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THEATRES NEXT WEEK: WALNUT, 'SIGN OF CROSS'; KNICKERBOCKERCHORUS LAD
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TWO-DQLLAR MOVIES AND 75-CENT
STARS OPEN PHILADELPHIA SEASbN
I! ."The Birth of a Nation" and the Walnut's "Star-stock"
no Thnni.ripnl Pnrfmifa CJov iri.. i.
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of the Silent
By THE DRAMATIC EDITOR
TUB new season ha opened with two
ilgnlflcant features movie in tha
jetlllmate theatre at 2, and legitimate
tars at popular-priced house. Beside
theie. the usual excellent mueto of Victor
Herbert hitched to the usual dull book
tf musical comedy In "The Prlncesi Pat."
and the summary withdraw of "Brother
yawns" for repairs, are minor Incident!.
ThU reversal of form doesn't spoil the
complete collapse of the Amerlcnn tho
elrt. but It does portend a conalderablo
readjustment.
The case of the Walnut, first of all.
If Manager Leahy does as welt with lis
trnnlng stars and productions as he has
dans with them so far, both hero and In
Boiton, ho will demonstrate that plays
can be given Intelligently at a ecale of
nrlcea half what tho Broadway gamblers
demand, and that there la a Bood-slzed
nubile for standard plays. Ills playa, so
far given and announced, are no moro
ambitious than those of tho 12 theatres,
tut the wholo venture suggests that tho
. jay of local repertory theatres may bo
dawning In America, as tho touring sys
.m harassed by movies without and
ramblers within, finds Us existence grow-
"lng riskier and more difficult
As for 3 movies and "The Birth of a
Nation" In particular they, too, are a
portent. Photoplays may gain nothing by
' adopting the foolish theatre's scale of
prices; doubtless, properly organized, as
the Triangle Company seems to bo or
rnnUlnff, they could bo presented at a
half to a third that scale. Tct tho price
ll a small matter, quickly to bo read
justed, compared with tho art their thor
ough exploitation opens up.
The appeal of "Tho Birth of a Nation"
s undeniable. It fascinates for three
1 rolld hours. Tho heights of emotion are
tremendous. There are few moments
principally those In which Miss Glsh fig
ures at tho hospital and in her room
which are relatively less interesting.
The reison Is, I think, obvious. The
photoplay can have little or no charac
terization, small wit and less philosophy.
Without spoken words It will never com
pete with tho genuine, fine and Inherent
nature of ho drama. But the photoplay
can have a large clement of poetry, a
great sweep of beauty which the stage
can hardly touch, and an emotion liter
ally tremendous. Gigantic cntOBtrophlcs
-whether of war or of nature's up-
v htavals-and that terrible. Individual fact
of death take on a final power which
the theatre never touches. Movleland Is
auch a real land of real rocks and ronl
iky, movie actors havo -such a fortunate
habit of never answering curtain calls,
that somehow the gray-flecked screen of
ih ohotoDlay has a finality of realism
How I Produced "The
Birth of a Nation"
By D. W. GRIFFITH
It takes endless work to produe a big
motion pfcture. Thero Is also endless de
tail. lt me illustrate by the concrete
example of "The Birth of a Nation."
v. First comes tho scenario or written out
line of the plot. In this case there was
' a crcvlous stage play. . .If we are wise.
KWWi forcet that as much as we can. for
tho motion pfcture is a novelizing or
, atory-teltlng form, not strictly a stage
form; It Is eplo rather than dramatlo:
much of the work Is of the great In
doors. We have a period of history to
cover, the Bcenes of a wide territory to
revivify. Therefore, we must prepare the
locale as well as tho actors the tasks
of the landscape artist and, in some
sense, of the civil engineer are before us.
For a month the actors rehearse without
the camera.
And now 6outh Carolina, in neconstwe
tien day Is measurably before our eyes.
