Evening Star Newspaper, March 15, 1925, Page 63

AMUS S YDNEY CHAPLIN ~ EMENTS. oMeiropohtaw - News andComment By W.H. Landvo;gt. ITH the impetuosity of the irrepressible juvenile, the Movie bolts into the traditional ch bric-a-brac of the ages. man runs not to the contr maker” has belonged to woman. stances where man has been henpec dishes for a butterfly wife, but as a eral has rested apparently sccure in winner and woman the homemaker. * ¥ T ina shop and bowls over the choicest Since the time when the memory of ary the credit of being “the home- rue, there have been reported in- ed and made to wash and dry the settled conviction the world in gen- the beliei that man is the bread- * ¥ ANNY, the erratic grammarian of Film Daily, has recently broken loose with a story that a novel basis of a sensational photoplay. D even aggravating, story in which a dent, is made to roll around at home out to work. inable, while the wife becomes a gra ness world. does he revert to normalcy? taste of man’s carefree business life, He recovers, however, ai Not on your life. by Dorothy Canfield is to form the orothy has written an entertaifiing, husband, as the result of an acti- in a wheelchair, while the wife goes He then develops into the sweetest little homemaker imag- nd and glorious success in the busi- nd is able to go back to work. But The lady has had her and she elects to continue therein. ‘And that means that the husband has to go on still being the sweet little housekeeper. things. And, thi sion a boost. P that the success of the American pho American export trad in pictures is creating a demand from countries. The fact that the bankers at the picture business as a field of ir Where is the censor? * X Now this is complete ly reversing the eternal fitness of k of it, the Movie is preparing to give this tragic diver- * 1{E Movie is about to be recognized as one of the greatest economic Stories are leaking in to the effect toplay abroad is having its effect on that secing American shoes and American gowns 2 women for these things in foreign also are casting kindly side glances nvestment is another bit of interest- ing information to indicate that the photoplay industry is winning pow- erful friends that may help to shield i * % ULES VERNE'S fantastic adventu is to be filmed by Metro-Goldwyn. Wersea photography, has been engag also will furnish the cleverness of hi icture—and in colors. Napoleon B g\\\ory‘ with his fascinating story of dor and his sorrowful descent to defeat. there are in history for stories and the screen is becoming popular these * k PONSORED by the Yale Club of the American Revolution, Harry t from some of its annoyances. * * re story, “The Mysterious Island,” . J. E. Williamson, inventor of un- ed to write the adaptation, and he s wonderful discoveries to fllm the onaparte, too, is to be dug out of conquest, his rise to imperial splen- What wonderful possibilities dramatic pictures. And history on days. * ok ‘Washington and the Daughters of Crandall's public service and educa- tional department began last Tuesday the exhibition of a series of “The Chronicles of America Photoplay: devoted to a tensely interesting phase of American history. something more than merely support age of the tabloids of American history. should have a _great and a lasting e American—native as well as foreign b fect on American citizenship in gen ment in the pictures, stories that th that they will delight as they educate, comprising 15 subjects in all, each There is ing good photopla; in the patron- There is a patriotism in it which ffect on the mind and heart of the horn—and incidentally a splendid ef- cral. There is also real entertain- hrill and climaxes that inspire. So . and it ought not to be a bar sinis- fer to a picture to brand it “educational,” even in these days when every- body knows everything that is to be known. * % HE current run of the week also has much to commend it. * ok David ‘Wark Griffith is represented with his latest picture, “Isn’t Life Won- derful?” It might be if it were not fo! r these tricks of the movies. “Light- house by the Sea” is another diversion that ought to be popular, now that the coming Summer is likely to turn thoughts to the seaside. curious we have “Top of the World,” nile humor there is “Charley’s Aunt, days. “Born Rich,” “Richard the Li For the and for those who delight in juve- " a favorite of the stage of other on-Hearted” and “Midnight Mollie” also are new on the horizon, and should serve to weaken this effort to put the