THE OMAHA
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EXPOSURES
By KILOWATT
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AROLD BOLSTER, vice
president and general man
ager of the Goldwyn com
pany ipent a day in Omaha
last week, meeting a num
ber of the exhibitori of the
, city and getting their opin
ions of his pictures and incidentally
slipping them a few words on how to
put things across. He announced that
the Goldwyn people would have some
exceptional feature films for the com
ing year, an attempt being made to
make everything good and not try to
produce quantity in preference to
quality.
Lloyd Ingraham, director of Mary
Miles Minter, the winsome and talent
ed young star of the American Film
company, has started work on the
magazine story, "Th6 Eyes of Julia
Deep," by Kate LrMcLaurin. The
cast is exceptionally strong and in
eludes Alan Forrest who will play
opposite Miss Minter, George Perio
lat, A''ce Wilson. Ida Easthope, Carl
Stockdale and Eugenie Besserer.
Mabel Julienne Scott, who received
her initial training in stage work in
stock companies in Omaha and Kan
sas City, has been given the lead in
a ne film for the Graphic Film com
pany. Dustin Farnum has been honored
by adoption by the 1 1 5th Sanitary
Train of- the United States army.
One of the first stunts when he went
to visit them was to take along a
camera man and have the medical
corps go through a great many of
their stunts and it is intended to use
the film for the benefit of the Red
Cross in case the government will al
low it
Rise of the Man Who
Put Himself on Map
Through Making Good
Fun for the Millions
star has been given good support by
a company headed by Lois Wilson
and directed by Ernest C. Wardes.
Bills for Current Week
EORGE'M. COHAN, mil
Jionaire actor, author, com
poser and producer, has,
after rest of months, suc
cumbed to the lure of the
silent drama and his latest
nicture. "Hit The Trail
HoUiday," will be the; featured attract
lion ar tne xuaito mis wee, starting)
toaay, tonao i career began in 1890,
vcior a wm qui 01 inon trousers,
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wuch tic wm pyiny me icaa in i
"PecVa Bad ' Boy." In 1903 the
firm of Cohan and Harris was or
ganiied, the former joining forces
with the well known producer. It waa
then that Cohan first appeared as an,
individual atar. , The next year he
wrote and composed V4S Minutes
From Broadway, which, with "Only
Four Songs," ran a whole year in
New York and Chicago, while four
icompaniei presented it throughout
the country. "Fifty Miles From
Broadway." followed; then "The Talk
of New York" and the dramatization
Of "Gt Rich OulcV Wlllinirfrtrrf
In 1912, Cohan appeared for the first
time as. light comedian in straight
comedy, ' The play was famous
"Broadway Jones," which has since
been adapted to the screen. Late in
m& the actor-autor first appeared in
Pictures in "Broadwav Tones." "S fvrn
Keya to Baldpate" was Cohan's next
release and "Hit-The-Trail Hollidav."
his latest, has just come fresh from
tne studio. ,
Constance Talmadge, who appears
this week at the Muse in ''Good,
Night, Paul- has had a number of
offers to leave the Select cornoratinn
for other fields and each one of the
- proaucera who has desired to eon,
tract her has wanted her to play a
' different sort Of tvoe from tha others
One writes that he believed that she
ia a farceuse of a high order , and
should go on the stage and another
ininics tnat sne it a wonderful ex
ponent of the old style "high-comedy'
acting, j Miss Talmadge really , be
Jieved for a week or two that her
piaea wai on, the stage depicting
coineuy. nowever tne
reached their conclusions from watch
ing .her in the same plays that the
men who made, the offers to go into
comedy had.
I like tot play comedy rotes says
Miss Talmadire. "because I believe
that you do best the things jthat ou
like to do. I have always felt that
you must have genuine enthusiasm
over the particular role that has been
given you or you cannot give the
adequate characterization of the part."
J. Warren Kerrigan, who after the
Turn of a Card" sustained a somewhat
serious injury has fully recovered
from his hurts and has completed
another Paralta play, "One Dollar
Bid." In this story Kerrigan has de
serted the field of the western cow
boy in which he is so well known
ana is pictured anna the scenes ot
the great race tracks' and the horse
raisin? country of Kentucky.
1 Kerrigan is seen in thefirst scene
of "One Dollar Bid" as a white boy
who has been raised as poor white
trash" in the negro .quarters of the
southern town, neglected and scorned
by both whites and blacks. By a
stroke (of fortune he attracts the at
tention' of Virginia Dare, daughter of
a wealthy planter, who takes him to
her father's plantation to give him a
chance in life. '
, In the romance which follows there
Is unfolded a atory which is permeat
ed' with a real charm of heart interest
and Kerrigan is given an opportunity
to display his powers in a new styke
to display his powers in a new style
of action from the active scenes in
which he has been seen heretofore.
