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VOL. 53—NO. 37 PART FOUR OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24, 1924. 1—D___FIVE (ENTS
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Pre-Lent Play in New York
Ernest Truex Lands New Role in
“New Togs”—Burlesque Gives the
Thrill of Week to All Patrons.
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By PEnC YHAMMONB.
nNew York, Feb. 23.
HE wee Mr. Ernest Truex. who
acts young husbands so well, is
again out of 4uck with a dull
play. "New Toys" is its title, and it
is the work of Oscar Hammersteln
If and his friend, a nice boy named
Milton Herbert Gropper. When it is
said that the comedy is dull it is not
meant that it Is unsuccessful. It was
merely unsuccessful with the first
nighters and other critics. At its in
itial exhibition Mr. Truex strove very
hard to be amusing, since, earlier In
the season, he had failed to please in
"The Vegetable,’’ a drama composed
by his pal and neighbor, Mr. Scott
Fitzgerald.
But, although Mr. Truex was en
tertaining, his surroundings were
not. He performed as the bewildered
little husband of a stage-stricken
wife (Miss Vivienne Osborne), who
neglected him and the baby in order
to become a Broadway star. One
scene in the play moved the wise New
York first audience to enthusiastic
*r*ty. The handsome actress and her
manager had gone gayly away to the
theater, leaving him alone in the
humble npartment. A distant grama
phone was to be heard wailing the
popular lament, "My Sweetie’s Gone
Away." .The telephone interrupted
his desolation, summoning him to the
arms of a former sweetheart, a red
lipped and sensuous siren (Miss Mary
ltuncan). Desperate and Indignant, he
put on his hat and coat and was
about to go to her when . . . What
do you think happened? Well, the
baby began to cry softly from its
cradle in the living room—as the cur
tain slowly fell.
Mr. Truex is the most lifelike of
t lie little da-da actors. As Mr. Will
Rogers would say. he swings a mean
milk bottle. In "New Toys" he also
performs other baby rites of a nature
so Intimate that they may not with
delicacy be referred to outside of
home circles and the theater. . . The
ending is happy not only because it
concludes a tedius evening. The young
wife turns out to be Impotent as a
Broadway attraction, though it Is
clearly Intimated that she is a bad
actress. Therefore she creeps home
to her husband and her infant, vow
ing that she is done forever with the
hoards.
"Beggar On Horseback" Is a
sprightly burlesque adapted by
Messrs. Kaufman and Connelly from
a foreign play by Paul Ruble
—or it is Paul Konek? In It Mr.
Roland Young as a penniless mu
siclan la tempted by an unesthetlc
rich girl to marry her for her
money. Immediately after he has ac
cepted her proposition he falls alscep
and has a terrible nightmare.
This dream shows him how inad
visable It would be for him to ful
fill his bethothal. The family with
which he is about to connect him
self is proved to be a nuisance bi its
indifference to sweetness and light.
Jt is vulgarly commercial, predis
posed to golf, money and dancing
and dining in the New York cnbRrets
rather than to the helpful sym
phonies and sonatas.
In one of the frenzied phases of
bis aberration tbe composer mur
ders bis wife and all his wife's folks
with a paper knife, because they do
not appreciate his musical composi
tions. Many abuses are pilloried by
Messrs. Kaufman and Connelly in
this hideous phantasmagoria — big
business, jazz orchestras, tin-can
novelists, poets and dramatists, as
sassination. outdoor life and the radio
.... “Beggar on Horseback” Is the
first adventure in deep thinking by
Messrs. Kaufman and Connelly, who,
as fly young New Yorkers,-are above
par. From their satiric tower at
Broadway and Forty-fourth street
they have issued many laughable bul
letins about tbe naive life of the un
sophisticated provincials. But in their
latest play they give consideration to
the more universal blemishes . . . .
Here is where they are shrewd show
men in "Beggar on Horseback.” The
high-browed regard the play as amus
ingly low browed, and the lowbrowed
enjoy it because they suspect that
it is amusingly hlgh-browcd.
