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jViBefore Pleasure," tho third
I and Perlmuttcr comedy, nlms
Lt.b amusing. But It succeeds In
mllon abundantly, even though It
j' to smithereens almost every
of the playwright's art In Its
progress. Montague Glass and
ftCJEckert1 Cloodman heedlessly
i?up pathos and farce a running
dto haul their dramatic load,
result Is not disastrous. Co
and conviction are maintained
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ruw umiiung naturalness ot tne
.jjtartners, who find that tho mo-
lecture Industry makes their for-
ctoalc and suit business a pastoral
Ion by contrast. The amusing
r of tho comedy gutns vastly
presence of Barney Bernard In
t as Abo Potash, Wlion an
to greets a character with lov-
iXd Intimate recognition its faith-
of presentation requires no
ir proof. That is why Barney
lard's portrait of Potash as a mo-
picture magnate is a rare le
it. "unmarred -by any false note.
Playbills at all. of the other legitimate
houses will remain unchanged through
out next ween.
ALTHOUGH Hie ncfrv season li virtu
.ally only u week old, it has been
marked already by an unusual number
of flurries In the bookings of future
legltmate attructlon. "Tho Bltio Pearl,"
mentioned above, takes tho place
of "Sometimes," the now Illta Young
Rudolf Frlmt -musical play originally
announced as tho opening attraction at
tho Adelphl. 'flolng Up," which was an
nounced for the Forrest for the week of
September 1, will not be seen at that
house then, and Instead the 1). W. Grif
fith film, "Hearts of the World." will
play a week's return engagement.
"Johnny Get Your Uun" also has been
withdrawn as tho attraction ut the
Oarrick beginning September 23. In
stead, Henry Miller and Kuth Chatterton
will appear In the delightful Dumai
comedy, "A Man Inge of Convenience."
Other future attractions Include Kdward
Clark's corned) , ' Not With My Money,"
booked for the llroad for the- week of
September 10; Pavld Ilelasco's produc
tion of "Tiger Kobe,' Wlllard Slack's,
melodrama of tho northwest, at the
same house beginning September DO, '
Mary 11) an in ' Tlic Little Teacher" I
comes to tho Oarrick early in October, i
PROVIDERS OF VARIED FOOTLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT FOR NEXk WEEK
grace
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"The- Blue.
Pearl".. Addphf
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!$d if Savor of "Business Before Plea-
si i ." It must be said that intorpre-
HVeT .? "n alone saves Eleanor Gates's
tfv&i Pnoene Pretends." Interpretation Is
j.",.i to stago appearance or a mite or a
Kwj ri. 'but then llttlo Elizabeth Ken-
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ilM no veara old. but looks six or seven:
fifes carrlea easily on lier almost
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lkf itiltoring confidence. Indeed, little
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J?lflMUinv T'Titrtr urA mnrn Ihnn nn.
uoMBon; they mark the child as a
Ll'Jidly 'f t a veritable genius. If
feSjlfc .early flame of her extraordinary
KfinB1 "oe3 not f"clleriout before ma-
j, sne nas ueiore ner a ruture as
of this country's most notable
KS GATES, in writing "Phoebe Pre-
L, tenda.'i evidently forgot completely
tt'a play must hae movement. In
jflrst' and last of the three acts she
i a delicate comprehension of child
Bology, and the. power to write
JJunhackneytd, dialogue. But one
engaging Juvenile portrait does
t, lake a play, and occasional fresh
amusing lines cannot serve in lieu
fjftot The idea of a movie-mad child
MM, obsession becomes inspiration In
tho domestic tangles of her eld-
Ma capital, but Miss Oatea fails con-
sly to utilise its possibilities. The
Hat may keep readers In the dark
.his puppets, but the playgoer has
I ancient, honorable and inalienable
t 'a know "who's who." Yet at no
does the audience learn just what.
ding, was wrong about Phoebe's
er that causes the child's uncles to
Qtlon the mother's name with horror
I "is-one of the palpable faults of
-i piece which must be corrected, as
M:aa the. glaringly impossible second-
L-Jcene between Phoebe's father and
; angelically generous brother, who
upon giving up tho girl he loves
"brother, all for the sake cf dear
V.'Phobe. Such men. alas' have
. 'Mil Vfatn-A In hn rvlnria tt
women playwrights. Ileal life
it'oiun wiui cynicism icng Deiore
r ' attain wisdom's crown of a bald
Bio. PRoebe cannot pretend to
for rootllght lire without the
knife of a deft and dextercus
tte surgeon to remove the bumps
her dramatic anatomy and
htan her joints.
