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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28

TO-DAY at

12.15, 2.30, 5.15, 7.15, & 9.15

LAST SHOWING

OF

DOUGLAS FAIRBANK'S

IN THE

DASHING, THRILLING

COMEDY-DRAMA-

"THE MARK OF ZORRO

.SUPPORTED

'BY"

CHARMING

BARBARA DE LA MOTTE.

AT

THE CORONET............

TINIAI DATARE ZUŠÁ ÁS 33 KO LO EN QURES

PROGRAMME FEATURES.

TO-NIGHT.

CORONET—The Mark of

Zorro."

WORLD" The Ábyemal

Brute."

STAR The Gilded Lily.” .......................................

THE THIRD, ALARM.”

GREAT SPECTACULAR.

SCENES.

Emory Johnson has resorted to one of the most prolific sources for thrills in this picture which F.B.O. is releasing. Not so much in sensational fire scenes as in the

spectacular and human interest that surrounds the fire depart ment, does the appeal lie. It is this important difference that gives the feature distinctlon. There are, however, some tremen- doug fire scenes for those who are most moved by that type of

SUDS.N

MARY PICKFORD'S. GREATEST PICTURES.

Mary Pickford, who has de- lighted so many millions as the glad girl in "Pollyanna" will be seen at the Coronet Theatre soon in her latest United Artists Cor- poration production, "Suds," in a role said to be entirely different from anything in which she has heretofore appeared.

The story was adapted from the stage play "Op o' Me Thumb" in which Maude Adams appeared with such great success in Charles Frohman's Empire Theatre in New York City.

THE CHINA MAIL.

CINEMA

CHATTER.

903

SYDNEY CHAPUN and LOTTIE Mac PHERSON Paran

tune.

She informs the eager listeners that when "Orace Green- smith, the man whose name is on

"KING, QUEEN, JOKER

MARY REGAN,

FILM

the laundry ticket accompanying BIG CAST IN ANITA STEWART the shirt, appears for his wearing apparel, it will be a signal that all is well and she can return to her rightful station in life,

Amanada is continually getting into difficulties both in and out of the laundry and when Lavender, the horse which pulls the batter- ed delivery wagon, it about to be sold for glue she rushes to his aid and takes the horse to her own humble little room, three flights of stairs up in the tenement.

How she and the horse are ejected by the other exasperated tenants is one of the most amus- ing scenes of the story..

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Finally a bank holiday comes The cast was especially selected along and all of the girls in the by Miss Pickford as being especi- laundry are going to Hampstead ally adapted to the roles in which Heath for a picnic, but Amanda they appear. The street scenes says that she is waiting for are laid in the slums of London 'Orace Greensmith. Just at this in which locale the story takes moment Horace appears for his place and are exact reproductions shirt. He knows nothing about of certain quarters of the big the romance woven about him by metropolis which were. photo- the imagination of Amands and graphed by the star's Englishrein fact, has seen her but once presentatives and reproduced at before in his life and then only casually when he came. to deposit her studio in perfect detail.

his shirt,

The story has to do with the affairs of Amanda Aick, a pug nosed homely little slavery in French laundry in the slums of the English city. Amanda is the most woebegone character im- aginable and as the other girls in the laundry have their sweet- hearts, and no man has ever deigned to notice slavery, she weaves a wonderful romance for her own benefit and

the little

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How Amanda, bluffs through the situation and saves her face before the spell bound girls, must naturally be seen to be appre- ciated and enjoyed.

The cast supporting Miss Pick-. ford is one of unusual excellence, including auch well-known play. ers as Albert Austin, Madame Rose Dione and Harold Goodwin.

The photoplay was produced

JACKIE COOGAN.

BRIBED TO EARN £200,000 -A YEAR.

售

LAST SHOWING

OF

BEAUTIFUL AND ENTRANCING

MAE MURRAY

IN

"THE GILDED LILY

FAMOUS DANCER'S ROMANCE

SUNDAY & MONDAY

SID CHAPLIN

THE MONARCH OF MIRTH

IN

KING, QUEEN, JOKER

A riotous roar of fun about a barber who tried to be a king.

THE STAR ***

Kid." There may or there may not be other children who could have done it, but I think most London managers would be un- acquainted with them.