Miss Jane Cowl's newest essay in
tlie popularization of Shakespeare oc
curs too late in the week to be avail
able for these dispatches. It may be
reported, however, that, according to
rumor, Miss Cowl has been unselfish
in her revival of "Antony and Cleo
patra” and has permitted Mr. Rollo
Veters, as the sensual soldier, to
dominate the voluptuous Shakespear
ian proceedings hard by the Nile.
,Miss Cowl's version of "Antony and
Cleopatra,” it is said, is that em
ployed by Reerbohm Tree at His
Majesty’s theater in Eondon. wherein
Sis Herbert’s Antony cut consider
ably more figure than Miss Con
stance Collier's Cleopatra. Your cor
respondent hopes that you can wait
until next week to hear the big news
about our leading exponent of the
bard, in her impersonation of his
naughty and eloquent Egyptian.
What the Theaters Offer
THE Watson Sister?. Fanny and
Kitty, headline the vaudeville
bill at the WorliJ theater. These
girls present a most laughable 25
minutes. While comedy Is the key
note of the itrrformance, it lias also
n number of syncopated ntejodies.
An added attraction is the protean
artist, Arturo Bernard!, portraying
different characters himself For a
distinct novelty he shows the audi
ence Just how his marvelous charac
ter changes are accomplished. Ber
nard He Pace, master of the mando
lin, offers a program of popular and
stmi-classical tunes. In "Sixty Turns
a Minute.” Van Horn and Inez offer
H thrilling and out of the ordinary
act. Mile, r.uclle presents her famous
human birds. "I.ucille" and Cockle,
educated cockatoo*, who hold a con
sistent conversation with their mis
tress. Arthur Hava plays "Fifty
Thousand Dollars" as the organ solo,
pf the week.
Nat (Chick) Haines, the rotund fun
maker, and his company of 12, In
"Yes. My Dear,” a miniature musical
■ome’dy. is the headliner starting Sat
urday. Milo, the surprising comedian,
is an added attraction.
The management of the Empress
theater announces that for the next
,|,ree weeks the Powell Players will
. hange their hills twice a week. Now
playing, and ending Wednesday even
L (ng the company offers "The
. Vj..ive Doctor." This play Is being of
•fred for the first time at popular
prices. Among the musical numbers
introduced are "Somewhere," “House
-r David,” “The Dove Doctor,” "East
tore of Summer" and specialties by
various members of the cast. For
Thursday, Friday and Saturday the
attraction will be "Sally. Irene and
Molly," a song play with a consist
ent. plot, a gale of laughter and a bit
of pathos.
"Henpecked Henry.” with Halton
Powell In the role of "Henry Bowser,1
marls a fourday engagement next
s-unday.
In "Nifties of 1924," to be presented
this week at the popular Gayety the
,,„r there will be Ben Meroffs en
entertainers, one of the bluest muai
,.,l features ever presented in bur
jrsque. “Nifties of 1924” does nol
depend 'upon one featnre aione for
jls effectiveness. Billy Foster and WH
II, Cohan, old favorites, are coupled
in a new partnership as features of
tho burlesque. Maude Baxter sin**
Hi.- prims donna roles, Irene T-eary
plays Ingenue parts, and Shirley Mai
Jett's and Hattie Marshall are singing
and dancing soul,rets with s further
assemblage of male principals and a
chorus of active and attractive sing
„,K and dancing girls. Mailnee dally,
today s matinee starting at 2.
The 10th annual ‘Tasslng fthow ’
with Willie and Kugene Howard,
„ 1,1,.I, the Messra Rhuhert will pie
scut at the Braudels theater, March
„ n i flnd 5, la a typical New York
Winter Garden girl and music show
f tentacular dimensions The book
_,,,l lyrics of "The Hassing Blmw"
„re t,v Harold Attcldge. will, add,
- tlonal Ivrlca by lack Hlanley. Tin
music is by Alfred Gomlman and the
.lances were an anged by Allan K
I ,,„tei The entire production was
si aged by J- J. Shubcrt. Besides the
Howards, tho oast Includes Helen
Rlienstrom, Zita and Naro Lockfnrd.
