18 •T/S SAIDYOV HAVEN'T SEEN MARY PICKFORD UNTIL YOU SEE HER LATEST, "DADDY LONG LEGS," HER LATEST PICTURE FROM HER OWN STUDIOS According to present indications Mary Piekford's latest screen sue cess, the first to be made at her own studios, entitled "Paddy Pong Legs," will play to the largest audiences any Harrisburg motion picture theater has ever seen. The picture is adapted front Jean Webster's celebrated novel of the same name which has been read by thousands throughout the coun try. It is the love story of an orphan. She is mothered by an ashcan found by a policeman: christened hy a telephone directory: fed prunes at every nteal. and then bv chance a kind woman hears of her sad plight. Then follows the real story of "Paddy Long Legs." Some people in Harrisburg may have seen a funnier picture than the first two reels of this production, but the leading critics are unanimous in acclaiming these reels as the funniest in movies. Millions in Whisky Will Be Lost in Leaks and Evaporation Lexington. Ky., Aug. 15.—More than 5200.000.000 worth of whisk.v now in barrels will disappear in six teen years from evaporation and leakage, according to an estimation given out yesterday by revenue of ficials here. College Youth Held For Murder of Girl Ithaoa, X. Y., Aug. 15.—Donald W. Fether, of Los Angeles, Cal., a 21-year-old sophomore at Cornell University, was lodged in the county jail here last night, charged with the murder of IS-year-old Hazel Crance, of this city, who was re ported drowned in Lake Cayuga, on the night of July 19. She and young Fether were members of a Lakeside dance party that night, and were said to have gone out on the lake In a canoe which later was found capsized. Fether was rescued from the lake. , but the gill's body has not been re covered. This is Father's second ar rest since the night of the parly. 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C j 1 j I FRIDAY EVENING, j PLAYS IN THE MAKING Aerofilms, Ltd., is a brand-new j company just formed, whose purpose ;is to provide aerial material and sometimes aerial "stunts" for films. They'll try anything once and are j willing to lease their machines, de- I liver films, or a,, anything else that jis wanted. Another new company ' goes further, and has organized to produce aerial "crashes" for coming i thrillers. The owners are skilled I pilots and believe they can success fully turn out any st int wanted. Mary Pickford has begun work on the film version of "Pollyanna." Carlyle Blackwell, with his own I company, has begun making his first j independent production. | Walter Morosco, son of Oliver Mo- I rosco, has entered pictures and is I playing in support of Lew Cody. "One Million Dollars Reward" is the title of the Lillian Walker serial. Roy Cooper Megue nnd Nina Wil | cox Putnam have signed contracts to write scenarios and stories for Fa | mous Players. TRIP ACROSS PACIFIC THOMAS 11. IM P. PI.AX I Thomas H. Ince, famous photoplay producer who recently offered $30,- UOO to the first aviator who flies : across the Pacific Ocean, was hon- I ored by the City of Venice, Cali., Au ! gust 3, when that city christened the | first aerial port on the West coast ! "The Thomas H. Ince Oviation Field." I A large aviation field has been permanently lighted with powerful I searchlights so that incoming ships lof the night may find a safe landing. Hangars have been htiilt and every convenience for birdinen provided. | I It is from this field that the trans- ! j Pacific airship competitors will make j j their start. i On the occasion of dedicating the ! field Government fliers from various j j camps flew to the field and joined in ; : the first recognition given the bird j men as practical travelers. Before ; the eyes of thousands of people all I types of aircraft disported them- ! : selves. In the evening, a banquet j i was given Thomas H. Ince by the city ! officials of Venice. After thanking j j the city for the honor it had con -1 ferred upon him, and assuring the officials of his sincerity in hoping he I would have the pleasure of paying ! | the $50,0u0 to some successful air- I . man. Mr. Ince said: "We have to-day helped to in- | augurate what I firmly believe to be | the opening of a new era. It is im- i i possible to forsee the farreaehing in- j | lluence of the informal ceremonies we | j have just witnessed. We are redis- j covering the Pacific, and high above j | the ever-changing surface of the ocean we are mapping aerial routes i that will link the old world with the | I new. The shadows of the wings of , our planes will fall on the waters | first plowed by Cortes, Balboa and Portola, and •we to-day may eon i sider ourselves as pioneers in the es j tablishment of the first aerial port lon the Pacific Coast." | Mr. Ince, accompanied by Mrs. Ince land children took an aerial trip as one of the events of the afternoon. 1 flying out over the Pacific, for the | ! spanning of which, he has offered! I the handsome prize. I PROFITS OX "BOXE DRV" PREDICAMENT I Douglas Fairbanks sunk a well iand struck it rich, but it was water not oil. When Doug purchased some Bev- I erlv Hills property, on which he has since built a beautiful home, there HXRTOSBUHG TELEGRAPH | was not enough water to properly irrigate the land, so he decided to ; sink a well for more water. | After going to the depth that geologists said water might be | found, they struck a small pool, but ! it isn't in Doug to quit, so he direct ! Ed them to go deeper, and his efforts ; were rewarded when a big under , ground water-ilow was reached, j That the "rich grow richer" is ! clearly shown by the fact that, water j has never sold in this wealthy bu* dry country for less than ?l.ouo per ! acre inch and this means that the | surplus water in Doug's new well is i worth about JBO.OOO at the lowest es ! timate, when he sells it. Even the price of water has gone I up. Eighty dousand dollars for wa ter. Wow! Wrapping-Paper Men Expect Alein Exodus j Atlantic City. Aug. 15.—Members ' of the service bureau of the Amer- I ican Wrapping Paper Manufactur ' ers' Association, in session at the j Hotel Traymore yesterday, confessed themselves wholly at a loss to fore j cast conditions in the trade follow ! ing a prospective wholesale exodus ! of workers of foreign birth. "The labor situation is fairly easy ! at this time, but thousands of for- I eign-born employes of our plants are_ preparing to return to Europe [ as soon as they can procure trans- I portation," said A. J. Stewartson, ; of New York, secretary of the ser j vice bureau. "Until their places can | be tilled the plants will be at a seri our disadvantage." NEWSY JOTTINGS OF THEATER AND SCREEN j • ? MAJESTIC High-class Vaudeville Paige and Oreen, comedy ucrobats; Bert und Klslo Matthews, singing and danc ing; Arthur Havel & Co., present B novel act entitled "Playmates"; Harry Jolson, brother of Al. Jol son, In nonsense; Ed. Janls & Co., I spectacular singing and dancing number, COLONIAL. To-day and To-morrow —Positively last showing of "As a Man Thinks," featuring versatile Leah Laird. Monday und Tuesday—Tom Moore in "Heartease." VICTORIA Tom Mix in "The Wilderness Trail." All Next Week—Mary Picltford in her greutest screen success from her own studios, "Daddy Long Legs." j REGENT To-day—Mary Pickford in "Hearts Adrift" and the MaiL-Scnnett com edy, "Among Those Present." To-morrow—Mary Pickford in "The ! Dawn of u To-morrow" and | "Among Those Present." Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Robert Warwick in "Secret Serv ice." PAXTA.NO PARK Vaudeville —Two shows every even- J ing. ' If you have that down-and-out ! feeling, don't despair. It's said you \ can cure it easily ; At the .Majestic by merely going to | the Majestic. The : Majestic management lias been of- I fering shows throughout the season, J but you will surely agree that the ; show now playing there is good. 1 Harry Jolson. brother of the eelebrat- j ed black-face comedian, Al. Jolson, j whose name appears on numerous i Vlctrola records is here presenting a blackface act. Playmates, is also an- ] other good act to make you laugh i long and hearty. In fact, the entire bill will without a doubt cure that ! down-and-out feeling. The last epi- j sode of "The Tiger s Trail" is also being shown. 