i'-'
'NEXTWEEK
! When Ince of Inceville
Tic Beginnings of tlic Man Who Invaded Griffith'
Domain-of Spectacle With "Civilization."
From Actor to Master-Director
mUOMAS H. INCH started In the movlnB.
I . .... i- i.h rltA vaM npn.
X picture Business icro w ' - -
with a borrowed diamond on tho Ihlrd
finger of hi left hand and about a dollar
and a half In chanse. Today, oh, well, what's
the uo of Ktsttlng- loo specific 1 You prob
atilr wouldn't bellevo It anyway. Uut
Thomas Ince has put a large fraction of
a. million dollars Into hm brand-now Mm
spectacle, Civilization," and while ho ad
mlla that Is Quito n num of money, atlll
there are larger ones, ana tbey nre not
absolutely and beyond redemption, outald.
f ihe reaeh of Thomas It. Ince.
fivllliatton," which cornea to the Lyric
next Monday, shows the horrors or war
and l n strong nrcument for peace.
All of the reat war horrora nre In It, In-
Mi' chiding battles on land and sea, with, In
M .K..rf latter, the real destruction of thrco
ihlpa (.t the enemy fleet by n United States
torpedoboat. In these scones there nre two
United Slates battleships, two torpedoboat
destroyers nnd one United Stntej cruiser
The battle, ns actually fought, lasted
twenty-five minutes, nnd durlner that tlmo
(00 shots wcro fired real shots, with every
one timed and placed to tho second, Ninety
two per cent were effective, and that, Mr.
Ince thinks, la a pretty good boost for tho
trniint Slates Navy. The sinking of tho
f . enemy ships taken placo In full view of the
r' audience, and ono Bhlp Is blown BOO feet
la tho nlr, while nil about races the'flerco
itorm of tho naval battle, tho seas tortured
Into n thousand nccthlng spouts by the,
bursting shells. ...
Then thcro Is tho war-devastated country.
Kith cities burned and nhell-shatjercd. and
...,. nfier seonn of land bnttlo, with' an
unbcllovablo number of thousands of men
and horses, nnd thcro arc close. Intimate
elctures of family life, with nil through tho
horror-thread of war winding Its crimson
That Is the sort of thing that Jlr. Ince la
doing today. Flvo years ngo but let hlin
tell It hlmuelf, a smoothfaced man. slightly
Blr.t as to complexion nnd .keen na to eye,
who looks younger than ho gives himself
credit for being:
"Five years ago I was abactor. I thought
this movlo business was 'nothing a Joke.
It was below tho dignity of a regular fel
low, and any way It wasn't going to last.
It was Just a fluro-up of Interest, nnd then
thlnga would die down and the movlo men
would be In a hole. "Well, one day 1 saw a
man that used to play minor parts mighty
minor ones drl(o up to tho door of a
hotel In an automobile
"I couldn't have been more surprised then
than I would bo today If ho drove up to
the Same hotel In n Zeppelin. Tho machine
!.. n fifat nn It inn nml n. r-limifffliir.
s4 'dressed Just tho wny n clmuffeur ought to
.1. . '.I ... ....I . I. r. . .. I ..na ... . ntlmi.
pi" opened wine. I asked him about whoVo all
, mat money ciune irum mm iiiv iiiu mno
was wondering what sort of second-story
game he'd been up to. tlo told mo it was
the movies.
"I went over to tho Imp people nrid got
a Job acting at $5 si day. Hut that didn't
satisfy mo long. I told them I wasn't nn
actor, I was a manager. I borrowed n
dlumond ring to mako mo look prosperous,
and I got a managing Job. Then wo. went
West. Wo didn't have nuy money. I had
progressed so far as to mako SCO a week In
New York, but ru soon ns I did I hired nn
apartment on Riverside drive. We lived up
to that 60. And when wo went West my
wife hid to pawn what Jewels she had to
put Up a front out thcro. But wo did it.
Nobody knew that wo didn't have any
money, and It they know It now I guess it
doesn't matter.
They used to call mo crazy in tho
moving-picture fraternity those days. They
had their set way of doing things, and they
Villanelle of Vocif
When I'm in 'a grouch Teutonic,
"Chin-Chin's" tha show I want to sen:
Play me .sftnio music saxophonic, r
Musfa-that's flippant, hut not sardonic.
That is the hind for Little file,
When I'm in a grouch Teutonic,
Even a victim of plagues bubonic,
Hearing that band, u-ould shout in glee:
"Play mo soma music saxo phonic I" ,
It's a cooing cure for "Blues" so chronic,
Audit's bubbling of brassy melody
(When I'm in a grouch Teutonic.)
Acts as a marvelous mental tonic
Places njy soul in tha proper key;
Play ina somatnitsic saxophonic.
