ST, THE DAILY BRITISH WEG. HEARD ALONG KIN yel you may not be conscioys of the dramatic effect, GSTON'S THEA TRE ROW Pram = A WEEK OF CAPITOL ENTERTAINMENT iple and ths possibilities in that co - L SWEPT AND GARNISHE New Interior Decorations and Other Improvements Will Greet Opening of Season With the Favorite Rex Company. The Grand Opera House bas been pWhat they should--but you know me : ip life that is rthy of many! besieged by painters, decerators and | Al, expense is no object with the Rex Phase of life that is wo y cleaners for some time past in pre-|sh w. I know the public well enough paration for the big first-c -gea- son opening on Thursday night next when the Rex Stock Company, K ston"s own, starts. the round amusement for the fall and wir to know that if I spend enou ey on the show, and make it a real , they will support my efforts by filling the theatre." Local men in touch with theatrical with the presentation of New Yor matters. in this city predict that |""Rex'" will have an even bigger run latest and funniest comedy, 'Here! 8he Comes." | than that of last year, though how The big theatre has been under-'that will be possible is hird to con- going a regular house-cleaning in"the |ceive, However, the advance book- past few weeks. Cleaners, painters, [ings, even though the theatre has no' . carpenters, electricians, and all man- [yet opened, are big. Florence Win- 'per of workers have been busily « 1- (ters arrived in the city last night, gaged in putting it into shape for the {looking none the worse for an auto reception of its crowds of patrons {accident she had a few weeks ago, and the final touches were ed {when she and her mother, out in the gh mon. | dition are wonderful. hag, in a surprisingly complete mi ner, grasped the full import of he {role . and has transporied to screen an understanding of ages, The situation she faces, the heart ftugs, the emotions have combined to make for your eniertainment a ple- jture that {8s worthy of travelling a long distance to sce. On the same programme will be a Torchy comedy, entitled "Torchy Fued"---it's a scream.' Sereen Snapshots have al- ways proved favorites in Kingston and these will be shown along with |Fathe News. | It is wiea to attend the matinees as {much as possible so as to be sure of {a good seat. Miss Binney | 4 during the past week when Frank James, of St. Louis, Missoun, artist of the Rex Stock C completed a series of beautiful ta try panel works in the lobby sageways, which had heen r S- 1 a and decorated in otfer respects by a | local firm beforehand. Mr. James e | wheel, tried with Florence at the to put a Packard truck that was oying them out of busi- ness, but f some reason the truek [came out with only one fender miss- ling, while Florenee's 'Ma is minus an jauto, the Flo said there were a few {things left, including a wheel or so. rv | latter's car OT THIS SEASON'S PICTURES TOLD {Some Released of Paramount Theatres For Fall and Winter. N. L Nathanson, Managing-Direc tor of Famous Plavers Canadian Cerporation Limited, announces 'he Second week of Capito] Entertain- ment, beginning on Monday, Beptem- tres in Canada. At a t'me when thousands of neople are 'urning their thoughts towards the fal) season, heralded In many Canadian cities by a great exibition representative the ry's resources--thaatrego- ers, fre... from a summer spent in 'he out-of-dcors, at lake or seashore, he- &in to make plans for the winter's entertainment of Cp To them, and to every Canadian, Mr. Nathanson's announcement of a second week of Capitol Enter'ain- ment, comes. as a welcome harbinger of the ensuing year's probabilities ex- pressed in terms of motion pictures REX SNELGROVE ZANA VAUGHN Large as life and happy as ever, who Leading lady with the Rex Company, fommences his new season here at the which opens its new season here Thurs. Grand, beginning Thursday next, in the day next. Everybody is anxious t big New York success, "Here She "Mrs Rex" again Comes," 0 See | A A AAA AAA AAA At APA PAA AAA AAA 2%. Pr A rt came straight from St. Louis, where | Fortunately Miss Winters landed on he had been engaged in repairing the |her head and therefore escaped any scenic floats for the parade of the [injury. Priests of Palas, a