-ir T e--Vfffl V f-V TP- AMUSEMENT SECTION PHOTOPLAY THEATRES , DANCING MUSIC famriit PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1916 EATON SEES CREAM PUFF OF ROMANTIC MAKING FAIRY MOVIES IN NATURE'S WONDERLAND THE AMERICAN WHO CAPTURED THE KAISER LOVE BY CARPENTER His New York Letter Describes the Philadelphinn's Success, "The Cinderella Man" A Movie Tale of the Philadol phian Who Couldn't Resist Temptation sPiiiRfSSMSSBrt BwriBinSwifci?!? H'rwVV1M---;' B.' AmKr i? towMSLjJ i into-i.url- Wb fm lmrnt nMl illtlt, a8 oltai ) it, din ithi iin. n' your' t mil unii curl -est' ret ta uel 1B" J tor 5rtl iti m Itl 1 111 Hi til il, "The Cinderella Mnn," n sentimental ewam purt of romantic love, by Ed rd l Chllds Carpenter, of Philadelphia. waro which might easily nnvc been rendered ridiculous by the act ing (and probably will bo when It reaches tho movies), Was produced In New York with Shelley Hull In tho title part, and Is on tho high road to success. Never was the truth hotter Illustrated that not what you do but how you do It marks tho lino be tween success or fall urn In art. The llttlo bit more, and oh, how much It Is! Mr (CJU.TER 1. EATON Carpenter, to bo sure, skates perilously dose at times to that edgo where tho ono itcp more would precipitate him Into ab surdity. Wo are not BUro that ho doesn't eten get ono foot over now and then. But he l a man of taste and feeling, and man ages to save himself with Mr. Hull's aid. Shelley Hull, n younK actor whom wo have watched with Interest for Bcvcral ' years. In this play is coming Into his own. His charm, his sincerity, his comlo abil ities, his nice feeling for romantic sug gestion, his Increasing command of volco coloring, are all hero visible, and will bo recognized by a wide public. There Is more than a touch of Mrs Frances Burnett sho of tho "Little Prin cess" In "The Cinderella Mnn." It Is a fjlry story of actual llfo, a romance of reality. A poor little rich girl, who has jived with her divorced mother In Paris till tho mother dlos, comes back to her tremendously rich and terribly crabbed and cross father on 5th avenue. (He Is a steel magnate, or some such ogro.) Tho poor little rich girl docs want her ro mance, though, the more when her first suitor turns out to be after her money, and she packs him off And she gets her romance, wnicn is tno play. For next door to her house (no doubt In tho rear) is an old shambles of a house Tthoro lives Anthony Qulntard, In tho garret, of course Now, Anthony Is Juit about the proudest, most cheerful, debon air, gentleman!), fantastic poet who ever starved In a cold garret, neglected by a prosaic world and cut off by an unfeeling , uncle because he wouldn't go Into trade. Not a penny will Anthonj accept from friends. Wrapped In a tattered bed nullt, he works nt his libretto for tho $10,000 prlie, his only sympathizer being an old alet named Primrose who loves to wait on him (when he should be working downstairs), because once, before Prlm , roie sank to his present low estate, ho had served In a gentleman's family. That touch suggests Barrio! Well, tho poor llttlo rich clrl learns about tho poor Cinderella Man, ns hhc cans mm, ami tne creeps across tho roof of hU window when lie Is out and starts transforming his garret, as the Cast In dians tran.sfoi moil the garret In "The Lit tle Princess" only t-lio gets causht nt It, indanalie and pretty friendship spilngs 1 up between tho Cinderella Mnn nnd his I unknown benefactor, and sho conic? often over Hie roof for tea, ostensibly, hut rally that she mav bilng him fond. Of course, sho lies and tells him she is tho companion ol the poor llttlo rich girl, for t the. proud fellow would not havo anything to do with her It ho knew really who Ihe was But he has to find out at last, nnd love i li stronger than pride, so thnt ho wins the girl with nil her millions, nnd wins k the J10.CO0 prize as well nnd doubtless It b a happy ending. Yes, It Is a happy Ji ending, because this Is a Ynlry i-tory, a j sentimental romnnco of old-fashioned lace valentine texture and In such Jtorles a poet can write Just as well on a million dollars as he can orj an empty ' stomach. Perhaps ho can, 'anyhow! 