EVENING LEDGES PHILADELPHIA, SATUEpAY, APBIL.l, 1916,
lnto0iliMsnf
AMUSEMENT
V jtbfm H eomihMmVatfdnA o
independence square, I'lxiiaaeipma.
fHHAYKRAGU NET PAID DAILY CIRCULATION OF THE EVENING
LEDGER FOR FEBRUARY WAS 101,115
"PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1916
The Movie "Trust" Waits Its Cue
NEXT week if high-placed gentlemen in movieland know what they arc
talking about will see n shake-up and realignment of photoplay pro
ducers which will place a good-sized movie trust on the screen. The convulsion
it txing preceded by the usual phenomena of rumors, marvelous rumors. They
rtiii from the statement that Mary Pickford will be placed at ; Lubln s if the
merrer fails, to the news that all the big companies except World, r px and
Mutual havd Deen approached and even lined up in the "trust." But the big
gest rumor arid the most interesting is that the parties supposed to bo behind
the consolidation, the American Tobacco Company, will apply to the distribu
tion of the film the same principles which have been applied so successfully
to the distribution of "smokes." They will organize a chain of standardized
theatres, after the fashion of the United Cigar Stores.
A Try at the Crucial Problem
Distribution is undoubtedly the crucial problem. This year has demon
strated -it. The American producers have had everything their own way.
There has been no competition from Europe. But there has been competition
at hoVe-too much of it. The result has come very near be ng almost the
ruin of one of the largest and hitherto most successful industries in the
Uni Theroblem of good films could be solved. In less than two years the
level of the photoplay has risen amazingly. But the cost grew with
artistic perfection and competition grew also. The very chances for big
SreflU dwwin more and more producers. Meanwhile, the theatres that were
Cosed to use all this increasing product went on their own happy-go-lucky
S Picking what thdy chose and giving no single company the assurance of
TateBdy market for all it could make. Even a step so far along the : ino of
organizat and co-operation as the Stanley Booking Company, of this city,
can not bo expected to guarantee the use of the manufacturer's whole product.
If the producer wants to know his market, if he cannot stand, the gaff of
competftion, then he must cntrol his own theatres. He must give the local
exhibitors exnert advice and financial backing, while he receives in return a
euarantce of an assured market for his product.
But along that path, as along any other that leads to larger and more
Mcuro business organization, lie dangers. They arc dangers to the organizers,
the organized and the public. They must be watched.
Professional Patriotism
Last week Chicago critics assailed a young lady named Elnnora do Cisnc
ros for waving the American flag and singing "The Star-spangled Banner.
They also got a little further public notice by reneging when she claimed the
patronymic of Broadfeet and the birthplace Brook yn. Just why those facts
made any difference it is a little hard for a P hi adclphian to see, who has been
irritated by the display of professional patriotism m- two reviews of the
last month. Love of country and race is too sacred and too dangerous an
emotion for exploitation. It may have its place n a serious drama, if
the motives of the author arc beyond question. But in tights! "There ought
to be a law!" .
Artist in Lights; Why Not in Design?
Miss Adams has brought to the Broad the finest display of artistic
lighting that the American stage has yet created. It may not touch European
,.t,""'b , .. ... . i (.: Qnf f pnlnra nnd effects:
miracles ana it spreuy ...
bbut it snows real tnouKnt.mc.--....T?r,.:
aesign to match it; 'inc. two ougnu to
tUSSIAN BALLET
GROWS IN GLORY
AS SEASON ENDS
(Today the Last Programs in a Series
of Matchless
Splendor
"Le rldeau balsso pour quo le poeme
coramence dans toutes les memolres.
. .i. eii n, thA "TMrnnnlltfln
xno curiam " ---:"
. t uti.. i. i.a fllvlnA nnpfna of ino
nl i- v.ll.t Vnfln In nil Its mcmorlCH.
