Evening Star Newspaper, February 6, 1921, Page 53

The P Y G before the magnitude of war operations and foreign loans made thousands pass millions and soar into billions, the flf:atnc.a] press agent had learned his*art of manipulating dC\'(‘rlpl.x\'(‘ adjectives. The disposition to soar into the incomorehensible ha_: ever been his favorite characteristic, especially in motion picture exploitation, where, when the superlatives did not seem to meet the needs, tbe molist impressive “best” was qualified with “super,” and even “supreme .fi:a‘) evolved into “super-supreme.” The public long has Ixcm\.(amllmr wit h? he practice and has become hardened, until now no mere trick of astonis! nr;g words can feaze the patient populace. Yet, withal. one feels strongly tempted to outdo even the press agent in an endeavor to express pr(?l)er admiration of “Way Down East,” David Wark Griffith’s ]G{l(“l maslcrple‘..:l, It is beyond question a masterpiece and the methods of the masl;y \'A;d bear the closest analysis, if one is to understand how it has been ac ler\.z“. David Belasco is not surpassed in all the world as a master of stag’c c i a producer of magnificent stage plays. David _\’\ark Griffith ma)dllls y share the honors with him in the production of motion -p‘“u," an slp_c?e tacular film drama. The story of “Way Down East” is trite, even repu s;gr in one of its chief elements; but it offers wonderiul appnrlllmtlels i character portrayals, for touches of human nature _;u_\d_ heart appeal, rlxr thrills of terror and for the smiles of comedy. Mr. C Zm’fl!’fl“h)’ seized them all and worked them to a high and artistic advantage m_(he creation of his picture. Almost infinitesimal details which anml’mr_ m;lg t have overlooked entireiy have been employed to create an effect ar- monious with the general trend of the story. No opportunity, u'm,arcn_ny. has been overlooked to touch the heart and to please the eye. [here 15]2 psychology to the picture which s irresistibly pm_u-r_n:l. ‘Added to the thrills that come with deadly danger are scénes and incidents that tax the gamut of the emotions, and. withal, photography and photographic art that is overwhelming. “Way Down East” is a rare product of motion pic- ture production. Its audiences can easily understand the exuberance and apparent exaggerations of its reviewers and absolutely forgive the word play of its publicity promoter. * ¥ ok 5 . AVID WARK GRIFFITH himself was in Washington to witness the presentation of his great picture and to experience the novelty, for ‘Washington, at least, of hearing the audience call for the maker of a photoplay. He satisfied curiosity by saying that the rural scenes, and es- pecially the thrilling ice scenes, were photographed on the Connecticut river, near White River Junction, Vt., where also many of the farm scenes were found. The blizzard scene was photographed in Westchester county, New York. in the vicinity of the Griffith studios at Mamaroneck He furnished the further information that a million feet of negatives were photographed before satisfactory results were og;tai:xer! and this vast film product was finally cut down to 13,000 feet, which is the length of the picture as now shown. Incidentally Mr. Griffith was honored with a din- ner at the National Press Club, which was a feature in itseli. * ok ok % N line with this, it is perhaps well to state, inasmuch as there has he:_n some criticism of the prices charged to see “Way Down East,” that it required more than a year to filin the productien, and its cost amounted to more than three quarters of a million dollars. The ice scene alone cost over $200,000, necessitating the emv‘loymem of ten engineers and 250 work- men .in testing the ice, setting the floes and incidentally watching the weather and the elements. These are facts advanced by Mr. Griffith’s rep- resentative. BerTY BLYTHR Garden ——————— ] EDITH HALLOR Columbia THE! SUNDAY STAR, FEBRUARY 6 § * % k % HERE is something eminently American in the resentment of cen- sorship and a general disposition to send forth sympathy to those who are being or areabout to be regulated by a censor. William A. Brady, president of the National Association of the Motion Picture Industry, is quoted as saying that never before has the picture industry been