poor married man into a Mother Hubbard, belted with a kitchen FILMOGRAMS apron. EGGY HOPKINS JOYCE is going to be starred in the movies by P. A. Powers in a series of pictures made ©n an claborate scale. Tndependence Picture Corporation is to release chort reels under the title “Screen Book of Knowledge,” one a week. Tri-Stone is Glorfa Swanson Triangle, incuding * Secret,” “Station Content Code” and “Shifting Sands.” te-righting” 13 made - by Woman's “Secret i “Moon of Israel,” a Sascha Lroduc- tion, made from the Rider Haggard mtory, has been bought by Paramount for the United States and Canada. Profits made by the Universal Ple- ture Corporation in 1924 are said to amount to $1.700,000, an increase of 34 per cent over those of the year preceding. A Los Angeles insurance company is said to have placed Insurance ag- gregating $1.000,000 on the lives of Norma and Constance Talmadge. 4 oclated Pictures Corporation, featuring the La Marr series, has joined the Association of Motion Pic- ture Producers on the Coast, which is alllad with the Will H. Hays organi- zation A sign of prosperity in Germany, is reen in the profits earned by the Ufa Company, which amounted to 3,814,800 marks. The company has declded to consolidate its paper capital into 60,000,000 gold marks. A series of short reels in color made by the Brewster Color Pictures Cor- poration of New York is about to be put in distribution. D. W. Grifiith used the color process of this concern in “Way Down East” and “Dream Street.” A speclal camera with sepa- rate negatives and a single lens is used. The light is split and two simul- taneous pictures taken through coior filters. F. W. Murnau, the Berlin producer, who made “The Last Laugh is to film “Tartuff,” from a senario by Karl Meyer, author of “Caligarl,” with ¥mil Jannings and Werner Kraus as its stars. The Films de France is making a - plcture of “Jocaste,” an Anatole France story, under the direction of Louls Nalpas. The Motion Picture Theater Owners of Maryland will give {ts annual ball and dinner April 19 at the South- ern Hotel roof in Baltimore. The Department of Commerce has prepared a film, “Laying Lumbricus a short reel, designed to In- struct lawn growers in methods of preventing damage by worms. Carl laemmle has commissioned Dimitri Buchowetzki to produce “Na- poleon the Great” as Universal's next big production, and it will probably be started fn May or June. Buch- owetzkl already has made perfod ple- tures of “Danton” and “Peter the Great.” Under an arrangement made be- tween international Film Service, Inc., and Metro-Goldwyn, two Cosmopoli- tan productions will be made and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn. They are “Merry Wives of Gotham,” star- ring Marion Davles, and “The Tempt- ress,” by Ibanez. Warner Brothers have signed Patsy Ruth Miller to a long-term contract. Pathe has launched a prize contest for “Idaho,” a new serial, and under it awards will be made for the best “typleal American family” photos. McCall Educational has recently unrolled a delight for the women in a one-reel fashion picture, entitled “Paris Creations in Color.” Peter B. Kyne, the story-writer for the screen, has signed a contract with Willlam Fox whereby the Fox company will get the film rights to everything he writes during the term of the contract. “Manhattan Madness,” one of the old Falrbanks-Triangle pictures, is to be remade for distribution through Associated Exhibitors, and in this connection it is sald that Jack Demp- sey, the prize-ring champion, and Estelle Taylor may make a series of pictures for Assoclated Exhibitors. Patsy Ruth Miller's first picture with the Warners will be “Rose of the World,” In which she will replace Maris Prevost, originally announced. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MARCH 15, 2 =N V. =R V4 7 Cormg. Porx \ NeGRI ' GRIFFITR Tincolu 8 2 Central Treasure and a Dog. SEA history no more in- teresting story than that of a Phoenician sailor, shipwroeked at night off Jiddah on the coast of the Red Sea. It is recorded that he made his way to land in the darkness. guided by the light of a flaming beacon. Grouped about its welcome glow he found the inhabitants fes- tively decking themselves with strange shells containing a beautiful and luminous substance—later known as_mother of pearl Soon afterward the Phoenician re- turned safely to his native land and acquired great fortune and happiness as the result of his discovery of this treasure of the sea Since that time sailors of all lands have