Perhaps, in their self-defence, we may recall the story of the "Infant Roscius," William Henry

Perhaps, in after years he will; have forgotten the very existence of the screen--and, it may be, as a great and dignified musician, he will be shown photographs and will exclaim: "Did I indeed do that? Or, just as possibly he

Anita Stewart, who will be led by Mr. Max Pemberton, in the West. Betty, who made his first will become the Fairbanks of his

Have the young generation as many heroes as older people used to have? The question is answer- seen at the Coronet Theatre in "Weekly Despatch."...

Mary Regan," the latest First I was saying to somebody the National release, has excellent other day, writes Max Pemberton, that boys, and girls have few support in this study of the vam-heroes or heroines in this present pires of both sexes who lurk year of grace. It was very differ about Broadway to suck the goldent thirty years ago. The youth of that day had many models. of the wealthy class.

Most boys wanted to be Dr. Grace or A. E. Stoddart if they were cricketers, Fred Archer if they rode horses, and Sir Henry Irving if they desired to go on the stage. Women raved about Ellen Terry, and a little earlier about Kate Vaughan at the Gaiety and Maud Branscombe of the divine oyes, and Violet Cameron of the golder

Frank Mayo has the role of a detective, in love with Mary

COMINGI

THE

THIRD ALARM

ONE OF THE

YEAR'S VERY BIGGEST PICTURE.

hair.

And yet I wonder. A small, still voice whispers to me: What about Jackie Coogan, the child artist who earns a large salary than any child has earned in the history of the world? Is it true that many a small boy and many a small girl would like to be Jackie Coogan?

I have seen Jackie Coogan in two pictures and I thought him quite remarkable. His natural ability was extraordinary, He was upon the stage.the child that he is off. They tell me to-day that his earnings are £200,000 a year and that, of that vast sum, he himself receives about ten shillings a week, paid on Wednes-

appearance in London in 1803 he being then twelve years old and in fifty-six nights earned the sum of £14,000. These were great takings in those days; yet wo do not hear much of "the in- fant" in later years, though he lived to the ripe age of 84 and died within the memory of many now living.

Jackie Coogan's story is delight- fully romantic.. He was the son of modest vaudeville artists, who played in the "hundredth" streets of New York. Night by night he used to watch his people from the wings; but one night, by accident, he ran out on to the stage and that was his first public appear- ance..

age, and, perceiving where the money is, will stick to a profes sion which already has so greatly enriched him. Time shall decide and temperament.

“KING, QUEEN, JOKER"

SYDNEY. CHAPLIN'S GREAT

COMEDY.

story of unusual thrill, coupled with exceptional comedy features makes Sydney Chap in's Paramount production of "King, Queen, Joker," which will be shown at the Star Theatre" to morrow, one of the outstanding picture offerings of the seaso

When fame came, he remained, indifferent to it. Even to this day, his own ambition is. to be- Mr. Chaplin is.quite out of the come a great baseball player and ordinary, and one may get an idea his proudest possession is a of its coat when a trip to England, miniature suit in the fashion of France and Switzerland of nine the kit worn by the greatest weeks' duration was made by the players. In the films he has entire company just to film some hardly any interest at all, and of the scenes. those who visit his house are most likely to discover him upon his hands and knees playing with some new mechanical toy. Bribed to Act.

under the direction of Jack Dillon Ragan, the leading character: days and Fridays. Clearly he lasting thrill that a fire engine laundry, about the owner, of a from the scenario by Waldomar. Carl Miller, a handsome juvenile, can afford to put threepence into the new toy engine.

Young, and Charles Rosher who

action.

Recalling probably the ever-

brings as it races up a street, and the thousands who flock to see it even when there is no prospect of

By these they bribe him to act and when he desires to be "Kid" no longer the present is 1 the benefit of the girls in the

So much acting, so much toward bought and the trap is baited.

shirt which had been left to be

Padereswki, who visited his washed some months before the has been responsible for the plays the part of a young man the collection plate on Sunday.

house in New York, déclares that story opens.

splendid photography in all of Mary is trying to save; Barney Rivals,.

he Consider these darnings of a Amanda is continually getting Misa Pickford's récent produc- Sherry plays his father; George

would make a first-rate mere child, who is rising nine violinist. The film people say that life, but her father, the Arch-cameras. The huge street sets son has accurately gauged the Duke has sent her to work in the and the interiors were made interest. The reproduction is laundry to be sure that she will under the supervision of the remarkable. He has given the be loved and courted for herself star's technical, director, Max fire engines an almost human alone and not for her vast for Parker.