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RWOULD be interesting to know Just
rhjbw truly Charlotte Walker believes
MW reality of her character In "Nancy
It"; Eugene Walter's latest play to
tn in this city. No galvanic bat-
F'naa.yet acbleved the vital spark of
Cand though Mr. Walter turns on
i, the current In his batteries. It does
lasaks his flgures move and act with
ad-blood naturalness. It Is quite
bis. In the first place, that a girl
strong individuality of Nancy
ula acriflce herself in a loath-
" marriage simply to gratify the
tauvhim of a rum-soaked father, or
''after playing the role of "Vamp"
I, gusto. If somewhat unconsciously.
i fast cut tnoaay .New York set,
Cahould suddenly wax tcrupulously
abla about her debts and personal
lbilitlea, after being threatened
fcrrcat as a thief. Such psychology
BUGABOO OF "BUSINESS"
American Stage Ideals Demand It,
Says Eugene Walter '
Figene Walter, who came to Phlladel- I
phla on Thursday to se-c his wife, who is I
starring In his latest play, "Nancy
I. op." discussed during the intermission
some of the special conditions that con
front the American playwright. "One
of the llrst obstacles," ho remarked, "is
the futility of attempting to establish
any situation, or een to make an im
portant single point In the developint-nt
of a plot by the Use of language alone. '
"The American actor Is chlotly resiwn
slble." said Mr. Walter. "It Is the fault
of his training. He has been taught
that the most nctle actor Is most llki-lv
to earn his audience's applause and his
managers approbation, and as a result
It is hard to find one who can keep still
In Uuropc In Franco especially it Is
no uncommon thing to seo in a success
ful play hucIi a scene, for example, as
one In which two men seated at a table
converse quietly for eight or ten minutes
and thui disclose character and dew-lop
the play's theme. It does not seem
nccet-sary for cither of them to offer the
other a cigarette, play with a paper
knife or at intervals to art"? and Rtalk
across the room to present the nudlence
from lotting Its Interest in the thread uf
their discourse
"Somo of the most delightful and most
Important scenes In French plays hae
had virtually nothing of what we call
'action' ; the words had a meaning big
enough to produce a desired effect, nnd
the actors were willing to let the lines
do the work. Hut the American actor
evidently belie es that it is not what Is
said bnt how It Is said that Ir really Im
portant, and he Introduces u lot of man
nerisms, unnecessary tricks of voice and
gesture to help his speeches along on
their journey across the footlights "
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ORCHESTRA PLANS
FOR NEW SEASON
Personnel Limited to
Fine List of Soloists-
grums for Wartime
Allies.
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OBSERVATION AIDS ACTING
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Philadelphia Orchestra plain for the
nineteenth season, Just announced, reflect
the vital Influence of the war In eery
department of the organization's actlvl
t Not only will tho personnel of the
Orchestra be limited sharply to musi
cians of American or Allied nationality,
but the brilliant list of soloists has been
made with full consideration for war
time conditions, and the programs have
been arranged to make a distinct appeal
to a public engrossed In war.
Carlo I.iten, the Belgian tragedian,
will appear at the opening pair of con
certs on October 18-1S. He will recite
war poems to tho music of Kdward Kl-
gar, ho that the initial appearance of
the orchestra will thus assume a dis
tinctly patriotic aspeU
Others to bo heard for the first time
Include Alfred fortot, the French pianist,
the almost forgotten viol d'ahiour.
Toscha Seldel, the Ttusslan violinist,
Maggie Teyte. l.eo Ornstein. Maicia Van
Dresner and lMwIn Evans, the Philadel
phia baritone
Among thosowho might be-called the
xinndard artl-ts of acknowledged lepu-
tltlon who will appear are Ovslp Oab
rilowitsi h, now conductor of the Detroit
Symphony Oiehestra; Jji-nues Thibaud,
Olga Samaioff, Kfrem ZImballst, Jlar
garetc Matzenauer, of the Metropolitan
Opera Company: Josef Hofmann, Povla
FriJsh, the Danish soprano; Hans Kind.
ler. Harold Bauer and Thaddeus Itlch.
The Orchestra will be .maintained at
Its full strength, and certain changes In
the organization will greatly improve
the quality. Twenty-five pairs of con
certs will be given
The Paris Conservatoire Oichestra of
elghty-slx musicians will be htaid here
at the .Metropolitan on Monday evening,
October 14. .This organization is being
brought to tlio T nlted States .is part of
the pxtenslvn co-operation between the
French high commission ami the United
States Government for the Increase and
adancement of tho "entente cordials"
between the two republics
Tli concert of the Chamber Mu&ic Asso
ilatlon of Philadelphia, td be given on Sun
day afternoons In the ballroom of the Ei-lle-vuo-Stratford.
litKlnnlne November 1". will
be Blven by the Miniature Philharmonic Or
chestra, the Rich Quartet. th l'lontaley
Quartet, the Schmidt Quartet, the Hoiiete
des Inntrumente Anclens. the Berkshire
Strlne Quartet, the. Poclete de Instruments
Anclens and the Flonzaley Quartet
The Monday muilcales at ihe Bcllevue
fitratford will be elveu this season at 3
'clock In the afternoon. Instead of in the
morning, as in the past. The proceeds will
be slen to the American Friends of Mu
sicians In Trance Among the artists til
appear will be Luclen Muralore the French
tenor: Mme. OUa Hamaroft. Hans Klndler
Alfred Cortot. the French pianist: Florence
Macbeth, coloratura soprano of the Metro
IKilltan Opera Compans I Loralne Wiraan,
who. with tho assistance of Himard Brock
way, will present the "Lonesome Tunes,"
collected In the hills of Kentucky, and two
Fremh pianists, Magdelelne Ilrard and Mau
rice tmmesnll. ilme. uius, tne l-rencn i0'
and Mate. Pola Frtjsh.
