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EIGHTH THE MORNING STAR, WILMINGTON, N. C, SUNDAY, .DECEMBER 16, 1917. -.a v "-- ' i ".- M .!': i-t i , 5 '- . ,J - Ml mm r:- i .'1 "-'i - ! ; jr. i - '.I -st -'. is i ,-C a " i .i - if mm -E . . -i - iv a l ) 1 . ! .t.T-.-B :.' 1 M ;;;::;; THEATRICAL For the coming week the Royal pre sents a guaranteed attraction, herald ing the coming into Southern territory for its first tour," Lew Goet's "Ship Ahoy Girls" company, an organization composed ol all-Broadway talent, with the biggest beauty chorus ever seen I on the Royal stage, presenting a new repertoire of rich, clean and classical musical comedy plays that have never before been seen in "Wilmington. The Ship Ahoy Girls introduce more real novelties-than have ever been seen in an attraction of its class anywhere in the South, featuring the entire com pany in vaudeville and specialty acts, every member of the company being a talented artist in some particular line, so that the week will be--an endless chain of big surprises something new every time you see, the show. As an added attraction the Royal .an nounces the beginning of their latest big serial, "Jimmy Dale. Alias The Gray Seal,- the . most amazing story of a super-criminal that. the mind of a story writer has ever conceived. th story of the slickest criminal ever filmed. It features in the title role none other than the talented and fa mous Broadway star, E. K. Lincoln, which is alone enough recommendation of its worth, but with him in this sixteen-week serial will be seen Paul Panzer, who formerly played opposite Pearr "White in' serials; together, with "beautiful Edna rHunter in the leading feminine role. Bijou. Miss Carol Holloway, Vitagrapa's fearless little star is put to one of the severest te8ts in her screen career when she falls into a temp?stuous mountain stream to be rescued by Wil liam Duncan, while the camera regis ters another thrilling scene in the fourth episode of "The Fighting Trail." Greater Vitagraph's wonderful serial of adventure and the great outdoors, at the -Bijou Monday. She is a strong swimmer and Mr. Duncan a hercules, but both were badly bruised by being dashed against rocks and the sides of the cliff and their strength well gone when he gets-her ashore. But the pic ture is, made up of just such scenes where life : and limb are not reckoned too seriously, with the result it is un questionably the most gripping-and re- j alistic screen production in the world today. A young American mining en- I 111 1. , MATINEE ep NIGHT H. H. Moss Presents THE COHAN and HARRIS ASTOR THEATRE SUCCESS, WHERE IT PLAYED onp , TIRE YEAR " - EN" THE LAUGHING MUSICAL TRIUMPH A SEXTETTE O FCHORUS BEAUTIES WITH THE SHIP AHOY GIRLS AT THE ROYAL. THIS WEEK. the screen. The photoplay in which she makes her debut for Goldwyn. "The Spreading Dawn," an adaptation of the story by Basil King which ran so successfully in the Saturday Evening Post, will be seen at the Grand thea tre Monday and Tuesday. The addition of i Miss Cowl to the Goldwyn galaxy" o'f stars further em phasizes the tendency of dramatic stars to broaden the scope of their activi- Iff IB. ' -" 3 fsmg - vj54 ahwBMMiimdwMBiiijjyjiiiiiiinnWMiiiitijijuaMiiaiuu.MiuauiuiBMiM 'v m I The Exceptional Goldyvn Offering a t the Grand L Cowl m f The Spreading yawn oidwyn on Monday and Tuesday ship of the Broadway successes, "Lilac Time" and "Daybreak." ' By the terms of her Goldwyn con tract Miss Cowl is slated to appear in a number of photoplays to follow "The Spreading Dawn." It can not be said that the failure of Miss Cowl to turn seriously to the screen before this was due to the prej udice wfiich. sinany stag stars have evinced fcr the) motion picture iieldj. She never has held herself aloof from the screen, but she did await that time when the motion picture would reach a creditable state of development. She did not wish to participate in a class of productions which underrated the intelligence of the public. part of the system. He has suffered from the extension of municipal shops during the Avar, but the creation of such shops is now officially discourag ed. He cannot make very good profit But in general he is sure of a restrict ed trade. He is not a popular person. 