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"cinembars" in
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a movie novelty
E. M. Porter, of Famous Players, Tell
of trie Irtduatry
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NEWS PICTURES OF THE STARS IN THEIR ORBITS ROUND STAGE AND MOVIE WORLDS
ORCHESTRA GIVES
CONSOLATION FOR i
MARRED PLEASURES
The Strange Case of Marcella Craft
and the Stranger Activities of
Conductor and Orchestra
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After four months spent In vtudylng
film conditions in South America as the
special representative, of the Famous
Players and Jesse L. Lucky Companies,
13. M. Porter has Just returned to New
York.
"I can safety eay that the average mo
Uori picture, theatre In Brazil artel Argfiv
tlna compares very favorably with the
houses In the United States," says Tor
tcr. "Ono of the peculiar things about
Argentina Is the fact that there arc more
'cinema bars' than theatres. Theso 'tlar'
are cafes, In which Alms are exhibited,
and these repln.es the uoual thentre In
many towns outside of Ducnos Aires
especially,
"Another pecullnr Anrontlne custom
connlots In dividing the performance Into
four sections, ench running nn hour. When
yoii purchase your ticket you state
whether It Is for the four sections or. If
you desire simply to drop Into the thcatro
for .an hour, you buy a llckel for one
section. ,
"Each of theso sections consumes about
one hour's time. Hut tho performanco
seems longer than that becausa tho man
ngerd there divide a reel which we ordi
narily torm a 'Btnglo reel' Into threo
parts. The lights are flashed up for an
Instant and tho spectator has the uncon
scious Impression that tho performance Is
longer than Is renlly tho case. This at
tempt to create the Impression of creator
icngm nims proves conclusively uw in
time 19 up for tho exploitation of four
and five-reel features.
"In Brazil, tho very Interesting custom
obtains of having a hugo lobby In tho
first-class theatres. Hero the patrons sit
and listen to nn excellent orchestra if they
arrive during tho middle of a performance,
as they are not permitted to enter tho
house proper whito tho show Is In progress.
So generally Is this custom In force that
It has become a dally habit to array one's
self in one's best clothes, nnd to display
them to the ndmlrlng throng in the lobby.
It has become, In fact, a veritable 'pea
cock alley.'
"One of tho most Interesting exhibitions
which I held was that in tho Now Theatre,
in Buenos Aires Arrangements were
mnrfn tn hnM thn pntertnlnment in tho aft-
mado to hold the entertainment In tho aft
ornoon. nnd Invitations were especially Is.
sued to the otllclals of tho city, the most
Important exhibitors and members of tho
press. An orchestra of 18 pieces was en-
gaged to play for the performance, ana
everything was arranged In accordance
with our best precepts,
"As every one knows who Is nt all famll
lllar with life In Buenos Aires, society
there must havo Its tea at exactly 5
o'clock. Nothing Is permitted to Interfere.
I believe that If tho city were burning
down, society would repair to tho big
hotols which were not actually In flames
In order to have Its ten, I, therefore,
planned to have tho performance over by
5, but various things Interfered, and
there was still another entire plcturo to
be run off at S.
"Great enthusiasm had been manifest
ed by my guests, among whom were the
Mayor of the city and nt least DO persons
who were prominent. In society,, but I
was thoroughly prepared to have them
depart at the cuBtomary hour. But not
"vune. of them stirred I Every person In
the ttioitfre remnlned until 6:30 a fnct
which astounded even tho managers of.
the theatre.
"Of course, Buenos Aires Is celebrated
as one of tho greatest operatic centres
of the world, where all the Internationally
famous opera singers appear. It is here
that Qeraidine Farrar has scored one of
tho biggest successes of her career. Par
ticularly did sho triumph In the operas
'Carmen' and 'Sladame Butterfly.' It was
naturally then that Buenos Aires should
havo been delighted with the film adapta
tion of 'Carmen.'
