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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1922)
** DeMille Tells What the Close Up Does for Movies Modern Pictures Grip Through Close Reproduction of Human Emotions, as Betrayed by Play of Facial Expression Before the Camera's Eye. Mrs. Powers, wife of I.leuf. Frederick Dodge Powers, F. S. N„ has as her guest, Miss Kuth Thomas of Riverside, Cal. Miss Thomas lias been honored with many affairs since coining iiere several weeks ago. She will remain unt’l after Christmas. Mrs. Powers is planning holiday parties for Miss Thomas and for her sons, Charles A. Clarke, II, and Perley Nesser Clarke, midshipman at the Vnnapolis Naval academy. Mrs. Powers has been here sinre last March, having come from Washington, New York and New port. Lieut. Powers has charge of the naval recruiting station for Ne braska, North and South Dakota and Nebraska. “I could make any story in the world in 12 days if I stayed 20 feet away from the camera,” says Cecil B. De Mille, famous motion picture director. "It's the close up that has length ened the time necessary to make pic tures and has made them better. "Nine years ago 1 directed In seven days a picture that had only 79 scenes. Today I am making ‘Adam's Rib,' a story by Jennie Macpherson, which will have some 000 script scenes. "Why? Because modern pictures grip through the power of their psychology, the close and Intimate in terplay of human emotions. And only the human face can get over these sulistletles. In the old days we would have allot a struggle scene in a long shot, showing, perhaps, two men lighting on the floor, with a woman at one side. In the long shot we ^ could only get a suggest on of the ^ emotions being experienced. The physical action, yes. but the soul ae tion, the n action of the mentalities concerned, the surging of love, hate, fear, up from tlie heart and Into tire expressive muscles of the face, tIre baht of the eyes, that, indeed, is some thing you can only get liy a flash to a close-up or a semielose up. "And of course at JO feet away from the camera you cannot get those fine shading, and distinction of lighting tlint make the modern picture differ from the ancient as a Rembrandt paint ng stands above the lithograph on a signboard. ‘'Scenes JO feet away from the camera can be taken quickly. They are largely action; they are the least of a director's worries." Charles Ray/in Farce at Sun. Taking the elusivo dangers of the harvest moon as the theme for his lalest picture, Charles Ray has evolved a rollicking society crook comedy In "Allas Julips Caesar," which will come to the Sun today. In the case of “Alias Julius Caesar" Ray has used the moon as a lure by which a clever society crook fasci nates his victims and despoils them of their jewels. Under the Impression that he Is an escaped lunatlo he is put In “the cooler,” where hia fellow prisoner is a liardboiled society crook. Most of the action centers around a suburban country club; and for this purpose scenes were shot at one of Los Angeles' most exclusive golfing association:!. The elaborate dance hall and broad sweep of landscape from the veranda of thp club furnish many Impressive sc- >- -s. . * * » * I)og Star at Rialto. Htronghcuu. itw t un.-us Belgian po lice dog actor, is fcatur-d in an out of door thriller, "Brawn of the North," at the Rialto. Marion Wells, played by Irene Rich, takes Brawn with her when she goes into the wilderness to aid her brother and fiance develop a mine. The fiance h is exposed himself •is * dissolute rascal and his cruelty to Brawn leads to a fight on the trail in which the brother is killed and the fiance escapes the vengeance of Brawn by apparently drowning In an ley stream. In seeking help, Marlon meets Teter Coe. Then follows a period of happi ness as they spend a honeymoon in the vvilils and fortune crowns their i ■ fforts. The wolves of the country drive them back toward civilization and their sled dogs run away, curry ing tlpir baby with tliem. Brawn goes to the rescue and then follows action as thrilling as was ever put into a motion picture. • « • W orld Presents “The Blot. Claire Windsor lias the part of the pretty daughter of u’n underpaid pro fessor in "The Blot" at the World this week. The story points a num ber of morals, particularly the frivol ous attitude of undergraduates, the snobbery of the nouveau riche, and the shockingly low pay drawn by the faculty of the imaginary university. Phil West, one of the students, sees the error of his ways and falls in love with Claire Windsor at one and ^ the same time. It is due to his ef