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 <to
marry was plotting his downfall. How
lie meets romance while so disguised
and how ho defeats .the .enemies of
Civilisation are unfolded In the plot
of this highly dramatic play of Amer
ican and. Chinese life. .
The all-star cast interpreting the
thrilling story .includes Sylvia
Hreamer. Tuily Marshall, Virginia
Brown Falre, Robert Me Kim, Richard
Cummings and Yne* Sea bury.
The last half of tho week there Is
offered Colleen Moore and Kenneth
Harlan In "April Showers.”
New Angle of Fun
in “The Broken W ing” j
Picture goers Who are looking for
romething different will enjoy the
hi rand's offering, “The Broken
Wing," -one of the most successful
Hroadway plays of recent years. The
original stage piece, by Paul Dickey
and Charles W. Goddard, obviously
contained all the elerrlents necessary
n> 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 —
<Mat6drzi Sedaoti. _
in LiiTce Johnny JoneT1
at the SUN
7-teeL hoji let in'The Red Warning’
AT THE MOON
Santa CaQlanle
?f<otyas Castigate.
in'Cpooited Alley
AT THE EMPRESS
V'itgittiaGbowt( J^Tte <n
Thundergate atths Rialto
_ • m ~ -
Skitley J(asotx in 'South
St*Uvs*4T the My5E
in'Tmei Hay* Chancjo at tm* worlo
JCeyqeili '
IN* BffOKFN \VlNC
AT THf
STKAN O
excuse to go to New York to find it.
How the quilt is found and lost
many times in the most amusing cir
cumstances make this production live
up to the promise of its intriguing
title.
Jack Hoxie Makes
Will Ride on Horse
“And some say that motion picture
stars take no chances!"
This wag Lone Pine's exclamation
when its people observed the wild
ride down the side of a mountain
staged by Jack Hoxie for the b‘g
night scene in “The Ked Warning,"
at the Moon theater the first of this
week.
Hoxie started at the top of a hill
about a mile from th» little Cali
fornia town and rode his horse at a
dead run down the steep slope, into
town, carrying a flaming torch. The
town folks knew that it wi.-t Hoxie.
for he and his beautiful white horse
were clearly visible against the sky
line. There wasn't any chance for
the substitution of a double, for the
horse never quit running from the
time that the start was made until
Jack polled up at. the village store
and. spoke “howdy." to the crowd that
bad, assembled there,
It was a .case fpr unusual riding1
skill and daring, really a stunt tor
a "trick” rider and called for a sure
footed pony. Jack had all the attri
butes necessary for the rider and
his pony has never been known to
stumble.
The ride comes as an anticlimax
in the, picture, the signal for the
ranchers to start on the big chase
after the cattle rustlers.
“Crooked Alley” Is
Story of Frisco
"Crooked Alley,” ori ,'nally titled
The Daughter of Crooked Alley,"
adapted from Jack Boyle’s story,
showing at the Kmpress, portrays the
iife of picturesque characters of San
Francisco's underworld. That Is quite
sufficient reason for expecting some
thing entertaining, for Frank Norris,
Jack Bondon and other writers l>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.
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“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, \
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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
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SLEEP/
trs p/au*>ii 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
