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THE U. S. LIKES HIS1PLAYS
The fotfr names .At tha head tof William
Kavcrsham'a all-stnr combination which
will present Bernard" Shaw's "dettlnj; Mar
ried," at the Adolphl
H a t u ryday evening,
April t, composo as
notable n stellar
quartet as 'the stneo
of this city has wlt
nessed for several
seasons. William Ka
versham's reputation
alone , has always
been sufficient to at
tract a largo contin
gent of admirers
wherever ho .appears.
For perhaps a score
of years ho has oc
cupied a conspicuous
position In the front
rank of American
stars, and with the
retirement of K. II.
Snthern ho stands
virtually without a competitor In the dlK-
f nlfled line of artistic endeavor with which
he has always been Identified.
Henrietta Crosman's success dates back
' to her triumph In "Mistress Nell." Later
, her association with David Bclosco In
' "Sweet Kitty Bcllalrs" materially strenKth-
ened her hold on public favor, and several
' , times In more recent years she has appeared
at the head 'of her own companies.
i For several seasons Charles Cherry was
the leading man for and shared Dionors
with Maxlne Elliott and upon her return
' to England he was featured and starred In
, productions under the arrangement of
Charles and Daniel Frohman.
I Hilda Spong was prominent In London
before her success In this country., Her
latest association was with Henry Miller
' In his stock company In San Kijanclsco
. She resigned that position for the role of
Lesbta Grantham In "Getting MsinSed," an
t attractive spinster who sighs for children,
but "doesn't want to be bothered! with a
husband."
The four stars are not only luminaries
that twinkle In the firmament of "Getting
Married." Included In the distinguished
list are I.umsen Hare, John tllarwoocl,
Arleen Hackctt, Marjorle Kggleston, George
Fitzgerald, Hugh Dlllman, Mrs. Edmund
Gurney and Herbert Belmore.
"Getting Married" Is the seventeenth
Bhaw play to be given to this country since
Richard Mansfield pioduced "Arms and the
Man" at the Herald Square Theatre. In New
York, September i, 1891. The. premiere
of this production marked the introduction
of Mr. Shaw as a dramatist to American
audiences. It also started the Shaw vogue
In the theatre here. The poiwilarlty of
Shaw has grown steadllv until no theatrical
season seems complete In New York without
Ite Shaw performance.
The sixteen S,haw plays which followed
Mansfield's Introduction of "Arms and the
Man" are "The Devil's Disciple," "Candida,"
"You Never Can Tell," "Mrs. Warren's
Profession," 'Cashel Byron's Profession."
"Man and Superman." "The Doctor's Di
lemma," "Captain Brassbound's Conver
sion," "John Bull's Other Island," "The
Philanderer," "The Showlng-Up of Blanco
Posnet." "Fanny's First Play." "Pygma
lion," "Androcles and the Lion," "Major
Barbara" and "Getting Married."
"The 'Devil's Disciple" vas the second of
the Shaw plays seen In America. It was
produced by Mr. Mansfield during the sea
Bon of 189", three years after "Arms and
the Man" had been added to the extensive
Mansfield repertory. "Arms and the Man"
later lutnlshed the story for the brilliant
light opera, "The Chocolate Soldier."
"Cashel Byron's Profession" has a pugt-
"THE WAGES OF GIN"
Said wages is breath, according to
some, especially the press agent of
"Fair and Warmer," who provided
the picture of the cocktail wagon.
,llstlc connection. It was produced at Daly's
(Theatre. New York, about sixteen years
jago, with James J. Corbett In the tltlo role.
xuo iuukubi i ujib uy uuy ui jne anaw suc
cesses were' niado by "Candida," "You Never
Can Tell," "Man and Superman" and "Fan
ny's First Play." The first two were put on
by Arnold Daly. Robert Lorraine was
featured In "Man and Superman." "Mrs.
Warren's Profession" was at first attacked
and closed dp through the drastic efforts
I of some zealous moralists, but atfervvard
allowed to resume with a full Judicial vin
dication for the dramatist.
Jt was Ellen Terry who introduced "Cap
tain Brassbound's Conversion" on this side
of the Atlantic during her farewell Ameri
can tour, "Androcles and the Lion" was
the real big hit of the recent Granville
(Barker season at Wallack'B Theatre. It Is
till being played on tour.
