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REX BEACH'S FAMOUS STORY.

"THE SPOILERS." ; There- aro few if • any picturo fans who did'not ees the epoch-making • production of Rex Beach's • novel .cf adventure in .Alaska. "Yho Spoilers," made 10 years.ago by William Selig. It is aalo. to Ray thai everyone who caw that picture will want to ace Jesse T>/ Hampton's new screen version of it made at tho Goldwyn studios' under 1 tho direction of Lambert Hillyer, and, - that .everyone who did-not" see the first picturisation will mako certain of seeing the new one. It will bo eeen at Everybody's Theatre ior six days boginning at tho matinee on Monday. There is perhaps no novel of the century which lohds itself moro ireadily to screen treatment. It. pictures vividly tho adventured, hardship#, the rampant greed and the devotion which were so forcibly brought 'out, among tho peoplo faking part m the great Klondike gold rush. It is filled to the brim with just such rapid action, big dramatic moments and strenuous conflicts as screen patrons delijht in. Its producer- spared no 'espfense and no. pains in making this new production as far in advance of the first screen. version of tho story as that picturo was in advance of other feature productions of its d.'ay- ' . ~ , There is a remarkable cast or stellar players, headed by Ihe manly Milton Sills, tho beautiful Barbara Bedford, and with blonde Anna Q. XiUson as the sympathetic Cherry Calotte. Xoah Beery, the powerful villain of many a movie, is aaid to bo at his suave v;orst in "The Spoilers." , Robert Edeson, Mitchell Lewis, Ford Sterling, Roekcliffe Fellowes. Robert McKim, and Sam do Grasse are sonic of the other well-knowu pVavers"' in the cast,. Miss Bedford ia the ifi-L- from the States with whom Sills, as Boy Glennistcr. falls in love. Miss Kileson, a <rirl of tie . dance hall, who roama from camp to camp in the Xcrthland, "asking odds of no man." The production has adhered- closely to Beach's etory, which was founded, on historic fasts as viewed at close raxge. Critics have said that ii anyono wants to see before his eyes the rough, reckless and ready life of Alaska as it y>'ss in the days of the gold rush, he can eee it in "Tha Spoilers." . , . The bos-plan is.now open at The Bristol, and seats may be either reserved there or 'by" telephoning number'492s. The management advise intending patrons to book early | ag-Jarse crowds;aro anticipated.

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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18399, 4 June 1925, Page 6

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REX BEACH'S FAMOUS STORY. Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18399, 4 June 1925, Page 6

REX BEACH'S FAMOUS STORY. Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18399, 4 June 1925, Page 6