-'?- & ' ff , ;J u , 15 VISING PUBIilO iLBDlGlER-PHIi;Ai)Et.PHlA; SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, lOTSr -tVf J3RHE SA VING GRACE" AND "VELVET LADY" HERE MONDA Y "FORBIDDEN CITY" AT THE STANLEY PN- 1 rfri" ' IE PLAYGOER'S WEEKLY TALK nervations on Plays and EJfltdtophys of Interest to rmiaacipnians THEATRE AND MOVIE FAVORITES WHO WILL ENTERTAIN PLAYGOERS NEXT WEEK 10 frS it :, .nil iHILADBLPHIA, meet Mr. Maude, x great .many o.f our playgoers protest against tlio redundancy of introduction lo the great English for did they not meet mm in npy and don't tney rememucr But, come to mini; 01 it, it is liatd to recall lust how Mr. de looks when not In character. Of. a, there have been many pnoto- phs, but they somehow do not im- HKe a MeWot tne man on me , Be. And when Mr. nuao maae ins hd onlv vi to Philadelphia it t. tl,A mU nt Ota afra.l flriwnnv nnd ' bo one could tell how he really looked. next week. In "The Saving Grace," fwlll be his own middle-aged self at , iroau. was stranee that Cyril Mamie Bid have held back from appearing Eha American state for so long-. Ills s,aeat, popularity In England surely must , Wn convinced him that he could meet &vise with success in tins country. ien bo did come to America arjout pyears ago It was to bring with hlfc Bt of plays which he had better left Gohie. In one of these. "The Second 'irtgnCommand." it could not be said he tf dMvery well. John Drew liau appeared liOhl IL C. Carton Play and it never S&Vaa a' great success In this country r Eventually, In desperation, Maude lUWCu our. me manuauiiiii. ul vjiuiucj arid when he nut It on In New York its If; recsptlbn' Vas a triumph. For about It tifo years he continued to win friends - in! "Grumpy," and since then he has been IKY playing in America just aouut us mucn K as Ju .cn-Bianu, i 44XTAMINO a play is a very serious b jIN matter," says George AV Lederer, iv ' t ... ..... .... IK wlm Is overseeing the production or -xno i Velvet "Lady," which will have Its r ipremlere here next week. L.euerer, wno plV will be recalled "for his excellent work ; .llh "The Land ot joy," orougnt ivmi ;ium rrom Kngiana mo reputation 01 a veteran producer of musical plays. "N'ot h bhe author In a hundred knows what to , Recall the plays he writes." Mr. Lederer1 went on. "The best lie does is to tie a "bjrltk to Its neck before -handing it to a F .manager ior prouucugn. i !"TVbAnaver a nlav has been handed ul: to ffle I have Invariably closed my eyes K orl the title page, not caring to be pre- m Maturely prejudiced against the play I . .itj. .r, - u . :iks mn jz jiHm Hit 7 a BHiOV .HB ' 4.'".. iXlis Xi.-.l H' 0n. a Tg I k If M'.3T; ' i v- a v . '. 4L . -otlV t .WiH) MK II m MPtMJ mp- v-" " iBT 11 V fKdfrfcf .,. n i v. - Ik""'.''" 'PHlU?aiHHM'S- s!? HBlJuX roma.Talma3oe. in. THE FOUBiDOEN city iazn& ' BVHHHlv '' 00 I "' " ' "' "' T lBBBHiiSfL BM " mSW WnarV' .iHHHHIK'' I BJjHHHiBiMPfffMB HwlBr MMi&ZrSI Josouth" strand IMMPnHB m'-f 3-na. Glaive m'toLLY WITH apast" IVeHP'WmHlaHHlH KiliP Sr - Hi Bip ?H 'WK;;fA v garrick IVBHBH I TO"' ' HWOHp SMX BO . BH i'v ,'BBH Louis SernnifOJi ik.iViH Ell5. CISXO iVgl P m IlK -Lv''iiBH VICTOR, i t5.v.EiTMs IHTr mMWimUmu """IHk WWvH ii g """'" f , . Frmmrm Y i-if- dt-i. .k' ir .j a. 3 ii . i -r CHINESE GIRLS. FUMEB; FAIRBANKS IN ARIZONA Unusual Offerings Next Week at Photoplay Houses "Oh, ' ' Johnny," at Victoria 'DcnIla.s, Ea-i.la.'3-i.T3 s" ft bl.-IIJ-. ttKfVJ lK oerc L.-Icl..L 3V.. HITTIMG THElHlGH STCrrs" REGENT S irr. Dcnus, ot 'la Pera"K V"e. course would destroy tho theatre, and ' mounts. As ho does so the sun appears, i? . It Ule play pleased me 1 tore orr the title ..... ,t.A ,,Hi.,a iu iA.i n u..n..nen t.t i nn.i t.m, n nn...tnnAn MefnM . M p??Aand,.,pr0rduced,,l,e dlal0BU.e Portion th havp witne9Sed Just such a scene, sheik throws up his arms In greeting !ih..tlt,e.iirr0"Idi.ire.i,-y. 'f it": ; Once again the imagination of the ' and stands there rapt and adoring as --:.;.,,;;?;; ;;; ,PV;f ,, Bron-uP nas Ueen called into play. ne curtain falls. .Thus is the audience in. OH SPK "S. If pjfly'iind r was pretty sure to overhear &r. noverai suggestions inr ii khuu uliu (.ii.it tv irjiil nr-t'A tti onlvnilnn nt 1T1V flllthnr'a Itp ""JM & ..v ......-.. v. ... ...... .w. . jt Vi can "name many plays that have ' fAtftn because nf the auMior's selection eT -.' ". I. . . . - - .. 1 .11 .. .l . i,.ll lll-no II-1 III lln 41. 1 I t0 tp oiues. Ana i can ien or rcnameu iu". ni-a .i ni muiun. . iSj.'