mi 'i in niwwwpawgw1" wllwBBilNiP'y
AMUSEMENT SECTION
PHOTOPLAY
ffie&ger
XHBATREj s
DANCING
MUSIC
farming
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, 1916
SIR HERBERT TREE,
IN SHAKESPEARE, AS
SEEN BY W. P. EATON
THE SELIG ZOO ONE OF MOVIELAND'S WONDER-PLACES
BARONET BARRIE
MIMICS MACBETH
IN A MAD MOVIl
In "The Real Thing at Last" Autho
of "The Little Minister"
Satirizes the Photoplay
i,mtum)wiwmppiiw"Pj fljnwMMWPB
"Henry VIII," So Old That It la a
New York Novelty, Played
By English Actor
By WALTER PRICHARD EATON
mHEJ tercentenary celebration of Shako-
1
ih v:
W "
W pi
J
w
l?
X epeare'B death Is on In earnest. s The
great English dramatist and poet Is betnc
honored every night In two New York
theatres, and a week ago the Delta Up
ellon society of Harvard came down nnd
gave two performances of "Henry IV,"
Fart II. which has not been seen beforo In
New York for nearly a century, though
the Benson playcrB acted It not tons ngo
on the Pacific coast. Leading- In Interest,
of course, In tho production of "Henry
VIII," by Bcerbohm Tree, at the Now
Amsterdam Theatre, mounted with tho
scenery and costumes used by Sir Herbert
At Ills London playhouse, but with n cast
largely recruited hero, though It contnlns
many English players, Tho other regular
production ts that mado by Air Hnckett
of "The Merry Wives of Windsor." In
Whloh he, unfortunately, was prevented
by Illness from assuming his father's fa
mous role of Fnlstaff nnd had to turn It
over Instead to Tom Wise Beforo long
of course, tho schools will begin to get
busy with their celebrations, nnd nlrcady
tho New York city masque nnd pageant
Is being prepared by Percy Mackayo. But
there Is ono Inevitable cloud on our en
Joymont. Hardly a theatre-goer can nt
tend any of these celebratory productions
without thinking what a pity It Is that
Miss Marlowo could not havo kept hor
health and strength, nnd Joined with Mr.
Bothern In at least ono fnrowoll perform
anco In Now York, If not In a series of
performances, thus both contributing t
the value of tho celebration, nnd mnklng
a fitting exit from the scene. Not slnco
Booth ban nny American Interpreter of
Shakespeare bo endeared himself to tlvi
public by vlrtuo of personal charm nnd
ability allko as Miss Marlowe. There In
not ono of us who would not give a great
deal to eco onco moro her Viola, nnd hear
her read, aa only sho In our genera
tion could read, "Sho novcr told hor
lovo. "
However, wo havo Mr. Treo (or Sir Her
bert, If you profer) Tho American pub
lic, has long heard of tho marvelous Troo
productions of Shakespeare, with their
magnificent sconery, their troops of peo
ple, tholr gorgeous costumes, their spec
tacular pageantry. Now wo havo tho
chance to sea nil this for ourselves, a
chanco Now York Is not lotting slip, by
tho way. Concerning Mr. Treo himself,
as an actor, wo havo never heard such
glowing accounts, nor did we, on his pre
vious visit many years ago, form a par
ticularly high Idea of his powers for our
solvcs. "Henry VIII" (a play that ts only In
part tho work of Shakespeare, and we are
not oven euro what part that was) was no
doubt chosen for tho first drama of tho
colobrntlon program because of It:) com
parative novolty to this generation, be
cause of Its pageantry, and because the
role of Wolsey gives tho visiting stnr an
nppoatlng part In which ho ts not subjected
on his very first npparoanco to nil sorts
of odious comparisons. Ho has cut the
text liberally, and, In good truth, tho
play would be Intolerable. If It wero not
out. Not oven everything that Shako
speare wroto Is dlvlno Inspiration, and
when W6 havo a play much of which he
did not write, much of which Is rambling,
discursive antl-cllmatlc. no ink need bo
shed because Sir Herbert, or anybody
else, cuts, rearranges and otherwise con
denses and compiles It Into an evening's
bill on tho modern stage. What tho actor
does with tho portions left is what
matters.