"Pygmalion" was done by Mrs., Patrick
.Campbell during her last appearance in this
country. whlH "Major Barbara" was the
Ihlt of Grace George's recent repertory sea-
d yJ
o .-ami. "HunnvH i-ii-hl i-iav nan il innir run
t1.. mt Hia rnmrtv Thpatra. whprA It u-na nro.
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Patented by an all-English cast, engaged in
vflxmdon. "The Philanderer" was produced
pjtffcy Wlnthrop Ames In 1913, and enjoyed a
t-..un nf thirteen weeks.
f "Getting Married" waa first produced In
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Wv4'aB ln ,he HnElIs,l capital at the time, and
K'j'ihfl Amr!r.in rlirhta werft offered him hv t!in
.lauthor. He accepted the play for produc
tion In America, but upon returning to New
ryork Mr. Faverahnin was forced to abandon
.His inicniion to give u iinmeuiaie presenia
'tlon on account of other contracts and nlans
kt iand the unusual requirements as to the cast,
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In the romantic atmosphere of Hawaii, Sessue Hayakawa, the distinguished
Stevenson's word-magic tranferred to celluloid. Note the most un-American
DIRECTOR'S PRAISE
FOR "JOAN" FARRAR
Cecil de Mille Thinks Opera
Singer Is Great Artist in
Movies, Too
Cecil B. de Mlllo, under whose direction
"Joan the Woman" was produced deflates
that Geraldlne Karrar Is not onlv tho gieat
est living arli.-t In
America, but that she
also Is marvelous ns
a woman. This con
elusion ws reached
by Mr. deMllle after
he hal spent font
months In dirertlng
tho picture devoted
to the life s-tory if
Joan of Arc. to be
seen at the Chestnut
Street" Opera House
beginning Easter
Monday, April !'.
Miss Karrar In the
flesh comes to the
Metropolitan next
Tuesday In "La
Tosca."
"Mis3 V a r r a r."
said Mr. deMllle. "is
simply wonderful as
a co-woikcr. She has spent her last two
summers In California at tho Lns-ky studio,
and I can toll you that time there Is meas
ured by her visits. Out there we almost
have forgotten that the stage exists. When
Miss Karrar tame to us she w.-ih an inspira
tion. She was soon as enthusiastic as were
any of us, and (-till, I don't think wc take
motion pictures too seriously Only those
who day by day are In the midst of motion
pictures can really appreciate tho wonder
ful opportunity for extraordinary tiling.
which the camera peimits We are still
more or less In the beginning of things, but
we are struggling, working, studying all
the tlmo to better our productions
"'Joan the Woman' was the most Inter
esting undertaking from tho point of view
of the artists and the director In tho history
of pictures at least so I believe. It H a
work entirely different from the spectacle
features, as it Is cwcntlnlly drama, with the
story always first and most Impoitant and
the spectacular features secondary I low
over, I might ray that many critics have
been most lavish with praise of the battles
and scenes of pageantiy.
"Particularly Intcrest'ng was the work of
research. With a story the centuries old,
It was neither easy nor economical to get
accurate data. Wc had to nyKemlilp some
5000 costumes of the period. My recollec
tion Is that we had to assemble about 13,000
separate articles of costume, equipage and
heraldic significance Then It was neces
sary to build three sepal ate and distinct vl'
lages, eacli a duplicate of tho original. I
might add that the embattlements and the
like are accurate In every respect Espe
cially painstaking work was devoted to the
reproduction of the interior of the Kliel'ns
Cathedral."
THE TOWER OF BABEL
HAS NAUGHT ON THIS
Which Means That the New Cross
Keys Show Demands Linguistic
Cleverness
Those who have had an npportumtv of
witnessing Boyle Woolfolk's "Six Little
Wives," at the Cross Keys Theatre next
week, havo commented upon the seeming
facility with which the sextette (from which
the show takes Its title) speak tho various
lines In foreign languages allotted to them
Thereby hangs a tale. "Six Little Wives"
is by Will Houch, author of "Tho Time, the
Place and the Girl," "A Stubborn Cinder
ella" and nearly a Ecoro of other big Chi
cago musical comedy successes Hough is
Bclasconian In his closo adheience to real
Ism on the stage. Ho will stand for no
faking or subterfuge. If the libietto calls
for a diamond ring, a diamond ring It must
be. Hough has been at onco the admiration
and despair of Impresarios for fifteen years.