Blulto Oeor(r if. Cohan, hlmialf, will b
presented at tha Klalto tha drat four daya
ot thla wotlc In a rip anortln comedy juat
tha kind ha ahlnea In "Hit tha Trail Holll
day." Thla Is aald to ba ona of tha baat
thlnia Cohan aver wrote, i with tha rnul,t
that In Ita ploturliatlon h haa thrown hla
whole aoul Into the part of lilt the Trail
Holllday, ao It la bound to ba food. Just
tha kind of story for these hot daya, you
laugh one minute, amlla the next, then howl
ataln, leaving- the thaater thinking to your-
iwilf ''Why don't they make more pictures
' like thla one." Tha aeoona of the orncial
' government war plcturea will be shown,
while llarrv Silverman and hla orchestra.
J n well as Kenneth Wldenor, organlat,
"romlae musical program! par excellent.
The laat half of the week Pauline Frede-
rick la aeen in an emotional drama of much
Isterest and Intensity, "The Final Reckon
ing." Produced In the usual lavleh Para
mount manner, nothing Is left to bo desired
to make this one of the etronireat features
of Its kind yet seen at the Blalto. Next
week "Service Star" with Marine Kennedy
and "Old Wives for New," the big DeMUle
poclal.
fltrand Elale Ferguaon holda away at the
Strand the firat four days of this week in
a clever visualisation of Ilenrik Ibsen's well
known play "A Doll's Home." The story
Is well known to local theater goers and
at the bands of Mini Ferguaon and ber sup
porting company It receives the most won
derful preaentatlon It has ever had. Maurice
Tourneur, tha well known director, had
charge of the fllmlsatlon or thla picture.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday cornea Viv
ian Martin In "Vlvlette," a delightful story
that fits Miss Martin's style of acting to
a tee. Next week Mabel Normand In
Venus Model" and Mae Marih In "All Wo
man."
Sun Kitty Gordon In "Tlnael" attacks a
problem ot many aldea when she portrays
the question of whether or not a young
girl should be shown all that la in lite, in
the character of the Prlnceaa Sylvia Car
xonl, a divorced woman who leads a bril
liant life" apart from her husband and
daughter; ahe has a moat worldly time.
However, ahe desires to have her daughter
come to her palatial home and see the
world and only the unexpected knowledge
ot the fact that her mother atlll lives com
ing to- tha ears of Ruth brings that daugh
ter to her. Then follows a series of parties
and a plunging Into a whirlpool ot love af
faire and the meeting of all kinds ot peo
ple for the unsophisticated daughter, end
ing ta a violent attempt to make lovs to
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Mary Pickford has commenced
work on a new Artcraft picture to be
run under the title "The Mobilization
of Johanne."
The Select Pictures company an
nounces three releases for July in
addition to. the recent release of Alice
Brady's latest, "The Whirlpool." The
others are Norma Talmadge in "The
Safety Curtain," Constance Talmadge
. Jt A T1 srti -. SI J
in A rair oi ante srocKings, ana
Clara Kimball Young in "The Savage
Woman."
A new $6,000,000 picture company is
being heralded in San Francisco to be
known as the Society Players com
Danv. with Frew Ward the advance
man and a number of men prominent
in tne piciure inuusiry oi uic wuiimuj
aVe to follow him.
H. O. Davis, who has been manag
ing director of the Triangle company
for some time, is said to have dis
agreed with H. C. Aitken on the
style of pictures being made and that
Christy Cabanne has been engaged
to direct the pictures of the coming
year.
Feature output by the film com
panies has been cut down, the at
tempt being to make fewer and better
pictures. The Motion Picture News
predicts that there will not be more
than 10 or 12 a week this year if
that many. There were 23 a week
in 1916, 18 a week in 1917 and 15 a
week in 1918. - , r
Bryant Washburn has signed to do
a series of eight pictures for the
Paramount people and will probably
have Florence Vidor playing opposite
him. On account of the illness of
Wanda Hawley it has been decided
to have Ella Hall take her place in
Fred Stone's picture now being made.
Harold Lockwood has adopted the
plan of charging 25 cents for his
photos and giving the proceeds to the
Red Cross. From the amount of mail
that comes each day the Red Cross
chapter in Los Angeles will be pros
perous. Three more film favorites left this
week when Kenneth Harlan of the
Universal, Hank Mann of the Sennett
and Charles Stevenson of the Rolin
left to get their uniforms.
Charles Ray has started work on
another rural picture similar to his
success of the "Hired Man." It9 title
so far in the picture world is 'The
String Bean."
Arthur Shirley, who had a promi
nent part in "The Fall of a Nation,"
has contracted to do heavies with the
Universal company. His first work on
the stage in Australia was in doing
the "heavies" and he is using the same
monocle today with which he started
his stage career.
Baby Ivy Ward, 4-year-old star,
who appeared in "Draft 258," has'been
engaged to play with May. Allison in
her new play, "The Winning of Be
atrice." f
No longer will it be a cinch to find
any old, kind of scenery for any old
kind of action in Los Angeles. Oh,
no. For there's one bit of scenery that
seems to have gone forever. Now
when you want to photo a gang of
toughs hanging out near thje old fa
miliar stein sign with foam rolling
over the top you will have to build it.
