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PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, 1916
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K Joseph Urban, Our Most Distinguished Stage
Artist, Tells How Me Makes His
Mimic Worlds
r-ion thoso whoso despair Is tho slngo
of today, nnd with whom dramatic Up.
lift ranks ahead of prohibition and pre
rrtlness, noma meastiro of relief Is nf
forded by the fact that, In ono respect
cene painting progress has been unmis
takable. Tho phenomenal dovolopmonts
In this field aro duo almost 'entirely to
one man Joseph Urban.
Mr. Urban Is an Austrian from Vienna,
nd was educated as an architect. Ho
followed his profession for 12 years be
foro be started scone painting. Then he
came to this country with tho lloslon
Opera Company. Ho painted Its sets for
threo seasons, nnd when tho company wont
bankrupt ho wbb left to shift for hlmsolf.
Then he turned to th'o regular stage, and
today ho Is virtually In constant clomand.
Then ho turned to muslcat comedy nnd
hli first production was "Zlcgfiold's
Follies," now playing nt tho Forrest.
"I paint on tho floor," says Mr.
Urban. At times he will speak of his
work. "I do not paint on a framo. I put
my canvas down, nnd I wall: around. Tho
result Is that I can sco tho whole of my
painting ns I work, and not Just tho small
oart In front of me.
"I ipalnt for light effects. That Is, If
I want a green I do not paint fiat yellow
and tlicn blue on top. I paint tho yellow
teparato and tho bluo separate, In a sort
of lattlco effect. From tho dlstanco It
looks green, but tho quality of tho color
Is dependent entirely upon tho light. A
warm light, nnd It brlng3 tho yellow out;
a cold light, nnd tho bluo comes out. This
color quality would bo Imposslblo If I
painted the bluo on top of tho yellow, llko
a houso painter. I novor mix colors. It
I want purple, I put tho red besldo tho
bluo, but never on top. I llko best to work
with deep bluo, orango nnd emerald
green.
"My second point Is my plastics. I
am an architect and I build solids. That
lo tho Important thing for tho builder of
ma fwn"'" $" "
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1 he interest of the above picturo is not confined to tho peep it gives U3 behind the scenes nt a busy movie
studio. It is also a record of some of tho many noted screen players who havo acted at Lubin's. The di
rector facing tho camera man is Joseph Smiley, In tho group of actors aro tho lato Arthur Johnson, Flor
ence Hackett, Harry Myers, Rosemary Thcby, Dorothy Green nnd Lily Leslie.
A MOTHER, A MAYOR AND A MAID
T WAS In 1888 that Cynthia Leonard
ran for Mayor of New York, tho first
,;and only woman who has actually gono
i, Wore the voters of tho metropolis and
asked tlirJr sinTrago for tho highest otfico
in tho gift of tiio municipality.
I., In? event. Cynthia Leonard's daughter
E may bo a cunOldato for Mayorof Pltts-
i, Burgh. Now, do you know who Cynthia
I .(i ' JI 1. 1'J Vfifll-M flffnn Milu nlnraef.
, Monura'H daughter la?
i, Of course you don't. So let us tell you.
Lillian Russel ay h.e would like to run for Mayor of Pittsburgh;
ner mother trjed to wia New York back is '81, Ucre w 4e aW
' WPresston of the Keith stnivas It arineanj in "'nuHovilleM flfltehell
1 W- . , gennarlej, , " i ." ...
Fl
oor
Bettings: To know where to put plastics.
Tho rulo Is that whatever the nctor comes
In physical contact with must bo plastic
Whatever his hand touches must bo solid.
Ills hand casts shadows, nnd tho thing it
touches must cast shadows, too. There
fore, I paint whero tho actor Is not, but
whoro tho props nr6 I build always plas
tics. "So much for actual construction. For
merly tho stago manager called In tho
scono painter and told him to paint bo
and so, with a door hero and n window
there, according to his fancy. Not now.
I must have tho book. 1 read It through,
nnd then I begin, not tho stage manager.
..... ..u.iv in v.njuiii:uon. ino stngo man
ager sees only from a business stand
point, uut I seo from tho standpoint ot
mass nnd lino and color.
"Another thing: My drops and plastics
aro for ono play only. They aro never
used ngaln.
"Tho actor ntust get used to this kind
of sccnory. Thcro must bo a rehearsal
tinder my supervision. Tho stnr must bo
taught how wo play our play. When I
was with tho Boston Opera, sometimes tho
Btar would arrive only n fow hours before
the performance, and just look around on
tho stago. Dut now that cannot bo. Tho
star must como 24 hours beforehand, and
there must bo a rehearsal. Sho must bo
fitted to tho play, nnd not tho play to
her.