-UlWr ht wero revived nnd prospered Mary Ranous. and a sister nt Fifty- A Tenamed witn tmea tnai playgoers tnem- secanu nu ojjiuce tmerix, hum vuy. I . J ' . s t .. a i Tn ntnn tin urn a 1(nn linxA nenl llld Befcyes naa unconsciously auBgesieu. ".wi "w " "" pu !. Ik taSSn Ionian if Kre.f jSKSf tory and dabbled In electricity at va- - --" " l... Ann1 llAlto.iA ontll ln l.,.,inn1l 1 rt brought In tune with the atmosphere of iM'UOY! LADV'!" " UYRIC IVancos1 GraySori 'eves op vooth" "aoelphi PEAKIXO of the big scenic effects of I ,l10 story. Seven Da.s' Leave," ono must pay milE departuro of "ilaytlme" from the ., . ,UA ...... I. . .1 ni.iin. I ,.. . . - trlbulo to the work of two native Phila delphlans, Frank -U. Thomas, now a resident of New York, and Georue Lay- Play, an adaptation o "tilercr farce, 'A Full House. It had not rlous local theatres until he became an JL Shubert Theatre January G will bring the new Mclntyre and Heath attraction, "Hello Alexander," to. that Ilroad street playhouse. Tho book Is by Edgar Smith and Emily B. Younp, the lyrics by Al fred Bryan and tho music by Jean Schwartz. At tho Broad Street Theatre January 20 "Tho Better 'Ole" will bo the attrac tion. It is a war play with music and CJBTVT liirCC, ArUU fiuunr. II 11UU III) l , , ...1 ,1 , ,.... nn 111,11,,,, f.nP- "" ' P"J "llll II1UII1U UnU rifled In farce form the only trouble" ac.k.n"iid.s'a.f.xJ?it. "Jt, "P" e ,f. Is based upon Cantaln Bruce Bairn-- 1- .j: it... n- tj. ...- --. i.i j- IliaiUKraim inujcuiiuti mm iiiuniuiin. ic i,i. ii "it.t. .V i (.ir . I . We tKhTthe plomeruVd a ' ?"? I!''."'' - &ranceT' " ' '-m"" SltiK VnThmXahrbeenSelnK,e I conjunction with stuBe- action In the de .JiliftJLIvelopiiient of dramatic situations, and TMITATION has alw nkirtir tn-Thn Velvet lad"' " .from their little oillco and laboratory In X cerest sort of S,V" " ,tho uaiety lneatre DuuainB, -ew lore, exception to the rul ?jf-. - ' iiaA Mmn nil inn mi- sincrp HpnH.iLmiia .i I1" mtir" ...aa.1 ntnB In ft.A 'r I CW1U .UKIGU II1BVO l.t ,11V ays been the sin- flattery and there la no In tho movie- Bclasco I "7'.,.V" .V- ,h krki;; n. In ,""1? oata.ogue ot taK.nes. n ex- JUOmeUeht has fallen to another ac- the "Fol leV of' 1007" down through th. 1 ," ' . X" U?VA" feitre" Ina Claire Is the young woman I various revues and Winter Oardcn shows , author Is to be found in a forthcoming P.whoTie destiny hereafter.ls to be linked ' to the spectacle now holding the boards picture release which carries tho basic rthat ot the famous producing man- at tno upera iiouse, wnere ljijiou iaea 0f tj,e interesting play, "Eyes of outn, now enjoying popularity at the Adelphl Theatre. The monthly bulletin Issued by the firm heralds tho picture as follows: "It will achieve the greatest sensa tion ever created In motion-picture art. It Is unique. It will blaze across the firmament of fllmdom like a flaming comet, and it will burn its path to n success that will dwarf every other sue. Kim will make her first Philadel- worked nearly two score years ago as annearance In a straight dramatic an electrician's helper. Chrlstmns afternoon at the Garrick I t-..- ,r,(inn.nirtii.n mhino. twice atre, where BeIaico will present his j as tnany stcreopticons and numerous 4Ay hit, "Polly With a Past" ( mechanlcal light "effects" play slmul- WO Reasons ago Mr. BCIaSCO Visited I .-. Iv nnnn nn Inonlmm nrrance- th Zlcgfeld "Follies" to hear Miss I ment ot scenery during the marine flHIro. who. ho had been told, was rldl- i.cA..a.. -no,.,,' TAn.-a i.T,.n,i. fncdhng him cruelly In a smartly satirical InK m a manner that leaves the specta K lHHeBong entitled "Poor Marie-Odlle." ... ,.rhimfi with roniiom mi miz- Ill'must have liked it and he must have zle(1 a3 to what he actually saw and cess In the history of the motlon-plcturo i jiawcwtne singer, too, ior ne suosequenuy what he imagined he saw. Nor Is the industry. " .rteaKed Miss Claire for Polly With a I jatter question preposterous, for tho new All of which leaves nothing for the i1 fr4? ' so-called "flash" method of Illusion Is future spectator to do but wait with J. iMithtt P!at.n (llflV BlIA tin tliA nla . i i , . - ,i... t.i 1. ,..... I...1..I i. .1. 11.. -1..1. .-... f fc, w... .w .- "-. . -..- v'v 1 also empio) eu upuu iiiu miij.uiai;n uiiiBci 1 uniuu uieum lur 1110 piuiuion icicunc, . nf, " imcuiscui jviui.B Uiiian, me backed up by sound "effects tnat con- W1". ol mid-western clergyman. vcy t0 tlla mlnd powerful suggestions. -ECIL B De Mllle's "The Sauaw M-Soivalts on two young bachelors, irked rausinir the spectator to visualize things I , ,, ,' , . , 77. ?r a5they are by nothing in life except the SJt l.t only m hS mlna! This 'branch Y M" 7"1 b P"?nt!d at tf! Stn- rAlnes of a love-3 ck chum. Polly - , .-- ...-,.. u -, ley Theatre New Year's week, vrlth tr T-r.""- . - . .' ni hiuu'.'Liaii litis uccn out;ixaaiuiii cm- - r.. . . . z r kws her French ana is working to , cd ln short pIaya ln Xew Yorlt tl,s M v-u,lniin hdr musical education ln Paris. ' ': ...... . .. . ...1 .1 i THEATRE BILLS FOR NEXT WEEK Schedule of Entertainments Includes Three "Legiti mate" Openings ' of stag'tcraft has been successfully em f. -. .