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wand Dari Nee YORK Aa) ‘AND AMERICAN vmearees|t Bene Het" Pricey tnd eacerdey. privet eabilet es # sr 2 ll ‘The film attractions at Loew's New ‘Yort Theatre and Roof will be Will- iam Russell in “This Here-Stuff” and Mack Sennett’s new comedy, “The Dentist,” Lene Olive Tell in “The Trap,” Tuesday; Dustin Farnum. in “A Man's Fi, nt" Wednesday; June Caprice and Creighton Hale in “The Love Cheat,” Thursday; John Lowell in “A Clouded Name’ end and Albert Ra: and Elinor Fair in “Lov y; ie Stars of the yer Stage Who Will Be Seen in New York Theatres Next Wee Up” News and Views of Fi "lind and Its People. By dation Johnson. the order of the sl and here goes a prediction of the stage, and it was brought in 6; epoch of romantic fustian, It was a part of the in- the world, not a mere change of whimsical stage in the majority of films has been the astounding extraorditiary excitements or the extraordinarily ought thet without grand scenery on the one theatre will be Wallace Reid in “The wild happenings on the other, the ordinary, | * 4 Love Burg! ‘The change of bill on ' f I . ij yi ‘ Thureday will bring “Fashions de —— a ih ‘ ‘ n . 7 Vogue,” Anthony and Rogers and Baward Farrell, torether with Norm: Among the "vaudevifie features at Loew's American Theatre and Root the firat half of the week will be the th of real reason why this could not be done with tremendous effect. I am yr rw4y) AuK OF YANOUS Pane y0U | sort of thing is the only and ultimate; climax of the optic stage, The rae ae picture will continue being afl sorts) forma” Fath GE of human tives, and their other, » are the whole thing, and mere location and changii the physical con' ponstit! pictures are, comparatively, nothing. @ successful presentation of the drama is the next reat Photoplay problem. Until solved our only real masteries been melodrama, the scenic and the spectacula: » in comment, that it Mr. Griffith got pretty very thing in “Broken ‘There were, to be sure, far more than a handful © of characters, and there were many scenes, but the people who counted in the develop- ment of the play were three: e Chinaman, and Battling Bur- rows; the scenes containing the whole sum of decisive action were two, the Chinaman’s room and the hovel of Burro’ Mr. Griffith's next essay is an out- door melodrama of early California, but he ts coming Kast to Py at least a few pictures early in ber and I'll warrant ethers will be & strictly “intimate drama” among Theodore Kosloff, the Rusvian danc- or, is about to concentrate his energies on the creeping pastels. ue) has signed with Famous players- Lasky to in @ special production of “1'he iS7 jerer,” from the stage spectacle. M. Konloft is best known to the cjientc! of the Russian and other ballets but appeared in one picture, Geraldine Far. Eaky production of ‘several seano juction back. . * oe Elttott Dexter will soon return to the “The Woman in Grey,” tn several m- stalments, The film adaptation of the CN. and A. M. Williamson novel will be in chapters, juced by a new con- cern. Miss Pretty’s last work was with Jess Willard in “The Challenge of Chance.” ‘Thurston Hall, tne character actor who contributed to the celluloid one of its finest performances as J. Booze Hunter in Universal's “The Weaker Vessel" with Mary MacLaren, has made a complete transition to the legitimate. Ho is now in Atlantic py playing one of the leading parts lay put on by Oliver Morosco, Civt lothes.” Fannie Ward is coming back to screen activity. Miss Ward, with her husband and leading man, Jack Dean, Jeft our shores some months ago, and has since been in London, where for years sho maintained a residence. studios, Ho has been, as ert filn follower is aware, bedridden mont with a parelytio affiic- tion. But physicians that if his present progress continues he beers Rha an Me ena lrllg eapmene activities about October first. As soon as word of this reached the Lasky studios, steps were taken to find a play for him—« stellar vehicle, his first. His Loa Be came just as the Famous Y officials decided that his work Serta that promotion. Arline Pretty—and she is—will be gee ‘As Bon-Bons SNe Made from the finest peppermint; children, and the