Evening Star Newspaper, July 3, 1921, Page 32

Part 3—12 Pages masementg “Che Theater: EORGE ARLISS is not a good guesser as to the future of !he‘ managers and producers conducted | e relied upon. Mr. Arliss felt that | the ouly hope of the « was the local stock company and the | He what iliar with theatrical matters knew | full well, the 1 « cause of the cvil days that have come upon the theater, which, perhiaps, is not so fully within the public mind. Sam H. t the prohibitive gost of production and transporta- { possible for only smashing hits doing a capacity put the theater in the samz predicament he says, fum is 10 by the New traveling star. Harris recognizes th which now mak business to make a small profit, with ofher lines of business. “Our problem will be solved ewhen we re-establish the cost basis of the period immediately preced- New York being the heart of the American theatrical tion, ing the war, world, it is h that the remedy must first be applied.” The remedy, he thinks, “is every one’s problem—irom the producer right down to the last ushe He also in ¢< that “there will have to be a reduction in the scale of prices for theater tickets. * % % he fault is with the actor, and that “unless in present conditions, I doubt very much if il any production on tour, except ‘The Follies.! which have scored a big success in New York | cost fittle to operate. It will be impossible'with the pres- | transportation to present the average play on oes not believe the theater is “at its lowest He thinks the principal cause of increase) the inflation of the actors' salari “The pro- s. “has not only had to meet the higher cost of the insane RCH SELWYN believes th cdy ol there body or plays city, and wh ent tc ehb in operat ducine manager. living and abnormall ! and vicious competition of the moving picture producer: He thinks. however, that things will readjwst themsclves, as they have always done, and then the price of seats will be lowered, etc., etc. * ok R K INCOLN -A. WAGENHALS can ses no very great change in the theatrical bu ss in the futur Nothing in this country, he says, as ever taken 2 deliberate step backward—referring to Mr. Arlis hint, | 1 he doesn't believe the theater, usually so prompt to be in the van, i conditions of vears ago. here are not now,” | 1 cost ot radhurst de ng expense " he sa good times, but he has also had to face the: going to revert to he says 1d never have been. enough stars of the stage to supply the wants of a play-loving public * * * and. if they want plays and actors, belicve me * * * they will get what they want,” this last reference ially to the people ni the small cities of the middle west, the the south. However, "at this moment, there is no doubt <alaries are too high: that the railroads are charging too sportation and that printing and advertising cost too much.” | beim vy far west that actors’ much for He suggests tha: mananers of theaters outside New York have a duty to co-operate to the fullsst extent with the managers who are trying to keep out-oi-town theaters open, and that jt may be to their advantage attraction ioe a film or a vaudeville bill. * ok ok Ok es tde discussion with some crisp suggestions. “We ws ut a lower admission cost and an adjustment of The glamour of the theater. not to shelve a road A H. WOODS ¢ need fewer she production sasts to meet this new condtion. the lure of ck, huge prorits and other motives attracted to the theatri- | cal business in the last few years a great deal of “outs de money,’ which is being withdrawn as cor.itions reach normal. and the field is being left to those who know the business and who know the public. It is all a matter of giving the public what it wants, and it would not cost more to run Belasco’s ‘Deburau’ than Mr, Ziegield's ‘Follies.” I the public want it, it will be just as profitable. I for twenty years, and I have made much profit in the face of much pessimism.” * ¥k * T must be added that the foregoing is not all the several gentlemen advanced upon the subject. and where they have been quoted, it has only been in facts: that seemed to stand out in their contribution to the discussion, and in a minimum degree. A fair summing up of the sym- posium as a whole might be that the theater is not going to the demni- tion bow-wows, that the actor, like every one else, is holding