The evening world. Newspaper, July 26, 1919, Page 4

es and Characters in New Broadway Show, “The Five Million,’’ Now Playing at the Lyric eS WILLIAM & MBEAN as *mac* S.RSee As Savreiess ADAMS. Be Sue wa IM, ATR NOYES Ae “mince” HELTON AS GRANT ADAMS MARJoRiC Por As. NENG James GLEASON cotton cloth, vi 1,000, will be sold to highest bidder at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in a few weeks, represents cloth purchas: for jourd “ot navy for are) “enw ‘sate wi 49 P ; Se * DANCE PALACE Terrace ib none mmoxx AMUSEMENT — ram BT ‘STA. * STuiTs. Times Square ase ektnt 8 STEEPLECHASE FOR FUN CONEY ISLAND. PaO PRS OF BURLESQUE” 3D MONTH “AMONG THE MOST EN- JOVYABLE AND ATTRAG- TIVE OFFERINGS ALONG BROADWAY.” Bvening Journal, Ki ae under Baturdaye, Sundays and Private’ Lessous—Balf tnstructors rank The ft “Close-Up” News land and R vy Stop —that is to say, the direct progress Play, without any of the usual liter writer substance of a photoplay is u ing in screen authorship, Th material; Bo let me explain; an undiscovered ‘Thinking wall can by any means come into i Ponent of ideas and emotions, for words, or a substitute for a lot of the colloquial expression goes, The poet thinks in rhyme; the E pharses of invective or argument or pictures is almost non-existent, words. or éra almost eve: AMUSEMENTS. THE ART OF DANCING THE POETRY OF DINING Modern civilizaaion bi e" ed that of the ancient Greek: ‘and fioeane in combining the two, Petronius, the elegant, would find a re- tupn to earth for just one evening here an agreeable experience, With the rhythm and smoothness of the dance tha dinner ig served; the feodstutts, selected by experts,” iy ured accordin the “keenest Frenc ance by an ¥, ume trious chef; eac mered seasoned please the palate and quantitied to satiaty the appetite; the Fuests fascinated wi the surroundings of a Persian belakhane ; # veritable dreamland of dining is SHASTY’S BALCONNADES Overlooking Luna Lake from the Castle House ‘The Dinner Magnificent, $2.50 LUNA PARK An excellent auto-parking field adjoins, FRONE CONEY ISLAND—2000, + BOO’ SERVES ITS PRO-& LONGED Success.” ~—Gitobe “A SUBSTANTIAL HIT,” Mail, @ THE LA AN s LAE ict ae tm Weeks in Advance. Permitted in All Parts —— = St: scenario form; without recour without recqurs n adventure in direct’ “picture thinking” and “picture writing’ ‘The writer who enlists mechanical s| tion and address; the novelist thinks for the iMustrative substitutes, only more or less It ts not only that the bulk of our photo: ¢ y original photopla: isaabe + Ceaarhe MACNANAMY as REEN| and Views.of; Film Its People. __ By Julian Johnson. _ UPERT HUGHES and Rex Beach are going to do some genuine ploneer- ey are to do some “original thinking” in e to books, dramas or other of their even to stories or synopses, they of @ motion picture from idea to. photo- rary go-betweens upon which the type- sually built. Perhaps you don't realize how very unusual this is. in pictures,” strangely enough, is still rt, but intelligent observers who are the closest followers | of the cinema feel that screen creators must do this before the reflecting ts own as a distinct and individual ex- pictures which are a mere synopsis of words, are not properly pictures at all. ubstitutes for pen and ink learns, os to “think on a typewriter.” dramatist thinks th terms of conversa- in terms of narration! the orator in the harangue, But the man who thinks in great majority of photoplays are successful, for printed or spoken Plays are adaptations of novels vy is an adaptation of a story first written in narrative form, And, indeed, what else can manufacturing companies do save ask for such stories? To invite the submission of scenarios ts to solicit another Babel, Few experts ever agree on scenario form. The ama- teur author's notion of a scenario is Primeval chaos, Mr. Beach, who has no unduly ex- alted idea of the motion picture's tm. Portance anyway, does believe this, and it ts a belief which is basically sound and sensible at least: that a picture is @ picture, and that story | subjects