Second Annual 1 Children’s Party Be Held Dec. 24 T* - Omaha Bee-World Theater Free Show Will llave Many Acts on Bill. The second Annual ’• Omaha Bee World theater Christmas party to add" a little holiday cheer to the lives Of several thousand of deserv ing Ohiaha kiddles Is scheduled for Monday morning, December 24; I-ast year the Bee-World theater party was a tremendous’success. The children tout the time-of their young lives but this year, oh boy, it will lie bigger,- better and more enter taining than ever before. Here is why. The World Realty company will pro vide entertainment from three-of their theaters for the occasion. . Stage at tractions will play for -the kiddes from the World and Empress the aters and the Sun theater is to pro vide the photoplay-. . • Acts from the World will include the laughing novelty, “30 Pink Toes;” the nut comedian. Stanley Chapman; 'the clever singing spectacle, “Poster Ciirl," and Josephine Davis, insper sonator of juvenile characters. These are acts appearing on the World Christmas week bill and especially selected because of their ability to provide the sort of comedy entertain ment the children will most enjoy. The Emjrress theater is playing the well known rural success, "Sis Hop kins.” that week, and Sis herself Is coming over to the World to cut capers for the kiddles. Assisting her is Roy Kinslow, the Empress come dian, in the character of the hired Then, too, the "Village Quar r' ' let” will take part. Tips singing four is made up of Messrs, Allen, Hollis, Weber and Hines. Irene Hardy is the girl playing “Sis Hop kins.” From the Sun theater comes the first Baby Peggy feature, “Darling of New York," to top off the list of attractions in this “three-ring circus of entertainment.” Baby I’eggy is adored by every boy and girl in Omaha and in this her first fuH length feature she is going, to give all her admirers plenty -of chance to laugh and applaud. The big show starts at 9:45 a. ni: Monday morning, December 24, at the World theater. i »■ Tickets will be turned over to va rious charitable organizations for dis tribution. The idea will- be to enter tain 2,500 children who do not have opportunities to see a show often. Rialto Has Drama of China Today “ThundergiUe." npening/at the Ri alto today, Is an Adaptation of Sidney Herscbel Small's absorbing story, “The’ Lord of- Ttumdergate.” It is based on the striking resemblance of i an American, a part played by Owen Moore, to the Son of a Chinese lord, the head of the forces who dse everv means at hand to hinder the erection of roads, and bridges by a' Construc tion firm which the American repre sent*; * •*»• »*•» ft * * • ' r Cha-imistanr’W force the American | to masquerade as the'"son of thel hlnese lord-, nnd In this' way ho dis covers that not only seme of his' Ameriaan associates are In the pay | of the reactionaries, but also that the KirL to whpnj he was engaged good “picture stuff," but Its pro ducers have done what too few pro ducers do—they have mBde the most of every situation the manuscript of fered and have reduced them to cel luold- with every foot a thrill, ri latiRh or a tear. An airplane flight serves as the keynote of the plot which takes an ^American aviator Into Mexico. The subsequent crush when the wing breaks and hit* mechanician falls, f.urnlsh* s a thrilling moment that few films have ever equaled. Our hero f ills in the main room of a Mexican ranch house—a direct answer ap patently to the pretty little Latin maid’s prayer for a Gringo husbpnd Suffering no ill effects from the ac c dent beyond the total loss of his memory, the young American heats the local bandit teVror to It by marry ing her.