So successful have been his works that
managers havo been loathe to crois him
In his desires, which they feel arc "tho
extravagance and cccontrlcity of genius."
On the arrival of the "Six Little Wives"
they are supposed to speak their lines ln
Husslan, Italian, German, Turklah, Japanese
and Scotch, respectively. I lough provided
the lines. When the young ladles came to
attack the strange languages they ran up
against a stone wall, Kor several days
they wrestled with the llngos, from Musco
vite to the burred dlnlcct of tho Celt.
Hough's artistic sensibilities jvero strained
to the breaking point. Woolfolk suggested
that the young women bo allowed ti "fake"
tho gibberish. Hough would not listen.
Then It waa that a school of foreign lan
guages was called Into tho breach. The
six girls wero sent for a week's coufso to
the school to,learn how to speak their lines
according to Hoyle. The young women to
whom the German and Italian lines were
allotted completed their tasks the first day '.
a three-day course succeeded In teaching
the Scotch, but tho Husslan, Turkish and
Japanese proved the hardest a,nd required
an entire week.
New Cantata By Gcibel
r"nesurreX(t' a now cantata by Adam
l".MI..M,ii,":UHH HiMra" :
SMALLEYS OUT-GRIFFITH D. W.
TIIK cr
It wo
caption "produced by tho Smalleys,'
significance on a film as "produced by David
Ilelatco" on a plajblll. Some of the finest
features which tho screen has known have
been the work of this talented couple, and
their latest picture, "Idle Wives," is said
by critics to be their greatest effort as
producers, an assertion that I'hiladelphlans
will have an opportunity to verify or dls
lii ovc, for "Idle Wives" will bo tho prin
cipal attraction at the Victoria next week.
A long string of film classics stands to tho
ciedlt of the Smalleys "HypocVltes," the
allegorical picture which scored heavily and
served to put the Smalleys' names on the
screen, "Scandal," perhaps their most vivid
production, and "Jewel," one of the m6st
appealing of Juvenile fl'm stories. The Smal
leys also directed Anna Pavlowa In her film
debut In "The Dumb Clrl of Portlel."
"Where Are My Children?" Is another of
the Smalleys' masterpieces, but they are
not lemeinbered for their long pictures
alone. One of their shorter productions was
' There Is No Place Like Home," a one
teel cameo, and another two-reel pictuie,
"A Cigarette That's All," was one of the
most perfect bits -of technique, which the
cinema ait has known. '
"Idlo Wives" contains a real novelty, for
It is a film within a film and four distinct
stories are run at tho samo time, yet such
THE "FLASH" DRAMA
IS LATEST WRINKLE
Emily Ann Wellman to Import Nov
", elty to Keith's Next
Week
The initial performance of what is called
a "Hash" drama is to be given at Keith's
next week when I'mlly Ann Wellman makes
her debut In vaudeville in a playlet called
"Voting Mrs. Stanford." It was wiltten by
L'dward Klsner and Is presented in seven
scenes. Tho theme has to do with the eter
nal triangle and the piece was originally
written as the curtain-raiser to ono of
the plajs picsented by Louis Munii, with
whom Miss Wellman appeared for several
seasons.
The title of "flash" drama Is given
through tho manner In which the various
ciiaiacters of the story aio revealed to the
audience. It Is a sort of motion-picture
effect, although all the characters appear
In real life. The stage Is entirely dark and
through tho aid of powerful lights, arranged
in the entrances and wings, the characters
of the play are brought Into view. The
Idea of the "flash" has been used for nov
elty effects In tho presentation of song
numbers, but this Is the first time on record
hat It has been utilized for dramatic pur
poses, Lmlly Ann Wellman, who graduated from
the American Academy of Dramatic Arts
in 1907, and scored that same year In "The
(lullty Man," has spent most of her pro
fessional career in the companies of Louis
Mann, appearing with him In his most suc
cessful productions. Her Initial appear
ance In vaudeville Is therefore not only one
of Importance, but marks an epoch in tho
two-a-day stylo of entertainment through
tho novelty of the vehicle In which she is
appearing,
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Japanese photoplayer; his director, Marshall Neilan, and their cameraman find a proper setting for Robert Loiys
flight of white steps. Below we see Mr. Hayakawa in an interior set of rich pictorial quality, built and "shot for
this film which comes to the Stanley.
Is the e.peitnessot the direction, it is said,
that there l.s never a second's confusion.