old folks too, find Partola Tablets as delightful to the taste as the finest candy. Doctors recommend it forits invigorating and strengthening effect on over- ‘worked stomachs and clogged-up bowels. Partola ssweetens the breath and leaves a pleasant taste in your mouth. Costs no more than ordinary laxa- Tete cecthing seq ever Wied At your’ draggist—25c, 50c, and $1.00 boxes. Trial size, 10c. AMUSEMENTS. OPENING fe REGULAR SEASON hy MONDAY AFTERNOON, AUG. 18th ABSOLUTELY NEW IN EVERY DETAIL oe E18 Ris, | MMe. BR a SEATS NOW ON SALB. Bmoking Permitted. .STEP LAVELY GIRLS Boe a Terrace Garden 1% bret Nesr Lexington Ay, Now we hear that she will appear in several| William A. Brady’s first foreign pro- duction for which he completed ar- rangements while he was on the other side. The new concern is the Film d'Art by name, and the Ward picture we ‘de filmed—parte of it at jeast—in France. Realart will release ali the future productions of Allan Dwan. The Arthur Kane Company came to an agreement with Mayflower Pictures, by which the first mentioned concern will handle the series of eight. Dwan, who came into recognition in the Tri- angle days as Douglas Fairbanks's director, has lately completed “Sol- diers of Fortune,” from Richard Harding Davis's story, and is work- ing now on “Luck o' the Irish,” by Harold McGrath. “ome One Must Pay” ts the {llumi- nating title of a new Ivan Abramson drama, recently completed, with Jackie Saunders. Miss Saunders is resting midway between two courses—elther making a feature for World or going abroad for picture purposes. Marguerite Clark will be @ Manbat- tanite again soon. She never liked the West, and it was only on this trip that ‘she found it enduratle at all. Famous Players-Lasky madé it #0 comfortable for her, with @ private dressing room bungalow and Southern California location trips and all, that she was prevailed upon to stay for a while, But now that she bas about finished “Luck in Pawn,” she will, with her husband, H. Palmerson Williams, return to the East. Roscoe Arbuckle—if you recognize your Fatty under such @ dignified Uitle—has moved his organtzation from Glendale to Culver City, Cal. where he bas taken a new studio, It is one of the best equipped and most modern along the Coast. His first comedy in the new surroundings will be a rural affair, with his corps of funmakers, including the ebullient Buster Keaton and pretty little Molly Malone. Do you remember Greta Abrbin- Gretchen-Hartman - Sonia - Markova- Hale? She's coming back. The lady ‘of the many namies, who is the wife of Alan Hale, has a part In @ forth- eonlas Doris Kenyon picture, “The Disturbed sleep “maually comes from some form of the stomech and stinrulate the liver with a course of For CRAMPS and DYSENTERY pre Yevepoandt in Bandbox.” This is Mrs. Hale's first screen appearance in some time. Lila Lee will come East soon fo’ @ little vacation. With her will be Mrs, Gus Edwards, her foster-motuer. You know Lila used to be “Cuddles” of the Gus Edwards vaudeville revue. She has just finished a picture called “The Heart of Youth.” She is also scheduled for a new Cecil De Mille pan anedl pth her success in that ‘Male and Female—Created t “The Admirabie Webster Campbell, who has found the lure of Wall Street greater thau the lure of the celluloid, has decided to cast his lot once more with Vita- graph, He will be the | man in @ new series of O. Henry stories, supporting Gvpsy O’Brien, @ recruit from the stage. Mr. Campbell, it might be mentioned, is the husbanc of Corinne Criffith, the Vitagraph star. Fox has bought the cinema rights to Mark Twat “A Connecticut | Yankee at King Arthur's Court.” Tom Mix will be presented in the role of the Yankee of the famous satire. ®. K. Lincoln has signed a contract with American Cinema, He will make ;four productions a year. A favorite star since his Vitagraph daye—in which he gained initial recognition jwith Anita Stewart in “A Million Bid"—Lincoln's latest appearance was in “Desert Gold,” the Hodkin- son’ picturization of Zane Grey's Western novel, ‘The screen lost one of its great heavies when Robert McKim acting for directing. He used to make things hot for Bill Hart in the old Ince-Triangle pictures such as “The