Evening Star Newspaper, March 5, 1922, Page 52

-the garden on the studio stage. 0 briefly . lin family for their blossoming dau, © instructed the nuns no _ Fay Bainter Talks. AY BAINTER, dainty and winsome in her role of “Ming Toy.” In “East is West," retains those two at- tributes off-stage, although her. ap- pearance Is so changed that one can scarcely believe she Is the same per- son who portrayed the little maid from China. In the first place; her hair is blond, and she iIs typically Anglo- Saxon, and then she looks rather tali. er. too. However, she has exactly the charming personality oge sees in_her stage creation of “Ming Toy." fasci- nating, vivid and quite unsophis cated. Miss Bainter is young. not only in vears, but in heart. and she fairl ubbles over" with enthusiasm about certain things which especially in- terest her. Ladt week's snowstorm was the first she had seen all winter, and she could hardly wait “to get out and walk around in it” “Just * <he sald, “It is the only seen all year, and I've been having the most wonderful time this morning, watching it falling. We've been on the road wll winter. traveling everywhere irom here to California, and it's been bitter cold, but somehow we missed cut an cvery snowstorm. At one little town in Ne- hand was frostbitten, and bly worried about it and don't think it's all well yet, time the tempe:-iture drops, . The boys in the cempany : at me., but they all blew on nd, trying to make .t warm. rather hard fravelim: around continually, sleeping in bumpy. cold and I'm glad we're returniag ¢ York for awhile. There are so many wonderful things fo look for- ward tc. for 1 expect to see some of the new theatrical productions, and, best of all, I'm going to hear Heifetz t Acclian Hall” t>ked about her play, “East Miss Bainter said: 1 should like to have a new part some time soon, and yet 1 love my role of ‘Ming Toy.' it is such a marvelously adaptable one. For instance. 1 can be awfully tired out and pla:- it, and people will say ‘Poor Little Ming Toy. sheis such an appeal- ing little thing. we feel so sorry for her!"Or I can be full of life and energy their impression is ‘What a viva- ous little creature she is. so bright :" Then again T can be In a per- nateful mood and everv cne ‘Isn't she mischievous? What a fiery. fascinating personality” So you see it reaily makes no difference how 1 feel, I can portray,the part surcess- sully. * i “During the three years ‘East Is Wi h: run,” Miss Bainter con- ed, he cast has changed fre- quently, and consequently my reac- tion to the other characters’ lines has varied so I haven't tired of the role. 1 consider 'The Willow Tree’ was my best play, but I could never have played it'as long I have in ‘East Is West,” it would have killed me. It is too nu‘onuouu, too exacting, but 1 did love it dAs Miss Bainter continued talking. an interesting bit of information ept out, namely, that she is really ! are all about now. he modern trend, ‘psych new thought’ and all that sort thing. I don't understand the modern flapper. with her rolled stockin bobbed hair and well stocked Cig: rette case. I just don’t belong in the world of today, I gue: > “There is another thing I dun’t un- derstand,” Miss Bainter sald, d that is the manner in which the stage is conducted. The theater i= called a profession, while it s anvthing but that. It has no entrance require- ments, no examinations, no ideals, no ethics, and inexperienced pedple. it they are wealthy or have received sublicity through some scandal. can immediately obtain the best parts. Eventually they may be dropped. but the harm is done, they have hurt th theater and the hard-working, con- scientious actors who are giving the best that is in them, in an éndeavor to raise artistic standards. “I began acting when 1 was four years old, but T did not attain to any degree of success until five years 8go. “¥ have walked from one manager's office to another, hungry, and begging for a chanee at understudy parts. only to see some one who had absolutely no tralning or experience them. When 1 was eighteen I could act five times better than I can now. I know it, for I had all the confidence in the world. 1 would have taken the roie of Lady Macbeth without the slight- est hesitation or concern. It is differ- ent now, for that exuberance of youth is gone. Do mnot think that 1 am discrediting my work, for I love acting, and wouldn't do anything else for the world, but I do think the present condugl of thte atg::fthr.;; r::! to the grea - froanes who have worked all their ives to perfect their art. ; 'As. lorplha future? Well, I want to remain on the stage for a few more years. then {ohln theumoxhl for two or three, and then retire. ELENORE DE WITT EBY. - A Memorial Masterpiece. THE great proscenium painting | from old Daly's Theater, New | York. and the medallions of Shakes- | peare and Moliere as well, which were | inserted over the boxes, have become | the property of Margaret Anglin. | The painting represents a Roman | festival given in celebration of an im- | perial victory the second century after | Christ. particularly appropriate at| this time in that the representation | of the devastation of war on one side, | balanced by symbols of joy and peace on the other, is reminiscent of our| battleflelds in France with their stark | horror and desolation. | Holding the center of the big can- vas is a Roman Marionette show with | the women populace as an audience in_the foreground. To the extreme Jeft is a pageant of drama with blind Homer and his lyre as the outstanding figure. Another pageant of literature with Dante’s figure (copied from Giot- to's Dante) holds the left center of the picture, while In the background the staffs of the legionaries. ori mented with gandy. picturesque sym- bols, loom up conspicuously. | At_the extreme right Virgil is pic- | tured and right center Diogenes with | his lantern appears in the Ecnn!)’l garb of the Stoic philosophers. Here Keeping Pace \ spears are apparent. again