"When It was learned that the Famous
Players had mado a photoplay adaptation
of 'Madame Butterfly,' with Mary rick
ford in the title role, there were many
protests because tho film had not been In
cluded in my list."
A DRAMATIC
CRITIC CRITICISED
Continued from rate One
the next time Mr. Wnlter Prichard Eaton
i writes a criticism of a play by me he will
not say that it Is a "very good bad play,"
but a "very bad bad play" probably the
"baddest" play he ever saw. And some
how the prospect leaves me calm, espe
cially as 'Tho Fear Slarket" Is playing to
crowded houses every night, and Mr. Wal
ter Prichard Eaton himself has said "Mosf
that (sic) the newspapers chronicle Is best
forgotten."
Mr. Eaton's Reply
The editor of tho Evenino Leoocr
will absolve me from blame for the head
in to my notice of 'The Fear Market."
to which the Princess TroubeUsItoy ob
jects. For the rest. Iam guilty. Hut I
have no wish to enter Into a controversy
with a woman whose vlt and charm I
bow to, and many of whose qualities as a
playwright I admire. Her letter only
deepens my conviction that neither play,
wrlghts nor actors should read dramatic
criticisms. Such criticisms are not writ
ten to tell playwrights how to correct their
faults, nor actors how to act. They are
written to inform the public of ,tha Im
pression the completed play. In th-
theatre, made on ths critic, and so will be
likely to make on other spectators of sim
ilar tastes. I am a critic, and I am quite
sure I could not write a play, so sure that
J. have never even tried. Neither, as
somebody said, can I lay an egg. But
that doesn't prevent my expressing an
opinion of my breakfast Without tho
slightest wish to "smash" the author of
"The Fear Market." with only the kindli
est feeling toward her, and toward Sir.
Flske, who produced her play, a man I
- have long admired and personally warmly
regarded, I merely recorded my im
pression that "The Fear Market" was ex
cellent entertainment and a poor"" play.
This Impression of mine was that of most
professional reviewers.' Space did not pert
mil me to go Into details,' -farther than to
mention the Inconcluslvepess a( the girl's
ignorance regarding her father's occupa
tion. The fact that young girls do keep
promises to their parents In the face gt
common sense, and natural curiosity has
nothing to dc with tho case. In fiction,
and especially In the drama, the "true"
story may be quite false if It falls to per.
suade or to furnish a satisfactory motive.
J tried, as well as I could, to indicate that
the play had decided merits, and that it
was these very merits which made un
pleasant the task of mentioning the de
fects, Alas, the task was oven mora un
pleasant than I anticipated! As A. B.
Walkley has pointed out. (t Is significant
that the word "critic" has never been
adopted as a term of endearment. If I,
too. may bo permitted a quotation from
the classics:
Whej) condemnatory dutyts to be done,
to be done,
A reviewer's lot Is nut a happy one.
I sttli maintain, howevar. that "The
Fear Market" U yery JuUfnthjff enter,
taiament. and no tMatre-goiif Will waste
bis ttias or hi money atUnJIog It It is
so good that It ought to b better- and
KSit Ume probably wlU. b.
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FATHER TO A KEYSTONEK
Chnrlcs Murray, his wife, Mnc
Hamilton, nnd his father. Every
year Mr. Murray, Sr., comes from
his homo in Muncie, Intl., for n
three- or four-month's stay near
the Keystone studios, from which
the Arcadia and the Victoria get
a batch of lllm each week.
'Rags," the Assistant
Stage Manager for
Laurette Taylor
Among tho pictures at the top of this
pngo will bo found Mlsi Laurotto Taylor
and "Hags," ono of her most devoted ad
mirers. "Hags." you will see, Is a dog
and a full-grown, well-built nnd keenly In-
tcltlgcnt animal, too, of the skye terrier
, , ,m)ortcU nm, hns n pe(U.
