1 ) .l J" '' , IWENINfl LEDGtelPEmDlDEnPfilA; SATTJRP&S FEtefc&Y 24. 1017 ''"' '-.. -f-T" AGRAPHSAD PHOTOGRAPHS ABOUT THE PLAYS AND CINEMA SCREENS HfeREABOU iiiiiimi ,fii i iniyyrjii m tlBB Kims Give ''Distinction Overnight Lfi is Shirley Mason, Who Was Unknown Miss Flugrath Yesterday Lf T six months ago there was no Shir The namo wns absolutely hf MRon .- fA, It had not been created. Until fT..,' signed by McCluro Picture,, to , leading part In tU "Seven Deadly if m .KHlV Vlitfrrfltll- Of thtk fcfr... -.nnnv. nnd she became Shirley Jn upon Joining the McClure company. iUnrM It happen? Whf.L"tl?"?2iSreli" -.... iirnucni mis juiluuu iv. ...-. h"'- JLT.Vlittle girl of sixteen while, thousands KCnUr 111" "' ..l,l tlio unmn sort Kffiffiw.V,pecllnB tS find It only at Elf opp"' ,. inneerand more laborious i than tho one that Shirley Mason trav- ' Mre's Shirley's story: fc-T don't know. i -i- ...,.. imt T ran't seem to realize lwf that I am a rcnl stnr, nnd when I pee tir tTmt up In electric lights In front of a I'aeitre I never realize until n second , It la my name there. !I suppose n talent for motion pictures lit have been born In our fnmlly, for . -I-. ...... H.nf Inn.nlnfllPA attia loth my bisicih um iuw..u..-i.n... ,,,...... Hiitxlon Films, now making pictures In rinnth Africa, whllo my other one Is Viola dlHSM't' I'm the youngest. N-1!' slnco ' can remember I have been !H il. .)-,., t,mich Avon mv mntlior ilnfsn'f .fOlKO Births. .."" . ., ........... -..... . L;tsow exactly how I got there. None of my Mumai Rllveoimn c.. hvid mii um m.if.1. 'lid we three sisters Just sort of drifted Into 'It We all studied dancing from the time were able to walk, and It was ns a child . flflCCr bu niumci "jii.t mi, in. ti , mat (i- jared Just In nn amateur entertainment. ri "Som iriena oi wiiuam rnvcrsnam saw Vetitnct when I was only two and a hnlf 1 JBt uaiivo .,,.... ...... ....,. -.. w ....v. .. .., L' . ..M nml r.nmnii.tiil0r1 inn nn Iho rtcrhf flirt of type to play Uttlo Hal In The a-...w Man In tvhlrh Mr. P.ivpmhfim ao ,ltrred." Miss Mason smiled proudly. "I i... Ua nirt " din lnticrhnrl y "After that several managers sent for ; ntto piny child parts. I was Little Mecnle k In TOp Van Winkle' and I'etcr In Tassers- ly. my sister v luia wns cnoscn in piay fiie lead In The Poor Uttlo Itlch Olrl,' anil l TTIB ner unucisiuu miu fiinvii me p.in in the road. After that pngagement the Edison company sent for mo one day, asked rt If I wouldn't go out to a studio nnd let (l Bovle photographer make a test film me. ,.v "I found out later that I wns one of about tttirty-flie girls who took tho test and I , ..i-.i-.i a- t.. t in m te'.ected. So hero I am 1" sMovies vs. Drama, Pit HiViVf A B,.,.,l,. f " " ""'""'; Ccntlnard from rsicn Nine I, jtnlts, so they get cheap ones, and stay ;mjr. V list season there was n play In New . lorlt that made a furore and ran all win- iHIr. Jt lAnbnrl lltrn a dupa Ihlm. rn n nlHnM '(tp. This play did a fine business In Chl tato In the early part of tho present sea- n, but In tho smaller places was eliown WMggarly houses and the companies were ailed In. f, Th musical nieces, the! lee shows, are doing well.. They always will, I presume. IjTJIin may not be a worm, but you can