Hail,' then hail, to the horn that's conic-
al, and comic from A to G
Whewl'm in a grouch Teutonic,
Play me same musicSAXOPUONICl .
: LITTLE, "YOU NEVER CAN TELL"; LYRIC, THOMAS
Scorned the
M
ovies
were certain things that they s.tld couldn't
be done. I was always obstinate. To tell
ne that a thing couldn't be done Just mndo
me want to do It .nil the more I had an
Idea that tho way the moving-picture busi
ness had always been run wton't the only
way It could bo run. t wanted to try out
some new Ideas, nnd t tried them.
-. '. . r ln,tance, they never put on n real
Alld West show until t found It could bo
done. Oh. of course, they had horses and
cowboys and fako Indians, but they haver
had any real Indians. They said, 'You
enn't teaoh Indians to act. They're sav
ages.' That didn't Bound reasonable to me.
Tho Hundred and One Wild West Show
was playing not so very far nway from us,
nrd t went over nnd hired the whole crew
for tho winter. I found tho Indians were
the best nctors ever. They have a great
sense of humor nnd u sense of the dramatic,
and oven if thoy don't understand more
than a quarter of what you're paying tn
them, they're tho greatest mimics tn the
world.
"Then, too, I was the first man who paid
$60 for n scenario. I realized that you
had to have good Bcenarlds or you wouldn't
make good, no matter how much effort
nnd expense you put Into the film. It's
Ilka having a good cover to a book and
nothing Inside. They said I'd ruin the
picture business, paying prices llko that ,
hut pretty soon they all met my prices.
and now, of course, since competition has
grown to bo tvnot It Is. 50 Isn't considered
exactly whnt you'd call ruinous."
WHEN YOUR HUS
BAND IS A POPULAR
SONG WRITER
Nan Hnlncrln. who comes to Keith's The-
atro next week. Is a singing comedienne.
This doesn't mean very much In tho or
dinary classification of vaudeville offerings.
but it means something In tno case or tins
young woman, who Iins risen from the
ranks to the position of n vnuucviiio star
In a decidedly short space of time.
This young lady Is not ono of tho "stage
struck" variety of glrla. The gamour of
tho "business" nnd the glare of tho foot
lights did not lure her from any country
fireside. Nan Ilnlpcrln Is a business wom
an and Is in vaudcvlllo because there is
moro money to bo earned there than In
nny other branch of tho theatrical busi
ness, fur her. Miss Halparln has a hus
band. He Is William II. Krlcdlnndcr, n
writer of reputation In tho musical-comedy
world, and ho furnished illss Italperln
with her vehicle. In which she has ridden
right through the vaudeville fleld until she
has reached tho goal of her ambition.
It took considerable thought and somo
coaxing to get Miss Italperln to ndopt tha
stage nB a profession. Tho young lady Is
associated with her husband nnd Will M.
Hough In the business of producing and
presenting tnblold musical comedies, so that
she Is not dependent upon th vtaga ns n
profession to make her living. Starting In
tho West, sho played tho small-time towns
for a while, but was nmbltlous nnd perse
vering, nnd nftor getting an Insight on
what might bo accomplished If sho could
mako her mark In the right spot, sho set
out to put an act together that would at
tract' attention of the "big time." Her
first big nong hit wns "Tho Wedding
March In Ilngtlmc," and since then nho
has mndo more than ono number n world
wide hit. Sho has tho advantage of
having n husband who can wrlto good songs
for her, but sho also has the ability, tlio
gobd, old-fashioned ability that borders on
genius, and with It nil vaudeville has
co mo to know Nan Halperljj as something
moro thnn a "singing comodlcnno" an
artiste who knows art In song and knows
how to present It in tho most nttrnctlvo
way. This explains why Silas Italperln,
known only no a "small-time" singer a year
or so ago, Is now topping tho IiIIIh In tho
best houses and "stopping tho show" many,
many times.
M
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U
EVENIH0 MDaBR-ImLAI)BLPSTA, BA$WXDAYt BBOBMBER
Thomas II. Ince, who conceived tho elaborate spectacle, "Civilization," and his private projection machine, which flrut showed him, in his study, tho com
pleted photoplay which comes to tho Lyric Monday. At the timo tho picture was taken Mr. Ince was occupying a wheelchair ns the result of an nuto
accident in connection with tho mnkine; of "Civilization."
