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SS Sears ef SRA RE ETT PAGE FIGHT ALAA Plays and Photoplays in Edmonton ers UA A NEXT WEEK S ATTRACTIONS GLITTERING COMEDY DRAMA TURN TO THE OFFERING AT EMPIRE MONDAY Broadway Success Will Be Here for Three Days Played Before the RIGHT, WILL BE Duke of Devonshire and President Wilson Splendid Beenic Production Brisk fun, youthful romance and an re of Rreen elds and aconted Invest Turn to the Right orehardi with rich appeal to city dwellers, and during fa long run on Broadway it lured thousands back to the Galety theatre to view ft again and again. Like the triog and true friends of one's youth, frequent contact with its lov- able characters deepened the attach- ment and brought fresh enjoyment whh each vialt, It s the one play of the generation for the whole family. without a frown ora bluah in tts entire action. There are no eex problems, no risque dis logue and no situation to cause un- easiness to the man who has brought his wife and daughter. The utle, Turn xo the taken from the story of Right, ts an erring gt; boy's regeneration through the Chirs- Han Influence of his old-fashioned mo- ther. Joe Reacon 1s a type common town in America, An exuberant youth, he to every sma honest-nearted, leaves his home and his boyhood Sweetheart to win riches in the city. Seven yours later he returns stamped with privon record. On the day of lls homecoming the little homestead 4s threatened with seizure by the vil- lage ekinflint, Deacon . Tillinger, for non-payment of a groc ty bill of 125. With the reunited Bascom familly fac. fr this crisis, two of Joe's former pri- on pals. Slipper Muges and Dyna Mte Gilly, happen along, This 4 I6-witted pair takes quick action in ising the amount necessary to cv farm dnd they remain to haryes 4 bumper crop of peaches, Through the influence of Mother Bascom, hree youths are thoroughly reformed J they wax progperous in the manu- facture of peach Jam from a recip: Rot forestaied In prt Turn to the Right will be present. ed here at the Empire theatre for three da starting on, Monday next. DERBY FEATURE OF SPORTING LIFE; IS COMING SOON Chief among the big featurds that make Sporting Life photoplay is a scene showing the English Derby at Epsom Downs. Sporting Life s an adaptation by Maurice Tourneur of the celebrated Drary Lane melodrama of the same name which was produced in 1897 and which has held the stage perlod- feaily,ever since, It will be shown: at the Allen theatre shortly. The story deals with a young Brit- ish nobleman who seeks ate his fortunes, which are at a low ebb, He is a thorough sportsman and he backs prize fighter, and his own mare Lady Love, to win the Derby. Hoth evi cessfully, but not without serlous dif- Aoulties Inid in the young sports- man's path by a relentless enemy, Phere Is charming love etory which holds much. suspensive. interest, 80 notable a rehabili- NOTED CHICAGO GRAIN OPERATOR 18 DEAD. Chicago, Reb. 13 Robert Prin a member of the Chicaro. board ot trade, died on Wednesday at Attaden, Gal.- No man in the grain trade ever had more friends than Bob Pringie, He made 1,000,000 in corn more thn 10 years ago, and sank much of te in Alaaka mines and other western vem, are carried through suc.) which has given Mother Bascom loci tures but ih the 1ast Ave wenn ne a SEH nt tha cioaal 3 jfrleved his fortune. Tt was nothing Falsing. of the money to eave m to Duy oF ish the furni provides one of tho greatest eis of torn ai a time with ule one surprises of the play. The stace has word. or a motion of his hand Ste known nothing funnier or more ingen- Pringle was born. in Seaterthe Onte fous and fy will be better enjoyed ifitn 1366. Three Days, Commencing Monday PARAMOUNT CORP. PRESENTS: SHIRLEY MASON AND ERNEST TRUEX GOOD- BYE BILL The First Yank in Berlin We are purposely not telling, you just how they roast Poor Bill, because it would spoil the fun of seeing it ALSO Good Comedy FRIDAY REX BEACH'S BIG STORY TOO FAT TO FIGHT Starring FRANK McINTYRE THURSDAY SATURDAY THEATRE, Monday Tuesday - Wednesday LOOK WHO'S COMING , Dare-Devil, Steel-Nerved HERBERT RAWLINSON PRISCILLA DEAN Th Inside Story of a Silk-Lined Crook The One Real Melodrama of the Year THREE DAYS ONLY Commencing Next Monday / With Amazing they were changed into when money. in thelr lives, The Aeroplane Girls, at the Pantages theatre next week, provide, rit their whirling machines, one of the big sensations in vaudeville. RDMONTON RUT US LUT a iu iN SPAR EKT GOSS AoE Gee That Turn to.the Righ: which opens at the Empire Rex Monday, is the flnest mus feai comedy which will shown in Edmonton this son, ix the positive statement of Manager Benson to the Bul- Jotin last night. Mr, Benson says that the original company with ts magnificent scenery will be shown here, and he- promises that patrons will be lven a magnificent treat, PHRERT RGR HS Kase Stegssogees: SE UAALELESESHSS AT MONARCH Here Is a brand new angle on Kal- eer pictures, It