on to what he has until it be safe to accept less; that transportation charges are high and that the theater. like everything else, must readjust its conditions to be in line with other activities, if the country is to return to normal con- ditions without retrogressing. As the best heart and brains of the coun- are engaged in solving the mighty problem as a whole, so the theater st meet its task in the present emergency. N * K kg% ORGE BROADHURST now engaged in producing a murder mys- - the infamous Elwell case. Tt is a plax by William cal ~Iton ase,” d its si said ¢ y il s iohthe New Vork e L puatonsxessaiiclonely e L ¥ ok k% & ¢ JUST MARRIED.” described as an “uproarious farce” by Adelaide Mathews and Ann Nichols, and featuring Vivian Martin and Lynn OVerman. has its locale-on board the French steamer La Fayette, bound from Bordeaux to New York, with several oddly assorted couples among its passengers, who “become so scrambled and messed up that there is apparently no way out'of their difficultios, which are a source of unceas. | ing laughter.” * k¥ ECAUSE it is becoming more and more Americanized every year, the Shuberts are now extensively advertising their New York produc- | tions in Havana, Cuba. favana now has American hotels, American stores, American newspapers, the American language and some other things which used to be, but are American no more.” g ok kK O“"\"' o Florence Evelyn Martin's meteoric rise in popularity among Washington theatergocrs who have been witnessing her work with the Garrick Players at the Shubert-Garrick Theater, it has been decided by Manager Jack Edwards to ar her with Robert Brister in all future attractions, beginning with ambled Wives.” This announcement will be of great interest to Miss Martin's host of admirers, who have been so ;\yl!qucn in their praise of the leading woman's admirable characteriza- ions. * K K % IEUT. COMMANDER JOHN PHILIP SOUSA and his band of eighty- five musicians, the largest ever assembled under his baton, in the long tour planned for the organization. will feature his new humoresque, “The Love Nest”: a collection of tunes most popular within the past decade and elaborated in a medley called “The Fancy of the Town”: hi ‘ two new marches, “On the Campus” and “Keeping Step With the Union.” the latter dedicated to Mrs. Warren G. Harding, and a vocal number by Sousa, called “Non-commital Declarations.” which will be sung by a spe- cial trio. The soloists with the bhand this season are Miss Marjorie Moody, soprano, who achieved success with the Boston Opera Company and concert tours with Sousa through New England ynd the middle states; John Dolan, cornet virtuoso; Ellis McDiarmid, flute soloist; George J. Carey, who is said to have achicved more fame with his re- markable instrument than any other man in America, xylophone soloist, and Miss Winifred Bambrick, who will be harp soloist this season. ) BREAKING INTO MOVIES IS NOT VERY EASY TASKI MWETTING into the movies nowa- |at a tangent in its endeavor to write days isn't so easy as the public- at-larze has been led to believ gays Truman B. Handy. “Your job {n the studio ranks is mnot simply waiting for you to step in and take it. and no longer do you stand a profitable chance of ‘breaking in’ by being picked out of a crowd by an enterprising director. “In quest of opinions T made tour, of the studios, and when I asked Charles Ray abouf an outsider’s chances of getting into the- silent drama his expression of ennui indi- cated that they are, to say the least, El ‘We don't want jacks-of-all-trades in pictures apy more than they are wanted ir s Lonk,” he sald. “Every detail o% production nowadays is 8o involy2d that it requires dn expert to handfe it " “About the only chance for a girl be picked out of a crowd. says Frank Borzage, the director of *Humoresqu s. for her to manifest individuality to a startling degree, “Every director,” he declared, "“is willing to make discoveries from! among unknowrr persons. The average individual, however, is not sufficiently original to attract attentiom If a young woman has untold, ravishing teauty she may be lucky enough to catch a studio officials’ eve, but the majority of newcomers are too large- Iy imitative. “The country, it seems, has gone off ! instance, more than 1,000 stories were | and early in his search did he abandon