ROBERT H. BOWERS,
MAKER OF MOVIE
MUSIC
Itobort Hood Mowers, composer, hns pro
vided for tho film spectacle "A Daughter
of tho Gods," which, under tho auspices of
William Fox will
be shown nt the
Chestnut Street
Opera Houso for
two weeks moro,
a musical score
of distinction. In
fact, tho score is
that of nn oper
etta. A n n ii It c
Kellermann, tho
star of the pro
duction, was de
lighted with tliu
music, nnd It Is
said to be epoch
making In con
nection with mo
tion picture pres
entation. Tho role played
by Miss Keller
mann Is that of a Dream Maldon. There la
a themo attuned to that character tho mel
ody of broad, sweeping movement, legato
and In common time. The never-creasing
roll of the watea of the ocean Is suggested
and as the music Is played by tho largo or
chestra, one can almost Imagine oneself on
the deep. Then thcro Is a dainty fairy themo
attuned to the spirit of benevolence, or the
fairy imeen. It la In threeiunrtcr time
almost n minuet Strings plszlcnto, bells
.and harp, with tho lighter woodwinds play
this entrancing molody. HornB and trom
bones speak tho ominous theme of the spirit
of evil, or tho witch of tho story. Hassoons
and tympanl give further Impresslveness to
the mus;c, which Is In two-fourths time.
Tha lovo themo Is sung by tho violins and
the cello. Tenderness and longing are ex
pressed. The Oriental marches are spirited
and eturdy one typifying the prince trlum
phant, tho other the prince In chains. Cap
tlvatlng waltzes accompany the swimming
Inhguorous or animated as tho situation
seems to demand. In gnomeland one henrs
rollicking music, allegro, us the elves dis
port themselves. Furthermore, thero are
Illuminative pnsagea for tho etorrn nt sea,
for lie battle scenes, for tho Sultan's cnv.,
airy, for the burning of tho Moorish city
the dances of tho witches and of Orientals,
and for tho funeral march. The blrdJ, frogs,
alligators and crocodiles have muslo voices
of Illustrative kind, and the mermaids are
typified In striking musical fashion.
FRENCH PLAYERS
COMING HERE
The reorganised French company of New
York city wSll pay Its first visit to Phila
delphia on Wednesday. Pecember'f. This
organisation will appear at tho Little The
atre at matinee and evening performances,
The matinee will bo "L'Aventurlere," bj
Kmlle Augler, who is known as the French
Mollere of jjiodern times. This play has
been given In Philadelphia before with
Conuelln, the eminent French actor.
The evening performance will be "Notre
Jeunesse," by Alfred Capua, one of the best
known of modern French dramatists and
a member ot the French Academy. In both
of these plays will appear members of the
original casts vvhlch played In New York
city, who have been associated' with, the
leading theatres In Paris, such as the The
atre Franoats and the Odeon.
FRITZ KREISLER
AS ACCOMPANIST.
A conceit, which hi certain to attract
much attention and Interest, Is announced
for Wltherspoon Hall. Tuesday evening.
December 19. It will be a song roltaI by
the distinguished BuMlan baritone, De
Warllch. and it will be Mr Da Vfarlich's
good fortune to have as his accompanist
Frits Krelaler.
Harold Bauer has said that If Mr. Krels
lar had chosen the piano Instead of tha
violin as bin favorite Instrument, tie would,
have been as great anwoj pianists aa be
Is naweg vtoltniat Then two artists are
b aaeKwUled tn recitals In PhUadilpli a.
Tfurt aiMi Bfi. Mr. v WrUcl
i vlegv of lj apt tt eoncvt pwauu
FROM BRAIN
Ihe Drama League
These nro busy days for tho Prama
League nf Philadelphia. Ilosldes finding
thrco products of the theatre to bulletin
this week, It l Issuing a very attractive
leallct designed to stimulate the supply of
play-goers who will pay tho league a dol
lar n year for membership. Hero nro the
seven reasons given by tno leaflet for Join
ing the league provided you "llko a good
play, believe In the American thcatro, and
are willing to help develop it:"
I Ynu Mould like to ore more soatl iiltu'M
frontnltlr proilurril. Many uf un t-omplnln lllAt
tiro nro tew soo! play" nnd many bail one.
hy atop with complaint when ive can ilo
tomrthlns to iHluvnti. uuillrnci-s for playa th.u
nro better tn aoe ami to think about?
'. You hrllcie the theatre xlmntcl lip ii pourr
fut Rorlul forre. Ilnven'l v som rraimiml
blllty tn help malco It Jut thatT Tho Ichku
la showing- thnuanntla of people, how to Unovt
untl ua the beat In p!ua.
H, You like to know when the worth-uhltr
playa conir to I'lillnUrlplilu. Tlin lcatu annta
a competent commute to every piny, ami If It'a
good, leusuo memtmra cot a prompt report thut
tella why. Often this report re.ichca you Iw-toro
the cnmlng of tho play. The leasun ailvoeutya
no ona kla.it ot Play, hut trim to paaa Impartially
on ull -from clnaalc to ttiihtrat fare.
4 Ynu nre Interfiled In the ilUcutolon of
drnmnllc toplrn T!l" leaxue hoMi earn year
ik number of public meetlnaa nt which tioteil
aetura pluywrlshta ami crltlca aro apeakera. It
ulo presents to Ita members plays of special
Interest.
