THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 24, 1916.
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HraWies of Coming Features
Synoptical Review of Feature
Given First Presentaiion to the
The Country
That God Forgot
The Christmas week release by
Pathe is "The Country That God
Forgot," a five-reel production. The
sfrve' Brandt . . . . T.h0,"a?,Kf,!,
Hrln Brandt Mary CherlMon
Oral Wells, the nek.. .Oeorge Kawcetl
This drama of the western desert
was written and directed by Marshall
' Neilan and features Tom San tent,
who is ably supported by such well
known stars as Mary Charleson,
George Fawcett and Victoria Forde.
Helen Brandt, wife of Steve Brandt,
la miner, much older than she. longs
for the pleasures of the world beyond
the country that God has seemingly
forgotten, and the only thing that it
I produces is virgin gold. Finally there
I comes the tempter, a paymaster in
tl, nM,mminr rr1amatinn service.
who softly whispers in pretty Helen s
..Mrs. She agrees to fly with the
tempter. And then her husband dis
covers her intentions. He does not in
terfere, but hides a sacK ot nis gom,
the fruit of years of laborin her ef
fects. He wants the girl to be happy.
And after Helen leaves it is discov
ered that her companion is a thief,
that, he had stolen the government
pay roll. Steve Brandt leads the pur
suit. Helen and the stranger are
overtaken, but not before the woman
realizes what a terrible mistake she
has made. Finally a great punishment
comes to the tempter, and a great joy
to Steve Brandt. A big drama, beau
tiful photography, impressive scenery
and a plot carried to its exciting de
nouement by experienced artists aid
in making "The Country That God
Forgot" a noteworthy film drama.
"Bi$ Tremaine"
Uic Tremaine" is a picturization
of Marie Van Vorst's novel, pro
duced in five acts for the Metro pro
gram under the direction of Henry
Otto. Cast:
John Tr-
Harold Lockwood
...... .May Allison
Lter Cuiieo
Albrrt liltis
, . Lillian Hayward
. . . . Willis in Ephe
. Andrew Arbuckle
, . .JoFephtriB Rice
Tsobel Mulvorn. .
Redmoml Malvern
Judge Tremaine
Mrs. Trfiittaine. , . .
Lemuel Irfavltt. . .
Livirt Trftinainc. .
Vlannnv
Julia Cameron
John Nolan... '.y.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.Wmltm Dc Vault
Virginia. Southern
The Tremaines are one ot tne oiq
est and best families in Virginia. John
Tremaine is in love with Julia Cam
eron, who is visiting a nearby plantar
tion. One day he is entrusted vyith a
large sum of money to deliver to a,
neighboring town by the local banker.
He goes to his home before parting-
. i.:. : .,A ttiorji ic sitrnricprl
Oil HIS' JtlUUKJ ...
to find'Julia in his brother, Davids,
arms. Dismayed by Julia's deception
lie decides to deliver the money and
never return home. ..
Several years later he returns and
the family lawyer' is surprised that
he would come back because when
the money was counted it was several
thousand dollars short. John goes to
his former home and finds it in a di
lapidated condition. He pays off the
mortgage and debts and presents a
clear deed to his mother, who refuses
it because she feels that his theft has
built a barrier between them. He goes
ahead and reclaims the farm and ac
cidentally saves Isobel Malvern, the
banker's daughter, from a serious
mishap. Malvern denounces him as. a
thief and orders him from the prem
ises. Isobel finds, however, that she
is interested in John.
t..i: rtaiMrl'c wtrlnw. r.nmes for
the holiday visit bringing with her
Davids two Sons, joun icoiiio iu.1
r..:j., ...f. je in a had war and he
jraviu 3 tai.v , ,.. j -
..t U Inrlortrprlnpcs An it. Be-
-,. nf manv hie acts, the neighbors
Ifhave come to call him "Big Tre
maine." So when tne election araws
near they urge him to run for con
gress. Julia takes a Dig pari m putt
ing the campaign for his nomination.
Finally a committee of citizens
headed by Isobel comes to induce
him to .accept the nomination, but
Malvern steps in and threatens to ex
poke him. As he does so Isobel
comes forward with David's confes
sion that he took the money while
his brother was changing his clothes
for his journey. Malvern then with
draws his opposition and Big Tre
maine goes forth to receive the wel
come of his neighbors and to claim
Isobel. 1
Herman H.Metz and
Miss Mae Parker
Wed in New York
Herman H. Metz, youngest of the
five Metz brothers of Omaha, was
' married in New York City Friday to
Mae Parker of Boston, a former
Kfhnrns girl and actress.