mum on mm to turn wnen tne remale form dlvlno comes along to turn toward 1L The burlesque shows, they say, aro 'Bore prosperous than ever. This Is not for tjie frequently quoted jmson that musical shows cannot be re. iproduced upon the screen, but because the 'Public In Its present state of mind likes mi kk snows oetier tnan oilier kinds of theatrical entertainments. By tho nubile. I n the Country at large. mnaps the taste of tho peoplo will turn lick to the Stage tome il.iv. nnd tiorhnns "'ft It will get scant encouragement from tlth their small expense, their freedom ) frim tt.A AwnA.iu . . . ..... . ..v.u inn cAu-iiuiis ot local jaoor unions !,ua the comparatively trilling exertion re quired In handling them. V. Th ..lnntni j!m...i... . .. .. .. . r,t -..v .iinviji.ti uiuicuii.v in more lor me jjilcture men is the same that Is at the Mttom of the producing managers' pres. JBt iltuatlon lack of material. f This Is already beginning to pinch, and "wi nara. ir it is not possible to get enough good plays to keep the compara nly few theatrical managers going, how " io expect cnougu to keep the tudlos busy? ' '"' example, when my theatrical ae jTltes were nt their highest, one pro Motion at a time was enough. At the ent moment In the World Film Cor joratlon's studio In Fort Leo wo are mak f Ave pictures at once, and we release ""Photoplay each week the year lound. hi PnnAT t -ctirto kR i1 mo Lubin director, who made rri.Sex.?each feature, "The Bar r'v.4r,o.which comes to the Chest- "-" otreet Onera Houso March 5. T)ATJPT-wn lAGNER DANCING wait) - ., . roa SCWni A DC Mf-"lJrc ,0tNDAV. TUnSDAY and THURSDAY iPA'.Wed-.&Sat. Ev'gs T-. :-." "nr. i, isy JUrch J r rniVATK Liis.so.NS ts ?"t,'ln'l rvlil fprf mch" rs In our mirrored studios T"E.J:.,!.ur.;ss.0Z.8c,", Ijocutt 8102. (jy nd Ev,nla Have Nn llraiuli tn riilla. .UTSIO . "fSi'. 0, North' rhlrtetntn'STr A LINDERING KISS Max, of that name, implants a Nethcrsole buss on the lips ot an unnamed charmer in "Max Comc3 Across," which Essanay will present at the Victoria next week. THEATRICAL BAEDEKER FOR NEXT WEEK XRW ATTKAVTIOXS BliOAU "Treasure Island," with Mr. nml Mrs. Charles Hopkins. Jules Eckert Goodman's dramatization of the Itobert Louis Stccnvon romance of piracy nnd adventure on tho sea. In the cast: Ituth Vivian, Kdmuntl Gurncy and Stuart Robhon. Opening, Monday night, LYRIC "Katlnka," with T. Itoy Barnes. Arthur Hnmmersteln's production of a musical comedy, with scoio by Rudolph Prlml; book by Otto Hauerbach. Audrey Maple nnd Ada Mcado In the company. Opening, Monday evening. FOltltVST "Pom-Pom," with Mitzl (formerly Mlzzl Hujos). Comic opera with tho tiny fctar of "Sari" lti various new guises. Tom McN'aughton Is tho chief comedian. Music by Hugo Felix; libretto by Anno Caldwell. Opening, Mon day night. co.vn.vi'.vr; plays a A RRtCK "Fair and Warmer." with Janet lleccher. Avery llopwood's Frenchy farce about the Insidious cocktail nnd two young married couples. Amusingly written and capably played. LITTLE THEATRE "What the Doctor Ordered," with tho Stage Society Players. Second week of A. H. Thomas's frothy farce; thin, but well acted by tho re pertory company. A DELPHI "Very Cood F.ddle," with Kr nest Truex and Alice Dovey. Lat week