,1, You wNIi to know what U new uml liu
pjrtant In published pln. Kvery day nioru
playa nre .read nml itlscueee.I nmon Intelligent
people. Tho league's onice can slew you
over tho telephone tho Information you need.
tt. You nre roiineeted Willi some croup In
fhurrh or rial, or settlement thut would like
to site n play. Tho leat-ua nrflcu knows the
beat thut urn available, and can tell yuu
ail about them.
7. You wouldtllke to feel yourseir u.pnrt or
the limit national movement, towurd. better
drama In Auipriru. iu Oruin.i League,
nrcanlird ull over tho Union, In addition tn
Ua reiiular netlvltlea. la making Amtclran
drama Ub apecl.il feature tor thta year. Tno
J'hlladelimia center will, therefore, conduct an
eihlblt of American playa ant dramatic ma
By GUY W. McCONNELL
Scenario by
GEORGE BRACKETT SEITZ,
Author ot 'The Iron Claw," "The Hhlohltne
Shadow," etc.
PRODUCED BV PATHE
Episode I "The Traitor."
' CAST
Captain JUlph Paine, the hro...IUIph Kjllard
Pearl lure. the. heroine ., . l' rl yfljlpj
fulontl Uare. her fathar W. pSl'i"
Major llrvnt. th villain ' V.r.fl. iCvt'JLI
llarlha llonn. in adventuress. . . . -Marl. yvnu
Tako, Pearl's chauffeur ' ramamoto
aa ,. Lilt,,., a II.HDM.
Detectl'vvs, guests', 'butler, rvunta, valet
etc.
, Subtitle At Panama, the United ,t'" m
mandant recalvea a maaa from Wsahlnston,
Sg.no 1 (Commandant's, offlea ot Panama).
Commandant In picture at desk, prdtrfy l'.
salutes and hands over wirflesa mvasiz.
wbTeb" he pammandaet takes aud starts openlmt
m orderly exlla. Heads.
-wa&sirs.
with rmauoauou, weam ,ujl ,.-,
Per Valnwrlilit for Harrison.
Continuing cene, show foresround of com
msndsfit a" he Tfln Uhea reading the above. A
look uf detueal srttVlty r outla hla fac as h
vSAJt 'hllWs thuuantfully end. .trlkhut -W
inaleh. proceeds to burn measjse.
Subtitle Tha communication and tha special
measensar.
Hcene 5 (Secret room In War Department
HulMlrw.) Full .set Colonel Dare, at bead of
tibl. finishes inacrllns message in the shoulder
if military coat It lepwlii Jtelph Payue. who
ttnd la forfgroutvi.
Th flcneral Staft
Colon. 1 iJttrtt ieK.
frT.-,.Jr.. AQ t4 MYlte.
vnaSSmiP-lw Bar". , dausbt.r of Colonel
uar.
Soene 3 (OutaWe bulldliur pear War ppart
tnt.1 Pearl's automobile, driven by Jokj. her
..U.n.u ohiuffeur. eomea Into picture. ..At tlie.
j.n., chiGrfeur. eomea Into picture. At th.
mST. lime l'avae ooaiea alonir. aiaewaia. lie
waiea abMur alJewalK. Hi
sreets i'earl. sn4 the two
wm UP to aula.
mr.hm anlmatealy.
Scene (Heeret room as per eeM S.) Show
short ftaab7fereroul. ofUieooBtertiio ea.
Unulss. Show f3rouna ofnBaJor nru
alsrVlwt lo wed Wilie ,do Sj.Tm takes
u5" oiST bloiter ana Onsen U &lractdly. He
eaiea at blutter iutelitTy . Olaaolve in and, out
?T5T V,.. .hm r... of Pwjrl Jjre.
irt uire, emiiina
A iSSfl's face dUfelvea out. Ilreot .WJJ" from
& abstraction aSTwrs aUeutlen ta tb bual-
neea en baud.
Scene 5 (Street, location jr seana
c..TL:..J:i r liUrl and Pavna. Sba aoeake
3.)
tSuaken title " you're, going- to tha Am-
l-7;.' Hall tnnltt
l.i... .-.,-, ---------, ---,ih .-
" " t v.ii n(a.vif uina rtnr (Uirnaa
why net coine up to
.1 ii nava
"viouj tore
Payne. who
aa oa aaya
.'a uut ,,r
Bb-ture i'ayno tvetci.rss it lie bimbm every-
twjut.a vK.r: ".HU,:,n .
SuWUle A.
half
later.
mystic
meseatn
riteu. tfe-4iltUB4T roorc la. raytw a uatel eulte.
Foiraet Paypa entera. and gulnj over to. ubea.
