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Two Nev Plays
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For First Time
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kTJia Lady 'in Blue" and
"Playing the Game"
Produced
ATXiAfoTIC CITY, June 17.
It la noticeable that tho producers mak
ing new productions here this year1 are not
adopting the old makeshift methods of
Wslnc the settings of old plays, but are pro
Tiding entire new equipments of scenery
and the necessary adjuncts to mako the
jplnys a success. It shows they have" faith
In tho new offerings and that they expect
them to make one grand I6ap from Broad
way for tho summer and to have a pros
perous tour on the road next season. Of
course, all ambitions are not fully realized
but the now plays have a much batter show
for success with new scenery, painted In
keeping with the locale of the piny, Instead
of using Interior and exterior acts which
have dons service In other productions and
which are familiar to the discriminating
publla who patronize all first-nights here.
There wore two "try-outs" hero this
week, two plays making their debut, and
tho theatrical canlno barked joyously at one
and whined a bit at tho other. While first
Impressions may be lasting, still a judicious
tinkering may fix up the weak play and tho
theatregoer may not like tho other play
which seemed to please everyona here.
"The Llttlo Lady In Blue," a now ro
mantic comedy by Horace Hodges nnd T.
Wlgney Perclval, authors of "Grumpy,"
had Ita Initial production on any stage at
the Apollo Theatre on Juno 12. Frances
Etarr was tho featured actress In this and
It was produced under the personal man
agement and stage direction, of David Bc
lasco. Tho comedy Is of tho 1820 period,
With costumes of that date, and the scenes
are laid In France and England. Tho
story tells of ajioydcnlsh young Irish miss,
Ann Churchill, played by Miss Starr, who
Is In desperate financial straits In Franco
and about to leave for England. She lias
day dreams of attaining great wealth, but
absolutely no chance of securing same until
a wealthy admiral of the English Navy is
brought to her home. Ho Is tloBperaieiy in
and unable to continue his Journey. Ann
attends to his wants and he appreciates
what a woman could do toward saving his
nephew from tho drunken habits ho has
fallen Into.
His attorney Is ordered to draw up a
Will, leaving his nephew the sum of G0.000,
providing that young man gives up his
profligate life and re-enters the navy on or
before the following 20 th of September.
Ann. although a stranger to both the ad
miral and hln attorney, Is made acquainted
with the terms of the will, but sho Is sworn
to secrecy and no one la to tell tho young
man of tho good 'fortuno coming to him,
ad that hla reformation may be brought
about through his own desires and not for
the purposo of receiving the- conditional
legacy. Tho first net ends with tlie serious
Illness of the admiral and a broad hint that
he will pass away shortly.
The other two acts are laid In England..
The nephew Is a frequenter of an Inn at
Portsmouth, whero he Is tho constant com
panion of drunken friends nnd without am
bition or money. Ann comes to tho Inn,
the nephew falls In love wlth her at first
sight, and tho story of his reformation,
through Infatuation with a comparative
stranger, begins. The third act tells the
tory1 of tho young man's hard work to pay
oft his many bills and his studies to regain
his position In tho navy, ho being aided In
these good resolutions by Ann, who Is
living next door to a cottage he has taken
in the country. Much light comedy 1s In
jected in this act with just a tlnco of melo
drama when the trustee of the estate In
forms the young man that he Is to receive
an unexpected legacy for his good 'behav
ior. He gives all the -credit to Ann, but
ehe Informs him that sho Is naught by an
adventuress, who only helped him In his
work because sho knew of the provisions of
the will and wanted to make him fall In
lovo with .her so that she, as his wife, could
enjoy the wealth. She tells how ahe has
run Into debt to buy nrettv clothes nnd
live close to him, nnd that, therefore, she
Is unworthy of him. Of course, matters are
righted when he forgives her and a unique
proposal for a wedding It made by asking;
every one If they have anything to do on
the 29th of September. Of course tho query
when made to Ann brings forth a negative
reply, and tho nephew then tells her she
can marry him on that day.
Miss Starr played the leading part ef
fectively, showing much skill in light com
edy, her only falling .being a tendency to
pitch her tones too low so that the audience
could not understand her. One of the au
thors of tho play, Mr. Perclval, gave a de
cidedly "Grumpy" touch to a character In
the first act, but as he did not appear later
In the play the line of comedy was lost.