'Worse than Pasha' is the phrase cur rent to describe his attitude to the public." Book and Lyrics by RENNOLD VV0LBCHANNIN6 POLLOCK ' Music by CHAS.J fiEBESl WpTH FRANK W SHEA A Smashing Comedy of Youth That Sparkles with Music, Mirth and Melody THE GREATEST GIRL SHOW OF THE SEASON. 60 PEOPLE MOSTLY GIRLS PRICES MATINEE, 50c to $1.50; NIGHT, 75c to $2.00 Seat Sale Tuesday at Elvingtcn's Christmas Slippers. For every member of the family at Peterson and Rulf's. Adv. de 15-sa we,sa,su President Dismissed. Lisbon. Wednesday, Dec. 12. The dis missal of President Machado from office has been decreed. "The Beauty Shop." The playgoers who love the beat in musical plays and welcomes the oppor tunity to be at once pleased, amused and interested. Is cheating -imself if he j does not see "The Beauty Shop." which j the management of the Academy of Mu-i sic offers as the attraction for matinee and night on next Wednesday, Decem ber 19. The piece is a musical comedy, the book and lyrics of which were written by Rennold Wolf and hanning Pol lock, both well known journalists and authors, and the music composed by Charles J. Gebest, and has enjoyed long and successful runs in New York, Bos- i ton. Chicago anu Philadelphia. mmm . The costumes and stage settings have been carefully selected with the ar- tistic always In mind, and when the 1 5'' ''"TrW.fi rruSSkrtrrSZ curtain rises on each scene there is not f a question of doubt but what the eye i will have -its entertainment as weir as j the ear. I The matinee prices will be", from "50 J cents to. $1.60. Night prices will range i" tr - n nr 4 Hum ii denies t vvtii la.-v cjiiia. ; Tickets will go on sale Tuesday morn- ing at Elvington's. - Meet "Him or Her" at ELVINGTON'S SODA FOUNTAIN Hot Chocolate. Coffee and -Bouiliions New Carbonator and Ice Cream Machiae. and two New Men installed. ill o u COMING TUESDAY THE GREATEST A n LI API COMEDY YET ly the Sea One of the Greatest Productions Chaplin Ever Made Two Days Beginning 'a AN ESSANAY PRODUCTION t i gineer under contracts to supply the allies, with ore used in the manufac ture of ammunition is fought to death by an agent of. the central powers, who employs a band of outlaws who seek by fire and flood and dynamite to de--stroy the mine. '. Ninety-five per cent of the pictures were taken in the wildest reaches of the Sierras in Southern California or. on the edge of the great Nevada desert. ties and seek the exhaustive, possibil ities of cinempgjaplLic. art. -The Gold wyn Corporatmttreat,dsthe acquisi tion of Miss CowI"-!ls one of their greatest achievements ' thus far. Her photographic registry has proved ex cellent, and .it .is said that her emo tional -work is admirably adapted to screen purposes. Miss Cowl created! Grand. Jane CotvI, who has stamped -herself a one 01 Americas greatest emotion-j metropolitan production of "Common al actresses through a Ions gallery of j Clay." In addition. Miss Cowl is a stage creations, is the latest star of the successful dramatist, having collabo spoken drama to heed the siren call of rated with Jane Murfin in thA onthnr. Gas Hill's Big: Minstrels. Gus Hill's Big "Minstrels, headed by George Wilson, "Waltz Me Again," who has been at tlje; fcewi York Hippodrome for fifty weeksi wiu.be the attraction at the Academy of Music Christmas Day. -- The -musical lUfmbers of the enter tainment jj rare said to be, or singular beauty and musical excellence and the entire organization lias been, produced on a scale of munificence and bigger and better than any similar organiza tion ever assembled. The company numbers sixty, travel ing in their own special train. The great success of Gus Hilt's Big Minstrels lies in the one word, "Class." ALL THIS WEEK '4gr." LEW GOETZ uic roip ol aiarr i urnpr in trio x-vw York production of '.'Within the Law." i Always drawing upon his own original land also the Dart of the hernine in th! ideas to make his minstrels superb, Mr. Hill, tnis season, .omes Ik $;&- f " Jt' " ' iS -a II 1 , V ir 1 '&gsf " ' ' I- if .