Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, January 30, 1917, Night Extra, Page 11, Image 11

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NEWS OF PLAYS AND PLAYHOUSES WHAT'S SHOWING THIS WEEK IN MOVING PICTURES
AVt-Ai9nr
TREE'S "HENRY VIIl"
BIG WITH PAGEANTRY
Shakespeare Much Done Over
for an Elaborate Production
in the Old Vein
IttiNnV Vttt. rroni the history hy Wllllnnl
Shakespeare. . Management of Sir Herbert
Tree. Oarrlfk Theatre.
Klnit Henry VIII . ........ ... Lyn Hardin
Cardinal wolse Herbert lh-erlmhm Treo
Curd Inn I Cnmpolus. l.isuli' from the Tope.
(lerolil ltnmer
guko nf Norfolk (leorgn Hnvcs
uko of llurklnirhsm Henry Herhert
l)uke of Hiirfolk Ht. Unlr Jlavneld
Karl of Surrey Wnrtiurton Unmlilo
j,ord Chnmbrlnln Charles Colemnn
Ixird Abergavenny., Walter I'llnno
Sir Henry OullilfnrJ UcniaM Hnno
Sir Thomas Lovoll v C'ralif Ward
Blr JNlcholas Vnux Alfred Rhlrlcy
Thomas Cromwell, Secretary to Cardinal
Wolsey IMarnrd Korltes
Jester . W. Anion
Quean Kalherlne. . .Atlas Edith VVinna Matttilpon
Anno Tlullen Miss Klsle Mnrknv
An Old Lady Mis Allco Auitardc llutlcr
Thoic that potno fo nrr
The piny man liasi. If they be still and u tll-
ing
I'll vndcrtnUe may sec ttienj their xhllllni)
Jltchlu In firo nhort houri.
Whether they camo to seo Shnkespcare or
not, tliey saw a show, tho nudlenca lit Iho
i Oarrlclt, a gorgeous show. And fortu
nately, thev ngrced Hint the play might
pass; for pass It dlil, tlio play that Khnke
epcaro wroto. leaving many ot his linos In lis
wolto and a great ileal of scenery and
costumes, pageantry and "business." Kir
Herbert Treo's speaker of tho protoguo
raised tho "two short houin" to "three";
and Kir Herbert hlinseir cut out enough text
no that lils plcturcstiuo trimming and neces
sary Intermissions brought '(ho play only a
little nhort nf four. Thus was tho prologue
fulfilled, whatever may have happened to
Slmkespearo.
Now, of course, It Is a very Brave ques
tion whether n crltlo has any business at
ell telling an artist how lio should have
dono his work: It lMsafer for him to study
what tho artist tried to do and to Judge, how
much of It was accomplished. It Ih also a
grave question, not nlonu whether Khiike
Bpeare wroto "H.'iiry VIII," but whether It
Is worth preserving In tho quick and simple
Btate to which It was bom. It Is a lung,
dull pleco ot rending, shot with occasional
great moments. Would a line, simple and
artistic production, which permitted It to
run swiftly without Intermissions, bo wasted
on It? Is It better to prune away yards of
verso and capitalize tho spectacle of It In
tho good old-fashioned manner nf the nine
teenth century theatro?
Kir Herbert Tree follows tradition and
follows It triumphantly. Ho creates "busi
ness" Shakespearo never dreamt of and adds
a few lines of dlulogue whoro needed. He
builds settings of spaciousness and color
and (Ills them full with the gold and red
and green of Tudor times. He marshals
an army of "extra people" and sets them
processioning In a way that has never yet
graced Shakespearean production In Amer
ica. Some might &ay ho has raised tho
familiar Muntell-Sothern Khaltespeaie to the
nth power, yet where are their "front
Kcenes"? Everything Is large and seemly.
Much of It shows wear and not all Is so ery
Imaginatively painted, but three scenes, one
at the climax of each net, glvo ua tho best
of gorgeous and elaborate scenic spectacle.
Wolsoy's banqueting hall, Hlackfilars and
tho Abbey aro splendid In color and rich In
human decoration. Tho coronation mav bo
something of which Shakespearo never
thought, hut It has a flno originality of
treatment. Tho red and gold of church
and royalty throng It; youth kneels in
Anno Bullcii, and tho blurt king, high In a
curtained box, has a jolly, splendid time of
It looking on, Ko did tho audience last
I hlght.