FLOYD GIBBONS
FLOYD GIBBONS NEXT WEEK
Wounded War Correspondent at
.Metropolitan, September l
Floyd Gibbons, war correspondent,
who recently returned from France, will
deliver a personal message from General
Foch to the people of America at the
Metropolitan nexti .Saturday night. Gib
bons, his left eye gone and otherwise
incapacitated from wounds at Chateau
Thierry, where he was among ttie Amer
icans to go "over the top." lias an ab
sorbing tale to relate and his descrip
tive powers are said to make of him an
elictrlfying speaker. President Wilson
received the young correspondent at the
White House and in Washington Gib
bons was feted by officialdom and by
society. Ills lecture tour Is of short
duration, us it is his desire to return to
duties In France as soon as his health rano. MarciuVan Dresser.' Henri Casadesus
111 ilClllllkt
George Nash Lays Down Rules lor
Histrionic Art
George Nash, who lias graced the
Philadelphia boards In a number of
"hair trigger" pla)s. and who will be
seen next Monday In "The Blue Pearl.'
believes that only by exercising his
powers of observation every moment,
and applying them to his art, can an
actor achieve real success In character
acting "Obsene different kinds of
men, study them and ask yourself,
'What would that fellow be like on the
stage?' that is the question I contin
ually ask myself when 1 meet h new
and Interesting type of man in real life.
I have never played a modern role'
which did not tellect in .vomei way a
person I have actually mot in lite." Mr.
Nash asserts
"Our joung actors do not take the
artlstlr side of their profession eiy
seriously and p-rhaps they arc not to he
blamed for this, because there Is little
Incentive to scholarship or study, but
acting is really an art which calls for a
good deal of scholarship. The actor
should at least be familiar with the his
tory of the stage and the traditions of
the pioft-sslon of acting. 1 Ilnd that
most of our yourt; actors are sadly
lacking In this tbscnlial knowledge. If
jou talk about actors who were promi
nent twenty cars ago. the aeragc
young actor today does not know what
you are shaking of and has neer heard
ihc- names mentioned befoie.
"Our voting artois ar not up In their
Shakespeare and do not think It rs
neeesarv for them to be Shakespearean
scholars, for thev so seldom hac an op
portunity to act in classic dramas
Howeer, it. Is absolutely essential that
eiery actor hac- a working knowledge
of Shakespeare's plays, no matter
whether he is ever asked to act In them
or not.
EUGENE COWLES'S ROLES
"Chu Chin Chow" Basso Was
One of Original Bostonians
Kugene Cowles, who is seen as Abdul
lah In "Chu Chin Chow," is one of the
most faomus singers of the original Bos
tonians, and for the last' twenty years
lias been retarded as ono of America s
foremost Mngers After several years
of retirement from the stage, Irc was
persuaded to leturn to ins tormer voca
tion bv William nillott, V. Bay Comstock
and Morris Gest.
Mr. Cowles Is a native of Canada, who
studied singing In Chicago. He went
on the stage as a young man when he
joined the Bostonians during an engage
ment In Chicago in 1893. Prior to that
time he was engaged In commercial
work In Chicago, and was a noted singer
in church choirs. In various produc
tions of the Bostonians, he particularly
distinguished himself in "Ilobln Hood.
During his varied career he has won
honors in "The Fortune Teller," 'The
Singing Girl" and "The Hose of Al
geria." and has also had Important roles
in the Shubert revivals of the Gilbert
.nd Sullivan ojieras with ali-Btar casts.
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' A "Boy Prodigy's" Record
Hddy Brown, the violinist, who from
a "boy 'prodigy" has developed Into a
mature -virtuoso of world-wide fame,
plius the "Polish Dance" and the fa
mous "Paraphrase on Paderewskl'a
Minuet" with tho cyclonic richness and
technical brilliance for which he Is
noted on one of tho newest Columbia rec
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RAE ELEANOR BALL .Keith's-
CHILD PLAYER A VETERAN
Tiny Elizabeth Kennedy Quite
Versed in Barrie Already
Little Kllzabeth Kennedy, whose role
of Phoebo in the new Elennor Gate"
-comedy, "Phoebe Pretends," Is of the
"Irst importance, owes her earliest ap
pearance on Hie stage tq the fortuitous
chance that a discerning person caught
her In a moment of play-acting' on the
itreet Ir front of her Brooklyn home.
Kllzabeth was then slv. She is not
much older now . Her open-air perform
ance was the direct means of her being
Men the part of Kllza, tne little maid
In "Peter Pan," with Maude Adams, and
with such conspicuous success that hhe
was retained for the season of "A Kiss
for Cinderella."