In the first placo It should bo said at
onco that Sir Herbert realizes tho value
of right acting In nil tho parts, that ho
knows how to securo such acting, that he
does not resort to spectaclo to smother
defects, but to enhance lnterost. Indeed,
the outstanding performance In "Henry
VIII" Is the King of Lyn Harding, hot
Mr. Tree's Wolsey. Hero is a player last
seen in New YorK tins winter in ino
evil's Garden." a modern play, taking a
reallstlo role, and a grim, heavy, tragic
role. Now wo seo him In royal robes,
playing Elizabethan blank verso drama In
one of the largest theatres In the city,
with broad strokes of characterization,
with delicious humor, with tho true ro
mantic flavor. Hero is a real actor, with
a sense for impersonation, a sense for tho
proper styles and tho technical ability to
project his design In suro strokes. For
Queen Katherlne Sir Herbert selected Miss
Edith Matthlson, and It is hard to Bee how
he could havo done better at present.
Reading the records of the palmy days, we
get the impression that somo of the giants
of old swept out of the hall In Black
friars, bo superb In their regal wrath nnd
wounded queonllness that you. In tho uudl
ence, wanted to shrink away in terror, and
eo there 1b a certain feeling that Miss
Matthlson does ndt lift that splendid trial
Bceno quite to the heights of dramatic
power of which It Is capable. On the other
hand, how did these Buperbly wrathful
tragedy queens reconcile their great out
breaks with the womanly weakness of
Katherlne In the following scenes? Those
Continued on l'ace Two
Hi..-.
HELEN MARIE OSBORNE
of the Pathe-Balboa, about to
take her daily plunge.
m ilwiiiL, Wm mmmvTK&i1mm mRWllmmBm pergola
'It Pays to Advertise'
and What They
Pay
Jlrlnj some o 7io Hues of Koi
Cooper Mcgnw and Walter Hachctt's
comedy, "It Pays to Advertise," tehleh
go toward convincing, first Rodney
Martin, and then his father, the soap
Una, of tho virtues of publicity. Pcalo
is tho causo of it alt; Mary, a sfo
nopraphor, rnALC Oh, you'ro one of thoso cuys who
don't liellevo In advcrtlslnc. nro you7 Now
don't Rot ma talking advertising Th-it h
whero I live, whero 1 hao my town house
nnd country estate, my ynclit nnd motor;.
That's my homo. Mm be ou think lovo Is
Important. I'lffle' ArtcrtlilnK my boy, la
tho power of nuKKOxtlon. thn pij rhnlncy of
print. finy n thine often enouKh. hard enough,
nnd tho other chap'll not only belloo sou ho 11
think It'n hln own Idea nnd ho'll IlKht for It.
Somo old Fink, a professor of pscholoBy.
showed -JO Vnssar Elrln tho other dny two
nnmplen of cloth ono blue, ono pink, name
g-radn. entre vnluo. enrrfo artistic worth. Ono
he described na a dellcnte warm old rose,
tho other ho railed n faded blue, lie naked
them to choose their fnorlte. Thlrtj-nlno out
of 40 Btrln picked tho old rose. Why? lie
cause they'll lecn told It waa wnrm nnd dell
cnte no fnded blue for theirs. Whnt did It?
Tho power of susecatton of ndvertlBlne.
F.ODNI5T nut I never rend ndertlso
menta. PEAI.it: Oh. you don't, eh? I uueas vou
do. It I any, "His JIaater'a Voice," ou
know that advertises n phonograph, lou-ro
on to what soap "It floats" refers to.
"There's a tteason." "Uneeiln." "Quaker
Oats." "Children Cry for It." "Plcrro-Arrow."
"57 Varieties." ".ilumma," "Gold Dust
Twins," "Putlcurn." "Cljsmlc." "Hrestono."