Peggy Brown, Emily Miles, John
Quinlan. Ruth Cameron, George Gil
day. Wilbur de Rouge. Frances Win
ters, Michael Cavanagh. William
Brandt, Emmet Douglas, Norma Ham
ilton anil a whirl of others.
Wallcer Whiteside will be seen In
his powerful Anglo-Chinesc play "Mr.
Wu,” at the Brandeis theater on
March 7 and 8, coming to Omaha dl
rent from his run at the Playhouse
In Chicago. The. character of Wu LI
Chang, is radically different from any
of the oriental types in which Mr.
Whiteside has been seen In recent
years, for this powerful rhandarin of
Hong Kong, Is an Oxford graduate. |
and a business man of affairs tn his
native city. The three arts of "Mr.
Wu” ore filled witli exciting In
cidents, and romance holds swav as
well. Miss Sydney Hhields will be I
s^en in the exacting emotional char-1
acter of l^ady Gregory, and other
notable players will Impersonate im
portant t.vpee. The three scenes are
of Hong Kong and Kow Loon, a near
by suburb of the port.
It )s announced that A. L. Krlsnger
in association with B. C. Whitney,
will present Ed Wynn, "The Perfect
Fool,” in a new musical delight nt
the Brandeis theater, for the three
nights, commencing Thursday, March
13, with a matinee on Saturday. The
new production will he distinctively
Ed Wynn from beginning to end, for
the star not only wrote the lyrics
and music but he also thought up the
Jokes, picked out the performers, and
arranged the order of the scenes, of
which there will he Ik divided into
two acts.
Besides Ed Wynn, the principals in
clude Flo Newton, Nydia d' Arnelt.
True Rice, Johny Dale, Arthur F.
Burekly, “That Girl Quartet” which
comprises Rarriette Keyes, Lorrettn
Ferrstl, Ivey Kirkwood and Jeanette
Fielding. The Me.vakos, a clever
Juvenile trio, are intrndm ed offer
lively In now surprises, and the prin
cipal dancers will be Estell Penning.
Anita Furman, Edna Hamel, Grace
Russell, Betty Barclay, olive Blrm
Ingham, Arvis Smith, Edna Terry,
Rita Adams and Wynn's Wynn ing.
Wynn—some ensemble of charm and
distinction. Including the "1ft dancing
daisies" of American beauties.
IWnilern Composers’ Concert
Another of the monthly programs
on "Modern Composer*" will he given
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 In the
Y. AV. C. A. auditorium by the music
department of the Omnha AVoman's
<lub. All music lovers are invited.
The program will be ns follows:
Plano Roloa:
Homan'-* l.a Koi g*
Pollchlnalla Rachmaninoff
Rvalyn Vora
Vocal Roloa:
Night and tha Curlalne Prawn
... . .. Karra I a
Would Ood I W#ra luTrndar At>i»l*
Ttloaaom . Grant Rcna*f*r
A Mamory . . Gan*
Kloranc# Parlor Paltimr
Vocal Hue* Tha Night R«*a Rra'h
Mrs Krad Tpvrla, I.aura Pataraon
Vocal Rolaa*
Ths Horn . . Klaalrr
niva a Mmn * llms* O'Hara
A R i 'owgarthwah*
Tim program la open to all music
Inver* It will ha preraded by fi I
o'clock luncheon at the V. \V C A ,
raaer vat long for which may l># mnde
with Mr*. Georgs Henderson
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Say It With “Props” |
irlistic Success Spells Ho.t Office Success.
Says Cecil H. I)e Mille About the Art of
the Producer and Its Effect on the Play l
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By CECIL B. I>K MILLK.
Motion pictures have nl«nj« been
anil alweys will Tic. by the very vir
tue of the process concerned In their
manufacture and distribution, mass
entertainment. Thej must appeal to
the many and not the fen.
