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AT THE Combining our opinion with that ex pressed by America's foremost critics, we unhesitatingly declare that the five features listecUbelow to be five of the most wonderful productions ever crea ted in the mind of man. Monday, Sept. 6th ? i Jessie L. Lasky Presents Cecil B. DeMille's Production '? . " 0 4 ? "MALE and FEMALE" ' A picture that seizes the creatures of misfit "civili zation," strips theni of their false fronts and handicaps, (lings them down in a land where nature rules and vsays, "Try again, love again." A vital story of blue blood and red, with an all-star cast and scenes of alluring beauty. In the cast: Theadore Roberts, Thomas Meig han, Raymond Hatton, Gloria ^wanson, Leila Lee, Bebe Daniels, Wesley .Harry, Lillian Leighton. The admission for this day will be ->J5c to all. Thursday, Sept. 9th A Thomas H. I nee Special ^Presenting Hobart Bosworth in "Below The Surface" Kven liner and more satisfying than Bos worth's "Behind Tin- Door." "She's my daughter and she's coming home to her husband!" Then the grim old sea do- dragged from the gay eabaret the beautiful, evil creature who had wrecked a lad's life. Dragged aboard the home-bound boat. Here starts a ?Teat love story of the sea. Of under-water heroes and "under world" sharks. Of a fathers love for a willful son, a boys love for an unworthy woman, a girl's love that waits ami wins w hen the storm of passion ends. And tlu- most exciting sub-sea exploits ever shown in motion pictures. The admission for this date will be 35c to all. third annual Cparamount ^== WEEK - ^ WED Tuesday, Sept. 7th ? t . . ? - t . ' ... .. Adolph Zukor Presents * "THE COPPERHEAD" With Lionel Barry more They called him a "traitor," and he gloried in the shame. His cronies were those who sneered when the flag went by. His soldier son, giviiu* his life for the Union, left him only a message of scoWi . His wife, the love of his youth, turned from him as from a thing un clean, arTd died without saying goodbye. The lads in the street reviled him ? cheered when he went to pris on. But one day this "traitor" received a letter bearing the mark of the White House and scrawled by a big rough hand: "I alone know what you did and what you endured. I cannot reward you. Man cannot reward anything worth while. 1 send you the Hag that flew at Vicksburg. Some day I hope to shake your hand. Your friend, A. Lincoln. President. That was all his reward. All he wished. The story of a man who lived for his country. "The Copperhead" is to the North, what "The Birth of a Nation" was to the South. The admission on this d*rte will be 35c to all seats. Friday, Sept. 10th Cecil B. DeMille's Newest Screen Creation That Has Startled The Entire Picture World. "Why Change Your Wife" A man would rather have his wife for his sweetheart than any other woman in thejworld. But if you would be your husbands sweetheart, you simply must learn when to forget you are his wife. Ladies listen to this: "Angels are often dead husbands, but husbands are seldom live angels. Wives know this but they can't seem to get use to it." " Haven't you ever felt a longing for something NEW in photoplays ? something bigger, better and more alluring than the old pictures you have been see ing day in and day out. Haven't you ever wished for a play that you could carry away from the theatre in your heart and remember with a smile for months and months. A picture bigger in theme, clever in plot, richer in human nature, more exquisitely beautiful than anything you ever saw will be found in this DeMil le's latest creation "Why Change Your Wife." The Cast: Thomas Meighan, Gloria Swanson. Bebe Dan iels, Theadore Kosloff, Sylvia Ashton, Lucein Little field and many others. The admission on this day will be oOx to all seats. We are proud to boast of the fact that no other qpe theatre in the State of ' South Carolina ever showed in one week an array of Super-Specials as we , list below. Representing in cost to us I over $700.00 to show the program that we present the week of Sept. 6th. Wednesday, Sept. 8th Jessie L. I,asky Presents A New Mark Twain Paramount- Artcraft Picture "Huckleberry Finn" Through All the Years TheyLiv?f As real, as fresh, as appealingly human as when Mark Twain ? his eyes a-twinkle ? called them from his heart and wrote them 'down forever in the world's greatest romance of youth. Freckled-face Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer, with his marvelous plans: "Pap" Finn and his jug of rum; those old rapscallions, the "King" and the "Duke," Black Jim and sweet-faced Mary Jane. A tale of t>ther days oh the Mississippi ? Pulsing with immortal adventure ? Mellow with much laughter ? Softened with a few tears A Picture As Great As the Story. Admission for this day will be 25c: Qhildren 15c. . Saturday, Sept. 11th 1 he program for this day will be made up of come dies and a continuance of the greatest of serials "The ?Lost .City" The first subject to be sfrown will be a new Al. St. John comedy entitled "THE AERO NUT" W hich we promise to be one of the gratest excuses for laughter produced in some little while. It's just a scream from the beginning to end, ahd it's of a high class nature with the first appearence of Deadshot Dal* ton's diving Daisies. A Fox Sunshine Copiedy has prom inence on the program, the title of which is "Should Dummies Wed" and it's a knockout! Looks like its one of the best of Sunshjne Comedies. It's funny origi nal as well as thrilling. There will be no advance in ad mission on this date. Kegular 10c-20c prices. I (2 (paramount Qidure