"You will notlco that my columns nnd
designs nro always given only in de
tail. This Is so that tho actor will not
appear out of proportion. .Simple as aro
my decorations, and clear as aro my
colors, so should be tho noting of tho per
formers. I havo observed that a strong
Individuality fits well In my scone, where
as n weak ono will gazo around nnd not
know what to do.
"All of tho designs nro painted frco
Continued on Pace Fonr
OLD TIMES AT LUBIN'S
She Is Helen Louiso Leonard, yclept Lll-
llan rtussoll, yclept Mrs. Alexander I'.
Moore, who haa returned to tho stago and
nppenrs at 13. F. Keith's Theatre next
week.
Miss Itussell has tho mayoralty germ in
her blood. When her mother stood for
election In New York, Holva Lockwood
was running for tiio Presidency. It was
the cradle days of tho equal franchise
movement, but out of that cradle came
the fair Lillian tha fair Helen and tho
other fair ones of whatever names. In
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Ono of the many charming nnd novel backdrops which Joseph Urban has
W. P. Eaton Sees Galswortky's Masterpiece, "Justice"
By WALTER PRICHARD EATON
GALSWORTHY'S play, "Justice," has
waited six years for a professional
production on tho American stage waited,
In fact, until tho now managerial firm of
Corey, Williams nnd Rltcr was formed.
Starting their career with n production of
"Erstwhile Susan," with Mrs. Flsko ns
tho strtr, this now and hopeful firm havo
n-svJMAvy,AKu.-A---kVVtAuwuvrvtT'
'"wmvoMAwy 4vVMwv&rfA44"JvV4y
smsmmi
whatever cities, who now carry tho whlto
nnd yellow banner of "votes for women."
MIsb Itussell, you know, Ih a Pitta
burgher, and aH hor mother hnd back of
her n newspaper for her father. Charles
K. Leonard, was editor and owner of tho
Weekly Herald, of Clinton, Iowa so tho
daughter today has hack of her her hus
band's newspaper, tho Pittsburgh Leader.
Ilesldcs, Miss Itussell has well-dcllned
Ideas on what a Mayor should bo and what
a Mayor should do.
"I had never hoped for political ot
fico nnd I wnuldn' think of setting myself
up ns a candidate for Mayor; but I feel
ns my mother felt back In tho latter 80's,
whon a newspaper reporter asked her
lr she would run for Mayor of New York.
" 'Who would nominate me?- mother
laughed.
" 'I will nominate you,' cried the re
porter. "And he did, nnd sho really ran.
"Sho was nmong tho first workers for
woman's rights and had a wonderful
platform," Mls3 Itussell was going on rem
lulsceutly, when the writer interrupted
with tho question:
'What platform would you run on just
supposing, for the sake of conversation,
that you were a candidate for Mayor of
Pittsburgh?"
Miss Itussell outlined tha following
points In no uncertain fashion.
,. First. Child labor reform.
Second. Freo school In-uheJ for poor
children.
Third. Free medical, dental and optical
attention for all school children.
Fourth. Work for the unemployed.
Fifth. Clean streets.
"And." said SIlss Russell, "I think It
would be a fine plan to have more women
In the courts and Jails, AVherever women
are, In prison or in trouble, other women
should be there to help.
. "Women nro only watting for the chance
nowadays. Look what the women's clubs
have done for unfortunate girls and think
of tha lino work women are doing In the
night courts. My mother spoke repeatedly
In favor of prison reforms. Her Ideas have
been carried out to a cqnslderable degree
during the last 30 years, but I belteva that
more may be dona and I am In favor of
doing t, If I were Mayor I would do my
best to give the city a business-Ilka ad
mlr'.itratlon, conducted on lines of strict
ec . Jiny. Aa a business woman myself, I
know exactly what that means. The chief
reason why I want to vote is because I
pay three kinds of taxes on my property,
my Income and my business and I think
I ought to have something to say about
what Is done with that money, I think
the Mayor and every other citizen of
Pittsburgh ought to boom, the city on
every occasion. As a Mayor I'd work for
the things I am now working for us a
woman and I'd try to keep my temper
and smile at my critics and not abuse the
newspaper But. really. 1 dant ihlnli
ttoiuun ought tJ be Mayors and Presidents
jukt yet. Men oiHcahoIderH will du wust
SB jronj it ITS astfSJ&esU"
THIS IS WHAT URBAN
w. . . s
or -Tiio ionics, now nt the l'orrest.
now, as their second venture, mounted
"Justice" and mounted It In a mniiucr
worthy of tho work. It was first shown
In Now Haven, on March 2, a dato worth
sotting down, for It Is not every day that
so splendid and powerful a drama sees tho
light on our stage, nor every day that ono
of our managers Is wilting, us they would
put It, "to take n chnnco on gloom."
