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fflE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 3. 1917.
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PHOTO PLAYS FOR, OMAHA DEVOTEES Ssel
GRAND
TODAY
CARLYLE BLACKWELL
JUNE ELVIDUE
"THE PAGE MYSTERY"
ALHAMBRA
I4tk and
Parkar
TODAY
WILFRED LUCAS, in
"A LOVE SUBLIME"
Jimmy Dala Serin No. 2
D0MDEEu8"ooa
NO SHOW TODAY ,
Monday JAMES MORRISON
in "THE ALIBI"
SUBURBAN
24th ana
Aa Ava.
TODAjr
ALICE BRADY
la -
"DARKEST RUSSIA"
ruodar, J una 11 "Paar Ultl. ftlcll Girl"
LOTHROP
TODAY and MONDAY
ALICE JOYCE and
HARRY MOREY, in
"HER SECRET'.'
Special Aaaaimcanantl
SATURDAY AND SUNDAT, Jim. -IO
"WOMANHOOD, THE GLORY
, OF THE NATION"
Matlaaa Bath Dajrl
APOLLOHltrte
28th and Laavaaworth Sta.
Today at 2, 34S, S:30, 7:15, 9
Paramount Prasanta
SESSUAHAYAKAWA
"EACH TOHIS KIND"
Alto ana of tha bast two-raal
comadia. avar mada
"WILD BEASTS AT LARGE"
Maaday Fanni. Ward ,
Tnaaday William Dnnean
Wadsaiday Marrnarita Clark
Thurday Maa Murray -,
Friday Alica Joyca
SATURDAY
SARAH BERNHARDT
In tha only modara drama aha
r Kal avar appaarad in
"Mothers of France
MAGIC
Sauth
SMa
Today
virginia'pearson
I
In a William Fox Faatura of Dual
Partonalltiaa
"Sitter Against SUter"
Monday
EDDY POLO
r and '
MARY McLAREN .
' la a Buttarfly Pictura
"MONEV MADNESS"
Wadnaaday
ALICE JOYCE
and HARRY MOREY
IN-
"HER SECRET"
2
MUSE
FOUR DAYS, BEGINNING TODAY
LOUISE HUFF and JACK PICKFORD
Tha Stellar Cnablnatloa Thai Charon la "Sanatem" WUI Aaaw h) On.
. al tha Moat Famoua StorUa ol tha Aia.
i FRECKLES"
By Gen Stratton Porter.
RUTH ROLAND in "THE NEGLECTED WIFE"
TODAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY
EARLE WILLIAMS
la a hl( irmmm wrluan hr Jaana Olrrar Cwaaua1 af a au'l aoul bura.4 out la
dldlluaioBBaat, hut ra-tora la tha aftarilaw al ahattarad (alth
"The SOUL MASTER"
THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
Gbdys Leslie in "An Amateur Orphan"
Tbia la a fraah, nrart c.nwaV-drana. chock hill al haart-httmat aa4 mnuual
altuatfcaa, atarrfcif a chaming actraaa halM hr critic aa tha llttl. trl with tha
mlUlaa dollar aailla WrHtaa ar Agaw fc Jahaai.
Vaude.illa an J AdmUiioa, Opaa Daily, ,
. Photoplay ' 20c and 10c J, 11 A. M. ta 11 P. M.
Bills for the
8 tread Tbres efenge of program ar
announced by tha Strand management for
the coming week, eonmnclng today, whea
Jack Devereaux I en In a modern
comedy drama, "Th Man Who Made Good."
Devereaux la another of .those bright and
breezy cusses, whtl tb tory just th
kind to keep 70a amused and entertained.
Path weekly will ebow the lateat event,
wbtl comwly galore Is also promised.