must be correctly analyzed for thelr respective principal values. Are they of the speaking stage? Then by all means make plays of them— not picture plays, Are they novels or narrations? Treat them accordingly, Is the story of strange scenes and | New figures of men in which the op- | tle interest has a genuine appeal, or [18 the episode or episodes a proces- sion of really pictorial situations in more familiar surroundings? ‘Thon by all means make petures of them; the writing, insists Mr, Beach, make sure that you have a true pletorial sub- Jeet, I think the deolsion of Mr, Hughes ,;4nd Mr, Beach to study original pic- ture writing is quite the biggtst ad- Vance, the furthest piece of pioneering that any authors of prominence have ever made. We have come to a ple- pass when no author is any ger entitled to credit for “allow- * his works to be filmed. Why does he “allow” them? Because he kets a lot of money in return, The ovies have proved themselves in the affections of the populations of the whole world. r is the author who merely con- nts t to the studio and stand on the side lines and generally crit- ieise and ly approve do- ing a eroie thing, It is easy tell how a thing shouldnt be done; to tell accurately how it should be done is a very dif- ferent matter, But Hughes and Beach have ways been a pair of indomitadles, second hag done a large share in making known the dangerous waite the earth. tiret bes ¥, Jughes Goldwyn studio in Culver City, Cal. j but in every piece of original picturo| been a soldier—an officer of rank, through no fault of ability or desire deprived of a chance to fight in Flanders, And now here they go ogain, soldiering and adventuring in the piping days of peace--mapping, discovering and fighting through the dark country of th enario. is ready at the Mr, Beach left for Culver City yes- terday. I hear on pretty good authority that Samuel Goldwyn is making plans for a New York studio, This in- creases by another large unitrthe im- portant, motion Picturg ma nufactury ing enterprises now ing’ for productive effort ‘ener e shadow of the home executive offices It is said that the new Goldwyn} studlo—plans for which are sidered in architectural det Present time—will cost sev dred thousand dolla: a on a centrally located lot. But it does not mean, in all prob: ability, any abandonment of Culver City and the great Goldwyn estab- lishment g0 recently acquired. All| Goldwyn productions will be made in California until next spring, at least, and thereafter, if the New York studio has been built according to present expectations, photoplays will be made at both ends of the linel The Universal Film Manufacturing | Company wants nothing but $25,000 stories for its chief emotional star, | Dorothy Phillipps. Tarkington Baker, | General Manager, has just broad. casted the word that his concern ex- pects to pay $100,000 for the young woman's next four screen plays—at the rate just named for each. But, lest hope spring too fondly in the ama- teur breast, let us say, that there is a} little catch of celebrity {in this: the| author's name must be a big and worth-while one. Bill Hart-is there any one who| calls him William?—as signed a new contract. He will continue to make pictures for the #ukor organization for a period of two years, during| which he will turn out nine ‘releasus The entire Hart company will remain intact, under the management of 1. H. Allen, producing at the same studio. ‘This new arrangement which is really merely a continuation of the old—will mean little to Har public, who may keep right on going to see him in the same theatres, in| the same type of photoplay in which | he has been appearing for four years Little Twuru Aoki, legally Mrs. Ses- sue Hayakawa, wife of the Japancse star, is to be featured in her own right by Universal, Her first pro- duction for them, made at Universal) City, is coming to release soon, to bi known as “The Breath of the Gods, Raoul A Jee Walsh is the latest sub- of a going-abroad-to-make-pic- tures rumor. The Fox director, having sompleted “Evangeline” with