"Stelnway." "Thermos." "Coca Cola," I
suppose you don't know what any of them
mean?
IIODNEY (amused) Why, I know what they
all mean
rUAI.E You bet sou do. Say, what kind
of Barters do you wear?
IIODNEY Why. let mo see; Boston
PEALE Exactly. What do you know about
them? Aro they any better than any other
Barter? You don't know. I don't know, but
all my life every mag-azlno I'vo over looked
Into haa had a picture of a mnn'a leg with
a certain kind of carter on It Boston so when
I do Into u store to buy a pair of Barters, I
just naturnlly say Boston, so do you What
do you know about "Monncn'a Talcum Pow
der?" Nothing, except that It has tho picture
of tho homclleHt man In the world on the
box. uml It so Impressed your ImaBlnatlon you
just mechanically order Mennen's If I say
to you U & W , you don't think It's a coract.
do you? If I aay C. II., sou don't think It's
a collar, nnd what about tho well-known and
Justly famous II. V. D. ? You don't read
advertisements? NOT!
a
IIODNEY You aro cradually making me
comn to tho conclusion that you believe In
publicity.
PUALR Ilellete In It? It's my life. What
kind of esga do you eat?
RODNEY Why, hens' eegs, of course,
PEAI.E Why, of course; did you over eat
a duck's est?
IIODNEY Why. no.
I'nAI.I' Do you know anythlnsr against a
duck?
RODNEY No.
I'EALE Exactly. When a duck lays an
ecu It's a fool and keeps quiet about Its but
when a hen does, my boy, cluck, cluck all
over the placo, Shu's advertising, bo you
eat hens' cess
RODNEY I'm sorry, father, but you aro
old-fashioned nnd knock the modern way of
advertising. Why, do you know, the National
illscult Company wau on tho verga of falling
until they hit on the title Uneeda Illscult?
MARY And since then, they hate had mora
than 4U0 law suits to protect It.
RODNEY Their trademark made 'em, They
value that trademark now at U,uuO,UUi),
I'EAI.U Great stuff
RODNEY And the Fairbanks people value
their trademark, "The Gold Dust Twins," ac
tin 000,000
MARY Ever hear of the dlllette Safety
Rasort
MARTIN I use It myself. ,
MARY Tell hlra about It. Rodney.
RODNEY It costs sou $5, Don't you know
there's a mighty good safety razor for a quar
ter, and dozens at fl, but you use the Gillette
because Gillette was there llrst you buy his
razor at a. high price simply because of Its
trademark, . , ,
MARY Vdvertlslngr.
RODNEY Absolutely. .,
I'RlI.i: Whvi Horv soaD used S 150.00(1
worth of space In 1013 and at 3 cents a cake
wholesale ihat.represents 10,00
MIWT1K I'flnn't liAHAVn If.
,UV,1
i.OOO cakes
l'BALn Yes, and a lot of other guys didn't
bellevo that Iron ships would float or that
machines heavier than air would ny. or that
you could talk to Frisco on a wire or send a,
message across the Atlantic without a wire.
Pardon me. sir, but you want to get on tu
'"'itODBY Every time the American To
bacco Company puts over a new cigarette they
start oft by appropriating 1200.000 to boom It
And think what other llrms spend. I've gono
Into this thins, Futher -
MARY Yes. Rodney, let's show him our
RODNBY Sure. It's an absolutely accurate
list of what soma ot the big advertisers spent
last year. Eastman Kodak. SIOO.OOU, Postum
Coffee; 1126.000; Arrow Collars. MU0.000:
Phillip Moirts Cigarettes. J100 000.
MARY Uneeda Biscuit. 1130,000.
MARTIN That's enough.
RODNEY I've only just begun. Orapo
Nuts. 1220 000.
MARY Colgate's Dental Cream, 1210,000.
l'BAI.B Campbell's Soups. Ilb6 000.
