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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 18, 1921)
THE DEE: OMAHA. feU.NUA. htKlKMBKU U. mi. 11 M r Real Athletes in City, Not in Wild Western . . Stuff, Film Star Says Mabel Normand, in New York for Vacation, Tells How Tough It Is to Be a Screen Favorite; She Has to Eat Pie in the Morning. By v:mifred van dwer. New York, Sept. J7,-Riding a buckin' broncho ruuiij and found a tanch ami no a precipice. Jh, surely u' thrilling! And "' little movie cro who matt nue of tt living That way must bi a lir athlete. Hut it in't the thri!iinget 5t feaK The real womm aihlitc live r ent in this New York, and ''t t them have Pfve-r, never urn the inidc of a studio mr jumped to the call "let's go!" Mie fmited when she taid it. And when Mabel Normand smile the mil comrs out and shines. Her big brown eyes flash behind their long brown lashes and her teeth flash, She glows. She Inoks like 1 daugh - ttr t ligf.t in a ruth avenue get-up. She breezed along: Horses Right Lively. 'Some of those little cute horse the scenario maker write into our part are right lively, "But climbing up the side of one isn't anything to shinning the winding stairway of a moving Fifth avenue bti. Nor doe it develop the arm muscle like fighting your way across Forty-second street. "And training the eye for speed did you ever try to get into a sub way train before the guard closed the door? "Oh, nature is wonderful. The great outdoors breeds brawn, cut; compared to big city stuff, it's a j buttering summer breeze pgainst at cyclone !" Came a Week Ago. I She came here a week ago plan- j ning to have the perfectly grandest i vacation in all the world. 5he was j going to see snows ana si. op anu maybe go to Europe. She did man age to buy a dress or two. But her vacation' is all melting away like a dish of ice cream in the sun. She's got to cut it short and go back. It's just her luck. She no more than began to do something pleasant than those fatal words, "your presence is required" boom along her way. Toor littb movie princess. Like any real princess, her ' lite is hedged in. Here are a tew things they make her do instead of eujoying rest and quiet: Eat pie early in the morning before the camera's watchful eye. Parade the stage at a silkmakers' exhibition in a specially made silk dress. - Drink social tea instead of play ing golf. . They All Return To Roost in Dear Old Los Angeles There seems to bp a general ten dency cn the part of the" motion pic ture studios jto concentrate. their ac tivities and personnel in Los An--geles. .Six months .ago production New York was booming, and over the pea-soup fogs of London were oeing aenea oy American trained .directors ' starting up-new picture tmits abroad. Various stars announced their in tentions to film their plays in Mex ico, France, Italy, India, Germany ' anywhere except in Los Angeles. And now they are all coming back to dear old California! The coast must have attractions, for word now comes that Wesley Barry, who has been filmed in the cast in a new play, has returned to Los Angeles tot appear ' in Marshall Neilan's '"Penro'd;" Richard Barthel mcss is reported planning a Holly wood trip as soon as -T ol'ble Da , vid" is finished in West Virginia; and now comes word that Norma Talmadge is going west to visit Sis ter Natalie Talmadge-Kcaton and perhaps she will stay in Los An . gcles. - - ' . . Ralph Graves, star of "Dream Street," is another who will return to Los Angeles. Mr. Graves has arrived to plav the male lead in R. A. Walsh's "Kindred of the Dust," which will be commenced within a week. B. P., Fincman o the Kath erine MacDonald company is report ed on his way. from New York and Richard Walton Tully also has ar- niriH ffrvm Ua -.- M nrVnrtc hlf it that Oliver Morosco, whose "Half Breed is to be released soon, ; is planning 'to concentrate his organi zation in Los Angeles', where "Slip py McGee" is now . being finished. Anita Stewart, at latest reports, was and so it goes, i hey can t Keep away from Los Angeles for , any length of rime. With Film Stars Pauline Stark has an important t part in the Robertson-Cole picture j "Mam'selle Jo." Scenes for the pic- j ture arc now being shot in the Lake ) Tahoc region of California and Ne j vada. ' - j Hclenc Chadwick has tha only j woman principal role in 'The Sia j Flood." now under way at the Gold-' wvn studio in Colver City, Cal. j Richard Dix has the leading mab role. - " j Bessie Waters, winner of a Los ' Angeles beauty and popularity con- j . test, has been civen a role in "Kin-; dred of the Dust," which R- A. j Walsh is producing for Associated First National release. - f . Viola Dana has to display a knowl-1 edge of the culinary art in her cur-j rent Metro picture. "The Fourteenth I Lover." She works in a spotless white kitchen and her associate play- j ers are compelled "to eat from her j hand" .