his own| wife, Miriam Cooper, in the titular| role, is now working with his own brother, George, at Fox's Fort studios in “From Now On,” the pic- turization of a story by Frank L. Packard, But his European plans have been formulated, it is said Packard, by the way, ia responsible for a great plot which has been woven pe @ great picture, Famous Playo' Lasky’s George Loane Lee original yarh, by Packard, ran serially in Munsey’s. Magazine; George M Cohan adapted it for the stage, and Vucker made the screen version, Lilian Walker, whom fang original- knew only as “Dimples,” will be the feminine star in a new serial t he released through Pathe. Nan “One Million Dollars Reward episodes, fifteen; authors, Arthur B. Reeve of “Craig Kennedy” prom- inence and. John W. Gray You know that slender reed, Al St, John? Nephew of Roscoc—vulgarly known as “Fatty"—Arbuckle, and purveyor of a good many laughs in the’ Arbuokle-Paramount comedies? Famous Players-Lasky will presen Al, bimself, all by bimself, in a | Lewis, Washington. at U , AY, 2 H, WHAT A GIRL,” a new musical comedy which hi head a successful run in Philadelphia, willbe presented Mon- day evening by the Measts. Shubert at the Shubert Theatre. The book and lyrics are by Edgar Smith and Edward Clark and the music is by Charigs Jules and Jacques Presburg. ‘The cast includes Frank Fay, Harry Kelly, Sam Ash, Ignacio Martinotti, Cooper, Sam Curtis, Hazel 46 Moffat, Adoree and Lewis Sloden. in “A Lonely Romeo,” aan moves to the Lew Fields now at the ‘asino Mon= y. A play described as an original melo- dramatio novelty will be presented Monday evening at the Republic The- atre by A. H. Woods. It bears tha title lof “A Voice in the Dark.” Ralph B. |Dyar is the author. The story deal |unusual manner, In the cast are Olive Wyndham, William B. Mack, Wrillam Boyd, Florine Arnold,. Anne Suther- land, Frank Monroe, Aricen Hackett, Richard Gordon and Stewart Wilson. NOTES. Herbert Rawlinson tn “A Dangerous Affair” will be the feature at the 8 Street Theatre the first half of next week. Dorothy Dalton in “Other Men's Wives” will be seen there the last half. “Peek-A-Boo” continues (o attract capacity crowds to the Columbia The- atre, New musical numbers are put in weekly. ae STRAND NEXT WEEK HAS WALLACE REID, Wallace Reid in “The Love Burg- lar,” an adaptation of Jack Lait's play, “One Of Us,” will be the fenture at the Strand next w An Outing Chester) scenic entitled “A Hair-Raising Jour-| ney” will be shewn as will be the sec- ond of the “Hallroom Boys" series. A special from the screen supplement | will show Mary Pickford at her, home| and the film programme will be filled | out with “Topics of the Day” and “The | Strand Topical Review,” Malcolm Mc- gachern and Dorothy South will sing, pte ws ra NORMA TALMADGE IS | FEATURE AT RIVOLI. | Norma Talmadge in “The- Way of a| Woman” will be seen on the Rivoli's| screen next week. It is the story of q poor but proud Southern girl. A new funny series of eight two-reelers | perannum, The contract is said to be for a long term. The Coytesville, N. studios of parceress are in process of overhaul- ing at present, making ready for a re- occupation in the near future, The plant je one of the largest in tho EF: and was only flosed when hifted all production to the west coast city. Short features will be made ‘here, including a new comedy series under the supervision of Tark- ington Baker. Lois’ Weber, probably” the best- known she-director, will.during the coming year produce for Famous Players-Lasky. Her husband, Phil- lips ‘Smalley, will be associated with her, as in the past. You will recall ong Mrs, Smatley's endeavors Borrowed Ci with Mildred Harris Chaplin; hoes,” with Mary MacLaren, and two pictures made lately with Anita Stewart—"A Mid. night Romance” and “Mary Regan.” Little Dan—better known as Cu- pid—got an awful wallop when Mrs. Harry Edwards divorced Harry Ed- wards. In case you're confused, re- member that Mrs. Edwards is Gladys | Brockwell on the screen, and that she married Harry Edwards when he was a fighter in training