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FINDS LITERATURE
IN TODAYS MOYIES
English Novelist Discover! That the
Motion Pictures Arf the Real
Stories Themselves.
ARE NOT MERE ILLUSTRATIONS
Louis Tracy, who takes rank with
Anthony Hope as one of the few
great English romantic novelists of
the present generation, has discov
ered that the movies are lifc-rature.
Mr. Tracy arrived at this discov
ery at a meeting with J. A. Berst,
vice president and general manager
of the House of Pathe. As a. result
of this meeting Mr. Tracy is engaged
to write the newest serial picture,
"The Grip of Evil," in the $5,000,000
yearly serial program of l'athc,
"A fine mvoing picture does not il
lustrate a story it is a story, and
sometimes it is drama, not merely
the picturization of drama."
These were among the first words
that Mr. Tracy heard in his talk with
Mr. Herat, and they opened his eyes
and set him thinking.
"But are pictures ever literature?"
asked the English writer.
"That is the point; what do you
think?" questioned the moving pic
ture man,
Depends on Treatment,
"That depends on theme and on
treatment of theme. The theme of
all great literary works, romantic or
otherwise, niuSt he such that it has
some application to human life in vi
tal fashion, and the treatment of
such a theme must always be such
as to-give rise to thought as well as
to provoke enjoyment. Can anything
like this be transposed to moving
piitures?"
"And why not ?" said Mr. Berst,
who knows literature and has often
transposed it to pictures in his long
experience in penetrating the re
sources of the screen drama.
"Take the theme of the new serial
motion picture we now have in
mind," pursued Mr. Berst. "It is this
is humanity in the grip of an evil
force, or is there some power for
good that, in the end, converts
wrong into some better purpose?"
Mr. Tracy became intensely inter
ested. "Hut that is philosophy and, of
course, is beyond picturization."
Mr. Berst smiled and said medita
tively: Must Be Interesting.
"No, Mr. Tracy, you will see that
you are wrong. It is true that this
is philosophy, but motion pictures
can bring home anything to the mind
and to the heart of an audience, if
the originator of pictures knows how
to make pictures do it, and do it,
moreover, interestingly interest
ingly to the point of intensity.
"Suppose you take that theme and
let it become human in the person or
man who doubts doubts whether
humanity is in the grip of evil or is
guided by a power higher and better
than evil. Suppose you permit this
embodied theme to test his doubt by
mingling with all the thousands upon
thousands of his kind in the human
beehive; suppose "
Mr. Tracy's powers of creation
were already at work, the story that
should be made to emerge in pic
tures was already fashioning; itself in
his mind.
"I have seen the light," said the
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"r want ou to see it fr us,"
Mild Ml, Ilrrst
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OMAHA THEATER OPENS
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AT EMPRESS THIS WEEK
"Police," the latest production of
Charlie Chaplin, appears at the Emp
ress theater for four days beginning
today. In this story, Chaplin is a re
leased convict. When the prison
chaplain gives him his last piece of
advice he also relieves him of his $5
wdiich the prison officials gave him.
While he is up against it, he meets up
with an exconvict whom he knew in
the prison, and together they proceed
to rob a house. After much hard
work with a "jimmy." Chaplin walks
through the door which has been
open all the time, Chaplin himself
pronounces the play one of his great
est of efforts.
On the same bill with Chaplin is
"Four Months," a two-act drama, in
which a young man who lias been
told by his physicians that he only
has four months to live, goes into
philanthropic work. In his labors he
runs into a den of white slavers and
saves a young girl.
Two comedies, "Chinatown Vill
ains" and "Jerry's Perfect Day," with
George Ovey, constitute the remaind
er ot the program, with Mutual
Weekly No. 73.
The second half of the week, be
ginning Thursday offers "Repaid," a
drama in which a young man makes
a great sacrifice to save his father's
business and his mothers' happiness.
"Folitickers" and "Rival Rogues" are
the accompanying comedies. "Reel
Life," a film that is an innovation in
motion picture production, will also
be shown. It picture some of the
wonders of nature. Things we see,
but rarely appreciate. "Seeing Amer
ica, No. 23," completes a fine bill,
GAYETY THEATER OFFERS
THREE BIG PHOTOPLAYS
Three big changes are on the Gayety
program for this week. Starting to
day and continuing tomorrow William
A. Brady presents Mollie King in
"Fate's Boomerang."
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day Mae Murray, who made such a
hit in "To Have and to Hold," is
presented in "Sweet Kitty Bellairs."