of Jhe droll musical play founded on "Over Night." nnd made delightful by Mr. TruCx's impersonation of the lisping husband. AT POPULAR PRICES WALXUT "Hans und Fritz," with May Walsh and others. Musical version of tho cartoons dealing with the notorious Kat zenjammer Kids, their mommer, and Violet, the goat. ORPHEUM "Hs Hopkins." with Rose Mel ville,. The comedienne of the pigtails nnd the striped stoeklngs returns to Phila delphia in her faorlte vehicle. STOCK KNICKERBOCKER "Within the I.aw." with Anna Doherty and John Lorenz. Re vial of Ilayard Velller's popular melo drama, and farewell of the leading woman. FEATURE FILMS STANLEY "The Fortunes of Flfl." with Marguerite Clark, all week. Also another Installment of the official Hrltlsh war pictures ; comedy features, educational! nnd scenic films. ARCADIA "Skinner's Dress Suit." with lirjnnt Washburn, all week. Fifth epi PHOTOPLAYS PHOTOPLAYS iomkf BoSna Gmpoma fllE follonlnf thentren obtain thrlr picture, throufh the STAN'f.KV llooUnz Company, which U r guarantee of eurlr fthnulnic of the finest production. All pictures reviewed before eihlbltlon. Auk for the thentra In your locality obtalnlnc picture! throuch the HTANI.r.V noOKINd COMPANY. AI UAMDD A l'-'th. Morris i Pas-junk Av ALnAIViDKA Mat. Dally i; Ees. il-I.VO TODAY LAST B.IOVtH Douglas Fairbanks '" 'amep.icano" TpririlTIWDANDTItOMrSON ATULLU MATINEB DAILY BESSIE LOVE in "NINA TUB FLOWER. GIRL" ARCADIA I1ELOW 'lCTH THEDA BARA in THE TIQER WOMAN" BELMONT S?OTA5?,osnKET " DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS in Tlin HALF BItEnD" r r.r Tinninrv 11UOAD AND tIUHDir.L rlllBQUKUANNA AVE. v KATHRYN WILLIAMS in "TUB P.EDCE.M1NO LOVE" rMrfvVD-60TII AND CEDAP. AVE. LLLlAK PARAMOUNT THEATRE DOROTHY GISH " "C,D-. CHARLIE CHAPLIN In "EASY STIIEET" FAIRMOUNT sm&rf$D avkmiu 8ES3UE "KALOUELLEOEN "THE VICTORIA CROSS" r7TIJ CT THEATRE MAT. DAILY OD 1 H iJ 1 . jiei. Spruce. nr,. 7 to It. "Happiness of 3 Women'; FRANKFORD "" ANKJS-SSu LOU TELLEGEN in "THE VICTORIA CROSS" GRAt"NORTHERN A?S?iJ ;. VIRGINIA PEARSON in THE HITTEn TRUTH" snrDIAI C0T1I and WALNUT STS. IMPERIAL MAT. 2:30. EV08. 70 . ALICE BRADY in "THE HUNORY HEART" JEFFERSON M ;Ai?gAUP,."N lI,ICE BRADY In "A HUNOIIY IIBAnT" .k,CSEECclKA.N;0D0fAK0. 4-m,u,, Leader" F0B,5S?fSrDAVBNu House Peter & Myrtle Stedman in THE IIArPINES80FTIIREE W0MEN" w mPD T V BROAD AND LIBER I COLOMBIA Carlyle Blackwell & June Elvidge ' In "ASQUAnE DEAI trCUSTDTOAYCU8T ALICE JOYCE in Tlin COURAGE OP SILENCE" AVET PHILADELPHIA EURE K A in" UAnKET BTS nnnOTHY DALTON in l sode of "Patrla." with Mrs. Castle, first half of week. Others. VICTORIA "Arseno Lupin." with F.arle Williams, first half of week. "The Promise." with May Allison and Harold Lockwood, latter half of week. Others. PALACE "The Wax Model," with Vivian Martin, first half of week. "Ilnch to His Kind," with Sessue Hayakawn, latter half of week. Others. RECENT "A Child of the Wilds," with June Caprice. Monday. Tuesday : "One of Many." with Frances Nelson. Wednes day, Thursday ; "Arseno Lupin." with F.arle Williams. Friday. Saturday. STRAND "Panthea." with Norma Tal madge, all week. Others. CHESTNUT STREET OPERA HOUSE "Intoleinnce." with Mae Marsh, Robert Harron nnd Cirlfllth players. Last