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"OUT OF THE
MOUTHS OF BABES"
SPEEDING IT UP
THE THEATRE WORItD
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AS IT IS TODAY
A Small Girl's Idea of Hero and
Villain in Magical
Movielan'd.
.Jottings of Personalities Now
Before the Public on
the Stage
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John Cossar. Essanay actor, who takes
the leading role in "The Law's Decree,"
met his little daughter just after he fin
ished the tight scene with Ernest Mau
pain. in which he sustained a sprained
hand and various other injuries. Miss
Cossar, who Is 5 years old, took in the
sight of her father in awed silence. Cos
sar, usually immaculate, was very badly
disarranged. His collar was ripped open
and hung by one button, his shirt was
torn and his trousers were covered with
dirt.
"What part were you playln' in the
picture, daddy?" asked the little maid.
"I am the hero, dear," said Mr. Cossar.
More silence. Then:
"Well, daddy, if you were the hero, the
villain must be an awful big man."
Sessuo Ilayakawa, Japan's most famous
dramatic artist, who is appearing promi
nently in the support of Fannie "Ward.
In "The Cheat," was the first actor
to introduce the modern drama into
Japan. Mr. Ilayakawa came to this
country a number of years ago, and
studied literature and drama at the
Chicago University. He then translated
many of the modern American plays, as
well as the classics, into Japanese. He
returned to Japan, and has the distinc
tion of being the first dramatic actor to
appear In Shakespeare and Ibsen plays
on the island. Mr. Ilayakawa has now
a play on foot to organize, after the
war, an all-star Japanese dramatic com
pany, with which to tour the world to
show the different countries how Japan
has advanced in the dramatic art.
E. H. Calvert, Essanay director, has
returned from.a three weeks" hunting and
fishing trip in the Ozarks and is hard at
work on a mutiple-reel feature, "A
Daughter of the City." The party camped
a hundred miles from the nearest rail
road. Mr. Calvert killed many ducks, as
well as other game. He made a record
of bringing down every duck he shot at.
Richard C. Travcrs, leading man, recently
returned from a three weeks' vacation in
Georgian Bay, Canada, where he lived
In the open. Travers caught 27 fish, all
lake trout, the smallest of which weighed
six pounds and the largest 42 pounds. He
distributed the fish among hi3 friends at
the studio.
Kaoml Childers, one of the Vitagraph
stars, has acquired the goldfish habit.
Every available space in her home Is
occupied by a globe containing varieties
of the little carp from almost every por
tion of the globe where the fish breed.
Specimens from China of a dull olive hue.
Garibaldis from California, gold-hued fish
and those that are tinged with silver by
crossing go to make up Miss Childers'
fast growing family. So enthusiastic Is
the Vitagraph star over this Interesting
fad she has applied for membership in
the American Association of Goldfish
Fanciers, and on confirmation of her ac
ceptance as a member intends exhibiting
a raro specimen of the Shubunkin at the
first meeting.
Louise F.zenda. the Keystone come
dienne, who i3 under the direction of Dick
Jones, nas just returned from a quiet
visit to the San Francisco Exposition,
accompanied by her mother. Miss Fa
zenda was brought to Los Angeles by her
parents when she was six months old.
She says that this is the longest trip
the has ever taken and that It was the
first time In her Ifie she slept in a rail
road berth.
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Elsie Janis out in her car between movie and dramatic engagements.
CLOSE-UPS OF SCREEN FAVORITES
JACKIE SAUNDERS
At the suggestion of three of Ani'-iira'.i
foremost artists Jackie Saundei t the
Balboa girl became a motion-! cture
player. While do
ing Ingenue parts
in a Philadelphia
stock company,
Harrison Fisher
saw Miss Saunders
and invited her to
New Tork to pose
for him. Because
of her girlish
beauty she was
much in demand in
the Btudios of the
metropolis; How
ard Chandler
Christy used her
in some of his
best-known pic
tures of three or
four years ago.
Then she became a
model for Clarence
Underwood. He it
was who drat
sensed Miss Saun
ders' photographic
possibilities, at the
time that cinema
productions began
to become popular.