1 In the conduct of this unquestionably Improbable nnd sentimental talo Mr. i Carpenter has been leas happy at times t ' than the Judicious tould wish. It Is a dell ; este task to tell a fairy story In a modern j letting without seeming either ridiculous . or crudely sentimental, after tho fashion , , pf the old-time "Fireside Companion" , tortea. There are moments when Mr. v Carpenter doesn't entirely escape the Continued on rage Four THIS IS "MTT1VE MARY"! takes a categorical statement W convince, admirers of the fa Uiar Mary I'tckford that she tb,r dramatic versatility to y a. httle Italian waif as she m ? 'J1 , nVfc seven part Para m. rc,lcase,Poor tittle Pep . which comes to the Stan ley next week. Here in the tropical luxuriance to star. Above the Concerning the eine a A Famous Fun-Maker Finds Sincerity the Basis of All Great Comic Art Upon the Stage By HAKRY TIIH philosophy of st.igo persuasion can ho told In one word sincerity. I mran that a ennudinu, to hu runny, must laugh with his audlenco If hi woulil havo ho nudlcnco laugh ultli him Many have held this to be otlii'iulee. It has been put foith that nit, not limit, Is the cle ment upon tho stage. 1 havo found it the reverse. You havo here In Aniericn "lie great chnrncter attached to tho stage. He ex emplllics mine lull.i than any other ono the tiuth of my theory, lie Is tlcorgo M. Cohan. To know and btudy him off the stage la to undoi stand his nevcr-go-wrong nppeal on It and in everthtng he touches of It. I'ohan is, as jou say In America, "on tho level." The day may bo rainy, but George Cohan hns in his memory the sunshine of yesteiday nnd In his heart the sun shine of tomorrow. Mtna you. lie doesn't pretend the sun Is shining today, nut ho knows the sun will shine tomorrow, and because ho knows it he makes you believe It. That'a why I say George Cohan Is the greatest comedian In America one of the greatest of them all. He Is square with himself, his audience and hla own Idenls, The reason that ho can deliver patriotism thrills nlioro an other man cannot Is not because ho knows better how to, but becnuse he feels that patriotism more. He enn mako you laugh because he would laugh at tho same thing. He can make you weep, be cause he himself Is toucned. That la tho essential of stage greatness, This is not so In other callings. A writer may be a grouch or a crab In hla shriv eled soul, yet a wit on paper, A painter may bo a rascal, yet draw an Ideal con ception. But ho does not face the public. Ho docs not have to satisfy the studying, questioning eye of his fellow mnn, which divines nnd discerns beyond any make up, beyond any grotesque transfiguration of chalkllne or grease paint, and, reading, feels, Material la the least of a stage worker's asset- If the soul be there it can color And mold any suitable tunes, steps or words, l'athos and comedy are twins to such a one so nearly do they tesemble one another that sometimes their own creator can scarcely tell which la which, when one enters and the other departs. There la no specializing In comedy or tragedy, except as certain vocal and physical characteristics may aid In com pelling a plausible physical framework. George Cohan Is known ns a profes sional American. I am known as n pio feaalonal Scot. But it a not Cohan's Americanism and my Highland birth that specialize us. No nation has a monopoly of loving a lassie. I think I can do It as well In any language. And the Stard and Stripes are no better for romuntlc or dramatic purposes than the Russian Uagle or Klin's Harp on green. It's tho unseen and potential force of patriotic sincerity that gave Cohan a tighter grip on your Hag than Patrick Henry or a President. The heart Is International universal. Emotions are common to us all. Enter tainment Is good, bad or Indlffeient I mean entertainment delivered without tricks In proportion to the degree In which the entertainer can carry his audience with him In the spirit and atmosphere of his theme. If one feels hla btuff he has no limitations. Art haa little to do with It. Some of our greatest artists are hope less as actors. If one feels hla stuff he Is like a lawyer arguing for a client that he knows la Innocent He does not need to make up an alibi. Ho lets the truth run. uut me man wuo 15.0 u ......