Other parts -were taken by Jerome Patrick,
Frederick Graham, 'Carl Sauerman, Frank
. Kemble Cooper, deorge Gldden, Lucy Beau
i mont, Roland Hushton and others. The pro
duction was a beautiful ono and the play
will more than likely make a hit In New
York and on the road.
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Sn WALTER RALEIGH
THE THEATRICAL
BAEDEKER OF
NEXT WEEK
The Harris estate presented a new melo
drama, entitled "Playing the Game," by
Bada Cowan and Traffarn Whitney, for the
first time on any stage, at the Cort Theatre
on June 12, The universal opinion was that
In Us present shape It would fall to meet
with approval. It has the bad handicap of
being a newspaper play, with the evident
Intention of showing how a powerful news
paper, on the rocks of financial distress,
could bo saved by the publication of a big
Story of a. scandal Implicating an actress,
BOB WATT.
STANLEY First half of week! "Destiny's
Toy," with Loulso Huff, mado from a
story of tho sea by John B. O'Brien;
Burton Holmos In Germany, and Willie
Collier, In "Willy's Wabbly Way." Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday: "The Clown,"
with Victor Moore, a Lasky-Paramount
film, with scenario by Marlon Fairfax,
directed by William C. do Mlllo; Thomas
Mtcghan and Little Billy Jacobs, In sup
port; nnd n Goldberg cartoon.
FOIWEST "Tho No'cr Do Well," with
Kathlyn Williams, Wheeler Oakinan,
Harry Lonadnle, Jack McDonald and
othorn; a ten-reel production, by the Sellg
company, or tho novel or Panama, by
Ilex Beach, who wrote "Tho Spoilers,"
In which Miss Williams also appenred.
For this special production the Forrest
will house nn orchestra of 20, under tho
leadership of Carl Bernthaler, of tho
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and em
ploy special stage settings and sound and
voice effects.
ARCADIA First half of week: "An Inno
cent Magdalene," with Lillian Glsh, n
Grlfflth-supcrvlsed Triangle film; a tale
of pathos concerning n daughter of
.Southern aristocrats, who marries a re
formed gambler. Thursday, Friday and
Saturday: "The Snowbird," with Mabel
Talllaforro, a Metro production.
VICTORIA First half of wqek: "Dollars
and tho Woman," with Ethel Clayton and
Tom Mooro; a Lubln-V. L. S. E. film,
based on Albert I'ayson Tcrhune's "Dol
lars nnd Ccnta" This is tho photoplay
flrtt banned by tho Board of Censors and
later approved by tho courts. Thursday,
Friday and Saturday: "Going Straight,"
with Norma Talmadge, a Grlfflth-supcrvlsed
Trlanglo production.
PALACE First half of week: "Tho Feud
Girl," with Hazel Dawn; a Famous-Players-Paramount
production. Thursday,
Friday and Saturday: "A Gutter Mag
dalene," with Fannie Ward ; a Lasky
Paramount production.
LOCUST Monday and Thursday: "Tho
Perils of Divorce," with Edna Wallace
Hopper. Tuesday: "The Scarlet Woman,"
with Olga Petrova, Wednesday: "The
Law Decides," with Dorothy Kelly. Fri
day and Saturday, "Dorian's Divorce."
with Lionel Barrymoro and Graco Valen
tine. BELMONT Monday nnd Tuesday: "The
Heart of Nora Flynn," with Mario Doro.
Wednesday and Thursday, "The Moment
Before," with Pauline Frederick. Fri
day and Saturday: "The Woman." with
Theodore Roberts and Mabel Von Bur
nnnd; "Tho Fireman," with Charlie Chap
lin. VAUDEVILLE.
"BAD DAY!"
ttcinff a few talcs of mobtc mishaps
extracted with no difficulty whatever
from a week's supply of "press dope."
Tho prize is divided between the Metro
and the Mutual, each represented by
two entries.