MARY Kellogi's Toasted Cornflakes, J200,
00O RODNEY Quaker Oats, J38T.0O0. and these
are only a few. You can't sea how It pays,
but you da know that it must pay er they
wouldn't do It
MARY Dots that mean anything to you?
RODNEY Think what advertising ts accom
plishing It sells automobiles utcuum clean
ers, talking machines, rubber heels, kodaks
washing uiaihlues. foods clotuss. shoe
f taints houses, plumbing, electrlo Irons, ore
ess cookers mostly to a lot ot people who I
never even bear ot 'em If it weren't for ad
vertisements . .. .
PEALK Uut nowadays It Isn't only people
who have stovea to sell or toothbrushes that
are spending money ou publicity Ranks are
advertising tor money, nations tor Immigrants,
cltUs tor citizens Mlbxtes for (tudeuta auj
churches for congroesAWa jind, yt . you sic
tbeie saying It doesa l PyJ6 advertise. .
lUIlWiat JUS uoaOOQvsas spent last
yeai la magxtniMi. asrajMMiS, Wii boards an)
ie trl sUns sloue w iy ratWfcg of a thou
sand other mediums' .......
IIODNEY Brlugi : eduwlleo and comfort
and fua ard lmurs i vi WBJ the, United
BiaUs Its roman lfeX. S.oainco of
printing presses ui raBs. el th wireless.
of trains and c m.iUton the romance of
Mgm IkltalnrAfl ,1 J It I JLll built An 4va-
1 tlslni why- advertistns is the freest twasT
la wa country ;;d Us ejdr just Uiua.
ONE OF THE
WHICH ARE
ARTHUR BRISBANE, nt tho recent dln
XX nor of tho Motion Plcturo Board of
Trade, challenged the diners to decide on
tho six best photoplays. Tho Evening
LEnarsn renders are fast supplying the
nnswer.
To the Pholnplau Editor:
Sir The six greatest photoplas-a? Im
possible for me to aay. aa "Brealest" prob-ibly
mana exactly that A thoroiiBh linderBtnnillnir
of technique, the art ot actlnff nnd photography
and many other things must b his who darca
to assort what nro tha six "groatcst' motion
plcturea However. I will attach hereto tho
titles of tho six moat perfect, motion Picture
productions I have over seen, labeling tno list
r,A." Then tho six "beat." which I shall label
"II " And then the alx which nr my favorites,
labeled "C." How will that suit you?
STEVE TAI-ROT.
A.
"Let Katy Do It." Tlno Arts-Triangle.
"The Man They Scorned," Hroncho (two
reels. November 0, 1912).
"Sammy Orpheus," Sellr (one reel. Decern-
"The Left-handed Man," Dtograph (ono reel,
"The Paasorby," Edison (one reel, June SI,
"Women Left Alone," American (one reel,
February 1, 1013).
B.
"Success." Rellanco (two reels, August 23,
"Taking Care of Baby." Tbanhouser (one
half reel. October 27. 1012).
"Stolen Glory," Keystone (one reel, October
"Llttre'Dorrlt." Thanhouser (two reels, July
20, 1013)
"The Eagle's Mate." Famous Players.
"The Lost House." Majestic-Mutual.
"On the Night Stage," Kay-Bee-Mutuat.
"The Outcast," Reliance-Majestic
WHEN A COLLEGE BURLESQUES THE NEW STAGECRAFT
H H JSJDSBJBBJBJBJSSSSJBJBJBJBaVpBBBBBBJBBSBJSJBSSjHBBB
IH B J a s B. B HV V S9 as a SB US MB SB HI H IS H SS I H EI4ul ' m
bbbbI ETbTi bV bbbbbbiI t&sV7iwla s
Hi bbbbI W slBal I L.O.U.(. hp H
bTbTSI BbTbtJ P Iff i JK SSS" USJWg J N" m.-. Sjm "lllLSaMM., mA BBJBjB-na,BSVBSPHwlV. H
I Bl
Here Is tho Harvard Lampoon's
B
IAMPT (which is the pet nirau that
J Harvard's humorous publication, The
Lampoon, bestows upon Itself) IiavlnE
spent one night at "Humurun" and eight
dollar? at the "Follies," offers the above
as. his conception .of the Ideal modern
stage setting, It ha4 numerous advan
taga namely, it U InipoMlbl to tall
whether Jt ta intertar c exteriar.
