JTtaaart .OHlmi4clJi limli The Evening Ledger Amusement Section, Saturday, October 19, l$t$ ,,": v. a 7 ,IE" TA PHOTOPLAY CULTIVATES POSTER ART &, if23K . yi a JL"K- tg jt iw lNtSZi7.jr'.VtmiiAiu. MIHiu '"Vy.llfaAKL AaKL.: n1jwr1! -v..mmuf!.t.,.;r. wwi- - - u,.. Ki'V Here is the way Jnmcs Montgomery Flagg thinks Douglas Fair banks looked in "The Lamb." Till? poster art has been looking up since the feature photoplay happened. Poplnl'a designs for the Vitagraph nlms are to be backed up by a campaign for art on the part of the new Triangle Cor poration. The average theatrical manager, In hl attitude toward posters, has been de scribed as "He who knows not. and knows not that lie knows not." While this char acterization may be a little rough, It cer tainly applies to a great many old-time showmen who regard posters as a purely commercial proposition, and who conse quently do not give the subject the same kind of attention as they devote to ar tistic (taglnR. The Frenchman of the theatre and the music hall Is notably keen about posters. The poster, it has been said, should seize MARKET ABOVE SIXTEENTH CONTINUOUS 11 A. M. TO UtlS T. M. ALL NEXT WEEK ISM N-vBlRa9nNk The Triumph of the Century GERALDINE FARRAR World's Greatest Prima Donna in A Wonderful Picturization "CARMEN" An Imperishable Record of Miss Farrar's Artistry, Presented With An Accompaniment of the Stanley Symphony Orchestra Motives From the Grand Opera Score of "Carmen" NO ADVANCE IN PRICES Notwithstanding Enormous Ex pense of Securing This Production THE STATE BOARD OF CENSORS have modified ths discussion relative to the amount of shortening ot two scenes. Wa will exhibit "Carmen" Complete In Krery Detail UETKOPOMTAN OPERA IIOCSC GRAND OPERA SUES.. Adjunct to the Benson of the IHPBRIAb BALLET RU8SE Subscriptions Now Received DU.Vamen?ll09 ChesinutSt.?ra?.So,rP?il- Telephones. Walnut 4Utj Race. OT a moment, exploit a situation, with one daring sweep of pencil or brush. It should give a (lash of line or a sweep of color, catching the eye at once, and conveying directly, clearly and plctorlally the very spirit of the attraction. Jules Cheret with his wonderfully vivid poster portraits of Yvette Oullbert: Alphonse Much, who presented so vldtdly the series of Bern hardt heroines; Theophlle Alexandre Stclnlen and Eugene Qrosset nre among fV ARE ?hj HARKCT A JUNIPER 3TS. CONTINUOUS 11 A. M. TO 11 F. M. PRICES 10c, 15c, 25c WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY Ten Sons of The Desert Series ot Bewildering: Rapid Gymnastic . Feats Black and White Revue Lauchter A-plenty Beautiful 8cenery Funny End Men Handsome Girls OTIIKR FEATURE ACTS COMB EARLY AND AVOID THE RUSII 12l aSSJcJjjA IlJ. I f?m ).CLl TlirATIlH ' ?JQ3 TIIKAT11K Market 1low COth Street MAT. DAILY, JUS. AM. SEATS, 10c EVENINGS, UD; 10c. lie. 20c JOHN E. MURPHY PRESENTS Murphy's Steel Pier Minstrels With VIC RICHARDS And Others, formerly of Dumont's Carl Mason James Bradley Leo Fagan Edwin Goldrick Fred Kelmo Hairy Hoster Johnny O'Neill 5 Other Entertaining Acts ritomiAM riiAxr.En Thursday PaI fiVl SS.n 10c fn 10, 15, 20c ....... i.na,iui,u im. au th urs Lois Clarke & Co. Wonderful Afnfresratlon o( JUVENILES SUMMER FROLICS Blueing- & Dancing- Act of Merit 7 In CAST ,1 FRED WEBBER The CrylngVentriloqulst CAMERON DEWI1TCO. In the onooM Fona ot OTHER AOT3 WORTH YOUR WUILH the great Frenchmen who virtual ere atedhe art, proylng that conlu. could bi c worthily employed on commercial work a. on purely "Art for art's ke. Aubrer Beardley, Walter Crane and qor don Craig In England re the famous namel. whlla In America .orm, pioneer work has been done by ch men "a; llton King, with hU "Pink Lady" poster. Ily Mayer, with his 'Floradora- and Zelgfeld's "Follies" designs; C. B. Falls In clever vaudeville posters, and Jean