Having Played With Mix, of Course. She Could Ride “Can von ride?” This was one of the first questions asked Colleen Moore by Director George William Hill after the film itctress was cast for the leading role pi * Through the Dark.” the under world photoplay. "One of my first dramatic parts •was load with Tom Mix," answered Miss Moore. And that she benefited by her early opportunities will be seen by the skillful runaway*scenes In which Mias Moore is featured. The film is a Cosmopolitan production, adapted by Frances Marion from Jack Boyle's "Boston Blaclde" story. “The Daughter of Mother McGinn." This Week-Ending Friday The Palmer Photoplay ^Written and conceived by a Pittsburgh housewife. ETHEL STYLES MIDDLETON None of the glare of the studio lights. None of the false tinsel of the manufactured picture, but a thread from the life of a woman whose heart dictated as her pen wrote. Here is a picture for all the world to see. It is humble, it is human, it is grand because of its truth. ADDED ATTRACTION BudolpkVdentino I OM* k A Carmel Mtjers in a revised edition of a former production. SEE HIM AS HE WAS •before he became famous. —AND THEN— lust for Good Measure We Present for Fun, SUN COMEDY “The Feather : Pushers” A Burletqua an “The Leather Puthers” Omaha’s Own Real, “Local Lafs” Written by Local People Edited by Tba Omaha Bee INTERNATIONAL NEWS WEEKLY to u A Superb Vaude ville Offering on Thie Week’s Di versified Bill. Matin'* 2:20—WEEK COMMENCING TODAY'S MATINEE—Ev'nint »:20 HENRY SANTREY and ANNA SEYMOUR In a Travailjr HARRY J. CONLEY In "RICE AND OI.D SHOES" With HARRIETT TOWNE. hy GRACE RYAN “Omaha'* Own" KENO FOUR Likable Lad* From Harmony Land DANNY DUGGAN AaaUtad by MADELYN MEREDITH and tha Boy Phomal, FREDDIE SANBORN ^WILSON AUBREY TRIO £7fo.r;r.::“to 9 BREEZY BITS OF MIRTH ANP MELODY.® » “lopka vl lh* Day" f'atha N«wa •ia pi V* - M > X 1 C 2 O ■n pi 2 H PI X H > Z 2 pi Z H > H H S Pi 2 z 2 C 2 O •n n O in H 1 1 A Art and the Working Card Ifavid Relaseo binds He. Cannot Make Himself Relieve the Closed Shop Is to Re More Desired Than the Closed Theater » J DAVID BELASCO has decided to close all hla production on tour and the BcIorco theater in New York because of the unsettled condi tion of the American theater. Contracts with members of Ihe Ac tors Epulty expire June 1 and there Is no possibility of organising any dramatic, companies during the spring and coming season without accepting the principles of the closed shop, to which Mr. Belasco is opposed. Lenore T’lrlc (who as "Klkl” has broken the record of every theater In which she has appeared) will end her tour as early as possible in May. Mr. Belasco intended to send Miss I.'lrlc through the west to California, where her season was to have ended late in July. Miss I'lric will go to Europe instead. Lionel Barrymore with Irene Ken wick In "Laugh, Clown, I^augh,” will close the New York engagemeht In the Belasco theater on March 22 in order to make n brief tour of the principal cities with the original cast before June 1. David Warfield, who is having a phenomenally successful tour in "The Merchant of Venice," will shorten Ills season by closing early in May. lie has no plans for next season. “The Other Itose” will close shortly. The Belasco theater will remain dark after March 22. unless Mr. Bel asi’o should allow an outside attrac tion to come in. This will lie the first time in the history of Mr. Belaseo's career in the theater that he has made no prepa ration fur the spring or coming sea son. After long deliberation and with deep regret Mr. Belasco has come to the decision that he cannot do justice to his theater, the public, or himself by working under the conditions Im posed by the closed shop. Many of tile officers and members NOTE: Box office open today, for your convenience, from 12 M. to 5 P. M. TOMORROW RIGHT WEDNESDAY^ AtTmeE WJHR1US-LAUCHS-SHOCKS^B W^r txcmNfr pt*Y ever k ttRlTTCN Nttf .YORK, LONDON,CHICAGO,PHILA0El?HI4 , ALL VOTED TVflSACiREAT ENTERTAINMENT Sam* Superior Company Which Played Mere Early Laat Fall and Chicafo All Laat Seaaon PPlfiFC- F-vrnina*.50c. $100. $1.50, $2.00 and 12 50 rn,vfc*’ Matinee - . -.50c. $1.00 and $1.50 