Bhewhero tho battle backgrounds of the
CWlWar are springing into being, helped
by expert advloo of old "veta" and mod
.wn West Pointers. Tho costumes, set
jthifs and documents are laboriously pre
red for the facstmilo historical scenes
e those of the Fmanclpatlon Procla
mation, the Appomattox surrender and
ta Lincoln assassination. By the way,
H "Lincoln actors" were rehearsed before
the right Lincoln was found 1 This was
Maaoae I demand "soul" of the photo
play tar, and for this scene Lincoln was
wa star part. The Blue and the Gray,
the Southern white gentry and the'colored
B. F. Keith's Theatre
Chestnut and Twelfth Sta,
. t 81IOW8 DAILY a
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". In '-The i, of tn, Quakeze"
welcome Return of the Fanfou
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- Preeentlnr "A 8enc at Twilight"
nes Mullen & Coogan Alan
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Drama
WiIlLc.h th8 "" ,or bU ,l three, dlmen
ions, cannot approach.
. J.3h D'rth of a Nation" Is full of ex
m.Pi.M0,..wnat '"telllgcnce can do In
S- 10,!5.tlon of the photoplay. Praising
Mr Grimth as the supremo artist so far
?1 iY?.ped '" Rn 0,H Knme now. but It Is
possible to come down to cases, It Is
possible, for example, to point out how
much a gonulne director of tho whole
art can do to heighten his action by the
clever use of music. The trorn of "Th
Birth of a Nation" Is mostly a simple
putting together of simple and familiar
melodies. Yet how wonderfully to take
a single Instance that nervous, throb
bing war-song of tho South heightens the
scenes at the ball when the scarred flag
of that first quick victory. Bull nun, la
flung to the eager crowd
The "leaders," or printed titles, can do
a great deal to aid tho photoplay. In spite
of the very obvious fact that tho fewr
they nro the better. Those tho producer
Uses must bo admirably worded and add
to the point of the wholo piece. Geo '33
Ado gives his "Fables In Slang" excellent
leaders that ahlno by comparison with
the usual sad legend nf rnrrt,iin rii-r.
flthg uses his asides to the nudlenco even
more skilfully. lie builds through them
a mood that will make tho audlcnco sym
pathetic to tho argument of tho film. He
quotes history, he employs President W'l
sim s writings. Perhaps he goes a bit too
rar sometimes; when he emphasizes tho
sovereignty of the 13 States." tho fact
that Cornwallls surrendered to 13 Inde
pendent little nations and not to a single
country, ho hardly suggests that his
later words about tho birth of a nation
are sincere. Often tho "leaders'Varo filled
with some terrible, 2-by-l rhetoric about
" , vi acmn- ana sucn. But in
general, Grimth is on the right track. He
is using every means for a common effect.
Thero Is no part of the photoplay art
not even beauty of scene and vigor of
mass that Grlfllth uses moro success
fully than tho individual actor himself.
Ho has put a blending of naturalism and
elenr art Into tho movies that oven the
long-trained stage doesn't always enjoy.
The fine flower of his method Is Henry
B. Walthall, an actor who brines dis
tinction to a far from Imposing face or
figure, spirit to an art whore players are
too apt to rely on vapid "dignity," and a
quick co-ordination of tho details of life
In a naturalism that seems to tako no
account of an audience.
Tho confirmed plagoer may foreswear
all tho virtues of "Tho Birth of a Na
tion" and of photoplays in general, yet
he must leave them one supremo useful
ness, one ultimate fitness. They can
seize tho silent moments. They can take
those tensest, those happiest, those
sweetest seconds in life, those seconds
that come between speech, and link them
Into a whole that speaks as truly in
spirit as it is physically silent.
contingent all have been drilled under
their respective leaders. And then fllt.i
making "begins.
At an early stage of tho work after
the rough outlines havo been filled In
the scenario is thrown away. The build
ing and the rebuilding of tho story, tho
piecing of Intimate bits and the discard
ing of tho useless go right on whtlo we
are living the history, bo to speak, from
day to day. Nearly 28 miles of pictures
140,000 Xeet of film are taken. And how
much of these are used? At the finale
wt discover that wo hayo thrown away
eight-tenths of our product we have re
maining 20,000 feet, or, say, five miles of
consecutive story. But that is twice too
long. We condense, condense, condense.
At the end of two months more of hard
labor we have edited "The Birth of a
Nation" to 12,000 or 13,000 feet two and a
half miles or, In theatre wise, two hours
and 45 minutes' stage entertainment
From Photoplay Vogue.
