Kingsport Times from Kingsport, Tennessee • 9

1 5t EIGHT PAGES ii i 1 1 i i i i KINGSPORT TENNESSEE SUNDAY MARCH 29 1925 Program For Opening of Nu-Strand Theatre Will Open Formally Wednesday with Matinee and Evening Showing of A Thief in Paradise i Special Music Be Heard in Evening of the Nu-Strand Wednesday Both matinee and erening prices will be the same Admission prices to the main auditorium seats willbe 25 Cents the seats in the first balcony will also be 25 cents and the second balcony 15 for the colored in Lord Balfour Opens 1 Hebrew University on Mount Scopus pm Matineej Begins (A Thief In Paradise') (Music for Matinee By Professor Herhlin) 7:00 to 8:30 -Music By Starlight Serenaders 8:30 Selections By Kingsport Municipal Baful Address of Welcome by City 'Manager Cloud Besponse by Walter Harman manager of theatre' 9:00 to 9:30 ni Music By Starlight Serenaders distance may be seen the mountains of Mosb and the Dead Sea The llmi of the Institution were outlined at the laying of the cornerstones In July-of 1918 -by Dr Chaim WeLs-mann members of the central board of directors in part aa follows "It seems at first sight paradoxical that In a land with so sparse a population in a land wher everything still remains to be done in a land crying out for auch simple things as ploughs rosds and harbors we should be cresting a center of spiritual and intellectual developments But it is no paradox for those who know th soul of the Jew It Is tru that great social and political problema still see us and will demand their solution We Jews know that when the mind is given fullest play when we have a center for th development of Jew ih consciousness then co-incident- ally shall attain the fuISl: our material reeds "Our unlrerirty formed by Jew Uh learning and Jewls energy will mold itself Into an Integral part of our national structure which is la process of erection It will hare a centripetal force attracting all that is notifst In Jewry throughout the world a unifying center fer our scattered elements There wall go forth too inspiration end strength that shall revivify the power now latent in our scattered communitiw" The university as completed to date was built by funds received from all parte of th world several endowments of considerable amounts having come from the United Slates The lanruag to be used in the university will be the language of the prophets of old Hebrew and course of free popular lectures are pUnrci to begin this summer 4 the gallery will be 15 cents Box seats go for the price of 35 cents for each person Picture Is a First National Pro the east with the culture of the west' The university occupies th summit of Mount Scopus just outside the gates of the ancient city overlooking the city of David and in the By The Associated Press Jerusalem March 2 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem which is to opened here April 1 by Lord Bal four who comes from London for this purpose is the first European institution of its kind says the university committees announce-' ment "to be erected on oriental soil by an eastern people who after 2-000 years absence are returning ta of duction and turous THIEF IN PARADISE 3G AB THRILL DRAMA if Cloua to Deliver Address of Welcome Ronald Colman1 Doris Kenyon Ai een Pringle Co-Star In Picture Will Be Followed by a Response From Walter Harman Pres- i i i ident of Nu-Strand Corp and Manager Theatre Formal Opemmg aihf iweoiini )IL 1-6- With a First National Picture 4 i i If you like romance vivid color tense drama and pictorial beauty in your screen entertainment don1 miss George Fitzmaurices "A Thief in Paradise" being offered at the Nu-Strand theatre by First National story an adaptation by Fran arion of Leonard Merricks novel jThe Worldlings opens with a vivil episode in the pearl fisheries of the China Coast and progresses swiftly to San Francisco Burlingame and Del Monte Calif It is the story of a man whom Fate has made a failure and who seizes the opportunity to masquerade as1 another man in one last effort to regain his self-respect His accomplice in the impersonation is an Eurasian girl who falls in love with him and stops at nothing to win him In the role of the other man he meets and eventually marries another girl The dramatic possibilities of this situa-l tion are worked out to the1 ultimate imit story told against almost any ackground would be intensely gripping bvrtj Fitzmaurice with' his I usual Ipve of lavish pictorial effects ms provided a wide variety of back-1 grounds and novelties There is the unusual girls polo game played by two teams of beauties clad jin bath- 1 ing suits and the novel underseal dance pagent which marks the turning point in the story A jthrilling runaway horse episode and la hand-to-hand fight on the floor of the sea I which is ended by a man-eating shark find other ingredients which have been skillfully incorporated in the story Atcinlg honors go to Ronald Col- man1 