, "Pearl of the Army'1 A Serial in Scenario Form
'rnlJtle-ouVlTfTskVtr.Tp tomorrow
to fSw prieana Captain Payne, and alilp irom
there That Is all.'v Contlnufnit scene. Colonel
VrJA. iSr'niS.v- in Paine who aaiuiea. puts
TokoTtBP ior jW Ctlaulug vr
irround. Prl h out itu to
? J TV. Iiill ut PflirL'M eiair aril
ILIIUU-U a"- T - -- T- .
tBt'iao . toreStujo4 si 9MSf
tigk m reci-Wor iivl sacMM,
MMU UD niVUBM. UMPUS ... ivm
TO PROJECTOR
' - v -'Twmmwmmmmfww
Has a Busy Week
terials, will present aevernl nlcnlnennt Ameri
can plays, will conduct a bureau of Informa
tion in Ita office, unit will offer n prize for the
brat original new play
Leaitie Lilies "Little Lmly"
This week's bulletin of the Drninn League
says of "The t.ittlo Ijidy in Hlue." In which
David IleliiHCo Is presenting Krances Starr
at tho tlroad:
Tin scenic carefulness nf David Ilalaseo and
tha nwrrt lutrenuouanesa of Miss 1'raucca Htarr
la tho combination that gives ua once ni:alu
a light, pleiiRaur comedy nn tno modol of (lold
smith. Thero U a private room of nn Inn In
a amall town In Franco, u bur parlor of nn
Inn al Portsmouth, nnd a stttlns room In rural
Kimland nil In tho delightful IVJOi besides
which there nro admirals, captnlna. proeeai
servers, landlords, body servants, perukes snuff,
camllea. stock cravats, ilebfa, itemme'a. chaises
churchwarden pipes, a spinet, and a foot
warmer. Tho "alory" la juvenile ami nt times
comically obvious, but the cnurni of Iho tsu
setting makes nno-rils, ami tho semral netting
of humor la literally a aavlng grace.
It Hits the Trnil
Of "Hit tho Trail dlollliluy," at tho Clar-
rlck, the Hulletln says:
A clean, bright, llv.'lv American farco with
s good cast. Tho altuatlona are purely Amer
ican and so la tho humor tt la full of lauuha
for one who knows one'a America, really knowa
It at tlrat hand. I-'red Nlblo la an furceful and
oieellent n comedian that he might properly Is,
billed us the play. Joaeph Allen la aqmetnlng
new and captivating In un eccentric character
world but In have ua laugh heartily ut our
soma, und therein It auccccda.
For the StiiRe Society
As tho Drama League In general limits
tho consideration of plays by it.i playgnlng
committee to those professionally on tour.
It Is Issuing a single bulletin on tho wholo
project nnd seuson of tho Stage Society at
the Little Theatre:
Tha Stsgo rioclety n! Philadelphia Inaugurated
Its eeLU.m svusou at th i.,,ilo i, tea. re nil
Continued an I'.ito Ten. Column I'Jie
HEREWITH tho Evening Ledcek
prosenta a photoplay Bcrinl in
scenario form. It ia a decided novel
ty. No film narrative, runnlnic wosk
after week In the principal theatres
of tho city, has yet been printed.in
nny but the inferior form of noveli
zatlon, with all tho faults of being
untrue cither to tho story as shown
on tho screen or tho proper story-
tellinff forms of literature. Here in
tho working script of tho Palhc so
rinl, "Pearl of tho Army," is at Inst
a proper representation of a photo
play serial.
Readers who followed the Evenino
toarai !essons,in scenario writing
will be particularly interested in the
handling of tho tale. The script of
a new episode will bo printed every
Saturday until the complete fifteen
have appeared. Read the scenarios
weekly, then go to your favorite
photoplay thenter showing "Poarl of
the Army" and see low tho director
has carried out the scenario writer's
Instructions.
Tho following is a technical dic
tionary, designed to be of service to
those unfamiliar with photoplay
terms;
Title A written Una Inserted between
scenea.
full set The entire room or lapd
aoape In picture.
p-oreoroand or elo-i(pAn enlarged
view of a person or object,
Flaih A nhert t.
Dhsalvs in A tatUpg of one plsture
Into' another, without loalnt- sight ot tlie
original.
fade tlo A definite fading out ot
one plotme and, fading in ot another,
ofer it.
Cut To abbreviate a feme.
CJoloMt Dare "aUoii,
lUtenlrot. Ill t
aDeaka,
Show fureirrou&d ot Dara
bow ainaejnot. He
Bpofeen till W' will hiive you and your
eoatearetully jruarded. Act a th5ub aptbioic
bai baiwened. Oootlnutoir . ruU set
Cabinet ari peak out ftCove. and haftf up
receiver.