METRO
John Hall, ono of the assistants employed
by Director Charles Horan, of the Metro
forces, Is laid up with a lacerated arm, the
result of a prematuro explosion of dynamite
In a scene Mr. Horan put on at Delaware
Water Gap. Mr. Horan Is producing "Tho
Quitter," with Lionel Bnrrymoro In the
stellar rdlo. In making a night scone in
a. mining camp considerable dynamite was
used to produco a big effect. Mr. Hall
was In charge of ono assignment of dyna
mite. Ho touched off a stick of tho explo
sive in some Inoxpllcablo manner befdro
being directed to do so. That ho escaped
with his life Is llttlo short of miraculous.
Tho concussion knocked him IB feet, when
ho fell under a shower of enrth and rocks.
Members of tho company who hurried to his
side expected to find him dead. But a few
scratches and bruises on tho fnco and body
and painful wounds on his hand and arm
were the extent of his Injuries.
Mme. Petrova, Metro star. Is laid up with
a severe wound on her hand and fingers,
which sho sustained In nn accident that nl
most resulted In the artist losing her life
Several stitches were taken In tho cut on
tho palm of her hand, nnd It will bo somo
time before her fingers heal.
Together with a company of Metro-Popular
Plays nnd Players artists, Mme. Pe
trol a was in New Jersey, near Englewood,
working on exteriors for a forthcoming
production. Ono of tho feitures stnged was
n thrilling nnd dangerous scene on a rope
suspension bridge, which Harry Bavler, tho
supervising director, rigged up. Tho brldgo
was stretched across a deep ravlno In the
Palisades.
It wns not proposed that Mme. Petrova
herself should participate in tho final and
perilous Journey across tho bridge, and a
substitute was on hand to wear her clothes
and hat, with her faco directed away from
tho camera.
Ono of tho previous scenes called for tho
discharge of a pistol, This bliot brought
running to the place a dozen or more boy
scouts. When one of tho number saw Mme.
Petrova In seornl scenes and then bnw her
start to exchange her outer garments and.
ho
her hnt and veil with her substitute,
became very much dlsplcnsed.
"Look, fellows, tho real lady thero Is afraid
to take a chance," ho said with evident dis
gust, "nnd sho's going to send that other
lady across tho bridge."
This comment wns moro than Mme Pet
rova could stand, Sho quietly naked tho
young woman to return her clothes and
sho put them on herself. Then, to tho de
light of tho boy admirers and to the aston
ishment of Directors King and Balcr, she
Insisted on continuing tho action on tho
bridge. This consisted of racing across the
frail structure and attacking a man who
wns attempting to cut tho ropes holding tho
bridge in place. Mme. Petrova mado this
dash successfully. In wresting tho huge
knlfo from the "villain" ho becamo too real
istic In his work nnd tho result was that
Mme. Petrova suffered a painful nnd dan
gerous wound on tho hand nnd fingers.
With blood dripping from the deep
wound, Mmo. Petrova shouted for every ono
to remain away from her, and not spoil tho
sccno by attempting to como to her aid.
The camera man kept at his post, grinding
away, ns Mme. Petrova made her way to
tho end of tho brldgo and cut nway tho
ropes until tho structure fell, supposedly
carrying tho "villain" below, Mmo. Petrova
was near the edgo when the bridge fell, and
sho almost fnlntcd from the loss of blood be
fore Mr. King and Mr. Bavler reached her
side. Had sho toppled forward sho would
hao fallen Into tho ravine and In nil proba
bility death would havo been Instantaneous.
Boss wns slightly cut by
her car nnd
broken glass.
TRIANGLE
William Collier, tho comedian, waB nearly
smothered Into suffocation nt Culver City
recently whllo working In a Trlanglo sub
ject In which he will bo starred. He Is
enacting tho part of nn Inebriate In a new
comedy drama by C Gardner Sullivan, nnd
ono of tho scenes requires him to bo burlod
bonenth a bulky mattress on which a large
squad of aborigines leisurely recllno. Tho
comcdlnn didn't get his head out In time
nnd as a consequence was held prisoner
for three full minutes So loud was tho
confusion of voices whllo tho camera crank
was being turned that the comedian's muf
fled volco was not heard. Covered with
feathers, ho was finally extricated from his
uncomfortablo predicament and nllowed a
10-mlnuto respite boforo proceeding with
tho hazardous work. People who havo
nearly died In the embrace of n farmhouse
feather bed aro expected to sympathlzo.