Today and tonight It rises Bgaln for the
Vit. Jtailft it seems iuibvci. .i .....-HM.TT--
2 Amln nthAv HiiTipftrH mav
E.- nimin Tiiif lust tilcht will linger
Idana toutes Its memolres.
I How to describe the ccstacy of the
light? There are facts, yes. Four ballets.
Iiree of them new, were given : the "Flre
lrd of Strawinsky and Golovlne. the
rrhamar " of. BaKst ana unuiKircu, mo
Vfternoon of a Faun" of Bakst nnd De-
uaay.tho "Prince Igor" ot uoroaine uw
loench. These tnings ana morn uibwhuj
FohTne and the principal uancera wm
feni-mbered for a time. But will any one
Li .. .ArA a-oi fnrtFiit that Dlonvsos
Revealed on the scene and the shrill cries
M Pan -were heard In the nignt;
E rm.jL.A aaia nt inn, th.it exaltation and
Intoxication of the senses for which we
lad so conndentiy wauea, ana mey oum
th a dallng beauty, an overwhelming
pwer. The rapt loveliness or -uuiaenu
I Feu" was but a, prelude. "Igor,' me
Lt representation of wild energy, the
roario aanceo oi irana-.ttuuujitt ..
1 return to earth, wltn its sap unspom,
l richness and Its promiscuity and the
han lust tor joy uiiu uti.iui. ucnni
e two stood "Thamar" and "ti'Apres-
y dun iraune. ine iuiier id mm
Irlous Idyl of Nljlnsky. but last night
andal old not rear lis neau, aim um
n..tnna inH trnuhlfnfr beautv of lt
klned. The Betting "with zinc trees."
mant-eyed, spotiea raun, un nj"'i'"
( a ureeK rneze, ino resincieu iiuuiun
mi its Instincts, too near the earth
IL. ,.. n wrA I,r AlAmentH. Yet
kn bo said, with oome tVuth. that Just
K0.v fa XTnllnrmA Rft tn ITIUBIq fand
fa Mallarme), no is Nljlnsky a visual-
E n.h.i.Du tanA mn (t TlhuSSV). That
En.u ka n,A iu1a in Tnllarme.
fc'IJtM.r Uaa nHrYl Uttlft tf DfthUBSV. Bllt
4JUCUVJ tHV BtM- - i.
br the exquUlte rignteousness wun wmen
a? haa ueea ma material, xor ino hiuw
nn nt -Rirt Mpsltrns. there must be
kiklnw AWtr wnnrlfiP n nfl nrAlSA.
ru.i.A f fw.w- ..-. r,. ,
It waa the night of Bakst. and It be
ne clear wny uuu man na oj nummcu
imaginations or men. une et-eno
.AH. (aw.. nHth nlnntfnip walls.
ch press In so that one Is conscious
neir weignt. wun a zikzub ij
bur to the highest window, with a blue
(eyond. into mis Binfeier pwra nmo
Line yueen ana ner Muniunu, mu
aUty, In colore, UUl nunuyer "
Then tno story, Driei ana iragic.
Itself, A lover is summoned by
..bat. ufavlnp fiAr srflrf. In tha
I t.i.V a rm.m.w IfIIIh ha. tnvap Thnn
let, and presently another lover; again
A Bcarx IB wavea wun a gvoiuro m-
.14. 1. w..n.nr .4ArtPiil rQ aof n tacti nnrf
llUli.cjr limn ,. j-.-...-
dead, and n memory the scene begins
It was not the story. In that the safety
"Vf the 'Ballet Russs must always, lie. But
the story was essential, for it gave rea
son and meaning to the madness and the
beauty of the dynamic scene. What had
the' subtle flavor of perversity to do with
which made Thamac" eternal? AiTect-
; peyouo me pgwer w jouoic, univcrtwii
n capacuiea ox ino uunce, iiv
k.tt. In tVPhemar" dl1 D'hUiia ha
HrfMt fusing of tha elements created a
JSW (UU WIO UU -UUiuoi Mlii, IVrV
life, O V. 8.