One of the most dllllcult tasks that con
fronts tho director of any moving picture
Is endeavoring to perfect a film play within
a film play. Indeed, the dlfllcultles of this
tindci taking aie so s-cemlngly unurmount
able that dliector after director lias given
up the attempt as a bad Job or had to con
tent himself with a more or less mediocre
result.
In "Idle Wives" the sagacious Smalleys,
who adapted It and act in It, give proof of
how a play affects an audience, it Is a
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OH, YOU SAXAPHONES!
"LETTY" NEEDS YOU
Demands on Orchestral Oddities
This Music-Farce Are
Exhausting
for
When the advance agent of a musical
piece produces a plot which demands that
tho theatie management furnish an or
chestra the Instrumentation of which In
cludes nn oboe and a bassoon, said advance
agent Immediately finds himself unpopu
lar especially with the leader of the house
orchestra, upon whom devolves the duty of
providing the requirements of tho pint.
Oboe and bassoon players arc rare bird?
In the musical comedy fraternity, and the
professionals have so many calls upon their
services that their engagement for an ex
tended run of a musical comedy is usually
a difficult proposition.
Hut the music plot of an attraction call
ing for oboes and bassoons does not com
pare ns a trouble-breeding document with
that for "So Long Letty." the farce with
music which Oliver Morosco will present
at tho Lyric beginning April P. Three
Items which appear on the "So Long Letty"
music plot are these: First, saxaphonlsts;
second, banjolsts; thlid, a inarlmbaphonlst.
The three constltutc.a demand which Would
causo any house orchestra lender to throw
up his hands In despair.
There are hardly enough accomplished
saxaphpnlsts In tho country to make a
healthy noise Panjolsts are more numer
ous, but a inarlmbaphonlst is n compara
tively unheard-of creatuse: his native habi
tat is Guatemala, where the Instrument Itself
Is as numerous as the parlor organ In this
country ,
Having delivered his plot to the local or
chestra leader, and having enjoyed tho con
sternation which tho latter Invariably dis
plays after reading it, tho "So Long Letty"
leprcsentatlvo calms the other's fears by
explaining that If these musicians cannot
be obtained locally Mr Morosco will send
them along fiom New Yoik. Tho producer
keeps under contract throughout the season
nn orchestra made up of saxaphoncs, banjos
and marlmbaphones, the purpose of which
Is to play the music of "So Long Letty"
wherever and whenever It Is found Impos
sible to make up such a musical organlza-'
tlon In a city on "So Long Letty" Itinerary,
A determined effort to recruit such an or
chestra hero having been futile, the Morosco
organization will accompany the "So Long
Letty" company to Philadelphia and will
occupy tho orchestra pit at the Lyric
THE BOARD GROANS; THE ACTORS SMILE
IN NEW FILM
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picture of the story of the Idlo wife and her
friends. Incidentally It contains an excellent
plea for the moving-picture drama. That
plea consists of the fact that three sets of
chaiactcrs are about to commit acts of folly.
They will nttend a moving-plcturo theatre,
and, In a play called "Life's Mirror," see
tile lesults of their proposed courses of ac
tion Tho three sets of characters are a
young girl and her lover, a married couple
and the family of a vvorklngman, The
"counterfeit presentment" of their own cases
upon the screen turns their feet in the right
direction.
This fl'm play within a film play tells of
a family worn out with toll and poverty,
who begin the evening with a squabble. The
quarrel, slight at first, begins to grow bitter,
when tlie eldest daughter says: "father,
mother, why spend the whole evening quar
reling? Let's go to a picture show." A
pretty young girl turns rebellious and goes
to the same picture house with a young
man against whom her mother had warned
her "because ho has a bad reputation." A
young husband with a roving eye selects an
nttractlvo companion for an evening, "at tho
movies," with a dinner to follow. The pair
are followed by his wife In an agony of
Jealousy. In this film within a film they
each are taught separate lessons. The little
trip to the movies sets the world straight
again for them all. They go home changed
persons.
THIS STAR RANG TRUE
AS "LIBERTY BELLE"
The Metaphor Is Mixed, but Elsie Fer
guson Was One All the
Same
That good old stand-by "Tho Belle of New
York" has many notable things to Its credit,
it Is said to be tho first American musical
play which ever made money In London,
where It ran for months In the late '30's.