in the background the soldiers’ One soldier who has emerged from the crowd to watch the marionette show with his lady- love, stops to pay the oriental in charge of the show (puppet shows at that time having been a familiar form of amusement in the orient for many years and brought into Rome slways by orientals. Garibaldi, an Italian painter, is re- sponsible for the compesition. which has been rendered in brilliant reds and blues with the_traditional gold background of the Italian school of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, and strongly influenced by the early Italian masters. The medallions of Shakespeare and Moliere are by E. Grivaz. & Since the opening week of “The Woman of Bronze,” when Miss Anglin (who was the last lessee of Daly’s) set her heart on the old Daly curtain, which fell to dust as it was removed from the frame, the actress has been determined to have some memento of her memorable years there and now feels that for the disappointment of the curtain full reparation has been made by the proscenium painting which was judged last week by ex- perts who viewed it as an invaluable relic and an especially fine work of art. With Writers. THE modern mugte-of “motion-pic. ture making involves no end of ingenuity. There used to be a time in the his- tery of the industry when all that was_needed for a picture was a park vench, an interior kitchen set. such as used in stage plays; a fancy “drop,” perhaps. some sunshine and actor Now. with complicated scenarios call- ing for scenes in every section of thé United States, to say nothing of for- eign cquntries. a research department, art department, architects, interior decorators and experts of all kinds #re called in to work on the cinema production - These technical experts have brought 1o the screen every country under the sun, almost. Let the locale of the story be in Thrums, Scotland, Sir J. M. Barrie's birthplace, as it was in “Thg Little Minister,” starring Betty Comp- son, and Thrums is built. Perhaps the action of the story takes place in a_beautiful French garden, as in “Forever” the Paramount adaptation of Du Maurier's classic story, “Peter Tobetson.” The art department bullt Not long ago, at the west coast studio, a reproduction of a streat in Paris, Rue Macabre, was required for “The Green Temptation,” another setty Compson picture. The result of the work of the artists and experts was a marvel of perfec- tion. When shown on the screen the audience will get a breath of that fascinating city which Americans know so much better since the world war. Innumerable examples of this work can be cited, especially in the last few months, at the Paramount studio, where a complete New York stree| was built for “A Prince There Wa. and the Grand Central station for “If You Believe It, It's So,” a Thomas Meighan picture, and a Section of the e York elevated for ‘ecil B. De Mille’s production, 'Saturday Night.” All these were constructed at the studio in Hollywood far from the actual location. For Wallace Reid's latest picture, ‘Across the Continent.” more work was required. The picture shows sev- eral towns in different parts of the country. More than a month's time was spent by the research department in gathering photographs from vari- ous parts of the United States, show- ing oil Alling stations, street scenes and the like. Although the company making this picture has traveled to San Francisco, Barstow, the Mojave desert and other points, it was im- possible to visit all the citles which the great transcontinental automo- bile race, the big feature of the picture covers, so_ scenes of Jersey City, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Dodge City and other points were con- structed. Genius Will Out. sketch the barest high lights in Margaret Anglin’s color- ® ful career. it is necessary to o back | nifi to the house of parliament in Ottawa, where the infant Margaret was born. Her father was speaker of the house, and it was customary for the speaker to live in the parliament building. Coming from such a distinguished family. a social rather than a stage |d career had been planned by the Ang- ter. When she showed marked abil- ity in reciting “pieces” in the Convent of the red in Montreal, t. where she went to school, her father low h t to child_to be given farther opportun ties for dramatic expression. But, since “genius will out,” de- spite all efforts to suppress it, Mar- * garet, twelve years old, unexpectedly “uation exercl ' to_recognize his daughter's " Stock Company arose without invitation at the grad- ‘which her parents were attendin, d delivered a scene from Shakespeare, to the astonish- ment of the sisters and others pres- ent, with such childish eloquence and grace that her father was persuaded istrionic talent. Yet at that time, and even long aft- erward, when Ml{llrelIhAtl”llKltl lel irg leading roles with the Empire bl - and her parents came to the theater to see their gifted daughter act for the first time, her father still opposed her ambitions and sat through the en- tire performance with his eyes tightly closed, loath to recognize the fact that his daughter had selected a stage career. And in all Miss Anglin's brilliant successes which followed, he never saw her on the stage. Margaret Anglin's professional de- put was made in “Shenandoah” when + she was sixteen years old. In follow- - L St out her dramatic aspirations it !i'r‘l‘l Margaret's mother who had ‘brought about the possibility of New ork and a stage beginning, in spite of her father's opposition to it. After “Shenandoah” Miss Anglin played leading roles with James O'Nelll, Richard Mansfleld. E. H. Southern and with the old Empire Stock Company. In “Mrs. Dane’s De- fense” she had definitely attained 2 major success. In “Zir: shortly afterward, she was recognized as a 11-fled star. Co-starring with ;;‘Qnry B?leller in “The Great Divide,” in the memorable role of Ruth Jorda Miss Anglin scored nation-wide sue cess. With “The Awakening of Helena ‘Ritch fe” she