But as the silent
drama did not
stand very well. Miss Saunders was a bit
uncertain about appearing before the
camera. She discussed the matter with
all three of her artist friends, and on
their united advice decided to give It a
trial, with the result that she has been
a film actress ever since. She broke In
as a leading woman with the Reliance
Company, In New York, by saying she
had already had studio experience when
she applied for an engagement.
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empire began to move westward to the
I Facific coast Miss Saunders followed it
i to southern California. There she ap
I peared successively in Blograph. Kinema
I color and Universal productions. Subse
quently she joined the Balboa forces at
Long Beach when the Horkheimer broth
ers began their activities. Now she has
a contract which runs three years longer,
and the photoplays in which she appears
find a ready market.
Jacquelin is the first name given to
Miss Saunders at birth, but it was soon
shortened to "Jackie" and she likes that
sobriquet best. It expresses her nature,
for she Is a, bizarre, out-of-doors girl.
Her preference Is for raggety-taggety
parts, in which she can rear and tear
with her luxuriant hair flying in the
winds. Of late she has done several
mountain pictures, going bare-footed over
the rocky trails.
Yet It is not difficult for this screen
favorite to put on ballroom gowns and
become Jacouclln in a nonce. Sha wmm
J her clothes as gracefully as she is nat-
!ural in tomboy regalia.
During the last year Miss Saunders
has appeared in a dozen of Balboa's big
gest productions. The list includes "Will
o the Wisp." "Rose of the Alley." "Lit
tle Sunbeam," "Reaping the Whirlwind."
and "A Bolt from the Sky." Her In
terpretation of "111 Starred Babbie." the
story of the Pennsylvania coal Melds, by
the Rev. Will W. Whalen. pleased the
author so thoroughly that he pronounced
the characterization perfect. Miss
Saunders last feature is called "The
Shrine of Happiness." This turned out
so satisfactorily tha,t Pathe Freres sent
it abroad to be hand-colored. The fact
that it is the first five-reel photoplay
ever treated to such costly consideration
gives an Indication of the fine quality of
Jackie Saunders cinematographic work.
STATISTICS NOW A
MOVIE FEATURE
MME. AUGUSTE BURMESTER
The veteran actress, so delight
ful in "The Bubble," whom Phila
delphia met some vears ago at
the German Theatre.
Continued from rate One
France with 17. When It is considered
that the United States has 35 persons to
each square mile of its area, the crowded
condition of Austria and Germany will
be brought home. By means of a motion
picture chart the fact that Austria and
Germany must spread out can easily be
planted in the minds of the motion-picture
public. Despite the fact that other
countries are eo Intensely involved, the
war seems to us to be one between Eng
land and Germany.
Germany is fighting for things she feels
she must have in order to live. She feels
that it Is right that she should seize from
England what England seized years ago
from other countries. England feels that
it is just as necessary to maintain what
she has taken in order to live. This la
true.
England Is the greatest shipping coun
try In the world. Her tonnage. In round
numbers, i3 almost four times that of
Germany. Her exports and imports large
ly overshadow those of any other coun
try. Imports are slightly greater In the
United Kingdum than exports, and the
same applies to Germany. Therefore, it
would seem that both countries require
.freedom of the seas. England controls
the international highways today. Ger
many feels that for economic indepen
dence, which means prosperity and pow
er, she must control them.
This all can be shown by means of
animated charts, cartoons and trick pho
tography In a way that the average man
will remember. The causes that have
brought on the war, as well as Its prog
ress and Its inevitable results, can be car
ried to a larger number of people In a
week than would read of them in years
In books or magazines.
For Instance, the question Is often
asked, what should be the attitude of an
American? The answer la usually that
he shouid bo neutral. Of course, being
neutral Is a difficult thing, but it Is well
to remember that personal feelings in in
ternational affairs havo caused much
trouble. Let us see why it is not only
theoretically but practically proper for
tho American to be neutral. Statistics
will show this, and moving pictures will
bring the lesson home very forcibly. An
overwhelming victory for one aide- or
the other might mean that the next war
will be between the victor and tho United
States, whereas a draw will probably
mean an international law court which
will be so formed that fairness will have
to be exercised and Justice administered.
