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KEENAN WINS PRAISE NEW FILMlt;lt;The Phantom” Gives Acto Splendid Dual Role of “Gentle man Crook” and Pseudo Secret Service Man in Mystery Play.BY JUANITA GRAY.JI-IOSE who pooh-pooh the movieswould about-face and sin?? theirpraises if they all could crowd intothe Band Box to see Frank Keenan live the title role of The Phantom” to-day. Not only is he bully, but so is his supporting: cast and vo-ricle, from a J. (.». Hawks scenario.Surprise, suspense, interest, punch, thrill—they’re all there howling: for recognition. Even a chap withi a half-atrophied ocular nerve cotild recognize them. VFrank Keenan plays Farrel, thje gentleman of fortune and chance/” a suave Chesterfield with the perverted wits of a Sherlock Holmete. Bob McKim does the helpful work ©C Crabhe. the crook's man Enid Mar-key is the girl whose companionsh prcves ample enough recompense fo FarreTs housepartying.The theft, of that old friend of the drama and the short story—the val-I ttable pearl necklace—is the mystery , to be. unraveled. Lights off, confusion, the pearls are gone. Hands— just hands with no trunk attachment visible—transfer the unstrung gems to a half-empty pill bottle. Who took them?0 0 0JHE spectator does not know deep in the denouement.until Someclever and rapid business intervenes. The police rush in. Farrel overpowers them. He gives evidence of federal secret service employment. He suggests that the pearls may be in the receptacle from which they disappeared. They are. He has sacrificed his loot for the sake of the family name of the host. He liked the daughter; he pitied the miscreant son. But he handcuffs the professional thief who anticipated him in the crime.As a federal operative, he carts away this thief. Dr.” Ratcltffe, to release him on the road to the city. Rough work,” he advises him via subtitle, You should be selling Bibles.” But what does we get out of this?” gloomily puts in the empty-handed Crabbe. She was a nice girl. Crabbe. The older you get, the more you will appreciate there is more in life than graft” (or words to that effect), philosophizes f'The Phantom. *puffing tenderly on his Havana.0 0 0I MUSTN'T forget Willie Colliers contribution to the program. It's a typical liquored-up Collier tw'o reels from Keystone—very funny mostly, excellent in mechanics and trick photography, and contains very few dry stretches. A real good chaser for the Keenan stimulant.| OUIS SELZNICK dashed through Chicago to-day. He had business with his booking associate, Aaron Jones, in the Clara Kimball Young features. He’ll be back in a week. With him he’ll bring Mrs. Selznick and Miss Young. They’ll stay for the cinema exposition and convention.
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Chicago Examiner
Chicago, Illinois, US
Tue, Jul 04, 1916
Page 6
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