4 W t ' i H k-,' li k fci p & t BVEJTItfG LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY JANUARY 1, 11)10- toning ftgai!IeiJ9er AMUSEMENT SECTION Addrtst atl communications to Dramatid Kdxtor Evenina Ltdaer, Independence Square, Philadelphia. the Average net paid daily circulation of the evening ledger for november was 94,801. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1916 Film Stars or Stage Stars Which? rjlHAT prodigious Infant, the American film Industry, has sono blundering AaloiiR for four or nvo yenrs now, developing first one side of Its nature nnd then Another with a blissful disregard of any theories, principles or ... unc'rceiers, two-rcclers, tliree-rcclerfl, serials, features. $2 produc- lions, scenic, cartoon comedies, news pictures; original scenarios, adapted novels, screened Broadway successes and Broadway failures; unnamed play- trS, thetl film fltnrs. ntinlK ofnn-A ilni-a 1ft t.n !... 1.-W -1..1, -i , of nfccldents. But now, under trial of oxperlencs and financial pressure, the movies are beginning to mako up their minds. And one of the first questions to be debated is "Film stars or stage stors-whlch?" The Revolt from the Stage Star The reolt has started. Humors are rlfo that Fox, Klolne-Kdlson, Essanny, oen tho Trlnngle, will use no moro stago stars. David Horsier, who has never favored tho stage star, grown voluble. Now most of theso cumpnnles-certnlnly tho Triangle, with Sir Herbert Tree. Do Wolf Hopper end half a dozen others tinder contract will continue to show Broadway rlayors from tlmo to time. But there Is an undeniable and seemingly per-n-anont tendency back to tho tried players of tho screen Itself What the Producer Snjs Somo few program nroducers insist nn n nrll.linntvn ..tar .. ,..... feature. Men llko Qeorgo KIclne, however, say Personally, I think that tho public want film stars In preference to stago stars. Well-known stage stars arc not known everywhere. There are places having good motlon-plcturo thcatros whero tho peoplo hao not heard and learned so much about stago stars Almost without exception, the exhibitor favors welMcnoun film stars as against stage stars, nt least of tho lesser magnitude. Manufacturers are and have been rirono to overlook tho fact that a stage namo well known on Broadway may be known In far lesser degree in tho smaller towns and cities In which most of our motlon-plcturo theatres aro lo cated. Advertising That Costs Too Much Of course, there Is ono big advantage In tho stago star advertising. That has been tho real reason for his Introduction. It has meant nn Instant up pcal to theatregoers. But this appeal has had Its drawbacks. Tho making of stage Htars has fallen off on Broadway. Under the financial competition of tho movies, the curtnllment of theatrical activities will mean still fewer stars. While Broadway nnmes may appeal to tho playgoer who has ventured Into the movie tliOM'ros, their appeal to tho avorngo movie patron Is a good deal less. He doesn't know these great ones as ho knows Blancho Sweet, tho Glshcs, tho Plckfords, William Farnum, Crane Wilbur. Curiosity draws him for a tlmo, until he finds out how disappointing many stage stars are, and until he wakes up to tho Imposition of giving minor plavers from the legitimate tho Broadway lmlos of stardom. Ho soon discovers that tho average stage tar isn't half so satisfying as somo movio luminary. And meanwhile tho movie producer counts the cost. ONE MINUTE, PLEASE, TO CHANGE REELS ra.W-S,.