agsumed managerial re- eard pponsibilities (then almoss unh ot for a woman) and became her own di- rector, manager and producer. Since that time Miss'Anglin has held a sig- ant place in the managerial fleld, selecting _for production not only the best in English literature but the greatest masterpieces from the class. ics. the won in ac- tnnlm e die of n:on t?t“ s million people in the country, after every Broadway manager h-d’ hud; red at Euripides and Sophocles and condemned Attic drams as “imprac- ticable,” “dead” and “utterly impos- sible.” Not only has Miss Anglin made an artistic success df the Greek revivals, but they have proved finan- cially sound and practfemble, although she undertook the first Greek play without a penny of clrml behind her other than her own limited earnings and with no manager to advise or di- rect her. - The Lloyd-Wood Family MATKIIADE ARCHER.was a favor- ite entertainer in England many years ago, and when she settled down to & happy married life and raised eight children it was but natural to expect that at least one would fol- low in mother’s footsteps and woo fame behind the footlights. ‘When seven of the eight decided upon & stage cayreer it Was a surprise even to the good mother. Thus came the Lloyd family, of which Alice, the well known comedienne, is the most celebrated. ‘While Alice is perhaps the best known on thi of the water, her. elder sister, M Licyd, has thou- sands of admirers here. Daisy Wood, Rosie Lloyd and Maud and Sidney ‘Wood also have appeared in America, although not in the last decade. Two other members of the family, Grace Lloyd and Annie Lioyd, are English {uvnrfle who have not yet crossed he Atlantic. The family name i& Wood, but Alice, Marie, Rosle, Grace and Annie ali adopted Lioyd as a stage name. With the exception of the brother and sis- ter, Maud and Sidney Wood. who have always appeared as a team, all the sisters have won their reputations as ‘single” entertainers. Alice Lloyd has lvfimed in Amer- | fea bdoth l:n. Vlll?ltlvi le ln:e musical comedy. Many will remember her in SLitele Mies Pixit® and “The T Mald" Rose | the making of g ) Mias Ann Pennington's Russian illee'l‘ costume worn In “The Scan- BY ELENORE DE WYIT E ROBABLY every one who saw Fay Bainter in “East Is West” last week at the Garrick marveled at the number of beautiful Chinese cos- tumes she wore. In every scene she appeared in a different’one, and in | the last act alone she changed her| garb three times. Brocaded, and em- broidered satins in varied color tones and combinations were used in the development of these attractive little Jacket and trouser suits, and each was cut on slightly different lines, proving that oriental costumes are not always as much alike as the westerner fancies. .Miss Bainter. curled up in a chair in her hotel rooms, and dressed in a distinetly American neglige, told the writer some interesting facts about herself and her costumes. “I really do think my Chinese suits are exquisite,” she began, “and it seems surprising, but two of them are the original ones that I wore on the opening night in Baltimore three years ago. One is the pro- logue costume and the other, the last act one, of mauve satin. I'm awfully superstitious about them, too, because I just know they have Miss Fay Bainter's dainty Chinese garb worn in “East Ju West.” brought me good luck. Although the prologue suit 18 so worn that it's almost in tatters, I make my maid patch and sew it together, for I tell her that the minute I discard those original costumes the play will clos “It's funny about Chinese sults, Miss Bainter continued. “They seem to make every one who wears them look small. People think that I am quite tiny and I'm really not. I be- lleve you could put a 500-pound woman in one of those costumes lndj she'd look the same size that I do. Also, they make one look young, for every one thinks that Ming Toy Is about sixteen and lots of people even send me dolls.” Miss Bainter's costume. which is sketched, consists of a jacket of light biege siik, with an elaborate em- broldered design in peacock blue and dark tan, and loose trousers of pale mauve satin, striped with blue and yellow. In her hair she wore & wreath of dainty white flowers and a ban of red cord. from which dangled a long silk tassel. Tiny oriental slip- pers completed the outfit. i Vivacious Anne Pennington returned to the National L week, with George White's “Scandals.” DIIrIn: e the action of the piece she appe in a South sea dance, as 1 in a burlesque on_the opera, and “Columbfa.” in a Panama canal tab- leau. Her most effective number, b an | The skirt was compos afterncon Ina Frederick's froek of peach-colored worn at Keith's. however, was the Russian dance, which she performed on a huge tam- bourine, Her costume, which is fllustrated. was elaborate in the extreme, with its combinations of georgette and satin in vivid designs and colors. The blouse was of delicate orchid geor- gette. with a slightly rounded neck and flacing bell sieeves. Then there ket of tan, stamped with a brilliant color pattern and edged with deep purple, as were the A tiay ‘apron at the of purple, with a bor- ting tones, and the wide knee-length skirt was of green satin, with bright bars of color circling it. Miss Pennington's head- dress was ablaze with sequins in dark tones of purple, red and green. Miss Ina Frederick, who is appear- ng at Keith’s in a sketch entitled “Shopping.,” wore two very handsom gown creations, one of which is pic- tured at the right. The material was peach-colored Canton crepe, and the applique design was done in. black. ‘The blouse, which was cut with a bateau neck and short sleeves, showed an apron panel at the front d wide cape collar at the back. d of separate panels, with a large apron fold at the front, and the gifdie was quite plain, without tassel or bow orna- mentation. A Sunburst of Successes. L RAND OPERA." once said a wit, “has its ‘Nibelungen Ring,’ and comic opera its Blanche Ring." Since then comic opera