THE POSSIBILITIES
OF SYMBOLISM ON
THE SCREEN
FOX
Miss Theda Bara, tho sensatlqnal screen
vampire, had a narrow escape from serious
Injury on Friday night while returnlnff
from Now Jersey. Her nutomohllo skidded
on tho wet streets near the Cortlandt street
ferryhouso, crashing Into a heavily loaded
truck, breaking tho( glass and wrecking on.3
side of the car.
Miss Bnra had gone over to New Jersey
to appear In a train wreck sccno in Wil
liam Fox's production of "East Lynne." soon
to bo produced. The sccno had been fin
ished, and when Miss Bara returned, a
driving rain started. She wns In her
llmouslno with her assistant director, Hob
crt Boss.
As tho party left the ferryhouso on tho
New York side, her chauffeur, In order to
avoid ramming nnolhcr car, turned sud
denly. Tho car turned three complete cir
cles, finally landing against a truck heavily
loaded with Iron pipe.
Miss Bara was thrown to tho bottom of
EVENING LEDGER SCENARIO LESSONS
LESSON 12
Comedy and Melodrama
A bad, or mediocre five-reeler la
worse than an average good spoken
drama. Henry MacMahon in the
Dramatic Mirror.
KEITH'S Florence Nash and company. In
"Pansy's Particular Punch,"" by AVIIIard
Mack; Jack B. Gardner, In "Odd Stuff";
"The Territorials Quartered." presented
by E. Merlan'a Troupe of Swiss Canlno
ArtlstB; Marion Barney and company, in
a dramatic sketch; Mr. and Mrs Burton
Plersol, concert and operatic artlbts, of
this city; Julletto Dika, Franco-American
singing comedienne; tho Crisps, in
songs and unique dances; Bedford and
Winchester, trick Jugglers; tho Ambler
Brothers, and the Sellg.Trlbuno pictures.
OLOUE "Satan's Cabaret," a musical com
edy; "The Yellow Peril," a playlet; Don
Flnttl, "wizard of tho accordion"; John
Singer and Girls; the Do Pace opera com
pany; Friend and Downing, the natural
comedians; Helder and Packer, In "Leg
mania"; Anderson nnd Burt, In "Home,
Sweet Home" ; Monde and Salle, and the
Three Romans, acrobats.
OltAND The Seven Cololnal Bejles, in mu-
pitu, wuuicu, unmy uuu -amnony, in ine
Fireman and His Chief"; Charles Olcott,
In a travesty on opera; Gonne and Llv
aey; Norman Brothers, on swinging rings,
a surprising novelty, and tho Paths News
CllOSSKEYS Monday, Tuesday and Wed
nesday; E. W. Wolf will present "The
Seven Little Darlings at the Party," a
musical comedy; Mack, Albright and
Mack ; Armstrong and Ford, in "Tho Eng,
llsh Johnny and the Cop"; Lottie Will
lams and company. In "On Strong
Orounds"; White and Day, In songs of
Bonnie Scotland, and the Skatells. Thurs.
day, Friday and Saturday: Lew Wesley
will present "The Diver, the Seal and the
Mermaid," an aquatic novelty; thu Browti
Comedy Four; Hodge and Lowell, in
"Cupid's Mistakes," and Knrsey Myra-phone.
JUJUTSU A LA MOVIES
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A srffle-wwakB jwiagr person can learn ajmost anything from the
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MBgdmUntt," at the Palace next week, she can
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Continued from I'nsc One
episodes fh tho comedy that culminate
earlier In the play, but the main theme of
your story should end In a quickened pneo
at the very summit of your comedy.
Tho best slapstick or "straight" comedies
start slowly The characters are Introduced,
and tho plot Is started. Perhaps the
comedians nre given some comedy business,
as It places them at onco with the audience,
but this business Is apart from the plot or
merely Incidental to It. Tho more serious
tho rest of the cast Is, the greater, of
course, the contrast.
The story probably would be a drama
or a melodrama without tho comedians.
Then your plot should take somo odd angle,
and, If It Is slapstick, a series of melo
dramatic situations should be Introduced.'
Gradually you lead the audience away from
the drama Into the comedy, until tho strong
est melodramatic action carries not alone
a thrill, but a laugh.
Tho pace quickens, the scenes are prob
ably shorter, and the Btqry comes to a con
clusion with the comedians getting the worst
of It or the best of It. If your story tends
to that conclusion. Tho "suspense," If you
will analyze the picture, has been chiefly
respenslble for tho comedy.