Tuesday till Thunder. Enid Bennett Is
een In "Happiness." The Keystone comedy
for the mid-week chance ts called, "A
Maiden's Trust." with Ford Sterling as the
principal funster. Friday and Saturday,
Beasts Barrlecsle makes her reapperance In
a society drama, "The Sna." Wonderful
stage settlors add to the picture. Tbe
Strand theater orchestra under direction of
Harry Silverman, will offer appropriate and
attractive musical settings for eacb obange
of rrog ram. -
SanA man's struggle agalmt a woman's
past furnlehes the dominating theme of
"Tbe Silent Lie," which le shown at tbe
Sun today and Monday. Tbis great photo
play stars Miriam Cooper, who plays the
rote of Lady Lou, a girl of the northwest,
who has Inherited tb hatred of her own
father because of her moth ' unfaithful
ness. Harry Myers and Hoiemary Theby
are also shown In a comedy entitled "Rus
ticating." Lionel Barrymore la shown on
Tuesday and Wednesday In a Metro wonder
play, "The Millionaire's Double," tbe story
of a millionaire wbo. reported dead, poses
as a claimant to bis own estate and falls In
tove with a young woman who represents
herself to be his widow. Mr. and Mrs. Sid
nay Drew are on tb earn program In "Noth
ing to Wear." Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday William Fox presents Veleik Sural t,
the woman of thousand gowns, In The
Slave." a tense drama of tbe trials of a
young working girl. The drama was writ
ten and directed by William Nigh, famous
for "The Blue Streak" and other film mw-
Mne Loalse Huff and Jack Fiekford
will appear on the screen at the Muse to
day and until Wednesday In "Freckles."
Tb story 1 by Gen Stratton Porter and
the supporting east includes Hobert Bos
worth, Lillian Lelghton, Our Oliver and,
Little Billy Jacob. Plcturesqus out-door
settings and speedy, thrilling action makes
Its screen suuceee inevitable. The third
episode of The Neglected Wife," featuring
Ruth Roland, t entitled "In the Crucible."
The punch comes In thl episode wben an
auto runs off a tressle Into a liver several
feat below. The news weekly will also be
shown, In which the timely events of the
day will be seen. Including 'Tb War."
Thursday, Friday and Saturday Fannie
Ward will be tbe offering tn "Unconquered,"
which has for Its theme, mother-love. Sat
urday morning ther will be a showing of
ths Bdlaon Conquest Pictures for the little
folks and grownups as well. These pictures
are mad up of clean comedy and drama.
Empress Fa H Williams In "Tb Soul
Master," a Vltagraph Blu Ribbon feature,
will be the photoplay offered at this
theater for the first half of this week, start
ing today. This picture Is promised by the
manufacturers to be on of the greateit of
this favorite actor's many success. Harry
ALAMOS
TODAY
RUTH CLIFFORD and .
DOUGLAS CERRARD, In
! "ETERNAL LOVE"
DIAMOND a--"
TODAY
VIRGINIA PEARSON f
ia .
"SISTER AGAINST SISTER"
JACK
DEVEREAUX
In
"THE MAN WHO
MADE GOOD"
PATHE WEEKLY
COMEDIES GALORE
13
Current Week
Watson will also be on the bill In a photo
scream, 'Tbe Mishap of Musty Suffer."
Tbe last half of tb week, Gladys Leslie
will be the photoplay attraction Id the
latest Path feature, "An Amateur Or
phan." Tbe story deals with a rich little
'girl, wbo rather than go to a, fashionable
boarding school changes places with a less
fortunate sister, wbo Is 00 her way to the
Orphan Asylum. Tb vaudeville for tbe
entire week Is up to the high summer
standard, which It being consistently main
tained. Park On of tb best photoplay bills
shown at this theater In a long time will
make its appearance at this theater today.
"Shorty" Hamilton will be featured In one
of hie comedies, "Shorty Solves tb Wire
less Mystery." Helen Gibson will b seen
In ber latest railroad plct. -e from the series
of "A Daughter of Daring;" "Recklees" Lar-,
kind will be shown In the latest happenings
of "O rant Polios Reporter," and Ham and
Bud will furnish the comedy portion of the
bill. Monday will be Bluebird day, when
Frenklyn Farnum, brother of "Bill" end
"Dusty," will entertain in "The Man Wbo
Took a Chance."
