Evening Star Newspaper, August 28, 1921, Page 41

Part 3—10 Pages ITH its managers adjusted and its threaters primed, each for its sl} future aspirations, the Washington' theater season for 1921-22 will open this week, according to announcements. True, there will be no plays for the “speaking stage” until next week, un- fess the minor ones of vaudeville are to be considered as such. But vaudeville has already been working overtime. It has been busy steadily in three directions since—who can say when? Our opening, therefore, owes its honors to the moving picture—and the moving picture we have always with us. Poli’s, one of our big theaters, will really open for the first time after a long close. It will start-with Vincente Blasco Ibanez's famous “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.” They have been saying great things of this picture elsewhere. They naturally would, because it is what the movie press agent calls the “picturization” of a novel which already has won its way to the roll of fame. But, by the same token, Loew’s Palace and Crandall’s Metropolitan theaters will rise up to claim a share of the honors of the week, one with a “picturization” of “Disraeli,” quite as famous, not only as being George Arliss’ greatest dramatic creation, but as a play that pictures one of England's greatest statesmen to the very life, and the other with a film version of Mrs. Fiske's great play, “Salvation Nell.” The appearance of these great pic- tures, therefore, fully justifies our “opening,” right here and now, and with due formality, Washington’s theatrical season for 1921-22. x ¥ ¥ 'x ERHAPS the real opening of the theatrical season for 1921-22 will take place next week when the National, the Shubert-Garrick and probably the Gayety will resume. Each of these theaters has made its Znnouncement elsewhere in these columns, and with all of them in operation it will remain only for the Shubert-Belasco, with Shubert vazuceville, to theatrically prepare Washington for its fall and winter entertainment. Marc Klaw will bring “Other Lives” to the National as his first offering in Washington, and Oliver Morosco will send “Wal: 'Till We're Married.” The first offering in burlesque will b€“Cuddle Up, at the Gayety. * * ¥ % UITE a bit of space was devoted last week by one of Ngw York’s Q leading theatrical reviewers to an interesting discussion of “What Is a Better Picture?” Like nearly all such discussions, it left the reader “up in the air.” The chief reason for this is because those who discuss that subject for public consumption.seem to lack genuine frankness and sincerity, and also seem to talk above the heads of their audience, a fault which has sent many a play that might otherwise have been good to the storehouse. It is the discussion of the abstract, without a presen- tation of the ideal aimed at; an assumption that all pictures might be better, without pointing out the faults of those we have and the perfec- tions ghat should be sought. The screen is supposed to reflect life as it is. ndt necessarily the wicked side of life; but the great human story that is told the world over from day to day. Some of its chapters are most dramatic and impressive. They reach the heart, or thrill the being with natural, but unusual, causes in a natural, but unusual, way. The stage presents life, not only in action, but audibly. The screen, at most, can present life only in the shadow. Action and pantomime are its lan- guage; subtitles and dialogue are but borrowed diagrams from speaking life. The pantomime of the screen must necessarily be more distinct in painting a thought, because its action lives in the memory created by the eye. We are told that often a player who'is most impressive upon the speaking stage fails in pictures. It is not because he lays aside any of his dramatic ability in appearing before the camera, but becadse not every one will photograph to the best advantage and also because the trick of helping the action with the word is not available on the screen. * ¥ ¥ ¥ 'ONDERFUL strides have been made by the ptoducers of photoplays, and many splendidly staged plays have appeared séenically to better advantage in