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PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
be'Iso'n LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI, Conductor MI5J&jNB
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Engagement Extraordinary
The Famous Hero of "Ben Hur"
Richard Buhler
m VIL80N DARnETrB Ineplrlni- nd
In wl'jj.fnenowned Drama
Sign of the Cross
Supported by the
Walnut Stock Company
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With tho Adelphi Dark, -tho
Only Changes Arc in Stock
and Vaudeville
WALNOT "The Sign of tho Cross," with
Blchard Buhlcr and tho Walnut Play
ers. Manager Lcnhy's third star stock
production will show tho principal
player of "Ben-Hur" in the other popu
lar play of Christian martyrdom, "Tho
Sign of tho Cross." For this production,
with Its 10 changes of scenes, extra po'J
plo will bo added to tho nucleus of tho
company.
KNIOKEKBOCKEn'Ttie Chrous Lady,"
with the Knickerbocker riayors. Charles
Klein's familiar and popular comedy
drama of the llfo and tribulations, hu
mor and heroism, of a quick-witted and
sharp-tongued chorus girl. Rva Marsh
plays the title role; Richard LaSalle,
Dan Mallory, tho part opposite.
LYRIC "The Princess Pat," with Elea
nor Painter and Alexander Clark. A
musical codemy by Victor Herbert,
with a characteristic and effective score.
The performance is admirable; the book,
ordinary.
FORREST "The Birth of n Nation," with
Henry B. Walthal, Mao Marsh and
Spottlswodds Aiken. D. W. Grimth's
mammoth photoplay of the Civil War
and Reconstruction, founded In part on
Thomas Dixon's "Clansman." A mar
velous entertainment.
RETURNING
PEOPLE'S "Damaged Goods," with Wil
liam Hedge. Garland Gadcn and Sarah
Kyle. A fourth visit from Brleux's
powerful drama of tho consequences of
loose living.
VAUDEVILLE
KEITII'8 All-Philadelphia bill: Sophie
Barnard and Lou Anger and company,
In "Safety First," book by Tommy Gray
production by Ned Wajburn; Hcrmlne
Shone and company. In "Tho Last of
tho Quakers," by Edgar Allan Woolf;
the Apollo Quartet, of Philadelphia;
Mullen and Coogan, singers, dancers and
comedians; Ota Gygl, Spanish violinist;
Claude Golden, Australian car expert;
Four Readings, aerlallsts; William and
Segal, dancers; Plelert and Schoneld, in
"Helping Hubby," and Hearst-Sellg pic
tures. NIXON'S GRAND Ideal, world's record
holder for swimming and diving; Rogers,
Pollock and Rogers; "The Messenger
Boy and the Actress;" Holden and
Harronl Emmott and Tonge, tenor and
nltoj Walter Brown,' monologlst; Mar
tin Howard-and photoplays.
ALLEOnENY 'Tho Earl and tho Girl."
a musical comedy; James Thompson
and company, in "A Burglars' Union";
Klass and Bernle; Kennedy and Kra
mer, dancers: John LaVier, acrobatic
comedian; Wilson and Aubrey, in bur-
; lesquo wrestling, and tlif tlO.000 organ.
WILLIAM PENN "The Fashion Shop,"
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VAUDEVILLE THEATRE
IN THE HEART OF THE CITY
WOOD ENTERPRISES, Ino, Preeenta
REVUE
of 1915
WITH FRANK MANNING AND CAST OF
25 Broadway Players
Pretty Qlrla, Catchy Melodlea and Clever
Imoeraonatlona t Famoua Btara
FIVE OTHER BIG ACTS AL0
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WINTER OARDEM KKVUE
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Kusenle Blair, in "IlcckonlnB Day";
Kcnnejr nnd llollla, In "Kreshlo's Initia
tion" r Adolpho, accordionist: Patrlcola
nnd Myer, slnBlnp, tnlklnir and dancing,
nnd Douce, Hambo and Frisco, In "Fun
at the Hottentot Hotel."