TUIIDCHAV FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. I nUll^UN I MARCH 13-14-15—SAT. MAT. Returning by Spacial Request and Popular Demand, r n ° i Kir KCW MUS1CALFAKTASY Z ACTS- 19 SCENES OF SURPRISE? SYaged by Julian Mitchell S[29r^ 3S2 MAT 50 rc • TICKETS NOW ON SALE BBIAC*. Evenings.Sl.OO, SI SO. $2 00. $2 50 sod $5 00 rniv$$. Saturdajr Matins*.SOc. $1.00. $1.50. $2.00. $2.50 I THREE NIGHTS ONLY, |M A Dm 1 C STARTING NEXT SUN. IflMflUfl lO J»cqucs Pwrr« PnimH JULIAN ELTlMGE^nSimf blacks witfMfflHn COtf**ny or 7Q £NTtMT/UNfff9fi^BBSm$k SIX BROWN BROS, wosis rAi-ico SAX AMOUNTS r BLArKFACK KDDIR ROSS Boys - GIRLS , il THIBKSA valkwio j Tic beta Tomnrrow. in A M.BOt. il.oO. *l.»0, (2 no and »2»0 Now Playing DeLuxe Six-Act Bill A Novel Comedy Show Headed by the Famous Stars of Circusdom HANNEFORD FAMILY With George Hanneford, World’s Greatest Riding Comedian WALTERS & STERN “Syncopatad Salaiman’’ JOHN BURKE A Trada of HU Own Mary Drew & Co. Reichen’s Entertainers ::iiTTFoF1SiXRiri^XifF~ EVANS, MERO and EVANS A* Tow Sawyer, Hu^k Finn and Billy Ike Kid An Unusual Photoplay Attraction “DAYTIME TH® Story of a Ja s« Mad _A|f_ WIVES” of the Federation of Labor have worked side by side with Mr. Uelasco, have been in hi« employ and are his personal friends; hut he does not feel that the principles which were in volved in forming the American Fed eration of Labor apply to the theater; or, in fact, to any art. Statement li.v David Uelasco. "The theater is not a shop, "It represents all art. "No manager worthy of tlie name goes into it for money. "We all die poor. "But the theater goes ou. "Others come to take our places and we must think of them. No matter what the consequences, I dare not be called a. shirker 20 years from today. "There Is only a handful of man agers in the world while the vast army of actors grows yearly. But sanity and common justice must pre vail in the end. "A man cannot tell what he will do until lie is face to face with a mo mentous and humiliating problem: but—— "The theater is (lie love of my life. "Every day that dawns 1 work lu it and continue far Into the night. "If I have given nothing more to . tlie theater than my undying affec tion, at least 1 have had the honor to bear many hardships and struggles because of it. "1 will not lift my hand against it now—at any cost." On the Other Hand Kd Wynn Says He Is Will ing I" Go llroke Again Sup porting Ihe Acton*’ l nion. v-/ Kd Wynn, who comes to the Brau dels on Thursday night, takes the other end of the proposition, tie is a member of the Actors Equity asso ciation, and a firm believer in Its principles. lie war* playing with ‘ The Gaieties of litl!>” during which engagement at tli° Forty-fourth Street theater, New York, the actors railed their strike. With the rest of them he walked out, giving up a salary of already huge proporitlons. "I went broke fof the strike," lie said, because I believed we actors were rlgh'. You know I have worked quite hard, conscientiously ami hon estly to attain my object. You see I have succeeded, for today I am a manager, I produce my own shows, but my sympathies are still with the actor. I went broke for them once, and If it was neceesaiy I'd go broke for them again." 1-M Wynn's career since the sliike is fairly well known, lie had been blacklisted by the managers. In or der to secure employment the actor was forced to write his own musical chow and pioUnce it. unich was "The Carnival" and in which he toured the Ruth Draper Coming for Drama League’s Next Number Hull) Diaper will be presented by the Omaha Drama league at the Ilran deis theater on the afternoon of Wednesday, March 19, in a program of character sketches. Miss Draper has thoroughly estab lished herself In America and England In her particular line of work—that of impersonation. The New York Herald's dramatic critic says of her: "She Is more than a mimic—she is a searching exponent of character, *o that while many of her lines are dis concertingly diverting, she gains most of her applause liy coaxing out the odd quirks of personality. That makes her satirical Impersonations ring true, for she puts a high polish, rather than high lights, on