threat- ened with such drastic and extensive censorship as now. In thirty states local censorship and blue law measures, he is quoted as saying, are now pending. He is of the opinion that the best possible regulation of the morality of the screen is that imposed by the public itself. But, on the other hand, those who contehd that a curb of some kind should be placed upon some of the producers, at least, also contend that a public taste may be depraved by too frequent familiarity with the forbidden. It was Alexander Pope who remarked in verse that “Vice is a monster of such RIALTO. riage. METROPOLITAN—"“Isobel,” adapted from “The Trail’s End.” Opens AT PHOTOPLAY HOU Opens this afternoon this afternoon at 3 o’clock. PALACE—"“The Marriage of William Ashe” adapted from Mrs. Humphry Ward’s story. Opens today at 3 p.m. .COLUMBIA—"The Inside of the Cup.” Begins second weck today at 3 LEADER—“The Mark of Zorro,” featuring Douglas Fairbanks. Opens today at 3 p.m. p.m. “She Couldn’t Help It,” adapted from “The Bishop’s Car- SES ALL THIS WEEK. at 3 o'clock. hideous mien, et Cok Rk ok % THERE is absolutely nodoubt that the mioving picture industry har- bors or at least toleratds within its ranks men whose morals are no- table for their absence, equally doubtless that this fact has brought down upon the industry, as a whole, a criticism not wholly deserved. yet richly merited in part, at least. There is a sensitiveness in‘the motion picture industry in protecting its own which that industry is disposed to resent in those who feel they have a deep interest in the promotion of good morals and good taste. Some of the picture men feel lh.;;,, hey have the right to forestall just criticism of their pictures by the old trick of threatening to withdraw their ad- vertisements, the surest sigh in the world of irresponsible judgment. The reputable press of the coun find its support other than from the gather- ings of an itching palm. It is, dangerous pastime to try to muzzle it. * % ok % tion concerning motiofl picture partonage, profits and production. as saying, shows that for feur weeks. ending December 19, last, t | tendance record for 1920 ‘was 5,155,540, as against 5155604 for the same |, ! period in 1919. The fact thdt the operating profits of the same theaters show a gain of 26 per cent in last December’s period over that of the pre- ceding year, he says, seemssto show that the motion picture business is adjusting itself to a bet €r organized and more efficient basis. As to the producing end, he says, “six*months ago it became apparent that the large programs of the more pictures. The reduction in their programs caused a great deal of comment, | not only in the trade, but also in the financial world, where a number of | their securities were held. And yet, in spite of this general condition, his ! corporation is today earning approximately 100 per cent more than at thel time it was taken over, a year ago. H Filmograms $Y IFE” the famous melodrama by Willlam A. Brady and Thomp- son Buchanan, has been put on the soreen by Mr. Brady. It is a tale of cotemporary life in New York, touch- ing romance, crime and adventure. ‘Truly Shattuck, well nown to eomic opera and vaudeville, is pic- tured in a leading role in “The Money ‘fllulzr," Sir Gilbert Parker's photo- i play. e at- grath, keeps Viola in trim for her many screen productions by a course of athletic training that is said to Q;hn\; wonderful results in Miss Dana’ vork. W. Somerset Maugham, the English dramatist, who motion picturing in Los Angeles, sa; “Americans have lish less so. They tell it in London, ¥ou know, that an American lady said George Pattulo, the magazine short story writer, will collaborate with Walter Woods on the story of a new _comedy for Roscoe Arbuckle. It will {be based on Mr. Pattulo's recently ‘published stories. men are becoming qu Americans used to be.” It is an Eng lish compliment, isn't §t? Daniel Frawley, who has staged |some of the most notable succenses of the stage in the last quarter of a cen- tury, iS now to be a member of the directorial staff of Metro's west coast studios. Mr. Frawley has staged pro- duotions for Henry W. Savage, Oliver BB/l:ll’olw. Maxine Elliott and Blanche es. The photoplay “Appearances” the story for which was written by