The audience could not feel the comedy
without a reason, and once you glvo a
reason for your Btory, It is stale and flat
is like a houso of blocks, each block de
pending upon tho block beneath for support.
It you have no "suspense to carry It.
In the early days of the pictures we had
photoplays of potions, pills, magic powders
and the like. We saw the comedian take
a pill or a nostrum nnd Immediately be
come changed cither In looks or In dis
position. The woman-hater became amor
ous, the minister tippled or the bad boy
became a monkey. Wo no, longer laugh at
comedies of this kind, but they Illustrate
the principles of comedy construction. They
show us what effects the producers, in a
crude way, were striving to attain. The
producer knew that the laugh came from
the abnormal situation or character.
To create the abnormal they took the
path of least resistance and asked us to
Imagine that the person, was actually, for
the time being; drugged, They Bought
sharp contrasts and obtained them, not
along natural lines, but along those lines
mat seemed surest.
Then the producers seized upon the trick
picture to get comedy. A man Was seen
to wreck a room and rebuild It in a mn.
menu Another character built a wall In a
few seconds. These were principally the
product of the European school of produc.
Jng. Again It was tho obvious that was
used. We use the trick picture nowadays,
but usually the audience wonders if It was
a trick or If It was actually as It appears.
The trick Is disguised. ,
In a recent farce comedy the producer
shows the leading comedy character hang
ing on to the top of a periscope under the
water. There Is no way tg take this pic
ture unless It Is "tricked." Bv elaver .
sembllng and cutting It became difficult to
believe that the photographer and camera
weren't actually pn the deck of the sub
marine under the water.
It Is nearly always true that almost any
situation you write like this can be taken.
It can be done with trick photography.
I sually the trick photography comes at the
height of the. melodrama In the, picture.
They use It more to get over some melo
dramatic effect than to cause laughter- It
1 usually connected with the "suspense,"
although It Buy occur anywhere.
A great many comedy writers seem to
eeti a source o( amusement In people with
various deformities. They sea In a wooden
leg. a harelip gr other physical deformity
chance to be funny. If the author.
would consider these peculiarities earafutiv
or tf they were so affllcttd themselves, they
WOUW never writs their Mori,
Vua, to be real fun. should b run.!.,,..
i Wry Psrwjttaiiy, w would adytoe agaloft
wrttlsj tmamim that hv a bsSa tus
Intoxication of somo character. It is done
occasionally, but it will be dono less and
loss in tho future. Mild tippling may bo
excusable, but If we admit this It comes to
a, question as to how much a man should
be allowed to drink in a comedy. Just how
much intoxication Is permissible?
It you are writing tho story It Is well to
write a clean story, nnd leave the drinking
out of It, If tho producer wants to put It
In, well nnd good, but tho mere fact of
having written n script In which n man
overindulges will not guarantee a Bale.
Your story must be bigger than that.
Do not offend a senso of propriety. Write
scripts that will not alone pass the Board
of Censors, but pass tho censorship of
your audiences. Tho mothers and fathers
want ciean stories ror their children. Com
edies appeal to children, and they llko to
Imitate. Glvo them something clean to
Imitate.
Comedy is difficult, but If you havo tho
knack and It Is a knack more born In tho
writer than acquired It Is very profitable.
nnicii 10 ciean inemes, nnd write in good
taste. Success awaits all Buch writers.
LESSON 13
The Counter Plot
Continued from raze One
Ing lies principally In the fact that there
are so many scenes and that each scene
has but a fraction of value as It relates
to the whole.
To develop a character on tho stage,
a few lines will sometimes suffice. To de-
veiop a cnaracter on tho screen requires a
number of scenes, and we cannot plant more
than a fraction of the development In any
one scene.
The same .principle applies to the other
elements In the making of a photoplay. It
Is at this point in the story that most
writers fall,
They do one of two things. Either they
give too much time to the development of
Incidental characters and pay too, little
attention to the plot, or else they take every
thing for granted and Dav no nttntnn
to character development.
It Is upon this one point that scenario
writers need to concentrate. Just what la
essential and what Is not essential Is the
question to be determined In writing every
srenarlo.