-only to return and find his \mcrlcan wife, whose existence he had forgotten, waiting to take him imnie. The cast Includes Kenneth Harlan, Miriam Cooper, Walter Long, Miss l>u Pont, Hlchard Tucker and lidwln .1. Brady. Qttilt C.atujmlts Laughs for liussrll An old-fashioned quilt, the heir loom of the stralght'lni cd old dame, is ■ the laugh and thought provoker if William KusseU's new comedy di.min, "Times Have Changed," (he photoplay offering at the World. Aunt Cordelia, one of the leading characters, has no Interest In llfu but the-preservation of the traditions of the Heilman family. Her domina tion of I In- Itrdrnan clan Is supremo an unquestioned. When, ai the end of the war, her niece returns from France with Mark O'Kell she promptly spread* her withered wings over the ynung 0* couples happiness. Hhe Insists on living with them. An old qiitlti Uii der which; according to Aunt -Cur della, ten • genemtinns of • Heilmans have died, Is lost. Mark makes an Jobtiti y Nitres and — e sides Boyle made great successes of writing w*hat they saw on the Bar bary coast and south of the Slot. San Francisco’s underw’orld is like that of no other city, because San Francisco's iiopulation is and always has been <-omposed of u]l nationalities which drifted in from the corner* of tho esfrth. Robert F. Hill directed the motion picture Version of "Crooked Alley" from a conlinuitv by Adrian Johnson. ___________________________________ “Little Johnnie Jones" Drama of Racetrack Beauty and least clash with dra matic effect in “Little Johnny Jones,” the George M. Cohan stage success starring Johnny Hines, to he seen ■ in the photoplay version now at the Huh. The “beauty” takes the form of a charming little English girl who de cides to forget her blue blood and tradition because of her love for Johnny, Jones, the American jockey; and the "beast" is a professional gambler of shady past, who tries to put stumbling blocks and dangers In the path of the young Yankee lad so that he might win the girl himself. It is a romance of the turf, the story of Johnny Jones, the Yankee jockey, who is scheduled to win the English derby. A bar in his way conies up In the form of Robert An stead, a gambler, who knows his own horse doesn't stand the ghost of a chance unless Johnny Is put out of the way and dis'iuallfled. A plot bris tling with adventure Is concocted to prove that the Yankee has agreed to throw away the race, and Johnny has to show that actions are stronger than words before he is reinstated In the heart of his sweetheart. Johnny Jones, who rides his fa vorite horse. Yankee Doodle, to vie tory at the English derby and eludes the trap set for him. The supporting cast is made up of Windham Stand ing, Margaret Seddon, Robe-rt Prior. Molly Malone. George Webb. Mervyn LeRoy, Eat Carr. Pauline French, and Brownie, the wonder dog. Grand Program. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday— Barney Bernard, Alexander f’arr and \ era Gordon In "Potash and Perl mutter." Wednesday and Thursday—T>ust!n Farltum In "Burkin* the Barrier.” “Days of Daniel Boone,” ehapter 11. Friday and Saturday—Thomas Mei*hun In "The Man Who Saw To morrow." Muse Theater. Sunday—Jack Hoxie In "The Red .Warning." Monday and Tuesday—Shirley Ma son In "South Sea Love." Wednesday and Thursday—"Just Like a Woman," Friday and Saturday. "Pure Grit." Girls! It might easily have been'You, \ ■nnnmnErm f To-r > 4 DAYS < \ ONLY £ ** BUI 'TliimuiiiLk ^ OVEN MOORE,VIRGINIA BROWN FAIRE, TULLY MARSHALL S3 ROBERT MSKIM k TAUNDEKGATC Suppose You, a white girl, were born in China. Suppose Chinese bandits had l(idnapcd pou and sold \iou into a harem. Suppose A door opened and \iou looked up expecting to see a hideous Chinese. But Instead A big handsome American t stepped in. What Romance! What Adventure! In a land where anythin}? can hap pen and Does. Sing Girls r;*»wet Rosts Highbindn » Dane* Halit (^ambling llallt llaratn Horroi a jt'JCc/urn ij/h/iu/emcnf HAROLD' LL.OYD //V O/Y* Of H/S Or.vr lAU&HS NEVER WEAKEN Rialto Symphony Orchestra of 2i ?