at Camp Since he did “Behind the Scenes” and “The Eagle's Mate” with Mary Pickford, James Kirkwood has laid aside the make-up box for the mega~ phone. But, having finished several pictures for Jack Pickford, Kirkwood decided to come back as an actor, #0 ho took the star part in Allan Dwan’s production, “Luck o’ the Irish.” Anna Q. Nilsson is the heroine and Nor- | man Kerry has a role. Ethel Lynne, for a jong time a charming comedienne for Christie, has iven it all up to become the bride of fred. Fishback, a director who grad- unted from Sennett’s high achool. The Fishbacks will proceed to stage a, lit- tle domestic comedy of their own; Ethel has forsaken the kleg-lights forever, she says. ‘They are saying on the coast that Lila “Cuddles” Lee is to score a real, finite hit in “The Admirable Crich- ton"—or no—"Male and Female, Cre- ated He Them.” At any rate, under Cecil De Mille's direction, Lila has blossomed into an actress in reality as well as advertising, and as the Little Sluvey in the Barrie play she js one ‘of the outstanding members of an all- star cast Florence Turner is directing one ree! comedies on the Universal lot. Time was when Florence was the acknowl- edged lady sovereign of the fiims—in the old Vitagraph days, when she played with Maurice Costello, She went to England and remained some years, She came back here for some perfunctory picture making, Now she is playing star roles under her own direction, Mary Alden came East for a vaca- tion, “She ‘had no more than un- packed her trunk when a representa- tive of the Real Art Company caught her unawares, and before she knew it she had agreed to do “Susan,” Mra. Fiske's part in the Constance Binney production of “Erstwhile Susan." The role of Barnabetta has been made the principal one in the screen version, Miss Binney will play it. Marguerite Courtot couldn't finish her part in “The Teeth of the Tiger,” with David Powell at the Famous studios in time, so Martha Mansfield will take her place in the cast of “Mothers of Men," the Edward Jose production now under way at the Tal- madge picture plant, Misa Courtot, by the way, is signed in advance to do @ serial, Coming Week with the solution of a mystery in an | | & Irwin, Weber & Ridner, A shld, ia ie “| Plays for the tl debresd Who Wants $25, 000 Plays; Stars of Motion Picture Screen vimntt Sab T et vis 4 | ; new called “A Baby Doll Bandit,” Bruce Scenic called “Scenic Succo- tashe and the Rivoli Pictorial will complete the film programme. Mark Winston will sing and Tulle Lindah!) will contribute a dance number potest ainon Kon |NEW DORGTAY GISH , | PICTURE FOR RIALTO The Him feature at the Rialto next week will be Dorothy Gish in her jtatest Paramount picture “Nugget Nell. This picture gives Miss Gish a chance to exercise her sense of the ridiculous, Jt tells a burlesque story of the “wild and movie We Christie comedy, “Shades of Shakes | Speare,” an educational scenic | Day and a Night at Coney Island” and the Rialto Magazine will be other pic- tures shown. Rosa Lesca and Greek | Evans will sing. pe GOOD VAUDEVILLE AT PROCTOR’S THEATRES |have Maye & Wynn, Regay & Shee- han, Wayne & Warren Girls, Mayo Mizune Japs and feature films the first haif of next week. During the second half te bill will consist of George F. tures Are Made.” He will submit it te, the First National for release uh- der his contract. If they accept it Chaplin will have just three more cumedies to do under his $1,000,000 agreement, as he has finished the suc- cessor to “Sunnyside.” Robert Edeson, fron from the stage, will M leading part in Eugene O'Brien's secoi stellar Selznick, "Sealed Heart. Ralph Ince will di- rect: Mrs. Ralph Ince—Incille Lee Stewart—is the leading. woman. or so ago Universal took alnot* & novel by* Arthur Somers Roche, and made it into a fifteen- led = “The script. It had been turned over to a scenariolst to be made into a five-reel feature. Ora Carew—ex-Serinettite— and Darrel Foss, from Triangle, will have the leading roles of the revised version, with William Dowlan direc- ting motto: If you've