The evening world. Newspaper, April 6, 1918, Page 6

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ROSR WINTER IN YMAN TIME” hina nF, "THE EVENING WORLD, BATURDAY, APRIL 6, set stony ae te ARAL NER S OPE RRE RROR y o 1918.” *‘Hearts of the World’’ Is Found a Homely Epic, More Than Picture Play; It Is a World Drama ‘ 7 MAssgvenrra "@; Wien "Many CARL ad TaN ioves Nt LIGHTNING’ THEAtee ‘ : ~ v CHARLOTTE WALKE IN” NON : ; 7 ¥ Won Ee se HOBSON Hawt Loans Pp : : boon 2 ne MARYLYNN MILLER 4ND MARJORI eT at Best Tey BONER Nas Ral PRmee ATOR THeaES **MAIDS OF AMERICA” ed in the film spectacle of that name,| as Cleopatra, The , the pyra- / Laurette Taylor |r Gorancnia ee neesque| vi comes 10 toe acvteny obvae| ide tad ts ¢ molt vf Sh k ones. for one week beginning with a mat-/ the naval ba tf Actium, are some n a espeare “Maids of America” will come to|!8ee to-morrow, The Bara is vv the —_—_—_—— the Columbia Theatre and p ' Laurette Taylor struggled into the ‘ Griffith’s New Triumph| Carries Spectators “Over There’’—Great War Pictures Shown With a Human Quality That Makes Play as Big as Mankind. By Charles Darnton. OTHING could be more simple than “Hearts of the World,” Griffith's vivid picture of the war exhibited at the Forty-fourth Street Theatre, for the very good feason that It goes straight to id heart. The simplicity of the story aces | greatly to the realism of scenes that Sugeest war with the sacrifice and suffering that | men, as well as women, are taking as| their duty. Throughout this picture without its glory, but | fl coforny Grow there is directness. Most of all, it gives you the sense of being “over there.” You feel that you are part of it, fighting every inch of the way to keep ths Germans back. Mr. Griffith 1s, to be sure, the field marshal of the motion picture world. die swept it first with “The Birth of @ Nation.” He is an artist with a broad scope. It is not his business bad Dother with small matters. l& there could be such a thing as Pa homely epic, I should describe ‘Hearts of the World” in those terms, for it reveals village people living and fighting for their homes in France. is noarest and dearest to you is the| finest thing known to mankind. This, | I take it, is what Griftith has en-| deavored to show with the greatest war picture that the screen has re- vealed. There 1s @ love story that makes a| @entimental appeal, but the panorama of war unfolded is of first interest, Agaivet the pleasant acenes of vi PHOTO PLAYS. RAN yaa ALL WEEN, Noon to 1/50 PN Prices 203040 ‘OLPH ZUKOR Presen Cian % pall ealaneale MAN Gai To battle for the thing that | ~ . | lage life in France ts hurled the order for mobilization, followed by the} movement of troops along roads that | seem like paths to death, When the| trenches are reached, white roc! Kets! ACK PICKFORD AT RIALTO. 3218 make the night-sky as clear as day All the Inventions of modern war fare, for that matter, are set forth in this fascinating picture-piay Great, hulking “tanks” go careering awkwardly over enemy trenches: nes of tnfantry move spaces, and horses carry their riders Big guns across vast into the thick of the fight recoiling at every outburst, are no less interesting than the gunners who leap upon them for a fresh charge. In dther words, you see war | s fought without thought of y thought of country, ity and right In a human way, nothing could be buman apne, more appealing than the simple peas RT IN STRANGE GE F HER HENS RUSS Sth PRIMTIVE METHOD, Mattar Icomeny Lox ata A ae 'MABLL | NO KaMHANI D big Wuderfal Miz “THE FLOC NEW tory of Ciery “son OF DEMCCHALY' Greater VA ants, carrying their poor b jand trudging along roads | heavy aden carts, After all who are suff war, for the le they ) them before they yers, The seo them on y recognized in the t you might easily imag |tne t the scenes were anatched fr field. Wet the is al | Ways a 6 ity, the rea of war, £ and cur | {in this » But one f¢ tlon at th American lage and Jaimple, r the story artist in h h Ja brave-hearte j her from a self-sat ve of melodr amat » fact that cor | GEOA SRGMANA ~ ry Vou STROnM nge of mind, Dor 1 man and Lian hy ‘olne; t Anderson gives @ liu! uch to a pollu; Master Alexanc der covers himself Lava nd tears ag a jealous chile Goorge A. Slegemann sug gance and brutality of the mr arts of the Wor! ure-play. It assumes the pr portions of a mua drama, IN “BL INKER BEAN” FILM | “iis Majesty, Bunker Bean," with Jack Pickford as the s grapher who thinks he is an Egyptian king re carnated, will be the Paramoun 6 feature at the Rialto he . le qualities of r ; c story have be« into screen comedy n a) PHOTO PLAYS. of the greatest 9 Way has seen in ve that ts rousing Am KAISER production bi of th that hae aude BROADWAY THEATRE AT 41st srKenr, Mata. 2.90.4,30 0M The, Ei ranks of Shakespearlan actresses at the Criterion Theatre yesterday af- | ternoon when she appeared in scenes | from “The