It brought l'dna May as the Salvation Army
lassie Into fame. Also It was In n "Belle
nf New York" road company In this country
that Lisle Ferguson first appeared on the
stage. Sho was a chorus girl at $15 per
week and tho organization a 'number three
played for twenty-eight consecutive weeks
and visited one hundred and seventy-five
of the smaller cities.
Next season Miss Ferguson Joined "Tho
Liberty Belles" at the Madison Square
Theatre, New York, long Blnco demolished.
Having a strong, unmistakable personality
she was given just ono line to speak. Kor
the life of her sho cannot recall what that
line was. She was sixteen years old. Also
In that "ensemble," as the chorus Is called
nowadays, were the late Lotta Kaust, Paul
ino Chase, the "pink pajama" girl ; Sandol
Mllliken and Kdna Hunter.
SIlss Kerguson comes to Broad in "Shirley
Kaye," April 9.
Culp to Sing' at Shore
Julia Culp, the distinguished liedcr In
terpiotcr. who scored nn artistic triumph
In her recent recital at the Academy of
Music, will sing Kaster Sunday In the
Navy Leaguo concert to bo given on the
(larden Pier, Atlantic City, The , concert
Is beige arranged by the Philadelphia
branch of the Women's Section of the
Navy League, and Its proceeds will bo de
voted to the needs of national defense.
M'CORMACK CURED
OF HIS NERVOUSNESS
Tenor Explains How He Gained
Self-Control on the Con
cert Stage
John McCormack does not like to be In
terviewed. At Atlantic ity ono day last
week, however, ho unbosomed himself when
some ono cornered him on tho Boardwalk.
"I heard you sing that song at the Metro
politan la Philadelphia during tho win
ter," said the Interviewer, "and I could
see several persons seated near me fur
tively drying tear-dimmed eyes. How do
you weave tho spell over our audience to
bilng listeners to teals?"
"The secret lies In the personal equation,"
was tho McCormack response. "I try to put
myself in the place of the audience. I feel
that I am one of them and I have no false
Idea of my own importance. It Is only by
accident that I happen to havo a voice
and to be able to sing. I never take It
for granted tjiat my audlenco knows less
than I do. So I do not try to educato my
hearers. This talk about educating an audi
ence as to the -kind of music that should be
liked is annexing to me.
"And there Is another thing. I nm nerv
ous when I sing. I used to bo In deadly
fear of my hearers, but I cured myself of
tho fault. It was through an appeal to rea
son. An old fellow I knew said' to me,
Thcie Isn't a man In your audience who
wouldn't bo up where you are If he could
'-I- ! viii can,' I recognized the truth of
his assertion, or at least I hoped It might
ic- a irutli. Natuially, It follows that 1
shou.d have nothing over which to be nerv
ous. That determined me that I 'ought not
to fear an nudlence, and so now I always
regard my listeners as a party of friends,
ehger to bo pleased. I think that Is why I
ilhd my nudlences sympathetic."
PHOTOPLAYS
Tfts
THE followlne theutres obtain their picture through the STANLEY liooUlciB
Company, which In a ennrantee of early sliimlne of the finest production.
All pictures reviewed before exhibition. Auk for the theatre In jour locality
btalnlnc plcturee throurh the STANLEY BOOKING COMPANY.
A I UAMDD A 12th, Morris Tassyunk Av.
LniiY10lA Mat. Dally 4J: 1ks. O:40-'J
' Paramount Pictures.
MAnOl'nitlTK CLAItK In
"T1II3 FOIITUNUS OK Ml'l"
APHI I fi KD AND THOMPSON
MrULiL,U MATlNIli; DAILY
POROTHY GISH in
"STAtSIJ .STRUCK"
ARCADIA
CHKSTN'UT
IIKI.OW lliTH
WILLIAM S. HART in
thh KQUAnn dual man"
BELMONT "D AND MAIUCCT
Edith Storey 6c Antonio Moreno in
"ALADDIN KROM BROADWAY"
Rl I IFRIPn BROAD AND
D1UED1ILS SUSQUUIIANNA AVE.
THEDA BARA in
"Tlin TIC1CR WOMAN"
CEDAR
0OTH AND CEDAR AVE.