her characters. In 'The Debutante,’ an encore that proved ^he outstanding hit of the evening, every atom of her slender person seemed to be acting at top bent, and yet she gave an impression of the most impromptu chatter. Her versatile performance is a lesson in histrionic art, and a large sprinkling of distinguished professionals hung on her every move as if it were the country successfully for trvo solid years. His present vehicle, now in its third year, having run one entire year at the George M. Cohan theater. New York, ami last season a remark aide four months engagement in Chi-, (■ago, three months In Boston and Philadelphia, he. chooses to slyle "Tlie Perfect Fool," serves to place Kd Wynn on the topmost rung of stardom and success. The comedian makes his home at Great Neck, Kong Island, where his family at present reside. Kd Wynn was born in Philadel phia. His parents (both of them) were in the tailoring business, after wards millinery. Wynn, after leaving school, assisted his father at odd times, selling millinery. Wynn, after many trials, was successful In land ing in vaudeville, gradually working his way up the ladder to headline position, lie became quite popular In the two-a-rtay vaudeville a.s "The Col lege Boy." It was not long until musical comedy beckoned and the young Philadelphian made his first ap pearance in musical comedy with "The Deacon and the Lady." Flo Ziegfeld next engaged Wynn for the "Follies" and in a small way tested the comedian'a ability. It was not until the 1 :* 14 edition nf the Ziegfeld "Follies that Wynn lievame promi nently successful. After the "Follies" he passed to the management of Ar thur 1 lanimerstein. who allowed him to rewrite, practically, the musical eottiedy. "Something,” after which \\ > r.” ioine.l "Tlte Gaieties of ■— ■ 1 '■ I alSwK 38B THIS WEEK-ENDS FRIDAY ONE DAY ONLY—TODAY William Fox j presents ' j jLm\ 'UX* OUT < eawBovr IADIES With "Tony” tht Wonder Horse r*i pan Imaglna a r««gk rMln*. rip mar In* ear paaakar aa the aMPar •( an «M ladlaa* knar aka la faraad ta taka la Hraatlfal modal*'* ta kaardf If* abort tka faaalaat aftaa* tlaa taa Hair nrr aaan In a platara. U« will laagk aaa mlnata and tka aril ton Mill Hold vo«r Hraath aa pan aaa Tam Mil par* farm Hair rotting. dara Jr % II thrllla aa t«»p af a ian*atorr building. IF WE WERE TO TITLE THIS NEW MIX PICTURE WE WOULD CALL IT— “WESTERN SPEED" F»r thu'i Ja«t alial ll Is. ftpceil—galwrr mH laagk* aplraii. METRO MASTERPIECE TWO WEEKS STARTING NEXT SAT. re*smaker," ''In Coun ty Kerry.” "A Southern Girl at a lJance.” "A Children's Party In Phil adelphia.” "A Scotch Immigrant *t Kills Island.” and three other num bers yet to be decided upon. r ' \ Believe It or Not, Leading Man Says the Play Even Scares Him v- .. J When John Willard sat down to make a high-powered thriller out of "The Cat and tha Canary,” which plays at the Brandeia theater, begin ning Monday, he set something in motion that passed bsyond hi* control. That is the reaction that the com pany get* from varying audiences. P.e it understood that all sort* of creepy r-ircurnetances beset the fright ened heroin* and are presented so vividly that never a performance passe*1 without gasps and groans from thus* In front. Let Louis Kim-' ball, who plav* the hero, explain it: "The actors are as susceptible to th* plays various exciting moments as the audience, despite the fact that they are familiar with all the lines, ait nations and devices used to produce the thrills. Barely do two audiences receive the play exactly alike. Some times they scream and laugh in uni son, while at other times they moan end giggle. Back of the curtain w'e are constantly getting thr.lls when ■ the audience act for us. Sometimes they really frighten us more than j we frighten them—a fact that makes it impossible for us to feel completely j at ease. "There are time* when ] am in peril in the atory and when 1 have to stt tight anil keep my mind on the scene while some one in the audi ence is sounding an alarm. "The effect of this play :* evi dence that the average mind can easily revert to it* childish state. The terrors of our drama are felt in front by thoae who