Evening Star Newspaper, November 19, 1922, Page 64

Blasco Ibanez Assists FTHAT the picturization of his latost story, “The Enemles of Women," now being made, will be 3 most mag- nificent photoplay, following closely his famous story, Is the opinion voiced by Blasco Tbanez in a letter sent to Cos- mopolitan Produdtions. Ibanez's letter reveals the fact that, while the company was making the ex- terlors of the film In France, the cele- brated Spanish author gave up his lit- erary work to live the life of a film actor. “Lionel Barrymore and Alma Reubens came as the stars,” he writes, “and I found the whole company very good. All the actors, even to those playing minor Toles worked with enthusiasm, ard Alan Crosland. the director, is a very intelll- gent young man who knows his work very well. I think they are going to produce a magnificent plece and one Which will very much please the public. “For a whole week 1 abandoned my literary work to live the life of a film actor. I got up at 5 o'clock each morn- ing and at 6 o'clock was at Monte Carlo, where I stayed with the com- pany until night, and always beside Mr. Crosland to help on with the work. I t him in touch witl g“nfl more than_ thirty years on tl Cote d'Asur and who know all the picturesque spots, even thoss which are mnost rysterious an unknown by out- ders. .'“l also arranged matters with Miss Mary Garden that the Casino at Monte Carlo gave us permission to film scenes in the Casino and on the terrace of the en. After this I talked with the minsters who constitute the govern- ment of the principality of Monaco and they gave me permission to make scenes of the prince's palace, where the histcric cannons are, and also in the prince’s garden, from which there is a magnificent panorama of the sea. It is the first time that the government of Monaco has given any such permission. “Altogether, I did everything that I could, and I am sure that the film will be a magnificent reproduction of the Cote @'Azur. No American film could ever do more on the Cote d'Azur. “The Enemles of Women" is now be- ing completed in the Cosmopolitan Stu- dios in America. In addition to Lionel Barrymore and Alma Reubens, who are featured, the cast includes Pedro de Cordoba, William “Buster” Colller, jr.; W. H. Thompson, Gareth Hughes and Gladys Hulette. P Artistic Expression UPERT HUGHES is an easy man to interview. He has an abundance of ideas and he is aiso enthusiastic. Be- sides, he expresses himself with pic- turesque clarity. And there is a twinkle in his eye. Asked recently how the screen com- pared with the written page as a me- dium, of story telling, the eminent author replied: “The motion plcture provides a sep- arate and distinct means of artistic ex- . said Mr. Hughes, “It.ds just istinctive as fiction, as drama. as poetry. as sculpture, or painting. Each of these arts is different and has its own advantages. So in some ways the motion picture is superior to the other arts: in others it Is inferior. ften. when I am writing a novel, I spend hours in phrasing a passage which will attempt a description of & bit of natural scenery. Unless I hit upon some unusuaily striking expression, it is doubtful if I can visualize for the reader what [ have in my mind. But there is no such difficuity iy the photo- play. Nature's beauty may be thrown on the screen in all it lavishness. “Or. 1 may attempt to describe the emotions whi face. No n ter how well I may word flit across a character's | my sentences, T cannot convey the idea as vividly as the capable actor can. The screen has the advantage over the stage also, in that the closeup can pre- nt more detailed study of faclal ex- pression.” . The conversation turned to the use of titles or captions to help in explain- ing the pictured action. Some writers have advanced the theory that the per- fect photoplay would be one in which there would be no necessity to lean on the printed word. Mr. Hughes took the position that the screen should use every art and every device possible to helghten the effect of the story. A “There can easily be too many titles,” he added. “When we go to the movies we don’t want to be compelled to read a book, but it s futile and foolish_to try to eliminate titles entirely. We should use the written language when it is pertinent to the story and whencver it is necessary to unfold the plot. I think there Is a great opportunity in the writing of clear, concise and forceful captions." Mr. Hughes has studied motion pic- ture technique in order that his stories will not have to go through the scenario writer's filter< before reaching the screen. and he is said to be proving himself to be one of the moat capable directors of the day. Will He or Won’t He? THE film colonies of New York and Hollywood, it Is claimed. no longer give credence to the stories of Ro- dolph Valentino’s reported defection from the ranks of the Famous Play- ers-Lasky Corporation, to make pic- tures for another producing concern. Valentino's grievances against the Lasky corporation were recently aired in a New York court. The court. however, felt différently about it, and Valentino was practically enjoined