- black and talks and slnss white must be superhuman to convince otheia, who are human and normal, of that of which he cannot convince himself. I sung as well and entertained as well when I was a mule boy In a mine as I have ever done since, except that I have acnuiied a kener discrimination and a matured, experienced wrrlw of viewpoints. Iniade my fellow miserable laugh then, lutt as Georgle Cohan, they tell me keut ery one about him entertained Jufore he took to the stage at all.. Foot lights cannut draw from within one that which U pot there They are more likely to wort uke X-rays and reveal what la. of a Jamnicn valley the Fox forces, under Director Brcnnon's Ruidance, havo been makinff the monster production roaring, tumbling stream crossed by rustic bridges, may be seen "Gnome Village," whence the little people went forth Art of TT" 1 i di JLxeai jome lan LAUDER They pay I portray "Tho t-'aftost ' tho I'umil" well. I should say It'a a studv In pity for a half-witted youth, tho butt of ovciy rnu. I do pity such lads. Jut how 1 I pity him I show when I cotmntsernta with him on the stnge. If my Inclination . In life was to kick him nHlde. I couldn't Pity him while you looked on you who might have a lu-art for pity and win you. I wouldn't know how. I would hae to Imuglne or Imitate You would know How could I goes better than you know' . When I sing "1 I,ovo a Lassie" It Is to ho f,con that I have loved a lassie. Ah ou would say, she was mime lassie, too. I'm tellln' ye. When I sing "A "Woe Pcoi h an' Doris" I think of the many n night I hastened from the public house becnuso my wlfle wns wnitln' in our wee hot an" ben for her late, bad Harry. Had I not cared what sho thought, or how she waited, that song would not be for me I would sing that old Ameriiaii song, "Please Don't Tal:o Jle Homo." I could point out. up and down and , , , " around a circle, all day long tho len-ions for my theory, and then, perhaps. I could not convince myself that only thu lnur;.i that'a In a man can come out of him and painting tho Illy white Is easier than painting the thistle to feel like a daffv dow n-dllly In the public's grasp. THE GOLDEN OtoD LD ladles and gentlemen never cease Plate about actors, actresses and plays of the past for the ploys and play ers they see later In life can never appear to them quite tho equal of those vividly emembercd and hallowed ones of youth, when hope was new nnd life waa fresh and beautiful. This la why the aged now lack the Interest nnd attention which waa freely given In their younger days. The go to the theatre with a pocket scale of dramatic welghta and measures with which to teat theatrical wares. Max Beerbohm hit the nail squarely on the head when he said- "When a play becomes a classic It ceases to be a play; It becomes a meio pretext for compara tive criticism. Tho play la dead, the itage la crowded with ghosts. Every head in the audience la.a heavy casket of reminiscences. Play they ever so wisely, the players cannot lay those circumam bient ghosts, nor charm those well packed caskets to emptiness." Albeit, the popular actor of today can coddle this delicious thought, can lay this flattering unc tion to hla soul, no matter how great the uctoia of the fu ture may be, they will not appear any thing like so splen did as he does now to the young and enthusiastic. While the future Is hidden, like an eye when aSleep beneath Its lid, time will surely bring the reward The aged look on the past with regret,, on the present with Impatient dislike, while youth vlewa the future wt fe verish hope, the present with Joyous delight. This I as much a part of ex istence, pf the regu lar order of things, as breathing U oX life itself. PHILIP MERIVALE, ACTOR AND MAN Tor a young man under 3D. Philip Merl vale, of tho "Pollyannn" enst at tho Broad, boa accomplished Important things ns an actor. He was born near Mandlpur, India, w h i I o his father was filling nn Important place In tho British service , Educated In Eug- 1 land, he waa Intend- I ed for tho law. Ten ears ago he was clerk In a barrister's ofllcc, when tho lure of the stage altered his plans. His first appearances were In tho company of F. It. Benson, and he toured tho provinces In Slinkcspearean repertoire. His first "PIiUntlly In London came when Ben- uni. nini iii-il isrnnL n nt u fi Inn Pnrnnnt ("n pioduerd Greek plns at the Coronet Thcntic N'cxt, he found himself with I-'todeiirlc Terry and Julia Nellson, and later for toveial seiibons with Sir Her bert Beerbohm Tree, at Hla Majesty's, where ho advanced to such Important Shakespearean rolea as Casslus, In "Julius; CaeHiir." it was while under Tree's management that he played Borneo to the Juliet of Phyllis Ncllson-Terry, .Mcrlvalo tlrst visited America with Miss Terry's