scenarios. There is only a small mar- | ket for original stories; only books, | plays and short published stories are | in general vogue. In one month, for offered to Charles Ray for considera- tion. Out of the number none was available. Agaim, John Griffith Wray. tire Ince director, read constantly fort five weeks before he could find a vehicle he was willing to produce, the original-story fleld because he fpund it lacking in theme fertility. “Amateurs who would ‘break in’ as scenarists,” added Mr. Wray, “try to do s8 by submitting, as a rule, ideas that have already been worked out by other people. Producers are, I belleve, in the market for strikingly original stories. However, the ma- jority of the submissions are so tritej and so poorly developed that they naturally court rejection.’ While the original story-writer does not, pernaps, directly intend to pla- glarize, authorial mimicry seems to be the present reason why more un- recognized writers are remaining un- recognized. “There are few, if any, producers who wish to take a chance on the originality and authenticity of a theme,” Lloyd Ingraham, one of the screen’s veteran directors, says. “It has frequently happened when origi- nal stories were purchaesed by film, concerns that parts, or, perhaps, thei whole, of them were ‘lifted’ bodily from other works. It is largely be- cause producers are suspicious« of the source of material that they are not combing the world for so-called ‘originals.’ " — \ The Sunday Staf. WASHINGTON, D. C, DorROTHY. DALTON slade MARGUERITE CLARK. Metropolitan SUNDAY MORNING, .JULY 3, f ] Conway ‘TEARLE 1921. Sfran ¥ \}/'.J. TERGUSON & nd CAROL DEMPSTER> olumbia \ C urrent Altractions This Week at the Theaters. GARRICK—"Scrambled Wives,” | photoplay Opens tomorrow by the Garrick Players (not the KEITH S—Vaudeville. New bill opens-tomorrow afternoon. COSMOS—Vaudeville. New bill RAND—Vaudeville. New bill opens this afternoon. night. ! | | opens tomorrow afternoon. GA‘B;RICK—“Scmmbled Wives.” “Scrambled W the comedy that rocked New York with laughter, will be the attraction pre nted by the Garrick Players at the Shubert-Gar- rick Theater this week, commencing tomorrow night. This rib-tickling farce is from the pen of Adelaide Mathews and Martha M. Stanley and made a_tremendous the Fulton Theater, New 3 and is also being presented here this weck in screen form. The plot revolves about a series of natural complications at a week end party. Lucille goes re for the expressed purpose of observing at close range a man she has in mind as a matrimonial possibility. Upon her arrival she discovers that her former husband with his fluffy and jealous wite is also present. To make matters wérse a certain lady with an active tongue is there. who knows all the secrets of Lucille's first marriage and lacks the ability to keep her mouth shut. The cast will be headed by Robert Brister and Florence Evelyn Martin, cupported by Leah Winslow, Edna May Oliver, Leon Gendron, Constance Hope, Jay Strong, Doug s Dum- brille, J. Arthur Young, Betty Jones and the famous bathing beauties, Mil- dred Covington, Christine Ivey, Mar- jorie Lee Oakley and others. Director John Ravold states that this production is one of the best hot weather comedics ever presented upon the American stage. B. F. REITH'SVaudeville. Hassard Short this week at B. F. Keith's Theater, with a gain- price” holiday matince at 5 pm., will present the new annual revue, Ken- “Klick Klic neth Webb and music by presenting Joseph Santley Sawyer, with Helen Kroner, Made- leine Van and the Trado twins. Jt was staged by Hassard Short and the orchestra will be directed by Howard Thomas Collins. Elaborate costumes are worn and special scen- ery enhances the environmont. are nine “Klicks” in the program, in- cluding _“Spanish Love,” “Broadway Charm_School,” “Lady of the Lamp” and “Three Live Ghost: The added attraction will be Albert Herman, “The Bldck Laugh.” Next will be the favorite character actor, Harry Hol- man and company, in “Hard-Boiled Hampton,” a comedy of today, full of spice and fun; the Royal Gascoignes, “performers by royal command before with lyries by Roy and Ivy England’s king and queen who in-! | troduce Bertha, “the world's greatest | somersaulting dog”; Adelaide Bell, danseuse extraordinaire, and com- pany, in fancy and -character dances; Palo