Taming of the Shrew,” “Romeo and Juliet," and “The Mer- chant of Venice,” Indeed tt might be | said that she bit and snarled and | fought her way to the front, for surely po Katharina ever before gave such a realistic fisticuff exhibition to an amazed audience, She wrestled and | fought with Petruchio according to |the more Ilberal rules before the Marquis of Queensberry’s day Until Petruchio swung her around by the walst, dashed her into a seat, and sat on her for several minutes. Later she engaged in a few rounds with the servant Grumio for the possession of a bone between her teeth, and then | she added poetic beauty to the finish | by licking the platter clean, !""In the balcony scenes of “Romeo and Jul Miss Taylor looked lovely and declaimed haltingly to the Romeo | of Jose Ruben, played in @ very minor o was an intellig Shylock. .Miss Taylor, after the performance, disarmed criticism |with her usual engaging candor by Ndmitting her defects and Inalsting on the necessity of “plunging In” to achieve any goal. She has plunged. } > | ARNOLD DALY AT RIVOLI | IN PATRIOTIC FILM PLAY) OW. GRirri tH THANKING THe ALIEN OR nyse Arnold Daly will be starred at the | Rivoli in “My Own United State: Edward Everett Hale's epic of pa- triotiam, “The Man Without a Coun- try,” put into photo-dramatio form by Anthony Paul Kelly, ‘The story ts developed so that succeeding e| in American history show such chi eters as Thomas Jefferson, Alexa band," a Paramount-Mack Sennett absurdity feqturing “Pep,” the com- edy cat, will add fur hilarity to] ‘ Stephen the bil A scenic feature and the | der Hamilton, Mares are oiae Animated Magazine w mplete th per president Lincoln, — There will film.enterte iment. Annic be @ feature of | also be Italian war pictures and mu- sical numbers. Rose PHOTO PLAYS. BWAY ar 49 SK TRIER in Bi PICTURE” Direction of S.L.ROTHAPFEL Commencing To-Morrow The Frohman Amusement Corporation WILLIAM L, SHERRILL, President, Presents for the First Time in America Arnold Daly AND AN ALL-8TAB CAST “MY OWN UNITED | STATES” PAUL KELLY. Man Without @ Countey." ree ee Rased on Maw i “The He ROUGHT, EXHIBITOR." = BY THE -Theatre weuis ne 6 LD ¥ EVERY BATTLING IN THE MOUNTAINS OF ITALY (POURTH INSTALMENT OF OFFIGIAL ITALIAN WAR PICTURRS.) THE RIVOLI ORCHESTRA MR. ROTHAPFEL and Brno Rapes Conducting RIALTO MALE QUARTETTE RIVOLI CHORUS TO-DAY—Last Performance Musterlinck’s “THE BLUEBIRD." ig ry TIMES SQUARE With JAC! vermis. ° “HIS MAJESTY, BUNKER BEAN”’ pickrorb TION BictURE* Direction of S.LROTHAPFEL Hy HARRY LEON WI A Paramount Picture, Ht FPALTO A COMMENCING TO-MORROW Jenne Ie Tasks orasanye RIESE SEI | err ere ees new two-act satire called “ n America.” In the comp: i. Hall, Bobby Barry, Florence Roth r, Alfaretta Symonds, Mae Stanley Joseph Weston, Harvey Brook: ace Jenning . Lew King and stool, together with a chorus of Chere are also vaudeville featu prides tevin ANNIVERSARY WEEK AT THE HIPPODROME Anniversary week will be cele- brated at the Hippodrome. On April 12 the great amusement resort wiil pass its thirteenth birthday, which ill be observed with special features a special programm« ing April 14, in whict the navy and the Stage ar Reliet wi PHOTO PLAYS. _ | “PHOTO PLAYS. EMPEY HIMSELF WILL Thrill You on the Stage He lectrity you by kon the ger Hear the Man You've Tell the Things You've Heard About and then WATCH HIM DO ’EM in the great VITAGRAPH production ‘OVERTHETOR’ 9:7 | wom EMPEY esc LYRIC Tre PRICES NOTES unday ¢ the army, Women's and @ street Patiala THEDA BARA FILM AT ACADEMY ¢ OF MUSIC WEST 42d STREET Twice Daily 2,308.3 The, Eves, 25¢ te 81.00, LY APPEAR AT BOTH Muinews, escent fat, end, Bax SE EY W PRRPORMANCES TO-DA ‘The 11fo and loves of the siren of the Nile—Cleopatra—are vividly portray- PHOTO PLAYS. THE MosT NOTABLE AUDIENCE THAT | EVER FILLED A THEATRE IN NEW YORK CHEERED | CRIED APPLAUDED LAUGHED SHOUTED WEPT WITH JOY When the final scene came, 2,000 people were on their feet paying thunderous tribute to the man who had thrilled them as no other could have done, save a Washington, a Lincoln, or a Wilson, or some equally great statesman. D. W. GRIFFITH’S SurRise HEARTS of |: THE WORLD (MANAGEMENT OF WILLIAM ELLIOTT, F, RAY COMSTOCK AND MORRIS GEST) 4 A LOVE STORY OF THE GREAT WAR EIGHTEEN MONTHS IN THE MAKING Battle Scenes Taken on the Battlefields of France Under Auspices of the British and French War Offices The greatest achievement in Mr, Griffith's entire career, surpassing even “The Birth of a Nation” and “Intolerance.” y No papier mache scenery, no studio “props,” no supers, no artificialities of any kind figured in filming this won- derful new Griffith masterpiece. 44th ST. TIEATRE- TWICE DAILY | EVGS, & SAT. MAT, | OTHER MATINEES INC. SUN., 2.15 & 8.15 | 25c to $1.50 | 28c to $1.00 “Mr. Griffith has Proved He is Still the Master- Producer, With No Real Rivals in His Art’ on MATINEE TO-DAY AND EVERY DAY