K.fflW I
ANIMAL HOUSES
THE SIX GREATEST PHOTOPLAYS?
"TIlllo'B Punctured Rornanci." Kejstono.
"Thn Palluro," Rcllinoo-Majestlc
"Tuulth of Ilrtlmlln," tlloKrnph.
"Dlszy Heights iind Daring Hearts." Jvcy-atone-lrlinsle.
Josephlno V. Klrkp.itrlck Is nn Im
pattlnl lady as regards producing com
panies, but Is one of taste as regards
pictures
"The Spoilers." with William Farnum
"The tlolden hupper ' (a Orllfllh reissue)
"Khould a Mother Tell?"
"The New Koiernor." with William Farnum
"Hearts In Exile." with Clara Kimball
Young
"Lsdla Ullmoro." with Paulino Frederick.
D. II not only glvc3 us an excellent
solection, but also his reasons.
To the Photoplay Editor:
Sir Whllo readlns the Saturday Supplement
I saw In tho lMltorl.il Section that you wished
There Were Movies
in Those Days 1599
From Hen Jtmson's "Every Man Out of
Mis Humor,"
Sogliardo They say, there's a
now motion of tho city of Nenovah,
with Jonas and the whale, to be
seen at Fleet-bridge. You can tell,
cousin?
Fungoso Here's such n world
of question with him now! Yes,
I think there bo such a thing, I
saw tho picture.
notion or modern scenery, "with apologies to Granville Barker, Joseph
-w-r i i nv T-:l i I.
uruun ana wax neinuuri.
and can be used a either or both. It
may equally well represent an Egyptian
tomb, the Steppes of Siberia, the steps of
Sever Hall or Piccadilly Circus. If real
variety la desired, the celling may bo
used as the backdrop, or even as tha
floor, with charming-results. Lampy U
not quite euro what the) trunks are) tor,
but they lend -n air of temporality and
"VC
( lae auaienco guessing;- a wm aa
A VISTA FROM THE LION HOUSE
u
to learn what six pholnplaa were considered
boit In answering. I hne aelectcd the
pictures th it havo left a lasting Impression
on mo. Perhaps If I had Been every booiI
Picture, rather an Impossibility In these day;
of excellent pbntoplasa. I would han aelectcd
different ones, but hero are the plcturea I con
alder beat of all I halt eer aeen.
' The Christian " Ilec.iuao of tho superb
characlerlzntlnna on the pirl nf the lends
Uarle Williams and Edith Storey, tho former
i"ipilnlly Intereatlnu story, lino direction and
locations A picture thul I hope will never go
out uf circulation
"Thn II ittto Cry of Teace Recnuao of Its
splendid leson. reality nnd wonderful acting
by Norma Tatmadge. I'lno photography.
"Sins of tho Mothers." Excellent actlnc
and directing Absorbingly Interestlnc atory
and unexpected ending. Plot not hackneyed
"Tho Juggernaut." Ftno cast, thrilling
Bcenea, csiM.clally tho train wreck: very In
teresting "Tho Oolden Chance " Engrosslngly Inter
esting, oxteptlonally lino Interpretations of
leading parts and rontnlnlng Its big moments
"Tho Island of Regeneration " Strong
characterizations by great cast. Dandy loca
tions and directing. D. H.
This correspondent misunderstood our
suggestion for six and gives us ten photo
plajs. It adds Interest, however.
To the Photovlav Editor:
Sir My selection of the 10 foremost photo,
plajs Is ns follows The Birth of a Nation."
"The Spoilers." "The Coward." "The Cheat."