In view of these facts, therefore,
allow me to take the stand that the
artistic motion picture Is by the sainc
token the one that Is the most suc
cessful at the boxoffice.
Such a belief is, J know, contrary
to that held by many In the motion
picture business. We are still hear
In* that famous phrase, •'ll was an
artistic success, but a boxofflcs fail
ure."
“There Isn't any such animal. If
it's an artlatic success. It's a hoxof
fire success and if It’s a boxoffice
failure it's an artistic failure
The motion picture has as Its pur
pose (lie entertainment and relaxa
tion of millions. Iis principal respon
sibilily Is IlftliiK (he safely value on
overteut nerves,
l have been criticised because amne
hold that the spectacular effects
vi hich are a tvortlon of some of my
pictures aren't true In life.
I,ot m« say f I rat that a motion pte
tore to really Interest must he a com
pnsllp. Il musl lie built up from a
Miles of related Incidents. each good
In Itself, but not sufficiently drama
lie to lake an adequate part In a
dramatic framework. And this
strengthening of Inridenta la abso
lutely essential In a photodramn, for
you must replace the emotion crest
tng voice of the speaking stage with
silent but deflnile action that pro
ceeds to a definite conclusion.
Contrast Is another tool we must
make use of In motion pictures. It
Is another tool to help us offset the
loss of the voice. If you hays an
sly zed any nr my pictures yon will
find that the extravagance nf h wild
party in “Manslaughter" la set
against (lie bare and dismal walla nf
a penitentiary, while In "The Ten
< omniandmenta ' a lei rifle charge nf
chariots is countered by the besting
of a tmdhrr's In at i
Consider these two arguinrnta for
a moment
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And then think over this question:!
“What makes people enter a
theater?"
Of course the bald answer is. to be
entertained. And entertain them you
must for if you don't the public takes
ns money where It receives the com
modify it cra\cs.
“What entertains the public?"
That, of course is the next ques
tion.
Several years ago I came to the
conclusion that story alone, the mere
relating of the surface contacts of a
few sporadic characters, was not suf
ficient You must have n theme,
your story must lead to a definite
conclusion that will strike sn an
swerlng note |n the lives of the peo
ple who see your pictures. People
said that T was crazy to start my
series of plays dealing specifically
with divorce problems and yet they
have been a successful group of
photoplays.
And of course your people must he
Immsnd and likable. That goes
without saving.
And now let's go back to tlie critics
who talk about my use of the spec
tarular, who are fond of referring lo
my use of unusual bathrooms, bed
room doors with sliding windows,
covered telephones, st liking Jewel
boxes Jeweled fans and a thousand
other filings
These properties have the power of
satisfying two of the public's most
pronounced trails, curiosity and the
desire for novel!’
They aie purely exterior, three
tiling* They have nothing to do with
the rharneter tinfolding os< ept In in
dlroot wave And yet thry work
wonder* tn eroding people out of the
theater with a memory of *ome par
tfrnlar thing whlrh form* the bnAI*
of An enfhiielnetlo convor*«tlon when
they Mart to deerrlhe the pla' to *
fi fend
"Oli, fltme." Ihry'H any, "Did >011
eee thnKe paper flowri m with h pel
fume bottle In the etein that Vita
N'wldl gave Rod I,a nnerpie In Tin
Ten Cnmniandinenta?"
<Nnd If fJr,nA ha*n't *e*n the plav
ahr II probably go, not barauat of the j
t tk SYosreAoupe aho Qetc
«/i/in'Lights Out "at
the moon .
Jane )alc in Jealous* |
Husbands at the Rialto
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John (latesworfhy * story, "The
Stranger." In cinema form is prom
ised for the Klalto next week with a
cast of well known names. Hetty
Compson, Klchard Dlx. I/ewis Stone.
Ttilly Marshall, and little Mary Jane
Irving portray the story of an Inno
cent man tiled and convicted.
Following the completion of the
run of "Koslta" at the Sun. "The A<
quitfnl , n mystery picture, wttlftart
hii Indefinite engagement The cus
tom of requesting that those who
have seen the picture do not divulge
the secret of the plot to others, will
funny perfume bottles altogether -
hut thc\ probably helped.