It may well bo an open question, in
deed, whether "Justlco" Is not rather a
play for a rcpertolro theatro. It Is hard
to fancy It being able tn draw profitable
audlencos night after night, at any rajo In
this country, whoro stark realism fs ns
strango a speech to us as Greek, and
whoro tho mass of theatre-goers nro un
able, as well ns unwilling, to employ their
reasoning powers in oirfor to enjoy a play.
That a potential audience does exist for
such drama is unquestionable, but it Is
bound to bo a minority audience, nnd one.
too, that Is hard to asscmhlo by tho com- I
mon methods, slnco It Is to no small ex- I
tent composed ot pcoplo who havo lost the
theatro habit, and can only bo coaxed
back by somo special appeal. Such peo
ple, of courso, would bo nmong the best .
supporters of a good repertoire theatre, I
and It Is to them that the new managers I
must look for most of tho support for
"Justice." Fortunately, they aro not tho '
ordinary typo of mnnngcrs that Is, the j
typo rampant for tho last 20 years and
they will realize fully what Is ahead of
them.
And whether "Justice" fails or not to i
rally a paying public, Messrs. Corey, WU- '
Hams and Iliter will have tho satisfaction '
of knowing that they havo done a fine I
play finely. In every detail of tho pro- j
iltinftm, flinfA fq nmnln nvlilnnpn nt Intnl. I
' llgcnt management, excellent tnsto and
riKUi leciuiK. i-uu uuei nu ucun nuiuuiuu
with rare skill, for instance Tho play Is
so British In Its setting, though unlver- '
sal tu its appeal) nnd is written In so
naturalistic a manner, thnt to havo a cast j
part American nnd part British would i
havo been fntal to Illusion. John Harry- I
more, who has tho mimetic skill to as
sume a Cockney role, plays tho leading
part, that of poor Falder. But other- i
wlso tho cast Is almost entirely made up
of Kngllsh actors, or of American actors
of Kngllsh birth, like Henry Stephenson,
a splendid nrtlst, whoso poiso and author
ity aro beginning nt last to be appre
ciated by the public. O. P. Hcggio, who
came to us last year as Androcles In tho
Barkor production of Shaw's funtasy.
plays the part of Cokeson, tho old clerk.
He, by the way, was In tho cast of tho
original London production nt tho Duko
of York's Theatre, London, February 111,
1910. No better selection for Cokeson
could possibly havo been made. Heggio
Is an Intelligent and clover character
actor, and, furthermore, ho has a wjnnlng
gift oMi'umor, nnd there Is a certain chnrm
and gentleness about him which wins an
nudlenco nt onco. Cokeson, actually, is
tho most human person In the piny; and
Heggle has Just tho qualities of person
ality to make him live. Then, for such
a lesser part as that of tho attorney for
the defenso In the trial scone, tho char
acter Who, In reality, speaks for Mr.
Galsworthy, an nctor nnmed Wnlter Lon
crgan was selected, an actor who can
speak the English language as if ho
loved and respected It, and who can suc
cessfully suggest moral indignation nnd
eloquence.
But thero Isn't a badly-played character
In the cast Even John Barrymore, 'sans
moustache and sans all his Jaunty assur
"RARE BEN"
But "Johnson," not "Jonson," Is
the man of whom those famous
words are still true. Ben John
son, who will be seen at the Gar
rick ncct week tn "It Pays to
Advertise," made his mark in
"Paid in Full," nnd with the New
Jheatre Company
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PAINTS
MJAJ v.sng.yy.u K-fc
painted for tho current edition
ance. Is astonishingly subdued to tho som
bre, drab, pathetic color of his rolo ; and
ho will ns bitterly disappoint tho matlnco
girls ns lils sister Ethel disappointed tho
men when she played "Mid-Channel."
