tjpjjy awww wT?-Erc ' "' "'I.'WSgi'P'"" myB0 " "'"'-''mm :vtiiismrmmm'm jyMUtt T' STfte Evening Ledger Amusement Section, Saturday, December 11, 1915 TWO MEN BUT ONLY ONE MANN small part of Rothschild HoffmeUter la The Passing Regiment.' It was a decidedly minor role. I objected vehe mently to playing It. I didn't want the thing at all. But they Anally persuaded me to take it Then I decided I would fool them. Day and night I worked on Hoffmeister. I even sat up half the night devising expression and business. I took no one into my secret. It was an absolute revelation when the piece was put on." Mann made the big hit of the show and American audiences persisted In demand ing him ever after hi these favorite dia lect comedy roles. His big first national success was scored as Herr von Moser. in "The Strange Adventures of Miss Brown." Then came Hans "It's to laugh" la "The Girt From Parts." Then Inspector Nix. In "The Telephone Glrv looking lor trouble with the "vires," and Hochstuhl. In "All on Account of Eliza." French dia lect superseded the German for a. while in such characters as the milllonarle, Le bardl. In "The Girl In the Barracks, and the gay old Parisian boulevardier, Jean Poujol. In "Julie Bon Bon." But there was the favorite German coloring to his young von Waiden. in "The Second Fid dle" and to his later creations of Krauss, in "The Man That Stood Still." and Plittersdorf, In "The Cheater." His Oom Piet Prinsloo in Paul Potter's South African war drama, "The Red K-oof," was a Boer creation in true Boer dialect. H Bv ?lM$j?JaHHalaH laBaf v W Oaks o f&aaaaaai vJaaHttSL V M-?ri4QaYLMaaHaaaaaE OgS- H lB-l Jy2NriaaaMi i&Lil I &It,MI Ki'ia nil ' ' v.- aaaaaaBt ft&jftJtaHf aKHMBeWHM 'tHi - aaaaH laaaKaK aPlWs?w BSMnmBI iaaHaaHF k 1 JaaaaM KffiSI mBHI NHK' - nrlaaaH Hmh AaU32i0afl&aS'u. laQn' HfeaaaaaB "" it1aaaaaaH affililJSmir H IB H Jmm m ii'iii ill i;,Hhh lSHBH i. &&gWL Louis, of that ilk, gives his old German two personalities in "The Bubble." From the humble proprietor of a delicatessen shop he develops into a dabbler in stocks and bonds. HOW Louis Mann, who has won fame in Just such a dialect comedy character as he plays In "The Bubble," came to play a broken-German part lor the first time before the footlights is an Interesting story illustrating how chance brings opportunity Into the lives of actors as well as ordinary sort people any where. Mr. Mann's original hit in this type of character, with which he has since been so peculiarly Identified, re calls. In fact, the manner in which E. H. Sothcrn's father, E. A. Sothern. stumbled by accident upon his famous character of Lord Dundreary in "Our American Cousin" the part that made him famous in two hemispheres. The elder Sothern at first indignantly refused' in San Francisco, the first "silly ass" part ever offered him to play. "It was when I was connected with George "W. Lederefs stock company in the City of the Golden Gate," remarks Mr. Mann or this critical circumstance in his career, "that fortune came to me in the guise which I did not recognize, and which caused me almost to turn away for good and au. I was offered the JAPAN OR JERSEY, IT MUST BE TRUE TO LIFE By ADOLIH ZUKOR. (President of the Famous Players) THE importance of obtaining the proper atmosphere for every produc tion has never failed to impress me since the days when a sombrero and "chaps" were considered sufficient to transfer a grocery clerk into a perfect cowboy. At that time the Jersey wood3 served for every setting in the category, from dark est Africa to "India's sunny climes" not to mention the Arctic regions. That was in the days, when the mere fact that shadowy figures could be ir.ade to move across a screen or a sheet was all that the public needed to know about moving pictures. "They moved!" as the barker