ARCADIA PICTURES

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIV, 8 April 1927, Page 7

ARCADIA PICTURES

TO-NIGHT AND SATURDAY

“THE CRIMSON RUNNER. PRISCILLA DEAN.

Motion picture stars simply can uto live down their pasts.

In “The Crimson Runner,’’ Hu-n Stiomberg’s new Priscilla Dean feai uro which will be the attraction at the Arcadia Theatre next Fndav arid Saturday the star is called upon tc- do a typical acrobatic Apache dance.

Beiore the scenes were to be taken, director Toni Forman informed Miss Dean that a “double” had bten engaged to perform the dance and that she would have to appear only m the close-ups “Well, you can cancel her right, new'” Priscilla replied with the same fire and sincerity she displays o;: the screen. You don't suppose I've forgotten all I learned on the stage I”

And thus it was revealed th a I Priscilla Dean had danced in the New York version of the Follies Bcrgere when she was in her ear.y teens and before she took up screen work.

“The Crimson Runner” is an original story by Harvey Gates, author of Merry Go Round,’’ ami “The Wildcat of Paris,” one of Miss Dean’s notable earlier triumphs Featured in the supporting cast are Ward Crane, Taylor Holmes, Mitch ell Lewis, James Neill, Alan Hale

MONDAY AND TUESDAY. “PROWLERS OF THE NIGHT.” When the pursuit of duty is eontiary to the path of love, the right road to travel is hard to chose. In “Prowlers cf the Night,” the Uni-versal-Blue Streak Western, which comes to the Arcadia Theatre Monday and Tuesday, Fred Humes faces just such a decision.

As sheriff he pledged himself to right crime and pursue those who e'ade justice—as a lover he told the girl of his heart he lived for he) alone, When he discovered ’.ha’ the girl's father was the inail a,” sought as sheriff, he was face to face with a. problem which a lesset man would not have been able to cope with. This situation builds ink- a drama which makes “Prowler- of the Night” one of the most interesting Western dramas and omwhich does not depend on trick riding or uncalled for fights to speed up the action. Fred Humes, who built up an cn viable record for himself in two reel Westerns, now branches out as a feature length Western star and “Prowlers of the Night" is his fir.-t effort in the extended form of celluloid endeavour. Barbara Kent, Universal's new feminine find, plays the leading role opposite Humes, and it is her first cinema effort. Winner of a Hollywood beauty contest, Miss Kent made one test, which revealed her capabilities and she was immediately signed by Universal. Ernest Laemmle is responsible for the direction and the cast includes “Slim” Cole, John T. Prince Joseph Belmont and Walter Maehls