clung to the bellef that if they wear or carry a plece of mother of pearl when they come within stght of a lighthouse good fortuna:and love will smile on them for at least one vear. And there is a pleasant little superstition attached to the name of Rin-Tin-Tin, the wonder dog, who has been cast in the leading role of “The Lighthouse by the Sea,” a photoplay of the week, involving both light- house and the sea. Rin-Tin-Tin, German shepherd dog. and his mate Nanette were captured by an American Army officer back of the German lines. Previously in a German air raid the entire popula- tlon of a little French village, with the exception of a young man and his sweetheart, had been destroyed. A French doll manufacturer had thought it wise to offer for sale a pair of pretty dolls as “good luck pleces, naming them Rin-Tin-Tin and Nanette for the surviving sweet- hearts. The French public were told that the possession of these dolls would guard them from disaster and bring them good fortune. The American Army officer followed an obvious lead when he named the captured dogs for the dolls. As Rin- Tin-Tin and Nanette the dogs were brought to America, and Rin-Tin-Tin, one of the most popular canine actors in the amusement world, has been bringing good luck to the movies for the past two or thres years contains Universal's Tenth Anniversary. ELEBRATION of the tenth an- niversary of Universal City will take place today. Besides President Carl Laemmle and other officials of the organization, many well known screen stars and directors will take part in the jubilee. Among these appear such famillar names in filmdom as Hobart Henley, Dorothy Phillips, Francis Ford, Grace Cunard, Ella Hall, Eddie Lyons, Lee Moran, Gale Henry, William Franey, Cleo Madison, King Baggot, Rose- mary Theby, Marie Walcamp, Henry McRae, Isadore Bernstein, Alice How- ell, Edward Sloman, Carmen Phillips, . Raymond Nye, Lols Weber, Max Asher and Douglas Gerrard. Of this number quite a few are still In the employ of “Universal. A search of Universal City falled to reveal the celebrated gold key with which Mr. Laemmle unlocked the gate to Universal City 10 years ago. This ceremony was to have been re-enacted with as many mem- bers of the original companies in the grand procession as could be present. Invitations have been fssued virtu- ally to the entire screen calling, and it is expected many will be there to participate in this important event. Art Not to Ee Bridled. W. GRIFFITH'S latest produc- tion, “Isn't Life Wonderful?” which was mostly filmed in Germany, is to have its Initial performance in Washington this afternoon. This brings to mind the fact that only re- cently D. W. Griffith formally took over the post of director general of the Famous Players-Lasky Corpora- tion, vice Cecil B. DeMille, who reigned in that capacity for a dozen or more years, ¥From now on Griffith will wade in the green pastures of screen produc- tion. No longer will the old, old worry about finances trouble him. As the artistic production boss of the biggest and most powerful screen producing organization in the world, with some of the screen’s biggest financiers and business executives to do the worrying over mere dollars and cents, Griffith should really be in a position to give the screen some of the very biggest things he has ever done. “Isn't Life Wonderful?" is said to reflect an absolutely new screen tech- nique—a techniqie which adapts to the celluloid drama without the use of the spoken:word the naturalistic and realistic methods like those of Eugene O'Nelll and Laurence Stall- ings, for instance. i ! Photoplays This Week At the Photoplay Houses This Week COLUMBIA—“Isn’t Life Wonderful?"” evening. METROPOLITAN evening. RIALTO—"Li evening. PALACE—"Top of the World.” ernoon and evening. WARDMAN PARK—“Richard, afternoon and evening. AMBASSADOR—“Charley’s evening. CENTRAL—"Midnight Mollie.” LINCOLN—"Love's Wilderness.” Columbia—"Isn't Life Wonderful? " D. W. Grifith's foreign-made pro- duction, “Isn’t Life Wonderful?" the exteriors of which were made in many, will be the attraction at Loew's Columbia Theater this week, begin- ning this afternoon, with Carol Demp- ster and Neil Hamilton In the leading Toles. The story, of love and Geoffrey Prince of W The picture reflects in daring, realistic strokes the won- der and allure of life, even when sep- arated from all the luxuries and re- finements that are supposed to make existence worth while. The scenes are laid in post-war Germany, amid the conditions of near-famine