Ed- ward Knoblock before he came to America to study motion picture tech- nique. has been compicted in the Lon- dop Paramount studio. ‘The name of Cecil B. De Mille's pro- duction, “The Affairs of Anatel” will not be changed to “Five Kismes” it im announced, because 1,010 exhibitors and 161,016 picture patrons opposed the latter title. Alice Lake, Bux Keaton and “Fatty,” now Roscoe, Arbuckle, film stars extraordinary according to the present billings, once all grouped together in Arbuckle earlier comedies. the Jane Atherton, the youthful screen player who will appear in May Alli. son's new Metro production, “Date which was adapted from a-thagazine story by Maxwell &mith, is a niece of Gertrude Atherton, the authoress who is now engrossed in motion picture writing. dam and Eva,” the F. Com- stock and Morris Gest eomofi‘;., which created somewhat of a furore in New York last season, is headed in this direc- tion. It is a story of a Wall Street millionaire who, troubled with too much family and desiring to make those about him realize their responsibility, plans a | trip to South America, and places the household in the care of his youthful business manager. Emil Flugrath, father of the three motion picture stars known as Viola Dava, Shirley Mason and Edna Flu- SIDNEY LUSTS SHOPPERS' REST LEADER THEATER NINTH STREET BELOW F Week Starting Today 3 P.M. Continuous Dally 10 A. 11 P.M. DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS HIS LATEST AND BIGGEST PICTURE, THE 0] T, ROMANCI AOTION. BUBBLING OVER WITH THRILLS AND GLAMOUR. ADMISSION, 26¢, INCLUDING WAR TAX. REGENT THEATER &iH8%31a sts, ALWAYS A GOOD SHOW udged by the product of their studios, and it is | today. comedy, novel. nett Pathe “She Bebe Daniels will be featured Moore's _Rialto in her latest Realart produc- tion, “She Couldn’t Help It.” an a | tation of Miriam published under _the Bishop's Carriage,” atized, ‘The story concerns Nance Olden, nervy little pickpocket, who finds ro mance seeks refuge from the police by in- viting herself hastily to a ride in the carriage of an astonished bishop. Minor films will include a mermaid Moonshine,” featuring Ham- IS ; : ilton (Ham) Lioyd, and the latest Fox ARCUS LOEW, in a recent utterance, gives some interesting informa- | News. f The musical am udes s i ¢ overture, Doppler's “Ilka,” and a vio- Comparison of the attendanee of fifty-seven Locw Theaters, he is quoted |Iin solo by Daniel Breeskin, selected from “The Half Moon.” The Marriage of William Ashe.” May Allison will be the picture star at Lowe's Palac this week in “The Marriage of Wil- liam Ashe,” the photoplay by Metro c of the Margaret Mayo stage version important producers would create a surplus of |of Mra. Humphrey Ward's famous Miss_Allison is supported by Wyndham Standing and a strong cast. The picture tells the story of a con- vent girl who invades British society, mar [ British cabinet and thereby incurs a social war that not onl her husband's political riously compromises herself. Added attractions, i comedy, News, Topical Tips. and an orchestral ovel ture. ies a “Isobel,” James Oliver Curwood’'s tale of the Canadian End.” Crandall's Metropolitan Theater, with House Peters and Jane Novak leading L the cast. Harry Pollard in & new com- gTown politer since the war: the Eng- {edy, “Oh, Promise Me” with minor films will.complete the program. “Isobe! recently she felt so much more at(his wife, fugitives from justice “north homesnow, because so many English- jof 53" after Scottie has prot. ite as rude as) wife Isobel tions of & drunken sallor on an arctic will | schooner. tailed to run down the Deanes. and e Couldn't Help It.” at this week, beginning ap- Michelson's story title, “In the was dram. which regeneration when she program includes an oon. Theater today and prominent member of the nearly ruins areer, but se- lovies Fans, the Literary Digest's “Tsobel.” camera version of Northwest, ‘“The Trail's be shown this week at concerns Scottie Deane and d_his from the brutal atten- Sergt. Billy McVeigh is de- Corp. Bucky Smith, McVeigh's arch enemy, in the Royal Northwest Mounted. also is ordered to bring in the fugitives. very turn McVeigh outwits his . When the Deanes are found McVeigh is instrumental in aiding their progress toward the more north- ern of the outposts of civilization. The unsullied love of McVeigh for the wife of the fugitive, whose life is fast ebBing awa forms the romantic cliax of the plcture. = “Inside of the Cup.” “The Inside of the Cup,” the Cos- Paramount production of n Churchill's magazine story, began a Washington engage- at Loew’s Columbia Theater last day, will enter its second week at that playhouse this afternoon. 