-. . . . . . .. m continue ber musical euucation in i-aris. - without any other elaboration "rf J?, Persuaded, because or ner ac- but ng used ln ..Seven Days' Leave" nniieunieuLOi vu niiiiciowniD uc a. De 1 it..i. .,, tnAv.nu.. ia 11ua,i wKhlng French siren, fill with envy the ' "., "L"B7,.Vtt Dl"so " " """ . '. .A.. ... .... .1 l.I !. DtHWtv- "rf lLt(Terent young woman and brini? her &.. . v.A,lAst "Pnllv 5hnnoti lifrnmM p&rietla Badv. the French enchantress, 'ajvansltlon that affords Miss Claire fulh 'tiXno for the display of those Imitative Layton de eloped upon which nil such situations are based, employing it first in a vaude vllle act called "The Spook Minstrels," presented at a local vaudeville theatre Elliott Dexter ln the name part and Ann Little as the Indian girl, Beulah Marie Dlx is responsible for the con tinuity and is said to have made an effective story. The plot is familiar to the original Idea , .,., ' M rr,, i,P- i,,,m in nlttintlnnii o fa I " . . . '' way be confused with reissues, for It Is an entirely new production. 1 :.. ii3iC .!.. .... i,-nr, v,. nnniiinn ; ln 1905 and familiar to vaudeville fans ?hnast. Associated Vlth Ina Claire through the fact that the act revisited iio play are Cyril Scott, H. Beeves-1 1'hllaaeipma again arm again ior years, Pdffetlc, Thomaa Reynolds, Louise Gal-, b'egfst jod was tne consti lllFiV.. Ad.h. Barton, Betty Lln.ey. al 'more Postomce saw W.HBS22 Ae" J"0U e'l, a"U ",M .livVloiied It until tlievT ?. EiBinnE. ,. ; :'.. :.-i..,.. " W.$ OtftVEi you were a little child you TO - HfcPfbaDl' "played house" with noth- r1w-ti)ore man a set ot toy aisnes ana a Ereater nossl and financed and olntly created the most striking scenes in "The Fol lies." "The Whirl of the World," "Some body's Luggage," "Uamlet on Broad way," Lew Field's "Midnight Sons," Summer w Idowers, "Hun Dodgers, Inter en 1au T aiii'ii " nltn um t u nttnimtlAno n 1A . ., 1HlB 4CUIC iiuuiuiuua iiluhliiuiih t w you. JJUt you were onty piaing uslnB theh. "ffftptH" this season, lnclud iT, swalj broom, or built wonderful snow A Aboal.d and nuierous Wlnte 1? Xiria., behind which protection you re- aaTden offerings. In addition to "Seve S pilsed the enemy" when he sought to D. 1eave," numerous attractions ar using your Imagination. In the ing "Going rp." for which they con- MOTION" pictures helped no small bit In winning tho war and they are to play a still greater part ln re-establish-inff peace. The newly created morale division of the War Department will rely to a great extent on pictures to enlist the enthusiastic co-operation of citizens and soldiery in .what now needs to be done and the spirit in which we should all set about It. Brigadier Gen eral Munson Is head of this morale di vision and Raymond D. Fosdlck, chair man of the committee oti training camp activities, is next in command. Doug las Fairbanks Is now making a series of photoplays for the morale division, the first of which Is nearly completed. XEW ATTRACTIONS BItOAD Cyril Maude and" his notable company In C. Haadon Chambers's lat est comedy, "The Saving1 Grace." Tho play was a London success last sea son and won great favpr in New York this year. Associated with Mr. Maudo are Laura Hope Crews, Betty Murray, Annie Hughes. Charlotte Granville, Edward Douglas and Stanley Harri son. F01WEST -Premiere of the Klaw and Erlanger musical comedy. "The Vel vet Lady," by Victor Herbert and Henry Blossom, a musical version ot a popular farce. Georgle O Barney, Mario Flynn and Minerva Covcrdale will furnish most of the comedy. GAItRlCK David Belasco's succoss, "Polly With a Past," In which Ina Claire will make her first appearance ln a dramatic role, will have its first presentation hero Christmas afternoon. coxTisvma attractions Or ERA HOUSE "Seven Days' Leave," an English war melodrama of the pronounced patriotic type. The hero ine Is played by Jean Stuart, last seen here as the vamplro in "The Wan derer." LI'IIIC "Oh, Lady! Lady!" musical comedy, produced by F. Ray Comstock and William Elliott. Book and lyrics by Guy Bolton und C. G. Wodehouse and score by Jeromo Kem. Original Xew fork cast, including Vivlenne Segal, Carl Randall and Constance Blnney. SHUBERT "Maytime." a costume play. with attractive music. Cast headed by John"- Charles Thomas, John T. Murray and Dorothte Blgelow. ADELPni ''Eyes of Youth," with Alma Tell In the chief role. A.mystlcal play ln which tho heroine peers Into her future through tho medium of a crys tal globe. VAUDEVILLE emanating his characteristic optimism, Marjorlo Daw, protege of Geraldlne Farrar, is his leading woman. VICTORIA "Oh, Johnny," the second of the Betzwood Film Company's pro ductions, featuring Louis Bennlson, a newcomer t the screen. Charles Chaplin, In "Shoulder Arms," will be an added attraction. RECENT "Hitting tho High Spots." with Bert Lytell