8cG4 S (Payee's rooms as per ,Sieoe 1
tyeeTbaoca ut receiver UuH a Baaa).
a (yalM' wj
i vit-eyed jgeaj!
pnubNt
starts
te-w
tfij-bi
roattt tn Uotsl.l
an, n mvuw mm
WlSjiifPft , &"
tJetty U silt itaclooiJ
m
aaf. ipl
IHBlt AaJ aj-la
1010
H. INGE'S "CIVILIZATION
FRED NIBLO KNOWS
HOW TO WRITE A
FAILURE
Thero have been so many rulea given for
writing successful playa that perhaps the
public would bo Interested In knowing how
to obtain a failure. Hero are tho rulea for
calamity, vouched for by Fred Nlblo, star
of Georgo M. Cohan's "Hlt-tlio-Trnil Holi
day" company, as tho correct lines to follow
to wrlto u "flivver."
HOW TO WIHTK A FAILUItl'2
Select a subject thut yoijr nudlcnco will
understand and appreciate.
Oet your atmosphere from direct assoJ
elation.
Tnko your characters from life, trans
plant Into your piny, und see that thoy
receive plenty of dramatic rain and sun
shine In order that they may continue to
grow.
Wrlto your play along tho best-known
and up-to-dato lines of dramatic construc
tion. Direct your best efforts to appeal to tho
emotions of your audience, and make your
characters act as tho majority of your audi
ence think they would act under tho exist
ing conditions.
THEN'
Tnko your play to a muuagir and sign a
contract giving him thu right to use your
material as ho thinks best.
Let him cngago nctors totully uusultrd
to their roles lot him chango tho linen and
situations In such a iiu.imci' that they loaj
all semblance to the laws of continuity and
Bwiuence let him produce tho play nt the
wrong tlmo and at tho wrong place and
yiu have a FAILUIUl
starts
show cluae foretfruund Of
wall. . 'f
3IS
inace'a snHilnw upimais t'.t ivall
and tr.o
Ipa arc aeen lo move. Tnen. ivoius oia
solve In aa thoucn apoken ey shuiluw: "1'uo
. nmnilllilnallr.n nitist bn si I'Uretl ,vhen VOU Tt'
turn hla eventnK Cothea, You know tn penalty
uf failure," Words dlssulv oat.
Seenn ll)-.l'e.vne'a atttlnit rooTi aa per scene
tl.l Kill, let Payne aoateJ. Hntet- valet ultu
real ault and uniform coat ni
hla arm. Oo'-a
lava out dreaa
uter to iaq pennui i-ayue an
eilft. itirt ttmtm itvor l.i rlnth.
lo elotbea tree, on vfhlc.i,
v-".-. -"r.-- - - --is --- : ----.-
ociore ine open vetuaow tao a to ne
w tao'a to oe in piain
dlEiit p the H r-ft
ricrvn men atHtlonetl ul-
noatlal, ni
innca Payne's coat containing ine
inraiaL-e. II.i fumbies around scat. Payne riaea
and ucea over to Ixit, to ixaailne his ilr,s suit
jrns auaipu- on vaii. npcuas, .
HtKken title "Don't touch, that . uniform)
That's alt fur tr.a present!" L'unlinulna- scene.
Paine ajetik out
llllllUli'K ..."si
who bo we und
uoie
to valet!
exits,
Hcene 11' (Outside
nmllliik- alniaterly exits.
I'ayne'a
.tone Valet
uniform coat 'on his
a".
nnilouily over to clothea tree, .rortsraunj
I'aynu by clothes tree. Ho teela. shoulder,
cene i-iayne s rtftjm.j
nitouily over, to clothes.. tree.
Bcene j traypa s room.j
Payna mnvea
Korearound of
unuorm
can I
t and rexlatera relief at (ecllnx
Subtitle Tnat nlirht. at tha (IrcnadUn Em
bassy, me Hljent Menace villi th Ambai-
Scene 13--((rendlan Anibussndor's private
study In Kmbasay. Heavily am) ..richly fur
nlahed.) TI.e AmbasaaiVir. a diatlniiulaheil
(ornlsner, alta at ilesk wrltlnc. D.wr opens und
rlllent Jlenste conus backjim In aa per sceau u.
Hhoiv furesrouml uf Ambsasadiir. The shadow
ut the tlsnacM snows uu tne ileak befnre him.
The ahaitow la seen lo move ita itr-s. The Am
baaaailor listens a moment, then fhrlnka baca.
alt rlahled.. Speaks. , , .
nuMp Insl.l.i
ii.
tfpoaen tuie --no, no. u is too isrriuier
tillnulnir furearuund. Ambaaadar eoca
II
eaks out
tbove aud reaches In direction nf water carafe
to pour out a alaaa of water. Ilia bands Just tall
snort or carer.,, ana tn nanus or tno Menace
um KAn la t Jffl.
Into picture.
Hands rjniir
water far Ambesaador.