'
gree as J. Hartley Manners onco ox
pressed it, "n pedigree as long as John
Qulncy Adams' abolition petition,
"Hags travels in Pullman cars, ns
i does his mistress, who carries u special
i permit made out In his nnino nnd signed
by Itobert T. Lincoln, president of tho
company. Miss Taylor's manager had to
do some tall talking to get tho permit, for
they nro rurelj Issued. When the nctress
returned from ICurope recently "Hags"
made quite a record selling programs for
tho charity concert which was given
aboard ship Friday night. Carrying a
basket filled with programs in his mouth,
he waddled around tho promenade deck
and. ns ho Is rather n ferocious-looking
beast, It may be believed that every one
who .took a program out of tho basket
dropped a coin of considerable value In Its
place. It is a matter of fact that "Hags"
wld In. this way quite as many programs
as tho pretty women-suppliants who were
selected from tho first cabin passengers.
Some hotels- throughout the country re
fuse to mlmlt dbgs. Miss Taylor goes on
the prlnclple-apparently of "Love mo, love
my dog' for she will not stop nt a hotel
unloss "Hags" too Is welcome there.
Hags" stands In tho wings nnd watches
every performance of "The Wooing of
Eve" with critlcnl eyes. Mlsa Taylor has
become so accustomed to the confident
glances of her pet thnt should ho fall
to appear some evening her acting might
not be up to the stnndard. "Itags" is a
strong favorite with most of tho mem
bers of the actress' company, and though
his name does not appear on the program
of 'The Wooing of Kve," he Is generally
known as the assistant stago manager.
Miss Taylor thinks ho ought to bo on
the company's salary list, but her man
ager, George C. Tyler, disagrees with her,
and tho settlement of tho question Is pend
ing. 20,000,000 Years
of the Photoplay
THE success of the moving pic
ture is due to this: We are a
race of animals. We have been
standing on our hind legs 500,000
years. We have been using the
written word, as a race, only about
500 years. But we have used our
eyes for at least 20,000,000 years
on this planet, and with the mov
ing picture -you get all your im
pressions by the use of your own
eye. Arthur Brisbane.
. SHE SINGS, SHE DANCES,
IOnETTA BltADV. the
J pretty girl artist
who has achieved con
siderable reputation In
r New York art circles.
both for her designing
of novel costumes and
coers for some of the
fashlop mas-zlnes, be
gins her stau career In
"Come to Eohemla," the
new musical comedy at
the Forrest Theatre,
She has the distinction
both of playing one of
the smaller roles, made
possible by her lyrlo
soprano voice, and also
of having designed sev
eral of the dresses In
the colorful second act
of the new operetta,
which takes place in the
Bal Quafz Arts. I-ike
the famous Bakst and
(lordon Craig, she be
lieves that the design
ing of novel costumes
and effective scenery is
to be learned, not In a
studio, but on a stage.
Miss Brady came into
prominence first as a
model for Henry Hutt,
Charles Pana Olbsen
and P. Stanlslaws, and
under their tutoring be
came an accomplished
artist. She became a
pupil of Mrs. O'Kane
Conwell. a leader of the
new school in costume
designing, and aseistgd
her In the designing fit
the elaborate oeatumes
of the new piece.
During a brief tour,,
prior to" the Ne'w York
engagement, MLss "Brady
carries with her her
ea-el and palette and Is tuy working out
pew designs for another musical comedy
in preparation. '
"I am fascinated with the stage life."
said MUs Brady recently, "and I realize
wore than ever that It is neeeaaary for
artists to have stage experience in order
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"THE ETERNAL GRIND"
She used to bo "The Eternal
Pichford," did Little Mary. Now
the highest-salaried "starress" of
tho movies appears as a humble
seamstress in tho Famous Players-Paramount
film, "The Eternal
Grind," when it comes to the
Stanley Monday.
Some Novel Lighting
Marks "Through
The Ages"
Most of what has como to us out of
Poland recently has been war news of a
harrowing description. Now a dramatic
novelty, "Through tho Ages," has been
brought over to America, and Is In re
hcarsal by a cast which includes Mine.
