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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, 8ATTRDAY, JANUARY C, 1917
THE PEOPLE WHO MANUFACTURE YOUR AMUSEMENT-HOW, WHERE AND WHY THEY Doj
PHILADELPHIA
PHOTOPLAY
PARAGRAPHS
HOME LIFE AMONG THE STARS AND OTHER THINGS
Alice DoAcy, wHi appears In "Wry flow!
Utfclfo." Is In The 'millcnKB, ' n film plnv
M II10 ltldgo Aienucl tlioiilro on Thurmlav
Florence Herd, whtf will appear In "Tin
'Dancing OIH" at Hid I.'lfly-slith Street
Theatre. Is a natlp oflVnl" Phllndcliilils
although In New Vork iloit of the time
The patrons of the Sovtiv, Princess ami
Market Street Theatres are. ,timv able to hoc
the host of the film marko'.'B output Thin
lina boon lirnuyht about tVrotiKli the admin.,
slon price ticlttg mnilo ton cents.
fliarles liny will uohrtwn In the IcudlnR'
rolo nf "The Honombfo Algy" at tho Eu
reka on Saturday.
Many playefK of the Vltwrrnph Mor.lt
company arc twed lh support of Pens v I! f
latid In "The ttnemj- nt tho I.eart.r on
Wednesday.
lllnncho Sweet win be idmwn In vnn un
usual film play, "The L'n protected " nt the
Cedar on Tuedi. .
Monday will maik tho firm plavlnwof the
Kimball nrgnn nt the Aimlln A himm lal
mualcnl nroerrntn luut been arranged De
scription of the Instrument mil bo RIvc
Thero In npt to be a crowd of naturei lovers
at tho Ulueblrd next wenli, when "Tlu
Epirtor" on Tuendny and "Tho Yearn of the
Locust" on Saturday aro shown.
it te hard to Imaulne how ono'cnutd ece
'The Rhloltllnp .Shadow" In. the fourteenth
eplsodo. which In "Absolute Itlnck " IIow
ver, tho Liberty's audience will try to
Mcrco IIh gloom
People from nil pcctlonmof the cllv nr"
enthusiastic In their praise iof tho reinnrk
nblo proRrums that are presented at the
Palace Knthlvn Williams and Thomas
Holding In "The Itedecmlrur Loo" will be
fchown tho first half of next week. This Is
B. drama bv t. V Jefferson, and In It some
of tho most pretentious, sets evor built
by tho Morosco Companv will be offered.
Tho surrounding program I s up to the
Btanloy Compuny's standard, and i excellent
musical selections will be rendered 'by Kap
lan's Orchestra
TI10 management of tho Orcat Northern
announced Vlnla Dana and a cast of favor
ite playprs In "The Cossack Whip" for
Monday and Tuesday.
One nf the most popular Rlrls In pictures
today, Alice Ilrad. will lo presented at
the Locust on Monday nndvTueaday of next
week In one uf her latest blir feature stories,
mtitled "A Woman Alone "
Six splendid plas and six populnr stars
Ko to make up the program for the ap
proaching week at the Ituby Tho. llrst will
bo Frank Kecnan In a five-rool picture, en
titled "The Sui Ve Do" In support of Mr.
Koenan will bn Marjory Wilson and others
Tlirrc plcturlzatlonu of well-known stories
acted by lner whose past work has been
of an excellent standard are scheduled for
next Wick at the Itegcnt The llrst two
clays Jean Sothcrn appears In the first pre
sentation of "Who Taketh a Wife " This It
an answer to IfUll falne's "Tho Woman
Thou Onefct Me," plcturized from the novel
of the same name and written by J. Wesliy
Putnam
When "Tillle'H I'uncturod Romance ' was
first shown it was thought to be one of the
funniest of films. It in to be shown at tho
Oterbrook on Wednesday. Marie Dressier
nud Charles Chaplin are In-tho main parts.