from making pictures for another producer until his Lasky contract ex- pired. Despite this court order. Valentino is said to have gone ahead with plans | for producing under another corpo- rate banner. He Is also credited with plans for entering vaudeville with his wife, Winifred Hudnut. None of these nlans. however, are credited by the theatrically-wise. it is sald, but it is genural belief that Valentino will continue making pictures for the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation for months to come. One of the significant sign€ito sup- port this opinion i seen in the re- ported cancellation by Valentino of his dancing engagements in vaude- ville. Another is the fact that, con- trary to his previously expressed views on the subject. he made a per- Bonal anpearance at the Rivoll Thea- ter in New York recently during the ement there of “The Young Ra- in_which he will be seen here this week theatrical elect that in spite of all ar- guments to the contrary, Rodolph Va- ! lentino remains probably the greatest Stellar attraction the photoplay can offer today. and, in view of that fact. the exectuitves of Famous Players- Lasky are far too shrewd to permit THI LINCOLN Today, Mon., Tues., Wed., Wm. Fox Presents the Greatest Picture of AU Time NERO Filmed in Rome by J. Gordon Edwards, With on Interna-| 4¢ Ring Arth tionad Cast and Ensemdle | ' Mark Tein, Avoriows” = of 65,000 Greatest Humorist B Special Mat. Today at 3 Fox News—Cartoon = Evening Concert De Luxe| Juvenile Mat. Sat. at 2 = E Come to the Concert Supper Shows = Tickets Bought Before 6:30, 15c, Taz Included. Sth at O St. N.W. NORMA TALMADGE, in “THE ETERNAL FLAME." And Mutt and Jeff cartoon. - -- AVORIT H St. at Ist St. N.W. LEWIS M. STONE and ALICE TERRY, in “THE PRISONER OF ZENDA." A Rex Ingram Production. Comedy, “THE MAN HATERS.” REGENT 18th and Calif. Streets REX INGRAM Production “THE PRISONER OF ZENDA." DUMBARTON 34 Jylscongtn Ave. “THE WIFE_TRAP." h&N.Y.Ave.N.W, HIPPODROME ®3 8.0 % Arsavor, in “SMILIN' THROUGH. It is contended among the | S e Home of Perfect Entersafmment TWO MASTERPIECES——— Special Film Features RAPHAEL=—|CRANDALL'S *"'p Jnaree him to escape from their fold, even though ultimately it may be neces- | sary to grant his demands in whole or in part. Costumer Has to Hustle OUSEWIVES who think spring moving day s a bore should join ,a motion picture company as head | costumer—if they want to know what real work is. Moving day in the movies some- | ttmes means transferring hundreds of | ccstumes and “props” from one studio to another upon a few hours' notice. The costuming department of Cosmo- politan Productions was kept working early and late while the big_picture “When Knighthood Was in_ Flower" was being filmed. Three studios were used, one on Long Island and two in | New York city, the latter two several | miles apart. Costumes for several hundred peo- ple had to be transported as if on a magic carpet from one studio to an- other between midnight and the next morning. All the properties neces- | sary to the set had to be sent along | with them. If every spear, every gown, every carved chair and marble bench was not in its proper place the next morning it meant that time would be lost In getting to work on next day’s scenes. With seven hundred people working in & gcene each moment of delay meant normous expense, so it was no ship when the moving vans backed up to the studio doors. Miss Davics wears fifteen different gowns in “When Knighthood Was In e T THEATER U STREET AT 1. Thurs., Fri, Sat., Wm. For Offers Another Mastodonic Production, 4 Connecticut YANKEE TS MATINEE SATURDAY, Overt, 1ok CAV- o 3 ALRY." Stanley W. Hboudes, concert or. FBIIL Performances Bunday at 3, 5, 7, Monday at 7 and 9. YORK THEATER, CRANDALL'S Tomk mamATER, MATINEE SATURDAY, 2:80. TODAY ‘ASD 'lglokfliw'i‘dfl! BATES g g PAUL PARROTT, in %‘lflgggfll)ll‘zm‘ AMERICAN % 2, mad .1, Ave and FRITZI BRUNETTE, 1 b N BRUNETT n “WHILE SATAN me“ North Capitol and P Sts. “THE STORM.' HOME 1230 C Street N.E. LEAH BAIRD, in “WHEN THE DEVIL DRIVES." 1119 H ] PRINCESS 2 = st ne. ‘oday _and _Tomorrow— THIS WEEK—MIRIAM COOPER, RALPH GRAVES and a stron cast, in' Peter B. ' NDRED OF THE D /G SENNETTS. “WHEN SUMMER COMES."" Theater, 9th & K Sta. g CRANDALL'S "253.7" A3b. ROW—BUCK _JONES. MAIL" ~And “OUR GANG “THE FIREFIGHTERS." s CRANDALL'S 543 2nd Coi. Ra. MAT. 2 P.M. DAILY: 3 P.M. SUNDAY. TODAY _AND TOMORROW—CONSTANCE TALMADGE, in “EAST 18 WEST." Per- formances Monday at 2, 4. 6, 7:45, 9:80. AVENUE GRAN, | CRANDALL’ TODAY AND TA E, In Tolln,_plass ‘asd_ sl rformances. Sunday at 3, :40: Monday at 1, 2:40, 1431-38 U St. RICHARD BARTHELM| e OLYMPIC .. 555 5t 3:00 BoND poy. - DTHELMESS, in “THE RATMOND _ HITCHCOCK, ~ MONTAGU LOVE, LOUISE FAZENDA, JAMES I |CARQLINA 1tk & S.C.Ave. S.E. GORBETT and BILLY B. VAN, in “THE DOROTHY __ DALTON, BEATTY *"Aod LARRY SEMON,| DAVID POWKLL and MITCHELL LEW: in “GOLF." 18, in “THE SIREN CALL." CRANDALL'S ETROPOLITAN $11 I SOt NE D. S ¢sireet at 10 | EMPIRE MARJORIE DAW and ALICE e aST INEW STANTON i s o BEERY, in “THE LYING TRUTH. HAROLD LLOYD, in A WILD LI me “'1“0-. Irving Sta. N.W, DAY AND TOMORROW— TOM MIX. in “FOR BIG S8TAKES." Also TOM MIX. LITTLE SUNN Cat FOR_BIG STAKES. of Mix Pictures, with TONY, the Nigh Human Horse. EHTE 14th Street asd R. L Ave, NTINO, in MONROE _SALIS- BURY, in “THE GREAT ALONE." 