Furthermore tho now managers wont
to headquarters for a stago manager nnd
secured II. Idcn ..Payne, who staged tho
play for Miss Hornlmann, In Manchester,
unue. tho nuthor'a own direction. It Is
perfectly evldont that Mr. rayno has not
BEHIND
There IS auch a plnco nnd this is how it looks when Bill Desmond, of the Paramount, has finished a scene
and walks out of tho palatial hallways past tho canvas "wings." Tho gentleman seems rather unhappy
about leaving tho scene of his best efforts whero he has scored many successes.
been hampered. Ho hns driven strnight
for the realistic effect, for tho drab, traglo
conclusion
It Is doubtless unnecessary to descrlbo
tho play. It has long been nvallablo In
print, and Galsworthy's many admirers
aro familiar with it. On tho stage, how
ever, two facts about It stand out more
conspicuously than In tha reading.
Tho first fact Is that the dialogue, whllo
It has tho nervous directness and occa
sional eloquenco nnd packed thoughtful
ness of its nuthor'B prose, when spoken
by living players, seems from moment to
moment utterly colloquial. Galsworthy
himself hns eoniewhero said that tho task
which confronts tho writer of modern renl
Istlo plays, the task of creating Itteraturo,
while, at the samo tlmo, preserving tha
effect of daily Bpeech, is perhaps tho hard
est technical task In authorship. But ha
has certainly solved tho problem In this
play, in part, of course, by tho dovlco of
formal uddrosses to iv Jury by two learned
advocates and tha Judge, but chiefly by
much moro subtle means by dropping a
phrase hero and there Into the mouth of
n likely rharactor which seems quite art
less nnd natural, but which. In reality,
keeps the message ot his play, tha Intel-
I lectual content, reasoned out nnd clear.
j Tho second, fact which stands out In
I tho acting is tho fact that "Justice" has
! no villain nnd no hero that Is, no In
dividual villain. Hero It has none ot
i any sort, but a villain It has society,
i you a: d me. our penal systems. Tha
, thoughtful spectator at tho play cannot
but feel almost a choking of personal
guilt. You do not blame the employer who
prosecutes tho clerk who raises his check.
You do not blame the Jury who convict
him, nor tho Jailer who keeps him In soil
tary. You know If a similar case hap.
pened on Wall street, or Broad street, in
your office or mine, tho clerk would prob
ably be similarly prosecuted, similarly
in tt,.tw1 nn.l fit,. Utinl nna-f iuniil.1 Iia
similar, too. No, tha play may hava
caused an abatement or solitary confine
ment In English prlsops, which Is a bless
ing, but It goes far deeper than that. The
solitary confinement scene, In which the
poor boy goes h'alf mad, is, In fact, the
least part of the play, though It most
rasps the nenres. It Is a quite terrible
Indictment of all boclety, of the whole
penal system. To a thoughtful spectator,
thero has been no play In recent years
to cut so deep and seem ho deadly true
and real and In the highest seiw Im
portant. Of course, what la most cutting and
disturbing n "Justice" Is Just what works
against Its popularity most severely, and
what causa tha most perplexity In tha
average spectator, trained to check his
brains in the coatroora. It Is the Irony,
that sort of cosmic Irony which Brown
ing Saw and Thomas Hardy built upon"
the mighty structure of his novel. lUro
t poor. weak, decent Fulderi 33 years
old, on a clerk'n salary, In live with a
poor, weak, pretty girl, yho is marrUd
lo s. tii'uU- Shu come tu him, half cbuked
BUaiisdUm it, Xt
Child and
A ProU
The Need and Develop
ment of Films Suita
ble for Special Chil
dren's Performances
THE demand for motion pictures espe
cially calculated to Interest and appeal
to children has Increased remarkably In
tho Inst year. Tho Inquiries received nt
the exchanges of tho film-distributing or
ganizations Indlcato the growth ot a inoro
Intelligent treatment of tho children pa
trons ot the motion picture theatres and
moro actual considerations of their rcnl
hut ntivnlrrd demands.
"This demand will undoubtedly bo re
flected by Important chnngos In the pro
duction and exhibition of films In tho pres
ent year," observed John 11, FreUler, pres
ident of tho Mutual Film Corporation,
which has been conducting an Investiga
tion of this phaso of tho inuustry.
llcports havo been carefully compiled
by tho Mutual's CS branch offices covering
all English-speaking America, and theso
tend to Indlcato that tho motion picturo Is
growing in favor with the schools, churches
nnd other Institutions which concern them
selves particularly with children.
"It Is to bo expected," observes Mr.
Frculcr, "that as tho motion picturo
achloves a moro substantial standing ns
a form of art expression thcro will bo
moro sharply defined lines of demarcation
betweon tho classes of productions. Thero
havo been up to this tlmo very few films
made with thol child nudlenco In mind.
Thoso few havo' seldom been properly pre
sented. It Is n development that should
command tho attention of every motlon
plcturo thentro man If ,ho would give his
community tho degreo of servlco that
means tho highest success for him."