The latter i3 what we want.
The high cost of living is a sore prob
lem. The prices of almost all commodi
ties have it is true, increased, but sta
tistics will show that some communities
are successfully coping with the situa
tion and the first of my films to bo re
leased through tho Paramount Pictures
shows this.
Questions of such vital Interest as those
which I have outlined can be asked and
answered by means of our animated mag
azine, which embraces many other fea
tures of interest to tho great public.
On the Popularity of Orphans
At kwt I have Oxural oat why It Is
that the character of an orphan kIxl
Knch. for example, an that of Judy Ab
bott, in "Daddy Longlexs' remains
always one of the public's dramatio
favorites. An orphan, obviously, has no
parents. This, equally plainly, reduces
the number of bad actors In the avenge
east by two. Georxe Jean Nathan.
The baseball fans of New York missed
one of their most illustrious members
from the grandstand on Wednesday and
Saturday afternoons last summer. De
Wolf Hopper. George Cohan and Willie
Collier were at first surprised at this
dereliction on the, part of Louis Mann
until they both bethought them that he
was playing matinees of "The Bubble"
at the Booth Theatre during the entire
summer. As Louis is a noted fan. It
must havo been a disappointment to him
to miss the games, in spiteot the fact
that ho was playing to crowded: houses.
Listening to Frank TInney build a sum
mer home Is one of the joys of "Watch
Your Step." which comes to the Forrest
Theatre Christmas night for a limited
engagement. When "Watch Your Step"
first settled at the New Amsterdam The
atre, New Tork, where It remained for
six months, Frank TInney (the carriage
caller) In tho duologue m which ho In
dulges with William Halllgan (the pa
tron of the opera) spoke proudly of his
summer home at Freeport but did no
more than locate It in his speech. As
Halllgan betrayed an increasing Interest
In this place, TInney begaa the construc
tion of the House itself. After a week
ho was talking of the beauties of the
building; in another week he had it fin
ished; the third week he was boasting
of its comforts and conveniences; during
the fourth week he built an aquarium in
the cellar with blueflsh. Having com
pleted the house, he began to Improve the
grounds: At every performance some
new detail of the scheme came to light,
and each feature, from the bay windows
to the roof garden, was greeted by the
audience with delight. TInney declares
that building- a summer noma in such
fashion Is such an agreeable task which
everybody else seems to enjoy as much
as he does himself that ho Intends to add
a lot of ground to his estate, so that he
can construct an amusement park In
his backyard.
Mrs. Pauline DufTleli", one of the sweet
and venerable "old ladl3" of the stage,
has naturally succeeded to the position
vacated at the time of the death of Annie
Yeamans and now ranks with Mrs.
Thomas Whlffen as one of the two most
experienced players on the American
stage. Mrs. Duffleld creates the part of
Mrs. Fenton in Oliver D. Bailey's three
act drama, "Her Price," with Emma
Dunn in the principal role. Mrs. Duffleld
for many years has been in the companies
of Charles Frohman and has supported
tho majority of the great stars of that
sterling producer.
After four prosperous seasons In Louis
N. Parker's "Disraeli" George Arllss has
undertaken the adventure of finding a
new vehicle for his subtle and vivid tal
ent as character actor. He is now rep
resenting Nlcolo 'Paganini, the hlstorlo
virtuoso of. the violin. In a play called
"Paganini" at the Blackstone Theatre of
Chicago.
In this comedy of character by Edward
Knoblauch, author of "Marie-Odlle" and
"Kismet," Mr. Arllss haa obviously found
what he was looking for. viz., a com
panion pleco to "Disraeli." Briefly de
fined In theatrical terms tho piece Is an
other "Disraeli." That is to say, in mood
and manner It Is of the same species as
the piece which brought Mr. Arllss his
greatest success In the theatre, but only
the box office statements of the season,
of course, can testify that "Paganini"
is another "Disraeli" from the commer
cial point of view.
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The Irish - American comedian,
who reopens the Walnut with
"The Irish Dragoon.'
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