The Greatest Appeal
Grand opera is the most power
ful oi ptage appeals, and that al
most entirely through the beauty
of its music John Philip' Sousa.
SECTION
Dramatic Editor Evening Ledger,
-," ,," vt;w nf n tnlnt for
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uu nuuu m nam..
TREE IN SHAKESPEARE
SEEN BY EATON
Continued from rage One
red harpies, tho two cardinals, so easily
get around her a few days later. Miss
Matthlson has the better of the tragedy
queens there. And It Is doubtful If nny
Katherlne, Including the original, ever
looked more lovely either in anger or In
grief than she.
There are many other good players In
the cast. Including Charles Dalton. as
Buckingham; Fred Krlc. as Xoifolk. and
Wlllctte Kershaw, ns a very llirtatlouB
Anno Bullen.
Tree himself, as Wolsey, Is neither good
nor bad. Ills Wolsey Is never vltnlly
alive; he Fcldoni clearly and unmistnkably
outlines the character, and he certainly
never makes him a figure of such im
presslvenessraml Imaginative glamour that
his fall Is truly like that of 1-uclfer.
Neither Is his reading ot tho famous con
cluding speeches, the best In the play. Im
pressive as the eloquent and musical ren
dering of poetic speech. It Is in no sense
to be compared with Forbcs-Hobertson's
reading of Shakespeare's melodies But.
nevertheless, tho performance has dignity ;
It la at times very picturesque in pose and
significant In by-play, and It Is always at
least competent routine All In all, op
the acting sld the most Important Hide
In Shakesncare this production holds
the interest and carries the play and Its ',
dramatic message to the audience
On the spectacular side the production,
while rich and effective by older stan
dards, is In some ways curiously old
fashioned to eyes trained by modern
stage-craft. Such scenes as the hall at
Blackfrlars and the coronation In the
abbey (the actual coronation Is shown as
a climax immediately after Katherlne's
death and the rest of the drama merci
fully omitted) aro massive, built-up sets,
with glowing stained glass windows, and
would once have been thought quite won
derful. Kven today. In a chronicle play
like this, realistic scenery Is probably
necessary We all know too well what
Westminster looks like to represent It by
a Gordon Craig dream. But Westminster
was never lighted by foots and spots
There Is neither naturalism nor Imagina
tion In the lighting of this production
Belasco, who used to be compared to
Tree, has gone far beyond him In lighting
deelopment, Belasco would have lighted
the abbey through the windows, and when
his coronation procession had massed at
the rear he would have caBt warm gules
on every fair bieast there, Instead of
leaving them all In darkness while an
old-fashioned Bpotllght followed the star
In his handling of the many supers,
too, Tree Is oddly old-fashioned They
wear magnificent clothes and they walk
with the most ridiculous slouches, are
picked with no regard to facial or bodily
tltness or attractheness, and seldom have
any crowd life, or melt and (low Into con
sciously devised compositions. Indeed,
they perilously remind you of grand opera
supers, the sort who are picked up at
the stage door for 50 cents a night We
wonder If that was the way Sir Herbert
did it in London? If so. It la no wonder
Granville Barker decided the staging of
Shakespeare needed revitalizing.
On the whole, then, Tree's "Henry
VIII" Is a rather old-fashioned produc
tion, with the faults and merits of such a
production, made by a man of taste and
skill and resources. It Is spectacular
without being truly picturesque, sumptous
without being really beautiful; and, on
the other hand, It Is In the main acted
smoothly, sonorously, Intelligently, and
with emotional vitality Perhaps the
faults are less than the merits, this
being the case. Shakespeare Is quite pos
sible without scenery. But Shakespeare
without the proper acting Is very nearly
the most hopeless thing in the world.
Like Mozart's music, the right perform
ance brings out immortal loveliness, while
the bungling performance is productive
only of agony.