has given way to musical comedy and that to the inti- mate revue. Blanche Ring was to have takem her place in English society, but Thespis called, and, immediately after. her graduation from the Girls' Latin School in Boston, she made her pro- | fessional debut as a member of Rich- ard Mansfleld's company in a revival of “A Parisian Romance.” Before her | seventeenth birthday she had played with Nat Goodwin, Steele Mackaye, Neil Burgess and Chauncey Olcott and had several weeks in Shakespearean repertoire. I Then came a series of vaudeville en- gagements, for Blanche had made up her mind that musical comedy was her field and vaudeville was the best way to réach it. Then it was she developed that rare personality that made her audiences want to sing with her, as they still do. and she had m*n “In the Good Old Summer Time” ¥amous before she was eighteen. A. H. Chamberlyn was putting on “The Defender.” with Paula Edwardes. at the Herald Square Theater, New York city, and the girl applied to him for a chance. What could she do? For answer she sat at the piano and sang “Summertime.” “All right,” said Chamberlyn, “you can sing that.” She did, and to the surprise and horror of manager and star, the audience imme- diately joined in with the unknown girl and Blanche Ring became famous in the big city. Mrs. Osborne gave her a role in “Fommy Rot’” at her famous Phy- house, and on the opening night Blanche Ring ran away with the show by the way she sang “The Belle of Avenue A.” Song and singer became famous overnight. Daniel Frohman ‘was in the audience and saw her trav- esty of Virginia Harned's “Iris. He was so impressed he offered her the star role in another “Iris” company, but Mrs. Osborne put the name of Blanche Ring up in electric letters over the door of the theater and Mr. Frohman's offer was declined with thanks. From that time on Blanche made just one song after another famous, while at the same time building a big reputation for her travesties of fa- In “The Jersey into ti in_“His mous dramatic roles. Lily" she sang ‘“Bedelia” hearts of the public, while Honor, the Mayor, Me Around Again, Willle,” to the world. In “The Midnight Sons,” with Lew Fields, she made “Rings on My Fingers and Bells on My Toes" the song hit of the season, while in “It Happened in Noordland” she scored an fmmense hit with her travesty on Minne Dupree's role in “The Music Master.” In “The Yankee Gi she had all the world singing “Yip-I- Addy,” while “Why 1s the Ocean So Near the Shore?' lived long after “Claudia Smiles,” in which she sang it. And in vaudeville she gave fame to “I'd Leave My Happy Home For You,” “They're All Out of Step But Jim ing, Bang, Bing 'Em on the Rhine,” and many other song hits. In “About Town" her burlesque of Mar- garet Anglin in “The Great Divide" was the talk of the’ town. In “The Great White Way" her travesty of Margaret Illington in “The Thief” was the laughing hit of the season. In “Nobody Home" she burlesqued Nazi- mova in “War Brides.” while more re- cently she and her husband, Charles ‘Winninger, gave a remarkable imita- tion in “The Passing Show of 1918" of John and Lionel Barrymore in “Fhe Jest,” Miss Ring as John. 1In this, too, she scored with_an impersonation of Fay Bainter as Ming Toy in “East Is ‘West.” A list of Miss Ring’s successes would make this story endles: The Rings take kindly to the the- ater. Of three sisters of Blanche, two are on the stage —Francea (Mrs. Thomas Meighan, last seen in “Up- stairs and Down,” and Julle, who has just completed & two years' engage- ment in “Up In Mabel's Room.’ yril, their brother, is with his brother-in- law in pletures. Rise of the Motion Picture. BY OHARLES GARTNER. FI”IEN years ago motion pictures were a despised plaything.. Man- agers of vaudeville houses used them as “chasers” In order to empty their theaters and flll them again with a fresh- audience. The pictures were crude and uninteresting. Poorly made French comedies and one and two reel American “westerns” form- ed the chief screen products of the day. You probably remember these old “western! They {nevitably con- sisted of soldiers at a frontier fort, a pretty girl, a villainous Mexican or halfbreed- renegade, ploneersmen, & gallant hero, Indians and a Gatling gun. The climax was always a rilling_battle between the settlers & lt n.lndhnl. with the hero bring- g at the last moment the gallopin, 1diers, who rescued the heroine an ttlers in & cloud of dust. These plctures were frequently made in three or four days. One man djrect- ed, acted as cameraman and * bled” as the hero or villaf: sary. When exhibited. th filled as - “rain. with flickering " Occulist: hands up in bhorror at the sight of them. The movie theaters of those days lated and u ple, in_those days, tool seriously. They considered pictures a fad that would soon die-away, like ping pong d pyrography. They were mistaken. s One man—Adolph Zukor—had faith enough in their future to introduce them into the chain of theaters which he was operating with Marcus Loew. Mr. Zukor made an effort to present is pictures as attractively:as pos- le. He saw that his theaters were the film in good condition and udience comfortable. The re- its convinced him that in the mo- tion momnfllllz. o:u :nf le.c ;utv:-: & n_the“world, tha smusement fle R 't Y g en art, producers then . turning out cheap “westerns” of this and urge them to 've him better pictures. They re- ‘used to listen. So he resolved to make pictures himself, the Famous Players Film Company was organized in 191! en Famous Players announced that “Queen _Elizabeth,” starrin, 8arah Bernhardt, would be their first plcture, the bulk of the fiim world, when it had recovered from its astonishment, laughed loudly and labeled Zukor a “fanatic” and “vision- ary.” But there were someé who didn't and made up their minds to turn their efforts also. to worth-while pictures. The' resuit was a smaill band of ploneers that finally revo- lutionized the industry and caused the motion picture aé we know it tod: to evolve. ppreciate the gigantic strides that have been made, you would hgve to have been connected with picture making of ten years ago. The “sets” in those days were made of canvas and plaster. Today, i{f they do not real “location” they comstruct one tout wood and metal. For in- of lt.nmei a whole Scottish village was recently built on at the Paramount studio st Hollywood for “The Ldttle Minister.” In the old days, as I explained be- Barrie's fore, the director was frequently leading man and scenario writer as well, and ev turned the camera crank, if necessary; today only the best actors ‘and actresses, directors and technicians are employed, and recently such_ literary mnttr-bu g | and ebony, ani Getting 'op Broadway. SOIE years ago, in one of Mr. Zieg- feld's “Follies,” there was a little ditty to the effect that “You can't get on the Broadway boards unless you sing and dance.” There is a good deal of foundation for the maxim, at that, but De Lyle Aldz, former “Follles” prima donns, insists that it isn't altogether true. Inasmuch as she sings remark- ably well and @ances with grace and charm, she can speak without parti- sanship. 3 “There’s lots of room on Broadwa: xhe says, “for the girls who can act, as well as for those who sing and dance. In fact, the supply of these girls is never equal to the demand. because too many girls are satisfled when they make good as show girls or with spe- clalties in_ such productions as the ‘Frolic of the Follies.' " And when a girl can sing, dance And act there is practically no limit to her attainments, she believes, and she instances Louise Groody and Mari- lynn Miller as proofs of her conten- tion that it's well worth a girl's time, if she can sing and dance, to put in the extra effort necessary to learn act- ing. Miss Alda is a gradvate of the Chi- cago Conservatory of Music. After a short vaudevijle tour she entered the “Winter Garden Revue” of 1918, and when Ziegfeld heard her sing he in- vited her to do specialties on the Zl feld Roof. It was war time and most impossible to find young men for the theater. Miss Alda said “ves,” and for two seasons her dress-suit special- uln ‘were a feature of Ziegfeld produc- tions. A Historic “Prop.” NE of the most historic musical instruments in the world will fig- ure in George Fitsmaurice's produc- tion, “The Man from Home.' ‘The grand plano which occuplies a prominent position in the closing scenes was designed by the late Bir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, R. A, and was one of the great classical artist's most treasured possessions, for insid the lid vellum panels bearing the | autographs of such musical celebrities as Tschaikowsky. Boito, Clara Schu- mann, Paderewski, Saint-Saens and Melba. The instrument i constructed of polished oak with {vory enrichments of carved follage and diaper patterns inlaid in ebony and ivory. The body is supported by columns of rosewood the end of the cast is decorated with a silver bas-relief o rpheus by G. B. Amendale. The mu- sic seat is made to correspond, the back in olls, showing figures dancing to the music player, being the work of Bir Alma-Tademsa himself. The piano is -~ thousand pound: of the art director, it was found possible to historic instrument for Mr. maurice. . . s . Voice and Musical Comedy “MU!!CAL comedy, even of the present day,” says Charles Win- ninges, “gives opportunity for the ar- tistie touch. “I_believe in musical comedy not only as & means of entertainment but lued at several Through the efforts N. Gregory Arnold, orrow_this Fitz- as an excellent substitute for the new moribund stock company system, the gmlnt of which is bdeing, mmn;‘erd ‘; the critics of the drama,” says Mr. inninger. “In certain respects, musi- cal comedy offers greater or better opportunities in a season or so to master & technique, or rather I should 1ay the big en entials of & technigue, which might r:guln Years of stock Sir James M. e and Sir Gilbert Parkes, Henry Arthur Jones %v Sompany e 1ceship. Somerset Maugham and Elinor Glyn | - t0S &TeR ?Bl!ln ot our nnflm:- have been fnduced to write directly |3P vl;fu":flx' e actor who has a for the screen. The modern motion | & d knows how to use {t— picture s well acted, expertly direct- ed_and efc iighted. Famous Players employs more than 8,000 people, has studios in Cali- fornia, New York and London, and numbers ‘under its banner such jitars as Wallace Reld, Gloria Swanson, Elsle Ferguson, Agnes Ayres, Dorothy -rblo ‘o'mnlu the young uul:.r u..ifi:' |:or ‘volce culture -un1l the necessity ), and he has no bus! applying at any stage door uniess he has had the benefit of & lhorou‘n course in sin, ing.under the tuition of a first: singing teacher. 5 “To suoceed on the dramatic stage Dalton, Betty Compson, Thomas|or in the pulpit or on the Melghan, Willlam 8. Hart, Rodolf |is ensential that one be ablo to prejecs Valentino, Mary Miles Minter and eraonality into the auditorium, Bebe Daniels. “We frequently have a8 many as twenty different pictures in_the making at once. y The_exch: buting branches --of this company literally circle the ?‘t globay and e is Only one way of that, through the human vulu.u o spark of genius, of charm, or of phy- oal beauty. will avail ip the absence a flexible speaking voice under per- ct vontrok f 2 e ONE of the most interesting fea- ?