big yearly event Zana and Rex Sundayed in Toron- in that eity. |to wast week and arrived home Tue:s- {day night. Rex says, by ihe way, [that this season's show is going to be Just a bit the best attraction he has returned, and along with the oid fav- {bad so far in the way of popular! orites, some new faces that will make |priced attractions. We shall see, their bow to the Kingston public on | however, on the night of September | the opening night next Thursday. [7th. | All the boys are back with a wealth of sunburn and full of ambition, and the ladies--while not so sunburned, are filled with good health and good spirits. The writer had the good fortune to get a peep Into the ward- robé department, and the wealth of beautiful and amazing costumes im- ported for this event, was enough to stagger a mere man and to make him whisper softly to himself, "Thank 'he Great Jumping Jiminy I am not Mr Rex." ! Rex Company Ohanges, Thé Rex Company proper have all ALL AT THE STRAND DURING NEXT WEEK For the opening of Capito! Enter. tainment at the Strand Theatre two first class Paramount pictures have been chosen. Constance Binney in "First Love" will be shown commenc- irg Monday and on Thursday Jack Holt in his latest Paramount---one of the foriy-one big ones-- 'While Satan Sleeps" will be featured, Miss Binney is well known for her {*he present moment-- The complete list of attractions for Canadian release is not available at 3 but the num- ber of Paramount pictures alon® ig 80 large, so representative of the best in drama and comedy so replete with famous names, that it suggests a "Milky Way' of screen stars. Paramount Pictures s'ands for splendid pictures produced at the Lasky Studios in Hollywood and at the Famous Players studio on' Long Island, by men who have become well nigh perfect in the directorial art, The works of the world's mest emin- en' authors and artists have been adapted to the requirements of the ecreen by men and women who un- derstand to the minutest detail, their particular braach of the motion pic- 'are industry. And to complete the product'on, clever actors and ac- tresses are engaged to interpret the "oles, under conditions which make their work as pleasant as possible. Scarcely more than a dozen years ago, Adolph Zukor conceived the idea which was responsible for the forma- Won of the grea* company known as Famous Players, afterwards, (hav- itg collaborated with Jesse L. novation of Last Year 3 with great pleasure, that Manager H. H, Coy, of the Strand Theatre, by Famous Players Canadian Corpora- tion Lim't ronto, and theatres in every Canad- from coast nounces to his patrons the second an- rual season of Capitol Entertainment, at the Strand Theatre Last year the idea was new, the original scheme of N. L. Nathanson, one of the recognized authorities in the moving picture world in America, and Managing-Director of the big corporation owning this chain of moving picture houses So succe ful was last year's effort, so fine the programmes in all Capitol Theatres. owned and operated ed, with head office in To- fan city to coast, an Paramount Management Decides to Repeat Successful [ne § With Added Attractions. | broadening influence in the lives of {the general public--is bec [more and more recognized as a { powerful factor of modern life, There will always be small tow must alwaye be farms--but before {very long, there will be no such thing as Isolated districts, with people, wiio unable to travel, will lead a monoton= |ous soul-deadening existence devold of pleasure or amusement, ' Through establishing beautitul {Capitol Theatres, in all the > {cities of Canada, as well a8 {iu every available locality, Players Canadian Corporation Limite {ed, has assisted the motor salesmen, [the Ford manufacturer and othes agents in bringing Capitol Entertain. | ment even into sthe rural districts. The farmer and 'he hired man as that it has been deemed advisable by Mr Nathanson to inaugurate second season of this Entertainme jand Septemter ihe fourth to Septem- {ber the ninth are the dates selected {for Capitol Entertainment week the sma playhou | world's | famous | Paramount pletures raise the bill offered at the Sirand Theatre to th 3: well as the comfortable resident