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Ar Women More Spirituatly Minded Than ‘Man? ; by Whitaker Seige ean a9 . 1 Are women more “pjpitaal- minded thie med: tawe a @by? There's new uel for argdment about this sge-ohl- aves tion in “The Mirecte Man," Paramonnts' woah Mechmed duction of the famous fcreen tlaasic starting Eotay at thé mount Theatre. | Sanne “Sylvia Sidney, as the underwold girl who “goes ptraigit”’ “(the tole tirst played by Betty Cor:peon) beats her boy friesd to ref- érmation: the sincerity of “The Miracle Man” ja weleomad by. pe innate decerey in her own soul, and she sheds, quickly atefully, the hard shell that was developed in her undetwortd environment. Hired to masquerade as the sweet, simple niece of the old man elected for exploitation by the gang, she amiles scornfully enough when told to “forget that you ever saw a gin bottie.” But iu the sunny little village she finda herself at bome, and ends by wiping off her wickedness as is onally as she wipes off the lipsti Not ao with Chester Morrie, the clever crook, (played before by Thomas Meighan} whose re- action to religion is “How much will it get me in ecid cash?" Having decided that, rightly managed, the religious racket wil! get him plenty, Morris goes about collecting from the faithful with neatness and dis- patch. He isn't bothered by consciemet, Teverence, pity, or any such weakening virtue. Keen a8 a razor, modern as a machine gun, he applies the ef- af the elty erook to #Fisianad ficiency cashing in on the Yalth, hope and charity of the amall-town healer, When even his crook pals desert him, he merely ears in effect “All right, reform if you like—there'll be that much more money for me!" This looks as if, in self-im- provement, the woman wins. A man chooses money—his girl values honesty mere! But wait. These two, crooks and lovers to- gether until this difference eep- arates them, are not alone. If Miss Sidney is more responsive to good influences that Mr. Morris. she is influenced by an- other man—an old man, the Patriarch who works, among other miracles, the mirarle of her redemption. And she ia not cat aonvert for sé the earliest convert, for a crip pied child (Robert Coogan) is first to fee! the healing power. Furthermore, ff Mr. Morris is hard-boiled, the other crooka— that thieving beggar, the Frog (John Wray) and the wise cracking Pickpocket (Ned Sparks) aren't ao difficult to win over. They follow Misa; Sidney. village atheiat (Irving Pichel) joins the faithful. So, if Mias Sidney geta there Tirst, there are strong meo to follow her in the steps of “The Miracle Man.” And though*her conversion is for a time a bar- rier to shut out the mao ashe joves, such barriers can be melted even 1 puch a stubborn realist os Mr. Morris never On the whole, you see, “The In the end even the| | Miracle wat leaves ‘this que tion of “Who je noblest among you” just where we found it. Bat meanwhile you will have, enjoyed am 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 themselvea conquered by the murvelods power, and the simple kindness, of “The Mir- acle Man.” eee ee ee er 2 eee Well Marca Wur Www (Continued from page 2) What do you mean, order baby chicka and ducks now? When you erder baby chicks do they deliver them in egg form by throwing them, and do you have to duck? The idea, bring them my egga! I will not do pe _wueh terrible thing. STARTING THURSDAY it bight Happen Te Your Boy! Doe't Fall To See YOUNG AMERICA Spencer Tracy—Dorria Kanyon Tommy Conlon «a SYLVIA SIDNEY CHESTER MORRIS HOBART BOSWORTH IRVING PICHSL ROBLET COOGAN tiv eemewa Tu Torry Jones—Brown ‘had hia Hfe in- sured for a bundred thousand dollars. Mra. J—-I've noticed nia wife has stopped telling him to ‘be careful when he leaves home. | Tthat makes the GEORGIA te most popular hn Pern | fea Te tOWwh, : Lord Will Provide Friend — Don't you believe “the Lord wik provide" ?- Divorce Seeker—I wouldn’t be CAPITOL Behind : The Mask” Boris Karloff Jack Holt Constance Comings Conten Woes Crooner . Sert Parks 1 is tecua | “a