Lothmp Alice Joyce and Harry Moray
wilt be featured at this theater today and
Monday In the Vltagraph Blu Ribbon fea
ture, "Her Secret" The usual big comedy
will also be shown. Good picture mark tha
balance of the week and Manager Jensen
announces with some little pride that he
has secured tbe second -run on the Vlta
graph spectacle. "Womanhood, the filory of
the Nation," said to be tb greatest pre
paredness spectacle thus far made, for Sat
urday and Sunday, June and 10, and that
ther will be a matinee both days. , :
Orand At this theater today Carlyl
Blaokwell. Jun Elvtdge and Arthur Ashley
will be shown In the lateat World release,
"Tb Pag Mystery." Ths sett In is are laid
tn the Adirondack mountains In snow times
and It 1s said to have soma of tb best
scene of this kind that have been shown In
a long time. Monday, Jackie Saunders In
her latsst play, "Checkmats.H Thursday,
Valeska Suratt In the screen version of H.
Rider Haggard' amatory, "She."
Apollo Starting today tbe attraction at
this theater wll be Sesana Hayakawa In a
Paramount production, "Bach to His Kind."
On th same bill will be what Is billed as
tb funniest two-reel comedy ever made,
"Wild Beasts at Largs." which shows the
excitement and fun that takes plan wben a
circus train Is wrecked and the animals take
charge of the town. Marguerite Clark comee
on Wednesday In "Silks and Satins,' and
Saturday Sarah Bernhardt in "uotners 01
Francs," which Is the only modern drama,
and It may prove to be th last, she will
ver appear In. " -.--
IHamond -Virginia Pearson and th liv
able Lee children will be featured at this
theater today In the William Fox play, "Sis
ter Against Sister." Jt Is ft photoplay fin
ished In the usual lavish manner of this
company. Monday, Gladys Hulette In her
latest Pathe Gold Rooster play, "Pots and
Pans Peggy," which gives her an oppor
tunity equal to "Prudence th Pirate" and
"Her New York.
Alhamnr Wilfred Lucas Is at this thea
ter today in a Triangle play, "A Love
Sublime, tb screen version of th novel,
"Orpheus, which appeared in one of the
popular magailneg a short tlms ago. Th
story la of a poor working man who thinks
hi sweetheart has died, and shows his de
votion for her. EJ. K. Lincoln, on the same
bill In th second chapter of "Jimmy Dal.
Adventurer." called "Stolen Rubles." Won
day, William Desmond In "Blood Will Tell,"
a story of a society man who turned crook.
DnndeewFursuan t to th policy of this
popular theater ther will b no show
MlililM
BoulevardHa
33d and Leavenworth Sis.
: TODAY AND MONDAY
ENID BENNETT
T In
"The Little Brother"
1 TUESDAY
WILLIAM COURTENAY
2 in
I "THE RECOIL"
a W nail 1 1 m m 1 nl
' WEDNESDAY
JOAN SAWYER and
STUART HOLMES, in
"LOVE'S LAW"
THURSDAY ONLY
I RICHARD BENNETT
In the New Da Luxe
Edition of
"DAMAGED GOODS"
Note Children under IS '
-not admitted unless o
- companied by parents.
i Friday BESSIE LOVEj
I Saturday CRANE WILBUR
"POPULAR OVER NIGHT"
ROME. VINEYARD
OMAHA'S DINE, DRINK AND DANCE PALACE
Now Opaa With
Olivar Willi mi Hi, Fir. Knight, of Syncopation
lntarprating tha Lataat
Dancing
No Chart For Entertainment.
TODAY AND
WM. FOX
MIRIAM COOPER in ,
"THE SILENT LIE"
A awift moviaf lala af Ufa among tha taowa of tha f raat aarthwaat
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
LIONEL BARRYMORE
in 1
"Tha Millionaire', Doubla"
Stars Who Will Shine on Screen for
X.Bushma.n
At Hi BcuevaKt
r . aV
7&
Jack Pickford Parle Williams
(miscj - itnpfttss)
today, but Monday a Greater Vltagraph fea
ture, "The Alibi," which features James
Morrison, will be shown. It Is full of many
surprising situations, Th Hearst-Pathe
News will be offered In connection. Baby
Marl Osborno will be at this theater on
Friday In one of her sunshiny dramas of
life, "Told at Twilight." ,
Saburban On- of the strongest bills ever
shown at this tbeater la promised this week
by Manager Hallgren, Today Alio Brady
In "Darken RuBeia," A Keystone comedy
will also be showa. Monday Bessie Love In
"A Daughter of tbe Poor," Tuesday Fred
erick Ward, Wednesday June Caprice.