and Palet, “Les Bouffons Musi- cal”; the McCarthy girls,” with per- sonalities that piease beyond the usual measure; and La Belge duo, in a gymnastic number, with Topics of the Day, Aesop's Fables, and the regular theater features. Today at 3 and 8:15 p.m. last week's bill will be given in its entirety. COSMO0S—“Bobby Pander Troupe.” It has been generally conceded that the biggest and most sensational fea- ture of last season's production of 1"Happy Times,” at the New York Hip- podrome, was the Bobby Pander Troupe of eight comedy-ciowns and acrobats in an offering that has been declared unique to the stage. The Bobby Pander Troupe, with their same offering, will be the headline attrac- tion at the Cosmos Theater this week. The act advertises itself. A pleasing bill of high-class attrac- tions, in addition to this extraordinary feature, will include the Four “Brown Webb, | There | E Girls, a_quartet of minstrel | misses, hence the “brown skin.” all th excellent voices and pleasing personalities; Tom McRae and com- pany. in “The Trout.”” a comedy play- let with food for smiles and laughter: Phil Peters and Nina Allen. weli known musical comedians, who are | taking a fiver in vaudeville and wh have an attractive array of specialties | Marlow and Thurston, a fine singer | and an accomplished pianist; Deighan. | “the lone equilib .in a novel and exciting specialty, and Bond Berry and company in an amusing playlet, Skin" | “The Sew Assistant.” The added matinee feature will be “Fatty,” now Roscoe, Arbuckle's cam- |era verslo nof “The Traveling Sales- | man.” with its breezy and interesting |story of a likable drummer, who was | no fool, even in a wicked poker game. Another notable film, Buster Keaton's |new comedy, “Neighbors.” which is | said to contain more laughs than any of the other Keaton-offerings, with news pictures ;and other films, will complete the bill at all performancss. A fine bill of vaudexille and pictures will be presented at the performances v, starting at 3 o'clock this after- i STRAND—Vaudeville. A program of vaudeville and pic- tures is announced for the Strand Theater this week, beginning today. It is headed by the Gabby brothers (Tom and Joe). known as “The Boys With the Toys," followed by Billy Mec- ! Dermott and 'Blanche Vincent, in a melange of songs, smiles and piano- logue, entitled “Be Yourself.” Others will include “the Tripoli trio, “A Venetian Serenade”; York and May- belle, in a series of humorous bits given under the heading of “That's Too Bad”: and as a grand finale, the three Wilson girls. in “A Rose Bow- .” filled with popular songs and spe- in “Bucking the Tiger,” the latest Selz- nick picture, which will be the chief nhotoplay feature. presents Conway ! Tearle in the stellar role, as Mac- { Donald .the blacksheep of a wealthy family. shippeéd out west to keep him out af the newspapers. It is a story jof stirring adventure in the uncivil ized camps of the frozen north, with a love story marked by tragedy, hat- ,red and revenge. Playing opposite jthe star is Winifred Westover, a pro- iege of D. W. Griffith. Among others are Gladden James, Helen Montrose. Harry Lee, George A. Wright and Templar Saxe. Short film features. educational and amusing, will complete the bill. Booked for the Columbia. A brilliant array of photoplay pro- ductions “of the first rank has been arranged for exhibition at the Colum> bla Theater during July end August. | The first of these will be the Albert Capellani version of Gouverneur Mor- ris' story, “The Wild Goose.” Others will be George Melford's production with James Kirkwood, “A Wise Foo! based on Sir Gilbert Parker's great novel, “The Money Master”; Lois Weber production, “Two Wise Wives,” with «Claire Winisor and Mona Lisa; Gloria Swanson in the long-awaited photoplay b Elinor Glyn, “The Great Moment; Willlam De Mille'’s production of Edward Knob- lock’s story, “The Lost Romance.” fea- | P. turing_Jack Holt, Conrad Nagel and Lols , Wilson, and *“The Bronze Bell,” the cinema version of the story by Louis Joseph Vance, with Courtney Fc;ote and Doris May in the featured roles. YOU THINK YOU SEE IT, BUT REALLY YOU DO NOT THE portion of a motion picture seen by an audience at the first sho ing is'variously estimated by photo. play producers at from 40 per cent to 70 per cent, despite the popular notion that