1 William _P. Carleton, Marguerite Clayton. Edith Hallor and Jack Bohn| are in its cast. It was directed by ! Albert Capellani. Tt has been de- Ectibed as a diatribe against the hy- pocrisy that uses the church as a shield for its misdoing in grinding the weaker under the heel of its own Just for power. ! A Mutt and Jeff, the Selznick News pictures, a scenic subject and an or- chestral overture complete the bill. “Mark of Zorro.” Douglas Fairbanks' picture, “The | Mark of Zorro,” his fourth United Ar- tists’ production, will be shown at the Leader Theater the week beginning i8 an adaptation of John- ine story, “The The background of the story is cen- tered around early Southern Califor- nia of nearly a century ago, when its destinies were zealously guarded by th panish settlers. Knickerbocker. James Oliver Curwood's “The Trail's End,” in photodramtic - form, under the titl obel,” ‘will be shown at Crandall's Knickerbocker Theater to- day and tomorrow, with “Oh, Promise Me,” a new comedy, featuring Harry Pollard. Tuesday and Wednesday T on,” the great spectacle-drama, which recently surpassed all local at- tendance records at the Metropolitan Theater. For this engagement only— Tuesday and Wednesday—the Knick- erbocker prices will be increased. NE NOVAK. etropolitan Photoplays This Week jvolves. {edy. will be show! .| opportunity:” in The > SAGE HEN Criterion Doors will be open at 6:30. perform- ances will begin at 6:45 and 8:45 p.m. The musical accompaniment will be furnished by an augmented orchestra. Thursday and Friday Sclect’s pros - tion, “The Palace of Darkened Win- and Mack Sennett's comedy, “A Fireside Brewer,” will be shown. Saturday, Wallace Reid in “The Charm School.”” Minor films will com- plete the program. Garden. At Moore's Garden Theater the first four days of the week, beginning to- day, “The Truant Husband,” an adap- tation of the magazine story by Albert | P ion Terhune, will be shown. Wahlon Hamilton, Betty Blythe and Francolia Billington lead the cast. The story concerns a devoted wife and & beautiful young widow, who help to make up a fascinating tri- angle around which the comedy re- C Billy Sayre is happily mar- ried for six years, successful in busi- ness, with a beautiful home and a wife who idolized him, when along came Vera, a former sweetheart. If fate had not intervened Billy would certainly have been a victim. But fate does intervene, and in a manner that brings laughter to the verge of tears. A comedy, the latest Fox News and interpretative orchestration will com- plete the bill. Ben). B. Hampton's “The Spenders,” adapted from_Harry Leon ‘Wilgon's story, will be shown for the fast three days of the week, with Joseph J. Dowling, Robert McKim, Claire A ams and Nilos Welch in leading rolés. Crandall’s. The first three days of this week a niversal's special production of Al lan Holubar's romance, “Once to Every Woman,” with Dorothy Phillips as the star. It concerns an ambitious young singer who learned through many strange experiences the value of the commonplace as compared with the artificialities upon which idols of the public are supposed to thrive. “Number Please?" a Harold Lloyd com- n also. Wednesday and the remainder of | the week Select's spectacular picture for Norma Talmadge, “The Forbidden City,” which affords Miss Talmadge two contrasting char- acters, will be shown. Child Movies at Belasco. The child movies which have been shown the Shubert-Belasco Theater Saturday mornings will not be discontinued, as has been an- nounced, but be continued an-} other month at least. The demand for wholesome, elevating films has made it possible for the Juvenile Movie Club to obtain contracts which will maintain the standard of the attrac- tion Next Saturday morning Lincoln and his boyhood will furnish the theme for interesting pictures. The per- formance is to be dedicated to pa- triotism, and the Junior Red Cross membe; will be represented as the Red Cross films are shown. Apollo. Today and tomorrow. “Heliotrope” Tuesday and Wednesday, Mae Murray, i dols of Clay’ he Midlander' Joseph J. Dowling, r In pictures he has had many roles, AMUSEMENTS RuTE DWYER> i e Strand NEXT WEEK’'S PHOTOPLAYS. Palace. Billie Burke, star of stage and| screen in ‘The Education of Eliza- | beth,” her latest Paramount photo- play. Tom Powers’ Story. 