Whether you npplaua Its thorough-going
luxurlanco or hcoff at Its papier macho
boar's head, its electrlo candles and Its con
venient spotlights, this "Henry A'lII" does
unmistakably supply acting. Tree himself
Is very far from "tho wholo show," as with
our American producers of Shakespeare.
He reserves his own big moment, tho down
fall ot tho Caidlnal, and ho plays It to the
full as tho pitiful. nwaKenlng of a bioken
man; for tho rest ho is content to picture
a bOTt of grandmotherly hypocrite whose
curious slnisterness sets off the bluff King
and tragic sincerity of Kalherlne. More than
that, Treo gives us two lino at lists In King
Henry and his Qucon. Miss fdlth Wvime
Mntthlson's art is familiar, lovely and "con
stant. Mr. Lyn Harding's Is Mmicthlng ever
new imu ruuuy Willi lire. The labt tlueo
seasons havo hi ought no fuller or more en
Joyablo Impersonation than this blond brute,
with tho tiny swine's eyes and beefy head,
tho splay legs and rolling stomach, full of
the easy vulgarity of the fleshly man and
rising to the business ot kingship and tho
emotions of a husband with a curious, matter-of-fact
seriousness which is vastly hu
, man and touching. All in all. It Is great
acting and tho best thing In a production
full of great things and small K. Jl.
"The Coward" Ni,un Grand
"Tho Cowurd." a sketch, offering a dra
matic aigument on tho sociallstlo view
point of the war. was capably presented at
I tho Grand by Lillian Kingsbury and com
ipany. Miss Kingsbury Is a comparative
newcomer to audovllle. Until a season ago
slio had been conspicuous lu tho casts of
David Belasco and thoso of the lato Charles
Frohman. ,
Arthur Itigby, an obony-hued humorist
from tho South, furnished a lot of splco and
laughter, and tho Fields sisters pleased in
an unusual singing and dancing act.
Itayno's dogs gao some brand new vvi lo
llies In dog smartness, nnd Itegal and
Bender, nciobats, gave twenty minutes of
thrills. Booth nnd Leander wound up tho
how with a tvvo-man-blke act, which was
a veritable fireworks of good humor.
Singer's Midgets Globe
Headline honors at tho (Jlobo last night
Went to Singer's midgets. Thirty little men
nnd women drew rounds uf applause by
their Bangs, dances -nnd funny "stunts,"
wilch. Included tho riding of ponies and tiny
elephants. Tho scenic effects and staging
ore especially deserving of note.
One of the best laugh producers on the
bill was Frank ijabhy and company, In a
Ventriloqulal ufferlng. The dummies sang
bongs, told Jokts and kept up a line of
clever chatter with tho audience. This act
Is a povclty. as each dummy has a distinc
tive role In the plot, and the dialogue is In
keeping with present-day events.
Lawrence and JCdwnrds have an excellent
comedy sketch, entitled, "At the Hecrultlpg
Station," Other acts Included Bessie I.a
Count, comedienne; Billy Seaton, songs; the
Blite Trio, bungs, dances and comedy, and
the Standard Brothers, In a balancing act.
"Coney Island to North Pole" Fenn
The way to take a quick trip from a
famous seaside resort to the Icy regions Is
shown In "From Coney Island to the North
Tole," an Interesting tabloid which heads
the bill at tho William I'enn.
A halt dozen different scenes are used to
i take the audience on the trip. The voyage
I la enlivened by lots of songs, hi keeping
' with the various countrla. and a number
ijjf characteristic dances. The aot met with
'lien approval, uocu entertainment was
o provided by Jolly Wild and France,
ik and Ingram, the C'rbua, dancers, and
k'Trianglo Aim. "The Little yank." with
Dsfbthy Glsh.
"Girls and the Baron" Cross Keys
Fun runs along at a rapid rate In "The
Girls and the Baron," which is the feature
: attraction at the Cross Keys. There Is also
u. plentiful supply of good music and danc-
lnir In the course .of the merrvmaklntr
tovefal novel numbers are Introduced by a
bevy of pretty girls. The act was well re
ceived. Other good arts on the bill Include Force
I and Williams, m songs and comedy ; Tyler
aud "Tcli..:-,, in a comedy sketch, and the
JJuokey liiopodrume.