- j f - ym l A r Irs ' x- : i, v i S3 ' to? xA m f y OK - y f s "ii & El u "&L&x? ' ' ' d ir1 la 1 f IE J forward with a most pretentious offering,' which is said to be the best ever offered in minstrelsy. RATIONING SYSTEM HAS RUINED GERMAN WHOLESALER London, Dec. 15. "The German wholesaler, has been ruined by the food rationining system," says the National Food Journal. "He has be come an unnecessary link in the chain of distribution.. The system leaves no scope for his activities except as an agent of some public authority. . "The German retailer is a necessary Presents the -A-HOY BIJOU MONDAY "The Fi Trail" anting An Organization Made Up From All-Broadway Talent Presenting CLEAN, CliASSY, REFINED MUSICAL COMEDIES Introducing EViORE REAL NOVELTIES THAN HAVE EVER BEFORE BEEN SEEN IN AN ATTRAC TION OF ITS CLASS Nerve and a Six?Shooter Oppose Treachery and Numbers yes, and the lone one triumphed! The all-powerful explosive ia sav ed to Uncle Sam and the Central Powers - receive - a setback tht they dread more than the loss of a fleet. "The Fighting Trail", Greater Vitagraph's marvelous serial melodrama, . shows how Americans can battle superior forces and unlimited trickery. Athletic William Duncan is the patriotic mining engineer- ana Daring .Carol Holloway the -'girl who, fights at -his side. Apart from its patriotic appeal and its spectacular side, it appeals a. the first motion picture serial of the great out-doors. Every lover of out-door adventure should see it. No nature-faking either every thrill and stunt is prenulne. Come! EXTRA ATTRACTION MONDAY AND TUESDAY COMES TO t i I U I! ?6 1 GREAT E HOTIONAIACTRESS f It-it ttt" o i ' U M53p JANE COWL! V V W V ft y,..f "-maancg ox vjeueraiion. from SATURPAY EVENIKG POST Sirory By Basil 4 I. n Miss Cowi was the Heroine and Creator of Mary Tur ner in "Within the Law," the Heroine of "Common Law" Two of the Greatest Sensations in the History of the New York Stage Her Popularity With American Public is Unrivaled ""V ') H ' u. This Production marks the Greatest Triumph of the Great Gold wyn Organization and is Presented with a Guarantee That It is .Their Greatest Production to Date AMERICA'S GREATEST EMOTIONAL ACTRESS A FAM OUS AND NATIONALLY POPULAR AUTHOR THE GOLD WYN STANDARD OP PRODUCTION MATINEES 15 NIGHTS 25c FOlTtTH CHAPTER MONDAY 'Ttto ot tuti, IfHtov.tljg. U"l jUl .4'1- couicuj- k,,uecei "Tile Beauty Snap ' . at tlie Academy of Music on TVexl Wednesday. FORD WEEKLY Showing And Visit A T.n1.A. bank, the Plant Wizard Some Other Bls Feature. E The Opening Chapter of a Great Serial "JIMMY DAL ALIAS, THE GRAY SEAL" The Greatest Screen Character of the Year The Slickest Crim inal in the History of Fictional Screen Characterization, Featur ing the Powerful Broadway Dramatic Star E. K. LINCOLN WITH EDNA HUNTER AND PAUL PANZER We Guarantee That If You See the Opening Chapter You Will ; ' Not Miss One of the Sixteen Holiday Savings Club Holders of books in this club, which matured on "December 2nd, are requested to leave books at bank immediately as checks will not be issued to those who have not turned in their books. HOME SAVINGS BANK Corner Front and Chestnut Streets BRICK! BRICK! BRICK! Plants Wilmington and Acme, N. C. Best Grades and Prompt Shipments. , Also carry large stock Building: Material. : Your orders appreciated. 4 ; Roger Moore's Sons & Co. 9 - ' -sagCSS88 Everybody Reads the Star Business Locals J
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