- : : Gloria Swanson. Paramount Star. , is now in New York on vacation ' in the way of gowns, furs and bon nets. . j Ralph Graves, who bas the prin-,' tipal male role in .""Kindred ef the1 Uust." as bora j Cleveland, 0 -...I uqjia -nis- screen career who Eisenav. ... . ...... .... ; I.iitn to 'phone message at left to the hour. I'-other with income Ux return. Meet reporters. Meet more reporters, Oive op vacation to go back to work. ft . iw can one imagine any exist ence mere dreadiut. even with all the briuht sincerity, love of adventure. and charm of disposition there is, to mether with what comes in that li'l old envelope? Named for Picture. She explained with a little pride ful laugh that the ."ilk of which the dress she was to wear at the exhibi tion is made is named for her next picture, green. "Molly-O." Also that it is iiabei s glowing, gypsy i beauty in green silk! Lovely! Here' a word she added which may cheer certain drooping hearts: "The day of prettiness alone cre ating popularity for the screen ac tress is past The public, becoming educated to realism. always is de manding something more than just lovely features. "Personality the ability to act even now those go for more. And actresses who realize it no longer are refusing character parts, "Ha the homely girl a chance to become a f;!:n favorite? She has, indeed." Tall Girls Get the Grapes! Miss Betty Blythe, One of Screen's Most Beautiful Women, Considers Her Height the Reason for Popularity. Hearken to Her Words, Girls. Tall girls and young, who have dejectedly concluded that their more than average height or weight pre cludes their ever h'ing as beautiful or attractive as the." smaller sisters, should read these few remarks by and about Betty Blythe, who is re garded as one of the most beautiful women on the screen. Miss Ulythe is tall five feet eight inches iii the flattest of flat heels, which she rcver wears for reasons which she gives below. To con tinue with statistics, she is consid erably above average weight about 150 pounds. Rather than considering her height as a detriment to beauty. Miss Blythe regards it as a distinct asset and declares that any tall girl has an advantage over the woman of average inches and build. Tall Women Distinctive. "Tall women are primarily indi vidual," she declares. "There are 100 average women to every one of more than average height. There fore, the tall woman has a big ad vantage to start with. Without tak ing" any other elements into consid eration, she is distinctive because of lfer height, while the'100 other aver age women are all moref or less alike." -- Sunday urn "HEfM And with the closing of the run on Tuesday night the - following records will have been made: Continuous days showing, 19 number of times, 136 estimated attend ance, 90,000. A Record never Before Equalled by i Photoplay Theater in Onaha There Cfet 1 a lasl Rex Ingram and Alice Terry mil Marry in Inland With that " of the arti.de and unusual which characterise him as a direct of motion picture. Ren Ingram, the youthful producer tl "The Four Horsemen of the Apoca lypse" and "The Conquering Power," has planned hit marriage to Mm Alice Terry, the beautiful mul-wen-cm school girl who roe from ' Kurity to fame by her wou Jerful portrayals in these two Ingram pic ture. I'nhke the majority of weddings, the pair, whose engagement wa re cently announced, will not go to the ncaret parcn for the regular for mula of "I will" and "I do" and then settle down to the regulation honey. moon. For Director Ingram and : t star nothing so prosaic and matter of fact will till the bill. According to the present plans cf the young couple, they will be mar red by Mr. Ingram's father, who i an Episcopalian clergyman and pro fessor of Greek and Latin at Trinity college, Dublin. After the conclu sion of the filming of "Turn to the Right," by June Mathis, they will bid au revoir to Holleywood for a while and start for Europe. But even while on their honey- moon abroad the vouthful eouole will not be forgetting the megaphone and the makeup, for Director Ingram is contemplating the making of at least one picture with Miss Terry again in the steliar