I king ago sent a rule to mv seen
orln department Say It with Props
You cun point dramatic situations
with more vUidlicSH h\ the use of
-embolic properties than any slngls
device, .
!•*» followed in presenting the picture.
I Miring Its run the management will!
not admit anyone during the last two
\ eels in order that the story may not
ne spoiled for them.
William do Mtlte's ‘ Pon’t Call It
l.ove," with Not a N.ildi in one of her
nrnp roles will open next week at
i he St i and. William de Mill* has
proposed some new methods of mak
ing pictures in written articles during
ihe past months, and some of his
td*a* have been incorporated into his
new story.
r~REEL REMARKS '
I Bjr the M. I». Editor.
Wnr a heard when driving in traf
|he nnd avoid peraonnl assault*. aaya
l.uoien I .Ittlefleld. tJoldwyn actor.
Littlefield played « chnractei part
recently whb'li required a gray beard,
lie put on the beard in the atudloJ
nnd drove to a location in Laguna
without the test of hie makeup.
Traffic tteiip tats collide drive?
ImfTgmnnt oath* uttered - actor
threatened
\ i Kinucnt ended w tjen driver do
parted with final shot;
If you weren’t att old matt I d
kick your face in ’’
\fter month?* of preparation and
tulle* of publicity atorlea. the actual
shooting of erotic* for "Mon Hur »*,
about to emit in Italv ttcorg* Walah
i* ealliitK iitttnediately to aaunta the
| leading role
Dick, a Regular Fellow
Omahan Tells How Off Stage
Richard tiarthelmess Is of a Most
Delightful and Modest Character
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Dick Barthelmess holds the reputa
tion of being "just an awfully nice
young fellow" among people in and
out of the film business.
He attended school at Trinity col
lege, at Hartford, Conn., and was one
of the returned graduates at the oc
casion of the 100th anniversary of
the college last spring. C. Z. Gould
of Omaha, who is one of the oldest
graduates of the college, tells of
Dick’s visit there.
"Dick Barthelmess proved to be
[ one of the modest and backward
young fellows of the reunion—he
seemed to enjoy himself hugely from
the background.
"I, unfortunately, was one of the
oldest graduates in attendance and
was made to suffer accordingly by
being in the foreground as 'one of
the oldest.’
"I recall at our college fraternity
banquet, 'Psi t'psllon,' the speaker
Invited ‘our noted film star memlier,
Richard Barthelmess,’ up to the
speaker's table.
" 'I'd rather stay down here with
the young fellows,' said Dick. 'I did
not come to be a film star. All I
want is to he one (ft the boys again.
Barthelmess is at the Strand this
week in "The Fighting Blade.”
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Czechoslovak Film
at the Brandeis
_y
An entire program of film out of
Cecho-Slavakia will be presented at
the Brandeis theater for three days
starting today.
"The Cross at the Brook" is the
title of the feature picture. "Prague
of Today" is the screen-travclogue
and "President Masaryk in His Inti
mate Surroundings" is the title of the
news film which is eimilar to our
Fathe Weekly. The picture of
Prague shows the ancient historical
city, as it is today—a worthy expon
ent of one of the most progressive
new republics created since the war.
It gives an intimate view of life in
the capital, close-up views of its peo
ple, its palaces and buildings. There
are some wonderful animated screen
effects which so far have not been
produced anywhere else and repre
sent quite a novelty in the s< re»n
art. The reel showing Masaryk. the
president of the new republic, is an
intimate study of his daily life, pic
turing him at his daily task, how he
lives and plays.
All the pictures sre titled in both
English and Bohemian so that they
may be understotxl by both nationali
ties.
"The Cross at the Brook” is a love
story dealing with a family that has
I been cursed in a prophecy. It is pro
[ dieted that every marriage would
bring miserv and trouble, and it diys.
until one day a girl determines to
smash this curse, no matter what th*
cost. How she does It and what be
comes of it, is the story. While the
play enda in happiness, there is deep
appeal, dramatic action, and thrilling
situationa before the final fade-out.
