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Al Capone — Part 30

81 pages · May 08, 2026 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: Al Capone · 81 pages OCR'd
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RHE ATLANGA ES —eeeeyeEeEeE——EeEeEeEeEe ee re Women More Spiritudtly Minded Than Man?) - ote ete 1 by Talay . WHERE to ot teint yh aoeld® : Are Women more. spirituaht} minded hace ine ft weg by? There's new fuel for uryument about tila age-old. qnew- MH fon in “The Miracle Man,”, Paramonnts muel diecaased pro ‘Uction of the famous acreen classic starting toey et the Pari- nount Theatre. . ; Cs | ‘Sylvia Sidney, ae the underwold girl who “goes straight” (the fj ofe first played by Betty Cowpeon) beata her boy friesd te ref- imation; the sinéerity of “The Micacle Man” is weleomad by be innate decency In her own soul, and she shoda, quickly and | qratefuily, the hard shell that wae developed in her cnderwortd invironment. Hired to masquerade as the aweet, simple niece of the old man elected for exploitation by the gang, she atoiles ‘\cornfully enough when told to “forget that you ever saw B& zin bottle.” home, and enda by wiping off h wipes off the lipsti Not so with Chester Morrie, the clever crook, (played before py Thomas Meighan) whose re- action to religion la “How much will it get me in cold cash?” Having decided that, rightly managed, the religious racket wil) xet him pleoty, Morris goes about collecting from the; faithful with neatness and dis- patch. He ien't bothered by conscience. reverence. pity, or) any such weekening virtug Keen as a razor, modern as & machine gun, be epplies the ef-; ficlency of the city crook to! cashing in on the faith, hope, and ¢harity of the ama!}town | healer, When even bia crook pals desert him, he merely says in effect “All right. reform if yoy tike—there Il be that auch; more money for me” This looks an if, in self-mm- provement, the woman wins. A man chooses money—bia girl values honesty more! But wait. These two, crooks and lovera to gether until this difference sep- aratea them, are not ajone. If Miss Sidney is more responsive to good infiuencea that Mr. Morris, ahe is influenced by an- other man—an old man, the Patriarch who worka, among other miracles, the miracle of her redemption. And she is not the earliest convert, for a crip pled child {Robert Coogan} is first to fee] the healing power. Furthermore, ff Mr. Morris is hard-boiled, the other crocks— that thieving beggar, the Frog (ohn Wray) and the wise eTracking pickpocket (Ned Sparks) eren't se difficult to win over. They follow Miss Sidney. In the end even the village mtheiat ({rving Pichefi joins the faithful. So, if Miss Sidney gets there firet, there are strong men to follow her in the atepa of “The Miracle Man.” And though*her conversion is for a time a bar-| rier to shut out the man she loves, auch barriers can be But in the sunty little village she finds bereelf at er wickedness a8 easily aa she Miracle Mah” Jeaves this ques- tion of “Who is noblest among you” just where we found it. Ent meanwhile you will have enjoyed a strange, intensely moving story of love and re- demption. If this wonder pic- ture leaves you untouched, you must be a tougher customer than any of the gang who ad- mit themselves conquered by the nmarveloda power, and the suuple kindness, of “The Mir- acle Man.” (Continued from page 2) What do you mean, order baby chicka and ducks nowt When you order bebr chicks do they (@ deliver them in egg form by throwing them, and do you have to duck? The idea, bring them my eggs! T will not do ne such terrible thing. Be Meme Te Warts Jopee—Brown had his tife fn- sured for a bundred thousang doflars. Mrs. J.—I've noticed his wife has stopped telling him to ‘be careful when he leaves home. — ~ Lord WHl Provide Friend — Don't you believe “the Lord will provide" tf: Divorce Seeker—I wonldn't be CAPITOL ! Today ! "Behind The Mask” Boris Karloff Jack Holt Constance Cammings Goktcs Yarurt Cracear Bert Parks da Pacem melted even 1 such & stubborn realist an Mr. Morris whet acknowledges defeat. On the whole, you eee, “The hever thlain Flees f=74 We'll Hatch Our Own |i The kind of hit _ _ Mt y | STARTIN te Might Ha; Don't yq AMI Fd SYLVIA SIDNEY CHESTER MORRIS HOBART BOSWORTH IRVING PICHTL nosiat COODAN Spencer Tra Tom TMEATRA Selected Jor Now Piaying Fox Mi that makes the GEORGIA the most popular theatre in town!
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