" News of the wedding came as some
thing of a surprise to friends of the
young couple. Tuesday evening Mr.
Metz and Miss Parker quietly left
Omaha for New York, without in
forming anybody of their intentions,
and it was not until Friday evening,
the time the ceremony was per
formed in a New York Catholic
krh that Omaha heard of it.
I Miss Parker has been a resident of
Omaha the last two years, occupying
ra suite at the Henshaw hotel. She
tn Omaha something over two
years ago as a member of a theatrical
company appearing at a local theater.
It was during the engagement of this
company that Mr. Metz and, his bride
became acquainted. -After
January 1 Mr. and Mrs. Metz
will be at Home at me nammon.
Many Gifts to New
Catholic 'Parish
A marble altar will be donated to
St Cecelia's cathedral parish, over
which Archbishop Jeremiah J. Harty
-ules. by the Hamilton family Frank
t i: Will Fred P. and Mrs. D. C.
Staplcton and Mrs. Jack Barber.
I he Coaa laniuy win n"c a iiiaivit
palpit. The bishop s tnrone wm ot
the gift of Mrs. Ben Gallagher, and
Productions that Will Be
Local Patrons This Week
"The Right Direction"
CAST.
Vivian Martin
"oltn Chan
Herbert Standing
Alfred Holllnifs worth
Billy Manon
Baby Jack Whit
Polly Erclm
Kirk Drummond. ,
John Drummond.
Blir Bill
Harry Lorkwood.
Billy Boy
Polly Eccles, a beautiful waif of
the Xew York stums, has important
responsibilities thrown upon her lit
tle shoulders at an age when the aver
age girl still feels that her doll re
quires, her most serious attention.
When Polly's drunken father is taken
away by the police as the result of
the death of her invalid mother, she
becomes the sole arbiter of not only
her own destiny, but that of "Billy
Boy," her sick baby brother, as
well.
The charity doctor suggests a
change of climate for "Billy Boy" and
advises little Polly that " California
would be the proper place for him.
However, Polly and "Billy Boy" are
in New York with little means of
traveling to any other place. De
termined to save Billy, the little waif
sells such furnishings as her flat still
holds, and with her baby brother
comfortably installed in a dilapidated
baby carriage piled high with pans,
pots and other supplies, she is ready
to set out for her destination. How
ever, her great worry is to get started
in the right direction. Finally, in
reply to her query, a surprised stran
ger indicates the direction to Cali
fornia, and the "little mother" loses
no time in getting under way.
They are hardly outside the city
"when the front axle of the ancient
baby carriage breaks. As Polly is
trying to repair her axle with a piece
of string, an automobile drives up
and Kirk Drummond, . son of a
wealthy California mine owner, leaps
out and assists her. The damage is
soon repaired, and at the invitation
of Kirk, who is making an automo
bile tour to California, the little trav
elers are given a "lift" for some
twenty miles nearer their goal.
Kirk. Polly, "Billy Boy" and
"Rags," (a homeless hound adopted by
Polly), make the balance of the trip
together, and all finally arrive at their
destination. Polly secures a job as
waitress at the miners' boardiifg
house owned by Kirk's father. The
elder Drummond has had serious re
ports concerning his son's trip with
a girl of the slums, which results in
a heated argument between the two
Drummonds. Kirk returns to college
in the east. Later John Drum
mond learns that Polly is in his own
employ and discharges her. A strange
snrprise is in store for him, however,
which results in a complete change of
heart as far, . as Polly is concerned.
Kirk is also given a surprise when he
returns 'from college and greets an
extremely pretty Polly, a healthy
"Billy Boy" and a changed father.
f Joy And
The Dragon"
This week photoplay fans will
bive an opportunity to see Baby
Marie Osborne in her latest picture,
"Joy and the Dragon," produced by
Balboa. r
Some fishermen find, lashed to a
frail raft at the: mercy of wind and
wave, a wee survivor of a ship that
hit a mine. My name is Joy. she
said. "Mama's joy and Papa jus' fell
in with the fishes and am t back yet.
The fishermen take Joy and the curi
ous oriental casket clutched in her
chubby hands to the Haven orphan
age. The institution proves to be a
haven for other things than orphans,
for its heads are a clever gang of
crooks, who, with criminal cleverness,
have recognized an orphan asylum as
the last place the police would sus
pect. Joy tells them the way her
mother showed her how to punch the
dragon's eye on the casket apd open
drawer with the pretty stones.