OLOBE "Tho novuo of 1915," with
Frank Manning nnd a cast of 25:
"Scones at Midnight," with Cook nnd
LnfTerty; Sandy Shaw, the Scotch dia
lect artist; Mason and Green, come
dians; McDermott nnd Wnllace In "Tho
Nut and the Maid"; Kllroy and Mack,
gymnasts; Max Yorke'a dogs and pho
toplays. CROSS KEYS First '"half of week: "A
Mile a Minute." "The Honeymoon Ex
press," Schrode nnd Chapolle: Alpine
Four, a comedy quartet; E. E. Cllve
and company In a sketch; Howard and
Spencer, singing, talking and dancing
entertainers, and Zollo. the strong man.
Second half of week: "A Mile a Min
ute": Jack Symonds, tramp monologlst;
Stoddard and Hayes; the Alpine Com
edy Four; Hoyt, Lcsslg and company in
"The District Attorney," and Godfrey
nnd Henderstm, singing, talking and
dancing.
BURLESQUE
DUMONT'SDumonVa Minstrels In two
burlesques on timely topics: "Charley
Chaplin nnd Mary Plckford," which
shows how the movies are made before
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" 'The Birth of a Nation' stands as
one of the biggest achievements in the
field of motion picture Drama."
INQUIRER.
"Three hours of
beauty and emotion."
EVENING LEDGER.
"Griffith has built up
a marvelous creation."
RECORD.
"Fidelity to truthand
universality of appeal."
PRESS.
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"Vivid, spectacular
and exciting."
PUBLIC LEDGER.
"An illusion of reality almost
perfect."
EVENING TELEGRAPH.
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Dandlts," showing Carranza taken pris
oner by Boyden.
NATIONAL Under Johnnie Eckhart's dl
dlrectlon, "Tho Sunshtno Girls" and
Little Egypt, In "The New Musicians,"
with Mark Lea, Earl Kern and Flor
ence Moore.
CO.WLVO
SEPTEMBER tO:
KEITH'S Gertrude HoRmnn nnd Com
pany, In Max Itclnhardt's masterpiece.
"Sumurun": Sophie Tucker, "the Mary
Garden of Ragtime"; Charles Mack &
Qo., In "A Friendly Call"; Doyle and
Dixon, eccentric dancers and singers:
Horace Wright and Bene Dietrich, In
operatic and popular melodies; Ceclle
Trio, In song and dance; Sorctty and
Antoinette and others.
ADELPHI "A Pair of Silk Stockings."
KNICKERBOCKER "Within the Law."
WALNUT "Rebecca of Sunnybrook
- Farm," with Edith Taliaferro.
SEPTEMBER tl:
QARRICK "Potash and Perlmutter."
OCTOBER i:
BROAD '"Daddy Longlegs," with Ruth
Chatterton.
ADELPHI "Nobody Home."
'l Director.
Dualneaa Manager
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Eves, and Sat. Mats. Lower Floor $1, $1.50, $2. Bal. $1, $1.50. Sec. Bal. 25c and 50c.
All Other Matinees Lower Floor 50c, $1. Balcony 50c, $1. Second Balcony, 25c
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SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF
Decisive Battles of the Civil War Sherman's March to the Sea Cities Built Up Only to B
Destroyed Before Your Eyes Grant and Lee at Appomattox The Tragedy of the Death f.
Abraham Lincoln Petersburg at the Crest of the Mighty Invasion How Bravely the Moth
and Sisters Did Their Part History m the Making.
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QEOHCJK Yf. BAKBIER. Director.
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Negroes to Produce
Own "Birth of a Nation"
It develops that the colored citizens who
nre not sntlsfled wlt'n the representations
of their forefathers as shown In Grimth's
spectacle. "The Birth of a Nation," have
decided to answer that production with
one of their own In whlifn the develop
ment of the race will be worked out In a
dramatlo scennrlo. The better element of
tho colored race have decided to spend
no further time In protesting the Grimth
production and are agreed thatafaremoro
effective answer to the representations of
t'ne Grimth story can be secured by de
voting all their attention to making their
own picture a success. With this end In
view, James Scott, private secretary to
Booker T. Washington, has been In con
ference with Henry I. MacMahon, the
Eastern representative of Thomas H.
Ince, the celebrated motion picture direc
tor. An elaborate scenario nas been
worked out showing the early sufferings
of the negro slaves, the trlnls they went
through In the first years of their free
dom and then showing t"ne wonderful
progress that enlightened colored citi
zens have mnde in the past half century.