got. a good thing do it’ again. Petka Stanoyvitch is coming to America. He is coming to America to be adopted—and Geraldine Farrar- Tellegen will do the adopting, Petka- Proctor’s Fifth Avenue Theatre will | |. THEATRES. WINTER GARDEN + aM aet ot tm MONTE CRISTO Moore and Miss at Jean Var- Company, y dwell, ‘Sissin & Blake, | Whitledge & Beckwith and motion | pictures, Proctor’ | have the 23d Street first half of the | Hughie Clark, the Four ns | Mellos, Dorothy Dahl and Walling, | Charlotte Worth and the Braminos. | Beginning Thursday the bill wil show Hawthorne & Clark, the Four | Haley Sisters, Dave Manley, Martin | & Frabini and the El Vera’ Sisters, Films are shown et this house ce ——— BILL CHANGES DAILY AT LOEW'S y NEW aval ‘Theatro -will| Broadhurst , THE THRILLER OF FRUdtLks @GRIMSON ALIBI melodrama.""—Journal_of Commerce, || Gi Mionig iT Win Wa eer Bacal er’ Henne PLAYHOUSE {is aaah fae S304 “At 9 45 45° Norma Talmadge in “The Way of | Wonian,” taken from the stage suc- | cess, “Nancy Lee,”, will big | | feature of to-morrow's programme at | | Loow's New York Theatre and Roof. | The attractions scheduled for the bai- | ance of the week inciude Clara ball Young in Monday; Emmy of the | Season, | Brockwell in “The Sneak, ‘day; Mary MacLaren in on the Curren be the Gindys | wednes: | The Petal Jane El-| ladys Brock- | well in “The Girl Woman,” Friday, and Madeline Traverse in “Rose of the | West,” Saturday. a i LONELY AED jent Hit is sone eae k VANDERBILT SRROEENCING, SUNDAY, Rachel Croshere’ ALL. LAS m He Aidt BEER iy ‘ite iF duke EST CUMEDY HiT IN NEW YORK, | be Looors at. Rvery_ Performance. I THE FIVE MILLION me den.” Sta MATINEE YO.DAY. 220 Season's Gensational Syecees, enic ase TM OHN FERGUSON STRAND SPH Sy ono, THEATRE, “2: COHAN F se wick DatLy—s D. :W. GRIFFITH eFall of Babylon” KYRA ANO DANCING GIRLS ON THE STAGE, Spectacle Girls Dancing he's elther eight or eleven, he doesn't know which—is.a little Serbian ref- ugee who lost both parents early in the war. The Serbian Relief Com- mission tobk care of him, and some pictures and. stories .of him found thelr way to America, Miss Farrar, who was a contributor to the fund, thought him an engaging little chap and asked permission to adopt him. She'll send for him scon. PHOTO PLAY! B R oO. S. MOSS’ ADWAY 5TH WEEK---STILL PLAYING TO CROWDED HOUSES VANKEE DOODLEstiv with BOTHWELL BROWNE and EXCEPTIONAL CAST nd ‘MACK SENNETT’ BATHING BEAUTI APPEARING IN PERSON, West 424 8. Brea. at 8.15 Popr'Muts, Wed. RSet ‘dit SCANDALS sts z HATA LIBERT GEORGE WHITE'S \PLAZA ‘T'S MABEL AU OVER | MABEL NORMAND “WHEN DOCTORS DISAGREE” THE LAST ADTTLE € WORLD.’ thew Gayest" Me,” Aa 'RUBENS'® Greater VAUDEV Me Ain MAT. TOLDAY 306. a Lk West 48 West Tony ASat at 2.38, THEATRE Broadway | | at 41st St. | comedy. ae me SHE’S A GOOD FELLOW | LIGHTNIN #3 AMITH-docben siccesaes 3 WISE FOOLS #3 32" CRITERION, _ Brosdway ath ot CORT tmahwa Pues & io" TheWindmills” &* Dreams ol 3” COHAN & HARRIS Shae He THE ROYAL VAGABOND ‘A COMANIZED OPERA COMIQUE, Mate Wed, & Bet. st RIS, tiv “OUTS “New Alusical Comedy. . hulwray phe: Mats, To-day é Wed. -PROCTO vs At co art Thennett RIVOLI Norma Talmadge in a Select Picture “THE WAY OF A WOMAN” RIVOLI PICTORIAL Educational Scenic, CHRISTIE COMEDY “Shades of Shakespeare.” uring the building. called it (Year and ‘How Moving Pic- Charles Chaplin made a comedy | b#t.times To-day—¢ of his studio last! RA KIMBALL YOUNG HUGO RIESENFELD, Director BEGINNING BU. ‘Aruonue Forest, Dancing La oth RIALTO Ml = Sty others, Ean us “taunted shear Emily Paral, rae Oui ‘artin in” yay NT | GEORGE BEBAN™ in “HEARTS OF MEN” Nr. gin ave | and. Mie Vaudevita | AMES ©. MORTON & Cf b te |Luntan Witenerald, Welter be [aba hceriae a ts sasavion a Bway, n aa, LOEW'S NEW YORK IHEATRE $ hoor Cont, 11 AM to LPM, ‘4M. FAWWVE WAND ‘In BWAY at 426 Bt NDAY at 1 P.M, Comedy Week DOROTHY GISH in a Paramount Pioture “NU NELL” RIALTO MAGAZINE Bruce Soenio, UNIVERSAL COMEDY “A Baby Doll Bandit.” fast VIVIAN MARTIN in Loew's s American Root SUNDAY WORLD WANTS WORK MONDAY WONDERS Ch i