a spectator, watching a picture reel off, sees all of it, if he's interested. general belief of a spectator that he has seen all of a picture fre- quently leads to discussions' and wagers, and, a8 an example of this, ia prominent dramatist recently paid ja %50 wager In the lobby of the Cen- jtral Theater, New York city, after he had been shown something in D. W. Griffith’s “Dream Street” that he con- tended was not there. One of the interesting phases of this phenomenon is seen in the recent action of the department of psychol- ogy of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, which. it is sald, recently requested of D. W. Griffith that the {university be allowed to use hi “Dream Street” as a subject for a n OUTDOOR. Glen Echo Park. Glen Echo Park Is in the midst of a three-day celebration of the Foukth. In anticipation of even larger crowds today and tomorrow, the management stated, it has arranged for a car serv- jce that will carry the big crowd out and back without tiresome delays. Everything the park has in the amusement line will be put into service. Tomorrow one of the special fea- tures will be the matinee gdance, which will start at 4 in the afte noon: continuing until 7. In the even- ing there will be the regular Session. This afternoon and tonight there will be the sual free band concerts and Director Minster anngunces the most delightful programs of the s¢a- son. A long and varied list of amuse- ments_is scheduted. Six big rides at the park are second to none in the country, and the other entertainment one- finds in the parks of the-larger cities. Chevy Chase Lake. Every Tuesday Chevy Chase Lake presents valuable gifts to dancing couples on both floors. during every dance, beslnnlllg 9:30 p.rh. This com- ing Tuesday the gifts_will be true surprises, it*is_promised. “A glorious Fourth” will be cele- brated by the dancers tomorrow even- ing’ Dancing will begin at 8:15. .\ Chesapeake Beach. Chesapeake Beach, the nearby bay resort, is in readiness for the holiday crowd tomorrow. Several thousand excursionists visited the resort yes- terday and ‘a still larger crowd is ex- pected today. Many persons are spending the entire week end holiday at the bayside, where free dancing to fazz music by a clown orchéstra is the big feature. Salt water bathing, fishing and boating are other pas- times. All amusements are located over the water, -where breezes always blow. Cool picnic grounds, overlook- ing the bay, offer attractive facilities to all-day outing parties. Colonial Beach. Colonial Beach, s metimes called Washington’s Atlantic City, opened yesterday for its - summer season. Hundreds ere expected to spend the week end at this popular Potomac re- sort. Capacity crowds were aboard the steamer St. Johns, which left the 7th street wharf yesterday at 2:30 .m. Trips will be made again this morn- ing and tomorrow, Independence day, at9 a.m. ‘The! resory/ 1y commended. a long, sandy beach at the jd bathing facilities are high- Fishing, crabbing ana | tion-wide experiment in this peculiar type of psychology. The university. in its survey. pro-! poses to establish what percentage of picture is secn the first time by the |average spectator: what type of in- dividual is affected by comedy, and to what extent: what proportion of an |audience reacts to emotional scenes |and what is the extent of that re | tion; how,‘much of the action 'membered at the end of a wee weeks, a_month and six month: Mr. Griffith has agreed to ate with the university offi this investigation to the oxtent arranging for university experiment- ers to attend showings of Street” in various parts of the coun- try. It is said to be the plan of Johns Hopkins officials to interest the departments of psychology of universities all over the republic in this survey and it will constitute what is actually the first scientific audience. The findings, it is inter, esting to note. will be used by both the public and the producers in ar- riving at a conclusion on the matter of censorship. boating are_other pastimes. A large dancing pavilion offers an opportunity to waltz or to “jazz.” The cottages and hotels cater to Washington ex- cursionists. - & The forty-mile moonlight trips of the St. Johns to Indian Head will not be resumed until Tuesday evening. 