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Viola Dana in her zippiest melo-dramatic comedy, “In Search of a Thrill, a Metro production, is the treat in store at the gym Monday night, April 21strAdapted from Kate Jordan’s short story, “The Spirit of the Road,” and directed by Oscar Apfel, “In Search of a Thrill promises to top in popularity all Miss Dana's previous productions, for it is a rare combination of comedy and thrills, done with the charming verve and dash that is character-istice of the Peter Pan girl of the screen.Warner Baxter, Mabel Van Buren, Templar Saxe and Rosemary Theby head the supporting cast.Miss Dana has the role of an American flapper in Paris, whose passion for continuous excitement leads her into breath-taking adventures. Fans will get all the action they want in “In Search of a Thrill,” for the story speeds from one adventure to another, culminating in a dramatic episode at a rendezvous of the Paris underworld.Ann Clemance, played by Viola Dana, occupies a villa near Paris with her aunt. In the French metropolis she meets Adrien Torrens (Warner Baxter), a young American author, to whom she was formerly engaged. They are attracted to each other again, but Adrian, a serious-minded chap, has no patience with Ann’s reckless frivolities.Feeling that she has lost his respect, and knowing his interest in the poorer unfortunate classes, Ann disguises herself as a crook and breaks into his apartment, hoping to win his sympathy. Instead of freeing her, Adrian compels her to accompany him on a tour of the slum district, where she realizes fur the first time the horrible conditions brought about by the indifferent attitude of a few of the wealthy aristocracy.In a Montmartre dive Ann is recognized through her disguise by a leading gangster, who was a witness of one of her earlier escapades. This thug plots with his Apache cohorts to kidnap the girl and hold her for ransom.What follows is one of the most thrilling battles royal ever screened—that will make “In Search of a Thrill” a photoplay long to be remembered.*
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Davidson Davidsonian
Davidson, North Carolina, US
Thu, Apr 17, 1924
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