week ot tho most lmpres?io spectacle, in point nf magnitude nnd detail, yet produced by the master of tho film craft. VAUDEVILLE KEITH'S lillzabeth P.rlco and Charles King In music and comedy ; Valerie Iler gero In "Ambition"; Rae Rleanor Hall, violinist; Marie. King, dancer: Chailes Ol cott In "A Comic Opera In Ten Minutes"; Median's dogs; Scarploff and Varara. boy tenor and pianist; Duncdln Duo; "Patrla." GLOBE "A Day at the Circus"; "Little Caruso" and company; Hopkins. Axtell nnd company; Paul Jones; Dixon and Dixon: Gotham Four; Hawthorne nnd Lester, Vcssle Farrell company . Mor gan and Armstrong; Five Ilelmonts. BROADWAY Talbot's Hand; Foster and l.ovett; Harry lieresford and company. Miller nnd Vincent: Five Mnrtells; photo- MARKET ST. Theatre S33Brt FRANK KKKNAN In "THE tlUIDE Of HATE" Exery WetneaJay- "Tlin IM'IIPLH MASK" Ery Friday "THE UIIKAT HFXitET" OVFRRROOFC C3U HAvnitFoitD V- V CII3IS.JUrw nope.Jonra Unit Onli. CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG in "WITHOUT A SOUL" PAI API? 12U MARKET. 10c. iOc. rAifAv-t. I0 A ji.ii.13 r. m. GEORGE BEBAN in "HIS SWEETHEART" PARK" HIDOE AVE. DAOPIIIN ST. ANITA STEWART in "THE GLOKY OF YOLANDE" PRINCESS 1018 MARKET HTllF.HT FLORENCE LA IIADIE In "Sold at Auction " Eery Tuesday "THE GREAT SECRET," fca turln Francis nuhman and Ilmerly Rayne. RPP.FNT 10 MARKET STREET " vai-ii i human voick onaAN LIONEL BARRYMORE in "THE END OF THE TOUR" RI A I TO OlillMANTOWN AVE. 1 ' V AT TULI'EHOCKEN 8T. MAE MURRAY in "THE TLOW GIRL" D11RV MARKET STREET "UU ' RELOW 7TH 8TREET VIOLA DANA in (THREADS OF FATE" Savoy" l2n karket " ' w I STREET MME. OLGA PETROVA in "RRIDOES BURNED" FIRST PRESENTATION OP THE "Seven Deadly Sins" m2J5?abT Ann MurdocU in "Envy" ARC Holbrook Blinn in "Pride" THEN EVERY MONDAY THEREAFTER WATCH FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT QT A Nl"p' V -MARKETADOVE 10TH OmilLLI jijir. A. M. t0 lliJ5 j. M MAE MURRAY in "ON ItECORD" QTRAMn GERMANTOWN AVENUE 3II1U I AT VENANOO 8THEET WILFRED LUCAS in , "JIM DLUDSO" 'f"j"Q-Q A "tu and VENANGO ST8. PAULINE FREDERICK in -"THE SLAVE MARKET" VlPTURI A MAWCBT 8T. UIV ADOVB NINTH Norma Talmadge panjhEA" NOBTHPniLADELPIIIA RIDGE AVENUE ,T3 niDas AVa BENJAMIN CHRISTIE in Play, first half of week. "At the Party"! Eckert and Tarker; Sam Libert and com pany; Men Harney and company; La Belle Carmen Trio; photoplay, latter half of week. CllOSS KEYS Tom I.lnton and "Jungle Girls"; Ash and Shaw; Sam Harris; Phllbrlck nnd Devoo; Chinese musical entertainers, first half of week. "Mar celle"; Adams and Guhl; llaby Itosclyn and company; Jane Ware and company; Moore nnd White; Johnson troupe, latter half of week. ORAXD The Six Musical Nosses; the Four Hnjahs; tho two Bowman Brothers; Chuck Hans; Hllnor nnd Carleton; Lil lian Steele nnd company j pictures, both comedy nnd news. Wll.MAU i'B.V.V Winters nnd Watson In comlo melodrama: Moannlua Sextette; "The Intruder": Myrtlo Young and Jack Waldron; photoplay, first hnlf of week. Harry ticresford and company; Oconto Lee nnd Teddy Ilennctt; Marlon Harris; photoplay and Winters nnd Wntson, lat ter half of week. BURLESQUE TEOCA7)EnO',Tht Military Maids," with Will II. Ward, Martha Pryor nnd others. A feature will be tho Humbalulu