A number of innovations Im picture, producing were used by Mr. Chaplin in the making of the production, one of them being the use of airplanes to carry the com- pany to distant locations, practi- cally inaccessible by any other, means of transportation.

With the induction of maný,

novel stunts into this picture, M Chaplin's offering is said to be an unusual one. Lottie MacPher son heads a capable supporting company.

seeing the flames, Director John--is really of a very high station in tions was in charge of the Hernandez plays Peter Loveman, years of age, as they say of his chances as a boy actor will a state of unrest against the

master mind of a gang of society horses. When Charlie Chaplin last for some three years more, intriguers; and Brinsley Shaw, discovered him, he must have and that afterwards his fate is L W. Stears and Hedda Nova been a little more than five, and on the knees of the gods or god have other supporting parts. we all know what he did in "The desses,

character and paid a great tribute

to the heroism of the firemen. Picture the usual display of in- terest in actually witnessing the department in action, and then picture the glamour and perspec- tive which only the camera can afford, and you have some idea of the strength of appeal.

Spectacle, however, is only one angle of interest. The story of Dan MacDowell and his horse is entertainment of a most sincere order. Ralph Lewis gives a characterization of a faithful fire fighter who is discarded because he is unable to drive the new engine as skilfully as he could handle the horses of old: His attachment for Bullet, the horse which is also discharged, leads him into some pathetic experi- ences. One of the biggest thrills shows Bullet bounding away from! a cruel master, when he hears the alarm, and dashing to the scene of need., The dog, too, adds more than one dramatic bit.

The burning of an apartment building, the home of the son's sweetheart, is the last sensational achievement of the film. The suspense has been splendidly managed. Pictorially, too, the effect is massive, as when re peated views showing half of the building about to give way are flashed on the screen. The rescue of the girl, the fate of Dan Mac Dowell and the outcome of the fire are all involved in the climax. A fine supporting cast includes Johnnie Walker and Virginia True Boardman. The photo graphy là very good

The Third Alarm" will appeal to all who like big thrilling scenes and a wealth of sentiment.

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What Would you think of a Girl Like

MARY

REGAN

her father a once notorious cynic and

mother

the refined daughter of aristocratic girl

of the rare combination of brains, beauty nerve. Coming into her mother's inheritance. by the death of both parents, she is haunted by fear of the law, and sought to be used as toy by her father's friends.

Urged by her mother's influence to lead a better life, an honest love is offered to her and she fights a desperate battle to remove the staint of criminality and wins the man she loves.

Come and see her, the Heroine of Leroy Scott's novel of Big Pleasure in New York, as portrayed by

ANITA

STEWART

also

FELIX The Cat Cartoon Comedy & International News.

SUNDAY MONDAY

TUESDAY & WE

at THE CORONET.

The kingdom of Coronia is in oppression of its king, Victor II, who refuses to accept the advice of his prime minister and sign a proposed people's charter. The chief plotter against the king, a foreign nobleman, discovers à barber who is the counterpart of the king, and promises him a for tune if he will do his bidding: The barber agrees and that night the king is kidnapped and the barber assumes the crown.

The real king meanwhile escapes from his abductors, re- turns to the palace and after a general melee between the court soldiers and the plotters, the im poster is captured and condemned; to be shot at sunrise. The queen: pleads with the king to pardon the prisoner, but the potentate: refuses. Next morning the exECU- tion takes place and the ex-barber falls as if dead. His body is car ried by the 'guards into a gloomy. chamber. The queen enters later unobserved, goes to the body and the supposed dead man sits up and thanks her for saving his life.

The queen then tells him how she ordered the chief to extract) the balls from the cartridges in the guns of the firing squad, and had sent the message to him to feign death when the firing was done Two guards approach and the queen hides. The guarda enter, put the supposed corpse. into a sack, throw in a stone, tie up the Back and dump it into the most which surrounds the castle

The ex-barber Breaks out of the sack and after dodging the bullets. of the court soldiers, swima" to safety. He is pursued by more Isguarda, but finally succeeds

throwing all the soldiers out of one machine and appropriating for his flight. An airplane swoona down from the sky with Trop changing, from it, the ex-barl

rakus

горе

the machine and is borne