The story is about Kitty Bellairs, who
ruled the social and court life of Eng
land in the middle of the eighteenth
century. She was a great beauty and
the plot revolves around her efforts
to reconcile intimate and lifelong
married friends between whom a
break is imminent because of another
woman. In the working out of her
plan Kitty comes in contact with a
dashing young lieutenant. There is
action aplenty and some stirring sit
uations. Beginning Friday and continuing
Saturday Peggy Hyland comes in a
picturization of Henry Arthur Jones'
Saints and Sinners." , The great
distinction gained by this play on all
English speaking stages makes it a
subject of extra interest in photoplay.
The pictorial possibilities are good
and-with Miss Hyland's charm and
dramatic talent combined the picture
has much to recommend it.
PETR0VA AND BILLIE
BURKE COME TO MUSE
Mme. Petrova, the famous Polish
star, will be seen at the Muse today
and Monday in "Playing with Fire."
In this play Mme. Petrova has the
role of a cameo cutttr, who becomes
temporarily blind while making a
cameo of the daughter of a wealthy
man. He induces her to come to his
home until she recovers her eyesight,
and while there he falls in love with
her. Out of gratitude she marries
him. While visiting artist friends in
the city she falls in love with the
brother of her dearest girl friend and
in a moment of weakness she suc
cumbs to his ardent advances. "The
Mishaps of Musty Suffer" is the
comedy.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
"The Law Decides," with Harry T.
Morey and Dorothy Kelly in the lead
ing roles. The story tells of a
thwarted love that reflames with a
fierce passion when the leading male
character discovers that the object of
his affections, who has become the
wife of another, is thrown by chance
into his company in an out-of-the-way
hunting lodge.
Friday and Saturday the star su
preme. Miss Ilillie Idirke, in chapter
two of Gloria's romance. "I'auiiht
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the Seinmolrs," in addition to our
rrKiiur lesture tin ture, alii alii in
"Her lit lit of Honor," a Metro Won
der play,
HART IN "HELL'S HINGES"
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"The Closed Road" at the Farnam
today tells the story of how a young
man finding that he has but a short
time to live, is persuaded to take the
place of another man and be adjudged
guilty of murder. Afterward he
finds that his doctor is insane and
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that instead of having a weak heart
he is perfectly normal. He then sees
his predicament aud the girl for
whom he has agreed to die soon
sets about to fix the guilt where it
belongs and save the young man.
She accomplishes this and the blame
is fixed on the insane doctor, leav
ing the young peode to work out
the usual nice ending to such a Mate
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"THE CRIPPLED HAND" IS
ATTRACTION AT NEW STAR
Today the New Star theater is
showing a Bluebird feature entitled
"The Crippled Hand." Unlike the
title indicates, the picture is not a
gruesome picturization, but is founded
on the fairy tale, "Cinderella." It is
a pretty tale of a young girl with
dreams of the great, beautiful world,
and the unusual photography em
ployed in the production makes it a
pleasant screen play. Monday the
Star shows Geo Madison in a Red
Feather play, "Her Hitter t up."
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PATRIOTIC APPEAL IN
PICTUREATTHE ROHLFF
A picture lliat appeals to the patriot
ism of every American who sees it is
' 1 he I' lying Iorpedo," a story of the
possible invasion of this country by
a foreign power in 1920, with John
Ijiierson in the leading role. Bessie
Love is also seen to splendid advan
tage and the battle scenes are so resl-.
into- that you imagine the war is
really taking place before you instead
of merely being enacted for the cam
era. For the balance of the week of
ferings are: Monday, "Iron Claw,"
and Howard Fst'rbrook in "Dross
and Diamonds;" Tuesday, Crane Wit
her in "A Law Unto Himself;"
Wednesday, Jiessie Barrisrale in
"Bullets and Brown F.yes;" Thurs
day. Jane Grey and Triangle Kiddies
in "Let Katy Do It;" Friday, Robert
H. Mantell in "A Wife's Sacrifice;"
Saturday, Hank Mann in "The Village
Blacksmith," also Fred Mare in "'I he
Village Vampire."
Whata defference one short year
has made in movie fashions. Twelve
months ago every good actor thought
it beneath his dignity to put on a
beard or moustache or to enact a
character part. Now all the best
actors welcome character leads, as
they are called, and the actor is com
ing into his own more and more.
Bertram Grassby, the Universal actor,
is one of the really big actors who
has never objected to character
studies; he likes 'em, in fact. This
week he is playing a capital light
comedy part: a young Fnglish lord
in "His Date in Honolulu." L. Rey
nolds is the director and Myrtle Gon
zales has the principal woman's part.
Grassby plays the part "straight,"
thereby enhancing its value as a char
acter study. This is his way.
This Is All Star Week
AT THE
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COOLEST PLACE IN OMAHA.