photoplay form, because the whale wotld is available for settings, a privilege denied the speaking stage, which must invent and copy nature as best it may. There have been splendid screen dramas also, in which the icting perhaps surpassed that of many great stage plays. The screen has'alf the possibilities of the stage and more, lack- ing only the one element of speech, which, in stage drama, has been so interwoven with the acting as to become inseparable from it. An im- portant need of “the better picture” is clean, wholesome, dramatic stories constructed according to the well known rules of the drama, but told in action rather than in dialogue and subtitles which have to displace the icture story, unless the audience is to be “left up in the air” as to what 1s going on. The screen language of action is indispensable and it also is most important that those who make pictures bear in mind that what may get across the footlights in a stage play as simply a hint becomes an ineffaceable monument of mammoth proportions in a picture. That is the real reason why so many things have offended in the pictures that have often gotten by on the stage almost unobserved. * X K X ILTON ABORN and Fortune Gallo, representing grand opera, have been received into the new International Theatrical Association, and, it is said, representatives of the Metropolitan and the Chicago opera companies are to be invited to join. As the association now exists, its membership includes theater owners, producers and managers of stock and road companies, it is' said. * ¥ %k %X CLIFFORD- PEMBER will design the scenic and lighting effects for “The Silver Peatock,” in which Mme. Olga Petrova will make her re- appearance upon the stage, under the management of the Selwyns. ' * %k Xk X ARTHER HAMMEII‘KSTEIN has announced that the cost of production in this country has driven him to London, where he will pr “Tumble In,” to be followed by “Katinka,” “You’re In Love,” “Son‘l)e?i::'ec i “Somebody’s Sweetheart,” “Coat_ Tails,” “Jimmie,” “Always You:” “De Luxe Anne” and other plays. He will produce “The Front Seat,” by Rida Johnson Young, and “The Ground Ffl)or.” by Oscar Hammerstein and Frank Mandel, in this country. An_English company, capitalized at $500,000, has been formed to handle the Hammerstein productions. G * * * * ERALDINE FARRAR was to have constructed the musical arrange- pear. Now she won’t, and Franl; Reicher has been retained to do it. * % % ment for “Don Juan,” in which Lou Tellegen is announced to ap- 'ADE BOOTHE, a pupil of Jean De Reske, has been d Comstock & Gest to sing the leading tenor rofe in “Chu (?}Tif:aao:,{ on tour, this season. * % % CHQ]RLkESADILLINAGHAMthfis announced Barney Bernard, in: “Two ocks Away,” Aaron Hoffman’s play, ‘Theater; New York, during the currentp‘;eyekfor. the CenreciM i Conan * %k %k X EN H. ATWELL has been appointed head of t it B of “Shubert Vaudeville.” T lismynation Lurees * % ok % )ATRICIA O'CONNOR, in private life, the B: P Paris, will have the title role in “Aphrodit a”fl;:e:;“deflgrzndcourt & OUTDOORS. * ile moonlight runs are made Glen Echo Park offers many at- tractions each week. Tables and benches have been placed beneath shady trees for outing parties. Clear, cool water is near at hand. A feature Sunday is the concert pro- gram arranged by Sol Minster’s band, comprising classic and popular selec- tions. The various amusement devices of the park, including the midway and the six big rides. are operated as usual. Boating and canoeing may | P2hKS of the river are many large e hod o8 the canar Hancing |tables ana comfortable benches. Near in the open-air ballroom will continue | 18 the new dancing pavilion, the whip. each week-day night to music provided | the Sravity. rallway, slides ‘and sand by an orchestra of nine.- piles. Z Tuesday is lucky number Today, at Great Falls Park, a spe- Chevy Chase Lake and cial musicel program will be rendered prizes are presented in both by the ladies’ orchestra. Other amuse- Thursday evening the season’s hits | ments include merry-go-rounds, slide: are sung by a singer from oné of the -vln:-. etc., for the children. Bon-' usic-publishing houses. Free | Ing. fishing and hiking for grown-ups, featured on Saturdays{snd dancing every week day in to 8:30 p.m. On other evenings | the large open-air pavilions overlook- starts at 8:15 p.m. falls. ing the 4 tric train service te 'rom Steamer St. Johns. & Great Falls Park is m:l‘ht:in::.