parents, when they appeared In "Tho Scarlet Pimpernel" and "Henry of 1 .tuvuiiv. it HUP U UIIL1 luui, Ullll ill; I returned to London and waa with Beer- Navarre." It was a bilcf tour, and he bohm Tree and Mrs. Tatrlck Campbell in tho original cast of Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion." When Mrs. Campbell brought this play to America he came with her for tho part of Hlgglns, which Sir Herbert had 'created. AGE OF DRAMA, A NEVER-NEVER LAND By E. H. SOTHERN Not to be ablo to enjoy the present, either In art, literature or drama, is to suffer a great privation. The malcontents take great delight In quoting Samuol Itogera' famous epigram, "When a new book comes out, I read an old one " Yet those whu followed the poet's advice missed the Ineffable delight of reading tho works of his contemporaries, Lnmb. Scott, Thackeray, Dlckena, and even of Rogers himself as they came hot from the pross. Very likely, too, there wie those, oven during the time of Shakespeare, whoae mlnda were so riveted on tho past that E. H. SOTBERH ii.-.-.i v..-;-, fciMkt,i,t,t ..!. .- - & .j. -(, Whol esome "Film-Struck Maidens A Metro Star Tells a Bit of the Downright Hard Work That Lies Between Initiation and Success By BEVERLY BAYNE IS THIS aiticlo I want to emphasize the fact that u girl who Is desirous of get ting Into motion pictures must first rid herself of the popular notion that acting before tho camera Is easy and mostly play. Just tho reverse la tlie caso. It la extremely difficult, and Is very hard work. I have seen many talented young gins fall In n motion-picture career, merely because they were not physically able to perform the tasks sot beforo them The erroneous idea which Is quite prev alent Ih, that all ono has to be able to do Is to look pretty, and wnlk In and out of scenes. This Is the natural observation one would make after seeing tho finished product on the screen. As 11 rule, every thing appears simple Hien. The hours and even days and nights of tedious toil to obtain a certain result which appears quite simple on tho screen Is not shown when the picture Is presented. I have known a dlicctor to work for hours rehearsing players In ono scene, merely to get n ccrtnln effect. First, ho would have one-half of tho company doing Just whnt he wantod, nnd then the other half would bo all wrong. No sooner would the others get up In their parts, than some porson It might ba a minor character would spoil the whole thing Thon, when the director thought he had everything they were unable either to appreciate or enjoy the immortal dramas as they were presented. However, as to the acting of that period we know but very little. Only the names of a few players such as Burbage and Taylor are known to our age. The art of lighting had not yet been dreamed of and tho stage settings were of a meagre variety. Sir Philip Sidney did not con sider that this time waa the "Oolden Age," for he wrote describing the state of the drama and the stage of hla time. "Now you shall see ladles walk to gather floweru, and then wo must believe the stage to be a garden. By and by we hear news of a ship wreck In the same Place; then we are blamed If we do not accept It us a rock. Upon the back of that cornea out a hideous monster with lire and smoke; then the miserable be holders are bound to take it for a cave, while in the mean time two aruiles fly In, represented with four swords and bucklers, and then what hard hearts will not receive It aa a pitched battle?" Surely this waa not the Golden Age. Garrlck's time had loiig been referred to as the Golden Ase, but for what special reason it would be difficult to under stand. Garrlck was undoubtedly a very great actor, as were others of his time; but, if anybody wants to learn to what low state the theatre of that age hod fallen, let him read Churchill' a "Itoseclad," and then If the golden glow of the Golden Age Is still upon him let blm take down the writings of Aaron Hill and learn what he had today. Fearful as a lo cust bane Is the in ability to enjoy the present, which will vanish all too soon, like, a star into s, cloud in which Annette Kcllcrmann is on quaint adventures. Advice to ready and ordered on tho lights and the camera to be turned, hla keen eye would observe that something or somebody waa not Jul t ns ho wanted them to be. I have often rehearsed and rehearsed until I waa ready to give up from fa tigue. And, mind