|ordered world, Motion Picture Anniversary PPROXIMATELY 12.000 theaters throughout the United States, it is claimed, will join in the tenth anniver- sary celebration in March of the mul- tiple-reel motion picture. KEvery town and hamlet in the country will be given an -opportunity. to participate in the big birthday party for the newest of the arts—the motion picture. Some of the big productions which will be released during the anniversary month include Cecil B. De Mille's pro- duction, “Fool's Paradise”: Gloria Swanson, in “Her Husband’s Trade- mark”; Wallace Reid, in “The World's Champion” and “The Dragon Claw,” and the first of the spectacular UFA production, “The Mistress of the which is to be released as a series of four Paramount pictures. Has Ten New Films. OLDWYN PICTURES CORPORA- TION, with the recent purchase of three scenarios by Carey Wilson, has ten stories for ecarly translation to the screen. Nearly all of them are storles written directly for motion pictures. ' Rupert Hughes is represented in the list by “Bitterness of Sweeti another comedy of everyday Amel can life. Mr. Hughes' latest comedy, “Come On Over,” is being released for the week in which comes St. rick’s day. Gouverneur Morris also has written a new story expressly for motion pic- tures. It is called at present, “Al- ways Warm and Green.” and is seid to be In the Morris vein of tense ac- t This author is represented on ¥ Yellow Men and Gold.” u stirring adventure tale of the South seas. new author to come under the Goldwyn banner is Peter B. Kyne, story, “Brothers Under the 'in,” is being prepared by the scen- ario department for filming. Carey Wilson Is another author with something of a record. Gold- wyn has bought three scenarios from him before a single tale from his pen has been reflected on the silversheet. e of these is a South sea story, ‘aptain Blackbird.” Another is a three-part story of New York life called “Women Love Diamonds.” The third is “This Way Out.” Charles Kenvon, author of (wo photoplays. “The Invisible Power” and “Beating the Game,” has sold a new original story to Goldwyn. "It is called “Fame” and deals with the life of a grand opera prima donna. The screen version of Hall Caine's greatest novel, “The Christian,” pre- pared by Charles Kenyon and ap- proved by the author, is now in readi- ness for filming. A new western drama by Katherine Newlin Burt called “The Summona” has been purchased. It is an original screen story. The screen rights to a new Kath- leen Norris story, known for the time being as “Sis” have also been ob- 'Sis,’ tained. —_—— A Harp Wonder. tures of last summer's tour of Sousa’s Band was the playing of Winifred Bambrick, the remarkable young harpist who ecame out of Canada recently and took New York by storm at her debut recital i Aeollan Hall. Under the bll:u o’(" the march king the unfailing tri- umphs of Miss Bambrick have won her a foremost place among the liv- ing virtuosi of the harp. A singular, almost phenomenal, combination of power, technical truth and tonal flexibility are said to distinguish her playing. No swift arprggio, no sudden succession of chord’ no run of scales, is too much for ner won- derful wrists, her daszling technical readiness. She knows her classics ew living harp! is also & progressive, & modern, a very- live artist. Elegance of American Girls "THE elegance of your American girls was most amasing to me,” said Ernest Lubitsch, the European director of “Deception,” “One Arabian Night” and other pictures, who has just returned home after spending three weeks in the United States. “Even the check girls in hotels and telephone operators have the manners of ladies. They wear smart clothes. have manicured hands and conduct themselves with an air such as only the women of higher class have in Europe. There do not seem to be any classes in America, especially in New York. I never before saw such beau- tiful working girls.” Lubitsch_left for Europe recently on the S. S. George Washington and will begin work on another spectacle as goon as he gets back to his studio. He ‘was unable to say just what the story would be, but intimated that it probably would have a historical background. He brought to this country what he declares is his greatest picture, “Pharaoh’'s Wife.” ———— Mountains of the Moon HERE are the Mountains of the Moon? According to Brewer, the term signi- fles merely White Mountains, but in poetry and romance they have been re. ferred to variously. Poe speaks of them in the lines: “Over the Mountains of the Moon Down the Valley of the Shadow.” And now they are to be pictured— in a Paramount photodrama, “The ‘Woman Who Walked Alone,” a George Melford production, featuring Dorothy Dalton. 4 Milton Sills, in the male lead, is pur- sued by the mounted police of South Africa and hides in the foothills of the Mountains of the Moon. < —— Hoover, Fishérman. From the Philadelphia Ledger. Secretary Hoover, with his prob- lems of feeding and healing a mis- may quote distin- guished precedents for going fishing. “Pack up your troubles in your old kit b, was the advice of the war ballad. The fish basket and the bait box aré good places to store one's complexes, Freudian or otherwise, in time of peace. Daniel Webster, just before the im- mortal reply that did for Hayne, went fishing. Grover Cleveland, when an embrog- 1io bussed about him and furrowed hiy brow, sought the iridescent calm of Bussards Bay. o Theodore Roosevelt rejoiced to In & skiff and -row out of ran callers sad telephon His expedition after the devil fish in southérn waters gave him hi technique for his coml trust octopus on later oocasio: The noted fisherman among atates- men of the Keystone state was Matt %‘u‘l He liked no avecation better than surf fishing. Attired in hip boots and tarpaulins, a dsy to get a bit n out pursuing the tarpon on one of his Florida trips with Ben Sooy, his silent skipper, the plum tree in Penn- sylvania was sure to be shaken to the roots dy wire from his piscatorial retreat, Attorney _ General Daugherty—it takes one Waltonian to evaluate an- other— says Hoover is quiet when the fish are bmn{. ‘That 18 the perfect tribute to the ideal temperament. From such sessions of profoundest | t! ence oracular wisdom emerges. ;}La\'er may be relied on to excogitate and then to do the wise, right thin, beoause, with an old slouch hat pulle over his brow, he sits for hours think- and fishing. There may be nary 1e of the line tfeam, but you ¢t think there's nothing moving P a new process aluminum can By p 2 b 0 -uhuumug:y nickel plated that the metal can hammered and bent without cracking. In the Spotlight ARY LAWTON has been engaged for the second and third