06 Pa. Ave. Ph. W. 053 JOY and l.‘lgu'llllk‘l “MANBLAUGHTER. Delayed Mail And Destiny h people who h‘;: D!-'LAYED mall is rarely more than an exasperation, and yet it gave Jane Green, singing comeédienne, her first opportunity to reveal her talent for the edification of Broadway play- goers. Miss Green is non-partisan in poll- tics and refuses to name the admin| tration responsible for losing a pre- cious press book and other valuable letters for over one month. Suffice to say that when the mails failed to function properly In this instance Miss Green came all the way from California in person and interviewed the managers in the famous “white light” district for the much-sought opportunity. Her engagement atop of the New Amsterdam roof immedi- ately followed, and she has been a fixture {n the entertainment world of the east ever since. Jane Green comes from California, and it was in _the gilded “lobster palaces” of the Paclfic coast that she attained her first prominence. Eager to conquer the famous Broadway au- diences, she gathered together all the nice things that the coast critics had indited, accompanied them with pho- tographs of herself and some glowing letters of recommendation from peo- ple of influence at the Golden Gate, and forwarded them special delivery to_the metropolis. Then Jane waited. After three weeks without any acknowledgment or response of any kind she boarded the Twentieth Century Limited with her husband-accompanist, Jimmy Blyer, and bearded Florenz Ziegfeld in his office The New Amsterdam engagement was the result, and from that attraction she went with “Cin- derella on Broadway" and later joined “The Midnight Rounders.” By the irony of fate the misplaced mail turned up on the day she was signing the contract for her second engagement in New York. Finds Barthelmess | An Inspiration DISABLED veteran in a United States hospital has written Rich- ard Barthelmess, the young motion | picture star, asking for his personal Pphotogaph, with this explanation: “From the day I saw your picture of Burke's Chinaman I was struck with what 80 many other chaps call your ‘clean-cut character.’ There is 50 much of you that I would like to be, that when I see you on the screen I feel as though I were watching that part of me that should have been, but never was, nor will be. After seeing you, or after having read about you, 1 always feel an urge to be better and l(l) be more tolerant toward other peo- e. “I have been here now two vears, but hope soon to be able to get out to see a motion picture show and enjoy your latest picture, but in meantime 1 would appreciate’ a picture of my own which I can later put in my room at home.” Inclosed in the letter was a crisp one dollar bill to pay for the expense of the photograph. which, needless to say, Mr. Barthelmess returned to the boy, inclosing a personally auto- graphed picture of himself. Back to 5creen. REDERICK SANTLEY, brother of Joseph Santley and who himself has been featured in many of Broad- way's big successes, has returned to the silent drama after an absence of more than ten years. He has com- menced work in “The Go Getter,” a Cosmopolitan picture from a Peter B. Kyne story, featuring Seena Owen and T. Roy Barnes and directed by E. H. Griffith Santley not appeared before the camera since 1911, when he was starred {n the old Kalem company. At the age of two years he was set adrift on “prop” ice in a play called “In a Sea of Ice Later he played almost every type of child part from “Little Lord Fauntleroy” to “Peck’s Bad Boy.” He appeared in a number of plays with Maude Adams and with Ethel Barry- more. During _recent years Santley has confined his work to the musical stage, being featured in three George M. Cohan's revues, “The Royal Vaga- bond.” “The Gay Hussars” and “When Dreams Come True,” in which he re- laced his brother Joe; also in “The Poor Little Ritz Girl” He has also appeared in vaudeville. S | The famous romance of the Cum- berlands, “The Trall of the Lonesome Pine,” is to be made into a Paramount !picture with Mary Miles Minter as the star. Miss Minter is a southern girl and before joining the Paramount forces gained her greatest popularity in plays of this kind. In fact, she appeared In another story by John “A Cumberland Romance,” t. ' Thursday, 4 e " JAROSLAV f / / / ' PRESIDENT THEATER ' Tiekots, §3.99, §1.0, 3100 & war tax. L Gabrilowitsch MASONIC AUDITORIUM Thursday Evening, Dec. 7 Tickets: $2, $150, $1 and War Tax T. Arthur Smith, Inc., 1308 G 8 RACHMANINOFF IANIST PRESIDENT THEATER MBER 21, 4:30 T. Arthur Samith, Inc, 1306 G 8t h_S S W W\ oo erenn 1 Droope: 13t and B M. 608, REINALD oty Olub, 18306 5t el Hovember 34, 8:30, Beats on sale 03, “Greene's onoert Bu., e, 13¢h and G. M. 8485, FARRAR Polf’s Theater, Thars., Dec. 7, 4130 . an#! u1|1n ‘gclur !léflll Theater, '-i'l-r-‘ D«n‘.t:z)an Seats Mrs, Greenc's Oomosrt Buresu Droop's. 13th and- G. Main 6493 in “Sherlock Holmes"; Miss Yvette Rugel's gown of white crepe, beaded in red and siiver. Frock of blue satin worn by Miss Hy Gahagan in “Fashions for Men.” . AMUSEM - In the Spotlight " ENTS. Vg H H. FRAZEE, instead of George * C. Tyler, will present Mrs. Fiske in “Paddy.” The play will open in Rochester, November 27. Another play by Mary Roberts Rine- hart will be placed in rehearsal by ngehnhlll & Kemper in about a month. . “Hail and Farewell,” a comedy by Willlam Hurlbut, will be produced by Joseph E. Shea, January 15. Another play by the same author, “Made in Heaven,” will be produced by Mr. Shea a few weeks later. “Nobody’s Fool, Dale, was produced in New Haven 1ast week by the Shuberts. A play of this title, written by Mr. Dale, was acted on tour for a season by May Robson, play by Alan Burton Green, husband of Irene Franklyn, is critically ill in Brooklyn. Miss Franklyn has canceled her vaudeville dates to be with her hus- band. Mr. Green was gassed during the war. . % Olga Petrova had to cancel her tour in “The White Peacock” on account of throat trouble just at a time when she was scoring a big success through the middle west. She expects to re- sume her tour after the holidays. Cecll Lean and Cleo Mayfield, Wes- ley Barry, the screen juvenil Leonard, thespian and boxer; Tanguay, Irene Castle and Nora Bayes, it {s announced, have been signed as added attractions with va- rious units of Shubert vaudeville. Jean Carroll, ingenue with “The Midnight Rounders,” is an original film baby.” She began her public Frank Bacon, who has been playing in “Lightnin’ " for the past five years, broke down in Chicago last week and has gone to his home on Long Island for a six-week vacation. At last re- ports Mr. Bacon was improving. Aline McGill has been engaged for a prominent part in “The Little Kan- the Oliver Morosco musical next month. Miss McGill appeared l;ut‘wnh Ed Wynne, in “The Perfect 001" Lenore Ulric reached her 400th per- formance in “Kiki" in New York last week, and the piece still continues along prosperous lines. “The World We Live In,” now show- ing in New York with success, will be translated into Japnaese by T. Tamamoto, who is the author of “Thin Ice,” also running in the big city. A dress rehearsal of “The Romantic Age” A. A. Milne’'s new comedy, which opens in New York next Tues- day night, was given last week for students who are taking drama courses in Columbia and New York universities. . Ira Hards will stage the book and [ Julian Alfred, the musical numbers of the new play for Peggy Wood, now in rehersal. The piece opens this week in Stamford, Conn., and will reach New York around the holidays. The Shuberts have presented “At the End of the World,” by Edward Wrap of allver cloth and black vel-[ojaney Dunn, founded on a drama by vet, worn at Kelth's by Sophie Tucker. BY ELENORE DE WITT EBY. SOPHIE TUCKER is just back from Europe, 80 it was not surprising that she displayed a collection of ex- quisite gowns and wraps at Kelth's. Her Initial entrance was made in a dolman of half sparkling silver cloth woven in a delicate striped pattern, and half black velvet. The sliver takes the form of an exaggerated yoke which simulate sleeves at the front, and is also glimpsed as a lining for the black velvet, which hangs in A col- a dash to the top of the wrap, ;’hlcll correspondg with its dark bor- er. Beneath the dolman a gown of black crepe georgette was revealed. The bodice, cut on bandeau lines, was supported by narrow shoulder straps woven from black and red beads In a design that resembles Indlan work. ‘The skirt was extremely long, hiding the ankles, in fact, and it was caught up at one side in a cascade of grace- ful drapery, which was partially veiled, however, by a long, sweeping train. The girdie was of red and black beadwork, in the same pattern as the shoulder straps, but on a larger scale. and a semi-circular or- nament appeared at one side, finished with a fringe of black and red bead strings, which extended half the length of the skirt. Miss Tucker's coiffure was finished with a spray of costly paradise feathers. ‘While her two plano “syncopators” kept the keys of their baby grands in a perpetual tingle of jazz, the clever singer changed to a brilliant creation fashioned from a silver- spangled fabric and decked with scar- let coque feathers. The sleeveless overblouse was cut with a slightly rounded neck., and trimmed with a yoke of lustrous silver which was in contrast to the plain “chain-mail” surface of the gown,al- though both were frosted with s The skirt took the form of two wide, parate paneis, one in the front, the her in the back, over a foundation of metal tissue, and the lower part of each panel was of silver brocade. The gayly colored coque feathers formed a fluffy corsage at one hip and continued down the side of one panel to the hem. A huge Spanish comb in the same shade of red, surmounted by a cluster of coque feathers, was an eftective ornament in Miss Tucker's blond hair. the stage door as she waited vainly for some one to meet her, afforded her an opportunity to wear a gor- geous wrap of ermine, collared in chinchilla fur. Miss Yvette