We haye touched only lightly, thus far.
upon counterplot, and this subject Is highly
relevant because so many writers go astray
In developing the counterplot to the detri
ment of the plot The average writer finds
little difficulty, if he Is careful, In. placing
his principal characters so that we can feel
them, know tljem, and understand them.
(MONDAY LESSON 1$ CONCLUDED)
QUESTIQNS AND ANSWERS
M. Sokol. It Is very Unlikely that a
scenario written Jn Russian would be con
sidered by the average motion-picture com
pany The more detail and Instruction to
directors and actors that you can put Into
a scenario the better. Some slapstick com
panies want only the basic idea; in Its
prize competition the World Fllnj Corpora
tion Is ready to, accept mere lJ$a,a If they
are unusual enough. Unless, however, your
story has some very remarkable and
original conception in It, it la much better
to write as full a scenario as possible.
Interested The Evenino Ldoer has
printed from time to time a table of the
principal motion picture companies and their
addresses, but not a list of suggestions as
to the kind o stories they prefer. The
best way to team the wants of the various
companies Js to read one of (he trade
weeklies, where the plots of the new Jims
are reviewed. '
MUTUAL
Filming of ono of tho scenes of "Tho
Man From Manhattan," n forthcoming
Mutual masterpieces, Do Luxe fcaturo,
screened at tho American studios, nil but
cost tho life of Perry Banks nnd resulted
In him being removed to tho Santa Barbara
Hospital, suffering from serious burns and
smoko inhalation. Physicians attending
him report thnt It will be some time before
ho will bo ablo to return to work at the
studios.
Tho story of the picture In which Banks
portrnys a tramp printer, called for him to
bq Imprisoned In n bank vault. Studio car
penters erected n wooden structuro on the
outdoor Mngo to resemble tho ordinary
bank vault. After Banks hod entered It
and closed tho door behind him, an over
zealous carpenter accidentally lot tho latch
fall.
' In order to obtain tho proper realism a
real flro wos set nnd the flames began to
gut the outside of tho structuro. Unknown
to Director Jack HalloWAy and tho players
gathered about the boxlike structure, tho
smoke entered tho Inclosure nnd the flames,
rprendlng to the rear, quickly ate their
way through tho thin boards.
Banks, Imprisoned and choking from tho
smoke, beat hopelessly against the side of
tho structure, but because of tho tumult
outsldo no ono heard him. His trousers
becamo Ignited, nnd In attempting to beat
out the flames ho was severely burned
about the handn nnd arms. Finally Di
rector Halloway, fearful that something was
wrong becauso Banks failed to appear at
the given slgnnl, went forwnrd to Investigate
nnd found the lock fastened. Throwing
back tho door, he was greeted by a cloud
oi cnoKing smoKc,
Aided by several assistants, Director Hal
loway rushed Into tho vault and dragged
tho unconscious actor out. He was placed
In nn automobile and rushed to the hos
pltal. where nt first It was thought he
could not survive. Heroic work on the
part of the physicians, however, finally
urougni mm nrounu, but ho will remain In
tho hospital for Bomn time to come.
It was entirely nn accident, and not
because tho ho-so proved capqhlo of un
seating Art Acord that he was badly hurt
during tho filming of n bcene for n
Mustang plcturo entitled, "Sandy, Reform
er," at the Santa Barbara studios of the
American Film Company, Inc., recently.
The Mustang company wns out on loca
tion In 'ono of the densely wooded valleys
of tho Santa Ynez Mountains. Acord's part
called for him to ride down a steep slope
among boulders nnd through thick under
brush.. At ono of tho most perilous points,
the horse lost Its footing nnd fell side
wise down the Incline. Feeling tho horse
going, Acord nttempteJ to spring oft on the
upside. One of his spurs caught In a worn
cinch, and ho was dragged after the rolling,
pitching, struggling horse. Before tho
animal could regain Its feet It had rolled
over tho rider, Inflicting scVere Internal
Injuries.
PARAMOUNT
Wallace Beld, tho Lasky-Paramount Btar,
wns burled under a steam shovel of gravel
in the Baldwin quarries during the filming
of Borne scenes for the new Wallace Reld
Cleo Bldgley picture. Wally attempted to
jump out of the way of a shovelful of
the gravel and dirt, stumbled and got the
whole load. Percy Hllbourn, the photogra
pher, kept tho camera on him while he
was digging himself out, and It will be
shown for the edification of the studio.