In the stellar role. Eileen Percy has the chief feminine part. First half of week. Dorothy Dulton, In "Quicksands," last half of the week. STRAND Pauline Frederick In "A Daughter of the Old South." will bo the feature the first half of the week, and Wallace Roid, In "Too Many Mil lions," the last half of the week. Spe cial music by tho Strand Orchestra. LOCUST Wnllaoe Reid in "Too Many Millions," tho first half of tho week, and Elsie Ferguson, In "Under the Greenwood Tree," tho last half of tho week. AT POPULAR PRICES I WALNUT Dramatization of the Hlch ens" novel, "The Garden of Allah." A big scenic productlo , In which a big cast and many animals will appear at tho historic theatre; DUMONT'S MINSTRELS A new bur lesque called "Merchant's Shipyard Jail at Harrlman's ; or, Schwab's Million-Dollar Umbrella." Christmas tree matinees from December 23 to 31, In clusive. BURLESQUE CASINO Ben Welch and his "Hlg Show" will bo the attraction. Besides a chorus of twenty, Dolly Morrlssey, Evelyn Cunningham, Pat Kearney and Frank P. Murphy will furnish fun. TROCADERO "The Frolics of the Xlte" will be the holiday attraction, with Irving Gear, Ben Holmes, Maudo Rockwell and Dot Barnett among the featured comedians. GAYBrr Charles M. Baker's "Tempt- .-, ...... u....b. u..w uno 111 U sing ing specialty. Dolly Wl ters also will be featured. Vaudeville nt Penn and Pencil A full-fledged vaudeville show will be staged at the Pen and Pencil Club De cember 28, at tho annual Christmas cele bration for children of members of the club. Talent from tho shows now ap pearing at tho Shubert Theatres, and from Keith's Theatre will delight the young guests, for whom a Christmas tree also is being' trimmed. 0 Thomas to Give Recital John Charles Thomas, whose singing la a notable part' of he musical play, "Maytime," will give a recital in Wlth erspoon Hall, December 20. He will be assisted at the piano by E. Romayne Simmons. Thomas recently gave a sim ilar recital ln New York. HTA.M.KV Screen patrons of this city will see some Chinese girls In film when Norma Talmadge appears In her Intcst picture, "The Forbidden City," at the Stanley Theatre next week. AVIicn tho cast wag being formed for this picture P. L. Yuam, the Chines expert In chargo of details, ordered a thorough search of Now York's China town In "order to obtain tho Chinese girls who take the parts of the glrlM in the emperor's hnrom. At tho same llmeluam plnced orders with Chinese employment agencies In Now York. It was hard work fudging enough Chinese girls for tho parts. but they were finally rounded up. ARCADIA Not Invariably does the man who writes of the West know hl ground of 1,1b characters Intimately enough to Insure their' being accurate. Too often absurdities are permitted to creep In which may not be notlceablo to tho eastern spectator, but which aro glaringly so to those who have ilved in the bl lands of tho AVest or Southwest. Augustus Thomas, however, Is onrf dramatist who knew whereof he wrote .hf'i J "' ch Poulas Fairbanks has pro iv ..for Vle 8crcc"' Fairbanks will Play tho role of Lieutenant Denton in kL BTen vcralon of "Arizona" at the Arcadia next week. The version which Fairbanks offef not only preserves all the features of accurate Investiture, costuming and r!r;,but because ot -h9 scope of tha sproon in .x.. . SEEN AT CLOSE HAIWr - I VlCTOaiA Tn -nh t, .t. . tf !. t i ' "w""N'i w'o nrsi will h 7 ,7en,llsn Pictures which wl bo seen all next week at tho A'lc Si, .Dennl80n w"l Play the role in n, t " tame ln the 8tn Play of t e same name. It is that of Johnny Burke, a western cow puncher, in which "ypT Sa'd l b rcmarI'"ly true This film la the second brought forth hythe Betzwood Film Company, of th,s PLAYS AND PLAYERS Interesting Sidelights of Actors and Vehicles Noav Before Philadelphia Theatregoers Harry C. Browne, who will act as Sanla Claus at the "Oh, Lady! Lady!" Christmas party next Tuesday afternoon, when many Philadelphia children will be guests at the Lyric Theatre, has been going down to League Island In .the afternoons to play on his banjo and tell negro stories for the entertainment of the enlisted men there. . Browne claims the distinction of having played ln most every army cantonment In this country. WEARS PRECIOUS COLORS Bessie Clayton Has Legion of Honor Decoration Fnr2nce. J?" P-!! ..(or by ho . ; ""viiiiHsiu, itiiu Hint BI1G lfi tllft Isabel A-ernort, who plays tho part of, WJ,0 iOnnnmL,iaV0.r not.?f Freich Wrth i n . IB a"owed to wear the colnm nr ti tho maiden aunt in "Maytime," had a ' Legion of Honor. ors of tl10 real falrybook beginning to her stage oivinnl Th Wa? apl'ea'lng at career. AA'hUe appearing In a school pro-, sons ago, a Gover'nmentacIomm?oVinn,1 the ttfa. prnmnnt tnm.i,.