Know close inri
how ciose toearound
nf hands puurtna water.
irom paim or nana a
liny puvtaur is seen ia sui imu siass. rore
rruurnl ot Ambassador, shadow An4 hands.
Ilanda finish pourlnir water, hand alaaa to Am
bassador, who drinks. Shadow U ii to amll
and move t,n
Subtitle That nlaht at tha ball. Major
lirenl'a post cieepa Into hla present.
Scene 1 1 (Flallrnom In. Embassy.) tlall In
prosroas. tihow short flash, (ull set of dance.
Hcene lo (1'almrooru In nous wner Am
bsador'a ball projressln-t. Dancer ci
ba aaan In baek.) .Vult set Hoorn tmpty aa
for Major Brent. He i auparently wahln t.
ran
rent!
i. ad'
ve
oe
MUM she.. KBlir ttfrtna llonn.
venturen. Sbe
ai4 up lo 'uni .aneaxa.
-91
uoktn title "I am at your hotel and I need
a larai- sum ut laeue. i am ure .ur s.vai
for Pearl rre Csntaln P";.' . '
bodo'nly tpr what I could Ull him!" Continuing-
aeen. forecrcund uf tna two, aoe
aieaka out abe.-eio. Brent wa register atuier.
They ariais quietly but Intensely.
ut meaey. 1 am aure
Baeo i----jraiiiii. Arniutaaoor tuay aa
te eceaa la.
In halr. Hmbasjv eeeretary cornea In and die.
l run eel AiuvMHtiur lyiB u,-eu
-- - ..jrr- ,.- ....i.r . :,.i- . ..-- r?
noasey e
vera WMjy. s eiireuwiN mm wonuer,
ills out Into ball, and Secret Service nun
dy. 1 ov
fall out. Into ball.
eater. Tbsy, advance iu if. orearaaaa of
ibe IWO. oy oesa u-creK eervioe man -Mrs un
paper from d.sk voder dead Ambaaaador
hand. Ileja.de. '
fnfaart Close torearound of Daoer on acreen.
Same roaaa: yunri -ayoe--y
COUI
untry thank
too. but to? late Toers
ma but to. om. Farawell i
lio ttitt
litrttattv fo
aLTfiWCll toi' - ." CunLlnuin
ii iu.
is:
tajrusL
JUM ft.
UfLrVI4T-B MIUIIUM ri4l im&9T.
tftctlva
ThiBkai. mitM oj tui in tia4kl
and with a
VrprJ U th KaUuy 4Ufta.
BJ!"J'..t"-'
auCtlt) lUvUia Wn tst&twfto&Gt m death
of tE ti-reitaii:
$gi,&?wa
i
Wtt&mmL aimi afsmik aid
Wh at Amateur ,
Can Accomplish
in the Theatre
Vinton Frccclley, WhoH
Joined Stage Society, .
Discusses the ''Pro
CL'STOMAnttiY nctors areh't supposed to
know much about anything but their owa
particular profession. If & man can play
a part, ho Isn't held to account tor the
technique of the dramatist It a woman
Is able to look attractive and embody suf-,
flclently well the Ideas and emotions of the
rota 'that tho stage manager hands herj
she Is engaged And let atone. But ones
In a whllo that weird and unaccountabls
thing, the player with brains brain that
hear ns well as' speak comes to light Then
there la causo for rejolclnrcjimong the Utile
band of what Hermlone calls "aerlotra think,
ers."
On a rainy night this week I went trny
Ins- In the paths of highbrow endeavor and
found such n brain. It belongs to Mr. Vim
ton Prcedley, Ha Is one ot the leading men
with the Stago Society Players, whose sea
son nt tho Little Theatre will take on Itr
second complexion ot mental effort with
tho production of George Bernard Shaw's
"pleasant" comedy, "Vou Never Can Tell,"
next Mondny tilght Mr. Freedley will not
be In the cast, becauso ho la going ovor to
Now York city prctty,ooon to l'cad the or
chestrn nt tho performance of his own
musical comedy, "Here's To The Olri' It
Is ono ot the curious and hidden step In
his footllght career. Ho told me. In his
mlnlnture dressing room at the Little The
atre, thnt he had dabbled a lot mora than
people thought In dramatics from the days
nf his cotlegehoodHo the present. He Is a
Harvard man a trained athlete, jvlth th '
nthlete'a precision of viewpoint, nnd ctan
carved nttltude toward the subjects that
Interest hltn nnd thoso thnt boro him. About
the motfern stage he has very definite arid,
lucid opinions. Hero are some of them;
"Whnt the work of amateur actors In
America needs today la n grounding In
fundamentals. The offerings ot such peo
ple as I am -I mean the nonprofessional
ought, at all cost, to mako Its bid" for ap
proval to tho trowd. Isn't It true that, )n
most cases, this groat, Greek, communal
nppenl has been missing! As I see It, the
retpjlslto Is tricks. Just tricks. Take your
regular' actor. How does he strike horn
with his nudltorn? How does he fores
points thnt must bo forced It they are to
bo mado at all? la that not plain trick,
though a superior sort of trick? I'v
studied tho curious differences between th
pro' and the amateur, and I'm almost cer
tain that Is tho crux of tho problem."