bills of George Bernard Shaw's “Back to Methuselah.” Gilbert Emery, author of “The Del- uge,” will have a role in Milne's “The Truth About Bl 2 William A. Brady will present Owen Davis’ “Up the Ladder.” with Doris Kenyon, in New York tomor- row evening. Jules Hurtig has accepted 2 new play by -Adelaide Mathews and Ann Nichols, authors of “Just Married.” George M. Cohan's “Madeline of the Movies,” with Georgette Cohan as the star, had its first showing at At- lantic_City last week and opens in New York tomorrow night. “The Hotel Mouse, ces White and Taylor Holmes have leading roles, had its initial tryout last Wednesday night at Stamford, Conn. in which Fran- Lynn Overman has signed a lucra- tive contract to appear next season under the management of George M. Cohan. “Lola,” a musical comedy now in rehearsal, is announced to open in Rochester tomorrow night, with Hel- en Shipman, Clarence Derwent. Eddie Garvie, A. Herbert and Eunice Burnham in the cast. Bessie Barriscale has joined the vaudeville forces, appearing in “The Right Girl,” a comedy sketch by Howard Hickman. “Just Because,” a musical comedy by Anna O'Ryan and Helen S. Wood- ruff, with music by Madelyn Shep- pard, was produced for the first time last week at Northampton. Frank Moulon and Jane Richardson have the leading roles. Jules Hurt. who produced “Just Married” in association with Lee Shu- bert, is arranging to mend three com- panies on the road with the piece. William Faversham will be seen under the management of Charles B. Dillingham in an Engli entitled *“Out to Win Pertwee and Dion Clavton Calthorp The piece has been adapted by Guy Bolton. The Viennese operetta, “The Rose of Stamboul.” with music by Leo Fall and Sigmund Romberg, was shown for the firat time last week at Hart- ford. It opens in New York tomor- row night with three stars, Brian, Tessa Kosta and James Bar- ton. In Easton. Pa.. last week, A. G. De amater presented “Broken Branche: for the first time. It also goes into New York tomorrow night, with James Kerrigan, Beatrice Allen and Raymond Hackett in leading roles. Belle Bennett, who made her New York debut in “Happy-go-Lucky” and then went to “The Wandering 3 will take Hazel Dawn's place in Demi-Virgin" at the Eltinge Theater, New York, tomorrow night. Dixie Hines will sail for Paris this week to make arrangements for bringing some of the Grand Guignol plays to New York next season. Eugene O'Neill's “The First Man™ had its first showing last night in New York under the management of Augustin Duncan. Mr. O'Neill plays the leading masculine role and Mar- garet Mower, Eva Condon, Gordon Burby, Harry Andrews, Eugene Pow- ers and Margherita Sargent are in the cast. Clare Kummer, author of “The Mountain Man,” has arranged for the ds.’ [ Donald | W, ““The { publication of her plays in a few months. In addition to “Good Gra- clous, Annabelle,” “A Successful Ca- lamity.” “Be Calm, Camilla,” and “Rollo’s Wild Oat,” will run the gantlet of the book reviewers, after having passed through the mill of dramatic criticism “East Is West” will be made into a motion picture at an early date, with Constance Talniadge in the leading role, Crosby Gaige, vice president of Sel- wyn & C siiled last week from New York for a visit to the capitalx of Europe in search of plays for American production | Florence Reed will make her start in vaudeville this week in New York, appearing in Edgar Sclwyn's “A Ro al Rendezvous,” a playlet of the court of Louis XI1V. Chicago will be the first city 1o Witness Grace George's performanie in “Aimer." the French comedy I | Paul” Geraaty, - whieh the ac quired while abroad last yea Iwmch she has adapted for the Am can stage herself. Charles Winninger of “The Bro way Whirl” an al round at and holds several in door sports. He is golf champi. the Lambs Club, New York, and i tops the list of the Country Club | Long 1sland, and of apother in Wes chester county. He is one of the irad ing sportsmen of the New York Atl letic Club. n of Winona Winters gave its first idea of what Har is like on the stage. Mis always clever in ns, W taken abroad by her father when was quite young for a tour of t music halls in iondon and throug out Great Britain. She saw Harr: Lauder, made a_.study of him, and gave an imitation of him in this country before he had ever been here ux Ford and Victos Alexandra Carlis honor of seconding : Vice President Caly: i President at the laxt republi on. will be at the Bela a fortnight. In private 1if Pfeffer and was a d convention from Massachusetis who had the Yvette was a member of the over seas unit of .cntertainers which b the distinction of giving 700 perforn ances for the soldiers during world war. She hus also played 1 King George at Buckingham Pa and for Gen Pershing's staff Gondra. Frank Fay's has bee condensed for Shubert vaudeville and will be one of the March attractions at the Belasco. 1t is claimed there will be thirty- ifive new and distinet shows traveline over the Shubert vaudeville circu next season. A. L. Erlanger, Chariex B. Dillingham. Flo Ziegfeld, Arthur Hammerstein. A H. Woods, Lee Sh the Selwyns, Lew Weber and Jo- among the pro will have units on the bert, Jean Bedini, L. Lawrence . Gaites are who Marie Nordstrom, who appears here in vaudeviile this week, was educat. at Georgetown Convent and made he first professional appearance in Washington in a small role with the company of Henry E. Dixey. Later she was his leading woman Alice Llovd. the English singing comedienne, is the wife of Tom Mc- Naughton, one of England's favoriic jcomedians, and has frequently ap- peared in American musical comedies Carol Kennicott Analyzed, MA.