Rugel. also appearing at Keith's, displayed an unusually striking gown of white crepe heavily brocade, | Her final song, supposedly sung at | beaded in crystals and deep red stones. Two narrow panels, each out- lined with red beads and jnlaid with silver ones, tapered into a point at the front of the bodice, forming a low | “v,” which was filled with a fillet of | plain white crepe. A large red stone | was place the panels and had the appearance of |a_ brooch. ~Additional narrow strips | of beading hung from each shoulder and from the large jewel at the cen- | ter front, and continued down the | length of ‘the skirt after passing un- | der a beaded girdle. The panel ends, swinging around the ankles, were cut into 0dd little scallops, and each was decorated with a large red stone. The girdle was fastened at the front with {an oval-shaped medallion of beaded petals surrounding a single red jewel | " Miss Helen Gahagan, leading lad | in"“Fashions for Men" at the Shubert. | Garrick last weel portrayed the role ! of a store clerk. so two of her three | gowns were exceedingly plain. In the last act, however, she was quite {dazzling in a frock of bright blue | satin and a hat of the same shade, | trimmed with _a long. sweeping o8- trich plume. The gown was made in ! one piece, with a_collarless, bateau | neck, long, tight-fitting sleeves and |a draped skirt. The latter had a | panel at one side, looped up under | the hem of the skirt, while af | other side there was a gathered sash end which did not quite reach the | border of the skirt. Photo Plays This Week Infidel,” also Pathe News und Aesop's Fables. Lyric. Today and tomorrow, Tom Mix, in “For Big Stakes”; Tuesday, Norm! Talmadge, in “The Safety Curtain”; Wednesday, Gladys Walton, in *Top of the Morning”: Thursday, Constanci Talmadge, in “Good Night, Paul" Friday, Gladys Brockwell, in 'ald Back,” and Saturday, Hoot Gibson, in ‘The Galloping Kid."” Princess. Today and tomorrow, Richard Bar- thelmess, in “The Bond Bo: Tues- day, Colleen Moore, in *“The Wall Flower”; Wednesday, Alice Lak “Kisses,” and ninth episode of “In the Days of Buffalo Bill”; Thursday, Mia May, in “The Wife Trap"; Fri- day, Raymond Hitchcock, in Beauty Shop,” and Saturday, Song of Life.” Home. Today, Leah Baird, in “When the Devil Drives”; tomorrow, “Track Tuesday, Mia May, in “The Wife Trap”; Wednesday, Herbert Rawlin- son, in “Don’t Shoot”; Thursday, Ray- mond Hitchcock, in “The Beauty Shop”; Friday, Elalne Hammerstein, in “Under Oath,” and Saturday, Bert Lytell, in “Sherlock Brown.” Dumbarton. Today, Mia May, in “The Wife Trap”; tomorrow, Thomas Meighan, in “The Bachelor Tuesday, “The Moh_ll‘%ln'sd Dau?hl:e & ‘Wednes- d Thursday, John Barrymore, i Friday, Pol: “T’lZ Green Goddess." AN E GREEN GODDESS.” a play of adventure, by Willlam Archer, was produced by Winthrop Ames at the Walnut Street Theater in Phila- delphia December 27, 1920, With George Arli the star. After play- opened its New York engagement at the Booth Theater January 18, 1921, and remained at that theater for 43% performances, terminating its run on February 4, 1922 February 6, 1922, “The Green God- " began its Boston run at the Plymouth Theater, giving a total of | ninety performances in the Hub. uUn September 30 of this year the Arliss- Ames-Archer combination appeared at the Great Northern Theater In Chicago, where the play is still run- ning. Yesterday afternoon the 600th performance of “The Green Goddess” ‘was given. Following the Chicago engagement of the drama, a tour of the chief cities east of Kan City will be made, but the success of the plece in Chicago makes the beginning of this tour indefinite. Mr. Arliss was to have taken Mr. Archer’s work to Lon- don last summer. It i{s now planned to present “The Green Goddess” in London next August, with Mr. Arliss '}{l l!‘z;l original role of the Rajah of ukh. A Coming Star. TSY RUTH MILLER {8 one of the “new faces” on the acreen. ‘When the Goldwyn company stated recently that it was going to seek out fresh talent for the pictures, {t meant what it sald and has lived up to its word. One of these new- comers is Patsy Ruth Miller. Although Miss Miller has been in Negri, in “The Eyes of the Mumm: and Satur@ay, Dustin Farnum, in “A Man's Fight” Circle. Today and tomorrow, Thomas Mei- ghan, in “Manslaughter”; Tuesday and Wednesday, John Barrymore, in “Sherlock Holmes”; Thursday, Betty Blythe, in “How Women Love,” and Harold Lloyd, in “His Only Father"; Friday, Mary Miles Minter, in “The Heart Specialist,” and Saturday, “The Mohican's Daughter.” e CHILDREN!! UNCLE WIGGILY AND HIS ANIMATED CARTOONS MR. HOWARD R. GARIS Savoy Theater 14th Street Near Columbia Road Saturday, November 28, 1922, at 11 A.M. T. Arthur l-lfi‘l.. Tickets on Sale at 7Be, The l’ezf:gt Lover “STOLEN MOMENTS” FIRST TIME SHOWN | Latest steps. motion pictures only a year, her beauty and talent have ralsed her to the rank of leading woman. When asked recently to make a statement about her, Rupert Hughes, author and director of “Remembrance,” said: “Even though Miss Miller is a new. comer to the screen, I had been im- pressed with her work with Nazi- mova, in ‘Camille’ and in ‘The City Feller, in which she played opposite Cullen Landis. She has youth, beau- ty and intelligence. The part she had to play in ‘Remembrance’ was that of & very young girl in whom and deference to her mother th stubborn loyalty to her Miss Miller has more than d lover. fulfiilled my fondest hopes.” DANCING. ~—_ ___GLaD' No. & Dupont clrcle, Dupont studlo. Phooe Franklin 1485.W. Ballroom Dancing, Stage ._Childre: asses. MR. STAFFORD PEM- ERTON Former N. Y. Winter Garden star, partner to Hoffman, Mae Murray, Maufe Allan and_others: lessons fn all styles of danci Studio, 1850 Biltmore. Col. 2002. 