1 i Large crowds greeted the intial i showing of "As a Man Thinks" at the | Colonial Theater | At the Colonial yesterday. Leah Haird, considered ' one of the most graceful Women on the screen is being featured in tins ■ Hopkinson production which played ; in several of the largest eastern cities . to enormous audiences at $1 and a , seat. The Colonial management how- I ever, is not increasing prices during 1 the run of this feuture. Monday and Tuesday of next week Tom Moore will be shown in "Heart ease," his latest production, which i comes to Harrisburg after a very I successful run in the leading Phila uelphia theaters. As a gunlighter Tom Mix never, has missed lire. The latest picture of this much-admired At the Victoria Fox star, "The Wil derness Trail," is ■ declared to be the best yet. It is from the book of the same name by Frank ! Williams —all about the Canadian fur-trapping region—and begins a 1 run at the Victoria Theater to-day. Colleen Moore, who is the leading woman, and an unusually good east are said to put usual vim and spar kle into tills play. Some of the fea tures are snow scenery which, ac cording to report, never has been rivaled on the screen; two tierce ! lights by Tom Mix and a wholesome romance that should go home to every human heart. The. scenario is by Charles Kenyon, and the direc tion by Edward J. Le Saint. Among the many high-class vaude- ! Summerdale Park ; Dances close Saturday evening August 10 Winterdale Dances 15 North .Market Square Open Saturday Evening August 23 REGENT THEATER MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY Rob®rt | WARXVKK Tlio most successful ploy of the Anierlean stage, William Olllcttc's stirring romance of love and daring in the South of the Civil War. NO ADVANCE IX ADMISSION 10 uiul 20 Cents and War Tax vllle bills presented at the Paxtang Park theater this sea- The Shun at son this week's show Paxtang Park it. Is claimed must be counted with the very best. Tile Adelpht Melody Four who ure the feature attraction on the I park bill are meeting with the same success that has been theirs all over the country. Other acts that, are making good on the purlt bill are George Hallman and Alma Scott in songs, patter and dances. The Three Rianos in a nov elty knockabout act called "Disciples of Darwjn"; liennie First, known as "the social guy," and Chester John stone i!i Co., bicyclists. A special matinee will be given at the park theater at J P. M„ Saturday. Appearing as a girl cast away on jan island in the Pacific, Mary Pick ford. queen of the j Mary Piekford screen, is seen to At the Itegeut splendid advantage in "H earta Adrift," j a inch will bo shown to-day at the | Regent theater. The program is un | usual with Mary Pickford in a de lightful photoplay and Phyllis Haver | romping through the added feature the Mack-Sennett comedy "Among Those I'iesent." In "Hearts Adrift." Mary Pickford lis seen in a picture with a simple story, that of a girl who is east upon an island and who leads a primitive j existence until fate throws a man at i her feet. They love each other and ; despite the fact that the man already j has a wife, they espouse each other. ;The girl becomes a mother and later I when tin man's wife appears on the | scene, the distracted waif leaps with ; her child into an abyss. The man and jliis wife are thus reunited. ' Peter Magaro, owner of the Regent theater, announced yesterday that the Paramount Arteraft ! Big Stugc Special, "Secret Serv- Siiccrs* Coming ice," will he shown next Monday. Tues iony and Wednesday. The stage lovers cf ton years ago will be quick to 1 grasp the significance of this an i nouncement. I William Gillette had the most n>- j table lun in "Secret Service" ever rec ti dod by any production a few years I ago. It is generally regarded as one lot the greatest plays which has ever | been produced on the American stage. The picturlzation of the noted play ;is already proving as successful us | the stage showing. Major Robert j Warwick. who served seventeen 'months in France, plays the leading ,[REGENT MARY "PICKFORD WEEK Today! Today! Today! "America's Sweetheart" in i "HEARTS ADRIFT" Saturday—The Dawn of A Tomorrow. Special Added Features The Mack-Sennett Comedy | "AMONG THOSE PRESENT" Two or the greatest pictures produced by the Queen of the Screen remain on the week's stcrl | ing program. You want to see them both. Come early. AUGUST 15, 1919 roll-. The remainder of the cast in cludes the pick of screen players such its Theodore Roberts. Wanda Hawley" Gillian Dcighton, Guy Oliver ar.cl others. FIND 11AIIV GRAND t'AXVOX I\ TEXAS Through the seurch for a suitable location for a thrilling motion pic ture scene, a miniature Grand Can yon has been added to the scenic wonders of the country. It was found by Director .1. Gordon Edwards of the William Fox organization and has been officially recognized as worthy of preservation by tiie State of Texas. Mr. Edwards was hunting a loca tion with a high waterfall over which William Farnum could des cend when trapped by a posse in the picturlzation of Zone Grey's "The East of the Dunnes." A score of miles from the town of Indio, after strenuous days of climbing through the mountains, he found the chasm which has been named Cathedral Canyon. The towering sides are of granite, rising smooth to a height of more than a thousand feet, the canyon finally opening nto a great amphithe ater. In the narrowest throat of the gorge is a waterfall with an S5- foot drop which provided an ideal lo cation for Mr. Karnum's dangerous descent into the boiling pool of the fall by a rope tied in a tree. D. W. Griffith has made a "peace edition" of "Hearts of the World." with insertions about the Ecnguo of Nations and the Peace Treaty, and the whole film much condensed. wilksmni Today and tomorrow LEAH BAIRD tlio celebrated screen star hi US A IN THINKS a play that will make every man and woman in llarrisburg sit up and take notice. Monday-Tuesday TOM MOORE 'HEARTEASE' VICTORIA Today and tomorrow only TOM MIX a stirring romance amid snow capped mountains "THE WILDERNESS TRAIL" VICTORIA A ™ T VICTORIA The Greatest Picture of the Age—That Everyone Is Talking About MARY PICKFORD ' jj 'DADDY LONG LEGS' The first play from Mary Pickford's own studios. She says it is the best thing she ever accomplished. Miss Pick ford paid $40,000 alone for the privilege of adapting this novel to a photoplay. A LOVE STORY OF AN ORPHAN DIRECTED BY MARSHALL NEILAN The above scene is taken from the great prune strike at the John Grier Orphanage—the funniest strike ever seen— Judy Abbott and her companion Tommy became so thor oughly disgusted with prunes that they declared a strike— Tommy found a jug of applejack—that settled the strike— It's a scream. We innincrrnac 0..r price. Theater Opens at 10 A. M. for tills Grcnt l*lotiire. p, - . , , r ■ Closes at 11 P. M. Children 15c ladle. iiml children nrr ur.rd to intend the mutlncc. in order A rill Its Sflp to uvold the cnortnoun nlßht crowd, for thin xuper-produc- It eo.t 11. double the price of "on. It I. the nwecte.t, funnlr.t nn ordinary production. but (hl|t |h( , Bro „ nlIpM wlu en joy .. you'll auree It', worth It. well as the kiddle.. Some French films are soon coming to America from the Dulas studios, in Purls, The iirst stars Eve Fran cis, is in seven reels, and translated literally, is called "The Happiness of Other People." Among tne players In "American ism vs. Bolshevism are Lloyd Hughes, Barbara Castleton, Claire Dußrey and Jack Richardson. PAXTANG PARK THEATER THE ADELPHIA MELODY FOUR The Boys Front Melody-Land, and 4 OTHER BIG ACTS I 2—Performances Nightly—2 | Matinee Saturday, 3P. M. ! ADMISSION 15 CENTS ! WKWRSHT3 HARRY JOLSON blackface comedian, brother of tlie world famous Al Jolson, is ! here for the rest of this week witli lots of comedy. 4—Other Keith Acts—4 Everyone a Ilcudlincr COMING MONDAY EVERY SAILOR ! the company that entertained the | President on board tlie P.* S. S. j GEORGE WASHINGTON. . An not that won tlie eommenda ] tion of George Creel, President i Wilson, Mrs. Wilson, Chnrles Schwab and other notables.
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