forts that the trustees are made to see the injustice of the salaries they are paying scholars and gentlemen and they raise the scale. * • • Omar at the Strand. Guy Bates Post was largely re sponsible for the popularity of the play, "Omar, the Tent Maker,” and his film production of the same theme is beautifully carried out. In a drama as spectacular as this one, the scenic possibilities in the movies outweigh their disadvantage of sp» echlessness. The reconstructed city of X'aishapur, with its fountain filled rose gardens, its mosques nid winding streets forms a gorgeous setting for the two love stories. Virginia laire Brown, the leading woman, has won as much praise for her performance as has Poet, an actor of long experience in his. And Patsy Ruth Miller is seen in the part of the young Shireen, beloved by the valiant crusader, Lefty Flynn. The atmosphero is taken largely from the Rubaiyat, but a definite plot has been introduced. Parted from Shireen, the love of Ins youth, by the evil shah, Omar grows old before they are united again. Both as young Omar and tho philosophical greybeard Post Is said to give a finished per formance. Richard Walton Tully is the producer. * * * Empress Shows Romance. The Empress is presenting Billie Dove, the 19-year-old actress whom Metro is starring. In “Youth to Youth” Miss Dove ap pears as a charming musical comedy star, the idol of Broadway. To escape an unfounded scandal she assumes another name and joins a barn storming troup in tho middlewest. Here she finds happiness and a lover, but she almost loses both when her sweetheart, in his ambition to make her famous, reveals her whereabouts, A happy ending finds ail the prin cipals contented and the lovers united. * The end of the week Sherlock Holmes’ famous hair-raiser, “The j Hound of the Bnskerv-illes," will he I the feature. in the screen version all of the | thrilling dramatic episodes are rie i veloped—the hunting down of the ! band of criminals who had plotted NEIGHBORHOOD THEATERS GRAND - - - - 16th and Binney HOUSE PETERS In "THE STORM” I HAMILTON - - 40th and Hamilton IRENE CASTLE in “NO TRESPASSING” “PERILS OF THE YUKON” VICTORIA ----- 24th and Fort DOROTHY DALTON in •THE WOMAN WHO WALKED ALONE" VAUDEVILLE—PHOTOPLAYS Three Great Headliners BILLY “SWEDE”HALL With Jolly Jennie Colborn & Co. In the Screaming Character Gem “HILDA” “STEPPING I SOME” | An Elaborate Dance Creation With Herbert Waniura Assisted by Alice Manning and the Dyer Sisters Arthur Hay* at the organ, playing “Tomorrow” ROSS, WYSE & TONEY WYSER Featuring To.ney, the Wonder of Wonder* SID LEWIS Original Nut ROSS & EDWARDS “Impre*tion»” JEAN & VALIEAN | “Oh You Charlie" — ■ ii ■ i i i Aa Extraordinary Photoplay Feature “THE BLOT” LoU Weber Production With Claire Windsor and a Big Cast Nights and Sunday Matinee, 10c-50c—Daily Matinees, 10c-30c Continuous Daily From 1 P. M. \?%cr/es* S'uh - cJarr<? m ^sYoPafe. , - - • O/arre l^i'rfdsor- - against the Baskervilies; the death struggle with the massive, flaming hound that spreads terror through the countryside; the death of one of the arch-villains in the bog. » * » At the Muse. Faroe as exemplified by “Alias Julius Ceasar" will play at the Muse today only. The star is Charles Ray. Herbert Rawlinson will appear there Monday and Tuesday in a “good Week's Attractions Moon—"Foolish Wives,” all week. Sun—"Alias Julius Caesar.” Kialtu—“Brawn of the North.” Strand—"Omar the Tentmaker.” Knipress—“Youth to Youth.” World—"The Blot.” Muse — Sunday, “Alias Julius Caesar”; Monday and Tuesday, “Confidence"; Wednesday and Thursday, “Pilgrim of the Night"; Friday and Saturday, “Snowshoe Trail." Gr/'c I?orr S¥rc/r<pr'm - /Koo/v - crook" play, “Confidence,” In wh'ch he Is the tool of unscrupulous charac ters and almost brings ruin cn a small town. (•rime and adventure In Tails and the final death of the villains are the subjects of “Pilgrims of the Night," adapted from a story by Oppenheim. Lewis Stone and Ruby de Remer head the cast, at the Muse Wednesday and Thursday. At the end of the week the Mttso presents .lane Novak in an out door feature, “The Snow Shoo Trail." * * * “Foolish Wives” at Moon. Much has been heard of how Von Stroheim caused the construction in jB/tffe -LMpez-r* California of huge structures exactly duplicating the principal buildings at the Kuropean pleasure resort. Those who have seen ‘ Foolish Wives” say ^Zf/rDlPECnON'>fAHWMS all thus VEEI<; /to C/UiuciTt-C'G CK, O^rccGS Richard Valton Tully presents ' guy bates in his own triumph a 1 pictur x'z.ation of the sen -satzonal sta^e play Mil ^ 1^PPPlWf${SfI most oolorfi 11 romance