Thursday William Desmond, Friday Gladys
Uulett and 'Saturday Charlie Chaplin.
Alamo Through an error It was an
nounced that the attraction at this theater
last Sunday .would be tbe first Butterfly
picture, "Eternal Love," featuring Ruth
Clllford and Douglas Gerrard. This will be
shown today. Monday little Zo Rae in
"Chubby Takes. Hand," in which she Is
said to be more Irresistible than ever, a
drama, "The Trail of Hate," the Universal
Screen Magazine and the funny Gal Henry
in "Left in th Soup."
Rohlff George Waleh, "The King of
Smiles," will be the attraction at this the
ater today la a William Fox feature, called
"Ths Island of Desire." The Hearst-Pathe
Newa will also be shown, as welt as a
Nestor comedy; Monday Myrtle Gonzales In
a Bluebird production, "Southern Justice,"
Thursday will be Henry B. Walthall In a
drama full ot quaint humor called "Little
Shoea." Wednesday and Thursday Robert
Warwick in a superfeature, "Tbe A r gyle
Gas,'1 a detective story-of the very high
est type. Friday Madam Petrova in "The
Black Butterfly,", a Metro wonderplay writ
ten by herself, and Saturday will be th big
comedy, day, ''.
Boulevard Enid Bennett .will be the at
traction at this tbeater today and Monday
In the Triangle play, "The Little Brother."
TODAY AND MONDAY
FRANKLYN FARNUM
IN
"Bringing Home Father"
TUESDAY AND WEDNksDAY
VIOLET MERSEREAU
"The Great Problem"
THURSDAY ON1y
, RUTH ROLAND
"The DeriF Fate"
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
LITTLE ZOE RAE
"The Ciwurof Life"
Hita in JAZZ MUSIC.
EVERY NIGHT "
EXCEPT SUNDAY
Open From 12 to 12 Daily.
MONDAY
Praaaata y
THURS., FRIDAY and SAT.
VALESKA SURATT
in ' .
' "THE SLAVE"
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Bessie BaMscde
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Just a Peep Into Good
Mary Flokford..
, .In
Houa Peters........
Fannie Ward
Ann Pennington...
Miriam Cooper
Charles Ray..
Bessie Barrlscale...,
Wilfred Lueae...
Emmy Weblen
Rmlly Stevens
Kthel Barrymore,....
Ethel- Clayton
Carlyle Blaokwell -
Alice Brady ,
Robert Warwick
Jak Mulhall
Juliette Day..,.
Marjorle Rambeau. ...
Jackie Sounder ,
Jan Grey .,
Myrtle Gonzales. ......
Dorothy Phillips ,
Franklyn Farnum....,
George Bickle
Mary Manning
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This Is th tyre of ptatur that will b en-
joyed by young and old alike. The offering
Thureday Is "Damaged Goods," featuring
Richard Bennett. Children under 15 will not
be admitted unless accompanied by their
parents.
Hipp Frenklyn Farnum. brother of Bill
and Bustln, wilt be th feature attraction
a this popular Harney street snow snop 10
dav and Mondav In hi latest Bluebird com
edy-drama, "Bringing Father Home." The
story Is based on two big questions, phohl
bttloq and suffrage. Tuesday and Wednesday
violet Mersereau in - rue ureal rrooiem,
which deals with the social outcast Thurs
day only Ruth Roland in "Tbe Devil's rate,'
while Friday and Saturday comes llttl Zee
Rae irf a Butterfly picture, "Th Circus of
Life." ,
Marie (South Side) A splendid bill has
been arranged at thl popular South Side
theater by Manager cut tie ior tne coming,
week. Today will see Virginia Pearson and
llttl Katherjn Lee In a William Fox pro
duction, "Sliter Against Sister." It ts a
double exposure picture. In which little
Katharine Lee plays a dual rol In th first
part and then th grown sifters are played
by Miss Pearson. Monday Eddy Polo and
Mary McLaren In the lateat Butterfly pro
duction. "Money Madness." Tuesday Orrtn
Johnston, Wednesday Alice Joyce and Harry
Morey; Thursday, "The Voice on the Wire;"
Friday Myrtle Gonialea and Saturday an
Artdrama production.