‘ g Colonial Beach is said to be now at ———— the top of an unprecedented season. ;Among a list of noteworthy attrac This resort caters to men and women tions booked to appear this season at o hetr anaual vacation and . fur|Jonens wi Chetics Ghoin e hs nishes recreation for a brief out- Jones,” with Charles Gilpin in his it water bathing, fishing and ng. crl:lnl lrole.n 2 S bing. dancing and ‘Bosting: sve|soohbie: Shy wir Cren ot the Belrs mttractions. The steamer St. Johns makes four * waeek, . Thursday and furnish H dlnc.e? mausic for those who wish Marshall Hall. Marshall Hall, within a short dis- tance of Washington and reached by & boat.ride on the Potomac, offers picnickers and pleasure hunters fa- cilities for their purpose. In the shade of many large trees and along the ight at 'valuable wvilions. given at the Belasco ‘Theater one afternoon -last spring when the capacity of the theater was ¥ e Pheater i e e e L e e e T T 204, AR adlas e Lo ¥ W, Sunday Shar. WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 28, '1921. Automobiles DAPHNEN, PO]_’..i.i::RD Ketth's — GLORIA SWANSON Columbia shown this evening. B. F. KEITH'S—Daphne Pollard, morrow afternoon. COSMOS—"“Mother Goose,” vaud row afternoon. noon. GIOREE ARLISS Palace Current Attractions| AT THE THEATERS THIS WEEK POLI'S—“Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,” film version. To be vaudeville. New show opens td- eville. New show opens tomor- STRAND—“Rose of Spain,” vaudeville. New show opens this after- Poli’s Opening Tonight. “The Four Horsemen of the Apoca- Iypse,” Vincente Blasco Ibanez' world- famed story, which was made Into a super-picture by the Metro Pictures Corporation, s to be seen for the first time in Washington at Poli's Theater tonight and twice daily thereafter dur- ing its limited_engagement. “The Four Horsemen” is announced as’ the picture sensation of all time. Rex Ingram directed the picture, and was seventeen months in the making. It cost a little more than one million dollars to produce. Its- cast includes Rudolph Valentino, Alice roy Cannon, Joseph Swickard, Brinsley: Shaw, Alan Hale, Bridgetta Clark, Mabel Van Buren, Brodwitch (Smoke) Turner, Nigel de Brulier, John Sainpolis, Mark Fenton, Virginia Warwick, Derek Ghent, Stuart Holmes, Jean Hersholt, Henry Klaus, Edward Connelly, Georgia Wood- thorpe, Kathleen Key, Wallace Beery, Jacques d’Aufay, Curt Rehfeld, Mile: Dolores, “Bull” Montana, Isabel Keith, Jacques Lance. Noble Johnson, Henry Northrup, Minnehaha, Arthur Hoyt and Beatrice Dominguez. - ‘The story opens on thqfiAr:enum adariaga, Terry, Pome- ranch of old M: , whose terri- tories:are as extensive as those of the great independent barons of feudal times. Filled with Castilian pride, he yearns for a male child to on his traditions. His two daughters. have married ranch employes, one French and the other German. Mada '8 Latin antipathy to the German son-| law brings with it a dislike of his half- German ~grandchildren. But when a son is born to the Frenchman, the old man finds his dream realized. M 's death brings a division of his great wealth between the two daughters. The Germans return to their fatherland and the Desnoyers settle in Paris. 1t is here that Julio Desnoyers meets a fascinating society woman, Marguerite Laurier, and the two are swept into & reckless love affair that takes no count of Marguerite's elderly husband. It is just about this: time that the breaks out. Marguerite, to great war bres atone for her sreat passion for Julio, | Glen Echo Park. Monday, Wednesday and Friday even. h ings at 7.1 p.m., and & Jaxs orchestra | sacsifioss. her love. Tor Jullo In. order to be the constant companion of her busband, who has been blinded in battle. Julio, left without stimulation of frivo- lous attractions, hears the call of duty and enlists in the French army, wher& he meets. death at the hands of his n cousin when the two face O ongh 1t a1l ars. galloping the £ it ping the four horsemen of St. John in the book of the Aj e im figures of Conquest, War, Famine and Death. B. F. KEITH’S—Daphne Pollard. Daphne Pollard, one of the quaint- est comediennes of the London stage, will make her American debut at B.