"HAIL THE WOMAN."

Shannon News, 24 January 1923, Page 3

"HAIL THE WOMAN."

On Wednesday at Shannon and Thursday at Tokoniaru, will be presented "Hail the Woman." It is a master drama of the day's greatest problem—man's intolerance lor woman. One forgets time and place in feeling the tense situations—the utter pathos of tha lives of the unfortunate women who have suffered through the bigotry and cruelty of one mad. When one has taken into consideration the minute details, the atmosphere of the home, and accepted them as genuine—one must turn to the eloquent acting of Theodore Roberts, who in his portrayal of the bigot, outdoes himself in character interpretation. He is not the humorist here—but a life-like representation of what he portrays. Florence Vidor lends a spirituality to the role of the misunderstood daughter, while Madge Bellamy as the wronged girl givies a dumb pathos to her portrayal. Tully Marshall as her father is cunning and cruel. The other players enact their parts creditably. It is an inspired picture from every angle.

HOOT GIBSON—SATURDAY. The "Bearcat," alias "Singing Kid,'' breezed into Three Pines singing songs of murder. Anyone would athought he was "bad" from the wicked way he slung verses around. But Sheriff Bill Garfield became his friend on first sight in spite of all unnecessary noise and unrefined self-descrip-tion. One day the sheriff was standing by the Kid's wagon—the Kid got to fence-riding on John P. May's ranch after saving the old man's daughter, Alys Mary, and said: "Listen, son. You ain't half so bad as you sound." In fact, I don't figure you out as a 'bad' man at all. Who gave you the idea you was bad? Ain't yer kind o' flatterin' yerself?" That's only one of the many incidents of Hoot Gibson's latest vehicle, "The Bear Cat," opening in Shannon on Saturday.