(iiiohf -heatre juniper btba
y-.WU VAUDEVILLE Coatinioun
A. M. to 11 P. M. 10c. lie. 25c
JAMESJ.CORBETT
WORLp'S FORMER CHAMPION
"THE FK-MA1L CLERKS" and Other.
m m imwamf
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Musical Glasses
MOS'DAY. APRIL 3
Concert tnntlnec- l the I.e-M'hi'Ui'kv Prhool
of I'lhiio PlnMmc nt th" Acorn CIuli, nt 3
o'clotk.
irt7).v:s),i r, Avnu. s
Charles Aiken Ichor. In !onir recital, nt
Atom Clulv nl Sill, l'rnsrnini
I'.MIT 1.
Ilhnrsody No. S I.ls't
Mr. lloj.l.
Bluo i:c Witt
The Trowito minrUttc.
(a) PrullnEsnncht Schumann
in) Moreen Straus
(el l.lcliesllecl ('Din WalUuro") Wagner
Mr. Aiken.
Gpav Dance Nachcz
Master Wllnn.
Onawny. Attnke. Helool ("Hiawatha )
Coleridge-Taylor
Mr. Aiken.
"Hut They Dlrln't" Rogers
Tho 'frmato tjuarlet.
TART II.
Songi with Violin Obllgato.
(nl Ap Maria Kami
tt) llcncilklml Tu ("Jewels ot the Murlnna")
Wolf-Kerrnrl
, Mr. Aiken. Ma'ter Wllnn.
Ronrtenti Hrllllant C. Von Weber
Mr. Hold.
(n J'iU pleuro en rein Huo
(h) Aub.Hln ILe Rnl .1' V) I.alo
.Mr. Aiken.
Dohemlenno Vlcuxtmr3
Master Wilson.
Songs Nicholas Douty
hi jiy cinraen
bl April.
v) Tho Nightingale Has a !re of Gold.
.Mr. AlKen.
Auf Wicdersehen J"lllue Paradise") Romberg
Tho Trmnto Quartet.
FRIDAY. A PHIL T
Philadelphia Orchestra, with Marcella Craft
as nololil. at the Academy of .Music. The pro
gram: Oierture "Die Zauhernote" Mozart
Aria. "Pleta Slgnore" Ntrndelln
Sniphony No. r.. In C minor Reethoen
Tone poem. "Tod und Verklarune" ... .Strauss
Final Siene from "Salome" Strnusa
SATURDAY. A Fill I. H
Philadelphia Orchestra, with Marcella Craft,
soloist, at the Academy of Music. Program as
above.
MOXDAY. APRIL 10
Aurvllo Olonl. pianist, in recital, at Wither
spoon Hall, nt S'lri.
TVhSDAY. APRIL 11
J.HelfTensteln Mason. In recital, assisted by
Herman Snndby, nt the IMJlh Century Club,
l.ansdow ne.
R'KH.VKSUr. APRIL 12
Marie (1 1-tiughney. contralto: riorene
Prentiss, soprano: Alkt Dally, 'cellist; Hmlly
Frlcke. planlste. in costume recital at The
Little Theatre
THURSDAY. APRIL 13
Arthur Howell WIMnn. In piano recital, nt
The Little Theutre.
Douglas Fairbanks,
Gentleman of
Many Plays
Douglas Fairbanks, star of "The Habit
of Happiness," a new Triangle Fino Arts
feature, to be shonu at the Arcadia The
atre all next week, has surely found his
forto In the films. Fairbanks has been on
the stage since 1901, when he made his
debut as the lackey Francois In "Riche
lieu," In support of Frederick Wardc, nt
Ford's Theatre, Baltimore. He remained
with this eminent actor for an entire year,
playing a variety of roles In Shakespear
ean repertoire. Then he Joined nffle Shan
non and Herbert Kolcey In "Her Lord and
Master." which played for flo months nt
the Manhattan Theatre, New York His
resignation from the stage followed that
he might begin work as a broker In Wall
street, but the lure of the profession com
pelled his return In 1003 He Joined Min
nie Dupree in "Itose of Plymouth Town "
After some minor engagements, he signed
a se en-year contract with William A
Brady and appeared In a series of suc
cesses, among them "The Pit," which wa3
reminiscent of his broking experience;
Two Little Sailor Boys," "As Ye Sow,"
"Fantasma," "Frenzied Finance," "Tho
Man of tho Hour" nnd "All For a Girl "
Later on, "A Gentleman From Missis
sippi," with Tom Wise; 'The Cub." "A
Gentleman of Leisure." "Officer 666,'
"Hawthorne of the U S A.," tha revival
of "The New Henrietta." "He Comes Up
bmlllng" and 'The Show Shop" were nota
ble engagements.