delight in my escaping from the mad man and other immediate dangers. In other words, people like to experience m the theater what they avoid in reality. AnJ they do laugh heartily, too, for our play haa a pleasant trick of re lieving the tension when necessary. "And »o I don't know who gets the more enjoyment out of 'The Cat and the Canary'—the public or pur little comiiany behind the footlights " Galaxy of Women Stars Write and Direct for Films l.arpe Salaries Are Earned in Scenario Departments at Motion Picture Studios. Star* of the screen may *liine with prominence and popularity. But there i* a galaxy of star* b hind the ecreen that outahinea mo*’ of the favorites In financial retut . and importance. One hundred thousand dollars a yea for the services of Anita Loot?, or 51,000 weekly to Jeannie Macpherst or Clara B»ranger, are examples of the i - wards paid to B^»nrte women writers In filmland. Yet there air women of even greater important* than these who, It la believed, get pro portionately higher pay for thei services. Here, for instance, beauty, bralrs and high pay are mutual companion* Case of June Mathis. Take June Mathis. She is editorial director of Ooldwyn pictures, and no slouch on facial features, either. She is said to command the largest sal a*, ever paid by a motion picture firm to a woman, with the exception of two or three of the leading stars. Miss Mathis selects the stories for her company, watches their progt**# in the making, even directs the di rectors and gives the pictures their •final touches before they are released. And Another (a». France* Marion is one of the few women directors in the game—certain ly the only woman who haB directed such stars as Mary Bickford and Norma Talmadge. She writes scena; ios. and prepares continuity, too. Famous husband and wife combina tions are Anita Loos, who produces scenarios and original scripts with her husband, John Emerson; Ouida B*r gere, who prepares the continuity for her husband, George Fitrmaurlce. and Josephine Lovett, wife of John S*. Rob ertson, who supplies the continuity and consults with him in matters of costuming, decoration and selecting stories." "Kiglithand Man." The "righthand man" of Cecil De Milie is Jeannie Macpherson. Florence Strauss Is eastern scenario editor for First National Pictures while Marion Fairfax, wife of Tuilv Marshall, has charge of the western branch. Gertrude Chase combines writing scenarios wilh editing film. Clara Beranger and Rita Weirnan are both brilliant writers who com hire literary ability and human ap peal in just the proportion to produce box office attractions. Woman Title Writer. I'nique in her field is Katherine Hilliker. one of the few title writers who Rets h»r name on the screen with the author and director. f'.a.r West, Ethel Chaffin and Sophie Wachner have achiered farce and wealth .n th* same field—costuming the rears and taking char Re of the wardrobe problems of large producing companies. Richard <,)uita Inspiration. Richard Karlhelmess, the bashful hero has notified Kirst National, hia distributors. that "The Knrhanted Cottage " hia latest production, is the last he will send to them through Inspiration picture*. It is reported Barthelmess mar become a unit in the Thomas H. lnce producing or ganisation. Why Barthelmess ia giv ing Inspiration the go-by is not re reeled. Out in California Syd Chaplin. Charlie's big brother, is talking of playing Romeo as a eourc* of inno cent merriment for himself and the general public. Four Days, Starting TODAY FAREWELL WEEK—POWELL PLAYERS Offering for the fir»t half of the week the aensational dramatic comedy of moving picture folk*— MIDMIGHT ROSE Adapted Ffom Helton Powell’s Original Stage Success— “THE SINS OF HOLLYWOOD" First Run Screen Attractions “JUST OFF BROADWAY” With John Gilbert and Star Cast Fourth of the New T|||: filltflDC Comedy Series I 11 C H U f ■ 0 Thursday—“Oh By Jingo” NEXT SUNDAY A new company and greatest popular priced musical comedy organization in America— BERT SMITH •LAYERS I KEEWANU con MBI4TMIAA laiU AH Wait BIRLE5R I WIvC Mif HW WCW La4i*V 24c Bar. MatI:lt Wk. Daaa AUA1RAl. 4s l 4N DANSEUSE DARING Beautiful THRU l INC t