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Exposures
BY KILOWATT
TS IT CONDUCIVE to a good night's rest
to buy a peck of potatoes and at night
I put them under the bed tor sate Keep-
IngT This is th question worrying
Manager Thomas of th Strand. An auto-
mobile was heard by th man In question In
the dead of. night stopping on the corner
where his house Is placed. Silently and
stealthily he stole his way to the window,
armed with bis trusty Bill Hart six-shooter.
Now, let us explain at this point that his
wife Is a regular patron of the gymnasium
and Is such an i expert at basket ball that
she has an aim sure ana deadly. Tne omen
breathing of H. M. T. awoke his spouse, and,
raising up In the bed, all excitement, she
saw the flirur of a man silhouetted against
tbe window, so picking up one of his
small m shoea she nut her whole soul Into
th throw and now they are on speaking
terms, again., ; e , ,
Fearing that his salesmen would be con
scripted, Lester Sturm, local manager of tbe
Fox Film company, has put Into service his
young son, whose arrival was announced a
PARK
lth Mi
California
TODAY,
SHORTY HAMILTON, la
"Shorty Salvaa tha Wiralaaa Mratary"
HELEN GIBSON HAM AND BUD
"GRANT POLICE REPORTER"
Ull llll HI !!
ROHLFF
26th and
Leavenworth
Today, Starting at 2 o'clock
GEORGE WALSH
ia '
"The Island of De.ire"
MONDAY
MYRTLE GONZALEZ
in
"Southern Justice"
TUESDAY
henry b. walthal
"little'shoes"
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
ROBERT WARWICK
. Ia Hii First Superfeature
"The Arrele Case"
FRIDAY
MADAME PETROVA
'The Black Butterfly"
Saturday Comwly Day
Omaha This Week
Vitfred Luck MMfichlff
Lone) Barry more Alice Joyce
Photoplays Coining Soon
"Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm". .Artcraft
"Heir of the Ages''... Paramount
"Her Strang Wedding ,.; Paramount
"Th Little Boy Scoot".. ......Paramount
"The' Innocent Slnnes",., Fox
"Hmldea Jim" Triangle
"MHadl of Tag and Tatters"... .Triangle
"Her Kxcelleney the Governor1.,.. Trlanjrl
"Th Daehees of Doobt". ............ .Metro
"The Slacker" ... Metro
"The Greatest Power-..,, .....Metro
"Chasms" ..................World
"Th Wastes' .......a...... ..World
"The Spurs of Sybil" World
"Tb Shadow of Night"'.. ......... .Selsnlck
"The Fires of Yoatb". ......Butterfly
"Betty th Bnoeaneer". Mutual
"Mary Moreland". ....;.,... .'i, ... . .Mutual
"A Bit of Ktndjmg".. .Mutual
"When My Skip Come In" Pathe
"The Cod of th Klondike" Bluebird
"The Vengeance of th West". .....Bluebird
"Th Ciena Up"., Bluebird
1 Comedies , , .General
"Strictly Business"...
, . O'Henry -General
few weeks ago 1a this paper. This Is a fact,
aocordlng to Manager Goldberg of the Bub
theater. Be announces that Sturm called
htm on tbe 'phone the other day, telling him
that be was sending a salesman down to see
him, so- Goldberg, being of a hojpltal na
ture, grabbed tbe rung of a chair that was
bandy and wont down In front to- wait for
him. But th mighty salesman arrived In
bis special carrlaire and was laughingly look
in u at him before- knew It. That smile
aofteped hfs heart and we think it's a 10 to
1 shot that he'll book htm yet
Did yon aver hear a frog atngf We didn't.
We've heard 'ro croak, but never sing. O.