ts Good-by, Bill the second of the John Emerson-Antta Loos productions for Paramount and Shoulder Arms Returns for. The Empress theatre pretents to its patrons a double bill for the first three days of next week, and the program one that will be sure to pleaso. Gharlte Chaplin was here in Shoulder Arms just after the Influenza epi- emic tad passed the danger point and before all the restrictions were lifted. Hence, children under 16 years were barred from secing this great fun-maker. So, in fairness to them, the management decided. to bring the reels back at as early a date as pos- sible; and here it fs. There are also lot of adults who did not see this film, and they should. take advantage of this opportunity. For thelr further benefit there is on the screen the naw tragic farce, More Trouble, in which the ever popular Frank Keenan takes the leading part. It registered a great hit when ft had its premiere in the Rivoli theatre on Broadway. Here is what the photoplay critic of The Morning Telegraph said: about -it: There s a certain freshness of nov- CHAPLIN AND FRANK KEENAN BRING BIG DOUBLE BILL TO EMPRESS NEXT WEEK Trouble Will Be Found by Adults Best Screen Story in Months, and First Tragic Farce Ever Made in t Shirley Mason and Ernest Truex are again co-starred. The picture shows how seriously the Kaiser and his crowd took the Idea that they would be able to scare the world with their gaudy uniforms, thele medal, clanking swords, govse step and cat- fish mustaches It will be shown at the Monarch theatre next Monday, The whole story in fact hangs on the mustaches. With a delicious sa- tirfeal touch the authors of the story. Mr, Emerson and Miss Loos, shows You how the Kaiser figured It all out that he could scare: his own people and the people of the rest of the world by making himselt and hls Prussian servitors look like a school of devil the Youngsters, While More The scheme worked well with the Germans. Kaiser Bill wrote bum poetry, painted pictures, conducted anorchestra, talked on personal terms with God and the Germans fell for. i? all They thought him the little won- der of the universe and really expec- ted that when the world war started everybody would He down and quit. Of course, you know the world did not Iie down and quit, but you don t know just how surprised and shocked and upset tho Kaiser and his crowd Were, when they saw what 2 mi they had got into. Good-by Bil will make you chuckle with delight but it will also set you thinking. ity to the theme of More Troubl he Pathe photoplay in which Frank Keenan fs starring at the Rivoll. this weok which makes it amusing every foot of the way, and reveals Keejan in a humorous roll - quit different from the eerlous character parts with which he has been identified in the past. More Trouble contains 0 much clean, switt-moving fun that the other comedy reels on the pro- gtum are unnecessary. The Keenan picture ts a Pathe pro- uction based on a story by Edgar Frankiin, and as adapted to the screen by Ouida Bergere it hae the added merit of suscained mystery. The plot IUUOMLLUILUAT A It will be welcome news to the pat- rons of the Allen theatre, Edmonton, and that means every photoplay en- thustast In this city, to learn that Messrs. Jule and Jay Allen are pro- ceeding with tie formation of Brit ish Films, Limited, as announced elsewhere in this issue, to meet the aver increasing demand of the patri- atic people of Canada for the display of British films on Canadian screens. The Betfer Ole, ) which scored an instantaneous success at the Allen this week, Is a very fair sample of what the British film prodicer can sccom- lish. The Mesera. Allen realise that a great majority of thelr patrons ure of British birth or descent and as a Brit: ish people are proud of our history; our traditions and achievements. There have been many requests for a more adequate representation of Brit. 4 it is to make this pos- British Films Limited ia It ts in the Interests of our national development to in crease the importation and production of British films in every part of the empire. For ten years the Allens have main- tained a booking office in London, and photoplay patrons will recall with delight, David Copperfield, Tyan- hoe, The Battle of Waterloo, Britain Prepared, Battle of the Somme, Canadian Armies in Ac- tion, and The Advance of the Tanks. Hearts of the World was created at the request of the British ernment. Another masterpiece, Sporting Life, the famous racing melodrama, will be shown at the Al- Jen for four days in the very near future. And in this list ts included that dynamic success, The Better Ole, which has taken Edmonton by storm. Within the near future there will be released. in Canada that most touching story of the world war, The Kiddies in the Ruins. Those who have seen The Better Ole will re- FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 19. IASRUSUE the allt war Blue, making. HN ARH NI HANI BRITISH FILMS, LIMITED, . IS