3 Great Falls Park. Amid ideal picturesque environ- ment, the Fourth is to be celebrated at Great Falls Park, where added at- tractions for the day's festivities will be featured. Concerts all day by the ladies' orchestra, -free-admission dancing and other amusements ap- propriate for the day will be pro- vided. At night the park and falls will be attractively illuminated. The children’s playgrounds provide a va- riety of entertainment, and fishermen and kodakers will find ideal oppor- tunities. The historic features of in- terest include the remains of the jail, dam, lacks, canal. mill and forge con- structed by Washington. Marshall Hall. Special arrangements have been made to accommodate large crowds for the Fourth of July celebration at Marshali- Hall_and those who will visit Mount Vernon. Dancing and the modern amusements of the day are i the attractions. The steamer Charles | Macalester makes three trips_daily to Marshall Hall, stopping at Mount Vernon on the first two trips. For those/ who wish a river trip only and do not care to go ashore, the steamer will make a forty-mile run down the Potomac after stopping at Marshall Hall on its second trip. The boat will return to the 7th street whert in time for its regular 6:30 trip. i Has Changed Her Name. Ruth Mae Miller, the pretty and cleger St. Louis girl, who is rapidly wending her way to big things in the movies, has decided that henceforth her screen name will be Patsy Ruth Miller. The world will please N. B. that Patsy Ruth makes the change because there is another Ruth Miller in the films. Japanese Star Sees the Sights. Sessue Hayakawa, the noted Japa- nese photoplay star, paid a visit to the Palace Theater during his recent visit to Washington, at which time he was recelved by President Harding and thé ambassador of Japan. Later during his visit Manager Lawrence Beatus of the Palace Theater was a guest on an automobile tour of the city for the noted star, arranged by Lester Steinem and by Carl Sonin of the Robertson-Cole bureau here. “Dream | study of the effect of a picture on an| { i Photoplays This Week Photoplays Showing All This Weok. orth.” Opens today at 3;p.m. “Idol of the | | H { | i i el Opens today at 3 p.m. 3 IETROPOLITAN—"Scrambled Wives” (the photoplay). Opens today at 3 ) COLUMBIA—"Drcam Street.” Second weck begins today at 3 pm. | L cludes Leon P’. Gendron, Florence Mar- Harry Fisher, Frank Badgley, Ada lle and othe The smart ho party at which most of the action takes ce affords ample opportunity for the of a wide range of the latest erentions, of ew York “The Idol of the North.” Dorothy Dalton will be seen as the featured star at the Palace Theater for the week beginning this after- noon in the principal role of “The 1dol of the North,” a romance ot and gold and the great northwest, scena- | Par . rized from the story by J. Clarkson | SubDlementary features will complete Miller and supported by a cast that : the bill. nclud dwin August, Riley Hatch, = . Marguerite Marsh, Jessie = Arnold. GARDEN—"‘Appearances.” Joe King, and E. J. Radcliffe. In this tale of love and adventure within the arctic_circle Miss Dal- ton is seen as a dance hall favorite in_a mining camp who pursues her calling with such mercenary zeal that “Appearances,” which opens a four- day engagement at Moore's Garden TEeater today, :f £aid to be, 1n many respects, u remarkable photoplay, 1n point of players and settings. the miners arise in rebellion and| The story, written Ly Edward force her into & marriage with a|lnoblock, a’ playwright of intefna- drunken wredk of a man who: has|tional ‘fame, deals with that class drifted north. 'The efforts of the |that is given to living far beyond its mining camp coquette to win the|means in order to b up ‘appes love of the derelict she has married, | ances in society. This propensit to win him back to manhood and to | but leads to a tragedy in the” liyes of several persons, and in the de- hold him against the claim of anoth- or woman make one of the most|velopment of the story many scehes powerful | sereen productions Miss | 0f Breat dramatic power arise. Daxid Dalton has ever brought to the cellu- [ Powell is the star. i loid. Many of the outdoor views &re The Palace will present a scenic|said to have been photographed ‘on novelty as an added attraction that[the grounds of the historic High- B been styled one of the most un- | CITTE Castle, in Hampshire, England. e In the cast are Mary Glynne. Mary usual camera productions ever made. It is Lyman H. Howe's scenic thriller, A Runaway Trail which, by a Dibloy, Marjorle Humie, Percy Stand- ing and Langhorne Burton. jever manipulation ~of camera Slid{'my 5'{"‘”1“,"- !hgx}:’n\?