One nf the fuvorltch on the sneaking stace
who has etored a most n murkiible suc
cess with locrs of the m rcuti "111 bu tbi
-r I' ' $5 Mdi ' CINDERELLA IN
A hit .'I i"il life tafrinpr by I). W (inllitli. J''iS i mC V t ' &. j)$l$L PT AV AWT) TN
which Uii- .i.Klifntc of "IiHoloiancr" irhmiis. sttWMfflM Wmte J r''-'v $' J$$$8fig8k flrt I rt.lN J- xin
as it no' rncut de ulcdly "they" tntei Ok cfWwsSoSl?! BwlOX -5ri &wiitowteit iiSaffiS. f 'a I LIFE
rloors of the thi-ltiiit street Opera IIoum- yjSli'-S M'v M5 WWT? MWMm. 1
VmSTT ofwJM l,ock aro storn "lisciplinarians. niiic i!'f email- rL"""'
" jreksX l&&sm i t,,,s' llllt ',l"t't
x - vm rp j ..?- y f-v .Miller Is not of
- sC 'vu i "I I'ennitliniibi Dutch
star nt the Allnmluii tin ft-l Hum das
of next week Tin s'iii In illl.ini . Hull
Me will npiwui li. the title r..li "Tiuthful
Tolller '
Though elopements are not so very un
romrnnn, II Is still rather unlipie Tor a
joiinc Indy tr i lope with two men nn th
fame dm Thli lemaik.ible ree ird W In Id
bv Louise IIiifT. the K.tnioui I'laers-I,ara-mounl
tai of course it is In a motion
picture that Miss Huff performed this un
usual fo.it a n adaptation if Hootb Tark
iiiRton's leMirnteil humormis novel "Seven
teen," In hluli she is i-o.starrltKt at the
riilrmmint on Saturdav with .lack Plckfnrd
It so happens that Jack dnanis nf his elope
ment with lifr and she intimity runs off
with anotln r man Director Knbert ' ViK
no'a decided to Mace both the elopements
the itrtum and the real- on the same day.
t.ikiiu; tun rm Iiik Hkidsti-rs out to a lonely
lounlrj hpot In order to Btauo the two
scetu s
The Vampire's Reverie
'T'M TIRED of the serpent rolo,
x I'reakinjj hearts so true;
I'd like to prove I have a soul
And show what I can do.
''Men call mo wicked, fnlse and cruel,
And think mo but a curse;
They say I'm satnn's mighty tool
And could not bo much worse.
"They judge mo by the parts I play,
Which do not Hatter mo;
But I shall prove to them some day
How cood I can be.
"I'll be the hero's charming bride,
The mniden, sweet nr.d coy;
I'll spurn the villnin sido by side,
And 111! nil hearts with joy."
(Poem luhlrenacd to Tliccla Rara
by Adele K. Smith, Lancaster.)
PHOTOPLAYS
PHOTOPLAYS
I
jnmlm 8ooim &mmu
fltn fullimlnc tliratrr nht iln llirlr ilrturr tliroiieh tho hT.M.i:t Hooking
riinuiinjr. uhlrli It a Riiuraiilrr of .-urb kIiohIiib or (he flnet lirmliictloin.
All llilurr roilrnril lipfore evlillilllon. k for the Iheulrn In onr lornlilr
obUlnlus nlctureit lliroush thn STXM.l.V HOOMMi ('(IMI'ANV.
Krnust Truet may lup on the htagc of the Adclphi, but in tho heart
of his family ho is a regular father. Neither of his son.s, by the way,
bears tho name of Eddie.
ERNEST TRUEX AND
THE OTHER
TRUEXES
ALHAMBRAx!Tt,-&rt,?tr,
I'urumnum I'Mures
Lenore Ulrich '" T,,IS U'M Iovr,..
Xpni I Pk v-t ASD THOMl'SON
rtrWXJ-U SIATINKK DAILY
Dorothy GishtaM1I,ISfnrn1.D-
Mutt A Jt-rr" .m l All Star Kttn V niMU i
ARCADIA S&r&lu
Louise Glaum & Charjcs Ray
In 'Tlin VMMKIIII HEX"
BELMONT r-D AND MAn,;nT
Audrey Munson "pjjRITY1
BLUEBIRD
linOVD AND
M'bQL'UIAN'NA AVn
Dustin Farnum in "A Son of Erin"
itU.i'ii iicaz in ri'Ti'itu man"
rmAD ootii ami i.hah am:.
SZ.Utl IM.MIil' r I'lilJATUR
SIR BEERBOHM TREE in
ol.n ful K at iidjiU'
FAIRMOUNT :
Thomas Meip,han & Anita King
UTII AND
lilltAUD AVHVI'K
In 1 Hi: IJKIIt TO TI1K IIOOJIAH'
CCTI4 CT TIIKATIIR
MAT DAILY
l.K ? tO 11
Wallace Reid and Clco Ridgely in
Tin: vki i.i)v i-a -s
FRANKFORD 47,r ",ANK.r?iJ?0n
"HEIR TO THE HOORAH"
III llTliN llul.JICfl TRAVi:i.