\'Y people have asked Alma Tell, who plays Carol Kennicott, the herof. of Sinclair Lewis' “Main Stree! what she really thinks of Carol Kennicott, and how she ana- lyzed the character. Miss Tell admits she gave much | thought to Carol, read the book se eral times, her as the outside world would see her. arol wasn't an easy character to get into,” Miss Tell admits. “One has to study her from all angles, for to be perfectly frank, she is not ex- actly a sympathetic person, and, al- though readers and audiences are apt to pity her, at the same time they censure her for tackling things the way she d “Women appreciate the complexities of Carol's character, but only women of imagination, for Carol a high- ly imaginative. idealistic, impulsive crusader. I crusader, for isn't any one who tries to revolutionize anything a crusader? They were as uncapable of understanding Carol in Gopher Prairie as Carol was of un- derstanding them, but we often find members of the same family who do not understand one another or agree. Carol rubbed them the wrong way, with her unconscious air of =u- periority. Although she probably did not intend to be patronizing, she was, talked Carol over with | Sinclair Lewis, and then tried to see | |and they resented jt. as much as she | resented their smug’ satisfaction |, “Then, too, her attitude was wrowF !from the beginning. in that she hase dled the situation undiplomaticarl {and without careful consideratiof But as far as that goes, I rather fe that no matter in what community Carol was to live. she would naturaliz try to revolutionize and make it over whether it were New York, Shanghaa or Gopher Prairie. In the book, whea she went to Washington she foune the same types there, the same probe lems, under different circumstances, ‘& but, is true, | them. “There are so many Carols in_the world, peering far ahed, crusaders as 1 said before. trying to do in twe jmonths that which it really takes twenty years to accomplish, and | when their ideas do not reach comple- | tion in a short time, they drop them, to fly to something else. “I feel we need nevertheless, she fou this type in the world as well as the plodding. sub- stantial people who go aiong vear after year and ultimately bring to realization the dreams of the temi- pestuous ones. TUndoubtedly, Gopher Prairie eventually would have had |the improvements Carol suggested. | but It would take time, and she could | have brought them all about, if she {had been less contemptuous of the ideas of its people.” “Personally. I feel sorry for Carol 1 love to play her, for she ix really one of the most human of characters I think, that has come to the stage in some time.” Something About Fashions. "IN the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” And a young Ilady's—along with her sisters of all ages—turns to thoughts of clothes for spring and summer. Gloria Swanson, who is claimed to be the “best dressed woman in pic- tures” and a sturdy supporter of the claim that Hollywood is replacing Paris as the fashion center of the world, without consulting the Paris- ian authorities, has been shopping diligently in preparation for spring and summer. Here’s what she bought: Underwear of handkerchief linen, hand hemstitched, in white and col- ors to match various summer frocks. Nighties of the same material and ‘a wide variety of colors, A walking suit of Roshanara crepe. For sports: A silk sweater., Eng- lish tweed walking skirt, French walking shoes and a leghorn hat with sealing wax flowers by way of deco- ration. “Shadowette” stockings in a wide variety of colors, including gray, champagne, taupe and flesh color. A riding habit of white gabardine with tan boots, crop and brown milan derby. Something to Remember. From Answers, London, “Reggie,” said old Goldbags as he handed over & $20 banknote to his son, but still kept hold of one corner of it as he delivered his homily, “Reg- gle, 1 don’t want to stint you on spending money; whenever you go out with the boys—and girls—I want you to pay your share of the expenses, but—" The old man stopped, then con- inu “But, Reggle, every once in a while 1 want you to remember that it takes $400 three hundred. and sixty-five days, working day and night and Sun- days, at 5 per cent, to earn $20. % From the Houaton Post. (reading paper)—Just think, Huhh‘ e jan e: quake has destroyed the en- tire town of Pissikszykisky in Poland. Wife—Was it spelled the same way before the earthquake? % . A black sequin dinner gown with hip girdle and sunburst of white bu- gle beads hanging to the bottom of the gown. An_evening gown of chiffon and Spanish or shadow lace. Tea gowns of filet. Irish crochet and French embroidery on flesh-col- ored net or bobbinet. Russian boots of gray and white suede and glace kid for street wear. For summer, hand-drawn linen frocks in a wide variety of colors A three-plece suit—a one-piece frock and cape—of trelaine. For general use, shoes with French vamp and high Spanish heel. And. in passing. Miss Swanson has | some interesting predictions to make regarding the general style trend for the epring and summer of 1922, “Bkirts will be long and walst lines low, following the Grecian model she declares. “Belts will drape abou the als: :m? the ends will hang 1 ottom of the skirt or per! o the ground. i “Bkirt bottoms are destined 1o 1+ very uneven. They will be higher In front than in back, or low on the sides and relatively high at the hack and front. Possibly they will end In points of varving length. 'Furs? They will be used very If:- tle for decorative purpose. However, summer ermine and caracul cloaks and wraps will be in favor.” ‘ A Prolonged Courtship. From the Pittsburgh Chrouicle-Telegraph. The old man regarded his remaisn- |ing unmarried daughter critically. “Let me =ee, Alice,” he reflected. “Young Smythe has been calling on fou regularly for six or eight months, el “Yes, father,” simpered Alice. “Well,” continued her parent, “if he asks you to marry him when he comes tonight, tell him to see me. Under- stand?” “Yes, giggled Alice. suppose he doesn’t ask him?" “H'm.” reflected papa. “In that just tell him I want to see him.” T & “But me to marry The Test. From the Boston Transerpt. But how can.] be sure of vour love?" she asked. “You may be mar- rying me for my money.’ “Well.” he replied, thoughtfu “You might give away your mone; before marriage.” \ i