PARAMOUNT THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 82, 5 April 1924, Page 9

PARAMOUNT THEATRE.

A motion picture 'production that is one of the most notable cinema achievements ever attempted is B. F. Zeldman's "The Spider and the Rose," which comnienced at the Paramount Theatre last night. The story, byi Gerald C. Duffy; is of early "mission life in California and faithfully depicts one of the most interesting periods', in the history of,. America. First in importance, is the acting abilty of, the several players who have been assigned the "important roles:. It is hard '• to. mention- whose performance can be rated as the best,. The. story.briefly con-; cerns the activities <$i Mendozzay a.con,-' spirator, who, through a : campaign' of. lies and trickery, usurps the,1 Governor-' ship of .the State of California, then. \xnder the'dictatorship of ■ Maxinillian, .Em-' poror of Mexico., Gastbn Glass as Don' Marcello, the son of the.Governor (played *by Joseph J. Bowling) leadsman uprising that finally unseats the pretender, to the Governor's chair. A' romantic drama of the tropics, "South Sea Love,"-: featuring Shirley'Mason,'is; the supporting,, attraction.' „The Paramount. Orchesv tra, in exceptionally: fine • musical items, ,''■■ adds,.'.to the evening's entertainment, '■