"Carmen," "Martyrs of tho Alamo." "Ac
quitted " "Hell's Hinges," "Tho Avenging
Conscience," "The Sable Lorcha." In answer
to the gentleman who doesn't know the dlffer
mco between a Urlfftth and a Plnsky-Kalr-mount,
let me stato that Mr. Orlftlth's new
masterpiece, according to tho critics who have
seen It. la the greatest film eer made. Tell
that Bumo correspondent that the greatest
mtors and pluywrlghts of tha theatre are giv
ing their best In tho despised "movies." Just
Continued on Page Three
with care, we hope to bring- the pjay-goer
to such a state (of Intoxication) that,
given no scenery at all, he can imagine
anything- from a Persian garden to a
Harlem flat Just think what could be
accomplished in the same direction in re
gard to costumes. Given no particular
clothes at all, he might Imagine What,
Indeed T But we will let Mi3 Hoffman
demonstrate.
The Selig's Idea of
Noah's Ark for the
Movies
Cities, mountains nnd seas sprlnc up
under tho wand of the photoplay for use In '
the Industry. Fox has Rlcn us tho Orient
In the now AnnctteKcllcrman picture:
Grlfllth built Now York for "Tho Mother
nnd Law"; a city was built and destroyed
by tho VltaRTaph for "Tho Battle Cry ot
Peace " Theso aro but mere nets, used In
only one production. But tho movies havo
another class of novelties which prow up
from tho Industry. Tho permanent build
ings, grounds nnd cities.
Universal City, a municipality of real
Importance, is such a place. Tho Fox
Corporation Is now hulldlm: a city on
hone Island. But no place Is more Inter
esting than tho Scllg Zoo, locited In I.os
Angeles It covers fully 58 city blocks,
and Is so arranged that not only motion
pictures nro produced therein, but tho pub
lic Is enabled to enjoy the many advan
tages of tho Zoo.
The Institution Is equipped with a fine
dnnco pavilion, a restaurant, and there are
tennis courts, picnic grounds nnd n great
conservatory which contains almost ovcry
known plant, shrub and flower that grow
In this or other countries.
Whnt Is said to bo tho largest privately
owned collection of wild beasts and birds
In tho world are housed hero. There aro
many kinds of nnlmals, all tho way from a
herd of a dozen elephants to a tribe of
alligators. The collection of cat animals
Is most complete. There Is also a pair of
young giraffes, which are tho envy of every
circus and zoo proprietor In this country.
Theso nnlmals nro used In tho production
of Sellg "Wild Animal plcturo plays. Tho
wildest of tho animals are confined In con
crete cages, which aro of tho latest de
sign. The motion plcturo studios found In tho
Sellg Zoo are of modern design and every
convenience Is offered the artists. There
nre private dressing rooms, baths, plunges,
n swimming pool, etc. The stages in tho
production studios are up-to-date In every
respect, and almost every scenic effect or
"property" essential to the art of motion
plcturo manufacturing will be found there
Tho Sellg Polyscope Company special
izes In stories of the African Jungle. To
mako these plays the moro realistic, a
portion of the Sellg Zoo grounds is cul
tivated in Jungle growth. There are lakes,
streams and dense vegetation of Jungle
land, and these natural settings are util
ized whenever plays of the' Jungle are
filmed.
Tho entrance gateways to the Sellg Zoo
aro most beautiful and Impressive. The
archway of elephants, carved life bIzo In
stone, was the work of Itomelll, an Ital
ian sculptor. The grounds ate embel
lished with pergolas, and even a glgantia
totem pole will be found in tho grounds.
Autobiographies
of the Players
ROSIE QUINN
The World of Pleasure
A school chum of mine went on the stage
several years ago and she used to write
me letters and tell me how much fun It
was and aBk me why
I didn't do the same.
So finally I was lured
by the glittering sto
ries my friend would
tell me of the foot
lights and I persuad
ed my mother to let
me try. My friend
took mo to a rehear
sal at the Winter
Garden one day and
I asked Mr. Shubert
to give me a chance,
and he did.