which obtalned there after the armistice. The theme centers about the re- union after the war of a German boy and girl. The boy, weakened by ex- posure at.the front, s unable to take up his burdens, and the girl nurses him back to health. The future glows with promise, as the boy finds it pos- sible to cultlvate a potato crop that will give them the means of marriage, but just as the harvest time is due a robbery by hunger-mad highwaymen plunges them back into the old pov- erty. However, the bouyancy of youth asserts itself, and life continues wonderful to the lovers, who prepare to start over again. Besides the principals, the cast in- cludes Erville Alderson, Helen Lowell, Lupino Lane, Marcla Harris, Frank Puglia and other Grifith players. Owing to the length of the picture, the usual short features will be re- stricted. described as a romance potatoes, Is by Maj Metropolitan—"Charley's Aunt.” “Charley’s Aunt,” Christie’'s film version of the stage play, famous for almost 35 years, will be presented for the first time in Washington at Crandall's Metropolitan Theater this week, beginning this afternoon. Syd- ney Chaplin will be seen in the title role. Christie subject, “Love Goofy, two reels of nonsense, starring Jim- mie Adams; a new issue of the Metropolitan World Survey and added short reels also will be shown, and the program for the week will be rounded out with a delightful musical setting. “Charley’s Aunt” {s one of the laugh classics of the theater. With Its locale at Oxford University, in Eng- land, it depicts the adventures of a group of students who attempt to foist a masquerading classmate upon the financee of one of the hoys as a perfectly good chaperon. He poses as the student's aunt “from Brazll, where the nuts come from,” and not only complicates his pals’ love af- fairs, but himself encounters num- erous difficulties in endeavoring to ward off the ardent attentions of two elderly suitors. Important roles ate played by Ethel Shannon, James E. Page, Lu- cien Littlefield, Alec B. Francls, Phil- lips Smalley, Bulalie Jensen, Jimmie Harrison and Priscilla Bonner. The concert overture, a new number, will permit lovers of both classical and jazz melodies to gratify their tastes. Daniel Breeskin has selected a clever combination of standard and syncopated arrangements of 0 Trovatore,” by Verdi. The novelty has been titied “Classic Opera vs. Operatic Jazz.” The theme of the - terpretative orchestral _accompani- ment will be the “Little Peach” song from-“Louie the Fourteenth.” Rialto—"The Lighthouse by the Sea.” “The Lighthouse by the Sea,” with the dog star, Rin-Tin-Tin, will be the photoplay at the Rialto this week, —"“Charley’s Aunt.” ghthouse by the Sca.” Aunt.” Shown this afternos Moss, a brother officer of the | Shown this afternoon a Shown this afternoon and Shown this afternoon and Shown this afternoon and evening. TIVOLI—Waring's Pennsylvanians—“Born Rich.” Shown this aft- the Lion-Hearted.” Shown this Shown this afternoon and 1 and evening. Shown this afternoon and evening. having been adapted by Warner Bros. from Owen Davis' play The locale of the story, the plot and action lend themselves admir- ably to the remarkable ability and sagacity of the dog, Rin-Tin-Tin. Louise Fazenda, “Buster” Collier, jr.; Mathew Betz, Douglas Gerard, Charles Hill Mailes and the dog be- come involved in a death struggle that centers around the Invincible strength of a lighthouse and the unscrupulousness of a band of smug- glers, with a theme running through the story. Heading the musi program will be L nando and his Havana Orchestra, who come here from am engagement at the New York Hippodrome. Mischa Guterson, director of the Rialto Orchestra, has selected as the overture Thomas’ “Mignon.” A comedy entitled “Are Blond Men Bashful”; the International News of current events and a Sportlight will complete the program. Palace—"Top of the World." With James Kirkwood assuming a dual role, and with Anna Q. Nilssen, Raymond Hatton and Sheldon Lewis sharing featured honors, George Mel- ford's production for Paramount, “Top of the World,” based on the story by Ethel M. Dell, will be the attraction at Loew's Palace Theater this week, beginning this afternoon. Added features will be Bobby Vernon, in “Great Guns,” the Pathe news reel of world events, Topics of the Day and the Palace Orchestra music, under Thomas Joseph Gannon. Top of the World” is a tense drama, |n\'o_|\'(ng two men and a girl on the African veldt, in which nature in one of her stormy meods plays a