The evening world. Newspaper, January 19, 1918, Page 17

LARGE BABY CROP FOUND ON HAND FOR “BLUE BIRD” _ Infant Actors Fill Port Lee Studio and Deafen Film Director With Noise. Producers of motion pictures are Wending every effort to obtain for the eoreen the best there ts in the spoken @rama. No price is too high for them te pay and no regular stage produo- tion too diMoult for them to repro- @uve tn films, “The Song of Songs,” staged by A. B. Woods at the Eltings Thoatre, ‘With Irene Fenwick in the principal Tole, about three years ago, has been Weoured by the Artoraft interests, and Biaie Ferguson will play Mins Fen- wick's part on the screen. The role is one that should fit Miss Ferguson's | talents admirably. Maurice Tourneur is producing "The Blue Bird" for Artcraft distribution at the Famous Players-Lasky studio tm Fort Lee, N. J. He says there |s mo shortage in the baby crop this winter. In one scene he had occasion to use a lot of wee bits of humanity. He advertised for them and hundreds were brought to the studio, They} made @o much noise that Director) Tourneur turned the matter of en- gaging them over to an assistant and took a day off. In & recent voting contest, the ob- feot of which was to determine, if possible, which photo-plays were the most popular in 1917, 5,000 persons ‘expressed opinions. Mary Pickford in Artoratt plotures drew first, second and third piaces in “The Little A fean,” "The Poor Little Rich Girl and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.” Douglas Fairbanks came second. Marguerite Clark and Pauline Frod- 4rick were the stars in plays which drew many ballots, Miss Frederick, by the way, is act-|___ “La Tosca” at {ng in the Bardou play the Famous Players-Lasky studios. This production promises to be tho | most pretentious of any the Para- mount ever distributed, Juitan Eltinge has been particu- larly successful in his female imper- sonations on the screen. “The Wid- ow's Might,” his latest film, has been widely distributed. Mr. Eltinge ts at present in vaudeville, but be will foou return to pictures “Tue Guilty Man," staged at the Astor Theatro some months ago by A. H. Woods, has been produced tn pictures. Ruth Helen Davis wrote ‘am play originally, but the late Charles Klein rewrote it before tt was produced, Bessue Hayakawo, the Japanese fum star, is soon to be seen in a Part mount production called “Hidden Pearls.” He will be supported by Margaret Loomis, Theodore Roberts, James C: h Beery, Clarence | Geldart, Fic e Vidor, Jack Holt Gustav’ vor Woodward. Vivian Martin will be film play called “A Pe Advance reporta say yitertitz2 and Henr As & goodly sup interest. It was v Munting from a s Jincoln, er by Joseph ( Se SES PROMINENT PRODUCER WHO HAS GIVEN STAGE MANY BIG SUCCESSES. {1} 4h / TUOLLY iS Bay RIGHT BRSor CER 5th Ave. THEATUE. Longest | The Four Homes of Vaudeville in New York Joyous Scene in “‘Maytime,”’ | | WH Sruee |. [MARION DAVIES WRITES « HER OWN PHOTOPLAYS {She Also Finds Time to Play Fea- | tured Roles in Musical | Productions Marion Da the photoplay “Runaway Romany, though still ns, has met with unusual pot as an ac- om, Author and star o | 1 ea) ss in the spoken drama an¢ tee Considered one ¢ beautiful of Ame * young wom: | ot the stage, he 1 i | painted by half 9 dozen | tists. It was o | last that Miss Day |carcer with @ sina Look, Listen!" featured in “W | —- ONLY ONE THING WRONG. man, who is ft on of Bug ritage,”" n her sti«e art in “Stop, ently she was an MY Music.” ells a funny story n whieh he Incurred th of @ well known wo ro | product) |any too well in the provinces and when it was announced that anotie week would see {t on Broadway Sherman thought a word of advice |\vould not go amiss, so he approached | the lady. Thia thing won't Inst a day Yew York,” he eatd, “Let'n cal jquite out here and sneak back quict Nothing doing! It was the fair first chance for a Broadwa ling, 90 she scorned Lowel ‘polit: tip and stalked away in anger. A week Inter the play opened in It cloned in six New daya, » fair pro er in the | Sore. “How are things going, Gene? she said the author, "Couldn't 23d St. THEATRE Established F. F, PROCTOR’S THEATRES Built by a Loyal Public, an Encouraging Press and a Co-operative The- atrical Profession 58th St. THEATRE Always a Good Show ot Wholesome Amusement 125th St. THEATRE Y HE ALMOST CAUGHT IT 1 II, tenor here saw that hia " rural in a teanT d Wr | be better! out But let ou've got one drn ‘4 ing Yout | SHE Hanh Aide sealed lg) ACTORS. Marjorie it u like us?" wan t n ur Tho entire y. | Wasn't nd some | We organ ged our f the ON ul engagemer town re real talent ay and ha nost p my earl eare onsen )| BEAUTIFUL ACTRESS va| WHO SHEDS BRILLIANCY A STAGE SUCCESS, Wish Every: body in the Whole World A Happy Dew Year citizen in the t to Ro on the ‘and we unong them. us and de- THE _EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, BROOKLYN'S