'OM POWERS, who plays the mas- culine lead in “Cognac,” says this of himself, via the press agent: “I persuaded my father to let me go to the Academy of Dramatic Art rather than to take a course in Yale. I went, and in due time graduated—quietly, I | might say, and without any one’ coming exuberant over my-future the stage. _ 3 “My first professiorial job - was with a stock company in Lancaster, Pa., with “The Bighop' rriage’ 1 made myself heard in that piece, #ithough I never went before the foetlights. I used to squat back stage und wallop the floor with a pair of cocoanut shells to simulate the approach of the horse: drawing the bishop's carriage. I tooted an automobile horn. getting on you see—progressing, be- coming more modern. - It was a coi siderable step from a pair of horses to an_auto. From there, it seems, he went to other stock companies, to vaudevil| and then into the movies. But h tired of the moving picture game and decided to start all over again on the legitimate stage. A juvenile role im earned him his frst on as an actor of special merit. Then followed engagements in “Mile-a-Minute Kendall,” “The Brat" Mr. Powers left “Oh, to enlist in ‘the British filying corps, A fall put an end tovhis flying, and at the end of the war he returned 10 the United State¥ a% a $iflor on & tramp steamer.- Last year“he played opposite Helen Hayes in “Bab. PR A— hickens,” Douglas McLean's new picture, was adapted from the maghe zine story, “Yanconna Lilies" e Screen's Gl’al’ld Old Mflfl OSEPH J. DOWLING has been an actor on the stage and screen since 1861. His only “vacation” was a year of service in the civil war as drum- mer boy. Columbia. “Forbidden Fruit,” Cecil B. De Mille's latest Paramount production, based on a story by Jeanie MacPher- | son. creating the title role of “The Miracle Man” and interpreting Zane Grey's Place Hough” in “The U. P. Trafl”| The high-watér mark of his long ca- reer is reached in his portrayal of “Uncle Pete Bines in Benjamin B Hampton's photoplay_of the Harry Leon Wilson _story ‘The Bpenders” “I'm just beginning to learn how to act,” says Mr. Dowling. “I have reached that stage when I know what not to do, which is the biggest thing an actor has to learn after the rudi- ments of his profession.” Mr. Dowling thinks he has played in every town in the United States that supported an opera house or a e auditorium between 1865 Metropolitan. Charles Chaplin, in his est pic- ture, “The Kid,” a six-reel production, Knickerbocker. Charles Chaplin in his new six-reel superfeature, “The Kid.” Goldwyn's picture of Basil King’s “Barthbound,” Dorothy . Phillips in “Once to Every Woman' and Maurice Tourneur's pro- duction, “The Last of the Mohican: Crandall’s. 5 “The Life of the Part ed in a trunk, and many Hmh‘l' Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle, and had to camp out under the open sky,” | Barry, in “Dinty.” says Mr. Dowling. “Mostly, we were = - housed by the hospitality of the Henry Weldon. HE latest Amefitah; basso to win townspeople, who in those days sel- fi!tg operatic célebrity 1 starring Wesley dom asked pay for board and lodg- ot S who made his ing” g e e Qebiit -t the United States with the Century Opera Company as Friar i - ; Art, Nos ‘Inefhcien oy i1 Laurence, in Goudnod's “Romeo and O see Creighton Hale chasing a butterfly in“Way Down East” or to catch a ghimpse of him as he| FePnos SM FLOuOT O o ron awoke dances in bewlildered fashion in the|the mext morning and fonna Bismaslt 3 - | tamou: or to his success in New barn dance, one would think the Im-|yori"Mr. Weldon had achieved em- personator of wthe professor to be|p s 0 TLEAOR Cad, and by eone rtather an unsigHed person. tinéntal and English critics had been But the awkWardness of Hale isart, 'Ilk‘e"l;ld» vocally and artistically. to not inefliciency. If one saw him as|Pol Plancon, & . R