of 11 cities and towns, can spend én evening at any of the company's ses, and for an inconsiderable sum watch the screen versions of the greatest novels, the efforts o ar'ists, and isten to, musle of tho highest order, ber the 4th, in the Paramount thea- | Rudolph Valentino and Gloria Swanson in tocks," which will be shown at the Str IB 11th to 13th inclusive. "Beyond the and Theatre September | | | -- |Lasky--that idea was--*"famous istories, of famous authors, interpret- {ed by famous actors' --the result has |been Paramount pictures 1 And that Canadians from Halifax {to Vancouver, are privileged to see thesn great productions at the earl- | lest possible moment, is due to the jrorstan: effort and business acumen {of N. L Nathanson, through the med- {lum of Famous Players Canadian Corporation, Limited. Capitol Entertainment during the {week of September the fourth will | give peoples an idea of what io expect iright through the year--a partial list of pictures and stars to be seen at the Strand Theatrs in Kingston fol- Jews: "Blood and Sand," with Ro dolph Valenino; "Manslaughter," th Thomas Me'ghen, produced by {Cecil B. DeMille; "Nice People," a William DeMille production; "The Old Homestead," with Theodore Rob- jerts; "To Have and To Hold." with | Betty Compson and Bert Lytell: "No- | Princess a [toriety," "The Dictator," with Wal- jlace RBid; Valen'ino in "The Young Rajah" and "The Spanish Cavalier'; |"If You Believe It, It's So'; "The | Bonded Woman'; "The Top Of New | York"; 'Her Gilded Cage"; | Siren Call"; "While Satan Bleeps"; |""The Mysteries of India"; "Pink | Gods"; "Burning Sands": 'The {Ghost Breaker"; "The Cowboy and { The Lady"; "The Man Who Saw To- [morrew"; "On The High Seas" |"Anna Ascends"; "Clarence"; "The |Impossible Mie. Bellew"; "Bbh i Tide"; Outcast'; "Singed Wings': "Back Home and Broke": "A Daugh- ter Of Luxury"; "Kick In"; "Thirty Days"; "Making A Man"; "Missing | Mlltons"'--all of them Paramount (releases and "From Rags to Riches'; "Main Street"; "Brass": and one of the bes' comedies the year, "Grandma's Boy," with Harold Lloyd, and Mae Myrray in "Fascina- tion," both of them released by Regal Films Limited, | Palace, | Teck an "The Ae A AAA At At Mee SA ar most interasting of all, on account of | Valentino, 'he popular idol of the | hour, is, "Blaod and Sand," which had its premiere at Rivoli Theatre, New York, a few weeks ago, creating unprecedented enthusiasm among Broadway crities, It will be | released in Canada on Monday, Sep- | tember the eleventh, in eight of the | large cities of the Dominion, in thea- | tres owned by Famous Canadian Cor- | {poration Limited--a complete list of | whose houses follows--Capitol Thea- | tres in Montreal, Winnipeg, Vancou- | {ver, Calgary, Peterboro, Kitchener, | | Regina, Victoria, the Regent, Toron- | [to, the Temple at Brantford, Broek | {at Brockville, the Empress at Edmon- | ton, Regent at Galt, Capitol-Regent | {at Guelph, the Savoy and Strand at | | Hamilton, the Strand at Kingston, | |Pominion at Nanamino, Regent at | | Oshawa, Royal at Port Hope, Algoma | |at Sault-Ste-Marie, the Dominion at | | Vancouver, the Broadway at Vancou- | ver, the Dominion at Victoria, the t Chatham, the Colonial at 1 Port Arthur, the Orpheum at Fort | William, the Gen at Nelson, and the | following in Toronto: the Strand, | Oakwood, Alhambra, Family, 4 Garden. {lowest price consistent with the {Please, to bring the a t even |g Paramount pictures are what the word Paramount means--there nothing better--so to convince you that this yeas as well as last, you may have the best amusement In the The company's policy is always to Id, Mr. Coy has selected for the {week of September the fourth Come [stance Binney in "First Love" for the t half and Jack Holt in "While Satan Sleeps" in the last half, the | whole bill providing a wonderful pros (oramme of Capitol Entertainment. NINN NANNY standard of the highest class amuse ment to be had "anywhere, at th of the entertainment ic achi ments of the world's ter produc ers to the small cities and towns aus oon as possibie after they have been seen in large centers, The value of this, as an educational asset, a eve- PARA Ar aries + At rm eA Grand Gpera House Rex Stock Company In New