Tllli HARASSED MAIDEN
Florence Davenport, who plnys the
title role in "A Little Girl in u Hij;
City," which opened at the Walnut
last evening.
"LITTLE GIUL IN IMG CITY"
GETS ALONG RIGHT WELL
Florence Davenport Returns to ' Wal
nut in White Slave
Melodrama
Miss Violence Davenpoit, an old favor
ite, leturued to the Walnut lu Messrs. Wood,
Shnller & Alston's production oC "A 1-lttlo
CJIrl in a Dig t'lly." In many respects It
Is u so-called "whlto slae play" and Is
highly melodramatic.
A young gill from tho country lands In
New York elly with tho Intention ot Imme
diately going Into employment, but before
she Is able to get a position she Is ma
l nulled on the rocks of lulwrslty. She Is
nil orphan and does not know her leal
father and mother, and it Is her ardent
piayer that she will find them In New
Vol Is in fiiLl, tdic resole she will Hud
them.
And so the story goes on until we reach
the second act. when we find our heroine
lodging lu the bo.uding house of an old
Herman named Seluuuitz. The g.il has not
yet found employment, and Is absolutely
without funds with which to pay her loom
lent.
Tho author has seen lu It that this land
lord shall bo Kind to linfui tiuinto young
girls, and when the fuuith and last act
rolls mound we llnd l,.iui.i Nelson having
recovered her lost foituue and t.ued from
the clutches of a band of wh to slaei.s.
Florence D.ivenpuit, in the role of I.aura
Nelson, Is at times Impressive. Itachol
llenaid makes a forceful .Margaret, who
bcfiiends the uufoi lunate Laura. Hut the
best actor In tho cast Is Fred I!. Hundley,
who gives us an excellent Schmultz; together
with Lyle Hnrdy. an lk Jones, he fur
nishes must of the humor of the play.
(Jharles Merrlwell. ns Hick Watson, Is a
mighty bad man when aroused, so wo yhall
call him the villain
MAE HOTZ SINGS WELL
IN ADMIRABLE RECITAL
Charming Soprano's Fine Voice Shows
to Advantage in Song
Program
Tuibulent applause is not always the
fiest standat d hy which to Judge iho per
formance of a musician ; and turbulent ap
plause, which suggested that thu whole city
Is her friend, was the lot of Mae I Iota
When she stepped on the platform of Wlth
erspoon Hall last night. It was just be
fore this popular Philadelphia soprano gave
her recital, lu which slio had the tinob
tiuslvo and mule than skillful assistance uf
Hills L'laik llammauii, the pianist. Fortu
nately, in this case. Ihe generous shuwer
ot hand-clapping that swept over tho prin
cipal artist Indicated her worth as well as
her vogue. Nut often do beautiful artis
try and the approval of the many go hand
III hand in that manner.
Those who have heard Mrs. Hotz in
operatic roles do nut need to be told of her
clear-cut and engaging ,'lfts. Her ex
quisitely modulated ami tlnely schooled
voice Is something that cannot ho praised
too much, If one icallzes what she is trying
to do and how well she docs It. She Is not
it volcano of sound ; shu never tries for
the showy magnltlcenco of tho coloratura.
Content witli suugs that are pure lyric, she
can mako up an evening of delight un
tainted with the love of display.
" Her program last night was most felici
tous In Its first section. The Mozart "Alle
luia" she sang with delicate emphasis and
charming tonal color. Haeudel's "Skylark,
1'retty Hover," had all tho grace of a poem
by Heddoes or Herrlck. The old English
pastoral bloomed Into quaint and fetching
contours nnd tints under tho touch of "her
voice. Then there was the "Murmuring
Brook," sweetly done, and. best of all. the
seventeenth century bong of a lady's praise
about the lilies and the snow and the lamb's
tlcece that Alma tiluck Included lu her
recent recital.
Sometimes Mrs. Hotz's voice seems cold.
But It Is always the refreshing frlgor of a
mountain brook and not that of dead metal.
And she can be delightfully personal, as in
her group of songs by Brahms, Schumann
and Schubert. These alone were worth the
admission prices.