I was disappointed
at first. It was not
exactly as I thought
It would be, not at
all the way it looked
from an orchestra
chair in front I
hadn't thought of the hours and hours of
rehearsals, sometimes even sacrificing my
meals In order to complete the work wa
were doing at the time. But I love It now
all ot it. It's simply great.
I have never gone to supper parties with
the rest ot the girls. I have never wanted
to. We have lota of fun In tha theatra
among ourselves, and when tha show Js
over I go home and get ray sleep and rest
so I can do myself Justice the next day.
Until recently, when I played In New
Vork, my mother would come for me
every night ; but now I go home alone and
mother waits for ma.
Svhateier success I have attained I
certainly worked for. I had no one to
push me, as Is the case with soma girls on
the stage. I started out to be a dancer
and I shall continue to be one. I have no
ambition to become a legitimate actress;
I want to go on dancing and become a
real musical comedy star.
My first chance came to me when I be
came the understudy for Frances Prlch-
ard, whom I consider one of the best
dancers on the American stage today
Miss Prlchard was ill one night and my
chance came. I went on In her place ;
thats alL Whether I made good or not
speaks for JtseU. Be prepared when the
onnortunlty presents Itself Is my advice
to eurif "he would succeed on the (Use, y
SBBB3 K. SBJ
sbtstJpV $al
aBSBk '&.
BBBW' Wat
K
"Tha Real Thing at Last," a ekif
recently presented In London nt a
benefit, Sir James M. Barrie has nl
manner of fun with the movies. AccorC
Ing to the nccount In the London Times,
the contention Is that plcturo theatre?
have been Ignored by the committee whtcb
has. the Shakespeare tercentenary cetf
brntlons in hand, so there Is notliln
for them hut to hae a celebration oftltG
own. What could be better than to p,
duco n film version of "Macbeth" regal
less of expense, nnd with tho liberal em
ploymcnt of tho special nrtlddes of tlj
"movies"? And so Mr. Edmund Gwenrt
ns an ultra American producer, preset s
his film, nfter Miss Irene Vanbrugh, 'a
the screen, has "released" It ns from nil
Iron cage. The film constitutes the greater
part of the entertainment, and It Is a
joyous piece of fooling. Ono recognizes)
most of tho accepted accessories of tha
"pictures." There is a weird piano acl
companlment, strung together from 4
scoro of popular songs, ndnptcd to still
each Incident aa It arises. There nre the
Inevitable letters thrown upon the screen
in the usual largo nnd monotonous hand
writing.
"Dear Macbeth The King hna gotten)
old nnd silly. Slay hltn. Yours slnccrr;
t.'tdy M " Is the choicest example Bui
best of nil, thcro nre the liberal interrupt
tlons of tho notion of tho film to rxplalt)
In aggressive "captions" whnt is passing
Hcio Sir .Tamos Barrie Is in his happlet
eln: "The drawing- room nt tho Mit
beths": the soliloquy of the King, "TlKo
Mncbethn; I don't trust them"! "Tile
Kant homo of the Mncbcths In N. B Is '
longer a happy one" ; "Ono murder beg J
another, nnd ho Is the whoto ivortd k T
Again, the possibilities of Bpnco In a fl jt
aio exploited Tho light between Mnch l
nnd Macduff Is not confined to ono u -""n
i M
It rnngos nil ocr tho rustle, f'om
courtjard to tho roof, nnd ltlrnnm For
literally comes to Dunslnano To le
harmony with the picture palace tratllt
there must be a happy onrtlng. nil
Macduff obligingly forgives and t u
nnd Macbeth and his Lady nro rounlted '
the ntialns of the necessary ulmv m
from tlio piano.
Most of tho noting had been done h I
forehand for tho cinematograph nnd o
l dimlnd Qwenn, ns the American jv
dilcer, and Nelson Keys, ns "the dlnmn
profession In n nutshell," who Is ul.vt
trying to tako Lady Macbeth (also c 1
acted by Mr Keys) out to si.ppcr. h vl r
opportunities of scoring, though varlc
other stago favorites made it fleetl
appearance,
Hero Is tho cast as Barrio arranged It;
The lailv Who jtn Thpm I.onsn.