‘r odr Ch_:_tlrlns. “hanics conveys the impression | Will be pictured at the Garden Thea- o ’ o “the | ter Thursday. Friday and Saturday to the spectator of being on t front of a runaway train, plunging down a_mountain side. A comedy Cartoon, the Pathe News views, the Literary Digest Topics and._a stir- ring overture by the orchestra com- plete the bill. RIALTO—"“Beau Revel.” “Beau Revel,” the latest Thomas H. in_his first feature comedy, entitled “King, Queen. Joker.” a five-reel fun- fest, filmed in England, France and America, and concer: a * king whose dominion s in the throcs of a revolution, and a barber’s assistant. Minor films and orchestzal musie complete the program. KNICKERBOCKER — “Scrambled Ince production, adapted from the story = by Logis Joseph Vance, will be the Wives. featured attraction at Moore's Rialto| Marguerite Clark will be pletured Theater all week, beginning today. in the First National productrs The cast, it is claimed, sets a hitherto | .., pp1ed Wives,” also at Crandall's unattained standard of histrionic excel- | T Aied includes Tewis Stone as the | Knickerbocker Theater today —and heirtbreaking Beau Reve Florence | tomorrow, the added comedy being Vidor, as the beautiful Nellie Steele, | “Rocking the Boa! Tuesday and Lloyd Hughes, Kathleen Kirkham, Wil- liam Conklin, Harlan Tucker and others. cau Revel” I8 the story of a leader of New York's smart set, whose chief diversion is stealing the iove of beau- tiful women. His son, Dick Revel, and the only person for whom Beau has any real affection, lowes Nellie Steele. Beau Revel, convinced that Nellie is not the sort of girl his son should marry, forces Dick to confess his love and then agrees if Dick will stay away from her for two weeks he will prove his contention. Minor attractions will inclide comedy, scenic and news subjects, together with unusually appealing and _appropriate musical numbers by the Rialto orches- tra, the overture being Koler-Bela's “Romantique.” METROPOLITAN—"Scrambled Wives.” Marguerite Clark, one of the most gifted comediennes of the stage and screen, returns after a protracted ab- sence as star of First National's film version of the Broadway laughing hit, “gerambled Wives,” in its premiere local presentation at Crandall’s Metro- politan Theater this week. ~/ The story of the young boarding- school girl who married a simple youth only to divorce him and marry again to such advantage that she plotted to elope with her first love a second time, is one that abounds in unexpected situations and presents an unbroken succession of surprising climaxes. Color effects in the photography add to the beauty of the most picturesque periods of ~the action. g 5 A notable supporting company, in- 1 ‘Wedpesday, Alice Joyce will be the pictured star, in the Vitagraph pro- duction, “The Scarab Ring." supple- mented by the comedy, “The Tour- ist,” featuring James Aubrey; Thurs- v and Friday, for the first time Metro's special production of xtravagance,” in which May Al- lison pictured, and “Let Me Ex- plain,” a comedy offering. and Sat- urday, Roscoe “Fatty” uckle, in “The Travellng Salesman and, for the first time, “The Greenhorn CRANDALL'S—“Now or Never. Harold Lloyd will be the picture star of the bill t t three days of this week at Crandall's Theater in his latest comedy, “Now or Never, supplemented by a classic of homely comedy, * Will Be Boys,” adapted from the best of- Lrvin 8. Cobb's *“Judge Priest” stories by Goldwyn, with Will Rogers in the stellar role; Wednesday and Thurs- day, First National's “'Lessons in Love,/' featuring Constance Talmadge, and t new Fox Sunshine comedy. “The Bab; Friday and Saturday, First National's picturization of Ralph Connor's novel, “The Sky Pilot,” a story of the Cana: dian northwest, with-the principal roles played by Colleen Moore, John Bowers and David Butler, and a new comedy, “Money Talks." “Dream Street.” -~ “Dream Sireet,” the latest’ D. W. Griffith screen achievement, W began an engagement at the Cole umbia Theater last Sunday, will bee (Contnued on Third Page.)