role. lvannoe nasi been mentioned. Marguerite l'luard i the name of a young woman recently awarded a prize m Los Angeles tor oemg tsic possessor of the most penect loot in California. Mie is now headed for a motion picture career. to keep her height down to a mini mu:u by wearing low-heeled shoes. The inch, or even two. that may be added by high heels she regards as more than compensated for by the additional charm of appearance and grace of carriage afforded by the French heel. Nor docs she coif her hair as cice ly to her head as possible in order tc minimize her inches. High Coiffures. "The most infallible way to call attention to your height is to wear low-heeled shoes," she explains. "When people notice a low-heeled evemng slipper they immediately look for the cause, and usually dis cover it. Besides, low heels display the ankle to bad advantage andJcnd no support to the arches. "As for high coiffures, the tall girl is exactly the person who can wear them. If a little short girl piles her hair high on top of her head, it is over-balancing. When a tall girl does it, the proportion is perfect and the effect usually very charming. That is jusf cme-example of the individuality that belongs to the tali girl and not to the average woman." Three More Days - - - Mpnday - - Think of This With the showing of today's performances, "The Old Nest" reaches the mark of TT0M Elsie Ferguson likes To Impersonate Foy pi EUic Ferguson, who is starring in "Footlights" at the Kialto theater the first ft'ur days of this yetk. brings to her role the rinee of both I stage and screen experience. The parj, which portrays an American, who is introduced on the New York stage as a Russian actress, challcng- ej the best cf Miss Ferguson' art in one scene sne gives au imperson ation of Eddie Foy and in another she has a tennng bout. All through the picture th-rc are the two per sonalities at play, .the one of the puritanical New England girl, and t,at 0j the pampered Russian ac 'tress. In makiiiir this picture Miss Fer guson ha broken a precedent She has refused to appear in many plays land pictures dealing with the stage, l feeling that no true presentation of ithe profession has been given. "Footlights" tells the story cf a vaudeville entertainer who becomes 'the most famous actress in Amer ica. Her rise to fame, although 1 unique in every way, is made ; through struggles, hardships and sac rifices. It is not the exaggerated story of an overnight career with flowers and dinner parties. To reach th height Lizzie Parsons had to give up her friends and past associations and lose her identity in that of a Russian. A series of Greek plays, enacted by some of filmland's finest luminar ies, is to be sponsored by Noah Beery in the outdoor amphitheater of his Hollywood home. . Mr. Beery will both act and direct As a private event it will be unique in western theatrical annals. Dispatches from London state that George Harvey, American am bassador, startled the natives by rid ing around the city in a flivver. That's nothing. E, Mason Hopper, Goldwyn director, who makes a lot more money than a mere ambas sador, always travels that way. Constance Binmey. Realart star, is now making her first picture in Hollywood, California. It is called "The Heart of Youth." Lucille Ricksen, the dainty littlt sweetheart ot the Booth Tarkington "Edgar" comedies, is making per sonal appearances in eastern theaters. Tuesday Ik 7 Modern Woman lias Sot fan g on Sisters Of tiiblical Days The eternal ftnun! Site ha nit channel onj iot in the pjt . O )..f. II the members of our preeutnly fair set think Uui they had any. thing on their nter of tihlical times they are urv much mistaken. The daughters of Abraham, laae and Jacob thought jut at much of their complexion a our own miters, tmetiC of a'l kni, dtteriptuin and qualities wrre utilued by nulad wh delt in the valley of the Eu phrates and lehere in the eoun try made familiar to u through the narratives of the Old Te.tament. The truth of the matter i that thoe ladies of ancient. time thought more of their perianal appearance than their iatrr tv fame alter be rau husband were at a premium in those balmy day, and when he did land a man she shared him with her fellow wives-, Edgar Ja me Banks, the famous scientist, who i supervising the re tearch work on the filming of the Uible stories discovered cosmetic in the graves of the ladies in the buried Mesopotamian cities during recent excavatiens under hi super vision. "Four Horsemen' A return eruasement of "Th Four Hornemen ot the