dance. TKAVELOaUES ACADEMY OF MUSIC "Days In Spain." with Illustrated trael talk by Dnlght Klmendorf. next Friday cxcnlng and Sat urday afternoon. COM1XG ATTRACTIONS MARCH S. CHESTXUT STREET OPERA HOUSE "The Harrier," by Itex Ueach, directed by Edgar Lewis. "SEVEN DEADLY SISS, tach with a b'x Star, it a film temationthe 'Every woman' of the moving picture drama." -Ne:v York World. "If the Seven Deadly Sim con tinue to be made to attractive it it going to be difficult to lay, 'Get the behind me.' " HARR1ETTE VNDEMULL, Ntw York Tribune. TOMBNC SOON TO THESE THEATERS SINCE MAX WAS WITH US LAST nemember Max Llnder, Max of Tnthe, Max of comedy, comeliness and clothes? Ab a good many peoplo know, lie's coming back to the. screen In "mado-ln-Amerlca" Alms from nsanay. But what of the years between? According to tho press nftent of tho Victoria, where Max makes his re-debut Monday In "Max Comes Across," he has beep ery buy fighting. Max was one of the flrrt to answer his country's call, when hostilities began, N'ot only did he relinquish his motion picture career, out of which ho wan making a veri table mint of money, to face death, but also he financed his own equipment as a motor dispatch bearer Kor eighteen months Lin tier served In this capacity, braving the perils of the shot-torn battlefields to deliver his orders to tho front line trenches. His nutomobllc was blown to bits by shrapnel, finally, and Max was transferred to the artillery service. In this he scred until he was desperately wounded at the battle of tho 'Alnc A bullet pierced his lung. Llnder was rcmoica to the base hospital nt ContrcxMlle, where he lay at the tergc of death for several months. Reports spread throughout I'arls that Max was dead. Ills name was listed among those killed at Alsne. Motion picture the SEVEN DEADLY SINS and what they did to ONE LITTLE GIRL BEAUTIFUL Eve Leslie Greed, Wrath, Sloth and a breads borne ties and SevenUi Sin. Opposed to JfftCMB fit f frt ao1r fnrhino hes rf I fnwAr .am noM ""' w .... iviunv) lovers, success. The great me tropolis offers Eve her Heart's desires if she will pay Its price Qr.VEN DEADLY SINS "' Is n MrClure series of MTcn fire, act feature plays. A new piny, with n new .tar, U shown earh week. Karh play In com plete In Itself, 'but the series Is connected by the sweetest love story tier (limed. Evil men and women try to trap the young girL They make herenvions;they Inflate her pride; First Play Ann Murdock in ENVY they lure her on to become the prey ol the other deadly sins Passion Locust 5 2d and Locust Sts. Coliseum 60th and Market Sts. Cedar 60th and Cedar Sts. Savoy 1211 Market St. Market Street 333 Market St. Tioga 17th and Tioga Sts. Logan Auditorium 1919 N. Broad St. Park 33d and Ridge Ave. Franklin 3d and Fitzwater Sts. Bellevue Front St. and Susquehanna. Ave. Frankford Frankford Ave. and Margaret St. York Palace 26th and York Sts. atres draped their entrances In mourning. Newspapers printed obituaries of the come dian. Max read his own obituary and "rose from the dead" to deny his death. Upon his recovery. Monsieur Llnder joined tho aviation corps. On his first ascent, to meet a squadron of the enemy nlrshlps, the rarlflcd atmosphere, attacked his wound, He was