York's Best Comedy "Here She Comes" Three Days ( "ommencing Thursday, Sept. 7 BAME CLD PRICES: 2Uc., 30c. and 50c. Gallery, 10c. ZANA Rex himself says: "Yes, I admit that scenery for the stage does cost a lot of money--but, Oh boy, it can't compare tax with the cost of the "scenery" for the ladies, even though they think they only get Just_half cf great dramatic ability. She has won fame in many pletures and in this of- fering she is playing a part every- body can understand. It is a part that is heing lived hy your neighbors, perhaps by yourself, everyday, but Ie v8 ---- AN EXCEPTIONAL PROGRAM MON., TUES., WED. CONSTANCE BINNEY "FIRST LOVE" The Blindness of First Love; to Ever-Forglving Spirit of That Blissful Pertod, Combined With the Dramatic Talents of Con- stance Binney, Have Made for the Opening Three Days of the New Capitol Entertainment Season, a Picture You Will Delight To Watch ! \ THURS., FRI, SAT. JACKHOLT IN HIS LATEST "WHILE SATAN SLEEPS" THE GREAT HE-MAN ACTOR, IN A ROLE THAT WINS H MANY FOLLOW Love RAND | {years. Lasky), becoming Famous-Players- D. W. GRIFFITH'S Newest Production of Eminen at the Allen Theatre C The master screen craftsman, David Wark Griffith, producer of the screen's greatgst sensations, creator of the most advanced innovation in moiion picture productions, . finder and developer of the world's greatest screen stars, has produced another wonderful production, "The Love Flower," which is being heralded everywhere as a creation of exquis!: Leauty, haunting charm and spirit drama. United Artists Corporati} recenily announced its release a: the first showing of this newest Gr fith production in this communi will ba at the Allen Theatre on Mo tay, Tuesday and Wednesday. Words of the most superlative de- gree and description of the most laudatory nature have not been found to express in adequate terms this wonderful picture play of love a. adventure such as only a Griffith, : master, may reveal in all its beauty 4 strength and oxcitement. Cntic Bave pronounced it one of the mos' remarkable productions that has eve: come from this master hand and fan everywhere have revealed in ite beauty and excitement And heralded it @s a production comparable only with the most wonderful that kas tome to the screen in the past fow Its theme, primarily, is of unusual [dnterest, interwoven with side Hihts of intricate complications that ada materially to jtg action, its heart in- #s suspense and its ultimate Justification, for jt is an unusually [dramatic story of 'the wonderful love of a daughter for her "heart-broken father, who being hounded to the very end of the world, dares to plan the undoing of the man who is desijr- ous of bringing ultimate disgrace upon the very light of her heart and soul and unhappiness to her every tho! 'fen thousand | , daughter dared fathes, Not S--- Perhaps the picture that will prove LATEST CREATION Tv NADA TV, a) t Screen Master To Be Shown ommencing Monday, person of her sex in many times that number would have clung to the heart strings of ker parents, through thei many trials and tribulations, with every atom of the strength of ture, this child of all that was good and true and wholesome. Gratitude is the rosemary of the heart, but greater love has no one than they that would willingly give their Hite to save another. Yet this girl, with- out the knowledge of her father, plotted to give away all that was extent of her own life to save for him a few more happy days on earth. The develSpment of this theme Mr. Griffith has handled in a most mas terly manner. His players, headed by Richard Bérthelmess and Carroll 'Dempster are par-excellent in this production. The settings are exqui- site wonders of exterior beauty end perfection. The whole is a creation of Grifiith perfection. It is croving to be an achievement of splendid mert everywhere and has gathered for Mr. Grifith untold pra'ses, adding more laurels to the many achievements he has zccom- plished during the past ten years. It 4s with much pride that the Allen Theatre eancunces the coming near and dear to her, even to the her frail body, as did this girl of na- | © mb ndid ge MONDAY SEPTEM 133 § i i 1 : fl i if | if F f f i iy % i i ir Fi ih il I i i ; °f £ fi Hi i =