you, I am unusually strong and a tireless worker for a girl, as I take a daily course of physical train ing. Pcrhapa that Is why I havo been able to stand up so well under the strain. It often happens that even after a sceno 13 photographed It proves to be wrong. Thot, of course, means It must bo made all over again. I recall a big scene, in which more than 200 persons were used, that had to bo mado four times. It was a Bceno In a story laid In the South 30 years ago. Something unforeseen happened to mar the picture tho first two times It wns photographed. AVo had worked in tho boiling Bun nil morning and the director was wild because he had not accomplished anything. Then, when ho nnnounced that It had to be dono correctly tho third time, threatening to discharge several of the minor chracters, we nil kept our wlta about us. Every one was going through their parts as smoothly as possible, and tho cameras wero recording tho action. We were -ery near the end of the scene, when the director Bhouted for us to stop. An automobile had dashed across a atrotch of road, back of where we were acting, and It was caught by the cam era's all-seeing eye. Of course, It spoiled the picture, aa It would not do to have an automobllo in a sceno supposed to havo been taken 30 years ago. I mention these things at some length to correct the falsa Impression that acting for motion pictures Is child's play. I knew one dear little girl, who worked her way up to playing leading parts, whoso health suddenly broko down and she was In a sanatorium for three months last year. She could not stand the nervous strain Another well-known ntar was out of tho business for two years, following months or hard work In the pictures. So It behooves the girl who Is not strong to choose some other profession than tho silent drama. Of course, there aro small parts that do not require a deal of physical endeavor, but one will never rise very high In the profession without an endless amount of hard work. Another thing that works to the dis advantage of the average new girls In motion pictures Is the patience required of them. Many aro ablo to cultivate this patience, but it la often nerve-racking. You must be made up, properly coa tumed and always within calling distance, I have really heard more complaints about these long walta than I have about play ers being called upon to work too strenu ously. We all know how hard actors and ac tresses work during the last week of re- nearsai Derore opening In a new stage production. Often many of them are on the point of prostration, and merely able to go through with their opening: per formance from the attendant excitement. After the opening-, their nerves are re stored, and It tho production has a run, the remainder of their work is easy. But in motion pictures, every day Is a rehearsal day. It Is not the easiest thing in the world to have a big scene to make, calling for all your strength and intense concentration, and go through it six or seven times bofore it Is finally photo graphed. Then, no sooner are you fin ished with that scene than work Is begun on another. You 'may have to run up and down stairs 3a or Q times in one day, besides your other work, If the story calls for that sort of action. Some of this hard work la offset by a pleatanter side. We often take long and lnlgorating rids In automobiles, yachts, boats, etc. I think If we did not have these occasional recesses, none of us could survive the work, But even then, at the tad of a nice spin in au auto, we are often obliged to chase across fields, up steep embankments, over them, and do all manner of unusual and strenuous things. There is seldom a working day wnira win not aan one Bumcjemiy urea at night to- enjoy a, good, sound rest of I from eight ta ulna hours. The next fellow who tries this will prob ably bo boiled In oil. But hero Is the story told In the Photoplay Magazine of an American motion-picture mnn who snap ped tho Knlscr on one of his own battle fields. Literally grabbed his picture with out his consent ns though ho were a di vorcee coming off tho boat nt Hoboken, It wns almost aupcrfluous to say he was an American. A German would havo died first; also lie probnbly would havo died afterward Tho nervy young person who pulled this high-handed nffnlr wns W H. Durbor ough, photographer of tho North Amorl can German war pictures. Thoro wero nbout 15 correspondents