Miss Gates gives her personal atten
tion to the welfare, of Elizabeth, and
was asked If that Important little placet
had been Insured, as the piece depends
laigely upon her presence for Its suc
cess Miss Gates smiled and remaiked
something about "old stuff." but as at
mat moment tne tor. was Busily r-oldmg
her little nose over an Inhalatnr, It was
evident that every care was being taken
of her speaking olce and tin oat Among
.miss icenneuy s otner activities may be
mentioned going to school, assisting at
Liberty Loan drives, playing In stock,
In pictures nnd wishing one could go to
France to help.
Footlights Brought Prosperity to
Kern, Wodehouse, Bolton
In these columns last Tuesday It Was'
remarked that the names of P. O. Wo'de
house and Guy Bolton have become til
most a habit on recent musical comedy
programs as makets of "books" and
lyrics. The triumvirate responsible for
tho authorship of "Leave It to Jane" Is
completed by Jerome Kern, whose light
and graceful melodies How In an appar
ently Inexhaustible stream from that
young composer's Hat In Flatbush. Vet
only a fow years ago all three were vir
tually unknown to the public nnd to
each other.
In a modest way Mr. Wodehouso be
gan as a "colyumlst" on the London
Globe. Mr. Bolton spent futllo years in
nn architect's oinco. Mr. Kern had dif
ficulties of his own persuading produce's
to glvo an occasional song a public
hearing. ,-..,,.
About threo years ago. when Mr. Kern
and Mr. Bolton were beginning work on
a musical comedy and needed a lyricist.
Kern bethought himself of Wodehouso.
He hunted him up and lntioduced him
to Bolton.
Guv Bolton, P. '. Wodehouse and
Jerome Kern arc what might bo termed
fast workers. Mr. Bolton and Mr.
Wodehouso declare a month Is a long
enough period in which to write a show.
Mr. Kern Is also a. faBt worker, and ad
mits having written certain scores in
three days and three sleepless nights.
EARLE FOXE LEAVES FILMS
Eyesight Forces Retirement at
Height of Success
When movie fans see "Peck's Bad
Girl" at the Palace next week they ivlll
seo Karlo A. Foxe for perhaps tho last
tlmo In motion pictures. IIo has risen
from small roles to that of leading
man, and his latest work is .opposite
Mabel Normtind. Mr. Foxe is now In
the. city as one of tho principals In
"Leave It to Jane." at the Opera House.
"It is with regret," ald Mr. Foxe, as
he removed the grease paint from his
face after the matlneo performance,
"that I must give up the work in the
motion picture studios. I did not realize
that I was going blind until recently,
but I attributed tho fact that I could
not bee plainly to overwork. But it Is the
powerful electric lights which must be
used In the New York btudlos. They are
the strongest lights, with tho possible
exception of our searchlights, and they
make the Interiors look as bright as
daylight. Many players hav had to
glvo up studio woik on this account"
THEATRICAL INDICATOR
FOR THE COMING WEEK
George Nftsh in a Mystery Play Will Open the :AHelphi for
the Season Attractions at Other Houses
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A NEW PLAT .
ADELVllt "The Blue Pearl," a comedy drama by Anne Crawford Elexner.
with George Nash as the featured player. The plot concerns the recov
cry of a stolen pearl. Tho cast Includes Grace Carlyle, Orlando Daly.
Julia Burns, Charles Mussett, Dorothy Klewcr, Charles Angelo, Perce '
Benton and B. II, Bender. '
"Hearts of the World" Returns
"Hearts of the World." tho V. W.
Griffith production that had two tre
mendously popular engagements at the
G'arrlck, will be presented tho week of
September 16 at the Forrest.
CONTINUING ATTRACTIONS
tillOAD "Phoebe Pretends," a comedy
dealing with divorce, the moyles and
other human affairs from the view
point of the child, by Eleanor Gates,
author of "The Poor Little' Rich Oirl"
and "Wo are Seven." Tho cast In
cludes ltobert Lowe, Dlantha Pattlson,
Elizabeth Kennedy and Harriet I.
Mendel.
OARIllCK "Nancy Lee," a'drama of
modern life by Eugene Walter, with
Charlotte Walker as star. Tho theme
Is tho sham and deceit of women who
live beyond their means. Charles D,
Mackay, Lillian Kcmble, William A.
Mortimer, Charles RIegel and Charles
Meredith arc In tho cast.
tiYKIC "Business Before Pleasure." tho
third footllght presentation of tho
buslnebs affairs ot Potash and Perl
mutter. In tho present comedy Mon
taguo Glass and Jule1!) Eckert Good
man depict the erstwhile cloak and
sultmakers embarked -.as motion
picture "maggots." Barney Bernard
nnd Alexander Carr head tho cast.
FOBJUST -"The Girl Behind the Gun,"
musical comedy. Tho book and lyrics
from the French of "Madame and Ileri
Godsons," aro by Guy Bolton and
I'elham Grenvllle Wodehouse, with tho
score by Ivan Caryll. Cast Includes
Donald Brian, John E. Hazzard,
Wllda Bennett, Ada Meade.
SHUBERT "Chu Chin Chow." Oriental
fantasy, by Oscar Asche, with musical
numbers by Frederic Norton. The plot
i woven about the talo of "AlltBaba
and the Forty Thieves," nnd tho pre
sentation engages a company of 200,
with a corps de ballet and numerous
animals.