In Now York city nlono several years
of spasmodic and lnco-ordinatod attempts
at establishing children's matinees nnd In
procuring children's nnd educational films
on tho part of mothers' cluhs, women's
THE SCENES AT THE
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ARBUCKLE ACTOR
M
ACLYM ARBUCKLE. though he Is a
Scotchman by descent, has cast to
the wlndsBobblo Burns' axiom:
"Oh wad somo powor the glftle gle us
To see oursels as Ithors sea us."
Mr. Arbuckle has an Immense sense of
humor and great ability as n cartoonist,
and ha misses no opportunity to lampoon
himself, ns well as other members ot the
five-stnr cast, his companions being Wll-
llain H. Crane, Thomas W. Ross, Amelia
Bingham and Kdith Taliaferro, by raak-
T 1e Csrril's. of MTwiBdA" iwul W. C. l-ulds, of M & ftid
Fo1m, the BvwiNa Ledger add Huelyn Arbuekle. of "W New
Ririatta gois-& SYhatia, faNs fee feefcl Jlko.f Jhs I'sur,
Movie ;
CI 1
em m Docioloey
The Children's Movie
One Mr. In the trnorh1p mteitllon And
thr KlrnncMt pirn for It
I
lliifi
rhlf
- I
hut It nriM
ion
rhlldrrn from the Inflnmre . of flic
ture hnrmfiil lo lhm. hiif whlrh th
ir na
rr.i much! rc .with Imimnllr. Shonld pro-
litrer unit frlillitnr put out KPfHM thll-
firm m tifrlnr nnd Altmtlil aneelnl rhlt-
ilrrn'a tfimtrpt lie liultt Hie irn for tinrh
cfimnrlilii unulil he remnteu, riulndelphln.
nr, rntlier, .Merlon, inn boiwt of ene nfH
theatre. Here In the prottrani Ihfr nT
ollered In recent eek!
JAXfAHY to.
"The Wlsnril nt dr."
ri:uiuAitv a.
"Jnpntii llr. Ilnre-' liipfoillon.".
"Tlie.Mlilnlnh! Hide of I'util Iteiere."
"Ilnrleiiiiln' Nlory."
"KuniiMii)' Home."
rniuir.Miv i.
" !lini Thrnucli Hie Cloiirl"."
"Tltn lllrlli nt die .Mar-Spannlrd Bun
ner." "f'nlonel lleern Marl III Waterloo."
"Iturnl l.ne AITiilr."
M'renrh liuliiitii."
I'Kllllt'AUV ID.
"Jiipnn Nil, it Or, Domes' Kipedl
lion." "Ilrenm lair.."
"loan nf Are" I'nrt I.
"Jonn nf Are" I'nrt II.
Ilrnj- Cnrlnmi.
ii:iutf.nY in.
Mnrr I'lrkford, In "Cinderella."
Hlnince IIInN nnd Hrnln.
('nrtnoti.
MAKCII I.
".Iiiimn No. Hi !r. Iorrr Kxpedltlon."
"The l.niy.l.lne."
"CnrtnmiN In the Kitchen."
"The I'leil riper of lliunelhi."
"Hmrnr lnf .Mountain."
Ciirtnnn.
clubs nnd educators havo resulted this
winter in tne amalgamation or me various
forces Into tho Juvcnllo Motlon-PIctura
Federation.
Thcro nro three departments of thl
federation. Ono, known ns tho National
Juvcnllo Motion Picturo Board, Is headed
by Mrs. S. P. Woodard and Is an out
growth of the Motion Picture Committee
of tho Horaco Mann High School's Parents
nnd Teachers' Association. MrB. Woodard
and her associates were Instrumental last
year In establishing a largo number ot
children's matinees at outlying nnd down
town theatres. This year they decided
to lend a helping hand to tho women
Continued on I'neo Four
MOVIES
AND ARTIST, TOO
Ing caricatures of tho qulntot. Ho de
lights In nothing moro than In caricatur
ing his own rotund figure and Jolly fea
tures, and tha choicest gifts which he be
stows upon hla friends are these cartoons.
Mr. Arbucklo has certainly been able to
seo himself ns others see him, and a little
moro, for he puts a humor Into his own
view of his physique that Is very highly
prized by the possessors of the drawings.
In "Tho Now Henrietta" Mr. Arbuckle Is
playing the worldlywlse cleric, the Rev.
Murray Hilton, a line of character en
tirely apart from anvthlnr in which ha
has heretofore been, seen.
the
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