ohte q Mr. Weldon is a son of Admiral A. just Creighton Hale, moaring aloft In}, "o oy 0P thie United States Nayy an airplane and making all sorts of difficult evolutions, respect for the|21d, despite his Huropean education aviator would come at once. And|}® a thorough American. e was Hale i8 a good aviator, a splendid mo- | POr® In Greenwich, N. Y. and began torist and a fine swimmer. Moreover | his _musical studies in Washington, e 1s an actor with a record of ex-|D: C, where he lived as a youth, with et mohievement on the profes. |his parents. His voice was regarded onal Sneskingistame: {as remarkable even then, and the Hale is an Irishman, Born in Cork. [Ty, dipbmsts and srafesmen who! He played in a number of productions | ¥iSiteq ~Admiral Hughes' Home b in London and made his American | cled & BrTIARE carcor (oF the VOURK stage debut with Gertrude Elliott in|fath: AR O d s o b ‘The Dawn of & Tomorrow.” Subse- | [BCeMEntals of the art he went to quently he appeared in leading roles| o \thiated Giovanni Sprisi e in Broadway productions. celebrate ovann| priglia. He also has a highly creditable rec- = ord in “The Exploits of Elaine” and| Matt Moore, Ruby de Remer and “The Perils of Pauline,” popular seri- |Claire Whitney are to be pictured in “The Passionate Pilgrim,’ Samuel “The Iron Claw,” “Hagel Kirke" Merwin's first Paramount picture. and “The Old Homestead ] CHILDREN'S MOVIES To_ Continue. THE JUVENILE MOVIE CLUB of Washington Sincerely thanks all who hawe made fts first serles of pictures such a cexs. The announcement tha for 1921 had closed brought forth sueh earnest appeal to give a second series th winter that plaus are being perfected te give an even more enjovable series of me- tion picture programs for the Juvenile pa- trons, beginning February 12. when we hopeto welcome all those Who have e joyed the pictures and their friends. served seats, 25 cents to 31, will be on at the Welaico Theater ticket offics begia- ning Wednesday and the program wil printed in the daily papers early in the week. The rst presentation of the secon series will be in honor of the Junier Red Cross and will include a short'Red Cress program in_addition to the Bis- torical, animal, fairy and comical films. THE JUVENILE MOVIE CLUB W’S COLUMBIA —SECOND TRIUMPHANT WEEK— BEASON"S TWELFTH BUPER- PROGRAM LOPENING THI8 AFTERNOON AT S P. M. —PARANMOUNT PRESENTS— —TODAY AND ALL WEEK— 13 pleased to announce the retwrn to the soreen, for an engagement limited fo seven daye oty of that c ing Southern beauty and star of the photoplay. AY ALLISO —SUPPORTED BY WYNDHAM STANDING— In the most powerfully dramatic and richly back- grounded production of Miss Allisow’s photoplay ca- reer. The story of a girl who {1 brilliant marriage and pre career. WILLIAM Overture—A8elections almost wrecked her own Aay 35 and her husband’s 1I¢s that ‘amous »mm “THE MARRIAGE OF —BY MRS. HUMPHRY WARD— SENNETT COMEDY—"MOVIE FANS” PALACE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Pathe News—Muit and Jef—O Insid ent, made a vad % socta ioar that iro— ASHE” Directad by Edward Slomas, under the super- vision of Bayard Veillar, with an excoptional cast, Hits. Program the Gu @ @smopolitanSProdaction —BY— WINSTON CHURCHILL AUTHOR OF “RICHARD CARVEL® AND “THE CRISIS,” WHOSE POWERFUL AND BRILL- IANT PHOTOPLAY PICTURED HERE- ADAPTED BY G. DU- BOIS PROOTOR. PHER- SONALLY DIRERCTRD BY ALBERTCAPBLLANI WITH A CABT OPF EBX- OCEPTIONALBRIL- LIANCE T H A T IN- CLUDES WILLIAM P. O o WITH CREATED A FURORE WHEN TORRENCE, EDITH HAL- IT APPEARED A8 A BERIAL IN HEARST'S MAGAZINE, WHERE IT WAS READ BY MILLIONS., DON'T MISS IT. ' —A SMASHING LOVE TALE!— That's “The Inside of the Cup,* a picture hailed by enthusiasts from coast to coast as epje; drama of modern American life—a story of the cynical lust for power that uses chureh as a cloak for its evil-doing and drives lesser souls to shame and ignominy checked by a crusader of the cioth!—A romance of the twentieth century and its social problems—Now beginning its sensational second week! LOB AND JACK BORBN. fE5E XTRA ADDED ATTRACTION COLUMBIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA—LEON BRUSILOFF, DIRECTOR. B Overture—*‘Overture from ‘Wdliam Tell’ >>—(Rossint) SELZNICK CAMERA NEWS—MUTT & JEFF CARTOON—OTHER HITS