OPEUA nOUSf; "Leave It to Jane,"
musical comedy, bused on George
Ade's "College Widow." Guy Bolton
and p. G. Wodehouse are librettist and
lyricist; the score Is by Jerome Kern.
VAUDEVILLE
KEITH'S Mclntyre and Heath, in "The
Man from Montana" ; Gus Van and
Joe Schenck; Hue Elinor Ball' and
Joseph Ball, musicians ; Frances Nordi
strom and William PInkham, in "An
Wrong": Walter Do Leon and Mary
Davies, singers and dancers : Vivian
Holt, soprano; Lillian Kosedale,
pianist ; Fred Force and Mildred Wil
liams, comedy sketch: Collins and
Hart, comedians ; Tojettl and Bennett,
dancers.
GLOBE A. Seymour Brown, in "Where
There's a Will": McKay's Scotch
Itevuo ; tho Telacks, singers; Joe Cook,
Peter Plattsnoff. comedy sketch : Car
rie LUIIe, oomedlcne; Makerenkd Duo,
singers.
CROSS KEYS "Bombardment of
Ilheims," a military spectacle; Jack
Morley, comedian; Lexey and O'Con
nor, singers; "Some Baby," musical
comedy: Franklo Fay and Jazz Boys,
Burns Brothers, acrobats, and photo
play, "Tho Fight for Millions," first
half of week, "Violets," musical
comedy: Fields and Wells, Lewis Lon
don. Maurice Samuels, Leo and Ben
nett, Hall and O'Brien, and photoplay,
"Hands Up." last half.4
BROADWAY "Who's My Wife?" musi
cal comedy ; Lee and Bennett. O BVIen
and his Southern Girls, RIccollo's
Midgets, and photoplay, "Tho Claw,"
first half of week. "Bombardment of
Rhflms," Cardo and Wall, "Keep
Moving," Frankle Fay and Jazz Boys,
and photoplay, "A Fool There Was."
WILLIAM PENN "On Manila Bay,"
musical comedy: Four Harmony
Kings, Clayton Macklyn and company.
Tiny Armstrong and Archlo Tysoit. .
nnd photoplay "Green Eyes," first half
of week. Blllle Reeves, comedian:
Seven Venetian Gypsies; Ford, TVest
and Knufmann; Marcla Relin and
Bert Fitch, and photoplay, "Still
Alarm" last half of week.
I NIXON Martelle, female Impersonator:
iiurns anu Aiora, comedians; Billy
Bouncer's Circus; TrouvlIIe Sisters,
dnncers; Gypsy Songsters; photoplay,
Charles Bay, In "A Nine o'clock
Town."
COLONIAL Urrigottl's Lilliputians;
Roy and Arthur, eccentric Jugglers:
Frank WINon, cjcllstLeo Bcggs and
company. "Old Folks at Home"!
Weber. Beck and Frazler, singers;
Photoplay, Paulino Frederick, in
"Fedora."
GRAND Lttclllo and "Cockle," trained
bird act : Oruct, Kramer and Gruet,
musical comedians; Varden and Pei
ry, comedians; Sherman and Uttry.
singers; Bowers, Walters and Crocker,
comedians; Kathryn Powell and com
pany; photoplay,, ninth episode of "A
Fight for Millions."
PHOTOPLAYS
STANLEY "The Turn of tlin Wheel."
wltlt Geraldino Farrar In her first ap
pearance as a GoldvVyn star. Cast In
eludes Herbert Rawllnson, Violef.
Heming, Percy Marmont, Hazzard
Short, Mabel Ballln and Clarence
Handysldes. Tex Charwate Is the
author.
PALACE "The Still Alarm." spectacular
( melodrama based pn tho play of the
samo name, first half of week. "Peck's
Bad Girl," with Mabel Normand, last
half of week.
ARCADIA "On the Quiet," with' John
Barrymore. from the comedy bv
Augustus Thomas. Cast Includes Loii
Meredith, Frank Losee, J. W. John
ston, Alfred Hickman, Helen Greene
nnd Cyril Chndwlck.
VICTORIA "Tho Prussian Cur." war
story with many military scenes. DI
rected by R. A. Walsh, with a cast
Including Miriam Cooper, Sidney Ma
son, Patrick O'Maliy nnd Captain
Horst von der Goltz.
REGENT-"Flower of tho Dusk," with
Vjola Dana, llrst half of week. "Iu
Judgment Of," with Anna Q. Nllsson
and Franklyn Farnum, latter half of .
week.
STRAND "Inside the Lines," from Earl
Dcrr BIggers' spy story. Lewis S.
Stone Is the star, first half of week.
"His Birthright." with Sessue-Haya
kawa. last half of week,
LOCUST "Tho Marriage Ring," with
Enid Bennett as star, first half of .
week. "The Green God," with Harry
Morey, last half ot week.
BURLESQUE
CASINO "The Liberty Girls," headed
by Jack Conway as leading comedian.