Yorska, who Is directing as well as acting
In it, nnd Emmett Corrlgan. The Inciden
tal music is by Jim Padercwskl.
Through tho Ages" will be tho first at
traction t utilize an electrical scenic de
vice whlcl. has been Invented nnd patented
by Dodgo & Castle, the American artists,
and which promises to revolutionize
scenic productions. Tho Invention docs
away with border lights, footlights and
electrical contrivances of every nature.
Furthermore. It eliminates painted ceil
ings, Bky borders and hanging scenery,
and In their stead varied colored rays of
soft lights will play nt a height of 20 feet
from all sides and angles of the stage,
thereby giving the effect of a ceiling or
roof for every setting.
Through this clertrlcal-color roof spe
cially contrived lamps from nbovo will
pour colored rays and fado or blend Into
tho color scheme of tho painted canvas.
The source of light will not bo visible
to the players on tho stage, much less to
tho auditor In the theatre, nnd the wholo
I effect will be that of sun rays nnd moon
! glow.
I Dodge & Castle have had this scheme
I In mind for years, and have been await
I ing an opportunity to test it.
SHE DESIGNS COSTUMES
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One of Loretta Brady's costume designs.
to design costumes and scenery with bril
liant and yet practical effects. Studio art
Is stationary and plastic; theatre art 1
continuous movement, and yon never real
ize this quite a niuah as wbjen you ara
part of a company and enter Into the
spirited nation of the piece,"
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READY FOR THE ALPS
Tho new Lehar operetta, "Alone
at Last," which comes to the
Lyric Monday, has a great deal
to do with wintry mountain. H
heights. So why shouldn't Olga
Britton, a member of the com
pany, find her greatest pleasure
on the ice artificial, just now?
No Music Is Better
Than Poor Music
With Movies
Tho old adngo that half a loaf Is
better than none atv nil may npply to
hunger, but not to motion pictures, In
tho opinion of the noted director, Cecil
B. Do Mlllo, of tho Jesso L. Lnsky Fcnturo
Play Company.
Mr. Do Mllle has taken up the cudgels?
against the automatic organ, tho boy
pianist and tho Bqueaky violin In tho
many badly mannged motlon-plcturo
theatres in the United States.
"For a motlon-plcturo audience to
watch an exciting production nccimpa
nled by tho most Impossible kind of music,
Is us ridiculous as for an opera audience
to hear a prima donna sing to tho music
of tho overture. I venturo to say that
60 per cent, of the success of a motion,
picture Is dependent upon the manner In
which It Is oxhlblted. Tho present system
is absolutely" chaotic. Tho effect pro
duced In motlon-plcturo houses by playing
big selections of music Is just the samo
as though nt tho Metropolitan Opera
House tho tenor had finished his great
aria and the prima donna came on to
sing her lovo motif but the orchestra
kept right on with the tcnor'B aria.
"It Is asking too much of the public
to analyze the reasons for tho confusion
which follows In their own minds; all
the public sees Is tho final effect. In
many motion picture theatres, tho
orchestra starting from nowhere In par
ticular as regards the continuity of the
performance, will Btart playing the Tales
of Hoffman,' and then will play it through
to Its finish whether the scenes of the
picture are comedy, tragedy or pathos.
"Motion pictures are more to be likened
to the opera In Its most popular form
than to the legitimate drama. On this
account music plays n most important
part in the effectiveness of the entertain
ment. If tho choice were to be given to
tho 11,000,000 people in the United States
who attend motion pictures daily, whether
they wished their motion pictures with
bad music or no music at all, the vote
for the latter condition would be un
animous, I firmly believe."
Mr. De Mllle said, In his opinion, one
of the next great developments of the
photoplay entertainment will be the uni
form distribution of music with the film
production.
Future Theatre Program
DANCES arranged by the Man
sions. Gowns by Boobson.
Hats by Jacob.