NEW PROJECT OF THE ALLENS TO MEET DEMAND FOR HOME F mistress of the sei commanding piace in the affal rulers, soldiers and sailors wil be seen f to face by the people of Edmont All these films will breathe the sp of British liberty and British nati They will focus the minds hearts of the spectators upon Brit achteyements and British inatitutid world. Her lt;A int Ads. gg VEGETA PiL am member the question of Alf, this blinking war about? awer is given in tho play, dies in the Ruins, which depl humble home in Franca before after the Battle of the Somm Productions to be shown here fre, God Bless our Red, White and Tinker, Tailor, o STOMACH DISORDERS ARE READILY CORRECTED LS IOOTUUT (wi The The Sol These make up only a few of many stirring, splendid pictures British origin that the Al show in Canada. There will imported from Britain many dealing with the history of the and the history that ts now in At no tine hae Britain, , Occupied mud lens staten For buying or selling uee Bull Fevolves about college boy of eeem- ingly exemplary habits, whoso re-urn home from school is followed by deluge of bills indicating anything but a quiet career away from home. His father s drastic treatment of the bill collectors involves his own business in difficulties, and only an unexpected denouement eaves him from disaster. SECRET HISTORY OF START OF HUMAN NATURE'S Someone has eal there 1s only a airline. between poverty and wealth, 6 and virtue, Joy and sadness. This Seema to be true in the experiences of Henry Warner and Ruth Orton in Kiss or Kilh the great Univereal Special Attraction which comes to the Tegent Theatre on next Monday with Prisciiia Dean and Herbert Rawlin- son in-the leading roles. Henry Warner, a veteran of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces, who has been wounded In France and dis- charged, comes back to New York to look for work, but falls to find it. Then, one night, the temptation to be- come thief overcomes him, That 1s the way Kiss or Kill starta, Ruth Orton, a girl who has strug- gled hard to keep her head above the surface of the sea of immorality, in the face of poverty, finds herself ylelding to the plea of a man of wealth that she wed him. She doca not love him, but prefers affluence aa the wite of Craig to hunger and misery aan unmarried girl Ina big city. Ola man Middleton 1s changed trom business man of apparently eter- ling character into raseally old cheat the moment he discovers that it ts easy for him to rob a beautiful young girl of a large estate of which he is the administrator. faig, his nephew, first was only a pleamr -loving young man without iclous tendencies. Then, one day he saw a paper that proved a beauti- ful girl to be the helress to the prop- erty chis uncle administers. Thay knowtedgo changes him instantly into A grasping, scheming adventurer who determines to wed the girl In order to wet control of hor fortune, Thus, in the cases of all three per- sons, there seemed to bs only a halr- lino between the kind of humans they whould have remained and the kind: and poverty betome dominant factors The production of Kiss or Kilt teems with absorbing incidents of hu- man interest, startling climaxes, a beautiful love story and 1s: presented by a cast of characters of men and women of national reputation, headed by beautiful Priscila Dean, who is mipported by Herbert Rawlinson. The locale of the play In New York, and it includes. many acones of artistic SEEN IN KISS OR KILL Thrilling Universal Special Attraction With Beautiful Priscilla Dean and Herbert Rawlinson Proves Old Adage Only Hairline Splits Vice and Virtue, Wealth and Poverty, Joy and Sadness. WAR REVEALED Gilttering with snappy vaudeville numbers, all of them of outstanding merit, the next weok s bill for the Pantages theatre sa worthy successor to the preceding one. All are feature acts and have principals that are steadily reaching a high plane in the vaudeville world, The headline act: is The Million Dollar Dolls, a miniature musical comedy with laughs galore. Thig is offered by B. D. Berg, a producer of national reputation. The act features Daye Seed, star comedian with a Zeig- feldian chorus. Mr. Seed is an ex- temporaneous fun-maker who sui ceeds in keeping his audience in roars of laughter from the time he appea: during his performance. With three strong principals in the foreground and a background of six of the best- dressed, best-looking chorus girls, Mr. Berg has a production worth while. Humor ts the big element throughout. The Aeroplane Girls turn is aptly termed an up-to-the-minute sensa i gt;1. Two charmingly pretty maids present one of the most stunning acts in the yaudeville line. They perfom the most Intricate and sensational feats on trapeses swung from whirling s ro- FRALTY sion. Magnificent costumes tho Intest idea clothes. Kiss or Kill will leave a pleasant taste In the mouths of patrons of the Regent Theatre when the picture, is shown there