22 JACK HOFFMAN AND LILLIAN HOSKINS, Stage dancing, Argentine tango and ballroom dancing correctly taug! fldren and adults. Btudio for rent for private dances. 1141 Conn. ave. Fr. 8008. 22° MR. LEROY H. THAYER'S BCHOOL OF DANOING. Ave. Main 267, ‘We are pleased to announce that we have red the services of MISS HENRY, well instructress. _ Pris lessons for children and adults, Rhythmic and Ballroom Dencing. E4 CATHERINE BALLE, Franklin 6506, will teach low lessons produce Classes t. n. in WYNDHAM'S, 1841 KALORAMA ED, All ballroom ' dances taught correctly. sppointment phone Adams 265. DAVISON'S B 1329 M now. %5 . W.— For B to dance correc in & fo e e, vy m&' Separate 1o a) . evel 3 tru 9'to 12, with orchestra: EVENING DANCING OLASS, THA! lll:!z.&;"l. 1148 Coan. ave, . AND MRS. ACHER'S STUDIO, w’fl. a.w. Olass Monday . 'a ind ¥3 . 8 ! e e J e L L Phone Franklin 8507, Estal studios. bizned"Fo00. 105 ing that city three weeks, the drama | in Ballet,; New York Triumph. *+])OUGLAS FAIRBANKS IN ROBIN Hood” has now had Its long- | awalted New York premiere at the | Lyric Theater, a legitimate house, at ! which it opened for a run. The first- | night rush, a fixed event for Fair- | banks pictures in New York, was so pronounced that a description of the | wild scenes outside and in the lobby | 0of the theater that prevailed at “The { Three Musketeers” a little over a | year ago can be accurately applied to the “Robin Hood” affair. An in- novation this time was a “double- | header” premiere. At the conclusidn of the first showing another was im- mediately begun to a full house. The Jdouble-header” was completed after am. | Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pick- ford. who had been smuggled into the house to escape being overwhelmed by the waiting crowds, responded to 2 curtain call at the end of the pic- ture. “Doug” was plainly unnerved by the enthusiasm of the crowd and |neglected his opportunity to tell iabout the outlay, the construction i problems and the technical intricacies of the big production. He got out of his difficulties by hastily introducing both his director, Allan Dwan, and his “most precious.”” The latter also | was reduced to a few words by the storm of applause. She decided that this was simply the greatest picture Douglas had ever made and that she hoped every one would enjoy it much as she had. Reports reached New York during the week that the Los Angeles en- gagement in Hollywood in the new Kinema Theater had broken all Hol- lywood records for runs. The best record had been eight days, and “Robin Hood" has been running since October 8. Distributors Going West ’I'BE possibility that Los Angeles may become the distribution cen- ter as well as the producing center for motion pictures is ®seen in the gathering there next week of ex- ecutives and representatives of the sales forces of the Famous Players- Lasky Corporation. Leading citizens of Los Angeles have sought to bring this about for a long time and are making elaborate plans to entertain the visitors who are scheduled to arrive there Novem- ber 20. Much of the big scale production formerly done in the east is now cen- tered about the southern Californ! city and the city boosters have long Sought to start a westward movi ment of the sales and executive de- partments as well. It wi due to their insistance that the semi-anfual convention of the Paramount organ- {zation was switched there from New York this fall. Fo Shop for Plays. OMEN to whom shopping on a large scale is a great adventure surely will envy Eve Unsell the fasci- nating task she has set herself. at the meeting polnt of | 70 - iMr. Ernest Klein, in Stamford, Conn. The play will go to Chicago directly. Fay Bainter opens in New York to- morrow night in heronew Monckton Hoffe play, “The Painted Lady.” Manager Harris has been considering a change of title for some time, it is_said, but the chances are that it will be presented under its present Arthur Byron is featured in the company. ‘Estelle Winwood will play the lead- ing fenfinine role in “Bon Homme, which Henry Baron will produce nex! month, and which is now In rehersal under the direction of Iden Payne. Baron himself has made the adaption from the French. After a year vel in Australia and East Indies, Doris Mitchell has returned to New York, and an early engagement is expected in one of the prominent companies now forming. Miss Mitchell will be recalled for her work in “June Love” and as leading woman for Arnold Daly. career as an infant in arms with the old Biograph