Attractions at Colonial feature two top shows this week
The Colonial presents A Pair of Sixes on Thursday based on its long run in New York with a strong cast and notable song and dance numbers. Friday brings The Million Dollar Doll with Miss Irene Medora and a large company praised in Scranton and other cities for its lavish production and lively entertainment. A third item previews The Secret Code at Elite Theatre with Gloria Swanson as a U.S. Senator’s wife in a dramatic wartime thriller.
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Under the Greenwood Tree at Strand with Elsie Ferguson
The Strand presents the photoplay Under the Greenwood Tree starring Elsie Ferguson about Mary Hamilton a London socialite who vanishes and rumors say she left for a gypsy life in the New Forest. Sir Kenneth Graham suggests she may be abducted but witnesses say she sought a simple life and now the film follows her adventures with gypsies and forest owner Jack Hutton.
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Dainty Lila Lee in The Cruise of the Make Believes at Strand
Dainty Lila Lee portrays Ressia Mege'son in her first Paramount picture The Cruise of the Make Believes showing at the Strand Xmas day. Lee, sixteen, with eight years on stage, is lauded for her imaginative charm and camera presence. Also featured is Fatty Arbuckle in The Cook, praised as a top Paramount comedy with a brilliant dog performance in cafe and ocean scenes. Nazimova’s Eye for Eye chosen as the Elite feature title by the actress herself, an adaptation of L Occident.
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Fatty) Arbuckle
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Revenge Motif Echoes Biblical Eye for an Eye
A young Arabian girl resolves to exact personal vengeance rather than rely on formal law, embracing the notion of an eye for an eye. The idea, drawn from Biblical phrasing, frames her plan to take revenge into her own hands.
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