S, Ftndh, manager of the Diamond theater,
though, announce that "Frog, th Barber"
will sing "American-Here's My Boy" at his
theater tonight. Upon close questioning,
though, he admitted that he la a singer of
not and his nam is Ackley.
Manager 8h4rl4 of the- Mns ts Just hav
ing "Freckles" this week. That's funny, we
had 'em a leag, 6ng time ago. We had
warts, too.
St Is rumored that a local movi house ts
soon te atinounc that ft has seenred the
Goldwln pictures, which are soon to make
their appearanc before the public. - From
the present outlook they will be g'eat Here
are some of the actors and actrtss already
engaged: Mae Marsh. Robert Harron, Mary
Garden. Jane Cowt, Maxlne Elliott, Madge
Kennedy. And others equally as popular ar
soon 10 d annonncea.
If Charlie Chaplin could have seen his lo
cal representative, Herman the 'Great, at-
tired in the latest rage from Panama, he
euro would have turned green with envy.
We wonder If Befi Cuttle, when he named
his picture emporium on the Soath Side the
Magic, thought he would hear the magic
word that would make him a Benedict?
Am way, about a week or so ago he took
unto himself wife and he is eo happy that
ne aon't care ti tbe show rune or not:
think that's so. because we can't never find
him. It sure was mean of him, though, to
sneak away and not say anything about tt.
The base ball team down at the Universal
film service Is looking for mora worlds to
conquer In the base ball world. Not that
we ve heard of them copd1i.it any nennants.
but they wanta game anyway. Their hopes
are high, too. They understand that the
umarta police force have a team and they'd
like for one of them to "beat" it to a phone
and call Tyler $30 If they desire mortal
combat. They say they will sure "cop" the
high score.
One Way Out.
It was the day before their first "hop
wer," and the regiment was drawn up in
mass behind the lines to listen to a "few
words" from the colonel. He pointed out to
them at somj length the straight and nar
row path whtrelu their' duty lay, and after
giving them the .general direction of the
road to glory, concluded with th lines:
If we gt forward we die.
If we f backward we die. ;
Better gr forward, and die.
The awed silence which followed was
broken by the languid voice of a BlUUm- in
the rear, "Yatrs." he drawled derisively,
"a bloke's bra chance Is to be a bltnkin'
rab!" Sydnav Bulletin,
HEARST PATHE NEWS
Synopsis of Events Covered In Hearst
Path News. Released Today.
NEW YORK CITY The steam yacht, Surf,
loaned by Dr. John A. Harris to th
United State Navy. Is commissioned for
the American Red Cross,
BRAINERD, Minn. Forest fires rage on th
iron ranges of northern Minnesota, de
stroying millions of dollar worth of need
ed timber.
STATEN ISLAND. N. Y. Cavalry squads of
tb National Guard engage in frequent
maneuvers while waiting for the country'
call to battle.
NEW YORK CITY A multfpl nossl. de
signed for us tn fighting a bias m the
hold of a vessel, is tasted by th fir de
partment. PARIS, FRANCE! An impressive spectacle Is
witnessed in the Jardm de Tuuertes, as
President Poincar review tb new re
cruits. LONDON. ENGLAND Th Stars and Stripe
ar unfurled on St. Paul as th united
Kingdom pay tribut to it American ally.
BAYWARDS, CAL. Western scientists ar
breeding species of wild game that have
been gradually growing extinct in this
country.
NEW YORK CITY Th Holland No. I.
mother of undersea boats and the first
submarine owned by the United States.
ts brought her for exhibition.
SAFEGUARDING TH E SEA American
mine-sweepers ar ready to aid in the
tank of clearing ocean line to prevent
diiaster to passing ships.
CARTOON Magastn Section MWha Will
U rthiww OU TMi .Borden r
OSCAR BOHLFr STARTS
WELL AS MANAGER.
OSCAR J3. ROHLFF
Oscar B. Rohlff is a new man in the
exhibiting end of the motion picture
business and is at the present mana
ger of the Rohlff theater at 2559
i.Mvnwrtrrh - triit - . whirli Bffdiit
opened its doors . last Wednesday to
canacitv huftines. Hit hax. hnwvftr.
been a devoted - fan of the silent
drama and, from the manner in which
iic is idmjig uuiu vi uic uimittgciucni.