| F. Keith's Theater tomoreow, com. mencing at the matinee."Miss Pollard comes direct from the London Hippo- drome, where she has reigned su- preme as the principal, comedienne, on a six-week vacation, and just now is =aid- to be at the height of her fame. Her irresistible quirks and antics, rollicking songs and rare act- ing genius are said to have brought all the foreign capitals to her feet. Miss Pollard will present her great- est hits from the recent London Hip- podrome revues, adding several song studies and characterizations drawn from other sourceés. Anatol Fried }l‘ng mflncomn;al:y ‘vm nnple:dr in 3 e luxe revus of mirth, mel an dance, entitled “Masicland,” wlt’h en- tirely fresh material. Supporting him are Neil Mack, Jeane Shirley, Lucille mrmn“llo. Violet wr:llor.' ";::-ll 'Vil.l- 3 3 ” of B notes,” including Edna. Hayott, Dor- othy Stead, Emily Stead, Helen Burg, each earning fore! 1.:,.1‘!0.-:! to hi ffo! ful | re<establish himself in:the social and e play, Lilian Thayer and Helen Gordia. Others will be Harriet Marlotte and company in “Mrs. Wellington's Sur- arise”; Dave Seed and Ralph Austin in_ “Things and Stuff”; Kellam an O'Dare in “Chasing the Blues”; Rus- sell and Devitt, the acromedians; the Juggling McBans in a novelty; SI win Kelly, the singing cyc Aesop’'s Fables; Topics of the Day and the Pathe News Pictorial. Today, at 3 and 8:15 p. m. the week's program headed by the Santos and Hayes Revue will be given In its entirety. COSMOS—“Mother: Goose.” J. C. Mack, the noted comedian whose inimitable characterization of “Mother Goose; or, The Old Woman That Lived in a Shoe,” famed as “the most quoted act in the world,” is an- nounced as-the headline attraction at the Cosmos Theater this week. Mr. Mack’s production of “Mother Goose" includes many characters familiar to children and to grown-ups, and it has made a reputation not merely as a childish representation of the old nursery ballad, but because it is filled with the quaintest of sayings that have crept intc popular use and gre quoted almost daily. And ldnnl‘:'ar Brylawski asks to have the fact im- |pressed that it will be presented by the original Mack, whose fame as a character comedian is world-wide. Five excellent supporting acts will include Frances Rice and Jules Rubell in a new comedy, “The Jester’s Court’; Fields and Fink, a noted team of f: ngs and amusing nonsense. Ford and Goodrich, singer and piani: in a de luxe planologue; Statzer, in balancing with music_and other clever specialties, and ‘“‘Baby Mar- garet,” who is called the daintiest chat- terbox of the stage. The added matinee feature will be the first showing in Washington of Carmel Myers' newest picture, “A Daughter of the that is said to solve the problem “which is the greatest love,” that of a sister for a weak brother, that of a daughter for her father, or that of a woman for a lover. Clyde Cook’'s new two-reel laugh-maker, “The Guide,” with news and other pictures, will be shown at 3]l performances. Manager Brylawski announces his best bill of the year for the perform- ances today, starting at 3 p.m. - STRAND—“Rose of Spain.” Marty -, Brooks’ hilarious musical comedy farce, “The Rose of Spain,” with Joe Mack and girls, will be the feature at the Strand Theater this ‘week, beginning today. It offers ex-| clusive new songs and musical selec- tions - together with ml:yy decidedly novel dances, enchant the " intro- duction of a talented and charming uartet. It is announced as a beauti- 1, pretentious number. - = _ Others will include McMahon and Adelaide, “with a diversion guaran- tuinlsvn punch - minute”; Boothby and Everdean, in a series of travesty song sketches and an umusual piano- |- logue offering; E. H. Murray. an B:tug Lane, in their latest and cleve! e Art ur Lloyd, “the Human Card Inj 'ORGAN SHERWOOD, .stage di- rector of the National theater, tells an interesting, if not amus- theatrical advertising &urtain in Wash- .