For Los Angeles is now dry and the
chocolate shop has its neat emblem
hanging in the place of welcome to
those who were thirsty and tired. :
Eleanor Fieldy the little 17-year-old
juvenile of the Christie company, ex
perienced a movie hold-up in real life
the other night. A big touring car
crowded their car to the other side of
the' road, four men and woman
jumped out and the woman, singling
out Eleanor, hurled at her a volley of
abuse, snatched her purse and put the
crowning touch of movie flavor in the
experience by hitting her on the head
with the ever-handy monkey wrench.
This movie life is sure great "if you
don't weaken."
Arthur Bates, for years one of Es
sany's leading character players, was
called to the colors last week and has
gone to Camp Wheeler, Qa.
Charles Frohmann Everett, nephew
of the late Charles Frohmann, is only
15 years of age, yet he will be given
the leading part in the picturization of
the Cohan and Harris production,
"Young America." Everett, although
so young, has had experience on the
stage, having started under William
Brady at the age of 8 and has ap
peared from time to time since on the
stage and in pictures.
William Farnum. who has iust com
pleted "Riders of the Purple Sage,"
found in one of the closing sceens
that he was to push over a big rock
as the finale. The director discovered
one about 10 tons that he thought
would do for Farnum. Needless to
say there was a goodly audience of
studio folk and fans to see the stunt
done.
William Russell has commenced
work on his fourth feature since or
ganizing his own comoanv. It is
called "All the World, to Nothing,"
ana will be produced by Henry King.
Mary Anderson has decided that a
director doesn't use what little brains
he is supposed to possess. She rented
a cottage on the beach and proceeded
to get a hne coat of sunburn and tan.
The director thereupon decided that
Mary should work in evening gown in
about 100 scenes. Imagine the whit
ening the poor girl nses.
'Donald Gallagher one of the sup
porting cast in Nazimova's new play
''L'Occident," leaves upon completion
of the film to join the Aviation Corps.
Anna Case, the prima donna of the
Metropolitan Opera house of New
York, has signed a contract with the
International Film company and will
be aeen in her first picture under the
direction of Julius Steger in tf drama
entitled "The Golden Hope."
William S. Hart has completed the
first year of his contract with the Art
craft company. He has completed
eight pictures under its direction.
Hart's next picture will be a western
military story. Bill being clothed in
khaki in place of chaps, but the story
will have no battle scenes in it ex
cept some of Hart's famous gun play.
A til AM BR A
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offers came from mn tub a
her to act in straight drama and had The play is a forceful one and the
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MONDAY
PRESENTS
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i Tke CM With tha Beautiful Back la the Great Broadway Succaas,
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Aa Abaorbhag Tela of Um Bright Light That Paled .
ALSO LATEST VIEWS OF THE BOYS "OVER THERE"
COMING Tuesday, Wedne.day and Thursday
WARREN KERRIGAN in
" 00 L L A R B I D f'
24th and
Parker
MARGERY WILSON
ia "OLD WIVES FOR NEW"
Monday and Tuesday,
THEDA BARA ia "DU BARRY"
GRAND hn.rd
ENID BENNETT
In"NAUGHTY-NAUGHTY"
s Monday and Tuesday,
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS In
"MR. FIX-IT."
LOTHROP , Lothrop
JACK PICKFORD
In "HUCKAND TOM"
and
FATTY ARBUCKLE In
"THE BUTCHER BOY"
101ILFF
Leavenworth
VIOLA DANA In
"BREAKERS AHEAD"
Monday, ANN MURDOCH; In
"PLEASE, EMILY"
and
"HOUSE OF HATE," No. S
Friday Antonio Moreno in
"Naulahka"
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Never ia tha History of Theaters ia Omaha, outside of tha Em
press, hag anyone aver attempted to give tha public a "double show,"
costing over $3,000 weekly, for the usual prices charged by picture
show having less than half that expanse.
THINK IT OVER
TODAY Monday. Tuesday, WednesdayTODAY
7 DANCING SERENADERS, 7
Pep Sickey & Cooper
Mirt's Melody and Songs j
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NOVELTY ACT
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PEGGY HOLLAND la
"OTHER MEN'S DAUGHTERS"
CARLIE CHAPLIN In
"THE PUGILIST
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Hf ' W-' EMOTIONAL STAGS
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IN A WONDHOUS
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STAGE SUCCESS
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young bridal couple rushes along, gathering com
plicatkrae, deceptions, suspicions until even the
Sphinx would turn on its back and chuckle-
YOU KNOW, OF COURSE. THAT HE SPEAKS OF
"Good Night, Paul"
FEATURING
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Constance Tabnde's Successes,
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"Whov Your FaUer,H Sunshine Comedf.
New Weeklr Latest Erents. w
Robert Cuscaden and His Orchestra.
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