Her other pieces, exclusive ot encores,
were Franz's "Love In Spring," Liszt's "The
Fisher Boy," Massenet's "Qood Night," Dal
croze's "The Blue Bird," comprising a sec
tion of semlmodern romantic composers,
and Anglo-Saxon and Celtic numbers (at
least that In tinge). The writers repre
sented there were Campbell Tipton. Marlon
Bauer. Cyrp Scott, Cadman and Whelpley.
Tho same flllgree-like phrasing, the same
purity and technical power, marked them as
marked tho earlier numbers. B. D.
PLAYS THAT CONTINUE
Bernard Shaw's "Mlsalllanco" continues
at tho Little Theatre. The Stage Society
1'layers aro seen In roles that take on new
life and humor before the footlights,
At the Broad, George Arllsa Is enacting
the central character lu a lino revival of
Sir J. M. Barrie's "The Professor's Love
Story." Ha is assisted by some admirable
actors. ,
The Adelphl still offers "Very Good Ed
die." with Krnest True and Alice Dovey.
Jt Is an amusing musical play, founded on
the farce, "Over Night."
Cecil Lean, aiJd by a large company,
is providing entertainment for lovers of
musical comedy at the Lyric with "The
Blue Paradise." It is a Continental piece,
adapted for tho United States.
The Forrest has Raymond Hitchcock In
an English musical pUy, "Betty." Joseph.
Santley ap.4 Ivy Sawyer are In the cast.
CO-STARS, ALSO DOUG,
ENLIVEN PHOTOPLAYS
Fenwlck-Moore Team at Stanley.
Fairbanks at Arcadia.
Other Films
STAN;.EV-A (llrl y.lke Th.nl." Fnmoiis 1'Uy-rrd-l'arnmmint.
with tri-ne Wnwlck nml uweit
v!0.!10- Story by Psul WeM. DlrectM by
J'eu ItenJproon. l'hotorriiihdl by l.ewH
What merit tlilt nhotonlnv has fand It has
a good deal) It owes to Us producer and Its
sympathetic Interpreters. Thero is In
variably n HnMi and felicity to Iho comedies
nnd dramas that Director Henderson puts
on This is no exception. But It la just a
little too serious lu ita trend for him to
nchlevo hli happiest results. Also. It Is not
plotted with very striking Ingenuity. Tho
nuthor has taken a bald melodramatic basis,
of the "Kick In" school, and adorned It
Willi some human touches. Or wero tho
latter duo to Mr. Henderson? At all events,
wo tlo coma nway feeling that wo have
made the acquaintanceship of somo genuine
people from tho absorbed, small town bank
lerk of Mr. Mooro to tho reforming lady
tblcf of Miss Fenwlck. They havo the color
of icallly a quality born out by the char
acter bits, tho expert handling of Milage life
end the pieces of "business" with which the
whole Im studded. Played ,as straight
comedv, "A. Olrl Llko That" would havo
"gotten over" even better. Uut as It Is, It
is interesting nnd graphic entertainment,
artistically piojeeted by the players nml en
hanced with some bright and carefully
planned photography.
AHi'ADfA "The Amrrlcuno." Pine Arts, with
Haunt, K.ilrlmnlt Hiory nilntitetl b Anltu
Loin from novel, "lllaxii Derringer " HI
r, eleil by John Umprson.
We wonder If America will over get to
the stale uf looking hack regretfully to tho
days ot "The Lamb" and "The Hood Unit
Man" nnd "American Ail.tocrncy," and say
ing "Ah. well: Fairbanks picture i aren't
wh.il the wero at the start " W'e did It
with Mr. tJouley and (). Henry. Why not
with their only popular ilvul'.' W'u havo a
nasty way of getting cloyed with good
things So far, how aver, "I'oug" hasn't
suffeiud fiom It. As a matter of fact, the
ti'iuptutloir with each nev picture Is to hull
It ns tho "best yet." That Is u fair enough
description of Mils new one. It lias a slory
and lots of fun and plenty of light. It Is
murvclously cast with Spanish-American
types, fairly recking of revolutions. And
as for Ihe direction John rhuersun has
started with tho San Dlcgu Imposition us
a Central American town and lilted It nnd
his stoiy of n coiiutrr saved fioni a dicta
tor, with just spoil's of subtle, clever
touches which alone make the. picture with
out Fail banks ur tho swiftly moving yarn.