"Where does tho author 'get oITT" I
meekly suggested. Mr. Freedley took th
conversational bait with n test unknown
In the "legitimate" theatre. "Oood author
nlways, my slogan,"- was his reply. "Thore
nro plenty of thorn, .too. I can only whts- .
por this, but tho Idol of tho pooplo Just
now Is not n mnn I can warm toward In
tho theatre. Henry Arthur Jones, yea,
There Is a man of tho eighties and nineties
whoso pooplo somehow are genuine, even
lOvrfbly common. Sutro. also IS a bully
playwright, nnd specially suited to such
Btuff as wo nre trying to do here. Wilde, of
course. Is my inmost, my purely personal
favorite."
It was suggested thnt the seldom-seen
"tiiichesa nf P.iilnn" mlcht lirove a tasty
bit for tho Jaded appetites of Little Theatrs
frequenters,
"It depends on tho player," rejoined Mr.
Frtcdlor, "If you are going to do nmbl.
tlous, poetic, forceful dramas, yoll must
have team work. That, I think, has been
largely absent from past endeavora of such,
organizations as ours. And thnt Is where'
wo can step In and do something to lift th
tone of tho wholo movement" ' '
"Had you ever though of abandoning
your business ambitions (In this case the
law) nnd becoming a convert to your cur
rent avocation?" "Yes," lie said, "but I'm
kept from seriously considering such a
proposition by the fact that I don't consider
tho stage n man's calling. Far women, per
haps: not men." Then, with n perverse
Jauntlness, ho went on to say that the first -part
he had played wns that of n heroine
a "passionate, pulolnc creature" during
his cotlego days,
"Alsrr, 1 was with the Toy Theatre, la
Boston. It was stimulating work until they
moved down to u place near the railroad.
Then every re-echoing speech of the hero
was accompanied by ,nn engine obltgato -that
nearly sent me to the madhouse. I
wan with the Fpotllghts and several other
thoatricil groups unfll iaat season. Then I
enmo to the Llttlo Theatre" Presumably
nt thnt theatre ho will remain.- At least, X
hopo so, B. D.
i
pally an.1 ntdsses hi.
They nre about ta
til, wluin.an orderly corse
Into fun-trouiiu. Speak to Paine
to t'aine.
apoaen line "i-oionei uare wouta see you
Iniiuwliairlr in the palnirooin." Conlfnulna
Colonel . Dare would ee
..-.-., u,M, uiuar.jr epeaHS WUI aoave IU lrayns
v ii, villi, IVari nn 11 am, ub-let toll-,w
him out of foreground. Full aet. They exit,
Hceile , tS(I-almroom. as per scan 13.) JTull'
; -.'7l JUr and8ecri Her-flre man of
tHJ? -1."' on ""1f-, ! I'ayne and Pearl.
They advenco to Colonel Dare. Foreifround of
Puny, Daru. very serious, speak.
Hnokon lltlv "Captain Payne, where la tha
measac Intrusted to you" Cantlnulnr fore
round. Ilnre apeak i,u' above lo ' wen
Hum illaiely biivime serloua. ,Itlp' open lapel
on shoulder and. takln out packet, nanda It
fi. u,'ri h,! ',tr open It, Hi faca show
Icriiduiou surprise.
Insert Close, forraround. of paper en acrtao.
It is oisiiit. Co.itu.ulne faietrounu. Pare re.
cover lit compaaurc Speaks.
Hpoken titif "Captain Tayn. r arrest rati
for treason." Contlnutnic forefrounrt Dar
! ,'"" "'"';' tii;ay' wbo ia nonprnaeo.
StarU to protest. .Full. t Detective layanw
i. ' er. .uiiier ar. ; liiaicalea mrfl lo
Ileal
deti
coma with him. Payne turn with detective aau
-earl eallni,
at'er I'avne
Hhe Is overcome.
,.-. iuiikivuuu Ut
Turn wonder-
inaiy
Hns
to her father, who face I aet and a tern,
falter a thoutn to f 1 , clutches bee
r'a ahouldera and sobs on hie breast VA
father1
Into furi-sround ot Ihe shadow of the Sliest
teas into a lanr nutation mark.
nwf layers" " WfaMM
KAM. WW,,.
Wito will a eMMn ftt ainiJe&:
ttialtolaj tafeliniiMf Buftsia ft
i
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IA flat J
am- mmi rnnik "J'r.mZJ Hat
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