Irene Vnnlirui-.'il
First Murderer Kdmuntl Qu'ciui I
Second Murderer Nclsnn 10" 1 1
Third Murderer Frederick 1
Vourth Murderer Hindis Oop
,...... ...vjiM'ij,. wui' a
Normnu I'.irl 1
Owen Nr 1
Msrle l.'l J 1
tiurdered)....Teddls iUni-4
Leslie llenf4
Mnya Mannerrcs ,
Godfrey yesz-y-1 j
first aiuraorca ., rorinnu i orij ,
neeona Aiuruerea .
Willing to Murder
race mfterward murdered).
tier .-Muraerer ..
Ills Murderer ...
Nearly Mulderert
Not Worth Murderlne fbut murdered).
A. K. MMthe-
l.ipert in tno urn Methods or Murder,
fsubsenuentlv murdered hv Arthur
Shirley) Frederick Vo'J
Murder .Specialists (ieorsa Tully, Paul Al
tnur and emeu l'orter. g
Onlookers Waiting for the Shoes of the Abotf,
Ninon Dudley, Dole, rzislo Ueerbonm. RorS
jverr, mimer, ana MAaae .iravers; mi
eriCK Norton, resile warier, J. Bcott
Jvun Derlyn
And here is an advance notice whit
has a familiar flavor and may be mot
readily recognized If you recall that :
Barrio became his own press agent
advance of "Itosy Rapture." This paa
agraph, gravely Insertod by Mr. vvalkli'
in tho Times, is evidently In response t?
one which had appeared In the Dally Marl
and which may just possibly havo been
written by the same person. The notice
runs:
"The Dally Mail ts oddly astray in ltj
forecast of the little piece. The Ka
Thing at Last.' It Is betraying n6 secj
(except to the Dally Mall) to aay tl
the play had Ub Inception In the rornan
attachment long felt by this author i
the dramatic critic of the Times; an
tachment that must yet find lodj
among the Curiosities of Literature,
that has grown, so to speak, by not l
fed upon ; all Sir James' dogged effor
discover who the man Is having
proved abortive. The play will prow
be a diabolically Ingenious contrivance
compelling Mr. to come out mt
open and have his nana ciaspea."
In the Beginning
William Farnum. the $100,000 star -
has hundreds ot thousands of admit!
was the boy cornetist of Buckport, Mat
Unauestlonably comet playing- can
ranked as ono ot the vices; a quite con
mon one. in fact,
Virginia Pearson, at the ago of 18, wi
the chief of the BooKlovers- Library
Louisville, Ky.. her native city.
Warner Oland, villain par excellent;
and who plays opposite Theda uara.
professor ot dramatlo literature at Wllld
College ; a contemporary or rror. tiranj
Matthews and the late Fror, liarryTliu
ton Peck and as sober In his dran
tastes as Wlnthron Ames.
Claire Whitney, so often the "wrotj
srlrl ot modern pictures, was a mo
a 5th avenue. New York, hat shop.
Stuart Holmes, now a debonaln
lain, was an equally debonair aodaj
in a cnicago arug store.
Robert B, Mantell was a Shake
actor.
Eiyst
. m--
a-'?-
t-f- -
Ssjfear- a. J
ELLA OAlilERON
Vfha come to the Walnut gei
5?ee uv -pmv''?,f ,
'I SSBBBBBBBBBBBBBsV DCeSBBBBBBBSalaSSBBBBBBBBBSBBaS t 1 HaBT
" BBBBBBBBBbF v 17 5 - BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBSBBBBBBBBBBBBsH t i MSBsF
I IbbbbbbbbbbbbbB V fisBBBsR s(bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbI B s9sl
I MS 3& i? &aWl I' fll
itvr- - sm1
jflssssssssssssssssssB H. 4sssssssssssl
.is i.va
s m
-fcggl-