-!.., PWHfOt '"v. t 't,,Y. SVf V I .?! V.:t- ? Uu .iT. &!mM jsmt ': sra ,'. u.-t V nK K' mm i ii i tti r . &: . : i:s mmmmwr k y m$f;iMt?&. . v . rfpy.r., ..fev !' t,"i ?f!'.:mx& .fo.-, .: wGbfir. fwrnrnMBL m m .-.. Nfflm&ryMmMmmmmA m i . '. " . Hs5 tJW5i'irmB.KAI.l 7MKMttAft Ifl ftSfW.nVawr . 1 1 , : ttmmsmssm mmmim l Fix i k mWtmPArWMmi WM mrnmlm ?K i mM . ii ,r'v)CJVajj.c-VT."j'w r riJti iji4.vrf itu ' a jiiiff . Tta i ' i &a u't .'flaAJ.' ,wifS.,r.v?iMr.?i sm h A-wTr. nufmAi,rr jmi m'iAi 'imw mtMRmmxiffflMi mm fr mmmm mm -KHifOH . j EATON SEES GRACE GEORGE TEACH BROADWAY LESSON OF REPERTORY Irony, wit and polished action, was, on the whole, so creditably produced that the few old timers who could remember 10 year back were able to declare that It did not suffer by comparison with Mrs. Flake's production Keeping "The New York Idea" still In her repertoire, Miss George next revived Henry Austin Jones' comedj, "The Mare," a product of the nineties, which was first done In this country by John Brew at the Kmplre Theatre These two plajs, both brilliant examples of a wcll recognlrcd tjpe of English drama, al ternated nt the plaj house, until the second week In December, when MIbs I George displaced tho first American pro duction of "Major Barbaia," by G B. Shaw, Now, It may bo questioned whether 1 either "The New York Idea" or "The Ll-irs" attracted sufficient patronage to I Justify Its production under ordinary clr cumBtances. But right here Is where Miss George's scheme the repertoire Idea has the Immense advantage over the ordlnarv nroeeduro Neither produc- 1 tlon was a failure, and both productions l attracted the warmest critical praise, both from the press and from discriminate 1 lug thcatre-Koers They rrptesentcd, then, the preliminary work which had to be dono to Impress the public with the Idea of Miss George's sincerity, tho thrill of her cnm.inny. the st-inditd of her house This they accomplished po id mlrably that when "Major Barbara" was nnnounced, a pla hitherto never plajcd here, hv the popular Shaw, there was nn j advance sole of $'000 before the curtain weni up, a snio w-nicn represented un mlslnknhlv the value of vvinnlig public confidence Aftei the opening performance tho ad vance silc Jumped sthl mote tt the coml evening It hnd doubled. "Stajor Barbara" was a "hit," In the accepted sense I e, a money maker It will undoubtedly pay for the season at tho Plnv house, and out of Its profits will be met any losses Incurted bj the produc tion of other pieces. Miss George will not make quite so much moncv as she would have dono had she plijcd noth ing but "Majoi Birbaia." perhaps, (though it Is doubtful if sho rould have mounted It so well without tho pic Umlnnry training of her company), nnd she will lo3o some money by Interrupt ing Its run once a week or so and keep on her repertoire Ideii (if she has the courage to atlek to that Ideal But she will hav won something far more Im portant than monej, nnd. In the long run, the equivalent of monev; she will hnve won u permanent confident trust ful public for her theatre, she will hnve won aftltlc prestige nnd she will have built up a company of plnjcin whom ,,.,.. .111 n.ttl InlrA