Other members of tho company are
' James Collins, Larry Clifford, Frank
W. Martin, Tony Williams, Dick Mor
gan, Michael Kelly, Bert Trustee, Bar
ry Melton Norma Jerome, Sallle Clif
ford, Hilda Giles.
TROCADERO "The High Flyers."
presented by Charles N. Baker
Prominent in the cast are Bert Bur
ton, Charles Vole, Barbara Douglas
Gertrude Ralston, Joseph Cunningham
Graco Howard and Jack Sheehan.
MINSTRELS
DUilONT'B Now travesties, songs and
comedy, with "Tho Curb Market on
North College Avenue and In Ken
sington" as the chief local burlesque.
PHOTOPLAY PRESENTATIONS FOR WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 9 TO SEPTEMBER 14, 1918
SEE ANNOUNCEMENT DAILY IN THE PUBLIC LEDGER AND EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER
Subject to Change
AIHAMBKA ()
12th. Morris & Pasyunk Av.
MONDAY
PROMINENT PLAYERS IN FORTHCOMING SCREEN DRAMAS
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X- certainly real spiritual regenera
te to" not accomplished by coercion,
laivitai moral growth ncurlshed by
Mis Walker palpably works
kl make Nancy. plausible, and yet.
or tne players native Quality
fyatrtlonal sincerity, she seems far
BVtncea neraeu oy tne character.
f'wine In new bottles is what Klaw
Krlanger offer n their latest
"comedy. "The Girl Behind the
' Ho sane person expects to find
an entertainment a great drama
MpCtjr symphonic score. But "Miss
ae." and. In totalljv different
"Oh. Boy!" showed us that
oomedy may be original in plot.
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. la score. "The Girl Behind tha
"'If .perfectly reliable and pleasing,
k somewhat perfunctory musical
TJU cast includes more notable
t tkan three or four typical musical
aroauctiqns. But the combined
f Donald Brian, Jack Hazzard,
le. Wllda Bennett. John E-
Jrranlc Doane and Cissle Hewell
sufficient to give It at all times
able put not Intangible spirit
Bitty.
tbA eleventh-hour annnunce-
Kthat "The Blue Pearl," a
Jay by Anne Crawford Flex-
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02d and ThompKin Sts
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ARCADIA , , ., , 1 I
Chestnut uelow lOtb St.
HF.f.MONT
D-'J and Market Sts.
ni.nEiuim )
llroad & Susquehsnnn Ave.
nROAIHVAV
llroad and Snyder Ave
rpnAR .
60th and Ceflar Aye.
COLISEUM
Market below 60th St.
()
cnroNiAT,
Gtn. and Maplcwqod Aven.
EMPtE
Main St.,
Manayunlc
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l'aullne FrederRlc In
Fedora
TheJa Jtara In
Porbiddcu Paths
John llarrjnior? in
On the Quiet
v. v.: orirmii'a
The Birth of n Nation
TUESDAY
Pauline Frederick In
Fedora
Bessie Uarrlscale in
Within the Cup
T) W. Orlfflth's
The Ori-at I.oca
Clara Kimball Younic In
The Claw
(leorare "M. Cohan .In
Hlt-the-Trall Holllday
W. Orlltlth nresents
Tim Great l-ove
Pauline Frederick
In Fedora
John llRirymorfl In
On the Quiet
D. W. Griffith'
The Hlrth of a Nation
1). W. Griffith's
The Great Love
Clara Kimball Touns In
The Claw
G-ortce M. Cohan In
.lllt-the-Tmll Holllday
D. W Griffith nrenellts
Tho Great l.ove
To IM1 With the
Kaiser
F.rRF.KA
40th and Market Stt.
FAMILY
1311 Market St.
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FAIRMOCNT ()
20th St. and Qlrard Ave.
FR NKFORD
471 B Frankord At.
S6TII ST. THEATRE
llelow Spruce St.
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(1REAT NORTHERN
Uroad St. at Erie Ave.
IMPERIAT.
00th and Walnut St.
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JPMIIO
rront and Glrard Ave.
LEADER (a)
41st and Lancaster Ave.
LIHERTY
llroad and Columbia Ave.
LOCUST
52d and locust Sti.
MARKET ST. THEATRE
333 Market St.
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MODEL
423 South St.
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NIXON
B2d and Market Sts.
OVERBROOK
tad and llacerford Ave.
EHID
BENNETT in
&ECALDIHE
FADDA.R .
'ia "The Turn oP4heVhecl,"SranTey
if.
DEMOCRACY OF "VODE"
Voliniste Prefers It to the Con
cert Stage
nae Eleanor Ball, the violinUte, who'
will be heard at Keith's next week, does
not believe that she will ever return
to her former field on the concert stage.
"It Is far more Interesting to be a
success In vaudeville," In her opinion.