"COME TO BOHEMIA"
One of those real nights at
HOTEL WALTON
Thursday Evening, April 6
More novel features, another good time and,
chance to get one of tha famous llaseltlne
eichlngn . Tm
Souvenirs. Dancing after 1 0 P. IV?.
Secure tables from the bead waiter
Eugene G. Miller, Manager
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE
LAST TWO PERFORMANCES
SERGE de DIAGHILEFF'S
BALLET RUSSE
Mn 2 'IS ''Cleopatre," "Le Sylphldes,"
mat. id Xa PrnCes Encbantee." "So
If It da Nult '
TVr.irlit R.lfi "Tbamar," "Petrouchka."
lonlgtll, 0.10,.u Spectre de la Rose."
"Prince Igor" Seats 1100 Chestnut at,
Prices, BOo to $4 Walnut Hit Race 67,
' 1IARDMAN PIANO USED
ltherpoon Hall, Mon. Eve., April 10th
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On sale at Ueppe'
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The Unnecessary Evil
By Bertha Kalich
I THINK that censors and cen
sorship nrc not a necessary ovil
but nn unnecessary evil. Why
should pictures ho censored? Why
should wc be censored? Wc are
perfectly decent people, living
moral lives; mnrricd people, many
of us, why should wo he under tho
ban of a censor? Why, the motion-picture
products and man
agers are not scoundrels and fools
they arc men of intelligence and
integrity. We arc all n part of a
great industry that i3 affording
the public an opportunity to sec
fine things, played by fine players,
for a trivial cost. It is an industry
giving employment to thousands
of hard-working, earnest, honest
men and women why should they
be censored? From what I know
of it of censors, in general I
should say that tho censor is al
ways in the wrong plnce; always
saying the wrong thing. He is
never where he is most needed.
The things that should be cen
sored ho never sees. He is, I re
peat, an unnecessary evil.
Mexico and Censors Agree
Quito apropos of tho present excitement
anont tho invasion or whatever It nin
he called of Mexico, and the excitement
prevailing on the border between the two
countries, to say nothing of tho Urge
number of appeals from tho decisions of
the motion-picture censors, exceptional
Interest will nttnch to tho presentation at
tho Stanley during tho coining week of
"Tho Heart of Paula," In which Lcnore
Ulrlch, a handsome and talented screen
star. Is featured. Although It is declared
that the censors as a body nrn huppoiicd
to ho arbitrary and unwilling to glo
any consideration to the arguments of
tho film producers, It should be talteii Into
consideration that the act of Assembly
provides for a rehearing by tho cciihoih
In c.ibcs where pioducers feel that the
action of tho censors, who originally saw
the picture, was too arbltiary.
In tho case of "The He.irt of Paula."
the Stanley Booking Company wishes to
state that the censors' originally ordered
a large number of eliminations, and
the producers being dissatisfied with this
order applied for a rehearing, nnd very
careful attention was gen to tho argu
ments of tho producers, with tho result
that this board went a considerable way
toward meeting the views of tho fotmer.
and nllowed virtually tho entiio picture
with the substitution of titles, which. In
the opinion of tho board, moio" clearly
showed the moral purpose of tho picture.