terrific part. The girl (Miss Nilssen) runs away from an undesired mar- riage in England to marry an old sweetheart in Africa, only. to find him unworthy, and is forced to accept an offer of marriage from the unworthy lover’s cousin, a man who closely re- sembles the former sweetheart in everything but character. Entering into the allfance as a mar- riage of convenience, the girl finds herself drawn toward the man who gave her his name to protect her from scandal and against whom his kins- man plots revenge. Events follow swiftly and are brought to a thrilling climax when the girl beats her way through a terrific storm and flood and risks her life to reach her husband, whom she finds she has loved from the first. Tiv.li—Waring's Pcnnsyl— vanians, “Born Rich.” Waring's Pennsylvanians, popular syncopators, will be an added aftrac- tion this week at CrAndall's Tivoll Theater, beginning this afternoon. Today and continuing through Wednesday, First National's produc- tion, “Born Rich,” with Claire Windsor and Bert Lytell in the leading roles will be shown, with new Aesop fable, “The Ple Man;” & new release of the “Screen Graphic, the usual news events and pipe organ music; Thursday through Saturday the fea- ture will be Charlie Ray's “Dynamite Cliffe Bowes, in “The Merry- and a new lIssue of the “Graphic. ‘Waring's Pennsylvanians will be heard today at 3:15, 5:15, 7:25 and 9:30 p.m., and will go on week days at 3:20, 7:25 and 9:30 p.m. Wardman Park—"Richard, the Lion-Hearted.” “Richard, the Lion-Hearted,” based on SIr alter Scott’s mnovel, "The Talisman,” has been screened by the Associated Authors and will be shown for the first time in Washing- ‘ | | | | | 1925—PART 3. Children’s prugrams at TIVDIL The special programs for children, running at Crandalls Tivoli Theater every Saturday morning at 10:15 o'clock since October 11, will end aturday morning, March 28, The re- maining programs are: March 21, “A Prince of a King,” something new for the children; March 28, when the clos- ing program will be given in response 1 requests for Douglas Mac- “The Hotten- to sever Lean's amusing comedy tot.” An pro outstanding feature of these ms has been their patriotic 1ig—the singing of “America,” sy Mrs. Miriam B. Hilton, promi- nent in the sical life of Washing- ton, and the pledge to the flag, led by either a troop of Boy or Girl Scouts, or a group of children taken from the audience. The troops of Scouts have been under the direction of Col. E. T. Mattice, deputy commissioner. and his assistant, E. A. Borsage, director of outdoor activities. The Scouts have received credit merits for this work theater and have made splen- did showings throughout the season. Saturday, March 21, Col. Mattice has arranged a banner program com- posed of the Star and Eagle Scouts in the District with a six-plece drum and bugle corps. In addition to the salute to tha flag they will give a demonstration of their work and an outline of what is required to become an Eagle Scout, the highest rank i the organization Those taking part will be: J. Wil- on Loverton, Homer Smith, Basil Postlewaite, C. C. Hines, jr.; John E. Boyd, the 6th; Willlam Dukes, James Douglas, Hugh Wertz, Charles Lan- man, Kenneth Stubbs, Guy Glassford, Benjamin Morgan, John B. Richard- son, Rush Lincoln, Robert Gordon, Edward Russell, Elljott Murphy, Har- rold Call, Martin Silverberg, John Fisher. ton at the Wardman Park Theater today, continuing through Tuesday The production inaugurates some- & new in the motion picture world. Although complete in itself, it supplies a gap in the story of “Robin Hood.” Combined with Doug- las Farbanks' picture it presents a comprehensive record of that his- torical period when King Richard left England on the Third Crusade until his return. The story of the lfon-hearted monarch's adventures in Palestine has been pictured with the sweep of an epic and the warm ap- peal of romance. Massive sets were constructed, gorgeous costumes, weapons and scores of articles typical of the period of the Third Crusade were obtained with great effort. Hundreds of riders, archers and swordsmen were rigldly trained to portray the thrilling con- flicts of the Crusader King's forces and the hordes of Saracens, from whom Richard sought to wrest the Holy Land and the Holy Sepuichre. The cast includes Wallace Beery, as Richard; Kathleen Clifford, Mar- guerite de la Motte, John Bowers, Charles Gerrard, Tully Marshall, Clar- ence Geldert, George Sigman and Wil- bur Higby. th Ambassador—ucharley's Aunt.” Sydney Chaplin, brother of Charlie, is the star of the film version of the famous playy/ “Charley’s Aunt,” to be shown the first three days of this week at Crandall's Ambassador Theater, beginning this afternoon. In the cast are FEthel Shannon, Lucien Littlefleld, Alec.B. Fran- cis, Phillips Smalley, Eulalie Jensen and Priscilla Bonner. A comedy, “By Hook or Crook,” and a new Grant- land Rice “Sportlight” also will be shown. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Douglas Falrbanks, in “The Thief of Bagdad”; Saturday, “The Siren of Seville,” starring Priscilla Dean, supported by Allen Forrest, Stuart Holmes, Claire Delorez, Bert Woodruff and Methew Betz; also Lige Conley, in “What a Night!” and the second installment of “Idaho,” the new chapter play. Central—"Midnight Mollie" In “Midnight Mollle,”” which will be shown the first two days of this week at Crandall's Central Theater, be- ginning this afternoon, Evelyn Brent is said ‘to offer a clever por- trayal of a feminine crook. She is as a lovely young purloiner of valuable paintings. The comedy 1s “Love’'s Sweet Piffle,” and a travel scenlc, “Greece,” also will be shown. Tuesday and Wednesday, Pola Negri, in Paramount's film version of W. Somerset Maugham's play, “East of supported by Edmund Lowe, Rockliffe Fellowes and Noah Berry: also Lige Conley, in “Motor Mad’ Thursday and Friday, Norma Tal- madge and Eugene O'Brien, In First National’s production of “The Only Woman,” and Jimmy Adams, {n “Why Hurry?': Saturday,- Doris Kenyon, Lioyd Hughes, Frank Mayo and Ho. bart Bosworth, in First National's “If T Marry Again,” and Cliff Bowes, in “Welcome Danger. ]‘.4;!’10011'!—A lIJOVC‘G Wilderness.” Corinne GriMith, First National star, will be wiotured at the Lincolm AMUSEMENTS. PRISCILLA DEAN Ambasrador Strand Ya[e Histo TRGINTA glimpsed “Vincennes," of 1612 and of 1779 in “Jamestown” and the second two of th series of “Chronicles of America Pho- topla which will be shown Tues- day afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Am- bassador, sponsored by the Yals Club of Washington and the Daughters of the American Revolution In many ways this series is unique berond any project ever undertaker in the history of the motion picture In a word, they are conceived to be actual re-creations of signific events in the making of Amer Their accuracy does not mean alone in the facts of history | pleted, but every character, costu | outdoor setting, indoor sce Implement and weapon, every | of architecture and decora: thing which flashed screen, bears authenti of the propriety of its use Each production represents months of painstaking research work and the In The E PICIURE a vacant lot in of a Chinese laundry in the Angeles of 16 years ago. On a half dozen flimsy clothes lines various and sundry shirts and other garments are dangling in the breeze. Here and there piles of rusty tin cans are covered with vig- orous growths of weeds. Broken boxes and general refuse cover the remainder of the lot. A little group of actors appear around the cor - ner, armed with make-up hoxes, suit cases, mir- rers and what not They are followed by a curious crowd of onlookers. As the crowd gathers the Chinese laun- dryman peeps out of the rear win- dow, dashes out to the clothesiin takes down the drying clothes an ducks back to his ironing board, mumbling something in his native tongue. Plainly he is disturbed. The actors stop at the edge of the lot. One of them—a strapping, big fellow—steps forward, kicks his foot against a pile of tomato cans and ex- claims, “Mon Dieu! This, writes a First National dream- er with a pen, is the setting of the first moving picture made in Los An- geles. It is the start of the film in- dustry in California. < Of that little group of aotors only one has lived through the years that have Intervened. Only one has had his name flashed on the screen, dis- plaved on the electric signs and past- ed in huge posters through all the years. He iIs the big fellow who first stepped onto the vacant lot. He is Hobart Bosworth. Bosworth, & historic figure on the screen, is now writing the history of his life in connection with the devel- opment of the motion picture indus- try for the California State Library at Sacramento. He has preserved seo- tions of all the films in which he has appeared, and “stills” of all the pic- tures. The history and the pictures will be preserved throughout the com- ing years at the State library, a last- ing memory to the man who stumbled on the tomato cans. Bosworth, playing an important