PATHE
Positive proof of the real danger which
Pearl White, "Pathe's peerless girl," under
went when Bhe painted the waif sign on the
top of the Qerard BulidlngNew York, a
itiw uaa ubu wao mmisneo uy tne fatal
fall of nn electrician from the same building
on the afternoon of the 9th. The electrician
Martin by name, was making use of the
electric sign as a ladder, lust as mi whtta
did, and losing his footing, fell 20 stories'
trt thn trpit.
That subtleties of nrt may be Introduced
successfully Into motion pictures Is con
stantly being conflrmod by Wllllnm Christy
Cabanne, who directed Lillian Glsh In hor
newest Triangle release, "An Innocent Mag
dalene," which will bo shown at tho Arcadia
Theatre for tho first tlmo next week. In
this piny he deals with tho garden of life,
showing It In bloom In Its youth, and when
ovll tempts nnd overcomes youth the garden
gradually fades and -tho flowers die. "I do
not moan that tho story Is told In symbols,"
said Director Caoanno to the Interested
group thnt gathered back of tho camera
during tho taking, "but rather that Its
various momenta nnd turna of the action
aro emphasized In striking metaphors.
"If I had my way. I think I should be
incnneu to nuonsn tho word symbolism'
altogether from playmaklng, because It has
been so nbused by a crowd of art fakers'
and removed altogether from Its true signifi
cance. Just ns tho ordinary political car
toon bocomes striking In reduclmr nnmn
complex national situation to stmplo terms
expressed In symbols that every ono can
understand, so tho photoplay becomes Infi
nitely moro dramatic If Its significance Is
echoed and re-echoed In everything about
it. In 'An Innocent Mngdaleno' tho central
figure Is of n young girl, refined and high
strung, Her sensitive naturo reacts strong
ly to the slightest Impulse. How aro wo
going to bring out this condition nnd the
thoughts In her mind? Why, by embody
ing her thoughts In convenient symbols.
Her father has told her that everything
that Is evil dies ; therefore, even the fading
roses of her gnrdon become significant.
"This Is by no means n new method.
Clydo Fitch was ono of tho best-known ex
ponents of symbolism on the speaking stage.
A striking examplo of his work was the
sceno of tho execution of his hero In 'Nathan
Hale.' It was laid In an apple orchard In
iuii uiuuiu, uho oi tne most eiroctivo mo
Election promises and snrfn. """""'"'
Wbout on'n par, but some , Sf !pMl
Hgerini experiments do turn t
uiBHires m September, wii. J," w
for Instance, nutn nn ki "n. r Bait
A,l'an City. It Is a .safe" bet that,
Play will run for sir ,. ." lbii W
Nu VnA .. . :".. ""'en nin,i.:fl
--.. ... iiujii season. i ' i.viu" hi
Bhown a now piece by tin! n-i SmM
who wrote "Under cSijS'SW ?!
Advertise." The new niaC ,-" S
Lucky Fellow," but by sLJ .c!I1H,l'i
Play under the much ZL II 1 31
"Seven Chances." "saxinj IKHU
Morris Gest, who' introduce tf Vm
Parrar to the ecreen, h?hM8
stage. He took over the jLi! wS
Houso, in Now York, las?14."
'luiiiuicrstcin ne-tWlli present ..d J"tm
Bellalrs"' as a muslcaf S 8ftlffi
Crosmnn wnn h, .!. . "'ay. Hm.7
on the stage.'and lao Zr&H
scroen. , Murray w JJJ
Next season Ethel E(irrv. $
back to W, Somerset MauS",
Frohman Company; besides 3f M
Barrymoro. has acquired m" W
Maiuht.
AM.V11.. m .
rnmnrlv tn .-- .. """mer
-,, , ,,,, v-arouno."
WJti,
ments I have over known But the applies!, ln AmerIcn theatricals through the produe4,
tlon of symbolism to tho motion nlcturea W on of "Just'ce." nro planning a venture.
t. -r t f . r I (fltft tnllfllnn t A... rTSt. lilt- .J L . Si I
uacK to w. Somerset Mauh i V1
Piece will bo called "OurRBJJet-'4
-"lUVB
Ired
anoi
lino."