Faltbnnks himself conti Unites a bully light
which he did years ago in Ihe legitimate, as
tho climax to "llawthuino" ot tho 1J. H.
A."
Mrs. Vernon Castle's seilal. "Patrla."
slatted Its caieei lit the Arcadia ester
day. VIi'TOItn "Hie While Kuteii," Melru . wllh
Klliel li.irrvnuirp Slury. I'lurlm A. loiirue.
piled",! Iiv (irurite l lliilitT.
ICtliel llairymore as an Alaskan dance
hall singer Is aliuost as much or a sin prise
as ICthel Ilarrymore ns a prima donna of
tho Metiopolitnu Opeia House. At any rale.
"Tho White Haven" manages to make her
both Just fur our entertainment, and JIIss
Ban j mole manages to make both poi thins
of her caieer thoroughly Interesting. Of
course the two ideas combined In Ihe plot
are old the gill who tracks down and lulus
the man who brought her father to penury
and the gl.ive. and tho gill who offeis her
self as the prlre of a poker game In older
to gain needed money and then is called
upon to "pay tho price" just as fame nnd
love have become hers. The new tw 1st is
having the lover of tho prima diuiu.i turn
out to be the winner of tho dance hall
singer.
The technical direction Is the weak point
lu this lllm. Stage muiiev, opera tickets
alteied to lead "season lilll-lii," news
papers without dnto Hues, badly punctuated
leaders and thu baldest of interlur lighting
simply don't go lu this year of photoplay
grace, 1U17.
STItANt) "Vera, the Medium." hrlnh k. Willi
Kitty liorilou. Sum' from ltlrlmnl llarillm;
PivIn'h iiovhI. Dlrei'letl by "Uruiit Im lllllv"
AiiuVrnuii.
Wo haven't the honor of acquaintance
PHOTOPLAYS
fjmjk BoSy Grmpamy
oniHS followlnc tliealrrn ublulu their picture llinniiili the STANI.r.V liooklm:
Comunnr, whlfh In n Biurulitee of early uluinlnic of the llneit production.
All nlttnrci rerleivrd brfore exhibition. Ak for tlio theatre In our lornllly
rttsKlnif plfliireN throiieh the .STANLEY HOniJINO COMPANY.
ALHAMBRA!n;!'n0,iy,tr.""ys"no:.i
Paramount IMctureJ.
iv I CJ ' 'Tilt: I'Hiui;
Mary rickrord 0p -hiij ci.av
rtrl 1 f &2D AND THOMPSON' .
MAY MURRAY in
THK PLOW Ullll.'
". r. t K r A CHESTNUT
ARCADIA HKt-OVV IUTII
. . , l In THK
Dousrlas rairbanus Asnannw;
let Kpl Mr Vernon l'alle hi
PATItIA"
BELMONT
U AUOVE MARKET
MARY PICKFORD
in
Till: VWDB
op tiii:
I'l.AN"
BLUEBIRD
UROAD AND
iUSQL'EIIA.".,
Gertrude McCoy-Duncan McKae
In TUB LASH OP DESTINY"
,i-,n. x n COTII AND CKDAH AVE.
CEDAR IMMMOI'.VT TUBA-TUB
PAULINE FREDERICK in
NANIJTTU OP TUB WILDS"
FAIRMOUNT
StfTH AND
U1RARD AVENUE
MARGUERITE CLARK
in
HISS OEOlUiK VV A hi ii. .i.'
TTIJ CT THEATRE. MAT. DAH.T
56TH D 1 . il Spruce F.VUS . 7 to 11
FRANK McINTYRE in
TUB TIIAVHLIM! bAI.ESMA.N"
w-..-. MfPflDn "" PRANUFORD
FRANKFORD avenub
., rM,1, 'a "MISS aEORQB
Marcuerite l-iarK wasihnoton--
Ftr-l EpKode of SKlllET. KINUDOM"
GREAT NORTHERN
Hroad St.
at Erie Ave.
MARY PICKFORD in
THE PRIDE OP THE PLAN"
IMPERIAL wtuSOWAWT
LILLIAN WALKER in
INDISCRETION"
JEFFERSON iom f'pmi!