Devil's Double,” and he has lately been continuing as the vil-| lainous half-breed in “The Western-| ers,” from the Stewart Edward White story, Upon completion of another bad man role in Rex Beach's “Silver Horde” at Goldwyn, McKim will di- rect for the Great Authors’ Pictures Corporation, ‘The latest lady to be elevated to stardom is Virginia Hammond, who served her apprenticeship in support of Montague Lov: World, will be seen in “Miss Crusoe of Ches- «| apeake” for the same company. Do you know who has been occupy- ing the assistant scenario editor's desk at Famous Players-Lasky? None other than Jane Murfin, who was Jane Cowl'’s co-author for “Tilac Time” and “Information, Please.” She helps Robert McAlarney, the scenario department chief, in select- ing suitable stories and in adapting them to screen needs. Miss Murfin is continuing her work for the stage too; she is writing another play. Gloria Hope is working at Gold- wyn's Culver City studios with Tom Moore. The little leading woman— whose real name, by the way, is Olive Francies—was with Universal last. Rita Gtamwood, after a retirement of three years, will return to the “|acreen in the leading feminine role, opposite H. B. Warner, In a new Hampton production, Incidentally, Mins Stanwood is Mrs, H. B. Warner in private life and has been chiefly occupied of late conducting the edu- cation of Joan Warner, not quite a year old. _— “THE BEHMAN SHOW” AT HURTIG & soaows| With “The Behman Show” at sss | tig & Seamon’s will be Harry Lan- | om, Ameta Pynes, on Danes, Frank Mapoing, aneeat a. C. Jordan, Harry ik jordan, "Vinee Lawrence and Lu- left! Bhe | Marie Sparrow, | Plays for the Coming Week HE Lyric Th will be re- opened on Monday night with the film feature, ‘“Deliver- ance,” in which Helen Keller, who triumphed over blindness, @eafness and dumbness, presents events of her Ufe. Miss Keller appeare in the Inter episodes of “Deliverance.” Many of the scenes are spectaoular, | several thousand people being em- ployed in addition to the large cast of professional players. There is 4 special musical setting by Dr. An selm Goetzl, nee CHARLES RAY AT RIALTO IN “BILL HENRY” For its chiet screen feature the Rialto will have Charles Ray in “Bill Henry.” The central figure is an ambitious country boy who sets out ELSIE FERGUSON IN RIVOLI FILM PLAY Elsie Ferguson will be at the Rivoli in “A Society Exile,” @ film ‘version of Henry Arthur Jones's play “We Can't Be as Bad as All That.” Norah Shard, a novel writer, is taken to England by her aunt, who aspires to have her marry a title, The girl forms a friendship with a young nobleman who desires to turn her novel into a play. Tragedy follows, due to the unfounded suspicions of hig Jealous wife, dnd Norah Is praetical- ly exiled from England. She takes refuge in Venice, where she finds ultimate happiness in the love of the brother of the woman who had beer the cause of her misfortune. There will also be Mr. and Mrs, Carter De Haven in “Back to Nature,” the Rivoli Pictorial, a Mutt and Jeff cartoon, and concert numbers, ‘Talmadge in “The Way ot a Woman, a screen version of Bugene Walte play “Nancy Lee.” cuieapeienasines FEATURES AT BROADWAY AND OTHER FILM HOUSES Mack Gennett’s Bathing Girls enter ppon their eighth and last week at Moss's Broadway Theatre, where “Yankee Doodle in Berlin” remains the feature on the screen. The Academy of Music wii have Tom Mix in William Fox's film pro- duction “Rough Riding Romance.” A symphony orchestra and a jass band will furnish the music. “The Mother and the Law” will be the next offering in the D, W. Grif- fith repertory season at the George M. Cohan Theatre, opening on Mon- day night. Mae Marsh and Robert On the screen at the Plaza Theatre will be Sessuye Hayakawa in “The Gray Horizon,” to-morrow, Monday and Tuesday; Mary Pickford in “Hul- ——— Harron have the principal roles. | for eedee woes ieee THSATRES. seuticere Oot five minges vee ALL THE ENSEMBL, MONTE CRISTO, JR, aaded Theatre, ven, AB, * Mata. Toure. & Sat, 296 THOSE WHO WALK IN DARN NESS _With & Distingulabed Cast of Players. PLAYHOUSE. Wort ree 30. ‘Matinee To-day, 98. “AT 9.45” WITH A MOTAGLE CAST. One Trial Proves its value, BELLANS FOR INDIGESTION PHOTO