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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1923)
AT THE a A ^Douglas TairtarUs Jr. in Stephen Steps Out ’’ at the STRANO SAitJey lACason. in “South Sea Love AT THE WORLD CAtsfes Jones and (liutk. C/iffot-J. in "Hell's Hole'! at tmf MOOM / x ____________ tyasUtt. Tit-num. ano '?e<f<fv Shau) in The Graiu"at tMi'e/^pi^gsj John Gi/bet-b and QesSit Co-Je in * Sr. Elmo ' at THE SVJ/'J < : -t<. -. f-ie ty+eJost and Johnny \\)a1keir in 'Red Lights at the MUS£ (Blanche SuJeel ,«'Anna Christie "at the RiAuTO Plots of Photoplays Vary With Trend of Times Styles of Dramas and Comics Change From Time to Time— Slapstick Exists in Drama as 'Well as the Funnies and Has Its Place—Mixture of the Two Seemes to Be the Theme Motif iu Features Today. There* cycles and cycles In the photoplay business. There'e melo drama, the daddy of all plays, whether spoken or cinema. Then there’s all the ramifications and the intricacies of all the plots of all the scenario artists who twist and bend and twine around to give a new angle to an old situation. Realism, In Its entirety has been eschewed by most motion picture scenarists. Everything has had to be ’’doped’’ for a happy ending and an endearing closeup. Today the Rialto theater Is offering stark realism in "Anna Christie," tho kind that in "The woman of Paris" by Charlie Chaplin has astounded critics and public alike and made the name of Chaplin, a director's name In place of the cognomen of a comedy star.* Sex, costume, mush, wild outdoors action, crook melodrama, all have had their day or their season in the movies. Comedies hit the same cycle in a lesser degree. Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Ham Hamilton alt have the control of the slapstick down to the finest point of finesse. Lloyd is a nervous thriller expert. Matrimonial household comedies such as the Sidney Drews’ have the field at the Christie lot. Now a new world Is returning to the comedy field 1 na mixture of action, slapstick, unexpected turns In such plot as there is, and all sorts of "gags" that are sure of a laugh. It's t conglomeration of the realistic*, that have proven safe in the past. Drama as exemplified on the screen has been the prescurson of the comedy rage. Certain sorts of dramas have been good for a certain number of gasps and ah—ah—'a from an audience—hence, they were thrillers, and could command dough at the box office. Others were built around a main cabaret or wild orgy scene anfl could be milled as spectacu lar—being sure of a certain per centage of admission’s. N’ow the days seems to have come for a reasonable amount of acting and a fair balance of cast and scenery effects—all to balance a well developed plot with a blackground to accompany same. Blanche Sweet as “Anna * at Rialto Thomas H. Ince la reported to have paid the sum of $100,000 for the screen rights to the Eugene O’Nlell stage drama "Anna Christie,” which won the Pulitzer prize last year. Out of It he has produced a new sort of screen drama insofar that the big punch of the picture is all based on Its realism to life—and the sordid side of life at that. It holds the Rial to screen this week. Blanche Sweet has the role of Anna and besides her there is only one other woman in the east, that being ■Marthy,” played by Eugenie Besser er. By using only two women In this story. In contrast to a background of surging masculine life, Ince has pre sented one of the most remarkable studies—and a woman of the uncon ventional type. Sailors, draymen, street vendors, wharf front "rats," shuffling Chinamen, coal-blackened stokers form the picturesque mosaic of masculine life, against which the dramatic story of "Anna” is unfold ed. It Is due to go down In screen history as the most unconventional and moat unusual and powerful pic ture of the year. Three principal characters are In volved In this drama of a girl who fights all her life for life Itself against masculine oppression. "Men -they’re all alike—and, Oawd, how 1 bate them all," is the cry of "Anna,” who has been the victim, first of her father's unwillingness to assume pa lental responsibility and look after hia daughter's welfare; next of the brutality of four cousins of the northwest; then of men. inen, until she comes to hale them with a deadly loathing. When finally a great love comes to her anil she Is forced to tell her father and her sweetheart the story of her past life—fine of the most powerful situations ever worked out op the screen is presented. William Russell and Ceorge Mnr lon hate the two male leads. TODAY ONLY GEORGE ARLISS "MAN WHO fLAYED GOD” M O N “THE SPOILERS" W*dna*d»y-Thtiriday “RED LIGHTS” Continuous Sunday From 1:00 P. M. Others Days—6:45 and 0:4ft — Strong Cast Plays in “St. Elmo" at Sun Klvaling those of the most