The secret drawer reveals a small for
tune tn gems to the crooks eyes. Joy,
to keep from telling others, is kept a
firisoner, but manages to escape in a
arge bakery's bread hamper about to
be shipped. -
Suffering only minor bumps caused
by the train's jolts, she arrives in a
mining camp. There she brings a ray
of sunshine into the life of a man
struggling to forget his past and start
his life anew, who adopts her and
eventually through the child's influ
ence returns to his home where a wel
come and forgiveness await him.
Later, he finds the thieves who took
Joy's "pretty stones" and recovering
them, breaks up the gang, Joy re
warding her adopted daddy by faith
fully promising him "When7! get big
I'll be your best sweetheart."
Archbishop Harty
Has New Closed Car,
Gift of Friends Here
Archbishop Harty, bishop of the
Catholic diocese of Omaha, received a
fine automobile from a group of Oma
hans headed by John A. McShane.
He is braving the wee sma' hours
of the morning in an effort to master
the vagaries of differential gears,
clutches, accelerators, spark plugs nl
other vital features of motoring.
Crooks Leave Card;
Get Jail Sentence
Found guilty of the theft of sev
eral incandescent lights from the
Krug theater and a set of operator's
tools from the Strand theater, John
Cartwright and Walter Wagnor, itin
erants, were sentenced to thirtv davs
in the city jail on two counts by Po
nce juage roster.
Cartwright and Wagnor were ar
rested in the Krug after they had re
moved several globes. At police head
quarters later they admitted the
Strand job. An application for en
trance intto the United States army,
left by accident by one of the men in
the operator's booth at the Strand,
t!M&f Mt8P!w SSS
Hearts art Broken" M aoyais
KATHRYlf KING
HRISTMAS, supposed to
mark the zenith of the
theatrical season, finds 1
Omaha still stranded, so
far as drama is concerned.
But Omaha is not alone
in the west, which tor some unac
countable cause has been given over
by the producers. Around New York
and Chicago much activity is noted
in the world of the stage, and many
novel and interesting and some really
worth while thing are being pre
sented. All managerial effort, though,
seems directed to getting a theater
in New York, with no consideration
whatever for folks as far away as
the Missouri river. Nor does there
appear any light ahead. Local man
agers have a few scattered bookings,
but little that promises what the most
enthusiastic would call a' "brilliant"
season. Manager Burgess of the
Boyd has some interesting announce
ments to make this morning.
One of the bookings at the Boyd
next month is the Viennese musical
comedy, "The Blue Paradise. This
most tunetul ot light operas nas a
record of a whole season's run in
i Why Have Chapped Hands ?
Marincllo, Rose-leaf Jelly will keep
them soft, smooth and presentable all through
the cold weather.
Free from any oil, it is absorbed
quickhr, leaving the flesh without any feeling
of stickiness.
It can be used a dozen times a day j
and always with good results.
One demonstration will convince you.)
Free Demonstration at
N. L. Rice Marinello Shop,
Suits 668 Brandaia Thaatar Bldf .
PboM DouUi 3460
Naojni IaSS MJIt Orpheum
New York last year and of six
months' engagement in , Chicago.
Other attractions at the Boyd m the
near future are, Jacob Kessler. the
tragedian; "Hobson's Choice," "Just
a Woman" and "Very Good Eddie.
The recent attractions are Harry Clay
Blaney in "The Blindness of Youth,
"Bringing Up Father," "Katzenjam
mer Kids" and "The Daughter of
Mother Machree." .
The Brandeis has just undergone
a two weeks' session with the clean
ers and will be put into commission
again on Saturday night, when the
Yale Glee, Banjo and Mandolin clubs
are presented in concert. Its next
scheduled attraction is the Aborn
company in "Bohemian Girl," which
begins a shprt stay on Sunday.
a
"How Hearts Are Broken," by Ed
ward E. Rose, author of "The Ros
ary," "Little Lost Sister," "The
Daughter of Mother Machree," and
other successes, tells the story of a
J
ITary
ITatlk
At Me OrfAeuAt)
little family cirfcle who lived on peace
fully and happily together, as families
should, until the hated liquor traffic
crept in on velvet paws through the
change of the town from the "dry"
to the "wet" column on election day.
Omaha people are to be given an op
portunity to see this play when it
comes to the Boyd theater for an
engagement of four days beginning
with matinee today, with .matinees
Christmas and Wednesday.