JEAN SOTHERN in
"WHOSO FINDBTII A WI'B"
LEADER
FORTV-FIRST AND
LANCASTER AVENUE
ETHEL BARRYMORE in
THE AWAKENINO OP HELENA RICHIE"
w TV r1 r T V hroad and
L 1 15 t K 1 I COLUMUIA
LILLIAN GISH in
"A HOtSU BUILT UPON SAND"
west rnit.ADEi.ruiA
EUREKA
0TU 4 UAAKET UT,
Mae Marsh & Robert Harron in
"THE WHARF RAT"
wllh tho hovel. If we had we could tell
whether this shown tip the films or hst
sellers. Anyhow, tho sttfry on Ihe screen
Is a stupid, silly, unsympathetic record
of tho successful vamplrlng of a. happily
married man by a lndy who moves Into the
next door apartment Just for Iho purpose.
Some surrounding decorations about her
early youth don't help at all. Kitty Gordon
shows off a large wardrobe nnd has an aver
ago good cast behind Iter.
ttnUKNT "The (llory or YolnniM," Uluo-nib-bnn-Vlfnitrnph.
with Anltu mwit Biid
nvnrt uverton. Story by Mlbol!o Helkt
JiHUce, dlrertcd bv Mnnrwrlto lljrtucli.
.lust what Yolahda'a glory 'was wo aro not
told. Presumably It was her departure
for Siberia, but possibly It nut her buc
ccbu In rising from the estate of a peasant
gill to that of ballet dancer In Petrograd.
Sho rose with conslderabl difficulty, be
ing forced to rcptllso Her royal pntron.
Duke Boris, who was finally slain by Yo
landa's brother when tho royal one tried to
embrace his protege, with moro than gunr
dlnlily enhn. However, n. kindly Itusslnn
prlnco, also smitten with tho dancer, stepped
ill and said ho would sco to it that the
sentences Imposed on her and her painter
lover weren't lengthy. Thin uro hnppy
endings contrived with the aid of Miss
Stewart. What tho sconnrlo writer and di
rectress would do without this facllo nnd
pretty young person l'n haul to say. Sho
Is charming at every point : mobile In ra
cial epres-lon : graceful and kittenish with
out being offensive Tho appeal ot tho pic
ture depends on her. and she acquits her
self and everyone ilo concerned wllh It.,
Uveii tho author.
llPllV "The limine Mnker." Tlinhouer-
1....1.- r, ., , , .,.. ..i.i. ,'., Ifv.luii uml liar
Hi tlonloii. Story Ly tlmmctt Mlxt Directed
by W. EUKene Moore. l'liotuKtrtplicil by orotse
Webber.
Tho well-known "Wld," nrbltor of cine
mas, considers this plcturo "unusual com
bination not rolncai nation contrasts fairly
done, hut it H really ii llttlo better than
that The technique of thu routine In. In
a slmplilled wav, slmllnr to that of "In
tolerance " Thero nro two plot threads, one
dealing with tho lovu ot an Kgypllau prince
and a Circassian girl: tho other with the
leboru pall's devotion In tho twentieth cen
tuiy The Interweaving of the parallel
stoilt's is verv deftly done, and thero Is a
eel lain amount of poetlo piettlness to tho
whole affair, despite somo staglness In
urlentnl iiuiUe-ups, costumes and situa
tions ilood cutting nnd assembling mako
the melodrama seem less crude than It
might And them Is some clear photogra
phy. II Is sulllcleiitly well played by tint
MitluiiHly oiil-of-tho ordinary Vnlkvtlen.
Willi her stiunge pale race nml blonde Imlr.
I'MNi'ESH "'Hie l.iit.1 Senleiire," Klelli-Ill-un.
wllh Mlrlinu NvuMtt hihI M'VC rI';
molt. Mlnry lid.iute.l bv IMwnnl It llrlfm.il
rr. ill the novel tr Miixwtll Uruy. Plrnfil by
lien Turin tt I'liolouruiibcd by I red S Hruuo.
Heie we Imvc a reditu to llrst movie prin
ciples, wllh, mi tho whole, cxcell'iit lesulls.