nnrl VVntMl In UPtlOn, IHI1 JUIUI1- '' i"v .... ......... --- because they are here at last, getting a chanco for varied and serious develop ment The whole experiment, h it ftlroad won such marked favor, has been conducted with great Intelligence, high IdcnlM, artistic efllclency nnd Uttlo or no palaver nnd looting of trumpets, i Wo take off our hat to Grace George. She has dono more to bring order out of the theatrical chaos of New York than nnvbod else In more than a decade. Sho I really has standardised one thentrc, at least Ode ,lns uunu wimi im "i ii """ had tho energv (oi t le bral isj to o Votes for women' ,s fot Majoi Baibara' Itself, written 30 i cars ago. ahd produced In London, with Annie Ituscll In the title role, ono marvels, on seeing It acted, that It has not been produced here beforo It acts extremely well By tint wo mean Us stori progi esses drnmatlcallv, hom ing tho attention, Its (.harnctcrs excite the Interest and Its humor flashes con stnntlv, evoking lonstnnt mirth That the deeper message of tho play Is com prehensible, to the averago nua JF would hot, however venter iiwtl, Khaw himself, m the ph?J1K3 (which has to be cut t?XLX?W supplied n preface which ten ii,?fytfi what to write nnd which e, IVI! mo pia is nil nbcut It is ii a-. zWM vcakne-s tl nt any such preface uT'! sarj (a weakness of the play , "'cmJ of the critic), though nobo ''"! The Actress-Manager Acquires a Clientele, a Trained Company and Three Successes, Including Popu lar Mr. Shaw's "Major Barbara" By WALTER PRICHARD EATON The Failure of the Stage Star Quito apart fiom the question of experience the problem of becoming "camera-wise" there Is a very good reason why tho Broadway player fallB, David Horsley has hit it: Of tho big stngo stars who have gone, into pictures, not more than ono In ten has made good; most stago stars aro men and women who have fought tho now industry for years, aro not in sympathy with It and cannot adapt themselves to It. nnd I am glad to see that the real picture actor and actress; aro coming into their own. Out of Their Element Tho Drama League's meeting on the drama s the movies demonstrated tho reason for tho falluro of tho stage star better than any printed words Tho animosity natural enough but amazingly violent displayed by Louis S'unn, Howard Kyle and Illslo Ferguson was sufficient proof. Tho movies might somo day buy their services, when falluro was upon them; but it would buy players with no Interest In their work, niavers whn !, their t-yes on pajdny and did as little ns possible, players who never thought of studying the medium, loving It, working with it aa tho men and women have done who rose with tho films. Why the Producers Have Waked Up If tho producers are giving up tho stago star, you may wager It isn't because of art. Thoy aro giving him up for tho reason they took hlm-the financial. There Is overproduction In tho film market, a terrific overpro duction. Only tho exceptional company is making big money. Why double the J2000 cost of a good fcaturo Just to add a player who won't bring an adequate return? As for the Movie Fnn Ask the photoplaygoer which ho prefers, Helen Ware or Theda Bara. Kobert Mnntcll or Henry B. Walthall, Elsie Janls or Man- PieWorH . , .v...VSHt K. M. Tlin outstanding feature of tho au tumn theatrical season In New York Is now pretty