PAnAMOVXT TJIEATItB
ELLA HALL in
"Illjn SOUL'S INSPIRATION"
FAIRMOUNT
20TH AND
UIRARD AVENUE
FANNIE WARD in
"HETTY TO THE RESCUE"
CCTU Cf THEATRE MAT, DAILY
UO tit Jl, Below Mpruco Evgs. 7 to 11.
THEODORE ROBERTS in
' "THE AMERICAN CONSUL"
FRANKFORD m 'nANKA.UE
Owen Moore & Irene Fenwick in
"A GIRL LIKE THAT"
GREAT NORTHERN AASV';
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS in
"THE GOOD-BAD MAN
IMPFRIAI TH ani WALNUT ST8.
UVirCiItLflLi Mat. Ujao. Evg. 7 4 0
ALICE BRADY in
"THE DANCER'S PERIL"
JFJFERSOlTrTllfElA""N
VIRQINIA PEARSON in
"SISTER AGAINST SISTER"
1 1? a nrn forty-pirgt ant.
LWWI:'n' LANCASTER AVENUE
WM. FARNUM in
the Tale op two cities"
LIBERTY DROA? ANDcoLuDiA
DOROTHY PHILLIPS in
"HELL MORGAN'S aRL"
WMt rrtlLAPLTHU
EUREKA "S
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JAP PLAYS HAWAIIAN-'.
"Thin laVtvhnt T rait ..l . . -'I
- "" "' oyori," aald
Sessue Hayakawa, the Lasky-Paratnount
Japanese star, who will bo seen at th
Stanley an next wceic
In the photo-dramatic
version of Itobcrt
Louis Stevenson's fa
mous story, "The
Bottle Imp." Mr.
Hayakawa had rid
den In on a surf
board on tho beach
nt Walklkl, Just out
of Honolulu, and was
sitting In tho sahd
waiting for the di
rector to call him for
another scene, "I
wouldn't mind If they
gave mo pictures like
this to do nil tho
time. It Is truo wo
had quite a stormy
voyage on the way
over, but onco here
we certainly are having a great time. Yes
terday wo photographed some scenes of a
flght-undr water In which I was one ofths
combatants, and tho day before I had to in
a Jump from a high cliff, of the two I
prefer tho undcr-water fight. You see I
always havo been a great swimmer even as
n child In Japan and being In the water
comes perfectly natural to inc. In fact It
was my love for swimming and diving that
really brought be Into motion picture work.
"I was a student nt the Imperial Naval
College In .Inpan and one day. In diving oft
from tho pier, went too deep and tha
pressure of the water broke one of my ear
drums, which disqualified mo for the navy.
As I had always been moro or less Inter
ested in the dramatic art, I went on the
stage under the direction of my uncle
Otto Kawakaml. I came to America'
studied dramatic art nt tho University of
Chicago, translated several modern plays
Into the Japanese language, went back to
my country, but eventually' returned to
America nnd entered motion picture work
"I am sure' you will like 'The Bottle Imp'
as It is a very unusual story and the Imps
come out of the bottle and do nil sorts of
weird things. And its most of the scenes
are filmed In Hawaii It will not only be
Interesting from a dramatic standpoint but
from a scenic nspect as well. This Is the
first time I have ever played an Hawaiian
and I think I like It even better than being
a Japanese."
Mr. Hnyakavva, who Is a man of con
sidciable culture. English as well as Japa
nese, is nn ardent Stevensonlan, He be
lieves that more of It. L. S. wouldn't hurt
the movies a bit ; might even bring into
their scope Mrac gleams of romance, of
poetry, of excitement nnd pictorial Interest.
In dlscussjng tho usable works of "Tusl
tala," ho suggested that "The Isle of
Voices" would be a suitable choice. He
explained that, being a fairy tale of Poly
nesia, this romance would be admirably
material.
" "ftoctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' has, I
believe, been done Bevcral times by the
cinematographic forces," he went on, "but
I have yet to see a wholly satisfactory
adaptation, although tho photoplay should
bo pre-eminently able to deal with an eerie
story like this. Involving mysterious changes
of personality and the like. Perhaps the
finest Stevenson work for tho movies Is
'The Master of Ballantra'e.' There you
get superb chances to present wonderful
scenery, ns tho action shifts over the globe,
from the picturesque Adlrondacks to tho
Hudson, and so on. Kor farcical purposes
'The Misadventures of John Nicholson' Is
a little gem. This, or, perhaps, 'The' Wrong
Box,' might servo for comic relief on the
Stevenson celluloid menu."
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