. A. H. Woods Is as tiii .- ...
ing mo stage. He finished fh."""
neuHon nt mo Forest here wl h i ZM
Sisters. Ho wilt soon show n0Bt' l
Play by Max Mnmln Jt,LjfJ?,,?.n Jnl
Clay." The now play Is CahS m'XM0,m
Kelghley. r? Vq J ZT &fk
torman, Gypsy O'Brien and Win,-' M
iur. tvoou3 a so has recently VlT'
Northampton a f arco led'Tn r?v '
by A. D. Thomas ancianSlJJ)
DorJs ICpflnn. whft u- . -JL
bo mildly designated as a Lonnon ,, "1
In "nomance," has a new comX'SH"
ward Sheldon and a play by ArLb,
nett. both of which she will shtwAn,.
noxt season. " Antn
uranam, Adrian H. Rosely, Henry aw??
Boland nushton. Lucy Beaumont, dIS
DIschea and Mr. Perevvnl. WM,
i
Making ono theatre grow wfc.r. Sa
flourished before is nn ,..,?. M
movies. Marcus Loew has indSoKtal
Criterion Theatres In o a fllZ 332.
eentlng D000. Mr. Loow has been DlwS
tho New Ynrlr fnr nhn, . .1.:
movlo houso,
Mr. Bfiln.Rn fa nTin,ln. .....
' AtIa" Clt HoraVVlXTM
igney i-ercyvars now comedy, "The L(ii
Lady in Blue." Tho cast included lM
Starr and thn fntinin. t ."ua" tM
Georgo Glddcns. FrnnT v"S' PV
Carl Sauerman, Frederick Graham mSS
Braham, Adrian H. Hosely. lien n&2?
New York for about TwoTariTIfl
Henry E. Dlxey has at last got an oM
and clever vehlnln. nt lon.t .Vi. ""fll
ports go It Is called "Mr. Lazarus" tat j
. '" "' "" .l ""rvey uiiiggins 4
j...,ul x-uru. .uixey appears as an Am.
trallan miner returned "as from the eeaJ"
ana uncertain of his identity. HI. I,..
would seem to toll him ho U the father of
jrni.iuiu. diuuuy, wnuo ms nead tells nun'
thero aro serious obstacles to hla nimlif.i,.
ns tho first husband of Doctor Sylvester1!
wiic.
Corey, Williams & Rlter, the new produe-s
ing nrm, wnicn na3 assumed a leading placet
as an nrt I believe Is comparatively now,
WHAT HAPPENS FROM
SCENARIO TO SCREEN
Continued from I'iikb One
any of the very expensive considerations of.
navertising ana promotion which every pro
duction of this magnitude requires before it'
is uooKen uy tno tlieatros. From tho ex-
cnango tne mm goes to the theatres va
riously by express and mossenger service.
IU rental begins by tho big thentro of the
big city on what wo call "first run." After
tho plcturo has had Its "first" run It goes
to other theatres ln other parts of tho same
district until It has run through Its working
life, which may bo from 120 days to two
years.
A great releasing concern such as I have
discussed, to operate effectively, must have
a capital of several million dollars. AH
this Is at your service for tho 10 cents, 15
cents or 25 cents which you pay to sit ln
an opera chair and see motion pictures on
tho screen. This simple but wondertul
product consumes thousands of dollars for
overy second of entertainment offered to tho
Individual patron of the motion pictures.
FnrrMt Last Mat.
Tonight, SBc and 6O0
to the street.
Revised Theatrical Maxim
Where there' a vill there's a co
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Chestnut and Twelfth Streets
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donna; Perclval Knight and ForrestWlnantjM
A few months ago William Harris, Jp, 1
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"Sazus Matazus." It Is by Lawrencj EnWjl
anu win mc urst snown ut .miamic yJ$
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Another novel of Winston Churchlirilj
to be put on the stage. It Is "Connlsta;
a story of the American irontier ummi
days of Lewis and Clark. John C9pe'?J
play Jothro Bass.
James T. Powors, the comedian jvhoM
not been seen hereabouts for some Beassn!
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farce. "Somebody's Luggage." by Slariy
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Preaentlng "PanaVa Particular . Punch"
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In an Original Medley called "Odd Blurt"
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