Miss McFlimsey's third act cos
tume made especially for her by
Marjory from silk designed ex
clusively by Flotsam & Jetsam.-
All hair nets by Wisener, .,
All velvets from Whiterock.
Rouge from Rubicon. Face
Powder from Nudhut.
False eyelashes from Louis.
Earrings from Severe Brothers.
Calcium lights from Aurora
Borealis.
Perfume in Act 1 from Manon,
that in Act 2 frqm Lipton.
Shoestrings from tho Neverknot
Manufacturing Company,
Gentlemen's cigarettes from Pic
adilly, Ltd. Ladies' cigarettes
from the Settlement Club,
Dressing room drinking water
from the Little Dipper Springs,
Beauty patches from Lady &
Seamstress.
Optic belladonna from the Piker
Drug Company,
Original manuscript by C. Jones,
Stage version by H. R. Sideburn.
Nevy York Telegraph,
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THE FRIARS
ARE
FROLICKING
IN
DEDICATION
OF THEIR
NEW
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Motion Picture Board
of Trade to Hold
Exposition
Madison Square Garden, Xow York, will
house tho First National Exposition of
tho Motion Plcturo Industries from May 6
to May 13. The exposition will bo
under tho auspices of tho Motion
Picture Board of Trade nnd will be
managed by J. M. Binder, executive
secretary of tho Board of Trade, and
Hurry A. Cochrane, general manager of
Madison Square Garden nnd ono of the
most successful American organizers of
trndo shows nnd Industrial expositions,
having originated tho Annual Business
Show, now In Its 12th year; tho National
Graphic Arts, or Printing, Lithographing
and Allied Trades Exposition, the third
annual exhibition to be held In Mndison
Square Garden this fall; also manager of
the Brooklyn Automobile Show, the Gas
Appliances Exposition, tho National
Household Shows, tho Stationers' Nation
al Exposition, Chicago Motorboat Show,
the International Wearing Apparel, Styles
anil Fabric Expositions in New York and
Chicago and many others.
The Motion Picture Board of Trade of
America is the national organization di
recting the destinies of the motion-picture
industries nnd allied interests in this coun
try, and it promises one of tho most elab
orate and extensive Indoor expositions ever
held In this country.
Many important trade conferences and
conventions will be held In conjunction
with the exposition.
Film manufacturers will have all their
movio favorites on hand to meet the pub
lic. Motion pictures will be made every
day during the exposition to give the pub
lic an Insight Into the manufacturing end
of their favorite amusement, and In addi
tion all the latest devices, accessories and
equipment for studios and theatres will
be shown for the benefit of the trade.
DANCING
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MONDAY KVK. CLASS WITH OUC1IKSTIIA
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OF ItBFlNEMENT AKD DISC1PLINH.
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Dances Monday and Saturday
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Speaight in Shakespeare
In Wltherspoon Hall on Thursday eve
ning, April 13, Mr. Frank Speaight, of
London, will glvo n special Shakespearean
tercentenary program, under tho auspices
of the University Extension Society. For
thnt evening Mr. Speaight has prepared a
miscellaneous program from tho best of
the Shakespearean Bcenes.
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Usual fliSSK" Dance
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evening receptions. Wedneuduy---Novelty Its.
caption, open etery evening, with banjo or-
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studlos enlanred. now occuDvinsr entire build
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45. delusive classes, 12 lessons, tS. Phone,
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The school of refinement. Broad Tioga Sts.
MODERN DANCES Monday and Thursday,
OLD PANCE3 WEp. AND SAT EVOS.
1B-PRIZE BONBON PARTY
WEDNESDAY EVENING. .APttlt, lSTH
Class Thursday, 8 to 9, Followed by Reception
Hurdy Gurdy Dance JJggg.
EDWARD A. COLL
TEACHEB
41st and Lancaster gjgg5a
Preparatory Class Mon., Wed., Fri,
Week-End Dance Every Saturday Eva.