Sam Chip and Mary Marble and
Paul Morton and Naomi Glass will
divide headline honors in the bill of
unusual excellence, opening: today for
Christmas week, at i the urpheum
theater, Jhere will also be two spe
cial features. One is to be offered
by Searl Allen and Ed Howard,
while the other will be presented by
Frank Orth . aud , William J.
Dooley. Appearing as two little
Dutch clocks-in their newest success,
"The Clock Shop," Chip and Marble
are to be seen- in a fantasy wnicn
RE-DECORATED
Rtopetis for th Win tar Season
Nrat Saturday
HewYcar'tEve
and Night and Tuesday Evening.
January 2d.
Gala Holiday Attraction
The Aborn Opera
Company
PrtJtantt
the
bohemian
GIRL
From Ocean to Ocean th
Aborn Optra Company Han a
Reputation for Perfection in All
Their Productions.
New Year's Eve Reiervation.
Now.
Seat Sale, Tu.iday, Dec. it.
"OMAHA'S FUN CENTER."
nelly Mela., lo-tS-Me.
Bven'ta, IS-SS-St-loe.
.... If. II,. ft liU.II. II V Mualcel
ken IWIIJ a IICIIU, n. I. Burleaqua
Mr. Kvlly M "Vint. Pop." Kswny ai prMrtited
ttr him 120 tlmre In the rolumbla Ttiralcr. Bmid
wr. Uit Hiimmrr. tin Hufftlt, .U. Tenhrnokt, trett
cart .11(1 rtionifi. Only tnu.Ktal hf)r In town.
(Final Performance Friday Nlta.)
Ladl..' Dime Matin.. W..k Day.. '
Turpin's School of Dancing
Twenty-Eighth and Farnam Streets
correct modern
ners Mondays, 8
Authority en
tuition. Becinncrt Mondays. 8 p.
noons. Attembly Yry Wednesday eyening
tells of the romance of two little
clocks. A musical satire, "llo-lWO"
is to be presented by Mr. Morton,
formerly uf the Four Mortons, with
the charming assistance of Miss
Glass. A skit called "The Fool De
tective" is to be prcsentd by Frank
Orth and William J. Dooley. Their
offering is enlivened with songs and
dances. Searl Allen and Ed Howard
will offer a skit called "A Real Pal,"
nude up of clever dialogue and song.
Bright dialogue and music are woven
into the sketch. "The Tale of an
Overcoat," to be presented hy Jule
Bernard ami Florence Scarth. Of
xylophone players, Frisco is the only
performer to command the skill re
quired for playing a four-part har
mony on that instrument. Brooks
and l.orella are a pair of clever comedy-knockabouts.
Customs in Cam
bodia will be illustrated in motion
picture by the Orpheum Travel
Weekly, and other features to be
shown will he web-footed birds and
picturesque Spanish cities.
The engagement of Lew Kelly in
the new burlesque, "Hello, New
York." began at the popular Gayety
yesterday. Jack Singer secured an
entirely original book of Junie Mc
Cree, provided a lavish scenic and
costume equipment and surrounded
'Lew Kelly, the star of the organiza
tion, with a cast of genuinely
talented men and women. Mr.
Kelly . is supported hy Lon Hascall
MATINEE
DAILY, 2: IS
EVERY NIGHT,
8:15 THE BEST OF
WEEK STARTING SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24
SAM
MARY
Chip & Marble
in ,
"THE CLOCK SHOP"
A Musical Fantasy by John L. Galdaa
(Direction John W. Dunna)
JULE BERNARD and FLORENCE SCARTH
In a Comedy Duolofue Celled . - -
"THE TALE OF AN OVERCOAT"
By Florence Scarth
SEARL ALLEN & ED HOWARD
'' . Pre.entim "A REAL PAL"
FRISCOE I " BROOKS LORELLA '
Tb. Pad.rnr.kl ef the Xyloph.ee , I ' Kaeck-Akeat CeeMdiene :
FRANK .ORTH & WM. J. DOOLEY
In a Comedy Skit Pronounced "THE FOOL DETECTIVES"
ORPHEUM TRAVEL WEEKLY PRICES -Matinee, fallerT, IOci Best
Around the World with the Orphaun Seat, (aacapt Saturday and Sunday), 25c.
Circuit'. Motion Picture Photographers. , NlhU, lOo, 25c, 50c end 7oc
- SPECIAL New Year's Etc., Sunday Ni.ht, December 31.