Thorn Is no special novelty In the Judge
forced to sentence his own daughter to death
or the lest or It, Inn the net outcome Is
capital melodnim.il lc entertainment. If one
call oveiliMiU thu obvious then 1 1 lenlltv of
tlio situations. The pl.iv Is not devoid nf
the human element, though Ibis has hugely
been uiliilmUeil to display incident and epl
slde lu a thrilling yet culiveiltluiml story. It
Is acted III a whlilwlnd fashion that Is
likely to blind one to the faults of the narra
tive.' Soiiin or Ihe cauieia wotk Is attrac
tive, and tills selves to throw Into roller the
convincing co-slurs, both old-timers at this
game and liiteiestliig playeis always.
Pauline Fredeiick, In "The Slave Mar
ket" Is at the Palace; Mary Plckfoul, in
The Pildu of tins Clan." is at the Helmont.
"lutoleruncu" continues at thu Chestnut
Stioet Opera House.
Mnltlo M. Mcintosh, malinger of the llu
rli. is accounted onu of the most success
ful women lu the inotlou-plcluin Industry in 1
this city. Kvety detail of tho theatre re-,
celves lier peisonal attention.
"Patrla." tho serial featuring Mrs. A'er
11011 Castle, will be shown for thu llrst time
lu West Philadelphia ut tho Fifty-sixth
Street Theatro this week.
lirnUcmnu Criiahud to Death
1. i:VISTUVN, Pa , .Ian. .10 Caught be
tween two cms In tlio yards of the Stan
daid Sleol Works, Kdward Itjim, a binke-
niau employed hy Iho steel company, whs
crushed s-o badly that ho died within un
hour, lie Is survlvcl by a widow.
PHOTOPLAYS
LOCUST
Ml) A'I LOCUST
MABEL TALIAFERRO in
V WIPE HY PROW"
Market St. Theatre
333 MARKET
STREET
WILLIAM COt RTEVAY In "KICK-IN"
I.ver Wed. Purple Mak ' nllli Ponl-Cunard
Ker Krl-"c:reui Sh. n '." Iiusliniun-Itayne
i
03D A HAVERKORO
liupt-lonru Unit Oreh.
OVERBROOK
Carlyle BlackweU and Gail Kane in
OX IIANllEltol H MIOl'ND"
PALACE 1S:i MAKKnT STREET
PAULINE FREDERICK in
TUB SI AV i: MARKET"
PARK
IIIDIU: AVE & lAPPHIN"hT.
.MAT. J I.-, IJVlI.. tl :4S to 11.
CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG in
THE FOOLISH VIRGIN"
PRINCESS
1018 MARKET
STREET
EMMY W'KIILI-IN In "VANITY"
Tod iv l'. Eplkmle- "Tlu- llitjt Swrel" feat-
urlnic Ir.nnK lliishniun i, ml Ueverly Rayne,
RFnFNT llia MAUKET STREET
ivL,vjL,ivj i wij.v votan onaA
ANITA STEWART in
"I UK ULUItV UP Vtll.AVDA"
RI A I T O GERMANTOWN AVB.""
1 " -' v-' AT TUI.l'niIOCKEN ST.
EMMY WEHLEN in
"VANITY"
Rf I R Y MARKET STREET
" BELOW 7TH STREET
HENRY B, WALTHALL In
LITTLE SHOES"
SAVOY
1S11 MARKET
STREET
FRANKLYN FARNUM in
THE DEVILS PAY DAY"
STANLEY
MARKET AUOVE 1BT11
11:13 A. M. to 11:15 P. it
Irene Fenwick & Owen Moore in
"A UIKL LIKE THAT"
STRAND
UERMANTOWN AVENUH
AT VENANGO STREET
KITTY GORDON in
"VERA. THK MEDIPM"
T I O G A "1U ANU VKNAt,0 s
LENORE ULRICH in
THE ROAD TO LOVE"
VICTORIA ma"ket st.
V IV l Wil ABOVE NINTH
ETHEL BARRYMORE in
THE WHITE KAVBN"
N0BTU rUILADELFUIA
RIDGE AVENUE w,dq1venc
CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG in
"THE RISE OF SUSAN"
FAY TEMPLETON STAR
OF GOOD BILL AT KEITH'S
Singer's Midgets nnd Frank
Gabby and Company Big Hits
at the Globe
Fny Templeton, former star in "Forty-five
Minutes from Broadway," a musical comedy,
returned to the vaudeville Rtage at Keith's
yesterday, nnd was lending entertainer or a
good bill. She received a lino reception ror
hr novel offering.