Grimth's film drama only shows the ter
rors of tho reconstruction period, when
the frcedmen were Just emerging from
slavery. It Is the purpose of the leaders
of the, colored population of the country
to stnnd behind the new picture when It
Is completed and see. that it secures the
same widespread publicity and attention
flint has been devpted to the Grimth pro
duction. '
Attack May Cost Man an Eye
Morris Rosenblatt, 720 Callowhlll street,
may lose the slKht of an eyt. ah a icsua
of an attack at 7th and Callowhlll streets,
when he refused to give a man morey.
Rosenblatt la In the Hahnemann Hospi
tal. Edward Quail, Cambridge street
near 53th, was held in JS0O ball for court
by Magistrate Belcher 1" the 10th and
Buttonwood ptreots HtnMon. Ounll Is said
to havo struck Rosenblatt with his fist,
shattering his glanses, ueieinl pleies of
which entered his ejc.
Evenings 8:15
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rvt BeaeRta at Lyrio Adelphi Theatres,
LYRIC I 2d WEEK
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"A PRONOUNCED SUCCESS" Frew
JOHN COKTS BEAUTIFUL I'HeBl'CTieN OK
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BY BJ3DIT:
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Our Need: Drama
for the ImmaUr
Bam 11. Hardy, leadin " erf "Tto
Princess Pat," Victor Herbert's awf
comlo opera at the Lyrlo Ttre,
plorei the production of plays an film
not fit for immature minds.
Our leading national amuernit, JtY
Hardy contends, Is the theatre. n4 with
out question It Is the most popular" ferm
of entertainment among youmr pwl
"The young, especially the so-calted 'spat
inee girl,' is a force with which to reokon.
Look back on the careers of catr mt
celebrated players and you will Arid that
they were matinee Idols at one tins. It
Is sate to say the admiration and patron
age 6f the matinee girl helped 'wty
largely to make some of the big reputa
tions of our nilmlo world. For exam'ple,
Henry Miller, William Collier, E. H.
Sothern, William Faversham and Duetln
Farnum among the men have all been
matinee favorites. Maude Adams Ehel
Barrymore, Mrs. Fiske, Julia Marlowe
are easily recalled afternoon IdoU of
the young, "j
"Were It not for the attendance, of
youth," says Mr. Hardy, "the theatrej
would not be a profitable form of kuat
ness. Playwrights, in my opinion, rskk?
a big mistake in catering bo exclusively'
to maturity especially that type of ..ma
turlty which requires the shock of pru
riency to stimulate Interest. Our biggest
money-making ventures have been Ways
of the wholesome sort. Off-color plays,
despite appearances, have never keen'
profitable, and a season invariably f4a
tho end of them.
"The theatre cannot do without ta
matlnco girl, and I for one believe ht
In the making of plays she Is mr to
bo considered than her elders." t
THINK PEACE WISH GROWS
Head of 2,000,000 Women Describe
National Sentiment
An increasing sentiment for peace
throughout the country is reported) by
Mrs. Percy V. Pennypacker. national
president of the General Federation of
Women's Clubs, who has Just completed.
a three months' tour of the Far West,
from Texas Into Alaska. She Is the Jfiieat
of Mrs. 13. F. Richardson. 3819 Walnut
street, president of the Phllomuslan Club.
Mrs. Pennypacker described the educa
tional work in which she is Interested,
rtntnhlv 1M phnnl mAnnPR limt efttahltfehed
In the State of Washington. Establish-
ment of a manso In every county cat b
accomplished If each club builds o!, '
manse, she said. She praised the Penn
slvanla women for their prompt ratelng
of their $5000 apportionment for the. .en
dowment fund. Tho organization pa
2,000.000 members.
Juttc Country Place Sold "
The country residence of Mrs. Jane P.
Jutte, on Perklomen Creek, has been pur
chased for a sum not made knownl by
Commander Edward F. X.eper. U. 8. N
through J, M. Froneneld, of Wayne. .The
estate consists of a large modern resi
dence and farm buildings, with about T
acres of ground.
Matinees 2:151
18,000
People
3000
Horses I
Cost
$500,000
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