and has appeared in screen comedies with Essenay, Edison and the Kalem companles. Fannle and Kittle Watson, the fa- mous sister team of vaudeville fame, are heading their own unit show on he Shubert circult. It is called ‘Stolen Sweets.” Nonette, the singing violinist, the Royal Pekinese troupe of wonder workers, Bernard and Scarth, in “The Tale of an Overcoat,” and Abe Rey- nolds, comedian, are featured in the cast of principals of “Success” the Shubert unit show due here in early December. There is a persistent rumor going the rounds in Chicago, where George Arliss is appearing in _ Winthrop Ames’ production of “The Green God- dess.” by William Archer, that when Arliss has finished with Archer's play he will act a Shakespearean character. “Information concerning this is scant,” says the Chicago Journal, “but it is known Arliss, as an actor viewing ‘the future, is very much interested in three of Shakes- peare's plays, ‘Much Ado About Nota- ing,’ ‘Othello’ and ‘The Merchant of Venic His manager, Winthrop Ames, is known to be in sympathy with the actor’'s ambition to taste the classics.” Henry Miller and Ruth Chatter- ton, in Henry Bataille's play, “La Tendresse,” will be the attraction at the National Theater for the week beginning Monday, December 4. Marilyn Mille; her recent brief has recovered from indisposition and Mary FEaton, who triumphed bril- tliantly as her emergency substitute in “Sally,” has returned to the cur- New York “Follies,” but is cer- it is said, to be advanced to early stardom by F. Ziegfeld. jr. a new musical play. “Sally which Miss Miller and Mr. Errol are | co-stars, cannot appear in Washing- { ton, it is announced, because the New | National Is not completed, but Is speeding up progress to Chicago, where it has been thrice postponed because of phenomenal business in Boston and Philadelphia, following its two-year run in New York. F. Ray Comstock early production of Guy Bolton's new {play, “Polly Preferred,” which had a tryout recently in_ Cleveland by a stock company. Patricta Collinge, {who played the leading role in the stock company, will have the same Ipart in the New York presentation. is planning an New Pictures in Prospect ONE of the biggest of the theater productions of the series to be released by Paramount after Febru- ary 1, is “The Covered Wagon,” being produced by James Cruze, who di- rected “The Old Homestead.” “It will be the biggest production Paramount ever has made,” says Mr. Lasky. It is from the magazine story of the old west, by Emerson Hough, which later was published as a novel, In the company are Lois Wilson, J. Warren Kerrigan, Allen Hale, Charles Ogle, Ethel Wales, Ernest Torrence, Tully Marshall, Guy Oliver and John another production, “Adam's Rib"” a Fox. I Cecil B. De Mille is also at work on story of the girl of today. It has not been finally titled. but in the cast are Milton Sills, Elliot Dexter, Theo- dore Kosloff, Anna Q. Nilsson and Pauline Garon. Pola Negri, the European star, is said to be progressing rapidly in “Bella Donna.” from the Robert Hich- ens story. which is being produced by George Fitzmaurice. Betty Compson has been in Hono- lulu making *“The White Flower,™ under the direction of Julla Craw- ford Ivers, who also wrote the story. | Under_the direction of Sam Wood. Gloria Swanson is now engaged with “My American Wife.” an original story by Hector Turnbull, author of “The Cheat” Jack Holt has been assigned the stellar role in *“Nobody's Money,” from the comedy by William Le Baron, which had a successful run on ) Broadway. with Wanda Hawley head- |Ing the supporting cast. | Something novel is promised for Agnes Ayres, in an automobile racing | story, entitled “Racing Hearts in | which she will do some fast driving. |1t is being directed by Paul Powell, | who produced “Borderland.” Mary Miles Minter's new picture, “Drums of Destiny,” {s from Stephen French Whitman's story, “Sacrifice.” |1t is being produced by Charles | Maigne, with George Fawcett, Cas- | son Ferguson and Robert Cain in the | cast. | One of the big productions already |started in the Long Island studio fis |“The Glimpses of the Moon.” from | Edith _Wharton's latest novel, with Bebe Daniels and Nita Naldi in fea- tured roles. This is to be produced y Alan Dwan. who recently d:d “Robin Hood" for Douglas Fairbanks. | George Melford is making “Java Head,” the Joseph Hergesheimer story, with Leatrice Joy, Raymond | Hatton, Jacqueline Logan and George Fawcett. Most of the exteriors were [made at Salem, Mass. and interiors |are now being made at the Long | Island studio. | Thomas Meighan is engaged in making “Back Home and Broke,” the | second original story for him by George Ade He is soon to begin work on an original by Booth Tark- ington, entitled “Uncle Jack.” This will be followed by one by R. G. Kirk. | Under the direction of Victor Flem- ing, Dorothy Dalton is filning an original story, entitled “Black Fury.” by Edmund Goulding, and Alice Brady is in Florida working in “The Leop- ardess,” by Katherine Newlin Burt, under the direction of Henry Kolker. Floating Theaters. LONG the upper reaches of the Monogahela, the Ohlo, the