pctc with wit and gayety "A Tailor
Made Man carries an undcrcurrent
OF serious philosophy 1t is said that
this photopIay is marvel of dramatic
construction, moving forward sweep
ingly and rclcntlcssly to a surprising
but satisfying finale.
Supporting Charles Ray in this, his
first venture into the field OF the
production, are: Ethel Grandin,
in the leading feminine role, Thomas
Ricketts,, Douglas Gerard, Edyth
Chapman, Kate Lester, Jacqueline
Logan, Stanton Heck, Eddie Gribbon,
Michael Dark, Frank Butler, Charlotte
Pierce and others.
Seldom in screen history has We
hicle been selected with so definite a
goal in view as was the case in choos
ing A Tailor Made Man as Charles
Rays initial photoplay production for
United Artists 1t was an ideal
choice, as it offers the star an oppor-
tunity to display his talents to varied
and utmost advantage
From all advance reports, Mr. Ray
as John Paul Bart press<r of clothes
in dlngy basement tailor shop,
who dares Destiny in a most UMPIRE
ccdcntcd manner, outdoes his most
notable past efforts.
1t has been found necessary to add
several episodes to the original stage
play. but the psychology remains the
same; and the glory of the whole dra-
matte piece is that it presents one of
the most moving and magnificent fig
ures in modern drama John Paul
Bart is not superman, is not illogI-
cal, is all too human, but he has that
plus qaulity within him that carries
beyond where the average man would
stop. His is the spirit of youth, I'M
swerving and mistaken. sweeping all
before it because of its swiftness Of
execution. John Paul Bart has that
implacable faith in theory; his sheer
enthusiasm allows no room for doubt
the eternal disintegrater.
1t is not only the tonic quality of "A
Tailor Made Man" that makes it an
ideal vehicle for Charles Ray, himself
the incarnation of the dreamer with
the courage of his convictions, but the
color. For the story, beginning in a
tailor shop, moves rapidly through the
domains OF commerce, the residences
of the socially elect, and the high seas
with a dcnouement in the liNle tailor
shop. Ray is seen in the humble garb
of the clothes presser and in the togs
OF the ultra-fashonable. and his role
is endowed with with, charm and SYM
pathy. The powerful dramatic situa-
tons, the underlying philosophy
the strain of ebullient humor through
out, make the screen story that
must naturally bring out the best
there is in Charles Ray.
Mr.. w. T. Coats returned home
Friday after spending sometime in