"Vaudeville appeals to me because of
Its downright honesty. You cannot ad
vertise your name and expect vaude
ville managers and vaudeville audiences
to accept the artificial rating thus estab.
lished. Success In vaudeville depends
upon results; consequently, there Is the
very finest and highest incentive- to
please people who have spent their
money to tuar you. Patrons of vaude
ville come to near you because tbey
want to be there. There is bo art
PALACE
1214 Market St,
()
Ssgud ITayakawa In
The Ilravest Way
Loulae Glaum in
A Lavr Unto Herfcelf
J-wel Carmen in
Lawless Love
Pauline Frederick
In Fedora
WEDNESDAY
Pauline Frederick In
Fedora
Mar Allison In
Successful Adventure
John Harrymore In
On the Quiet
D. W. Griffith's
Tho .UlrOi ft a Nation
The Rink
MleS Petticoats
Clara Kimball Young In
Tho Claw t
Douglan Fairbanks In
Hound. In Morocco
Dorothv Dalton in
Green E)es
Pauline Frederick
In Fedora
To Illl With the
Kaiser
Madice Kennedv In
The Serlco Star
William Farnum In
The Bondsman
Douglas Fairbanks
In Bound In Morocco
Mae Marsh In
The Glorious Adventure
Marv Plrkford In
The Easle'e Mate
D W. Griffith's The
Birth of a Nation
William s. Hart In
Shark Monroe
S Ifuakewa In The
City of Dim races
Jewel Carmen In
Lawless Love
Knld Dennett la
The Marriaite Ring-
Kitty Gordon In
Merely Players
Bert Lvtell In
No Man'B Land
Charles nay In
A Nine o'clock Town
A. Walsh's drama
Woman and the Law
I'ARK I
itldee Ave. a Dauphin St.
PRINCESS
101S Market St.
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RF.OENT ()
Market St. below 17th
B I ALTO ()
Gtn. Ave. Tulpebocken
IUVOLI ()
Hi and Sansom Sts.
BOIY ()
Market St. below 7th
SAVOY
1211 Market fit.
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STANLEY
Market above 18th
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STRAND ()
Gtn. Ave. at Venango
TIOGA
17th and Venango
CTOKIA v t (a)
M lota and MrM, Acs.
Dramatic Hpec-tacle-The
Still Alarm
DUIIe Burke In
Pursuit of Polly
Peggy It) land In
Bonnie Annie Laurie
Viola Dana in
The Flower at Dusk
Edith Ptorey
In The Demon
Clara Kimball Young
In The Claw
Mae Marsh In The
Glorious Adventure
Marguerite Clayton In
Inside tha Lines
Geraldlne Farrar In
The Turn of the Wheel
Jack Plckford In
Sandy
Douglas Fairbanks
In Bound In Morocco
Mae Marsh In
The Olorloua Adventure
Mary Plrkford In
The Eagle's Jilate
D W. Griffith's The
Birth of a Nation
The Kaiser, the Beast
of Berlin
f? Hayaknwa In The
City of Dim Faces
Wallace Reld In
Leas Than Kin
Knld Bennett In
The Marriage nine
Ttuth Clifford In
Flower of Youth
Bala Castleman In
Her Duty
Charles Itav In
A Nine o'clock Town
Douglas Fairbanks In
Say, Young Fellow
nramaflp SDertacle
The Still Alarm
Peljoi
ctacl
Blllle Ilurke In
Pursuit of Polly
To Hell
With the Kaiser
Viola Dana In
The Flower at Dunk
Olga Petrova
In The Lite Mask
Clara Kimball 'Young
In The Claw
Claire Anderson In
The Mask
, Blllle Ilurke In
'In Pursuit of Polly
Geraldlne Farrar In
The Turn of the Wheel
Lewis S. Stone
In Inside the Lines
Marguerite Clark In
Uncle Tom'g Cabin
Tba Prussian
- Cur
Lewis S. Stone
In Inside the Lines
Triple "Brouble
Would You KorglveT
The Prussian
uut
To Hell With the
Kaiser
May Allison In The
Successful Adventure
Monro Salisbury in
The Devil Bateese
Viola Dana In
Tlia Flower of Dusk
Blllle Burke In
In Pursuit of Polly
Constance Talmadge In
Pair of Silk Stockings
Mae Marsh In
Money Mad
D. W. Griffith's The
Birth of a Nation
The Kaiser, the Beast
ot Berlin
Theda Bara In
Soul of Buddah
Charles Kay In
A Nine o'clock Town
Enid Bennett In
The Marriage Ring
Elsie Ferguson Ini
The Danger Mark
Constance Talmadze In
Pair of Silk Stockings
Charles Ray In
A Nine o'clock Town
Gladys Brockwell In.