-i -- ductlon, without any thought of going ?para'',n: 'I16 Theatre Lyrln Je Qaie'te, of on the stage, she nfterward learned she contract with the French" Government for had been acting before Arnold Daly, I f term of years. This contract was st?U who subsequently engaged her. : 'n0,r.ce Y1,cn the ivnr began, but as it i "as "'" impossible for her to fulfill her A somewhat similar beginning was I o'scwltlthrndsUlSg'tna? made by Harold Hcaton, a former news-, ''?. would return when conditions were paper cartoonist, who Is playing in I Miss" Clayton i,, hn , , "Eves of Youth." It was after ho had i vaudeville since her rotnm .i',i.".f..i" sketched AVIlllani Gillette for his news- d vaudeville since her return to this couh" n.in,p Hint li nnnfldpd in thn nrtni- Hint ThaniM urm. i. ,.T . . ' .. tveitn H he wanted to go upon tho stage. AVhere-1 aVo Ellsa nnd Eduardo Canslnos the upon Gillette used his Influence to see Spanish dancers: Tom Dingle, 'John that Use young artist was given a small rJU2n ." ..E""" Jfni n" of whom nart in "Sherlock Holmes." 1 ,i'.n .'"' ?u"'E'Jn. "er France I after peace Is concluded. SEE ANNOUNCEMENT DAILY IN THE PUBLIC LEDGER AND EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHOTOPLAY PRESENTATIONS FOR WEEK OF DECEMBER 23 TO 28 Subject to Change AMIAMIlItA () Uth.llorrla & ranyunkAv. APOLLO r-d and Thompion Bti. (I) ARCADIA ( Chestnut below 16th St. MONDAY Pauline Frederick In Daughter of Old South I.oulaa Olnurn ln Wedlock TUESDAY Paulino Frederick in Daughter of Old South J. AV. Kerrlsan A Burglar for a N'lcht BELMONT S2d and Markdt Eta. ni.UEIURD (a) Droad & SuBQuehanna Ave. o, of the very small child It was the tributed the airplane scene. 'These tinoADWAY Droad and Snyder Ava. () CEDAU 00th and Cedar Ava. CIIKSTNUT niLL H8U'0 aermantown Ava. () COLONIAL Gtn. and Maplwood Ave. COLISEUM Market bot. EOth and COth KMPRKRS Main St., Manayunk. EUItliltA 40th and Market Sti. ( Douglas Fairbanks tn Ailzona Wiillntn Doamond ln Hell's End Enrico Caruso ln My Cousin , Oeraldina Farrar in Turn of the Wheel Enrico Caruso My Cousin Constance Talmadge Pair of Bilk Stockings AVm. S. Jtart In Shark Monroe Charles Bay in Strlnc Dean iid mother who used the little toes to trate ner poetry oi me nve nine h that went to market, calling again ji the juvenile Imagination. TThft casual theatregoer as a rule is VbJtvlous to the skill entailed In the !,' .technical director's art as displayed ln ,t!e. matter of backgrounds. .The child "effects," with a skilled crew, to operate them, are leased to the play producers at a regular weekly rental throughout the run nf the attraction and constitute a complete Independent organization within the organization with which they appear. Because of the elaborateness of the "effect" In "Seven Days' Leave, inc. nu " mi.m., ,,n tllm, 0 ,ne "erred iu "seven ua' rJadHy believes that sheets ffbin moth- Thomas and Layton travel w !' liaiil vanratiiinf tli urn 11 a nf liniiaa i . .. "W1.?- IIKN" Your Soldier's Hit," the first ! the U, H, A. series of two- reelers announced by tho division of I films, committee on public information, will be released December 23. "The Bath of Bullets," which waB scheduled for the second picture of.the serl.es, has been set back, and the first release will be followed In January by "AA'Ings o'f Itll tllA lit, A TAlAwiAHAta ma iitnllfl r rib rinllsA 'ssu auiiuit vu aaa Hk j ata,j ua. '5 I Snm reallv fantastlo settlnc and racl'0"' ,l"1,1 nnvj. uone so ever sinco it i victory," in which , every phase of the ? pJ some really rantasim setting, and, wa8 biought to. this country from F.ne- L.i,i.'.i i-i,.'i. hn,i: mAn mVian rtpntun ltr fa nnlrcifi in TKsbTI i jhvi Bl""'" lp-F,li it wn t mh uvin.1 .' IftnU. 't'-ngin iUn Vi.itrA that artrp.r nlAfM nf f - rr.'.!'.'- ,""""" v:7T. : r". ------,-- u- -jflnuin, or canvaa sireicnpa upon wooaen -ex 71 V AtoHMnnta fititfftTh lh ftiAirt AAtitlM lflf ''" "".'"i """'"".".' """' VV been nonderlnc deei.lv on what to to the heavens above. It is an- do wltl1 the soldiers no longer needed in tu. r tninir bin im.iirini.tinn . the war a good hundred men from the let exponents of the art of imagl". Aberdeen 1'rovlng Grounds have solved ,u in stage settings belong to the that problem, sofar as they are con- er schools of scenic urtlsts repre- cerned, although it Isn't lhiely they will ted by Max Belnhardt. Joseph Urban, 'a"" advantage or Hint solution. The bert Jones and the many artists fact Is that if tney are as good soldiers r.TaVZ? ViiJBt -': Hl malting of airplanes "AVhen Your Soldier's Hit," the first picture, shows the treatment of wounded MAK MURRAY, who is. to head her own producing company, formed by herself and Robert Leonard, Is now ln New York, and will start for London as soon as passports liave been prepared. It is said a large salary awaits Miss X; woas-been1 S co ec . e 'are act rS ?te LZX JSTSSi 'J'r tlKn. with the several amateur theatrical , 's mat tney must D-noimng in tne B?Aiduotions which have been presented way .ul opioiiiuh raum atop mem. it Rl MM and In New York. In the famous; is no exaggeration to say that their AtTT,,T-, . . m , , BMasco realistic settings the veteran , musical otikuj. nu oiuio un him,- niLaiti rLliia Al a. 1 AUtiS Zitiii' Ipuvch nnlhlnir to the Imaulnn. has been the talk of the town since last . ii ttSiva virtue -.hi.ch may be considered, Monday. As usual with a performance S-vieUneg, when the uudlence forgets of this sort, a first-night audience us- j. tiW A....... ...h rniiuk tn tii.i.ic- ahnnt tteinniKii in u verv tolerant iranie or 'tlS 'twpnderf ul cornstalk bioom In the I mind, feeling quite certain that a great rnei'y to tne uetnincnt ot tne pjay L "ta - --.-.-- ..-. -. ,.vuvoD,j. f ' uut u wtiiii if itiiu uiey iiiiKiii. just as KltisW alacoiilo I'ticcliil wrote lils new. ' well have arrived critically minded as ' flpe-act opera, "Suor Angelica," he 1'W'al. The result would have been Just orporated tne representaiion ot a ' -"'-. ont cloister at sunset. -j.nere 101- ine tjiorougn-goiug succes ot "vno ipe transition irom uayngnt to stoie tne iiat suggests mat since tne (light Ng person appears on the war-camp recreation experts nre still i, for many minutes, but the au- , busy supplying talent for the entcrtaln- ce- "feels" the sublime meaning of ment of the boys overseas, they could Intermezzo. After the closing of , hardly imnrova upon this performance tie cAirtalns at the Metropolitan Opera as an antidote for homesickness on thn Html last 'fuesauy tne uuuience ap- part ac tue somiers still uoing duty in , plajtdtd not only the composer and the , France and Germany. sjrtJWBv nut rcgisirreu im iimirect wurr- t'USon "of the sconip painter and tho rrtHK staice of the AValnut Theatre will ggM rfsponslble for the changing JL be taxed ,o cMy wJien ,t a eMti . rVaiui, t.iotures. too. n1av a prominent upon next week to hold the opening It) the" staging of upoken playa and Kacena of "The Oarden of Allah," the IL-i- -it .h.iht in nrnt mnct iMramatlzatlon of the Hlchens novel. , r4iiieally the falling snow, passing The' curtain rises upon a desert scene aummtt n'l angry waves us evmencra in in.n mm ,,.... uiauii , ,..:. tu. ififSTZmp of "Seven Days' Leave." at Tien a distant shout Is heard and a FAMILY 1311 Market St. () FAIItMOUNT () UOtli St. and Olrard Ave. FRANKFORD 4716 Frankford Ave. S8TII BT. TIIKATim Delow Spruce St. () Cnt3.T NOIITIIKRN Drond St. at Erie Ava, IMPERIAL ' COth and Walnut Stt. () () ? W MB nHra tHr Important Seaion in Prospect at the Overbrook Church; New Soprano St. Paul's Episcopal Church, of Over brook, of which the Rev. Robert Nor wood Is the rector, has for years been famous for its excellent music, both at tho regular church services nnd In the rendition of oratorios, cantatas nnd other special muslo that tho. choir gives from time to time In the churih. This year, however, the church bids fair lo excel Its own fine record in this respect, for it will probably have tho best choir In Its history and one ot the finest thai has ever been secured by any church In the city. - To this end, the church ban engaged Klsa Lyons Cook as soprano of the solo quartet, and she will hnvo as, as sociates Maybell Bcrretta Marston, con tralto; -Howard K. Berry, tenor, and John A'andersloot, bass. The organist Is Rollo Mattland, whose work, not only aa a performer, but also as a composer for the Instrument Is well known to the musicians or 1'W.adeipma JEFFERSON JQth and Dauphin Sta. CMIlO l'"ront and Olrard Ave. LEADER . . 41at and Lancaster Ave. () LIBERTY ,.,... Ilroad and Columbia Ava. LOCUST B!d and Locust Sta. HAtKKT ST. THEATRE 0S3 Market St. ( Norma Talmadge In De Luxe Annie Ethel Clayton In Soul Without Windows DoUelaH Falrhanka In Us Comes Up smiling A'lvlan Martin In Mlrandy Smiles lllllln Iluike In Muke-Ilelleve AVIfe Will -Itncer. In Laughing lull Hyde Dorothy Olsh In Battling Jane Mae Murray Modern Love Vranklyn Farnum In Judgment OK Mary Tlckford Johanna Enlists Douglas Fairbanks ln Arizona William Desmond ln Hell's End Enrico Caruso in My Cousin Oeraldlne Farrar In Turn of tho Wheel 'Enrico Caruso , My Cousin The Still Alarm Wm. S. Hart in Shark Monroe Charles Bay tn Btrlng Dean WEDNESDAY Paulino Frederick In Daughter ot Old South W. S. Hart Preacher and Ilandlf Douglas Fairbanks ln Arizona Gloria Snvinson In Wife or Country Sessue Hnyalcawa in His Dlrthrlght tleraldlne Farrar In Turn of the Wheel Vivian Martin Mlrandy Smiles Chart's Chaplin Shoulder Arms Wm. H. Hart in Shark Monroa Norma Talmadge ln De Luxe Annie Emily Stevens in Ktldare of Storm Frlscltla Dean ln She Hired a Husband Enid Bennett in Fuss and Feathers Ulllla Burke In. MalM-Helleve Wife Will Rogers in Laughing Dill Hyde Dorothy Olsh in Battling Jane Mae Murray Modern Love The Frusslan Cur Ethel Clavton In Woman's Weapons Barbara C'natleton in Just Sylvia MODEL CJ5 South St. () Bid 'and Market Bts. OVERHROOK ... eSd and llaverford Ave. PALACE 1211 Market St. () llldge Ave. Dauphin St. TClH.I T.vnna Pnnl linn atllril? win. 41. tut Htreet Opera House. There caravan of niulen, camels, horses and best American teachers, and has had a llnw In thl plai' when the spec. in. and Anally u herd of goats driven.) wide concert experience. She has aung Valaut tn hnlfm-A that tii. flrln.