Impor tant productions of the season, the oast selected for "FK. Klmo," Augusta J. Kvatis' famous novel, which opens at the 8un today, is one of the strong est and best balanced that could be obtained. The title role of the famous story is portrayed by John Gilbert, whoso excellent work in "Monte Cristo” and in "Shame" has won for hint the praise of motion picture critics the country over. Barbara I,a Marr plays the part of Agnes Hunt, the faithless swe< t heart of SI. Klmo. Miss La Marr es tablished an unequivocal popularity with her masterful performance in such productions as "Trifling Wom en," "The Hero," "Prisoner of Zen da" and "Rich Men’s Wives.” Kettsle Love, the star of a vast ar ray of photoplays, has been cast in! the feminine lead and promises one of the best, character delineations of her varied career. As Edna Earle, Miss Love is again the sympathetic, I appealing* bit of femininity that has been the foundation of her success on the screen and spoken stage. To Walter Baxter has been as signed the heavy role. Nigel de Brullier and Lydia Knott, veterans of the celluloid, also are mentioned in the cast. | If arid Screen Piny jin **South Sett Love" Shirley Mason in “South Sea Love” at the World theater, a fascinating story of adventure in the Fiji Islands. Miss Mason portrays the role of a high-spirited girl, half French and half Spanish who falls in love with a mysterious strange*. This part Is giv en a realistic portrayal by J. Frank fllendon. Indifferent to tlie girl s charm*, the stranger, an Englishman, is the spe cial object of the young lady’s at tention. A terrific storm at sea results in the death of the gill's father, \yho be fore passing away, makes her prom ise that she will wed the stranger. Before the wedding takes place, how’ever, the girl finds out that the Englishman, is already married Heartbroken the srir 1 runs away and at Suva, the main port of the Fiji Islands and where the derelicts of the world find their way. she secures employment as a dancer in a notor ious dive. On receipt of a mysterious cable gram the Englishman follows the girl only to find that the half-hreed Frenchman who owns the dive is seeking the downfall of the dancing girl. What happens from then on keeps one on the qui vive and there Is plenty of action. , Charles (Buck) Jon PH | in Thriller at Moon Charles Jones is coming to town again in a new romantic thriller, "Hell’s Hole," offered on the Moon screen this week. Racing with breathless speed to a novel and ex citing finish, Jones carries a role that affords him liberal opportunities for displaying the daring which Is char acteristic of his work. Supporting the star are Ruth Clif ford. leading lady; Maurice B. Flynn, • heavy; Kathleen Key, Hardy Kirk land. ami F^ugene Pallette. Emmett J. Flynn adapted the story, which is an original by George Scarborough. Muse Program. Sunday—George Arliss in "The Man Who Flayed God." Monday and Tuesday—Rex Beach's "The Spoilers," and round one of "Flighting Blood.” Wednesday and Thursday—Marie Frevost and Ray Griffith in "Red Lights.” Friday and Saturday—Jack Hnxie in "Men In the Raw." JOHN GILBERT brings to life on the screen-that great character St. Elmo thinking all women, false, - becoming the servant of the s devil-dragging down the vary creatures who had changed him from a lovable happy-go- lucky chap to a man of iron and. hate.. 1/ \ STARTING NEXT SUNDAY MARSHALL NEILAtt Prruenit Kit Story j , THE ETERNAL THREE” \ ' RAYMOND GRIFFITH—CLAIRE WINDSOR—BESSIE LOVE N '///////JJ/ttmt I fnm tm, ... The Story of a Girl 'Who Had the Courage to Bare Her Past to the Man She Loved Today All Week Shows Start 11-1-3-5-7-9 Feature 30 Min. Later The Greatest American Drama in Years WINNER OF THE 1922 PULITZER PRIZE A Perfectly Cast Picture Blanche Sweet William Russell George Marion Eugenie Besserer Chester Conklin F rant the shabby, lifeless, white-cheeked, carmine-lipped girl of the past to the lovely girl swept clean by a powerful love ami the salt-laden air of the sea. 'A story that plays the gamut of human emotions, that han dles without gloves, life's most elemental passions, most fun damental hues. 4s a film production it has reached dramatic height s hitherto unattained and sets a new g(xd for picture makers. Will Rogers in a new laugh idea UNCENSORED MOVIES Imagine Rogers thinking himself Wm. S. Hart, Tom Mix, Rodolph Valentino and a lot of others. You’ll laugh ’til your sides ache. IT’S A SCREAM &__ CHIEF BLUE CLOUD and his INDIAN SYNCOPATORS in native costume, but playing modern music. Introducing Princess Blue Cloud Vaudeville’s Only Indian Jazz Singer THE RIALTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 21 Artists— Direction Harry Brader —Artists 21 Playing a Rare Musical Program and the Overture "I! Guarnay”—Easily the Musical Treat of Omaha