The picture has been produced on a
lavish scale and is acted by a cast
which includes some of the heat tal
ent in Caacho Slovakia. The film was
brought to this country front Prague
hy Frederick ltyhar and will be pre
sented under his personal supervi
sion.
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“Jealous Husbands'' on
Rialto Screen This If rrk
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Maurice Tourneur's "Jealous Hus
hands." a story of what trouble and|
grief can be caused in a family by the
demon of Jealousy w ill be the feature
attraction of the Itialto presentation
thla week.
Ttie story portrays the vivid con
trasts between the rich and the low
Iv; the respectable and the dregs of
society, with two romances inter
twined in the dramatic fabric of the
story. The dangers of unthinking
jealousy is ths theme of this fascinat- ;
ing story, and it will strike at the
heart of every person who sees it.
Mr. Tourneur has gathered a not
able cast for his production. In it are
Ben Alexander, Jane Novak. Earle
William, George Siegtnann. Bull Mon- \
tana. J. Gunnis Pavis and Emily
FUiroy.
Is»rry Semon, in "Horseshoes," will!
furnish the laughs.
Today only, at 1 o'clock, there will]
he presented a concert hy a 40-piece
symphony orchestra. at no extra
charge in admissions
Three times a day during the en
lire week, the Spring Style llevne.
held fry the theater in conjunction
with Herzberga wilt Ire presented.
Iran P. Martin with his hunch of
New York models Is in charge of the
presentation of the latest creations in
dress.
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"1 he Great Mail Rohhers''
at the Moon Theatre
S- _
"The Great Mall Robbery” booked
this week at the Moon, is full of
amusing touches, so human in their
comedy that they mirror ones own
horns life,
Emory Johnson knows the \aluc of I
breaking Into the thread of the pint
when detail* begin to get heavy, to
give the audience iust a few min
tiles to digest what has gone before
This deft handling enffldea his spe
tatois to follow easily rat'll succeed
Ing step In the story s denouement
and makes his productions highh
pleasing,
Itealdea Ralph lewis, who play* tie
title role, the cast Includes Johnnie
Walker, Taylor Graves. Josephine
Atlalr, Martha Sleeper, Resrmari
Cooper. Virginia True Roardman
Have Kirby and Hardee Kirkland
Most of these fay 01 lea appeared in
support of t.eyyia m one of the forum
Johnson pictures
linillle Johnson, mothe of the w.-il
known director, t* the author of *11
tier son* picture*
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Lois IT (>hcr Film
at the World I
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Lois Weber, adapter and director; .
Claude Gillingw ater, famous stage
and screen star: Jane Mercer, phe
nomenal child actress, and Clara
Louise Burnham's noted tjovel,
••Jewel," all combine to make one of
the most interesting picture plays of
the season, in "A Chapter in Her
Life," the World photoplay attracting
this week.
It is a simple story, a glimpse into
the innermost soul of a little girl that
works a miracle. The play has no vil
lain. . . '
It tells the tale of a child threat
into a house of discot{l—and of her
steadfast dream in the good in people
that changed it into a house of love
and happiness.
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Empress Has Split
IT eek in Pictures j
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A complete newspaper office was
erected at Universal City for the rep
1 esentation of a newspaper office on
the screen. It appears in "The Whis
pered Name," from the famous play,
"The "Corespondent," at the Empress
today. King Baggot, the director, had
a staff of experts copy the local room
of a metropolitan daily.
A cast, headed by J. Frank Glen
don, Alice I-ake, Bosemary Theby,
Baby Josephine Adair and Philo Mc
Collough, opens Thursday in "More
to Be Pitied Than Scorned."
The stirring play by Charles E.
Blaney is one of the old-time thrill
ers—a story of home and stage with
all the appeal and sentiment so dear
to the heart of the home-loving
public. _
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Pickford Enthused
Over Bring Grownup
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Mary Rii kford has .1 grownup rol»
in "Rosita," playing its second week
at the Sun. Mary, likes her new sort
of picture—in fact. Is ail enthused
about it.