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MON. f
APRIL 1U
Laurette Taylor
in
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The Wooing of Eve
Comedy
Cutbacks
Theio's entertainment on tho outside of
film theatres sometimes as well as tho In.
At the Palace, for lnstnnce, you could
read last week "'Ono Day' In flvo paits;
two days only. Sequel to 'Thrco Weeks'"
Movie Mathematics
Ono almost hate3 to in ntlon the amount
that the .Mutual president says It will
pay to Mr. Chaplin. Hut It may as well
be done. It Is over $070,000 In detail he
Is said to receive $10,000 a week for R2
vvrelts and In addition a bonu- ot $150,000.
Figure It up for yourself. New York
Herald
Movie Child's Garden of Verses
l.ltlln Miirv Plikforil (IIbIi.
I.ltiln Jlno Marsh, henr my wish,
l.ltll Mnrj .Mlnti r. Ooh!
Don t I wish th.it I wire u'
"F. P. A." Captures Prize Press Pearl
A note from Professor Whiter .1 KIiibs
ley, tho highly endowed press representa
tive for the Palace Thcntic, of New Yolk,
vouchsafes the Info: "Harry Houdlnl, truo
to bis promlso to tho public, celebrated
the Shakcspcaio Tercentenary yesterday
nt hlKh noon by hanging from his heels
from a Riant ciane over a subway shaft
at liowliiiR Orecn and frcclnR himself
from n straltjacket wlillo swinging in
midair." Not week. It Professor Kings
ley will take u tip fiom this Crane of
Cnissness. bo will stiiRe, In honor of tho
Shiikcspearo Tercentenary. Frank Gotch
and Joe Htechci In tho wrestling sceno
from "Ah You LIKo It."
Tho Image of Miss 12va Tanguay as
nosallnd. crying. Instead of "O excellent
voting man!' "At.iboy "' should cxclto
Professor Klngsley to great deeds. New
Yoik Tribune.
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Movies Measure Up To
Speaking Stage
By Holbrook Blynn
I hear so many fellows at tho clubs re
fer contemptuously to "tho movies" as
a mere means or tiding over hard times.
When I wnn n. stage player I used to
listen to some of those chaps and sym
pathize with them. If scorned so sad to
think of their noble talents wasted, ns
they put It, In bucIi "crude work" as "the
movies" nfforded.
I have learned bolter, instead of look
ing upon their employment. In motion pic
tures condescendingly, thoso fellows would
do better to wake to n rcnllzntlon of tho
Immcnso possibilities for tho Improve
ment of their art tho films nfforded.
There is only ono thing In the drama
the pictures cannot convey. The subtle
ties of dialogue, those little, quiet bits
of give nnd tnke between nctors on tho
stage, nro lost, nut what docs tho loss
of n dialogue signify when such enormous
opportunities nre opened In plcttirn work
never known on the stage? Dialogue In
real drama Is the least essential clement.
I have watched through soundproof doois
tho playing of several notu.il dramas nnd
found It possible to follow the story In
almost every detail without hearing n
word of tho lines or knowing tho play
beforehand.
Do You Like a
One Act Play?
Is It harder to produce n three-net play
than it one-act play? This Is a question
that Is likely to create considerable argu
ment nmotig thoso who have staged pro
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one vnudevllle producer favors tho opinion
that the producing of tho shorter piny Is
more difficult. Ono of the latter clnRs who
Is firmly convinced of It Is Vnleile
liprgero, who has produced many success
ful playlets for tlio vaudeville stage nnd
has just finished another one, called
"Little Cherry Blossom." which she will
show nt D. F. Keith's Theatre next week.
Miss Bcrgoro produces all her own
sketches, und she boasts tho proud record
of having never produced a failure Her
first ono for vaudeville, was "Dllllc's First
Love," which sho used for several seasons
because she could not find a sultnblc
sketch to tako Its place. Finally sho met
the nuthor of "Ills 'Japanese Wlfo" nnd
Instantly fell In love with tho Idea of tho
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