clearly seen to be Miss Grace Gccrge's experiment nt tho Play house, on West 48th street. This experi ment consists of nothing more radical, to me, than the establishment of a good res ident company and tho production In repertoire of first-class plajs suited to tho company. As Miss Georgo herself Is at the head of tho company, It stands to rea son that tho emphasis must bo placed on comedy, preferably what we call "high comedy," to distinguish It from Charlie Chaplin But, though such an experiment has about as little of radical ism In it ns jou could well imagine, nevertheless the wise ones of tho Itlnlto wagged their heads nnd predicted failure It has been a long, long time, as tho memories of our butterflies go, slnco New lorK has had nnyttilng like a stock com pany. (Actual), It 1b less than n deende and a half, but that Is almost a butter fly's wholo lifetime') Moroover, they said, people won't go to revivals, and people won't stand for repertoire. How ever, Miss George went light uliciil with her plans The first production she nmdo was a rovlval of Langdon Mitchell's loracilj, "The Now York Iden," first produced bv Mrs Piske 10 jcars ago This play, which is a glittering, highly nrtlllclal, sophisticated farce for people who llko WALNUT WALNUT & 9th STREETS SI AT. TODAY, 2ll TONK.IIT, 8118 Weber and Fields or Churllo Chaplin. ACADEMY OF 3IUSICI OI'KNS A1 IIEM'K'S VVKKK IlKfilNMMl MONDAY BV'MNO ARVINE STOCK CO. In Cirorxs 31. Cohan' Grrafmt I'laj- COURSE SALE i 'nft?vAT JAN. 10 (4.(3 S'.'.SO CATHERINE BLAIR AT WALNUT nFI PHI LAST MATINEE TODAY aUCJrni LAST TJMB TONIGHT THE LAND OF THE FREE F VRir LAST MATINEE TODAY Lt I Ill iast TIME TONIQU7 Amrlca' Foromost character Actor LOUIS MANN In Ills Greatest Comedy Drama "THE BUBBLE" . ACADEJIY fceata at Hepp'(, 1119 Cbtstnut. PWMelphia I Tonight at 8:15 rirs-riMffs I flololat: LAMBERT mrcnestra muhpiiy. Tenor. KWrlfPrrinrlfor theatre platers vwTSicxeraocKer market & oth sts. 'The Old Homestead" cieorg. B4rti,r as caAu Vb.tcomb Mat To-lay . Beat 8at 25c. PEOPLESThe Guilty One tSmxnn'. Dumont'a MInetrela. 9th Arch MUlHOni 8 sn Special Mat Today. Trocacro tVovLY0.unTdH Azeta WMflN U TRAVEL TALKS &' E!?.ur" 5 StSft Beg. Jan. 2122 Two Courses Exactly Alike "SOUTH AMERICA" BRAZIL i&iRo Jan. 21-22 ARGENTINA SS2EJK. Jan. CHILE Miffi801-- Feb. 4-5 FMDS?Hr5i,B":aN--Feb.ll-l2 BOLIVIA r,"V0Vv-Feb.I8. 19 MAIL ORDERS NOW THE STANLEY MARKET ABOVE 18TH STREET CONTINUOUS, It A. M. TO 11 15 P M LAST DAY GERALDINE FARRAR IN FIRST PRESENTATION OK" "TEMPTATION" REVEALS SECRETS OF ORAND OPERA Stanley Symphony Orcheitra and BoloUta NEXT WEEK MARY PICKFORD IN LAST PRESENTATION OF ' 'THE FOUNDLING" NEXT WEEK MON. TUE&. WED Mary Plckford In 'THE FOUNDLINO" THURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY Pauline Frederick, In "LYDIA GILUORE" Globe? Thnlr ""ARKET and x neaire juniper sts VAUDEVILLE Contlnuoua 11 A. M to 11 P M. 10c, 13c. 26c JESS?. COLLEGE DAYS ,2& Other Popular Vaudevillians A lOUR-ACT, GRIPI'INfi DRAMA WITH A LAtGII EVERY MIMJTE MATINEES Tuesday, Thurs. and Saturdny PRIfPQ MATINEE I ItllCa . KEMM!, SEATS NOW SELLING 10c, 20c 10o 20c, 30c, SOo Neit Wk "Tho Olrl From Out Yondfr" BEGINNING MONDAY SECOND BIG WEEK ENGAGEMENT EXTENDED BY POPULAR DEMAND ED. E. PIDGEON Presents The Successful Singing Comedian ANDREW MACK Now Touring Triumphantly