ELKS Musical Play at the Shubert yyy Turn pqyr age eae 4 HAVE WILD NIGHT : ' Give Capt. Evans, Mayor Hy- lan and President Riegel- mann Hard Ride. night about the moorings of the Elke in Brooklyn. Indoors they safely | rode the storm and some of them rode the goat—not quite #© safely, per- haps. It was a big night for the horned hem! tn the city beyond the bridge. were to phere ws group was the merry and the atmos. mellow, A coneptouous omposed of seafaring 1482 Broadway Crews, Josephine Victor, y Marie Carroll, Sydney | The seas were rolling nigh tant} In the storm-bound lodge all things CHAMBERLAIN BROWN (AGENCY) EXCLUSIVE MANAGER FOR Dorothy Jardon, Emily Ann Wellman, Laura Hope Fox, Helen Lowell, Mae Melvin, Zelda Sears, Walter Regan, Effelie Polini, Conrad Nagel, Martha Mayo, Norval Keedwell, Donald MacDonald, Ted Gibson, Thomas, Sue MacManamy, Tyler Brooke, Florence Earle, Edwin Nicander and others 1918, 17 uten laine and pilots ana {c apt. Harry Blair, superintendent of | | BLUE AND GRAY IN | IN HARMONY. | mates f satom House brokera,|a lot of pliers in Brooklyn which ne} marine engir steamship owners, | Government hasn't found yet; Georse | Mirth Anatversary of anh ries Made Oc- superintendents and agents, Oh, bo! | F, Doherty, Custom House broker, | easton of Fraternal Celebea and th e there with the horns /and “Big* ‘Tom McDonald, the ubber| PRTERSBURG, Va, Jan. 19.—The The t crowd of new brothers | man, Mr, McDonald tan't made vu! | miue and the Gray united to-day fp In many 9 night was there to re |of rubber. He just grows it, ships tt | celebrating the 111th anniversary of the , pag dy ‘ev Mie Capta. John tial birth of Gen. Robert B. Lee, members og 4 Oe eee nar he nate iehaet Sullivan \o Pratt of | of the Vireinié Benate and House ef Anna That accounted for the/the Sandy Hook SKIPDET | Hyete, 0 Po " crowd faring men, Capt. Bvans|Eddle MeQrath, former ight 'ouse | Delemates Joining Pennaylvania old was first officer on the Orleans whon | Keeper of Shannon Shoals. lera of the 219th Infantey in the exer s he | Tom, Delahunty and James Moran | cisos at Camp Lee She raced the Rochester across the | wore there from the marine enginesrn; | alg sous to Fro and was the fitst| George Behrens, Wiliam Murray The Kenate, in accepting the Invites American #\ip to defy the mandate! John F. Doran, Robert Cox and Robert | t!or the desire on the part lof Kaiser tt) whan he created 4 | Jones of the i ntry to “wipe out ir feoas ft ot ou: | Mike Shanno nectional feel aubmarine gone for the benefit of our | WhMehalt adin hee 4 | boats ‘ponsora for no noldier,”* Sine en Capt v ® ha sated | (ey saw him hrough. iput arre )’ or Bince th pl. Kvans has . 1 Rmong otter initiations were thons |. ; ‘u ree Spa Phe spegaihe through the zone jn defiance of the | | of Mayer Jonn 1 n and Horoweh eile aa he page) Wabash boats twelve times, He bane Vin | Prenident Miog His Honor, it | Cov. William Ho Mann who fought thirteenth trip successfully, and Hitt rturbed over | ander 4 o" . mt and Brig abide (hes tra ta tere Wak co wee 4ale oat, whose anticn weren't in it ’ ett, who suceceded h the bumps he'd got used to on | Gen khite io command at Campy front. Hut the Captain admitted he BRT Sphagbonty day that terrors of the sone wers nothing to those of an Elk initiation B-r-r-r! It wow some goat he oar be sald Behind hin was the flower of she water f them wearing | horns and Among them 9130 Bryant Elizabeth Murray, Harry | WINCHELL SMITH & JOHN L. GOLDEN | Predict that “Turn to the Right” will live forever, and that this will be the best year in theatrical history. Shields, Clara Joel, Frank NORTO RECRUITED BY JOHN THE S Now Crowding tt © Julian Eltinge 1s again demonstrat- i ing that he is the world’s foremost box ) office attraction. In vaudeville, as in his own plays, S.R. O. seems to be “| the slogan. NORTON Erstwhile of the Varieties of the team of ‘FLO- AM PLAYING THE ROLE OF ANGELINA STOKES AND AM VERY, VERY HAPPY THE LADY VERSATILE |ANNETTE KELLERMANN —: HERSELF : RETURNING TO BROADWAY WITH HER [Big Show _ THE TRIUMPH OF HER CAREER Conceived and Produced by Annette Kellermann The Greatest Musical Production Ever Staged in Vaudeville TEN GORGEOUS SCENES--LAVISH COSTUMES LARGE COMPANY INCLUDING THE KELLERMANN GIRLS A TWENTIETH CENTURY KELLERMANN REVUE ON LAND THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN AND DEEP SEA GROTTOS WORDS AND MUSIC BY IRVING BERLIN, TED SNYDER, BERT GRANT, JOE YOUNG AND SAM LEWIS N & LEE CORT TO STRENGTHEN STAFF OF FLO he Cort to Capacity IN THE PART RICHARD WALTON TULLY PRESENTS GUY BATES POST “THE MASQUERADER” Playing at the BOOTH THEATRE, New York | Founded on the Novel by Katherine Cecil Thurston and written by John Hunter Booth THE SPECTACULAR “THE FLAME” MEXICAN DRAMA By RICHARD WALTON TULLY. ON TOUR, Under Management OLIVER MOROSCO ‘wrens “THE BIRD of PARADISE” By RICHARD WALTON TULLY Ss IN THE AIR — AT SEAj{ i ee