Missis- sippl, the Missouri and other large rivers of the country, particularly through the middle west, some ten years or more ago, one was con- stantly encountering courious-looking houseboat contraptions, which were, in reality, floating theaters. In days gone by, these boats car- ried companies of obscure actors. who presented to small communities along the various waterways a specles of dramatic performance which consti- tuted about all the drama the people ever saw. The show was necessarily low in price and low in quality, but| it met the simple demands of its audlences, and until the advent of the motion picture, these houseboats did_a thriving business. The coming of the motion picture, however, made serious inroads on their sources of revenue, some of the b times by Installing projection out: fits and films and erecting canvas in- closures at the various towns visited, in which were displaved plctures. Even this attempt was not altogether guccessful, and today this curious amusement product of river regions is sald to have practically disap- peared. . Curiously enough, however, the very pictures which drove them from the river are v_contributing to their fame. In “Youth to Youth,” one of the current week's attractions, the movies present for the first time the houseboat theater in all its old-time glory. “Billie” Dove, the star of the picture, has the role of the star on one of these curious river boats, and lived in this almost istence. In order to properly present such scenes it was necessary for Metro to find one of these boats. The Thespis is the name of the boat that appears in the picture, but it was built from a model photographed on the Mississippl. It has a thirty- foot stage, a small pit for the or- chestra and something that resembles stage boxes and a balcony. It is a curious bit of marine archi- tecture. y forgotten ex- A Historic Train. THE engine and train of cars which carried Abraham Lincoln from Springfield on that rainy morning, February 11, 1861, to his inaugura- tion at Washington have been se- cured by the Rockett-Lincoln Film For | Company to be used in their picture, Miss Unsell is about to’cover her|“The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lin- typewriter at the B. P. Schulberg studios_jn Los Angeles and shop along Broadway for the blg New York stage successes. 1, Just as the average woman might 1toy with the algrettes on an import- Jed hat, calculating its possible rela- jtionship to her newest gown, so the gifted Miss Unsell will dally over the dramatic hits of the season, attempt- {Ing to visualize their possibilities 1f jconverted by Producer Schulberg into 1Al Lichtman attractions. The head of the Preferred Pictures story-producing department has been asked to find three stage successe: if possible that might be converted into big screen productions. An equal number of book stories also is desired. All of which promises a busy holl- day season for Miss Unsell. —_— The famous vaudeville team of the “Four Keatons” has been reunited. Pa Keaton, Ma Keaton_ and Sis Keaton, all appear with Buster, in “The Electric House,” his latest First National comedy. g coln.” ‘This historic train, consisting of two coaches, a baggage car and the little locomotive, has been perfectly preserved by the Wabash Rallroad Company, and by speclal arrangement it will be taken to Springfield and the scenes attending the departure of the President-elect’s party will be filmed at the old Great Western sta- tion, still standing in Springfield. In those days this presidential train was the last word in railroad trans- portation equipment, but, compared to the de luxe trains of this present day. it looks almost like a toy. The cars were of wood furnished with short-back, plush-covered seats, oil lamps and hand brakes, and they were only long enough for twelve windows on a side, while the loco- motive was not much larger than a big, high-power limousine and equip- ped with an immense stack shaped like a boy's top. There were no dining cars in those days, but the first sleeping cars were in use on the big roads. The Lincoln train carried no sleeper, as the first day's trip was only from Springfield to Indianapolls. The Rockett Company's research department, it is said, has been 80 fortunate as to secure the statements of the brakeman who had the first run from Springfield to Danvlile, and who gave a detailed description of the trip. Ten Black Eyes. BARBER in Culver City, near the Thomas H. Ince studio, recently encountered Maurice Tourneur, the motion picture director, and asked: “Mr. Tourneur, when are you goin’ to start another picture like Lorna Doone'?" “Why do you ask?’ inquired Tour- neur, pussled. “Matter of business,” the replied be- ing made I painted ten black eye: Extra actors, glad to get into a film with lots of action, were glad to see “Lorna Doone” finished and over, nevertheless. In on2 of the bix scenes of the play. which is based on R. D. Blackmore's famous story of the seventeenth century, the hero, John Ridd, fights twenty men with his fists. The part of Ridd is tdaen by John Bowers, a veritable glsnt in | physical proportions. - -