New Britain herald., 1924-11-15
BARBARA FR|ETCHIE
 CAPITOL FEATURE
ThOInpSOn'S Entertainers Head
 Vaudeville Program

Romance, it is agreed, is great est of all the "inEredients" contained in the modern photoplay of popular ap- neal. While motion picture pro- ducers strive, through various means 10 give the public what it wants, 1t Is ever evident that a beautiful romance stirs the hearts of old and young alike.
 And now comes 10 the screen inc greatest romance in American his tory, Barbara Frietchie," q Regal production, which will be shown here for the first time Sunday, Mon- day, Tuesday and Wednesday when It comes to the Capitol theater. Through ths near perfection Of screen technioua,this famous story is made to unfold on the silver sheet with a realism that carries the au- dience back through history to Civil War days, for it Is endowed with qualities of feminine suhtlety, sweet ness and delicacy SO often missing in modern tales of love. And cer- tainly, romance was never faced by greater obstacles than the love of Barbara Frietchie and Will Trun1- hull, which proved greater than the principles that divided north and south and stood the test not only of separation, but of actual conflict be- tween the girls brother and sweet heart.
 From the time of the announce r1ent that Barbara Frietchie" was finally to be given an adequate screen presentation intense interest in film circles centared around the choice Of a capable actress for the role ot Barbara, And this matter of casting constituted a very real prob lem for the producers, for In this day of bobbed haired stars and leading women a winsoms Barbara of the desired type proved difficult to find. It was only natural, under the cir cumNances, that the selection of Florence VIdor immediately brought a flood of congratulatory messages 10 the studio and to Miss Vidor her self, for the role Is considered one of the greatest opportunities of the season.
 Opposite Miss Vidor. in the color ful role Of Will Trumbull. Edmund Lowe was cast, and his studied inter pretation Is intensely human and satisfying from beginning to end.
 Emmett King appears as the proud Colonel Frietchie, Louis Fftz- roy as Colonel Negly and Joe Ben nett as the cratic Jack Negly. Others in the cast are Charles De- laney, Gertrude Short, Matte Peters and Jim Blackwell.
 Barbara Frietchie" was directed by Lambert Hillyer, who handled the megaphone in the recent 1nce production. Those Who Dance," 8 national triumph.
 The Keith vaudeville bill for the first three days of the week will fea- ture five stellar attractions, Head ing this show is the offering of Sonny Thompson's Entertainers, an aggregation of colored syncopaters who have an excellent jazz band and offer 30 minutes of music, song and dance. Other acts will include Ryan and Mar in Some Songs, Steps and Smiles; the Nitkus will show orig inality in balancing; Polly and Oz will offer 8 series of exclusive songs in their own manner: and Jane Dil- lon and Co.,, will ltveu things up with her fast variety offering that includes a very capable cast of ar tists. There will he a special show ing Of Barbara Frietchie each day after school for children at AIS for 10 cents. Continuous shows are run every day.