| ington and its efféct upon the climax of a great play. “Mrs. Jean- Davenport Lander,” he says, “during her engagement at the National Theater when she first pro- duced the play, ‘Elizabeth, Queen of England,’ a very elaborate production, with a great cast, and which afforded her one of her greatest parts, suffered a shock on her opening night which was never forgotten. “All who can will remember the throne scene in the third act where Elizabeth’'s generals and admirals were gathered, including Admiral Dra\e and the Earl of Leicester, on their return from the victorious war with Spain. The queen had knighted them all, reserving the Earl of Lei- cester for the last. She then accused him of treachery, and the proud earl, stung to the quick, for he was the real victor of the war as well as her lover, flaunted his deflance by break- ing _his sword ‘and casting. the pieces at the queen’s feet. This, to my mind, was one of the greatest climaxes pro- duced on the stage. “But when the curtain-fsll upon & situation worthy of many curtain calls there was a lull for a moment and then a roar of laughter from the audience. Mrs. L?Ader. still standing on the throne and looking every inch a queen, demanded of Mr. J. R. Spack- man, the stage manager, the cause. Mr. Spackman-replied that he did not know, unless it was the curtain. - ““What is the matter with the cur- tain? asked Mrs. Lander. “‘It is an advertising curtain,’ re- plied Mr. Spackman, ‘which ‘has been held in abeyance to be used for the NATIONAL—"Other Lives.” As baffling as‘a mystery story, it is said, is the plot of “Other Lives,” the play of a:great-love, -which,- under -the direction of Marc.. Klaw, Inc., ~will son Monday night, September 5. Fol- lowing its premier here this new work of Theresa Helburn and ' Edward Goodman will go to the Kiaw theater, New York. £ “Other Lives” is described as a-play in which women will take particular interest because -it thrills - with a problem very close to.-woman’s heart. An innocent young girl deeply loves her love, but can- he already is married. e, - who does not love him, declares he shall have it—at the expense of the girl’s reputation. How fate blocks her plans &nd makes a happy -ending .possible is told, it is said, in a les of unusual expe- periences and surprising situations. Mary Servoss and Crauford Kent have the leading.roles, aided by Whits ford Kane, Ernita Lascelles, Mary Kennedy, sthea ‘Frederick Lloyd, Juunior_ Tiernan, and Willlam ‘Williams. GARRICK—“Wait ‘Till ‘We Are ” ce, 4 George Lynch Love's young dream forms the basis of‘the pretty story.for “Wait Till' We. Are " Married,” --the. .new..play byl sketch, “Hubby’s\ Holiday,” .Itd Sept TUGENE OQBRIEN " |ert T. Hawkins. Strand ART AND ADVERTISING. first tfme for this big scene of the play &s a surpri ““‘Great heaven tonished acress. ‘If.that curtain is used ‘again, I will close my engage- ment! She then hurriedly left the stage for her dressing room. “The curtain was a very elaborate affair from an advertising standpoint. One large space was utilized for ‘Go to Harvey's for Steamed Oysters’; an- other f. ‘Served With Wine from Welcker's” and still another for a mammoth picture, an advertisement for W. B. Moses, 7th and Market Space,» which had been painted es- pecially by Charles Armour, the well known Washington artist. It rep- resented a great bedroom set of the Elisabethan period—which was really the reason for saving the curtain for Mrs. Lander’'s production, when it was lowered upon what was thought the psychological moment for the greatest effect. “Mrs. Lander naturally was furious and the next morning demanded that it be lowered for her inspection. Her anger knew no bounds. ““Why. she exclaimed, ‘why insult an intelligent audience and ruin a play like this?’ she asked. But no one answered. ‘“When Mr. W. W. Rapley arriyed, he also was astonished, for he was en- tirely ignorant that the curtain was to be used with Mrs. Lander’s produc- tion. Calling for his carpenter, Mr. Gross, he gave a brief but emphatic order: “‘Henry, take that d—— curtain down and have Mr. Lamb (the scenic artist) paint scenery on it. There will be no curtains used in this thea- ter that offend audiences and ruin plays.’ *Mr. Rapley and Mr. W. E. Spalding were at that time co-owners of the National Theater.” Coming Atiractions sigt she must come to live with them, 80 they can give her the benefit of the same teaching to which they bhave subjected the boy. Of course, this starts several com- plications, not the least of which is a serious objection to this plan on the part of the girl's aunt and guardian, but the girl.takes the bit in her teeth, 50 to speak, and’ accepts the arrange- ment. As in all good comedies, every- thing ends well. - Mr. Morosco has assembled a cast headed by Marion Coakley and Henry Duffy and including Katherine Kael- red, Jean Shelby, Edna May Oliver, Kate Jepson, Lucy Beaumont, Rapley Holmes, Arthur Albertson, Frank Syl- vester, Gerald Oliver Smith and Rob- .B. F. KEITH’S—“Vivisection.” At B. F.Keith's Thester, next week, commencing Labor day momentous bill is. promised with “Vivisection,” in which a beautiful girl is sawed in two, according to the theater announcement. Others will be “Two 8, Davis and Pélle! “Profiteering”; How- ard and Sadifer; Clinton and Rooney: Three Lordens, and the usual regular features. . Shsk = Mam- - my? : “Manager Brylawski at the Cosmos Theater anhonnces for next week a unlque ajid’ ‘spectacular feature, | *“The Enchilhled Mummy.” "It is a chorean'- offering. by :fourteen player-dan- agh’ beauty of music, tings to commend jt. mammoth. > S S BilL “will be” Mr. and “Eugene O'Brien, in a new Selznick t . < = pleture, ‘Is Life Worth - Livi * - iyl %sigfl ‘m who Juv; :' A e o veodoviile; With = mew and amusing week. It concerhs'a chap -who bas sKetch “of ‘Mo . life,. éntitléd ‘The barely avoided going to prison-on's o< e - Binger: of false charge of theft and feela’that, Tamar s e O i & Iaughe though he ‘beemacquitted in court, ree n‘gf'- . s comady Bis: u::lo'."-.:«tl"g:t Bax n‘:fi.‘ofi’: o Denoar wnd-songs, and-Veronica and many aven! - s F honest Hvlni have been e Hurlfalls, in'a new offering of acro- im. - His efforts- batics and leats. business worldmak; pictures ;uo’wm be shown. VIOLA DANA Rngickerbocker elaculatéd the ast | Littls; Pals”; John Burke;{ | ening,” by A. BEBE DANIELS Photoplays PALACE—*"Disraeli METRQPOLITAN—*“Salvation Nel COLUMBL RIALTO—"One Wild Week.” To PALACE—“Disraeli.” George Arliss, the®eminent character actor, will be the picture star at Loew’s Palace Theater this week, be- ginning this afternoon in the photo- dramatic version of his greatest stage ! success, “Disraeli,” a great character study by Louis N. Parker that had a continuous footlight run of five years. It is Mr. Arliss’ first United Artists’ production and has received the high- est_praise of the critics. “Disraeli” is based on_ the life of the Benjamiin Disraeli, M. P, twice prime minister of the British empire under Queen Victoria and one of the greatest statesman in English history | The facts of his life, woven into an entrancing romance by the play- wright, form the basis of the story, which = contains two great love episodes, one illustrating Disraeli’s affection for his wife and the other revealing the romance of Charles, Viscount Deeford, and Clarissa, daughter of the Duke of Glastonbury. Henry Kolker, the well known American actor, directed the produc- tion, which was made in America. The’ supporting cast includes Louise Huff, Mrs. George Arliss, Frank Losee, Noel Tearle, Margaret Dale and many others. A background of added screen and musical attractions supplements the feature. METROPOLITAN—“Salvation Nell.” At Crandall's Metropolitan Theater this week, beginning this afternoon at 3, will be shown First National's release of Whitman Bennett's produc- companiment and overture. tion of Edward Sheldon’s. drama, “Salvation Nell,” featuring Pauline Starke, Joseph King and Gypsy O'Brien. In this play Mrs. Fiske achieved one of her great successes. Miss Starke has the role of Nell San- ders, slavey, outcast, girl-mother, and finally the Snf ywer _in the lives.of many of her fellows. It isthe story of the sf e inst tempta- tion of a slip of a girl who wrapped her whole life up in the love for a drunken derelict whom she eventually