might say and that was sufficient. And with a few notable exceptions, the manufacturers of these moving pictures, knowirg that the novelty of the Idea would assure them a, good market, turned out their product as rapidly and as cheaply as possible. That wa3 what might be termed the Stone Ago of motion pictures, and I havo no doubt that many discriminating persons who had the misfortune to attend those early shows might never have entered a photo play house again. If they did. however, they would find that vastly different con ditions obtain today. Firmly convinced that the proper at mosphere wa3 positively essential to the success of the adaptation of well-known plays to the screen, I have always In sisted that the directors go to any means within their power and ingenuity to ob tain the right setting. "Atmosphere" is frequently an ex pensive luxury, if one reckons first coat, but in tho long run it Is a most profit able Investment. For Instance. In pro ducing The Eternal City we sent Pauline Frederick and her company to England and Italy for several weeks. The expense bills might have been con sidered high but the realism which re sulted from that Journey made the pic ture a masterpiece, and added greatly to the popular Interest in the production. More recently we have faced the prob lem of obtaining proper settings for wide ly different pictures, each of which de pended to a great extent upon the ac curacy of detail In tho presentation. When the war prevented the carrying out of our original plan of sending Miss Frederick to Egypt to photograph our adaptation of Robert Hlchens "Bella Don na" we spent many weeks in search of a proper substitute. Finally we decided upon Florida as the only available place. The singularly strong tributes which were paid to the atmosphere of the production by tho reviewers show that our efforts and expense were amply repaid. In "Madame Butterfly" and "The White Pearl" we had to obtain Japanese atmos phere, but distinctly different, for the lat ter was a sea story. Hence, Marie Doro and her company went to one of the rock iest portions of the coast of Maine, and Miss Plckford wa3 dispatched to Some where in Jersey," where there are the most beautiful Japanese gardens in this country. I am not at liberty to disclose the name of the place, because It is a private residence and the owner does not wish his name to be used. ffl an 1 m. IJMIRO " MARKETS JUNIPER 3TS. CONTINCOES 11 A. M. TO 11 P. M. PRICES 10, 15, 25c TrUEK COMMENCING MONDAY HARRY YON TILZER Present the Norel Hinging Comedr "SEASHORE FROLICS" FKATERING CLETEB EARL CAYANAUfiH surroitTED BT "THE HONEY GIRLS" OTHKK ALL-STAR ACTS COMMENCING NEXT WEEK "THE IlKD CIBCLK" A NEW SERIAL PICTURE PSik T11EATRK JbS aA3 Market below SOtb Street Hi MATINEE DAILY, :). ALL SEATS. 10c EVENINGS. 79; lOe. lZe. SOo Moil. Toes, Wed. SAM BIS ID A Combination of Animal Actor Tim, FrL. 64. 7 AND M1E The Hebrew Fire man a Tin Chief MUBSAY BRAND & imNBTGN s co. cm la The Man rram ta "Back from Italy" BaSalo" OTHER STAR rEATCTBS ACTS COMING THURSDAY n. b5 cur W.vMvfcivi! CHESTNUT ST. OPERA HOUSE 11th and Chestnut Streets CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE NOON TILL 11 P. M. VIVID REALISTIC TRUTHFUL iBH FIGHTING WU IN BwmnBomL FRANCE 1 The French Government's Official p i Motion Pictures I ft MANAGED BY MORRIS GEST. j Preceded by a Lecture by E. ALEXANDER POWELL Famous War Correspondent Through Whom These Pictures Were Loaned by France to ff I the Public Ledger 1 SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA S SEATS 25c and 50c llfiARRICKlj J- SABUEL L NLXON, $? C. a WANAMAKEK, Basinets Mit. "52? I Evjs. & Sat. Mat. 2ScS0c 73c, $1,5102 !a.is Other Matinees, 25c, 59c, 75c and $1.08 L A w I K S D. W. 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