GREAT NORTHERN r:0BA'u.
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS in
THE MATR1MAMAC"
IMPERIAL 00T" AND WALNUT
CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG in
TUB HISE OK SLSA.N"
FOItTY KIIlhT AND
LANCASTER AVENL'K
Wallace Reid and Cleo Ridgely in
-TUB YELLOW PAWS"
LIU PD TV BKOAD AND
I a tr K 1 I COLUMBIA
ALICE BRADY in
A WOMAN AI.ON8"
LEADER
Sl AMI LOCl'HT
M.iu . i . iiikI :i :in to,
i:K I, "Ml. It II i i.v
LOCUST
C U i. i" tiii: ui.MLs
" Hi. J. HUH )l) iii.i
Market St Theatre
m.i maukct
81 KKKT
FitAsiv m:i:vas u rti- sin o u"
K.r ' .In i.lin KKVNi'lS POHD nU
m.v-i: in n vim in nn: i-i iti'LK mask'
OVERBROOK
PALACE
oao & ii.w nr.i'or.u
foie 7oik l'n l ft tit
Lovely Louise Huff-Jack Pickford
In !KVi:TEfcN'
Kit MAUKKT BTKUET
ilk -SOc
1.111' Thl.l l.i. i:n. I I.I.U iiiici:i.v an.l
rtfvA-i&w "The Victoria Cross"
PRINCESS
Audrey Munson
REGENT
Emmy Wehlen
IUIn M MllvKT
STLEKT
"PURITY"
RUBY
STANLEY
WEST I'lllMIlLU'lllA
pynp FT A i0Tn MARKBT HTS
Frank Keenan and Enid Markey in
"Jim Grimsby Boy"
boirra I'Uilauklvhl
OLYMPIA 'JROAO ViUwo.
THEDA BARA
jn "The Vixen"
n.ji MMiiarr stkkut
MCUA.V lllll'' OKOA.V
IN
"VANITY"
R A I Tfl liHUIANTOWN AVE
1 - . I J IT Ti I PhlKM'KKX br
GAIL KANE in
in'-: sc'Mti kt oath
MiltKl.T hTIIKirr
' I I iV. TTH bTliRCT
OLGA PETROVA in
'i in. iuai'k. in TTr.riri.v"
SAVOY ""fKrf
JULIUS STEGER in
iiiE bToi.i:s niurui'it"
ma:T aiiovj: iutii
II 1". A M to 11.15 ! M
PAULINE FREDERICK in
nn: m.a i: MAnKirr"
STBANn tiUIIMANTOWN AVC.NI C
llVrtllU AT VENANGO STU CUT
CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG in
THE FOOLISH VIIUilN'
rp I r p A 1IT1I AND VENANGO SiTa
MAY MURRAY in
THE PLOW OIKL"
VlPTflRIA MAUKBT S.T.
V Hy 1 UUlft A1MJVE NINTH
Emmy Wehlen "VANITY"
n'oktii niif'nici.pixi
RIDGE AVENUE U31 R1DUB AV1
E. H. Sotbsrn and Edith Storey in
"An Enemy to the King"
"PHIL AND DELPHINE"
tu KVB-Mso i.Kuai:it
I'tllc-WloBluf b'ctiat
Will B Mawo a a Ad4tl Vatur
At JUt: yiBlBV X II K A X U fi
How few "f tlio tliouHnndK who Iine
scon KnifHt Truox i ndilii- Kottli", tin
underilxpil llsplnir. retiring jhuiib liuBhuml
In tlio merry musical farrc "Very OihkI
nildie." nt the Adclphi Tlu-atrc. would guess
thut Mr Truex in it crown man and mar
ried? For Air Truex Ik the tiniest of
American romt-ch Btars, and fre nhllity
mensurpd bv Inches he would full Hhort of
suivtsii on the KtiiRe. Hut Mr. Truex has
liecn a iH-nedlct for six ir and has
two tliildu'ii I'lilllp. agi'd the born here
In Philadelphia when Mr. Truex was
Htarrlnir In "Over Xisht," and Jamos, need
two. born at his own residence, at Great
N'eeU. U I In hH drc-iiinK mom rlKlit
before li1 mirror, m ij be f mud threcscuro
of mapili'its 4f Iln uuiiijstcra
Mrs Truex. the children and their niuo
are now with Mr Truex, hero In Phila
delphia, nlthouch during tho early Ji.irt
of tho Foason, when tho company is
Uluylnit In Uoston, they wore on Iont:
iHlaml, ami Krnost spent every Sund.iv
and part of Monday In tho bosom of his
family
Mrs Truex his been oft the bt.iEe f"i
several yiius. iliorcli ihe was one of tlvs
most popular oi mu U.il comedy Inuenues
Tho chief ivohoii why she dots not .it.t
more Is that .'-lie lint -s not to lie at home
so she tun put the vunRsteii to lied
As tu Ernet'd nee lw ill le twinf.
