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Freckles .........».........Tom BrownLaurie Lou .........Vir3lnl* WeidlerMary Arden ..........Carol StoneMcLean ............ ...Lutnxden HareRalph Bat ton ..............Tamea BushMra. Duncan ......Dorothy I’eter'onJack Carter .........Addison RichardsWr.'snrr ....... Richard AlexanderA) Waters ...............Oeonre LloydLeft v .... Louia NatheauxI Butch ........ .Wade Bolder ■ .....3E Limberlost, those Indiana woods that Gene Stratton-Porter made famous in several novels when her vogue. •was at its height, are pictured again in Kansas City at the Malnstreettheater this week, where “Freckle*Is the screen attraction that accompanies the Major Bowes Amateur*I stage show.“Freckles'' is an average program attraction, with nothing particular to bft said in its favor and little to detract. It has its moments of excitement, occasional comic scenes, j and its times when you can relax and catch a catnap or more if you desire. The latter isn’t a bad habit for anyof us, or are you one of those fortunate souls who unfailingly get eight| hours of sleep each night? We wish i we were.Freckles, the leading character of \ the story, is an orphan who tramp* to a lumber camp to look for a job. On his way there, he meets Mary Arden, a school teacher, and Laurie ; Lou Duncan, daughter of a harassed keeper of a country store.Freckles falls for Mary, as doei| Ralph Barton, a lumber company cm-Mtoota* jitn ktr-7W J I.in—ww t iim ' i m mi ii.UHig-;A Gene .SirnMoii I*orler Novel Is In Its Film Version at the Main-street.P THEM!“Freckles,” the Gene Stratton Porter ” Is not sung anywhere during theployee who assigns his rival the thankless task of guarding a prize lot of trees from some timber thieve*. The latter immediately proceed to get action in number, and the ar-val of a gang of bandits fleeing om a big city robbery does not make lings any easier for the new hand.Of course, Laurie Lou has to wanderthe gangsters’ lair and. equally, of course. Freckles has to get her out. That is when the picture becomes exciting/ and there is a lot of shooting before the rescue is effected. If you like to have your photoplays end on a melodramatic note, “Freckles” is your dish.Virginia Weidler. a really cute little steals the acting honors in the by playing a country child m manner in which the part should be played. She recites Her lines in rote-like fashion only once or twice
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Kansas City Star
Kansas City, Missouri, US
Sun, Oct 20, 1935
Page 61
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