reclaimed. - > tanding Pat,” the Pathe News and the Literary Digest's “Topics of the Day” will be shown also. The orchestral overture will be “Old Folks at Home and In Foreign Lands.” Miss Viola Taubert Abrams, solo harpist, will play tbe “Soul’s Awak- F. Pinto. RIALTO—*“One Wild Week.” Moore's Rialto Theater will present today and all week Bebe Daniels, the Realart star, in an-amusing and de- Hightful “naughty-girl’ role, in. “One Wil Week.” This time she portrays an orphan, brought up by a spinster sunt, who has such a dreary girlhood that she detérmines to make up for lost time as soon as she reaches The moment she is eighteen she statts -the fireworks and gets into troyble. ~ She is unjustly arrested for another's crime, but dares not give a | candid account of herself for fear of: losing her inheritance, so she gives an assumed name and permits herself to he sentenced for a month to a girl's refarmatoty. 3. x The cast includes Frank Xingsley, ‘Maym Kelso, Francis Raymond, Her- bert Standing,.Edwin Stevens, Edythe Chapman and “Bull” Montana. ‘An added attractign will be & new two-reel _photoplay - by Educatiocnal Films' called “The Policeman and the M!.l'“ ted trom ::g'na Tiinor Fair. comedy, “Oh, Buddy.” and orchestral e Tetibin will compiets the bill: PHOTOPLAYS TO BE SHOWN ALL THIS WEEK To be shown this afternoon. her -majority. | and Rialto PAULINE. STARR Metro politan This VWee.k 1L” To be shown this afternoon. “The Great Moment.” To be shown this afternoon. be shown this aiternoon. COLUMBIA—‘The Great Moment.’ Cecil B. De Mille'’s screen production, “The Great Momenl.” opens its sec- ond week at Loew's Columbia Thea- ter this afternoon. Gioria Swanson, its star, probably has never appeared in a production whic: affords a more splendid and opuient scenic and at- mospheric background for her talents. 1t introduces her in all the glorious regalia available to the screen. The story in its action covers two conti- nents and draws upon the luxurious life of imperial Russia in her proud- est days, upon upper-class Amer! and aristocratic England. This is drama that reveals the wild strain in a girl's nature and the stern and un- ceasing efforts of a patrician father to thwart tendenclies that he believes will bring her to unhappiness. Be- tween the two, a great struggle is waged, in which the girl eventually triumphs by winning the man of her own choice. Elinor Glyn, who wrote the story, also supervised the production of the picture. The cast includes Milton Sills and Julia Faye. Supplementary features include the i Literary Digest Topics, news pictures, an animated cartoon and, as an over- ture selection, “Dance of the Hours,” from *“La Gioconda.” EKNICKERBOCKER—*“Salvation Nell” Today and tomorrow First Nation- ar's release of Whitman Bennett's p! duction of Edward Sheldon's play, “Salvation Nell,” featuring Pauline Starke; a new comedy, “How She Lied,” late news pictures, topics of the day and other short reels, with ac- Tuesday and Wednesday, Pauline Frederick in the Robertson-Cole production, 1v- age,” and iothing Like I L Jom- edy. Thu y and Friday, for the first time here, Viola Dana in “Pul pets of Fat and Mack Sennet! “Hard Knocks and Love Taps.” Sa urday, Alice Calhoun in Vitagrapl production of “Peggy Puts It Ove also “On Account,” a comedy, and & new release in the series of modern- ized Aesop’s Fables. CRANDALL'S—A Midnight Bell’ The first three days of this week, beginning this afternoon, Charles Ray’s production for First National of “A Midnight Bell,” a film version of Charles Hoyt’s old play, and “Csll a Cop,” featuring Sennett stars; Wed- n y and Thursday, Bryant Wash- burn in the Pathe production, “The Road to London,” a laughable comedy in which the central figure steals a charming bride, and “Just in Time.” & comedy; “Friday and Saturday, Pola Negri, in the Ernst Lubitsch' prod tion, “Gypsy Blood,” and comedy. “Dining Room, Kitcnen and Sink.” ‘oday and tomorrow, Clara Ie: Tu “The Wild Bakery.” Avenue Grand. . Today and tomorrow. Wallace Reld Much Speed” .and Harold “Among Those Present”; 'uesday and Wednesday, Clara Kim- ball Young in “Charge It"; Thursday. 1 in “The Man' Who? and mon in “The