- Iiv little children, make their way across with the Phlladelnhla Orchestra, nnd Ml BMn on ine aigge -il i-mso int? tnr iirea wnu ""' , ii uniy i " ,"" i.uiiuiiii7i 1ifffAZ-"Jlr-ana." Ii fbtrk. A'vi's', auch .bint, pfl The camtl kneels and the ahelk Ula- I Uadlne choral bodies here and elaewherej Falrb,nk In anot I'RINCEHS 101H Market 4t. (I) REOENT . Market flt. below 17th. (I) R I ALTO . , , , (a) Otn. Ave. A Tulpehocksn. RIVOI.I B2d and 8anaom Sta. 1(11 11 V Market St. below 7th. BAVOY 1211 Market St. BTANLKY Market above lDth () () ( STRAND Cltn. Ave, at Venango, VICTOItlA Ninth and Marktt Rtc. () WEST AM.Efl1IE.VY S3th and Allfgheny Ave. Wallace Iti-1.1 in Too Many Millions June KIvMko In Tha Zero Ilour May Allison In Return ot Mary Earlo Williams In Man AVho Wouldn't Tell Marlon Davits In Cecelia of rink Roses Qeraldln Farrar In Tue Hell Cat Enid Bennett In Fuss and Feathers Tom Moore Just For Tonight Bert Lytell in HUtlne the High Spots The Still Alarm Sporting Llfo Madge Kenn'dv Kingdom of Youth Harold Lorkwood Fata First Norma Talmadc In Tho Forbidden City Vaullna Federtek ln Daughter of Old South Louis Renhlson In Oh Johnny Alma Rubens Ohost Flowers Kthet Clayton In "Woman's Weapons Vivian Martin in Mlrandy Smiles WalVice Held In Too Many Million Enrico Caruso in My Cousin Montague Love In The Grouch Earlo Williams In Man Who Wouldn't Tell In Bert Lytell Unexpected Places Oeraldlne Farrar In The Hell Cat Kitty Cordon In Tinsel Halo Hamilton I5U00 An Hour n.i-t t.vtelt n Bitting the High Spots Emmv Wehlon in Ills Bonded Wife Sporting Life William Bussclt Hobbs In a Hurrv Mae Allison Testlnir Mildred Vane Norma Talmadc In The Forbidden City Paulina Federlck In Daughter of Old South Fnnnle Ward The Cheat T Louis Ilnnlson In Oh Johnny Star fast Irish Eyes Clara Williams In Carnen of the Klondike T.HA lfnlM In Tell It to the Marines Constance Talmadge ln ' Sauce for the (loose William S. Hart in Border Wireless May Allison In Test ing of Mildred A'ane Wallac Reld In Man From Funeral Bongo Constance Talmadge In Sauce for the Uoose Mabel Normand lit1 A Perfect 3d THURSDAY Wallace Beld In Too Many Millions Elaine Itammerstein ln Her Man Douglas Fairbanks In Arizona Gloria Swanson tn Wlfo or Country Mabel Kormand In A Perfect 8(1 All-Star Cast ln One Woman Mary Plckford The Kr tie's Mate Anna J. Nellson In Judgment Of. Special Feature Clara Wlllloma In Cnrmen of the Klondike Mabel Normand ln The Venus Model George Walsh in On the Jump Ethel Clavton In Woman's Weapons Enrico Caruso ln My Cousin Wallac" Held In Man From Funeral Range 'Pom Moor . In Thirty a Week Mabel Kormnml In A Terfect 88 Hale Hamilton ISOOO an Hour Tom Mix Fame and Fortune Alice Tlrady Ip. The Detter Half Warren Kerrigan Burglar for a Night Fred Stone in The Uoat Wallace Reld In the Source Enid Rennett In Fuss and Feathers Enid Dennett In Fuss und Featera Elsie Ferguson Under tno itreenwooa r Constnnre .Tslmsdge ln LefflngweU's Hoots "Wallace Held In Too Jinny Millions Elsie Ferguson, Under the Greenwood Tree Rlllle Ilurke In. Make-Bcllee AVIfe Mae Alll'nn ing In of Mildred Test., A'ane KEITH'S Bessie Clayton will head tho holiday bill with her company of dancers, including Elsie nnd Eduardo Canslnos, , Tom Dingle, John Outran and Frank, Hurstl Harry Watson, Jr., will offer bits from Jack Xorworth's musical review, "Odds and Ends." Other acts are Mile. Nltta-Jo. In French clfarncter songs ; Herbert AV11 liams and Hilda AVolfutf, In comedy nnd songs ; Rena Arnold and Jack All man, comedy and songs; William Eos, ventrllotiulst ; Bert Ford and Paulino Price, wlro walkers ; AValter Clinton and Julia Ttooney, in songs and dancers;; Loyal's trained dogs. Regu lar matinee Christmas Day at 1.30. Special matinee at 4.30. QLOflE Leading the bill wlllvba Earl Cavanaugh and company -in the musi cal play, "Mr. Inquisition," and the musical comedy tabloid, "Here They Come." CROSS KEYS "Tommy" Allen and her company In a musical tabloid, "A Came of Chance," will head the bill the first half of the week, Collno'a A'arlety Dancers -will be featured the last half or the week. BROADWAY The musical act, "The Mlmlqr World," and Geraldlne Farrar In the photoplay, "The Turn of Hie AVheel," will be featured the first half of the week. For the laat half of the week Frank Orth and Rose Cody, In a new