She sings the kind of songs and melodies
which mado her famous In musical com
edy. "So Long Mary" nnd her colored
mammy" rong were her best offerings. Her
repertoire consists of short sketches, some
of them In character, and her voice h-is
not changed with tho years. Sho la Just
ns good a comc'dlenno and thereby Just ns
clover an eutertnlner as In the old days.
Jimmy Clark assists her with piano accom
paniments. "Overtones," hy Alice Gerslenberg, ws
first produced hy tho Washington Square
Company of N'ew York nnd was done here
last season by tho Stage Society Players at
the Little Theatre In this city. Hclene
Lncknye. sister of Wilton I.ackae, Is sup
ported by Francesco, llotoll, Ursula Fauclt
I Helmar Turkish Cigarette II
' I is ftie world's sepreme value In
I 10 Cent cigarettes.
i! Preferred by tttioiisands to many
j J IS and 20 Cent teaitds.
21 Helmar's popularity continuously establishes I tjfi
8 "I Because every day for a dozen years there ig v
SS v I ave gone into Helmar ONLY pure Turkish to- r M
e i baccos, put together right, and the people appre- 1
fl ti ciateit. You can't fool the people. llM
ffl The Mildest tobacco for cigarettes is Turkish. BJ
The Best tobacco for cigarettes is Turkish.
and Josephine Itnmner. Tlie struggle or the
outer ami Inner soul In every woman U
lortrayeil by two contrasted typen or women
who iny each oilier a social call
"Hits or Muilcal Comedy" was tho run
niest act on tho bill, although tho net wa
rar from new. It wa presented by llonlta
and Lew llearn, who lmva reunited In
vnudavlllo, much to Ihe delight or regular
patrons. Botilt. Is a singer wllh n fasci
nating personality, nna Lew llearn's ability
n an eccentric comedian Is loo well hnuvvtt
for pnitliuliir comment.
Five numbers comprise the program of
Mite, lllanca. n uharmlm; Vlennefiedaiiseiise,
wjio nliprarH here tor the first lime. She
Is agisted by M. Korsakoff and Wllhelmlna
liagnhlhl In u series of artistic and spectac
ular dances. Her dancing partner, M. Kor
sakoff, by the way Is a Philadelphia!, who,
four years ago. had a premier role In a
number of bullets given under tho auspices
of tho Philadelphia Operatic Society In
everyday lire M Korsakoff l Holand Allen.
Horace Wright and Hene Dietrich are
somewhat different singers, who offer a
"somewhat different" skit. They already
havo achieved success In foreign lands, nnd
yesterday they achieved It hero. An un
usual art drop, designed hy Miss Dietrich,
on vvhUh are reproductions of tho vari
colored llsli found In Hawaiian wnter. givci
a decidedly different hackgiound to their
very good muMcnl number".
Jasper, a llttla brlndlo bulldog, does
nninzlng things at the request of his master,
Dlx Taj tor This Is not to be classed with
the average trained animal aet, for Jspr
Is ho common dog. Another musical act is
that or Lucie Valmonl ami Jaeoj Reynea,
who present "The Angelus." Von Hampton
and Shrlner are two comedians, and tH
third episode or the photoplay serial, "Pa
trla," Is shown, featuring Mrs. Vernon Castle.
'SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS"
COMES TO KNICKERBOCKER
Harold Bell Wright's Well-Known
Novel Finds Pleasing
Interpretation
"Tho Shepherd of the Hills," a drama
tization of Harold Bell Wright's novel of
the same name, was given by the Knicker
bocker 1'layers at their theatre last night
Tho sceno of the pleca is laid In the Ozark
Mountains and, white the folks -whoso lives
aro portrayed ara unpolished and plain
people, their passions and humors are
raised from the banal by excellent acting:
ami singing.
Anna Doherty wan a charming Sammy,
the little girl who loves nature In her own
wild and eerlo fashion. John Lorens was
a plenalng Mat, while 1'eggy Conway mada
her llrst appearanco as a male character,
that of I'ete. Mnbet Ileed played tho part
of Aunt Molly and Karle Western was
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