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.
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Mtjers
in a revised edition of a
former production.
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SUN COMEDY
“The Feather :
Pushers”
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“The Leather Puthers”
Omaha’s Own Real,
“Local
Lafs”
Written by Local People
Edited by Tba Omaha Bee
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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most important thing in their lives—
as it was. ’
Her Omaha progtam will inoluile
“A French i>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.
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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—
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