Two Shows Will Bo Oion First Show at 730 Second Show at 9)40
- 1
Continuou. Vaudeville Photoplay.
FIRST HALF. STARTING TODAY
ELECTRICAL VENUS
Intraductal Scientific Enlfun et
Wonder end Fun.
USING FIVE PEOPLE
SAM HOOD
"THE MAN FROM MEXICO"
Gene and Katherine King
"MILES OF SMILES"
ADELINE LOWE & CO.
Bis Novelty Surprise Act. .
Wi.hine our patron, e Marry Xmaa,
J A? faraat our feeture photoplay
"THE COUNTRY THAT GOD FOR
GOT," In live thrilling acta.
' ADMISSION 20c and 10c.
GRAND BALL
DELUXEaSv
111 S.i 18th, Opp. Fontenelle.
CHRISTMAS NIGHT
CRAND LEAP YEAR BALL
Ladies' Night
MON. EVE, DEC. 25TH
NEW YEAR'S EVE
' DECEMBER 31ST
DANCE ALL NIGHT
NEW YEAR'S NIGHT
GRAND CALENDAR BALL
MON. EVE., JAN. 1ST
Beautiful Calendar Free to All
Who Come.
Regular Ball Every Tueeday, Thure
day, Saturday and Sunday Evening.,
MATINEE
ChrLtma., New Year, end Sunday
Why Be aMere Dancer
When You Can Be An Expert?
A few hours with a "specialist" will put that pro
fessional "snap" to your dancing.
Mr. Turpin "specializes" entirely upon private,
personal instruction. 1 .
This imparts that "Smartness" and "moijernism"
which denote style. '
Engage the services of a Specialist in place of em
ploying an ordinary teacher.
TERMS MOST REASONABLE
New Term for Beginners
January 8th
Phone Application Early Harney S143
dancing. Member first order Inner Circle. The mark o quality in danco
p. m.i advanced, Tuesday, S p. m.i children Tuesday and Saturday after.
and James Tenhrooke, who were
associated with him last season, and
Coley Lorella. Ernest Otto, Kitty
Garner, Nettie Nelson, Earl and
Marie Gates and others, while the
vaudeville specialties are headed by
the Four O'Brien Brothers in an
astonishing acrobatic exhibition. To
day's and the Christmas matinee will
start at 3 o'clock.
The Aborn Opera company's pro
duction of "The Bohemian Girl" will
be the attraction at the Brandeis thea
ter New Year's eve, New Year's day
and January 2.
Victor Herbert is composer of the
comic opera, "The Princess Pat."
which comes to the Brandeis for
three days, beginning January 8.
.
Christmas week will find a bang-up
vaudeville bill at the Empress.
Beginning today, the bill opens with
Gene and Katherine King in "Miles
of Smiles," a comedy singing and talk
act done 'in a novel way. Adeline
Lowe'' and company is designated as
a "novelty surprise act." Sam Hood,
the man from Mexico, touches up
things in a bright, new way, which,
according to advance reports, "gets"
the audience. The Electrical Venus
presents an act, using five people and
introducing scientific enigma of won
der and fun. The last half of the
week brings "Tht! Magazine Girls,"
said to be a bunch of swell girls.
VAUDEVILLE
PAUL
NAOMI
Morton s Glass
Preaenting a Musical Satire En
titled "1910-1980"
' . Lucloue Fryer Announce. '
SAN CARLO
Grand Opsra Co.
THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY
AND SATURDAY MATINEE
Beginning January ISth.
' AUDITORIUM, OMAHA
A Few "Dollar Season Ticket."
At Hoepe'e Mu.le Store, Green'e Phar
macy. Matheve Booh Shop, Nebrealu
Cycl.ry or Auditorium Mgra. Office,
DA YD 4 RIGHTS
THEATER DtCfiubtr 24
Metlneeet Sua., Mon.,.Wed.
SPECIAL CHRISTMAS MAT.
A Play That Will Make
You Think Thing Over.
"Now Hearts
Are Broken"
Br Edward El Roso
Author of The Rosary." ,
Nights, 25-3S-50-75e.
' Matinee., 15-25c.
Nexti , '. '. 1 , )
'The Girl He
Couldn't Buy"
nr
resulted in their arrest.
Give your Want Ad a chance to
nuke good. Run it in The Bee.
Frank nurKicy win K'yc mc or-
.mnnnrv lurnismuffs were
Cnr the installation Thursday.