in our party. Wo were In charge of two German stnff ofllccrs who fussed over us like n couple of old hens with a brood of ducklings. Worsaw had Just fallen Into the hands of tho Germans nnd we got out there In time to see the final nssnult and the capitulation of tho fortress of Nowo Goorglovsk. Kor severnl days wo saw the big Austrian howitzers pounding the thing to pieces. Then ono morning nn ngltatcd orderly woko us to say that the fort had fallen and we were to start at once for tho scene. It wns a long way from Warsaw and wo got out there about 4 o'clock In tho afternoon. I never believed they Intended us to see It; but wo accidentally bumped Into the most mnjestlc of mllltnry ceremonies a Kaiser review. Tho troops which had taken part In tho battle were assembling on tho battlefield when we got thero. It wns a splendid picture. Tho fortress was on flro against tho sky. Down ono road filed a long procession of Russian prisoners marching to tho rear. Down another road trundled the big guns thnt had driven tho Czar out of Poland. They had finished ono Job nnd wero on tho way to tho next battle. In tho middle of 11 great hollow square of troops stood tho Wnr Lord leaninK on a llttlo cane addressing his 1'iUllers Behind hfm were his Held mar- Bhals, Von Hlndenburg, Von Bascler, Von Fnlkenhyn nnd his sons, Prlnco Eltel Filtz and Prince Joachim Of course, this was perfectly miserable stuff for moving pictures Durborough begged our officer to let him slip in between tho files and shoot a picture. Tho worthy captain looked as though ho was going to faint at the sug gestion. "Aw, Just for a minute," pUaded Durborough. pathetically, but tho captain had turned from him to a oorroapoKdcnt who had lit 11 cigar. "Ono does not smoke at a Kaiser review,' he said In n thunder ous stage whl.sper. Which shows what kind of a thing a Kaiser review is. Finally the ceremony camo to a close. "Adieu, Comrades," cried tho Kaiser. "Adieu, Majesty" they shouted back. The ranks fell back; tho square opened. The Kaiser strode back to his auto nnd climbed In Spying Dr. Sven Hcdln, tho famous .iwedlsh explorer, In tho crowd, the llmporor beckoned him to tho car. This was moro than Durborough could stand. Ho suddenly broko away and we saw him running full tilt across the cleared space that the awe of the soldiers had left around His Majesty. Our captain was too much ovorcomo to follow. Tho captain Just stood waiting for an offended heavon to rftrike dead tho Impious retch. To tho frozen horror of the whole Ger man urmy, Durborough set up his ma chine nbout thirty feet away from the. Kaiser's car and began grinding away for dear life. Tho Kniser looked up and took in the. wholo situation with quick, comprehend ing eyes. Ho lnu?hed and lit a cigarette. talking a llttlo whllo longer, wo be llove. to give the plucky Yankee boy a chance. Finally tho Emperor and Doctor Hcdln shook hands; the chauffeur of tho car throw In the hop nnd tho Imperial auto mobile started with a leap. As It went by him, Durborough took off his lint nnd snld with honest soclublllty, "Much obliged'" The Kaiser straight ened up nnd ono gnuntlcted hand rose to tho visor of his helmet in salute to the American boy who had the nervo to snap an Emperor without asking permission. Frohman's Office Hoy How I.oule Cloa.cr Hale, writer a well ua artrefcd, Urst met Arnolil Duly U tola by William Itae In the l'ebrusry Theatre Mueazluei When the rmolred to go upon the (.tnce. Mils Clotr, bring still a younr thliiK, unit to Mr. I'rolimou' oilier, and Btradlrd her nerve at the door by re peating otrr and oter asaln, "rrrnrter iinre la the price of Bucress" and uch like bracing arntlmenU. In that way ktie gut as far n the anteroom. There klie ii an office boy ulttlng, with M feet 11 11011 the dek and u neunpaper be fore him, "In Mr. I'rohnmn In?" he nukrd , "Nan," hahl the office boy without looking up. "Then I will wait," Bald (he actrma. Mie waited an hour In silence. Tlirn it occurred tu hrr to put u blmple quenttoa. "When will Mr. Proliman be InT" "He ain't coin' to be In," answered the boy. "He's In Kurope." When the joined Mr. Italy's company, hut winter, Mlw Clonter told blm the lory. "Were you that girl?" be suld. "yei." "Well, I was that boy." HARRY LAUPER'S BAi'K Yes, it Is, and yes, he Is st tha Lyric aext week. SS3M8TOgiSpiS?gt?" Jjjf IT . iiBBBBBBBBBfe JfTL ' 1 iii laTflflii liiwifflrrlfi .Irc- s.ijrj( i