in "The Irish Dragoon"! By A ROUSING .COMEDY .THEO. BUR! 5AYRE A New Play M With New Songs AND A NEW YORK CAST OF 20 KNOWN PLAYERS Best Seats - $1.00 Slain. Turaday. Thursday anil Riitur.lny JMmJmb MARKETftJUNIPER STS. In llic llfnrt n f tlir Shopping l)ltrlrt PRICES 10c. 15c. 25c covriMors n ,. m. to ii i. m. Philadelphia's Popular Song Writer and Entertainer HEATH And a Wonderful Surround ing Vaudeville Show Mon. Photoplay Attraction Tiics. Wed. "The Red Circle" 1915 ACADEMY OF MUSIC 191G Monday Evening, Jan. 3, at 8,15 Boston Symphony Orchestra Dr XAHL. MUCK, Conductor SOLOIST: Al A D A M E At E L B A Tickets at Hfppe a Amphitheatre, S3 cents John McCormack IRELAND'S SWEETEST S1SUER Returns Ily Popular Henucat o t' ACADEMY OF MUSIC Thursday Evg., January 13 P,A.l'Bl'KS8 MONDAY AT IIKI'II:-K, 1110 Chestnut Seats 2 00 II 50. Jl 00 Amphitheatre, 76o and 60c, on Sale at Acadm, Mfht of the Concert Mltlierspoon Hull, Meil, Kre Jan. 13 1P1 Quartet 1 Ik Maurlls Iefson, 1'IhiiIs II bololats Vy Vrlres. 50c, l 00, Jl.50 Concert Direction Siult 3Iulcul llureuii. f CHESTNUT Below 18th A lne lin 10 A M. to 11:13 1. M x-xx vciuia, WM s HART xr . .r , I" ''BETWEB.N WEN" Next Week Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday "TUB UECKOMNU KLAMB" ' Thurs , Frt, Bat - LET KAITY DO IT' AMERICAN mnUffil FORRFCST MATINEE TODAY a VI1W 1 TONIGHT AT 8 13 Week .Dig WeeK 5UtB W(( & Sat Greatest Hit on Record! CHARLES DILL1NOUAM Presents Watch Your Step MiMklslsl npriAn matinee todat OiJiU tiiv nlIT AT t l" WM ClU I FTTF ! Times W1VI. UILLLI lb HEOIILT HEKMCi: N't I n. If. Mghls nt S Slurp Week Last WeeK 0nl Mot Sat nt 2 CUAIU.ES I'ltOHMAN 1'rrwntn V, IUI A M GILLETTE I.ml llmea In Ills Famous Huccesi Sherlock liolines jra MEWgH Jnli HI - r'ARRTPK" MAIIN'EE TODAY Vr-VIlV.rV TOMI1IIT AT t 1', Next cek -N'luhts at S -in Mats Weil & f.at. m:co'D weei: or the Bigftc3t Hit Philadelphia Has Seen in 25 Years B. F. Keith's Theaff? CHHSTNUT AND TWELFTH STe Mnt g I'M viinun IMIIy. M.hiTfTy Nisvr wi:t,it 5, INiriAl, .UI)liIM,u T0DlTi Phyllis Neilson-Terry Tn1:4m&,Vcrn',',liy,tflrVnnd fljgag IJsctmlto nuitellt Knunten,,,,, MANUEL QUIR0GA I Th Alartelous SpniiLh Motinlst '" Second niul 1 hint eei " DEATRICE IIERFORD 2 In n New Perlen of t Imni clerlratlon. OLIYER & 0LP In 11 Dcllglitfiil rintltt, "IHncnntenl." . DONAHUE & STEWART '"" One ills I nngli, "lllm nml ll(r." I rnn ,V C'o tinutlrr'ft Tor Shoo. Al.T. niiilrr I5I.I-. heeler Trlollear.t gl'i?.' rhtnrlnl Nens. 3 Shows Today 3 AT I. HIS AND r. M, Special ltcil TlrlieM floml for (lie 1 u rcrforninnce Onlr, JIrs, Vernon Castle llrlre A Iilnj; line Hcrnard Granville Frank Tinney -Hurry Kelly lumlreil Others Seats selling for oil remaining performances. njtsement ending- Saturday ewnlne, Jan 16 METItOI'OLlTAN OI'CUA HOUSE Boston Grand Opera Co. IN CONJUNCTION WITH Pavlowa Ballet Russe jayL'Ecole en Crinoline. "New" withpSab ?Sf.BK55TO,,cui T0.nt'f ' PAGLIACCI S L ,-o,,;ed COPPELIA CS-S" Priai".'t!Bt.,odM "On Chestnut street Prices, II to 5 1'hones, Walnut -H.'l , itace UT A N N I V E R S A R Y W E E K .Street MATINEE DAILY, 2.30 ALL SETH, 10c i:HNINCJS, 7 D; 10c, 18c, SOo ANNIVERSARY WEEK A Gigantic and Notable Assemblage Vaudeville Favorites 7f N N I V E R S A R Y W E E K An Avalanche of Fan, Melody and Notrlty Headed br the U'rll.Knnnn KINO OI' LA L (III