Paleotogue's Voleska Suratfa por traltures. The Triangle people asked the following artist to contribute each something to the Triangle poster designs: James Montgomery Flaw, C. B. Falls, Tony Sarg, Arthur fl. Covey and Harry Town tend. Mr. Flagg has responded with some exceedingly vigorous and spirited designs of the agile and funny Douglas Fairbanks In "The Lamb." One of the most amusing shows Mr. Fairbanks In full flight through the Arlxona desert, dodging cacti and a glla monster, and clutching a flaming colored Navajo blan ket that trails behind him like the tall of a comet. Those who remember the ex ceedingly delightful Fairbanks tight com edy at the Chestnut Street Opera House week before last will recognize at once that "Jim" Flagg has caught the essen tial spirit of the thing, as distinguished from mere literal reproduction. That literal reproduction has been the bane of poster work In America the effort of the lithographer's "artist" to copy a photo graph held In front of him. YEH, BO! Charlie Chnptla was net the ftrtt u realise the drnmatle valoe of eastern Ju bot he 'lists developed It, CerteWr 1 one will deny that he wean rrfsstt! pastry to more humerons dtnntJ tJiT! any living nctor. It Is n bit of a HT then, to nd that In "ShanghalesT latest Kwanay comedy, the art of Gfcatw lln ha retrograded, prandlally rrrsUliu The man, of the minute has nbstHt4 soap for pie. Fortunately hit rnmlt tooth h Just as flrnt In the tpftH medium. Sir. Chaplin also has discovered Ht It I more nmuxlnr to kick a man etfa ship than to kick him downstair. N( only Is he fall longer, bat the Hittit, alone b worth th difference In tost be tween n staircase and a schooner, h addition to messing about In Mop aasl Impelling persons overboard with ettker foot, ChapUn, In his new picture, deals In the effect which pork It caleoWted to produce npon travellers at tea. The vulgarity of the Chaptla pktsrti cannot be denied. They are altoceHttt lacking In snbtletjrand their appeal met be directed toward a low order et Intel ligence. They are a scathing lndlcW( at public tatte, ture Chaplin pictures, and that is why we blush, for than la contesting that we laugh oar brad otT whenever wo see one. From Haywood Broun and the New Ttrk Tribune. For Benefits at Lyric Adelphl Theatres, Apply Box Office or Thone Walnut fiet-C1-M Matinee Today, 2;15; Tonight at BilB Beginning Monday, 2d and Last Week IVr ifTjucum ua. w ..(.... -" - LYRIC Broad at Cherry Streets "Not since the a-st Winter Garden Co. has the Lyris seen such a show; luvenxng Ledger. Hands Up IKS u smh aswMF-r aV aVPlflai ONLY MUSICAL SHOW IN TOWN WITH Maurice and Florence Walton FANNIE BRICE, BOBBY NORTH, WILLARD SIMMS. GEORGE HAS SELL, HAZEL KIRKE, ALFRED LA TELL, ARTIE MEHLINGER, A. ROB BINS. CHARLES PRINCE, ADELE JASON AND 100 Beauties and HeartbreakerslOO PRICES Kveninga. 50c to SS.00. Wednesday Matinees, Popular. IIlKhest Trice, (LOO. Saturday Matinee, Highest Price. 1.P0. f" ADELPHI REGULAR MATINEE TODAY POPULAR $1 MATINEE THURS. Come Travel 1000 S-MILES WITH William Hodge ALONG "THE ROAD TO HAPPINESS" "The sun shines from beRinninj; to end of tho journey. Whitman suits Hodge as admirably as did "The Man From Home'." North American. "It was happiness for everybody." Press. Ask Any One Who Has Traveled It METROPOLITAN WMm OPERAHOUSE x THIRD TRIUMPHANT WEEK BEGINS MONDAY COMPLETE CHANOIJ OF PROQnAM (( POVTEItFUI, I'lMITIIPI.AV FKATUHE THE BETTER WOMAN" MARY CASSEL AND ARTHUR ALDRIDGE ,,,. "JiiWiiiii"a 1N A COSTUMK 8CENA "THE MISERERE" IL TROVATORE OLD AND NRW tptcw crvNYia PnESENTED BY BINQINa COMPANY OF BQ IN CQ8TUMB r.nnisp. npAutv iun ir.nn.; ....,,.. . hvmii o 0F POPULAR MELODY" Ml d c-Preside e, ior tr kfield. :v ' -- mz&srss; JE-d&M 11 ilHHjHvXyjIiuttgUaKO
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