TODAY AND MONDAY
MME. PETROVA
"PLAYING WITH FIRE"
"Mlthap of Mmty 3ul(r"
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THURSDAY
HARRY T. MOREY
DOROTHY KELLY
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Sea HOUSE PETERS
and BARBARA URIAH
in "The Closed Roads"
FARNAM THEATER
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STRAND BILL STRONG
PROGRAM THIS WEEK
Three exceptionally strong features
are offered Strand putrous this week,
commencing today when the attrac
tion is William Collier in "The No
Good Guv." This is Mr. Collier's first
appearance in a drainalic feature, his
previous experiences in this line hav- I
ing been in Keystone comedies. ;
If there ever was a film favorite in j
Omaha, and every place (or that mat
ter, it is Douglas Fairbanks, and in '
hit latest screen appearance, " The j
Good Had Man,'' which, by(lhe way,
was the feature chosen lo open the
new $J .)(),()( M Riaho theater in New 1
York, lie plays the pert of "Passing I
Through," a tuiling bandit who robs i
the rich and gives to the poor. Chief
in Mr. Fairbank's support is Bessie
Line, so well known to .'jirand pa
irons jut! now,
(.harles Murray is net n in a Key- '
jttone oiitbu'iit of r'ki, so that a most f
enjoyable program v. in store Tues-
day, Wednesday and Thursday. !
For Friilav and Saturday, Theda '
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THEATER
ILIA HALL and ROBERT LtONARO
"THE CRIPPLED HAND"
Alto COMEDY
EtOLSlFF
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JOKft EMERSON IN
"THR TLYINC TORPEDO."
Story l p'.lhl Invsalon In 1020.
WFDNfSDAY
BESSIE BARRISCALE H
"BUU-ETS AND BROWN EYES"
A romantic drama alinllar to Grauttark.
FRIDAY
ROBERT B. MANTELL, la
"A Wlta'a Sacrltlco."
Program Week May 28th.
SUNDAY AND MONDAY
IVm. Collier in
"The Flo
Good Guy"
Also Koyatono.
TUESDAY,- WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY
Douglas Fairbanks
in "The Good
Bad Man"
wall aa m Koyalona,
FRIDAY ANDSATURDAY
Theda Bara in
"The Eternal
Sapho"
Path Wa.Uly.
Opon 11 to 11 Daily.
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TODAY
P.ODF.RT WARWICK
IN
"HUMAN DRIFTWOOD."
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said to be the most thrilling and sen
sational story in which this actress
has ever appeared. In addition a cork
ing good Pathe weekly will be shown.
L0THR0P THEATER
SUNDAY AND MONDAY
TrUoj; prsnti
I7f,l S. HART in
"Hell'sHinges"
Alio Kyiton Plyr in th
"VILLAGE BLACKSMITH."
OMAHA'S FUN CENTER
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TODAY AND TOMORROW
Worlrl Film Corporation Praaaota
MOLLIE KING In
"Fate's
Boomerang"
" TUESDAY7WEDNESDAY"AND
THURSDAY.
Jania L, Laaliy In Aaaoclatlon With
David Balanco, I'roaanta Beautiful
MAE MURRAY
In an alaborata pictiirUatlon ol
"Sweet Kitty
Bellairs"
T r TdX V and "Saturday"
Tha Charmlnf and Glltad
PEGGY HYLAND in
ii aburbfnf plcturUstlon ol the
noltd drama,
"Saints and
Sinners"
'btify OntiTa "p. m., 10c.
Evanlnta -Orchaatra, 20c Bale,
10c.
The Monroe
THE COMFY THEATER
Whera your dima works
ovartima.
- FROM I TO II P, M.
Vivian Rich and
Alfred Vosburgh
in a scraan randition of that
beautiful drama of tha ttafa,
"Realization"
TWO BIG COMEDIES TODAY
YES 52 10 ALWAYS
Omaha Theater
40th and Dodia Sta.
Opaa Undar Now Managamant.
MONDAY. MAY 2TH.
Baby Maria Oiborna
In "Littla Mary Sunthlna."
TUESDAY, MAY 30TH.
Darch ol tha N. W. War,
(Rad Saal.)
"Woolnf ol Aunt J ami ma,"
(Naator Coaiady.)
"Mr. Fullar Pap."
WEDNESDAY, MAY JtST.
Katliarino Kaalrod
ln"Tht Girl With the Craaa Eyaa."
THURSDAY. JUNE 1ST.
i.larguorito Courtot
In "Faathartop."
FRIDAY, JUNE I.
Rupart Julian
tn "Nakad Heart."
Anlntatad Waahly,
SATURDAY. JUNE .
"Through Flamaa to lava."
"Duublo Tmuhlaa."
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