Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-31


lier film will be the other mid-week
feature.
The story was adapted from Ger
aid Beaumonts racetrack serial,
'Heavenbent," which originally ran
in the Red Book Magazine. The prin-
cipal characters are Collier as the
jockey; George Hale, last seen OPP
posite Charles Chaplin in 1.-The Gold
Rush." as the dance hall girl: and
Ernest Terrence as Mike" barten-
ten and dance hall proprietor. Clar-
ence Badger directed it.
Corinne Griffith, whose latest
starring picture, Mile. Modesto" is
the current attraction at the Opera
House on Thursday, first came into
prominence as a dancer. She claims
credit for being one of the first of
the ballroom dancers to introduce
the tango into New Orleans.
The stars dancing activities were
largely in New Orleans and impor-
tant cities in Texas. her native state.
She achieved national fame, however,
When she won a beauty contest, en-
tering the films soon after.
Mile. Modiste" is an adaptation of
the famous Victor Herbert opperetta.
1t was made by the Corinne Griffith
Productions and released through
First National. Robert z. Leonard
directed.
Norman Kerry plays opposite the
. star, with Willard Louis in the major
comedy role.
1t is not often that two stars Of
the magnitude of Charles Ray and
Pauline Starke are seen in one pic
ture, but that is What is promised
in Robert u. Leonard's production of
Bright Lights" which will also be
seen on Thursday.
The production Is said to be a
colorful depletion of the life of a
Broadway chorus girl who tires of
the sham of her butterfly existence
and goes back to mother in New Jer-
sey. Here she meets a young far
mer, who gets the mistaken idea that
in order to win her he must go to
Broadway and obtain more polish.
The ensuing complications are not of
the usual sort, and the picture is one
to delight the eye as well as being
excellent entertainment.
Jessie Burns and Lew Upton wrote
the continuity from a magazine story
of the same name by Richard Con-
nell. Lilyan Eastman, Lawford Da-
wilson, Ned Sparks and Eugene
besserer. complete an unusually
competent cast.
South Sea Islands, Venice and
Miami scenery are all mixed together
In one sequence of Bebe Daniels
new Paramount picture, 1.-THE Palm
Beach Girl" And the entire melange
was obtained at one place, the fam
Gus Tahiti Beach, connected with the
M1ami-Biltmore section of the Coral
Gables Development. This will be
the first two features on Friday.
Erie kenton, director, was seeking
place where the jungle comes down
to the waters edge, so that a scene
could be made showing Miss Daniels
speed boat being Communicated by
bootleggers seeking to escape the
sheriff. He found it.
At this spot the mango iuneIes
have been drained artificially by a.
canal. An opening has been made
INTO a circular pool about 500 feet
across, and many palm trees have
been planted. Grass huts are used
for bathing houses. They are built
like South Sea Island dwellings,.
Hawaiian girls dance In an open air
pavilion similarly constructed, and
venetian gondolas float about lazily
SiO i'iOii at Tic OdTS singing.
The cast of Under. Western
Skies" an Edward Sedgwick- Uni
versal-Jewei production that will be
screened on Tuesday, contains the
names OF many men and women who
are the favorites of movie fans the
country over. Norman Kerry is to be
seen in the leading ale role with
Anne Cornwall playing opposite him.
Ward Crane Is the heavy" while
Eddie Grlbbon and Harry Todd con-
tribute the comedy. Kathleen Key
mas been cast in a prominent role.
Among other well known PLAYERS
are George Fawcett, Charles K.
french, William Steele, Frank Lam
ming and John Peters, Edward Sedg-
wick directed the picture and also
wrote the story, the action of which
takes place in eastern Oregon and
New York City.
For the first time in the history of
motion pictures and the steel indus
Try, the true romance of steel is
brought to the screen in steel Pre-
1erred,' Metropolitan picture which |
Saturday.
With its thrills, humor. sentiment |
and action. Steel Preferred" is a |
totally different production from any |
heretofore seen on the screen. There |
are four DISTINCT thrills that are mar
Feious IN theirtconception and execu-