PLAYS. RIVOLI | BYWAY at 49th st, HUGO RIESENFELD, Director. PHOTO PLAYS. RIALTO WWAY at 424 Bt. BEGINNING SUNDAY, at 1 P. M. \ELSIE FERGUSON in an Artoraft Picture. “A SOCIETY EXILE” RIVOLI PICTORIAL “Mutt and Jeff,” Cartoon, Mr. and Mrs. CARTER De HAVEN \“CLOSE TO NATURE.” RIVOLI ORCHESTRA “The Spinning Wheel,” Overture. to make a fortune selling electric |“ vibrators. His career as a salesman comes to an inglorious end after his frst demonstration on a rheumatic old man. Bill Henry. is then given & position as a hotel clerk in a small | town on condition that he refrain | from playing poker with the guests. He breaks his promise, however, to come to the assistance of a young woman who is in danger of being robbed of the farm left her by her uncle. A comedy, “The Dentis! scenic, entitled “Relaxation Happy Hooligan cartoon, the Rialto Magazine, and musical npmbers will complete the programme. Ps acca BALLOON ASCENSIONS DAILY FEATURE AT LUNA Boginning Monday. there will be daily balloon ascensions at Luna Park, Coney Island, ‘The Chutes and the Honeymoon Express are among the most popular rides at the park. In the ballroom, Buddie. with his Castle House Band, includes on his programme the new “rocker” jazz dance, This dance music is also played each evening in Shasty’s Bal- connades, the outdoor restaurant. ———— ‘Wyo are oul std | and hove ried various tresemonte wit success don't be discour: Resinol||= Geepont and Resinol Soap bring speedy relief from eczema and other inching or embarrassing eruptions, and usually succeed in making the skin clear and healthy again. vs seeps Gates Reston Cletnent end | mesinad Saage Try thaws! CHARLES RAY in @ Paramount Picture. “BILL HENRY” RIALTO MAGAZINE ‘Happy Hooligan,” Cartoon, MACK SENNETT COMEDY “The Dentist.” RIALTO ORCHESTRA Moskowskiana,” Scloction, Last Times To-day—PAULINE FREDERICK tn “The Peace of Roaring River, MACK SENNETTS preceded by MACK SEWNETTS fF Comedy Bia ‘an Exceptional Cast 8.5.Moss" Turaree | ~ Broadway i: e og COHAN eases O. W. GRIFFITH "ier SEASON. ‘Thle Week—LAST TIME SUNDAY. “HEARTS OF THE WORLD” Beginning Wext Monday Evening at 8.30, ‘The Mother and the Law’’ With MAE MARSH and ROBERT HARRON. LAZA | OLIVE THOMAS “UPSTAIRS and DOWN" THE MIRACLE HAN is COMING CHARITY. TONIGHT AT 8 *Srcowns™” SPEEDWAY Mammoth sen" AIDA Perfor sere an tin Wea iba, “intl 's clock. and all Gay at the Tn case of rain, performance, will be given From 4.30 o'lock Special woo 20 0 ro rocura tal bat “LAUGH WEEK” MABEL NORMAND te “UPSTAIRS.” SPECIAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA HAROLD LLOYD COMEDY REVIEW—SOLOISTS TARPON FISE PICTURES STRAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CARL, EDOUARDE, Cond. Last ‘Times To-day, “CHOOSING A WIFE.” VAUDEVILLE. ce 7 Thy Children, Bull Dooley, no and Maley, Arubur Mull, Nel ae SL a: | Rabin Maste and Anita, others inka oe FATE : ‘& Dixon, Ba Ne Nr. oth Ave. faut & (oo. grecn de My ther bis Bway, 28 Bt, & R00! | LOEW'S NEW YORK THEATRE fi! | one hata Wet "andytaty Lik dias. PEEK-A-BOO With CLARK & meCULLOUGH. HELEN KELLER The Wonder Woman DELIVERANCE CHU CHIN CHOW POSITIVELY PLAYING TO-NIGHT at 8 CMe GRE OHN™ rEERCUSON Woe FULTONE AT THE “The Gay Od Boy” tn A LONELY ROMEO octet Village FOLLIES E57 Matinees Wed. GREENWICH VILLAGE tei, 42 HOLBROOK BLINN “4 The CHALLE NG a E EUGENE WALTER'S GREATEST PLAY, a SELWYN ‘2 fea si te THE MIRACLE HAN’ KREVOE & ee Sauer owt ee OniGiNAL Gaby Sats “a GEORGE wares SCANDALS ‘is Henry Miller's SOT 2 er gas LA LALUCILLE f=» COWANG HARRIS tramunsad MATINEES “GON, a SATURDAY. COHAN pn Past KNickeneocken, “Broadway and Bt Bt ven st B18.” MAT. TO-DAY af Rise POSITIVE PERFORMANCE TO- }O-NIGHT JOHN CORTS New With ADA MAE Company of Real Rist tivaleat ar’ Nhe id He re BURLESQUE. OLYMPIC ‘ator, GRAND OPENING T0-NIGHT “JAZZ BABIES” THE MIRACLE | HAN | er tt i hl Lexington Ave. Theatre Sist St. and Lexington Ay. Actors’ Equity . Association, Monster Benefit all week, com- mencing Monday, Aug. 18. Mati- mee Wednesday and Saturday, Popular prices. Greatest bill of artists seen, For full details see Sunday's paper. Tickets on sale at Box Office. Do not purchase from speceielere:

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