ever hilmecL set m the rarest bar'll of the Orient to the throbbing heart blweafeStet-31^ 5pfe love tale of Omar KhaXyam the tamouS rfcrsian philosopher-poet ^Cc/uo^3G NOAM BEERY, WALTER LONG VIRGINIA BROWN FAIRE LEFTY FLYNN A. booh of verses under neath the bough, i ' A jug of vine, a loaf of bread—andThoa Beside me singing in the vilderness, ft' Oh, Wilderness ver© Paradise enov! LIGE CONLEY HIGH POWER' ii>ciuca&oruz£ Comacty Silvermans Strand. Orcliostna. Overture -->~pn a Persian Plarket'" that the director has absolutely repro duoed Monts Carlo, from the exotic ; architecture of the Casino down to tho monograms on tho linen of the Hotel de Paris. Tho magn.firent sols, the gay crowds and the colorful activities of Monte Carlo, have been used only ns a setting for \ oti Stroheim's strange and forceful story of the idvenlures and Intrigues of a bogus Russian 1 count and Ids pursuits of the frivolous wife of an American diplomatic en voy. The director himself plays the role of the Continental Lothario and is said to have created a character recognized as the most debonair, yet the most despicable ever seen on th< screen. The picture will be at the Moon movie next Saturday. I\o Movie Acting for Indian Chief There is at least one man in tho world who doesn t want to get in tho movies. He is “Chief” Hornet of | Muskogee, Okl., said to be the richest Indian in America. The “chief," with his white wife and daughter, was a recent visitor at the Thomas IT. Inee Studios and wns taken on an inspection tour of the plant and the lot. Ho seemed espe cially interested in the elaborate sets which were used in “Lorna Doone,” as he said he had seen producer’s "Last of the Mohicans." The Indian seemed so interested in all the details of the studio that Mr. Inee suggested that a motion picture be made of him. The "chief” imme diately tied with grunts of dilup proVa 1 in spite of the coaxing of his Wife. Suburban Programs Hamilton—Irene Castle In “No Trespassing." (■rand—House Peters In "The Storm.” Victoria—Dorothy Dalton in "The Woman Who Walked Alone." Studio IS'cu's In his next picture, The (Sir! I Loved." Charles Hay will have ns his leading w man Vutsy Kuth Miller, one id the younger beauties of the screen. Her role Is to be nearly as Im portant ns that of Charles Kay him self. The story will be a dramatiza tion of James Whitcomb Utley's fam ous poem. In her new “Tess of the Storm Country," soon to be released, Mary Viekford plays the most active role she has over undertaken. In two epi sodes she goes Into water up to her neck, in several other episodes she has hand-to-hand battles with ruffians and she undergoes the most strenu ous hair washing a mortal can get and survive with any Unir left. These are tho outstanding physical features of tho picture, which, however, relies upon its intense emotional force to improve upon the success which the old version of the story made when Miss Viekford filmed it the first time several years ugo. Sailing in Tank IS'o Fnn for Conrad No sailor or fisherman ever hoisted a sail under greater difficulties than did Conrad Nagel In his role of Peter Gordon In “Singed Wings “ In a tank less than 25 feet wide he was forced to hoist the sail of a boat 18 feet In length, catch the wind from a powerful wind machine off tin set. head h.s l>< at toward the camera and sail off In regular sea fashion. To add to his troubles the scenes took place at night, the moon and a few poor street lamps throwing tittl< light on Nagel to relieve his difficulty. In her window high above, Itonlta della Guorda (Daniels) speaks to her lover. When she is called by some * no inside, she leaves the window. It is then that Nagel hoists sail and glides off. More than an hour's ttim was spent before this simple seen*' could bo done properly and with dls patch. A Xmas Suggestion by the Strand Theater A PPROPRIATELY designed main floor ad .Ti mission tickets have been printed in book form and would make an appreciated gift. Book of 10 tickets. $4.00 Book of 5 tickets. $2.Of) These* tickets are good any time and do not have to be exchanged. NOW ON SALE AT STRAND BOX OFFICE ALL THIS VEEK STRONGHEART C5fe/^^>X\ci<2/Z» Do^, XXV BRAWN Of J*e NORTH A Flash, through the air—- white foam scudding from snapping jaws —^ and thon-^nfo tJte Qj/o Youll sfasp and cheer at the bluest pic ture that ever came out of the famine lands C1IAS. CHAPLIN x W EASY STREET Qteiv edition, ‘BeJCuxeof. the Chaplin, Classics Youll lau^h. hill your sides ache at this one SYMPHONY PLAYERS Overture! Rhapsody Norvegienne Svendsen. JULIUS K. JOHNSON, Premier Organist Playing “BURNING SANDS”