/ttrr// fuxii/nr Conducior ^ /'euS/tr, nii l>u I Extra AitrAciiotv BORAH M1NEVITCH Morfr/j Qrtalvat HARMONICA PLAVEf^ H lint Happens to a Screen Story Hy JAY CHAPMAN, Aumm'InIh llilltor I’Mlim-r Photoplay Corpnnitlen. Preparation* Itefore Filming. Tlie studio continuity writer having (:nished the adaptation of the original story into its completed form—into i t ion-description in numbered scenes, each of which represents a camera "shot" from one "stand" of the tripod—nnd every one concerned hav ing |>asaed upon it satisfactorily, the script is turned over to the typing j department for copying. Many copies; are made, for it is now tlie vital factor In preparations made for film ing the picture. The director is one of the .first to I receive a copy. His thoughts usually! turn first to casting the picture, for throughout production tho actual functions of the average director ate more closely concerned with players, and the enactment of the story than with anything else. The casting di rector gets another copy, and the assistant director also turns part of his attention toward casting when he receives the script intended fur him. The assistant director, in consulta tion with the director, the technical and art directors, the business mana or and others, then lays out a 'shooting" schedule. This is merely an arrangement of the scenes in the utter in which they are to be taken: usually determined by the "seis" and "locations" used. Economy and con venience are striven for by arranging to take uII the scenes in one locution or on one “set” in succession, whether or not they happen to come together In the story sequence. Scene one may lie followed by scene 23, then by «relie 200, and so on. "Shooting" may begin in the middle or end of the story, and the beginning may Vie filmed last. From tx>th dramatic and practical standpoints, most directors prefer to begin with easy material, to do the hardest scenes near the middle of the production, and toj finish with "odds and ends” of no great consequence. Into which the necessary "retakes" may be worked conveniently. A really good assist ant director’s functions, in the pre paratory stages as well as in the actual tllming of a picture, are to take all executive detail from his chief's shoulders, so that the latter :niay concentrate uninterruptedly | uiion the dramatic aspects of his story, f A script goes to the art director as soon as possible, in order that he I may, with the technical director, i dream out and work out the artistic CARLLABWUE PrvMnt* mmncsmwm I he 1 remendous Cast Includes— Sheldon Lewis Gladys Brockwel! I'af Hartiiran I and technical details of the settings required. Occasionally the art di rector and technical director arc one. The head property man of the com pajiy Is given a script so that he may make arrangements to buy, rent or borrow the needed "props" for every scene. ("Props" include everything from house furniture to pocket knives, telegrams to lawn mowers, and firearms to toothpicks.) The location manager, script In hand, scouts by automobile or train or boat for suitable “locations" for the exterior scenes. The camera man. and the important membew of the east read the script to familiarise themselves with the story, ami to into its atmi sphere. Ko, usually, fflm cutters, film editors, title writdLa ,j and others whose active duties begin with the actual "shooting” or later. Players also read the script as aoou f as possible in order to plan their 4 costuming. Krom 10 to IS copies of * the script are made, and together with production charts, ca«t esti mates and blueprints of ■'sets," they constitute Ihe foundation of al^ preparation for actual camera work. A PLAY OF N LUXURY LOVERS Some want gold, some love, some a baby's kiss, some a A mother’s love. Some girls choose the "Easiest Way’’ to obtain finery—pomp—luxury — and then realize that their bubbles are dregs. “TheWanters” Is a story boldly told, yet treated with sympathy that brings it as close to life as life itself. | Directed Hv JOHN M. STAHL, who rn.de "The Dangerous Age'' unforgettable d uni. STRAND Xteax"tt,nc SUNDAY A FIRST NATIONAL PICTURE A Story of Three Thoroughbreds A Boy— A Girl— A Horse - Here They Come Down the Home Stretch YANKEE DOODLE I i in the Lead Little Johnny Jones Urging Him on TO WIN! to Uphold the Honor of the Stars and Stripes 7 with ' Johnny Hines— Molly Malone Windham Standing—“Brmnie” Starts Today F ur One Week at the v "The Sim Hn.s the Pictures" Sun Comedy CHARLES MURRAY “Fearless Flanigan” It's a Whirlwind Finish to a Corking Race-Thriller “LITTLE JOHNNY JONES Adapted From That Great Comedy Stape Success by GEO. M. COHAN