Bklt, nnd the photoplay, "The One AV'oman," will be featured, WILLIAM PENN Ruth Hoye, ill rag time, and the photoplay, "Her Great Chance," with Alice Brady, will be featuredthe first half of the week. For the week-end tho musical play, "I'lay mates," and Madge Kennedy In "A Perfeot Lady," will bo' featured. NIXON Boatock'a Riding School and the comedy, "Tne country store,- win be headline for the first half ot the week, A comlo sketch, "Oh, Aunty," will be featured the ' last .half ot the vveeW. COLQtflAIX comlo sketch, "Oh, Aunty I" will be featured the first half of the week, and Hostock's Riding School nnd the corned)', "The Country Store,'' the last half of the week. , PfOrOKLAYS SYAitLibY "The forbidden City," with Norma Talmadge In 'the dual' role ot mother and daughter. Mary Murlllo mnria the adaptation from George Scarborough's atory. A new musical, cantata by the Stanley Orchestra Is an added attraction. PALACE "The Hell Cat,", featuring Geraldlne Farrar, the first half of the week, and Madge Kennedy. In "A Per- feet lady," the lout half -of the week. lbljj I -A110S1 . I Tht,tfijBtraais-iai tAl mrt' lat Jtltfatl nlsll.eaa 1 1 .. aari. natiaiillll .i.t m.. ,. il ..(.- .... a .. . ! . . .... . f character before eiinlbltloa -"""v "' - .! .uivUtu jus sioakai bdiuujui vmfM ; a aJaraaiss n j snowioa- oi tue uotst proaucil9Aa. Tom Mix Logag, IT. S. A. Earle Williams In Man Who Wouldn't Toll Oeorga Walsh In On tha Jump Oeraldinn Farrar In The Hell Oat i William Farnum In The Rainbow Trail Madge Kennedy Kingdom of Youth Dsrt Lytell in Hitting the High Bpota . William P. .Hart In ' Border Wireless Spirting Ufa Will Rnirer . laughing Dill ilyde Tom Mon-e Thirty A AV'eek Norma Talmadge, In Tho Forbidden City raullne Federlck In Daughter of Old Bouth Louis Ilennlson In Oh Johnny rtmislas Falrhanlta lie. Comes Up Smiling Tonf Mir Logan, v. H. A. Hneclal Attraction Clara IC. Ynuri In Road Through Dark Madrn Kennedy In A Perfect I.ady Ethel Clavton Iu Woman's Weapons Lewis .Ptone The Man of Bronze Dorothy Dulton In Qulcksartds M" Marsh In Hidden Fires Sporting LIM Tom More Thirty a AVeek Clni-a WIlllnAns Carihrn of the Klondike Norma Talmadge In The Forbidden City Wallace Reld In Too Many Millions Louis Bennlson In Oh Johnny Cnrlnne Griffith Jilts Ambition FRIDAY SATURDAY Wallace Reld "Wnllnrri nt In Too Many Million, in C'Sy'Ufm,,, Harold Lockwood Geraldlne Farrar Pajg First Turn of the Wheal Douglas Fairbanks In Douglas Fairbanks ln Arizona Arizona "'"cgftS"1 ) MMycgfe'ggrt"' TTo at0fvr.,t" MaPke'iSer,eveM;it. ' . All-Star Cast All-Sinr cat ' In One Woman in One Woman gharles Ray- Charles Ray String Bean String Dean . Wallace RMd Private Funeral Rqngo ' Harold Peat "Peclal ' Special Featuro Feature Make-Belleve AVIfe Make-Bellevo Wife Arbiickla In The Bherlft Arbuckle In The fe'Ae.rift Olive Tell Gladys Brockwell In Secret Strings n Kultur Oeroldlne Farrar In Bessie llarrlscale In Turn of the Wheel Heart ot Rachael Jack Plckford In Douglas Falrbanka la Seventeen The Halt Breed Alice .Brady In Resjta Eyton In Ordeal ot Rosetla Tho Still Alarm Vivian .Martin tn Vivian Martin In Mlrandy Smiles .Mlrandy Smiles . Tnn, J'00 , Wm. 0. Hart In Thirty a Week In The Bargain i ' Tom Moore In Tom Moore in Thirty a Week Thirty a Week J. Warren Kerrigan Harold Lnekwodd Three X Oordon Tola First Oladys llrncktvell in will- Rogers in Kultur Laughing Bill Hyde ,, The. nessia j,0Ve Still Alarm Could you CarolJneT Charles Ray In Charles Ray In Strlngbean atrlngbeans Pauline Frederick tn Bert Lytell In Daughter of Old Bouth Hitting the High Spots Eljla Ferguson, lender Elslo Ferguson. lTnd.er the Qretuwood Tree the Oreenwood Tree -.. l'rlellla Dean In Harold lockwood In She Hired a Husband Pals First Clara K, "Young In , ' Clara K. Young tn ftoad Through the Dark lload Through the Dark Special Special Attraction Attraction ClisrleH Clunlui Virginia Pearson III Shoulder Arms in queen of Hearts ' Mad Kennedy Iu Madge Kennedy In A Perfect Lady A Perfect Lady Ethel Clavton In Elsie Ferguson, Under Woman's Wcanons the Greenwood Tree Olnrla Strnnsnn Gladys LeIlo AVIfn ot (.'nuitry The Beloved Impostor Dorothv Daltoti In Dorothy Daltoh In Quicksands Quicksands Ifarpld. Peat In Wallace Reld'ln Man Private Peat From Funeral Range Sporting Sporting Llfo LUe Oladys Leslie , Ulhel Clavton The Beloved Impostor A Woman's Weapons Vivian Martin Peirgy lis land Mlrandy BmUs CauAht In the Act i Norma Talmadge In Norma Talmadge tn Th Forbidden City The Forbidden City Wallace Reld In ' AVallac Reld In. Too Many Millions Too Many Millions i i i ii. Louis Bennlson In Louis Ilennlson In Oh Johnny Oh Johnny Marguerite Clark Htssue .llsyakawa' The Uoose Olrl TeniDl of Dutlc AU plotures rslsi4 - M v 1 ' M Ml : '. -a "5 i i -n ZM ;jil M 1 m 9 IV ir- i n
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