Apocalypse" at the Brandeis for the week of Sep-i tember 25. is announced by C. Joy i Sutphen, manager cf the Braitdeis 1 theater. The picture tells the story of the fulfillment of the prophecy of St. ,' John that one day tour horsemen of unthinkable power shall descend upon the earth in the forms of Con quest. War. Famine and Death. Vicente Blasco lbanez is the au thor of the book. '-3 m 1 : wfm : 1 vi ry. Flirting With Death Made Charles Hutchison 4"; 'Sft .4 Charles Hutchison name has W7 J lis " ever been synonymous with thehad considerable to do with my de thrilL Menrfbn Charle Hutchison ciding to work in Lester' picture, and you immediately have a mental h all tarted as a joke while we picture oi mra sw mming rapid,, riding over cataracts, leaping broken bridges on a motorcycle, or other reckless stunts that r.ever come within the experience of the average man. . For that reason, and beeauie h-'i new serial, "Hurricane Hutch," cen- tains more thrill than all the others put together, be has become known !w hole job, from architect's drawings as the Thrill-a-Minute Stunt King.; to the furnishings. It was fun and Certainly it does not seem pes. ible that any other creature of flesh and blood could do more daring stunts. "Hurricane Hutch"' will be re-j leased soon in Omaha. STARTS TODAY PRESENTS "Another Attraction of Merit Unequalled t - y at'Any Price of Admission Giersdorf LADIES1 BAND 'and ENTERTAINERS 12PEOPLE , Petite Dancers Beautiful Costumes. Singers Extraordinary SUPREME INSTRUMENTALISTS from jazz, to grand opera Nifty, Snappy, Spectacular Musical Show DeLuxe Appearing Today at 2:25, 4:25, 7:40, 9:45 Appearing Week Days at 2:40, 7:40, 9:40. Watch for Big Noon Day Street Parade Photoplay Attraction s Eugene Walter' Stage Success "FINE FEATHERS" LIKE EVE L THE GARDEN OF EDEX, Bob Reynolds, the young construc tion engineer, was tempted and succumbed. And when he had reaped the fruits of temptation, in the way of luxury and good society, retribution came to him through the, very man who had given him the gentle push toward success. When the crash earner he did not blame himself. Furiously he turned to his wife and accused her of the basest sin a woman could be . charged with. ' NO ADVANCE Mm. Wallace Reid IU turns to Screen With Hubby's Xame A Kit nf women would be con. tent with any one of thee thmgt A beautiful home in Beverly 1M' district of Los ,itg let, A husband who i the idol of a million cinema "Un." A 4-your old young ter who i "just as cute a he can be." A signature that is good ou her husband' bank account. A wparate motor car for each change in the weather. But not so with Mr. Wallace Krid. She climbed out of her own private swimming pool, in a one- iiicie bathing suit, to tell why she lis deserting the f amity nrende to play opposite Lester Cuneo in pic ture. "I am just simply dead tired of doing nothing," she said. There was a negative note in Iter tone. She glanced toward the house where the handsome "Wally" could be seen through an open window eating his breakfast, "1 have noth ing to do m the day time, and Wally' getting so now that I can't drag him out of the houe at night Of course the strontr friendshio between Wallv and Lester Cureo were swimming one dav I have never been what might be termed 'a woman's woman.' "The first years of our tittle boy life of course meant more to me than the call of the screen, but now Billy is 4. Last year we built this big house. . I practically superintended the engrossed my whole attention. But now domestic responsibilities are 'simply dull routine. "Three generations of our family 'have been before the public. I wish IN PRICES 7T I - m foT ?K v. -sti WEEK V.. . . " 12. -5w ... 'Azur I Cfil &r A 4 might le iii:Ten rt, I tit I ! tint unit tu be l rtl lt,e iifUle;, call," And that ii whr M'.nh Davrn p.irt, or. as she hi I he kni.wn i the iler hei. Mr, WiUte Re.tj i giiiiig batk ii" M ii't'Mret. I'riktilla IKjii'. new vrhule will le t.)titfna Mik!t'v' UM'uin tury, "VVrfd Homy" At pre.rnt M.t IVau and hrr bi)?t.uid, hrr'er Ojknun, are on l-catHni in tSe woods of British 'uhmiliu. and will nt he back at the studio fr t i month. Doug Fairbin',.,' - 'l;e Hirer Mu keteer" has K4 .vn . GRAND &i."J TOOAV CONWAY TEARLE "ATONEMENT CMtfauwu Shaw B awn t 1 P. M. --AN-- All-Star-Cast Each eminently fitud for hi or her role. One big rcaioa wby Should be aeen by every man, woman and child in Nebraska. Ml - it 1 !'.:!, lllff ill. I I I I I I 1 I I I I ' A : wmm : i i i i i i i a f.r aaaaiHHsssssssssssaiwi -mmmmmmmmmmr .MA