role In “Chickie” at the New York studios of First National, between scenes, sits at one side much of the detail every- the is upon the rear Hobart Bosworth. Theater the first thres days of this week, beginning this afternoon, in “Love’s Wilderness,” a eolorful screen adaptation of Pearl Doles Bell's story, “Wllderness.” She is supported by Holmes Herbert and Tan Keith. The story is one of a girl who subjects herself to hardship and adventure in search of happiness, and finally finds it on the jungle convict isiand of Le Diable. Walter Hiers, in an amusig Christis two-reeler, “Short Change,” and the Kinograms also will be shown. Wednesday and Thursday Lewis S. Stone, Conrad Nagel and Marguerite De La Motte, with Louise Fazenda and Claude Gillingwater, will be seen In Robert Z. Leonard's pro- ductjon of “Cheaper to Marry.” This is a screen version by Frederic and Fanny Hatton of the stage play by Samuel Shipman. Sennett's “Riders of the Purple Cow” will be the com- edy, and Nell Shipman will offer a added attragtion in “White Water. “Oh, Doctor,” is announced for Friday and Saturday, supplemented by the “Our Gang” comedy, “Every Man for Himself,” with the first installment of the new chapter play, “Idaho,” added for Saturday. Short reels and musical embetlishment by Louis N. Brown will be added daily. American. Today, “One Glorious Night morrow, “The Price She Paid”; Tues- day, “Her Night of Romance: Wed- nesday, “Worldly Goods”; Thursday, “When'a Girl Loves”; Friday, “Locked Doors.” to- ated judgment | ry C[assics | torical = The Yale nical ture lengths purpose rep lights of ! the arly Days | time mak 1 off mo I | movies, days of Justry, worth revealed a littl days of the business {n California. “I shall never forget that day | said Bosworth. “I shall never forget that vacant lot in back of that lau dry. There is a big chain store there now. Perhaps not a dozen persons know that th vie business in C fornia started ere I had gone out ¥ health. movie | th - and Bos of the early to California for ¥ wanted played f with ® I tWo ested sea scene down at the 1908, We were an's Power.” Fran} was @ dreamer, and Tor udio executive wi re the heads of t We started that pic 1909, and finished it for the making That to make “T} | Boges, wh Persons, First Natic producing un: ture on Ma; on May of a picture! But we had our troubles. In the first place we were warned by the po- lice that any actor appearing in the street in makeup would be arrested Every hand was against us. I was diractor, scenarfo writer, actor—in short, did everything but clean the cuspidors. We wanted a fire depart- ment in one picture. To get it wa provided a fund for an old fire horse the department wanted to retire. That pleased the fire department officials so much that they fusnished a fire er gine for one scene, and we had made a step forward “We, went on for some time, turning out three and four one-reelers a week I wrote the scripts, edited them, titled them and directed them. meanwhile acting the principal roles. In the group were Betty Hart, Stella Adams, Jva Shepard, Jimmie Crosby, Frank Boggs, Tom Persons, Frank Montgom try and James Magee When the other movie men saw what we were turning out, they started drifting in. A little commu nity center was started. We bullt cement stage in October of that y Then in December. Bison came Los Angeles. Vitagraph came along and then Lubin. Hollywood was the ma Apollo. Today and tomorrow, Norma Tal- madge and Eugene O'Brien, in “The Only Weman,” and Neal Burns, in “Easy Pickin's": Tuesday and Wed nesday, Eric von Stroheim’s “Greed, and Aesop fable, “In Dutch”; Thurs- day and Friday, Anna Q. Nilsson Lewls S. Stone and Mary Astor, in “Inez From Hollywood,” and Our “Buccaneers”; Satur- ‘airbanks _and I Battling Fool”; . in “Motor Mad,” and “Gallop Today and tomorrow Pola Negri, in st of Suez,” and Lloyd Hamilton in “Hookec Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Douglas Fairbanks, in “The Thief of Bagdad”; Friday Griffith’s “Amer Saturday, Jack Hoxie, in “Daring Chances"; juvenile comedy, “The Goat Getters,” and Crandall-Hahn “Kiddies Karnival” to introduce the new chapter play, daho,” installment number one. Carolina. Marion Davies Tuesday and Today and tomorrow in’ “Janice Meredith”; Wednesday, Barbara La Marr, in S : Thurs Betty Blythe, n Friday and Saturday, Betty in “Peter Pan.” Chevy Chase. Today and tomorrow (doors open Sunday, 2:30 p.m.), the famous Rock- ett Bros.' production of “Abraham “(Continued on Fourth Page.) “Recoil” Bronson,