P. L COLU Musical Director
Martel's Academy
1710 N. Broad St.
BEOINNEBS' CLASS TUESDAY NIGHT
Btcepttoa Wednesday. Friday and Saturday
4-urn (4 Pane Uulrklr and Properly at
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Tho concert of tho Philadelphia Orches
tra yesterday afternoon, Inst but tWO In
the series of tho year, was ono of strango
dissatisfactions nnd compensations even
more remarkable. The arrnngement nnd
the composition of It, the correspondence
between tho assisting nrtlst, Miss Marcella
Craft, nnd tho Orchestra were nil Inter
esting, Thoro was a great symphony,
Beethoven's Fifth, nnd there wns much
Strnuss, and tho concert was far from
great.
Ono could call tho long-standing case
of Leopold Stokownkl, tho Philadelphia
Orchestra et al. vs. Ludwlg van Beethoven,
with the Eternal Spirit of Music as presi
dent Judgo nnd tho Spirit of Irony aa
prosecutor nnd defender both. Tho par
ticularly pressing point for discussion Is
whether wo havo all been wrong. Would
It be right then to pay thnt Mr Stokowskl
yesterday nftcrnoon conducted a rather
Interesting symphony, with n very wild
nnd almost meaningless flrBt movement,
nn unimpressive finalo nnd only a very
bentttiful nndnnto con moto to redeem ItT
Or nro wo right In our estimate that
Boothovcn, In ills' Fifth Symphony, pro
duced n work of the utmost clarity nnd
beauty, profound In conception, magnifi
cent In structure, full of the richest and
deepest feeling nnd thought of human
kind? If wo nro right, something wns
wrong yesterday hns been wrong for
somo time. If wo nro right, and If
Beethoven was right, then yesterday's was
a performance) undistinguished In concep
tion, fnttity In execution, redeemed only,
by tho hrllllnnco of tho movement men
tioned nbovc, the Ineffnblo andante, popu
lar nnd Imperishable.
How wns It, then, that Mr, Stokowskl
conducted nnd his men played tho Strauss
tono-pocm, "Denth nnd Transfiguration"
with such olnn nnd such proclslon, with
so much of tho desirable undorstnndlng
nnd tho shading of volco? Tho concert,"
which began with Mozart's overture to
"Tho Magic Flute," always played well
by Mr. Stokowskl, rosa actually to Its
climax nt tho end, with Strauss. It was
to bo expected that Intensity should como
then, but beauty might nt least have
lifted Its pale, wonderful head before. To
say that tho temper of orchestra and
conductor fnlls In moro with StrauBS thnn
with Beethoven, Is nt best n makeshift
for an explanation. But it is as far as
wo can go.
Strauss was by way of compensation for
tho sense of dissatisfaction which camo
over Miss Craft's auditors, somo of them
at least, after her first aria, tho "Fleta,
Slgnoro" of Alcssandro Strndelln.
Wo havo seldom heard n volco which
gave such unity of impression a 'rather
nice way of suggesting thnt It gave nn
effect of appalling monotony. Miss Craft's
lower register is a weak thing and sho
uses It little. Her chest tones nro not opu
lent and they are almost unheard, But
sho hn3 learned to uso tho high volco," from
tho throat, with truly remarkable flexi
bility and power. Thnt was apparent
moro In tho "final scene from 'Salome' "
,thnn In tho "Pleta 1" That scene taxes tho
voices of artists of far greater range and
control than Miss Craft possesses. Sho
sang it wonderfully well, within her
limitations. Sho wns, moreover. Inciting
no partlclo of dramatic senso nnd Jntul
tlnn. With tho nrnner restraint of tho con
cert Btnge. Strnuss helped her, but .sho,.
holpcd herself, too, and tho total effect
was surprisingly pleasing. ,
As for tho tumultuous and tcrrlblo musla
of thnt Inst scene, nothing can bo said
except that It justifies tho final line tho
brief command to kilt. G. V. S.
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