seven at his next birthday Hut as lie
has been artlnB since he was flvo jears old,
hu has earned his present stellar reputation
University Museum
Shows "Movie" Indians
A motion picture, some part of which wus
photographed on ovcry liiliun ren-ratlon
In tin' I'nlted States, will Le shown thin aft
eimon in thi L'niversit) Museum Thlrtv
thlrd and Hi -nee strens The publiL will
be lul.uUuU uithout clm-i.-.'.
The li'm w.i. made for iduci tlnntl pur
poses and Is said to be ono of the most
spectai ul ir of Us Kind ever produced. The
pictuie is Intended to cultivate a more
uvtietotiH and kindlier attitude amoiiK white
pci sons toward the Indians. Pr. Joseph IC
IMxon, heud of tho Itcylmun WauumaUcr ex
p. dltlnn to study the Nnitli American
Indians, will (five u br'cf talk rx.iIalntiiB
the picture. The plituie will be bhown
promptly at 3.30 o'dock
jgphiw "& lax I
iSrKlh ir n"rH A W IB
m. v , , I
EVA TINGEY
Who joins the company at the
Little Theatre to appear Monday
in Henry Arthur Jones's comedy,
The Maneuvers oi Jane."
Split-Reel Interviews
By Dick Willis
IIARKYIIAM, CHMSTIK COMEDY
COMPANY,
What photoplays ilo you prefer j
800?
C. C. C?
What Kind of ham aro you?
Well dressed.
Who is tho host auto pilot you
know?
I Ham.
Why? Docauso you hrinn home
tho bacon?
E;gsnctly.
WOMEN PIANISTS
LAUD PHILA.
ORCHESTRA
Visiting artists of the musical world aro
not always so observant of the mnenltlc;
us wore the Misses Korc nnd ottlllo Sutro,
tho planlstes, who came here' to play tho
Ilrucli concerto with the Philadelphia
Orchestra last week Tho musical editor
of tho KvrJNi.sn L.i:uor.n has recelied tho
followlnp; noto from them:
HIr Wa cannot lenvo Phltuilelphiu without
thunkiiu; Jlr. BlrulconHki and ent-li nHitnber of
his orchestra for their sulrnrlld eo-opemtlon In
hrlnidni? out tho llruch roneerlo. and Hiijlni;
what u I'll imire It was In lirmcnt lh. work
in a rll tluit'm so lilcntlf. Inn limit wllh th
inlr.MlH, tlun nf now rolllimslltnns. l'hllailrl
phliinM ar' mienl, to be (.onuratulateO Our
niil r Kr t l that our m m r ible mmr-nd r
toulil not In pr. s, nt Vr lrul.
tiii: mi-.si.s srnio
BEA.Bv4
AND FOYER
All the color nnd mom phcrTTHt
days nnd Rlorles nf empire, laJd $
tune are not on Hie screen of h, M
Street Opera House Some nr1 , '
and the theatre iiwlf r. , '"H
produced tbn mm ion .. .. m
Inlernnce," P. Rrenf ,rk)Pr "";
urn as noted tlKo ,nimnn, . "if
in I'lilladelDlil.i orr m.i .. .. ..' "HJH
das puttlnif a torn li bore nml i!!. i
interior adornments of the biB Ji! ,' '
nn enterliiB the pl.nhnu
T0 B
""i niai inc p.-ieti iinnr has hi,; ,M
int.. a mosaic of Main Ionian deZ fel
faced flumes RUR-jestm,; ,,, J?M
' III..1-UIU llll II, (iron D nM.1
with wlno unto the mi n.i ;.?
hnd sreen bcrMs fnr in, ,, ,""
and black rreaturps u ri.,.i ,.'
cknt Orient Inside tin theat i ?V
colden linimer. rnn, ,nu ..."'