forced to descend nnd was taken back to Contrcxvllle. While recovering thero he signed n contract to produce twelve comedies for 13"anay. He obtained a leave of absence, nnd crossed to America on board tho steamship Ks pagne. "Max Comes Across." REAL MINE TOWN IN "BARRIER" The rude mining camp In willed much of the action of "The Harrier," the new Hex Heach film due at the Chestnut March fi, lakes place-In the Identical tonn which Ilex Heach, the author, helped to found, nnd tho laws of which he nnd his fellow miners enacted and executed. The laws related chiefly to staking nnd registering mining claims, but the miners' court dispensed rcady-mado Justice to all who canto before It, whether It had any law for Its guidance or not Mr Heach tells of a squaw who appenred before the court and demanded n divorce, for excellent reasons, from her white bus band. ThP court, after gravely consider ing the evidence, granted the desired lellef from the galling bonds of matrimony; so the squaw, seeing how easy It was, de manded the furniture which had been the Joint property of the now disrupted house hold. The court, probably on tho principle of letting the tall go with the hide, gave her the furniture as well ns tho divorce. uavLib vu IVV.V3 O.B.C StULffC men and women who try to save this young girL Among them is Adam Moore, her lover, a virile American. Can he win his sweetheart In the laceol those who are plotting her downfall? Can Eve go throunh " tire without be ing smirched? Go to one ol the theatres below for the answer. Victoria Wilmington, npl. Riverside Pennsgrove, N. J. Auditorium Burlington, N. X Hunt Wildwood, N. J. Orpheum Wilkes-Barrc, Pa. Orpheum Carlisle, Pa. Grand Williamsport, Pa. Victoria Harrisburg, Pa. Stroud Theatre Stroudsburg, Pa. MUSICAL GLASSES t.j SATURDAY, FEBRUARY t. Repetition of yesterday's concert. I'hlhv j delphla Orchestra. Program: Overture, 1 "Itouslane et Ludmlla": Borodin's second vimniuiiy ; nympnonic poem, "Tne sirens"; Tschalkowsky InteVmezzo: nlmsky-Korsa-, Vw kow's "Spanish Caprice." Academy. Night. $ TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7. Concert, Matinee Musical Club. Devoted to Lenten music. Large number of soloists. "Community song." Bellevue-StratforiL Afternoon. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY t. Recital, Frieda Hempel, soprano. Acad emy. Night. Recital. Hans Klndler, cellist, and Ellis Hark, Hammann, pianist. Withcrrpoon. Night. THURSDAY MARCH . Illustrated musical talk, Florence Leonard nnd small orchestra. Wllherspoon. After noon. Recital. Aline van BarpntTn nlinl.t Acorn Club. Morning. Concert. Rich Quartet Wllherspoon. Night. FRIDAY, March t. Concert, Philadelphia Orchestra, Pro grnm: Overture, "The Marriage of Figaro"; Beethoven violin concerto. Theodore Spier Ing; Liszt's "i'nust," symphony, with Lam bert Murphy, tenor, and chorus. Academy. Night. , SATURDAY, MARCH 3. Repetition of Friday's orchestra concert. Academy. Night WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7. Recital, Osslp dabrllowltsch, pianist Academy. Afternoon. .- . w- 'm v If aft T5 , v tiia cbi fiujraM Btinooi, .""" W.B"1J .c a. "-- --J " VlLWDJUynCE Wttmm rW"mS,m, , f j
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