The Bird of Trey
Dramatlo Rpectacle-
The Mill Alarm
Theda Bara in
The Forbidden 'Path
Marguerite Clark
In Prunella
. Vlol.i Dana In
The Flower ut Dusk
3. W. Riley's poem.
A Hoosler Romance
Marguerite Clayton In
Inside the Lines
William Farnum in
The Bondman
D. W. Griffith's
The Great Love
Geraldlne Farrar In
The Turn of the Wbeel
Lewis B. Stone
In Inalde the Lines
Triple Trouble
Would You Forgive T
The Prussian
THURSDAY
William I'arnuin in
The Bondman
Barbara Castleton In
Heredity
John Barrymore In
On the Quiet
Pauline Frederick
In Fedora
Ambassador Glrard's
My 4 Years In Germany
Theda Barn in
A Fool There Waa
Douglas Fairbanks In,
.Bound In Morocco
Dorothy Dalton in
Green Eyes
Pauline Frederick
In Fedora
Mary Garden In
The Splendid Sinner
June Caprice In
MIsa Innocent
GloTloua Swanson In
Secret Code
D. W. Griffith presents
The Great Love
Blllle Burke In
In Pursuit of Polly
Constance Taflmadge In
Fair of Silk Stockings
Mae Marsh In
Money Mad
Clara Kimball Young
In The Claw
Heasue Ilayakawa in
The City of Dim Faces
Theda Bara In
Soul ot Buddah
Theda Bara In
The Tvio Orphans
Harry Morey In
The Green God
Viola Dana In The
Flower of the puslc
Glad a Brockwell in
Bird of Prey
Charles Ray In
A Nine o'clock Town
Doris Kenyon In
Street ot Seven B'.ara
Mabel Normand In
Peek's Bad Girl
Theda Bara In
The Forbidden Path
Carlyle Blackwell In
Beloved Blackmailer
Kllsson and Farnum In
In Judgment Of
Constance Talmadge
In The Lesson
Marguerite Clayton in
Insldo the Lines
Constance Talmadge.
Pair of Silk Stockings
Tha Clutch of
Clrcumstancea
Geraldlne Farrar In
The Turn of the Wheel
Sesaue Hayaluwa
In Ills Birthright
D. W. Griffith's
The .Birth of a Nation
The
FRIDAY
William Farnum In
The Bondman
Norma Talmadse In
The Safety Curtain
Jo&n Barrymore In
On the Quiet
Pauline Frederick
In Fedora
Ambassador Glrard's
My 4 Years In Germany
Theda Barm In
A Fool There Was
Elsie Ferguson In
The Danger Mark
Blllle Burke In
In I'uamlt'of Polly
Pauline Frederick
In Fedora
Lee Kids
Doing Their Bit
Marguerite Clark in
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Theda Bara in
Clemenceau Case
Lottie Briscoe in
The House of Mirth
Triple Trouble
The Kaiser's Shadow
William Farnum In
The Bondman
Constance Talmadge In
Sauce for the Goose
William Farnum
In Tho Plunderer
Sessue Ilayakawa la
The nravest Way
Blllle Burke In
Pursuit of Polly
Constance Talmadge, A 1
pair of sine stockings
Harry Morey in
The Green God
Alice Bradr In
TI.B Death Dance
Jane Grey In
The OuUty Wife
Charles Bay In
A Nine o'CIock Town
Monroo Salisbury in
The Devil Bateeie
Mabel Normand In
Peck's Bad Olri
Kathryn Williams In
Can'WHave Everything
r, X. Bushman In
A Pair of Cupids
Nllsson and Farnum In
In Judgment Of
Bushman and Bay
A Pair ot Cuplc
is tn
The Manx
Man
Seasue Hayakawa tn
City ot Dim Faces
Viola Sana In
The Flower at Dusk
tferatdlne Farrar In
The Turn of the Wheel
Sessue Hayakawa
In His Birthright
D. W. Griffith's
The Birth of a. Nation.
The Prussian
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SATURDAY
William Farnum In
The Bondman
William Farnum in
A Soldler'e Oath
John Barrymore In
On the Quiet ,
Pauline Frederick
In Fedora
Ambassador Glrard's
My 4 Years In Germany
. JEh?d.2 Bara "
A Fool There .Waa
Jllsle Ferguson in
The Danger Mark
Blllle. Burke In
In Pursuit ot Polly
Pauline Frederick
In Fedora,
ndlth Storey In
The Demon
Marlon Davleg. Cecilia
of the Pink Rosea
Douglas Fairbanks In
Say. Young Fellow
Jewel Carmen In
Paying the Piper
Triple Trouble, ?
The Kalser'a Shadow
Lewis S. Stone In
Inalde the Lines
Constance Talmadge tn
Sauce for tho Goose
Pauline Frederick in
Her Final Reckoning:
Pauline Stark In
Innocent's Progress
Tllllta Burke in
Pursuit of Polly
Anna Q. Nllsscm In
In Judgment Ot
Harry Morejrrln
The Green God
Pauline Frederick In
Her Final Reckoning
Holbroek Bltnn tn
Would You ForglTet
Charles Ray In
A Nine o'clock Town
Theda Bara In
Forbidden Paths
Mabel Normand In
Tcck's Bad Olfl
Kathryn Williams In
Can't Have Everything
William Desmond In
Wld Life
Nllsson and Farntrm In
In Judgment Ot
Madge Kennedy la
The Sen-Ice Star
The Manx
Man
Tha Clutch of
Circumstances
Dorothy Dalton, in
Green Eye
Geraldlne Farrar -tn
The Turn of the Wbeel
Sessue Hayakawa
In His Btrtbrlsbt
D.
Orlftlth'e 1 , . Tf-
The Birth of' M4M
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