booth displays (c tii'uK) the ffil
"f A","'r..,J','f"r:. "- ' '' -n Si
tli.im.ttio fcctlmi tt ii.iv ti,. .-" K
rpnti r. rlml In flnrv v, .i.t i. ne W W
foot A cnnrrnled llRht ln ,tP UnwnS
Ilor eomimnlnnq nro nk m,,.-.. .Bf
rptrp.(pnt tihnn r.r thr, ,.i,i . " Ti
story. The led ladv l .unimiM.!1
priestess ol the sailed nmno 0f t
flntllen nf tlin r-n,l,lnUa ,'
dame of the court ..f hi ,idi rvi,
strolls nbotil, uhili th. musi. of kin,
llll fltltt cello .nilnilw r. ..,. .i .
you don t lenuw The u h. r- are dr(!5
ncconl with the modem torv nf
other cuilotis tieialls .if ,i,, . ni im, .LI
infill iiiu jt.iwii aim jMirpii or!lPjjV:
HINTS FOR THE
SCENARIO WRITER
By GUY'W. McCONNELl
Author of I
Army"
blood ll.irna-
bcttii. Miss Pelm.ir's cliut. titer. Is of that
stotlt, but f.Ii" icpicscnts n tpe of tho
!'rmis)liini.i Dutch too often ocrIooUcd,
or forKottcn, by thoisn ptone to condemn
the Dutch for their austerity
Uarnabotta is a Clndorell.i-IIUo character
and Miss Delmar is, tbeatrkallv, rather
a Clnderulhi herself. At least slie cnteied,
the drninatlu profession in u manner not
unlike the uay In which the hciolno of
the falr story came Into her own. Miss
Dolmar's ambition was to become n trained
imrse, but her health and streiiKth wcic
not sulllcient, In her girlhood, for tlio seero
traliilnK In that piofosslon Her doctor
oiden d tutel nnd a chaiiKu of scone from
her homo in Hartford, and Miss Delmar,
who had made ti few appearances with .1
small stock company, In a semi-amateur
way, found an opportunity to i?o 011 tlio
road with a trallhK organization us an
actress In (piest of health She soon found
health and strength In the work, and it was
not loiiR before she found ninhltlou to be
comn a ie.il act res Once the anibition was
foinied she made rapid proxies in her ait,
nnd, although she lias bun nn tht st.tpo
onlv -ix ears. vhe aliiad baN a leiunl
to be proud of
Of course, onlv Mu m.,rn experts
writers can hope tn pr .do. 1 astorri-.
hod for aerials Hul whit nppllci to r?
iii. in a measure an rue. pictures,
1 icperlenccs with "pc.irl nf the Army,!
llierefore be of help t 1 01nc n rltert
1'irst I found lint all Imtioriim 1.
plot That pin c inn..! be subordlotiti'
iit.ip.ilt.inda, to cdu.atl. n or to tnr.i
.be It must be a plot who li will hii.
which varyliiR thousind' nnd It mu!
without 11 bre.il. and tli unenillti
pi use thloUKh cer in ident
Second The ib.iraet r must tg 1
'I liej must bo 01" llesh ,vnd blood, Just
l'n folks out In fiont
Third The storv niuit embody pii
v im li appeal to the better side of )o3
r 1 11111 iirmiy eonwnn'il thlsljtlj
tub to follow In niblevinir nueefui :
1 laic tho heroine of im i-ton na porta
i .miss wiuto. win attract ecry bof 1
Bill, ves, and cery man an.l woca:
movie' uudiences .ill oxer the en
and ct Miss Whites work rests on
lutelv unsnotted foundriiinn
I'olirtll. A nl.lwrilrht for Hie lin
'.old that he must Rive his product ipd
I his rule applied .1 thnusind fold itr
to the films A piitin. must not pr
It must n.ixc to do with the heart of
and the common nnd. 1 tandmp tut
all it must tin III
What Is a Film?
HO YOU know that hundrediV
XJ bulos of cotton are used 1
year for the fibrous bash of the
That bar silver by the ton In
a chemical pi ocess turned into tin
nitrate, which, mixed with certl
other chemicals and with gela
forms tlio sensitive cmusion tfia'i
floated on tho "bahe" by special 1
chinery which no outsider is perni
ted to see. When this has unco
bpnins to be a film? II
Do you know th it more than 0
thousand people in one building a!j
aro workinir in the dimmest red lin
where every room has three doonl
keep out all possible rays of mil
UBiit : 1'aramouiit 1'rosram.
in
FQAMCISr
lYh
Written by Fred de Gressac. Adapted andDhvctedby W.Chrisby Cabannc
HE motion picture serial
- that brings to you tid
yours the tfre&test mystexjf
tke most noble romance, tiie
fmest thrills in the world.
Released by the
METRO Pictures Corporation
in the leading theatres
everywKere
&M
w