the young actor recently sign-1 ed by Samuel Goldwyn under a long term contract He plays the role of Blake the derelict who masqurades as another man Doris Kenyon is the girl he loves and marries and Aileen Pringle gives a splendid characterization as the Eurasian girl I Splendid portrayals are also given by Claujde Gillinwater Alec Francis John Patrick and the other mem-1 bers of I the supporting cast TMef The magnificent Nu-Strand Theatre which has been under con- 9 struction for several months and which is now practically completed will open formally Wednesday April'' with matinee and evening showing of "Ai Thief In Paradise" the matinee beginning at 1:30 oclock This is First National picture and one that is full of thrills- It is a George Fitx-manrice production of an adventurous society pirate interesting all the way thrpugh and i majestic in its settings Tbis "picture was adapted by rancis arion from Leonard I Merricks novel "The Worldlings" starring Doris Kenyon Ronald Coleman and Aileen Pringle I The show will be continuous until 11 Special musicj will be furnished for the evening show by the Starlight Serenaders a local six piece orchestra In addition to the music by the orchestra the Kingsport Municipal Band will play a number of selection to be followed with an address of welcome by Cloud city manager and a response by Walter jHarmon The orchestra will again play after 9 o'clock i Music for the matinee will be 1 furnished by Prof Her-blin who has formerly played for the old Strand here Mr Harman who is president of the Nu-Strand Corporation and also general manager of the new theatre is well known to the peo- ple of Kingsport and it is assured that he will secure the best of pic- tures to offer to the public He was owner and manager of the old Strand Theatre! on Main street and has always been popular with the theatrical set Mr Harman 'has contracted for the very best productions In photoplays and has arranged for vaudeville shows to be presented in the new theatre No advance sale of tickets will be made for the formal opening The George Fjtzmaurice Production of an Adventurous Society pirate thrilling in storymajestic in settings Adapted by Frances Marion from Leonard Merricks novel ThefWorldlings with Doris Ken- i 1 i i i yon Ronald Coleman and Aileen Pringle With Pictures Showing Continuously Until 11 Orchestra music by Starlight Serenaders from 7:00 until 8:30 at 8:30 selections by Municipal Band- followed with adaress of welcome by Cloud and response by Walter Harman orchestra music1 again from 9:00 to 9:30 i I Music for Matinee by Professor Herblin SYNOPSIS OF A THIEF PARADISE Years of bad the Samoas His I ADMISSION (Matinee and Night) I I Main Auditorium I1 25c First Gallery A 25c Second Galjery 1 1 15c Third Gallery (colored) T5c luck have made Maurice Blake a derelict on ah island in fellow beachcomber Philip Jardine is killed by a shark just as a letter arrives containing money to cany Jardine to San Francisco I and his wealthy father Rosa Crmino Jardines half caste common-law wife persuades Blake to substitute for the dead Jardine Blake seeing a I chance to get another start finally consents and Rosa accompanies him to San Francisco She is attracted to him but he is entirely disinterested Blake is accepted by the elder Jardine and meets Helen Saville daughter of Bishop Saville Noel Jardines oldest friend Blake falls in love with Helen but hesitates in declaring himself because of the masquerade he is living During all of this period Rosa has been blackmailing Blake and living in Oriental splendor I I I I a Ploi same between two teams of girl players clad in bathinsr 1 suits Helen horse runs away and Blake rescues her In the excitement he forgets his false position and declares his live This love scene is overheard by the elder Jardine and Bishop Saville who are enthusiastic mat makers 'T 1 i I Jardine Sr plans a surprise announcement party to which Rosa se- i cures entrance as a dancer She is in love with Blake and threatens to expose him He gives her a check for $5000 hnd orders her to stay away him 35c Boxes each seat No Advance Sale' of Tickets from Blake and Helen are married and start nJ on an airplane honeymoon trip to Del Monte Rosa follows them But Blake finds that he cannot deceive his wife He starts to tell her the entire story but arrives too late Rosa I has already told Helen of Blakes past Helen leaves Del Monte without seeing Blake1 1 Blake follows her to the Jardine home sion to the elder Jardine nearly breaking the old roans'heart When Helen I refuses to forgive him Blake attempts suicide as the only way out His grave danger makes Helen forget her pride She forgives him and lovingly nurses him back to health Noel Jardine is also brought to a realization of his love for the man whom he was proud to call his son When BlakesJ and Helen return to De1 Monte to continue their inter- rupted honeymoon health permits he 1.