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TOM MEIGH AN IF1AT THE STATEIn “Our Leading Citizen” TMarie Provost on BillGeorge Ade's contention that a lazy man is simply one who has not found corrthe right job Is proved in his story | ^ou“Our Leading Citizen at the StateTheatre this week. The picture. I t*1®thealt* ough not screamingly funny, is good S°01 entertainment and as Ade had a hand in the scenario the direction, the sub »pjinteeveR;Ma;flxiititles and in selecting the cast, the film cast is as it should be. I agaThomas Meighan as a lawyer is Wing-felds* best fisherman, a very terror of every black bass in the river. War is declared with Germany—no it is not a war picture—and Dan thinking the fish-ing must be pretty good along the j 1 Rhine, enlists, goes away as private |lst and comes back a major. Wingfeld Iarl gives him a rousing welcome home and there is a young lady named Katherine Fendle who helps Dan become Our cha Leading Citizen. Lois Wilson, Theo- to | dore Roberts, Guy Oliver and other ex- Alb perienced actors help make the picture | thereal.Marie Provost in Her Night of nat Nights, a romance of a modiste's shop, the displaying a lot of gorgeous gowns and pro a Torchy comedy complete the pro- Ali gramme with the news weekly. plo;wai• ifMISS T ALMADGElowhutPalAT BOWDOIN SO.IfSmilin’ Through” TopFeature With VaudevilleiiIPerhaps the greatest picture ever filmed by Norma Talmadge was offered at the Bowdoin Square Theatre yesterday and will be continued the entire week. The production, Smilin* Through, presented eight reels of storm and sunshine in which is intro- wa duced the Gates of Gladness, which holds the audience spellbound. A romance, too, of the highest and most entertaining type is offered which brings tears of joy and sunshine, and the ending is one that leaves the audience in a most satisfied frame of mind.Miss Talmadge furnishes a rare treat with her charming personality and the supporting cast, too, is one of the best. Another picture of merit “Ivas that entitled, Grand Larceny, which present-el Elliqit Dexter and Claire Windsor in the leading roles and it is *t triangle story that unfolds a strong lesson to all. Three hearts are broke* in thecourse of the theme and the wreckageof love is one that furnishes an objectlesson.The vaudeville offered, Lillian Ray, talented vocalist; Haley and Goss, old-time minstrel stars; Rose Allen and Company, versatile duo; Billy and Wallace Hall, the merry pair, and Waters and Lee in an aerial novelty. Go Get 'Em Hutch. and other features delighted in good measure. On Friday night bargain features will hold forth.The show at the Bowdoin is continuousfrom 10:30 a. m,, and a joy to women shoppers.corthfanlt;torceibli:hisalGrteranCBilsklt;n*FEATURE FILMAT OLYMPIA1* * 1 % I ■■ ■■■■“NanooK of the North”Well Worth SeeingNanook of the North, the feature picture at Gordon's Washington street Olympia Theatre this week, is not only unusual screen fare, but excellent summer entertainment. The mountains of ice and illimitable snow-swept spaces are excellent substitutes for electric fans and ice-cream sodas. From both an entertainment and educational point of view, Nanook of the North*' is absorbingly interesting.The story of real Eskimo life was filmed by Robert J. Flaherty, Fellow f of the Royal Geographical Society. The “location is the Ungava Peninsula, 800 miles from civilization, while the cast of characters includes Nanook*, thehero, and his family—Nyla, his wife, and Alice, Cunayou and Comock, their j children. Malamute dogs, walruses, i salmon, seals, polar bears and white | foxes furnish the ‘'extra atmosphere, j We follow Nanook on his hunting and | fishing expeditions; watch him build his’TV ■ ,igloo, a one-room home erected in an hour; see him conquer a seal in a thrilling battle, and spear the salmon with ivory discs as bait.The picture is certainly worth while seeing, not only as an educational feature, but from the photographic angle, some of the scenes being superbly handled by the cameraman.•The vaudeville programme opens with Smith and Strong,” a singing duo. Other acts are Barrett and Farnum. King and Irwin, Clifton and De Rex, two versatile comediennes, and Homer
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Boston, Massachusetts, US
Tue, Jul 11, 1922
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