1. . V.. .1 L t. ..i TT.
bounces that in addition to the list
of productions already given out
that he has just, signed a contract for
the new Douglas Fairbanks and Mary
PtiMrfil-H .itnevnixhirM
Billy Didn't Say It, But V
It's Shown Just the Same
There is one spoken title in the
Lasky-Paramount production of "Un
conquered," which will be seen at the
Muse theater on Thursday, Friday ad
Saturday,' with Fannie Ward in the
stellar role, which is ascribed to Little
Billy Jacobs; Little Billy, however,
has issued emphatic denials of having
The incident in the picture occurs
when the little hoy takes his cannon
and smashes his -tin soldier. His
mother picks up one of the broken
toys, shows it to Little Billy, and, ac
cording to the 'title, Billy says, "Well,
mother, war is hell." But Billy would
not say this Miss Ward, Director
Reicher and all' the members of the
company tried to induce him to say
it, but he positively, refused. He as
serted that his mother told him that
hell was, a naughty word and he
wouldn't say it. They finally com
promised by having him say when
they were photographing the scene
"War is war." - What Billy will -say
when he sees the picture on the screen
and discovers that the .wicked word
was put into his- mouth by the heart
less company is yet to be recorded.
Valeska' Suratt, With a Lot
Of New Gowns, In feature
.Valeska Suratt portrays the most
powerful role, of her career in "The
Slave," her current William Fox pro
duction which shows at the Sun
theater Thursday, Friday and Satur
day, a story of the struggles "and
temptations of a working girl when
brought into contact with the gaudy
luxury oMier companions.
In addition to displaying Miss
Suratt's acting skill, "The Slave" gives
anv opportunity to wear more of her
astounding creations. Never has she
worn gowns more certain to charm
the eye of her woman admirers than
Lituac aiic una 111 ljiis urama.
"The Slave" was written and di
rected by William Nigh and is about
a working girl who sees a chance of
escaping her humdrum life in the mar
riage proposal-of an aged man of
wealth. A dream warps her of the
fate of girls who become victims of
such alliances,-but on awakening and
seeing another day of dreary work be
fore her she consents, willing to
chance the unknown future rather
than continue as in the past.
Film Feature, "The Soul
Master," Staged by Woman
"The Soul Master," James Oliver
Curwood's remarkable drama, has
been filmed by the Greater V'itagraph
company as a Blue Ribbon feature
with Earl Williams in the title role
and wilt be the attraction at the Em
press theater today until Wednesday.
The play, which has a salesgirl for
its heroin, was directed by a woman,"
Marguerite Bertsch.
"The Soul Master" tells of a mer
chant, a devoted husband and father,
who loses his soul when his wife de
serts, him. taking their baby daugh
ter with her He succeeds in busi
ness, but earns the hatred and scorn
of his fellowmen and the poof girls
who work under him. He does not
regain mastery of his soul until one
of the salesgirls, who turns out to
be his daughter, .stirs the parental
love in him.
Several of the scenes in the play,
show a large department store during
One of its busy hours. The salesgirls
waiting on hurrying customers, aisles
crowded, floorwalkers handling the
crowds Hke a traffic policeman
everything is faithfully recorded.
Applied Suffrage and '.
Prohibition in a Film
"Bringing Home Father" is the
title of the Bluebird to be exhibited
at the -Hipp theater today and Mon
day, with Franklyn Farnum and
"Brownie" Vernon, in the principal
roles. Followers of Bluebirds will re
call with pleasure the appearance of
Mr. farnum and Miss Vernon m the
Clock, "The Man Who Took a
Chance" and "A Stranger from
Somewhere three comedy dramas
similar in style and construction, al
though vastly different in plot, to
"Bringing Home Father The new
Bluebird touches on the subject of
equal suffrage and prohibition as ap
plied to a municipa' campaign, but is
no preachment upon either issue, poli
tics serving simpl- as an enlivening
means to a comedy end in furaiihurf
clever enter taauneat ,