Her statement about her part in
"Rosita" follows:
"While it may be possible that I
could go on playing characters similar
to Teas in 'Tees of the Storm Country'
for the rest of my life, finding new
and interesting traits in this soul
stirring little waif type. I must con
fess that in the character Rosita 1 ,
have found that being the heroine of
a grownup drama, portraying a
grownup young woman on an equal
standing with the other grownup* in
the cast, has filled me with great en
thusiasm—more than I have ever ex
perienced before.
•'Trs« will always dwell In my mem
ory a« my nv st beloved characterise
lion, but Rosita tfirilhi me. for I fee)
m?seif living the adventuresome ro
mane* of this little street singer.
While Rosita is a distinct departure
from the usual little girl part* with
which 1 have been identified, it 1* not
my first grownup role, and is not to
be the medium of my continuing a«
an emotional actress, having already
portrayed roles of as great a acope
and dramatic intensity.
“Rosita is not the usually accepted
starring part, being one of four very
important roles in thes tory. The por
trayal of these is in the hand* of
stars most suitable to the enactment
of the types. I'nder the exacting di
reetion of Ernst Eubitsch. surrounded
by a most competent cast. I have de
rived greater pleasure in playing
Rosita than I had ever anticipated.
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Second-Run Houses'
Programs This JTeck |
c_-'
The Muse
Emory John- n s ' Th* Great Ma;
Rubbery.' which is being featured *:
the Muon theater this week, i* th'
opening feature at the Muse Mads*
Kennedy in ' The 1'urple Highwa>
one of the be>t of Miss Kenned' -
features will be shown Monday and
Tuesday and for Wednesday
Thursday there is offered Hupr't
Hughes' film on divorce, ‘ Reno." In
the cast are Helene Chadwick. Carmel
Meyers. George V alsh and Lew Cody.
Elmer Clifton s "Down to th* Saa in
Ships." a story of the whaling d*'S
of 1R40. will coiftlude the week.
The Grand
Marjorie Daw and John Fewer* in
a *t«»ry from the famous poem, “The
Ritefoof Hoy. is presented today a*
the feature attraction at the Grand,
with Bucking the Line' as the
comedy. Rudolph \ alentino * “Blood
and Sand, with Nita Naldi and Lila
I<ee In the cast, will play for both
Monday uid Tuesday and will be fol
lowed Wednesday with John Gilbert
in ‘The Kxiles Ruth Roland in
chapter m\ ,.f Ruth of the Range
will also lx* shown both days. Hob
brook Blinu's funnv same on Mexi
can rebel*. “The Bad Man " from
the stage play of that title, will fin
ish the week s offerings.
The Boulevard
Agies i\ in an s tion «!«ry o|
the modern girl. * rhe Haul Raidet
i < omejv film and the ninth of
“Fighting Flood ’ aerie* of prise ring
stories w >11 offeie.) * slay and Mo?
day. Marion V'avtea in one of her
most ambitious film*. “Uttk Old
New York. a comedy and chapter
10 on “The I'Mve of Mantel p<'cnr."
will lx* presented for the next three
day*. The closing feature w?U Ns
The Meanest Mm in the WogV •
with comedy and a xaudc'wlif art
completing the program.
The 1 othmp
Mi Net- v Bell* i>. • na * a Bln*
version of the famou* lo\ e story as »1|
be featured her Sunday and Mon*
dav. with a roninlv and chapter four
of the ‘ Fighting Blood ‘ ernes Owen
\\ Mei s fhe \ tguilan with Knit
noth 11*0,m ui the ! tie ? ‘c m - t
a comply film w: 1 play Tueadax
\\ r !t?< s ‘ t v • d * ' ■ * \ V * t"- i
fewtti»e of the week will ha th# show
mg Friday and Saturday of H*roM *
l Joy -.t a W h> \x • e • ef h <
funniest.
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