MAKEIIH EDMUND HAYES SCO. In Mr. Hayes' Latest Satire "The Piano-Mover" OTIIEK FEATURES INCLUDE Klein Brothers Minstrels llrleren & Klnr; Louise Ma jot Jrrsen & Hamilton Kchvarrt uros.i ucuen i'our; Hetty Itaei Harris X Nasrlei Zam Trio. PnOTOPUYSrsVtX TlieFed Circle Academy of Music B" New York Mon Eve' 10 Symphony Orchestra Damrosch Conductor Elman Soloist Seats on Bale NOW at Htppe's, mg chestnut. Chestnut Street Zm ilatinees, Continuous, 1:30 to 5 P. M. 10c and 15c uivenings, Continuous, 7 to 11 P. M. 10c. 15c 25c BEGINNING MONDAY MATINEE Syninhony OrSestm DOROTHY DONNELLY IN "MADAME X The Gripping Drama of a Woman's Life Irom Luxury to a Prisoner's Cell From Society Leader to Ragged Drug Fiend Beginning ) ,N lucw" v'i Tly' Monday, WM, FOX PRODUCTIONS Jan. 10 ",'t''II MANSFIELD'S SUCCESS i "A PARISIAN ROMANCE" ff 5" A "rr i 'Jiiti IS 'I -J Ji4' -Vvr1 w.rt-wXtAMJ,A. A. i NlRlits nml 5-nt Mntu , r.Oc to $1 RO No hlclicr. l'opular Price Mtt Weil Host Seats SI. Seats for third neck on tale Thursday. nixon'S GRAND llltOAIt AM) MONTtiOMEKY l l. Mo'-NIHl!.IMli:it, Cen. Mir. DA1I.Y MAC. Hh'. 7 A I). 10c & JoV ALI)i:ILI.i:'H OIIIIArKST GKEITI RIGOLETTO TWINS Hie Most crsitlle Hrothem In thl World amnnsts. Magicians, MuslcliM. Acrlalluls, Ororlan l'oicrs. Jugglers, Toi. Itlvo Mnrvols 0 UK! ACTS AND I'lCIUItKS ADELPH Tor Heiirflts nt I.jrlo A Ailelphl riientres Apply llox Oniro or I'liono Mnlnut 6160-V-m KKNIN'OH AT HiIO SHAItl' "runnier MATIMir.S IIIUIISDAV A iWST than anr SATLHDAY AT Silo K'JUd Menncerls" lll.l,l..l.U 1IIIMI1I K KMXIJ 111(1 I.lilv II.1, Popular Mat. Thursday Best Seats $1.00 I. Utah Mcl'iirtlijr, (irunvllle llnrkrr nnd Percy Ilurton present BERNARD SHAW'S ANDROCLES PRECEDED BV THE MAN WHO MARRIED SSfftM AHnifMa WIEE 2tyNAT0LE FRANCE Atiru O. P. HEGGIE MARY TORIJES nml I niidnii nnd N'eH orU t'omnnny. Ulrert from Wnllaik'n lhriitre, N. V. !SKniaSi- KT. df SV.. xm ' (Tho Orliclnul Lon don Lion) SS m o Tho Orlclnal N'oel Scenlo Production by QIIANVILLE BAHKEn 3D LYRTC Beginning Monday Evening JL jl a.jl4 Pop. $liO Mat. Wed. Reg. Mat. Sat, THE CYCLONIC WINTER GARDEN SPECTACLE MYRIADS OF NOVEL FEATURES 30 LILTING TUNEFUL SONG HITS 06 t sJafS raeTit KB wpr 37 ' JOfiafiJ. KA -- . tvi a TjmiWtomsmijhr? n A )MWmWAt W Va 99 12 MAMMOTH SCENIC PICTURES Jim-&iWigm fv&, k Tfs.-iii iFssuSjss,sawfcAMiriMIiiasass'VAsjjjrf.jij y Original New York, Chicago and Boston Company of 125, With FLORENCE MOORE and MLLE. DAZIE the kxthemi: limit of riiomaAMTv in musical iintkiitain'.mknt 60 Gorgeously GOWNED GIRLS (JKItMtNTOWK AVE. AM) CUKLTKX AVE. CHANGE OF POLICY EVENINGS, V.Every Afternoon ONE SHOW i(Et. Same as ONLY fpfffii Evenina BEGINNING 8.1 5WW Show Prices 10,20,30c iPrices 10c & 20c LLSEATS FJESERVED HARRY SLATKO'S SOLLICKERS in 'TiANClNti Anoiiwn josefsos joEusapge troupe 10 WILD MOORS 10spTEE2Y9Asg2aV, SILBERS & NORTH IBDDl SIIAHIFF S NELSON WARING PATRICOLA & MYERS SPENSER & WILLIAMS "CIGARETTE" S0RETTY & ANTONETTE I SJ tV. N. THE MOVIE NUT! ;vi V OUR OWN I JULIAS KAJBQ Continued oq nejt p(4 l?R.OF. DUMDUMVIVA nmum THfe NOTEP IGrANTlC RAG-ES SKATHRYPATES (a&& THEWONPERFUJJ ARTISTICALLY SFINACHOL06IST SH-H ON HIS OWN PRIVATE LAKE FER.OCIOLSIA' K TO v TAKES A WALK. THIS 15 E2 Wm N LAG-RIP i rwJct. 9 " I ' ' 1 '! , I fi-ETeR.RA&e -ft? ?nQKiQfx if- &:& eJM I CsS"'-? u 1 ..,;;.. ' ' "t ' i i mmm