on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. ENID BENNETT SHOWS SOCIETY A FEW THINGS i ns tertaimmont aro offered by the Ast iF Four. This number ts well . pre- Takes Role of Prospector s express in the designing of sented and bound to be popular. Miss Marie Deel, assisted by John Daughter in Fuss and , steenan, will present Teas, a Feathers. v comedy dramatic sketch. She has played in many of the best atock If you were the daughter of a pro - companies in the States, while Mr. pector who had struck it rich, would you hire an instructor in deportment? Would you feel agerleved if you were snubbed in society because of your uncouth manners and lack of educa- tlon?. These were th questions Su. sie Baldwin was called upon to an- swer after her father had made a lucky strike in Staryeout Camp, and how she answered them is revealed nid Bennett in Fuss and Feath- her latest Paramount picture which will be shown at the Allen next Monday and Tuesday. When Susle Baldwin's father made lucky strike and was cailed to San Francisco to negotiate a sale of his/ mining claims to a promoter, he took Susle with him. When they went to the promoter uncouthness of Susie and the con- spicuous lack of polish displayed by her father brought a sneer from thi Wife of the promoter, whereupon Su- sie, a heart of gold surging in her breast, indignantly dragged her father from the place, hired an instructor to teach her manners, acquired an edu- cation and wound up her romance by marrying the son of the millionaire mining man. Douglas MacLean Je leading man and excellent playera portray the various roles. The picture was di- Meehan is also well known as a stock payer. Jack and Marie Gray, ine dancing novelty turn, are particularly clever. This class of vaudeville act always Preserves its popularity. A whistling rovelty number is given by Arthur Eerrett. This act 1s of outstanding mer't. gt; The Dill is preceded hy ihe secon episode of the new serial The Light- ning Raider, featuring Pearl White. splendor, Including a sumptuous ban- quet hali, a etudio and a great man- One-Leg Really Interesting Exhibition of NORMAN A. FALKNER Late Corporal of 2ist Battalion Figure Eight, Backward and Forward Stars Beeks . Three Brackets Counters and Spins at South Side Rink TUESDAY NIGHT, FEBRUARY 18th, 1919 Admission 25c * rected by Fred Niblo: lpniscrLLa DEAN at the Regent Monday (n Kiss or Kill LAST TIME TODAY CHARLIE CHAPLIN ai aoe The Tramp And LOUISE HUFF in OTHER DEAR CHARMER Skating COMING MONDAY MAY ALLISON in SUCCESSFUL ADVENTURE PRESENT UNDER COVER ALT Reserve Seats on Sale at the Hmpress Theatre PHONE 5568 MATINEE WEDNESDAY AT 2:30 ORPHEUM ae THE ORPHEUM PLAYERS MPIR, THEATRE Evenings PRICES: 500, 75c, 1.00, 1.50 2.00 1.50, 3 Nights and Wednesday Matinee, Commencing Monday, February 17 B0c 73a 1.00, First Tour after One Solid Year in New York Coming here with the same brilliant New York cast which played before His Excellency the Duke of Devonshire WINCHELL SMITH .. and J. J. GOLDEN S SUPREME COMEDY SUCCESS TURN TO THE RIGHT FILLED WITH GOLDEN LAUGHTER AND SUNSHINE 4 GALA ATTRACTION FOR EDMONTON Clean, Wholesome A Play for the Family The Comedy that made History on Broadway Most wonderful scenic production, including a Peach Orchard in Bloom and then in Full Fruit, ver taken out of New York SATURDAY, FEBRUAI ONE OF EDMC FAVORITES COM At Empress Last Three Feathers, John Mason, who died ont; in England, and who will be membered by Edmontonlan two splendid productions In appeared hore, Fine Feat) As Man Thinke, has left of bis ability as an actor on in the qubject Moral Sulcid is at tho Empress theatre three days of next week. Aa Richard Covington, plays the part of a man whe gamut of all sensations from fluence to abject poverty, fr leadership to moral derelectl role affords his extraordin tunities for building a com strong personality in the p: Mr. Mason was born at Or: in 1858. He was a direct 4 on his father's side, of Gove cher of Massachusetts. Bes stage career at the age of t with sich eminent Lawrence Barret, Mary Lotta Crabtree, Joseph K. Fanny Davenport, Mrs. Fisk monton), Frank C. Bangs Warren, etc. Hoe was seen In GMbert and Sullivan opera: iginated many of the princ Among his more recent suc the stage version of rh MONDAY - TUE Thomas H: Ince Pr ENID BENNET S IN Fuss a Feathe A COMEDY DR With thrills thrown good measure Also Mack Sennett BURTON HOLN TRAVELOGU WEDNESDA (One day only) Doroth Dalton Flare-Up. You will like this story of the Californ fields with their loves. Full of thrills, and breath-taking susy If you were one of the who saw it on the s don t'need two asking * Arizona ? on the sere real West Real caval Doug as the famo tenant hero DouGLas FAIRBA Arizor Adapted from Augustus Thomas Arizona At Regular Allen
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Image 550 (1919-02-15), from microfilm reel 550, (CU1247144). Courtesy of Early Alberta Newspapers Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.